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Ibrahim 1

Ayah 1 of 52 · Meccan

الٓرۚ كِتَٰبٌ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ إِلَيۡكَ لِتُخۡرِجَ ٱلنَّاسَ مِنَ ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ بِإِذۡنِ رَبِّهِمۡ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡحَمِيدِ ١

Alif, Lām, Rā.1 [This is] a Book which We have revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], that you might bring mankind out of darknesses into the light by permission of their Lord - to the path of the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy -

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 See footnote to 2:1.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. الٓرۚAlif Laam Raalif-lam-ra
  2. كِتَٰبٌA Bookkitābun
  3. أَنزَلۡنَٰهُwhich We have revealedanzalnāhu
  4. إِلَيۡكَto youilayka
  5. لِتُخۡرِجَso that you may bring outlitukh'rija
  6. ٱلنَّاسَthe mankindl-nāsa
  7. مِنَfrommina
  8. ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِthe darkness[es]l-ẓulumāti
  9. إِلَىtoilā
  10. ٱلنُّورِthe lightl-nūri
  11. بِإِذۡنِby the permissionbi-idh'ni
  12. رَبِّهِمۡ(of) their Lordrabbihim
  13. إِلَىٰtoilā
  14. صِرَٰطِthe Pathṣirāṭi
  15. ٱلۡعَزِيزِ(of) the All-Mightyl-ʿazīzi
  16. ٱلۡحَمِيدِthe Praiseworthyl-ḥamīdi

Tafsir

Alif Lam Ra, this is a book which I have revealed to you, so that you may lead people out of darkness and into light, by the will of their Lord, to the path of the Almighty, the PraiseworthyThe discussion on similar letters has already passed in Sūrah Al-Baqarah.This Qur’ān is a book that I revealed to you, O Messenger, so that you may remove people from disbelief, ignorance and misguidance to faith, knowledge and guidance - to the religion of Islam which is the way of Allah, the Mighty whom no one can overpower, the One Who deserves praise in everything.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran