كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَعۡقِلُونَ ٢٤٢
Thus does Allāh make clear to you His verses [i.e., laws] that you might use reason.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- كَذَٰلِكَThuskadhālika
- يُبَيِّنُmakes clearyubayyinu
- ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
- لَكُمۡfor youlakum
- ءَايَٰتِهِۦHis Versesāyātihi
- لَعَلَّكُمۡso that you maylaʿallakum
- تَعۡقِلُونَuse your intellecttaʿqilūna
Tafsir
As with the previous explanation, Allah explains these verses – containing His limits and laws – to the believers so that they understand and practice them, and so achieve the good of this world and the Afterlife.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran