إِنَّا جَعَلۡنَٰهُ قُرۡءَٰنًا عَرَبِيّٗا لَّعَلَّكُمۡ تَعۡقِلُونَ
Indeed, We have made it an Arabic QurÕŒn that you might understand.
وَإِنَّهُۥ فِيٓ أُمِّ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لَدَيۡنَا لَعَلِيٌّ حَكِيمٌ
And indeed it is, in the Mother of the Book[1] with Us, exalted and full of wisdom.[2]
1- i.e., the Preserved Slate (al-Lawú al-Maúf´th).
2- Also, "precise" or "specific."
وَٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ
By the clear Book,
إِنَّآ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ فِي لَيۡلَةٖ مُّبَٰرَكَةٍۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ
Indeed, We sent it down during a blessed night.[1] Indeed, We were to warn [mankind].
1- The Night of Decree (Qadr). See s´rah 97.
تَنزِيلُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡحَكِيمِ
The revelation of the Book is from AllŒh, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
تِلۡكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱللَّهِ نَتۡلُوهَا عَلَيۡكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّۖ فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثِۭ بَعۡدَ ٱللَّهِ وَءَايَٰتِهِۦ يُؤۡمِنُونَ
These are the verses of AllŒh which We recite to you in truth. Then in what statement after AllŒh and His verses will they believe?
تَنزِيلُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡحَكِيمِ
The revelation of the Book is from AllŒh, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
إِنَّهُۥ لَقُرۡءَانٞ كَرِيمٞ
Indeed, it is a noble QurÕŒn.
فِي كِتَٰبٖ مَّكۡنُونٖ
In a Register well-protected;[1].
1- The Preserved Slate (al-Lawú al-Maúf´th), which is with AllŒh (subúŒnahu wa taÔŒlŒ).
لَّا يَمَسُّهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُطَهَّرُونَ
None touch it except the purified [i.e., the angels].
تَنزِيلٞ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُنَزِّلُ عَلَىٰ عَبۡدِهِۦٓ ءَايَٰتِۭ بَيِّنَٰتٖ لِّيُخۡرِجَكُم مِّنَ ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِۚ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِكُمۡ لَرَءُوفٞ رَّحِيمٞ
It is He who sends down upon His Servant [Muúammad ()] verses of clear evidence that He may bring you out from darknesses into the light. And indeed, AllŒh is to you Kind and Merciful.
تَنزِيلٞ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
إِنَّا نَحۡنُ نَزَّلۡنَا عَلَيۡكَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ تَنزِيلٗا
Indeed, it is We who have sent down to you, [O Muúammad], the QurÕŒn progressively.