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سورة یُوسُف

Surah Yûsuf 12:1

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الر ۚ تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ الْمُبِينِ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Alif Lâm Râ - I am Allâh, the All-Seeing. These are the verses of the perfect Book, containing luminous (truths) that tell the right from the wrong.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

A.L.R. These are the symbols (or Verses) of the perspicuous Book.

Ahmed Ali

ALIF LAM RA. These are the verses of the immaculate Book.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

Alif. Lam. Ra. These are the Revelations of the Book clear in itself and clearly showing the truth.

Daryabadi

Alif. Lam. Ra. These are the verses of a Book luminous.

Faridul Haque

Alif-Lam-Ra *; these are verses of the clear Book. (* Alphabets of the Arabic language; Allah and to whomever He reveals, know their precise meanings.)

Maulana Muhammad Ali

I, Allah, am the Seer. These are the verses of the Book that makes manifest.

Maulvi Sher Ali

Alif Lam Ra. These are verses of the clear Book.

Muhammad Asad

Alif. Lam. Ra.

Muhammad Musin Khan

Alif-Lam-Ra. [These letters are one of the miracles of the Qur'an, and none but Allah (Alone) knows their meanings]. These are the Verses of the Clear Book (the Qur'an that makes clear the legal and illegal things, legal laws, a guidance and a blessing).

Muhammad Pickthall

Alif. Lam. Ra. These are verse of the Scripture that maketh plain.

Muhammad Sarwar

Alif. Lam. Ra. These are the verses of the illustrious Book.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Alif Lam Ra. These are the verses of the Book that makes (things) manifest.

Rashad Khalifa

A.L.R. These (letters) are proofs of this profound scripture.

Shabbir Ahmed

A.L.R. Alif–Laam-Ra. (Allah, Lateef the Unfathomable, Raaziq the Provider, states that), These are the messages of a revelation clear in itself and clearly showing the truth.

Commentary 12:1 Alif Lâm Râ الر is translated as, “I am Allâh, the Seeing (cf. 2:1).” Mubîn الْمُبِينis an attributive noun and means “That which itself is clear and…

الر ۚ تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ الْمُبِينِ

12:1 Alif Lâm Râ الر is translated as, “I am Allâh, the Seeing (cf. 2:1).” Mubîn الْمُبِينis an attributive noun and means “That which itself is clear and manifest”, “That which makes other things clear”, or “That which cuts off one thing from another and renders it distinct and separate from it” (Tâj).