هُوَ
ٱلَّذِىٓ
أَنزَلَ
عَلَيْكَ
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ
مِنْهُ
ءَايَـٰتٌۭ
مُّحْكَمَـٰتٌ
هُنَّ
أُمُّ
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
وَأُخَرُ
مُتَشَـٰبِهَـٰتٌۭ ۖ
فَأَمَّا
ٱلَّذِينَ
فِى
قُلُوبِهِمْ
زَيْغٌۭ
فَيَتَّبِعُونَ
مَا
تَشَـٰبَهَ
مِنْهُ
ٱبْتِغَآءَ
ٱلْفِتْنَةِ
وَٱبْتِغَآءَ
تَأْوِيلِهِۦ ۗ
وَمَا
يَعْلَمُ
تَأْوِيلَهُۥٓ
إِلَّا
ٱللَّهُ ۗ
وَٱلرَّٰسِخُونَ
فِى
ٱلْعِلْمِ
يَقُولُونَ
ءَامَنَّا
بِهِۦ
كُلٌّۭ
مِّنْ
عِندِ
رَبِّنَا ۗ
وَمَا
يَذَّكَّرُ
إِلَّآ
أُو۟لُوا۟
ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ
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it is He who has sent this Scripture down to you [Prophet]. Some of its verses are definite in meaning- these are the cornerstone of the Scripture- and others are ambiguous. The perverse at heart eagerly pursue the ambiguities in their attempt to make trouble and to pin down a specific meaning of their own: only God knows the true meaning. Those firmly grounded in knowledge say, ‘We believe in it: it is all from our Lord’- only those with real perception will take heed-
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem