Yusuf, verse 2

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1. Indeed, We innā
2. We have sent it down anzalnāhu
3. (as) a Quran in Arabic qur'ānan
4. (as) a Quran in Arabic ʿarabiyyan
5. so that you may laʿallakum
6. understand taʿqilūna

Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

This commentary covers the passage that begins at verse 12:1.

Which was revealed in Makkah بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Qualities of the Qur'an In the beginning of Surat Al-Baqarah we talked about the separate letters, Allah said, تِلْكَ ءايَتُ الْكِتَبِ (These are the verses of the Book) in reference to the Clear Qur'an that is plain and apparent, and explains, clarifies and makes known the unclear matters. Allah said next, إِنَّآ أَنْزَلْنَاهُ قُرْآنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ (Verily, We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur'an in order that you may understand.) The Arabic…

• Verse 1 الٓر ۚ تِلْكَ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ Alif Lam Ra These are the verses of the Scripture that makes things clear––
• Verse 2
• Verse 3 نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْقَصَصِ بِمَآ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ وَإِن كُنتَ مِن قَبْلِهِۦ لَمِنَ ٱلْغَـٰفِلِينَ We tell you [Prophet] the best of stories in revealing this Quran to you. Before this you were one of those who knew nothing about them.
• Verse 4 إِذْ قَالَ يُوسُفُ لِأَبِيهِ يَـٰٓأَبَتِ إِنِّى رَأَيْتُ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَبًا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ رَأَيْتُهُمْ لِى سَـٰجِدِينَ Joseph said to his father, ‘Father, I dreamed of eleven stars and the sun and the moon: I saw them all bow down before me,’

• نزل nūn zāy lām
• قرا qāf rā alif
• عرب ʿayn rā bā
• عقل ʿayn qāf lām

• Arabic العربية
• a revelation from Allah
• best of stories
• Quran القرآن
• revealed in Arabic

• Az-Zukhruf 43:3 · Same ending إِنَّا جَعَلْنَـٰهُ قُرْءَٰنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

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