الٓمٓر ۚ تِلْكَ ءَايَـٰتُ
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ۗ وَٱلَّذِىٓ أُنزِلَ
إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ ٱلْحَقُّ
وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ
لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
Alif Lam-Mim Ra.
These are the verses
of the Book (the Qur’an),
and that which has
been revealed unto
you from your Lord
is the truth, but most
men believe not.
The Qur’an is Allah’s Kalam (Speech)
We talked before, in the beginning of Surat Al-Baqarah (chapter 2) about the meaning of the letters that appear in the beginnings of some chapters in the Qur’an. We stated that every Surah that starts with separate letters, affirms that the Qur’an is miraculous and is an evidence that it is a revelation from Allah, and that there is no doubt or denying in this fact. This is why Allah said next,
تِلْكَ آيَـتُ الْكِتَـبِ
These are the verses of the Book
the Qur’an, which Allah described afterwards,
وَالَّذِى أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ
and that which has been revealed unto you
O Muhammad,
مِن رَبِّكَ الْحَقُّ
from your Lord is the truth
Allah said next,
وَلَـكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ
but most men believe not
just as He said in another Ayah,
وَمَآ أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ
وَلَوْ حَرَصْتَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ
And most of mankind will not believe even if you desire it eagerly Yusuf 103
Allah declares that even after this clear, plain and unequivocal explanation (the Qur’an), most men will still not believe, due to their rebellion, stubbornness and hypocrisy.
اللَّهُ الَّذِى رَفَعَ السَّمَـوَتِ بِغَيْرِ عَمَدٍ تَرَوْنَهَا ثُمَّ اسْتَوَى عَلَى الْعَرْشِ وَسَخَّرَ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ كُلٌّ يَجْرِى لأَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّـى يُدَبَّرُ الاٌّمْرَ يُفَصِّلُ الآيَـتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ بِلِقَآءِ رَبِّكُمْ تُوقِنُونَ