الٓمٓ
ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْحَىُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ
نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ مُصَدِّقًا
لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَأَنزَلَ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ وَٱلْإِنجِيلَ
مِن قَبْلُ هُدًى لِّلنَّاسِ وَأَنزَلَ
ٱلْفُرْقَانَ ۗ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ
ٱللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ
ذُو ٱنتِقَامٍ
Alif-Lam-Mim. Allah!
None has the right to be worshipped
but He, the Ever Living
the One Who sustains and
protects all that exists. It is He Who
has sent down the Book to you
with truth, confirming what came
before it. And He sent down
the Tawrah and the Injil, Aforetime,
as a guidance to mankind.
And He sent down the criterion.
Truly, those who disbelieve in
the Ayat of Allah, for them there is
a severe torment and Allah is
All-Mighty, All-Able of Retribution.
We mentioned the Hadith in the Tafsir of Ayat Al-Kursi that mentions that Allah’s Greatest Name is contained in these two Ayat,
اللَّهُ لاَ إِلَـهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ الْحَىُّ الْقَيُّومُ
Allah! None has the right to be worshipped but He, the Ever Living, the One Who sustains and protects all that exists
and,
الم١اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ
Alif-Lam-Mim. Allah! None has the right to be worshipped but He, the Ever Living, the One Who sustains and protects all that exists
We also explained the Tafsir of,
الم
Alif-Lam-Mim
in the beginning of Surat Al-Baqarah, and the meaning of,
اللَّهُ لاَ إِلَـهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ الْحَىُّ الْقَيُّومُ
Allah! La ilaha illa Huwa, Al-Hayyul-Qayyum
in the Tafsir of Ayat Al-Kursi. Allah’s statement,
نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَـبَ بِالْحَقِّ
It is He Who has sent down the Book to you with truth,
means, revealed the Qur’an to you, O Muhammad, in truth, meaning there is no doubt or suspicion that it is revealed from Allah. Verily, Allah revealed the Qur’an with His knowledge, and the angels testify to this fact, Allah is sufficient as a Witness. Allah’s statement,
مُصَدِّقاً لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ
Confirming what came before it
means, from the previous divinely revealed Books, sent to the servants and Prophets of Allah. These Books testify to the truth of the Qur’an, and the Qur’an also testifies to the truth these Books contained, including the news and glad tidings of Muhammad’s prophethood and the revelation of the Glorious Qur’an.
Allah said,
وَأَنزَلَ التَّوْرَاةَ
And He sent down the Tawrah
to Musa son of `Imran,
وَالإِنجِيلَ
And the Injil, to `Isa, son of Maryam
مِن قَبْلُ
Aforetime
meaning, before the Qur’an was revealed,
هُدًى لِّلنَّاسِ
As a guidance to mankind
in their time.
وَأَنزَلَ الْفُرْقَانَ
And He sent down the criterion
which is the distinction between misguidance, falsehood and deviation on one hand, and guidance, truth and piety on the other hand. This is because of the indications, signs, plain evidences and clear proofs that it contains, and because of its explanations, clarifications, etc.
Allah’s statement,
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِأيَـتِ اللَّهِ
Truly, those who disbelieve in the Ayat of Allah
means they denied, refused and unjustly rejected them,
لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ
For them there is a severe torment
on the Day of Resurrection,
وَاللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ
And Allah is All-Mighty
meaning, His grandeur is invincible and His sovereignty is infinite,
ذُو انتِقَامٍ
All-Able of Retribution
from those who reject His Ayat and defy His honorable Messengers and great Prophets.