12. Yusuf, Mecca 53

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

إِنَّا أَنزَلْنَاهُ قُرْآنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ ﴿٢﴾

12: 2.     We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur'án, in order that ye may learn wisdom.

C1630. Quran means:

something

-         to be read, or

-         recited, or

-         proclaimed.

It may apply to a verse, or a Surah, or to the whole Book of Revelation.

Other versions:

12: 2

Asad Behold, We have bestowed it from on high as a discourse in the Arabic tongue, so that you might encompass it with your reason.

Pickthall Lo! We have revealed it, a Lecture in Arabic, that ye may understand.

Yuksel We have sent it down an Arabic Quran/recitation, perhaps you will reason.

Transliteration Inna_ anzalna_hu qur'a_nan 'arabiyyal la'allakum ta'qila_n(a).

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