12: 103
Asad Yet – however strongly you may desire it – most people will not believe
Yusuf Ali Yet no faith will the greater part of mankind have however ardently thou dost desire it.
Pickthall And though thou try much, most men will not believe.
Transliteration Wa ma_ aksarun na_si wa lau harasta bi mu'minin(a).
Sura-13 [Ar Ra'd madina 96]
The Quranic Text & Ali’s version:
المر...
13:1. Alif Lam Mim Ra.
C1798. For Alif, Lam, Mim, see n. 25 to 2:1.
For Alif, Lam, Ra, see Introduction to Surah 10. For abbreviated Letters generally see Appendix 1.
Here there seems to be a combination of the groups Alif, Lam, Mim and Alif, Lam, Ra. We consider here not only the beginning (Alif), the middle (Lam), and the end (Mim), of man's spiritual history, but also the immediate future of the interior of our organization, such as it appeared to our Ummah towards the close of the Makkan period. But in trying to determine their meaning, we must not be dogmatic. The befitting attitude is to say: Allah knows best. (R).
...تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ...
These are the Signs (or Verses) of the Book:
...وَالَّذِيَ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ الْحَقُّ...
that which hath been revealed unto thee from thy Lord is the Truth;
...وَلَـكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴿١﴾
but most men believe not.
Other versions:
13: 1
Yusuf Ali Alif Lam Mim Ra. These are the Signs (or Verses) of the Book: that which hath been revealed unto thee from thy Lord is the Truth; but most men believe not.
Pickthall Alif. Lam. Mim. Ra. These are verses of the Scripture. That which is revealed unto thee from thy Lord is the Truth, but most of mankind believe not.
Yuksel A1L30M40R200. These are the signs of the book. What has been sent down to you from your Lord is the truth; but most of the people do not acknowledge.*
Transliteration Alif La_m Ra_, tilka a_ya_tul kita_b(i), wallazi unzila ilaika mir rabbikal haqqu wa la_kinna aksaran na_si la_ yu'minu_n(a).
[[ Yuksel’s note - 013:001 A1L30M40R200. These letters/numbers play an important role in the mathematical system of the Quran based on code 19. See 74:1-56; 1:1; 2:1; 13:38; 27:82; 38:1-8; 40:28-38; 46:10; 72:28.]]