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In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
012.001 Y: A.L.R. These are the symbols (or Verses) of the perspicuous Book.
P: Alif. Lam. Ra. These are verse of the Scripture that maketh plain.
S: Alif Lam Ra. These are the verses of the Book that makes (things) manifest.
012.002 Y: We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur'an, in order that ye may learn wisdom.
P: Lo! We have revealed it, a Lecture in Arabic, that ye may understand.
S: Surely We have revealed it— an Arabic Quran— that you may understand.
012.003 Y: We do relate unto thee the most beautiful of stories, in that We reveal to thee this (portion of the) Qur'an: before this, thou too was among those who knew it not.
P: We narrate unto thee (Muhammad) the best of narratives in that We have inspired in thee this Qur'an, though aforetime thou wast of the heedless.