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An-Nur (The Light)

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ سُورَةٌ أَنزَلْنَٰهَا وَفَرَضْنَٰهَا وَأَنزَلْنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَٰتٍۭ بَيِّنَٰتٍۢ لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ﴿١

Translation (Sahih International)

[This is] a surah which We have sent down and made [that within it] obligatory and revealed therein verses of clear evidence that you might remember.

Word-by-word meaning

سُورَةٌsūratunA Surah
أَنزَلْنَـٰهَاanzalnāhāWe (have) sent it down
وَفَرَضْنَـٰهَاwafaraḍnāhāand We (have) made it obligatory
وَأَنزَلْنَاwa-anzalnāand We (have) revealed
فِيهَآfīhātherein
ءَايَـٰتٍۭāyātinVerses
بَيِّنَـٰتٍۢbayyinātinclear
لَّعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
تَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūnatake heed

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was Revealed in Al-Madinahبِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِIn the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.The Importance of Surat An-Nurسُورَةٌ أَنزَلْنَـهَا(A Surah which We have sent down) Here Allah is pointing out the high esteem in which He holds this Surah, which is not to say that other Surahs are not important.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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