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ٱللَّهُ نَزَّلَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْحَدِيثِ كِتَٰبًۭا مُّتَشَٰبِهًۭا مَّثَانِىَ تَقْشَعِرُّ مِنْهُ جُلُودُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ ثُمَّ تَلِينُ جُلُودُهُمْ وَقُلُوبُهُمْ إِلَىٰ ذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ يَهْدِى بِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَمَن يُضْلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِنْ هَادٍ﴿٢٣

Translation (Sahih International)

Allah has sent down the best statement: a consistent Book wherein is reiteration. The skins shiver therefrom of those who fear their Lord; then their skins and their hearts relax at the remembrance of Allah. That is the guidance of Allah by which He guides whom He wills. And one whom Allah leaves astray - for him there is no guide.

Word-by-word meaning

ٱللَّهُal-lahuAllah
نَزَّلَnazzalahas revealed
أَحْسَنَaḥsana(the) best
ٱلْحَدِيثِl-ḥadīthi(of) [the] statement
كِتَـٰبًۭاkitābana Book
مُّتَشَـٰبِهًۭاmutashābihan(its parts) resembling each other
مَّثَانِىَmathāniyaoft-repeated
تَقْشَعِرُّtaqshaʿirruShiver
مِنْهُmin'hufrom it
جُلُودُjulūdu(the) skins
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
يَخْشَوْنَyakhshawnafear
رَبَّهُمْrabbahumtheir Lord
ثُمَّthummathen
تَلِينُtalīnurelax
جُلُودُهُمْjulūduhumtheir skins
وَقُلُوبُهُمْwaqulūbuhumand their hearts
إِلَىٰilāat
ذِكْرِdhik'ri(the) remembrance
ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi(of) Allah
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
هُدَىhudā(is the) guidance
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
يَهْدِىyahdīHe guides
بِهِۦbihiwith it
مَنmanwhom
يَشَآءُ ۚyashāuHe wills
وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
يُضْلِلِyuḍ'liliAllah lets go astray
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah lets go astray
فَمَاfamāthen not
لَهُۥlahufor him
مِنْminany
هَادٍhādinguide

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Description of the Qur'anHere Allah praises His Book, the Noble Qur'an, which was revealed to His noble Messenger ﷺ. Allah says,اللَّهُ نَزَّلَ أَحْسَنَ الْحَدِيثِ كِتَـباً مُّتَشَـبِهاً مَّثَانِيَ(Allah has sent down the Best Statement, a Book, its parts resembling each other (and) oft-repeated.) Mujahid said, "This means that the entire Qur'an's parts resemble each other and are oft-repeated." Qatadah said, "One Ayah resembles another and one letter resembles another.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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