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Ghafir (The Forgiver)

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تَنزِيلُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْعَلِيمِ﴿٢

Translation (Sahih International)

The revelation of the Book is from Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.

Word-by-word meaning

تَنزِيلُtanzīlu(The) revelation
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
مِنَmina(is) from
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
ٱلْعَزِيزِl-ʿazīzithe All-Mighty
ٱلْعَلِيمِl-ʿalīmithe All-Knower

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Virtues of the Surahs that begin with Ha MimIbn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said, "Everything has an essence and the essence of the Qur'an is the family of Ha Mim," or he said, "the Ha Mims." Mis`ar bin Kidam said, "They used to be called `the brides'." All of this was recorded by the the Imam, great scholar, Abu `Ubayd Al-Qasim bin Sallam, may Allah have mercy upon him, in his book Fada'il Al-Qur'an.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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