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نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْقَصَصِ بِمَآ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ وَإِن كُنتَ مِن قَبْلِهِۦ لَمِنَ ٱلْغَٰفِلِينَ﴿٣

Translation (Sahih International)

We relate to you, [O Muhammad], the best of stories in what We have revealed to you of this Qur'an although you were, before it, among the unaware.

Word-by-word meaning

نَحْنُnaḥnuWe
نَقُصُّnaquṣṣurelate
عَلَيْكَʿalaykato you
أَحْسَنَaḥsanathe best
ٱلْقَصَصِl-qaṣaṣiof the narrations
بِمَآbimāin what
أَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynāWe have revealed
إِلَيْكَilaykato you
هَـٰذَاhādhā(of) this
ٱلْقُرْءَانَl-qur'ānathe Quran
وَإِنwa-inalthough
كُنتَkuntayou were
مِنminbefore it
قَبْلِهِۦqablihibefore it
لَمِنَlaminasurely among
ٱلْغَـٰفِلِينَl-ghāfilīnathe unaware

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in Makkahبِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِIn the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.Qualities of the Qur'anIn the beginning of Surat Al-Baqarah we talked about the separate letters, Allah said,تِلْكَ ءايَـتُ الْكِتَـبِ(These are the verses of the Book) in reference to the Clear Qur'an that is plain and apparent, and explains, clarifies and makes known the unclear matters.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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