Ar-Ra'd Verse 1 | 13:1

الۤمّۤرٰۗ تِلْكَ اٰيٰتُ الْكِتٰبِۗ وَالَّذِيْٓ اُنْزِلَ اِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَّبِّكَ الْحَقُّ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يُؤْمِنُوْنَ ( الرعد: ١ )

alif-lam-meem-ra

الٓمٓرۚ

Alif Laam Mim Ra

til'ka

تِلْكَ

These

āyātu

ءَايَٰتُ

(are) the Verses

l-kitābi

ٱلْكِتَٰبِۗ

(of) the Book

wa-alladhī

وَٱلَّذِىٓ

And that which

unzila

أُنزِلَ

has been revealed

ilayka

إِلَيْكَ

to you

min

مِن

from

rabbika

رَّبِّكَ

your Lord

l-ḥaqu

ٱلْحَقُّ

(is) the truth

walākinna

وَلَٰكِنَّ

but

akthara

أَكْثَرَ

most

l-nāsi

ٱلنَّاسِ

(of) the mankind

lā

لَا

(do) not

yu'minūna

يُؤْمِنُونَ

believe

Alif-Laaam-Meeem-Raa; tilka Aayaatul Kitaab; wallazee unzila ilaika mir Rabbikal haqqu wa laakinna aksaran naasi laa yu'minoon (ar-Raʿd 13:1)

Sahih International:

Alif, Lam, Meem, Ra. These are the verses of the Book; and what has been revealed to you from your Lord is the truth, but most of the people do not believe. (Ar-Ra'd [13] : 1)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

Alif , Lām , Mīm , Rā. These are the verses of the Book. What has been sent down to you from your Lord is true, but most of the people do not believe.

2 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

3 Ruwwad Translation Center

4 A. J. Arberry

5 Abdul Haleem

6 Abdul Majid Daryabadi

7 Abdullah Yusuf Ali

8 Abul Ala Maududi

9 Ahmed Ali

10 Ahmed Raza Khan

11 Ali Quli Qarai

12 Ali Ünal

13 Amatul Rahman Omar

14 English Literal

15 Faridul Haque

16 Hamid S. Aziz

17 Hilali & Khan

18 Maulana Mohammad Ali

19 Mohammad Habib Shakir

20 Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

21 Muhammad Sarwar

22 Qaribullah & Darwish

23 Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

24 Wahiduddin Khan

25 Talal Itani

26 Tafsir jalalayn

Alif lm mm r'; God knows best what He means by these [letters]. Those, these verses, are the verses of the Book, the Qur'n (the genitive annexation carries the meaning of [partitive] min, `from'), and that which has been revealed to you from your Lord, namely, the Qur'n (this [preceding sentence] constitutes the subject, the predicate of which is [the following]), is the Truth, wherein is no doubt, but most people, that is, the people of Mecca, do not believe, that it is from God, exalted be He.

27 Tafseer Ibn Kathir

The Qur'an is Allah's Kalam (Speech)

Allah said;

المر

Alif Lam-Mim Ra

We talked before, in the beginning of Surah Al-Baqarah about the meaning of the letters that appear in the beginnings of some Surahs in the Qur'an.

We stated that every Surah that starts with separate letters, affirms that the Qur'an is miraculous and is an evidence that it is a revelation from Allah, and that there is no doubt or denying in this fact. This is why Allah said next,

تِلْكَ ايَاتُ الْكِتَابِ

These are the verses of the Book,

the Qur'an, which Allah described afterwards,

وَالَّذِيَ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ

and that which has been revealed unto you, (O Muhammad),

مِن رَّبِّكَ الْحَقُّ

from your Lord is the truth,

Allah said next,

وَلَـكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يُوْمِنُونَ

but most men believe not.

just as He said in another Ayah,

وَمَأ أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ وَلَوْ حَرَصْتَ بِمُوْمِنِينَ

And most of mankind will not believe even if you desire it eagerly. (12;103)

Allah declares that even after this clear, plain and unequivocal explanation (the Qur'an), most men will still not believe, due to their rebellion, stubbornness and hypocrisy