بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
1Alif. Lam. Ra. THESE ARE MESSAGES of a revelation clear in itself and clearly showing the truth:
2behold, We have bestowed it from on high as a discourse in the Arabic tongue, so that you might encompass it with your reason.
3In the measure that We reveal this Qur'an unto thee, [O Prophet,] We explain it to thee in the best possible way, seeing that ere this thou wert indeed among those who are unaware [of what revelation is].
4LO! Thus spoke Joseph unto his father: "O my father! Behold, I saw [in a dream] eleven stars, as well as the sun and the moon: I saw them prostrate themselves before me!"