10.Surah Yunus

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

الر...   

10: 1.     Alif Lam Ra.

C1381. For the Abbreviated Letters generally as mystic Symbols see Appendix I.

For this particular combination see the Introduction on this Surah.

...تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ الْحَكِيمِ ﴿١﴾

These are the Ayat of the Book of Wisdom.

C1382. Ayat: Signs, or Verses of the Quran.

Here both meanings are to be understood. Each verse is a nugget of wisdom. And in the verses immediately following, e.g., 10:3-6, examples are given of the wonders of Allah's material Creation. If the starry heavens impress us with their sublimity as signs of Allah's wisdom and power, how much more wonderful is it that He should speak to lowly man through His Messengers, in man's language, so that he can understand?

Pickthall’s Version:

10: 1

Pickthall Alif. Lam. Ra. These are verses of the wise Scripture.

Transliteration Alif La_m Ra_, tilka a_ya_tul kita_bil hakim(i).