| وَقُرْآنًا فَرَقْنَاهُ لِتَقْرَأَهُ عَلَى النَّاسِ عَلَىٰ مُكْثٍ وَنَزَّلْنَاهُ تَنْزِيلًا |
| Asad | : | [bearing] a discourse which We have gradually unfolded,128 so that thou might read it out to mankind by stages, seeing that We have bestowed it from on high step by step, as [one] revelation.129 |
| Malik | : | We have divided the Qur'an into sections so that you may recite to the people with deliberation, and We have sent it down in gradual revelations to suit particular occasions. |
| Mustafa Khattab | : | ˹It is˺ a Quran We have revealed in stages so that you may recite it to people at a deliberate pace. And We have sent it down in successive revelations. |
| Pickthall | : | And (it is) a Quran that We have divided, that thou mayest recite it unto mankind at intervals, and We have revealed it by (successive) revelation. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | (It is) a Qur'an which We have divided (into parts from time to time) in order that thou mightest recite it to men at intervals: We have revealed it by stages. 2317 |
| Transliteration | : | Waquranan faraqnahu litaqraahu AAala alnnasi AAala mukthin wanazzalnahu tanzeelan |
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Lit., "which We have divided into [consecutive] parts" or, according to some authorities (quoted by Razl), "set forth with clarity". The rendering adopted by me allows for both these meanings. |
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The above verse alludes both to the historical fact that the process of the revelation of the Qur'an was gradual, extending over the twenty-three years of the Prophet's ministry, and to the fact that it is nevertheless one integral whole and can, therefore, be properly understood only if it is considered in its entirety - that is to say, if each of its passages is read in the light of all the other passages which it contains. (See also 20:114 and the corresponding note [101].) |
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The marvel is that these parts, revealed at different times and in different circumstances, should fit together so closely and consistently as they do. All revelation is progressive. The previous revelations were also progressive. Each of them marked a stage in the world's spiritual history. Man's mind does not take in more than his spiritual state will have prepared him, for Allah's revelation comes as a light to illuminate our difficulties and show us the way in actual situations that arise. |
