Surah Ya-Sin 36:2
سُورَةُ يسٓ · Meccan · Verse 2 of 83
وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ٱلْحَكِيمِ
Translation
By the wise Quran,
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Meaning and reflection
'By the Wise Qur'an.' Ibn Ashur notes that Allah swearing by the Qur'an is a way of proclaiming its immense honour and standing with Him. And the chosen title is 'al-Hakim', the Wise, which al-Saadi explains as everything set in its perfect place: command, prohibition, reward and consequence each exactly where wisdom requires. Ask yourself: before the Surah says a word about the Prophet, it lets the Book itself vouch for him. Do I treat the Qur'an as merely a text to get through, or as something so weighty that its Author swears by it? What would change in how I open it tomorrow if I truly believed I was holding the thing Allah Himself calls upon?
Grounded in classical tafsir: Ibn Ashur, al-Saadi, al-Razi.
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