بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـنِ الرَّحِیمِ
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH THE MERCIFUL THE COMPASSIONATE
حم(( 1 ))
1- Hط-MIM
تَنزِیلٌ مِنَ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِیمِ(( 2 ))
2- (THIS IS A BOOK) SENT DOWN BY THE MERCIFUL, COMPASSIONATE (GOD).
کِتَابٌ فُصِّلَتْ آیَاتُهُ قُرْآناً عَرَبِیّاً لِقَوْم یَعْلَمُونَ(( 3 ))
3- A BOOK THE VERSES OF WHICH ARE WELL EXPOUNDED. AN ARABIC QURÄN (READING), FOR A PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND.
بَشِیراً وَنَذِیراً فَأَعْرَضَ أَکْثَرُهُمْ فَهُمْ لاَ یَسْمَعُونَ(( 4 ))
4- A GIVER OF GOOD NEWS, AND A WARNER; BUT MOST OF THEM TURNED AWAY, AND THEY DO NOT HEAR.
وَقَالُوا قُلُوبُنَا فِی أَکِنَّة مِمَّا تَدْعُونَا إِلَیْهِ وَفِی آذَانِنَا وَقْرٌ وَمِنْ بَیْنِنَا وَبَیْنِکَ حِجَابٌ فَاعْمَلْ إِنَّنَا عَامِلُونَ(( 5 ))
5- AND THEY SAID:- ``OUR HEARTS ARE IN A COVERING OF WHAT YOU CALL US TO IT, AND THERE IS A HEAVINESS IN OUR EARS. AND THERE IS A VEIL BETWEEN WE AND YOU. SO YOU ACT, AND WE WILL BE ACTING TOO.''