Al-Qur'an Surah Al-'Ankabut Verse 1

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Alif , Lām , Mīm .

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Alif-Lãm-Mĩm.

Ruwwad Translation Center

Alif Lām Mīm.

A. J. Arberry

Alif Lam Mim

Abdul Haleem

Alif Lam Mim

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Alif. Lam. Mim.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

A. L. M.

Abul Ala Maududi

Alif. Lam. Mim.

Ahmed Ali

ALIF LAM MIM.

Ahmed Raza Khan

Alif-Lam-Meem. (Alphabets of the Arabic language – Allah and to whomever He reveals, know their precise meanings.)

Ali Quli Qarai

Alif, Lam, Meem.

Ali Ünal

Alif. Lam. Mim.

Amatul Rahman Omar

Alif Lâm Mîm - I am Allâh, the All-Knowing.

English Literal

A L M .

Faridul Haque

Alif-Lam-Meem. (Alphabets of the Arabic language – Allah and to whomever He reveals, know their precise meanings.)

Hamid S. Aziz

And call not upon any other God along with Allah; there is no God but He. Everything is perishable (or will perish), except His countenance. His is the command, and unto Him shall you return!

Hilali & Khan

Alif-Lam-Mim. [These letters are one of the miracles of the Quran, and none but Allah (Alone) knows their meanings.]

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And let them not turn thee aside from the messages of Allah after they have been revealed to thee, and call (men) to thy Lord and be not of the polytheists.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

Alif Lam Mim.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Alif. Lam. Mim.

Muhammad Sarwar

Alif. Lam. Mim.

Qaribullah & Darwish

AlifLaamMeem.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

Alif Lam Mim.

Wahiduddin Khan

Alif Lam Mim.

Talal Itani

Alif, Lam, Meem.

Tafsir jalalayn

Alif lm mm; God knows best what He means by these [letters].

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

The Believers are tested so that it may be known Who is Sincere and Who is Lying

Allah says;

الم



Alif Lam Mim.

In the beginning of the Tafsir of Surah Al-Baqarah, we discussed the letters which appear at the beginning of some Surahs.

أَحَسِبَ النَّاسُ أَن يُتْرَكُوا أَن يَقُولُوا امَنَّا وَهُمْ لَا يُفْتَنُونَ