Al-Qur'an Surah Ali 'Imran 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-Laam-Meem. (Alphabets of the Arabic language; Allah and to whomever He reveals, know their precise meanings.)

Ali Quli Qarai

Alif, Lam, Mim.

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

Hamid S. Aziz

ALIF LAM MIM.

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

I, Allah, am the best Knower,

Mohammad Habib Shakir

Alif Lam Mim.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Alim. 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

Allah says,

الم

Alif-Lam-Mim,

in the beginning of Surah Al-Baqarah, we discussed the meaning of the separate letters that appear in the beginnings of some Surahs.

اللّهُ لا إِلَـهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ