Al-Qur'an Surah Fussilat Verse 3

Mufti Taqi Usmani

- a book whose verses are elaborated in the form of an Arabic Qur’ān for a people who understand,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

˹It is˺ a Book whose verses are perfectly explained—a Quran in Arabic for people who know,

Ruwwad Translation Center

a Book whose verses are well explained; an Arabic Qur’an for people who understand,

A. J. Arberry

A Book whose signs have been distinguished as an Arabic Koran for a people having knowledge,

Abdul Haleem

a Scripture whose verses are made distinct as a Quran in Arabic for people who understand,

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

A Book whereof the verses are detailed: an Arabic Qur'an: for a people who know:

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

A Book, whereof the verses are explained in detail;- a Qur'an in Arabic, for people who understand;-

Abul Ala Maududi

a Book whose verses have been well-expounded; an Arabic Qur'an for those who have knowledge,

Ahmed Ali

A Book whose verses have been distinguished and explained, a lucid discourse for people who understand,

Ahmed Raza Khan

A Book the verses of which are explained in detail, the Qur’an in Arabic for people of intellect.

Ali Quli Qarai

[this is] a Book whose signs have been elaborated for a people who have knowledge, an Arabic Quran,

Ali Ünal

A Book whose communications have been spelled out distinctly and made clear, and whose verses are in ordered sequence, a Qur’an (Recitation) in Arabic for a people who have knowledge (and so can appreciate excellence in the use of the language);

Amatul Rahman Omar

(It is) a Book, the verses of which are detailed and clear in exposition. It is beautifully inter linked, (and it is in a language that) makes the meanings eloquently clear. It is very useful for a people who have knowledge.

English Literal

A Book its verses were detailed/explained/clarified, an Arabic Koran to a nation reasoning/comprehending/knowing .

Faridul Haque

A Book the verses of which are explained in detail, the Qur’an in Arabic for people of intellect.

Hamid S. Aziz

A Book (Scripture) whereof the verses are expounded, an Arabic Quran (Lecture) for a people who understand;

Hilali & Khan

A Book whereof the Verses are explained in detail; A Quran in Arabic for people who know.

Maulana Mohammad Ali

A revelation from the Beneficent, the Merciful.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

A Book of which the verses are made plain, an Arabic Quran for a people who know:

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

A Scripture whereof the verses are expounded, a Lecture in Arabic for people who have knowledge,

Muhammad Sarwar

The verses of this Book have been fully expounded. It is a reading in the Arabic language for the people of knowledge.

Qaribullah & Darwish

A Book, the verses of which are distinguished, an Arabic Koran for a nation who know.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

A Book whereof the Ayat are explained in detail -- a Qur'an in Arabic for people who know.

Wahiduddin Khan

a Book whose revelations are well expounded, an Arabic Quran for people who possess knowledge,

Talal Itani

A Scripture whose Verses are detailed, a Quran in Arabic for people who know.

Tafsir jalalayn

A Book (kitbun, the predicate thereof) whose signs have been set out in detail, [whose signs have been] expounded through [various] rulings, stories and admonitions, as an Arabic Qur'n (qur'nan `arabiyyan, a circumstantial qualifier referring to kitbun, `a Book', by qualifying it adjectivally) for a people (li-qawmin is semantically connected to fussilat, `set out in detail') who have knowledge, [who] understand this [fact] -- and they are the Arabs;

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

كِتَابٌ فُصِّلَتْ ايَاتُهُ

A Book whereof the Ayat are explained in detail,

means, its meanings are clear and its rulings are sound and wise.

قُرْانًا عَرَبِيًّا

a Qur'an in Arabic,

means, because it is a clear Arabic Qur'an, its meanings are precise and detailed and its words are clear and not confusing.

This is like the Ayah;

كِتَابٌ أُحْكِمَتْ ءايَـتُهُ ثُمَّ فُصِّلَتْ مِن لَّدُنْ حَكِيمٍ خَبِيرٍ

(This is) a Book, the Ayat whereof are completed, and then explained in detail from One (Allah), Who is All-Wise Well-Acquainted. (11;1)

meaning, it is miraculous in its wording and in its meanings.

لااَّ يَأْتِيهِ الْبَـطِلُ مِن بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَلَا مِنْ خَلْفِهِ تَنزِيلٌ مِّنْ حَكِيمٍ حَمِيدٍ

Falsehood cannot come to it from before it or behind it, (it is) sent down by the All-Wise, Worthy of all praise. (41;42)

لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ



for people who know.

means, this clear style will be readily understood by scholars who are thoroughly versed in knowledge