The Thunder
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[13:1]
Alif. Lām. Mīm. Rā.
THESE ARE MESSAGES of revelation: and what has been bestowed upon thee from on high by thy Sustainer is the truth – yet most people will not believe [in it].

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* v.1 : See Appendix II.
* Although some commentators are of the opinion that the term kitāb (“divine writ” or “revelation”) refers here to this particular sūrah, Ibn ‘Abbās states emphatically that it denotes the Qur’ān as a whole (Baghawī).
* This passage connects with the concluding verses (102-111) of the preceding sūrah, and particularly with verse 103, all of which stress the divine origin of the Qur’ān.