The Cave
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[18:1]
ALL PRAISE is due to God who has bestowed this divine writ from on high upon His servant, and has not allowed any deviousness to obscure its meaning:

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* v.1 : Lit., “and has not given it any deviousness.” The term ‘iwaj signifies “crookedness,” “tortuousness,” or “deviation” (e.g., from a path), as well as “distortion” or “deviousness” in the abstract sense of these words. The above phrase is meant to establish the direct, unambiguous character of the Qur’ān and to stress its freedom from all obscurities and internal contradictions: cf. 4:82 – “Had it issued from any but God, they would surely have found in it many an inner contradiction!”