The Troops
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE
[39:28]
as a discourse in the Arabic tongue, free of all deviousness, so that they might become conscious of God.


* v.28 : Lit., “without any deviousness (‘iwaj) , i.e., which could obscure its meaning: see note 1 on 18:1, where this term occurs in a slightly different phrasing. As regards the stress on the formulation of this divine writ “in the Arabic tongue,” see 12:2, 13:37, 14:4, and 41:44, as well as the corresponding notes.