And from his narration on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas that he said concerning Allah's saying (Alif. Lam. Ra): '(Alif. Lam. Ra.) Allah says: I am Allah: I see; it is also said that it is an oath by which Allah swore. (These are verses of the wise Scripture) this surah consists of the verses of the clear Qur'an, expositing the lawful and the prohibited.