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Alif lām rā': Allahu ta’ālā knows best what He means by these [letters]. This Qur'ān is, a Book We have revealed to you, O Muhammad "sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam" , that you may bring fort mankind from darkness, [from] unbelief, into light, [into] faith, by the leave, by the command, of their Rabb (ilā'l-nūr, 'into light', may be substituted by [the following ilā sirāt]), to the path, the way, of the Mighty, the Victor, the Praised, the One who is [constantly] praised.