(1) (1) Alif, Lām, Meem.[113]

[113]- See footnote to 2:1.

(2) (2) Allāh - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining.[114]

[114]- See footnotes to 2:255.

(3) (3) He has sent down upon you, [O Muḥammad], the Book in truth, confirming what was before it. And He ...

(101) And when a messenger from Allah came to them confirming that which was with them, a party of those who had been given the Scripture threw the Scripture of Allah [i.e., the Torah] behind their backs as if they did not know [what it contained].

(102) And they followed [instead] what the ...

(51) (51) [Allāh said], "O messengers, eat from the good foods and work righteousness. Indeed I, of what you do, am Knowing.

(52) (52) And indeed this, your religion, is one religion,[959] and I am your Lord, so fear Me."

[959]- See footnote to 21:92.

(53) (53) But they [i.e., the people] ...