‘Arabi (“clear, manifest”) is taken from ‘Arab (“the Arabs”).

‘Arabi (“clear, manifest”) is taken from ‘Arab (“the Arabs”). The Arabic tongue is employed in the sense of clear and unambiguous language. The Chapter in question as well as the following ones includes discussions by Qur’anic exegets concerning HM to the effect that the detached letters constitute the title of the Chapters or they may serve as a reference to the Most Beautiful Divine Names e.g.

the Praiseworthy (Hamid), the All-Glorious (Majid), the Compassionate (Hannan), the Benevolent (Mannan), the Protector (Hafis), and the Noble (Majid). It is said that all the letters of alphabet opening a number of the Qur’anic Chapters apparently serve as codes between God Almighty and His Prophet (S) regarded as Qur’anic equivocal Verses (mutashabihat) the knowledge of which rests with God and those well rooted in knowledge (al-rasikhun fi ‘l-ilm) thus dropping the subject is more appropriate.

Waw (“by”) is the word of oath which ad hoc makes a reference to the manifest Book, namely the Holy Qur’an, which is clear in terms of form and eloquence and is inimitable, i.e., producing the same form, meaning, and intricacies rests beyond human capacity.

A brief reflection on the form and content of Qur’anic Verses clearly indicates that the most eminent scholars fail to discover Its least intricacies even if they exert themselves assiduously; none the less Its injunctions and laws are manifest: (“Indeed We have made it a Qur’an in the Arabic [tongue] that you may be able to understand [It]”).

The preceding clause is the apodosis of the oath which is ad hoc employed in the sense of taking an oath to the Qur’an Divinely Revealed by God Almighty to His Prophet (S) in the Arabic tongue so that the Arabs ponder on Its meaning and intricacies.

One of the grounds behind Revelation of the Holy Qur’an in the Arabic tongue is that it is the most eloquent and the most comprehensive language and eminent scholars bear testimony to the fact that it rests on comprehensive and precise rules possessing the capacity to convey the most intricate and significant points and issues.

Another reason is that according to the Holy Qur’an: “And war your tribe of near kindred” ^2 as per which the Noble Prophet (S) was Divinely appointed to guide his kith and kin and since they were from the Quraysh tribe wo were speakers of the Arabic tongue, the Holy Qu’an was Revealed in it. However, there are other secrets known by experts.