2 Preface إِنّا أَنزَلناهُ قُرآنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَعَلَّكُم تَعقِلونَYusuf AliWe have sent it down as an Arabic Qur-ān,1 in order that ye may learn wisdom.Qur-ān means: something (1) to be read, or (2) recited, or (3) proclaimed. It may apply to averse, or a Sūra, or to the whole Book of Revelation (Cf. 16:103 and 41:44).