Alif-Lam-Ra. [These letters are one of the miracles of the Quran, and none but Allah (Alone) knows their meanings]. (This is) a Book which We have revealed unto you (O Muhammad SAW) in order that you might lead mankind out of darkness (of disbelief and polytheism) into light (of belief in the Oneness of Allah and Islamic Monotheism) by their Lord's Leave to the Path of the All-Mighty, the Owner of all Praise.
الر ـ [این] کتابی است که آن را بر تو نازل کردیم تا مردم را به اجازه پروردگارشان از تاریکی ها [یِ جهل، گمراهی و طغیان] به سوی روشناییِ [معرفت، عدالت و ایمان و در حقیقت] به سوی راه [خدایِ] توانای شکست ناپذیر و ستوده بیرون آوری.