Ayah

Word by Word
هُوَ
He
ٱلَّذِيٓ
(is) the One Who
أَنزَلَ
revealed
عَلَيۡكَ
to you
ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ
the Book
مِنۡهُ
of it
ءَايَٰتٞ
(are) Verses
مُّحۡكَمَٰتٌ
absolutely clear
هُنَّ
they (are)
أُمُّ
the foundation
ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ
(of) the Book
وَأُخَرُ
and others
مُتَشَٰبِهَٰتٞۖ
(are) allegorical
فَأَمَّا
Then as for
ٱلَّذِينَ
those
فِي
in
قُلُوبِهِمۡ
their hearts
زَيۡغٞ
(is) perversity
فَيَتَّبِعُونَ
[so] they follow
مَا
what
تَشَٰبَهَ
(is) allegorical
مِنۡهُ
of it
ٱبۡتِغَآءَ
seeking
ٱلۡفِتۡنَةِ
[the] discord
وَٱبۡتِغَآءَ
and seeking
تَأۡوِيلِهِۦۖ
its interpretation
وَمَا
And not
يَعۡلَمُ
knows
تَأۡوِيلَهُۥٓ
its interpretation
إِلَّا
except
ٱللَّهُۗ
Allah
وَٱلرَّـٰسِخُونَ
And those firm
فِي
in
ٱلۡعِلۡمِ
[the] knowledge
يَقُولُونَ
they say
ءَامَنَّا
We believe
بِهِۦ
in it
كُلّٞ
All
مِّنۡ
(is)
عِندِ
from
رَبِّنَاۗ
our Lord
وَمَا
And not
يَذَّكَّرُ
will take heed
إِلَّآ
except
أُوْلُواْ
men
ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِ
(of) understanding
هُوَ
He
ٱلَّذِيٓ
(is) the One Who
أَنزَلَ
revealed
عَلَيۡكَ
to you
ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ
the Book
مِنۡهُ
of it
ءَايَٰتٞ
(are) Verses
مُّحۡكَمَٰتٌ
absolutely clear
هُنَّ
they (are)
أُمُّ
the foundation
ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ
(of) the Book
وَأُخَرُ
and others
مُتَشَٰبِهَٰتٞۖ
(are) allegorical
فَأَمَّا
Then as for
ٱلَّذِينَ
those
فِي
in
قُلُوبِهِمۡ
their hearts
زَيۡغٞ
(is) perversity
فَيَتَّبِعُونَ
[so] they follow
مَا
what
تَشَٰبَهَ
(is) allegorical
مِنۡهُ
of it
ٱبۡتِغَآءَ
seeking
ٱلۡفِتۡنَةِ
[the] discord
وَٱبۡتِغَآءَ
and seeking
تَأۡوِيلِهِۦۖ
its interpretation
وَمَا
And not
يَعۡلَمُ
knows
تَأۡوِيلَهُۥٓ
its interpretation
إِلَّا
except
ٱللَّهُۗ
Allah
وَٱلرَّـٰسِخُونَ
And those firm
فِي
in
ٱلۡعِلۡمِ
[the] knowledge
يَقُولُونَ
they say
ءَامَنَّا
We believe
بِهِۦ
in it
كُلّٞ
All
مِّنۡ
(is)
عِندِ
from
رَبِّنَاۗ
our Lord
وَمَا
And not
يَذَّكَّرُ
will take heed
إِلَّآ
except
أُوْلُواْ
men
ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِ
(of) understanding

Translation

He it is Who has sent down to thee the Book: In it are verses basic or fundamental (of established meaning); they are the foundation of the Book: others are allegorical. But those in whose hearts is perversity follow the part thereof that is allegorical, seeking discord, and searching for its hidden meanings, but no one knows its hidden meanings except Allah. And those who are firmly grounded in knowledge say: "We believe in the Book; the whole of it is from our Lord:" and none will grasp the Message except men of understanding.

Tafsir

He it is Who revealed to you the Book, wherein are verses [that are] clear, lucid in proof, forming the Mother Book, the original basis for rulings, and others allegorical, whose meanings are not known, such as the opening verses of some sooras. He [God] refers to the whole [Qur'aan] as: 1) 'clear' [muhkam] where He says [A Book] whose verses have been made clear [Q. 11:1], meaning that it contains no imperfections; and as 2) 'allegorical' [mutashaabih], where He says A Book consimilar [Q. 39:23], meaning that its parts resemble each other in terms of beauty and veracity. As for those in whose hearts is deviation, inclination away from truth, they follow the allegorical part, desiring sedition, among the ignorant of them, throwing them into specious arguments and confusion, and desiring its interpretation, its explanation, and none knows its interpretation, its explanation, save God, Him alone. And those firmly rooted, established and capable, in knowledge (al-raasikhoona fee'l-'ilm is the subject, the predicate of which is [what follows]) say, 'We believe in it, the allegorical part, that it is from God, and we do not know its meaning; all, of the clear and the allegorical, is from our Lord'; yet none remembers (yadhdhakkar, the initial taa' [of yatadhakkar] has been assimilated with the dhaal), that is, none is admonished, but people of pith, possessors of intellect, who, when they see those following that [allegorical part only], also say:

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