ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Tafsir Nemunah is compiled by the great writer and researcher, His Eminence Ayatullah~il-Ozma Naser Makarem Shirazi, and with the cooperation of an estimable group of Muslim scholars, Hujaj-i-Islam:
1. Hajjatul-Islam Muhammad Rida Ashtiyani
2. Hajjatul-Islam Muhammad Jafar Emami
3. Hajjatul-Islam Abdur-Rassul Hassani
4. Hujjatul-Islam Sayyed Hassan Shujaiee
5. Hujjatul-Islam Mahmud Abdellahi
6. Hujjatul-Islam Muhsen Ghara'ati
7. Hujjatul-Islam Muhammad Muhammadi
By the way, it should be notified that for the translation of this volume, Tafsir Nemunah has been mainly utilized.
يَأَيهَا النّاس قَدْ جَاءَكُم بُرْهَنٌ مِّن رّبِّكُمْ وَ أَنزَلْنَا إِلَيْكُمْ نُوراً مّبِيناً
"O mankind! Verily there has come to you a convincing proof (the Messenger and the Qur'an) from your Lord: for We have sent unto you a light (that is) manifest." (H.Q. 4:174)
إِنّا نحْنُ نَزّلْنَا الذِّكْرَ وَ إِنّا لَهُ لحََفِظونَ
"We have, without doubt, sent down the Message and We will assuredly Guard it (from corruption)." (H.Q. 15:9)
وَ مَنْ أَعْرَض عَن ذِكرِى فَإِنّ لَهُ مَعِيشةً ضنكاً وَ نحْشرُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَمَةِ أَعْمَى
"But whosoever turns away from My Message (the Qur'an), verily for him is a straitened toilsome life, and We shall raise him up blind on the Day of Judgement (H.Q. 20:124)
وَ نُنزِّلُ مِنَ الْقُرْءَانِ مَا هُوَ شِفَاءٌ وَ رَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
"And We send down (stage by stage) of the Qur'an that which is a healing and a mercy for those who believe ...", (H.Q. 17:82)