Quran Universe
13:1

الٓمٓرۚ تِلۡكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِۗ وَٱلَّذِيٓ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ ٱلۡحَقُّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ

Aliflammeemra tilka ayatu alkitabi waallathee onzila ilayka min rabbika alhaqqu walakinna akthara alnnasi la yuminoona

Alif, Lam, Meem, Ra. These are the verses of the Book; and what has been revealed to you from your Lord is the truth, but most of the people do not believe.

Word by word
  1. الٓمٓرۚAlif Laam Mim Ra
  2. تِلۡكَThese
  3. ءَايَٰتُ(are) the Verses
  4. ٱلۡكِتَٰبِۗ(of) the Book
  5. وَٱلَّذِيٓAnd that which
  6. أُنزِلَhas been revealed
  7. إِلَيۡكَto you
  8. مِنfrom
  9. رَّبِّكَyour Lord
  10. ٱلۡحَقُّ(is) the truth
  11. وَلَٰكِنَّbut
  12. أَكۡثَرَmost
  13. ٱلنَّاسِ(of) the mankind
  14. لَا(do) not
  15. يُؤۡمِنُونَbelieve
Ar-Ra'd · 13:1Madinah

The truth does not need a majority to be true.

Why most people saying no changes nothing

What the verse sets down
Alif Lam Mim Rameaning known to Allah
then
the Booksent from your Lordthe truth
yet
most peopledo not believe
How truth is measured
most say noso it must be wrong
it is from your Lordtrue whoever accepts it

The surah opens with letters whose meaning is known to Allah, a signal to stop and listen. Then it says plainly: what was sent to you is the truth. The Prophet ﷺ had been calling people for years, and most still refused.

You post something you care about and get three likes. Your friends all skip the prayer, so you start to wonder if you are the odd one. The room goes quiet when you say you do not drink. A crowd can be loud and still be wrong.

If most people do not believe it, maybe it is not that convincing.

The truth stays true even when most people walk past it.

Try this

Next time you feel like the only one doing something good, pause and say: I do this for my Lord, not the count.

Related12:103
Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

المر ۚ تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ ۗ وَالَّذِي أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ الْحَقُّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

(1. Alif Lam-Mim Ra. These are the verses of the Book (the Qur'an), and that which has been revealed unto you from your Lord is the truth, but most men believe not.)

The Qur'an is Allah's Kalam (Speech)

We talked before, in the beginning of Surat Al-Baqarah (chapter 2) about the meaning of the letters that appear in the beginnings of some chapters in the Qur'an. We stated that every Surah that starts with separate letters, affirms that the Qur'an is miraculous and is an evidence that it is a revelation from Allah, and that there is no doubt or denying in this fact. This is why Allah said next,

تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ

(These are the verses of the Book), the Qur'an, which Allah described afterwards,

وَالَّذِي أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ

(and that which has been revealed unto you), O Muhammad,

مِن رَّبِّكَ الْحَقُّ

(from your Lord is the truth,) Allah said next,

وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

(but most men believe not.) just as He said in another Ayah,

وَمَا أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ وَلَوْ حَرَصْتَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ

(And most of mankind will not believe even if you desire it eagerly.)[12:103] Allah declares that even after this clear, plain and unequivocal explanation (the Qur'an), most men will still not believe, due to their rebellion, stubbornness and hypocrisy.