Surah Ar-Raĥmān (The Beneficent) in English

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. الرحمن

   1

   The All-beneficent

   ar-raḥmānu

2. علم القرآن

   2

   has taught the Quran.

   ʿallama l-qurʾāna

3. خلق الإنسان

   3

   He created man,

   khalaqa l-ʾinsāna

4. علمه البيان

   4

   [and] taught him articulate speech.

   ʿallamahu l-bayāna

5. الشمس والقمر بحسبان

   5

   The sun and the moon are [disposed] calculatedly,

   ash-shamsu wa-l-qamaru bi-ḥusbānin

6. والنجم والشجر يسجدان

   6

   and the herb and the tree prostrate [to Allah].

   wa-n-najmu wa-sh-shajaru yasjudāni

7. والسماء رفعها ووضع الميزان

   7

   He raised the heaven high and set up the balance,

   wa-s-samāʾa rafaʿahā wa-waḍaʿa l-mīzāna

8. ألا تطغوا في الميزان

   8

   declaring, ‘Do not infringe the balance!

   ʾallā taṭghaw fī l-mīzāni

9. وأقيموا الوزن بالقسط ولا تخسروا الميزان

   9

   Maintain the weights with justice, and do not shorten the balance!’

   wa-ʾaqīmū l-wazna bi-l-qisṭi wa-lā tukhsirū l-mīzāna

10. والأرض وضعها للأنام

    10

    And the earth—He laid it out for mankind.

    wa-l-ʾarḍa waḍaʿahā li-l-ʾanāmi

11. فيها فاكهة والنخل ذات الأكمام

    11

    In it are fruits and date-palms with sheaths,

    fīhā fākihatun wa-n-nakhlu dhātu l-ʾakmāmi

12. والحب ذو العصف والريحان

    12

    grain with husk, and fragrant herbs.

    wa-l-ḥabbu dhū l-ʿaṣfi wa-r-rayḥānu

13. فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان

    13

    So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?

    fa-bi-ʾayyi ʾālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibāni

14. خلق الإنسان من صلصال كالفخار

    14

    He created man out of dry clay, like the potter’s,

    khalaqa l-ʾinsāna min ṣalṣālin ka-l-fakhkhāri

15. وخلق الجان من مارج من نار

    15

    and created the jinn out of a flame of a fire.

    wa-khalaqa l-jānna min mārijin min nārin

16. فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان

    16

    So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?

    fa-bi-ʾayyi ʾālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibāni