Surah Ar-Rahmaan

ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ

THE MOST GRACIOUS

عَلَّمَٱلْقُرْءَانَ

has imparted this Qur’an [unto man].

خَلَقَٱلْإِنسَٰنَ

He has created man:

عَلَّمَهُٱلْبَيَانَ

He has imparted unto him articulate thought and speech.

ٱلشَّمْسُوَٱلْقَمَرُبِحُسْبَانٍۢ

[At His behest] the sun and the moon run their appointed courses;

وَٱلنَّجْمُوَٱلشَّجَرُيَسْجُدَانِ

[before Him] prostrate them­selves the stars and the trees.

وَٱلسَّمَآءَرَفَعَهَاوَوَضَعَٱلْمِيزَانَ

And the skies has He raised high, and has devised [for all things] a measure,

أَلَّاتَطْغَوْا۟فِىٱلْمِيزَانِ

so that you [too, O men,] might never transgress the measure [of what is right]:

وَأَقِيمُوا۟ٱلْوَزْنَبِٱلْقِسْطِوَلَاتُخْسِرُوا۟ٱلْمِيزَانَ

weigh, therefore, [your deeds] with equity, and cut not the measure short!

وَٱلْأَرْضَوَضَعَهَالِلْأَنَامِ

And the earth has He spread out for all living beings,

فِيهَافَٰكِهَةٌۭوَٱلنَّخْلُذَاتُٱلْأَكْمَامِ

with fruit thereon, and palm trees with sheathed clusters [of dates],

وَٱلْحَبُّذُوٱلْعَصْفِوَٱلرَّيْحَانُ

and grain growing tall on its stalks, and sweet-smelling plants.

فَبِأَىِّءَالَآءِرَبِّكُمَاتُكَذِّبَانِ

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

خَلَقَٱلْإِنسَٰنَمِنصَلْصَٰلٍۢكَٱلْفَخَّارِ

He has created man out of sounding clay, like pottery,

وَخَلَقَٱلْجَآنَّمِنمَّارِجٍۢمِّننَّارٍۢ

whereas the invisible beings He has created out of a confusing flame of fire.

فَبِأَىِّءَالَآءِرَبِّكُمَاتُكَذِّبَانِ

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

رَبُّٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِوَرَبُّٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ

[He is] the Sustainer of the two farthest points of sunrise, and the Sustainer of the two farthest points of sunset.

فَبِأَىِّءَالَآءِرَبِّكُمَاتُكَذِّبَانِ

Which, then, of your Sustain­er’s powers can you disavow?

مَرَجَٱلْبَحْرَيْنِيَلْتَقِيَانِ

He has given freedom to the two great bodies of water, so that they might meet:

بَيْنَهُمَابَرْزَخٌۭلَّايَبْغِيَانِ

[yet] between them is a barrier which they may not transgress.