Ar-Rahmân

الرَّحْمَٰنُ ١

The Most Compassionate (is He),

عَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ ٢

Who (Himself) taught the Qur’an to (the Arab Messenger [blessings and peace be upon him]).

خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ ٣

He is the One Who created (this Absolutely Perfect) man.

عَلَّمَهُ الْبَيَانَ ٤

He alone taught him the art of expression and communication (i.e., taught the True Messenger ma kana wa ma yakun).

الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ ٥

The sun and the moon are rotating according to the configuration determined (by Him).

وَالنَّجْمُ وَالشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ ٦

And the herbs spread over the earth, and all (species of) the trees prostrate themselves (to Him alone).

وَالسَّمَاءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ الْمِيزَانَ ٧

And He is the One Who has maintained the sky raised high and (He is the One) Who has set up the balance (for justice),

أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا فِي الْمِيزَانِ ٨

So that you violate not the balance whilst weighing.

وَأَقِيمُوا الْوَزْنَ بِالْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا الْمِيزَانَ ٩

And keep weighing justly and do not make the balance fall short.

وَالْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ ١٠

He is the One Who has spread out the earth for the creatures.

فِيهَا فَاكِهَةٌ وَالنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ الْأَكْمَامِ ١١

There are fruits in it and blossom-bearing date-palms,

وَالْحَبُّ ذُو الْعَصْفِ وَالرَّيْحَانُ ١٢

And chaff-covered grain and fragrant (fruits and) blooms.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ١٣

So, (O assembly of jinn and men,) which of your Lord’s blessings will you deny?

خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ مِن صَلْصَالٍ كَالْفَخَّارِ ١٤

He is the One Who created man from a dry mud sounding like earthenware,

وَخَلَقَ الْجَانَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ ١٥

And created the jinn from a flame of fire.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ١٦

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

رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ الْمَغْرِبَيْنِ ١٧

(He alone is) the Lord of the two easts and (He alone is) the Lord of the two wests.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ١٨

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

مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ ١٩

He is the One Who has made the two seas flow that join each other;

بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ ٢٠

There is a barrier between them; they cannot breach (their respective) limits.