الرَّحْمَٰنُ ١

The All-merciful

عَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ ٢

has taught the Koran.

خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ ٣

He created man

عَلَّمَهُ الْبَيَانَ ٤

and He has taught him the Explanation.

الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ ٥

The sun and the moon to a reckoning,

وَالنَّجْمُ وَالشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ ٦

and the stars and the trees bow themselves;

وَالسَّمَاءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ الْمِيزَانَ ٧

and heaven -- He raised it up, and set the Balance.

أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا فِي الْمِيزَانِ ٨

(Transgress not in the Balance,

وَأَقِيمُوا الْوَزْنَ بِالْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا الْمِيزَانَ ٩

and weigh with justice, and skimp not in the Balance.)

وَالْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ ١٠

And earth -- He set it down for all beings,

فِيهَا فَاكِهَةٌ وَالنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ الْأَكْمَامِ ١١

therein fruits, and palm-trees with sheaths,

وَالْحَبُّ ذُو الْعَصْفِ وَالرَّيْحَانُ ١٢

and grain in the blade, and fragrant herbs.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ١٣

O which of your Lord’s bounties will you and you deny?

خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ مِن صَلْصَالٍ كَالْفَخَّارِ ١٤

He created man of a clay like the potter’s,

وَخَلَقَ الْجَانَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ ١٥

and He created the jinn of a smokeless fire.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ١٦

O which of your Lord’s bounties will you and you deny?

رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ الْمَغْرِبَيْنِ ١٧

Lord of the Two Easts, Lord of the Two Wests,

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ١٨

O which of your Lord’s bounties will you and you deny?

مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ ١٩

He let forth the two seas that meet together,

بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ ٢٠

between them a barrier they do not overpass.