Surah Ar-Rahman — Word by Word
الرحمن
The Beneficent
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
al-raḥmānu
The Most Merciful
ʿallama l-qur'āna
Taught the Qur’ān,
khalaqa l-insāna
Created man,
ʿallamahu l-bayāna
[And] taught him eloquence.
al-shamsu wal-qamaru biḥus'bānin
The sun and the moon [move] by precise calculation,
wal-najmu wal-shajaru yasjudāni
And the stars and trees prostrate.
wal-samāa rafaʿahā wawaḍaʿa l-mīzāna
And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance
allā taṭghaw fī l-mīzāni
That you not transgress within the balance.
wa-aqīmū l-wazna bil-qis'ṭi walā tukh'sirū l-mīzāna
And establish weight in justice and do not make deficient the balance.
wal-arḍa waḍaʿahā lil'anāmi
And the earth He laid [out] for the creatures.
fīhā fākihatun wal-nakhlu dhātu l-akmāmi
Therein is fruit and palm trees having sheaths [of dates]
wal-ḥabu dhū l-ʿaṣfi wal-rayḥānu
And grain having husks and scented plants.
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
khalaqa l-insāna min ṣalṣālin kal-fakhāri
He created man from clay like [that of] pottery.
wakhalaqa l-jāna min mārijin min nārin
And He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire.
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
rabbu l-mashriqayni warabbu l-maghribayni
[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
maraja l-baḥrayni yaltaqiyāni
He released the two seas, meeting [one another];
baynahumā barzakhun lā yabghiyāni
Between them is a barrier so neither of them transgresses.
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