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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