Surah information

Name

سُورَةُ الرَّحۡمَٰن

English name

Ar-Rahmaan

Translation

The Beneficent

Number

55

Ayahs

78

Revelation

Medinan

Translations

بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

1

۞ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنُ 

THE MOST GRACIOUS

2

عَلَّمَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ 

has imparted this Qur’an [unto man].

3

خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ 

He has created man:

4

عَلَّمَهُ ٱلۡبَیَانَ 

He has imparted unto him articulate thought and speech.

5

ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ بِحُسۡبَانࣲ 

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

6

وَٱلنَّجۡمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ یَسۡجُدَانِ 

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

7

وَٱلسَّمَاۤءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلۡمِیزَانَ 

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

8

أَلَّا تَطۡغَوۡا۟ فِی ٱلۡمِیزَانِ 

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

9

وَأَقِیمُوا۟ ٱلۡوَزۡنَ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِ وَلَا تُخۡسِرُوا۟ ٱلۡمِیزَانَ 

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

10

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلۡأَنَامِ 

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