Ar-Rahman

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ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ ١

The Most Merciful

عَلَّمَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ ٢

Taught the Qur’ān,

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خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ ٣

Created man,

عَلَّمَهُ ٱلۡبَيَانَ ٤

[And] taught him eloquence.

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ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ بِحُسۡبَانٖ ٥

The sun and the moon [move] by precise calculation,

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وَٱلنَّجۡمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسۡجُدَانِ ٦

And the stars and trees prostrate.¹

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وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلۡمِيزَانَ ٧

And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance

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أَلَّا تَطۡغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡمِيزَانِ ٨

That you not transgress within the balance.

وَأَقِيمُواْ ٱلۡوَزۡنَ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِ وَلَا تُخۡسِرُواْ ٱلۡمِيزَانَ ٩

And establish weight in justice and do not make deficient the balance.

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وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلۡأَنَامِ ١٠

And the earth He laid [out] for the creatures.

فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٞ وَٱلنَّخۡلُ ذَاتُ ٱلۡأَكۡمَامِ ١١

Therein is fruit and palm trees having sheaths [of dates]

وَٱلۡحَبُّ ذُو ٱلۡعَصۡفِ وَٱلرَّيۡحَانُ ١٢

And grain having husks and scented plants.

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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ١٣

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?¹

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خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلۡصَٰلٖ كَٱلۡفَخَّارِ ١٤

He created man from clay like [that of] pottery.

وَخَلَقَ ٱلۡجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٖ مِّن نَّارٖ ١٥

And He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire.

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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ١٦

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

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رَبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقَيۡنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلۡمَغۡرِبَيۡنِ ١٧

[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.¹

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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ١٨

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

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مَرَجَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَيۡنِ يَلۡتَقِيَانِ ١٩

He released the two seas,¹ meeting [one another];

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بَيۡنَهُمَا بَرۡزَخٞ لَّا يَبۡغِيَانِ ٢٠

Between them is a barrier so neither of them transgresses.

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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٢١

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

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يَخۡرُجُ مِنۡهُمَا ٱللُّؤۡلُؤُ وَٱلۡمَرۡجَانُ ٢٢

From both of them emerge pearl and coral.

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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٢٣

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

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وَلَهُ ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ كَٱلۡأَعۡلَٰمِ ٢٤

And to Him belong the ships [with sails] elevated in the sea like mountains.

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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٢٥

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

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كُلُّ مَنۡ عَلَيۡهَا فَانٖ ٢٦

Everyone upon it [i.e., the earth] will perish,

وَيَبۡقَىٰ وَجۡهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلۡجَلَٰلِ وَٱلۡإِكۡرَامِ ٢٧

And there will remain the Face¹ of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.

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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٢٨

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

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يَسۡـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ كُلَّ يَوۡمٍ هُوَ فِي شَأۡنٖ ٢٩

Whoever is within the heavens and earth asks Him; every day He is in [i.e., bringing about] a matter.¹

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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٣٠

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?