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Surah Ar-Rahman - Word by Word

(The Beneficent)

bismillaahirrahmaanirrahiim
1

اَلرَّحْمٰنُۙ ١

al-raḥmānu
ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ
The Most Gracious
The Most Merciful (QS. [55] Ar-Rahman: 1)
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2

عَلَّمَ الْقُرْاٰنَۗ ٢

ʿallama
عَلَّمَ
He taught
l-qur'āna
ٱلْقُرْءَانَ
the Quran
Taught the Quran, (QS. [55] Ar-Rahman: 2)
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3

خَلَقَ الْاِنْسَانَۙ ٣

khalaqa
خَلَقَ
He created
l-insāna
ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ
[the] man
Created man, (QS. [55] Ar-Rahman: 3)
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4

عَلَّمَهُ الْبَيَانَ ٤

ʿallamahu
عَلَّمَهُ
He taught him
l-bayāna
ٱلْبَيَانَ
[the] speech
[And] taught him eloquence. (QS. [55] Ar-Rahman: 4)
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5

اَلشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍۙ ٥

al-shamsu
ٱلشَّمْسُ
The sun
wal-qamaru
وَٱلْقَمَرُ
and the moon
biḥus'bānin
بِحُسْبَانٍ
by (precise) calculation
The sun and the moon [move] by precise calculation, (QS. [55] Ar-Rahman: 5)
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6

وَّالنَّجْمُ وَالشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ ٦

wal-najmu
وَٱلنَّجْمُ
And the stars
wal-shajaru
وَٱلشَّجَرُ
and the trees
yasjudāni
يَسْجُدَانِ
both prostrate
And the stars and trees prostrate. (QS. [55] Ar-Rahman: 6)
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7

وَالسَّمَاۤءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ الْمِيْزَانَۙ ٧

wal-samāa
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ
And the heaven
rafaʿahā
رَفَعَهَا
He raised it
wawaḍaʿa
وَوَضَعَ
and He has set up
l-mīzāna
ٱلْمِيزَانَ
the balance
And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance (QS. [55] Ar-Rahman: 7)
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8

اَلَّا تَطْغَوْا فِى الْمِيْزَانِ ٨

allā
أَلَّا
That not
taṭghaw
تَطْغَوْا۟
you may transgress
فِى
in
l-mīzāni
ٱلْمِيزَانِ
the balance
That you not transgress within the balance. (QS. [55] Ar-Rahman: 8)
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9

وَاَقِيْمُوا الْوَزْنَ بِالْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا الْمِيْزَانَ ٩

wa-aqīmū
وَأَقِيمُوا۟
And establish
l-wazna
ٱلْوَزْنَ
the weight
bil-qis'ṭi
بِٱلْقِسْطِ
in justice
walā
وَلَا
and (do) not
tukh'sirū
تُخْسِرُوا۟
make deficient
l-mīzāna
ٱلْمِيزَانَ
the balance
And establish weight in justice and do not make deficient the balance. (QS. [55] Ar-Rahman: 9)
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10

وَالْاَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْاَنَامِۙ ١٠

wal-arḍa
وَٱلْأَرْضَ
And the earth
waḍaʿahā
وَضَعَهَا
He laid it
lil'anāmi
لِلْأَنَامِ
for the creatures
And the earth He laid [out] for the creatures. (QS. [55] Ar-Rahman: 10)
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