Ar-Rahmaan

THE MOST GRACIOUS

has imparted this Qur’an [unto man].

He has created man:

He has imparted unto him articulate thought and speech.

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

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

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

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

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

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

with fruit thereon, and palm trees with sheathed clusters [of dates],

and grain growing tall on its stalks, and sweet-smelling plants.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

He has created man out of sounding clay, like pottery,

whereas the invisible beings He has created out of a confusing flame of fire.