الرحمن

[1]THE MOST GRACIOUS

[2]has imparted this Qur’an [unto man].

[3]He has created man:

[4]He has imparted unto him articulate thought and speech.

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

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

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

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

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

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