Quran Ayah ar-Rahman (The Beneficent, The Mercy Giving, The Merciful) 55:1 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad   
THE MOST GRACIOU
Arthur John Arberry   
The All-merciful
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
(Allah) Most Gracious

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Source Arabic and Literal tools
Arabic   
۞ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنُ ۝١
Transliteration (2021)   
al-raḥmān
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more   
The Most Gracious

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
THE MOST GRACIOU
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
(Allah) Most Gracious
M. M. Pickthall   
The Beneficen
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
The Most Compassionate
Wahiduddin Khan   
The Merciful
Safi Kaskas   
The Merciful-to-all
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
The Merciful.
T.B.Irving   
The Mercy-giving,
Shakir   
The Beneficent Allah
Abdul Hye   
The Gracious (Allah)!
Saeed Malik   
Al Raḥmān
The Study Quran   
The Compassionate
Talal Itani & AI (2025)   
The Most Merciful.
Talal Itani (2012)   
The Compassionate
M. Farook Malik   
The Compassionate (Allah)
Dr. Kamal Omar   
The Bestower of unlimited mercy —
Dr. Munir Munshey   
(Allah), the most Merciful
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
(Allah;) The Most Gracious (Ar-Rahman
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
The Most Merciful
Muhammad Sarwar   
The Beneficent (God)
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
The RaHman (The All-Merciful Allah
Shabbir Ahmed   
Ar-Rahman, the Beneficent, the Instant Source of all Mercy and Kindness
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
The All-Merciful
Hamid S. Aziz   
The Beneficent Allah
Abdel Haleem   
It is the Lord of Merc
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
The Compassionate
Ahmed Ali   
AR-RAHMA
Aisha Bewley   
The All-Merciful
Ali Ünal   
The All-Merciful
Ali Quli Qara'i   
The All-beneficen
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)   
The Almighty.
Musharraf Hussain   
The Most Kind
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
God, the Merciful Benefactor
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
The beneficent
Maududi   
The Merciful On
Mohammad Shafi   
The Gracious On

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
The Most Affectionate
Rashad Khalifa   
The Most Gracious.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
The Merciful
Faridul Haque   
Allah, the Most Graciou
Bijan Moeinian   
The Most Gracious
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
The Beneficent
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
The merciful
Sher Ali   
The Gracious God
Edip Yuksel   
The Gracious:
Amatul Rahman Omar   
The Most Gracious (God)
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
The Most Compassionate (is He)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
The Most Beneficent (Allah)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
N J Dawood (2014)   
IT IS the Merciful
Arthur John Arberry   
The All-merciful
Edward Henry Palmer   
The Merciful
George Sale   
The Merciful
John Medows Rodwell   
The God of MERC

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Shuaib Abdullahi   
The GRACIOUS (Er' Rah'maan)*;
Fode Drame   
Ar-Rahman [The All-merciful]
Munir Mezyed   
The True Merciful (God)!
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
The Owner of mercy.
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
The Most Gracious!
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
The All-Merciful
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
The Mercy-giving,
Samy Mahdy   
Al-Rahman (The Widely merciful)
Ali Quli Qarai   
The All-beneficent
Ahmed Hulusi   
Rahman (the possessor of all of the qualities referenced by the Beautiful Names),
Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri   
Ar-Rahman!
A. S. Mohamed   
The Almighty
Mir Aneesuddin   
The Beneficent.
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
Al Rahman
The Wise Quran Project   
The Merciful,

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
(God) Most Gracious
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
The Almighty
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
The Almighty
OLD Literal Word for Word   
The Most Graciou
OLD Transliteration   
Alrrahmanu