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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
M. M. Pickthall   
The Beneficen
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
(Allah) Most Gracious
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
The Most Compassionate
Safi Kaskas   
The Merciful-to-all
Wahiduddin Khan   
The Merciful
Shakir   
The Beneficent Allah
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
The Merciful.
T.B.Irving   
The Mercy-giving,
Abdul Hye   
The Gracious (Allah)!
The Study Quran   
The Compassionate
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
The Compassionate.
Talal Itani (2012)   
The Compassionate
Dr. Kamal Omar   
The Bestower of unlimited mercy —
M. Farook Malik   
The Compassionate (Allah)
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
The All-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
Dr. Munir Munshey   
(Allah), the most Merciful
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
(Allah;) The Most Gracious (Ar-Rahman
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
The Most Merciful
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
The Almighty
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
Hamid S. Aziz   
The Beneficent Allah
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
The beneficent
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
God, the Merciful Benefactor
Musharraf Hussain   
The Most Kind
Maududi   
The Merciful On
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
The Almighty
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
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
The Beneficent
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
The merciful
Bijan Moeinian   
The Most Gracious
Faridul Haque   
Allah, the Most Graciou
Sher Ali   
The Gracious God
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
The Most Compassionate (is He)
Amatul Rahman Omar   
The Most Gracious (God
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
The Most Beneficent (Allah)

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

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
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)
Ahmed Hulusi   
Rahman (the possessor of all of the qualities referenced by the Beautiful Names),
Mir Aneesuddin   
The Beneficent.
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
Al Rahman
The Wise Quran   
The Merciful,

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
(God) Most Gracious
OLD Literal Word for Word   
The Most Graciou
OLD Transliteration   
Alrrahmanu