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Arabic   
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِیمِ ۝١
Transliteration (2021)   
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīm
Word for Word
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more
  
In (the) name (of) Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
M. M. Pickthall   
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.
Safi Kaskas   
In the name of God, the Merciful-to-all, the Mercy Giver:
Wahiduddin Khan   
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Shakir   
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
In the Name of God, The Merciful, The Compassionate.
T.B.Irving   
In the name of God, the Mercygiving, the Merciful!
Abdul Hye   
In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful.
The Study Quran   
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Talal Itani (2012)   
In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Dr. Kamal Omar   
With the name of Allah - the Bestower of unlimited mercy, the continuously merciful
M. Farook Malik   
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
In The Name of Allah, The All-Merciful, The Ever-Merciful
Muhammad Sarwar   
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful
Shabbir Ahmed   
With the Glorious Name of Allah, the Instant and Sustaining Source of all Mercy and Kindness
Dr. Munir Munshey   
In the name of Allah, the most Merciful, the most Beneficent
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
In the Name of Allah, the All Merciful, the Ever Merciful; (Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem)
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
In the name of Allah , the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
In the name of God, the Almighty, the Most Merciful
Abdel Haleem   
In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Ahmed Ali   
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
Aisha Bewley   
In the name of Allah, All-Merciful, Most Merciful
Ali Ünal   
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE ALL-MERCIFUL, THE ALL-COMPASSIONATE
Ali Quli Qara'i   
In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful
Hamid S. Aziz   
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
With God’s Name, the Merciful Benefactor, the Merciful Redeeme
Musharraf Hussain   
In the name of Allah, the Kind, the Caring
Maududi   
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful
Mohammad Shafi   
In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful

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In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
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In the name of Allah, The Most Affectionate, the Merciful.
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In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
By God's Name, the Merciful, the Merciful/Most Merciful
Bijan Moeinian   
Lord; the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful
Faridul Haque   
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Sher Ali   
In the name of ALLAH, the Gracious, the Merciful
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Ever-Merciful,
Amatul Rahman Omar   
With the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Ever Merciful
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
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In the name of the most merciful God
Edward Henry Palmer   
IN the name of the merciful and compassionate God
John Medows Rodwell   
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
N J Dawood (2014)   
IN THE NAME OF GOD THE MERCIFUL THE COMPASSIONATE

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
In the name of Allah Ar-Rahman [The All-merciful], The Most Merciful.
Munir Mezyed   
In the Name of Allâh, the True Merciful, the Most Merciful!
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
In the name of Allah, the Owner and Giver of Mercy
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful!
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
In the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Bestower of mercy.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
In the name of Allah (God), the Mercygiving, the Merciful!
Samy Mahdy   
In the name of Allah, Al-Rahman, Al-Raheem (The Widely merciful, The merciful to his creation and himself)
Sam Gerrans   
In the name of God: the Almighty the Merciful
Sayyid Qutb   
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Beneficent.
Thomas Cleary   
In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Ahmed Hulusi   
By the one who is denoted by the name Allah (who created my being with His Names in accord with the meaning of the letter ‘B’), the Rahman, the Rahim.
Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)   
"In the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Most Kind"
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
In The Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
In the Name of Allah, Al-Rahman (Beneficent) and Al-Rahim (Merciful)
Mir Aneesuddin   
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, The Merciful
Yahiya Emerick   
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
The Ascendant Qur‘an, Muhammad H. al-‘Asi   
In the Name of Allah, the Mercy-Giving, the Merciful

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
OLD Literal Word for Word   
In (the) name (of) Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
OLD Transliteration   
Bismi Allahi alrrahmani alrraheemi