Soo-ra-tool-Ba-qa-rauh Chapter # 002 سُوۡرَةُ البَقَرَة
Verses of the Holy Qor-aan are quoted on this site with a 6-digit number; the first three digits tell of Soorah (Chapter) and the last three tell of verse. Numbering includes بِسۡمِ اللهِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِيۡمِ as verse #1 in every Soorah except Soorah #9. The phonetic transliteration in English is based upon words commonly pronounced like bat, cat, sat → fate, gate, hate → bait, trait → bay, nay, say → be, he, she → pet, pet, wet → bit, fit, sit → cot, dot, rot → boot, hoot, root → bout, rout → but, cut, hut, rut. An Arabic word with the vowel Fatah is best shown with a ‘u’ as in cut, rut, hut, but letter ‘a’ is often placed before ‘u’ to make it doubly sure that it is read as in cause, pause and clause and not with the sound of ‘oo’ as in hoot, root, shoot or put. All Arabic words are translated in American English and are followed by alternates which other translators have used.
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The Holy Qor-aan 002:001 ○ بِسۡمِ اللهِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِيۡمِ
Bay iss-may il-laa-hay ir-rah-maa-nay ir-ra-hee-m (= Bis-mil laa-hir rah-maa-nir ra-hee-m)
With the name of Allah, the most Beneficent, the most Merciful I begin.
(Beginning, commencing, starting)
- بِ — Bay … (is) — With (= The best translation of the word بِ is ‘with’ but some contexts may warrant its translation as ‘in’)
- سۡمِ — Iss-may … (il) — The name of (= The way to be addressed or called)
- اللهِ — Laa-hay … (ir) — Allah (= The Almighty God; the One Only worthy of worship)
- الرَّحۡمٰنِ — Rah-maa-n … (ir) — The Most Beneficent (= adj., Compassionate. Gracious. None more than Him benefits. As n: The One Who fully, totally and wholly benefits all, to the maximum without any condition, limitation or restriction. The Greatest and Highest Benefactor Who wills goodness and mercy to all His creation. See Note 001:001)
- الرَّحِيۡمِ — Ra-hee-m — The Most Merciful (= adj., Superlative form indicates the Greatest Merciful. Merciful Forever. The word floodlights that none more than Him shows kindness and mercy, continually and incessantly like perpetually coming ocean waves)
