# 55. Surah Ar-Rahman, Verse 4 - **Surah:** 55. Surah Ar-Rahman (The Beneficent) — سورة الرحمن - **Verse:** 4 / 78 · **Juz:** 27 · **Mushaf page:** 530 - **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-ar-rahman/verse-4 ## Arabic عَلَّمَهُ الْبَيَانَ ## Transcription AAallamahu albayan ## Translations ### Aisha Bewley and taught him clear expression. ### Progressive Muslims He taught him how to distinguish. ### Shabbir Ahmed He has distinguished him with the ability to clearly express his feelings and thoughts. ### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation Taught him the clear statement. ### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation He taught him how to distinguish. ### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament He taught them how to distinguish. ### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira And taught him to express clearly. ### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley) [And] taught him eloquence. ### Muhammad Asad He has imparted unto him articulate thought and speech. ### Marmaduke Pickthall He hath taught him utterance. ### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary and has taught him articulate speech.[1] _Footnotes_ - [1] One meaning of the word bayan, as used in the original, is the expressing of one’s own mind, i.e. speaking and expressing one’s thoughts and intentions. Its other meaning is to make distinction between things, which here signifies the distinction between good and evil, virtue and vice. According to those two meanings this brief sentence completes the above reasoning. Speech is the distinctive quality which distinguishes man from the animals and other earthly creatures, It is not merely the power of speech, but there are working behind it the faculties of reasoning and intellect, understanding and discernment, will and judgment, and other mental powers without which man’s power of speech could not operate at all. Therefore, speech is in fact an express symbol of man’s being an intelligent being who has been endowed with freedom and authority, and when Allah has blessed man with this distinctive quality, evidently the nature of instruction for him also cannot be the same as would be suitable for the guidance of other creatures. Likewise, another distinctive quality of vital importance in man is that Allah has placed in him moral sense by virtue of which he can naturally distinguish between good and evil, truth and falsehood, justice and injustice, right and wrong, and this intuition and sense does not leave him even when he degrades himself to the lowest state of error and ignorance. The inevitable demand of these two distinctive qualities is that the method of instruction for man’s conscious and voluntary life should be different from the innate, natural mode of instruction under which the fish has been taught to swim, the bird to fly, and the eye in the human body itself to wink and see, the ear to hear and the stomach to digest. Man in this sphere of his life himself recognizes the means like the teacher, the book, the school, the verbal and written instruction and reasoning and discussion as the modes of instruction, and does not regard the innate knowledge and intelligence as sufficient. Why should it then appear strange that for fulfilling the responsibility that falls upon the Creator of educating man, He has made the Messenger and the Book the means of his education and instruction? The mode of education has to suit the nature of the creation, And very rationally so. The Quran alone can be the means of educating the creation that has been taught bayan (speech) and not by other means that might suit the creatures which have not been taught the speech. ### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab And He taught him the expression of his thoughts in words and intellectual acquaintance with, and perception of, fact and truth and good versus evil. ### Bijan Moeinian The One Who gave the gift of speech to man. ### Al-Hilali & Khan He taught him eloquent speech. ### Abdullah Yusuf Ali He has taught him speech (and intelligence). ### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran ˹and˺ taught them speech. ### Taqi Usmani He has taught him (how) to express himself. ### Abdul Haleem and taught him to communicate. ### Arthur John Arberry and He has taught him the Explanation. ### E. Henry Palmer taught him plain speech. ### Hamid S. Aziz Taught him speech (language, modes of expression and communication). ### Mahmoud Ghali He has taught him distinct (Literally: evident (demonstration) (speech). ### George Sale He hath taught him distinct speech. ### Syed Vickar Ahamed He has taught him to talk (and understand). ### Amatul Rahman Omar And taught him (the art of) intelligent and distinct speech. ### Ali Quli Qarai [and] taught him articulate speech. ### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü Öğretti ona beyanı (Esma özelliklerini insanda açığa çıkardı); (Hz. Ali'nin deyişiyle "'İnsan', konuşan Kur'an" oldu. ) ### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı Ona beyanı öğretti. ### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali - Rahman, Kur'an'ı öğretti. İnsanı yarattı,ona kendini ifade etmeyi öğretti. ### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali Ona beyanı (düşünüp ifade etmeyi) öğretti. ### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Belletti ona o güzel beyanı ### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş) ona güzel beyanı belletti. ### Gültekin Onan Ona beyanı öğretti. ### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim Ona beyanı O ta'lim etdi. ### İbni Kesir Ona beyanı öğretti. ### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı ona açık ve berrak şekilde düşünmeyi ve konuşmayı öğretti. ### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı Ona beyanı öğretti ### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Ona beyanı (konuşup, düşüncelerini açıklamayı) öğretti. ### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali Belletti ona duygu ve düşüncelerini ifade etmeyi. ### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an insana kendini ifade etmeyi o öğretti. ### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Ona beyanı[1] öğretti. _Footnotes_ - [1] Ona düşünmeyi ve düşündüklerini açıklamayı, ifade edebilmeyi. ### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek Ona, düşüncesini açıklamayı öğretti.[475] _Footnotes_ - [475] İşte, bir bilgi ayeti: İnsan dünyaya geldiği anda, kulakları duymakta ve gözleri görmektedir. Altı ay içinde duyduklarını ve gördüklerini anlar; yaklaşık on iki ay içinde konuşmaya başlar. Bu doğal bir süreçtir ve özel bir çaba gerektirmez. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Ona kendini ifade etmeyi öğretti. ### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir Açıklamayı (insana O) öğretti. ### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Ona beyanı[1] öğretti. _Footnotes_ - [1] Ona düşünmeyi ve düşündüklerini açıklamayı, ifade edebilmeyi. ### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an Ona beyanı[1] öğretti. _Footnotes_ - [1] Ona düşünmeyi ve düşündüklerini açıklamayı, ifade edebilmeyi. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Ona, kendini ifade etmeyi öğretti[1]. _Footnotes_ - [1] [Nahl 16/78.](https://quran.so/16/78) ## Words | # | word | meaning | root | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | عَلَّمَهُ — ʿallamahu | He taught him | علم — Ayn-Lam-Mim | | 2 | ٱلْبَيَانَ — l-bayāna | [the] speech | بين — Be-Ye-Nun | --- Previous: https://quran.so/surah-ar-rahman/verse-3.md · Next: https://quran.so/surah-ar-rahman/verse-5.md Retrieved: 2026-08-15 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.