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Muhammad Asad
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
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:

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Arabic
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيم
Transliteration
Bismi Allahi alrrahmani alrraheemi
Transliteration-2
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
Dr. Kamal Omar
With the name of Allah - the Bestower of unlimited mercy, the continuously merciful
Farook Malik
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
Talal A. Itani (new translation)
In the name of God, the Gracious, 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

Controversial or status undetermined works
Rashad Khalifa
In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
In the name of Allah, The Most Affectionate, the Merciful.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
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
George Sale
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
Linda “iLHam” Barto
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful!
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