Ar-Rahman
The Beneficent
Surah 55 · Medinan · 78 ayahs
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ ١
Ar-raḥmān.
The Most Merciful
عَلَّمَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ ٢
ʿAllamal-qurʾān.
Taught the Qur’ān,
خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ ٣
Khalaqal-insān.
Created man,
عَلَّمَهُ ٱلۡبَيَانَ ٤
ʿAllamahul-bayān.
[And] taught him eloquence.
ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ بِحُسۡبَانٖ ٥
Ash-shamsu wal-qamaru biḥusbān.
The sun and the moon [move] by precise calculation,
وَٱلنَّجۡمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسۡجُدَانِ ٦
Wan-najmu wash-shajaru yasjudān.
And the stars and trees prostrate.1
Footnotes (1)
- They submit obediently to the laws of Allāh. See 22:18. An additional meaning of "najm" is vegetation of a kind without a trunk, stalk or stem.
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلۡمِيزَانَ ٧
Was-samāʾa rafaʿahā wa waḍaʿal-mīzān.
And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance
أَلَّا تَطۡغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡمِيزَانِ ٨
Allā taṭghaw fil-mīzān.
That you not transgress within the balance.
وَأَقِيمُواْ ٱلۡوَزۡنَ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِ وَلَا تُخۡسِرُواْ ٱلۡمِيزَانَ ٩
Wa aqīmul-wazna bil-qisṭi wa lā tukhsirul-mīzān.
And establish weight in justice and do not make deficient the balance.
وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلۡأَنَامِ ١٠
Wal-arḍa waḍaʿahā lil-anām.
And the earth He laid [out] for the creatures.
فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٞ وَٱلنَّخۡلُ ذَاتُ ٱلۡأَكۡمَامِ ١١
Fīhā fākihatuw wan-nakhlu dhātul-akmām.
Therein is fruit and palm trees having sheaths [of dates]
وَٱلۡحَبُّ ذُو ٱلۡعَصۡفِ وَٱلرَّيۡحَانُ ١٢
Wal-ḥabbu dhul-ʿaṣfi war-rayḥān.
And grain having husks and scented plants.
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ١٣
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?1
Footnotes (1)
- Literally, "you two," addressing the species of mankind and jinn.
خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلۡصَٰلٖ كَٱلۡفَخَّارِ ١٤
Khalaqal-insāna min ṣalṣālin kal-fakhkhār.
He created man from clay like [that of] pottery.
وَخَلَقَ ٱلۡجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٖ مِّن نَّارٖ ١٥
Wa khalaqal-jānna mim mārijim min nār.
And He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire.
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ١٦
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
رَبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقَيۡنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلۡمَغۡرِبَيۡنِ ١٧
Rabbul-mashriqayni wa rabbul-maghribayn.
[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.1
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., the points of sunrise in the east and sunset in the west in both summer and winter.
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ١٨
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
مَرَجَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَيۡنِ يَلۡتَقِيَانِ ١٩
Marajal-baḥrayni yaltaqiyān.
He released the two seas,1 meeting [one another];
Footnotes (1)
- Two bodies of water or two sea waters of distinct characteristics.
بَيۡنَهُمَا بَرۡزَخٞ لَّا يَبۡغِيَانِ ٢٠
Baynahumā barzakhul lā yabghiyān.
Between them is a barrier so neither of them transgresses.
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٢١
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
يَخۡرُجُ مِنۡهُمَا ٱللُّؤۡلُؤُ وَٱلۡمَرۡجَانُ ٢٢
Yakhruju minhumal-luʾluʾu wal-marjān.
From both of them emerge pearl and coral.
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٢٣
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
وَلَهُ ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ كَٱلۡأَعۡلَٰمِ ٢٤
Wa lahul-jawāril-munshaʾātu fil-baḥri kal-aʿlām.
And to Him belong the ships [with sails] elevated in the sea like mountains.
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٢٥
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
كُلُّ مَنۡ عَلَيۡهَا فَانٖ ٢٦
Kullu man ʿalayhā fān.
Everyone upon it [i.e., the earth] will perish,
وَيَبۡقَىٰ وَجۡهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلۡجَلَٰلِ وَٱلۡإِكۡرَامِ ٢٧
Wa yabqā wajhu rabbika dhul-jalāli wal-ikrām.
And there will remain the Face1 of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.
Footnotes (1)
- See footnote to 2:19.
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٢٨
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
يَسۡـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ كُلَّ يَوۡمٍ هُوَ فِي شَأۡنٖ ٢٩
Yasʾaluhū man fis-samāwāti wal-arḍ, kulla yawmin huwa fī shaʾn.
Whoever is within the heavens and earth asks Him; every day He is in [i.e., bringing about] a matter.1
Footnotes (1)
- For each of His creatures.
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٣٠
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
سَنَفۡرُغُ لَكُمۡ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ ٣١
Sanafrughu lakum ayyuhath-thaqalān.
We will attend to you, O prominent beings.1
Footnotes (1)
- Specifically two: mankind and jinn.
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٣٢
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
يَٰمَعۡشَرَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُمۡ أَن تَنفُذُواْ مِنۡ أَقۡطَارِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَٱنفُذُواْۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ ٣٣
Yāmaʿsharal-jinni wal-insi inistaṭaʿtum an tanfudhū min aqṭāris-samāwāti wal-arḍi fanfudhū, lā tanfudhūna illā bisulṭān.
O company of jinn and mankind, if you are able to pass beyond the regions of the heavens and the earth, then pass. You will not pass except by authority [from Allāh].
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٣٤
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
يُرۡسَلُ عَلَيۡكُمَا شُوَاظٞ مِّن نَّارٖ وَنُحَاسٞ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ ٣٥
Yursalu ʿalaykumā shuwāẓum min nāriw wa nuḥāsun falā tantaṣirān.
There will be sent upon you a flame of fire and smoke,1 and you will not defend yourselves.
Footnotes (1)
- Another possible meaning is liquefied brass or copper.
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٣٦
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتۡ وَرۡدَةٗ كَٱلدِّهَانِ ٣٧
Fa idhanshaqqatis-samāʾu fakānat wardatan kad-dihān.
And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose-colored like oil1 -
Footnotes (1)
- Or "like a tanned skin."
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٣٨
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّا يُسۡـَٔلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦٓ إِنسٞ وَلَا جَآنّٞ ٣٩
Fayawmaʾidhil lā yusʾalu ʿan dhanbihī insuw wa lā jānn.
Then on that Day none will be asked about his sin among men or jinn.1
Footnotes (1)
- Once they have been condemned to the Fire.
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٤٠
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
يُعۡرَفُ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ بِسِيمَٰهُمۡ فَيُؤۡخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِي وَٱلۡأَقۡدَامِ ٤١
Yuʿraful-mujrimūna bisīmāhum fayuʾkhadhu bin-nawāṣī wal-aqdām.
The criminals will be known by their marks, and they will be seized by the forelocks and the feet.
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٤٢
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
هَٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِي يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ ٤٣
Hādhihī jahannamul-latī yukadhdhibu bihal-mujrimūn.
This is Hell, which the criminals deny.
يَطُوفُونَ بَيۡنَهَا وَبَيۡنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٖ ٤٤
Yaṭūfūna baynahā wa bayna ḥamīmin ān.
They will circulate between it and scalding water, heated [to the utmost degree].
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٤٥
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
وَلِمَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ ٤٦
Waliman khāfa maqāma rabbihī jannatān.
But for he who has feared the position of his Lord1 are two gardens -
Footnotes (1)
- An alternative meaning is "the standing [for account] before his Lord."
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٤٧
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
ذَوَاتَآ أَفۡنَانٖ ٤٨
Dhawātā afnān.
Having [spreading] branches.
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٤٩
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
فِيهِمَا عَيۡنَانِ تَجۡرِيَانِ ٥٠
Fīhimā ʿaynāni tajriyān.
In both of them are two springs, flowing.
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٥١
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٖ زَوۡجَانِ ٥٢
Fīhimā min kulli fākihatin zawjān.
In both of them are of every fruit, two kinds.
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٥٣
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشِۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنۡ إِسۡتَبۡرَقٖۚ وَجَنَى ٱلۡجَنَّتَيۡنِ دَانٖ ٥٤
Muttakiʾīna ʿalā furushim baṭāʾinuhā min istabraq, wa janal-jannatayni dān.
[They are] reclining on beds whose linings are of silk brocade, and the fruit of the two gardens is hanging low.
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٥٥
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
فِيهِنَّ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرۡفِ لَمۡ يَطۡمِثۡهُنَّ إِنسٞ قَبۡلَهُمۡ وَلَا جَآنّٞ ٥٦
Fīhinna qāṣirātuṭ-ṭarfi lam yaṭmithhunna insun qablahum wa lā jānn.
In them are women limiting [their] glances,1 untouched2 before them by man or jinnī -
Footnotes (2)
- To their own mates, i.e., being chaste and modest.
- Literally, they have not been caused to bleed by loss of virginity.
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٥٧
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلۡيَاقُوتُ وَٱلۡمَرۡجَانُ ٥٨
Kaʾannahunnal-yāqūtu wal-marjān.
As if they were rubies and coral.1
Footnotes (1)
- In purity, color and beauty.
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٥٩
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
هَلۡ جَزَآءُ ٱلۡإِحۡسَٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلۡإِحۡسَٰنُ ٦٠
Hal jazāʾul-iḥsāni illal-iḥsān.
Is the reward for good [anything] but good?
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٦١
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ ٦٢
Wa min dūnihimā jannatān.
And below them both [in excellence] are two [other] gardens -
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٦٣
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
مُدۡهَآمَّتَانِ ٦٤
Mudhāmmatān.
Dark green [in color].
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٦٥
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
فِيهِمَا عَيۡنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ ٦٦
Fīhimā ʿaynāni naḍḍākhatān.
In both of them are two springs, spouting.
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٦٧
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
فِيهِمَا فَٰكِهَةٞ وَنَخۡلٞ وَرُمَّانٞ ٦٨
Fīhimā fākihatuw wa nakhluw wa rummān.
In both of them are fruit and palm trees and pomegranates.
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٦٩
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
فِيهِنَّ خَيۡرَٰتٌ حِسَانٞ ٧٠
Fīhinna khayrātun ḥisān.
In them are good and beautiful women -
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٧١
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
حُورٞ مَّقۡصُورَٰتٞ فِي ٱلۡخِيَامِ ٧٢
Ḥūrum maqṣūrātun fil-khiyām.
Fair ones reserved in pavilions -
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٧٣
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
لَمۡ يَطۡمِثۡهُنَّ إِنسٞ قَبۡلَهُمۡ وَلَا جَآنّٞ ٧٤
Lam yaṭmithhunna insun qablahum wa lā jānn.
Untouched before them by man or jinnī -
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٧٥
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفۡرَفٍ خُضۡرٖ وَعَبۡقَرِيٍّ حِسَانٖ ٧٦
Muttakiʾīna ʿalā rafrafin khuḍriw wa ʿabqariyyin ḥisān.
Reclining on green cushions and beautiful fine carpets.
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٧٧
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
تَبَٰرَكَ ٱسۡمُ رَبِّكَ ذِي ٱلۡجَلَٰلِ وَٱلۡإِكۡرَامِ ٧٨
Tabārakasmu rabbika dhil-jalāli wal-ikrām.
Blessed is the name of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.