ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ
Arrahman
The Most Merciful
The RaHmān (The All-Merciful Allah)
Surah 55
Ar-Rahman
The Beneficent
78 verses · Madinan · revealed 97th
الرحمن
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
عَلَّمَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ
AAallama alqur-an
Taught the Qur’ān,
has taught the Qur’ān.
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ
Khalaqa al-insan
Created man,
He has created man.
عَلَّمَهُ ٱلْبَيَانَ
AAallamahu albayan
[And] taught him eloquence.
He has taught him (how) to express himself.
ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ
Ashshamsu walqamaru bihusban
The sun and the moon [move] by precise calculation,
The sun and the moon are (bound) by a (fixed) calculation.
وَٱلنَّجْمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ
Wannajmu washshajaru yasjudan
And the stars and trees prostrate.
And the vine and the tree both prostrate (to Allah).
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلْمِيزَانَ
Wassamaa rafaAAahawawadaAAa almeezan
And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance
He raised the sky high, and has placed the scale,
أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْمِيزَانِ
Alla tatghaw fee almeezan
That you not transgress within the balance.
so that you should not be wrongful in weighing.
وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا۟ ٱلْمِيزَانَ
Waaqeemoo alwazna bilqisti walatukhsiroo almeezan
And establish weight in justice and do not make deficient the balance.
Observe the correct weight with fairness, and do not make weighing deficient.
وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ
Wal-arda wadaAAahalil-anam
And the earth He laid [out] for the creatures.
As for the earth, He has placed it for creatures,
فِيهَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ وَٱلنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ ٱلْأَكْمَامِ
Feeha fakihatun wannakhluthatu al-akmam
Therein is fruit and palm trees having sheaths [of dates]
in which there are fruits and date palms having sheaths,
وَٱلْحَبُّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْفِ وَٱلرَّيْحَانُ
Walhabbu thoo alAAasfiwarrayhan
And grain having husks and scented plants.
and the grain having chaff, and fragrant flowers.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
So, (O mankind and Jinn,) which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍ كَٱلْفَخَّارِ
Khalaqa al-insana min salsalinkalfakhkhar
He created man from clay like [that of] pottery.
He has created man from dry clay, ringing like pottery,
وَخَلَقَ ٱلْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ
Wakhalaqa aljanna min marijinmin nar
And He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire.
and created Jann (father of the Jinn) from a smokeless flame of fire.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
So, (O mankind and Jinn,) which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ
Rabbu almashriqayni warabbu almaghribayn
[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.
He is the Lord of both points of sunrise and both points of sunset.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ
Maraja albahrayni yaltaqiyan
He released the two seas, meeting [one another];
He let forth the two seas to meet together,
بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ
Baynahuma barzakhun la yabghiyan
Between them is a barrier so neither of them transgresses.
while there is a barrier between them; they do not encroach (upon one another).
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا ٱللُّؤْلُؤُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ
Yakhruju minhuma allu/luo walmarjan
From both of them emerge pearl and coral.
From both of them come forth the pearl and the coral.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththibani
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
وَلَهُ ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَـٰمِ
Walahu aljawari almunshaatufee albahri kal-aAAlam
And to Him belong the ships [with sails] elevated in the sea like mountains.
And His are the sailing ships raised up in the sea like mountains.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ
Kullu man AAalayha fan
Everyone upon it [i.e., the earth] will perish,
Every one who is on it (the earth) has to perish.
وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلْجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ
Wayabqa wajhu rabbika thooaljalali wal-ikram
And there will remain the Face of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.
And your Lord’s Countenance will remain, full of majesty, full of honour.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
يَسْـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِى شَأْنٍ
Yas-aluhu man fee assamawatiwal-ardi kulla yawmin huwa fee sha/n
Whoever is within the heavens and earth asks Him; every day He is in [i.e., bringing about] a matter.
All those in the heavens and the earth beseech Him (for their needs.) Every day He is in a state of action.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ
Sanafrughu lakum ayyuha aththaqalan
We will attend to you, O prominent beings.
Soon We are going to spare Ourselves for you (to reckon your deeds), O two heavy species (of Jinn and mankind)!
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
يَـٰمَعْشَرَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَن تَنفُذُوا۟ مِنْ أَقْطَارِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنفُذُوا۟ ۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ
Ya maAAshara aljinni wal-insiini istataAAtum an tanfuthoo min aqtari assamawatiwal-ardi fanfuthoo la tanfuthoonailla bisultan
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].
O genera of Jinn and mankind, If you are able to penetrate beyond the realms of the heavens and the earth, then penetrate. You cannot penetrate without power.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِّن نَّارٍ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ
Yursalu AAalaykuma shuwathunmin narin wanuhasun fala tantasiran
There will be sent upon you a flame of fire and smoke, and you will not defend yourselves.
A flame of fire and a smoke will be loosed against you, and you will not (be able) to defend.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَٱلدِّهَانِ
Fa-itha inshaqqati assamaofakanat wardatan kaddihan
And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose-colored like oil -
So, (it will be a terrible event) when the sky will be split apart and will become rosy, like (red) hides.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُسْـَٔلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦٓ إِنسٌ وَلَا جَآنٌّ
Fayawma-ithin la yus-alu AAan thanbihiinsun wala jan
Then on that Day none will be asked about his sin among men or jinn.
On that day, neither a man will be questioned about his sin, nor a Jinn.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
يُعْرَفُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَـٰهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِى وَٱلْأَقْدَامِ
YuAArafu almujrimoona biseemahumfayu/khathu binnawasee wal-aqdam
The criminals will be known by their marks, and they will be seized by the forelocks and the feet.
The guilty ones will be recognized (by angels) through their marks and will be seized by foreheads and feet.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
هَـٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ
Hathihi jahannamu allatee yukaththibubiha almujrimoon
This is Hell, which the criminals deny.
This is Jahannam (Hell) that the guilty people deny.
يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٍ
Yatoofoona baynaha wabayna hameeminan
They will circulate between it and scalding water, heated [to the utmost degree].
They will circle around between it and between hot, boiling water.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ
Waliman khafa maqama rabbihijannatan
But for he who has feared the position of his Lord are two gardens -
And for the one who is fearful of having to stand before his Lord, there are two gardens, -
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
ذَوَاتَآ أَفْنَانٍ
Thawata afnan
Having [spreading] branches.
- both having branches.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ
Feehima AAaynani tajriyan
In both of them are two springs, flowing.
In both there are two flowing springs.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَـٰكِهَةٍ زَوْجَانِ
Feehima min kulli fakihatinzawjan
In both of them are of every fruit, two kinds.
In both there are two kinds of every fruit.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشٍۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ ۚ وَجَنَى ٱلْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍ
Muttaki-eena AAala furushin bata-inuhamin istabraqin wajana aljannatayni dan
[They are] reclining on beds whose linings are of silk brocade, and the fruit of the two gardens is hanging low.
(The people of these gardens will be) reclining on floorings whose (even) linings will be of thick silk, and the fruits plucked from the two gardens will be at hand.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فِيهِنَّ قَـٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ
Feehinna qasiratu attarfilam yatmithhunna insun qablahum wala jan
In them are women limiting [their] glances, untouched before them by man or jinnī -
In them there will be maidens restraining (their) glances, whom neither a man might have touched before them, nor a Jinn.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلْيَاقُوتُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ
Kaannahunna alyaqootu walmarjan
As if they were rubies and coral.
They will look like rubies and corals.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
هَلْ جَزَآءُ ٱلْإِحْسَـٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلْإِحْسَـٰنُ
Hal jazao al-ihsani illaal-ihsan
Is the reward for good [anything] but good?
Is there any reward for goodness other than goodness?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ
Wamin doonihima jannatan
And below them both [in excellence] are two [other] gardens -
And besides these two, there are two other gardens (for the second category of the God-fearing),-
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
مُدْهَآمَّتَانِ
Mudhammatan
Dark green [in color].
- both (gardens are) dark green!
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ
Feehima AAaynani naddakhatan
In both of them are two springs, spouting.
In both there are two springs gushing forth profusely.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فِيهِمَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ وَنَخْلٌ وَرُمَّانٌ
Feehima fakihatun wanakhlunwarumman
In both of them are fruit and palm trees and pomegranates.
In both there are fruits and date-palms and pomegranates.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَٰتٌ حِسَانٌ
Feehinna khayratun hisan
In them are good and beautiful women -
In them there will be women, good and gorgeous,-
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
حُورٌ مَّقْصُورَٰتٌ فِى ٱلْخِيَامِ
Hoorun maqsooratun feealkhiyam
Fair ones reserved in pavilions -
- the houris, kept guarded in pavilions-
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ
Lam yatmithhunna insun qablahum walajan
Untouched before them by man or jinnī -
- whom neither a man might have touched before them, nor a Jinn.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَعَبْقَرِىٍّ حِسَانٍ
Muttaki-eena AAala rafrafin khudrinwaAAabqariyyin hisan
Reclining on green cushions and beautiful fine carpets.
(The people of these gardens will be) reclining on green cushions and marvelously beautiful mattresses.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
تَبَـٰرَكَ ٱسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِى ٱلْجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ
Tabaraka ismu rabbika theealjalali wal-ikram
Blessed is the name of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.
Glorious is the name of your Lord, the Lord of Majesty, the Lord of Honour.