Ar-Rahman

سورة الرحمن

Surah 55 · Meccan · 78 verses

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الرَّحْمَٰنُ1

(1) The Most Merciful
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عَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ2

(2) Taught the Qur’ān,
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خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ3

(3) Created man,
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عَلَّمَهُ الْبَيَانَ4

(4) [And] taught him eloquence.
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الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ5

(5) The sun and the moon [move] by precise calculation,
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وَالنَّجْمُ وَالشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ6

(6) And the stars and trees prostrate.[1593]
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[1593]- 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.
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وَالسَّمَاءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ الْمِيزَانَ7

(7) And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance
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أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا فِي الْمِيزَانِ8

(8) That you not transgress within the balance.
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وَأَقِيمُوا الْوَزْنَ بِالْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا الْمِيزَانَ9

(9) And establish weight in justice and do not make deficient the balance.
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وَالْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ10

(10) And the earth He laid [out] for the creatures.
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فِيهَا فَاكِهَةٌ وَالنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ الْأَكْمَامِ11

(11) Therein is fruit and palm trees having sheaths [of dates]
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وَالْحَبُّ ذُو الْعَصْفِ وَالرَّيْحَانُ12

(12) And grain having husks and scented plants.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ13

(13) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?[1594]
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[1594]- Literally, "you two," addressing the species of mankind and jinn.
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خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ كَالْفَخَّارِ14

(14) He created man from clay like [that of] pottery.
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وَخَلَقَ الْجَانَّ مِنْ مَارِجٍ مِنْ نَارٍ15

(15) And He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire.
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ16

(16) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ الْمَغْرِبَيْنِ17

(17) [He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.[1595]
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[1595]- i.e., the points of sunrise in the east and sunset in the west in both summer and winter.
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ18

(18) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ19

(19) He released the two seas,[1596] meeting [one another];
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[1596]- Two bodies of water or two sea waters of distinct characteristics.
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بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَا يَبْغِيَانِ20

(20) Between them is a barrier so neither of them transgresses.
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ21

(21) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا اللُّؤْلُؤُ وَالْمَرْجَانُ22

(22) From both of them emerge pearl and coral.
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ23

(23) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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وَلَهُ الْجَوَارِ الْمُنْشَآتُ فِي الْبَحْرِ كَالْأَعْلَامِ24

(24) And to Him belong the ships [with sails] elevated in the sea like mountains.
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ25

(25) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ26

(26) Everyone upon it [i.e., the earth] will perish,
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وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ27

(27) And there will remain the Face[1597] of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.
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[1597]- See footnote to 2:19.
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ28

(28) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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يَسْأَلُهُ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِي شَأْنٍ29

(29) Whoever is within the heavens and earth asks Him; every day He is in [i.e., bringing about] a matter.[1598]
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[1598]- For each of His creatures.
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ30

(30) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَ الثَّقَلَانِ31

(31) We will attend to you, O prominent beings.[1599]
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[1599]- Specifically two: mankind and jinn.
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ32

(32) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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يَا مَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنْسِ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَنْ تَنْفُذُوا مِنْ أَقْطَارِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ فَانْفُذُوا ۚ لَا تَنْفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَانٍ33

(33) 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].
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ34

(34) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِنْ نَارٍ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنْتَصِرَانِ35

(35) There will be sent upon you a flame of fire and smoke,[1600] and you will not defend yourselves.
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[1600]- Another possible meaning is liquefied brass or copper.
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ36

(36) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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فَإِذَا انْشَقَّتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَالدِّهَانِ37

(37) And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose-colored like oil[1601] -
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[1601]- Or "like a tanned skin."
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ38

(38) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
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فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَا يُسْأَلُ عَنْ ذَنْبِهِ إِنْسٌ وَلَا جَانٌّ39

(39) Then on that Day none will be asked about his sin among men or jinn.[1602]
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[1602]- Once they have been condemned to the Fire.
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ40

(40) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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يُعْرَفُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَاهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِالنَّوَاصِي وَالْأَقْدَامِ41

(41) The criminals will be known by their marks, and they will be seized by the forelocks and the feet.
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ42

(42) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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هَٰذِهِ جَهَنَّمُ الَّتِي يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا الْمُجْرِمُونَ43

(43) This is Hell, which the criminals deny.
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يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ آنٍ44

(44) They will circulate between it and scalding water, heated [to the utmost degree].
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ45

(45) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ جَنَّتَانِ46

(46) But for he who has feared the position of his Lord[1603] are two gardens -
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[1603]- An alternative meaning is "the standing [for account] before his Lord."
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ47

(47) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
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ذَوَاتَا أَفْنَانٍ48

(48) Having [spreading] branches.
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ49

(49) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ50

(50) In both of them are two springs, flowing.
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ51

(51) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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فِيهِمَا مِنْ كُلِّ فَاكِهَةٍ زَوْجَانِ52

(52) In both of them are of every fruit, two kinds.
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ53

(53) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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مُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشٍ بَطَائِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ ۚ وَجَنَى الْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍ54

(54) [They are] reclining on beds whose linings are of silk brocade, and the fruit of the two gardens is hanging low.
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ55

(55) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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فِيهِنَّ قَاصِرَاتُ الطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنْسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَانٌّ56

(56) In them are women limiting [their] glances,[1604] untouched[1605] before them by man or jinnī -
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[1604]- To their own mates, i.e., being chaste and modest.
[1605]- Literally, they have not been caused to bleed by loss of virginity.
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ57

(57) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
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كَأَنَّهُنَّ الْيَاقُوتُ وَالْمَرْجَانُ58

(58) As if they were rubies and coral.[1606]
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[1606]- In purity, color and beauty.
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ59

(59) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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هَلْ جَزَاءُ الْإِحْسَانِ إِلَّا الْإِحْسَانُ60

(60) Is the reward for good [anything] but good?
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ61

(61) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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وَمِنْ دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ62

(62) And below them both [in excellence] are two [other] gardens -
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ63

(63) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
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مُدْهَامَّتَانِ64

(64) Dark green [in color].
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ65

(65) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ66

(66) In both of them are two springs, spouting.
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ67

(67) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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فِيهِمَا فَاكِهَةٌ وَنَخْلٌ وَرُمَّانٌ68

(68) In both of them are fruit and palm trees and pomegranates.
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ69

(69) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَاتٌ حِسَانٌ70

(70) In them are good and beautiful women -
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ71

(71) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
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حُورٌ مَقْصُورَاتٌ فِي الْخِيَامِ72

(72) Fair ones reserved in pavilions -
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ73

(73) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
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لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنْسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَانٌّ74

(74) Untouched before them by man or jinnī -
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ75

(75) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
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مُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَىٰ رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَعَبْقَرِيٍّ حِسَانٍ76

(76) Reclining on green cushions and beautiful fine carpets.
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فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ77

(77) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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تَبَارَكَ اسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِي الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ78

(78) Blessed is the name of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.

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