Ar-Rahman
الرحمن
Chapter 55. The Beneficent
Ar-Rahman 55:1
ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ
The Beneficent
Ar-Rahman 55:2
عَلَّمَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ
Hath made known the Qur'an.
Ar-Rahman 55:3
خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ
He hath created man.
Ar-Rahman 55:4
عَلَّمَهُ ٱلۡبَيَانَ
He hath taught him utterance.
Ar-Rahman 55:5
ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ بِحُسۡبَانٖ
The sun and the moon are made punctual.
Ar-Rahman 55:6
وَٱلنَّجۡمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسۡجُدَانِ
The stars and the trees prostrate.
Ar-Rahman 55:7
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلۡمِيزَانَ
And the sky He hath uplifted; and He hath set the measure,
Ar-Rahman 55:8
أَلَّا تَطۡغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡمِيزَانِ
That ye exceed not the measure,
Ar-Rahman 55:9
وَأَقِيمُواْ ٱلۡوَزۡنَ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِ وَلَا تُخۡسِرُواْ ٱلۡمِيزَانَ
But observe the measure strictly, nor fall short thereof.
Ar-Rahman 55:10
وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلۡأَنَامِ
And the earth hath He appointed for (His) creatures,
Ar-Rahman 55:11
فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٞ وَٱلنَّخۡلُ ذَاتُ ٱلۡأَكۡمَامِ
Wherein are fruit and sheathed palm-trees,
Ar-Rahman 55:12
وَٱلۡحَبُّ ذُو ٱلۡعَصۡفِ وَٱلرَّيۡحَانُ
Husked grain and scented herb.
Ar-Rahman 55:13
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:14
خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلۡصَٰلٖ كَٱلۡفَخَّارِ
He created man of clay like the potter's,
Ar-Rahman 55:15
وَخَلَقَ ٱلۡجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٖ مِّن نَّارٖ
And the jinn did He create of smokeless fire.
Ar-Rahman 55:16
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:17
رَبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقَيۡنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلۡمَغۡرِبَيۡنِ
Lord of the two Easts, and Lord of the two Wests!
Ar-Rahman 55:18
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:19
مَرَجَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَيۡنِ يَلۡتَقِيَانِ
He hath loosed the two seas. They meet.
Ar-Rahman 55:20
بَيۡنَهُمَا بَرۡزَخٞ لَّا يَبۡغِيَانِ
There is a barrier between them. They encroach not (one upon the other).
Ar-Rahman 55:21
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:22
يَخۡرُجُ مِنۡهُمَا ٱللُّؤۡلُؤُ وَٱلۡمَرۡجَانُ
There cometh forth from both of them the pearl and coral-stone.
Ar-Rahman 55:23
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:24
وَلَهُ ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ كَٱلۡأَعۡلَٰمِ
His are the ships displayed upon the sea, like banners.
Ar-Rahman 55:25
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:26
كُلُّ مَنۡ عَلَيۡهَا فَانٖ
Everyone that is thereon will pass away;
Ar-Rahman 55:27
وَيَبۡقَىٰ وَجۡهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلۡجَلَٰلِ وَٱلۡإِكۡرَامِ
There remaineth but the Countenance of thy Lord of Might and Glory.
Ar-Rahman 55:28
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:29
يَسۡـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ كُلَّ يَوۡمٍ هُوَ فِي شَأۡنٖ
All that are in the heavens and the earth entreat Him. Every day He exerciseth (universal) power.
Ar-Rahman 55:30
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:31
سَنَفۡرُغُ لَكُمۡ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ
We shall dispose of you, O ye two dependents (man and jinn).
Ar-Rahman 55:32
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:33
يَٰمَعۡشَرَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُمۡ أَن تَنفُذُواْ مِنۡ أَقۡطَارِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَٱنفُذُواْۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ
O company of jinn and men, if ye have power to penetrate (all) regions of the heavens and the earth, then penetrate (them)! Ye will never penetrate them save with (Our) sanction.
Ar-Rahman 55:34
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:35
يُرۡسَلُ عَلَيۡكُمَا شُوَاظٞ مِّن نَّارٖ وَنُحَاسٞ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ
There will be sent, against you both, heat of fire and flash of brass, and ye will not escape.
Ar-Rahman 55:36
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:37
فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتۡ وَرۡدَةٗ كَٱلدِّهَانِ
And when the heaven splitteth asunder and becometh rosy like red hide -
Ar-Rahman 55:38
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? -
Ar-Rahman 55:39
فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّا يُسۡـَٔلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦٓ إِنسٞ وَلَا جَآنّٞ
On that day neither man nor jinni will be questioned of his sin.
Ar-Rahman 55:40
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:41
يُعۡرَفُ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ بِسِيمَٰهُمۡ فَيُؤۡخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِي وَٱلۡأَقۡدَامِ
The guilty will be known by their marks, and will be taken by the forelocks and the feet.
Ar-Rahman 55:42
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:43
هَٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِي يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ
This is hell which the guilty deny.
Ar-Rahman 55:44
يَطُوفُونَ بَيۡنَهَا وَبَيۡنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٖ
They go circling round between it and fierce, boiling water.
Ar-Rahman 55:45
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:46
وَلِمَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ
But for him who feareth the standing before his Lord there are two gardens.
Ar-Rahman 55:47
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:48
ذَوَاتَآ أَفۡنَانٖ
Of spreading branches.
Ar-Rahman 55:49
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:50
فِيهِمَا عَيۡنَانِ تَجۡرِيَانِ
Wherein are two fountains flowing.
Ar-Rahman 55:51
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:52
فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٖ زَوۡجَانِ
Wherein is every kind of fruit in pairs.
Ar-Rahman 55:53
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:54
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشِۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنۡ إِسۡتَبۡرَقٖۚ وَجَنَى ٱلۡجَنَّتَيۡنِ دَانٖ
Reclining upon couches lined with silk brocade, the fruit of both the gardens near to hand.
Ar-Rahman 55:55
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:56
فِيهِنَّ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرۡفِ لَمۡ يَطۡمِثۡهُنَّ إِنسٞ قَبۡلَهُمۡ وَلَا جَآنّٞ
Therein are those of modest gaze, whom neither man nor jinni will have touched before them.
Ar-Rahman 55:57
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:58
كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلۡيَاقُوتُ وَٱلۡمَرۡجَانُ
(In beauty) like the jacynth and the coral-stone.
Ar-Rahman 55:59
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:60
هَلۡ جَزَآءُ ٱلۡإِحۡسَٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلۡإِحۡسَٰنُ
Is the reward of goodness aught save goodness?
Ar-Rahman 55:61
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:62
وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ
And beside them are two other gardens,
Ar-Rahman 55:63
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:64
مُدۡهَآمَّتَانِ
Dark green with foliage.
Ar-Rahman 55:65
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:66
فِيهِمَا عَيۡنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ
Wherein are two abundant springs.
Ar-Rahman 55:67
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:68
فِيهِمَا فَٰكِهَةٞ وَنَخۡلٞ وَرُمَّانٞ
Wherein is fruit, the date-palm and pomegranate.
Ar-Rahman 55:69
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:70
فِيهِنَّ خَيۡرَٰتٌ حِسَانٞ
Wherein (are found) the good and beautiful -
Ar-Rahman 55:71
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? -
Ar-Rahman 55:72
حُورٞ مَّقۡصُورَٰتٞ فِي ٱلۡخِيَامِ
Fair ones, close-guarded in pavilions -
Ar-Rahman 55:73
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? -
Ar-Rahman 55:74
لَمۡ يَطۡمِثۡهُنَّ إِنسٞ قَبۡلَهُمۡ وَلَا جَآنّٞ
Whom neither man nor jinni will have touched before them -
Ar-Rahman 55:75
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:76
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفۡرَفٍ خُضۡرٖ وَعَبۡقَرِيٍّ حِسَانٖ
Reclining on green cushions and fair carpets.
Ar-Rahman 55:77
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:78
تَبَٰرَكَ ٱسۡمُ رَبِّكَ ذِي ٱلۡجَلَٰلِ وَٱلۡإِكۡرَامِ
Blessed be the name of thy Lord, Mighty and glorious!