Surah Ar-Rahman (The Beneficent)

سُورَةُ الرحمن

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ ﴿١﴾

   55:1 The Most Merciful

2. عَلَّمَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ ﴿٢﴾

   55:2 Taught the Qur’ān,

3. خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ ﴿٣﴾

   55:3 Created man,

4. عَلَّمَهُ ٱلۡبَيَانَ ﴿٤﴾

   55:4 [And] taught him eloquence.

5. ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ بِحُسۡبَانٖ ﴿٥﴾

   55:5 The sun and the moon [move] by precise calculation,

6. وَٱلنَّجۡمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسۡجُدَانِ ﴿٦﴾

   55:6 And the stars and trees prostrate.[1593]

   Notes

   [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.

7. وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلۡمِيزَانَ ﴿٧﴾

   55:7 And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance

8. أَلَّا تَطۡغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡمِيزَانِ ﴿٨﴾

   55:8 That you not transgress within the balance.

9. وَأَقِيمُواْ ٱلۡوَزۡنَ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِ وَلَا تُخۡسِرُواْ ٱلۡمِيزَانَ ﴿٩﴾

   55:9 And establish weight in justice and do not make deficient the balance.

10. وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلۡأَنَامِ ﴿١٠﴾

    55:10 And the earth He laid [out] for the creatures.

11. فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٞ وَٱلنَّخۡلُ ذَاتُ ٱلۡأَكۡمَامِ ﴿١١﴾

    55:11 Therein is fruit and palm trees having sheaths [of dates]

12. وَٱلۡحَبُّ ذُو ٱلۡعَصۡفِ وَٱلرَّيۡحَانُ ﴿١٢﴾

    55:12 And grain having husks and scented plants.

13. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿١٣﴾

    55:13 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?[1594]

    Notes

    [1594] Literally, "you two," addressing the species of mankind and jinn.

14. خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلۡصَٰلٖ كَٱلۡفَخَّارِ ﴿١٤﴾

    55:14 He created man from clay like [that of] pottery.

15. وَخَلَقَ ٱلۡجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٖ مِّن نَّارٖ ﴿١٥﴾

    55:15 And He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire.

16. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿١٦﴾

    55:16 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

17. رَبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقَيۡنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلۡمَغۡرِبَيۡنِ ﴿١٧﴾

    55:17 [He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.[1595]

    Notes

    [1595] i.e., the points of sunrise in the east and sunset in the west in both summer and winter.

18. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿١٨﴾

    55:18 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

19. مَرَجَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَيۡنِ يَلۡتَقِيَانِ ﴿١٩﴾

    55:19 He released the two seas,[1596] meeting [one another];

    Notes

    [1596] Two bodies of water or two sea waters of distinct characteristics.

20. بَيۡنَهُمَا بَرۡزَخٞ لَّا يَبۡغِيَانِ ﴿٢٠﴾

    55:20 Between them is a barrier so neither of them transgresses.

21. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٢١﴾

    55:21 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

22. يَخۡرُجُ مِنۡهُمَا ٱللُّؤۡلُؤُ وَٱلۡمَرۡجَانُ ﴿٢٢﴾

    55:22 From both of them emerge pearl and coral.

23. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٢٣﴾

    55:23 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

24. وَلَهُ ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ كَٱلۡأَعۡلَٰمِ ﴿٢٤﴾

    55:24 And to Him belong the ships [with sails] elevated in the sea like mountains.

25. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٢٥﴾

    55:25 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

26. كُلُّ مَنۡ عَلَيۡهَا فَانٖ ﴿٢٦﴾

    55:26 Everyone upon it [i.e., the earth] will perish,

27. وَيَبۡقَىٰ وَجۡهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلۡجَلَٰلِ وَٱلۡإِكۡرَامِ ﴿٢٧﴾

    55:27 And there will remain the Face[1597] of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.

    Notes

    [1597] See footnote to 2:19.

28. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٢٨﴾

    55:28 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

29. يَسۡـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ كُلَّ يَوۡمٍ هُوَ فِي شَأۡنٖ ﴿٢٩﴾

    55:29 Whoever is within the heavens and earth asks Him; every day He is in [i.e., bringing about] a matter.[1598]

    Notes

    [1598] For each of His creatures.

30. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٣٠﴾

    55:30 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

31. سَنَفۡرُغُ لَكُمۡ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ ﴿٣١﴾

    55:31 We will attend to you, O prominent beings.[1599]

    Notes

    [1599] Specifically two: mankind and jinn.

32. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٣٢﴾

    55:32 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

33. يَٰمَعۡشَرَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُمۡ أَن تَنفُذُواْ مِنۡ أَقۡطَارِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَٱنفُذُواْۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ ﴿٣٣﴾

    55:33 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].

34. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٣٤﴾

    55:34 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

35. يُرۡسَلُ عَلَيۡكُمَا شُوَاظٞ مِّن نَّارٖ وَنُحَاسٞ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ ﴿٣٥﴾

    55:35 There will be sent upon you a flame of fire and smoke,[1600] and you will not defend yourselves.

    Notes

    [1600] Another possible meaning is liquefied brass or copper.

36. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٣٦﴾

    55:36 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

37. فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتۡ وَرۡدَةٗ كَٱلدِّهَانِ ﴿٣٧﴾

    55:37 And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose-colored like oil[1601] -

    Notes

    [1601] Or "like a tanned skin."

38. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٣٨﴾

    55:38 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

39. فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّا يُسۡـَٔلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦٓ إِنسٞ وَلَا جَآنّٞ ﴿٣٩﴾

    55:39 Then on that Day none will be asked about his sin among men or jinn.[1602]

    Notes

    [1602] Once they have been condemned to the Fire.

40. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٤٠﴾

    55:40 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

41. يُعۡرَفُ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ بِسِيمَٰهُمۡ فَيُؤۡخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِي وَٱلۡأَقۡدَامِ ﴿٤١﴾

    55:41 The criminals will be known by their marks, and they will be seized by the forelocks and the feet.

42. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٤٢﴾

    55:42 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

43. هَٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِي يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ ﴿٤٣﴾

    55:43 This is Hell, which the criminals deny.

44. يَطُوفُونَ بَيۡنَهَا وَبَيۡنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٖ ﴿٤٤﴾

    55:44 They will circulate between it and scalding water, heated [to the utmost degree].

45. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٤٥﴾

    55:45 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

46. وَلِمَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ ﴿٤٦﴾

    55:46 But for he who has feared the position of his Lord[1603] are two gardens -

    Notes

    [1603] An alternative meaning is "the standing [for account] before his Lord."

47. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٤٧﴾

    55:47 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

48. ذَوَاتَآ أَفۡنَانٖ ﴿٤٨﴾

    55:48 Having [spreading] branches.

49. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٤٩﴾

    55:49 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

50. فِيهِمَا عَيۡنَانِ تَجۡرِيَانِ ﴿٥٠﴾

    55:50 In both of them are two springs, flowing.

51. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٥١﴾

    55:51 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

52. فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٖ زَوۡجَانِ ﴿٥٢﴾

    55:52 In both of them are of every fruit, two kinds.

53. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٥٣﴾

    55:53 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

54. مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشِۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنۡ إِسۡتَبۡرَقٖۚ وَجَنَى ٱلۡجَنَّتَيۡنِ دَانٖ ﴿٥٤﴾

    55:54 [They are] reclining on beds whose linings are of silk brocade, and the fruit of the two gardens is hanging low.

55. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٥٥﴾

    55:55 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

56. فِيهِنَّ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرۡفِ لَمۡ يَطۡمِثۡهُنَّ إِنسٞ قَبۡلَهُمۡ وَلَا جَآنّٞ ﴿٥٦﴾

    55:56 In them are women limiting [their] glances,[1604] untouched[1605] before them by man or jinnī -

    Notes

    [1604] To their own mates, i.e., being chaste and modest. [1605] Literally, they have not been caused to bleed by loss of virginity.

57. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٥٧﴾

    55:57 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

58. كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلۡيَاقُوتُ وَٱلۡمَرۡجَانُ ﴿٥٨﴾

    55:58 As if they were rubies and coral.[1606]

    Notes

    [1606] In purity, color and beauty.

59. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٥٩﴾

    55:59 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

60. هَلۡ جَزَآءُ ٱلۡإِحۡسَٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلۡإِحۡسَٰنُ ﴿٦٠﴾

    55:60 Is the reward for good [anything] but good?

61. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٦١﴾

    55:61 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

62. وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ ﴿٦٢﴾

    55:62 And below them both [in excellence] are two [other] gardens -

63. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٦٣﴾

    55:63 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

64. مُدۡهَآمَّتَانِ ﴿٦٤﴾

    55:64 Dark green [in color].

65. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٦٥﴾

    55:65 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

66. فِيهِمَا عَيۡنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ ﴿٦٦﴾

    55:66 In both of them are two springs, spouting.

67. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٦٧﴾

    55:67 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

68. فِيهِمَا فَٰكِهَةٞ وَنَخۡلٞ وَرُمَّانٞ ﴿٦٨﴾

    55:68 In both of them are fruit and palm trees and pomegranates.

69. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٦٩﴾

    55:69 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

70. فِيهِنَّ خَيۡرَٰتٌ حِسَانٞ ﴿٧٠﴾

    55:70 In them are good and beautiful women -

71. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٧١﴾

    55:71 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

72. حُورٞ مَّقۡصُورَٰتٞ فِي ٱلۡخِيَامِ ﴿٧٢﴾

    55:72 Fair ones reserved in pavilions -

73. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٧٣﴾

    55:73 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

74. لَمۡ يَطۡمِثۡهُنَّ إِنسٞ قَبۡلَهُمۡ وَلَا جَآنّٞ ﴿٧٤﴾

    55:74 Untouched before them by man or jinnī -

75. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٧٥﴾

    55:75 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

76. مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفۡرَفٍ خُضۡرٖ وَعَبۡقَرِيٍّ حِسَانٖ ﴿٧٦﴾

    55:76 Reclining on green cushions and beautiful fine carpets.

77. فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٧٧﴾

    55:77 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

78. تَبَٰرَكَ ٱسۡمُ رَبِّكَ ذِي ٱلۡجَلَٰلِ وَٱلۡإِكۡرَامِ ﴿٧٨﴾

    55:78 Blessed is the name of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.