Surah Ar-Rahman

ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ

Arrahman

The Most Gracious (Allâh)!

عَلَّمَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ

AAallama alqur-an

He has taught (you mankind) the Qur’ân (by His Mercy).

خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ

Khalaqa al-insan

He created man.

عَلَّمَهُ ٱلْبَيَانَ

AAallamahu albayan

He taught him eloquent speech.

ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ

Ashshamsu walqamaru bihusban

The sun and the moon run on their fixed courses (exactly) calculated with measured out stages for each (for reckoning).

وَٱلنَّجْمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ

Wannajmu washshajaru yasjudan

And the herbs (or stars) and the trees both prostrate themselves (to Allah - See V.22:18) (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلْمِيزَانَ

Wassamaa rafaAAahawawadaAAa almeezan

And the heaven: He has raised it high, and He has set up the Balance.

أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْمِيزَانِ

Alla tatghaw fee almeezan

In order that you may not transgress (due) balance.

وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا۟ ٱلْمِيزَانَ

Waaqeemoo alwazna bilqisti walatukhsiroo almeezan

And observe the weight with equity and do not make the balance deficient.

وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ

Wal-arda wadaAAahalil-anam

And the earth: He has put down (laid) for the creatures.

فِيهَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ وَٱلنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ ٱلْأَكْمَامِ

Feeha fakihatun wannakhluthatu al-akmam

Therein are fruits and date-palms producing sheathed fruit-stalks (enclosing dates).

وَٱلْحَبُّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْفِ وَٱلرَّيْحَانُ

Walhabbu thoo alAAasfiwarrayhan

And also corn, with (its) leaves and stalk for fodder, and sweet-scented plants.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍ كَٱلْفَخَّارِ

Khalaqa al-insana min salsalinkalfakhkhar

He created man (Adam) from sounding clay like the clay of pottery.

وَخَلَقَ ٱلْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ

Wakhalaqa aljanna min marijinmin nar

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

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ

Rabbu almashriqayni warabbu almaghribayn

(He is) the Lord of the two easts (places of sunrise during early summer and early winter) and the Lord of the two wests (places of sunset during early summer and early winter).

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ

Maraja albahrayni yaltaqiyan

He has let loose the two seas (the salt and fresh water) meeting together.

بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ

Baynahuma barzakhun la yabghiyan

Between them is a barrier which none of them can transgress.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا ٱللُّؤْلُؤُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ

Yakhruju minhuma allu/luo walmarjan

Out of them both come out pearl and coral.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththibani

Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

وَلَهُ ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَـٰمِ

Walahu aljawari almunshaatufee albahri kal-aAAlam

And His are the ships going and coming in the seas, like mountains.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ

Kullu man AAalayha fan

Whatsoever is on it (the earth) will perish.

وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلْجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ

Wayabqa wajhu rabbika thooaljalali wal-ikram

And the Face of your Lord full of Majesty and Honour will remain forever.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

يَسْـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِى شَأْنٍ

Yas-aluhu man fee assamawatiwal-ardi kulla yawmin huwa fee sha/n

Whosoever is in the heavens and on earth begs of Him (its needs from Him). Every day He is (engaged) in some affair (such as giving honour or disgrace to some, life or death to some, etc.)!

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ

Sanafrughu lakum ayyuha aththaqalan

We shall attend to you, O you two classes (jinn and men)!

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) 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 assembly of jinn and men! If you have power to pass beyond the zones of the heavens and the earth, then pass beyond (them)! But you will never be able to pass them, except with authority (from Allâh)!

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِّن نَّارٍ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ

Yursalu AAalaykuma shuwathunmin narin wanuhasun fala tantasiran

There will be sent against you both, smokeless flames of fire and (molten) brass, and you will not be able to defend yourselves.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَٱلدِّهَانِ

Fa-itha inshaqqati assamaofakanat wardatan kaddihan

Then when the heaven is rent asunder, and it becomes rosy or red like red-oil, or red hide - [See V.70:8]

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُسْـَٔلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦٓ إِنسٌ وَلَا جَآنٌّ

Fayawma-ithin la yus-alu AAan thanbihiinsun wala jan

So on that Day no question will be asked of man or jinns as to his sin, [because they have already been known from their faces either white (dwellers of Paradise - true believers of Islamic Monotheism) or black (dwellers of Hell - polytheists; disbelievers, criminals)].

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

يُعْرَفُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَـٰهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِى وَٱلْأَقْدَامِ

YuAArafu almujrimoona biseemahumfayu/khathu binnawasee wal-aqdam

The Mujrimûn (polytheists, criminals, sinners) will be known by their marks (black faces), and they will be seized by their forelocks and their feet.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

هَـٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ

Hathihi jahannamu allatee yukaththibubiha almujrimoon

This is the Hell which the Mujrimûn (polytheists, criminals, sinners) denied.

يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٍ

Yatoofoona baynaha wabayna hameeminan

They will go between it (Hell) and the fierce boiling water!

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ

Waliman khafa maqama rabbihijannatan

But for him who1 fears the standing before his Lord, there will be two Gardens (i.e. in Paradise).2

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

ذَوَاتَآ أَفْنَانٍ

Thawata afnan

With spreading branches.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ

Feehima AAaynani tajriyan

In them (both) will be two springs flowing (free).

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَـٰكِهَةٍ زَوْجَانِ

Feehima min kulli fakihatinzawjan

In them (both) will be every kind of fruit in pairs.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشٍۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ ۚ وَجَنَى ٱلْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍ

Muttaki-eena AAala furushin bata-inuhamin istabraqin wajana aljannatayni dan

Reclining upon the couches lined with silk brocade, and the fruits of the two Gardens will be near at hand.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

فِيهِنَّ قَـٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ

Feehinna qasiratu attarfilam yatmithhunna insun qablahum wala jan

Wherein both will be Qâsirât-ut-Tarf [chaste females (wives) restraining their glances, desiring none except their husbands], with whom no man or jinni has had tamth1 before them.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلْيَاقُوتُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ

Kaannahunna alyaqootu walmarjan

(In beauty) they are like rubies and coral.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

هَلْ جَزَآءُ ٱلْإِحْسَـٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلْإِحْسَـٰنُ

Hal jazao al-ihsani illaal-ihsan

Is there any reward for good other than good?

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ

Wamin doonihima jannatan

And besides these two, there are two other Gardens (i.e. in Paradise).

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

مُدْهَآمَّتَانِ

Mudhammatan

Dark green (in colour).

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ

Feehima AAaynani naddakhatan

In them (both) will be two springs gushing forth.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

فِيهِمَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ وَنَخْلٌ وَرُمَّانٌ

Feehima fakihatun wanakhlunwarumman

In them (both) will be fruits, and date-palms and pomegranates.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَٰتٌ حِسَانٌ

Feehinna khayratun hisan

Therein (Gardens) will be Khairâtun-Hisân [fair (wives) good and beautiful];

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

حُورٌ مَّقْصُورَٰتٌ فِى ٱلْخِيَامِ

Hoorun maqsooratun feealkhiyam

Hûr1 (beautiful, fair females) guarded in pavilions;

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ

Lam yatmithhunna insun qablahum walajan

With whom no man or jinni has had tamth1 before them.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَعَبْقَرِىٍّ حِسَانٍ

Muttaki-eena AAala rafrafin khudrinwaAAabqariyyin hisan

Reclining on green cushions and rich beautiful mattresses.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

تَبَـٰرَكَ ٱسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِى ٱلْجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ

Tabaraka ismu rabbika theealjalali wal-ikram

Blessed be the Name of your Lord (Allâh), the Owner of Majesty and Honour.