In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīm
Sura 55
Al-Rahmaan · 78 verses · revealed 97th
الرحمن
In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīm
The Most Gracious.
ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ
al-raḥmān
Teacher of the Quran.
عَلَّمَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ
alimul alqur'aan
Creator of the human beings.
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ
khalaqa l-insān
He taught them how to distinguish.
عَلَّمَهُ ٱلْبَيَانَ
almahu alabayaana
The sun and the moon are perfectly calculated.
ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ
al-shamsu wal-qamaru biḥus'bāni
The stars and the trees prostrate.
وَٱلنَّجْمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ
wal-najmu wal-shajaru yasjudān
He constructed the sky and established the law.
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلْمِيزَانَ
wal-samāa rafaʿahā wawaḍaʿa l-mīzān
You shall not transgress the law.
أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْمِيزَانِ
allā taṭghaw fī l-mīzān
You shall establish justice; do not violate the law.
وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا۟ ٱلْمِيزَانَ
wa-aqīmū l-wazna bil-qis'ṭi walā tukh'sirū l-mīzān
He created the earth for all creatures.
وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ
wal-arḍa waḍaʿahā lil'anām
In it there are fruits, and date palms with their hanging fruit.
فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٌ وَٱلنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ ٱلْأَكْمَامِ
fīhā fākihatun wal-nakhlu dhātu l-akmām
Also grains and the spices.
وَٱلْحَبُّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْفِ وَٱلرَّيْحَانُ
wal-ḥabu dhū l-ʿaṣfi wal-rayḥān
(O humans and jinns,) which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān
He created the human from aged clay, like the potter's clay.
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍ كَٱلْفَخَّارِ
khalaqa l-insāna min ṣalṣālin kal-fakhār
And created the jinns from blazing fire.
وَخَلَقَ ٱلْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ
wakhalaqa l-jāna min mārijin min nāri
(O humans and jinns,) which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān
Lord of the two easts and the two wests.
رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ
rabbu l-mashriqayni warabbu l-maghribayn
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān
He separates the two seas where they meet.
مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ
maraja l-baḥrayni yaltaqiyān
A barrier is placed between them, to prevent them from transgressing.
بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ
baynahumā barzakhun lā yabghiyān
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān
Out of both of them you get pearls and coral.
يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا ٱللُّؤْلُؤُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ
yakhruju min'humā l-lu'lu-u wal-marjān
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān
He gave you ships that roam the sea like flags.
وَلَهُ ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَٰمِ
walahu l-jawāri l-munshaātu fī l-baḥri kal-aʿlām
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān
Everyone on earth perishes.
كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ
kullu man ʿalayhā fāni
Only the presence of your Lord lasts. Possessor of Majesty and Honor.
وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلْجَلَٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ
wayabqā wajhu rabbika dhū l-jalāli wal-ik'rām
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān
Imploring Him is everyone in the heavens and the earth. Every day He is in full control.
يَسْـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِى شَأْنٍ
yasaluhu man fī l-samāwāti wal-arḍi kulla yawmin huwa fī shani
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān
We will call you to account, O humans and jinns.
سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ
sanafrughu lakum ayyuha l-thaqalān
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān
O you jinns and humans, if you can penetrate the outer limits of the heavens and the earth, go ahead and penetrate. You cannot penetrate without authorization.
يَٰمَعْشَرَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَن تَنفُذُوا۟ مِنْ أَقْطَارِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنفُذُوا۟ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَٰنٍ
yāmaʿshara l-jini wal-insi ini is'taṭaʿtum an tanfudhū min aqṭāri l-samāwāti wal-arḍi fa-unfudhū lā tanfudhūna illā bisul'ṭāni
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān
You get bombarded with projectiles of fire and metal, and you cannot win.
يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِّن نَّارٍ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ
yur'salu ʿalaykumā shuwāẓun min nārin wanuḥāsun falā tantaṣirān
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān
When the sky disintegrates, and turns rose colored like paint.
فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَٱلدِّهَانِ
fa-idhā inshaqqati l-samāu fakānat wardatan kal-dihān
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān
On that day, no human, nor a jinn, will be asked about his sins.
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُسْـَٔلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦٓ إِنسٌ وَلَا جَآنٌّ
fayawma-idhin lā yus'alu ʿan dhanbihi insun walā jānnu
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān
(This is because) the guilty will be recognized by their looks; they will be taken by the forelocks and the feet.
يُعْرَفُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَٰهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِى وَٱلْأَقْدَامِ
yuʿ'rafu l-muj'rimūna bisīmāhum fayu'khadhu bil-nawāṣī wal-aqdām
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān
This is Gehenna that the guilty used to deny.
هَٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ
hādhihi jahannamu allatī yukadhibu bihā l-muj'rimūn
They will circulate between it and an intolerable inferno.
يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٍ
yaṭūfūna baynahā wabayna ḥamīmin āni
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān
For those who reverence the majesty of their Lord, two gardens (one for the jinns and one for the humans).
وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ
waliman khāfa maqāma rabbihi jannatān
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān
Full of provisions.
ذَوَاتَآ أَفْنَانٍ
dhawātā afnāni
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān
Two springs are in them, flowing.
فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ
fīhimā ʿaynāni tajriyān
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān
Of every fruit in them, two kinds.
فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٍ زَوْجَانِ
fīhimā min kulli fākihatin zawjān
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān
While relaxing on furnishings lined with satin, the fruits are within reach.
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشٍۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ وَجَنَى ٱلْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍ
muttakiīna ʿalā furushin baṭāinuhā min is'tabraqin wajanā l-janatayni dāni
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān
Their beautiful mates were never touched by any human or jinn.
فِيهِنَّ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ
fīhinna qāṣirātu l-ṭarfi lam yaṭmith'hunna insun qablahum walā jānnu
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān
They look like gems and coral.
كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلْيَاقُوتُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ
ka-annahunna l-yāqūtu wal-marjān
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān
Is the reward of goodness anything but goodness?
هَلْ جَزَآءُ ٱلْإِحْسَٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلْإِحْسَٰنُ
hal jazāu l-iḥ'sāni illā l-iḥ'sān
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān
Below them are two gardens (one for the jinns and one for the humans).
وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ
wamin dūnihimā jannatān
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān
Side by side.
مُدْهَآمَّتَانِ
mud'hāmmatān
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān
In them, wells to be pumped.
فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ
fīhimā ʿaynāni naḍḍākhatān
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān
In them are fruits, date palms, and pomegranate.
فِيهِمَا فَٰكِهَةٌ وَنَخْلٌ وَرُمَّانٌ
fīhimā fākihatun wanakhlun warummānu
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān
In them are beautiful mates.
فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَٰتٌ حِسَانٌ
fīhinna khayrātun ḥisānu
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān
Confined in the tents.
حُورٌ مَّقْصُورَٰتٌ فِى ٱلْخِيَامِ
ḥūrun maqṣūrātun fī l-khiyām
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān
No human ever touched them, nor a jinn.
لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ
lam yaṭmith'hunna insun qablahum walā jānnu
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān
They relax on green carpets, in beautiful surroundings.
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَعَبْقَرِىٍّ حِسَانٍ
muttakiīna ʿalā rafrafin khuḍ'rin waʿabqariyyin ḥisāni
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān
Most exalted is the name of your Lord, Possessor of Majesty and Honor.
تَبَٰرَكَ ٱسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِى ٱلْجَلَٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ
tabāraka us'mu rabbika dhī l-jalāli wal-ik'rām
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