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Surah 55

سُورَةُ الرَّحۡمَٰن

Ar-Rahmaan

The Beneficent · 78 ayahs · Medinan

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. 55:1

    ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ

    The Most Merciful

  2. 55:2

    عَلَّمَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ

    Taught the Qur'an,

  3. 55:3

    خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ

    Created man,

  4. 55:4

    عَلَّمَهُ ٱلْبَيَانَ

    [And] taught him eloquence.

  5. 55:5

    ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ

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

  6. 55:6

    وَٱلنَّجْمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ

    And the stars and trees prostrate.

  7. 55:7

    وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلْمِيزَانَ

    And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance

  8. 55:8

    أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْمِيزَانِ

    That you not transgress within the balance.

  9. 55:9

    وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا۟ ٱلْمِيزَانَ

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

  10. 55:10

    وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ

    And the earth He laid [out] for the creatures.

  11. 55:11

    فِيهَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ وَٱلنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ ٱلْأَكْمَامِ

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

  12. 55:12

    وَٱلْحَبُّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْفِ وَٱلرَّيْحَانُ

    And grain having husks and scented plants.

  13. 55:13

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

  14. 55:14

    خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍ كَٱلْفَخَّارِ

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

  15. 55:15

    وَخَلَقَ ٱلْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ

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

  16. 55:16

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

  17. 55:17

    رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ

    [He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.

  18. 55:18

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

  19. 55:19

    مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ

    He released the two seas, meeting [side by side];

  20. 55:20

    بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ

    Between them is a barrier [so] neither of them transgresses.

  21. 55:21

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

  22. 55:22

    يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا ٱللُّؤْلُؤُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ

    From both of them emerge pearl and coral.

  23. 55:23

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

  24. 55:24

    وَلَهُ ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَـٰمِ

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

  25. 55:25

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

  26. 55:26

    كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ

    Everyone upon the earth will perish,

  27. 55:27

    وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلْجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ

    And there will remain the Face of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.

  28. 55:28

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

  29. 55:29

    يَسْـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِى شَأْنٍ

    Whoever is within the heavens and earth asks Him; every day He is bringing about a matter.

  30. 55:30

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

  31. 55:31

    سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ

    We will attend to you, O prominent beings.

  32. 55:32

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

  33. 55:33

    يَـٰمَعْشَرَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَن تَنفُذُوا۟ مِنْ أَقْطَارِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنفُذُوا۟ ۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ

    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 Allah].

  34. 55:34

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

  35. 55:35

    يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِّن نَّارٍ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ

    There will be sent upon you a flame of fire and smoke, and you will not defend yourselves.

  36. 55:36

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

  37. 55:37

    فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَٱلدِّهَانِ

    And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose-colored like oil -

  38. 55:38

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

  39. 55:39

    فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُسْـَٔلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦٓ إِنسٌ وَلَا جَآنٌّ

    Then on that Day none will be asked about his sin among men or jinn.

  40. 55:40

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

  41. 55:41

    يُعْرَفُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَـٰهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِى وَٱلْأَقْدَامِ

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

  42. 55:42

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

  43. 55:43

    هَـٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ

    This is Hell, which the criminals deny.

  44. 55:44

    يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٍ

    They will go around between it and scalding water, heated [to the utmost degree].

  45. 55:45

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

  46. 55:46

    وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ

    But for he who has feared the position of his Lord are two gardens -

  47. 55:47

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

  48. 55:48

    ذَوَاتَآ أَفْنَانٍ

    Having [spreading] branches.

  49. 55:49

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

  50. 55:50

    فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ

    In both of them are two springs, flowing.

  51. 55:51

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

  52. 55:52

    فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَـٰكِهَةٍ زَوْجَانِ

    In both of them are of every fruit, two kinds.

  53. 55:53

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

  54. 55:54

    مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشٍۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ ۚ وَجَنَى ٱلْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍ

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

  55. 55:55

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

  56. 55:56

    فِيهِنَّ قَـٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ

    In them are women limiting [their] glances, untouched before them by man or jinni -

  57. 55:57

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

  58. 55:58

    كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلْيَاقُوتُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ

    As if they were rubies and coral.

  59. 55:59

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

  60. 55:60

    هَلْ جَزَآءُ ٱلْإِحْسَـٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلْإِحْسَـٰنُ

    Is the reward for good [anything] but good?

  61. 55:61

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

  62. 55:62

    وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ

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

  63. 55:63

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

  64. 55:64

    مُدْهَآمَّتَانِ

    Dark green [in color].

  65. 55:65

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

  66. 55:66

    فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ

    In both of them are two springs, spouting.

  67. 55:67

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

  68. 55:68

    فِيهِمَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ وَنَخْلٌ وَرُمَّانٌ

    In both of them are fruit and palm trees and pomegranates.

  69. 55:69

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

  70. 55:70

    فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَٰتٌ حِسَانٌ

    In them are good and beautiful women -

  71. 55:71

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

  72. 55:72

    حُورٌ مَّقْصُورَٰتٌ فِى ٱلْخِيَامِ

    Fair ones reserved in pavilions -

  73. 55:73

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

  74. 55:74

    لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ

    Untouched before them by man or jinni -

  75. 55:75

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

  76. 55:76

    مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَعَبْقَرِىٍّ حِسَانٍ

    Reclining on green cushions and beautiful fine carpets.

  77. 55:77

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

  78. 55:78

    تَبَـٰرَكَ ٱسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِى ٱلْجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ

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

Ar-Rahmaan · 78 ayahs

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