ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ ﴿١﴾
Ar-raḥmān
The Beneficent
الرحمن
55. Ar-Rahmaan
The Beneficent · Medinan · 78 verses
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismi Allāhi ar-raḥmāni ar-raḥīm
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
عَلَّمَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ ﴿٢﴾
ʿallama al-qurʾān
Hath made known the Qur'an.
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ ﴿٣﴾
Khalaqa al-insān
He hath created man.
عَلَّمَهُ ٱلْبَيَانَ ﴿٤﴾
ʿallamahu al-bayān
He hath taught him utterance.
ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ ﴿٥﴾
Ash-shamsu wal-qamaru biḥusbān
The sun and the moon are made punctual.
وَٱلنَّجْمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ ﴿٦﴾
Wan-najmu wash-shajaru yasjudān
The stars and the trees prostrate.
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلْمِيزَانَ ﴿٧﴾
Was-samāʾa rafaʿahā wawaḍaʿa al-mīzān
And the sky He hath uplifted; and He hath set the measure,
أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْمِيزَانِ ﴿٨﴾
Allā taṭghaw fī al-mīzān
That ye exceed not the measure,
وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا۟ ٱلْمِيزَانَ ﴿٩﴾
Waʾaqīmū al-wazna bil-qisṭi walā tukhsirū al-mīzān
But observe the measure strictly, nor fall short thereof.
وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ ﴿١٠﴾
Wal-arḍa waḍaʿahā lilʾanām
And the earth hath He appointed for (His) creatures,
فِيهَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ وَٱلنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ ٱلْأَكْمَامِ ﴿١١﴾
Fīhā fākihatun wan-nakhlu dhātu al-akmām
Wherein are fruit and sheathed palm-trees,
وَٱلْحَبُّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْفِ وَٱلرَّيْحَانُ ﴿١٢﴾
Wal-ḥabbu dhū al-ʿaṣfi war-rayḥān
Husked grain and scented herb.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿١٣﴾
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍ كَٱلْفَخَّارِ ﴿١٤﴾
Khalaqa al-insāna min ṣalṣālin kal-fakhkhār
He created man of clay like the potter's,
وَخَلَقَ ٱلْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ ﴿١٥﴾
Wakhalaqa al-jānna min mārijin min nār
And the jinn did He create of smokeless fire.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿١٦﴾
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ ﴿١٧﴾
Rabbu al-mashriqayni warabbu al-maghribayn
Lord of the two Easts, and Lord of the two Wests!
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿١٨﴾
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ ﴿١٩﴾
Maraja al-baḥrayni yaltaqiyān
He hath loosed the two seas. They meet.
بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ ﴿٢٠﴾
Baynahumā barzakhun lā yabghiyān
There is a barrier between them. They encroach not (one upon the other).
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٢١﴾
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا ٱللُّؤْلُؤُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ ﴿٢٢﴾
Yakhruju minhumā alluʾluʾu wal-marjān
There cometh forth from both of them the pearl and coral-stone.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٢٣﴾
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
وَلَهُ ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَـٰمِ ﴿٢٤﴾
Walahu al-jawāri al-munshaʾātu fī al-baḥri kal-aʿlām
His are the ships displayed upon the sea, like banners.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٢٥﴾
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ ﴿٢٦﴾
Kullu man ʿalayhā fān
Everyone that is thereon will pass away;
وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلْجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ ﴿٢٧﴾
Wayabqā wajhu rabbika dhū al-jalāli wal-ikrām
There remaineth but the Countenance of thy Lord of Might and Glory.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٢٨﴾
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
يَسْـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِى شَأْنٍ ﴿٢٩﴾
Yasʾaluhu man fī as-samāwāti wal-arḍi kulla yawmin huwa fī shaʾn
All that are in the heavens and the earth entreat Him. Every day He exerciseth (universal) power.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٣٠﴾
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ ﴿٣١﴾
Sanafrughu lakum ayyuha ath-thaqalān
We shall dispose of you, O ye two dependents (man and jinn).
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٣٢﴾
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
يَـٰمَعْشَرَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَن تَنفُذُوا۟ مِنْ أَقْطَارِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنفُذُوا۟ ۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ ﴿٣٣﴾
Yā maʿshara al-jinni wal-insi ini istaṭaʿtum an tanfudhū min aqṭāri as-samāwāti wal-arḍi fānfudhū lā tanfudhūna illā bisulṭān
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.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٣٤﴾
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِّن نَّارٍ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ ﴿٣٥﴾
Yursalu ʿalaykumā shuwāẓun min nārin wanuḥāsun falā tantaṣirān
There will be sent, against you both, heat of fire and flash of brass, and ye will not escape.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٣٦﴾
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَٱلدِّهَانِ ﴿٣٧﴾
Faʾidhā inshaqqati as-samāʾu fakānat wardatan kad-dihān
And when the heaven splitteth asunder and becometh rosy like red hide -
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٣٨﴾
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? -
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُسْـَٔلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦٓ إِنسٌ وَلَا جَآنٌّ ﴿٣٩﴾
Fayawmaʾidhin lā yusʾalu ʿan dhanbihi insun walā jānn
On that day neither man nor jinni will be questioned of his sin.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٤٠﴾
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
يُعْرَفُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَـٰهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِى وَٱلْأَقْدَامِ ﴿٤١﴾
Yuʿrafu al-mujrimūna bisīmāhum fayuʾkhadhu bin-nawāṣī wal-aqdām
The guilty will be known by their marks, and will be taken by the forelocks and the feet.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٤٢﴾
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
هَـٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ ﴿٤٣﴾
Hādhihi jahannamu allatī yukadhdhibu bihā al-mujrimūn
This is hell which the guilty deny.
يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٍ ﴿٤٤﴾
Yaṭūfūna baynahā wabayna ḥamīmin ān
They go circling round between it and fierce, boiling water.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٤٥﴾
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ ﴿٤٦﴾
Waliman khāfa maqāma rabbihi jannatān
But for him who feareth the standing before his Lord there are two gardens.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٤٧﴾
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
ذَوَاتَآ أَفْنَانٍ ﴿٤٨﴾
Dhawātā afnān
Of spreading branches.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٤٩﴾
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ ﴿٥٠﴾
Fīhimā ʿaynāni tajriyān
Wherein are two fountains flowing.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٥١﴾
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَـٰكِهَةٍ زَوْجَانِ ﴿٥٢﴾
Fīhimā min kulli fākihatin zawjān
Wherein is every kind of fruit in pairs.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٥٣﴾
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشٍۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ ۚ وَجَنَى ٱلْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍ ﴿٥٤﴾
Muttakiʾīna ʿalā furushin baṭāʾinuhā min istabraqin wajanā al-jannatayni dān
Reclining upon couches lined with silk brocade, the fruit of both the gardens near to hand.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٥٥﴾
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
فِيهِنَّ قَـٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ ﴿٥٦﴾
Fīhinna qāṣirātu aṭ-ṭarfi lam yaṭmithhunna insun qablahum walā jānn
Therein are those of modest gaze, whom neither man nor jinni will have touched before them.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٥٧﴾
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلْيَاقُوتُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ ﴿٥٨﴾
Kaʾannahunna al-yāqūtu wal-marjān
(In beauty) like the jacynth and the coral-stone.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٥٩﴾
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
هَلْ جَزَآءُ ٱلْإِحْسَـٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلْإِحْسَـٰنُ ﴿٦٠﴾
Hal jazāʾu al-iḥsāni illā al-iḥsān
Is the reward of goodness aught save goodness?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٦١﴾
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ ﴿٦٢﴾
Wamin dūnihimā jannatān
And beside them are two other gardens,
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٦٣﴾
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
مُدْهَآمَّتَانِ ﴿٦٤﴾
Mudhāmmatān
Dark green with foliage.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٦٥﴾
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ ﴿٦٦﴾
Fīhimā ʿaynāni naḍḍākhatān
Wherein are two abundant springs.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٦٧﴾
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
فِيهِمَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ وَنَخْلٌ وَرُمَّانٌ ﴿٦٨﴾
Fīhimā fākihatun wanakhlun warummān
Wherein is fruit, the date-palm and pomegranate.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٦٩﴾
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَٰتٌ حِسَانٌ ﴿٧٠﴾
Fīhinna khayrātun ḥisān
Wherein (are found) the good and beautiful -
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٧١﴾
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? -
حُورٌ مَّقْصُورَٰتٌ فِى ٱلْخِيَامِ ﴿٧٢﴾
Ḥūrun maqṣūrātun fī al-khiyām
Fair ones, close-guarded in pavilions -
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٧٣﴾
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? -
لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ ﴿٧٤﴾
Lam yaṭmithhunna insun qablahum walā jānn
Whom neither man nor jinni will have touched before them -
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٧٥﴾
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَعَبْقَرِىٍّ حِسَانٍ ﴿٧٦﴾
Muttakiʾīna ʿalā rafrafin khuḍrin waʿabqariyyin ḥisān
Reclining on green cushions and fair carpets.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٧٧﴾
Fabiʾayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?
تَبَـٰرَكَ ٱسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِى ٱلْجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ ﴿٧٨﴾
Tabāraka usmu rabbika dhī al-jalāli wal-ikrām
Blessed be the name of thy Lord, Mighty and glorious!
Arabic: the Uthmani text of the Tanzil Project, used unchanged under CC BY 3.0. Quran text © Tanzil Project - check tanzil.net/updates for changes.
Transliteration: made by Anoor from the Tanzil text, each word as it is said on its own - in recitation the words run together.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain.
Plain English: written by Anoor from Tafsir al-Jalalayn (al-Mahalli and al-Suyuti), one of the most widely read classical commentaries. It is a simple explanation, not a scholarly commentary - for a ruling or a deeper reading, ask a scholar. Something wrong? Tell us.