Surah 55 · Madinan
Ar-Rahman
The Beneficent · 78 verses
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ
"The Most Merciful"
عَلَّمَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ
"Taught the Qur’ān,"
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ
"Created man,"
عَلَّمَهُ ٱلْبَيَانَ
"[And] taught him eloquence."
ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ
"The sun and the moon [move] by precise calculation,"
وَٱلنَّجْمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ
"And the stars and trees prostrate.1"
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلْمِيزَانَ
"And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance"
أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْمِيزَانِ
"That you not transgress within the balance."
وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا۟ ٱلْمِيزَانَ
"And establish weight in justice and do not make deficient the balance."
وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ
"And the earth He laid [out] for the creatures."
فِيهَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ وَٱلنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ ٱلْأَكْمَامِ
"Therein is fruit and palm trees having sheaths [of dates]"
وَٱلْحَبُّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْفِ وَٱلرَّيْحَانُ
"And grain having husks and scented plants."
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
"So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?1"
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍ كَٱلْفَخَّارِ
"He created man from clay like [that of] pottery."
وَخَلَقَ ٱلْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ
"And He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire."
"So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?"
رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ
"[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.1"
مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ
"He released the two seas,1 meeting [one another];"
بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ
"Between them is a barrier so neither of them transgresses."
يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا ٱللُّؤْلُؤُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ
"From both of them emerge pearl and coral."
وَلَهُ ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَـٰمِ
"And to Him belong the ships [with sails] elevated in the sea like mountains."
كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ
"Everyone upon it [i.e., the earth] will perish,"
وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلْجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ
"And there will remain the Face1 of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor."
يَسْـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِى شَأْنٍ
"Whoever is within the heavens and earth asks Him; every day He is in [i.e., bringing about] a matter.1"
سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ
"We will attend to you, O prominent beings.1"
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 Allāh]."
يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِّن نَّارٍ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ
"There will be sent upon you a flame of fire and smoke,1 and you will not defend yourselves."
فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَٱلدِّهَانِ
"And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose-colored like oil1 -"
"So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -"
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُسْـَٔلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦٓ إِنسٌ وَلَا جَآنٌّ
"Then on that Day none will be asked about his sin among men or jinn.1"
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."
هَـٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ
"This is Hell, which the criminals deny."
يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٍ
"They will circulate between it and scalding water, heated [to the utmost degree]."
وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ
"But for he who has feared the position of his Lord1 are two gardens -"
ذَوَاتَآ أَفْنَانٍ
"Having [spreading] branches."
فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ
"In both of them are two springs, flowing."
فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَـٰكِهَةٍ زَوْجَانِ
"In both of them are of every fruit, two kinds."
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."
فِيهِنَّ قَـٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ
"In them are women limiting [their] glances,1 untouched2 before them by man or jinnī -"
كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلْيَاقُوتُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ
"As if they were rubies and coral.1"
هَلْ جَزَآءُ ٱلْإِحْسَـٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلْإِحْسَـٰنُ
"Is the reward for good [anything] but good?"
وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ
"And below them both [in excellence] are two [other] gardens -"
مُدْهَآمَّتَانِ
"Dark green [in color]."
فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ
"In both of them are two springs, spouting."
فِيهِمَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ وَنَخْلٌ وَرُمَّانٌ
"In both of them are fruit and palm trees and pomegranates."
فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَٰتٌ حِسَانٌ
"In them are good and beautiful women -"
حُورٌ مَّقْصُورَٰتٌ فِى ٱلْخِيَامِ
"Fair ones reserved in pavilions -"
لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ
"Untouched before them by man or jinnī -"
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَعَبْقَرِىٍّ حِسَانٍ
"Reclining on green cushions and beautiful fine carpets."
تَبَـٰرَكَ ٱسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِى ٱلْجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ
"Blessed is the name of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor."