Surah Ar-Rahman الرحمن

ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ ١

Ar-rahmān

The Most Merciful

عَلَّمَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ ٢

'Allamal-qur'ān

Taught the Qur’ān,

خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ ٣

Khalaqal-insān

Created man,

عَلَّمَهُ ٱلۡبَيَانَ ٤

'Allamahul-bayān

[And] taught him eloquence.

ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ بِحُسۡبَانٖ ٥

Ash-shamsu wal-qamaru bihusbān

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

وَٱلنَّجۡمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسۡجُدَانِ ٦

Wan-najmu wash-shajaru yasjudān

And the stars and trees prostrate.¹⁵⁹³

وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلۡمِيزَانَ ٧

Was-samā'a rafa'ahā wawada'al-mīzān

And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance

أَلَّا تَطۡغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡمِيزَانِ ٨

Allā tatghaw fil-mīzān

That you not transgress within the balance.

وَأَقِيمُواْ ٱلۡوَزۡنَ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِ وَلَا تُخۡسِرُواْ ٱلۡمِيزَانَ ٩

Wa aqīmul-wazna bil-qisti walā tukhsirul-mīzān

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

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلۡأَنَامِ ١٠

Wal-arda wada'ahā lil-anām

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

فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٞ وَٱلنَّخۡلُ ذَاتُ ٱلۡأَكۡمَامِ ١١

Fīhā fākihatun wan-nakhlu dhātul-akmām

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

وَٱلۡحَبُّ ذُو ٱلۡعَصۡفِ وَٱلرَّيۡحَانُ ١٢

Wal-habbu dhul-'asfi war-rayhān

And grain having husks and scented plants.

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ١٣

Fabi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukaddhibān

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?¹⁵⁹⁴

خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلۡصَٰلٖ كَٱلۡفَخَّارِ ١٤

Khalaqal-insāna min salsālin kal-fakkhār

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

وَخَلَقَ ٱلۡجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٖ مِّن نَّارٖ ١٥

Wakhalaqal-jānna mim mārijim min nār

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

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ١٦

Fabi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukaddhibān

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

رَبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقَيۡنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلۡمَغۡرِبَيۡنِ ١٧

Rabbul-mashriqayni warabbul-maghribayn

[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.¹⁵⁹⁵

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ١٨

Fabi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukaddhibān

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

مَرَجَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَيۡنِ يَلۡتَقِيَانِ ١٩

Marajal-bahrayni yaltaqiyān

He released the two seas,¹⁵⁹⁶ meeting [one another];

بَيۡنَهُمَا بَرۡزَخٞ لَّا يَبۡغِيَانِ ٢٠

Baynahumā barzakhul lā yabghiyān

Between them is a barrier so neither of them transgresses.

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٢١

Fabi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukaddhibān

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

يَخۡرُجُ مِنۡهُمَا ٱللُّؤۡلُؤُ وَٱلۡمَرۡجَانُ ٢٢

Yakhruju minhumal-lu'lu'u wal-marjān

From both of them emerge pearl and coral.

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٢٣

Fabi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukaddhibān

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

وَلَهُ ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ كَٱلۡأَعۡلَٰمِ ٢٤

Walahul-jawāril-munsha'ātu fil-bahri kal-a'lām

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

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٢٥

Fabi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukaddhibān

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

كُلُّ مَنۡ عَلَيۡهَا فَانٖ ٢٦

Kullu man 'alayhā fān

Everyone upon it [i.e., the earth] will perish,

وَيَبۡقَىٰ وَجۡهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلۡجَلَٰلِ وَٱلۡإِكۡرَامِ ٢٧

Wayabqā wajhu rabbika dhul-jalāli wal-ikrām

And there will remain the Face¹⁵⁹⁷ of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٢٨

Fabi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukaddhibān

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

يَسۡـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ كُلَّ يَوۡمٍ هُوَ فِي شَأۡنٖ ٢٩

Yas'aluhū man fis-samāwāti wal-ardi kulla yawmin huwa fī sha'n

Whoever is within the heavens and earth asks Him; every day He is in [i.e., bringing about] a matter.¹⁵⁹⁸

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٣٠

Fabi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukaddhibān

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

سَنَفۡرُغُ لَكُمۡ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ ٣١

Sanafrughu lakum ayyuhath-thaqalān

We will attend to you, O prominent beings.¹⁵⁹⁹

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٣٢

Fabi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukaddhibān

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

يَٰمَعۡشَرَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُمۡ أَن تَنفُذُواْ مِنۡ أَقۡطَارِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَٱنفُذُواْۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ ٣٣

Yāma'sharal-jinni wal-insi inistata'tum an tanfudhū min aqtāris-samāwāti wal-ardi fanfudhū lā tanfudhūna illā bisultān

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].

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٣٤

Fabi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukaddhibān

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

يُرۡسَلُ عَلَيۡكُمَا شُوَاظٞ مِّن نَّارٖ وَنُحَاسٞ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ ٣٥

Yursalu 'alaykumā shuwāzum min nārin wanuhāsun falā tantasirān

There will be sent upon you a flame of fire and smoke,¹⁶⁰⁰ and you will not defend yourselves.

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٣٦

Fabi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukaddhibān

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

فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتۡ وَرۡدَةٗ كَٱلدِّهَانِ ٣٧

Fa idhanshaqqatis-samā'u fakānat wardatan kad-dihān

And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose-colored like oil¹⁶⁰¹ -

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٣٨

Fabi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukaddhibān

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

فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّا يُسۡـَٔلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦٓ إِنسٞ وَلَا جَآنّٞ ٣٩

Fayawma'idhil lā yus'alu 'an dhambihī insun walā jānn

Then on that Day none will be asked about his sin among men or jinn.¹⁶⁰²

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٤٠

Fabi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukaddhibān

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

يُعۡرَفُ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ بِسِيمَٰهُمۡ فَيُؤۡخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِي وَٱلۡأَقۡدَامِ ٤١

Yu'raful-mujrimūna bisīmāhum fayu'khadhu bin-nawāsī wal-aqdām

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

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٤٢

Fabi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukaddhibān

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

هَٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِي يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ ٤٣

Hādhihī jahannamul-latī yukaddhibu bihal-mujrimūn

This is Hell, which the criminals deny.

يَطُوفُونَ بَيۡنَهَا وَبَيۡنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٖ ٤٤

Yatūfūna baynahā wabayna hamīmin ān

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

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٤٥

Fabi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukaddhibān

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

وَلِمَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ ٤٦

Waliman khāfa maqāma rabbihī jannatān

But for he who has feared the position of his Lord¹⁶⁰³ are two gardens -

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٤٧

Fabi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukaddhibān

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

ذَوَاتَآ أَفۡنَانٖ ٤٨

Dhawātā afnān

Having [spreading] branches.

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٤٩

Fabi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukaddhibān

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

فِيهِمَا عَيۡنَانِ تَجۡرِيَانِ ٥٠

Fīhimā 'aynāni tajriyān

In both of them are two springs, flowing.

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٥١

Fabi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukaddhibān

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

فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٖ زَوۡجَانِ ٥٢

Fīhimā min kulli fākihatin zawjān

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

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٥٣

Fabi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukaddhibān

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

مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشِۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنۡ إِسۡتَبۡرَقٖۚ وَجَنَى ٱلۡجَنَّتَيۡنِ دَانٖ ٥٤

Muttaki'īna 'alā furushi batā'inuhā min istabraqin wajanal-jannatayni dān

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

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٥٥

Fabi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukaddhibān

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

فِيهِنَّ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرۡفِ لَمۡ يَطۡمِثۡهُنَّ إِنسٞ قَبۡلَهُمۡ وَلَا جَآنّٞ ٥٦

Fīhinna qāsirātut-tarfi lam yatmithhunna insun qablahum walā jānn

In them are women limiting [their] glances,¹⁶⁰⁴ untouched¹⁶⁰⁵ before them by man or jinnī -

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٥٧

Fabi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukaddhibān

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

كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلۡيَاقُوتُ وَٱلۡمَرۡجَانُ ٥٨

Ka annahunnal-yāqūtu wal-marjān

As if they were rubies and coral.¹⁶⁰⁶

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٥٩

Fabi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukaddhibān

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

هَلۡ جَزَآءُ ٱلۡإِحۡسَٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلۡإِحۡسَٰنُ ٦٠

Hal jazā'ul-ihsāni illal-ihsān

Is the reward for good [anything] but good?

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٦١

Fabi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukaddhibān

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

وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ ٦٢

Wamin dūnihimā jannatān

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

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٦٣

Fabi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukaddhibān

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

مُدۡهَآمَّتَانِ ٦٤

Mudhāmmatān

Dark green [in color].

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٦٥

Fabi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukaddhibān

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

فِيهِمَا عَيۡنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ ٦٦

Fīhimā 'aynāni naddākhatān

In both of them are two springs, spouting.

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٦٧

Fabi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukaddhibān

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

فِيهِمَا فَٰكِهَةٞ وَنَخۡلٞ وَرُمَّانٞ ٦٨

Fīhimā fākihatun wanakhlun warummān

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

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٦٩

Fabi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukaddhibān

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

فِيهِنَّ خَيۡرَٰتٌ حِسَانٞ ٧٠

Fīhinna khayrātun hisān

In them are good and beautiful women -

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٧١

Fabi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukaddhibān

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

حُورٞ مَّقۡصُورَٰتٞ فِي ٱلۡخِيَامِ ٧٢

Hūrum maqsūrātun fil-khiyām

Fair ones reserved in pavilions -

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٧٣

Fabi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukaddhibān

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

لَمۡ يَطۡمِثۡهُنَّ إِنسٞ قَبۡلَهُمۡ وَلَا جَآنّٞ ٧٤

Lam yatmithhunna insun qablahum walā jānn

Untouched before them by man or jinnī -

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٧٥

Fabi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukaddhibān

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

مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفۡرَفٍ خُضۡرٖ وَعَبۡقَرِيٍّ حِسَانٖ ٧٦

Muttaki'īna 'alā rafrafin khudrin wa'abqariyyin hisān

Reclining on green cushions and beautiful fine carpets.

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٧٧

Fabi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukaddhibān

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

تَبَٰرَكَ ٱسۡمُ رَبِّكَ ذِي ٱلۡجَلَٰلِ وَٱلۡإِكۡرَامِ ٧٨

Tabārakasmu rabbika dhil-jalāli wal-ikrām

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