55 - Surah Ar-Rahman الرحمن

The Most Merciful

al-raḥmānu

Taught the Qur'an,

ʿallama l-qur'āna

Created man,

khalaqa l-insāna

[And] taught him eloquence.

ʿallamahu l-bayāna

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

al-shamsu wal-qamaru biḥus'bānin

And the stars and trees prostrate.

wal-najmu wal-shajaru yasjudāni

And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance

wal-samāa rafaʿahā wawaḍaʿa l-mīzāna

That you not transgress within the balance.

allā taṭghaw fī l-mīzāni

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

wa-aqīmū l-wazna bil-qis'ṭi walā tukh'sirū l-mīzāna

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

wal-arḍa waḍaʿahā lil'anāmi

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

fīhā fākihatun wal-nakhlu dhātu l-akmāmi

And grain having husks and scented plants.

wal-ḥabu dhū l-ʿaṣfi wal-rayḥānu

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

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

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

khalaqa l-insāna min ṣalṣālin kal-fakhāri

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

wakhalaqa l-jāna min mārijin min nārin

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

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

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

rabbu l-mashriqayni warabbu l-maghribayni

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

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

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

maraja l-baḥrayni yaltaqiyāni

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

baynahumā barzakhun lā yabghiyāni

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

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

From both of them emerge pearl and coral.

yakhruju min'humā l-lu'lu-u wal-marjānu

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

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

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

walahu l-jawāri l-munshaātu fī l-baḥri kal-aʿlāmi

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

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

Everyone upon the earth will perish,

kullu man ʿalayhā fānin

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

wayabqā wajhu rabbika dhū l-jalāli wal-ik'rāmi

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

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

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

yasaluhu man fī l-samāwāti wal-arḍi kulla yawmin huwa fī shanin

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

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

We will attend to you, O prominent beings.

sanafrughu lakum ayyuha l-thaqalāni

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

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

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].

yāmaʿshara l-jini wal-insi ini is'taṭaʿtum an tanfudhū min aqṭāri l-samāwāti wal-arḍi fa-unfudhū lā tanfudhūna illā bisul'ṭānin

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

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

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

yur'salu ʿalaykumā shuwāẓun min nārin wanuḥāsun falā tantaṣirāni

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

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

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

fa-idhā inshaqqati l-samāu fakānat wardatan kal-dihāni

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

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

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

fayawma-idhin lā yus'alu ʿan dhanbihi insun walā jānnun

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

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

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

yuʿ'rafu l-muj'rimūna bisīmāhum fayu'khadhu bil-nawāṣī wal-aqdāmi

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

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

This is Hell, which the criminals deny.

hādhihi jahannamu allatī yukadhibu bihā l-muj'rimūna

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

yaṭūfūna baynahā wabayna ḥamīmin ānin

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

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

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

waliman khāfa maqāma rabbihi jannatāni

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

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

Having [spreading] branches.

dhawātā afnānin

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

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

In both of them are two springs, flowing.

fīhimā ʿaynāni tajriyāni

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

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

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

fīhimā min kulli fākihatin zawjāni

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

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

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

muttakiīna ʿalā furushin baṭāinuhā min is'tabraqin wajanā l-janatayni dānin

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

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

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

fīhinna qāṣirātu l-ṭarfi lam yaṭmith'hunna insun qablahum walā jānnun

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

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

As if they were rubies and coral.

ka-annahunna l-yāqūtu wal-marjānu

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

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

Is the reward for good [anything] but good?

hal jazāu l-iḥ'sāni illā l-iḥ'sānu

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

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

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

wamin dūnihimā jannatāni

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

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

Dark green [in color].

mud'hāmmatāni

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

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

In both of them are two springs, spouting.

fīhimā ʿaynāni naḍḍākhatāni

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

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

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

fīhimā fākihatun wanakhlun warummānun

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

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

In them are good and beautiful women -

fīhinna khayrātun ḥisānun

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

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

Fair ones reserved in pavilions -

ḥūrun maqṣūrātun fī l-khiyāmi

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

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

Untouched before them by man or jinni -

lam yaṭmith'hunna insun qablahum walā jānnun

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

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

Reclining on green cushions and beautiful fine carpets.

muttakiīna ʿalā rafrafin khuḍ'rin waʿabqariyyin ḥisānin

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

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

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

tabāraka us'mu rabbika dhī l-jalāli wal-ik'rāmi