Surah Ar-Rahman · The Beneficent

ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ ۝١

al-raḥmān

The Most Merciful

عَلَّمَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ ۝٢

ʿallama l-qur'ān

Taught the Qur’ān,

خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ ۝٣

khalaqa l-insān

Created man,

عَلَّمَهُ ٱلْبَيَانَ ۝٤

ʿallamahu l-bayān

[And] taught him eloquence.

ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ ۝٥

al-shamsu wal-qamaru biḥus'bān

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

وَٱلنَّجْمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ ۝٦

wal-najmu wal-shajaru yasjudān

And the stars and trees prostrate.

وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلْمِيزَانَ ۝٧

wal-samāa rafaʿahā wawaḍaʿa l-mīzān

And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance

أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْمِيزَانِ ۝٨

allā taṭghaw fī l-mīzān

That you not transgress within the balance.

وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا۟ ٱلْمِيزَانَ ۝٩

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

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

وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ ۝١٠

wal-arḍa waḍaʿahā lil'anām

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

فِيهَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ وَٱلنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ ٱلْأَكْمَامِ ۝١١

fīhā fākihatun wal-nakhlu dhātu l-akmām

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

وَٱلْحَبُّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْفِ وَٱلرَّيْحَانُ ۝١٢

wal-ḥabu dhū l-ʿaṣfi wal-rayḥān

And grain having husks and scented plants.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝١٣

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

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

خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍ كَٱلْفَخَّارِ ۝١٤

khalaqa l-insāna min ṣalṣālin kal-fakhār

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

وَخَلَقَ ٱلْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ ۝١٥

wakhalaqa l-jāna min mārijin min nār

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

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝١٦

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

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

رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ ۝١٧

rabbu l-mashriqayni warabbu l-maghribayn

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

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝١٨

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

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

مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ ۝١٩

maraja l-baḥrayni yaltaqiyān

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

بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ ۝٢٠

baynahumā barzakhun lā yabghiyān

Between them is a barrier so neither of them transgresses.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٢١

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

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

يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا ٱللُّؤْلُؤُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ ۝٢٢

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

From both of them emerge pearl and coral.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٢٣

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

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

وَلَهُ ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَـٰمِ ۝٢٤

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

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

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٢٥

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

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

كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ ۝٢٦

kullu man ʿalayhā fān

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

وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلْجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ ۝٢٧

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

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

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٢٨

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

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

يَسْـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِى شَأْنٍ ۝٢٩

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

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

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٣٠

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

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

سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ ۝٣١

sanafrughu lakum ayyuha l-thaqalān

We will attend to you, O prominent beings.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٣٢

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

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

يَـٰمَعْشَرَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَن تَنفُذُوا۟ مِنْ أَقْطَارِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنفُذُوا۟ ۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ ۝٣٣

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

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].

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٣٤

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

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

يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِّن نَّارٍ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ ۝٣٥

yur'salu ʿalaykumā shuwāẓun min nārin wanuḥāsun falā tantaṣirān

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

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٣٦

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

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

فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَٱلدِّهَانِ ۝٣٧

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

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

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٣٨

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

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

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُسْـَٔلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦٓ إِنسٌ وَلَا جَآنٌّ ۝٣٩

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

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

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٤٠

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

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

يُعْرَفُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَـٰهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِى وَٱلْأَقْدَامِ ۝٤١

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

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

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٤٢

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

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

هَـٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ ۝٤٣

hādhihi jahannamu allatī yukadhibu bihā l-muj'rimūn

This is Hell, which the criminals deny.

يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٍ ۝٤٤

yaṭūfūna baynahā wabayna ḥamīmin ān

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

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٤٥

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

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

وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ ۝٤٦

waliman khāfa maqāma rabbihi jannatān

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

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٤٧

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

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

ذَوَاتَآ أَفْنَانٍ ۝٤٨

dhawātā afnān

Having [spreading] branches.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٤٩

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

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

فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ ۝٥٠

fīhimā ʿaynāni tajriyān

In both of them are two springs, flowing.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٥١

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

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

فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَـٰكِهَةٍ زَوْجَانِ ۝٥٢

fīhimā min kulli fākihatin zawjān

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

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٥٣

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

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

مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشٍۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ ۚ وَجَنَى ٱلْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍ ۝٥٤

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

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

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٥٥

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

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

فِيهِنَّ قَـٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ ۝٥٦

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

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

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٥٧

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

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

كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلْيَاقُوتُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ ۝٥٨

ka-annahunna l-yāqūtu wal-marjān

As if they were rubies and coral.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٥٩

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

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

هَلْ جَزَآءُ ٱلْإِحْسَـٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلْإِحْسَـٰنُ ۝٦٠

hal jazāu l-iḥ'sāni illā l-iḥ'sān

Is the reward for good [anything] but good?

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٦١

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

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 -

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٦٣

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

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

مُدْهَآمَّتَانِ ۝٦٤

mud'hāmmatān

Dark green [in color].

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٦٥

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

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

فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ ۝٦٦

fīhimā ʿaynāni naḍḍākhatān

In both of them are two springs, spouting.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٦٧

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

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

فِيهِمَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ وَنَخْلٌ وَرُمَّانٌ ۝٦٨

fīhimā fākihatun wanakhlun warummān

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

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٦٩

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

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

فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَٰتٌ حِسَانٌ ۝٧٠

fīhinna khayrātun ḥisān

In them are good and beautiful women -

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٧١

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

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

حُورٌ مَّقْصُورَٰتٌ فِى ٱلْخِيَامِ ۝٧٢

ḥūrun maqṣūrātun fī l-khiyām

Fair ones reserved in pavilions -

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٧٣

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

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

لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ ۝٧٤

lam yaṭmith'hunna insun qablahum walā jānn

Untouched before them by man or jinnī -

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٧٥

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

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

مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَعَبْقَرِىٍّ حِسَانٍ ۝٧٦

muttakiīna ʿalā rafrafin khuḍ'rin waʿabqariyyin ḥisān

Reclining on green cushions and beautiful fine carpets.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٧٧

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

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

تَبَـٰرَكَ ٱسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِى ٱلْجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ ۝٧٨

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

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