The Compassionate · ar-Rahman · سورة الرحمن · 78 ayahs

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful.

الرَّحْمَٰنُ

The Most Merciful.

عَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ

He taught the Quran.

خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ

He created the human being.

عَلَّمَهُ الْبَيَانَ

He taught him clear expression.

الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ

The sun and the moon follow a precise reckoning.

وَالنَّجْمُ وَالشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ

The stars and the trees bow down.

وَالسَّمَاءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ الْمِيزَانَ

The sky — He raised it and set the balance.

أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا فِي الْمِيزَانِ

That you not transgress in the balance.

وَأَقِيمُوا الْوَزْنَ بِالْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا الْمِيزَانَ

So establish weight with justice and do not short the balance.

وَالْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ

The earth — He laid it down for all living creatures.

فِيهَا فَاكِهَةٌ وَالنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ الْأَكْمَامِ

In it are fruits and palm trees with sheathed clusters.

وَالْحَبُّ ذُو الْعَصْفِ وَالرَّيْحَانُ

And grain with husks and fragrant herbs.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

So which of your Lord’s blessings will you two deny?

خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ كَالْفَخَّارِ

He created the human being from dried clay like pottery.

وَخَلَقَ الْجَانَّ مِنْ مَارِجٍ مِنْ نَارٍ

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

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

So which of your Lord’s blessings will you two deny?

رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ الْمَغْرِبَيْنِ

Lord of the two easts and Lord of the two wests.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

So which of your Lord’s blessings will you two deny?

مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ

He released the two seas, meeting one another.

بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَا يَبْغِيَانِ

Between them is a barrier they do not overrun.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

So which of your Lord’s blessings will you two deny?

يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا اللُّؤْلُؤُ وَالْمَرْجَانُ

From them both emerge pearls and coral.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

So which of your Lord’s blessings will you two deny?

وَلَهُ الْجَوَارِ الْمُنْشَآتُ فِي الْبَحْرِ كَالْأَعْلَامِ

And His are the ships, raised high in the sea like mountains.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

So which of your Lord’s blessings will you two deny?

كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ

Everyone upon it will perish.

وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ

But the face of your Lord will remain — full of majesty and honor.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

So which of your Lord’s blessings will you two deny?

يَسْأَلُهُ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِي شَأْنٍ

Everyone in the heavens and the earth asks of Him. Every day He is in a matter.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

So which of your Lord’s blessings will you two deny?

سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَ الثَّقَلَانِ

We will attend to you, O two weighty beings.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

So which of your Lord’s blessings will you two deny?

يَا مَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنْسِ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَنْ تَنْفُذُوا مِنْ أَقْطَارِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ فَانْفُذُوا ۚ لَا تَنْفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَانٍ

O assembly of jinn and humans, if you can pass beyond the regions of the heavens and the earth, then pass. You will not pass except with authority.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

So which of your Lord’s blessings will you two deny?

يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِنْ نَارٍ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنْتَصِرَانِ

There will be sent upon you both a flame of fire and molten copper, and you will not be helped.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

So which of your Lord’s blessings will you two deny?

فَإِذَا انْشَقَّتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَالدِّهَانِ

When the sky splits open and turns crimson like oil.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

So which of your Lord’s blessings will you two deny?

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَا يُسْأَلُ عَنْ ذَنْبِهِ إِنْسٌ وَلَا جَانٌّ

On that Day no human or jinn will be asked about his sin.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

So which of your Lord’s blessings will you two deny?

يُعْرَفُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَاهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِالنَّوَاصِي وَالْأَقْدَامِ

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

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

So which of your Lord’s blessings will you two deny?

هَٰذِهِ جَهَنَّمُ الَّتِي يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا الْمُجْرِمُونَ

This is Hell, which the criminals denied.

يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ آنٍ

They will circle between it and scalding water, seething hot.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

So which of your Lord’s blessings will you two deny?

وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ جَنَّتَانِ

But for whoever feared standing before his Lord — two gardens.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

So which of your Lord’s blessings will you two deny?

ذَوَاتَا أَفْنَانٍ

Both with spreading branches.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

So which of your Lord’s blessings will you two deny?

فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ

In them both are two flowing springs.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

So which of your Lord’s blessings will you two deny?

فِيهِمَا مِنْ كُلِّ فَاكِهَةٍ زَوْجَانِ

In them both are two kinds of every fruit.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

So which of your Lord’s blessings will you two deny?

مُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشٍ بَطَائِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ ۚ وَجَنَى الْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍ

Reclining on couches lined with thick brocade, and the fruit of both gardens hanging near.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

So which of your Lord’s blessings will you two deny?

فِيهِنَّ قَاصِرَاتُ الطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنْسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَانٌّ

In them are women of modest gaze, untouched before them by any human or jinn.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

So which of your Lord’s blessings will you two deny?

كَأَنَّهُنَّ الْيَاقُوتُ وَالْمَرْجَانُ

As if they were rubies and coral.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

So which of your Lord’s blessings will you two deny?

هَلْ جَزَاءُ الْإِحْسَانِ إِلَّا الْإِحْسَانُ

Is the reward of excellence anything but excellence?

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

So which of your Lord’s blessings will you two deny?

وَمِنْ دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ

And besides those two, two other gardens.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

So which of your Lord’s blessings will you two deny?

مُدْهَامَّتَانِ

Dark green.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

So which of your Lord’s blessings will you two deny?

فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ

In them both are two gushing springs.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

So which of your Lord’s blessings will you two deny?

فِيهِمَا فَاكِهَةٌ وَنَخْلٌ وَرُمَّانٌ

In them both are fruits, and palm trees, and pomegranates.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

So which of your Lord’s blessings will you two deny?

فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَاتٌ حِسَانٌ

In them are good and beautiful women.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

So which of your Lord’s blessings will you two deny?

حُورٌ مَقْصُورَاتٌ فِي الْخِيَامِ

Fair ones, sheltered in pavilions.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

So which of your Lord’s blessings will you two deny?

لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنْسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَانٌّ

Untouched before them by any human or jinn.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

So which of your Lord’s blessings will you two deny?

مُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَىٰ رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَعَبْقَرِيٍّ حِسَانٍ

Reclining on green cushions and fine beautiful carpets.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

So which of your Lord’s blessings will you two deny?

تَبَارَكَ اسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِي الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ

Blessed is the name of your Lord, full of majesty and honor.