Surah Ar-Rahman

Verse 55:1

اَلرَّحْمٰنُ ۟ۙ

ʹAR-RAḤ-MAAN.

The Most Compassionate

Verse 55:2

عَلَّمَ الْقُرْاٰنَ ۟ؕ

ʻAllamal Q̣urʹaan.

taught the Quran,

Verse 55:3

خَلَقَ الْاِنْسَانَ ۟ۙ

Khalaq̣al ʹiñsaan.

created humanity,

Verse 55:4

عَلَّمَهُ الْبَیَانَ ۟

ʻAllamahul bayaan.

˹and˺ taught them speech.

Verse 55:5

اَلشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ ۟ۙ

ʹAshshamsu walq̣amaru biḥusbaan;

The sun and the moon ˹travel˺ with precision.

Verse 55:6

وَّالنَّجْمُ وَالشَّجَرُ یَسْجُدٰنِ ۟

Wannajmu washshajaru yasjudaan.

The stars and the trees bow down ˹in submission˺.

Verse 55:7

وَالسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ الْمِیْزَانَ ۟ۙ

Was-Samaaaʹa rafaʻahaa wa-waḍaʻal Meezaan

As for the sky, He raised it ˹high˺, and set the balance ˹of justice˺

Verse 55:8

اَلَّا تَطْغَوْا فِی الْمِیْزَانِ ۟

ʹAllaa taṭg̣aw fil meezaan.

so that you do not defraud the scales.

Verse 55:9

وَاَقِیْمُوا الْوَزْنَ بِالْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا الْمِیْزَانَ ۟

Wa-ʹaq̣eemul wazna bilq̣isṭi wa-laa tukhsirul meezaan.

Weigh with justice, and do not give short measure.

Verse 55:10

وَالْاَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْاَنَامِ ۟ۙ

Wal-ʹarḍa waḍaʻahaa lilʹanaam:

He laid out the earth for all beings.

Verse 55:11

فِیْهَا فَاكِهَةٌ وَّالنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ الْاَكْمَامِ ۟ۖ

Feehaa faakihatuñw wan-nakhlu ẓaatul ʹakmaam;

In it are fruit, palm trees with date stalks,

Verse 55:12

وَالْحَبُّ ذُو الْعَصْفِ وَالرَّیْحَانُ ۟ۚ

Walḥabbu ẓul ʻaṣfi war-rayḥaan.

and grain with husks, and aromatic plants.

Verse 55:13

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ۟

Fabiʹayyi ʹaalaaaʹi Rabbikumaa tukaẓẓibaan?

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you ˹humans and jinn˺ both deny?

Verse 55:14

خَلَقَ الْاِنْسَانَ مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ كَالْفَخَّارِ ۟ۙ

Khalaq̣al ʹiñsaana miñ ṣalṣaaliñ kalfakhkhaar,

He created humankind from ˹sounding˺ clay like pottery,

Verse 55:15

وَخَلَقَ الْجَآنَّ مِنْ مَّارِجٍ مِّنْ نَّارٍ ۟ۚ

Wa-khalaq̣al Jaaanna mim maarijim min Naar:

and created jinn from a ˹smokeless˺ flame of fire.

Verse 55:16

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ۟

Fabiʹayyi ʹaalaaaʹi Rabbikumaa tukaẓẓibaan?

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?

Verse 55:17

رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقَیْنِ وَرَبُّ الْمَغْرِبَیْنِ ۟ۚ

Rabbul Mashriq̣ayni wa-rabbul Mag̣ribayn:

˹He is˺ Lord of the two easts and the two wests.

Verse 55:18

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ۟

Fabiʹayyi ʹaalaaʹi Rabbikumaa tukaẓẓibaan?

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?

Verse 55:19

مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَیْنِ یَلْتَقِیٰنِ ۟ۙ

Marajal baḥrayni yaltaq̣iyaan:

He merges the two bodies of ˹fresh and salt˺ water,

Verse 55:20

بَیْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا یَبْغِیٰنِ ۟ۚ

Baynahumaa Barzakhul laa yabg̣iyaan:

yet between them is a barrier they never cross.

Verse 55:21

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ۟

Fabiʹayyi ʹaalaaaʹi Rabbikumaa tukaẓẓibaan?

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?

Verse 55:22

یَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا اللُّؤْلُؤُ وَالْمَرْجَانُ ۟ۚ

Yakhruju minhumal Luʹluʹu wal-Marjaan:

Out of both ˹waters˺ come forth pearls and coral.

Verse 55:23

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ۟

Fabiʹayyi ʹaalaaaʹi Rabbikumaa tukaẓẓibaan?

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?

Verse 55:24

وَلَهُ الْجَوَارِ الْمُنْشَـٰٔتُ فِی الْبَحْرِ كَالْاَعْلَامِ ۟ۚ

Wa-lahul Jawaaril muñ-shaʹaaatu fil baḥri kal-ʹaʻlaam:

To Him belong the ships with raised sails, sailing through the seas like mountains.

Verse 55:25

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ۟۠

Fabiʹayyi ʹaalaaaʹi Rabbikumaa tukaẓẓibaan?

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?

Verse 55:26

كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَیْهَا فَانٍ ۟ۚۖ

Kullu man ʻalayhaa faan:

Every being on earth is bound to perish.

Verse 55:27

وَّیَبْقٰی وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو الْجَلٰلِ وَالْاِكْرَامِ ۟ۚ

Wa-yabq̣aa Wajhu Rabbika Ẓul Jalaali wal-ʹIkraam.

Only your Lord Himself, full of Majesty and Honour, will remain ˹forever˺.

Verse 55:28

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ۟

Fabiʹayyi ʹaalaaaʹi Rabbikumaa tukaẓẓibaan?

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?

Verse 55:29

یَسْـَٔلُهٗ مَنْ فِی السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ ؕ كُلَّ یَوْمٍ هُوَ فِیْ شَاْنٍ ۟ۚ

Yasʹaluhoo mañ fis samaawaati walarḍ: kulla Yawmin Huwa fee shaʹn!

All those in the heavens and the earth are dependent on Him. Day in and day out He has something to bring about.

Verse 55:30

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ۟

Fabiʹayyi ʹaalaaʹi Rabbikumaa tukaẓẓibaan?

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?

Verse 55:31

سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ اَیُّهَ الثَّقَلٰنِ ۟ۚ

Sanafrug̣u lakum ʹayyuhas̤ s̤aq̣alaan!

We will soon attend to you ˹for judgment˺, O two multitudes ˹of jinn and humans˺!

Verse 55:32

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ۟

Fabiʹayyi ʹaalaaaʹi Rabbikumaa tukaẓẓibaan?

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?

Verse 55:33

یٰمَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ وَالْاِنْسِ اِنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ اَنْ تَنْفُذُوْا مِنْ اَقْطَارِ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ فَانْفُذُوْا ؕ لَا تَنْفُذُوْنَ اِلَّا بِسُلْطٰنٍ ۟ۚ

Yaa-Maʻsharal jinni wal-ʹiñsi ʹinis tataʻtum ʹañ tañfuẓoo min ʹaq̣ṭaaris samaawaati wal-ʹarḍi fañfuẓoo! laa- tañfuẓoona ʹillaa bisulṭaan!

O assembly of jinn and humans! If you can penetrate beyond the realms of the heavens and the earth, then do so. ˹But˺ you cannot do that without ˹Our˺ authority.

Verse 55:34

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ۟

Fabiʹayyi ʹaalaaaʹi Rabbikumaa tukaẓẓibaan?

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?

Verse 55:35

یُرْسَلُ عَلَیْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِّنْ نَّارٍ ۙ۬ وَّنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنْتَصِرٰنِ ۟ۚ

Yursalu ʻalaykumaa shuwaaz̤̣um min naariñwwa nuḥaasuñ falaa tañtaṣiraan;

Flames of fire and ˹molten˺ copper will be sent against you, and you will not be able to defend one another.

Verse 55:36

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ۟

Fabiʹayyi ʹaalaaaʹi Rabbikumaa tukaẓẓibaan?

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?

Verse 55:37

فَاِذَا انْشَقَّتِ السَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَالدِّهَانِ ۟ۚ

Faʹiẓañ shaq̣q̣atis samaaaʹu fakaanat wardatañ kaddihaan:

˹How horrible will it be˺ when the heavens will split apart, becoming rose-red like ˹burnt˺ oil!

Verse 55:38

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ۟

Fabiʹayyi ʹaalaaaʹi Rabbikumaa tukaẓẓibaan?

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?

Verse 55:39

فَیَوْمَىِٕذٍ لَّا یُسْـَٔلُ عَنْ ذَنْۢبِهٖۤ اِنْسٌ وَّلَا جَآنٌّ ۟ۚ

Fayawmaʹiẓil laa yusʹalu ʻañ ẓambiheee ʹiñsuñw Walaa jaaann,―

On that Day there will be no need for any human or jinn to be asked about their sins.

Verse 55:40

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ۟

Fabiʹayyi ʹaalaaaʹi Rabbikumaa tukaẓẓibaan?

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?

Verse 55:41

یُعْرَفُ الْمُجْرِمُوْنَ بِسِیْمٰهُمْ فَیُؤْخَذُ بِالنَّوَاصِیْ وَالْاَقْدَامِ ۟ۚ

Yuʻraful mujrimoona biseemaahum fayuʹkhaẓu binnawaaṣee wal-ʹaq̣daam.

The wicked will be recognized by their appearance, then will be seized by ˹their˺ forelocks and feet.

Verse 55:42

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ۟

Fabiʹayyi ʹaalaaaʹi Rabbikumaa tukaẓẓibaan?

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?

Verse 55:43

هٰذِهٖ جَهَنَّمُ الَّتِیْ یُكَذِّبُ بِهَا الْمُجْرِمُوْنَ ۟ۘ

Haaẓihee Jahannamul latee yukaẓẓibu bihal mujrimoon;

˹They will be told,˺ “This is the Hell which the wicked denied.”

Verse 55:44

یَطُوْفُوْنَ بَیْنَهَا وَبَیْنَ حَمِیْمٍ اٰنٍ ۟ۚ

Yaṭoofoona baynahaa wa-bayna ḥameemin ʹaan!

They will alternate between its flames and scalding water.

Verse 55:45

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ۟۠

Fabiʹayyi ʹaalaaaʹi Rabbikumaa tukaẓẓibaan?

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?

Verse 55:46

وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهٖ جَنَّتٰنِ ۟ۚ

Wa-liman khaafa maq̣aama Rabbihee Jannataan,―

And whoever is in awe of standing before their Lord will have two Gardens.

Verse 55:47

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ۟ۙ

Fabiʹayyi ʹaalaaaʹi Rabbikumaa tukaẓẓibaan?

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?

Verse 55:48

ذَوَاتَاۤ اَفْنَانٍ ۟ۚ

Ẓawaataaa ʹafnaan:―

˹Both will be˺ with lush branches.

Verse 55:49

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ۟

Fabiʹayyi ʹaalaaaʹi Rabbikumaa tukaẓẓibaaan?

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?

Verse 55:50

فِیْهِمَا عَیْنٰنِ تَجْرِیٰنِ ۟ۚ

Feehimaa ʻaynaani tajriyaan:―

In each ˹Garden˺ will be two flowing springs.

Verse 55:51

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ۟

Fabiʹayyi ʹaalaaaʹi Rabbikumaa tukaẓẓibaan?

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?

Verse 55:52

فِیْهِمَا مِنْ كُلِّ فَاكِهَةٍ زَوْجٰنِ ۟ۚ

Feehimaa miñ kulli faakihatiñ zawjaan.

In each will be two types of every fruit.

Verse 55:53

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ۟

Fabiʹayyi ʹaalaaaʹi Rabbikumaa tukaẓẓibaan?

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?

Verse 55:54

مُتَّكِـِٕیْنَ عَلٰی فُرُشٍ بَطَآىِٕنُهَا مِنْ اِسْتَبْرَقٍ ؕ وَجَنَا الْجَنَّتَیْنِ دَانٍ ۟ۚ

Muttakiʹeena ʻalaa furushim baṭaaaʹinuhaa min ʹistabraq̣: wa-janal jannatayni daan.

Those ˹believers˺ will recline on furnishings lined with rich brocade. And the fruit of both Gardens will hang within reach.

Verse 55:55

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ۟

Fabiʹayyi ʹaalaaaʹi Rabbikumaa tukaẓẓibaan?

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?

Verse 55:56

فِیْهِنَّ قٰصِرٰتُ الطَّرْفِ ۙ لَمْ یَطْمِثْهُنَّ اِنْسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ ۟ۚ

Feehinna q̣aaṣiraatuṭ ṭarfi lam yaṭmis̤hunna ʹiñsuñ q̣ablahum wa-laa jaaann;―

In both ˹Gardens˺ will be maidens of modest gaze, who no human or jinn has ever touched before.

Verse 55:57

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ۟ۚ

Fabiʹayyi ʹaalaaaʹi Rabbikumaa tukaẓẓibaan?

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?

Verse 55:58

كَاَنَّهُنَّ الْیَاقُوْتُ وَالْمَرْجَانُ ۟ۚ

Kaʹannahunnal yaaq̣ootu wal-marjaan.

Those ˹maidens˺ will be ˹as elegant˺ as rubies and coral.

Verse 55:59

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ۟

Fabiʹayyi ʹaalaaaʹi Rabbikumaa tukaẓẓibaan?

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?

Verse 55:60

هَلْ جَزَآءُ الْاِحْسَانِ اِلَّا الْاِحْسَانُ ۟ۚ

Hal Jazaaaʹul ʹIḥsaani ʹillal ʹIḥsaan?

Is there any reward for goodness except goodness?

Verse 55:61

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ۟

Fabiʹayyi ʹaalaaaʹi Rabbikumaa tukaẓẓibaan?

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?

Verse 55:62

وَمِنْ دُوْنِهِمَا جَنَّتٰنِ ۟ۚ

Wa-miñ doonihimaa Jannataan,―

And below these two ˹Gardens˺ will be two others.

Verse 55:63

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ۟ۙ

Fabiʹayyi ʹaalaaaʹi Rabbikumaa tukaẓẓibaan?

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?

Verse 55:64

مُدْهَآمَّتٰنِ ۟ۚ

Mudhaaammataan.

Both will be dark green.

Verse 55:65

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ۟ۚ

Fabiʹayyi ʹaalaaaʹi Rabbikumaa tukaẓẓibaan?

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?

Verse 55:66

فِیْهِمَا عَیْنٰنِ نَضَّاخَتٰنِ ۟ۚ

Feehimaa ʻaynaani naḍ-ḍaakhataan:

In each will be two gushing springs.

Verse 55:67

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ۟

Fabiʹayyi ʹaalaaaʹi Rabbikumaa tukaẓẓibaan?

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?

Verse 55:68

فِیْهِمَا فَاكِهَةٌ وَّنَخْلٌ وَّرُمَّانٌ ۟ۚ

Feehimaa faakihatuñw wanakhluñw warummaan:

In both will be fruit, palm trees, and pomegranates.

Verse 55:69

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ۟ۚ

Fabiʹayyi ʹaalaaaʹi Rabbikumaa tukaẓẓibaan?

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?

Verse 55:70

فِیْهِنَّ خَیْرٰتٌ حِسَانٌ ۟ۚ

Feehinna khayraatun ḥisaan;

In all Gardens will be noble, pleasant mates.

Verse 55:71

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ۟ۚ

Fabiʹayyi ʹaalaaaʹi Rabbikumaa tukaẓẓibaan?

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?

Verse 55:72

حُوْرٌ مَّقْصُوْرٰتٌ فِی الْخِیَامِ ۟ۚ

Ḥoorum maq̣ṣooraatuñ fil khiyaam;―

˹They will be˺ maidens with gorgeous eyes, reserved in pavilions.

Verse 55:73

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ۟ۚ

Fabiʹayyi ʹaalaaaʹi Rabbikumaa tukaẓẓibaan?

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?

Verse 55:74

لَمْ یَطْمِثْهُنَّ اِنْسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ ۟ۚ

Lam yaṭmis̤hunna ʹiñsuñ q̣ablahum wa-laa jaaan;

No human or jinn has ever touched these ˹maidens˺ before.

Verse 55:75

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ۟

Fabiʹayyi ʹaalaaaʹi Rabbikumaa tukaẓẓibaan?

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?

Verse 55:76

مُتَّكِـِٕیْنَ عَلٰی رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَّعَبْقَرِیٍّ حِسَانٍ ۟ۚ

Muttakiʹeena ʻalaa rafrafin khuḍriñw waʻabq̣ariyyin ḥisaan.

All ˹believers˺ will be reclining on green cushions and splendid carpets.

Verse 55:77

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ۟

Fabiʹayyi ʹaalaaaʹi Rabbikumaa tukaẓẓibaan?

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?

Verse 55:78

تَبٰرَكَ اسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِی الْجَلٰلِ وَالْاِكْرَامِ ۟۠

Tabaarak asmu Rabbika Ẓil Jalaali wal-ʹIkraam.

Blessed is the Name of your Lord, full of Majesty and Honour.