55

Surah Ar-Rahman

Medinan 78 Ayahs Juz 27
الرحمن

Surah Ar-Rahman (الرحمن) is chapter 55 of the Holy Quran — a Medinan surah of 78 verses (ayahs).

Bismillah
بِسْمِIn (the) namebis'miٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahiٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِthe Most Graciousl-raḥmāniٱلرَّحِيمِthe Most Mercifull-raḥīmi
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
55:1
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُThe Most Graciousal-raḥmānu١
The Most Merciful
55:2
عَلَّمَHe taughtʿallamaٱلْقُرْءَانَthe Quranl-qur'āna٢
Taught the Qur’ān,
55:3
خَلَقَHe createdkhalaqaٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ[the] manl-insāna٣
Created man,
55:4
عَلَّمَهُHe taught himʿallamahuٱلْبَيَانَ[the] speechl-bayāna٤
[And] taught him eloquence.
55:5
ٱلشَّمْسُThe sunal-shamsuوَٱلْقَمَرُand the moonwal-qamaruبِحُسْبَانٍۢby (precise) calculationbiḥus'bānin٥
The sun and the moon [move] by precise calculation,
55:6
وَٱلنَّجْمُAnd the starswal-najmuوَٱلشَّجَرُand the treeswal-shajaruيَسْجُدَانِboth prostrateyasjudāni٦
And the stars and trees prostrate.
55:7
وَٱلسَّمَآءَAnd the heavenwal-samāaرَفَعَهَاHe raised itrafaʿahāوَوَضَعَand He has set upwawaḍaʿaٱلْمِيزَانَthe balancel-mīzāna٧
And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance
55:8
أَلَّاThat notallāتَطْغَوْا۟you may transgresstaṭghawفِىinfīٱلْمِيزَانِthe balancel-mīzāni٨
That you not transgress within the balance.
55:9
وَأَقِيمُوا۟And establishwa-aqīmūٱلْوَزْنَthe weightl-waznaبِٱلْقِسْطِin justicebil-qis'ṭiوَلَاand (do) notwalāتُخْسِرُوا۟make deficienttukh'sirūٱلْمِيزَانَthe balancel-mīzāna٩
And establish weight in justice and do not make deficient the balance.
55:10
وَٱلْأَرْضَAnd the earthwal-arḍaوَضَعَهَاHe laid itwaḍaʿahāلِلْأَنَامِfor the creatureslil'anāmi١٠
And the earth He laid [out] for the creatures.
55:11
فِيهَاThereinfīhāفَـٰكِهَةٌۭ(is) fruitfākihatunوَٱلنَّخْلُand date-palmswal-nakhluذَاتُhavingdhātuٱلْأَكْمَامِsheathsl-akmāmi١١
Therein is fruit and palm trees having sheaths [of dates]
55:12
وَٱلْحَبُّAnd the grainwal-ḥabuذُوhavingdhūٱلْعَصْفِhuskl-ʿaṣfiوَٱلرَّيْحَانُand scented plantswal-rayḥānu١٢
And grain having husks and scented plants.
55:13
فَبِأَىِّSo whichfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِ(of the) favorsālāiرَبِّكُمَا(of) your Lordrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِwill you both denytukadhibāni١٣
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:14
خَلَقَHe createdkhalaqaٱلْإِنسَـٰنَthe manl-insānaمِنfromminصَلْصَـٰلٍۢclayṣalṣālinكَٱلْفَخَّارِlike the potterykal-fakhāri١٤
He created man from clay like [that of] pottery.
55:15
وَخَلَقَAnd He createdwakhalaqaٱلْجَآنَّthe jinnl-jānaمِنfromminمَّارِجٍۢa smokeless flamemārijinمِّنofminنَّارٍۢfirenārin١٥
And He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire.
55:16
فَبِأَىِّSo whichfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِ(of the) favorsālāiرَبِّكُمَا(of) your Lordrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِwill you both denytukadhibāni١٦
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:17
رَبُّLordrabbuٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ(of) the two Eastsl-mashriqayniوَرَبُّand Lordwarabbuٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ(of) the two Westsl-maghribayni١٧
[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.
55:18
فَبِأَىِّSo whichfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِ(of the) favorsālāiرَبِّكُمَا(of) your Lordrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِwill you both denytukadhibāni١٨
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:19
مَرَجَHe releasedmarajaٱلْبَحْرَيْنِthe two seasl-baḥrayniيَلْتَقِيَانِmeetingyaltaqiyāni١٩
He released the two seas, meeting [one another];
55:20
بَيْنَهُمَاBetween both of thembaynahumāبَرْزَخٌۭ(is) a barrierbarzakhunلَّاnotlāيَبْغِيَانِthey transgressyabghiyāni٢٠
Between them is a barrier so neither of them transgresses.
55:21
فَبِأَىِّSo whichfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِ(of the) favorsālāiرَبِّكُمَا(of) your Lordrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِwill you both denytukadhibāni٢١
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:22
يَخْرُجُCome forthyakhrujuمِنْهُمَاfrom both of themmin'humāٱللُّؤْلُؤُthe pearll-lu'lu-uوَٱلْمَرْجَانُand the coralwal-marjānu٢٢
From both of them emerge pearl and coral.
55:23
فَبِأَىِّSo whichfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِ(of the) favorsālāiرَبِّكُمَا(of) your Lordrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِwill you both denytukadhibāni٢٣
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:24
وَلَهُAnd for Himwalahuٱلْجَوَارِ(are) the shipsl-jawāriٱلْمُنشَـَٔاتُelevatedl-munshaātuفِىinfīٱلْبَحْرِthe seal-baḥriكَٱلْأَعْلَـٰمِlike mountainskal-aʿlāmi٢٤
And to Him belong the ships [with sails] elevated in the sea like mountains.
55:25
فَبِأَىِّSo whichfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِ(of the) favorsālāiرَبِّكُمَا(of) your Lordrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِwill you both denytukadhibāni٢٥
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:26
كُلُّEveryonekulluمَنْwhomanعَلَيْهَا(is) on itʿalayhāفَانٍۢ(will) perishfānin٢٦
Everyone upon it [i.e., the earth] will perish,
55:27
وَيَبْقَىٰBut will remainwayabqāوَجْهُ(the) Facewajhuرَبِّكَ(of) your Lordrabbikaذُو(the) Ownerdhūٱلْجَلَـٰلِ(of) Majestyl-jalāliوَٱلْإِكْرَامِand Honorwal-ik'rāmi٢٧
And there will remain the Face of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.
55:28
فَبِأَىِّSo whichfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِ(of the) favorsālāiرَبِّكُمَا(of) your Lordrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِwill you both denytukadhibāni٢٨
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:29
يَسْـَٔلُهُۥAsks Himyasaluhuمَنwhoevermanفِى(is) infīٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِthe heavensl-samāwātiوَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚand the earthwal-arḍiكُلَّEverykullaيَوْمٍdayyawminهُوَHehuwaفِى(is) infīشَأْنٍۢa mattershanin٢٩
Whoever is within the heavens and earth asks Him; every day He is in [i.e., bringing about] a matter.
55:30
فَبِأَىِّSo whichfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِ(of the) favorsālāiرَبِّكُمَا(of) your Lordrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِwill you both denytukadhibāni٣٠
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:31
سَنَفْرُغُSoon We will attendsanafrughuلَكُمْto youlakumأَيُّهَO youayyuhaٱلثَّقَلَانِtwo classesl-thaqalāni٣١
We will attend to you, O prominent beings.
55:32
فَبِأَىِّSo whichfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِ(of the) favorsālāiرَبِّكُمَا(of) your Lordrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِwill you both denytukadhibāni٣٢
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:33
يَـٰمَعْشَرَO assemblyyāmaʿsharaٱلْجِنِّ(of) the jinnl-jiniوَٱلْإِنسِand the menwal-insiإِنِIfiniٱسْتَطَعْتُمْyou are ableis'taṭaʿtumأَنtoanتَنفُذُوا۟pass beyondtanfudhūمِنْ[of]minأَقْطَارِ(the) regionsaqṭāriٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ(of) the heavensl-samāwātiوَٱلْأَرْضِand the earthwal-arḍiفَٱنفُذُوا۟ ۚthen passfa-unfudhūلَاNotlāتَنفُذُونَyou (can) passtanfudhūnaإِلَّاexceptillāبِسُلْطَـٰنٍۢby authoritybisul'ṭānin٣٣
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].
55:34
فَبِأَىِّSo whichfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِ(of the) favorsālāiرَبِّكُمَا(of) your Lordrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِwill you both denytukadhibāni٣٤
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:35
يُرْسَلُWill be sentyur'saluعَلَيْكُمَاagainst both of youʿalaykumāشُوَاظٌۭa flameshuwāẓunمِّنofminنَّارٍۢfirenārinوَنُحَاسٌۭand smokewanuḥāsunفَلَاand notfalāتَنتَصِرَانِyou will (be able to) defend yourselvestantaṣirāni٣٥
There will be sent upon you a flame of fire and smoke, and you will not defend yourselves.
55:36
فَبِأَىِّSo whichfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِ(of the) favorsālāiرَبِّكُمَا(of) your Lordrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِwill you both denytukadhibāni٣٦
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:37
فَإِذَاThen whenfa-idhāٱنشَقَّتِis splitinshaqqatiٱلسَّمَآءُthe heavenl-samāuفَكَانَتْand it becomesfakānatوَرْدَةًۭrose-coloredwardatanكَٱلدِّهَانِlike murky oilkal-dihāni٣٧
And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose-colored like oil -
55:38
فَبِأَىِّSo whichfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِ(of the) favorsālāiرَبِّكُمَا(of) your Lordrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِwill you both denytukadhibāni٣٨
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
55:39
فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢThen (on) that Dayfayawma-idhinلَّاnotlāيُسْـَٔلُwill be askedyus'aluعَنaboutʿanذَنۢبِهِۦٓhis sindhanbihiإِنسٌۭany maninsunوَلَاand notwalāجَآنٌّۭany jinnjānnun٣٩
Then on that Day none will be asked about his sin among men or jinn.
55:40
فَبِأَىِّSo whichfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِ(of the) favorsālāiرَبِّكُمَا(of) your Lordrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِwill you both denytukadhibāni٤٠
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:41
يُعْرَفُWill be knownyuʿ'rafuٱلْمُجْرِمُونَthe criminalsl-muj'rimūnaبِسِيمَـٰهُمْby their marksbisīmāhumفَيُؤْخَذُand will be seizedfayu'khadhuبِٱلنَّوَٰصِىby the forelocksbil-nawāṣīوَٱلْأَقْدَامِand the feetwal-aqdāmi٤١
The criminals will be known by their marks, and they will be seized by the forelocks and the feet.
55:42
فَبِأَىِّSo whichfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِ(of the) favorsālāiرَبِّكُمَا(of) your Lordrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِwill you both denytukadhibāni٤٢
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:43
هَـٰذِهِۦThishādhihiجَهَنَّمُ(is) Helljahannamuٱلَّتِىwhichallatīيُكَذِّبُdenyyukadhibuبِهَا[of it]bihāٱلْمُجْرِمُونَthe criminalsl-muj'rimūna٤٣
This is Hell, which the criminals deny.
55:44
يَطُوفُونَThey will go aroundyaṭūfūnaبَيْنَهَاbetween itbaynahāوَبَيْنَand betweenwabaynaحَمِيمٍscalding waterḥamīminءَانٍۢheatedānin٤٤
They will circulate between it and scalding water, heated [to the utmost degree].
55:45
فَبِأَىِّSo whichfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِ(of the) favorsālāiرَبِّكُمَا(of) your Lordrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِwill you both denytukadhibāni٤٥
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:46
وَلِمَنْBut for (him) whowalimanخَافَfearskhāfaمَقَامَ(the) standingmaqāmaرَبِّهِۦ(before) his Lordrabbihiجَنَّتَانِ(are) two gardensjannatāni٤٦
But for he who has feared the position of his Lord are two gardens -
55:47
فَبِأَىِّSo whichfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِ(of the) favorsālāiرَبِّكُمَا(of) your Lordrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِwill you both denytukadhibāni٤٧
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
55:48
ذَوَاتَآHavingdhawātāأَفْنَانٍۢbranchesafnānin٤٨
Having [spreading] branches.
55:49
فَبِأَىِّSo whichfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِ(of the) favorsālāiرَبِّكُمَا(of) your Lordrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِwill you both denytukadhibāni٤٩
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:50
فِيهِمَاIn both of themfīhimāعَيْنَانِ(are) two springsʿaynāniتَجْرِيَانِflowingtajriyāni٥٠
In both of them are two springs, flowing.
55:51
فَبِأَىِّSo whichfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِ(of the) favorsālāiرَبِّكُمَا(of) your Lordrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِwill you both denytukadhibāni٥١
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:52
فِيهِمَاIn both of themfīhimāمِن[of]minكُلِّ(are) everykulliفَـٰكِهَةٍۢfruitsfākihatinزَوْجَانِ(in) pairszawjāni٥٢
In both of them are of every fruit, two kinds.
55:53
فَبِأَىِّSo whichfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِ(of the) favorsālāiرَبِّكُمَا(of) your Lordrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِwill you both denytukadhibāni٥٣
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:54
مُتَّكِـِٔينَRecliningmuttakiīnaعَلَىٰonʿalāفُرُشٍۭcouchesfurushinبَطَآئِنُهَا(whose) inner liningsbaṭāinuhāمِنْ(are) ofminإِسْتَبْرَقٍۢ ۚbrocadeis'tabraqinوَجَنَىand (the) fruitwajanāٱلْجَنَّتَيْنِ(of) both the gardensl-janatayniدَانٍۢ(is) neardānin٥٤
[They are] reclining on beds whose linings are of silk brocade, and the fruit of the two gardens is hanging low.
55:55
فَبِأَىِّSo whichfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِ(of the) favorsālāiرَبِّكُمَا(of) your Lordrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِwill you both denytukadhibāni٥٥
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:56
فِيهِنَّIn themfīhinnaقَـٰصِرَٰتُ(will be) companions of modest gazeqāṣirātuٱلطَّرْفِ(will be) companions of modest gazel-ṭarfiلَمْnotlamيَطْمِثْهُنَّhas touched themyaṭmith'hunnaإِنسٌۭany maninsunقَبْلَهُمْbefore themqablahumوَلَاand notwalāجَآنٌّۭany jinnjānnun٥٦
In them are women limiting [their] glances, untouched before them by man or jinnī -
55:57
فَبِأَىِّSo whichfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِ(of the) favorsālāiرَبِّكُمَا(of) your Lordrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِwill you both denytukadhibāni٥٧
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
55:58
كَأَنَّهُنَّAs if they wereka-annahunnaٱلْيَاقُوتُrubiesl-yāqūtuوَٱلْمَرْجَانُand coralwal-marjānu٥٨
As if they were rubies and coral.
55:59
فَبِأَىِّSo whichfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِ(of the) favorsālāiرَبِّكُمَا(of) your Lordrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِwill you both denytukadhibāni٥٩
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:60
هَلْIshalجَزَآءُ(the) rewardjazāuٱلْإِحْسَـٰنِfor the goodl-iḥ'sāniإِلَّاbutillāٱلْإِحْسَـٰنُgoodl-iḥ'sānu٦٠
Is the reward for good [anything] but good?
55:61
فَبِأَىِّSo whichfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِ(of the) favorsālāiرَبِّكُمَا(of) your Lordrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِwill you both denytukadhibāni٦١
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:62
وَمِنBesides these twowaminدُونِهِمَاBesides these twodūnihimāجَنَّتَانِ(are) two gardensjannatāni٦٢
And below them both [in excellence] are two [other] gardens -
55:63
فَبِأَىِّSo whichfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِ(of the) favorsālāiرَبِّكُمَا(of) your Lordrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِwill you both denytukadhibāni٦٣
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
55:64
مُدْهَآمَّتَانِDark greenmud'hāmmatāni٦٤
Dark green [in color].
55:65
فَبِأَىِّSo whichfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِ(of the) favorsālāiرَبِّكُمَا(of) your Lordrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِwill you both denytukadhibāni٦٥
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:66
فِيهِمَاIn both of themfīhimāعَيْنَانِ(are) two springsʿaynāniنَضَّاخَتَانِgushing forthnaḍḍākhatāni٦٦
In both of them are two springs, spouting.
55:67
فَبِأَىِّSo whichfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِ(of the) favorsālāiرَبِّكُمَا(of) your Lordrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِwill you both denytukadhibāni٦٧
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:68
فِيهِمَاIn both of themfīhimāفَـٰكِهَةٌۭ(are) fruitsfākihatunوَنَخْلٌۭand date-palmswanakhlunوَرُمَّانٌۭand pomegranateswarummānun٦٨
In both of them are fruit and palm trees and pomegranates.
55:69
فَبِأَىِّSo whichfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِ(of the) favorsālāiرَبِّكُمَا(of) your Lordrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِwill you both denytukadhibāni٦٩
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:70
فِيهِنَّIn themfīhinnaخَيْرَٰتٌ(are) goodkhayrātunحِسَانٌۭand beautiful onesḥisānun٧٠
In them are good and beautiful women -
55:71
فَبِأَىِّSo whichfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِ(of the) favorsālāiرَبِّكُمَا(of) your Lordrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِwill you both denytukadhibāni٧١
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
55:72
حُورٌۭFair onesḥūrunمَّقْصُورَٰتٌۭrestrainedmaqṣūrātunفِىinfīٱلْخِيَامِthe pavilionsl-khiyāmi٧٢
Fair ones reserved in pavilions -
55:73
فَبِأَىِّSo whichfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِ(of the) favorsālāiرَبِّكُمَا(of) your Lordrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِwill you both denytukadhibāni٧٣
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
55:74
لَمْNotlamيَطْمِثْهُنَّhas touched themyaṭmith'hunnaإِنسٌۭany maninsunقَبْلَهُمْbefore themqablahumوَلَاand notwalāجَآنٌّۭany jinnjānnun٧٤
Untouched before them by man or jinnī -
55:75
فَبِأَىِّSo whichfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِ(of the) favorsālāiرَبِّكُمَا(of) your Lordrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِwill you both denytukadhibāni٧٥
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
55:76
مُتَّكِـِٔينَRecliningmuttakiīnaعَلَىٰonʿalāرَفْرَفٍcushionsrafrafinخُضْرٍۢgreenkhuḍ'rinوَعَبْقَرِىٍّand carpetswaʿabqariyyinحِسَانٍۢbeautifulḥisānin٧٦
Reclining on green cushions and beautiful fine carpets.
55:77
فَبِأَىِّSo whichfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِ(of the) favorsālāiرَبِّكُمَا(of) your Lordrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِwill you both denytukadhibāni٧٧
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:78
تَبَـٰرَكَBlessed istabārakaٱسْمُ(the) nameus'muرَبِّكَ(of) your LordrabbikaذِىOwnerdhīٱلْجَلَـٰلِ(of) Majestyl-jalāliوَٱلْإِكْرَامِand Honorwal-ik'rāmi٧٨
Blessed is the name of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.