55:1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ
Ar Rahmaan
THE MOST GRACIOUS
QUR’AN · SURAH 55
Ar-Rahmaan
The Beneficent · undefined verses · Medinan
Translation of meaning: Muhammad Asad. Transliteration is a learning aid; it cannot capture every Arabic sound. Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy via Islamic Network. Recitation is streamed from Islamic Network and requires internet access.
55:2
عَلَّمَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ
'Allamal Quran
has imparted this Qur’an [unto man].
55:3
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ
Khalaqal insaan
He has created man:
55:4
عَلَّمَهُ ٱلْبَيَانَ
'Allamalhul bayaan
He has imparted unto him articulate thought and speech.
55:5
ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍۢ
Ashshamsu walqamaru bihusbaan
[At His behest] the sun and the moon run their appointed courses;
55:6
وَٱلنَّجْمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ
Wannajmu washshajaru yasjudan
[before Him] prostrate themselves the stars and the trees.
55:7
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلْمِيزَانَ
Wassamaaa'a rafa'ahaa wa wada'al Meezan
And the skies has He raised high, and has devised [for all things] a measure,
55:8
أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْمِيزَانِ
Allaa tatghaw fil meezaan
so that you [too, O men,] might never transgress the measure [of what is right]:
55:9
وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا۟ ٱلْمِيزَانَ
Wa aqeemul wazna bilqisti wa laa tukhsirul meezaan
weigh, therefore, [your deeds] with equity, and cut not the measure short!
55:10
وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ
Wal arda wada'ahaa lilanaame
And the earth has He spread out for all living beings,
55:11
فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٌۭ وَٱلنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ ٱلْأَكْمَامِ
Feehaa faakihatunw wan nakhlu zaatul akmaam
with fruit thereon, and palm trees with sheathed clusters [of dates],
55:12
وَٱلْحَبُّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْفِ وَٱلرَّيْحَانُ
Walhabbu zul 'asfi war Raihaanu
and grain growing tall on its stalks, and sweet-smelling plants.
55:13
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
55:14
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍۢ كَٱلْفَخَّارِ
Khalaqal insaana min salsaalin kalfakhkhaari
He has created man out of sounding clay, like pottery,
55:15
وَخَلَقَ ٱلْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍۢ مِّن نَّارٍۢ
Wa khalaqal jaaan mim maarijim min naar
whereas the invisible beings He has created out of a confusing flame of fire.
55:16
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
55:17
رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ
Rabbul mashriqayni wa Rabbul maghribayni
[He is] the Sustainer of the two farthest points of sunrise, and the Sustainer of the two farthest points of sunset.
55:18
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
55:19
مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ
Marajal bahrayni yalta qiyaani
He has given freedom to the two great bodies of water, so that they might meet:
55:20
بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌۭ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ
Bainahumaa barzakhul laa yabghiyaan
[yet] between them is a barrier which they may not transgress.
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Qur’an 55:1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ
THE MOST GRACIOUS
Qur’an 55:2
عَلَّمَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ
has imparted this Qur’an [unto man].
Qur’an 55:3
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ
He has created man:
Qur’an 55:4
عَلَّمَهُ ٱلْبَيَانَ
He has imparted unto him articulate thought and speech.
Qur’an 55:5
ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍۢ
[At His behest] the sun and the moon run their appointed courses;
Qur’an 55:6
وَٱلنَّجْمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ
[before Him] prostrate themselves the stars and the trees.
Qur’an 55:7
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلْمِيزَانَ
And the skies has He raised high, and has devised [for all things] a measure,
Qur’an 55:8
أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْمِيزَانِ
so that you [too, O men,] might never transgress the measure [of what is right]:
Qur’an 55:9
وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا۟ ٱلْمِيزَانَ
weigh, therefore, [your deeds] with equity, and cut not the measure short!
Qur’an 55:10
وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ
And the earth has He spread out for all living beings,
Qur’an 55:11
فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٌۭ وَٱلنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ ٱلْأَكْمَامِ
with fruit thereon, and palm trees with sheathed clusters [of dates],
Qur’an 55:12
وَٱلْحَبُّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْفِ وَٱلرَّيْحَانُ
and grain growing tall on its stalks, and sweet-smelling plants.
Qur’an 55:13
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
Qur’an 55:14
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍۢ كَٱلْفَخَّارِ
He has created man out of sounding clay, like pottery,
Qur’an 55:15
وَخَلَقَ ٱلْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍۢ مِّن نَّارٍۢ
whereas the invisible beings He has created out of a confusing flame of fire.
Qur’an 55:16
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
Qur’an 55:17
رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ
[He is] the Sustainer of the two farthest points of sunrise, and the Sustainer of the two farthest points of sunset.
Qur’an 55:18
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
Qur’an 55:19
مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ
He has given freedom to the two great bodies of water, so that they might meet:
Qur’an 55:20
بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌۭ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ
[yet] between them is a barrier which they may not transgress.
Qur’an 55:21
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
Qur’an 55:22
يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا ٱللُّؤْلُؤُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ
Out of these two [bodies of water] come forth pearls, both great and small.
Qur’an 55:23
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
Qur’an 55:24
وَلَهُ ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَٰمِ
And His are the lofty ships that sail like [floating] mountains through the seas.
Qur’an 55:25
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
Qur’an 55:26
كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍۢ
All that lives on earth or in the heavens is bound to pass away:
Qur’an 55:27
وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلْجَلَٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ
but forever will abide thy Sustainer’s Self, full of majesty and glory.
Qur’an 55:28
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
Qur’an 55:29
يَسْـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِى شَأْنٍۢ
On Him depends all creatures in the heavens and on earth; [and] every day He manifests Himself in yet another [wondrous] way.
Qur’an 55:30
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
Qur’an 55:31
سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ
[ONE DAY] We shall take you to task, O you sin-laden two!
Qur’an 55:32
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
Qur’an 55:33
يَٰمَعْشَرَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَن تَنفُذُوا۟ مِنْ أَقْطَارِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنفُذُوا۟ ۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَٰنٍۢ
O you who live in close communion with [evil] invisible beings and humans! If you [think that you] can pass beyond the regions of the heavens and the earth, pass beyond them! [But] you cannot pass beyond them, save by a sanction [from God]!
Qur’an 55:34
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
Qur’an 55:35
يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌۭ مِّن نَّارٍۢ وَنُحَاسٌۭ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ
A flash of fire will be let loose upon you, and smoke, and you will be left without succour!
Qur’an 55:36
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
Qur’an 55:37
فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةًۭ كَٱلدِّهَانِ
And when the sky is rent asunder and becomes red like [burning] oil
Qur’an 55:38
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
Qur’an 55:39
فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّا يُسْـَٔلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦٓ إِنسٌۭ وَلَا جَآنٌّۭ
For on that Day neither man nor invisible being will be asked about his sins.
Qur’an 55:40
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
Qur’an 55:41
يُعْرَفُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَٰهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِى وَٱلْأَقْدَامِ
All who were lost in sin shall by their marks be known, and shall by their forelocks and their feet be seized!
Qur’an 55:42
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
Qur’an 55:43
هَٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ
This will be the hell which those who are lost in sin [now] call a lie:
Qur’an 55:44
يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٍۢ
between it and [their own] burning-hot despair will they wander to and fro!
Qur’an 55:45
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
Qur’an 55:46
وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ
BUT FOR THOSE who of their Sustainer’s Presence stand in fear, two gardens [of paradise are readied] -
Qur’an 55:47
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow? –
Qur’an 55:48
ذَوَاتَآ أَفْنَانٍۢ
[two gardens] of many wondrous hues.
Qur’an 55:49
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
Qur’an 55:50
فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ
In [each of] these two [gardens] two springs will flow.
Qur’an 55:51
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
Qur’an 55:52
فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٍۢ زَوْجَانِ
In [each of] these two will two kinds of every fruit be [found].
Qur’an 55:53
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer s powers can you disavow?
Qur’an 55:54
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشٍۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍۢ ۚ وَجَنَى ٱلْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍۢ
[In such a paradise the blest will dwell,] reclining upon carpets lined with rich brocade; and the fruit of both these gardens will be within easy reach.
Qur’an 55:55
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
Qur’an 55:56
فِيهِنَّ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌۭ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّۭ
In these [gardens] will be mates of modest gaze, whom neither man nor invisible being will have touched ere then.
Qur’an 55:57
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
Qur’an 55:58
كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلْيَاقُوتُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ
[When you are promised splendours] as though [of] rubies and [of] pearls –
Qur’an 55:59
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
Qur’an 55:60
هَلْ جَزَآءُ ٱلْإِحْسَٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلْإِحْسَٰنُ
Could the reward of good be aught but good?
Qur’an 55:61
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
Qur’an 55:62
وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ
And besides those two will be yet two [other] gardens -
Qur’an 55:63
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow? –
Qur’an 55:64
مُدْهَآمَّتَانِ
two [gardens] of the deepest green.
Qur’an 55:65
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
Qur’an 55:66
فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ
In [each of] these two [gardens] will two springs gush forth.
Qur’an 55:67
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
Qur’an 55:68
فِيهِمَا فَٰكِهَةٌۭ وَنَخْلٌۭ وَرُمَّانٌۭ
In both of them will be [all kinds of] fruit, and date-palms and pomegranates.
Qur’an 55:69
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
Qur’an 55:70
فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَٰتٌ حِسَانٌۭ
In these [gardens] will be [all] things most excellent and beautiful.
Qur’an 55:71
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
Qur’an 55:72
حُورٌۭ مَّقْصُورَٰتٌۭ فِى ٱلْخِيَامِ
[There the blest will live with their] companions pure and modest, in pavilions [splendid] -
Qur’an 55:73
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow? –
Qur’an 55:74
لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌۭ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّۭ
[companions] whom neither man nor invisible being will have touched ere then.
Qur’an 55:75
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
Qur’an 55:76
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍۢ وَعَبْقَرِىٍّ حِسَانٍۢ
[In such a paradise will they dwell,] reclining upon meadows green and carpets rich in beauty.
Qur’an 55:77
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
Qur’an 55:78
تَبَٰرَكَ ٱسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِى ٱلْجَلَٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ
HALLOWED be thy Sustainer’s name, full of majesty and glory!