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CHAPTER 55 · 78 VERSES

Surah Ar-Rahman

Arabic text and English translation

Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com · CC BY-ND 4.0. A translation conveys meanings; it does not replace the Arabic Quran.

ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ

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The Compassionate.

عَلَّمَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ

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Has taught the Quran.

خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ

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He created man.

عَلَّمَهُ ٱلْبَيَانَ

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And taught him clear expression.

ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ

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The sun and the moon move according to plan.

وَٱلنَّجْمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ

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And the stars and the trees prostrate themselves.

وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلْمِيزَانَ

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And the sky, He raised; and He set up the balance.

أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْمِيزَانِ

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So do not transgress in the balance.

وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا۟ ٱلْمِيزَانَ

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But maintain the weights with justice, and do not violate the balance.

وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ

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And the earth; He set up for the creatures.

فِيهَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ وَٱلنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ ٱلْأَكْمَامِ

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In it are fruits, and palms in clusters.

وَٱلْحَبُّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْفِ وَٱلرَّيْحَانُ

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And grains in the blades, and fragrant plants.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny?

خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍ كَٱلْفَخَّارِ

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He created man from hard clay, like bricks.

وَخَلَقَ ٱلْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ

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And created the jinn from a fusion of fire.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny?

رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ

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Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny?

مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ

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He merged the two seas, converging together.

بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ

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Between them is a barrier, which they do not overrun.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny?

يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا ٱللُّؤْلُؤُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ

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From them emerge pearls and coral.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny?

وَلَهُ ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَـٰمِ

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His are the ships, raised above the sea like landmarks.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny?

كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ

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Everyone upon it is perishing.

وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلْجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ

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But will remain the Presence of your Lord, Full of Majesty and Splendor.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny?

يَسْـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِى شَأْنٍ

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Everyone in the heavens and the earth asks Him. Every day He is managing.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny?

سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ

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We will attend to you, O prominent two.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny?

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

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O society of jinn and humans! If you can pass through the bounds of the heavens and the earth, go ahead and pass. But you will not pass except with authorization.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny?

يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِّن نَّارٍ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ

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You will be bombarded with flares of fire and brass, and you will not succeed.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny?

فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَٱلدِّهَانِ

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When the sky splits apart, and becomes rose, like paint.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny?

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُسْـَٔلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦٓ إِنسٌ وَلَا جَآنٌّ

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On that Day, no human and no jinn will be asked about his sins.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny?

يُعْرَفُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَـٰهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِى وَٱلْأَقْدَامِ

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The guilty will be recognized by their marks; they will be taken by the forelocks and the feet.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny?

هَـٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ

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This is Hell that the guilty denied.

يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٍ

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They circulate between it and between a seething bath.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny?

وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ

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But for him who feared the standing of his Lord are two gardens.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny?

ذَوَاتَآ أَفْنَانٍ

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Full of varieties.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny?

فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ

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In them are two flowing springs.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny?

فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَـٰكِهَةٍ زَوْجَانِ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

In them are fruits of every kind, in pairs.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny?

مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشٍۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ ۚ وَجَنَى ٱلْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

Reclining on furnishings lined with brocade, and the fruits of the two gardens are near at hand.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny?

فِيهِنَّ قَـٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

In them are maidens restraining their glances, untouched before by any man or jinn.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny?

كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلْيَاقُوتُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ

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As though they were rubies and corals.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny?

هَلْ جَزَآءُ ٱلْإِحْسَـٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلْإِحْسَـٰنُ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

Is the reward of goodness anything but goodness?

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny?

وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ

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And beneath them are two gardens.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny?

مُدْهَآمَّتَانِ

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Deep green.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny?

فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ

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In them are two gushing springs.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny?

فِيهِمَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ وَنَخْلٌ وَرُمَّانٌ

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In them are fruits, and date-palms, and pomegranates.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny?

فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَٰتٌ حِسَانٌ

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In them are good and beautiful ones.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny?

حُورٌ مَّقْصُورَٰتٌ فِى ٱلْخِيَامِ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

Companions, secluded in the tents.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny?

لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ

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Whom no human has touched before, nor jinn.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny?

مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَعَبْقَرِىٍّ حِسَانٍ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

Reclining on green cushions, and exquisite carpets.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny?

تَبَـٰرَكَ ٱسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِى ٱلْجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

Blessed be the name of your Lord, Full of Majesty and Splendor.

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