الرحمن
Ar-Rahman
The Beneficent
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ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ
The Most Compassionate,
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عَلَّمَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ
has taught the Qur’an,
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خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ
He created man,
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عَلَّمَهُ ٱلۡبَيَانَ
and taught him speech.
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ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ بِحُسۡبَانٖ
The sun and the moon follow their precise courses,
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وَٱلنَّجۡمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسۡجُدَانِ
and the stars[1] and trees prostrate [to Allah][2].
[1] "Najm" is also a vegetation without a trunk, stalk, or stem.
[2] i.e., they obediently submit to the laws of Allah. See 22:18.
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وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلۡمِيزَانَ
He raised the heaven and enjoined justice
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أَلَّا تَطۡغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡمِيزَانِ
so that you may not transgress the limits of justice.
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وَأَقِيمُواْ ٱلۡوَزۡنَ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِ وَلَا تُخۡسِرُواْ ٱلۡمِيزَانَ
Therefore establish weights in justice, and do not give short measure.
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وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلۡأَنَامِ
He has spread out the earth for all creatures,
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فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٞ وَٱلنَّخۡلُ ذَاتُ ٱلۡأَكۡمَامِ
in which there are fruits and palm trees with date stalks,
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وَٱلۡحَبُّ ذُو ٱلۡعَصۡفِ وَٱلرَّيۡحَانُ
and grain having chaff, and fragrant plants.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the favors of your Lord will you[3] deny?
[3] i.e., men and jinn.
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خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلۡصَٰلٖ كَٱلۡفَخَّارِ
He created man from dry clay like pottery,
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وَخَلَقَ ٱلۡجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٖ مِّن نَّارٖ
and He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?
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رَبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقَيۡنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلۡمَغۡرِبَيۡنِ
[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets[4].
[4] i.e., the points of sunrise in the east and sunset in the west in both summer and winter.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?
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مَرَجَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَيۡنِ يَلۡتَقِيَانِ
He merges the two seas meeting together[5],
[5] Two bodies of water or two sea waters of fresh and salty water.
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بَيۡنَهُمَا بَرۡزَخٞ لَّا يَبۡغِيَانِ
yet between them is a barrier so that they do not cross[6].
[6] See footnote 25:53.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?
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يَخۡرُجُ مِنۡهُمَا ٱللُّؤۡلُؤُ وَٱلۡمَرۡجَانُ
Out of both of them emerge pearls and coral.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?
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وَلَهُ ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ كَٱلۡأَعۡلَٰمِ
To Him belong the sailing ships raised up in the sea like mountains.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?
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كُلُّ مَنۡ عَلَيۡهَا فَانٖ
Everyone on earth will perish,
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وَيَبۡقَىٰ وَجۡهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلۡجَلَٰلِ وَٱلۡإِكۡرَامِ
but there will remain the Face of your Lord[7], full of Majesty and Honor.
[7] i.e., your Lord Himself.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?
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يَسۡـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ كُلَّ يَوۡمٍ هُوَ فِي شَأۡنٖ
All those in the heavens and earth ask of Him; every day He is engaged in some matters[8].
[8] Such as giving life and causing death, enriching some and impoverishing others, elevating some and debasing others, etc.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?
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سَنَفۡرُغُ لَكُمۡ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ
We will attend to you, O two multitudes [of men and jinn].
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?
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يَٰمَعۡشَرَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُمۡ أَن تَنفُذُواْ مِنۡ أَقۡطَارِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَٱنفُذُواْۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ
O assembly of jinn and mankind, if you are able to pass beyond the realms of the heavens and earth, then pass; you cannot pass without [Our] authority.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?
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يُرۡسَلُ عَلَيۡكُمَا شُوَاظٞ مِّن نَّارٖ وَنُحَاسٞ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ
There will be sent against you a flame of fire and smoke[9], and you will not be able to defend yourselves.
[9] It could also mean liquefied brass or copper.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?
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فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتۡ وَرۡدَةٗ كَٱلدِّهَانِ
When the heaven is split asunder and becomes crimson like [burnt] oil[10].
[10] Or like tanned skin or molten brass.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?
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فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّا يُسۡـَٔلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦٓ إِنسٞ وَلَا جَآنّٞ
On that Day no human or jinn will be asked about his sin[11].
[11] For Allah knows their sins; they will only be interrogated as a form of punishment.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?
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يُعۡرَفُ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ بِسِيمَٰهُمۡ فَيُؤۡخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِي وَٱلۡأَقۡدَامِ
The wicked will be known by their marks and will be seized by their forelocks and their feet.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?
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هَٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِي يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ
[They will be told] “This is the Hell that the wicked used to deny.”
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يَطُوفُونَ بَيۡنَهَا وَبَيۡنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٖ
They will go round between it and scalding water.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny[12]?
[12] Warning of the punishment in Hell is listed here as a favor as a reminder that the believers should be cautious of it and be saved of it on the Day of Judgment.
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وَلِمَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ
For those who fear of standing before their Lord[13] will be two Gardens.
[13] On the Day of Judgment.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?
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ذَوَاتَآ أَفۡنَانٖ
Shaded by spreading branches.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?
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فِيهِمَا عَيۡنَانِ تَجۡرِيَانِ
In each there are two flowing springs.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?
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فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٖ زَوۡجَانِ
In each there are two kinds of every fruit.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?
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مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشِۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنۡ إِسۡتَبۡرَقٖۚ وَجَنَى ٱلۡجَنَّتَيۡنِ دَانٖ
They will recline on couches lined with rich brocade, with the fruits of both gardens within reach.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?
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فِيهِنَّ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرۡفِ لَمۡ يَطۡمِثۡهُنَّ إِنسٞ قَبۡلَهُمۡ وَلَا جَآنّٞ
In them there will be maidens of restrained gaze[14], untouched[15] before them by any man or jinn.
[14] To their own mates, being chaste and modest.
[15] Lit., the maidens have not been caused to bleed by loss of virginity.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?
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كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلۡيَاقُوتُ وَٱلۡمَرۡجَانُ
As if they were rubies and pearls[16].
[16] In purity and beauty.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?
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هَلۡ جَزَآءُ ٱلۡإِحۡسَٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلۡإِحۡسَٰنُ
Is the reward for goodness anything but goodness?
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?
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وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ
And besides these two there will be two other gardens.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?
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مُدۡهَآمَّتَانِ
Both of the deepest green.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?
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فِيهِمَا عَيۡنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ
In each there are two gushing springs.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?
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فِيهِمَا فَٰكِهَةٞ وَنَخۡلٞ وَرُمَّانٞ
In each there are fruits, palm trees, and pomegranates.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?
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فِيهِنَّ خَيۡرَٰتٌ حِسَانٞ
In them there are beautiful noble women.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?
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حُورٞ مَّقۡصُورَٰتٞ فِي ٱلۡخِيَامِ
Maidens with gorgeous eyes, reserved in pavilions.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?
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لَمۡ يَطۡمِثۡهُنَّ إِنسٞ قَبۡلَهُمۡ وَلَا جَآنّٞ
No human or jinn has ever touched them before.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?
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مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفۡرَفٍ خُضۡرٖ وَعَبۡقَرِيٍّ حِسَانٖ
[They will be] reclining on green cushions and splendid carpets.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?
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