الـرحـمـن

1 Alrrahmanu

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Most Gracious (Allah)!

2 AAallama alqurana

2 He has taught (you mankind) the Qur'an (by His Mercy).

3 Khalaqa alinsana

3 He created man.

4 AAallamahu albayana

4 He taught him eloquent speech.

5 Alshshamsu waalqamaru bihusbanin

5 The sun and the moon run on their fixed courses (exactly) calculated with measured out stages for each (for reckoning).

6 Waalnnajmu waalshshajaru yasjudani

6 And the herbs (or stars) and the trees both prostrate themselves (to Allah - See V.22:18) (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

7 Waalssamaa rafaAAaha wawadaAAa almeezana

7 And the heaven: He has raised it high, and He has set up the Balance.

8 Alla tatghaw fee almeezani

8 In order that you may not transgress (due) balance.

9 Waaqeemoo alwazna bialqisti wala tukhsiroo almeezana

9 And observe the weight with equity and do not make the balance deficient.

10 Waalarda wadaAAaha lilanami

10 And the earth: He has put down (laid) for the creatures.

11 Feeha fakihatun waalnnakhlu thatu alakmami

11 Therein are fruits and date-palms producing sheathed fruit-stalks (enclosing dates).

12 Waalhabbu thoo alAAasfi waalrrayhani

12 And also corn, with (its) leaves and stalk for fodder, and sweet-scented plants.

13 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

13 Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

14 Khalaqa alinsana min salsalin kaalfakhkhari

14 He created man (Adam) from sounding clay like the clay of pottery.

15 Wakhalaqa aljanna min marijin min narin

15 And the jinn: He created from a smokeless flame of fire.

16 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

16 Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

17 Rabbu almashriqayni warabbu almaghribayni

17 (He is) the Lord of the two easts (places of sunrise during early summer and early winter) and the Lord of the two wests (places of sunset during early summer and early winter).

18 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

18 Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

19 Maraja albahrayni yaltaqiyani

19 He has let loose the two seas (the salt and fresh water) meeting together.

20 Baynahuma barzakhun la yabghiyani

20 Between them is a barrier which none of them can transgress.

21 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

21 Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

22 Yakhruju minhuma alluluo waalmarjanu

22 Out of them both come out pearl and coral.

23 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

23 Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

24 Walahu aljawari almunshaatu fee albahri kaalaAAlami

24 And His are the ships going and coming in the seas, like mountains.

25 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

25 Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

26 Kullu man AAalayha fanin

26 Whatsoever is on it (the earth) will perish.

27 Wayabqa wajhu rabbika thoo aljalali waalikrami

27 And the Face of your Lord full of Majesty and Honour will remain forever.

28 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

28 Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

29 Yasaluhu man fee alssamawati waalardi kulla yawmin huwa fee shanin

29 Whosoever is in the heavens and on earth begs of Him (its needs from Him). Every day He is (engaged) in some affair (such as giving honour or disgrace to some, life or death to some, etc.)!

30 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

30 Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

31 Sanafrughu lakum ayyuha alththaqalani

31 We shall attend to you, O you two classes (jinn and men)!

32 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

32 Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

33 Ya maAAshara aljinni waalinsi ini istataAAtum an tanfuthoo min aqtari alssamawati waalardi faonfuthoo la tanfuthoona illa bisultanin

33 O assembly of jinn and men! If you have power to pass beyond the zones of the heavens and the earth, then pass beyond (them)! But you will never be able to pass them, except with authority (from Allah)!

34 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

34 Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

35 Yursalu AAalaykuma shuwathun min narin wanuhasun fala tantasirani

35 There will be sent against you both, smokeless flames of fire and (molten) brass, and you will not be able to defend yourselves.

36 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

36 Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

37 Faitha inshaqqati alssamao fakanat wardatan kaalddihani

37 Then when the heaven is rent asunder, and it becomes rosy or red like red-oil, or red hide - [See V.70:8]

38 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

38 Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

39 Fayawmaithin la yusalu AAan thanbihi insun wala jannun

39 So on that Day no question will be asked of man or jinns as to his sin, [because they have already been known from their faces either white (dwellers of Paradise - true believers of Islamic Monotheism) or black (dwellers of Hell - polytheists; disbelievers, criminals)].

40 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

40 Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

41 YuAArafu almujrimoona biseemahum fayukhathu bialnnawasee waalaqdami

41 The Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, sinners) will be known by their marks (black faces), and they will be seized by their forelocks and their feet.

42 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

42 Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

43 Hathihi jahannamu allatee yukaththibu biha almujrimoona

43 This is the Hell which the Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, sinners) denied.

44 Yatoofoona baynaha wabayna hameemin anin

44 They will go between it (Hell) and the fierce boiling water!

45 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

45 Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

46 Waliman khafa maqama rabbihi jannatani

46 But for him who fears the standing before his Lord, there will be two Gardens (i.e. in Paradise).

47 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

47 Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

48 Thawata afnanin

48 With spreading branches.

49 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

49 Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

50 Feehima AAaynani tajriyani

50 In them (both) will be two springs flowing (free).

51 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

51 Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

52 Feehima min kulli fakihatin zawjani

52 In them (both) will be every kind of fruit in pairs.

53 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

53 Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

54 Muttakieena AAala furushin batainuha min istabraqin wajana aljannatayni danin

54 Reclining upon the couches lined with silk brocade, and the fruits of the two Gardens will be near at hand.

55 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

55 Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

56 Feehinna qasiratu alttarfi lam yatmithhunna insun qablahum wala jannun

56 Wherein both will be Qasirat-ut-Tarf [chaste females (wives) restraining their glances, desiring none except their husbands], with whom no man or jinni has had tamth before them.

57 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

57 Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

58 Kaannahunna alyaqootu waalmarjanu

58 (In beauty) they are like rubies and coral.

59 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

59 Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

60 Hal jazao alihsani illa alihsanu

60 Is there any reward for good other than good?

61 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

61 Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

62 Wamin doonihima jannatani

62 And besides these two, there are two other Gardens (i.e. in Paradise).

63 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

63 Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

64 Mudhammatani

64 Dark green (in colour).

65 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

65 Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

66 Feehima AAaynani naddakhatani

66 In them (both) will be two springs gushing forth.

67 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

67 Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

68 Feehima fakihatun wanakhlun warummanun

68 In them (both) will be fruits, and date-palms and pomegranates.

69 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

69 Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

70 Feehinna khayratun hisanun

70 Therein (Gardens) will be Khairatun-Hisan [fair (wives) good and beautiful];

71 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

71 Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

72 Hoorun maqsooratun fee alkhiyami

72 Hur (beautiful, fair females) guarded in pavilions;

73 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

73 Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

74 Lam yatmithhunna insun qablahum wala jannun

74 With whom no man or jinni has had tamth before them.

75 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

75 Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

76 Muttakieena AAala rafrafin khudrin waAAabqariyyin hisanin

76 Reclining on green cushions and rich beautiful mattresses.

77 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

77 Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?

78 Tabaraka ismu rabbika thee aljalali waalikrami

78 Blessed be the Name of your Lord (Allah), the Owner of Majesty and Honour.