الـرحـمـن

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

1 The Most Merciful

1 Alrrahmanu

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

2 Taught the Qur'an,

2 AAallama alqurana

3 He created man.

3 Created man,

3 Khalaqa alinsana

4 He taught him eloquent speech.

4 [And] taught him eloquence.

4 AAallamahu albayana

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

5 The sun and the moon [move] by precise calculation,

5 Alshshamsu waalqamaru bihusbanin

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

6 And the stars and trees prostrate.

6 Waalnnajmu waalshshajaru yasjudani

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

7 And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance

7 Waalssamaa rafaAAaha wawadaAAa almeezana

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

8 That you not transgress within the balance.

8 Alla tatghaw fee almeezani

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

9 And establish weight in justice and do not make deficient the balance.

9 Waaqeemoo alwazna bialqisti wala tukhsiroo almeezana

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

10 And the earth He laid [out] for the creatures.

10 Waalarda wadaAAaha lilanami

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

11 Therein is fruit and palm trees having sheaths [of dates]

11 Feeha fakihatun waalnnakhlu thatu alakmami

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

12 And grain having husks and scented plants.

12 Waalhabbu thoo alAAasfi waalrrayhani

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

13 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

13 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

14 He created man from clay like [that of] pottery.

14 Khalaqa alinsana min salsalin kaalfakhkhari

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

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

15 Wakhalaqa aljanna min marijin min narin

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

16 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

16 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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).

17 [He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.

17 Rabbu almashriqayni warabbu almaghribayni

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

18 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

18 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

19 He released the two seas, meeting [side by side];

19 Maraja albahrayni yaltaqiyani

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

20 Between them is a barrier [so] neither of them transgresses.

20 Baynahuma barzakhun la yabghiyani

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

21 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

21 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

22 Out of them both come out pearl and coral.

22 From both of them emerge pearl and coral.

22 Yakhruju minhuma alluluo waalmarjanu

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

23 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

23 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

24 And to Him belong the ships [with sails] elevated in the sea like mountains.

24 Walahu aljawari almunshaatu fee albahri kaalaAAlami

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

25 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

25 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

26 Everyone upon the earth will perish,

26 Kullu man AAalayha fanin

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

27 And there will remain the Face of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.

27 Wayabqa wajhu rabbika thoo aljalali waalikrami

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

28 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

28 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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.)!

29 Whoever is within the heavens and earth asks Him; every day He is bringing about a matter.

29 Yasaluhu man fee alssamawati waalardi kulla yawmin huwa fee shanin

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

30 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

30 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

31 We will attend to you, O prominent beings.

31 Sanafrughu lakum ayyuha alththaqalani

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

32 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

32 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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)!

33 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 Allah].

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

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

34 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

34 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

35 There will be sent upon you a flame of fire and smoke, and you will not defend yourselves.

35 Yursalu AAalaykuma shuwathun min narin wanuhasun fala tantasirani

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

36 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

36 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

37 And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose - colored like oil -

37 Faitha inshaqqati alssamao fakanat wardatan kaalddihani

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

38 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

38 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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)].

39 Then on that Day none will be asked about his sin among men or jinn.

39 Fayawmaithin la yusalu AAan thanbihi insun wala jannun

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

40 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

40 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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.

41 The criminals will be known by their marks, and they will be seized by the forelocks and the feet.

41 YuAArafu almujrimoona biseemahum fayukhathu bialnnawasee waalaqdami

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

42 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

42 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

43 This is Hell, which the criminals deny.

43 Hathihi jahannamu allatee yukaththibu biha almujrimoona

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

44 They will go around between it and scalding water, heated [to the utmost degree].

44 Yatoofoona baynaha wabayna hameemin anin

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

45 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

45 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

46 But for he who has feared the position of his Lord are two gardens -

46 Waliman khafa maqama rabbihi jannatani

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

47 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

47 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

48 With spreading branches.

48 Having [spreading] branches.

48 Thawata afnanin

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

49 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

49 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

50 In both of them are two springs, flowing.

50 Feehima AAaynani tajriyani

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

51 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

51 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

52 In both of them are of every fruit, two kinds.

52 Feehima min kulli fakihatin zawjani

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

53 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

53 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

54 [They are] reclining on beds whose linings are of silk brocade, and the fruit of the two gardens is hanging low.

54 Muttakieena AAala furushin batainuha min istabraqin wajana aljannatayni danin

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

55 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

55 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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.

56 In them are women limiting [their] glances, untouched before them by man or jinni -

56 Feehinna qasiratu alttarfi lam yatmithhunna insun qablahum wala jannun

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

57 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

57 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

58 As if they were rubies and coral.

58 Kaannahunna alyaqootu waalmarjanu

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

59 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

59 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

60 Is there any reward for good other than good?

60 Is the reward for good [anything] but good?

60 Hal jazao alihsani illa alihsanu

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

61 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

61 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

62 And below them both [in excellence] are two [other] gardens -

62 Wamin doonihima jannatani

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

63 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

63 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

64 Dark green (in colour).

64 Dark green [in color].

64 Mudhammatani

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

65 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

65 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

66 In both of them are two springs, spouting.

66 Feehima AAaynani naddakhatani

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

67 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

67 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

68 In both of them are fruit and palm trees and pomegranates.

68 Feehima fakihatun wanakhlun warummanun

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

69 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

69 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

70 In them are good and beautiful women -

70 Feehinna khayratun hisanun

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

71 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

71 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

72 Fair ones reserved in pavilions -

72 Hoorun maqsooratun fee alkhiyami

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

73 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

73 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

74 Untouched before them by man or jinni -

74 Lam yatmithhunna insun qablahum wala jannun

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

75 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

75 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

76 Reclining on green cushions and rich beautiful mattresses.

76 Reclining on green cushions and beautiful fine carpets.

76 Muttakieena AAala rafrafin khudrin waAAabqariyyin hisanin

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

77 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

77 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

78 Blessed is the name of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.

78 Tabaraka ismu rabbika thee aljalali waalikrami