In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Beneficent
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Most Gracious (Allah)!
(Allah) Most Gracious!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الرحمن
Chapter 55, 78 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Beneficent
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Most Gracious (Allah)!
(Allah) Most Gracious!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الرحمن
Hath made known the Qur'an.
He has taught (you mankind) the Qur'an (by His Mercy).
It is He Who has taught the Qur'an.
علم القرآن
He hath created man.
He created man.
He has created man:
خلق الإنسان
He hath taught him utterance.
He taught him eloquent speech.
He has taught him speech (and intelligence).
علمه البيان
The sun and the moon are made punctual.
The sun and the moon run on their fixed courses (exactly) calculated with measured out stages for each (for reckoning).
The sun and the moon follow courses (exactly) computed;
الشمس والقمر بحسبان
The stars and the trees adore.
And the herbs (or stars) and the trees both prostrate themselves (to Allah - See V.22:18) (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
And the herbs and the trees - both (alike) prostrate in adoration.
والنجم والشجر يسجدان
And the sky He hath uplifted; and He hath set the measure,
And the heaven: He has raised it high, and He has set up the Balance.
And the Firmament has He raised high, and He has set up the Balance (of Justice),
والسماء رفعها ووضع الميزان
That ye exceed not the measure,
In order that you may not transgress (due) balance.
In order that ye may not transgress (due) balance.
ألا تطغوا في الميزان
But observe the measure strictly, nor fall short thereof.
And observe the weight with equity and do not make the balance deficient.
So establish weight with justice and fall not short in the balance.
وأقيموا الوزن بالقسط ولا تخسروا الميزان
And the earth hath He appointed for (His) creatures,
And the earth: He has put down (laid) for the creatures.
It is He Who has spread out the earth for (His) creatures:
والأرض وضعها للأنام
Wherein are fruit and sheathed palm - trees,
Therein are fruits and date-palms producing sheathed fruit-stalks (enclosing dates).
Therein is fruit and date - palms, producing spathes (enclosing dates);
فيها فاكهة والنخل ذات الأكمام
Husked grain and scented herb.
And also corn, with (its) leaves and stalk for fodder, and sweet-scented plants.
Also corn, with (its) leaves and stalk for fodder, and sweet - smelling plants.
والحب ذو العصف والريحان
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
He created man of clay like the potter's,
He created man (Adam) from sounding clay like the clay of pottery.
He created man from sounding clay like unto pottery,
خلق الإنسان من صلصال كالفخار
And the jinn did He create of smokeless fire.
And the jinn: He created from a smokeless flame of fire.
And He created Jinns from fire free of smoke:
وخلق الجان من مارج من نار
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Lord of the two Easts, and Lord of the two Wests!
(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).
(He is) Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests:
رب المشرقين ورب المغربين
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
He hath loosed the two seas. They meet.
He has let loose the two seas (the salt and fresh water) meeting together.
He has let free the two bodies of flowing water, meeting together:
مرج البحرين يلتقيان
There is a barrier between them. They encroach not (one upon the other).
Between them is a barrier which none of them can transgress.
Between them is a Barrier which they do not transgress:
بينهما برزخ لا يبغيان
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
There cometh forth from both of them the pearl and coral - stone.
Out of them both come out pearl and coral.
Out of them come Pearls and Coral:
يخرج منهما اللؤلؤ والمرجان
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
His are the ships displayed upon the sea, like banners.
And His are the ships going and coming in the seas, like mountains.
And His are the Ships sailing smoothly through the seas, lofty as mountains:
وله الجوار المنشآت في البحر كالأعلام
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Everyone that is thereon will pass away;
Whatsoever is on it (the earth) will perish.
All that is on earth will perish:
كل من عليها فان
There remaineth but the Countenance of thy Lord of Might and Glory.
And the Face of your Lord full of Majesty and Honour will remain forever.
But will abide (for ever) the Face of thy Lord, - full of Majesty, Bounty and Honour.
ويبقى وجه ربك ذو الجلال والإكرام
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
All that are in the heavens and the earth entreat Him. Every day He exerciseth (universal) power.
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.)!
Of Him seeks (its need) every creature in the heavens and on earth: every day in (new) Splendour doth He (shine)!
يسأله من في السماوات والأرض ۚ كل يوم هو في شأن
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
We shall dispose of you, O ye two dependents (man and jinn).
We shall attend to you, O you two classes (jinn and men)!
Soon shall We settle your affairs, O both ye worlds!
سنفرغ لكم أيه الثقلان
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
O company of jinn and men, if ye have power to penetrate (all) regions of the heavens and the earth, then penetrate (them)! Ye will never penetrate them save with (Our) sanction.
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)!
O ye assembly of Jinns and men! If it be ye can pass beyond the zones of the heavens and the earth, pass ye! not without authority shall ye be able to pass!
يا معشر الجن والإنس إن استطعتم أن تنفذوا من أقطار السماوات والأرض فانفذوا ۚ لا تنفذون إلا بسلطان
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
There will be sent, against you both, heat of fire and flash of brass, and ye will not escape.
There will be sent against you both, smokeless flames of fire and (molten) brass, and you will not be able to defend yourselves.
On you will be sent (O ye evil ones twain!) a flame of fire (to burn) and a smoke (to choke): no defence will ye have:
يرسل عليكما شواظ من نار ونحاس فلا تنتصران
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
And when the heaven splitteth asunder and becometh rosy like red hide -
Then when the heaven is rent asunder, and it becomes rosy or red like red-oil, or red hide - [See V.70:8]
When the sky is rent asunder, and it becomes red like ointment:
فإذا انشقت السماء فكانت وردة كالدهان
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ? -
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
On that day neither man nor jinni will be questioned of his sin.
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)].
On that Day no question will be asked of man or Jinn as to his sin.
فيومئذ لا يسأل عن ذنبه إنس ولا جان
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
The guilty will be known by their marks, and will be taken by the forelocks and the feet.
The Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, sinners) will be known by their marks (black faces), and they will be seized by their forelocks and their feet.
(For) the sinners will be known by their marks: and they will be seized by their forelocks and their feet.
يعرف المجرمون بسيماهم فيؤخذ بالنواصي والأقدام
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
This is hell which the guilty deny.
This is the Hell which the Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, sinners) denied.
This is the Hell which the Sinners deny:
هذه جهنم التي يكذب بها المجرمون
They go circling round between it and fierce, boiling water.
They will go between it (Hell) and the fierce boiling water!
In its midst and in the midst of boiling hot water will they wander round!
يطوفون بينها وبين حميم آن
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
But for him who feareth the standing before his Lord there are two gardens.
But for him who fears the standing before his Lord, there will be two Gardens (i.e. in Paradise).
But for such as fear the time when they will stand before (the Judgment Seat of) their Lord, there will be two Gardens -
ولمن خاف مقام ربه جنتان
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny? -
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Of spreading branches.
With spreading branches.
Containing all kinds (of trees and delights); -
ذواتا أفنان
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny? -
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Wherein are two fountains flowing.
In them (both) will be two springs flowing (free).
In them (each) will be two Springs flowing (free);
فيهما عينان تجريان
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny? -
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Wherein is every kind of fruit in pairs.
In them (both) will be every kind of fruit in pairs.
In them will be Fruits of every kind, two and two.
فيهما من كل فاكهة زوجان
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Reclining upon couches lined with silk brocade, the fruit of both the gardens near to hand.
Reclining upon the couches lined with silk brocade, and the fruits of the two Gardens will be near at hand.
They will recline on Carpets, whose inner linings will be of rich brocade: the Fruit of the Gardens will be near (and easy of reach).
متكئين على فرش بطائنها من إستبرق ۚ وجنى الجنتين دان
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Therein are those of modest gaze, whom neither man nor jinni will have touched before them.
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.
In them will be (Maidens), chaste, restraining their glances, whom no man or Jinn before them has touched; -
فيهن قاصرات الطرف لم يطمثهن إنس قبلهم ولا جان
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny? -
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
(In beauty) like the jacynth and the coral - stone.
(In beauty) they are like rubies and coral.
Like unto Rubies and coral.
كأنهن الياقوت والمرجان
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Is the reward of goodness aught save goodness ?
Is there any reward for good other than good?
Is there any Reward for Good - other than Good?
هل جزاء الإحسان إلا الإحسان
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
And beside them are two other gardens,
And besides these two, there are two other Gardens (i.e. in Paradise).
And besides these two, there are two other Gardens, -
ومن دونهما جنتان
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny? -
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Dark green with foliage.
Dark green (in colour).
Dark - green in colour (from plentiful watering).
مدهامتان
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Wherein are two abundant springs.
In them (both) will be two springs gushing forth.
In them (each) will be two Springs pouring forth water in continuous abundance:
فيهما عينان نضاختان
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Wherein is fruit, the date - palm and pomegranate.
In them (both) will be fruits, and date-palms and pomegranates.
In them will be Fruits, and dates and pomegranates:
فيهما فاكهة ونخل ورمان
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Wherein (are found) the good and beautiful -
Therein (Gardens) will be Khairatun-Hisan [fair (wives) good and beautiful];
In them will be fair (Companions), good, beautiful; -
فيهن خيرات حسان
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ? -
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny? -
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Fair ones, close - guarded in pavilions -
Hur (beautiful, fair females) guarded in pavilions;
Companions restrained (as to their glances), in (goodly) pavilions; -
حور مقصورات في الخيام
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ? -
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny? -
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Whom neither man nor jinni will have touched before them -
With whom no man or jinni has had tamth before them.
Whom no man or Jinn before them has touched; -
لم يطمثهن إنس قبلهم ولا جان
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny? -
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Reclining on green cushions and fair carpets.
Reclining on green cushions and rich beautiful mattresses.
Reclining on green Cushions and rich Carpets of beauty.
متكئين على رفرف خضر وعبقري حسان
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Blessed be the name of thy Lord, Mighty and glorious!
Blessed be the Name of your Lord (Allah), the Owner of Majesty and Honour.
Blessed be the name of thy Lord, full of Majesty, Bounty and Honour.
تبارك اسم ربك ذي الجلال والإكرام