AlrRahman

1 Alrrahmanu

1 The Most Merciful

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

2 AAallama alqurana

2 Taught the Qur'an,

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

3 Khalaqa alinsana

3 Created man,

3 He created man.

4 AAallamahu albayana

4 [And] taught him eloquence.

4 He taught him eloquent speech.

5 Alshshamsu waalqamaru bihusbanin

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

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 stars and trees prostrate.

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 raised and imposed the balance

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

8 Alla tatghaw fee almeezani

8 That you not transgress within the balance.

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

9 Waaqeemoo alwazna bialqisti wala tukhsiroo almeezana

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

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

10 Waalarda wadaAAaha lilanami

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

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

11 Feeha fakihatun waalnnakhlu thatu alakmami

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

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

12 Waalhabbu thoo alAAasfi waalrrayhani

12 And grain having husks and scented plants.

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

13 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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 from clay like [that of] pottery.

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

15 Wakhalaqa aljanna min marijin min narin

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

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

16 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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

17 Rabbu almashriqayni warabbu almaghribayni

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

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

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

19 Maraja albahrayni yaltaqiyani

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

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 [so] neither of them transgresses.

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

21 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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

22 Yakhruju minhuma alluluo waalmarjanu

22 From both of them emerge pearl and coral.

22 Out of them both come out pearl and coral.

23 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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

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

25 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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

26 Kullu man AAalayha fanin

26 Everyone upon the earth will perish,

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

27 Wayabqa wajhu rabbika thoo aljalali waalikrami

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

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

28 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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

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

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

31 Sanafrughu lakum ayyuha alththaqalani

31 We will attend to you, O prominent beings.

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

32 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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

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 upon you a flame of fire and smoke, and you will not defend yourselves.

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

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

37 Faitha inshaqqati alssamao fakanat wardatan kaalddihani

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Hell, which the criminals deny.

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

44 Yatoofoona baynaha wabayna hameemin anin

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

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

45 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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

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

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

48 Thawata afnanin

48 Having [spreading] branches.

48 With spreading branches.

49 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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

50 Feehima AAaynani tajriyani

50 In both of them are two springs, flowing.

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

51 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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

52 Feehima min kulli fakihatin zawjani

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

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

53 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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

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

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

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

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

58 Kaannahunna alyaqootu waalmarjanu

58 As if they were rubies and coral.

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

59 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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

60 Hal jazao alihsani illa alihsanu

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

60 Is there any reward for good other than good?

61 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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

62 Wamin doonihima jannatani

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

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

63 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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

64 Mudhammatani

64 Dark green [in color].

64 Dark green (in colour).

65 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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

66 Feehima AAaynani naddakhatani

66 In both of them are two springs, spouting.

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

67 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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

68 Feehima fakihatun wanakhlun warummanun

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

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

69 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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

70 Feehinna khayratun hisanun

70 In them are good and beautiful women -

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

71 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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

72 Hoorun maqsooratun fee alkhiyami

72 Fair ones reserved in pavilions -

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

73 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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

74 Lam yatmithhunna insun qablahum wala jannun

74 Untouched before them by man or jinni -

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

75 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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 beautiful fine carpets.

76 Reclining on green cushions and rich beautiful mattresses.

77 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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

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