AlrRahman

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

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Beneficent

1 Alrrahmanu

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

2 Hath made known the Qur'an.

2 AAallama alqurana

3 He created man.

3 He hath created man.

3 Khalaqa alinsana

4 He taught him eloquent speech.

4 He hath taught him utterance.

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 are made punctual.

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 The stars and the trees adore.

6 Waalnnajmu waalshshajaru yasjudani

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

7 And the sky He hath uplifted; and He hath set the measure,

7 Waalssamaa rafaAAaha wawadaAAa almeezana

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

8 That ye exceed not the measure,

8 Alla tatghaw fee almeezani

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

9 But observe the measure strictly, nor fall short thereof.

9 Waaqeemoo alwazna bialqisti wala tukhsiroo almeezana

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

10 And the earth hath He appointed for (His) creatures,

10 Waalarda wadaAAaha lilanami

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

11 Wherein are fruit and sheathed palm - trees,

11 Feeha fakihatun waalnnakhlu thatu alakmami

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

12 Husked grain and scented herb.

12 Waalhabbu thoo alAAasfi waalrrayhani

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

13 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?

13 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

14 He created man of clay like the potter's,

14 Khalaqa alinsana min salsalin kaalfakhkhari

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

15 And the jinn did He create of smokeless 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 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye 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 Lord of the two Easts, and Lord of the two Wests!

17 Rabbu almashriqayni warabbu almaghribayni

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

18 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?

18 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

19 He hath loosed the two seas. They meet.

19 Maraja albahrayni yaltaqiyani

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

20 There is a barrier between them. They encroach not (one upon the other).

20 Baynahuma barzakhun la yabghiyani

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

21 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?

21 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

22 Out of them both come out pearl and coral.

22 There cometh forth from both of them the pearl and coral - stone.

22 Yakhruju minhuma alluluo waalmarjanu

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

23 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?

23 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

24 His are the ships displayed upon the sea, like banners.

24 Walahu aljawari almunshaatu fee albahri kaalaAAlami

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

25 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?

25 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

26 Everyone that is thereon will pass away;

26 Kullu man AAalayha fanin

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

27 There remaineth but the Countenance of thy Lord of Might and Glory.

27 Wayabqa wajhu rabbika thoo aljalali waalikrami

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

28 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye 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 All that are in the heavens and the earth entreat Him. Every day He exerciseth (universal) power.

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 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?

30 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

31 We shall dispose of you, O ye two dependents (man and jinn).

31 Sanafrughu lakum ayyuha alththaqalani

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

32 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye 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 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.

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 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye 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, against you both, heat of fire and flash of brass, and ye will not escape.

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 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye 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 splitteth asunder and becometh rosy like red hide -

37 Faitha inshaqqati alssamao fakanat wardatan kaalddihani

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

38 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye 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 On that day neither man nor jinni will be questioned of his sin.

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 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye 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 guilty will be known by their marks, and will be taken 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 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?

42 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

43 This is hell which the guilty deny.

43 Hathihi jahannamu allatee yukaththibu biha almujrimoona

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

44 They go circling round between it and fierce, boiling water.

44 Yatoofoona baynaha wabayna hameemin anin

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

45 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye 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 him who feareth the standing before his Lord there 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 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?

47 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

48 With spreading branches.

48 Of spreading branches.

48 Thawata afnanin

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

49 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?

49 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

50 Wherein are two fountains flowing.

50 Feehima AAaynani tajriyani

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

51 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?

51 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

52 Wherein is every kind of fruit in pairs.

52 Feehima min kulli fakihatin zawjani

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

53 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye 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 Reclining upon couches lined with silk brocade, the fruit of both the gardens near to hand.

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 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye 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 Therein are those of modest gaze, whom neither man nor jinni will have touched before them.

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 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?

57 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

58 (In beauty) like the jacynth and the coral - stone.

58 Kaannahunna alyaqootu waalmarjanu

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

59 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?

59 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

60 Is there any reward for good other than good?

60 Is the reward of goodness aught save goodness ?

60 Hal jazao alihsani illa alihsanu

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

61 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?

61 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

62 And beside them 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 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?

63 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

64 Dark green (in colour).

64 Dark green with foliage.

64 Mudhammatani

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

65 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?

65 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

66 Wherein are two abundant springs.

66 Feehima AAaynani naddakhatani

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

67 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?

67 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

68 Wherein is fruit, the date - palm and pomegranate.

68 Feehima fakihatun wanakhlun warummanun

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

69 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?

69 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

70 Wherein (are found) the good and beautiful -

70 Feehinna khayratun hisanun

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

71 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ? -

71 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

72 Fair ones, close - guarded in pavilions -

72 Hoorun maqsooratun fee alkhiyami

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

73 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ? -

73 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

74 Whom neither man nor jinni will have touched before them -

74 Lam yatmithhunna insun qablahum wala jannun

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

75 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?

75 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

76 Reclining on green cushions and rich beautiful mattresses.

76 Reclining on green cushions and fair 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 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?

77 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

78 Blessed be the name of thy Lord, Mighty and glorious!

78 Tabaraka ismu rabbika thee aljalali waalikrami