In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Most Gracious (Allah)!
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Beneficent
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الرَّحْمَٰنُ
Chapter 55, 78 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Most Gracious (Allah)!
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Beneficent
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الرَّحْمَٰنُ
He has taught (you mankind) the Qur'an (by His Mercy).
Hath made known the Qur'an.
عَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ
He created man.
He hath created man.
خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ
He taught him eloquent speech.
He hath taught him utterance.
عَلَّمَهُ الْبَيَانَ
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 are made punctual.
الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ
And the herbs (or stars) and the trees both prostrate themselves (to Allah - See V.22:18) (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
The stars and the trees adore.
وَالنَّجْمُ وَالشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ
And the heaven: He has raised it high, and He has set up the Balance.
And the sky He hath uplifted; and He hath set the measure,
وَالسَّمَاءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ الْمِيزَانَ
In order that you may not transgress (due) balance.
That ye exceed not the measure,
أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا فِي الْمِيزَانِ
And observe the weight with equity and do not make the balance deficient.
But observe the measure strictly, nor fall short thereof.
وَأَقِيمُوا الْوَزْنَ بِالْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا الْمِيزَانَ
And the earth: He has put down (laid) for the creatures.
And the earth hath He appointed for (His) creatures,
وَالْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ
Therein are fruits and date-palms producing sheathed fruit-stalks (enclosing dates).
Wherein are fruit and sheathed palm - trees,
فِيهَا فَاكِهَةٌ وَالنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ الْأَكْمَامِ
And also corn, with (its) leaves and stalk for fodder, and sweet-scented plants.
Husked grain and scented herb.
وَالْحَبُّ ذُو الْعَصْفِ وَالرَّيْحَانُ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
He created man (Adam) from sounding clay like the clay of pottery.
He created man of clay like the potter's,
خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ مِن صَلْصَالٍ كَالْفَخَّارِ
And the jinn: He created from a smokeless flame of fire.
And the jinn did He create of smokeless fire.
وَخَلَقَ الْجَانَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(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).
Lord of the two Easts, and Lord of the two Wests!
رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ الْمَغْرِبَيْنِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
He has let loose the two seas (the salt and fresh water) meeting together.
He hath loosed the two seas. They meet.
مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ
Between them is a barrier which none of them can transgress.
There is a barrier between them. They encroach not (one upon the other).
بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Out of them both come out pearl and coral.
There cometh forth from both of them the pearl and coral - stone.
يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا اللُّؤْلُؤُ وَالْمَرْجَانُ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
And His are the ships going and coming in the seas, like mountains.
His are the ships displayed upon the sea, like banners.
وَلَهُ الْجَوَارِ الْمُنشَآتُ فِي الْبَحْرِ كَالْأَعْلَامِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Whatsoever is on it (the earth) will perish.
Everyone that is thereon will pass away;
كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ
And the Face of your Lord full of Majesty and Honour will remain forever.
There remaineth but the Countenance of thy Lord of Might and Glory.
وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
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.)!
All that are in the heavens and the earth entreat Him. Every day He exerciseth (universal) power.
يَسْأَلُهُ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِي شَأْنٍ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
We shall attend to you, O you two classes (jinn and men)!
We shall dispose of you, O ye two dependents (man and jinn).
سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَ الثَّقَلَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
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 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.
يَا مَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنسِ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَن تَنفُذُوا مِنْ أَقْطَارِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ فَانفُذُوا ۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَانٍ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
There will be sent against you both, smokeless flames of fire and (molten) brass, and you will not be able to defend yourselves.
There will be sent, against you both, heat of fire and flash of brass, and ye will not escape.
يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِّن نَّارٍ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then when the heaven is rent asunder, and it becomes rosy or red like red-oil, or red hide - [See V.70:8]
And when the heaven splitteth asunder and becometh rosy like red hide -
فَإِذَا انشَقَّتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَالدِّهَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ? -
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
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 neither man nor jinni will be questioned of his sin.
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُسْأَلُ عَن ذَنبِهِ إِنسٌ وَلَا جَانٌّ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
The Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, sinners) will be known by their marks (black faces), and they will be seized by their forelocks and their feet.
The guilty will be known by their marks, and will be taken by the forelocks and the feet.
يُعْرَفُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَاهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِالنَّوَاصِي وَالْأَقْدَامِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
This is the Hell which the Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, sinners) denied.
This is hell which the guilty deny.
هَٰذِهِ جَهَنَّمُ الَّتِي يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا الْمُجْرِمُونَ
They will go between it (Hell) and the fierce boiling water!
They go circling round between it and fierce, boiling water.
يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ آنٍ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
But for him who fears the standing before his Lord, there will be two Gardens (i.e. in Paradise).
But for him who feareth the standing before his Lord there are two gardens.
وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ جَنَّتَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
With spreading branches.
Of spreading branches.
ذَوَاتَا أَفْنَانٍ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
In them (both) will be two springs flowing (free).
Wherein are two fountains flowing.
فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
In them (both) will be every kind of fruit in pairs.
Wherein is every kind of fruit in pairs.
فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَاكِهَةٍ زَوْجَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Reclining upon the couches lined with silk brocade, and the fruits of the two Gardens will be near at hand.
Reclining upon couches lined with silk brocade, the fruit of both the gardens near to hand.
مُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشٍ بَطَائِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ ۚ وَجَنَى الْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
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.
Therein are those of modest gaze, whom neither man nor jinni will have touched before them.
فِيهِنَّ قَاصِرَاتُ الطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَانٌّ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(In beauty) they are like rubies and coral.
(In beauty) like the jacynth and the coral - stone.
كَأَنَّهُنَّ الْيَاقُوتُ وَالْمَرْجَانُ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Is there any reward for good other than good?
Is the reward of goodness aught save goodness ?
هَلْ جَزَاءُ الْإِحْسَانِ إِلَّا الْإِحْسَانُ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
And besides these two, there are two other Gardens (i.e. in Paradise).
And beside them are two other gardens,
وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Dark green (in colour).
Dark green with foliage.
مُدْهَامَّتَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
In them (both) will be two springs gushing forth.
Wherein are two abundant springs.
فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
In them (both) will be fruits, and date-palms and pomegranates.
Wherein is fruit, the date - palm and pomegranate.
فِيهِمَا فَاكِهَةٌ وَنَخْلٌ وَرُمَّانٌ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Therein (Gardens) will be Khairatun-Hisan [fair (wives) good and beautiful];
Wherein (are found) the good and beautiful -
فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَاتٌ حِسَانٌ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ? -
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Hur (beautiful, fair females) guarded in pavilions;
Fair ones, close - guarded in pavilions -
حُورٌ مَّقْصُورَاتٌ فِي الْخِيَامِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ? -
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
With whom no man or jinni has had tamth before them.
Whom neither man nor jinni will have touched before them -
لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَانٌّ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Reclining on green cushions and rich beautiful mattresses.
Reclining on green cushions and fair carpets.
مُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَىٰ رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَعَبْقَرِيٍّ حِسَانٍ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny ?
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Blessed be the Name of your Lord (Allah), the Owner of Majesty and Honour.
Blessed be the name of thy Lord, Mighty and glorious!
تَبَارَكَ اسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِي الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ