In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Most Gracious (Allah)!
The Beneficent Allah,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الرحمن
Chapter 55, 78 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Most Gracious (Allah)!
The Beneficent Allah,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الرحمن
He has taught (you mankind) the Qur'an (by His Mercy).
Taught the Quran.
علم القرآن
He created man.
He created man,
خلق الإنسان
He taught him eloquent speech.
Taught him the mode of expression.
علمه البيان
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 a reckoning.
الشمس والقمر بحسبان
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 do prostrate (to Him).
والنجم والشجر يسجدان
And the heaven: He has raised it high, and He has set up the Balance.
And the heaven, He raised it high, and He made the balance
والسماء رفعها ووضع الميزان
In order that you may not transgress (due) balance.
That you may not be inordinate in respect of the measure.
ألا تطغوا في الميزان
And observe the weight with equity and do not make the balance deficient.
And keep up the balance with equity and do not make the measure deficient.
وأقيموا الوزن بالقسط ولا تخسروا الميزان
And the earth: He has put down (laid) for the creatures.
And the earth, He has set it for living creatures;
والأرض وضعها للأنام
Therein are fruits and date-palms producing sheathed fruit-stalks (enclosing dates).
Therein is fruit and palms having sheathed clusters,
فيها فاكهة والنخل ذات الأكمام
And also corn, with (its) leaves and stalk for fodder, and sweet-scented plants.
And the grain with (its) husk and fragrance.
والحب ذو العصف والريحان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
He created man (Adam) from sounding clay like the clay of pottery.
He created man from dry clay like earthen vessels,
خلق الإنسان من صلصال كالفخار
And the jinn: He created from a smokeless flame of fire.
And He created the jinn of a flame of fire.
وخلق الجان من مارج من نار
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
(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 East and Lord of the West.
رب المشرقين ورب المغربين
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
He has let loose the two seas (the salt and fresh water) meeting together.
He has made the two seas to flow freely (so that) they meet together:
مرج البحرين يلتقيان
Between them is a barrier which none of them can transgress.
Between them is a barrier which they cannot pass.
بينهما برزخ لا يبغيان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Out of them both come out pearl and coral.
There come forth from them pearls, both large and small.
يخرج منهما اللؤلؤ والمرجان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
And His are the ships going and coming in the seas, like mountains.
And His are the ships reared aloft in the sea like mountains.
وله الجوار المنشآت في البحر كالأعلام
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Whatsoever is on it (the earth) will perish.
Everyone on it must pass away.
كل من عليها فان
And the Face of your Lord full of Majesty and Honour will remain forever.
And there will endure for ever the person of your Lord, the Lord of glory and honor.
ويبقى وجه ربك ذو الجلال والإكرام
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
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 those who are in the heavens and the earth ask of Him; every moment He is in a state (of glory).
يسأله من في السماوات والأرض ۚ كل يوم هو في شأن
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
We shall attend to you, O you two classes (jinn and men)!
Soon will We apply Ourselves to you, O you two armies.
سنفرغ لكم أيه الثقلان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
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 assembly of the jinn and the men! If you are able to pass through the regions of the heavens and the earth, then pass through; you cannot pass through but with authority.
يا معشر الجن والإنس إن استطعتم أن تنفذوا من أقطار السماوات والأرض فانفذوا ۚ لا تنفذون إلا بسلطان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
There will be sent against you both, smokeless flames of fire and (molten) brass, and you will not be able to defend yourselves.
The flames of fire and smoke will be sent on you two, then you will not be able to defend yourselves.
يرسل عليكما شواظ من نار ونحاس فلا تنتصران
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
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 is rent asunder, and then becomes red like red hide.
فإذا انشقت السماء فكانت وردة كالدهان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
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)].
So on that day neither man nor jinni shall be asked about his sin.
فيومئذ لا يسأل عن ذنبه إنس ولا جان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
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 shall be recognized by their marks, so they shall be seized by the forelocks and the feet.
يعرف المجرمون بسيماهم فيؤخذ بالنواصي والأقدام
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
This is the Hell which the Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, sinners) denied.
This is the hell which the guilty called a lie.
هذه جهنم التي يكذب بها المجرمون
They will go between it (Hell) and the fierce boiling water!
Round about shall they go between it and hot, boiling water.
يطوفون بينها وبين حميم آن
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
But for him who fears the standing before his Lord, there will be two Gardens (i.e. in Paradise).
And for him who fears to stand before his Lord are two gardens.
ولمن خاف مقام ربه جنتان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
With spreading branches.
Having in them various kinds.
ذواتا أفنان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
In them (both) will be two springs flowing (free).
In both of them are two fountains flowing.
فيهما عينان تجريان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
In them (both) will be every kind of fruit in pairs.
In both of them are two pairs of every fruit.
فيهما من كل فاكهة زوجان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Reclining upon the couches lined with silk brocade, and the fruits of the two Gardens will be near at hand.
Reclining on beds, the inner coverings of which are of silk brocade; and the fruits of the two gardens shall be within reach.
متكئين على فرش بطائنها من إستبرق ۚ وجنى الجنتين دان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
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 shall be those who restrained their eyes; before them neither man nor jinni shall have touched them.
فيهن قاصرات الطرف لم يطمثهن إنس قبلهم ولا جان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
(In beauty) they are like rubies and coral.
As though they were rubies and pearls.
كأنهن الياقوت والمرجان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Is there any reward for good other than good?
Is the reward of goodness aught but goodness?
هل جزاء الإحسان إلا الإحسان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
And besides these two, there are two other Gardens (i.e. in Paradise).
And besides these two are two (other) gardens:
ومن دونهما جنتان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Dark green (in colour).
Both inclining to blackness.
مدهامتان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
In them (both) will be two springs gushing forth.
In both of them are two springs gushing forth.
فيهما عينان نضاختان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
In them (both) will be fruits, and date-palms and pomegranates.
In both are fruits and palms and pomegranates.
فيهما فاكهة ونخل ورمان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Therein (Gardens) will be Khairatun-Hisan [fair (wives) good and beautiful];
In them are goodly things, beautiful ones.
فيهن خيرات حسان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Hur (beautiful, fair females) guarded in pavilions;
Pure ones confined to the pavilions.
حور مقصورات في الخيام
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
With whom no man or jinni has had tamth before them.
Man has not touched them before them nor jinni.
لم يطمثهن إنس قبلهم ولا جان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Reclining on green cushions and rich beautiful mattresses.
Reclining on green cushions and beautiful carpets.
متكئين على رفرف خضر وعبقري حسان
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Blessed be the Name of your Lord (Allah), the Owner of Majesty and Honour.
Blessed be the name of your Lord, the Lord of Glory and Honor!
تبارك اسم ربك ذي الجلال والإكرام