আর রহমান (পরম দানশীল)

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

1 (Allah) Most Gracious!

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

2 It is He Who has taught the Qur'an.

3 He created man.

3 He has created man:

4 He taught him eloquent speech.

4 He has taught him speech (and intelligence).

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 follow courses (exactly) computed;

6 And the herbs (or stars) and the trees both prostrate themselves (to Allah - See V.22:18) (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

6 And the herbs and the trees - both (alike) prostrate in adoration.

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

7 And the Firmament has He raised high, and He has set up the Balance (of Justice),

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

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

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

9 So establish weight with justice and fall not short in the balance.

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

10 It is He Who has spread out the earth for (His) creatures:

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

11 Therein is fruit and date - palms, producing spathes (enclosing dates);

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

12 Also corn, with (its) leaves and stalk for fodder, and sweet - smelling plants.

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

13 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?

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

14 He created man from sounding clay like unto pottery,

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

15 And He created Jinns from fire free of smoke:

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

16 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?

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 (He is) Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests:

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

18 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?

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

19 He has let free the two bodies of flowing water, meeting together:

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

20 Between them is a Barrier which they do not transgress:

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

21 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?

22 Out of them both come out pearl and coral.

22 Out of them come Pearls and Coral:

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

23 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?

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

24 And His are the Ships sailing smoothly through the seas, lofty as mountains:

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

25 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?

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

26 All that is on earth will perish:

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

27 But will abide (for ever) the Face of thy Lord, - full of Majesty, Bounty and Honour.

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

28 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?

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 Of Him seeks (its need) every creature in the heavens and on earth: every day in (new) Splendour doth He (shine)!

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

30 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?

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

31 Soon shall We settle your affairs, O both ye worlds!

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

32 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?

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 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!

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

34 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?

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 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:

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

36 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?

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 When the sky is rent asunder, and it becomes red like ointment:

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

38 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?

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 no question will be asked of man or Jinn as to his sin.

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

40 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?

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 (For) the sinners will be known by their marks: and they will be seized by their forelocks and their feet.

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

42 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?

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

43 This is the Hell which the Sinners deny:

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

44 In its midst and in the midst of boiling hot water will they wander round!

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

45 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?

46 But for him who fears the standing before his Lord, there will be two Gardens (i.e. in Paradise).

46 But for such as fear the time when they will stand before (the Judgment Seat of) their Lord, there will be two Gardens -

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

47 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny? -

48 With spreading branches.

48 Containing all kinds (of trees and delights); -

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

49 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny? -

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

50 In them (each) will be two Springs flowing (free);

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

51 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny? -

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

52 In them will be Fruits of every kind, two and two.

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

53 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?

54 Reclining upon the couches lined with silk brocade, and the fruits of the two Gardens will be near at hand.

54 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).

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

55 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?

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 In them will be (Maidens), chaste, restraining their glances, whom no man or Jinn before them has touched; -

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

57 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny? -

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

58 Like unto Rubies and coral.

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

59 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?

60 Is there any reward for good other than good?

60 Is there any Reward for Good - other than Good?

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

61 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?

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

62 And besides these two, there are two other Gardens, -

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

63 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny? -

64 Dark green (in colour).

64 Dark - green in colour (from plentiful watering).

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

65 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?

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

66 In them (each) will be two Springs pouring forth water in continuous abundance:

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

67 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?

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

68 In them will be Fruits, and dates and pomegranates:

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

69 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?

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

70 In them will be fair (Companions), good, beautiful; -

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

71 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny? -

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

72 Companions restrained (as to their glances), in (goodly) pavilions; -

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

73 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny? -

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

74 Whom no man or Jinn before them has touched; -

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

75 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny? -

76 Reclining on green cushions and rich beautiful mattresses.

76 Reclining on green Cushions and rich Carpets of beauty.

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

77 Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?

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

78 Blessed be the name of thy Lord, full of Majesty, Bounty and Honour.