AlrRahman

1 The Most Merciful

1 Alrrahmanu

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

2 Taught the Qur'an,

2 AAallama alqurana

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

3 Created man,

3 Khalaqa alinsana

3 He created man.

4 [And] taught him eloquence.

4 AAallamahu albayana

4 He taught him eloquent speech.

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

5 Alshshamsu waalqamaru bihusbanin

5 The sun and the moon run on their fixed courses (exactly) calculated with measured out stages for each (for reckoning).

6 And the stars and trees prostrate.

6 Waalnnajmu waalshshajaru yasjudani

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

7 And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance

7 Waalssamaa rafaAAaha wawadaAAa almeezana

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

8 That you not transgress within the balance.

8 Alla tatghaw fee almeezani

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

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

9 Waaqeemoo alwazna bialqisti wala tukhsiroo almeezana

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

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

10 Waalarda wadaAAaha lilanami

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

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

11 Feeha fakihatun waalnnakhlu thatu alakmami

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

12 And grain having husks and scented plants.

12 Waalhabbu thoo alAAasfi waalrrayhani

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

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

13 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

14 He created man from clay like [that of] pottery.

14 Khalaqa alinsana min salsalin kaalfakhkhari

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

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

15 Wakhalaqa aljanna min marijin min narin

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

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

16 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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

17 Rabbu almashriqayni warabbu almaghribayni

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

18 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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

19 Maraja albahrayni yaltaqiyani

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

20 Between them is a barrier [so] neither of them transgresses.

20 Baynahuma barzakhun la yabghiyani

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

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

21 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

22 From both of them emerge pearl and coral.

22 Yakhruju minhuma alluluo waalmarjanu

22 Out of them both come out pearl and coral.

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

23 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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

24 Walahu aljawari almunshaatu fee albahri kaalaAAlami

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

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

25 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

26 Everyone upon the earth will perish,

26 Kullu man AAalayha fanin

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

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

27 Wayabqa wajhu rabbika thoo aljalali waalikrami

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

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

28 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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

29 Yasaluhu man fee alssamawati waalardi kulla yawmin huwa fee shanin

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

30 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

31 We will attend to you, O prominent beings.

31 Sanafrughu lakum ayyuha alththaqalani

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

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

32 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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 Ya maAAshara aljinni waalinsi ini istataAAtum an tanfuthoo min aqtari alssamawati waalardi faonfuthoo la tanfuthoona illa bisultanin

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

34 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

35 There will be sent upon you a flame of fire and smoke, and you will not defend yourselves.

35 Yursalu AAalaykuma shuwathun min narin wanuhasun fala tantasirani

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

36 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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

37 Faitha inshaqqati alssamao fakanat wardatan kaalddihani

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

38 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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

39 Fayawmaithin la yusalu AAan thanbihi insun wala jannun

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

40 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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

41 YuAArafu almujrimoona biseemahum fayukhathu bialnnawasee waalaqdami

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

42 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

43 This is Hell, which the criminals deny.

43 Hathihi jahannamu allatee yukaththibu biha almujrimoona

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

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

44 Yatoofoona baynaha wabayna hameemin anin

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

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

45 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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

46 Waliman khafa maqama rabbihi jannatani

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

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

47 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

48 Having [spreading] branches.

48 Thawata afnanin

48 With spreading branches.

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

49 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

50 In both of them are two springs, flowing.

50 Feehima AAaynani tajriyani

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

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

51 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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

52 Feehima min kulli fakihatin zawjani

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

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

53 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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

54 Muttakieena AAala furushin batainuha min istabraqin wajana aljannatayni danin

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

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

55 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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

56 Feehinna qasiratu alttarfi lam yatmithhunna insun qablahum wala jannun

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

57 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

58 As if they were rubies and coral.

58 Kaannahunna alyaqootu waalmarjanu

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

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

59 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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

60 Hal jazao alihsani illa alihsanu

60 Is there any reward for good other than good?

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

61 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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

62 Wamin doonihima jannatani

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

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

63 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

64 Dark green [in color].

64 Mudhammatani

64 Dark green (in colour).

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

65 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

66 In both of them are two springs, spouting.

66 Feehima AAaynani naddakhatani

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

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

67 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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

68 Feehima fakihatun wanakhlun warummanun

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

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

69 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

70 In them are good and beautiful women -

70 Feehinna khayratun hisanun

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

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

71 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

72 Fair ones reserved in pavilions -

72 Hoorun maqsooratun fee alkhiyami

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

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

73 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

74 Untouched before them by man or jinni -

74 Lam yatmithhunna insun qablahum wala jannun

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

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

75 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

76 Reclining on green cushions and beautiful fine carpets.

76 Muttakieena AAala rafrafin khudrin waAAabqariyyin hisanin

76 Reclining on green cushions and rich beautiful mattresses.

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

77 Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

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

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

78 Tabaraka ismu rabbika thee aljalali waalikrami

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