The Most Merciful
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Most Gracious (Allah)!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الرحمن
(Allah) Most Gracious!
Chapter 55, 78 verses
The Most Merciful
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Most Gracious (Allah)!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الرحمن
(Allah) Most Gracious!
Taught the Qur'an,
He has taught (you mankind) the Qur'an (by His Mercy).
علم القرآن
It is He Who has taught the Qur'an.
Created man,
He created man.
خلق الإنسان
He has created man:
[And] taught him eloquence.
He taught him eloquent speech.
علمه البيان
He has taught him speech (and intelligence).
The sun and the moon [move] by precise calculation,
The sun and the moon run on their fixed courses (exactly) calculated with measured out stages for each (for reckoning).
الشمس والقمر بحسبان
The sun and the moon follow courses (exactly) computed;
And the stars and trees prostrate.
And the herbs (or stars) and the trees both prostrate themselves (to Allah - See V.22:18) (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
والنجم والشجر يسجدان
And the herbs and the trees - both (alike) prostrate in adoration.
And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance
And the heaven: He has raised it high, and He has set up the Balance.
والسماء رفعها ووضع الميزان
And the Firmament has He raised high, and He has set up the Balance (of Justice),
That you not transgress within the balance.
In order that you may not transgress (due) balance.
ألا تطغوا في الميزان
In order that ye may not transgress (due) balance.
And establish weight in justice and do not make deficient the balance.
And observe the weight with equity and do not make the balance deficient.
وأقيموا الوزن بالقسط ولا تخسروا الميزان
So establish weight with justice and fall not short in the balance.
And the earth He laid [out] for the creatures.
And the earth: He has put down (laid) for the creatures.
والأرض وضعها للأنام
It is He Who has spread out the earth for (His) creatures:
Therein is fruit and palm trees having sheaths [of dates]
Therein are fruits and date-palms producing sheathed fruit-stalks (enclosing dates).
فيها فاكهة والنخل ذات الأكمام
Therein is fruit and date - palms, producing spathes (enclosing dates);
And grain having husks and scented plants.
And also corn, with (its) leaves and stalk for fodder, and sweet-scented plants.
والحب ذو العصف والريحان
Also corn, with (its) leaves and stalk for fodder, and sweet - smelling plants.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
He created man from clay like [that of] pottery.
He created man (Adam) from sounding clay like the clay of pottery.
خلق الإنسان من صلصال كالفخار
He created man from sounding clay like unto pottery,
And He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire.
And the jinn: He created from a smokeless flame of fire.
وخلق الجان من مارج من نار
And He created Jinns from fire free of smoke:
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.
(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).
رب المشرقين ورب المغربين
(He is) Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests:
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
He released the two seas, meeting [side by side];
He has let loose the two seas (the salt and fresh water) meeting together.
مرج البحرين يلتقيان
He has let free the two bodies of flowing water, meeting together:
Between them is a barrier [so] neither of them transgresses.
Between them is a barrier which none of them can transgress.
بينهما برزخ لا يبغيان
Between them is a Barrier which they do not transgress:
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
From both of them emerge pearl and coral.
Out of them both come out pearl and coral.
يخرج منهما اللؤلؤ والمرجان
Out of them come Pearls and Coral:
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
And to Him belong the ships [with sails] elevated in the sea like mountains.
And His are the ships going and coming in the seas, like mountains.
وله الجوار المنشآت في البحر كالأعلام
And His are the Ships sailing smoothly through the seas, lofty as mountains:
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
Everyone upon the earth will perish,
Whatsoever is on it (the earth) will perish.
كل من عليها فان
All that is on earth will perish:
And there will remain the Face of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.
And the Face of your Lord full of Majesty and Honour will remain forever.
ويبقى وجه ربك ذو الجلال والإكرام
But will abide (for ever) the Face of thy Lord, - full of Majesty, Bounty and Honour.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
Whoever is within the heavens and earth asks Him; every day He is bringing about a matter.
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.)!
يسأله من في السماوات والأرض ۚ كل يوم هو في شأن
Of Him seeks (its need) every creature in the heavens and on earth: every day in (new) Splendour doth He (shine)!
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
We will attend to you, O prominent beings.
We shall attend to you, O you two classes (jinn and men)!
سنفرغ لكم أيه الثقلان
Soon shall We settle your affairs, O both ye worlds!
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
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].
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)!
يا معشر الجن والإنس إن استطعتم أن تنفذوا من أقطار السماوات والأرض فانفذوا ۚ لا تنفذون إلا بسلطان
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!
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
There will be sent upon you a flame of fire and smoke, and you will not defend yourselves.
There will be sent against you both, smokeless flames of fire and (molten) brass, and you will not be able to defend yourselves.
يرسل عليكما شواظ من نار ونحاس فلا تنتصران
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:
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose - colored like oil -
Then when the heaven is rent asunder, and it becomes rosy or red like red-oil, or red hide - [See V.70:8]
فإذا انشقت السماء فكانت وردة كالدهان
When the sky is rent asunder, and it becomes red like ointment:
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
Then on that Day none will be asked about his sin among men or jinn.
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)].
فيومئذ لا يسأل عن ذنبه إنس ولا جان
On that Day no question will be asked of man or Jinn as to his sin.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
The criminals will be known by their marks, and they will be seized by the forelocks and the feet.
The Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, sinners) will be known by their marks (black faces), and they will be seized by their forelocks and their feet.
يعرف المجرمون بسيماهم فيؤخذ بالنواصي والأقدام
(For) the sinners will be known by their marks: and they will be seized by their forelocks and their feet.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
This is Hell, which the criminals deny.
This is the Hell which the Mujrimun (polytheists, criminals, sinners) denied.
هذه جهنم التي يكذب بها المجرمون
This is the Hell which the Sinners deny:
They will go around between it and scalding water, heated [to the utmost degree].
They will go between it (Hell) and the fierce boiling water!
يطوفون بينها وبين حميم آن
In its midst and in the midst of boiling hot water will they wander round!
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
But for he who has feared the position of his Lord are two gardens -
But for him who fears the standing before his Lord, there will be two Gardens (i.e. in Paradise).
ولمن خاف مقام ربه جنتان
But for such as fear the time when they will stand before (the Judgment Seat of) their Lord, there will be two Gardens -
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny? -
Having [spreading] branches.
With spreading branches.
ذواتا أفنان
Containing all kinds (of trees and delights); -
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny? -
In both of them are two springs, flowing.
In them (both) will be two springs flowing (free).
فيهما عينان تجريان
In them (each) will be two Springs flowing (free);
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny? -
In both of them are of every fruit, two kinds.
In them (both) will be every kind of fruit in pairs.
فيهما من كل فاكهة زوجان
In them will be Fruits of every kind, two and two.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
[They are] reclining on beds whose linings are of silk brocade, and the fruit of the two gardens is hanging low.
Reclining upon the couches lined with silk brocade, and the fruits of the two Gardens will be near at hand.
متكئين على فرش بطائنها من إستبرق ۚ وجنى الجنتين دان
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).
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
In them are women limiting [their] glances, untouched before them by man or jinni -
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.
فيهن قاصرات الطرف لم يطمثهن إنس قبلهم ولا جان
In them will be (Maidens), chaste, restraining their glances, whom no man or Jinn before them has touched; -
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny? -
As if they were rubies and coral.
(In beauty) they are like rubies and coral.
كأنهن الياقوت والمرجان
Like unto Rubies and coral.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
Is the reward for good [anything] but good?
Is there any reward for good other than good?
هل جزاء الإحسان إلا الإحسان
Is there any Reward for Good - other than Good?
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
And below them both [in excellence] are two [other] gardens -
And besides these two, there are two other Gardens (i.e. in Paradise).
ومن دونهما جنتان
And besides these two, there are two other Gardens, -
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny? -
Dark green [in color].
Dark green (in colour).
مدهامتان
Dark - green in colour (from plentiful watering).
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
In both of them are two springs, spouting.
In them (both) will be two springs gushing forth.
فيهما عينان نضاختان
In them (each) will be two Springs pouring forth water in continuous abundance:
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
In both of them are fruit and palm trees and pomegranates.
In them (both) will be fruits, and date-palms and pomegranates.
فيهما فاكهة ونخل ورمان
In them will be Fruits, and dates and pomegranates:
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
In them are good and beautiful women -
Therein (Gardens) will be Khairatun-Hisan [fair (wives) good and beautiful];
فيهن خيرات حسان
In them will be fair (Companions), good, beautiful; -
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny? -
Fair ones reserved in pavilions -
Hur (beautiful, fair females) guarded in pavilions;
حور مقصورات في الخيام
Companions restrained (as to their glances), in (goodly) pavilions; -
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny? -
Untouched before them by man or jinni -
With whom no man or jinni has had tamth before them.
لم يطمثهن إنس قبلهم ولا جان
Whom no man or Jinn before them has touched; -
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny? -
Reclining on green cushions and beautiful fine carpets.
Reclining on green cushions and rich beautiful mattresses.
متكئين على رفرف خضر وعبقري حسان
Reclining on green Cushions and rich Carpets of beauty.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
Blessed is the name of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.
Blessed be the Name of your Lord (Allah), the Owner of Majesty and Honour.
تبارك اسم ربك ذي الجلال والإكرام
Blessed be the name of thy Lord, full of Majesty, Bounty and Honour.