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55 Ar-Raĥmān ٱلرَّحْمَٰن

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
55:1 ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ
55:1
Ahmed Ali (English) :
AR-RAHMAN
55:2 عَلَّمَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ
55:2
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Bestowed the Qur'an,
55:3 خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ
55:3
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Created man,
55:4 عَلَّمَهُ ٱلْبَيَانَ
55:4
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And taught him to express clearly.
55:5 ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ
55:5
Ahmed Ali (English) :
The sun and moon revolve to a computation;
55:6 وَٱلنَّجْمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ
55:6
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And the grasses and the trees bow (to Him) in adoration.
55:7 وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلْمِيزَانَ
55:7
Ahmed Ali (English) :
He raised the sky and set the Balance
55:8 أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْمِيزَانِ
55:8
Ahmed Ali (English) :
So that none may err against the scales,
55:9 وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا۟ ٱلْمِيزَانَ
55:9
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And observe correct measure, weigh with justice, and not cheat the balance.
55:10 وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ
55:10
Ahmed Ali (English) :
He positioned the earth for all the creatures:
55:11 فِيهَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ وَٱلنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ ٱلْأَكْمَامِ
55:11
Ahmed Ali (English) :
There are fruits of all kinds on it, and date-palms with their clusters sheathed,
55:12 وَٱلْحَبُّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْفِ وَٱلرَّيْحَانُ
55:12
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Grain with husk, and fragrant grasses.
55:13 فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:13
Ahmed Ali (English) :
How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny?
55:14 خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍ كَٱلْفَخَّارِ
55:14
Ahmed Ali (English) :
He created man of fermented clay dried tinkling hard like earthen ware,
55:15 وَخَلَقَ ٱلْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ
55:15
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And created jinns from the white-hot flame of fire.
55:16 فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:16
Ahmed Ali (English) :
How many favours of your Lord will you then deny?
55:17 رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ
55:17
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Lord of the two Easts, Lord of the two Wests.
55:18 فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:18
Ahmed Ali (English) :
How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny?
55:19 مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ
55:19
Ahmed Ali (English) :
He has set two seas in motion that flow side by side together,
55:20 بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ
55:20
Ahmed Ali (English) :
With an interstice between them which they cannot cross.
55:21 فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:21
Ahmed Ali (English) :
How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny? --
55:22 يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا ٱللُّؤْلُؤُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ
55:22
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Out of them come pearls and coral.
55:23 فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:23
Ahmed Ali (English) :
How many favours of your Lord will you then deny?
55:24 وَلَهُ ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَـٰمِ
55:24
Ahmed Ali (English) :
His are the high-sailed vessels in deep ocean like the mountains.
55:25 فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:25
Ahmed Ali (English) :
How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny?
55:26 كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ
55:26
Ahmed Ali (English) :
All that is on the earth is passing,
55:27 وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلْجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ
55:27
Ahmed Ali (English) :
But abiding is the glory of your Lord, full of majesty and beneficence.
55:28 فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:28
Ahmed Ali (English) :
How many favours of your Lord will you then deny?
55:29 يَسْـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِى شَأْنٍ
55:29
Ahmed Ali (English) :
All those there are in the heavens and the earth turn to Him with solicitation, intent on His purpose all the time.
55:30 فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:30
Ahmed Ali (English) :
How many favours of your Lord will you then deny?
55:31 سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ
55:31
Ahmed Ali (English) :
We shall soon be free to turn to you, O weary caravans,
55:32 فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:32
Ahmed Ali (English) :
How many favours of your Lord will you then deny?
55:33 يَـٰمَعْشَرَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَن تَنفُذُوا۟ مِنْ أَقْطَارِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنفُذُوا۟ ۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ
55:33
Ahmed Ali (English) :
O society of jinns and men, cross the bounds of the heavens and the earth if you have the ability, then pass beyond them; but you cannot unless you acquire the law.
55:34 فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:34
Ahmed Ali (English) :
How many favours of your Lord will you then deny?
55:35 يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِّن نَّارٍ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ
55:35
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Let loose at you will be smokeless flames of fire so that you will not be able to defend yourselves.
55:36 فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:36
Ahmed Ali (English) :
How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny?
55:37 فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَٱلدِّهَانِ
55:37
Ahmed Ali (English) :
When the sky will split asunder, and turn rosy like the dregs of annointing oil,
55:38 فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:38
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Which of the favours of your Lord will you then deny?
55:39 فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُسْـَٔلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦٓ إِنسٌ وَلَا جَآنٌّ
55:39
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Neither man nor jinn will be questioned on that day about his sin.
55:40 فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:40
Ahmed Ali (English) :
How many favours of your Lord will you then deny?
55:41 يُعْرَفُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَـٰهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِى وَٱلْأَقْدَامِ
55:41
Ahmed Ali (English) :
The sinners will be recognised by their marks, and seized by the forelock and their feet.
55:42 فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:42
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Which of the favours of your Lord will you then deny?
55:43 هَـٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ
55:43
Ahmed Ali (English) :
This is Hell the sinners called a lie.
55:44 يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٍ
55:44
Ahmed Ali (English) :
They will go round and around between it and boiling water.
55:45 فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:45
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Which of the favours of your Lord will you then deny?
55:46 وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ
55:46
Ahmed Ali (English) :
But for him who lived in awe of the sublimity of his Lord, there will be two gardens --
55:47 فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:47
Ahmed Ali (English) :
How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny? --
55:48 ذَوَاتَآ أَفْنَانٍ
55:48
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Full of overhanging branches --
55:49 فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:49
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Which of the favours of your Lord will you then deny? --
55:50 فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ
55:50
Ahmed Ali (English) :
With two springs of water flowing through them both. --
55:51 فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:51
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Which of the favours of your Lord will then both of you deny?
55:52 فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَـٰكِهَةٍ زَوْجَانِ
55:52
Ahmed Ali (English) :
In both of them there will be every kind of fruits in pairs. --
55:53 فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:53
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Which of the favours of your Lord will then both of you deny? --
55:54 مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشٍۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ ۚ وَجَنَى ٱلْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍ
55:54
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Reclining there on carpets lined with brocade, fruits of the garden hanging low within reach.
55:55 فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:55
Ahmed Ali (English) :
How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny?
55:56 فِيهِنَّ قَـٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ
55:56
Ahmed Ali (English) :
In them maidens with averted glances, undeflowered by man or by jinn before them, --
55:57 فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:57
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Which of the favours of your Lord will then both of you deny? --
55:58 كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلْيَاقُوتُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ
55:58
Ahmed Ali (English) :
As though rubies and pearls.
55:59 فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:59
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Which of the favours of your Lord will then both of you deny?
55:60 هَلْ جَزَآءُ ٱلْإِحْسَـٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلْإِحْسَـٰنُ
55:60
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Should the reward of goodness be aught else but goodness? --
55:61 فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:61
Ahmed Ali (English) :
How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny? --
55:62 وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ
55:62
Ahmed Ali (English) :
And besides these two other gardens --
55:63 فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:63
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Which of the favours of your Lord will then both of you deny? --
55:64 مُدْهَآمَّتَانِ
55:64
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Of darkest verdant green --
55:65 فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:65
Ahmed Ali (English) :
How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny? --
55:66 فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ
55:66
Ahmed Ali (English) :
With two fountains gushing constantly, --
55:67 فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:67
Ahmed Ali (English) :
How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny? --
55:68 فِيهِمَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ وَنَخْلٌ وَرُمَّانٌ
55:68
Ahmed Ali (English) :
With fruits in them, and dates and pomegranates --
55:69 فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:69
Ahmed Ali (English) :
How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny? --
55:70 فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَٰتٌ حِسَانٌ
55:70
Ahmed Ali (English) :
In them good and comely maidens --
55:71 فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:71
Ahmed Ali (English) :
How many favours of your Lord will you then deny? --
55:72 حُورٌ مَّقْصُورَٰتٌ فِى ٱلْخِيَامِ
55:72
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Houris cloistered in pavilions --
55:73 فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:73
Ahmed Ali (English) :
How many favours of your Lord will you then deny? --
55:74 لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ
55:74
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Undeflowered by man or by jinn before them, --
55:75 فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:75
Ahmed Ali (English) :
How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny? --
55:76 مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَعَبْقَرِىٍّ حِسَانٍ
55:76
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Reclining on green cushions and rich carpets excellent.
55:77 فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
55:77
Ahmed Ali (English) :
How many favours of your Lord will you then deny?
55:78 تَبَـٰرَكَ ٱسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِى ٱلْجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ
55:78
Ahmed Ali (English) :
Blessed be the name of your Lord, full of majesty and beneficience.