Tafsir Ar-Rahmaan (55) — الرحمن

ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ ﴿١﴾

The Merciful one, possessor of vast mercy

عَلَّمَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ ﴿٢﴾

He taught the Qur’ān to people by making its memorization easy and facilitating the understanding of its meanings

خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ ﴿٣﴾

He created man perfectly and formed him in the best manner

عَلَّمَهُ ٱلْبَيَانَ ﴿٤﴾

He taught him how to express what is within himself in speech and writing

ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍۢ ﴿٥﴾

He fixed a perfectly calculated course for the sun and moon, to teach people the number of years and calculation

وَٱلنَّجْمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ ﴿٦﴾

Plants that do not have a stem and trees prostrate to Allah, (may He be glorified), in submission and surrender to Him

وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلْمِيزَانَ ﴿٧﴾

He raised the sky above the earth as a roof for it. He established justice on earth and instructed His servants with it

أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْمِيزَانِ ﴿٨﴾

He established justice so that you, O people, are not unjust and deceitful in weighing and measurement

وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا۟ ٱلْمِيزَانَ ﴿٩﴾

Maintain the weighing justly between yourselves and do not give short weight or measure when you measure or weigh for others

وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ ﴿١٠﴾

He prepared the earth for the creation to settle on it. بلغ Qur’an · Tafsir

فِيهَا فَـٰكِهَةٌۭ وَٱلنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ ٱلْأَكْمَامِ ﴿١١﴾

It contains trees that produce fruit and date-palms that have receptacles that split open to reveal clusters

وَٱلْحَبُّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْفِ وَٱلرَّيْحَانُ ﴿١٢﴾

It contains grain with straw like wheat and barley and the different types of grain that you have been provided as food. It contains plants whose fragrances you find to be pleasant

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿١٣﴾

Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?

خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍۢ كَٱلْفَخَّارِ ﴿١٤﴾

He created Adam (peace be upon him) from dried clay that has a clatter like that of baked clay

وَخَلَقَ ٱلْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍۢ مِّن نَّارٍۢ ﴿١٥﴾

He created the father of the jinn from a flame that is pure of smoke

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿١٦﴾

Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?

رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ ﴿١٧﴾

Lord of the sun’s two points of rising and its two points of setting in winter and summer

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿١٨﴾

Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?

مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ ﴿١٩﴾

Allah mixed the two seas, the salty and the sweet, that converge as far as the eye can see. بينهما برزخ لا يبغيان

بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌۭ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ ﴿٢٠﴾

Between them is a barrier that prevents each one of them from transgressing over the other so that the sweet remains sweet and the salty remains salty. بلغ Qur’an · Tafsir

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٢١﴾

Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?

يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا ٱللُّؤْلُؤُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ ﴿٢٢﴾

From these seas pearls and coral emerge

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٢٣﴾

Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?

وَلَهُ ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَـٰمِ ﴿٢٤﴾

He, (may He be glorified), alone has control of the ships that sail on the oceans like mountains

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٢٥﴾

Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny? كل من عليها فان

كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍۢ ﴿٢٦﴾

Every creation that is on the surface of the earth will inevitably perish

وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلْجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ ﴿٢٧﴾

The face of your Lord, O Messenger, the One of greatness, kindness and bounty for His servants, will remain and will never perish

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٢٨﴾

Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?

يَسْـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِى شَأْنٍۢ ﴿٢٩﴾

The angels in the heavens and the jinn and men on earth ask Him for their needs. Every day he brings about a matter from the affairs of His servants such as giving life, death, provision etc

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٣٠﴾

Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny? بلغ Qur’an · Tafsir

سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ ﴿٣١﴾

I will attend to your reckoning, O men and jinn. and I will recompense each one with the reward or punishment he deserves

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٣٢﴾

Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?

يَـٰمَعْشَرَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَن تَنفُذُوا۟ مِنْ أَقْطَارِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنفُذُوا۟ ۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَـٰنٍۢ ﴿٣٣﴾

Allah will say on the Day of Judgment, when He gathers jinn and men: O group of jinn and men, if you are able to find for yourselves an exit from one part of the heavens and earth then do so. You will never be able to do so except with power and evidence, and where do you have that?

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٣٤﴾

Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny? يرسل عليكما شواظ من نار ونحاس فلا تنتصران

يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌۭ مِّن نَّارٍۢ وَنُحَاسٌۭ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ ﴿٣٥﴾

A flame of smokeless fire will be sent on you, O men and jinn, and smoke without a flame, and you will not be able to protect yourselves

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٣٦﴾

Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?

فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةًۭ كَٱلدِّهَانِ ﴿٣٧﴾

When the sky will split open for the angels to descend from it and it will be red like molten lead or the like due to the terror of the day of judgment

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٣٨﴾

Which of Allah’s numerous favoursنto you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?

فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّا يُسْـَٔلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦٓ إِنسٌۭ وَلَا جَآنٌّۭ ﴿٣٩﴾

On that great day no man or jinn will be asked about their sins, because Allah knows their deeds. بلغ Qur’an · Tafsir

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٤٠﴾

Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?

يُعْرَفُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَـٰهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِى وَٱلْأَقْدَامِ ﴿٤١﴾

The guilty ones will be recognised on that day by their mark, which is the blackness of their faces and the blueness of their eyes. Their forelocks will be tied to their feet and they will be thrown into Hell

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٤٢﴾

Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?

هَـٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ ﴿٤٣﴾

It will be said to them in rebuke: This is the Hell that the guilty ones used to reject in the world, which is before their eyes and which they are unable to deny. يطوفون بينها وبين حميم ءان

يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٍۢ ﴿٤٤﴾

They will go between it and water that is extremely hot

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٤٥﴾

Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny? ولمن خاف مقام ربه جنتان

وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ ﴿٤٦﴾

Those who fear to stand before their Lord in the Hereafter, and therefore have faith and do righteous deeds, will have two gardens

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٤٧﴾

Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?

ذَوَاتَآ أَفْنَانٍۢ ﴿٤٨﴾

These two gardens will have huge fresh branches producing fruit

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٤٩﴾

Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny? بلغ Qur’an · Tafsir فيهما عينان تجريان

فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ ﴿٥٠﴾

In the two gardens there will be two springs flowing between them with water

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٥١﴾

Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny? فيهما من كل فكهة زوجان

فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَـٰكِهَةٍۢ زَوْجَانِ ﴿٥٢﴾

In them there will be two types of every fruit to enjoy

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٥٣﴾

Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?

مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشٍۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍۢ ۚ وَجَنَى ٱلْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍۢ ﴿٥٤﴾

Reclining on spreads, whose inner lining will be of coarse silk, and the fruits that they will reap from the two gardens will be close and within reach of a person standing, sitting or reclining

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٥٥﴾

Which of Allah’s numerous favoursن to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?

فِيهِنَّ قَـٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌۭ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّۭ ﴿٥٦﴾

In them there will be women who will restrict their gaze to their husbands, whose virginity was not broken by any man or jinn before their husbands

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٥٧﴾

Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?

كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلْيَاقُوتُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ ﴿٥٨﴾

As though they are rubies and coral in their beauty and purity

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٥٩﴾

Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny? بلغ Qur’an · Tafsir

هَلْ جَزَآءُ ٱلْإِحْسَـٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلْإِحْسَـٰنُ ﴿٦٠﴾

The reward of those who properly followed their Lord is only that Allah will give them a proper recompense

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٦١﴾

Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny? ومن دونهما جنتان

وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ ﴿٦٢﴾

Below those two mentioned gardens are another two gardens

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٦٣﴾

Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?

مُدْهَآمَّتَانِ ﴿٦٤﴾

Both of the deepest green

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٦٥﴾

Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny? فيهما عينان نض اختان

فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ ﴿٦٦﴾

In these two gardens there are springs that forcefully gush forth with water. The gushing of their water does not stop

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٦٧﴾

Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny? فيهما فكهة ونخل ورم ان

فِيهِمَا فَـٰكِهَةٌۭ وَنَخْلٌۭ وَرُمَّانٌۭ ﴿٦٨﴾

In these two gardens there are abundant fruit, huge date-palms and pomegranates

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٦٩﴾

Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny? فيهن خيرت حسان

فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَٰتٌ حِسَانٌۭ ﴿٧٠﴾

In these four gardens there are women with good characters and beautiful faces. بلغ Qur’an · Tafsir

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٧١﴾

Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?

حُورٌۭ مَّقْصُورَٰتٌۭ فِى ٱلْخِيَامِ ﴿٧٢﴾

Houris covered in tents as protection for them

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٧٣﴾

Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you,ن O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?

لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌۭ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّۭ ﴿٧٤﴾

Before their husbands no man or jinn has come close to them

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٧٥﴾

Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny? متكٔين عل رفرف خضر وعبقرى حسان

مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍۢ وَعَبْقَرِىٍّ حِسَانٍۢ ﴿٧٦﴾

Reclining on cushions covered with green covers, and beautiful carpets

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٧٧﴾

Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?

تَبَـٰرَكَ ٱسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِى ٱلْجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ ﴿٧٨﴾

The name of your Lord, the Possessor of majesty, favour and bounty over His servants, is great and full of goodness