Ar-Rahman

ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنُ

The Most Gracious (Allâh)!

عَلَّمَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ

He has taught (you mankind) the Qur’ân (by His Mercy).

خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ

He created man.

عَلَّمَهُ ٱلۡبَيَانَ

He taught him eloquent speech.

ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ بِحُسۡبَانٍۢ

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

وَٱلنَّجۡمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسۡجُدَانِ

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

وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلۡمِيزَانَ

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

أَلَّا تَطۡغَوۡا۟ فِى ٱلۡمِيزَانِ

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

وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلۡوَزۡنَ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِ وَلَا تُخۡسِرُوا۟ ٱلۡمِيزَانَ

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

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلۡأَنَامِ

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

فِيهَا فَـٰكِهَةٌۭ وَٱلنَّخۡلُ ذَاتُ ٱلۡأَكۡمَامِ

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

وَٱلۡحَبُّ ذُو ٱلۡعَصۡفِ وَٱلرَّيۡحَانُ

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

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلۡصَـٰلٍۢ كَٱلۡفَخَّارِ

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

وَخَلَقَ ٱلۡجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍۢ مِّن نَّارٍۢ

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

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

رَبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقَيۡنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلۡمَغۡرِبَيۡنِ

(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).

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

مَرَجَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَيۡنِ يَلۡتَقِيَانِ

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

بَيۡنَهُمَا بَرۡزَخٌۭ لَّا يَبۡغِيَانِ

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

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

يَخۡرُجُ مِنۡهُمَا ٱللُّؤۡلُؤُ وَٱلۡمَرۡجَانُ

Out of them both come out pearl and coral.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

وَلَهُ ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِى ٱلۡبَحۡرِ كَٱلۡأَعۡلَـٰمِ

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

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

كُلُّ مَنۡ عَلَيۡهَا فَانٍۢ

Whatsoever is on it (the earth) will perish.

وَيَبۡقَىٰ وَجۡهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلۡجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلۡإِكۡرَامِ

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

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

يَسۡـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ ۚ كُلَّ يَوۡمٍ هُوَ فِى شَأۡنٍۢ

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.)!

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

سَنَفۡرُغُ لَكُمۡ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ

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

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

يَـٰمَعۡشَرَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُمۡ أَن تَنفُذُوا۟ مِنۡ أَقۡطَارِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَٱنفُذُوا۟ ۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلۡطَـٰنٍۢ

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 Allâh)!

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

يُرۡسَلُ عَلَيۡكُمَا شُوَاظٌۭ مِّن نَّارٍۢ وَنُحَاسٌۭ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ

There will be sent against you both, smokeless flames of fire and (molten) brass, and you will not be able to defend yourselves.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتۡ وَرۡدَةًۭ كَٱلدِّهَانِ

Then when the heaven is rent asunder, and it becomes rosy or red like red-oil, or red hide - [See V.70:8]

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

فَيَوۡمَئِذٍۢ لَّا يُسۡـَٔلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦٓ إِنسٌۭ وَلَا جَآنٌّۭ

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)].

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

يُعۡرَفُ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ بِسِيمَـٰهُمۡ فَيُؤۡخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِى وَٱلۡأَقۡدَامِ

The Mujrimûn (polytheists, criminals, sinners) will be known by their marks (black faces), and they will be seized by their forelocks and their feet.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

هَـٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ

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

يَطُوفُونَ بَيۡنَهَا وَبَيۡنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٍۢ

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

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

وَلِمَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ

But for him who[1] fears the standing before his Lord, there will be two Gardens (i.e. in Paradise).[2]

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

ذَوَاتَآ أَفۡنَانٍۢ

With spreading branches.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

فِيهِمَا عَيۡنَانِ تَجۡرِيَانِ

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

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَـٰكِهَةٍۢ زَوۡجَانِ

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

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشٍۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنۡ إِسۡتَبۡرَقٍۢ ۚ وَجَنَى ٱلۡجَنَّتَيۡنِ دَانٍۢ

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

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

فِيهِنَّ قَـٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرۡفِ لَمۡ يَطۡمِثۡهُنَّ إِنسٌۭ قَبۡلَهُمۡ وَلَا جَآنٌّۭ

Wherein both will be Qâsirât-ut-Tarf [chaste females (wives) restraining their glances, desiring none except their husbands], with whom no man or jinni has had tamth[3] before them.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلۡيَاقُوتُ وَٱلۡمَرۡجَانُ

(In beauty) they are like rubies and coral.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

هَلۡ جَزَآءُ ٱلۡإِحۡسَـٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلۡإِحۡسَـٰنُ

Is there any reward for good other than good?

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ

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

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

مُدۡهَآمَّتَانِ

Dark green (in colour).

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

فِيهِمَا عَيۡنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ

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

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

فِيهِمَا فَـٰكِهَةٌۭ وَنَخۡلٌۭ وَرُمَّانٌۭ

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

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

فِيهِنَّ خَيۡرَٰتٌ حِسَانٌۭ

Therein (Gardens) will be Khairâtun-Hisân [fair (wives) good and beautiful];

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

حُورٌۭ مَّقۡصُورَٰتٌۭ فِى ٱلۡخِيَامِ

Hûr[4] (beautiful, fair females) guarded in pavilions;

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

لَمۡ يَطۡمِثۡهُنَّ إِنسٌۭ قَبۡلَهُمۡ وَلَا جَآنٌّۭ

With whom no man or jinni has had tamth[5] before them.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفۡرَفٍ خُضۡرٍۢ وَعَبۡقَرِىٍّ حِسَانٍۢ

Reclining on green cushions and rich beautiful mattresses.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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

تَبَـٰرَكَ ٱسۡمُ رَبِّكَ ذِى ٱلۡجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلۡإِكۡرَامِ

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