Ar-Rahman

Basmala, before verse 1: بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. Verse 1:

   ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ1

   The Most Merciful

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2. Verse 2:

   عَلَّمَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ2

   Taught the Qur’ān,

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3. Verse 3:

   خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ3

   Created man,

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4. Verse 4:

   عَلَّمَهُ ٱلْبَيَانَ4

   [And] taught him eloquence.

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5. Verse 5:

   ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ5

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

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6. Verse 6:

   وَٱلنَّجْمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ6

   And the stars and trees prostrate.^{note 1593}

   Notes, Verse 6

   [1593] They submit obediently to the laws of Allāh. See 22:18. An additional meaning of "najm" is vegetation of a kind without a trunk, stalk or stem.

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7. Verse 7:

   وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلْمِيزَانَ7

   And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance

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8. Verse 8:

   أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْمِيزَانِ8

   That you not transgress within the balance.

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9. Verse 9:

   وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا۟ ٱلْمِيزَانَ9

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

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10. Verse 10:

    وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ10

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

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11. Verse 11:

    فِيهَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ وَٱلنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ ٱلْأَكْمَامِ11

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

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12. Verse 12:

    وَٱلْحَبُّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْفِ وَٱلرَّيْحَانُ12

    And grain having husks and scented plants.

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13. Verse 13:

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ13

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?^{note 1594}

    Notes, Verse 13

    [1594] Literally, "you two," addressing the species of mankind and jinn.

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14. Verse 14:

    خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍ كَٱلْفَخَّارِ14

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

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15. Verse 15:

    وَخَلَقَ ٱلْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ15

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

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16. Verse 16:

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ16

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

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    Verse 17:

    رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ17

    [He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.^{note 1595}

    Notes, Verse 17

    [1595] i.e., the points of sunrise in the east and sunset in the west in both summer and winter.

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18. Verse 18:

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ18

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

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19. Verse 19:

    مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ19

    He released the two seas,^{note 1596} meeting [one another];

    Notes, Verse 19

    [1596] Two bodies of water or two sea waters of distinct characteristics.

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20. Verse 20:

    بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ20

    Between them is a barrier so neither of them transgresses.

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21. Verse 21:

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ21

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

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22. Verse 22:

    يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا ٱللُّؤْلُؤُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ22

    From both of them emerge pearl and coral.

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23. Verse 23:

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ23

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

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24. Verse 24:

    وَلَهُ ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَـٰمِ24

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

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25. Verse 25:

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ25

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

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26. Verse 26:

    كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ26

    Everyone upon it [i.e., the earth] will perish,

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27. Verse 27:

    وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلْجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ27

    And there will remain the Face^{note 1597} of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.

    Notes, Verse 27

    [1597] See footnote to 2:19.

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28. Verse 28:

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ28

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

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29. Verse 29:

    يَسْـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِى شَأْنٍ29

    Whoever is within the heavens and earth asks Him; every day He is in [i.e., bringing about] a matter.^{note 1598}

    Notes, Verse 29

    [1598] For each of His creatures.

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30. Verse 30:

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ30

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

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31. Verse 31:

    سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ31

    We will attend to you, O prominent beings.^{note 1599}

    Notes, Verse 31

    [1599] Specifically two: mankind and jinn.

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32. Verse 32:

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ32

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

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33. Verse 33:

    يَـٰمَعْشَرَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَن تَنفُذُوا۟ مِنْ أَقْطَارِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنفُذُوا۟ ۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ33

    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 Allāh].

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34. Verse 34:

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ34

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

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35. Verse 35:

    يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِّن نَّارٍ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ35

    There will be sent upon you a flame of fire and smoke,^{note 1600} and you will not defend yourselves.

    Notes, Verse 35

    [1600] Another possible meaning is liquefied brass or copper.

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36. Verse 36:

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ36

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

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37. Verse 37:

    فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَٱلدِّهَانِ37

    And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose-colored like oil^{note 1601} -

    Notes, Verse 37

    [1601] Or "like a tanned skin."

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38. Verse 38:

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ38

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

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39. Verse 39:

    فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُسْـَٔلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦٓ إِنسٌ وَلَا جَآنٌّ39

    Then on that Day none will be asked about his sin among men or jinn.^{note 1602}

    Notes, Verse 39

    [1602] Once they have been condemned to the Fire.

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40. Verse 40:

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ40

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

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    Verse 41:

    يُعْرَفُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَـٰهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِى وَٱلْأَقْدَامِ41

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

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42. Verse 42:

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ42

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

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43. Verse 43:

    هَـٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ43

    This is Hell, which the criminals deny.

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44. Verse 44:

    يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٍ44

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

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45. Verse 45:

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ45

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

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46. Verse 46:

    وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ46

    But for he who has feared the position of his Lord^{note 1603} are two gardens -

    Notes, Verse 46

    [1603] An alternative meaning is "the standing [for account] before his Lord."

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47. Verse 47:

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ47

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

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48. Verse 48:

    ذَوَاتَآ أَفْنَانٍ48

    Having [spreading] branches.

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49. Verse 49:

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ49

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

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50. Verse 50:

    فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ50

    In both of them are two springs, flowing.

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51. Verse 51:

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ51

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

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52. Verse 52:

    فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَـٰكِهَةٍ زَوْجَانِ52

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

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53. Verse 53:

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ53

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

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54. Verse 54:

    مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشٍۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ ۚ وَجَنَى ٱلْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍ54

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

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55. Verse 55:

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ55

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

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56. Verse 56:

    فِيهِنَّ قَـٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ56

    In them are women limiting [their] glances,^{note 1604} untouched^{note 1605} before them by man or jinnī -

    Notes, Verse 56

    [1604] To their own mates, i.e., being chaste and modest.

    [1605] Literally, they have not been caused to bleed by loss of virginity.

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57. Verse 57:

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ57

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

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58. Verse 58:

    كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلْيَاقُوتُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ58

    As if they were rubies and coral.^{note 1606}

    Notes, Verse 58

    [1606] In purity, color and beauty.

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59. Verse 59:

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ59

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

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60. Verse 60:

    هَلْ جَزَآءُ ٱلْإِحْسَـٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلْإِحْسَـٰنُ60

    Is the reward for good [anything] but good?

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61. Verse 61:

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ61

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

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62. Verse 62:

    وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ62

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

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63. Verse 63:

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ63

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

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64. Verse 64:

    مُدْهَآمَّتَانِ64

    Dark green [in color].

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65. Verse 65:

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ65

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

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66. Verse 66:

    فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ66

    In both of them are two springs, spouting.

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67. Verse 67:

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ67

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

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    Verse 68:

    فِيهِمَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ وَنَخْلٌ وَرُمَّانٌ68

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

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69. Verse 69:

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ69

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

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70. Verse 70:

    فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَٰتٌ حِسَانٌ70

    In them are good and beautiful women -

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71. Verse 71:

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ71

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

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72. Verse 72:

    حُورٌ مَّقْصُورَٰتٌ فِى ٱلْخِيَامِ72

    Fair ones reserved in pavilions -

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73. Verse 73:

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ73

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

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74. Verse 74:

    لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ74

    Untouched before them by man or jinnī -

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75. Verse 75:

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ75

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

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76. Verse 76:

    مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَعَبْقَرِىٍّ حِسَانٍ76

    Reclining on green cushions and beautiful fine carpets.

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77. Verse 77:

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ77

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

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78. Verse 78:

    تَبَـٰرَكَ ٱسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِى ٱلْجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ78

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

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