الرَّحْمَٰنُ (1)
Al Rahman |
عَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ (2)
Who taught man the Quran, and by its instrumentality has He imparted to him knowledge and wisdom |
خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ (3)
He created man and brought him into being |
عَلَّمَهُ الْبَيَانَ (4)
And He taught him the expression of his thoughts in words and intellectual acquaintance with, and perception of, fact and truth and good versus evil |
الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ (5)
The courses of the sun and the moon were determined according to precise computation |
وَالنَّجْمُ وَالشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ (6)
And the stars and all that is in the heaven and the trees and all that is on earth bow to Him in adoration and prostrate their reason to Divine Omnipotence |
وَالسَّمَاءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ الْمِيزَانَ (7)
And the heaven did He raise aloft and construct as a building of imposing elevation, and He set the balance of reason, justice and vindication |
أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا فِي الْمِيزَانِ (8)
So that you do not go beyond the limits prescribed whether in balancing probabilities to determine the truth or in balancing scales, nor go beyond all prudence and discretion |
وَأَقِيمُوا الْوَزْنَ بِالْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا الْمِيزَانَ (9)
But counterpoise and hold in equipoise all matters, concerns and affairs and that which exists individually, in fact or in idea, and that which is or may be in anyway an object of perception, knowledge, or thought, and do not de induced to act dishonestly with the balance, thus remains everything in the course and order wherein it was set at the creation |
وَالْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ (10)
And the earth did He found on a secure basis for created beings, animate and inanimate, and furnish with all that ministers to man's comfort and induces appreciation |
فِيهَا فَاكِهَةٌ وَالنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ الْأَكْمَامِ (11)
Therein grow edible variegated and delicious fruits and date- palms with large bracts and sheathing leaves enveloping the inflorescence which later becomes the fruit as the dates will come to be |
وَالْحَبُّ ذُو الْعَصْفِ وَالرَّيْحَانُ (12)
And grain of varying fruit- plants and grasses, with its clothing of the rich green leaves and the fragrance of its blossom |
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (13)
Therefore, which of your Creator's favours, you people of mankind and the Jinn, will deny |
خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ مِن صَلْصَالٍ كَالْفَخَّارِ (14)
He created man's material part from clay, the same material of which earthenware vessels are made of |
وَخَلَقَ الْجَانَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ (15)
And He created the Jinn from a brilliant flame of fire |
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (16)
Therefore, which of your Creator's blessing's, you people of mankind and the Jinn, will deny |
رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ الْمَغْرِبَيْنِ (17)
It is He, Who ordained the two major cardinal eastern points and the two major western cardinal points and the points in between, where the sun rises and sets in winter and summer respectively, passing through recurrent cycles of successive events |
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (18)
Therefore, which of your Creator's favours, you people of mankind and the Jinn, will deny |
مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ (19)
He sent the fresh water and the sea water and made them come into contact with each other |
بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ (20)
And He set up an immaterial and natural barrier between them so that none of them gains advantage on the kingdom of the other |
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (21)
Therefore, which of your Creator's blessings, you people of mankind and the Jinn, will deny |
يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا اللُّؤْلُؤُ وَالْمَرْجَانُ (22)
And out of the waters come delightful gems of pearls and coral |
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (23)
Therefore, which of your Creator's favours, you people of mankind and the Finn, will deny |
وَلَهُ الْجَوَارِ الْمُنشَآتُ فِي الْبَحْرِ كَالْأَعْلَامِ (24)
To Him, the invisible acting force that produces the motion, belong the ships that are manned to sail the sea propelled by material fastened to the high masts and the stately ships, propelled by other means, imposing and majestic in size and proportions |
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (25)
Therefore; which of your Creators favours, you people of mankind and the Finn, will deny |
كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ (26)
All that is on earth and elsewhere the material and the immaterial, shall come to an end and go through the gates of death |
وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ (27)
And there and then remains only the One Whose countenance reflects authority, grandeur, greatness and sovereignty and the reverence accorded to His Omnipotence |
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (28)
Therefore, which of your Creator's blessings, you people of mankind and the Jinn, will deny |
يَسْأَلُهُ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِي شَأْنٍ (29)
All created beings, the spiritual, the animate and the inanimate in the heavens and on earth address to Him a humble prayer for mercy and blessings individually or in litanies, pray to Him with supplication in difficulty and in difficulties, or pray to Him for deliverance from what is burdensome, or beg Him for relief, aid, and assistance in adversity and in time of danger, or ask of Him forgiveness for iniquities, or to exalt the pious and debase the despot and oppressor. Each and every day countless and different prayers and petitions, some being a repetition, and others being born anew, are addressed to Him for different requests each according to his or her circumstances and needs |
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (30)
Therefore, which of your Creator's favours, you people of mankind and the Jinn, will deny |
سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَ الثَّقَلَانِ (31)
Soon shall We settle your disputes and judge between you people of mankind and you people of the jinn |
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (32)
Therefore, which of your Creator's favours, you people of mankind and the Jinn, will deny |
يَا مَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنسِ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَن تَنفُذُوا مِنْ أَقْطَارِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ فَانفُذُوا ۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَانٍ (33)
You people of the Jinn and mankind: if you are able to penetrate the heavens and the earth from end to end, you just do that; you shall not be able to accomplish this end without Allah's ordinance and authority |
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (34)
Therefore, which of your Creator's favours you, people of mankind and the jinn, will deny? See commentary |
يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِّن نَّارٍ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ (35)
You will be rained with misfortunes showering on your heads and with streaming flames of fire and molten bross and columns of smoke and you will end up in smoke |
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (36)
Therefore, which of your Creator's blessings, you people of mankind and the Jinn, will deny |
فَإِذَا انشَقَّتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَالدِّهَانِ (37)
Then when the heaven is rent asunder and becomes a red molten mass that soaked up all the rose of the flames of the fire |
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (38)
Which of your Creator's favors ,you people of mankind and the Jinn, will deny |
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُسْأَلُ عَن ذَنبِهِ إِنسٌ وَلَا جَانٌّ (39)
There and then no man or Jinn will be asked to account for his misdeeds in life, but their senses and their limbs shall provide the answer |
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (40)
Therefore, which of your Creator's blessings, you people of mankind and the Jinn, will deny |
يُعْرَفُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَاهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِالنَّوَاصِي وَالْأَقْدَامِ (41)
There and then shall the wicked who offended Allah and broke His divine law wear faces with the image of sin, and a written letter of discredit exposing them and witnessing their worth. And so each of them shall be seized up and fastened by the forelock, the forehead and the feet in preparation for casting him into Hell |
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (42)
Therefore, which of your Creator's favours, you people of mankind and the Jinn, will deny |
هَٰذِهِ جَهَنَّمُ الَّتِي يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا الْمُجْرِمُونَ (43)
This is the Hell they and such persons had always denied, and now they see it a reality |
يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ آنٍ (44)
They shall be perambulated back and forth between it, with its infernal hiss and crackle of the mountainous flames, and the infernal boileries which avenge wrong and punish crime |
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (45)
Therefore, which of your Creator's favours, you people of mankind and the Jinn, will deny |
وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ جَنَّتَانِ (46)
As for him who entertains the profound reverence dutiful to Allah, his Creator, and regards Him with awe and bows the knees to His majesty, grandeur and sublimity, there will be two destined gardenesque habitations |
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (47)
Therefore, which of your Creator's attributes, you people of mankind and the Jinn, will deny |
ذَوَاتَا أَفْنَانٍ (48)
Adorned with variegated branchery springing out of beautiful trees, emitting the breath of attractive flowers, planted in celebration of his or her victory |
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (49)
Therefore, which of your Creator's favours, you people of mankind and the Jinn, will deny |
فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ (50)
Emblazoned with two fountain-heads from which streams continuous dew of Allah's grace and blessing |
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (51)
therefore, which of your Creator's blessing, you people of mankind and the Jinn, will deny |
فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَاكِهَةٍ زَوْجَانِ (52)
And fruits of all varieties in two different forms that age cannot wither nor custom stale their infinite freshness and delicacy |
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (53)
Therefore, which of your Creator's favours, you people of mankind and the Jinn, will deny |
مُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشٍ بَطَائِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ ۚ وَجَنَى الْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍ (54)
The fortunate will be resting at ease and in peace resting their arms and leaning their hacks against furnishings lined and ornamented with brocade, and enjoying the fruits hanging from branches springing up and down in both gardens to be always within easy reach |
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (55)
Therefore, which of your Creator's blessings, you people of mankind and the Jinn, will deny |
فِيهِنَّ قَاصِرَاتُ الطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَانٌّ (56)
Therein are women with unconcealed beauties and modest gleaming eyes radiating splendour; virgins, in a state of inviolate chastity, whom no man or Jinn has ever touched |
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (57)
Therefore, which of your Creator's favours, you people of mankind and the Jinn, will deny |
كَأَنَّهُنَّ الْيَاقُوتُ وَالْمَرْجَانُ (58)
Beauties representing the rare and valuable precious stones of ruby and those of coral |
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (59)
Therefore, which of your Creator's blessings, you people of mankind and the Jinn, will deny |
هَلْ جَزَاءُ الْإِحْسَانِ إِلَّا الْإِحْسَانُ (60)
Is there a reward for goodness other than goodness |
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (61)
Therefore, which of your Creator's favours, you people of mankind and the Jinn, will deny |
وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ (62)
And beneath the two gardens, belonging to those who stand really high in Allah's favour, are other two gardens belonging to those who have / earned their disposition on the right |
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (63)
Therefore, which of your Creator's blessings, you people of mankind and the Jinn, will deny |
مُدْهَامَّتَانِ (64)
Gardens with greenery deep in shade |
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (65)
Therefore, which of your Creator's favours, you people of mankind and the Jinn, will deny |
فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ (66)
Emblazoned with two fountains containing flowing springs uninterrupted in time, sequence, or essence |
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (67)
Therefore, which of your Creator's blessings, you people of mankind and the Jinn, will deny |
فِيهِمَا فَاكِهَةٌ وَنَخْلٌ وَرُمَّانٌ (68)
Yielding varieties of delightful fruits and date-palms and ornamented with pomegranates |
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (69)
Therefore, which of your Creator's favours, you people of mankind and the Jinn, will deny |
فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَاتٌ حِسَانٌ (70)
Within, there are beautiful chaste women who will consort with those men of dignity in the order of piety |
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (71)
Therefore, which of your Creator's blessings, you people of mankind and the Jinn, will deny |
حُورٌ مَّقْصُورَاتٌ فِي الْخِيَامِ (72)
Beauties with eyes radiating splendour restrained to those whom they accompany, and abiding in pearly tent-like pavillrions canopied with ornamented dome-shaped tapestry brocaded with gold |
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (73)
Therefore, which of your Creator's favours, you people of mankind and the Jinn, will deny |
لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَانٌّ (74)
Virgins, in a state of inviolate chastity, whom no man or Jinn has ever touched |
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (75)
Therefore, which of your Creator's blessings, you people of mankind and the Jinn, will deny |
مُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَىٰ رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَعَبْقَرِيٍّ حِسَانٍ (76)
Resting at ease and in peace cushioned up in thrones, fitted with upholstery of green silk in chambers exquisitely carpeted with artistically executed designs |
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (77)
Therefore, which of your Creator's favours, you people of mankind and the Jinn, will deny |
تَبَارَكَ اسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِي الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ (78)
Extolled be He for His glorious attributes, and extolled be He Whose Name is blessed, for it is He to Whom divine service and obedience are due, and it is He Whose majesty, grandeur, sovereignty and omnipotence together accord |
