Ar-Rahmaan

It is the Lord of Mercy

الرَّحْمَـٰنُ

al-raḥmānu

who taught the Quran.

عَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ

ʿallama l-qur'āna

He created man

خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ

khalaqa l-insāna

and taught him to communicate.

عَلَّمَهُ الْبَيَانَ

ʿallamahu l-bayāna

The sun and the moon follow their calculated courses;

الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ

al-shamsu wal-qamaru biḥus'bānin

the plants and the trees submit to His designs;

وَالنَّجْمُ وَالشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ

wal-najmu wal-shajaru yasjudāni

He has raised up the sky. He has set the balance

وَالسَّمَاءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ الْمِيزَانَ

wal-samāa rafaʿahā wawaḍaʿa l-mīzāna

so that you may not exceed in the balance:

أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا فِي الْمِيزَانِ

allā taṭghaw fī l-mīzāni

weigh with justice and do not fall short in the balance.

وَأَقِيمُوا الْوَزْنَ بِالْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا الْمِيزَانَ

wa-aqīmū l-wazna bil-qis'ṭi walā tukh'sirū l-mīzāna

He set down the Earth for His creatures,

وَالْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ

wal-arḍa waḍaʿahā lil'anāmi

with its fruits, its palm trees with sheathed clusters,

فِيهَا فَاكِهَةٌ وَالنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ الْأَكْمَامِ

fīhā fākihatun wal-nakhlu dhātu l-akmāmi

its husked grain, its fragrant plants.

وَالْحَبُّ ذُو الْعَصْفِ وَالرَّيْحَانُ

wal-ḥabu dhū l-ʿaṣfi wal-rayḥānu

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny?

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

He created mankind out of dried clay, like pottery,

خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ كَالْفَخَّارِ

khalaqa l-insāna min ṣalṣālin kal-fakhāri

the jinn out of smokeless fire.

وَخَلَقَ الْجَانَّ مِنْ مَارِجٍ مِنْ نَارٍ

wakhalaqa l-jāna min mārijin min nārin

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny?

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

He is Lord of the two risings and Lord of the two settings.

رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ الْمَغْرِبَيْنِ

rabbu l-mashriqayni warabbu l-maghribayni

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny?

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

He released the two bodies of [fresh and salt] water. They meet,

مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ

maraja l-baḥrayni yaltaqiyāni

yet there is a barrier between them they do not cross.

بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَا يَبْغِيَانِ

baynahumā barzakhun lā yabghiyāni

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny?

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

Pearls come forth from them: large ones, and small, brilliant ones.

يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا اللُّؤْلُؤُ وَالْمَرْجَانُ

yakhruju min'humā l-lu'lu-u wal-marjānu

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny?

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

His are the moving ships that float, high as mountains, on the sea.

وَلَهُ الْجَوَارِ الْمُنْشَآتُ فِي الْبَحْرِ كَالْأَعْلَامِ

walahu l-jawāri l-munshaātu fī l-baḥri kal-aʿlāmi

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny?

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

Everyone on earth perishes;

كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ

kullu man ʿalayhā fānin

all that remains is the Face of your Lord, full of majesty, bestowing honour.

وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ

wayabqā wajhu rabbika dhū l-jalāli wal-ik'rāmi

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny?

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

Everyone in heaven and earth entreats Him; every day He is at work.

يَسْأَلُهُ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِي شَأْنٍ

yasaluhu man fī l-samāwāti wal-arḍi kulla yawmin huwa fī shanin

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny?

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

We shall attend to you two huge armies [of jinn and mankind].

سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَ الثَّقَلَانِ

sanafrughu lakum ayyuha l-thaqalāni

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny?

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

Jinn and mankind, if you can pass beyond the regions of heaven and earth, then do so: you will not pass without Our authority.

يَا مَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنْسِ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَنْ تَنْفُذُوا مِنْ أَقْطَارِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ فَانْفُذُوا ۚ لَا تَنْفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَانٍ

yāmaʿshara l-jini wal-insi ini is'taṭaʿtum an tanfudhū min aqṭāri l-samāwāti wal-arḍi fa-unfudhū lā tanfudhūna illā bisul'ṭānin

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny?

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

A flash of fire and smoke will be released upon you and no one will come to your aid.

يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِنْ نَارٍ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنْتَصِرَانِ

yur'salu ʿalaykumā shuwāẓun min nārin wanuḥāsun falā tantaṣirāni

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny?

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

When the sky is torn apart and turns crimson, like red hide.

فَإِذَا انْشَقَّتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَالدِّهَانِ

fa-idhā inshaqqati l-samāu fakānat wardatan kal-dihāni

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny?

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

On that Day neither mankind nor jinn will be asked about their sins.

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَا يُسْأَلُ عَنْ ذَنْبِهِ إِنْسٌ وَلَا جَانٌّ

fayawma-idhin lā yus'alu ʿan dhanbihi insun walā jānnun

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny?

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

The guilty will be known by their mark and will be seized by their foreheads and their feet.

يُعْرَفُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَاهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِالنَّوَاصِي وَالْأَقْدَامِ

yuʿ'rafu l-muj'rimūna bisīmāhum fayu'khadhu bil-nawāṣī wal-aqdāmi

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny?

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

This is the Hell the guilty deny,

هَـٰذِهِ جَهَنَّمُ الَّتِي يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا الْمُجْرِمُونَ

hādhihi jahannamu allatī yukadhibu bihā l-muj'rimūna

but they will go round between its flames and scalding water.

يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ آنٍ

yaṭūfūna baynahā wabayna ḥamīmin ānin

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny?

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

For those who fear [the time when they will] stand before their Lord there are two gardens.

وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ جَنَّتَانِ

waliman khāfa maqāma rabbihi jannatāni

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny?

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

With shading branches.

ذَوَاتَا أَفْنَانٍ

dhawātā afnānin

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny?

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

With a pair of flowing springs.

فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ

fīhimā ʿaynāni tajriyāni

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny?

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

With every kind of fruit in pairs.

فِيهِمَا مِنْ كُلِّ فَاكِهَةٍ زَوْجَانِ

fīhimā min kulli fākihatin zawjāni

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny?

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

They will sit on couches upholstered with brocade, the fruit of both gardens within easy reach.

مُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشٍ بَطَائِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ ۚ وَجَنَى الْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍ

muttakiīna ʿalā furushin baṭāinuhā min is'tabraqin wajanā l-janatayni dānin

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny?

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

There will be maidens restraining their glances, untouched beforehand by man or jinn.

فِيهِنَّ قَاصِرَاتُ الطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنْسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَانٌّ

fīhinna qāṣirātu l-ṭarfi lam yaṭmith'hunna insun qablahum walā jānnun

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny?

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

Like rubies and brilliant pearls.

كَأَنَّهُنَّ الْيَاقُوتُ وَالْمَرْجَانُ

ka-annahunna l-yāqūtu wal-marjānu

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny?

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

Shall the reward of good be anything but good?

هَلْ جَزَاءُ الْإِحْسَانِ إِلَّا الْإِحْسَانُ

hal jazāu l-iḥ'sāni illā l-iḥ'sānu

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny?

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

There are two other gardens below these two.

وَمِنْ دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ

wamin dūnihimā jannatāni

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny?

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

Both of deepest green.

مُدْهَامَّتَانِ

mud'hāmmatāni

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny?

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

With a pair of gushing springs.

فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ

fīhimā ʿaynāni naḍḍākhatāni

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny?

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

With fruits- date palms and pomegranate trees.

فِيهِمَا فَاكِهَةٌ وَنَخْلٌ وَرُمَّانٌ

fīhimā fākihatun wanakhlun warummānun

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny?

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

There are good-natured, beautiful maidens.

فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَاتٌ حِسَانٌ

fīhinna khayrātun ḥisānun

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny?

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

Dark-eyed, sheltered in pavilions.

حُورٌ مَقْصُورَاتٌ فِي الْخِيَامِ

ḥūrun maqṣūrātun fī l-khiyāmi

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny?

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

Untouched beforehand by man or jinn.

لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنْسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَانٌّ

lam yaṭmith'hunna insun qablahum walā jānnun

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny?

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

They will all sit on green cushions and fine carpets.

مُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَىٰ رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَعَبْقَرِيٍّ حِسَانٍ

muttakiīna ʿalā rafrafin khuḍ'rin waʿabqariyyin ḥisānin

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny?

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

Blessed is the name of your Lord, full of majesty, bestowing honour.

تَبَارَكَ اسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِي الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ

tabāraka us'mu rabbika dhī l-jalāli wal-ik'rāmi