بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمٰنِ الرَّحيمِ
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
Surah 55: Most Gracious (Al-Rahman)
الرحمن
الرَّحمٰنُ
The Most Gracious.
عَلَّمَ القُرءانَ
Teacher of the Quran.
خَلَقَ الإِنسٰنَ
Creator of the human beings.
عَلَّمَهُ البَيانَ
He taught them how to distinguish.
الشَّمسُ وَالقَمَرُ بِحُسبانٍ
The sun and the moon are perfectly calculated.
وَالنَّجمُ وَالشَّجَرُ يَسجُدانِ
The stars and the trees prostrate.
وَالسَّماءَ رَفَعَها وَوَضَعَ الميزانَ
He constructed the sky and established the law.
أَلّا تَطغَوا فِى الميزانِ
You shall not transgress the law.
وَأَقيمُوا الوَزنَ بِالقِسطِ وَلا تُخسِرُوا الميزانَ
You shall establish justice; do not violate the law.
وَالأَرضَ وَضَعَها لِلأَنامِ
He created the earth for all creatures.
فيها فٰكِهَةٌ وَالنَّخلُ ذاتُ الأَكمامِ
In it there are fruits, and date palms with their hanging fruit.*
*55:11 Compare the spaceship Earth's renewable systems and reproducing astronauts with the most sophisticated spaceships that we launch into space. God be glorified.
وَالحَبُّ ذُو العَصفِ وَالرَّيحانُ
Also grains and the spices.
فَبِأَىِّ ءالاءِ رَبِّكُما تُكَذِّبانِ
(O humans and jinns,) which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
خَلَقَ الإِنسٰنَ مِن صَلصٰلٍ كَالفَخّارِ
He created the human from aged clay, like the potter's clay.
وَخَلَقَ الجانَّ مِن مارِجٍ مِن نارٍ
And created the jinns from blazing fire.
فَبِأَىِّ ءالاءِ رَبِّكُما تُكَذِّبانِ
(O humans and jinns,) which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
رَبُّ المَشرِقَينِ وَرَبُّ المَغرِبَينِ
Lord of the two easts and the two wests.
فَبِأَىِّ ءالاءِ رَبِّكُما تُكَذِّبانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
مَرَجَ البَحرَينِ يَلتَقِيانِ
He separates the two seas where they meet.
بَينَهُما بَرزَخٌ لا يَبغِيانِ
A barrier is placed between them, to prevent them from transgressing.
فَبِأَىِّ ءالاءِ رَبِّكُما تُكَذِّبانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
يَخرُجُ مِنهُمَا اللُّؤلُؤُ وَالمَرجانُ
Out of both of them you get pearls and coral.
فَبِأَىِّ ءالاءِ رَبِّكُما تُكَذِّبانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
وَلَهُ الجَوارِ المُنشَـٔاتُ فِى البَحرِ كَالأَعلٰمِ
He gave you ships that roam the sea like flags.
فَبِأَىِّ ءالاءِ رَبِّكُما تُكَذِّبانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
كُلُّ مَن عَلَيها فانٍ
Everyone on earth perishes.
وَيَبقىٰ وَجهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو الجَلٰلِ وَالإِكرامِ
Only the presence of your Lord lasts. Possessor of Majesty and Honor.
فَبِأَىِّ ءالاءِ رَبِّكُما تُكَذِّبانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
يَسـَٔلُهُ مَن فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالأَرضِ كُلَّ يَومٍ هُوَ فى شَأنٍ
Imploring Him is everyone in the heavens and the earth. Every day He is in full control.
فَبِأَىِّ ءالاءِ رَبِّكُما تُكَذِّبانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
سَنَفرُغُ لَكُم أَيُّهَ الثَّقَلانِ
We will call you to account, O humans and jinns.
فَبِأَىِّ ءالاءِ رَبِّكُما تُكَذِّبانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
يٰمَعشَرَ الجِنِّ وَالإِنسِ إِنِ استَطَعتُم أَن تَنفُذوا مِن أَقطارِ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالأَرضِ فَانفُذوا لا تَنفُذونَ إِلّا بِسُلطٰنٍ
O you jinns and humans, if you can penetrate the outer limits of the heavens and the earth, go ahead and penetrate. You cannot penetrate without authorization.
فَبِأَىِّ ءالاءِ رَبِّكُما تُكَذِّبانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
يُرسَلُ عَلَيكُما شُواظٌ مِن نارٍ وَنُحاسٌ فَلا تَنتَصِرانِ
You get bombarded with projectiles of fire and metal, and you cannot win.
فَبِأَىِّ ءالاءِ رَبِّكُما تُكَذِّبانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فَإِذَا انشَقَّتِ السَّماءُ فَكانَت وَردَةً كَالدِّهانِ
When the sky disintegrates, and turns rose colored like paint.
فَبِأَىِّ ءالاءِ رَبِّكُما تُكَذِّبانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فَيَومَئِذٍ لا يُسـَٔلُ عَن ذَنبِهِ إِنسٌ وَلا جانٌّ
On that day, no human, nor a jinn, will be asked about his sins.
فَبِأَىِّ ءالاءِ رَبِّكُما تُكَذِّبانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
يُعرَفُ المُجرِمونَ بِسيمٰهُم فَيُؤخَذُ بِالنَّوٰصى وَالأَقدامِ
(This is because) the guilty will be recognized by their looks; they will be taken by the forelocks and the feet.
فَبِأَىِّ ءالاءِ رَبِّكُما تُكَذِّبانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
هٰذِهِ جَهَنَّمُ الَّتى يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا المُجرِمونَ
This is Gehenna that the guilty used to deny.
يَطوفونَ بَينَها وَبَينَ حَميمٍ ءانٍ
They will circulate between it and an intolerable inferno.*
*55:44 Full details about the High Heaven, Low Heaven, the Purgatory, Hell, and the intolerable inferno are given in Appendices 5 and 11.
فَبِأَىِّ ءالاءِ رَبِّكُما تُكَذِّبانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
وَلِمَن خافَ مَقامَ رَبِّهِ جَنَّتانِ
For those who reverence the majesty of their Lord, two gardens (one for the jinns and one for the humans).
فَبِأَىِّ ءالاءِ رَبِّكُما تُكَذِّبانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
ذَواتا أَفنانٍ
Full of provisions.
فَبِأَىِّ ءالاءِ رَبِّكُما تُكَذِّبانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فيهِما عَينانِ تَجرِيانِ
Two springs are in them, flowing.
فَبِأَىِّ ءالاءِ رَبِّكُما تُكَذِّبانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فيهِما مِن كُلِّ فٰكِهَةٍ زَوجانِ
Of every fruit in them, two kinds.
فَبِأَىِّ ءالاءِ رَبِّكُما تُكَذِّبانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
مُتَّكِـٔينَ عَلىٰ فُرُشٍ بَطائِنُها مِن إِستَبرَقٍ وَجَنَى الجَنَّتَينِ دانٍ
While relaxing on furnishings lined with satin, the fruits are within reach.
فَبِأَىِّ ءالاءِ رَبِّكُما تُكَذِّبانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فيهِنَّ قٰصِرٰتُ الطَّرفِ لَم يَطمِثهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبلَهُم وَلا جانٌّ
Their beautiful mates were never touched by any human or jinn.
فَبِأَىِّ ءالاءِ رَبِّكُما تُكَذِّبانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
كَأَنَّهُنَّ الياقوتُ وَالمَرجانُ
They look like gems and coral.
فَبِأَىِّ ءالاءِ رَبِّكُما تُكَذِّبانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
هَل جَزاءُ الإِحسٰنِ إِلَّا الإِحسٰنُ
Is the reward of goodness anything but goodness?
فَبِأَىِّ ءالاءِ رَبِّكُما تُكَذِّبانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
وَمِن دونِهِما جَنَّتانِ
Below them are two gardens (one for the jinns and one for the humans).
فَبِأَىِّ ءالاءِ رَبِّكُما تُكَذِّبانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
مُدهامَّتانِ
Side by side.
فَبِأَىِّ ءالاءِ رَبِّكُما تُكَذِّبانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فيهِما عَينانِ نَضّاخَتانِ
In them, wells to be pumped.
فَبِأَىِّ ءالاءِ رَبِّكُما تُكَذِّبانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فيهِما فٰكِهَةٌ وَنَخلٌ وَرُمّانٌ
In them are fruits, date palms, and pomegranate.
فَبِأَىِّ ءالاءِ رَبِّكُما تُكَذِّبانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فيهِنَّ خَيرٰتٌ حِسانٌ
In them are beautiful mates.
فَبِأَىِّ ءالاءِ رَبِّكُما تُكَذِّبانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
حورٌ مَقصورٰتٌ فِى الخِيامِ
Confined in the tents.
فَبِأَىِّ ءالاءِ رَبِّكُما تُكَذِّبانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
لَم يَطمِثهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبلَهُم وَلا جانٌّ
No human ever touched them, nor a jinn.
فَبِأَىِّ ءالاءِ رَبِّكُما تُكَذِّبانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
مُتَّكِـٔينَ عَلىٰ رَفرَفٍ خُضرٍ وَعَبقَرِىٍّ حِسانٍ
They relax on green carpets, in beautiful surroundings.
فَبِأَىِّ ءالاءِ رَبِّكُما تُكَذِّبانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
تَبٰرَكَ اسمُ رَبِّكَ ذِى الجَلٰلِ وَالإِكرامِ
Most exalted is the name of your Lord, Possessor of Majesty and Honor.