Surah Ar-Rahmaan
سورة الرحمن
The Beneficent
Surah 55 · 78 Ayahs
What Is Surah Ar-Rahmaan?
Surah Ar-Rahmaan is Surah 55 of the Quran. It contains 78 ayahs and was revealed in Madinah.
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Ayah 1
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ
Meaning
The RaHmān (The All-Merciful Allah)
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Ayah 2
عَلَّمَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ
Meaning
has taught the Qur’ān.
- 3
Ayah 3
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ
Meaning
He has created man.
- 4
Ayah 4
عَلَّمَهُ ٱلْبَيَانَ
Meaning
He has taught him (how) to express himself.
- 5
Ayah 5
ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ
Meaning
The sun and the moon are (bound) by a (fixed) calculation.
- 6
Ayah 6
وَٱلنَّجْمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ
Meaning
And the vine and the tree both prostrate (to Allah).
- 7
Ayah 7
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلْمِيزَانَ
Meaning
He raised the sky high, and has placed the scale,
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Ayah 8
أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْمِيزَانِ
Meaning
so that you should not be wrongful in weighing.
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Ayah 9
وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا۟ ٱلْمِيزَانَ
Meaning
Observe the correct weight with fairness, and do not make weighing deficient.
- 10
Ayah 10
وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ
Meaning
As for the earth, He has placed it for creatures,
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Ayah 11
فِيهَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ وَٱلنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ ٱلْأَكْمَامِ
Meaning
in which there are fruits and date palms having sheaths,
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Ayah 12
وَٱلْحَبُّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْفِ وَٱلرَّيْحَانُ
Meaning
and the grain having chaff, and fragrant flowers.
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Ayah 13
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Meaning
So, (O mankind and Jinn,) which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
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Ayah 14
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍ كَٱلْفَخَّارِ
Meaning
He has created man from dry clay, ringing like pottery,
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Ayah 15
وَخَلَقَ ٱلْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ
Meaning
and created Jann (father of the Jinn) from a smokeless flame of fire.
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Ayah 16
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Meaning
So, (O mankind and Jinn,) which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
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Ayah 17
رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ
Meaning
He is the Lord of both points of sunrise and both points of sunset.
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Ayah 18
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Meaning
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
- 19
Ayah 19
مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ
Meaning
He let forth the two seas to meet together,
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Ayah 20
بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ
Meaning
while there is a barrier between them; they do not encroach (upon one another).
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Ayah 21
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Meaning
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
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Ayah 22
يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا ٱللُّؤْلُؤُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ
Meaning
From both of them come forth the pearl and the coral.
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Ayah 23
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Meaning
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
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Ayah 24
وَلَهُ ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَـٰمِ
Meaning
And His are the sailing ships raised up in the sea like mountains.
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Ayah 25
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Meaning
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
- 26
Ayah 26
كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ
Meaning
Every one who is on it (the earth) has to perish.
- 27
Ayah 27
وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلْجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ
Meaning
And your Lord’s Countenance will remain, full of majesty, full of honour.
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Ayah 28
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Meaning
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
- 29
Ayah 29
يَسْـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِى شَأْنٍ
Meaning
All those in the heavens and the earth beseech Him (for their needs.) Every day He is in a state of action.
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Ayah 30
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Meaning
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
- 31
Ayah 31
سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ
Meaning
Soon We are going to spare Ourselves for you (to reckon your deeds), O two heavy species (of Jinn and mankind)!
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Ayah 32
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Meaning
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
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Ayah 33
يَـٰمَعْشَرَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَن تَنفُذُوا۟ مِنْ أَقْطَارِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنفُذُوا۟ ۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ
Meaning
O genera of Jinn and mankind, If you are able to penetrate beyond the realms of the heavens and the earth, then penetrate. You cannot penetrate without power.
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Ayah 34
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Meaning
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
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Ayah 35
يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِّن نَّارٍ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ
Meaning
A flame of fire and a smoke will be loosed against you, and you will not (be able) to defend.
- 36
Ayah 36
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Meaning
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
- 37
Ayah 37
فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَٱلدِّهَانِ
Meaning
So, (it will be a terrible event) when the sky will be split apart and will become rosy, like (red) hides.
- 38
Ayah 38
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Meaning
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
- 39
Ayah 39
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُسْـَٔلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦٓ إِنسٌ وَلَا جَآنٌّ
Meaning
On that day, neither a man will be questioned about his sin, nor a Jinn.
- 40
Ayah 40
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Meaning
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
- 41
Ayah 41
يُعْرَفُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَـٰهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِى وَٱلْأَقْدَامِ
Meaning
The guilty ones will be recognized (by angels) through their marks and will be seized by foreheads and feet.
- 42
Ayah 42
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Meaning
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
- 43
Ayah 43
هَـٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ
Meaning
This is Jahannam (Hell) that the guilty people deny.
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Ayah 44
يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٍ
Meaning
They will circle around between it and between hot, boiling water.
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Ayah 45
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Meaning
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
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Ayah 46
وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ
Meaning
And for the one who is fearful of having to stand before his Lord, there are two gardens, -
- 47
Ayah 47
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Meaning
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
- 48
Ayah 48
ذَوَاتَآ أَفْنَانٍ
Meaning
- both having branches.
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Ayah 49
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Meaning
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
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Ayah 50
فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ
Meaning
In both there are two flowing springs.
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Ayah 51
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Meaning
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
- 52
Ayah 52
فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَـٰكِهَةٍ زَوْجَانِ
Meaning
In both there are two kinds of every fruit.
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Ayah 53
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Meaning
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
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Ayah 54
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشٍۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ ۚ وَجَنَى ٱلْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍ
Meaning
(The people of these gardens will be) reclining on floorings whose (even) linings will be of thick silk, and the fruits plucked from the two gardens will be at hand.
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Ayah 55
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Meaning
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
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Ayah 56
فِيهِنَّ قَـٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ
Meaning
In them there will be maidens restraining (their) glances, whom neither a man might have touched before them, nor a Jinn.
- 57
Ayah 57
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Meaning
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
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Ayah 58
كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلْيَاقُوتُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ
Meaning
They will look like rubies and corals.
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Ayah 59
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Meaning
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
- 60
Ayah 60
هَلْ جَزَآءُ ٱلْإِحْسَـٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلْإِحْسَـٰنُ
Meaning
Is there any reward for goodness other than goodness?
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Ayah 61
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Meaning
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
- 62
Ayah 62
وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ
Meaning
And besides these two, there are two other gardens (for the second category of the God-fearing),-
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Ayah 63
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Meaning
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
- 64
Ayah 64
مُدْهَآمَّتَانِ
Meaning
- both (gardens are) dark green!
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Ayah 65
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Meaning
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
- 66
Ayah 66
فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ
Meaning
In both there are two springs gushing forth profusely.
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Ayah 67
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Meaning
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
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Ayah 68
فِيهِمَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ وَنَخْلٌ وَرُمَّانٌ
Meaning
In both there are fruits and date-palms and pomegranates.
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Ayah 69
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Meaning
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
- 70
Ayah 70
فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَٰتٌ حِسَانٌ
Meaning
In them there will be women, good and gorgeous,-
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Ayah 71
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Meaning
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
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Ayah 72
حُورٌ مَّقْصُورَٰتٌ فِى ٱلْخِيَامِ
Meaning
- the houris, kept guarded in pavilions-
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Ayah 73
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Meaning
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
- 74
Ayah 74
لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ
Meaning
- whom neither a man might have touched before them, nor a Jinn.
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Ayah 75
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Meaning
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
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Ayah 76
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَعَبْقَرِىٍّ حِسَانٍ
Meaning
(The people of these gardens will be) reclining on green cushions and marvelously beautiful mattresses.
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Ayah 77
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Meaning
So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?
- 78
Ayah 78
تَبَـٰرَكَ ٱسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِى ٱلْجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ
Meaning
Glorious is the name of your Lord, the Lord of Majesty, the Lord of Honour.

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