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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.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

  1. 1

    Ayah 1

    ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ

    Meaning

    The RaHmān (The All-Merciful Allah)

  2. 2

    Ayah 2

    عَلَّمَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ

    Meaning

    has taught the Qur’ān.

  3. 3

    Ayah 3

    خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ

    Meaning

    He has created man.

  4. 4

    Ayah 4

    عَلَّمَهُ ٱلْبَيَانَ

    Meaning

    He has taught him (how) to express himself.

  5. 5

    Ayah 5

    ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ

    Meaning

    The sun and the moon are (bound) by a (fixed) calculation.

  6. 6

    Ayah 6

    وَٱلنَّجْمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ

    Meaning

    And the vine and the tree both prostrate (to Allah).

  7. 7

    Ayah 7

    وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلْمِيزَانَ

    Meaning

    He raised the sky high, and has placed the scale,

  8. 8

    Ayah 8

    أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْمِيزَانِ

    Meaning

    so that you should not be wrongful in weighing.

  9. 9

    Ayah 9

    وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا۟ ٱلْمِيزَانَ

    Meaning

    Observe the correct weight with fairness, and do not make weighing deficient.

  10. 10

    Ayah 10

    وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ

    Meaning

    As for the earth, He has placed it for creatures,

  11. 11

    Ayah 11

    فِيهَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ وَٱلنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ ٱلْأَكْمَامِ

    Meaning

    in which there are fruits and date palms having sheaths,

  12. 12

    Ayah 12

    وَٱلْحَبُّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْفِ وَٱلرَّيْحَانُ

    Meaning

    and the grain having chaff, and fragrant flowers.

  13. 13

    Ayah 13

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    Meaning

    So, (O mankind and Jinn,) which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?

  14. 14

    Ayah 14

    خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍ كَٱلْفَخَّارِ

    Meaning

    He has created man from dry clay, ringing like pottery,

  15. 15

    Ayah 15

    وَخَلَقَ ٱلْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ

    Meaning

    and created Jann (father of the Jinn) from a smokeless flame of fire.

  16. 16

    Ayah 16

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    Meaning

    So, (O mankind and Jinn,) which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?

  17. 17

    Ayah 17

    رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ

    Meaning

    He is the Lord of both points of sunrise and both points of sunset.

  18. 18

    Ayah 18

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    Meaning

    So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?

  19. 19

    Ayah 19

    مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ

    Meaning

    He let forth the two seas to meet together,

  20. 20

    Ayah 20

    بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ

    Meaning

    while there is a barrier between them; they do not encroach (upon one another).

  21. 21

    Ayah 21

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    Meaning

    So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?

  22. 22

    Ayah 22

    يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا ٱللُّؤْلُؤُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ

    Meaning

    From both of them come forth the pearl and the coral.

  23. 23

    Ayah 23

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    Meaning

    So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?

  24. 24

    Ayah 24

    وَلَهُ ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَـٰمِ

    Meaning

    And His are the sailing ships raised up in the sea like mountains.

  25. 25

    Ayah 25

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    Meaning

    So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?

  26. 26

    Ayah 26

    كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ

    Meaning

    Every one who is on it (the earth) has to perish.

  27. 27

    Ayah 27

    وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلْجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ

    Meaning

    And your Lord’s Countenance will remain, full of majesty, full of honour.

  28. 28

    Ayah 28

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    Meaning

    So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?

  29. 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.

  30. 30

    Ayah 30

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    Meaning

    So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?

  31. 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)!

  32. 32

    Ayah 32

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    Meaning

    So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?

  33. 33

    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.

  34. 34

    Ayah 34

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    Meaning

    So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?

  35. 35

    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. 36

    Ayah 36

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    Meaning

    So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?

  37. 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. 38

    Ayah 38

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    Meaning

    So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?

  39. 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. 40

    Ayah 40

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    Meaning

    So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?

  41. 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. 42

    Ayah 42

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    Meaning

    So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?

  43. 43

    Ayah 43

    هَـٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ

    Meaning

    This is Jahannam (Hell) that the guilty people deny.

  44. 44

    Ayah 44

    يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٍ

    Meaning

    They will circle around between it and between hot, boiling water.

  45. 45

    Ayah 45

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    Meaning

    So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?

  46. 46

    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. 47

    Ayah 47

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    Meaning

    So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?

  48. 48

    Ayah 48

    ذَوَاتَآ أَفْنَانٍ

    Meaning

    - both having branches.

  49. 49

    Ayah 49

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    Meaning

    So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?

  50. 50

    Ayah 50

    فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ

    Meaning

    In both there are two flowing springs.

  51. 51

    Ayah 51

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    Meaning

    So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?

  52. 52

    Ayah 52

    فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَـٰكِهَةٍ زَوْجَانِ

    Meaning

    In both there are two kinds of every fruit.

  53. 53

    Ayah 53

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    Meaning

    So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?

  54. 54

    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.

  55. 55

    Ayah 55

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    Meaning

    So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?

  56. 56

    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. 57

    Ayah 57

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    Meaning

    So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?

  58. 58

    Ayah 58

    كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلْيَاقُوتُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ

    Meaning

    They will look like rubies and corals.

  59. 59

    Ayah 59

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    Meaning

    So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?

  60. 60

    Ayah 60

    هَلْ جَزَآءُ ٱلْإِحْسَـٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلْإِحْسَـٰنُ

    Meaning

    Is there any reward for goodness other than goodness?

  61. 61

    Ayah 61

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    Meaning

    So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?

  62. 62

    Ayah 62

    وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ

    Meaning

    And besides these two, there are two other gardens (for the second category of the God-fearing),-

  63. 63

    Ayah 63

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    Meaning

    So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?

  64. 64

    Ayah 64

    مُدْهَآمَّتَانِ

    Meaning

    - both (gardens are) dark green!

  65. 65

    Ayah 65

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    Meaning

    So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?

  66. 66

    Ayah 66

    فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ

    Meaning

    In both there are two springs gushing forth profusely.

  67. 67

    Ayah 67

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    Meaning

    So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?

  68. 68

    Ayah 68

    فِيهِمَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ وَنَخْلٌ وَرُمَّانٌ

    Meaning

    In both there are fruits and date-palms and pomegranates.

  69. 69

    Ayah 69

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    Meaning

    So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?

  70. 70

    Ayah 70

    فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَٰتٌ حِسَانٌ

    Meaning

    In them there will be women, good and gorgeous,-

  71. 71

    Ayah 71

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    Meaning

    So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?

  72. 72

    Ayah 72

    حُورٌ مَّقْصُورَٰتٌ فِى ٱلْخِيَامِ

    Meaning

    - the houris, kept guarded in pavilions-

  73. 73

    Ayah 73

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    Meaning

    So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?

  74. 74

    Ayah 74

    لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ

    Meaning

    - whom neither a man might have touched before them, nor a Jinn.

  75. 75

    Ayah 75

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    Meaning

    So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?

  76. 76

    Ayah 76

    مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَعَبْقَرِىٍّ حِسَانٍ

    Meaning

    (The people of these gardens will be) reclining on green cushions and marvelously beautiful mattresses.

  77. 77

    Ayah 77

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    Meaning

    So, which of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?

  78. 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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