Surah Rahman English Translation

اَلرَّحْمٰنُ ﴿١﴾

The Most Merciful,

عَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ ﴿٢﴾

He taught the Qur’an,

خَلَقَ الْاِنْسَانَ ﴿٣﴾

He created the human being,

عَلَّمَهُ الْبَیَانَ ﴿٤﴾

He taught him speech and expression.

اَلشَّمْسُ وَ الْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ ﴿٥﴾

The sun and the moon move by a precise calculation,

وَّ النَّجْمُ وَ الشَّجَرُ یَسْجُدٰنِ ﴿٦﴾

And the stars and the trees all prostrate (to Him).

وَ السَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَ وَضَعَ الْمِیْزَانَ ﴿٧﴾

And the heaven He raised high and set up the balance (of justice),

اَلَّا تَطْغَوْا فِی الْمِیْزَانِ ﴿٨﴾

That you do not transgress in the balance.

وَ اَقِیْمُوا الْوَزْنَ بِالْقِسْطِ وَ لَا تُخْسِرُوا الْمِیزَانَ ﴿٩﴾

And establish weight in justice and do not make the balance deficient.

وَ الْاَرْضَ وَ ضَعَهَا لِلْاَنَامِ ﴿١٠﴾

And the earth He laid out for all creatures,

فِیْهَا فَاكِهَةٌ وَّ النَّخْلُ ذَاتُ الْاَكْمَامِ ﴿١١﴾

In it are fruits, and date-palms with sheathed clusters,

وَ الْحَبُّ ذُو الْعَصْفِ وَ الرَّیْحَانُ ﴿١٢﴾

And grain with husk and fragrant plants.

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ﴿١٣﴾

So which of the favours of your Lord will you both deny?

خَلَقَ الْاِنْسَانَ مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ كَالْفَخَّارِ ﴿١٤﴾

He created man from dry clay, like pottery,

وَ خَلَقَ الْجَانَّ مِنْ مَّارِجٍ مِّنْ نَّارٍ ﴿١٥﴾

And He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire.

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ﴿١٦﴾

So which of the favours of your Lord will you both deny?

رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقَیْنِ وَ رَبُّ الْمَغْرِبَیْنِ ﴿١٧﴾

[He is] Lord of the two easts and Lord of the two wests.

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ﴿١٨﴾

So which of the favours of your Lord will you both deny?

مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَیْنِ یَلْتَقِیٰنِ ﴿١٩﴾

He released the two seas, meeting side by side,

بَیْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا یَبْغِیٰنِ ﴿٢٠﴾

Between them is a barrier so neither of them transgresses.

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ﴿٢١﴾

So which of the favours of your Lord will you both deny?

یَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا اللُّؤْلُؤُ وَ الْمَرْجَانُ ﴿٢٢﴾

From both of them come forth pearls and coral.

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ﴿٢٣﴾

So which of the favours of your Lord will you both deny?

وَ لَهُ الْجَوَارِ الْمُنْشَآتُ فِی الْبَحْرِ كَالْاَعْلَامِ ﴿٢٤﴾

And His are the ships, raised high on the sea like mountains.

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ﴿٢٥﴾

So which of the favours of your Lord will you both deny?

كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَیْهَا فَانٍ ﴿٢٦﴾

Everyone upon it (the earth) will perish,

وَّ یَبْقٰى وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو الْجَلٰلِ وَ الْاِكْرَامِ ﴿٢٧﴾

And there will remain the Face of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honour.

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ﴿٢٨﴾

So which of the favours of your Lord will you both deny?

یَسْأَلُهُ مَنْ فِی السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الْاَرْضِ كُلَّ یَوْمٍ هُوَ فِی شَاْنٍ ﴿٢٩﴾

Whoever is in the heavens and earth asks of Him; every day He is in a matter (of His concern).

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ﴿٣٠﴾

So which of the favours of your Lord will you both deny?

سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَیُّهَ الثَّقَلٰنِ ﴿٣١﴾

We will attend to you, O two heavy ones (humankind and jinn).

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ﴿٣٢﴾

So which of the favours of your Lord will you both deny?

یٰمَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ وَ الْاِنْسِ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَنْ تَنْفُذُوا مِنْ أَقْطَارِ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الْاَرْضِ فَانْفُذُوا لَا تَنْفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطٰنٍ ﴿٣٣﴾

O company of jinn and humans! If you are able to pass beyond the regions of the heavens and the earth, then pass; you will not pass except with authority.

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ﴿٣٤﴾

So which of the favours of your Lord will you both deny?

یُرْسَلُ عَلَیْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِّنْ نَّارٍ وَّ نُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنْتَصِرٰنِ ﴿٣٥﴾

A flame of fire and smoke will be sent upon you, and you will not be able to defend yourselves.

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ﴿٣٦﴾

So which of the favours of your Lord will you both deny?

فَاِذَا انْشَقَّتِ السَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَالدِّهَانِ ﴿٣٧﴾

Then when the sky splits and becomes rosy like [red] oil,

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ﴿٣٨﴾

So which of the favours of your Lord will you both deny?

فَیَوْمَىِٕذٍ لَّا یُسْأَلُ عَنْ ذَنْبِهِ اِنْسٌ وَّ لَا جَآنٌّ ﴿٣٩﴾

Then on that Day no human will be asked about his sin, nor any jinn.

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ﴿٤٠﴾

So which of the favours of your Lord will you both deny?

یُعْرَفُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِیْمٰىهُمْ فَیُؤْخَذُ بِالنَّوَاصِی وَ الْاَقْدَامِ ﴿٤١﴾

The criminals will be recognized by their marks, and they will be seized by the forelocks and the feet.

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ﴿٤٢﴾

So which of the favours of your Lord will you both deny?

هٰذِهٖ جَهَنَّمُ الَّتِی یُكَذِّبُ بِهَا الْمُجْرِمُونَ ﴿٤٣﴾

This is Hell which the criminals used to deny.

یَطُوْفُوْنَ بَیْنَهَا وَ بَیْنَ حَمِیْمٍ اٰنٍ ﴿٤٤﴾

They will go back and forth between it and scalding hot water.

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ﴿٤٥﴾

So which of the favours of your Lord will you both deny?

وَ لِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهٖ جَنَّتٰنِ ﴿٤٦﴾

But for he who feared standing before his Lord, there will be two gardens,

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ﴿٤٧﴾

So which of the favours of your Lord will you both deny?

ذَوَاتَاۤ اَفْنَانٍ ﴿٤٨﴾

Both of them with many lush branches.

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ﴿٤٩﴾

So which of the favours of your Lord will you both deny?

فِیْهِمَا عَیْنٰنِ تَجْرِیٰنِ ﴿٥٠﴾

In both of them are two flowing springs.

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ﴿٥١﴾

So which of the favours of your Lord will you both deny?

فِیْهِمَا مِنْ كُلِّ فَاكِهَةٍ زَوْجٰنِ ﴿٥٢﴾

In both of them is every kind of fruit, in pairs.

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ﴿٥٣﴾

So which of the favours of your Lord will you both deny?

مُتَّكِـٕینَ عَلٰى فُرُشٍۭ بَطَآىٕنُهَا مِنْ اِسْتَبْرَقٍ وَّ جَنَا الْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍ ﴿٥٤﴾

They will be reclining on couches whose linings are of thick brocade, and the fruits of the two gardens will be hanging low.

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ﴿٥٥﴾

So which of the favours of your Lord will you both deny?

فِیهِنَّ قٰصِرٰتُ الطَّرْفِ لَمْ یَطْمِثْهُنَّ اِنْسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَ لَا جَآنٌّ ﴿٥٦﴾

In them will be women of restrained glances, whom neither man nor jinn has touched before.

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ﴿٥٧﴾

So which of the favours of your Lord will you both deny?

كَاَنَّهُنَّ الْیَاقُوْتُ وَ الْمَرْجَانُ ﴿٥٨﴾

As if they were rubies and coral.

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ﴿٥٩﴾

So which of the favours of your Lord will you both deny?

هَلْ جَزَآءُ الْاِحْسَانِ اِلَّا الْاِحْسَانُ ﴿٦٠﴾

Is there any reward for good other than good?

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ﴿٦١﴾

So which of the favours of your Lord will you both deny?

وَ مِنْ دُوْنِهِمَا جَنَّتٰنِ ﴿٦٢﴾

And below them (in rank) will be two other gardens,

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ﴿٦٣﴾

So which of the favours of your Lord will you both deny?

مُدْهَآ مَّتٰنِ ﴿٦٤﴾

Both of them will be dark green (in colour),

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ﴿٦٥﴾

So which of the favours of your Lord will you both deny?

فِیْهِمَا عَیْنٰنِ نَضَّاخَتٰنِ ﴿٦٦﴾

In both of them will be two gushing springs.

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ﴿٦٧﴾

So which of the favours of your Lord will you both deny?

فِیْهِمَا فَاكِهَةٌ وَّ نَخْلٌ وَّ رُمَّانٌ ﴿٦٨﴾

In both of them will be fruits, date-palms and pomegranates.

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ﴿٦٩﴾

So which of the favours of your Lord will you both deny?

فِیهِنَّ خَیْرٰتٌ حِسَانٌ ﴿٧٠﴾

In them will be good and beautiful women,

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ﴿٧١﴾

So which of the favours of your Lord will you both deny?

حُوْرٌ مَّقْصُوْرٰتٌ فِی الْخِیَامِ ﴿٧٢﴾

Fair ones, reserved in pavilions,

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ﴿٧٣﴾

So which of the favours of your Lord will you both deny?

لَمْ یَطْمِثْهُنَّ اِنْسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَ لَا جَآنٌّ ﴿٧٤﴾

Whom neither man nor jinn has touched before them.

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ﴿٧٥﴾

So which of the favours of your Lord will you both deny?

مُتَّكِـٕینَ عَلٰى رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَّ عَبْقَرِیٍّ حِسَانٍ ﴿٧٦﴾

They will be reclining on green cushions and splendid fine carpets.

فَبِاَیِّ اٰلَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ﴿٧٧﴾

So which of the favours of your Lord will you both deny?

تَبٰرَكَ اسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِی الْجَلٰلِ وَ الْاِكْرَامِ ﴿٧٨﴾

Blessed is the Name of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honour.