Chapter 55 · 78 verses
Ar-Rahmaan
The Beneficent
الرحمن
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
55:1
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ١
English
The Most Compassionate
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55:2
عَلَّمَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ٢
English
taught the Quran
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55:3
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ٣
English
created humanity
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55:4
عَلَّمَهُ ٱلْبَيَانَ٤
English
˹and˺ taught them speech.
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55:5
ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ٥
English
The sun and the moon ˹travel˺ with precision.
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55:6
وَٱلنَّجْمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ٦
English
The stars and the trees bow down ˹in submission˺.
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55:7
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلْمِيزَانَ٧
English
As for the sky, He raised it ˹high˺, and set the balance ˹of justice˺
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55:8
أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْمِيزَانِ٨
English
so that you do not defraud the scales.
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55:9
وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا۟ ٱلْمِيزَانَ٩
English
Weigh with justice, and do not give short measure.
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55:10
وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ١٠
English
He laid out the earth for all beings.
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55:11
فِيهَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ وَٱلنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ ٱلْأَكْمَامِ١١
English
In it are fruit, palm trees with date stalks
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55:12
وَٱلْحَبُّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْفِ وَٱلرَّيْحَانُ١٢
English
and grain with husks, and aromatic plants.
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55:13
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ١٣
English
Then which of your Lord’s favours will you ˹humans and jinn˺ both deny?
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55:14
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍ كَٱلْفَخَّارِ١٤
English
He created humankind from ˹sounding˺ clay like pottery
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55:15
وَخَلَقَ ٱلْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ١٥
English
and created jinn from a ˹smokeless˺ flame of fire.
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55:16
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ١٦
English
Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?
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55:17
رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ١٧
English
˹He is˺ Lord of the two easts and the two wests.
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55:18
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ١٨
English
Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?
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55:19
مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ١٩
English
He merges the two bodies of ˹fresh and salt˺ water
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55:20
بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ٢٠
English
yet between them is a barrier they never cross.
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About Surah Ar-Rahmaan (The Beneficent)
Named "the Most Merciful" (al-Raḥmān), a rhythmic sūrah cataloguing God’s favours in this life and the next, with the recurring question, "So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?"
- Chapter
- 55 of 114
- Revealed in
- Madina
- Period
- Madinan
- Verses
- 78
Frequently asked questions
What is Surah Ar-Rahmaan about?
Named "the Most Merciful" (al-Raḥmān), a rhythmic sūrah cataloguing God’s favours in this life and the next, with the recurring question, "So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?"
How many verses are in Surah Ar-Rahmaan?
Surah Ar-Rahmaan (The Beneficent) has 78 verses (āyāt).
Is Surah Ar-Rahmaan Meccan or Madinan?
Surah Ar-Rahmaan is a Madinan (Madanī) sūrah, revealed in Madina.
What number is Surah Ar-Rahmaan in the Qurʾān?