Sūrah 55✦Medinan✦78 Āyāt
سورة الرحمن
Ar-Rahmaan — The Beneficent
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
55:1
The Beneficent
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ١
The Most Compassionate
55:2
The Beneficent
عَلَّمَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ٢
taught the Quran
55:3
The Beneficent
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ٣
created humanity
55:4
The Beneficent
عَلَّمَهُ ٱلْبَيَانَ٤
˹and˺ taught them speech.
55:5
The Beneficent
ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ٥
The sun and the moon ˹travel˺ with precision.
55:6
The Beneficent
وَٱلنَّجْمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ٦
The stars and the trees bow down ˹in submission˺.
55:7
The Beneficent
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلْمِيزَانَ٧
As for the sky, He raised it ˹high˺, and set the balance ˹of justice˺
55:8
The Beneficent
أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْمِيزَانِ٨
so that you do not defraud the scales.
55:9
The Beneficent
وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا۟ ٱلْمِيزَانَ٩
Weigh with justice, and do not give short measure.
55:10
The Beneficent
وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ١٠
He laid out the earth for all beings.
55:11
The Beneficent
فِيهَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ وَٱلنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ ٱلْأَكْمَامِ١١
In it are fruit, palm trees with date stalks
55:12
The Beneficent
وَٱلْحَبُّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْفِ وَٱلرَّيْحَانُ١٢
and grain with husks, and aromatic plants.
55:13
The Beneficent
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ١٣
Then which of your Lord’s favours will you ˹humans and jinn˺ both deny?
55:14
The Beneficent
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍ كَٱلْفَخَّارِ١٤
He created humankind from ˹sounding˺ clay like pottery
55:15
The Beneficent
وَخَلَقَ ٱلْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ١٥
and created jinn from a ˹smokeless˺ flame of fire.
55:16
The Beneficent
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ١٦
Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?
55:17
The Beneficent
رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ١٧
˹He is˺ Lord of the two easts and the two wests.
55:18
The Beneficent
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ١٨
Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?
55:19
The Beneficent
مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ١٩
He merges the two bodies of ˹fresh and salt˺ water
55:20
The Beneficent
بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ٢٠
yet between them is a barrier they never cross.
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?