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.