Ar-Rahman الرحمن

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الرَّحْمَـٰنُ

bismillah ar-rahman ar-rahim ar-rahman

The Most Merciful

عَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ

'allama al-qur'an

Taught the Qur'an,

خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ

khalaq al-insan

Created man,

عَلَّمَهُ الْبَيَانَ

'allamahu al-bayan

[And] taught him eloquence.

الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ

ash-shams wal-qamar bi-husban

The sun and the moon [move] by precise calculation,

وَالنَّجْمُ وَالشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ

wal-najm wa-shajar yasjudan

And the stars and trees prostrate.

وَالسَّمَاءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ الْمِيزَانَ

was-sama'a rafa'aha wa-wada' al-mizan

And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance

أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا فِي الْمِيزَانِ

alla tatghaw fi al-mizan

That you not transgress within the balance.

وَأَقِيمُوا الْوَزْنَ بِالْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا الْمِيزَانَ

wa-aqimu al-wazn bil-qist wa-la tukhsiru al-mizan

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

وَالْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ

wal-arda wada'aha lil-anam

And the earth He laid [out] for the creatures.

فِيهَا فَاكِهَةٌ وَالنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ الْأَكْمَامِ

fiha fakiha wan-nakhl dhat al-akmam

Therein is fruit and palm trees having sheaths [of dates]

وَالْحَبُّ ذُو الْعَصْفِ وَالرَّيْحَانُ

wal-habbu dhu al-'asfi war-rayhanu

And grain having husks and scented plants.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fa-ayyi alai rabbikuma tukadhdhiban

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ مِن صَلْصَالٍ كَالْفَخَّارِ

khalaq al-insan min salsal ka-al-fakhar

He created man from clay like [that of] pottery.

وَخَلَقَ الْجَانَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ

wa-khalaq al-jann min marij min nar

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

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fa-bi-ayyi alai rabbikuma tukadhdhiban

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ الْمَغْرِبَيْنِ

rabb al-mashriqayn wa-rabb al-maghribayn

[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fa-bi-ayyi ala'i rabbikuma tukadhdhiban

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ

maraj al-bahrayn yaltaqian

He released the two seas, meeting [side by side];

بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ

baynhuma barzakh la yabghiyan

Between them is a barrier [so] neither of them transgresses.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fa-ayyi al-i rabbkuma tukadhdhiban

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا اللُّؤْلُؤُ وَالْمَرْجَانُ

yakhruju minhumaa al-lu'lu'u wal-marjanu

From both of them emerge pearl and coral.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fa-bi-ayyi ala'i rabbikuma tukadhdhiban

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

وَلَهُ الْجَوَارِ الْمُنشَآتُ فِي الْبَحْرِ كَالْأَعْلَامِ

wa-lahu al-jawar al-munsha'at fi al-bahr ka-al-a'lam

And to Him belong the ships [with sails] elevated in the sea like mountains.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fa-bi-ayyi ala rabbikuma tukadhdhiban

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ

kullu man 'alayha fanin

Everyone upon the earth will perish,

وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ

wa yabqa wajh rabb dhu al-jalal wal-ikram

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

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fa-bayyi alai rabbikuma tukadhdhiban

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

يَسْأَلُهُ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِي شَأْنٍ

yas'aluhu man fi as-samawati wal-ard kulla yawm huwa fi sha'n

Whoever is within the heavens and earth asks Him; every day He is bringing about a matter.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fa-bi-ayyi ala'i rabbikuma tukadhdhiban

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَ الثَّقَلَانِ

sanafrughu lakum ayyuha ath-thaqalan

We will attend to you, O prominent beings.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fa-ayyi ala'i rabbikuma tukadhdhiban

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

يَا مَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنسِ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَن تَنفُذُوا مِنْ أَقْطَارِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ فَانفُذُوا ۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَانٍ

ya ma'shar al-jinn wal-ins ini stata'tum an tanfudhu min aqtar as-samawat wal-ard fa-nfudhu la tanfudhuna illa bi-sultan

O company of jinn and mankind, if you are able to pass beyond the regions of the heavens and the earth, then pass. You will not pass except by authority [from Allah].

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fa-bi-ayyi ala'i rabbikuma tukadhdhiban

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِّن نَّارٍ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ

yursal 'alaykuma shuwadh min nar wa-nuhas fa-la tantasiran

There will be sent upon you a flame of fire and smoke, and you will not defend yourselves.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fa-bi-ayyi ala'i rabbikuma tukadhdhiban

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

فَإِذَا انشَقَّتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَالدِّهَانِ

fa-idha inshaqqat as-sama'u fa-kanat wardatan ka-d-dihan

And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose-colored like oil -

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fa-ayyi ala'i rabbikuma tukadhdhiban

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُسْأَلُ عَن ذَنبِهِ إِنسٌ وَلَا جَانٌّ

fayawma'idhin la yus'al 'an dhanbih insun wa-la jannun

Then on that Day none will be asked about his sin among men or jinn.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fa-bi-ayyi ala'i rabbikuma tukadhdhiban

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

يُعْرَفُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَاهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِالنَّوَاصِي وَالْأَقْدَامِ

yu'raf al-mujrimun bisimahum fa-yu'khadh bi-n-nawasi wal-aqdam

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

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fa-bi-ayyi ala'i rabbikuma tukadhdhiban

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

هَـٰذِهِ جَهَنَّمُ الَّتِي يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا الْمُجْرِمُونَ

hadhihi jahannam allati yukadhdhib biha al-mujrimin

This is Hell, which the criminals deny.

يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ آنٍ

yatufuna baynaha wa-bayn hamimin anin

They will go around between it and scalding water, heated [to the utmost degree].

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fa-bi-ayyi ala'i rabbikuma tukadhdhiban

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ جَنَّتَانِ

wa-liman khafa maqam rabbih jannatan

But for he who has feared the position of his Lord are two gardens -

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fa-bayyi ala rabbukuma tukadhdhiban

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

ذَوَاتَا أَفْنَانٍ

dhawata afnan

Having [spreading] branches.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fa-ayyi ala'i rabbikuma tukadhdhiban

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ

fihima 'aynan tajriyan

In both of them are two springs, flowing.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fa-ayyi ala'i rabbikuma tukadhdhiban

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَاكِهَةٍ زَوْجَانِ

fihima min kull fakihat zawjan

In both of them are of every fruit, two kinds.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fa-bi-ayyi ala'i rabbikuma tukadhdhiban

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

مُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشٍ بَطَائِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ ۚ وَجَنَى الْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍ

muttaki'ina 'ala furush bata'inuha min istabraq wajana al-jannatan danin

[They are] reclining on beds whose linings are of silk brocade, and the fruit of the two gardens is hanging low.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fa-bi-ayyi ala'i rabbikuma tukadhdhiban

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

فِيهِنَّ قَاصِرَاتُ الطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَانٌّ

fihinna qasirat at-tarf lam yatmithhunna insun qablahum wa-la jannun

In them are women limiting [their] glances, untouched before them by man or jinni -

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fa-bi-ayyi alai rabbikuma tukadhdhiban

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

كَأَنَّهُنَّ الْيَاقُوتُ وَالْمَرْجَانُ

ka'annahunna al-yaqut wal-marjan

As if they were rubies and coral.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fa-ayyi ala'i rabbikuma tukadhdhiban

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

هَلْ جَزَاءُ الْإِحْسَانِ إِلَّا الْإِحْسَانُ

hal jaza' al-ihsan illa al-ihsan

Is the reward for good [anything] but good?

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fa-ayyi ala'i rabbikuma tukadhdhiban

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ

wa-min dunihima jannatan

And below them both [in excellence] are two [other] gardens -

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fa-ayyi ala'i rabbikuma tukadhdhiban

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

مُدْهَامَّتَانِ

mudhammatan

Dark green [in color].

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fa-bi-ayyi alai rabbikuma tukadhdhiban

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ

fihima 'aynan naddakhatan

In both of them are two springs, spouting.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fa-bi-ayyi ala'i rabbikuma tukadhdhiban

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

فِيهِمَا فَاكِهَةٌ وَنَخْلٌ وَرُمَّانٌ

fihima fakiha wa-nakhl wa-rumman

In both of them are fruit and palm trees and pomegranates.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fa-bi-ayyi ala'i rabbikuma tukadhdhiban

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَاتٌ حِسَانٌ

fihinna khayrat hasan

In them are good and beautiful women -

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fa-bi-ayyi ala'i rabbikuma tukadhdhiban

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

حُورٌ مَّقْصُورَاتٌ فِي الْخِيَامِ

hurun maqsuratun fi al-khiyam

Fair ones reserved in pavilions -

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fa-bi-ayyi ala'i rabbikuma tukadhdhiban

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَانٌّ

lam yatmith hunna ins qablahum wa-la jann

Untouched before them by man or jinni -

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fa-bi-ayyi alai rabbikuma tukadhdhiban

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

مُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَىٰ رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَعَبْقَرِيٍّ حِسَانٍ

muttaki'in 'ala rafrafin khudrin wa-'abqariyyin hisan

Reclining on green cushions and beautiful fine carpets.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

fa-bi-ayyi ala'i rabbikuma tukadhdhiban

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

تَبَارَكَ اسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِي الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ

tabaraka ism rabbika dhi al-jalal wal-ikram

Blessed is the name of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.