الرحمن
Ar-Rahman, The Beneficent
Mahmoud Khalil Al-HussaryHafs 'an 'Asim - Murattal
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Surah introduction: Tafsir as-Sa'di (Arabic)
تفسير سورة الرحمن
وهي مكية
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
English Translation - Noor International Center. Version: 1.1.2. Last updated: 2025-06-24. QuranEnc.com
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ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ
(1) The Most Merciful
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عَلَّمَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ
(2) Taught the Qur’ān,
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خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ
(3) Created man,
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عَلَّمَهُ ٱلْبَيَانَ
(4) [And] taught him eloquence.
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ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ
(5) The sun and the moon [move] by precise calculation,
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وَٱلنَّجْمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ
(6) And the stars and trees prostrate.[1593]
Footnotes
[1593]- They submit obediently to the laws of Allāh. See 22:18. An additional meaning of "najm" is vegetation of a kind without a trunk, stalk or stem.
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وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلْمِيزَانَ
(7) And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance
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أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْمِيزَانِ
(8) That you not transgress within the balance.
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وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا۟ ٱلْمِيزَانَ
(9) And establish weight in justice and do not make deficient the balance.
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وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ
(10) And the earth He laid [out] for the creatures.
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فِيهَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ وَٱلنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ ٱلْأَكْمَامِ
(11) Therein is fruit and palm trees having sheaths [of dates]
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وَٱلْحَبُّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْفِ وَٱلرَّيْحَانُ
(12) And grain having husks and scented plants.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(13) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?[1594]
Footnotes
[1594]- Literally, "you two," addressing the species of mankind and jinn.
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خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍ كَٱلْفَخَّارِ
(14) He created man from clay like [that of] pottery.
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وَخَلَقَ ٱلْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ
(15) And He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(16) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ
(17) [He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.[1595]
Footnotes
[1595]- i.e., the points of sunrise in the east and sunset in the west in both summer and winter.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(18) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ
(19) He released the two seas,[1596] meeting [one another];
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[1596]- Two bodies of water or two sea waters of distinct characteristics.
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بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ
(20) Between them is a barrier so neither of them transgresses.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(21) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا ٱللُّؤْلُؤُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ
(22) From both of them emerge pearl and coral.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(23) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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وَلَهُ ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَـٰمِ
(24) And to Him belong the ships [with sails] elevated in the sea like mountains.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(25) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ
(26) Everyone upon it [i.e., the earth] will perish,
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وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلْجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ
(27) And there will remain the Face[1597] of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.
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[1597]- See footnote to 2:19.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(28) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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يَسْـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِى شَأْنٍ
(29) Whoever is within the heavens and earth asks Him; every day He is in [i.e., bringing about] a matter.[1598]
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[1598]- For each of His creatures.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(30) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ
(31) We will attend to you, O prominent beings.[1599]
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[1599]- Specifically two: mankind and jinn.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(32) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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يَـٰمَعْشَرَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَن تَنفُذُوا۟ مِنْ أَقْطَارِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنفُذُوا۟ ۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ
(33) 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 Allāh].
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(34) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِّن نَّارٍ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ
(35) There will be sent upon you a flame of fire and smoke,[1600] and you will not defend yourselves.
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[1600]- Another possible meaning is liquefied brass or copper.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(36) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَٱلدِّهَانِ
(37) And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose-colored like oil[1601] -
Footnotes
[1601]- Or "like a tanned skin."
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(38) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
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فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُسْـَٔلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦٓ إِنسٌ وَلَا جَآنٌّ
(39) Then on that Day none will be asked about his sin among men or jinn.[1602]
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[1602]- Once they have been condemned to the Fire.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(40) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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يُعْرَفُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَـٰهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِى وَٱلْأَقْدَامِ
(41) The criminals will be known by their marks, and they will be seized by the forelocks and the feet.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(42) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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هَـٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ
(43) This is Hell, which the criminals deny.
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يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٍ
(44) They will circulate between it and scalding water, heated [to the utmost degree].
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(45) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ
(46) But for he who has feared the position of his Lord[1603] are two gardens -
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[1603]- An alternative meaning is "the standing [for account] before his Lord."
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(47) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
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ذَوَاتَآ أَفْنَانٍ
(48) Having [spreading] branches.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(49) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ
(50) In both of them are two springs, flowing.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(51) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَـٰكِهَةٍ زَوْجَانِ
(52) In both of them are of every fruit, two kinds.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(53) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشٍۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ ۚ وَجَنَى ٱلْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍ
(54) [They are] reclining on beds whose linings are of silk brocade, and the fruit of the two gardens is hanging low.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(55) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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فِيهِنَّ قَـٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ
(56) In them are women limiting [their] glances,[1604] untouched[1605] before them by man or jinnī -
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[1604]- To their own mates, i.e., being chaste and modest. [1605]- Literally, they have not been caused to bleed by loss of virginity.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(57) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
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كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلْيَاقُوتُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ
(58) As if they were rubies and coral.[1606]
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[1606]- In purity, color and beauty.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(59) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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هَلْ جَزَآءُ ٱلْإِحْسَـٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلْإِحْسَـٰنُ
(60) Is the reward for good [anything] but good?
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(61) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ
(62) And below them both [in excellence] are two [other] gardens -
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(63) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
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مُدْهَآمَّتَانِ
(64) Dark green [in color].
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(65) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ
(66) In both of them are two springs, spouting.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(67) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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فِيهِمَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ وَنَخْلٌ وَرُمَّانٌ
(68) In both of them are fruit and palm trees and pomegranates.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(69) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَٰتٌ حِسَانٌ
(70) In them are good and beautiful women -
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(71) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
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حُورٌ مَّقْصُورَٰتٌ فِى ٱلْخِيَامِ
(72) Fair ones reserved in pavilions -
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(73) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
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لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ
(74) Untouched before them by man or jinnī -
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(75) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
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مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَعَبْقَرِىٍّ حِسَانٍ
(76) Reclining on green cushions and beautiful fine carpets.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(77) So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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- 78
تَبَـٰرَكَ ٱسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِى ٱلْجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ
(78) Blessed is the name of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.
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Surah conclusion: Tafsir as-Sa'di (Arabic)
تم تفسير سورة الرحمن. ولله الحمد والشكر والثناء الحسن