Sura 55: Al-Rahmaan (The Gracious) - Quran Inspector

In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

بِسْمِbis'miٱللَّهِl-lahiٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmi

[55:1] The Most Gracious.

ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُal-raḥmānu ﴿١﴾

[55:2] Teacher of the Quran.

عَلَّمَʿallamaٱلْقُرْءَانَl-qur'āna ﴿٢﴾

[55:3] Creator of the human beings.

خَلَقَkhalaqaٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insāna ﴿٣﴾

[55:4] He taught them how to distinguish.

عَلَّمَهُʿallamahuٱلْبَيَانَl-bayāna ﴿٤﴾

[55:5] The sun and the moon are perfectly calculated.

ٱلشَّمْسُal-shamsuوَٱلْقَمَرُwal-qamaruبِحُسْبَانٍbiḥus'bānin ﴿٥﴾

[55:6] The stars and the trees prostrate.

وَٱلنَّجْمُwal-najmuوَٱلشَّجَرُwal-shajaruيَسْجُدَانِyasjudāni ﴿٦﴾

[55:7] He constructed the sky and established the law.

وَٱلسَّمَآءَwal-samāaرَفَعَهَاrafaʿahāوَوَضَعَwawaḍaʿaٱلْمِيزَانَl-mīzāna ﴿٧﴾

[55:8] You shall not transgress the law.

أَلَّاallāتَطْغَوْا۟taṭghawفِىfīٱلْمِيزَانِl-mīzāni ﴿٨﴾

[55:9] You shall establish justice; do not violate the law.

وَأَقِيمُوا۟wa-aqīmūٱلْوَزْنَl-waznaبِٱلْقِسْطِbil-qis'ṭiوَلَاwalāتُخْسِرُوا۟tukh'sirūٱلْمِيزَانَl-mīzāna ﴿٩﴾

[55:10] He created the earth for all creatures.

وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaوَضَعَهَاwaḍaʿahāلِلْأَنَامِlil'anāmi ﴿١٠﴾

[55:11] In it there are fruits, and date palms with their hanging fruit.*

فِيهَاfīhāٱلْأَكْمَامِl-akmāmiفَـٰكِهَةٌfākihatunوَٱلنَّخْلُwal-nakhluذَاتُdhātu ﴿١١﴾

*55:11 Compare the spaceship Earth's renewable systems and reproducing astronauts, with the most sophisticated spaceships that we launch into space. God be glorified.

[55:12] Also grains and the spices.

وَٱلْحَبُّwal-ḥabuذُوdhūٱلْعَصْفِl-ʿaṣfiوَٱلرَّيْحَانُwal-rayḥānu ﴿١٢﴾

[55:13] (O humans and jinns,) which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?

فَبِأَىِّfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِālāiرَبِّكُمَاrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِtukadhibāni ﴿١٣﴾

[55:14] He created the human from aged clay, like the potter's clay.

خَلَقَkhalaqaٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insānaمِنminصَلْصَـٰلٍṣalṣālinكَٱلْفَخَّارِkal-fakhāri ﴿١٤﴾

[55:15] And created the jinns from blazing fire.

وَخَلَقَwakhalaqaٱلْجَآنَّl-jānaمِنminمَّارِجٍmārijinمِّنminنَّارٍnārin ﴿١٥﴾

[55:16] (O humans and jinns,) which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?

فَبِأَىِّfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِālāiرَبِّكُمَاrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِtukadhibāni ﴿١٦﴾

[55:17] Lord of the two easts and the two wests.

رَبُّrabbuٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِl-mashriqayniوَرَبُّwarabbuٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِl-maghribayni ﴿١٧﴾

[55:18] Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?

فَبِأَىِّfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِālāiرَبِّكُمَاrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِtukadhibāni ﴿١٨﴾

[55:19] He separates the two seas where they meet.

مَرَجَmarajaٱلْبَحْرَيْنِl-baḥrayniيَلْتَقِيَانِyaltaqiyāni ﴿١٩﴾

[55:20] A barrier is placed between them, to prevent them from transgressing.

بَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumāبَرْزَخٌbarzakhunلَّاlāيَبْغِيَانِyabghiyāni ﴿٢٠﴾

[55:21] Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?

فَبِأَىِّfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِālāiرَبِّكُمَاrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِtukadhibāni ﴿٢١﴾

[55:22] Out of both of them you get pearls and coral.

يَخْرُجُyakhrujuمِنْهُمَاmin'humāٱللُّؤْلُؤُl-lu'lu-uوَٱلْمَرْجَانُwal-marjānu ﴿٢٢﴾

[55:23] Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?

فَبِأَىِّfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِālāiرَبِّكُمَاrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِtukadhibāni ﴿٢٣﴾

[55:24] He gave you ships that roam the sea like flags.

وَلَهُwalahuٱلْجَوَارِl-jawāriٱلْمُنشَـَٔاتُl-munshaātuفِىfīٱلْبَحْرِl-baḥriكَٱلْأَعْلَـٰمِkal-aʿlāmi ﴿٢٤﴾

[55:25] Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?

فَبِأَىِّfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِālāiرَبِّكُمَاrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِtukadhibāni ﴿٢٥﴾

[55:26] Everyone on earth perishes.

كُلُّkulluمَنْmanعَلَيْهَاʿalayhāفَانٍfānin ﴿٢٦﴾

[55:27] Only the presence of your Lord lasts. Possessor of Majesty and Honor.

وَيَبْقَىٰwayabqāوَجْهُwajhuرَبِّكَrabbikaذُوdhūٱلْجَلَـٰلِl-jalāliوَٱلْإِكْرَامِwal-ik'rāmi ﴿٢٧﴾

[55:28] Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?

فَبِأَىِّfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِālāiرَبِّكُمَاrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِtukadhibāni ﴿٢٨﴾

[55:29] Imploring Him is everyone in the heavens and the earth. Every day He is in full control.

يَسْـَٔلُهُۥyasaluhuمَنmanفِىfīٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātiوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiكُلَّkullaيَوْمٍyawminهُوَhuwaفِىfīشَأْنٍshanin ﴿٢٩﴾

[55:30] Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?

فَبِأَىِّfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِālāiرَبِّكُمَاrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِtukadhibāni ﴿٣٠﴾

[55:31] We will call you to account, O humans and jinns.

سَنَفْرُغُsanafrughuلَكُمْlakumأَيُّهَayyuhaٱلثَّقَلَانِl-thaqalāni ﴿٣١﴾

[55:32] Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?

فَبِأَىِّfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِālāiرَبِّكُمَاrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِtukadhibāni ﴿٣٢﴾

[55:33] O you jinns and humans, if you can penetrate the outer limits of the heavens and the earth, go ahead and penetrate. You cannot penetrate without authorization.

يَـٰمَعْشَرَyāmaʿsharaٱلْجِنِّl-jiniوَٱلْإِنسِwal-insiإِنِiniٱسْتَطَعْتُمْis'taṭaʿtumأَنanتَنفُذُوا۟tanfudhūمِنْminأَقْطَارِaqṭāriٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātiوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiفَٱنفُذُوا۟fa-unfudhūلَاlāتَنفُذُونَtanfudhūnaإِلَّاillāبِسُلْطَـٰنٍbisul'ṭānin ﴿٣٣﴾

[55:34] Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?

فَبِأَىِّfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِālāiرَبِّكُمَاrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِtukadhibāni ﴿٣٤﴾

[55:35] You get bombarded with projectiles of fire and metal, and you cannot win.

يُرْسَلُyur'saluعَلَيْكُمَاʿalaykumāشُوَاظٌshuwāẓunمِّنminنَّارٍnārinوَنُحَاسٌwanuḥāsunفَلَاfalāتَنتَصِرَانِtantaṣirāni ﴿٣٥﴾

[55:36] Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?

فَبِأَىِّfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِālāiرَبِّكُمَاrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِtukadhibāni ﴿٣٦﴾

[55:37] When the sky disintegrates, and turns rose colored like paint.

فَإِذَاfa-idhāٱنشَقَّتِinshaqqatiٱلسَّمَآءُl-samāuفَكَانَتْfakānatوَرْدَةًwardatanكَٱلدِّهَانِkal-dihāni ﴿٣٧﴾

[55:38] Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?

فَبِأَىِّfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِālāiرَبِّكُمَاrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِtukadhibāni ﴿٣٨﴾

[55:39] On that day, no human, nor a jinn, will be asked about his sins.

فَيَوْمَئِذٍfayawma-idhinلَّاlāيُسْـَٔلُyus'aluعَنʿanذَنۢبِهِۦٓdhanbihiإِنسٌinsunوَلَاwalāجَآنٌّjānnun ﴿٣٩﴾

[55:40] Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?

فَبِأَىِّfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِālāiرَبِّكُمَاrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِtukadhibāni ﴿٤٠﴾

[55:41] (This is because) the guilty will be recognized by their looks; they will be taken by the forelocks and the feet.

يُعْرَفُyuʿ'rafuٱلْمُجْرِمُونَl-muj'rimūnaبِسِيمَـٰهُمْbisīmāhumفَيُؤْخَذُfayu'khadhuبِٱلنَّوَٰصِىbil-nawāṣīوَٱلْأَقْدَامِwal-aqdāmi ﴿٤١﴾

[55:42] Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?

فَبِأَىِّfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِālāiرَبِّكُمَاrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِtukadhibāni ﴿٤٢﴾

[55:43] This is Gehenna that the guilty used to deny.

هَـٰذِهِۦhādhihiجَهَنَّمُjahannamuٱلَّتِىallatīيُكَذِّبُyukadhibuبِهَاbihāٱلْمُجْرِمُونَl-muj'rimūna ﴿٤٣﴾

[55:44] They will circulate between it and an intolerable inferno.*

يَطُوفُونَyaṭūfūnaبَيْنَهَاbaynahāوَبَيْنَwabaynaحَمِيمٍḥamīminءَانٍānin ﴿٤٤﴾

*55:44 Full details about the High Heaven, Low Heaven, the Purgatory, Hell, and the intolerable inferno are given in Appendices 5 and 11.

[55:45] Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?

فَبِأَىِّfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِālāiرَبِّكُمَاrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِtukadhibāni ﴿٤٥﴾

[55:46] For those who reverence the majesty of their Lord, two gardens (one for the jinns and one for the humans).

وَلِمَنْwalimanخَافَkhāfaمَقَامَmaqāmaرَبِّهِۦrabbihiجَنَّتَانِjannatāni ﴿٤٦﴾

[55:47] Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?

فَبِأَىِّfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِālāiرَبِّكُمَاrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِtukadhibāni ﴿٤٧﴾

[55:48] Full of provisions.

ذَوَاتَآdhawātāأَفْنَانٍafnānin ﴿٤٨﴾

[55:49] Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?

فَبِأَىِّfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِālāiرَبِّكُمَاrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِtukadhibāni ﴿٤٩﴾

[55:50] Two springs are in them, flowing.

فِيهِمَاfīhimāعَيْنَانِʿaynāniتَجْرِيَانِtajriyāni ﴿٥٠﴾

[55:51] Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?

فَبِأَىِّfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِālāiرَبِّكُمَاrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِtukadhibāni ﴿٥١﴾

[55:52] Of every fruit in them, two kinds.

فِيهِمَاfīhimāمِنminكُلِّkulliفَـٰكِهَةٍfākihatinزَوْجَانِzawjāni ﴿٥٢﴾

[55:53] Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?

فَبِأَىِّfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِālāiرَبِّكُمَاrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِtukadhibāni ﴿٥٣﴾

[55:54] While relaxing on furnishings lined with satin, the fruits are within reach.

مُتَّكِـِٔينَmuttakiīnaعَلَىٰʿalāفُرُشٍۭfurushinبَطَآئِنُهَاbaṭāinuhāمِنْminإِسْتَبْرَقٍis'tabraqinوَجَنَىwajanāٱلْجَنَّتَيْنِl-janatayniدَانٍdānin ﴿٥٤﴾

[55:55] Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?

فَبِأَىِّfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِālāiرَبِّكُمَاrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِtukadhibāni ﴿٥٥﴾

[55:56] Their beautiful mates were never touched by any human or jinn.

وَلَاwalāفِيهِنَّfīhinnaقَـٰصِرَٰتُqāṣirātuٱلطَّرْفِl-ṭarfiلَمْlamيَطْمِثْهُنَّyaṭmith'hunnaإِنسٌinsunقَبْلَهُمْqablahumجَآنٌّjānnun ﴿٥٦﴾

[55:57] Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?

فَبِأَىِّfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِālāiرَبِّكُمَاrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِtukadhibāni ﴿٥٧﴾

[55:58] They look like gems and coral.

كَأَنَّهُنَّka-annahunnaٱلْيَاقُوتُl-yāqūtuوَٱلْمَرْجَانُwal-marjānu ﴿٥٨﴾

[55:59] Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?

فَبِأَىِّfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِālāiرَبِّكُمَاrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِtukadhibāni ﴿٥٩﴾

[55:60] Is the reward of goodness anything but goodness?

هَلْhalجَزَآءُjazāuٱلْإِحْسَـٰنِl-iḥ'sāniإِلَّاillāٱلْإِحْسَـٰنُl-iḥ'sānu ﴿٦٠﴾

[55:61] Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?

فَبِأَىِّfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِālāiرَبِّكُمَاrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِtukadhibāni ﴿٦١﴾

[55:62] Below them are two gardens (one for the jinns and one for the humans).

وَمِنwaminدُونِهِمَاdūnihimāجَنَّتَانِjannatāni ﴿٦٢﴾

[55:63] Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?

فَبِأَىِّfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِālāiرَبِّكُمَاrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِtukadhibāni ﴿٦٣﴾

[55:64] Side by side.

مُدْهَآمَّتَانِmud'hāmmatāni ﴿٦٤﴾

[55:65] Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?

فَبِأَىِّfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِālāiرَبِّكُمَاrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِtukadhibāni ﴿٦٥﴾

[55:66] In them, wells to be pumped.

فِيهِمَاfīhimāعَيْنَانِʿaynāniنَضَّاخَتَانِnaḍḍākhatāni ﴿٦٦﴾

[55:67] Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?

فَبِأَىِّfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِālāiرَبِّكُمَاrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِtukadhibāni ﴿٦٧﴾

[55:68] In them are fruits, date palms, and pomegranate.

فِيهِمَاfīhimāفَـٰكِهَةٌfākihatunوَنَخْلٌwanakhlunوَرُمَّانٌwarummānun ﴿٦٨﴾

[55:69] Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?

فَبِأَىِّfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِālāiرَبِّكُمَاrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِtukadhibāni ﴿٦٩﴾

[55:70] In them are beautiful mates.

فِيهِنَّfīhinnaخَيْرَٰتٌkhayrātunحِسَانٌḥisānun ﴿٧٠﴾

[55:71] Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?

فَبِأَىِّfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِālāiرَبِّكُمَاrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِtukadhibāni ﴿٧١﴾

[55:72] Confined in the tents.

حُورٌḥūrunمَّقْصُورَٰتٌmaqṣūrātunفِىfīٱلْخِيَامِl-khiyāmi ﴿٧٢﴾

[55:73] Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?

فَبِأَىِّfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِālāiرَبِّكُمَاrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِtukadhibāni ﴿٧٣﴾

[55:74] No human ever touched them, nor a jinn.

لَمْlamيَطْمِثْهُنَّyaṭmith'hunnaإِنسٌinsunقَبْلَهُمْqablahumوَلَاwalāجَآنٌّjānnun ﴿٧٤﴾

[55:75] Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?

فَبِأَىِّfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِālāiرَبِّكُمَاrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِtukadhibāni ﴿٧٥﴾

[55:76] They relax on green carpets, in beautiful surroundings.

مُتَّكِـِٔينَmuttakiīnaعَلَىٰʿalāرَفْرَفٍrafrafinخُضْرٍkhuḍ'rinوَعَبْقَرِىٍّwaʿabqariyyinحِسَانٍḥisānin ﴿٧٦﴾

[55:77] Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?

فَبِأَىِّfabi-ayyiءَالَآءِālāiرَبِّكُمَاrabbikumāتُكَذِّبَانِtukadhibāni ﴿٧٧﴾

[55:78] Most exalted is the name of your Lord, Possessor of Majesty and Honor.

تَبَـٰرَكَtabārakaٱسْمُus'muرَبِّكَrabbikaذِىdhīٱلْجَلَـٰلِl-jalāliوَٱلْإِكْرَامِwal-ik'rāmi ﴿٧٨﴾

Sura 55: Al-Rahmaan (The Gracious) الرحمن

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