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Surah Ar-Rahman

سورة الرحمن · The Beneficent · 78 verses · Medinan

Ar-Rahman is known for its refrain "So which of the favours of your Lord would you deny?", which occurs 31 times. The surah lists the blessings of Allah to humans and jinn, from creation to the gardens of Paradise.

Also written as: Rahman, Rahman Suresi

Number
55
Arabic
الرحمن
Meaning
The Beneficent
Verses
78
Revealed in
Medina
Juz
27
Mushaf page
531–534

Surah Ar-Rahman in Arabic and English

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

55:1

ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ ﴿١﴾

Alrrahmanu

The Most Merciful

55:2

عَلَّمَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ ﴿٢﴾

ʿallama alqurana

Taught the Qur'an

55:3

خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ ﴿٣﴾

Khalaqa alinsana

Created man

55:4

عَلَّمَهُ ٱلۡبَيَانَ ﴿٤﴾

ʿallamahu albayana

[And] taught him eloquence

55:5

ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ بِحُسۡبَانٖ ﴿٥﴾

Alshshamsu waalqamaru bihusbanin

The sun and the moon [move] by precise calculation

55:6

وَٱلنَّجۡمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسۡجُدَانِ ﴿٦﴾

Waalnnajmu waalshshajaru yasjudani

And the stars and trees prostrate

55:7

وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلۡمِيزَانَ ﴿٧﴾

Waalssamaa rafaʿaha wawadaʿa almeezana

And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance

55:8

أَلَّا تَطۡغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡمِيزَانِ ﴿٨﴾

Alla tatghaw fee almeezani

That you not transgress within the balance

55:9

وَأَقِيمُواْ ٱلۡوَزۡنَ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِ وَلَا تُخۡسِرُواْ ٱلۡمِيزَانَ ﴿٩﴾

Waaqeemoo alwazna bialqisti wala tukhsiroo almeezana

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

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلۡأَنَامِ ﴿١٠﴾

Waalarda wadaʿaha lilanami

And the earth He laid [out] for the creatures

فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٞ وَٱلنَّخۡلُ ذَاتُ ٱلۡأَكۡمَامِ ﴿١١﴾

Feeha fakihatun waalnnakhlu thatu alakmami

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

وَٱلۡحَبُّ ذُو ٱلۡعَصۡفِ وَٱلرَّيۡحَانُ ﴿١٢﴾

Waalhabbu thoo alʿasfi waalrrayhani

And grain having husks and scented plants

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿١٣﴾

Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny

خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلۡصَٰلٖ كَٱلۡفَخَّارِ ﴿١٤﴾

Khalaqa alinsana min salsalin kaalfakhkhari

He created man from clay like [that of] pottery

وَخَلَقَ ٱلۡجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٖ مِّن نَّارٖ ﴿١٥﴾

Wakhalaqa aljanna min marijin min narin

And He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿١٦﴾

Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny

رَبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقَيۡنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلۡمَغۡرِبَيۡنِ ﴿١٧﴾

Rabbu almashriqayni warabbu almaghribayni

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

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿١٨﴾

Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny

مَرَجَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَيۡنِ يَلۡتَقِيَانِ ﴿١٩﴾

Maraja albahrayni yaltaqiyani

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

بَيۡنَهُمَا بَرۡزَخٞ لَّا يَبۡغِيَانِ ﴿٢٠﴾

Baynahuma barzakhun la yabghiyani

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

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٢١﴾

Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny

يَخۡرُجُ مِنۡهُمَا ٱللُّؤۡلُؤُ وَٱلۡمَرۡجَانُ ﴿٢٢﴾

Yakhruju minhuma alluluo waalmarjanu

From both of them emerge pearl and coral

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٢٣﴾

Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny

وَلَهُ ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ كَٱلۡأَعۡلَٰمِ ﴿٢٤﴾

Walahu aljawari almunshaatu fee albahri kaalaʿlami

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

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٢٥﴾

Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny

كُلُّ مَنۡ عَلَيۡهَا فَانٖ ﴿٢٦﴾

Kullu man ʿalayha fanin

Everyone upon the earth will perish

وَيَبۡقَىٰ وَجۡهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلۡجَلَٰلِ وَٱلۡإِكۡرَامِ ﴿٢٧﴾

Wayabqa wajhu rabbika thoo aljalali waalikrami

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

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٢٨﴾

Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny

يَسۡـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ كُلَّ يَوۡمٍ هُوَ فِي شَأۡنٖ ﴿٢٩﴾

Yasaluhu man fee alssamawati waalardi kulla yawmin huwa fee shanin

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

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٣٠﴾

Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny

سَنَفۡرُغُ لَكُمۡ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ ﴿٣١﴾

Sanafrughu lakum ayyuha alththaqalani

We will attend to you, O prominent beings

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٣٢﴾

Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny

يَٰمَعۡشَرَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُمۡ أَن تَنفُذُواْ مِنۡ أَقۡطَارِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَٱنفُذُواْۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ ﴿٣٣﴾

Ya maʿshara aljinni waalinsi ini istataʿtum an tanfuthoo min aqtari alssamawati waalardi faonfuthoo la tanfuthoona illa bisultanin

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 ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٣٤﴾

Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny

يُرۡسَلُ عَلَيۡكُمَا شُوَاظٞ مِّن نَّارٖ وَنُحَاسٞ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ ﴿٣٥﴾

Yursalu ʿalaykuma shuwathun min narin wanuhasun fala tantasirani

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

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٣٦﴾

Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny

فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتۡ وَرۡدَةٗ كَٱلدِّهَانِ ﴿٣٧﴾

Faitha inshaqqati alssamao fakanat wardatan kaalddihani

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

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٣٨﴾

Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny

فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّا يُسۡـَٔلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦٓ إِنسٞ وَلَا جَآنّٞ ﴿٣٩﴾

Fayawmaithin la yusalu ʿan thanbihi insun wala jannun

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

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٤٠﴾

Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny

يُعۡرَفُ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ بِسِيمَٰهُمۡ فَيُؤۡخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِي وَٱلۡأَقۡدَامِ ﴿٤١﴾

Yuʿrafu almujrimoona biseemahum fayukhathu bialnnawasee waalaqdami

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

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٤٢﴾

Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny

هَٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِي يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ ﴿٤٣﴾

Hathihi jahannamu allatee yukaththibu biha almujrimoona

This is Hell, which the criminals deny

يَطُوفُونَ بَيۡنَهَا وَبَيۡنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٖ ﴿٤٤﴾

Yatoofoona baynaha wabayna hameemin anin

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

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٤٥﴾

Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny

وَلِمَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ ﴿٤٦﴾

Waliman khafa maqama rabbihi jannatani

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

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٤٧﴾

Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny

ذَوَاتَآ أَفۡنَانٖ ﴿٤٨﴾

Thawata afnanin

Having [spreading] branches

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٤٩﴾

Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny

فِيهِمَا عَيۡنَانِ تَجۡرِيَانِ ﴿٥٠﴾

Feehima ʿaynani tajriyani

In both of them are two springs, flowing

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٥١﴾

Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny

فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٖ زَوۡجَانِ ﴿٥٢﴾

Feehima min kulli fakihatin zawjani

In both of them are of every fruit, two kinds

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٥٣﴾

Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny

مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشِۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنۡ إِسۡتَبۡرَقٖۚ وَجَنَى ٱلۡجَنَّتَيۡنِ دَانٖ ﴿٥٤﴾

Muttakieena ʿala furushin batainuha min istabraqin wajana aljannatayni danin

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

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٥٥﴾

Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny

فِيهِنَّ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرۡفِ لَمۡ يَطۡمِثۡهُنَّ إِنسٞ قَبۡلَهُمۡ وَلَا جَآنّٞ ﴿٥٦﴾

Feehinna qasiratu alttarfi lam yatmithhunna insun qablahum wala jannun

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

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٥٧﴾

Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny

كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلۡيَاقُوتُ وَٱلۡمَرۡجَانُ ﴿٥٨﴾

Kaannahunna alyaqootu waalmarjanu

As if they were rubies and coral

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٥٩﴾

Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny

هَلۡ جَزَآءُ ٱلۡإِحۡسَٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلۡإِحۡسَٰنُ ﴿٦٠﴾

Hal jazao alihsani illa alihsanu

Is the reward for good [anything] but good

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٦١﴾

Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny

وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ ﴿٦٢﴾

Wamin doonihima jannatani

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

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٦٣﴾

Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny

مُدۡهَآمَّتَانِ ﴿٦٤﴾

Mudhammatani

Dark green [in color]

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٦٥﴾

Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny

فِيهِمَا عَيۡنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ ﴿٦٦﴾

Feehima ʿaynani naddakhatani

In both of them are two springs, spouting

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٦٧﴾

Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny

فِيهِمَا فَٰكِهَةٞ وَنَخۡلٞ وَرُمَّانٞ ﴿٦٨﴾

Feehima fakihatun wanakhlun warummanun

In both of them are fruit and palm trees and pomegranates

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٦٩﴾

Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny

فِيهِنَّ خَيۡرَٰتٌ حِسَانٞ ﴿٧٠﴾

Feehinna khayratun hisanun

In them are good and beautiful women

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٧١﴾

Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny

حُورٞ مَّقۡصُورَٰتٞ فِي ٱلۡخِيَامِ ﴿٧٢﴾

Hoorun maqsooratun fee alkhiyami

Fair ones reserved in pavilions

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٧٣﴾

Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny

لَمۡ يَطۡمِثۡهُنَّ إِنسٞ قَبۡلَهُمۡ وَلَا جَآنّٞ ﴿٧٤﴾

Lam yatmithhunna insun qablahum wala jannun

Untouched before them by man or jinni

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٧٥﴾

Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny

مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفۡرَفٍ خُضۡرٖ وَعَبۡقَرِيٍّ حِسَانٖ ﴿٧٦﴾

Muttakieena ʿala rafrafin khudrin waʿabqariyyin hisanin

Reclining on green cushions and beautiful fine carpets

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿٧٧﴾

Fabiayyi alai rabbikuma tukaththibani

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny

تَبَٰرَكَ ٱسۡمُ رَبِّكَ ذِي ٱلۡجَلَٰلِ وَٱلۡإِكۡرَامِ ﴿٧٨﴾

Tabaraka ismu rabbika thee aljalali waalikrami

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

Translation: Saheeh International. Transliteration: Tanzil.net. Recitation: Mishary Alafasy (EveryAyah.com). A translation conveys the meaning and does not replace the Arabic text.

Frequently asked questions

How many verses are in Surah Ar-Rahman?

Surah Ar-Rahman has 78 verses.

Where was Surah Ar-Rahman revealed?

Surah Ar-Rahman is a Medinan surah; it was revealed in Medina.

Which juz is Surah Ar-Rahman in?

Surah Ar-Rahman is in juz 27, on pages 531–534 of the standard Madinah mushaf.

What does Ar-Rahman mean?

الرحمن means "The Beneficent".

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