سُورَةُ الرَّحۡمَٰن
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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ
THE MOST GRACIOUS
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عَلَّمَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ
has imparted this Qur’an [unto man].
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خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ
He has created man:
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عَلَّمَهُ ٱلْبَيَانَ
He has imparted unto him articulate thought and speech.
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ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍۢ
[At His behest] the sun and the moon run their appointed courses;
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وَٱلنَّجْمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ
[before Him] prostrate themselves the stars and the trees.
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وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلْمِيزَانَ
And the skies has He raised high, and has devised [for all things] a measure,
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أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْمِيزَانِ
so that you [too, O men,] might never transgress the measure [of what is right]:
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وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا۟ ٱلْمِيزَانَ
weigh, therefore, [your deeds] with equity, and cut not the measure short!
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وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ
And the earth has He spread out for all living beings,
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فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٌۭ وَٱلنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ ٱلْأَكْمَامِ
with fruit thereon, and palm trees with sheathed clusters [of dates],
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وَٱلْحَبُّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْفِ وَٱلرَّيْحَانُ
and grain growing tall on its stalks, and sweet-smelling plants.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
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خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍۢ كَٱلْفَخَّارِ
He has created man out of sounding clay, like pottery,
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وَخَلَقَ ٱلْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍۢ مِّن نَّارٍۢ
whereas the invisible beings He has created out of a confusing flame of fire.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
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رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ
[He is] the Sustainer of the two farthest points of sunrise, and the Sustainer of the two farthest points of sunset.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
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مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ
He has given freedom to the two great bodies of water, so that they might meet:
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بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌۭ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ
[yet] between them is a barrier which they may not transgress.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
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يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا ٱللُّؤْلُؤُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ
Out of these two [bodies of water] come forth pearls, both great and small.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
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وَلَهُ ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَٰمِ
And His are the lofty ships that sail like [floating] mountains through the seas.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
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كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍۢ
All that lives on earth or in the heavens is bound to pass away:
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وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلْجَلَٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ
but forever will abide thy Sustainer’s Self, full of majesty and glory.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
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يَسْـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِى شَأْنٍۢ
On Him depends all creatures in the heavens and on earth; [and] every day He manifests Himself in yet another [wondrous] way.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
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سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ
[ONE DAY] We shall take you to task, O you sin-laden two!
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
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يَٰمَعْشَرَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَن تَنفُذُوا۟ مِنْ أَقْطَارِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنفُذُوا۟ ۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَٰنٍۢ
O you who live in close communion with [evil] invisible beings and humans! If you [think that you] can pass beyond the regions of the heavens and the earth, pass beyond them! [But] you cannot pass beyond them, save by a sanction [from God]!
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
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يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌۭ مِّن نَّارٍۢ وَنُحَاسٌۭ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ
A flash of fire will be let loose upon you, and smoke, and you will be left without succour!
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
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فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةًۭ كَٱلدِّهَانِ
And when the sky is rent asunder and becomes red like [burning] oil
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
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فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّا يُسْـَٔلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦٓ إِنسٌۭ وَلَا جَآنٌّۭ
For on that Day neither man nor invisible being will be asked about his sins.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
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يُعْرَفُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَٰهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِى وَٱلْأَقْدَامِ
All who were lost in sin shall by their marks be known, and shall by their forelocks and their feet be seized!
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
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هَٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ
This will be the hell which those who are lost in sin [now] call a lie:
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يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٍۢ
between it and [their own] burning-hot despair will they wander to and fro!
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
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وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ
BUT FOR THOSE who of their Sustainer’s Presence stand in fear, two gardens [of paradise are readied] -
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow? –
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ذَوَاتَآ أَفْنَانٍۢ
[two gardens] of many wondrous hues.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
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فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ
In [each of] these two [gardens] two springs will flow.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
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فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٍۢ زَوْجَانِ
In [each of] these two will two kinds of every fruit be [found].
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer s powers can you disavow?
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مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشٍۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍۢ ۚ وَجَنَى ٱلْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍۢ
[In such a paradise the blest will dwell,] reclining upon carpets lined with rich brocade; and the fruit of both these gardens will be within easy reach.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
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فِيهِنَّ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌۭ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّۭ
In these [gardens] will be mates of modest gaze, whom neither man nor invisible being will have touched ere then.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
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كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلْيَاقُوتُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ
[When you are promised splendours] as though [of] rubies and [of] pearls –
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
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هَلْ جَزَآءُ ٱلْإِحْسَٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلْإِحْسَٰنُ
Could the reward of good be aught but good?
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
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وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ
And besides those two will be yet two [other] gardens -
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow? –
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مُدْهَآمَّتَانِ
two [gardens] of the deepest green.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
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فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ
In [each of] these two [gardens] will two springs gush forth.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
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فِيهِمَا فَٰكِهَةٌۭ وَنَخْلٌۭ وَرُمَّانٌۭ
In both of them will be [all kinds of] fruit, and date-palms and pomegranates.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
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فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَٰتٌ حِسَانٌۭ
In these [gardens] will be [all] things most excellent and beautiful.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
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حُورٌۭ مَّقْصُورَٰتٌۭ فِى ٱلْخِيَامِ
[There the blest will live with their] companions pure and modest, in pavilions [splendid] -
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow? –
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لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌۭ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّۭ
[companions] whom neither man nor invisible being will have touched ere then.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
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مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍۢ وَعَبْقَرِىٍّ حِسَانٍۢ
[In such a paradise will they dwell,] reclining upon meadows green and carpets rich in beauty.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?
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تَبَٰرَكَ ٱسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِى ٱلْجَلَٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ
HALLOWED be thy Sustainer’s name, full of majesty and glory!
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