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Surat ar-rahman (The Most Gracious)

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اَلرَّحْمٰنُۙ

ar-raḥmān

AR-RAHMAN

عَلَّمَ الْقُرْاٰنَۗ

'allamal-qur`ān

Bestowed the Qur´an

خَلَقَ الْاِنْسَانَۙ

khalaqal-insān

Created man

عَلَّمَهُ الْبَيَانَ

'allamahul-bayān

And taught him to express clearly.

اَلشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍۙ

asy-syamsu wal-qamaru biḥusbān

The sun and moon revolve to a computation;

وَّالنَّجْمُ وَالشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ

wan-najmu wasy-syajaru yasjudān

And the grasses and the trees bow (to Him) in adoration.

وَالسَّمَاۤءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ الْمِيْزَانَۙ

was-samā`a rafa'ahā wa waḍa'al-mīzān

He raised the sky and set the Balance

اَلَّا تَطْغَوْا فِى الْمِيْزَانِ

allā taṭgau fil-mīzān

So that none may err against the scales

وَاَقِيْمُوا الْوَزْنَ بِالْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا الْمِيْزَانَ

wa aqīmul-wazna bil-qisṭi wa lā tukhsirul-mīzān

And observe correct measure weigh with justice and not cheat the balance.

وَالْاَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْاَنَامِۙ

wal-arḍa waḍa'ahā lil-anām

He positioned the earth for all the creatures:

فِيْهَا فَاكِهَةٌ وَّالنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ الْاَكْمَامِۖ

fīhā fākihatuw wan-nakhlu żātul-akmām

There are fruits of all kinds on it and date-palms with their clusters sheathed

وَالْحَبُّ ذُو الْعَصْفِ وَالرَّيْحَانُۚ

wal-ḥabbu żul-'aṣfi war-raiḥān

Grain with husk and fragrant grasses.

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ

fa bi`ayyi ālā`i rabbikumā tukażżibān

How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny?

خَلَقَ الْاِنْسَانَ مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ كَالْفَخَّارِ

khalaqal-insāna min ṣalṣāling kal-fakhkhār

He created man of fermented clay dried tinkling hard like earthen ware

وَخَلَقَ الْجَاۤنَّ مِنْ مَّارِجٍ مِّنْ نَّارٍۚ

wa khalaqal-jānna mim mārijim min nār

And created jinns from the white-hot flame of fire.

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ

fa bi`ayyi ālā`i rabbikumā tukażżibān

How many favours of your Lord will you then deny?

رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ الْمَغْرِبَيْنِۚ

rabbul-masyriqaini wa rabbul-magribaīn

Lord of the two Easts Lord of the two Wests.

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ

fa bi`ayyi ālā`i rabbikumā tukażżibān

How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny?

مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيٰنِۙ

marajal-baḥraini yaltaqiyān

He has set two seas in motion that flow side by side together

بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيٰنِۚ

bainahumā barzakhul lā yabgiyān

With an interstice between them which they cannot cross.

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ

fa bi`ayyi ālā`i rabbikumā tukażżibān

How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny? --

يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا اللُّؤْلُؤُ وَالْمَرْجَانُۚ

yakhruju min-humal-lu`lu`u wal-marjān

Out of them come pearls and coral.

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ

fa bi`ayyi ālā`i rabbikumā tukażżibān

How many favours of your Lord will you then deny?

وَلَهُ الْجَوَارِ الْمُنْشَاٰتُ فِى الْبَحْرِ كَالْاَعْلَامِۚ

wa lahul-jawāril-munsya`ātu fil-baḥri kal-a'lām

His are the high-sailed vessels in deep ocean like the mountains.

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ

fa bi`ayyi ālā`i rabbikumā tukażżibān

How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny?

كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍۖ

kullu man 'alaihā fān

All that is on the earth is passing

وَّيَبْقٰى وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو الْجَلٰلِ وَالْاِكْرَامِۚ

wa yabqā waj-hu rabbika żul-jalāli wal-ikrām

But abiding is the glory of your Lord full of majesty and beneficence.

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ

fa bi`ayyi ālā`i rabbikumā tukażżibān

How many favours of your Lord will you then deny?

يَسْـَٔلُهٗ مَنْ فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِۗ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِيْ شَأْنٍۚ

yas`aluhụ man fis-samāwāti wal-arḍ, kulla yaumin huwa fī sya`n

All those there are in the heavens and the earth turn to Him with solicitation intent on His purpose all the time.

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ

fa bi`ayyi ālā`i rabbikumā tukażżibān

How many favours of your Lord will you then deny?

سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ اَيُّهَ الثَّقَلٰنِۚ

sanafrugu lakum ayyuhaṡ-ṡaqalān

We shall soon be free to turn to you O weary caravans

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ

fa bi`ayyi ālā`i rabbikumā tukażżibān

How many favours of your Lord will you then deny?

يٰمَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ وَالْاِنْسِ اِنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ اَنْ تَنْفُذُوْا مِنْ اَقْطَارِ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ فَانْفُذُوْاۗ لَا تَنْفُذُوْنَ اِلَّا بِسُلْطٰنٍۚ

yā ma'syaral-jinni wal-insi inistaṭa'tum an tanfużụ min aqṭāris-samāwāti wal-arḍi fanfużụ, lā tanfużụna illā bisulṭān

O society of jinns and men cross the bounds of the heavens and the earth if you have the ability then pass beyond them; but you cannot unless you acquire the law.

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ

fa bi`ayyi ālā`i rabbikumā tukażżibān

How many favours of your Lord will you then deny?

يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِّنْ نَّارٍۙ وَّنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنْتَصِرَانِۚ

yursalu 'alaikumā syuwāẓum min nāriw wa nuḥāsun fa lā tantaṣirān

Let loose at you will be smokeless flames of fire so that you will not be able to defend yourselves.

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ

fa bi`ayyi ālā`i rabbikumā tukażżibān

How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny?

فَاِذَا انْشَقَّتِ السَّمَاۤءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَالدِّهَانِۚ

fa iżansyaqqatis-samā`u fa kānat wardatang kad-dihān

When the sky will split asunder and turn rosy like the dregs of annointing oil

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ

fa bi`ayyi ālā`i rabbikumā tukażżibān

Which of the favours of your Lord will you then deny?

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُسْـَٔلُ عَنْ ذَنْۢبِهٖٓ اِنْسٌ وَّلَا جَاۤنٌّۚ

fa yauma`iżil lā yus`alu 'an żambihī insuw wa lā jānn

Neither man nor jinn will be questioned on that day about his sin.

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ

fa bi`ayyi ālā`i rabbikumā tukażżibān

How many favours of your Lord will you then deny?

يُعْرَفُ الْمُجْرِمُوْنَ بِسِيْمٰهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِالنَّوَاصِيْ وَالْاَقْدَامِۚ

yu'raful-mujrimụna bisīmāhum fa yu`khażu bin-nawāṣī wal-aqdām

The sinners will be recognised by their marks and seized by the forelock and their feet.

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ

fa bi`ayyi ālā`i rabbikumā tukażżibān

Which of the favours of your Lord will you then deny?

هٰذِهٖ جَهَنَّمُ الَّتِيْ يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا الْمُجْرِمُوْنَۘ

hāżihī jahannamullatī yukażżibu bihal-mujrimụn

This is Hell the sinners called a lie.

يَطُوْفُوْنَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيْمٍ اٰنٍۚ

yaṭụfụna bainahā wa baina ḥamīmin ān

They will go round and around between it and boiling water.

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ

fa bi`ayyi ālā`i rabbikumā tukażżibān

Which of the favours of your Lord will you then deny?

وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهٖ جَنَّتٰنِۚ

wa liman khāfa maqāma rabbihī jannatān

But for him who lived in awe of the sublimity of his Lord there will be two gardens --

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِۙ

fa bi`ayyi ālā`i rabbikumā tukażżibān

How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny? --

ذَوَاتَآ اَفْنَانٍۚ

żawātā afnān

Full of overhanging branches --

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ

fa bi`ayyi ālā`i rabbikumā tukażżibān

Which of the favours of your Lord will you then deny? --

فِيْهِمَا عَيْنٰنِ تَجْرِيٰنِۚ

fīhimā 'aināni tajriyān

With two springs of water flowing through them both. --

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ

fa bi`ayyi ālā`i rabbikumā tukażżibān

Which of the favours of your Lord will then both of you deny?

فِيْهِمَا مِنْ كُلِّ فَاكِهَةٍ زَوْجٰنِۚ

fīhimā ming kulli fākihatin zaujān

In both of them there will be every kind of fruits in pairs. --

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِۚ

fa bi`ayyi ālā`i rabbikumā tukażżibān

Which of the favours of your Lord will then both of you deny? --

مُتَّكِـِٕيْنَ عَلٰى فُرُشٍۢ بَطَاۤىِٕنُهَا مِنْ اِسْتَبْرَقٍۗ وَجَنَا الْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍۚ

muttaki`īna 'alā furusyim baṭā`inuhā min istabraq, wa janal-jannataini dān

Reclining there on carpets lined with brocade fruits of the garden hanging low within reach.

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ

fa bi`ayyi ālā`i rabbikumā tukażżibān

How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny?

فِيْهِنَّ قٰصِرٰتُ الطَّرْفِۙ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ اِنْسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَاۤنٌّۚ

fīhinna qāṣirātuṭ-ṭarfi lam yaṭmiṡ-hunna insung qablahum wa lā jānn

In them maidens with averted glances undeflowered by man or by jinn before them --

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِۚ

fa bi`ayyi ālā`i rabbikumā tukażżibān

Which of the favours of your Lord will then both of you deny? --

كَاَنَّهُنَّ الْيَاقُوْتُ وَالْمَرْجَانُۚ

ka`annahunnal-yāqụtu wal-marjān

As though rubies and pearls.

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ

fa bi`ayyi ālā`i rabbikumā tukażżibān

Which of the favours of your Lord will then both of you deny?

هَلْ جَزَاۤءُ الْاِحْسَانِ اِلَّا الْاِحْسَانُۚ

hal jazā`ul-iḥsāni illal-iḥsān

Should the reward of goodness be aught else but goodness? --

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ

fa bi`ayyi ālā`i rabbikumā tukażżibān

How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny? --

وَمِنْ دُوْنِهِمَا جَنَّتٰنِۚ

wa min dụnihimā jannatān

And besides these two other gardens --

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِۙ

fa bi`ayyi ālā`i rabbikumā tukażżibān

Which of the favours of your Lord will then both of you deny? --

مُدْهَاۤمَّتٰنِۚ

mud-hāmmatān

Of darkest verdant green --

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ

fa bi`ayyi ālā`i rabbikumā tukażżibān

How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny? --

فِيْهِمَا عَيْنٰنِ نَضَّاخَتٰنِۚ

fīhimā 'aināni naḍḍākhatān

With two fountains gushing constantly --

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِۚ

fa bi`ayyi ālā`i rabbikumā tukażżibān

How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny? --

فِيْهِمَا فَاكِهَةٌ وَّنَخْلٌ وَّرُمَّانٌۚ

fīhimā fākihatuw wa nakhluw wa rummān

With fruits in them and dates and pomegranates --

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِۚ

fa bi`ayyi ālā`i rabbikumā tukażżibān

How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny? --

فِيْهِنَّ خَيْرٰتٌ حِسَانٌۚ

fīhinna khairātun ḥisān

In them good and comely maidens --

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِۚ

fa bi`ayyi ālā`i rabbikumā tukażżibān

How many favours of your Lord will you then deny? --

حُوْرٌ مَّقْصُوْرٰتٌ فِى الْخِيَامِۚ

ḥụrum maqṣụrātun fil-khiyām

Houris cloistered in pavilions --

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِۚ

fa bi`ayyi ālā`i rabbikumā tukażżibān

How many favours of your Lord will you then deny? --

لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ اِنْسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَاۤنٌّۚ

lam yaṭmiṡ-hunna insung qablahum wa lā jānn

Undeflowered by man or by jinn before them --

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِۚ

fa bi`ayyi ālā`i rabbikumā tukażżibān

How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny? --

مُتَّكِـِٕيْنَ عَلٰى رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَّعَبْقَرِيٍّ حِسَانٍۚ

muttaki`īna 'alā rafrafin khuḍriw wa 'abqariyyin ḥisān

Reclining on green cushions and rich carpets excellent.

فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِۚ

fa bi`ayyi ālā`i rabbikumā tukażżibān

How many favours of your Lord will you then deny?

تَبٰرَكَ اسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِى الْجَلٰلِ وَالْاِكْرَامِ

tabārakasmu rabbika żil-jalāli wal-ikrām

Blessed be the name of your Lord full of majesty and beneficience.