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Tafsir of Surah Ar-Rahman (55) — The Beneficent · الرحمن
Medinan surah, 78 ayat. Read the whole surah
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Ar-Rahman 55:1
ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ
The Most Merciful
Tafsir 55:1
The Merciful one, possessor of vast mercy.
Ar-Rahman 55:2
عَلَّمَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ
Taught the Qur'an
Tafsir 55:2
He taught the Qur’ān to people by making its memorization easy and facilitating the understanding of its meanings.
Ar-Rahman 55:3
خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ
Created man
Tafsir 55:3
He created man perfectly and formed him in the best manner.
Ar-Rahman 55:4
عَلَّمَهُ ٱلۡبَيَانَ
[And] taught him eloquence
Tafsir 55:4
He taught him how to express what is within himself in speech and writing.
Ar-Rahman 55:5
ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ بِحُسۡبَانٖ
The sun and the moon [move] by precise calculation
Tafsir 55:5
He fixed a perfectly calculated course for the sun and moon, to teach people the number of years and calculation.
Ar-Rahman 55:6
وَٱلنَّجۡمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسۡجُدَانِ
And the stars and trees prostrate
Tafsir 55:6
Plants that do not have a stem and trees prostrate to Allah, (may He be glorified), in submission and surrender to Him.
Ar-Rahman 55:7
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلۡمِيزَانَ
And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance
Tafsir 55:7
He raised the sky above the earth as a roof for it. He established justice on earth and instructed His servants with it.
Ar-Rahman 55:8
أَلَّا تَطۡغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡمِيزَانِ
That you not transgress within the balance
Tafsir 55:8
He established justice so that you, O people, are not unjust and deceitful in weighing and measurement.
Ar-Rahman 55:9
وَأَقِيمُواْ ٱلۡوَزۡنَ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِ وَلَا تُخۡسِرُواْ ٱلۡمِيزَانَ
And establish weight in justice and do not make deficient the balance
Tafsir 55:9
Maintain the weighing justly between yourselves and do not give short weight or measure when you measure or weigh for others.
Ar-Rahman 55:10
وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلۡأَنَامِ
And the earth He laid [out] for the creatures
Tafsir 55:10
He prepared the earth for the creation to settle on it.
Ar-Rahman 55:11
فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٞ وَٱلنَّخۡلُ ذَاتُ ٱلۡأَكۡمَامِ
Therein is fruit and palm trees having sheaths [of dates]
Tafsir 55:11
It contains trees that produce fruit and date-palms that have receptacles that split open to reveal clusters.
Ar-Rahman 55:12
وَٱلۡحَبُّ ذُو ٱلۡعَصۡفِ وَٱلرَّيۡحَانُ
And grain having husks and scented plants
Tafsir 55:12
It contains grain with straw like wheat and barley and the different types of grain that you have been provided as food. It contains plants whose fragrances you find to be pleasant.
Ar-Rahman 55:13
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny
Tafsir 55:13
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:14
خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلۡصَٰلٖ كَٱلۡفَخَّارِ
He created man from clay like [that of] pottery
Tafsir 55:14
He created Adam (peace be upon him) from dried clay that has a clatter like that of baked clay.
Ar-Rahman 55:15
وَخَلَقَ ٱلۡجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٖ مِّن نَّارٖ
And He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire
Tafsir 55:15
He created the father of the jinn from a flame that is pure of smoke.
Ar-Rahman 55:16
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny
Tafsir 55:16
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:17
رَبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقَيۡنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلۡمَغۡرِبَيۡنِ
[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets
Tafsir 55:17
Lord of the sun’s two points of rising and its two points of setting in winter and summer.
Ar-Rahman 55:18
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny
Tafsir 55:18
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:19
مَرَجَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَيۡنِ يَلۡتَقِيَانِ
He released the two seas, meeting [side by side]
Tafsir 55:19
Allah mixed the two seas, the salty and the sweet, that converge as far as the eye can see.
Ar-Rahman 55:20
بَيۡنَهُمَا بَرۡزَخٞ لَّا يَبۡغِيَانِ
Between them is a barrier [so] neither of them transgresses
Tafsir 55:20
Between them is a barrier that prevents each one of them from transgressing over the other so that the sweet remains sweet and the salty remains salty.
Ar-Rahman 55:21
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny
Tafsir 55:21
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:22
يَخۡرُجُ مِنۡهُمَا ٱللُّؤۡلُؤُ وَٱلۡمَرۡجَانُ
From both of them emerge pearl and coral
Tafsir 55:22
From these seas pearls and coral emerge.
Ar-Rahman 55:23
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny
Tafsir 55:23
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:24
وَلَهُ ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ كَٱلۡأَعۡلَٰمِ
And to Him belong the ships [with sails] elevated in the sea like mountains
Tafsir 55:24
He, (may He be glorified), alone has control of the ships that sail on the oceans like mountains.
Ar-Rahman 55:25
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny
Tafsir 55:25
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:26
كُلُّ مَنۡ عَلَيۡهَا فَانٖ
Everyone upon the earth will perish
Tafsir 55:26
Every creation that is on the surface of the earth will inevitably perish.
Ar-Rahman 55:27
وَيَبۡقَىٰ وَجۡهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلۡجَلَٰلِ وَٱلۡإِكۡرَامِ
And there will remain the Face of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor
Tafsir 55:27
The face of your Lord, O Messenger, the One of greatness, kindness and bounty for His servants, will remain and will never perish.
Ar-Rahman 55:28
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny
Tafsir 55:28
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:29
يَسۡـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ كُلَّ يَوۡمٍ هُوَ فِي شَأۡنٖ
Whoever is within the heavens and earth asks Him; every day He is bringing about a matter
Tafsir 55:29
The angels in the heavens and the jinn and men on earth ask Him for their needs. Every day he brings about a matter from the affairs of His servants such as giving life, death, provision etc.
Ar-Rahman 55:30
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny
Tafsir 55:30
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:31
سَنَفۡرُغُ لَكُمۡ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ
We will attend to you, O prominent beings
Tafsir 55:31
I will attend to your reckoning, O men and jinn. and I will recompense each one with the reward or punishment he deserves.
Ar-Rahman 55:32
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny
Tafsir 55:32
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:33
يَٰمَعۡشَرَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُمۡ أَن تَنفُذُواْ مِنۡ أَقۡطَارِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَٱنفُذُواْۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ
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]
Tafsir 55:33
Allah will say on the Day of Judgment, when He gathers jinn and men: O group of jinn and men, if you are able to find for yourselves an exit from one part of the heavens and earth then do so. You will never be able to do so except with power and evidence, and where do you have that?
Ar-Rahman 55:34
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny
Tafsir 55:34
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:35
يُرۡسَلُ عَلَيۡكُمَا شُوَاظٞ مِّن نَّارٖ وَنُحَاسٞ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ
There will be sent upon you a flame of fire and smoke, and you will not defend yourselves
Tafsir 55:35
A flame of smokeless fire will be sent on you, O men and jinn, and smoke without a flame, and you will not be able to protect yourselves.
Ar-Rahman 55:36
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny
Tafsir 55:36
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:37
فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتۡ وَرۡدَةٗ كَٱلدِّهَانِ
And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose-colored like oil
Tafsir 55:37
When the sky will split open for the angels to descend from it and it will be red like molten lead or the like due to the terror of the day of judgment.
Ar-Rahman 55:38
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny
Tafsir 55:38
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:39
فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّا يُسۡـَٔلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦٓ إِنسٞ وَلَا جَآنّٞ
Then on that Day none will be asked about his sin among men or jinn
Tafsir 55:39
On that great day no man or jinn will be asked about their sins, because Allah knows their deeds.
Ar-Rahman 55:40
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny
Tafsir 55:40
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:41
يُعۡرَفُ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ بِسِيمَٰهُمۡ فَيُؤۡخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِي وَٱلۡأَقۡدَامِ
The criminals will be known by their marks, and they will be seized by the forelocks and the feet
Tafsir 55:41
The guilty ones will be recognised on that day by their mark, which is the blackness of their faces and the blueness of their eyes. Their forelocks will be tied to their feet and they will be thrown into Hell.
Ar-Rahman 55:42
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny
Tafsir 55:42
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:43
هَٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِي يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ
This is Hell, which the criminals deny
Tafsir 55:43
It will be said to them in rebuke: This is the Hell that the guilty ones used to reject in the world, which is before their eyes and which they are unable to deny.
Ar-Rahman 55:44
يَطُوفُونَ بَيۡنَهَا وَبَيۡنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٖ
They will go around between it and scalding water, heated [to the utmost degree]
Tafsir 55:44
They will go between it and water that is extremely hot.
Ar-Rahman 55:45
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny
Tafsir 55:45
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:46
وَلِمَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ
But for he who has feared the position of his Lord are two gardens
Tafsir 55:46
Those who fear to stand before their Lord in the Hereafter, and therefore have faith and do righteous deeds, will have two gardens.
Ar-Rahman 55:47
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny
Tafsir 55:47
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:48
ذَوَاتَآ أَفۡنَانٖ
Having [spreading] branches
Tafsir 55:48
These two gardens will have huge fresh branches producing fruit.
Ar-Rahman 55:49
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny
Tafsir 55:49
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:50
فِيهِمَا عَيۡنَانِ تَجۡرِيَانِ
In both of them are two springs, flowing
Tafsir 55:50
In the two gardens there will be two springs flowing between them with water.
Ar-Rahman 55:51
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny
Tafsir 55:51
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:52
فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٖ زَوۡجَانِ
In both of them are of every fruit, two kinds
Tafsir 55:52
In them there will be two types of every fruit to enjoy.
Ar-Rahman 55:53
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny
Tafsir 55:53
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:54
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشِۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنۡ إِسۡتَبۡرَقٖۚ وَجَنَى ٱلۡجَنَّتَيۡنِ دَانٖ
[They are] reclining on beds whose linings are of silk brocade, and the fruit of the two gardens is hanging low
Tafsir 55:54
Reclining on spreads, whose inner lining will be of coarse silk, and the fruits that they will reap from the two gardens will be close and within reach of a person standing, sitting or reclining.
Ar-Rahman 55:55
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny
Tafsir 55:55
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:56
فِيهِنَّ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرۡفِ لَمۡ يَطۡمِثۡهُنَّ إِنسٞ قَبۡلَهُمۡ وَلَا جَآنّٞ
In them are women limiting [their] glances, untouched before them by man or jinni
Tafsir 55:56
In them there will be women who will restrict their gaze to their husbands, whose virginity was not broken by any man or jinn before their husbands.
Ar-Rahman 55:57
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny
Tafsir 55:57
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:58
كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلۡيَاقُوتُ وَٱلۡمَرۡجَانُ
As if they were rubies and coral
Tafsir 55:58
As though they are rubies and coral in their beauty and purity.
Ar-Rahman 55:59
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny
Tafsir 55:59
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:60
هَلۡ جَزَآءُ ٱلۡإِحۡسَٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلۡإِحۡسَٰنُ
Is the reward for good [anything] but good
Tafsir 55:60
The reward of those who properly followed their Lord is only that Allah will give them a proper recompense.
Ar-Rahman 55:61
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny
Tafsir 55:61
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:62
وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ
And below them both [in excellence] are two [other] gardens
Tafsir 55:62
Below those two mentioned gardens are another two gardens.
Ar-Rahman 55:63
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny
Tafsir 55:63
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:64
مُدۡهَآمَّتَانِ
Dark green [in color]
Tafsir 55:64
Both of the deepest green.
Ar-Rahman 55:65
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny
Tafsir 55:65
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:66
فِيهِمَا عَيۡنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ
In both of them are two springs, spouting
Tafsir 55:66
In these two gardens there are springs that forcefully gush forth with water. The gushing of their water does not stop.
Ar-Rahman 55:67
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny
Tafsir 55:67
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:68
فِيهِمَا فَٰكِهَةٞ وَنَخۡلٞ وَرُمَّانٞ
In both of them are fruit and palm trees and pomegranates
Tafsir 55:68
In these two gardens there are abundant fruit, huge date-palms and pomegranates.
Ar-Rahman 55:69
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny
Tafsir 55:69
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:70
فِيهِنَّ خَيۡرَٰتٌ حِسَانٞ
In them are good and beautiful women
Tafsir 55:70
In these four gardens there are women with good characters and beautiful faces.
Ar-Rahman 55:71
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny
Tafsir 55:71
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:72
حُورٞ مَّقۡصُورَٰتٞ فِي ٱلۡخِيَامِ
Fair ones reserved in pavilions
Tafsir 55:72
Houris covered in tents as protection for them.
Ar-Rahman 55:73
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny
Tafsir 55:73
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:74
لَمۡ يَطۡمِثۡهُنَّ إِنسٞ قَبۡلَهُمۡ وَلَا جَآنّٞ
Untouched before them by man or jinni
Tafsir 55:74
Before their husbands no man or jinn has come close to them.
Ar-Rahman 55:75
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny
Tafsir 55:75
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:76
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفۡرَفٍ خُضۡرٖ وَعَبۡقَرِيٍّ حِسَانٖ
Reclining on green cushions and beautiful fine carpets
Tafsir 55:76
Reclining on cushions covered with green covers, and beautiful carpets.
Ar-Rahman 55:77
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny
Tafsir 55:77
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
Ar-Rahman 55:78
تَبَٰرَكَ ٱسۡمُ رَبِّكَ ذِي ٱلۡجَلَٰلِ وَٱلۡإِكۡرَامِ
Blessed is the name of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor
Tafsir 55:78
The name of your Lord, the Possessor of majesty, favour and bounty over His servants, is great and full of goodness.
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