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ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ
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55:1
The Most Merciful
Chapter 55
Meccan
55
Surah Rahman
الرحمن
The Opening
Verses
78
Revealed in
Mecca
أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ
I seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the accursed one
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
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عَلَّمَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ
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55:2
Taught the Qur’ān,
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خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ
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55:3
Created man,
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عَلَّمَهُ ٱلْبَيَانَ
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55:4
˹and˺ taught them speech.
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ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍۢ
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55:5
The sun and the moon ˹travel˺ with precision.
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وَٱلنَّجْمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ
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55:6
The stars and the trees bow down ˹in submission˺.1
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وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلْمِيزَانَ
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55:7
As for the sky, He raised it ˹high˺, and set the balance ˹of justice˺
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أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْمِيزَانِ
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55:8
so that you do not defraud the scales.
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وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا۟ ٱلْمِيزَانَ
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55:9
Weigh with justice, and do not give short measure.
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وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ
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55:10
He laid out the earth for all beings.
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فِيهَا فَـٰكِهَةٌۭ وَٱلنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ ٱلْأَكْمَامِ
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55:11
In it are fruit, palm trees with date stalks,
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وَٱلْحَبُّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْفِ وَٱلرَّيْحَانُ
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55:12
and grain with husks, and aromatic plants.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
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55:13
Then which of your Lord’s favours will you ˹humans and jinn˺ both deny?1
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خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍۢ كَٱلْفَخَّارِ
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55:14
He created humankind from ˹sounding˺ clay like pottery,
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وَخَلَقَ ٱلْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍۢ مِّن نَّارٍۢ
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55:15
and created jinn from a ˹smokeless˺ flame of fire.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
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55:16
Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?
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رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ
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55:17
˹He is˺ Lord of the two easts and the two wests.1
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
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55:18
Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?
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مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ
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55:19
He merges the two bodies of ˹fresh and salt˺ water,
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بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌۭ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ
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55:20
yet between them is a barrier they never cross.1
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
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55:21
Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?
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يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا ٱللُّؤْلُؤُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ
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55:22
Out of both ˹waters˺ come forth pearls and coral.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
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55:23
Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?
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وَلَهُ ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَـٰمِ
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55:24
To Him belong the ships with raised sails, sailing through the seas like mountains.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
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55:25
Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?
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كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍۢ
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55:26
Every being on earth is bound to perish.
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وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلْجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ
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55:27
Only your Lord Himself,1 full of Majesty and Honour, will remain ˹forever˺.2
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
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55:28
Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?
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يَسْـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِى شَأْنٍۢ
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55:29
All those in the heavens and the earth are dependent on Him. Day in and day out He has something to bring about.1
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
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55:30
Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?
