English Sahih International
Surah Ar-Rahman ( The Most Graciouse ) - Aya count 78
الرَّحْمَٰنُ
( 1 ) 
Ar-Rahman, the Beneficent, the Instant Source of all Mercy and Kindness.
عَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ
( 2 ) He it is Who has made known and taught the Qur'an.
خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ
( 3 ) He has created the human being. (And taken care of his mental and physical needs).
عَلَّمَهُ الْبَيَانَ
( 4 ) He has distinguished him with the ability to clearly express his feelings and thoughts .
الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ
( 5 ) The sun and the moon run by a mathematical design. (Such are the changeless Laws given in this Book).
وَالنَّجْمُ وَالشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ
( 6 ) The stars and the trees all adore Him (and follow His Laws).
وَالسَّمَاءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ الْمِيزَانَ
( 7 ) And the sky has He raised high and has kept perfect balance in the Universe.
أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا فِي الْمِيزَانِ
( 8 ) So that you, too, never violate balance in your lives.
وَأَقِيمُوا الْوَزْنَ بِالْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا الْمِيزَانَ
( 9 ) Therefore, establish Balance in the society in absolute justice. And never belittle the Scale of Justice in the community and in all your transactions with your own 'Self' and with others.
وَالْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ
( 10 ) And (know that) the earth He has spread out for all His creatures. ('Anam' = All living beings).
فِيهَا فَاكِهَةٌ وَالنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ الْأَكْمَامِ
( 11 ) Wherein are fruit and palms with clusters protected in sheaths.
وَالْحَبُّ ذُو الْعَصْفِ وَالرَّيْحَانُ
( 12 ) And grain, corn, leaves, stalks, colorful herbs, vegetables, spices, sweet-smelling plants and fragrant flowers. (The three Arabic terms used in this verse include all the meanings rendered).
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
( 13 ) Then, O Men and women! Which Authority of your Lord will you deny?
خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ مِن صَلْصَالٍ كَالْفَخَّارِ
( 14 ) He created the human out of inorganic matter that sounded like an empty pot. (And it was empty of a trace of the finished form).
وَخَلَقَ الْجَانَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ
( 15 ) And the Jinns (nomads) He has created from a confused flame of fire (with a confused fiery disposition).
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
( 16 ) Then, O Men and women! Which Authority of your Lord will you deny?
رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ الْمَغْرِبَيْنِ
( 17 ) Lord of the two Easts and the two Wests. (The East and the West of the summer, and the East and the West of the winter).
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
( 18 ) Then, O Men and women! Which Authority of your Lord will you deny?
مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ
( 19 ) He has let free the two seas. They meet. (25:53).
بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ
( 20 ) Yet, there is a Barrier between them that they cannot exceed. (The great bodies of salt water and fresh water).
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
( 21 ) Then, O Men and women! Which Authority of your Lord will you deny?
يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا اللُّؤْلُؤُ وَالْمَرْجَانُ
( 22 ) From both of them come forth pearl and coral.
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
( 23 ) Then, O Men and women! Which Authority of your Lord will you deny?
وَلَهُ الْجَوَارِ الْمُنشَآتُ فِي الْبَحْرِ كَالْأَعْلَامِ
( 24 ) And His are the bannered ships sailing through the sea lofty like mountains. (All creativity and invention of human beings issues forth from His gifts of mind and body. So all man-made things belong to Him).
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
( 25 ) Then, O Men and women! Which Authority of your Lord will you deny?
كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ
( 26 ) All things thereon (in the Universe) are ever changing. ('Fani' = Ever-changing = Mortal).
وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ
( 27 ) But forever is Changeless the 'Self' of your Lord, the Lord of Majesty and Honor. ('Baqi' = Remaining = Eternal = Survivor = Remainder = Changeless. 'Wajh' = Face = Countenance = Self = Whole being = Personality (28:88)).
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
( 28 ) Then, O Men and women! Which Authority of your Lord will you deny?
يَسْأَلُهُ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِي شَأْنٍ
( 29 ) All creatures in the heavens and the earth seek their needs from Him. And every day is He in a Marvelous Splendor.
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
( 30 ) Then, O Men and women! Which Authority of your Lord will you deny?
سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَ الثَّقَلَانِ
( 31 ) Soon shall We lighten your burdens, O Burdened men and women!
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
( 32 ) Then, O Men and women! Which Authority of your Lord will you deny?
يَا مَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنسِ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَن تَنفُذُوا مِنْ أَقْطَارِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ فَانفُذُوا ۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَانٍ
( 33 ) O Communities of the rural and the urban! If you can break through the 'fences' of the heavens and the earth, then break through. Never can you break through without an Authority. Can you bring an evidence?
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
( 34 ) Then, O Men and women! Which Authority of your Lord will you deny?
يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِّن نَّارٍ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ
( 35 ) A blaze will be unleashed upon you - and thick smoke - and you will not be able to defend yourselves. (If you think that you can escape Divine Laws, you will never find your way in the thick smoke of conjecture).
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
( 36 ) Then, O Men and women! Which Authority of your Lord will you deny?
فَإِذَا انشَقَّتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَالدِّهَانِ
( 37 ) And when the high elite will disperse and adapt to a stunning change.
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
( 38 ) Then, O Men and women! Which Authority of your Lord will you deny?
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُسْأَلُ عَن ذَنبِهِ إِنسٌ وَلَا جَانٌّ
( 39 ) In that Era neither the urban nor the rural will be asked why they trailed behind.
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
( 40 ) Then, O Men and women! Which Authority of your Lord will you deny?
يُعْرَفُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَاهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِالنَّوَاصِي وَالْأَقْدَامِ
( 41 ) The violators of human rights will be clearly identified, firmly seized and held accountable. ('Mujrim' = Guilty = One who steals the fruit of others' labor = Violator of human rights).
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
( 42 ) Then, O Men and women! Which Authority of your Lord will you deny?
هَٰذِهِ جَهَنَّمُ الَّتِي يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا الْمُجْرِمُونَ
( 43 ) This is Hell which the guilty deny.
يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ آنٍ
( 44 ) They wander between it and their smoldering anguish.
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
( 45 ) Then, O Men and women! Which Authority of your Lord will you deny?
وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ جَنَّتَانِ
( 46 ) And for him who stands in fear of his Lord's Presence, are two Paradises - one here one there.
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
( 47 ) Then, O Men and women! Which Authority of your Lord will you deny?
ذَوَاتَا أَفْنَانٍ
( 48 ) Abounding in two facets, art and science. ('Afnan' = Creative works, art and science).
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
( 49 ) Then, O Men and women! Which Authority of your Lord will you deny?
فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ
( 50 ) Wherein flow two springs, creativity and aesthetics.
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
( 51 ) Then, O Men and women! Which Authority of your Lord will you deny?
فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَاكِهَةٍ زَوْجَانِ
( 52 ) Wherein is two kinds of fruit, of their own labor and of the added Reward. (50:35).
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
( 53 ) Then, O Men and women! Which Authority of your Lord will you deny?
مُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشٍ بَطَائِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ ۚ وَجَنَى الْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍ
( 54 ) Reclining on luxurious carpets lined with rich brocade, the fruit of both Gardens at hand.
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
( 55 ) Then, O Men and women! Which Authority of your Lord will you deny?
فِيهِنَّ قَاصِرَاتُ الطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَانٌّ
( 56 ) Therein women have a modest gaze, never touched by human vices or evil prompting.
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
( 57 ) Then, O Men and women! Which Authority of your Lord will you deny?
كَأَنَّهُنَّ الْيَاقُوتُ وَالْمَرْجَانُ
( 58 ) Like unto rubies and pearls.
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
( 59 ) Then, O Men and women! Which Authority of your Lord will you deny?
هَلْ جَزَاءُ الْإِحْسَانِ إِلَّا الْإِحْسَانُ
( 60 ) Is the reward of goodness anything but goodness? (10:26), (16:30), (76:9).
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
( 61 ) Then, O Men and women! Which Authority of your Lord will you deny?
وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ
( 62 ) And other than these two, shall be two more Gardens. (The human 'Self' and the new Universe will keep evolving (69:17)).
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
( 63 ) Then, O Men and women! Which Authority of your Lord will you deny?
مُدْهَامَّتَانِ
( 64 ) Both ever-fresh, lush green, pleasing.
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
( 65 ) Then, O Men and women! Which Authority of your Lord will you deny?
فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ
( 66 ) Therein are two springs gushing forth. (Personal delight and shared joy (52:25)).
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
( 67 ) Then, O Men and women! Which Authority of your Lord will you deny?
فِيهِمَا فَاكِهَةٌ وَنَخْلٌ وَرُمَّانٌ
( 68 ) Therein is fruit, and palms and pomegranate. (Fruit within the fruit of Reward).
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
( 69 ) Then, O Men and women! Which Authority of your Lord will you deny?
فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَاتٌ حِسَانٌ
( 70 ) Therein are all things most excellent, symmetrical, beautiful. ('Khair' = Good thing = Excellent. 'Hisan' = Nicely balanced = Beautifully symmetrical = Symmetrically beautiful).
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
( 71 ) Then, O Men and women! Which Authority of your Lord will you deny?
حُورٌ مَّقْصُورَاتٌ فِي الْخِيَامِ
( 72 ) Modest, intelligent companions in blessed shades.
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
( 73 ) Then, O Men and women! Which Authority of your Lord will you deny?
لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَانٌّ
( 74 ) Companions never touched by human vices or evil prompting. (55:15), (55:56).
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
( 75 ) Then, O Men and women! Which Authority of your Lord will you deny?
مُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَىٰ رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَعَبْقَرِيٍّ حِسَانٍ
( 76 ) Relaxing on ever-fresh meadows and splendid carpets.
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
( 77 ) Then, O Men and women! Which Authority of your Lord will you deny?
تَبَارَكَ اسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِي الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ
( 78 ) Ever Blissful is the Name of your Lord, the Lord of Majesty and Honor!
