The Most Merciful

Arrahman

Taught the Qur’ān,

AAallama alqur-an

Created man,

Khalaqa al-insan

[And] taught him eloquence.

AAallamahu albayan

The sun and the moon [move] by precise calculation,

Ashshamsu walqamaru bihusban

And the stars and trees prostrate.

Wannajmu washshajaru yasjudan

And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance

Wassamaa rafaAAahawawadaAAa almeezan

That you not transgress within the balance.

Alla tatghaw fee almeezan

And establish weight in justice and do not make deficient the balance.

Waaqeemoo alwazna bilqisti walatukhsiroo almeezan

And the earth He laid [out] for the creatures.

Wal-arda wadaAAahalil-anam

Therein is fruit and palm trees having sheaths [of dates]

Feeha fakihatun wannakhluthatu al-akmam

And grain having husks and scented plants.

Walhabbu thoo alAAasfiwarrayhan

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

He created man from clay like [that of] pottery.

Khalaqa al-insana min salsalinkalfakhkhar

And He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire.

Wakhalaqa aljanna min marijinmin nar

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.

Rabbu almashriqayni warabbu almaghribayn

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

He released the two seas, meeting [one another];

Maraja albahrayni yaltaqiyan

Between them is a barrier so neither of them transgresses.

Baynahuma barzakhun la yabghiyan

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

From both of them emerge pearl and coral.

Yakhruju minhuma allu/luo walmarjan

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththibani

And to Him belong the ships [with sails] elevated in the sea like mountains.

Walahu aljawari almunshaatufee albahri kal-aAAlam

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Everyone upon it [i.e., the earth] will perish,

Kullu man AAalayha fan

And there will remain the Face of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.

Wayabqa wajhu rabbika thooaljalali wal-ikram

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Whoever is within the heavens and earth asks Him; every day He is in [i.e., bringing about] a matter.

Yas-aluhu man fee assamawatiwal-ardi kulla yawmin huwa fee sha/n

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

We will attend to you, O prominent beings.

Sanafrughu lakum ayyuha aththaqalan

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

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 Allāh].

Ya maAAshara aljinni wal-insiini istataAAtum an tanfuthoo min aqtari assamawatiwal-ardi fanfuthoo la tanfuthoonailla bisultan

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

There will be sent upon you a flame of fire and smoke, and you will not defend yourselves.

Yursalu AAalaykuma shuwathunmin narin wanuhasun fala tantasiran

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose-colored like oil -

Fa-itha inshaqqati assamaofakanat wardatan kaddihan

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Then on that Day none will be asked about his sin among men or jinn.

Fayawma-ithin la yus-alu AAan thanbihiinsun wala jan

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

The criminals will be known by their marks, and they will be seized by the forelocks and the feet.

YuAArafu almujrimoona biseemahumfayu/khathu binnawasee wal-aqdam

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

This is Hell, which the criminals deny.

Hathihi jahannamu allatee yukaththibubiha almujrimoon

They will circulate between it and scalding water, heated [to the utmost degree].

Yatoofoona baynaha wabayna hameeminan

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

But for he who has feared the position of his Lord are two gardens -

Waliman khafa maqama rabbihijannatan

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Having [spreading] branches.

Thawata afnan

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

In both of them are two springs, flowing.

Feehima AAaynani tajriyan

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

In both of them are of every fruit, two kinds.

Feehima min kulli fakihatinzawjan

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

[They are] reclining on beds whose linings are of silk brocade, and the fruit of the two gardens is hanging low.

Muttaki-eena AAala furushin bata-inuhamin istabraqin wajana aljannatayni dan

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

In them are women limiting [their] glances, untouched before them by man or jinnī -

Feehinna qasiratu attarfilam yatmithhunna insun qablahum wala jan

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

As if they were rubies and coral.

Kaannahunna alyaqootu walmarjan

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Is the reward for good [anything] but good?

Hal jazao al-ihsani illaal-ihsan

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

And below them both [in excellence] are two [other] gardens -

Wamin doonihima jannatan

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Dark green [in color].

Mudhammatan

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

In both of them are two springs, spouting.

Feehima AAaynani naddakhatan

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

In both of them are fruit and palm trees and pomegranates.

Feehima fakihatun wanakhlunwarumman

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

In them are good and beautiful women -

Feehinna khayratun hisan

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Fair ones reserved in pavilions -

Hoorun maqsooratun feealkhiyam

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Untouched before them by man or jinnī -

Lam yatmithhunna insun qablahum walajan

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Reclining on green cushions and beautiful fine carpets.

Muttaki-eena AAala rafrafin khudrinwaAAabqariyyin hisan

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

Blessed is the name of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.

Tabaraka ismu rabbika theealjalali wal-ikram