Ar-Rahmaan

Arrahman

The Most Merciful

AAallama alqur-an

Taught the Qur’ān,

Khalaqa al-insan

Created man,

AAallamahu albayan

[And] taught him eloquence.

Ashshamsu walqamaru bihusban

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

Wannajmu washshajaru yasjudan

And the stars and trees prostrate.

Wassamaa rafaAAahawawadaAAa almeezan

And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance

Alla tatghaw fee almeezan

That you not transgress within the balance.

Waaqeemoo alwazna bilqisti walatukhsiroo almeezan

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

Wal-arda wadaAAahalil-anam

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

Feeha fakihatun wannakhluthatu al-akmam

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

Walhabbu thoo alAAasfiwarrayhan

And grain having husks and scented plants.

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

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

Khalaqa al-insana min salsalinkalfakhkhar

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

Wakhalaqa aljanna min marijinmin nar

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

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

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

Rabbu almashriqayni warabbu almaghribayn

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

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

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

Maraja albahrayni yaltaqiyan

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

Baynahuma barzakhun la yabghiyan

Between them is a barrier so neither of them transgresses.

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

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

Yakhruju minhuma allu/luo walmarjan

From both of them emerge pearl and coral.

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththibani

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

Walahu aljawari almunshaatufee albahri kal-aAAlam

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

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

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

Kullu man AAalayha fan

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

Wayabqa wajhu rabbika thooaljalali wal-ikram

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

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

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

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

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

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

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

Sanafrughu lakum ayyuha aththaqalan

We will attend to you, O prominent beings.

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

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

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

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].

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

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

Yursalu AAalaykuma shuwathunmin narin wanuhasun fala tantasiran

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

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

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

Fa-itha inshaqqati assamaofakanat wardatan kaddihan

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

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

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

Fayawma-ithin la yus-alu AAan thanbihiinsun wala jan

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

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

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

YuAArafu almujrimoona biseemahumfayu/khathu binnawasee wal-aqdam

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

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

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

Hathihi jahannamu allatee yukaththibubiha almujrimoon

This is Hell, which the criminals deny.

Yatoofoona baynaha wabayna hameeminan

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

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

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

Waliman khafa maqama rabbihijannatan

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

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

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

Thawata afnan

Having [spreading] branches.

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

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

Feehima AAaynani tajriyan

In both of them are two springs, flowing.

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

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

Feehima min kulli fakihatinzawjan

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

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

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

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

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

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

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

Feehinna qasiratu attarfilam yatmithhunna insun qablahum wala jan

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

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

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

Kaannahunna alyaqootu walmarjan

As if they were rubies and coral.

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

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

Hal jazao al-ihsani illaal-ihsan

Is the reward for good [anything] but good?

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

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

Wamin doonihima jannatan

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

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

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

Mudhammatan

Dark green [in color].

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

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

Feehima AAaynani naddakhatan

In both of them are two springs, spouting.

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

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

Feehima fakihatun wanakhlunwarumman

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

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

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

Feehinna khayratun hisan

In them are good and beautiful women -

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

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

Hoorun maqsooratun feealkhiyam

Fair ones reserved in pavilions -

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

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

Lam yatmithhunna insun qablahum walajan

Untouched before them by man or jinnī -

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

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

Muttaki-eena AAala rafrafin khudrinwaAAabqariyyin hisan

Reclining on green cushions and beautiful fine carpets.

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikumatukaththiban

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

Tabaraka ismu rabbika theealjalali wal-ikram

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