IslamAwakened.com Qur'an Tafsir of Surah ar-Rahman - The Beneficent, The Mercy Giving, The Merciful as rendered by Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
55:1
(Allah) Most Gracious
55:2
It is He Who has taught the Qur'an
55:3
He has created man
55:4
He has taught him speech (and intelligence)
55:5
The sun and the moon follow courses (exactly) computed
55:6
And the herbs and the trees - both (alike) prostrate in adoration
55:7
And the Firmament has He raised high, and He has set up the Balance (of Justice)
55:8
In order that ye may not transgress (due) balance
55:9
So establish weight with justice and fall not short in the balance
55:10
It is He Who has spread out the earth for (His) creatures
55:11
Therein is fruit and date-palms, producing spathes (enclosing dates)
55:12
Also corn, with (its) leaves and stalk for fodder, and sweet-smelling plants
55:13
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny
55:14
He created man from sounding clay like unto pottery
55:15
And He created Jinns from fire free of smoke
55:16
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny
55:17
(He is) Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests
55:18
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny
55:19
He has let free the two bodies of flowing water, meeting together
55:20
Between them is a Barrier which they do not transgress
55:21
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny
55:22
Out of them come Pearls and Coral
55:23
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny
55:24
And His are the Ships sailing smoothly through the seas, lofty as mountains
55:25
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny
55:26
All that is on earth will perish
55:27
But will abide (for ever) the Face of thy Lord,- full of Majesty, Bounty and Honour
55:28
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny
55:29
Of Him seeks (its need) every creature in the heavens and on earth: every day in (new) Splendour doth He (shine)
55:30
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny
55:31
Soon shall We settle your affairs, O both ye worlds
55:32
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny
55:33
O ye assembly of Jinns and men! If it be ye can pass beyond the zones of the heavens and the earth, pass ye! not without authority shall ye be able to pass
55:34
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny
55:35
On you will be sent (O ye evil ones twain!) a flame of fire (to burn) and a smoke (to choke): no defence will ye have
55:36
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny
55:37
When the sky is rent asunder, and it becomes red like ointment
55:38
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny
55:39
On that Day no question will be asked of man or Jinn as to his sin
55:40
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny
55:41
(For) the sinners will be known by their marks: and they will be seized by their forelocks and their feet
55:42
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny
55:43
This is the Hell which the Sinners deny
55:44
In its midst and in the midst of boiling hot water will they wander round
55:45
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny
55:46
But for such as fear the time when they will stand before (the Judgment Seat of) their Lord, there will be two Gardens
55:47
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
55:48
Containing all kinds (of trees and delights);
55:49
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
55:50
In them (each) will be two Springs flowing (free)
55:51
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
55:52
In them will be Fruits of every kind, two and two
55:53
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny
55:54
They will recline on Carpets, whose inner linings will be of rich brocade: the Fruit of the Gardens will be near (and easy of reach)
55:55
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny
55:56
In them will be (Maidens), chaste, restraining their glances, whom no man or Jinn before them has touched;
55:57
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
55:58
Like unto Rubies and coral
55:59
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny
55:60
Is there any Reward for Good - other than Good
55:61
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny
55:62
And besides these two, there are two other Gardens,
55:63
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
55:64
Dark-green in colour (from plentiful watering)
55:65
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny
55:66
In them (each) will be two Springs pouring forth water in continuous abundance
55:67
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny
55:68
In them will be Fruits, and dates and pomegranates
55:69
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny
55:70
In them will be fair (Companions), good, beautiful;
55:71
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
55:72
Companions restrained (as to their glances), in (goodly) pavilions;
55:73
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
55:74
Whom no man or Jinn before them has touched;
55:75
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
55:76
Reclining on green Cushions and rich Carpets of beauty
55:77
Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny
55:78
Blessed be the name of thy Lord, full of Majesty, Bounty and Honour
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