Ar-Rahmaan

Ar Rahmaan

THE MOST GRACIOUS

'Allamal Quran

has imparted this Qur’an [unto man].

Khalaqal insaan

He has created man:

'Allamalhul bayaan

He has imparted unto him articulate thought and speech.

Ashshamsu walqamaru bihusbaan

[At His behest] the sun and the moon run their appointed courses;

Wannajmu washshajaru yasjudan

[before Him] prostrate them­selves the stars and the trees.

Wassamaaa'a rafa'ahaa wa wada'al Meezan

And the skies has He raised high, and has devised [for all things] a measure,

Allaa tatghaw fil meezaan

so that you [too, O men,] might never transgress the measure [of what is right]:

Wa aqeemul wazna bilqisti wa laa tukhsirul meezaan

weigh, therefore, [your deeds] with equity, and cut not the measure short!

Wal arda wada'ahaa lilanaame

And the earth has He spread out for all living beings,

Feehaa faakihatunw wan nakhlu zaatul akmaam

with fruit thereon, and palm trees with sheathed clusters [of dates],

Walhabbu zul 'asfi war Raihaanu

and grain growing tall on its stalks, and sweet-smelling plants.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Khalaqal insaana min salsaalin kalfakhkhaari

He has created man out of sounding clay, like pottery,

Wa khalaqal jaaan mim maarijim min naar

whereas the invisible beings He has created out of a confusing flame of fire.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Rabbul mashriqayni wa Rabbul maghribayni

[He is] the Sustainer of the two farthest points of sunrise, and the Sustainer of the two farthest points of sunset.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan

Which, then, of your Sustain­er’s powers can you disavow?

Marajal bahrayni yalta qiyaani

He has given freedom to the two great bodies of water, so that they might meet:

Bainahumaa barzakhul laa yabghiyaan

[yet] between them is a barrier which they may not transgress.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Yakhruju minhumal lu 'lu u wal marjaanu

Out of these two [bodies of water] come forth pearls, both great and small.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Wa lahul jawaaril mun sha'aatu fil bahri kal a'laam

And His are the lofty ships that sail like [floating] mountains through the seas.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Kullu man 'alaihaa faan

All that lives on earth or in the heavens is bound to pass away:

Wa yabqaa wajhu rabbika zul jalaali wal ikraam

but forever will abide thy Sustainer’s Self, full of majesty and glory.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Yas'aluhoo man fissamaawaati walard; kulla ywmin huwa fee shaan

On Him depends all creatures in the heavens and on earth; [and] every day He manifests Himself in yet another [wondrous] way.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Sanafrughu lakum ayyuhas saqalaan

[ONE DAY] We shall take you to task, O you sin-laden two!

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Yaa ma'sharal jinni wal insi inis tata'tum an tanfuzoo min aqtaaris samaawaati wal ardi fanfuzoo; laa tanfuzoona illaa bisultaan

O you who live in close communion with [evil] invisible beings and humans! If you [think that you] can pass beyond the regions of the heavens and the earth, pass beyond them! [But] you cannot pass beyond them, save by a sanction [from God]!

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Yursalu 'alaikumaa shuwaazum min naarifiw-wa nuhaasun falaa tantasiraan

A flash of fire will be let loose upon you, and smoke, and you will be left without succour!

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Fa-izan shaqqatis samaaa'u fakaanat wardatan kaddihaan

And when the sky is rent asunder and becomes red like [burning] oil

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Fa-yawma'izil laa yus'alu 'an zambiheee insunw wa laa jaann

For on that Day neither man nor invisible being will be asked about his sins.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Yu'raful mujrimoona biseemaahum fa'yu'khazu binna waasi wal aqdaam

All who were lost in sin shall by their marks be known, and shall by their forelocks and their feet be seized!

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Haazihee jahannamul latee yukazzibu bihal mujrimoon

This will be the hell which those who are lost in sin [now] call a lie:

Yatoofoona bainahaa wa baina hameemim aan

between it and [their own] burning-hot despair will they wander to and fro!

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Wa liman khaafa maqaama rabbihee jannataan

BUT FOR THOSE who of their Sustainer’s Presence stand in fear, two gardens [of paradise are readied] -

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow? –

Zawaataaa afnaan

[two gardens] of many wondrous hues.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Feehimaa 'aynaani tajriyaan

In [each of] these two [gardens] two springs will flow.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Feehimaa min kulli faakihatin zawjaan

In [each of] these two will two kinds of every fruit be [found].

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer s powers can you disavow?

Muttaki'eena 'alaa furushim bataaa'inuhaa min istabraq; wajanal jannataini daan

[In such a paradise the blest will dwell,] reclin­ing upon carpets lined with rich brocade; and the fruit of both these gardens will be within easy reach.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Feehinna qaasiratut tarfi lam yatmishunna insun qablahum wa laa jaaann

In these [gardens] will be mates of modest gaze, whom neither man nor invisible being will have touched ere then.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sus­tainer’s powers can you disavow?

ka annahunnal yaaqootu wal marjaan

[When you are promised splendours] as though [of] rubies and [of] pearls –

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Hal jazaaa'ul ihsaani illal ihsaan

Could the reward of good be aught but good?

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Wa min doonihimaa jannataan

And besides those two will be yet two [other] gardens -

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow? –

Mudhaaammataan

two [gardens] of the deepest green.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Feehimaa 'aynaani nad daakhataan

In [each of] these two [gardens] will two springs gush forth.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sus­tainer’s powers can you disavow?

Feehimaa faakihatunw wa nakhlunw wa rummaan

In both of them will be [all kinds of] fruit, and date-palms and pomegranates.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Feehinna khairaatun hisaan

In these [gardens] will be [all] things most excellent and beautiful.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Hoorum maqsooraatun fil khiyaam

[There the blest will live with their] companions pure and modest, in pavilions [splendid] -

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow? –

Lam yatmis hunna insun qablahum wa laa jaaann

[companions] whom neither man nor invisible being will have touched ere then.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Muttaki'eena 'alaa rafratin khudrinw wa 'abqariyyin hisaan

[In such a paradise will they dwell,] reclining upon meadows green and carpets rich in beauty.

Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

Tabaarakasmu Rabbika Zil-Jalaali wal-Ikraam

HALLOWED be thy Sustainer’s name, full of majesty and glory!