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Surah Ar-Rahman, Verse 17

سورة الرحمن، الآية ١٧

55:17 Juz 27 Hizb 54 Page 532 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 55:17

رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ ۝١٧

Transliteration

rabbu l-mashriqayni warabbu l-maghribayni

Translation

[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.1595

Notes

[1595] i.e., the points of sunrise in the east and sunset in the west in both summer and winter.

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Verse 17 of Surah Ar-Rahman (55:17), a Medinan surah, is in juz 27, on page 532 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 17

Al-Mukhtasar

Lord of the sun’s two points of rising and its two points of setting in winter and summer.

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Other translations of verse 17

[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets4.

Notes

[4] i.e., the points of sunrise in the east and sunset in the west in both summer and winter.

(He is) the Lord of the two easts (places of sunrise during early summer and early winter) and the Lord of the two wests (places of sunset during early summer and early winter).

Lord of the two Easts, and Lord of the two Wests!

(He is) Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests:

Lord of the East and Lord of the West.

The Lord of the two easts and The Lord of the two wests.

Verse 17 word by word

  1. رَبُّ rabbu Lord ر ب ب
  2. ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ l-mashriqayni (of) the two Easts ش ر ق
  3. وَرَبُّ warabbu and Lord ر ب ب
  4. ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ l-maghribayni (of) the two Wests غ ر ب

Verses related to verse 17

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Ma’arij 70:40

    فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ

    So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able

  • Al-Furqan 25:53

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ هَٰذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ وَهَٰذَا مِلْحٌ أُجَاجٌ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخًا وَحِجْرًا مَّحْجُورًا

    And it is He who has released [simultaneously] the two seas [i.e., bodies of water], one fresh and sweet and one salty and bitter, and He placed between them a barrier and prohibiting partition.

  • Al-An’am 6:130

    يَٰمَعْشَرَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ رُسُلٌ مِّنكُمْ يَقُصُّونَ عَلَيْكُمْ ءَايَٰتِى وَيُنذِرُونَكُمْ لِقَآءَ يَوْمِكُمْ هَٰذَا قَالُوا۟ شَهِدْنَا عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِنَا وَغَرَّتْهُمُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَشَهِدُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ كَٰفِرِينَ

    "O company of jinn and mankind, did there not come to you messengers from among you, relating to you My verses and warning you of the meeting of this Day of yours?" They will say, "We bear witness against ourselves"; and the worldly life had deluded them, and they will bear witness against themselves that they were disbelievers.

  • Fatir 35:12

    وَمَا يَسْتَوِى ٱلْبَحْرَانِ هَٰذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ سَآئِغٌ شَرَابُهُۥ وَهَٰذَا مِلْحٌ أُجَاجٌ وَمِن كُلٍّ تَأْكُلُونَ لَحْمًا طَرِيًّا وَتَسْتَخْرِجُونَ حِلْيَةً تَلْبَسُونَهَا وَتَرَى ٱلْفُلْكَ فِيهِ مَوَاخِرَ لِتَبْتَغُوا۟ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

    And not alike are the two seas [i.e., bodies of water]. One is fresh and sweet, palatable for drinking, and one is salty and bitter. And from each you eat tender meat and extract ornaments which you wear, and you see the ships plowing through [them] that you might seek of His bounty; and perhaps you will be grateful.

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