ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ ١
al-raḥmānu
1. The Most Merciful
Surah Ar-Rahman transliteration
سورة الرحمن
Here is Surah Ar-Rahman (“The Beneficent”) in transliteration: each of its 78 verses in Arabic, then in Latin letters (one Latin word for each Arabic word) and translated into English. Start the recitation: each word lights up as it is pronounced.
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Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
عَلَّمَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ ٢
ʿallama l-qur'āna
2. Taught the Qur’ān,
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ ٣
khalaqa l-insāna
3. Created man,
عَلَّمَهُ ٱلْبَيَانَ ٤
ʿallamahu l-bayāna
4. [And] taught him eloquence.
ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ ٥
al-shamsu wal-qamaru biḥus'bānin
5. The sun and the moon [move] by precise calculation,
وَٱلنَّجْمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ ٦
wal-najmu wal-shajaru yasjudāni
6. And the stars and trees prostrate.1593
Notes
[1593] They submit obediently to the laws of Allāh. See 22:18. An additional meaning of "najm" is vegetation of a kind without a trunk, stalk or stem.
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلْمِيزَانَ ٧
wal-samāa rafaʿahā wawaḍaʿa l-mīzāna
7. And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance
أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْمِيزَانِ ٨
allā taṭghaw fī l-mīzāni
8. That you not transgress within the balance.
وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا۟ ٱلْمِيزَانَ ٩
wa-aqīmū l-wazna bil-qis'ṭi walā tukh'sirū l-mīzāna
9. And establish weight in justice and do not make deficient the balance.
وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ ١٠
wal-arḍa waḍaʿahā lil'anāmi
10. And the earth He laid [out] for the creatures.
فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٌ وَٱلنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ ٱلْأَكْمَامِ ١١
fīhā fākihatun wal-nakhlu dhātu l-akmāmi
11. Therein is fruit and palm trees having sheaths [of dates]
وَٱلْحَبُّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْفِ وَٱلرَّيْحَانُ ١٢
wal-ḥabu dhū l-ʿaṣfi wal-rayḥānu
12. And grain having husks and scented plants.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ١٣
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
13. So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?1594
Notes
[1594] Literally, "you two," addressing the species of mankind and jinn.
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍ كَٱلْفَخَّارِ ١٤
khalaqa l-insāna min ṣalṣālin kal-fakhāri
14. He created man from clay like [that of] pottery.
وَخَلَقَ ٱلْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ ١٥
wakhalaqa l-jāna min mārijin min nārin
15. And He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ١٦
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
16. So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ ١٧
rabbu l-mashriqayni warabbu l-maghribayni
17. [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.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ١٨
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
18. So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ ١٩
maraja l-baḥrayni yaltaqiyāni
19. He released the two seas,1596 meeting [one another];
Notes
[1596] Two bodies of water or two sea waters of distinct characteristics.
بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ ٢٠
baynahumā barzakhun lā yabghiyāni
20. Between them is a barrier so neither of them transgresses.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٢١
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
21. So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا ٱللُّؤْلُؤُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ ٢٢
yakhruju min'humā l-lu'lu-u wal-marjānu
22. From both of them emerge pearl and coral.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٢٣
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
23. So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
وَلَهُ ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَٰمِ ٢٤
walahu l-jawāri l-munshaātu fī l-baḥri kal-aʿlāmi
24. And to Him belong the ships [with sails] elevated in the sea like mountains.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٢٥
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
25. So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ ٢٦
kullu man ʿalayhā fānin
26. Everyone upon it [i.e., the earth] will perish,
وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلْجَلَٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ ٢٧
wayabqā wajhu rabbika dhū l-jalāli wal-ik'rāmi
27. And there will remain the Face1597 of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.
Notes
[1597] See footnote to 2:19.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٢٨
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
28. So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
يَسْـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِى شَأْنٍ ٢٩
yasaluhu man fī l-samāwāti wal-arḍi kulla yawmin huwa fī shanin
29. Whoever is within the heavens and earth asks Him; every day He is in [i.e., bringing about] a matter.1598
Notes
[1598] For each of His creatures.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٣٠
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
30. So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ ٣١
sanafrughu lakum ayyuha l-thaqalāni
31. We will attend to you, O prominent beings.1599
Notes
[1599] Specifically two: mankind and jinn.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٣٢
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
32. So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
يَٰمَعْشَرَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَن تَنفُذُوا۟ مِنْ أَقْطَارِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنفُذُوا۟ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَٰنٍ ٣٣
yāmaʿshara l-jini wal-insi ini is'taṭaʿtum an tanfudhū min aqṭāri l-samāwāti wal-arḍi fa-unfudhū lā tanfudhūna illā bisul'ṭānin
33. 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].
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٣٤
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
34. So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِّن نَّارٍ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ ٣٥
yur'salu ʿalaykumā shuwāẓun min nārin wanuḥāsun falā tantaṣirāni
35. There will be sent upon you a flame of fire and smoke,1600 and you will not defend yourselves.
Notes
[1600] Another possible meaning is liquefied brass or copper.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٣٦
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
36. So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَٱلدِّهَانِ ٣٧
fa-idhā inshaqqati l-samāu fakānat wardatan kal-dihāni
37. And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose-colored like oil1601 -
Notes
[1601] Or "like a tanned skin."
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٣٨
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
38. So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُسْـَٔلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦٓ إِنسٌ وَلَا جَآنٌّ ٣٩
fayawma-idhin lā yus'alu ʿan dhanbihi insun walā jānnun
39. Then on that Day none will be asked about his sin among men or jinn.1602
Notes
[1602] Once they have been condemned to the Fire.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٤٠
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
40. So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
يُعْرَفُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَٰهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِى وَٱلْأَقْدَامِ ٤١
yuʿ'rafu l-muj'rimūna bisīmāhum fayu'khadhu bil-nawāṣī wal-aqdāmi
41. The criminals will be known by their marks, and they will be seized by the forelocks and the feet.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٤٢
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
42. So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
هَٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ ٤٣
hādhihi jahannamu allatī yukadhibu bihā l-muj'rimūna
43. This is Hell, which the criminals deny.
يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٍ ٤٤
yaṭūfūna baynahā wabayna ḥamīmin ānin
44. They will circulate between it and scalding water, heated [to the utmost degree].
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٤٥
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
45. So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ ٤٦
waliman khāfa maqāma rabbihi jannatāni
46. But for he who has feared the position of his Lord1603 are two gardens -
Notes
[1603] An alternative meaning is "the standing [for account] before his Lord."
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٤٧
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
47. So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
ذَوَاتَآ أَفْنَانٍ ٤٨
dhawātā afnānin
48. Having [spreading] branches.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٤٩
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
49. So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ ٥٠
fīhimā ʿaynāni tajriyāni
50. In both of them are two springs, flowing.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٥١
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
51. So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٍ زَوْجَانِ ٥٢
fīhimā min kulli fākihatin zawjāni
52. In both of them are of every fruit, two kinds.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٥٣
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
53. So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشٍۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ وَجَنَى ٱلْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍ ٥٤
muttakiīna ʿalā furushin baṭāinuhā min is'tabraqin wajanā l-janatayni dānin
54. [They are] reclining on beds whose linings are of silk brocade, and the fruit of the two gardens is hanging low.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٥٥
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
55. So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
فِيهِنَّ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ ٥٦
fīhinna qāṣirātu l-ṭarfi lam yaṭmith'hunna insun qablahum walā jānnun
56. In them are women limiting [their] glances,1604 untouched1605 before them by man or jinnī -
Notes
[1604] To their own mates, i.e., being chaste and modest.
[1605] Literally, they have not been caused to bleed by loss of virginity.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٥٧
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
57. So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلْيَاقُوتُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ ٥٨
ka-annahunna l-yāqūtu wal-marjānu
58. As if they were rubies and coral.1606
Notes
[1606] In purity, color and beauty.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٥٩
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
59. So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
هَلْ جَزَآءُ ٱلْإِحْسَٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلْإِحْسَٰنُ ٦٠
hal jazāu l-iḥ'sāni illā l-iḥ'sānu
60. Is the reward for good [anything] but good?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٦١
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
61. So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ ٦٢
wamin dūnihimā jannatāni
62. And below them both [in excellence] are two [other] gardens -
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٦٣
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
63. So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
مُدْهَآمَّتَانِ ٦٤
mud'hāmmatāni
64. Dark green [in color].
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٦٥
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
65. So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ ٦٦
fīhimā ʿaynāni naḍḍākhatāni
66. In both of them are two springs, spouting.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٦٧
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
67. So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
فِيهِمَا فَٰكِهَةٌ وَنَخْلٌ وَرُمَّانٌ ٦٨
fīhimā fākihatun wanakhlun warummānun
68. In both of them are fruit and palm trees and pomegranates.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٦٩
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
69. So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَٰتٌ حِسَانٌ ٧٠
fīhinna khayrātun ḥisānun
70. In them are good and beautiful women -
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٧١
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
71. So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
حُورٌ مَّقْصُورَٰتٌ فِى ٱلْخِيَامِ ٧٢
ḥūrun maqṣūrātun fī l-khiyāmi
72. Fair ones reserved in pavilions -
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٧٣
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
73. So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ ٧٤
lam yaṭmith'hunna insun qablahum walā jānnun
74. Untouched before them by man or jinnī -
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٧٥
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
75. So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَعَبْقَرِىٍّ حِسَانٍ ٧٦
muttakiīna ʿalā rafrafin khuḍ'rin waʿabqariyyin ḥisānin
76. Reclining on green cushions and beautiful fine carpets.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٧٧
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
77. So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
تَبَٰرَكَ ٱسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِى ٱلْجَلَٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ ٧٨
tabāraka us'mu rabbika dhī l-jalāli wal-ik'rāmi
78. Blessed is the name of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.
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