Read Surah Ar-Rahman (الرحمن), chapter 55 of the Quran and known as The Beneficent — all 78 verses in Arabic alongside Tamil, Sinhala and English translation, with free MP3 recitation from 12 reciters. Revealed in Madinah.

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  1. بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

    55:1

    ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ 1

    The Most Merciful

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  2. 55:2

    عَلَّمَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ 2

    Taught the Qur’ān,

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  3. 55:3

    خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ 3

    Created man,

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  4. 55:4

    عَلَّمَهُ ٱلْبَيَانَ 4

    [And] taught him eloquence.

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  5. 55:5

    ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ 5

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

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  6. 55:6

    وَٱلنَّجْمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ 6

    And the stars and trees prostrate.

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  7. 55:7

    وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلْمِيزَانَ 7

    And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance

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  8. 55:8

    أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْمِيزَانِ 8

    That you not transgress within the balance.

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  9. 55:9

    وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا۟ ٱلْمِيزَانَ 9

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

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  10. 55:10

    وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ 10

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

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  11. 55:11

    فِيهَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ وَٱلنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ ٱلْأَكْمَامِ 11

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

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  12. 55:12

    وَٱلْحَبُّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْفِ وَٱلرَّيْحَانُ 12

    And grain having husks and scented plants.

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  13. 55:13

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 13

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

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  14. 55:14

    خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍ كَٱلْفَخَّارِ 14

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

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  15. 55:15

    وَخَلَقَ ٱلْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ 15

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

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  16. 55:16

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 16

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

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  17. 55:17

    رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ 17

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

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  18. 55:18

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 18

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

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  19. 55:19

    مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ 19

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

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  20. 55:20

    بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ 20

    Between them is a barrier so neither of them transgresses.

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  21. 55:21

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 21

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

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  22. 55:22

    يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا ٱللُّؤْلُؤُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ 22

    From both of them emerge pearl and coral.

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  23. 55:23

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 23

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

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  24. 55:24

    وَلَهُ ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَـٰمِ 24

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

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  25. 55:25

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 25

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

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  26. 55:26

    كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ 26

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

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  27. 55:27

    وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلْجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ 27

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

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  28. 55:28

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 28

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

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  29. 55:29

    يَسْـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِى شَأْنٍ 29

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

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  30. 55:30

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 30

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

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  31. 55:31

    سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ 31

    We will attend to you, O prominent beings.

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  32. 55:32

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 32

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

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  33. 55:33

    يَـٰمَعْشَرَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَن تَنفُذُوا۟ مِنْ أَقْطَارِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنفُذُوا۟ ۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ 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].

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  34. 55:34

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 34

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

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  35. 55:35

    يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِّن نَّارٍ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ 35

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

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  36. 55:36

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 36

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

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  37. 55:37

    فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَٱلدِّهَانِ 37

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

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  38. 55:38

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 38

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

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  39. 55:39

    فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُسْـَٔلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦٓ إِنسٌ وَلَا جَآنٌّ 39

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

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  40. 55:40

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 40

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

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  41. 55:41

    يُعْرَفُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَـٰهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِى وَٱلْأَقْدَامِ 41

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

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  42. 55:42

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 42

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

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  43. 55:43

    هَـٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ 43

    This is Hell, which the criminals deny.

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  44. 55:44

    يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٍ 44

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

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  45. 55:45

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 45

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

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  46. 55:46

    وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ 46

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

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  47. 55:47

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 47

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

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  48. 55:48

    ذَوَاتَآ أَفْنَانٍ 48

    Having [spreading] branches.

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  49. 55:49

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 49

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

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  50. 55:50

    فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ 50

    In both of them are two springs, flowing.

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  51. 55:51

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 51

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

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  52. 55:52

    فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَـٰكِهَةٍ زَوْجَانِ 52

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

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  53. 55:53

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 53

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

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  54. 55:54

    مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشٍۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ ۚ وَجَنَى ٱلْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍ 54

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

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  55. 55:55

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 55

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

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  56. 55:56

    فِيهِنَّ قَـٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ 56

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

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  57. 55:57

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 57

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

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  58. 55:58

    كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلْيَاقُوتُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ 58

    As if they were rubies and coral.

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  59. 55:59

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 59

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

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  60. 55:60

    هَلْ جَزَآءُ ٱلْإِحْسَـٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلْإِحْسَـٰنُ 60

    Is the reward for good [anything] but good?

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  61. 55:61

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 61

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

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  62. 55:62

    وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ 62

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

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  63. 55:63

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 63

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

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  64. 55:64

    مُدْهَآمَّتَانِ 64

    Dark green [in color].

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  65. 55:65

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 65

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

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  66. 55:66

    فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ 66

    In both of them are two springs, spouting.

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  67. 55:67

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 67

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

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  68. 55:68

    فِيهِمَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ وَنَخْلٌ وَرُمَّانٌ 68

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

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  69. 55:69

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 69

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

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  70. 55:70

    فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَٰتٌ حِسَانٌ 70

    In them are good and beautiful women -

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  71. 55:71

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 71

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

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  72. 55:72

    حُورٌ مَّقْصُورَٰتٌ فِى ٱلْخِيَامِ 72

    Fair ones reserved in pavilions -

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  73. 55:73

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 73

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

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  74. 55:74

    لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ 74

    Untouched before them by man or jinnī -

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  75. 55:75

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 75

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

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  76. 55:76

    مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَعَبْقَرِىٍّ حِسَانٍ 76

    Reclining on green cushions and beautiful fine carpets.

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  77. 55:77

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 77

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

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  78. 55:78

    تَبَـٰرَكَ ٱسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِى ٱلْجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ 78

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

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