Surah 55
الرحمن
Ar-Rahman
The Beneficent
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.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
55:1ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ 1
The Most Merciful
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- 55:2
عَلَّمَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ 2
Taught the Qur’ān,
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- 55:3
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ 3
Created man,
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- 55:4
عَلَّمَهُ ٱلْبَيَانَ 4
[And] taught him eloquence.
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- 55:5
ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ 5
The sun and the moon [move] by precise calculation,
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- 55:6
وَٱلنَّجْمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ 6
And the stars and trees prostrate.
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- 55:7
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلْمِيزَانَ 7
And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance
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- 55:8
أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْمِيزَانِ 8
That you not transgress within the balance.
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- 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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- 55:10
وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ 10
And the earth He laid [out] for the creatures.
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- 55:11
فِيهَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ وَٱلنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ ٱلْأَكْمَامِ 11
Therein is fruit and palm trees having sheaths [of dates]
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- 55:12
وَٱلْحَبُّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْفِ وَٱلرَّيْحَانُ 12
And grain having husks and scented plants.
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- 55:13
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 13
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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- 55:14
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍ كَٱلْفَخَّارِ 14
He created man from clay like [that of] pottery.
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- 55:15
وَخَلَقَ ٱلْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ 15
And He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire.
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- 55:16
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 16
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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- 55:17
رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ 17
[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 18
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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- 55:19
مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ 19
He released the two seas, meeting [one another];
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- 55:20
بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ 20
Between them is a barrier so neither of them transgresses.
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- 55:21
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 21
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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- 55:22
يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا ٱللُّؤْلُؤُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ 22
From both of them emerge pearl and coral.
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- 55:23
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 23
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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- 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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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 25
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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- 55:26
كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ 26
Everyone upon it [i.e., the earth] will perish,
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- 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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- 55:28
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 28
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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- 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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- 55:30
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 30
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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- 55:31
سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ 31
We will attend to you, O prominent beings.
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- 55:32
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 32
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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- 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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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 34
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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- 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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- 55:36
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 36
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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- 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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- 55:38
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 38
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
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- 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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- 55:40
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 40
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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- 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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- 55:42
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 42
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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- 55:43
هَـٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ 43
This is Hell, which the criminals deny.
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يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٍ 44
They will circulate between it and scalding water, heated [to the utmost degree].
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 45
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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- 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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- 55:47
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 47
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
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ذَوَاتَآ أَفْنَانٍ 48
Having [spreading] branches.
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- 55:49
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 49
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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- 55:50
فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ 50
In both of them are two springs, flowing.
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- 55:51
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 51
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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- 55:52
فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَـٰكِهَةٍ زَوْجَانِ 52
In both of them are of every fruit, two kinds.
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- 55:53
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 53
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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- 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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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 55
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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- 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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- 55:57
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 57
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
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- 55:58
كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلْيَاقُوتُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ 58
As if they were rubies and coral.
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- 55:59
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 59
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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- 55:60
هَلْ جَزَآءُ ٱلْإِحْسَـٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلْإِحْسَـٰنُ 60
Is the reward for good [anything] but good?
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- 55:61
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 61
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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- 55:62
وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ 62
And below them both [in excellence] are two [other] gardens -
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- 55:63
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 63
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
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- 55:64
مُدْهَآمَّتَانِ 64
Dark green [in color].
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- 55:65
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 65
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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- 55:66
فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ 66
In both of them are two springs, spouting.
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- 55:67
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 67
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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- 55:68
فِيهِمَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ وَنَخْلٌ وَرُمَّانٌ 68
In both of them are fruit and palm trees and pomegranates.
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- 55:69
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 69
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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- 55:70
فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَٰتٌ حِسَانٌ 70
In them are good and beautiful women -
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- 55:71
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 71
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
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- 55:72
حُورٌ مَّقْصُورَٰتٌ فِى ٱلْخِيَامِ 72
Fair ones reserved in pavilions -
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- 55:73
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 73
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
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- 55:74
لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ 74
Untouched before them by man or jinnī -
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- 55:75
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 75
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
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- 55:76
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَعَبْقَرِىٍّ حِسَانٍ 76
Reclining on green cushions and beautiful fine carpets.
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- 55:77
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 77
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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- 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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