The Beneficent
55:1
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ
The Most Gracious (Allâh)!
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:2
عَلَّمَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ
He has taught (you mankind) the Qur’ân (by His Mercy).
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:3
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ
He created man.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:4
عَلَّمَهُ ٱلْبَيَانَ
He taught him eloquent speech.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:5
ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ
The sun and the moon run on their fixed courses (exactly) calculated with measured out stages for each (for reckoning).
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:6
وَٱلنَّجْمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ
And the herbs (or stars) and the trees both prostrate themselves (to Allah - See V.22:18) (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:7
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلْمِيزَانَ
And the heaven: He has raised it high, and He has set up the Balance.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:8
أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْمِيزَانِ
In order that you may not transgress (due) balance.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:9
وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا۟ ٱلْمِيزَانَ
And observe the weight with equity and do not make the balance deficient.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:10
وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ
And the earth: He has put down (laid) for the creatures.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:11
فِيهَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ وَٱلنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ ٱلْأَكْمَامِ
Therein are fruits and date-palms producing sheathed fruit-stalks (enclosing dates).
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:12
وَٱلْحَبُّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْفِ وَٱلرَّيْحَانُ
And also corn, with (its) leaves and stalk for fodder, and sweet-scented plants.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:13
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:14
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍ كَٱلْفَخَّارِ
He created man (Adam) from sounding clay like the clay of pottery.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:15
وَخَلَقَ ٱلْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ
And the jinn: He created from a smokeless flame of fire.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:16
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:17
رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ
(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).
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:18
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:19
مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ
He has let loose the two seas (the salt and fresh water) meeting together.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:20
بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ
Between them is a barrier which none of them can transgress.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:21
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:22
يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا ٱللُّؤْلُؤُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ
Out of them both come out pearl and coral.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:23
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:24
وَلَهُ ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَـٰمِ
And His are the ships going and coming in the seas, like mountains.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:25
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:26
كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ
Whatsoever is on it (the earth) will perish.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:27
وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلْجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ
And the Face of your Lord full of Majesty and Honour will remain forever.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:28
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:29
يَسْـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِى شَأْنٍ
Whosoever is in the heavens and on earth begs of Him (its needs from Him). Every day He is (engaged) in some affair (such as giving honour or disgrace to some, life or death to some, etc.)!
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:30
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:31
سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ
We shall attend to you, O you two classes (jinn and men)!
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:32
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:33
يَـٰمَعْشَرَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَن تَنفُذُوا۟ مِنْ أَقْطَارِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنفُذُوا۟ ۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ
O assembly of jinn and men! If you have power to pass beyond the zones of the heavens and the earth, then pass beyond (them)! But you will never be able to pass them, except with authority (from Allâh)!
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:34
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:35
يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِّن نَّارٍ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ
There will be sent against you both, smokeless flames of fire and (molten) brass, and you will not be able to defend yourselves.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:36
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:37
فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَٱلدِّهَانِ
Then when the heaven is rent asunder, and it becomes rosy or red like red-oil, or red hide - [See V.70:8]
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:38
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:39
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُسْـَٔلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦٓ إِنسٌ وَلَا جَآنٌّ
So on that Day no question will be asked of man or jinns as to his sin, [because they have already been known from their faces either white (dwellers of Paradise - true believers of Islamic Monotheism) or black (dwellers of Hell - polytheists; disbelievers, criminals)].
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:40
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:41
يُعْرَفُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَـٰهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِى وَٱلْأَقْدَامِ
The Mujrimûn (polytheists, criminals, sinners) will be known by their marks (black faces), and they will be seized by their forelocks and their feet.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:42
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:43
هَـٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ
This is the Hell which the Mujrimûn (polytheists, criminals, sinners) denied.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:44
يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٍ
They will go between it (Hell) and the fierce boiling water!
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:45
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:46
وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ
But for him who fears the standing before his Lord, there will be two Gardens (i.e. in Paradise).
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:47
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:48
ذَوَاتَآ أَفْنَانٍ
With spreading branches.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:49
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:50
فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ
In them (both) will be two springs flowing (free).
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:51
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:52
فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَـٰكِهَةٍ زَوْجَانِ
In them (both) will be every kind of fruit in pairs.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:53
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:54
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشٍۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ ۚ وَجَنَى ٱلْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍ
Reclining upon the couches lined with silk brocade, and the fruits of the two Gardens will be near at hand.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:55
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:56
فِيهِنَّ قَـٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ
Wherein both will be Qâsirât-ut-Tarf [chaste females (wives) restraining their glances, desiring none except their husbands], with whom no man or jinni has had tamth before them.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:57
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:58
كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلْيَاقُوتُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ
(In beauty) they are like rubies and coral.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:59
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:60
هَلْ جَزَآءُ ٱلْإِحْسَـٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلْإِحْسَـٰنُ
Is there any reward for good other than good?
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:61
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:62
وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ
And besides these two, there are two other Gardens (i.e. in Paradise).
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:63
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:64
مُدْهَآمَّتَانِ
Dark green (in colour).
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:65
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:66
فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ
In them (both) will be two springs gushing forth.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:67
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:68
فِيهِمَا فَـٰكِهَةٌ وَنَخْلٌ وَرُمَّانٌ
In them (both) will be fruits, and date-palms and pomegranates.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:69
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:70
فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَٰتٌ حِسَانٌ
Therein (Gardens) will be Khairâtun-Hisân [fair (wives) good and beautiful];
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:71
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:72
حُورٌ مَّقْصُورَٰتٌ فِى ٱلْخِيَامِ
Hûr (beautiful, fair females) guarded in pavilions;
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:73
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:74
لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ
With whom no man or jinni has had tamth before them.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:75
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:76
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَعَبْقَرِىٍّ حِسَانٍ
Reclining on green cushions and rich beautiful mattresses.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:77
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny?
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
55:78
تَبَـٰرَكَ ٱسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِى ٱلْجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ
Blessed be the Name of your Lord (Allâh), the Owner of Majesty and Honour.
— Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan
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