The Beneficent, The Mercy Giving, The Merciful — Dr Laleh Bakhtiar Translation

55:1

۞ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنُ ۝١

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

The Merciful.

al-raḥmān

55:2

عَلَّمَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ ۝٢

خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ ۝٣

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

He created the human being.

Khalaqa al-insana

55:4

عَلَّمَهُ ٱلۡبَیَانَ ۝٤

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

He taught him the clear explanation.

al-shamsu wal-qamaru biḥus'bāni

55:5

ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ بِحُسۡبَانࣲ ۝٥

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

The sun and the moon are to keep count.

Alshshamsu waalqamaru bihusbanin

55:6

وَٱلنَّجۡمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ یَسۡجُدَانِ ۝٦

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And the stars and the trees both prostrate.

wal-najmu wal-shajaru yasjudān

55:7

وَٱلسَّمَاۤءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلۡمِیزَانَ ۝٧

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And the heaven He exalted. And He set in place the Balance

wal-samāa rafaʿahā wawaḍaʿa l-mīzān

55:8

أَلَّا تَطۡغَوۡا۟ فِی ٱلۡمِیزَانِ ۝٨

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

that you be not defiant in the Balance.

allā taṭghaw fī l-mīzān

55:9

وَأَقِیمُوا۟ ٱلۡوَزۡنَ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِ وَلَا تُخۡسِرُوا۟ ٱلۡمِیزَانَ ۝٩

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Set up the weighing with justice and skimp not in the Balance.

wa-aqīmū l-wazna bil-qis'ṭi walā tukh'sirū l-mīzān

55:10

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلۡأَنَامِ ۝١٠

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And He set the earth in place for the human race.

wal-arḍa waḍaʿahā lil'anām

55:11

فِیهَا فَـٰكِهَةࣱ وَٱلنَّخۡلُ ذَاتُ ٱلۡأَكۡمَامِ ۝١١

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

On and in it are many kinds of sweet fruit and date palm trees with sheathed fruit trees

fīhā fākihatun wal-nakhlu dhātu l-akmām

55:12

وَٱلۡحَبُّ ذُو ٱلۡعَصۡفِ وَٱلرَّیۡحَانُ ۝١٢

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

and grain possessor of husks and fragrant herbs.

wal-ḥabu dhū l-ʿaṣfi wal-rayḥān

55:13

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝١٣

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

So which of the benefits of the Lord of you both will you both deny?

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:14

خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلۡصَـٰلࣲ كَٱلۡفَخَّارِ ۝١٤

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

He created the human being from earth mud like potter’s clay.

khalaqa l-insāna min ṣalṣālin kal-fakhār

55:15

وَخَلَقَ ٱلۡجَاۤنَّ مِن مَّارِجࣲ مِّن نَّارࣲ ۝١٥

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

He created the ones who are spirits from a smokeless flame of fire.

wakhalaqa l-jāna min mārijin min nāri

55:16

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝١٦

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

So which of the benefits of the Lord of you both will you both deny?

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:17

رَبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقَیۡنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلۡمَغۡرِبَیۡنِ ۝١٧

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

The Lord of the Two Easts, and the Lord of the Two Wests!

rabbu l-mashriqayni warabbu l-maghribayn

55:18

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝١٨

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

So which of the benefits of the Lord of you both will you both deny?

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:19

مَرَجَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَیۡنِ یَلۡتَقِیَانِ ۝١٩

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

He let forth the two seas to meet one another.

maraja l-baḥrayni yaltaqiyān

55:20

بَیۡنَهُمَا بَرۡزَخࣱ لَّا یَبۡغِیَانِ ۝٢٠

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Between them is a barrier which they wrong not.

baynahumā barzakhun lā yabghiyān

55:21

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٢١

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

So which of the benefits of the Lord of you both will you both deny?

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:22

یَخۡرُجُ مِنۡهُمَا ٱللُّؤۡلُؤُ وَٱلۡمَرۡجَانُ ۝٢٢

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

From both of them go forth pearls and coral.

yakhruju min'humā l-lu'lu-u wal-marjān

55:23

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٢٣

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

So which of the benefits of the Lord of you both will you both deny?

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:24

وَلَهُ ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡمُنشَءَاتُ فِی ٱلۡبَحۡرِ كَٱلۡأَعۡلَـٰمِ ۝٢٤

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

His are ones that run with that which is displayed in the sea like landmarks.

walahu l-jawāri l-munshaātu fī l-baḥri kal-aʿlām

55:25

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٢٥

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

So which of the benefits of the Lord of you both will you both deny?

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:26

كُلُّ مَنۡ عَلَیۡهَا فَانࣲ ۝٢٦

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

All who are in or on it are ones who are being annihilated,

kullu man ʿalayhā fāni

55:27

وَیَبۡقَىٰ وَجۡهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلۡجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلۡإِكۡرَامِ ۝٢٧

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

yet the Countenance of thy Lord will remain forever, Possessor of The Majesty and The Splendor.

wayabqā wajhu rabbika dhū l-jalāli wal-ik'rām

55:28

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٢٨

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

So which of the benefits of the Lord of you both will you both deny?

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:29

یَسۡءَلُهُۥ مَن فِی ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ كُلَّ یَوۡمٍ هُوَ فِی شَأۡنࣲ ۝٢٩

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Of Him asks whoever is in the heavens and in and on the earth. Every day He is on some matter.

yasaluhu man fī l-samāwāti wal-arḍi kulla yawmin huwa fī shani

55:30

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٣٠

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

So which of the benefits of the Lord of you both will you both deny?

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:31

سَنَفۡرُغُ لَكُمۡ أَیُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ ۝٣١

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

We will attend to you at leisure, O you two dependents.

sanafrughu lakum ayyuha l-thaqalān

55:32

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٣٢

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

So which of the benefits of the Lord of you both will you both deny?

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:33

یَـٰمَعۡشَرَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُمۡ أَن تَنفُذُوا۟ مِنۡ أَقۡطَارِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَٱنفُذُوا۟ۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلۡطَـٰنࣲ ۝٣٣

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

O you both, assembly of jinn and humankind! If you were able to pass through the areas of the heavens and the earth, then, pass through them! But you will not pass through, but with an authority.

yāmaʿshara l-jini wal-insi ini is'taṭaʿtum an tanfudhū min aqṭāri l-samāwāti wal-arḍi fa-unfudhū lā tanfudhūna illā bisul'ṭāni

55:34

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٣٤

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

So which of the benefits of the Lord of you both will you both deny?

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:35

یُرۡسَلُ عَلَیۡكُمَا شُوَاظࣱ مِّن نَّارࣲ وَنُحَاسࣱ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ ۝٣٥

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

There will be sent against you both a flame of fire and heated brass. Will you not, then, help yourselves?

yur'salu ʿalaykumā shuwāẓun min nārin wanuḥāsun falā tantaṣirān

55:36

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٣٦

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

So which of the benefits of the Lord of you both will you both deny?

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:37

فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ فَكَانَتۡ وَرۡدَةࣰ كَٱلدِّهَانِ ۝٣٧

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Then, when the heaven was split then, it had been crimson like red leather,

fa-idhā inshaqqati l-samāu fakānat wardatan kal-dihān

55:38

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٣٨

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

so which of the benefits of the Lord of you both will you both deny?

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:39

فَیَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لَّا یُسۡءَلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦۤ إِنسࣱ وَلَا جَاۤنࣱّ ۝٣٩

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

On that Day no one will be asked about his impiety neither humankind nor ones who are spirits.

fayawma-idhin lā yus'alu ʿan dhanbihi insun walā jānnu

55:40

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٤٠

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

So which of the benefits of the Lord of you both will you both deny?

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:41

یُعۡرَفُ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ بِسِیمَـٰهُمۡ فَیُؤۡخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَ ٰصِی وَٱلۡأَقۡدَامِ ۝٤١

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Ones who sin will be recognized by their mark and they will be taken by their forelocks and their feet.

yuʿ'rafu l-muj'rimūna bisīmāhum fayu'khadhu bil-nawāṣī wal-aqdām

55:42

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٤٢

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

So which of the benefits of the Lord of you both will you both deny?

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:43

هَـٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِی یُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ ۝٤٣

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

This is hell which the ones who sin deny!

hādhihi jahannamu allatī yukadhibu bihā l-muj'rimūn

55:44

یَطُوفُونَ بَیۡنَهَا وَبَیۡنَ حَمِیمٍ ءَانࣲ ۝٤٤

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

They will go around between it and between scalding boiling water!

yaṭūfūna baynahā wabayna ḥamīmin āni

55:45

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٤٥

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

So which of the benefits of the Lord of you both will you both deny?

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:46

وَلِمَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ ۝٤٦

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

For him who feared the station before his Lord are two Gardens.

waliman khāfa maqāma rabbihi jannatān

55:47

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٤٧

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

So which of the benefits of the Lord of you both will you both deny?

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:48

ذَوَاتَاۤ أَفۡنَانࣲ ۝٤٨

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Possessor of wide shade.

dhawātā afnāni

55:49

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٤٩

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

So which of the benefits of the Lord of you both will you both deny?

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:50

فِیهِمَا عَیۡنَانِ تَجۡرِیَانِ ۝٥٠

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Two springs will be running.

fīhimā ʿaynāni tajriyān

55:51

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٥١

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

So which of the benefits of the Lord of you both will you both deny?

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:52

فِیهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَـٰكِهَةࣲ زَوۡجَانِ ۝٥٢

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

In them both every kind of sweet fruit of diverse pairs.

fīhimā min kulli fākihatin zawjān

55:53

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٥٣

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

So which of the benefits of the Lord of you both will you both deny?

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:54

مُتَّكِءِینَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشِۭ بَطَاۤىِٕنُهَا مِنۡ إِسۡتَبۡرَقࣲۚ وَجَنَى ٱلۡجَنَّتَیۡنِ دَانࣲ ۝٥٤

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Ones who are reclining on places of restfulness the inner linings of which are of brocade. And the fruit plucked from trees while fresh, that which draws near from the two Gardens.

muttakiīna ʿalā furushin baṭāinuhā min is'tabraqin wajanā l-janatayni dāni

55:55

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٥٥

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

So which of the benefits of the Lord of you both will you both deny?

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:56

فِیهِنَّ قَـٰصِرَ ٰتُ ٱلطَّرۡفِ لَمۡ یَطۡمِثۡهُنَّ إِنسࣱ قَبۡلَهُمۡ وَلَا جَاۤنࣱّ ۝٥٦

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

In them both are ones who are restraining their (f) glance. No humankind touched them (f) sexually before nor ones who are spirits.

fīhinna qāṣirātu l-ṭarfi lam yaṭmith'hunna insun qablahum walā jānnu

55:57

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٥٧

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

So which of the benefits of the Lord of you both will you both deny?

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:58

كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلۡیَاقُوتُ وَٱلۡمَرۡجَانُ ۝٥٨

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

They are as if they were like rubies and coral.

ka-annahunna l-yāqūtu wal-marjān

55:59

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٥٩

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

So which of the benefits of the Lord of you both will you both deny?

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:60

هَلۡ جَزَاۤءُ ٱلۡإِحۡسَـٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلۡإِحۡسَـٰنُ ۝٦٠

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Is the recompense for kindness other than kindness?

hal jazāu l-iḥ'sāni illā l-iḥ'sān

55:61

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٦١

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

So which of the benefits of the Lord of you both will you both deny?

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:62

وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ ۝٦٢

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Besides these are two other Gardens.

wamin dūnihimā jannatān

55:63

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٦٣

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

So which of the benefits of the Lord of you both will you both deny?

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٦٥

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

So which of the benefits of the Lord of you both will you both deny?

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:66

فِیهِمَا عَیۡنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ ۝٦٦

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

In them both are two springs gushing.

fīhimā ʿaynāni naḍḍākhatān

55:67

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٦٧

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

So which of the benefits of the Lord of you both will you both deny?

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:68

فِیهِمَا فَـٰكِهَةࣱ وَنَخۡلࣱ وَرُمَّانࣱ ۝٦٨

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

In them both are sweet fruits and date palm trees and pomegranates.

fīhimā fākihatun wanakhlun warummānu

55:69

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٦٩

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

So which of the benefits of the Lord of you both will you both deny?

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:70

فِیهِنَّ خَیۡرَ ٰتٌ حِسَانࣱ ۝٧٠

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

In them both are the good deeds, fairer.

fīhinna khayrātun ḥisānu

55:71

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٧١

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

So which of the benefits of the Lord of you both will you both deny?

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:72

حُورࣱ مَّقۡصُورَ ٰتࣱ فِی ٱلۡخِیَامِ ۝٧٢

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Most beautiful eyed ones who will be restrained in edifices.

ḥūrun maqṣūrātun fī l-khiyām

55:73

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٧٣

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

So which of the benefits of the Lord of you both will you both deny?

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:74

لَمۡ یَطۡمِثۡهُنَّ إِنسࣱ قَبۡلَهُمۡ وَلَا جَاۤنࣱّ ۝٧٤

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

No humankind touched them (f) sexually before nor ones who are spirits.

lam yaṭmith'hunna insun qablahum walā jānnu

55:75

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٧٥

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

So which of the benefits of the Lord of you both will you both deny?

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:76

مُتَّكِءِینَ عَلَىٰ رَفۡرَفٍ خُضۡرࣲ وَعَبۡقَرِیٍّ حِسَانࣲ ۝٧٦

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Ones who are reclining on green pillows and fairer carpets.

muttakiīna ʿalā rafrafin khuḍ'rin waʿabqariyyin ḥisāni

55:77

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٧٧

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

So which of the benefits of the Lord of you both will you both deny?

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:78

تَبَـٰرَكَ ٱسۡمُ رَبِّكَ ذِی ٱلۡجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلۡإِكۡرَامِ ۝٧٨

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Blessed be the Name of thy Lord, Possessor of The Majesty and The Splendor.

tabāraka us'mu rabbika dhī l-jalāli wal-ik'rām

Surah 55. The Beneficent, The Mercy Giving, The Merciful (ar-Rahman)

Places Mentioned in the Quran

Prophetic Journeys & Events

Quranic Concept Graph