The Beneficent, The Mercy Giving, The Merciful — Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali Translation

55:1

۞ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنُ ۝١

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

The All-Merciful

al-raḥmān

55:2

عَلَّمَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ ۝٢

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

He taught the Qur'an

khalaqa l-insān

55:3

خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ ۝٣

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He created man

Khalaqa al-insana

55:4

عَلَّمَهُ ٱلۡبَیَانَ ۝٤

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

He has taught him distinct (Literally: evident (demonstration) (speech)

al-shamsu wal-qamaru biḥus'bāni

55:5

ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ بِحُسۡبَانࣲ ۝٥

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

The sun and the moon (run) to all-precisely reckoned (courses)

Alshshamsu waalqamaru bihusbanin

55:6

وَٱلنَّجۡمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ یَسۡجُدَانِ ۝٦

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And the star and the trees prostrate themselves

wal-najmu wal-shajaru yasjudān

55:7

وَٱلسَّمَاۤءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلۡمِیزَانَ ۝٧

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And the heaven, He raised it up, and laid down the Balance

wal-samāa rafaʿahā wawaḍaʿa l-mīzān

55:8

أَلَّا تَطۡغَوۡا۟ فِی ٱلۡمِیزَانِ ۝٨

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

That you should not be inordinate in the Balance

allā taṭghaw fī l-mīzān

55:9

وَأَقِیمُوا۟ ٱلۡوَزۡنَ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِ وَلَا تُخۡسِرُوا۟ ٱلۡمِیزَانَ ۝٩

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And keep up the weight with equity, and do not cause loss in the Balance

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

55:10

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلۡأَنَامِ ۝١٠

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And the earth, He laid down for (all) beings

wal-arḍa waḍaʿahā lil'anām

55:11

فِیهَا فَـٰكِهَةࣱ وَٱلنَّخۡلُ ذَاتُ ٱلۡأَكۡمَامِ ۝١١

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Therein are fruits, and palm-trees comprising sheaths

fīhā fākihatun wal-nakhlu dhātu l-akmām

55:12

وَٱلۡحَبُّ ذُو ٱلۡعَصۡفِ وَٱلرَّیۡحَانُ ۝١٢

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And grains owning the blades, (Or: husks) and all-fragrant herbs. (Or: soothing comfort

wal-ḥabu dhū l-ʿaṣfi wal-rayḥān

55:13

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝١٣

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then to whichever of your Lord's boons do you (both) (i.e., the jinn and mankind) cry lies

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:14

خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلۡصَـٰلࣲ كَٱلۡفَخَّارِ ۝١٤

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

He created man of dry clay like earthenware

khalaqa l-insāna min ṣalṣālin kal-fakhār

55:15

وَخَلَقَ ٱلۡجَاۤنَّ مِن مَّارِجࣲ مِّن نَّارࣲ ۝١٥

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And He created the jinn (race) of a merging of fire

wakhalaqa l-jāna min mārijin min nāri

55:16

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝١٦

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then to whichever of your Lord's boons do you (both) cry lies

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:17

رَبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقَیۡنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلۡمَغۡرِبَیۡنِ ۝١٧

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

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

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then to whichever of your Lord's boons do you (both) cry lies

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:19

مَرَجَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَیۡنِ یَلۡتَقِیَانِ ۝١٩

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

He merged the two seas (that) meet together

maraja l-baḥrayni yaltaqiyān

55:20

بَیۡنَهُمَا بَرۡزَخࣱ لَّا یَبۡغِیَانِ ۝٢٠

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Between them (both) is an isthmus (i.e., an obstruction) (which) they do not overpass. (Literally: none of them is inequitable

baynahumā barzakhun lā yabghiyān

55:21

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٢١

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then to whichever of your Lord's boons do you (both) cry lies

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:22

یَخۡرُجُ مِنۡهُمَا ٱللُّؤۡلُؤُ وَٱلۡمَرۡجَانُ ۝٢٢

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

From (both of) them come out (Literally: go out) the pearl and all-merged coral (stones)

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

55:23

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٢٣

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then to whichever of your Lord's boons do you (both) cry lies

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:24

وَلَهُ ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡمُنشَءَاتُ فِی ٱلۡبَحۡرِ كَٱلۡأَعۡلَـٰمِ ۝٢٤

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And to Him belong the running (ships), (sailing) aloft (Literally: raised up, erected) in the sea like landmarks

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

55:25

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٢٥

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then to whichever of your Lord's boons do you (both) cry lies

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:26

كُلُّ مَنۡ عَلَیۡهَا فَانࣲ ۝٢٦

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

All that (exists) upon it (i.e., the earth) is vanishing

kullu man ʿalayhā fāni

55:27

وَیَبۡقَىٰ وَجۡهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلۡجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلۡإِكۡرَامِ ۝٢٧

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And there (still) remains (forever) The Face of your Lord, The Owner of Majesty and Munificence

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

55:28

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٢٨

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then to whichever of your Lord's boons do you (both) cry lies

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:29

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

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Whoever are in the heavens and the earth ask Him; every Day He is upon some (momentous) affair

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

55:30

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٣٠

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then to whichever of your Lord's boons do you (both) cry lies

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:31

سَنَفۡرُغُ لَكُمۡ أَیُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ ۝٣١

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

We will soon finish your (affair), O you (both) overburdened (Or: discomforted) ones! (i.e., the jinn and humankind (see verse 33)

sanafrughu lakum ayyuha l-thaqalān

55:32

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٣٢

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then to whichever of your Lord's boons do you (both) cry lies

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

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

O company of the jinn and humankind, in case you are able to penetrate through the regions of the heavens and the earth, then penetrate (them)! You will not penetrate except with an all-binding 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

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then to whichever of your Lord's boons do you (both) cry lies

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:35

یُرۡسَلُ عَلَیۡكُمَا شُوَاظࣱ مِّن نَّارࣲ وَنُحَاسࣱ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ ۝٣٥

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Against you (both) will be sent flares of fire, and (molten) brass; then you will not vindicate yourselves

yur'salu ʿalaykumā shuwāẓun min nārin wanuḥāsun falā tantaṣirān

55:36

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٣٦

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then to whichever of your Lord's boons do you (both) cry lies

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:37

فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ فَكَانَتۡ وَرۡدَةࣰ كَٱلدِّهَانِ ۝٣٧

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then, when the heaven is cloven so it becomes rosy-like ointment

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

55:38

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٣٨

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then to whichever of your Lord's boons do you (both) cry lies

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:39

فَیَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لَّا یُسۡءَلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦۤ إِنسࣱ وَلَا جَاۤنࣱّ ۝٣٩

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then upon that Day neither any of humankind nor any of the jinn (race) will be questioned about his guilty deed

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

55:40

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٤٠

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then to whichever of your Lord's boons do you (both) cry lies

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:41

یُعۡرَفُ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ بِسِیمَـٰهُمۡ فَیُؤۡخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَ ٰصِی وَٱلۡأَقۡدَامِ ۝٤١

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

The criminals will be recognized by their marks, and (they) will be taken (away) 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

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then to whichever of your Lord's boons do you (both) cry lies

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:43

هَـٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِی یُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ ۝٤٣

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

This is Hell to which criminals cry lies

hādhihi jahannamu allatī yukadhibu bihā l-muj'rimūn

55:44

یَطُوفُونَ بَیۡنَهَا وَبَیۡنَ حَمِیمٍ ءَانࣲ ۝٤٤

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

They go round between it and between duly boiling (Or: hot) scalding water

yaṭūfūna baynahā wabayna ḥamīmin āni

55:45

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٤٥

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then to whichever of your Lord's boons do you (both) cry lies

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:46

وَلِمَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ ۝٤٦

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And for him who fears the Station of his Lord there are two Gardens

waliman khāfa maqāma rabbihi jannatān

55:47

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٤٧

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then to whichever of your Lord's boons do you (both) cry lies

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:48

ذَوَاتَاۤ أَفۡنَانࣲ ۝٤٨

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

(Both) comprising (different) species (of trees)

dhawātā afnāni

55:49

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٤٩

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then to whichever of your Lord's boons do you (both) cry lies

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:50

فِیهِمَا عَیۡنَانِ تَجۡرِیَانِ ۝٥٠

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

In (both of) them are two springs running

fīhimā ʿaynāni tajriyān

55:51

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٥١

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then to whichever of your Lord's boons do you (both) cry lies

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:52

فِیهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَـٰكِهَةࣲ زَوۡجَانِ ۝٥٢

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

In (both of) them are two pairs of every fruit

fīhimā min kulli fākihatin zawjān

55:53

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٥٣

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then to whichever of your Lord's boons do you (both) cry lies

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:54

مُتَّكِءِینَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشِۭ بَطَاۤىِٕنُهَا مِنۡ إِسۡتَبۡرَقࣲۚ وَجَنَى ٱلۡجَنَّتَیۡنِ دَانࣲ ۝٥٤

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Reclining upon beddings, the linings of which are of brocade, and the reapings of the two gardens are within reach

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

55:55

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٥٥

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then to whichever of your Lord's boons do you (both) cry lies

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:56

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

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Therein are (maidens) restraining their glances whom neither humankind nor the jinn (race) have deflowered before them

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

55:57

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٥٧

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then to whichever of your Lord's boons do you (both) cry lies

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:58

كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلۡیَاقُوتُ وَٱلۡمَرۡجَانُ ۝٥٨

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

As if they were the rubies and the all-merged coral (stones)

ka-annahunna l-yāqūtu wal-marjān

55:59

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٥٩

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then to whichever of your Lord's boons do you (both) cry lies

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:60

هَلۡ جَزَاۤءُ ٱلۡإِحۡسَـٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلۡإِحۡسَـٰنُ ۝٦٠

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Should the recompense of fairness be (anything) except fairness

hal jazāu l-iḥ'sāni illā l-iḥ'sān

55:61

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٦١

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then to whichever of your Lord's boons do you (both) cry lies

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:62

وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ ۝٦٢

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And lesser (Or: besides) than these two are two gardens

wamin dūnihimā jannatān

55:63

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٦٣

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then to whichever of your Lord's boons do you (both) cry lies

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:64

مُدۡهَاۤمَّتَانِ ۝٦٤

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Both of dark green tincture

mud'hāmmatān

55:65

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٦٥

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then to whichever of your Lord's boons do you (both) cry lies

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:66

فِیهِمَا عَیۡنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ ۝٦٦

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

In both of them are two spurting springs

fīhimā ʿaynāni naḍḍākhatān

55:67

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٦٧

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then to whichever of your Lord's boons do you (both) cry lies

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:68

فِیهِمَا فَـٰكِهَةࣱ وَنَخۡلࣱ وَرُمَّانࣱ ۝٦٨

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

In both of them are fruits, and palm-trees and pomegranates

fīhimā fākihatun wanakhlun warummānu

55:69

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٦٩

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then to whichever of your Lord's boons do you (both) cry lies

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:70

فِیهِنَّ خَیۡرَ ٰتٌ حِسَانࣱ ۝٧٠

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

In them are the most charitalsle (i.e., best; choicest) and fairest of maidens

fīhinna khayrātun ḥisānu

55:71

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٧١

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then to whichever of your Lord's boons do you (both) cry lies

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:72

حُورࣱ مَّقۡصُورَ ٰتࣱ فِی ٱلۡخِیَامِ ۝٧٢

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Huris, cloistered in pavilions

ḥūrun maqṣūrātun fī l-khiyām

55:73

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٧٣

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then to whichever of your Lord's boons do you (both) cry lies

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:74

لَمۡ یَطۡمِثۡهُنَّ إِنسࣱ قَبۡلَهُمۡ وَلَا جَاۤنࣱّ ۝٧٤

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Whom neither humankind nor the jinn (race) have deflowered before them

lam yaṭmith'hunna insun qablahum walā jānnu

55:75

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٧٥

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then to whichever of your Lord's boons do you (both) cry lies

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:76

مُتَّكِءِینَ عَلَىٰ رَفۡرَفٍ خُضۡرࣲ وَعَبۡقَرِیٍّ حِسَانࣲ ۝٧٦

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Reclining upon green pillows and the fairest carpets

muttakiīna ʿalā rafrafin khuḍ'rin waʿabqariyyin ḥisāni

55:77

فَبِأَیِّ ءَالَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ۝٧٧

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then to whichever of your Lord's boons do you (both) cry lies

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibān

55:78

تَبَـٰرَكَ ٱسۡمُ رَبِّكَ ذِی ٱلۡجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلۡإِكۡرَامِ ۝٧٨

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Supremely Blessed is the Name of your Lord, The Owner of (Highest) Majesty and (Highest) Munificence

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

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

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