When you read the Quran, you shall seek refuge in GOD from Satan the rejected. 16:98
Sura 55 · 78 verses · Revealed #97
The Gracious
Al-Rahmaan
الرحمن
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ
The Most Gracious.
عَلَّمَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ
Teacher of the Quran.
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ
Creator of the human beings.
عَلَّمَهُ ٱلْبَيَانَ
He taught them how to distinguish.
ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ
The sun and the moon are perfectly calculated.
وَٱلنَّجْمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ
The stars and the trees prostrate.
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلْمِيزَانَ
He constructed the sky and established the law.
أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْمِيزَانِ
You shall not transgress the law.
وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا۟ ٱلْمِيزَانَ
You shall establish justice; do not violate the law.
وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ
He created the earth for all creatures.
فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٌ وَٱلنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ ٱلْأَكْمَامِ
In it there are fruits, and date palms with their hanging fruit.
55:11 Compare the spaceship Earth's renewable systems and reproducing astronauts, with the most sophisticated spaceships that we launch into space. God be glorified.
وَٱلْحَبُّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْفِ وَٱلرَّيْحَانُ
Also grains and the spices.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(O humans and jinns,) which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍ كَٱلْفَخَّارِ
He created the human from aged clay, like the potter's clay.
وَخَلَقَ ٱلْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍ مِّن نَّارٍ
And created the jinns from blazing fire.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
(O humans and jinns,) which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ
Lord of the two easts and the two wests.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ
He separates the two seas where they meet.
بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ
A barrier is placed between them, to prevent them from transgressing.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا ٱللُّؤْلُؤُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ
Out of both of them you get pearls and coral.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
وَلَهُ ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَٰمِ
He gave you ships that roam the sea like flags.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ
Everyone on earth perishes.
وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلْجَلَٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ
Only the presence of your Lord lasts. Possessor of Majesty and Honor.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
يَسْـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِى شَأْنٍ
Imploring Him is everyone in the heavens and the earth. Every day He is in full control.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ
We will call you to account, O humans and jinns.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
يَٰمَعْشَرَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَن تَنفُذُوا۟ مِنْ أَقْطَارِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنفُذُوا۟ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَٰنٍ
O you jinns and humans, if you can penetrate the outer limits of the heavens and the earth, go ahead and penetrate. You cannot penetrate without authorization.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِّن نَّارٍ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ
You get bombarded with projectiles of fire and metal, and you cannot win.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَٱلدِّهَانِ
When the sky disintegrates, and turns rose colored like paint.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُسْـَٔلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦٓ إِنسٌ وَلَا جَآنٌّ
On that day, no human, nor a jinn, will be asked about his sins.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
يُعْرَفُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَٰهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِى وَٱلْأَقْدَامِ
(This is because) the guilty will be recognized by their looks; they will be taken by the forelocks and the feet.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
هَٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ
This is Gehenna that the guilty used to deny.
يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٍ
They will circulate between it and an intolerable inferno.
55:44 Full details about the High Heaven, Low Heaven, the Purgatory, Hell, and the intolerable inferno are given in Appendices 5 and 11.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ
For those who reverence the majesty of their Lord, two gardens (one for the jinns and one for the humans).
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
ذَوَاتَآ أَفْنَانٍ
Full of provisions.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ
Two springs are in them, flowing.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٍ زَوْجَانِ
Of every fruit in them, two kinds.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشٍۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ وَجَنَى ٱلْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍ
While relaxing on furnishings lined with satin, the fruits are within reach.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فِيهِنَّ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ
Their beautiful mates were never touched by any human or jinn.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلْيَاقُوتُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ
They look like gems and coral.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
هَلْ جَزَآءُ ٱلْإِحْسَٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلْإِحْسَٰنُ
Is the reward of goodness anything but goodness?
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ
Below them are two gardens (one for the jinns and one for the humans).
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
مُدْهَآمَّتَانِ
Side by side.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ
In them, wells to be pumped.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فِيهِمَا فَٰكِهَةٌ وَنَخْلٌ وَرُمَّانٌ
In them are fruits, date palms, and pomegranate.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَٰتٌ حِسَانٌ
In them are beautiful mates.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
حُورٌ مَّقْصُورَٰتٌ فِى ٱلْخِيَامِ
Confined in the tents.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ
No human ever touched them, nor a jinn.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَعَبْقَرِىٍّ حِسَانٍ
They relax on green carpets, in beautiful surroundings.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny?
تَبَٰرَكَ ٱسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِى ٱلْجَلَٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ
Most exalted is the name of your Lord, Possessor of Majesty and Honor.