بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ

THE MOST GRACIOUS

عَلَّمَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ

has imparted this Qur’an [unto man].

خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ

He has created man:

عَلَّمَهُ ٱلْبَيَانَ

He has imparted unto him articulate thought and speech.

ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍۢ

[At His behest] the sun and the moon run their appointed courses;

وَٱلنَّجْمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ

[before Him] prostrate them­selves the stars and the trees.

وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلْمِيزَانَ

And the skies has He raised high, and has devised [for all things] a measure,

أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْمِيزَانِ

so that you [too, O men,] might never transgress the measure [of what is right]:

وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا۟ ٱلْمِيزَانَ

weigh, therefore, [your deeds] with equity, and cut not the measure short!

وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ

And the earth has He spread out for all living beings,

فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٌۭ وَٱلنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ ٱلْأَكْمَامِ

with fruit thereon, and palm trees with sheathed clusters [of dates],

وَٱلْحَبُّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْفِ وَٱلرَّيْحَانُ

and grain growing tall on its stalks, and sweet-smelling plants.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍۢ كَٱلْفَخَّارِ

He has created man out of sounding clay, like pottery,

وَخَلَقَ ٱلْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍۢ مِّن نَّارٍۢ

whereas the invisible beings He has created out of a confusing flame of fire.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ

[He is] the Sustainer of the two farthest points of sunrise, and the Sustainer of the two farthest points of sunset.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Which, then, of your Sustain­er’s powers can you disavow?

مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ

He has given freedom to the two great bodies of water, so that they might meet:

بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌۭ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ

[yet] between them is a barrier which they may not transgress.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا ٱللُّؤْلُؤُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ

Out of these two [bodies of water] come forth pearls, both great and small.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

وَلَهُ ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَٰمِ

And His are the lofty ships that sail like [floating] mountains through the seas.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍۢ

All that lives on earth or in the heavens is bound to pass away:

وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلْجَلَٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ

but forever will abide thy Sustainer’s Self, full of majesty and glory.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

يَسْـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِى شَأْنٍۢ

On Him depends all creatures in the heavens and on earth; [and] every day He manifests Himself in yet another [wondrous] way.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ

[ONE DAY] We shall take you to task, O you sin-laden two!

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

يَٰمَعْشَرَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَن تَنفُذُوا۟ مِنْ أَقْطَارِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنفُذُوا۟ ۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَٰنٍۢ

O you who live in close communion with [evil] invisible beings and humans! If you [think that you] can pass beyond the regions of the heavens and the earth, pass beyond them! [But] you cannot pass beyond them, save by a sanction [from God]!

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌۭ مِّن نَّارٍۢ وَنُحَاسٌۭ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ

A flash of fire will be let loose upon you, and smoke, and you will be left without succour!

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةًۭ كَٱلدِّهَانِ

And when the sky is rent asunder and becomes red like [burning] oil

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّا يُسْـَٔلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦٓ إِنسٌۭ وَلَا جَآنٌّۭ

For on that Day neither man nor invisible being will be asked about his sins.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

يُعْرَفُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَٰهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِى وَٱلْأَقْدَامِ

All who were lost in sin shall by their marks be known, and shall by their forelocks and their feet be seized!

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

هَٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ

This will be the hell which those who are lost in sin [now] call a lie:

يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٍۢ

between it and [their own] burning-hot despair will they wander to and fro!

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ

BUT FOR THOSE who of their Sustainer’s Presence stand in fear, two gardens [of paradise are readied] -

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow? –

ذَوَاتَآ أَفْنَانٍۢ

[two gardens] of many wondrous hues.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ تَجْرِيَانِ

In [each of] these two [gardens] two springs will flow.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٍۢ زَوْجَانِ

In [each of] these two will two kinds of every fruit be [found].

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Which, then, of your Sustainer s powers can you disavow?

مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشٍۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍۢ ۚ وَجَنَى ٱلْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍۢ

[In such a paradise the blest will dwell,] reclin­ing upon carpets lined with rich brocade; and the fruit of both these gardens will be within easy reach.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

فِيهِنَّ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌۭ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّۭ

In these [gardens] will be mates of modest gaze, whom neither man nor invisible being will have touched ere then.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Which, then, of your Sus­tainer’s powers can you disavow?

كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلْيَاقُوتُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ

[When you are promised splendours] as though [of] rubies and [of] pearls –

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

هَلْ جَزَآءُ ٱلْإِحْسَٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلْإِحْسَٰنُ

Could the reward of good be aught but good?

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ

And besides those two will be yet two [other] gardens -

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow? –

مُدْهَآمَّتَانِ

two [gardens] of the deepest green.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

فِيهِمَا عَيْنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ

In [each of] these two [gardens] will two springs gush forth.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Which, then, of your Sus­tainer’s powers can you disavow?

فِيهِمَا فَٰكِهَةٌۭ وَنَخْلٌۭ وَرُمَّانٌۭ

In both of them will be [all kinds of] fruit, and date-palms and pomegranates.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

فِيهِنَّ خَيْرَٰتٌ حِسَانٌۭ

In these [gardens] will be [all] things most excellent and beautiful.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

حُورٌۭ مَّقْصُورَٰتٌۭ فِى ٱلْخِيَامِ

[There the blest will live with their] companions pure and modest, in pavilions [splendid] -

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow? –

لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌۭ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّۭ

[companions] whom neither man nor invisible being will have touched ere then.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍۢ وَعَبْقَرِىٍّ حِسَانٍۢ

[In such a paradise will they dwell,] reclining upon meadows green and carpets rich in beauty.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow?

تَبَٰرَكَ ٱسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِى ٱلْجَلَٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ

HALLOWED be thy Sustainer’s name, full of majesty and glory!