Ar-Rahman 55:40
The Beneficent · Juz 27 · Page 532
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٤٠
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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Commentary on 55:40–41
﴿فَبِأيِّ: آلاءِ رَبِّكُما تُكَذِّبانِ﴾ مَعَ كَثْرَةِ مَنافِعِها فَإنَّ الإخْبارَ بِما ذُكِرَ مِمّا يَزْجُرُكم عَنِ (p-183)الشَّرِّ المُؤَدِّي إلَيْهِ، وأمّا ما قِيلَ: مِمّا أنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلى عِبادِهِ المُؤْمِنِينَ في هَذا اليَوْمِ؟ فَلا تَعَلُّقَ لَهُ بِالمَقامِ.
وَقَوْلُهُ تَعالى: ﴿يُعْرَفُ المُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيماهُمْ﴾ اسْتِئْنافٌ يَجْرِي مَجْرى التَّعْلِيلِ لِعَدَمِ السُّؤالِ قِيلَ: يُعْرَفُونَ بِسَوادِ الوُجُوهِ وزُرْقَةِ العُيُونِ، وقِيلَ: بِما يَعْلُوهم مِنَ الكَآبَةِ والحُزْنِ.
﴿فَيُؤْخَذُ بِالنَّواصِي والأقْدامِ﴾ الجارُّ والمَجْرُورُ هو القائِمُ مَقامَ الفاعِلِ يُقالُ: أخَذَهُ إذا كانَ المَأْخُوذُ مَقْصُودًا بِالأخْذِ، ومِنهُ قَوْلُهُ تَعالى: ﴿خُذُوا حِذْرَكُمْ﴾ ونَحْوُهُ وأخَذَ بِهِ إذا كانَ المَأْخُوذُ شَيْئًا مِنَ مُلابَساتِ المَقْصُودِ بِالأخْذِ ومِنهُ قَوْلُهُ تَعالى: ﴿لا تَأْخُذْ بِلِحْيَتِي ولا بِرَأْسِي﴾ وقَوْلُ المُسْتَغِيثِ: خُذْ بِيَدِي أخَذَ اللَّهُ بِيَدِكَ أيْ: يُجْمَعُ بَيْنَ نَواصِيهِمْ وأقْدامِهِمْ في سِلْسِلَةٍ مِن وراءِ ظُهُورِهِمْ، وقِيلَ: تَسْحَبُهُمُ المَلائِكَةُ تارَةً تَأْخُذُ بِالنَّواصِي وتارَةً تَأْخُذُ بِالأقْدامِ.
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55:17
رَبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقَيۡنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلۡمَغۡرِبَيۡنِ ١٧
[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.1
1 translator’s note
- i.e., the points of sunrise in the east and sunset in the west in both summer and winter. ↩
55:18
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ١٨
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:19
مَرَجَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَيۡنِ يَلۡتَقِيَانِ ١٩
He released the two seas,1 meeting [one another];
1 translator’s note
- Two bodies of water or two sea waters of distinct characteristics. ↩
55:20
بَيۡنَهُمَا بَرۡزَخٞ لَّا يَبۡغِيَانِ ٢٠
Between them is a barrier so neither of them transgresses.
55:21
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٢١
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:22
يَخۡرُجُ مِنۡهُمَا ٱللُّؤۡلُؤُ وَٱلۡمَرۡجَانُ ٢٢
From both of them emerge pearl and coral.
55:23
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٢٣
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:24
وَلَهُ ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ كَٱلۡأَعۡلَٰمِ ٢٤
And to Him belong the ships [with sails] elevated in the sea like mountains.
55:25
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٢٥
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:26
كُلُّ مَنۡ عَلَيۡهَا فَانٖ ٢٦
Everyone upon it [i.e., the earth] will perish,
55:27
وَيَبۡقَىٰ وَجۡهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلۡجَلَٰلِ وَٱلۡإِكۡرَامِ ٢٧
And there will remain the Face1 of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.
1 translator’s note
- See footnote to 2:19. ↩
55:28
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٢٨
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:29
يَسۡـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ كُلَّ يَوۡمٍ هُوَ فِي شَأۡنٖ ٢٩
Whoever is within the heavens and earth asks Him; every day He is in [i.e., bringing about] a matter.1
1 translator’s note
- For each of His creatures. ↩
55:30
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٣٠
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:31
سَنَفۡرُغُ لَكُمۡ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ ٣١
We will attend to you, O prominent beings.1
1 translator’s note
- Specifically two: mankind and jinn. ↩
55:32
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٣٢
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:33
يَٰمَعۡشَرَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُمۡ أَن تَنفُذُواْ مِنۡ أَقۡطَارِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَٱنفُذُواْۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ ٣٣
O company of jinn and mankind, if you are able to pass beyond the regions of the heavens and the earth, then pass. You will not pass except by authority [from Allāh].
55:34
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٣٤
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:35
يُرۡسَلُ عَلَيۡكُمَا شُوَاظٞ مِّن نَّارٖ وَنُحَاسٞ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ ٣٥
There will be sent upon you a flame of fire and smoke,1 and you will not defend yourselves.
1 translator’s note
- Another possible meaning is liquefied brass or copper. ↩
55:36
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٣٦
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
55:37
فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتۡ وَرۡدَةٗ كَٱلدِّهَانِ ٣٧
And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose-colored like oil1 -
1 translator’s note
- Or "like a tanned skin." ↩
55:38
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٣٨
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
55:39
فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّا يُسۡـَٔلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦٓ إِنسٞ وَلَا جَآنّٞ ٣٩
Then on that Day none will be asked about his sin among men or jinn.1
1 translator’s note
- Once they have been condemned to the Fire. ↩
55:40
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٤٠
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?