Al-Mukhtasar · Tafsir · in English
الرحمن
Ar-Rahman
The Beneficent · Medinan · 78 ayahs
The Merciful one, possessor of vast mercy.
He taught the Qur’ān to people by making its memorization easy and facilitating the understanding of its meanings.
He created man perfectly and formed him in the best manner.
He taught him how to express what is within himself in speech and writing.
He fixed a perfectly calculated course for the sun and moon, to teach people the number of years and calculation.
Plants that do not have a stem and trees prostrate to Allah, (may He be glorified), in submission and surrender to Him.
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وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلۡمِيزَانَ ٧
And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance
He raised the sky above the earth as a roof for it. He established justice on earth and instructed His servants with it.
He established justice so that you, O people, are not unjust and deceitful in weighing and measurement.
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وَأَقِيمُواْ ٱلۡوَزۡنَ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِ وَلَا تُخۡسِرُواْ ٱلۡمِيزَانَ ٩
And establish weight in justice and do not make deficient the balance.
Maintain the weighing justly between yourselves and do not give short weight or measure when you measure or weigh for others.
He prepared the earth for the creation to settle on it.
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فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٞ وَٱلنَّخۡلُ ذَاتُ ٱلۡأَكۡمَامِ ١١
Therein is fruit and palm trees having sheaths [of dates]
It contains trees that produce fruit and date-palms that have receptacles that split open to reveal clusters.
It contains grain with straw like wheat and barley and the different types of grain that you have been provided as food. It contains plants whose fragrances you find to be pleasant.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ١٣
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?1
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
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خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلۡصَٰلٖ كَٱلۡفَخَّارِ ١٤
He created man from clay like [that of] pottery.
He created Adam (peace be upon him) from dried clay that has a clatter like that of baked clay.
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وَخَلَقَ ٱلۡجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٖ مِّن نَّارٖ ١٥
And He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire.
He created the father of the jinn from a flame that is pure of smoke.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ١٦
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
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رَبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقَيۡنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلۡمَغۡرِبَيۡنِ ١٧
[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.1
Lord of the sun’s two points of rising and its two points of setting in winter and summer.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ١٨
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
Allah mixed the two seas, the salty and the sweet, that converge as far as the eye can see.
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بَيۡنَهُمَا بَرۡزَخٞ لَّا يَبۡغِيَانِ ٢٠
Between them is a barrier so neither of them transgresses.
Between them is a barrier that prevents each one of them from transgressing over the other so that the sweet remains sweet and the salty remains salty.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٢١
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
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يَخۡرُجُ مِنۡهُمَا ٱللُّؤۡلُؤُ وَٱلۡمَرۡجَانُ ٢٢
From both of them emerge pearl and coral.
From these seas pearls and coral emerge.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٢٣
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
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وَلَهُ ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ كَٱلۡأَعۡلَٰمِ ٢٤
And to Him belong the ships [with sails] elevated in the sea like mountains.
He, (may He be glorified), alone has control of the ships that sail on the oceans like mountains.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٢٥
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
Every creation that is on the surface of the earth will inevitably perish.
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وَيَبۡقَىٰ وَجۡهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلۡجَلَٰلِ وَٱلۡإِكۡرَامِ ٢٧
And there will remain the Face1 of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.
The face of your Lord, O Messenger, the One of greatness, kindness and bounty for His servants, will remain and will never perish.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٢٨
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
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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
The angels in the heavens and the jinn and men on earth ask Him for their needs. Every day he brings about a matter from the affairs of His servants such as giving life, death, provision etc.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٣٠
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
I will attend to your reckoning, O men and jinn. and I will recompense each one with the reward or punishment he deserves.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٣٢
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
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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].
Allah will say on the Day of Judgment, when He gathers jinn and men: O group of jinn and men, if you are able to find for yourselves an exit from one part of the heavens and earth then do so. You will never be able to do so except with power and evidence, and where do you have that?
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٣٤
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
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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.
A flame of smokeless fire will be sent on you, O men and jinn, and smoke without a flame, and you will not be able to protect yourselves.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٣٦
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
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فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتۡ وَرۡدَةٗ كَٱلدِّهَانِ ٣٧
And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose-colored like oil1 -
When the sky will split open for the angels to descend from it and it will be red like molten lead or the like due to the terror of the day of judgment.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٣٨
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
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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
On that great day no man or jinn will be asked about their sins, because Allah knows their deeds.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٤٠
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
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يُعۡرَفُ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ بِسِيمَٰهُمۡ فَيُؤۡخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِي وَٱلۡأَقۡدَامِ ٤١
The criminals will be known by their marks, and they will be seized by the forelocks and the feet.
The guilty ones will be recognised on that day by their mark, which is the blackness of their faces and the blueness of their eyes. Their forelocks will be tied to their feet and they will be thrown into Hell.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٤٢
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
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هَٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِي يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ ٤٣
This is Hell, which the criminals deny.
It will be said to them in rebuke: This is the Hell that the guilty ones used to reject in the world, which is before their eyes and which they are unable to deny.
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يَطُوفُونَ بَيۡنَهَا وَبَيۡنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٖ ٤٤
They will circulate between it and scalding water, heated [to the utmost degree].
They will go between it and water that is extremely hot.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٤٥
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
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وَلِمَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ ٤٦
But for he who has feared the position of his Lord1 are two gardens -
Those who fear to stand before their Lord in the Hereafter, and therefore have faith and do righteous deeds, will have two gardens.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٤٧
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
These two gardens will have huge fresh branches producing fruit.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٤٩
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
In the two gardens there will be two springs flowing between them with water.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٥١
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
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فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٖ زَوۡجَانِ ٥٢
In both of them are of every fruit, two kinds.
In them there will be two types of every fruit to enjoy.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٥٣
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
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مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشِۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنۡ إِسۡتَبۡرَقٖۚ وَجَنَى ٱلۡجَنَّتَيۡنِ دَانٖ ٥٤
[They are] reclining on beds whose linings are of silk brocade, and the fruit of the two gardens is hanging low.
Reclining on spreads, whose inner lining will be of coarse silk, and the fruits that they will reap from the two gardens will be close and within reach of a person standing, sitting or reclining.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٥٥
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
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فِيهِنَّ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرۡفِ لَمۡ يَطۡمِثۡهُنَّ إِنسٞ قَبۡلَهُمۡ وَلَا جَآنّٞ ٥٦
In them are women limiting [their] glances,1 untouched2 before them by man or jinnī -
In them there will be women who will restrict their gaze to their husbands, whose virginity was not broken by any man or jinn before their husbands.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٥٧
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
As though they are rubies and coral in their beauty and purity.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٥٩
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
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هَلۡ جَزَآءُ ٱلۡإِحۡسَٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلۡإِحۡسَٰنُ ٦٠
Is the reward for good [anything] but good?
The reward of those who properly followed their Lord is only that Allah will give them a proper recompense.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٦١
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
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وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ ٦٢
And below them both [in excellence] are two [other] gardens -
Below those two mentioned gardens are another two gardens.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٦٣
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
Both of the deepest green.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٦٥
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
In these two gardens there are springs that forcefully gush forth with water. The gushing of their water does not stop.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٦٧
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
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فِيهِمَا فَٰكِهَةٞ وَنَخۡلٞ وَرُمَّانٞ ٦٨
In both of them are fruit and palm trees and pomegranates.
In these two gardens there are abundant fruit, huge date-palms and pomegranates.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٦٩
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
In these four gardens there are women with good characters and beautiful faces.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٧١
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
Houris covered in tents as protection for them.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٧٣
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
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لَمۡ يَطۡمِثۡهُنَّ إِنسٞ قَبۡلَهُمۡ وَلَا جَآنّٞ ٧٤
Untouched before them by man or jinnī -
Before their husbands no man or jinn has come close to them.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٧٥
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
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مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفۡرَفٍ خُضۡرٖ وَعَبۡقَرِيٍّ حِسَانٖ ٧٦
Reclining on green cushions and beautiful fine carpets.
Reclining on cushions covered with green covers, and beautiful carpets.
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فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ٧٧
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Which of Allah’s numerous favours to you, O group of Jinn and men, do you deny?
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تَبَٰرَكَ ٱسۡمُ رَبِّكَ ذِي ٱلۡجَلَٰلِ وَٱلۡإِكۡرَامِ ٧٨
Blessed is the name of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.
The name of your Lord, the Possessor of majesty, favour and bounty over His servants, is great and full of goodness.
Text: Quranic Universal Library (Tarteel), via spa5k/tafsir_api (MIT), at a fixed version. The ayahs: Quran Foundation. Sources and licences