Surah Ar-Raĥmān (The Beneficent) in English

1. رب المشرقين ورب المغربين

   17

   Lord of the two easts, and Lord of the two wests!

   rabbu l-mashriqayni wa-rabbu l-maghribayni

2. فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان

   18

   So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?

   fa-bi-ʾayyi ʾālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibāni

3. مرج البحرين يلتقيان

   19

   He merged the two seas, meeting each other.

   maraja l-baḥrayni yaltaqiyāni

4. بينهما برزخ لا يبغيان

   20

   There is a barrier between them, which they do not overstep.

   baynahumā barzakhun lā yabghiyāni

5. فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان

   21

   So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?

   fa-bi-ʾayyi ʾālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibāni

6. يخرج منهما اللؤلؤ والمرجان

   22

   From them emerge the pearl and the coral.

   yakhruju minhumā l-luʾluʾu wa-l-marjānu

7. فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان

   23

   So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?

   fa-bi-ʾayyi ʾālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibāni

8. وله الجوار المنشآت في البحر كالأعلام

   24

   His are the sailing ships on the sea [appearing] like landmarks.

   wa-lahu l-jawāri l-munshaʾātu fī l-baḥri ka-l-ʾaʿlāmi

9. فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان

   25

   So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?

   fa-bi-ʾayyi ʾālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibāni

10. كل من عليها فان

    26

    Everyone on it is ephemeral,

    kullu man ʿalayhā fānin

11. ويبقى وجه ربك ذو الجلال والإكرام

    27

    yet lasting is the majestic and munificent Face of your Lord.

    wa-yabqā wajhu rabbika dhū l-jalāli wa-l-ʾikrāmi

12. فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان

    28

    So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?

    fa-bi-ʾayyi ʾālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibāni

13. يسأله من في السماوات والأرض كل يوم هو في شأن

    29

    Everyone in the heavens and the earth asks Him. Every day He is engaged in some work.

    yasʾaluhū man fī s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi kulla yawmin huwa fī shaʾnin

14. فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان

    30

    So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?

    fa-bi-ʾayyi ʾālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibāni

15. سنفرغ لكم أيه الثقلان

    31

    Soon We shall make Ourselves unoccupied for you, O you notable two!

    sa-nafrughu lakum ʾayyuha th-thaqalāni

16. فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان

    32

    So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?

    fa-bi-ʾayyi ʾālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibāni

17. يا معشر الجن والإنس إن استطعتم أن تنفذوا من أقطار السماوات والأرض فانفذوا لا تنفذون إلا بسلطان

    33

    O company of jinn and humans! If you can pass through the confines of the heavens and the earth, then do pass through. But you will not pass through except by an authority [from Allah].

    yā-maʿshara l-jinni wa-l-ʾinsi ʾini staṭaʿtum ʾan tanfudhū min ʾaqṭāri s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi fa-nfudhū lā tanfudhūna ʾillā bi-sulṭānin

18. فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان

    34

    So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?

    fa-bi-ʾayyi ʾālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibāni

19. يرسل عليكما شواظ من نار ونحاس فلا تنتصران

    35

    There will be unleashed upon you a flash of fire and a smoke; then you will not be able to help one another.

    yursalu ʿalaykumā shuwāẓun min nārin wa-nuḥāsun fa-lā tantaṣirāni

20. فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان

    36

    So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?

    fa-bi-ʾayyi ʾālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibāni

21. فإذا انشقت السماء فكانت وردة كالدهان

    37

    When the sky is split open, and turns crimson like tanned leather.

    fa-ʾidhā nshaqqati s-samāʾu fa-kānat wardatan ka-d-dihāni

22. فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان

    38

    So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?

    fa-bi-ʾayyi ʾālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibāni

23. فيومئذ لا يسأل عن ذنبه إنس ولا جان

    39

    On that day neither humans will be questioned about their sins nor jinn.

    fa-yawmaʾidhin lā yusʾalu ʿan dhanbihī ʾinsun wa-lā jānnun

24. فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان

    40

    So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?

    fa-bi-ʾayyi ʾālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibāni