ONE AYAT A DAY
Surah 55 · 78 ayahs · Medinan
اَلرَّحْمٰنُۙ
Ar-raḥmān(u).
The Most Merciful
عَلَّمَ الْقُرْاٰنَۗ
‘Allamal-qur'ān(a).
Taught the Qur’ān,
خَلَقَ الْاِنْسَانَۙ
Khalaqal-insān(a).
Created man,
عَلَّمَهُ الْبَيَانَ
‘Allamahul-bayān(a).
[And] taught him eloquence.
اَلشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍۙ
Asy-syamsu wal-qamaru biḥusbān(in).
The sun and the moon [move] by precise calculation,
وَّالنَّجْمُ وَالشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ
Wan-najmu wasy-syajaru yasjudān(i).
And the stars and trees prostrate.
وَالسَّمَاۤءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ الْمِيْزَانَۙ
Was-samā'a rafa‘ahā wa waḍa‘al-mīzān(a).
And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance
اَلَّا تَطْغَوْا فِى الْمِيْزَانِ
Allā taṭgau fil-mīzān(i).
That you not transgress within the balance.
وَاَقِيْمُوا الْوَزْنَ بِالْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا الْمِيْزَانَ
Wa aqīmul-wazna bil-qisṭi wa lā tukhsirul-mīzān(a).
And establish weight in justice and do not make deficient the balance.
وَالْاَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْاَنَامِۙ
Wal-arḍa waḍa‘ahā lil-anām(i).
And the earth He laid [out] for the creatures.
فِيْهَا فَاكِهَةٌ وَّالنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ الْاَكْمَامِۖ
Fīhā fākihatuw wan-nakhlu żātul-akmām(i).
Therein is fruit and palm trees having sheaths [of dates]
وَالْحَبُّ ذُو الْعَصْفِ وَالرَّيْحَانُۚ
Wal-ḥabbu żul-‘aṣfi war-raiḥān(u).
And grain having husks and scented plants.
فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ
Fa bi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukażżibān(i).
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
خَلَقَ الْاِنْسَانَ مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ كَالْفَخَّارِ
Khalaqal-insāna min ṣalṣālin kal-fakhkhār(i).
He created man from clay like [that of] pottery.
وَخَلَقَ الْجَاۤنَّ مِنْ مَّارِجٍ مِّنْ نَّارٍۚ
Wa khalaqal-jānna mim mārijim min nār(in).
And He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire.
فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ
Fa bi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukażżibān(i).
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ الْمَغْرِبَيْنِۚ
Rabbul-masyriqaini wa rabbul-magribain(i).
[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.
فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ
Fa bi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukażżibān(i).
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيٰنِۙ
Marajal-baḥraini yaltaqiyān(i).
He released the two seas, meeting [one another];
بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيٰنِۚ
Bainahumā barzakhul lā yabgiyān(i).
Between them is a barrier so neither of them transgresses.
فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ
Fa bi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukażżibān(i).
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا اللُّؤْلُؤُ وَالْمَرْجَانُۚ
Yakhruju minhumal-lu'lu'u wal-marjān(u).
From both of them emerge pearl and coral.
فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ
Fa bi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukażżibān(i).
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
وَلَهُ الْجَوَارِ الْمُنْشَاٰتُ فِى الْبَحْرِ كَالْاَعْلَامِۚ
Wa lahul-jawāril-munsya'ātu fil-baḥri kal-a‘lām(i).
And to Him belong the ships [with sails] elevated in the sea like mountains.
فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ࣖ
Fa bi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukażżibān(i).
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍۖ
Kullu man ‘alaihā fān(in).
Everyone upon it [i.e., the earth] will perish,
وَّيَبْقٰى وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو الْجَلٰلِ وَالْاِكْرَامِۚ
Wa yabqā wajhu rabbika żul-jalāli wal-ikrām(i).
And there will remain the Face of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.
فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ
Fa bi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukażżibān(i).
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
يَسْـَٔلُهٗ مَنْ فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِۗ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِيْ شَأْنٍۚ
Yas'aluhū man fis-samāwāti wal-arḍ(i), kulla yaumin huwa fī sya'n(in).
Whoever is within the heavens and earth asks Him; every day He is in [i.e., bringing about] a matter.
فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ
Fa bi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukażżibān(i).
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ اَيُّهَ الثَّقَلٰنِۚ
Sanafrugu lakum ayyuhaṡ-ṡaqalān(i).
We will attend to you, O prominent beings.
فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ
Fa bi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukażżibān(i).
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
يٰمَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ وَالْاِنْسِ اِنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ اَنْ تَنْفُذُوْا مِنْ اَقْطَارِ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ فَانْفُذُوْاۗ لَا تَنْفُذُوْنَ اِلَّا بِسُلْطٰنٍۚ
Yā ma‘syaral-jinni wal-insi inistaṭa‘tum an tanfużū min aqṭāris-samāwāti wal-arḍi fanfużū, lā tanfużūna illā bisulṭān(in).
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].
فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ
Fa bi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukażżibān(i).
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِّنْ نَّارٍۙ وَّنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنْتَصِرَانِۚ
Yursalu ‘alaikumā syuwāẓum min nār(in), wa nuḥāsun falā tantaṣirān(i).
There will be sent upon you a flame of fire and smoke, and you will not defend yourselves.
فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ
Fa bi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukażżibān(i).
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
فَاِذَا انْشَقَّتِ السَّمَاۤءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَالدِّهَانِۚ
Fa iżansyaqqatis-samā'u fa kānat wardatan kad-dihān(i).
And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose-colored like oil -
فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ
Fa bi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukażżibān(i).
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُسْـَٔلُ عَنْ ذَنْۢبِهٖٓ اِنْسٌ وَّلَا جَاۤنٌّۚ
Fa yauma'iżil lā yus'alu ‘an żambihī insuw wa lā jānn(un).
Then on that Day none will be asked about his sin among men or jinn.
فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ
Fa bi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukażżibān(i).
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
يُعْرَفُ الْمُجْرِمُوْنَ بِسِيْمٰهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِالنَّوَاصِيْ وَالْاَقْدَامِۚ
Yu‘raful-mujrimūna bisīmāhum fa yu'khażu bin-nawāṣī wal-aqdām(i).
The criminals will be known by their marks, and they will be seized by the forelocks and the feet.
فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ
Fa bi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukażżibān(i).
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
هٰذِهٖ جَهَنَّمُ الَّتِيْ يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا الْمُجْرِمُوْنَۘ
Hāżihī jahannamul-latī yukażżibu bihal-mujrimūn(a).
This is Hell, which the criminals deny.
يَطُوْفُوْنَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيْمٍ اٰنٍۚ
Yaṭūfūna bainahā wa baina ḥamīmin ān(in).
They will circulate between it and scalding water, heated [to the utmost degree].
فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ ࣖ
Fa bi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukażżibān(i).
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
وَلِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهٖ جَنَّتٰنِۚ
Wa liman khāfa maqāma rabbihī jannatān(i).
But for he who has feared the position of his Lord are two gardens -
فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِۙ
Fa bi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukażżibān(i).
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
ذَوَاتَآ اَفْنَانٍۚ
Żawātā afnān(in).
Having [spreading] branches.
فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ
Fabi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukażżibān(i).
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
فِيْهِمَا عَيْنٰنِ تَجْرِيٰنِۚ
Fīhimā ‘aināni tajriyān(i).
In both of them are two springs, flowing.
فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ
Fa bi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukażżibān(i).
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
فِيْهِمَا مِنْ كُلِّ فَاكِهَةٍ زَوْجٰنِۚ
Fīhimā min kulli fākihatin zaujān(i).
In both of them are of every fruit, two kinds.
فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِۚ
Fa bi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukażżibān(i).
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
مُتَّكِـِٕيْنَ عَلٰى فُرُشٍۢ بَطَاۤىِٕنُهَا مِنْ اِسْتَبْرَقٍۗ وَجَنَا الْجَنَّتَيْنِ دَانٍۚ
Muttaki'īna ‘alā furusyim baṭā'inuhā min istabraq(in), wa janal-jannataini dān(in).
[They are] reclining on beds whose linings are of silk brocade, and the fruit of the two gardens is hanging low.
فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ
Fa bi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukażżibān(i).
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
فِيْهِنَّ قٰصِرٰتُ الطَّرْفِۙ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ اِنْسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَاۤنٌّۚ
Fīhinna qāṣirātuṭ-ṭarf(i), lam yaṭmiṡhunna insun qablahum wa lā jānn(un).
In them are women limiting [their] glances, untouched before them by man or jinnī -
فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِۚ
Fa bi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukażżibān(i).
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
كَاَنَّهُنَّ الْيَاقُوْتُ وَالْمَرْجَانُۚ
Ka'annahunnal-yāqūtu wal-marjān(u).
As if they were rubies and coral.
فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ
Fa bi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukażżibān(i).
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
هَلْ جَزَاۤءُ الْاِحْسَانِ اِلَّا الْاِحْسَانُۚ
Hal jazā'ul-iḥsāni illal-iḥsān(u).
Is the reward for good [anything] but good?
فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ
Fa bi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukażżibān(i).
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
وَمِنْ دُوْنِهِمَا جَنَّتٰنِۚ
Wa min dūnihimā jannatān(i).
And below them both [in excellence] are two [other] gardens -
فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِۙ
Fa bi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukażżibān(i).
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
مُدْهَاۤمَّتٰنِۚ
Mudhāmmatān(i).
Dark green [in color].
فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِ
Fa bi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukażżibān(i).
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
فِيْهِمَا عَيْنٰنِ نَضَّاخَتٰنِۚ
Fīhimā ‘aināni naḍḍākhatān(i).
In both of them are two springs, spouting.
فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِۚ
Fa bi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukażżibān(i).
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
فِيْهِمَا فَاكِهَةٌ وَّنَخْلٌ وَّرُمَّانٌۚ
Fīhimā fākihatuw wa nakhluw wa rummān(un).
In both of them are fruit and palm trees and pomegranates.
فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِۚ
Fa bi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukażżibān(i).
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
فِيْهِنَّ خَيْرٰتٌ حِسَانٌۚ
Fīhinna khairātun ḥisān(un).
In them are good and beautiful women -
فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِۚ
Fa bi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukażżibān(i).
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
حُوْرٌ مَّقْصُوْرٰتٌ فِى الْخِيَامِۚ
Ḥūrum maqṣūrātun fil-khiyām(i).
Fair ones reserved in pavilions -
فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِۚ
Fa bi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukażżibān(i).
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ اِنْسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَاۤنٌّۚ
Lam yaṭmiṡhunna insun qablahum wa lā jānn(un).
Untouched before them by man or jinnī -
فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِۚ
Fa bi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukażżibān(i).
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
مُتَّكِـِٕيْنَ عَلٰى رَفْرَفٍ خُضْرٍ وَّعَبْقَرِيٍّ حِسَانٍۚ
Muttaki'īna ‘alā rafrafin khuḍriw wa ‘abqariyyin ḥisān(in).
Reclining on green cushions and beautiful fine carpets.
فَبِاَيِّ اٰلَاۤءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبٰنِۚ
Fa bi'ayyi ālā'i rabbikumā tukażżibān(i).
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
تَبٰرَكَ اسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِى الْجَلٰلِ وَالْاِكْرَامِ ࣖ
Tabārakasmu rabbika żil-jalāli wal-ikrām(i).
Blessed is the name of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.