بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ
Ar Rahmaan
The Merciful One
عَلَّمَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ
'Allamal Quran
has taught the Qur'an,
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ
Khalaqal insaan
has created man,
عَلَّمَهُ ٱلْبَيَانَ
'Allamalhul bayaan
and has taught him articulate speech.
ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍۢ
Ashshamsu walqamaru bihusbaan
The sun and the moon follow a reckoning,
وَٱلنَّجْمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ
Wannajmu washshajaru yasjudan
and the stars and the trees all prostrate themselves,
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلْمِيزَانَ
Wassamaaa'a rafa'ahaa wa wada'al Meezan
and He has raised up the heaven and has set a balance
أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْمِيزَانِ
Allaa tatghaw fil meezaan
that you may not transgress in the balance,
وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا۟ ٱلْمِيزَانَ
Wa aqeemul wazna bilqisti wa laa tukhsirul meezaan
but weigh things equitably and skimp not in the balance.
وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ
Wal arda wada'ahaa lilanaame
And He has set up the earth for all beings.
فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٌۭ وَٱلنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ ٱلْأَكْمَامِ
Feehaa faakihatunw wan nakhlu zaatul akmaam
Therein are fruit and palm-trees with their dates in sheaths,
وَٱلْحَبُّ ذُو ٱلْعَصْفِ وَٱلرَّيْحَانُ
Walhabbu zul 'asfi war Raihaanu
and a variety of corn with both husk and grain.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan
Which of the bounties of your Lord will you twain – you men and jinn – then deny?
خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍۢ كَٱلْفَخَّارِ
Khalaqal insaana min salsaalin kalfakhkhaari
He has created man from dry, rotten clay like the potter's,
وَخَلَقَ ٱلْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍۢ مِّن نَّارٍۢ
Wa khalaqal jaaan mim maarijim min naar
and has created the jinn from the flame of fire.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan
Which of the wonders of your Lord's power will you twain – you men and jinn – then deny?
رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ
Rabbul mashriqayni wa Rabbul maghribayni
Lord of the two easts and of the two wests is He.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan
Which of the powers of your Lord will you twain – you men and jinn – then deny?
مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ
Marajal bahrayni yalta qiyaani
He unleashed the two seas so that they merge together,
بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌۭ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ
Bainahumaa barzakhul laa yabghiyaan
and yet there is a barrier between them which they may not overstep.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan
Which of the wonders of your Lord will you twain – you men and jinn – then deny?
يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا ٱللُّؤْلُؤُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ
Yakhruju minhumal lu 'lu u wal marjaanu
From these seas come forth pearls and coral.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan
Which of the wonders of your Lord's power will you twain – you men and jinn – then deny?
وَلَهُ ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَٰمِ
Wa lahul jawaaril mun sha'aatu fil bahri kal a'laam
His are the ships, towering on the sea like mountains.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.
Which of the favours of your Lord will you twain – you men and jinn – then deny?
كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍۢ
Kullu man 'alaihaa faan
All that is on earth will perish,
وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلْجَلَٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ
Wa yabqaa wajhu rabbika zul jalaali wal ikraam
only the Person of your Lord, full of majesty and splendour, will endure.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.
So which of the wonders of your Lord will you twain – you men and jinn – then deny?
يَسْـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِى شَأْنٍۢ
Yas'aluhoo man fissamaawaati walard; kulla ywmin huwa fee shaan
All in the heavens and the earth entreat Him for their needs; a new, mighty task engages Him each day.
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi aalaaa'i Rabbikumaa tukazzibaan.
Which of your Lord's laudable attributes will you twain – you men and jinn – then deny?
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