Surah Ar-Rahman, Ayah 21-40 — Word by Word

الرحمن

The Beneficent

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Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.

Ayah

٢١

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

٢٢

yakhruju min'humā l-lu'lu-u wal-marjānu

From both of them emerge pearl and coral.

٢٣

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

٢٤

walahu l-jawāri l-munshaātu fī l-baḥri kal-aʿlāmi

And to Him belong the ships [with sails] elevated in the sea like mountains.

٢٥

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

٢٦

kullu man ʿalayhā fānin

Everyone upon it [i.e., the earth] will perish,

٢٧

wayabqā wajhu rabbika dhū l-jalāli wal-ik'rāmi

And there will remain the Face of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.

٢٨

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

٢٩

yasaluhu man fī l-samāwāti wal-arḍi kulla yawmin huwa fī shanin

Whoever is within the heavens and earth asks Him; every day He is in [i.e., bringing about] a matter.

٣٠

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

٣١

sanafrughu lakum ayyuha l-thaqalāni

We will attend to you, O prominent beings.

٣٢

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

٣٣

yāmaʿshara l-jini wal-insi ini is'taṭaʿtum an tanfudhū min aqṭāri l-samāwāti wal-arḍi fa-unfudhū lā tanfudhūna illā bisul'ṭānin

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].

٣٤

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

٣٥

yur'salu ʿalaykumā shuwāẓun min nārin wanuḥāsun falā tantaṣirāni

There will be sent upon you a flame of fire and smoke, and you will not defend yourselves.

٣٦

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

٣٧

fa-idhā inshaqqati l-samāu fakānat wardatan kal-dihāni

And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose-colored like oil -

٣٨

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

٣٩

fayawma-idhin lā yus'alu ʿan dhanbihi insun walā jānnun

Then on that Day none will be asked about his sin among men or jinn.

٤٠

fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?