الرحمن
The Beneficent
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
wamin dūnihimā jannatāni
And below them both [in excellence] are two [other] gardens -
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
mud'hāmmatāni
Dark green [in color].
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
fīhimā ʿaynāni naḍḍākhatāni
In both of them are two springs, spouting.
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
fīhimā fākihatun wanakhlun warummānun
In both of them are fruit and palm trees and pomegranates.
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
fīhinna khayrātun ḥisānun
In them are good and beautiful women -
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
ḥūrun maqṣūrātun fī l-khiyāmi
Fair ones reserved in pavilions -
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
lam yaṭmith'hunna insun qablahum walā jānnun
Untouched before them by man or jinnī -
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -
muttakiīna ʿalā rafrafin khuḍ'rin waʿabqariyyin ḥisānin
Reclining on green cushions and beautiful fine carpets.
fabi-ayyi ālāi rabbikumā tukadhibāni
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
tabāraka us'mu rabbika dhī l-jalāli wal-ik'rāmi
Blessed is the name of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.