Transliteration with Arabic · 78 ayat
Surah Ar-Rahman in English
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- When the Prophet ﷺ recited Surah Ar-Rahman to the jinn, each time they heard "Fabi ayyi ala'i rabbikuma tukadhdhiban" they answered: "We deny none of Your blessings, our Lord; all praise is Yours." Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3291
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismillāhir-raḥmānir-raḥīm
ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ
Ar-raḥmān
عَلَّمَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ
ʿAllamal-qurʾān
خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ
Khalaqal-insān
عَلَّمَهُ ٱلۡبَيَانَ
ʿAllamahul-bayān
ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ بِحُسۡبَانٖ
Ash-shamsu wal-qamaru biḥusbān
وَٱلنَّجۡمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسۡجُدَانِ
Wan-najmu wash-shajaru yasjudān
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلۡمِيزَانَ
Was-samāʾa rafaʿahā wawaḍaʿal-mīzān
أَلَّا تَطۡغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡمِيزَانِ
Allā taṭghaw fil-mīzān
وَأَقِيمُواْ ٱلۡوَزۡنَ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِ وَلَا تُخۡسِرُواْ ٱلۡمِيزَانَ
Wa aqīmul-wazna bil-qisṭi walā tukhsirul-mīzān
وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلۡأَنَامِ
Wal-arḍa waḍaʿahā lil-anām
فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٞ وَٱلنَّخۡلُ ذَاتُ ٱلۡأَكۡمَامِ
Fīhā fākihatun wan-nakhlu dhātul-akmām
وَٱلۡحَبُّ ذُو ٱلۡعَصۡفِ وَٱلرَّيۡحَانُ
Wal-ḥabbu dhul-ʿaṣfi war-rayḥān
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلۡصَٰلٖ كَٱلۡفَخَّارِ
Khalaqal-insāna min ṣalṣālin kal-fakhkhār
وَخَلَقَ ٱلۡجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٖ مِّن نَّارٖ
Wakhalaqal-jānna min mārijin min nār
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
رَبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقَيۡنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلۡمَغۡرِبَيۡنِ
Rabbul-mashriqayni warabbul-maghribayn
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
مَرَجَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَيۡنِ يَلۡتَقِيَانِ
Marajal-baḥrayni yaltaqiyān
بَيۡنَهُمَا بَرۡزَخٞ لَّا يَبۡغِيَانِ
Baynahumā barzakhun lā yabghiyān
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
يَخۡرُجُ مِنۡهُمَا ٱللُّؤۡلُؤُ وَٱلۡمَرۡجَانُ
Yakhruju minhumalluʾluʾu wal-marjān
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
وَلَهُ ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ كَٱلۡأَعۡلَٰمِ
Walahul-jawāril-munshaʾātu fil-baḥri kal-aʿlām
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
كُلُّ مَنۡ عَلَيۡهَا فَانٖ
Kullu man ʿalayhā fān
وَيَبۡقَىٰ وَجۡهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلۡجَلَٰلِ وَٱلۡإِكۡرَامِ
Wayabqā wajhu rabbika dhul-jalāli wal-ikrām
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
يَسۡـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ كُلَّ يَوۡمٍ هُوَ فِي شَأۡنٖ
Yasʾaluhū man fis-samāwāti wal-arḍi kulla yawmin huwa fī shaʾn
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
سَنَفۡرُغُ لَكُمۡ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ
Sanafrughu lakum ayyuhath-thaqalān
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
يَٰمَعۡشَرَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُمۡ أَن تَنفُذُواْ مِنۡ أَقۡطَارِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَٱنفُذُواْۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ
Yāmaʿsharal-jinni wal-insi inistaṭaʿtum an tanfudhū min aqṭāris-samāwāti wal-arḍi fanfudhū lā tanfudhūna illā bisulṭān
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
يُرۡسَلُ عَلَيۡكُمَا شُوَاظٞ مِّن نَّارٖ وَنُحَاسٞ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ
Yursalu ʿalaykumā shuwāẓun min nārin wanuḥāsun falā tantaṣirān
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتۡ وَرۡدَةٗ كَٱلدِّهَانِ
Fa idhanshaqqatis-samāʾu fakānat wardatan kad-dihān
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّا يُسۡـَٔلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦٓ إِنسٞ وَلَا جَآنّٞ
Fayawmaʾidhin lā yusʾalu ʿan dhanbihī insun walā jānn
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
يُعۡرَفُ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ بِسِيمَٰهُمۡ فَيُؤۡخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِي وَٱلۡأَقۡدَامِ
Yuʿraful-mujrimūna bisīmāhum fayuʾkhadhu bin-nawāṣī wal-aqdām
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
هَٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِي يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ
Hādhihī jahannamullatī yukadhdhibu bihal-mujrimūn
يَطُوفُونَ بَيۡنَهَا وَبَيۡنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٖ
Yaṭūfūna baynahā wabayna ḥamīmin ān
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
وَلِمَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ
Waliman khāfa maqāma rabbihī jannatān
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
ذَوَاتَآ أَفۡنَانٖ
Dhawātā afnān
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
فِيهِمَا عَيۡنَانِ تَجۡرِيَانِ
Fīhimā ʿaynāni tajriyān
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٖ زَوۡجَانِ
Fīhimā min kulli fākihatin zawjān
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشِۭ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنۡ إِسۡتَبۡرَقٖۚ وَجَنَى ٱلۡجَنَّتَيۡنِ دَانٖ
Muttakiʾīna ʿalā furushin baṭāʾinuhā min istabraqin wajanal-jannatayni dān
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
فِيهِنَّ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرۡفِ لَمۡ يَطۡمِثۡهُنَّ إِنسٞ قَبۡلَهُمۡ وَلَا جَآنّٞ
Fīhinna qāṣirātuṭ-ṭarfi lam yaṭmithhunna insun qablahum walā jānn
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلۡيَاقُوتُ وَٱلۡمَرۡجَانُ
Ka annahunnal-yāqūtu wal-marjān
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
هَلۡ جَزَآءُ ٱلۡإِحۡسَٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلۡإِحۡسَٰنُ
Hal jazāʾul-iḥsāni illal-iḥsān
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ
Wamin dūnihimā jannatān
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
مُدۡهَآمَّتَانِ
Mud-hāmmatān
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
فِيهِمَا عَيۡنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ
Fīhimā ʿaynāni naḍḍākhatān
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
فِيهِمَا فَٰكِهَةٞ وَنَخۡلٞ وَرُمَّانٞ
Fīhimā fākihatun wanakhlun warummān
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
فِيهِنَّ خَيۡرَٰتٌ حِسَانٞ
Fīhinna khayrātun ḥisān
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
حُورٞ مَّقۡصُورَٰتٞ فِي ٱلۡخِيَامِ
Ḥūrun maqṣūrātun fil-khiyām
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
لَمۡ يَطۡمِثۡهُنَّ إِنسٞ قَبۡلَهُمۡ وَلَا جَآنّٞ
Lam yaṭmithhunna insun qablahum walā jānn
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفۡرَفٍ خُضۡرٖ وَعَبۡقَرِيٍّ حِسَانٖ
Muttakiʾīna ʿalā rafrafin khuḍrin waʿabqariyyin ḥisān
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Fabi ayyi ālāʾi rabbikumā tukadhdhibān
تَبَٰرَكَ ٱسۡمُ رَبِّكَ ذِي ٱلۡجَلَٰلِ وَٱلۡإِكۡرَامِ
Tabārakasmu rabbika dhil-jalāli wal-ikrām
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- ā ī ū long vowels: hold them for two beats
- ʿ the letter 'ayn, from deep in the throat
- ʾ a short stop (hamzah), as in "uh-oh"
- ḥ ṣ ḍ ṭ ẓ heavy letters, said fuller than h s d t z
- th dh kh gh sh one sound each; a hyphen (s-h) means two separate letters
- al- joined to the word before: say it as one flow
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