Translation of the Meanings Surah Ar-Rahmān - English translation - Rowwad Translation Center - Page Number 531 - Encyclopedia of the Noble Quran

Ar-Rahmān

1 : 55

ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ

The Most Compassionate,

2 : 55

عَلَّمَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ

has taught the Qur’an,

3 : 55

خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ

He created man,

4 : 55

عَلَّمَهُ ٱلۡبَيَانَ

and taught him speech.

5 : 55

ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ بِحُسۡبَانٖ

The sun and the moon follow their precise courses,

6 : 55

وَٱلنَّجۡمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسۡجُدَانِ

and the stars^[1] and trees prostrate [to Allah]^[2].

[1] "Najm" is also a vegetation without a trunk, stalk, or stem.
[2] i.e., they obediently submit to the laws of Allah. See 22:18.

7 : 55

وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلۡمِيزَانَ

He raised the heaven and enjoined justice

8 : 55

أَلَّا تَطۡغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡمِيزَانِ

so that you may not transgress the limits of justice.

9 : 55

وَأَقِيمُواْ ٱلۡوَزۡنَ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِ وَلَا تُخۡسِرُواْ ٱلۡمِيزَانَ

Therefore establish weights in justice, and do not give short measure.

10 : 55

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلۡأَنَامِ

He has spread out the earth for all creatures,

11 : 55

فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٞ وَٱلنَّخۡلُ ذَاتُ ٱلۡأَكۡمَامِ

in which there are fruits and palm trees with date stalks,

12 : 55

وَٱلۡحَبُّ ذُو ٱلۡعَصۡفِ وَٱلرَّيۡحَانُ

and grain having chaff, and fragrant plants.

13 : 55

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Then which of the favors of your Lord will you^[3] deny?

[3] i.e., men and jinn.

14 : 55

خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلۡصَٰلٖ كَٱلۡفَخَّارِ

He created man from dry clay like pottery,

15 : 55

وَخَلَقَ ٱلۡجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٖ مِّن نَّارٖ

and He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire.

16 : 55

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?

17 : 55

رَبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقَيۡنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلۡمَغۡرِبَيۡنِ

[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets^[4].

[4] i.e., the points of sunrise in the east and sunset in the west in both summer and winter.

18 : 55

فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

Then which of the favors of your Lord will you deny?