Ar-Rahman 55
The Most GraciousHow to read the Hangul
الرَّحْمَٰنِ르r라흐마니 بِسْمِ비스밀
- Bold = the stressed syllable of the word; a little stronger.
- Overline = long vowel (madd): hold it about two beats. Length matters most in recitation.
- Tiny = no vowel in the Arabic here — just the consonant, short.
- Small Latin letter = a sound Korean lacks, on the next syllable: f upper teeth on lower lip · θ/ð tongue tip between the teeth · r rolled tongue tip (a bare ㄹ is l).
How to read the Hangul
beginning the Christ salvation
- Bold, larger (ˈ) = say it strong and a little longer — the stressed syllable.
- Faint = weak and short (a reduced vowel). Don't give every syllable equal weight.
- Tiny 으 · 트 · 스 = barely voiced. English has no vowel there — stop on the consonant.
- Whole word faint (the, of, and, to…) = light and quick in a sentence; stress the content words.
- Small f v θ ð r = sounds Korean doesn't have — f: upper teeth on the lower lip; v: the same, voiced; θ/ð: tongue tip between the teeth; r: tongue curled back, touching nothing.
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About this surah
The surah opens, “The Most Gracious taught the Quran,” and goes on to the creation of man and the gift of clear expression, the sun and moon running by precise reckoning, and the sky raised high with the balance set up. Within this comes a command to weigh with justice and not cheat the balance. It mentions man created from dry clay like pottery and the jinn from smokeless fire, and the two seas that meet without mixing, from which pearls and coral come. Everything on earth passes away, while the Face of the Lord remains. It then describes the wicked on the Day of Judgement and, in detail, two pairs of gardens for whoever fears standing before his Lord. Running through the whole surah is the refrain “So which of your Lord's blessings do you both deny?”, which is repeated thirty-one times.
- The Most Gracious
- Blessings in creation
- Justice in the balance
- What perishes and remains
- Two pairs of gardens
The name It is named after its opening word in verse 1, the Most Gracious, who taught the Quran.
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The Most Gracious
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taught the Quran.
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He created man,
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and taught him clear expression.
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The sun and the moon [run] by precise reckoning,
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and the stars and the trees bow down in prostration.
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And the sky He raised high, and He set up the balance,
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so that you do not transgress in the balance.
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So establish the weight with justice and do not skimp the balance.
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And the earth He laid out for all creatures.
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In it are fruits, and palm trees with sheathed clusters,
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and grain with husks, and fragrant plants.
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So which of your Lord's blessings do you both deny?
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He created man from dry clay like pottery,
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and He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire.
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So which of your Lord's blessings do you both deny?
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Lord of the two easts and Lord of the two wests.
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So which of your Lord's blessings do you both deny?
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He let loose the two seas, meeting together;
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between them is a barrier which they do not overstep.
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So which of your Lord's blessings do you both deny?
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From both of them come forth pearls and coral.
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So which of your Lord's blessings do you both deny?
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His are the ships raised high on the sea like mountains.
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So which of your Lord's blessings do you both deny?
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Everyone upon it is passing away,
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but the Face of your Lord remains, the Possessor of majesty and honour.
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So which of your Lord's blessings do you both deny?
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Whoever is in the heavens and the earth asks of Him; every day He is engaged in some matter.
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So which of your Lord's blessings do you both deny?
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We will soon attend to you, O you two burdened ones.
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So which of your Lord's blessings do you both deny?
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O company of jinn and humans, if you are able to pass beyond the regions of the heavens and the earth, then pass beyond! You will not pass beyond except with authority.
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So which of your Lord's blessings do you both deny?
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There will be sent against you a flame of fire and molten copper, and you will not be able to defend yourselves.
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So which of your Lord's blessings do you both deny?
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And when the sky is split open and becomes rose-red like oil dregs —
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So which of your Lord's blessings do you both deny?
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on that Day no human or jinn will be asked about his sin.
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So which of your Lord's blessings do you both deny?
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The wicked will be known by their marks, and they will be seized by the forelocks and the feet.
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So which of your Lord's blessings do you both deny?
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This is Hell, which the wicked used to deny.
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They will go round between it and scalding water, intensely hot.
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So which of your Lord's blessings do you both deny?
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But for whoever fears standing before his Lord there will be two gardens.
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So which of your Lord's blessings do you both deny?
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Both full of spreading branches.
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So which of your Lord's blessings do you both deny?
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In both of them are two flowing springs.
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So which of your Lord's blessings do you both deny?
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In both of them are two kinds of every fruit.
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So which of your Lord's blessings do you both deny?
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Reclining on couches lined with thick brocade, and the fruits of both gardens hang near.
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So which of your Lord's blessings do you both deny?
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In them are those of restrained glances, whom no human or jinn has touched before them.
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So which of your Lord's blessings do you both deny?
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As if they were rubies and coral.
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So which of your Lord's blessings do you both deny?
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Is the reward for goodness anything but goodness?
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So which of your Lord's blessings do you both deny?
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Below these two are two [further] gardens.
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So which of your Lord's blessings do you both deny?
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Dark green.
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So which of your Lord's blessings do you both deny?
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In both of them are two gushing springs.
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So which of your Lord's blessings do you both deny?
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In both of them are fruit, palm trees and pomegranates.
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So which of your Lord's blessings do you both deny?
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In them are good and beautiful ones.
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So which of your Lord's blessings do you both deny?
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Fair ones with lovely eyes, sheltered in pavilions.
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So which of your Lord's blessings do you both deny?
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Whom no human or jinn has touched before them.
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So which of your Lord's blessings do you both deny?
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Reclining on green cushions and beautiful fine carpets.
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So which of your Lord's blessings do you both deny?
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Blessed is the name of your Lord, the Possessor of majesty and honour.