ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ
The Most Merciful
Kushiriki :
عَلَّمَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ
Taught the QurÕŒn,
خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ
Created man,
عَلَّمَهُ ٱلۡبَيَانَ
[And] taught him eloquence.
ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ بِحُسۡبَانٖ
The sun and the moon [move] by precise calculation,
وَٱلنَّجۡمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسۡجُدَانِ
And the stars and trees prostrate.[1]
1- They submit obediently to the laws of AllŒh. See 22:18. An additional meaning of "najm" is vegetation of a kind without a trunk, stalk or stem.
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلۡمِيزَانَ
And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance
أَلَّا تَطۡغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡمِيزَانِ
That you not transgress within the balance.
وَأَقِيمُواْ ٱلۡوَزۡنَ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِ وَلَا تُخۡسِرُواْ ٱلۡمِيزَانَ
And establish weight in justice and do not make deficient the balance.
وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلۡأَنَامِ
And the earth He laid [out] for the creatures.
فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٞ وَٱلنَّخۡلُ ذَاتُ ٱلۡأَكۡمَامِ
Therein is fruit and palm trees having sheaths [of dates]
وَٱلۡحَبُّ ذُو ٱلۡعَصۡفِ وَٱلرَّيۡحَانُ
And grain having husks and scented plants.
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?[1]
1- Literally, "you two," addressing the species of mankind and jinn.
خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلۡصَٰلٖ كَٱلۡفَخَّارِ
He created man from clay like [that of] pottery.
وَخَلَقَ ٱلۡجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٖ مِّن نَّارٖ
And He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
رَبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقَيۡنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلۡمَغۡرِبَيۡنِ
[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.[1]
1- i.e., the points of sunrise in the east and sunset in the west in both summer and winter.
مَرَجَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَيۡنِ يَلۡتَقِيَانِ
He released the two seas,[1] meeting [one another];
1- Two bodies of water or two sea waters of distinct characteristics.
بَيۡنَهُمَا بَرۡزَخٞ لَّا يَبۡغِيَانِ
Between them is a barrier so neither of them transgresses.
يَخۡرُجُ مِنۡهُمَا ٱللُّؤۡلُؤُ وَٱلۡمَرۡجَانُ
From both of them emerge pearl and coral.
وَلَهُ ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ كَٱلۡأَعۡلَٰمِ
And to Him belong the ships [with sails] elevated in the sea like mountains.
كُلُّ مَنۡ عَلَيۡهَا فَانٖ
Everyone upon it [i.e., the earth] will perish,
وَيَبۡقَىٰ وَجۡهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلۡجَلَٰلِ وَٱلۡإِكۡرَامِ
And there will remain the Face[1] of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.
1- See footnote to 2:19.
يَسۡـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ كُلَّ يَوۡمٍ هُوَ فِي شَأۡنٖ
Whoever is within the heavens and earth asks Him; every day He is in [i.e., bringing about] a matter.[1]
1- For each of His creatures.