Learn Sūrat ar-Raḥmān
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What Sūrat ar-Raḥmān is about
Sūrat ar-Raḥmān has 78 āyāt in the twenty-seventh juzʼ. It opens with Allah’s name, the Most Merciful, who taught the Qurʼān, created the human and taught him clear speech (55:1–4). It moves through the sun and moon, the stars and trees, the balance, and the fruits of the earth (55:5–12).
One āyah returns thirty-one times, first at 55:13: so which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny? It is addressed to humans and jinn together. The sūrah says everyone on earth will pass away and only the Face of your Lord remains (55:26–27). It describes two pairs of gardens for those who fear standing before their Lord (55:46–76), and ends by blessing the name of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honour (55:78).
- Āyāt 1–13
The Most Merciful taught the Qurʼān
The Most Merciful taught the Qurʼān, created the human and taught him clear speech. The sun and moon run by calculation, and the stars and trees bow down. He raised the sky and set the balance, so do not cheat in the balance (55:7–9). The earth holds fruit, palms, grain and fragrant plants. So which of your Lord’s blessings will you deny (55:13)?
- Āyāt 14–30
Two seas, and the Face that remains
The human was made from clay like pottery, and the jinn from smokeless fire. Allah is Lord of the two easts and the two wests. He let two seas meet with a barrier between them, bringing out pearls and coral (55:19–22). Everyone on earth will pass away, and the Face of your Lord remains (55:26–27).
- Āyāt 31–45
Humans and jinn called to account
Allah will attend to both humans and jinn. If they can pass beyond the regions of the heavens and the earth, let them; they cannot, except with authority (55:33). The sky will split and turn red like oil (55:37). The guilty will be known by their marks (55:41), and this is the Hell they denied.
- Āyāt 46–61
Two gardens
For whoever fears standing before his Lord there are two gardens, with spreading branches, two flowing springs and fruit of every kind in pairs (55:46–52). They recline on couches lined with brocade, with companions of modest gaze like rubies and coral. Is the reward for good anything but good (55:60)?
- Āyāt 62–78
Two more gardens
Besides these are two more gardens, dark green, with gushing springs, fruit, palms and pomegranates (55:62–68). In them are good and beautiful companions in pavilions, and green cushions and fine carpets (55:76). Blessed is the name of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honour (55:78).
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