The Holy Quran is filled with beautiful and amazing surahs. Among them is Surah Rahman – the 55th chapter in order containing 78 verses that were revealed in Madinah. In this surah, Allah informs of His favours and mercy for His creatures.
There are many benefits to reciting this surah and these will be mentioned below.
Surah | |
| Name | Ar Rahman |
| Meaning | The Beneficent |
| Number of Verses | 78 |
| Place of Revelation | Madinah |
| Chapter Number | 55 |
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Benefits of Surah Rahman
- Help with all aspects of life. Reciting this surah will help you in all aspects of life.
- Creates a closer connection between you and Allah.
- Easiness on Judgement day. Allah will be merciful in accountability on the day of judgment with the reciter of Surah-Al-Rahman.
- Helps with attaining wealth and securing jobs.
- physical and spiritual benefits to reciting this surah.
- Unimaginable rewards and blessings. Which come from praying this surah.
- Makes you free from hypocrisy. Reading and memorizing Surah Al-Rahman on a daily basis after Fajr prayer will clear the heart from the evil of hypocrisy.
- Serves as a source of comfort and relief on the Day of Resurrection.
- For cures. help cure the sick.
- Hearts and minds attain a sense of contentment. From reciting this surah.
When to read Surah Rahman
Surah Rahman can be read anytime and daily reading is encouraged. Pious people read it after Zuhr salaah as part of their routine of reading specific surahs after each salaah.
Many parents also put their children to sleep using this surah listening on YouTube. The length of recitation takes up to 15 minutes which seems to help children fall asleep.
Surah Rahman Translation
In the Name of Allâh, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
1. The Most Compassionate.
2. Taught the Quran.
3. He created man.
4. He taught him eloquent speech.
5. The sun and the moon run on their fixed courses with precision.
6. And the stars and the trees both prostrate.
7. And the heaven: He has raised it high, and He has set up the Balance.
8. In order that you do not transgress the balance.
9. And observe the weight with equity and do not make the balance deficient.
10. And the earth: He has put down for the creatures.
11. In it are fruit, palm trees with date stalks,
12. And grain with husks, and aromatic plants.
13. Then which of the Favours of your Lord will you both deny?
14. He created man mankind from sounding clay like the clay of pottery.
15. And the jinn: He created from a smokeless flame of fire.
16. Then which of the Favours of your Lord will you both deny?
17. He is the Lord of the two Easts and the Lord of the two Wests
18. Then which of the Favours of your Lord will you both deny?
19. He has let loose the two seas, meeting together.
20. Between them is a barrier which none of them can transgress.
21. Then which of the Favours of your Lord will you both deny?
22. Out of them both come out pearl and coral.
23. Then which of the Favours of your Lord will you both deny?
24. And His are the ships going and coming in the seas, like mountains.
25. Then which of the Favours of your Lord will you both deny?
26. Whatsoever is on it (the earth) will perish.
27. And the Face of your Lord full of Majesty and Honour will remain forever.
28. Then which of the Favours of your Lord will you both deny?
29. Whosoever is in the heavens and on earth begs of Him. Every day He is engaged in some matter
30. Then which of the Favours of your Lord will you both deny?
31. We shall attend to you, O you two dependents!
32. Then which of the Favours of your Lord will you both deny?
33. O assembly of jinn and men! If you have power to pass beyond the zones of the heavens and the earth, then pass beyond! But you will never be able to pass them, except with authority
34. Then which of the Favours of your Lord will you both deny?
35. There will be sent against you both, smokeless flames of fire and molten brass, and you will not be able to defend yourselves.
36. Then which of the Favours of your Lord will you both deny?
37. How horrible will it be when the heavens will split apart, becoming rose-red like burnt oil!
38. Then which of the Favours of your Lord will you both deny?
39. On that Day there will be no need for any human or jinn to be asked about their sins.
40. Then which of the Favours of your Lord will you both deny?
41. The criminals will be known by their marks and they will be seized by their forelocks and their feet.
42. Then which of the Favours of your Lord will you both deny?
43. This is the Hell which the criminals denied.
44. They will go between it and the fierce boiling water!
45. Then which of the Favours of your Lord will you both deny?
46. But for him who fears the standing before his Lord, there will be two Gardens
47. Then which of the Favours of your Lord will you both deny?
48. With spreading branches.
49. Then which of the Favours of your Lord will you both deny?
50. In them will be two springs flowing free .
51. Then which of the Favours of your Lord will you both deny?
52. In them will be every kind of fruit in pairs.
53. Then which of the Favours of your Lord will you both deny?
54. Reclining upon the couches lined with silk brocade, and the fruits of the two Gardens will be near at hand.
55. Then which of the Favours of your Lord will you both deny?
56. Wherein both will be chaste females restraining their glances, desiring none except their husbands, with whom no man or jinn has touched before them.
57. Then which of the Favours of your Lord will you both deny?
58. They are like rubies and coral.
59. Then which of the Favours of your Lord will you both deny?
60. Is there any reward for good other than good?
61. Then which of the Favours of your Lord will you both deny?
62. And besides these two, there are two other Gardens.
63. Then which of the Favours of your Lord will you both deny?
64. Dark green (in colour).
65. Then which of the Favours of your Lord will you both deny?
66. In them will be two springs gushing forth.
67. Then which of the Favours of your Lord will you both deny?
68. In them both will be fruits, and date palms and pomegranates.
69. Then which of the Favours of your Lord will you both deny?
70. Therein (Gardens) will be fair wives; good and beautiful.
71. Then which of the Favours of your Lord will you both deny?
72. Hûr (beautiful, fair females) guarded in pavilions;
73. Then which of the Favours of your Lord will you both deny?
74. With whom no man or jinn has touched before them.
75. Then which of the Favours of your Lord will you both deny?
76. Reclining on green cushions and rich beautiful mattresses.
77. Then which of the Favours of your Lord will you both deny?
78. Blessed be the Name of your Lord, the Owner of Majesty and Honour.
Meaning of Surah Rahman
The structure of this magnificent chapter is that it explains both the punishments of Allah and the blessings and rewards which our Lord has bestowed on us and will Insha’Allah grant us in this world and the next.
One of the most repeated themes occurs in the following statement where Allah says:
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
Ar-Rahman [55:13]
Al-Bazzar, Ibn Jarir, Ibn Al- Mundhir, Daraqutni (in Al Afrad), Ibn Marduyah and Ibn Al Khatib (in Al- Tarikh) have related, on the authority of Hadrat Abdullah bin Umar:
Once the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) recited Surah Ar-Rahman himself, or heard it recited before him : then he said to the people: How is it that I am not hearing from you the kind of good answer that the jinn had given to their Lord? When the people asked what it was he replied: “As I recited the Divine Words, Fa bi- ayyi alaa’i Rabbi-kuma tukadhdhiban ( So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?), the jinn in response would repeat the words La bi shai’in min ni’mati Rabbi- na nukadhdhib : “We do not deny any of our Lord’s blessings.”
After listing blessings upon blessings, Allah repeatedly mentions this rhetorical question through which He is showing us how ungrateful we are and how much mercy He has showered on us, despite our ungratefulness.
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What does the surah talk about?
Some other topics included in this surah:
- The way Allah created the world and nature
- The Day of Judgement
- What the people of heaven will experience
- What the inhabitants of hell will experience
This is the only surah where both humans and jinn have been directly addressed and have been made to realize the wonders of Allah’s power, His countless blessings, their own helplessness and accountability before Him, and have been warned of the evil consequences of His disobedience and made aware of the best results of His obedience.
This Surah clearly points out that the message of the Holy Prophet SAW and the Quran is meant both for men and for jinn and that his Prophethood is not restricted to human beings alone.
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Themes covered in surah Rahman
| Verses | Themes |
|---|---|
| 1-4 | It has been stated that the teaching of the Qur’an is from Allah Almighty and it is the very demand of His mercy that He should provide guidance to mankind through this teaching, for it is He Who has created man as a rational and intelligent being. |
| 5-6 | It has been said that the whole system of the Universe is functioning under Allah’s Sovereignty and everything in the earth and heavens is subject to His Command alone. |
| 7-9 | Allah has established the entire system of the Universe precisely and equitably on justice, and the nature of this system requires that those who dwell in it also should adhere to justice within the bounds of their authority and should not disturb the balance. |
| 10-25 | Besides mentioning the wonders and excellences of Allah’s might, references have been made to His bounties from which the jinn and men are deriving benefit. |
| 26-30 | Both the men and the jinn have been reminded of the truths that in this Universe no one except One God is immortal and imperishable, and there is none, from the lowest to the highest, who does not stand in need of God for his survival and other requirements. Whatever is happening here, from the earth to the heavens, is happening under His administration and control. |
| 31-36 | Both groups have been warned that the time is fast approaching when they will be called to account, which they will not be able to avoid. |
| 37-38 | It has been said that this accountability will be held on the Day of Resurrection. |
| 39-45 | The evil end of the guilty ones, from among men and jinn, who have been disobeying Allah in the world has been mentioned. |
| 46-end | Mention has been made of those rewards and blessings which will be granted to the righteous men and jinn who have led pious lives in the world and lived with a clear understanding that they will have to appear before their Lord one day and render an account of their deeds and actions. |
[Adapted from Quran.com]
‘Alī told that he heard God’s messenger say, “Everything has an adornment, and the adornment of the Qur’ān is ar-Rahmān” (Qur’ān, 57) Transmitted by Baihaqī in Shu’ab al-īmān.
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