The Most Compassionate
Ar-Raḥmân
الرَّحْمٰن
LEARNING POINTS
This is an invitation to humans and jinn to acknowledge Allah's many blessings
Based on how much everyone appreciated Allah's favours and obeyed Him, they will be divided into 3 groups on Judgment Day:
1 The disbelievers (the people of the left who will receive their book of deeds in their left hand).
2 The average believers (the people of the right who will receive their book of deeds in their right hand).
3 And the best of the believers.
WORDS OF WISDOM
There are two types of people in this world. Those who have the 'bee eye' and those who have the 'fly eye. A bee and a fly see the same things when they are in the air. However, the bee chooses to land on flowers, and the fly chooses to land on gar- bage. Some people are able to see and appreciate Allah's bless- ings. Others fail to see any good in their life and only whine about negative things.
SIDE STORY
An old man did a social experiment to see how people would react to good and bad things. For 3 straight days he threw 10-dollar bills from his balcony on the 2nd floor. He noticed that people always picked up the money and left right away. For the next 3 days, he was throwing empty juice boxes and chip bags. He noticed that many people now acted differently. They picked up the empty boxes and bags, looked up, right, and left, and started cussing. He concluded that many people fail to thank for the good, and only complain about the bad.
WORDS OF WISDOM
The Prophet asked Abu Zarr, Do you think a person with a lot of money is rich and a person with no money is poor? Abu Zarr answered, Yes. The Prophet told him that a person with a grateful heart is rich even if they have nothing, and a person with an ungrateful heart is poor even if they have lots of money. (Recorded by Imam Ibn Hibban)}
SIDE STORY
A Canadian teacher asked his 3rd grade students to make a list of what they thought were the 7 modern wonders of the world. Most students listed famous wonders like the pyramids of Egypt, the Great Wall of China, and Taj Mahal. Some even listed Disneyland and Tim Hortons. One girl (named Yasmin) was the last to submit her list. She wrote:
1.The eyes we see with.
2.The ears we hear with.
3.The tongue we taste with..
4.The nose we smell with.
5.The skin we feel with..
6.The face we smile with.
7.And the heart we love with.
Yasmin said, These are the most precious blessings that we don't usually give thanks for. Our life would be difficult without any of them. We should always say, 'Al-hum-du-lillah'
ALLAH's Favours
1) Favour 1)Speech
1The Most Kind 2Taught the Quran, 3Created humankind, 4‘And’ taught them speech.
ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ 1عَلَّمَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ 2خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ 3عَلَّمَهُ ٱلۡبَيَانَ4
ALLAH's Favours
1) Favour 2)The Universe
5The sun and the moon ‘travel’ in a precise way. 6The stars and the trees bow down ‘in obedience’. 7As for the sky, He raised it high, and set the balance of justice, 8So that you do not cheat in the scales. 9Weigh with justice, and do not give less than what is due.
ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ بِحُسۡبَانٖ 5وَٱلنَّجۡمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسۡجُدَانِ 6وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلۡمِيزَانَ 7أَلَّا تَطۡغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡمِيزَانِ 8وَأَقِيمُواْ ٱلۡوَزۡنَ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِ وَلَا تُخۡسِرُواْ ٱلۡمِيزَانَ9
ALLAH's Favours
1) Favour 3)Resources
10He laid out the earth for all creation. 11In it are fruit, palm trees with date stalks, 12And grain with wrappings, and good-smelling plants. 13Then which of your Lord’s favours will you ‘humans and jinn’ both deny?
وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلۡأَنَامِ 10فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٞ وَٱلنَّخۡلُ ذَاتُ ٱلۡأَكۡمَامِ 11وَٱلۡحَبُّ ذُو ٱلۡعَصۡفِ وَٱلرَّيۡحَانُ 12فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ13
ALLAH's Favours
1) Favour 4)Creating Human and jinn
14He created humankind from ‘empty’ clay like pottery, 15And created jinn from ‘smokeless’ flames of fire. 16Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?
خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلۡصَٰلٖ كَٱلۡفَخَّارِ 14وَخَلَقَ ٱلۡجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٖ مِّن نَّارٖ 15فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ16
ALLAH's Favours
1) Favour 5 )Creating Human and jinn
17‘He is’ Lord of the two easts and the two wests. 18Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny? 19He joins the two bodies of ‘fresh and salt’ water, 20Yet between them is a barrier they never cross. 21Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny? 22Out of both ‘waters’ come out pearls and corals. 23Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny? 24To Him belong the ships with raised sails, ‘running’ through the seas like mountains. 25Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?
رَبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقَيۡنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلۡمَغۡرِبَيۡنِ 17فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 18مَرَجَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَيۡنِ يَلۡتَقِيَانِ 19بَيۡنَهُمَا بَرۡزَخٞ لَّا يَبۡغِيَانِ 20فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 21يَخۡرُجُ مِنۡهُمَا ٱللُّؤۡلُؤُ وَٱلۡمَرۡجَانُ 22فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 23وَلَهُ ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡمُنشََٔاتُ فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ كَٱلۡأَعۡلَٰمِ 24فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ25
Verse 25: There are different points of sunrise and Sunset in the summer and winter. The change of seasons is caused by the tilted ro- tation of the earth close to or away from the sun. If the earth stopped rotating, it would not be suitable for living anymore. This is why seasons are listed as one of the blessings of Allah.
ALLAH's Favours
26Every creation on earth is going to die. 27Only your Lord Himself, full of Majesty and Honour, will remain ‘forever’. 28Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?
كُلُّ مَنۡ عَلَيۡهَا فَانٖ 26وَيَبۡقَىٰ وَجۡهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلۡجَلَٰلِ وَٱلۡإِكۡرَامِ 27فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ28
Verse 28: Moving to the Next Life is a blessing from Allah because it puts an end to suffering and injustices.
WORDS OF WISDOM
According to the following passage, everyone and everything in this universe needs Allah. Even those who say He doesn't exist still need Him for their existence. Who gives them the air they breathe? Who gives them the water they drink? Who controls their heartbeats? In comparison, if we like someone, we give them what they want. But if we dislike someone, we don't give them anything. But Allah never cuts anyone's air supply just because they don't believe in Him. He never stops His mercy Ar-Rahman to someone just because He doesn't like what they do. He only judges them in the Next Life. This is why this surah calls Him Ar-Rahman (the Most Kind).
ALLAH's Favours
29Every creation on earth is going to die. 30Only your Lord Himself, full of Majesty and Honour, will remain ‘forever’.
يَسَۡٔلُهُۥ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ كُلَّ يَوۡمٍ هُوَ فِي شَأۡنٖ 29فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ30
Verse 30: Giving life and causing death, some rich and other poor, and so on
WORDS OF WISDOM
This surah lists many of Allah's blessings. The fol- lowing passage is a 'warning against punishment, which is counted as a blessing from Allah, But why? To understand this, think about this story: Jamal and his family are travelling on the highway. They notice two sets of signs on the road:
One set gives information about services available along the highway such as rest ar- eas, gas stations, and restaurants.
The other set gives warnings against going over the speed limit as well as accidents and fires ahead.
Jamal appreciates both sets of signs because they make his trip safe and comfortable, This is also true for 'wet floor' signs because they protect us from slipping. In the same way, we should appreciate the following warning, be cause it will keep us safe from punishment on Judgment Day.
Punishment of the people of the left
31We will soon take care ‘of the judgment’ of you, O two big groups ‘of jinn and humans’! 32Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny? 33O crowds of jinn and humans! If you can pass beyond the limits of the heavens and the earth, then do so. ‘But’ you cannot do that without ‘Our’ authority. 34Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny? 35Flames of fire and ‘choking’ smoke will be sent against you, and you will not be able to defend each other. 36Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny? 37‘How horrible will it be’ when the heavens will split open, becoming rose-red like ‘burnt’ oil! 38Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny? 39On that Day there will be no need for any human or jinn to be asked about their sins. 40Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny? 41The wicked will be recognized by their miserable faces, then will be pulled by ‘their’ forelocks and feet. 42Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny? 43‘They will be told,’ “This is Jahannam which the wicked said did not exist.” 44They will go back and forth between its flames and boiling water. 45Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?
سَنَفۡرُغُ لَكُمۡ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ 31فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 32يَٰمَعۡشَرَ ٱلۡجِنِّ وَٱلۡإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُمۡ أَن تَنفُذُواْ مِنۡ أَقۡطَارِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَٱنفُذُواْۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ 33فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 34يُرۡسَلُ عَلَيۡكُمَا شُوَاظٞ مِّن نَّارٖ وَنُحَاسٞ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ 35فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 36فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتۡ وَرۡدَةٗ كَٱلدِّهَانِ 37فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 38فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّا يُسَۡٔلُ عَن ذَنۢبِهِۦٓ إِنسٞ وَلَا جَآنّٞ 39فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 40يُعۡرَفُ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ بِسِيمَٰهُمۡ فَيُؤۡخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِي وَٱلۡأَقۡدَامِ 41فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 42هَٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِي يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ 43يَطُوفُونَ بَيۡنَهَا وَبَيۡنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٖ 44فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ45
Verse 43: Or 'melted copper'.
Verse 44: But they will be asked, just to be humiliated
Verse 45: The hair to the front of their heads
two gardens for the best believers
46And whoever is anxious of ‘standing before their Lord’ will have two Gardens. 47Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny? 48‘Both will be’ full of branches. 49Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny? 50In each ‘of the two Gardens’ will be two running springs. 51Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny? 52In each will be two types of every fruit. 53Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny? 54Those ‘believers’ will be relaxing on fancy furnishings lined with rich silk. 55And the fruit of both Gardens will be easy to pick. 56Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny? 57In both ‘Gardens’ will be heavenly wives – never looking beyond their husbands – who no human or jinn has ever touched before. 58Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny? 59Those ‘wives’ will be as gorgeous as rubies and coral. 60Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny? 61Is there any reward for goodness except goodness?
وَلِمَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ جَنَّتَانِ 46فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 47ذَوَاتَآ أَفۡنَانٖ 48فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 49فِيهِمَا عَيۡنَانِ تَجۡرِيَانِ 50فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 51فِيهِمَا مِن كُلِّ فَٰكِهَةٖ زَوۡجَانِ 52فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 53مُتَّكِِٔينَ عَلَىٰ فُرُشِۢ بَطَآئِنُهَا مِنۡ إِسۡتَبۡرَقٖۚ وَجَنَى ٱلۡجَنَّتَيۡنِ دَانٖ 54فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 55فِيهِنَّ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرۡفِ لَمۡ يَطۡمِثۡهُنَّ إِنسٞ قَبۡلَهُمۡ وَلَا جَآنّٞ 56فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 57كَأَنَّهُنَّ ٱلۡيَاقُوتُ وَٱلۡمَرۡجَانُ 58فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 59هَلۡ جَزَآءُ ٱلۡإِحۡسَٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلۡإِحۡسَٰنُ 60فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ61
two gardens foor the best believers
62Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny? 63And below these two ‘Gardens’ will be another two. 64Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny? 65Both will be dark green. 66Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny? 67In each will be two pouring springs. 68Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny? 69In both will be fruit, palm trees, and pomegranates. 70Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny? 71In all Gardens will be ‘lovely’ mates. 72‘They will be’ heavenly wives with beautiful eyes. 73Treasured in ‘lovely homes.’ 74Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny? 75No human or jinn has ever touched them before. 76Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny? 77All ‘believers’ will be relaxing on green cushions and amazing carpets. 78Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny? 79Blessed is the Name of your Lord, full of Majesty and Honour.
وَمِن دُونِهِمَا جَنَّتَانِ 62فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 63مُدۡهَآمَّتَانِ 64فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 65فِيهِمَا عَيۡنَانِ نَضَّاخَتَانِ 66فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 67فِيهِمَا فَٰكِهَةٞ وَنَخۡلٞ وَرُمَّانٞ 68فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 69فِيهِنَّ خَيۡرَٰتٌ حِسَانٞ 70فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 71حُورٞ مَّقۡصُورَٰتٞ فِي ٱلۡخِيَامِ 72فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 73لَمۡ يَطۡمِثۡهُنَّ إِنسٞ قَبۡلَهُمۡ وَلَا جَآنّٞ 74فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 75مُتَّكِِٔينَ عَلَىٰ رَفۡرَفٍ خُضۡرٖ وَعَبۡقَرِيٍّ حِسَانٖ 76فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ 77تَبَٰرَكَ ٱسۡمُ رَبِّكَ ذِي ٱلۡجَلَٰلِ وَٱلۡإِكۡرَامِ 7879