الرَّحْمَٰنُ
THE MOST GRACIOUS (1)
عَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ
has imparted this Qur'ān [unto man]. (2)
خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ
He has created man: (3)
عَلَّمَهُ الْبَيَانَ
He has imparted unto him articulate thought and speech. (4)
الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ
[At His behest] the sun and the moon run their appointed courses; (5)
وَالنَّجْمُ وَالشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ
[before Him] prostrate themselves the stars and the trees. (6)
وَالسَّمَاءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ الْمِيزَانَ
And the skies has He raised high, and has devised [for all things] a measure, (7)
أَلَّا تَطْغَوْا فِي الْمِيزَانِ
so that you [too, O men,] might never transgress the measure [of what is right]: (8)
وَأَقِيمُوا الْوَزْنَ بِالْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا الْمِيزَانَ
weigh, therefore, [your deeds] with equity, and cut not the measure short! (9)
وَالْأَرْضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلْأَنَامِ
And the earth has He spread out for all living beings, (10)
فِيهَا فَاكِهَةٌ وَالنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ الْأَكْمَامِ
with fruit thereon, and palm trees with sheathed clusters [of dates], (11)
وَالْحَبُّ ذُو الْعَصْفِ وَالرَّيْحَانُ
and grain growing tall on its stalks, and sweet-smelling plants. (12)
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer's powers can you disavow? (13)
خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ كَالْفَخَّارِ
He has created man out of sounding clay, like pottery, (14)
وَخَلَقَ الْجَانَّ مِنْ مَارِجٍ مِنْ نَارٍ
whereas the invisible beings He has created out of a confusing flame of fire. (15)
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer's powers can you disavow? (16)
رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ الْمَغْرِبَيْنِ
[He is] the Sustainer of the two farthest points of sunrise, and the Sustainer of the two farthest points of sunset. (17)
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer's powers can you disavow? (18)
مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ
He has given freedom to the two great bodies of water, so that they might meet: (19)
بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَا يَبْغِيَانِ
[yet] between them is a barrier which they may not transgress. (20)
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer's powers can you disavow? (21)
يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا اللُّؤْلُؤُ وَالْمَرْجَانُ
Out of these two [bodies of water] come forth pearls, both great and small. (22)
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer's powers can you disavow? (23)
وَلَهُ الْجَوَارِ الْمُنْشَآتُ فِي الْبَحْرِ كَالْأَعْلَامِ
And His are the lofty ships that sail like [floating] mountains through the seas. (24)
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Which, then, of your Sustainer's powers can you disavow? (25)
- Out of them come Pearls and Coral:5186
- 5186 Pearls are produced by the oyster and coral by the polyp, a minute marine creature which, working in millions, has by its secretions produced the reefs, islands, and banks in and on both sides of the Red Sea and in other parts of the world. The pearl has a translucent lustre, usually white, but sometimes pink or black. Coral is usually opaque, red or pink, but often white, and is seen in beautiful branching or cup-like shapes as visitors to Port Sudan will recall. Both are used as gems and stand here for gems generally. Mineral gems, such as agate and cornelian, are found in river-beds. Pearl oysters are also found in some rivers. Taken allegorically, the two kinds of gems would denote the jewels of this life and the jewels of the spiritual world. The jewels of this world?like coral?are hard, widely spread over the world, comparatively cheap, and less absorptive of the light from above. The spiritual jewels?like pearls?are soft, rare, costly, and translucent, absorbent of light and showing the more lustre the more they are in light. The analogy can be carried further to the two seas?the two bodies of flowing water? mentioned in verses 19-20 above. They are the two kinds of knowledge?human and divine?referred to in the story of Moses and Khidr: see notes 2404-2405 to 18:60.
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Out of them come Pearls and Coral:
— Abdullah Yusuf Ali -
There cometh forth from both of them the pearl and coral-stone.
— Marmaduke Pickthall -
There come forth from them pearls, both large and small.
— M. Habib Shakir -
Out of them both come out pearl and coral.
— Taqiuddin Hilali and M. Mohsin Khan -
There come forth from the twain the pearl and the coral.
— Abdul-Majid Daryabadi -
Pearls and corals come from both.
— Hasan Qaribullah and Ahmed Darwish -
Out of them come forth the pearl and the coral __
— Ayub Khan -
There come out from both of them pearls and coral.
— Sher Ali -
Out of these two [bodies of water] come forth pearls, both great and small.
— Muhammad Asad -
From them come forth the pearl and the coral.
— Arthur Arberry -
From these seas come forth pearls{{20}} and coral.{{21}}
— Abu'l Ala Maududi