55. Sūrat al-Raḥmān

٥٥۔ سُورَةُ الرَّحمن

55.2 God is the Lord of the easts and the wests and He puts the laws to regulate oceans, its products and ships.

٥٥۔٢ مقطع في سُورَةُ الرَّحمن

quran:55:17

˹He is˺ Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.  

Lord of the two Easts, ˹the points of˺ the winter sunrise and the summer sunrise, and Lord of the two Wests: likewise ˹the two points of sunset˺.
القرآن:٥٥:١٧

رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ الْمَغْرِبَيْنِ  

{رب المشرقين} مشرق الشتاء ومشرق الصيف {ورب المغربين} كذلك.
quran:55:18

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?  

So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?
القرآن:٥٥:١٨

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ  

{فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان}.
quran:55:19

He released the two seas, meeting ˹side by side˺;  

He has loosed the two waters, the sweet and the salty; ˹and so˺ they meet, in the perception of the eye.
القرآن:٥٥:١٩

مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ  

{مرج} أرسل {البحرين} العذب والملح {يلتقيان} في رأي العين.
quran:55:20

Between them is a barrier ˹so˺ neither of them transgresses.  

Between them there is a barrier, by His power, exalted be He. They do not overstep, neither of the two encroaches upon the other to become mixed with it.
القرآن:٥٥:٢٠

بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَا يَبْغِيَانِ  

{بينهما برزخ} حاجز من قدرته تعالى {لا يبغيان} لا يبغي واحد منهما على الآخر فيختلط به.
quran:55:21

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?  

So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?
القرآن:٥٥:٢١

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ  

{فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان}.
quran:55:22

From both of them emerge pearl and coral.  

From ˹both of˺ them, from the point at which they ˹seem to˺ meet — but which is actually from ˹only˺ one of the two, and that is, the salt water — is brought forth (yukhraju, passive, may also be read as active, yakhruju, ‘emerge’) the pearl and the coral (marjān, these are red pieces of shell, or small pearls).
القرآن:٥٥:٢٢

يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا اللُّؤْلُؤُ وَالْمَرْجَانُ  

{يَُخرج} بالبناء للمفعول والفاعل {منهما} من مجموعهما الصادق بأحدهما وهو الملح {اللؤلؤ المرجان} خرز أحمر أو صغار اللؤلؤ.
quran:55:23

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?  

So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?
القرآن:٥٥:٢٣

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ  

{فبأي آلاء ربكما تكذبان}.
quran:55:24

And to Him belong the ships ˹with sails˺ elevated in the sea like mountains.  

His are the crafted ships ˹that sail˺ in the sea ˹appearing˺ like landmarks, like mountains in their tremendous size and height.
القرآن:٥٥:٢٤

وَلَهُ الْجَوَارِ الْمُنْشَآتُ فِي الْبَحْرِ كَالْأَعْلَامِ  

{وله الجوار} السفن {المنشآت} المحدثات {في البحر كالأعلام} كالجبال عظما وارتفاعا.
quran:55:25

So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?  

So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?
القرآن:٥٥:٢٥

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ  

{فبأي آلاء تكذبان}.