Surah Ar-Rahman 55:25
سُورَةُ الرَّحۡمَٰن · Medinan · Verse 25 of 78
فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ
Translation
Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny?
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Meaning and reflection
'So which of the favours of your Lord will you two deny?' The refrain rests here on the ships, on travel, trade, and the whole human capacity to cross what should be impassable. al-Saadi notes the favour is that He enabled the crossing at all. Ask yourself: the ease with which I move through a world that should stop me, oceans, distances, obstacles, is so complete that I experience it as a right, not a gift. Which of these enablements will I deny by never thanking Him for them? The relentless refrain is teaching me a habit I lack: to interrupt my sense of entitlement, again and again, with the simple honest question, 'and Who made this possible?'
Grounded in classical tafsir: al-Saadi, Ibn Ashur, al-Biqa'i.
Reflect on this verse
Open Surah Ar-Rahman 55:25 in Maani to reflect on it through the Five Lenses: its wording, its context, what it means for you, its connections across the Quran and its lessons, grounded in classical tafsir.