Surah Ar-Rahman 55:27
سُورَةُ الرَّحۡمَٰن · Medinan · Verse 27 of 78
وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلْجَلَٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ
Translation
all that remains is the Face of your Lord, full of majesty, bestowing honour.
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Meaning and reflection
'And there remains the Face of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honour.' Ibn Ashur and al-Biqa'i note the towering contrast to the verse before: against a universe of things that all perish stands the one Reality that does not, the Face of your Lord, described as 'Dhu al-Jalal wa-l-Ikram', full of majesty and generous honour. Ask yourself: everything I could attach my heart to is on the 'perishing' side of this pair, except One. This is not a threat but a compass: it tells me exactly where the single permanent thing is, so I can stop nailing my hopes to what dissolves. If only His Face remains, then a life spent seeking that Face is the only investment that isn't quietly evaporating. How much of my striving is aimed at what remains, and how much at what is already gone?
Grounded in classical tafsir: Ibn Ashur, al-Biqa'i, al-Saadi.
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