Surah Ar-Rahman 55:38
سُورَةُ الرَّحۡمَٰن · Medinan · Verse 38 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?' Even amid the terror of the sky splitting, al-Saadi notes, the refrain returns, because the certainty of that Day, made vivid so I cannot dismiss it, is itself a mercy that can still move me while there is time. Ask yourself: I would rather not picture the end of the world; it disturbs my comfortable present. But being shown it clearly, so that it is real to me now, is a kindness, it lets the future reshape my choices before the future arrives. Which favour will I deny, including this jolting mercy of being made to see? The refrain will not let even the most fearsome scene pass without asking me to receive it as a gift meant for my good.
Grounded in classical tafsir: al-Saadi, Ibn Ashur, al-Biqa'i.
Reflect on this verse
Open Surah Ar-Rahman 55:38 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.