Surah Ar-Rahman 55:65
سُورَةُ الرَّحۡمَٰن · Medinan · Verse 65 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 on that deep, restful green, and al-Saadi notes even the aesthetic mercies, the sheer restfulness of colour and shade, are favours worth naming. Ask yourself: I rarely thank God for the specific comforts of beauty, the calm of green, the relief of shade, treating them as scenery rather than gifts. Which of these will I deny by never noticing them as deliberate kindnesses aimed at my rest? The refrain keeps widening the range of what counts as a favour, down to the colours that soothe me, insisting none of it is accidental or unowed.
Grounded in classical tafsir: al-Saadi, Ibn Ashur, al-Biqa'i.
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