Al-Qur'an Surah Ar-Rahman Verse 17
Ar-Rahman [55]: 17 ~ English Qur'an Word By Word and Multi Tafseer
رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ الْمَغْرِبَيْنِۚ (الرحمن : ٥٥)
- rabbu
- رَبُّ
- Lord
- l-mashriqayni
- ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ
- (of) the two Easts
- warabbu
- وَرَبُّ
- and Lord
- l-maghribayni
- ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ
- (of) the two Wests
Transliteration:
Rabbul mashriqayni wa Rabbul maghribayni(QS. ar-Raḥmān:17)
English / Sahih Translation:
[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets. (QS. Ar-Rahman, ayah 17)
Mufti Taqi Usmani
He is the Lord of both points of sunrise and both points of sunset.
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
˹He is˺ Lord of the two easts and the two wests.[[ The two points of sunrise and sunset in the summer and the winter. ]]
Ruwwad Translation Center
[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.
A. J. Arberry
Lord of the Two Easts, Lord of the Two Wests,
Abdul Haleem
He is Lord of the two risings and Lord of the two settings.
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
He is Lord of the two easts and Lord of the two wests.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
(He is) Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests;
Abul Ala Maududi
Lord of the two easts and of the two wests is He.
Ahmed Ali
Lord of the two Easts, Lord of the two Wests.
Ahmed Raza Khan
Lord of both the Easts, and Lord of both the Wests!
Ali Quli Qarai
Lord of the two easts, and Lord of the two wests!
Ali Ünal
He is the Lord of the two easts and the Lord of the two wests.
Amatul Rahman Omar
(He is) the Lord of the two easts and Lord of the two wests.
English Literal
The two sun rises`/easts` Lord, and the two sunsets`/declines` Lord.
Faridul Haque
Lord of both the Easts, and Lord of both the Wests!
Hamid S. Aziz
He is the Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests.
Hilali & Khan
(He is) the Lord of the two easts (places of sunrise during early summer and early winter) and the Lord of the two wests (places of sunset during early summer and early winter).
Maulana Mohammad Ali
And He created the jinn of a flame of fire.
Mohammad Habib Shakir
Lord of the East and Lord of the West.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
Lord of the two Easts, and Lord of the two Wests!
Muhammad Sarwar
He is the Lord of the East and West through all seasons.
Qaribullah & Darwish
The Lord of the Two Easts, the Lord of the Two Wests.
Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
The Lord of the two easts and the Lord of the two wests.
Wahiduddin Khan
He is the Lord of the two easts and the Lord of the two wests.
Talal Itani
Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests.
Tafsir jalalayn
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].
Tafseer Ibn Kathir
(He is) the Lord of the two easts and the Lord of the two wests.
meaning the sunrise of summer and winter and the sunset of summer and winter.
Allah said in another Ayah,
فَلَ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ الْمَشَـرِقِ وَالْمَغَـرِبِ
So, I swear by the Lord of all the points of sunrise and sunset in the east and the west. (70;40),
referring to the different places from which the sun rises and then sets on people every day.
Allah said in another Ayah,
رَّبُّ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ لَا إِلَـهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ فَاتَّخِذْهُ وَكِيلً
The Lord of the east and the west; none has the right to be worshipped but He. So take Him alone as a trustee. (73;9),
referring to the different places of sunrise and sunset and the benefits that this variation brings to the created, mankind and Jinns,
فَبِأَيِّ الَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ