Surah Ar-Rahman

Quran 55:18

Read Quran 55:18 from Surah Ar-Rahman (The Beneficent) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.

Quran verse

Qur'an 55:18

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ١٨

Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny?

English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.

Surah
55. Ar-Rahman (The Beneficent)
Ayah
18 of 78
Revelation
Medinan (revealed in Medina)
Reference
55:18

Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 55:18

Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic. This commentary explains ayahs 55:17-18 together.

أي: هو تعالى رب كل ما أشرقت عليه الشمس والقمر، والكواكب النيرة، وكل ما غربت عليه، [وكل ما كانا فيه] فهي تحت تدبيره وربوبيته، وثناهما هنا لإرادة العموم مشرقي الشمس شتاء وصيفا، ومغربها كذلك