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سُورَةُ الرَّحۡمَٰن · 55:16
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فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

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So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

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Introduction

This is āyah 16 of Sūrat Ar-Rahmaan (The Beneficent), the 97th sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Medinan period and sits within Juzʾ 27. Medinan verses often address community life, law, and the building of society.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Medinan
Order revealed
97 of 114
Surah
Ar-Rahmaan (55)

No specific occasion of revelation (Asbāb al-Nuzūl) is recorded for this āyah in al-Wāḥidī's collection. Many verses were revealed without a single triggering event.

Commentary

Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

He created man from sounding clay like the clay of pottery (14)And the Jinn He created from a smokeless flame of fire (15)Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny (16)The Lord of the two easts and the Lord of the two wests (17)Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny (18)He has Maraja the two seas meeting together (19)Between them is a barrier which none of them can transgress (20)Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny (21)Out of them both come out pearls and Al-Marjan (22)Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny (23)And His are Al-Jawar Al-Munsha'at, in the seas like A'lam (24)Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny (25) The Creation of Humans and Jinns Allah mentions that He created mankind from clay, like that used in pottery, and created the Jinns from the tip of the flame of a smokele…
Provenance

Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

  1. ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation

    Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.

  2. 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation

    Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.

  3. TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation

    Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.

Verified isnād chains for this āyah will be added by curators.

Written — the manuscript record

  1. ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation

    The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).

  2. 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation

    Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.

  3. Modern printModern printawaiting curation

    The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.

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