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سُورَةُ الرَّحۡمَٰن · 55:38
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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 38 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

Then when the heaven is rent asunder, and it becomes Wardah like Dihan (37)Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny (38)So, on that Day he will not be questioned about his sin, (neither) human nor Jinn (39)Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny (40)The criminals will be known by their marks, and they will be seized by their foreheads and feet (41)Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny (42)This is the Hell which the criminals denied (43)They will go between it and Ḥamīm Ān (44)Then which of the blessings of your Lord will you both deny (45) The Horrors of the Day of Resurrection Allah said, فَإِذَا انْشَقَّتِ السَّمَاءُ (Then when the heaven is rent asunder,) on the Day of Resurrection; this meaning is clear in this and similar Ayat, such as, وَانْشَقَّتِ السَّمَاءُ فَهِيَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ (And the heaven will be rent …
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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