Surah Ar-Rahman, Ayah 17 (55:17)

ٱلرَّحْمَٰن

رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ

Quran 55:17 is ayah 17 of Surah Ar-Rahman (“The Beneficent”), a Medinan surah of 78 ayahs. It is in Juz 27, on page 531 of the Madani Mushaf.

55:17
رَبُّٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِوَرَبُّٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ١٧
rabbu l-mashriqayni warabbu l-maghribayni

[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.(17)

Word by word

  1. رَبُّrabbuLord
  2. ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِl-mashriqayni(of) the two Easts
  3. وَرَبُّwarabbuand Lord
  4. ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِl-maghribayni(of) the two Wests

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