Surah Ar-Rahman (The Beneficent) is the 55. surah in Quran.Ar-Rahman surah is listed as the 97. by revelation order.
The meaning of surah Ar-Rahman is The Beneficent. In total this surah is consist of 78 auahs. You can read Ar-Rahman by
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It is considered to be a Meccan Surah as it was believed to be revealed in Mecca. The surah takes its name from the opening ayah.
The surah starts with describing of many blessings and favors that Allah has bestowed for us and natural displays of Allah's creative power and mercy shown toward all creatures on earth. The middle part of the surah describes the final judgment and the terrible punishment that will be inflicted upon sinners. The final part by contrast, detail the delights that await the pious in paradise.
Ar-Rahman is composed entirely in saj’, the rhymed, accent-based prose characteristic of early Arabic poetry.
The most notable structural feature of Ar-Rahman is the refrain "So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?”, which is repeated 31 times in 78 ayat.
This surah talks about horui, a reward for the believers in paradise. However, a common misconception in the Muslim community is that they are thought of as females. The noun hur - rendered as 'companions pure' - is a plural of both ahwar (masculine) and hawra' (female), which talks about both men and women.