Ar-Rahman Verse 17 | 55:17

رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ الْمَغْرِبَيْنِۚ ( الرحمن: ١٧ )

rabbu

رَبُّ

Lord

l-mashriqayni

ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ

(of) the two Easts

warabbu

وَرَبُّ

and Lord

l-maghribayni

ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ

(of) the two Wests

Rabbul mashriqayni wa Rabbul maghribayni (ar-Raḥmān 55:17)

Sahih International:

[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets. (Ar-Rahman [55] : 17)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

He is the Lord of both points of sunrise and both points of sunset.

2 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

3 Ruwwad Translation Center

4 A. J. Arberry

5 Abdul Haleem

6 Abdul Majid Daryabadi

7 Abdullah Yusuf Ali

8 Abul Ala Maududi

9 Ahmed Ali

10 Ahmed Raza Khan

11 Ali Quli Qarai

12 Ali Ünal

13 Amatul Rahman Omar

14 English Literal

15 Faridul Haque

16 Hamid S. Aziz

17 Hilali & Khan

18 Maulana Mohammad Ali

19 Mohammad Habib Shakir

20 Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

21 Muhammad Sarwar

22 Qaribullah & Darwish

23 Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

24 Wahiduddin Khan

25 Talal Itani

26 Tafsir jalalayn

27 Tafseer Ibn Kathir

(He is) the Lord of the two easts and the Lord of the two wests.

meaning the sunrise of summer and winter and the sunset of summer and winter.

Allah said in another Ayah,

فَلَ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ الْمَشَـرِقِ وَالْمَغَـرِبِ

So, I swear by the Lord of all the points of sunrise and sunset in the east and the west. (70;40),

referring to the different places from which the sun rises and then sets on people every day.

Allah said in another Ayah,

رَّبُّ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ لَا إِلَـهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ فَاتَّخِذْهُ وَكِيلً

The Lord of the east and the west; none has the right to be worshipped but He. So take Him alone as a trustee. (73;9),

referring to the different places of sunrise and sunset and the benefits that this variation brings to the created, mankind and Jinns,

فَبِأَيِّ الَاء رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ