English - Chapter 55 - Ar-Rahman

It is the Lord of Mercy

who taught the Quran

He created man

and taught him to communicate

The sun and the moon follow their calculated courses

the plants and the trees submit to His designs

He has raised up the sky. He has set the balance

so that you may not exceed in the balance

weigh with justice and do not fall short in the balance

He set down the Earth for His creatures

with its fruits, its palm trees with sheathed clusters

its husked grain, its fragrant plants

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

He created mankind out of dried clay, like pottery

the jinn out of smokeless fire

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

He is Lord of the two risings and Lord of the two settings

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

He released the two bodies of [fresh and salt] water. They meet

yet there is a barrier between them they do not cross

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

Pearls come forth from them: large ones, and small, brilliant ones

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

His are the moving ships that float, high as mountains, on the sea

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

Everyone on earth perishes

all that remains is the Face of your Lord, full of majesty, bestowing honour

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

Everyone in heaven and earth entreats Him; every day He is at work

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

We shall attend to you two huge armies [of jinn and mankind]

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

Jinn and mankind, if you can pass beyond the regions of heaven and earth, then do so: you will not pass without Our authority

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

A flash of fire and smoke will be released upon you and no one will come to your aid

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

When the sky is torn apart and turns crimson, like red hide

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

On that Day neither mankind nor jinn will be asked about their sins

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

The guilty will be known by their mark and will be seized by their foreheads and their feet

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

This is the Hell the guilty deny

but they will go round between its flames and scalding water

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

For those who fear [the time when they will] stand before their Lord there are two gardens

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

With shading branches

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

With a pair of flowing springs

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

With every kind of fruit in pairs

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

They will sit on couches upholstered with brocade, the fruit of both gardens within easy reach

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

There will be maidens restraining their glances, untouched beforehand by man or jinn

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

Like rubies and brilliant pearls

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

Shall the reward of good be anything but good

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

There are two other gardens below these two

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

Both of deepest green

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

With a pair of gushing springs

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

With fruits- date palms and pomegranate trees

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

There are good-natured, beautiful maidens

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

Dark-eyed, sheltered in pavilions

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

Untouched beforehand by man or jinn

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

They will all sit on green cushions and fine carpets

Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

Blessed is the name of your Lord, full of majesty, bestowing honour