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English - Chapter 55

Translation by Abdel Haleem

Verse 1

It is the Lord of Mercy

Verse 2

who taught the Quran

Verse 3

He created man

Verse 4

and taught him to communicate

Verse 5

The sun and the moon follow their calculated courses

Verse 6

the plants and the trees submit to His designs

Verse 7

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

Verse 8

so that you may not exceed in the balance

Verse 9

weigh with justice and do not fall short in the balance

Verse 10

He set down the Earth for His creatures

Verse 11

with its fruits, its palm trees with sheathed clusters

Verse 12

its husked grain, its fragrant plants

Verse 13

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

Verse 14

He created mankind out of dried clay, like pottery

Verse 15

the jinn out of smokeless fire

Verse 16

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

Verse 17

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

Verse 18

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

Verse 19

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

Verse 20

yet there is a barrier between them they do not cross

Verse 21

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

Verse 22

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

Verse 23

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

Verse 24

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

Verse 25

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

Verse 26

Everyone on earth perishes

Verse 27

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

Verse 28

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

Verse 29

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

Verse 30

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

Verse 31

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

Verse 32

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

Verse 33

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

Verse 34

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

Verse 35

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

Verse 36

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

Verse 37

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

Verse 38

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

Verse 39

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

Verse 40

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

Verse 41

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

Verse 42

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

Verse 43

This is the Hell the guilty deny

Verse 44

but they will go round between its flames and scalding water

Verse 45

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

Verse 46

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

Verse 47

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

Verse 48

With shading branches

Verse 49

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

Verse 50

With a pair of flowing springs

Verse 51

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

Verse 52

With every kind of fruit in pairs

Verse 53

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

Verse 54

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

Verse 55

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

Verse 56

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

Verse 57

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

Verse 58

Like rubies and brilliant pearls

Verse 59

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

Verse 60

Shall the reward of good be anything but good

Verse 61

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

Verse 62

There are two other gardens below these two

Verse 63

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

Verse 64

Both of deepest green

Verse 65

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

Verse 66

With a pair of gushing springs

Verse 67

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

Verse 68

With fruits- date palms and pomegranate trees

Verse 69

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

Verse 70

There are good-natured, beautiful maidens

Verse 71

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

Verse 72

Dark-eyed, sheltered in pavilions

Verse 73

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

Verse 74

Untouched beforehand by man or jinn

Verse 75

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

Verse 76

They will all sit on green cushions and fine carpets

Verse 77

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

Verse 78

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