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English - Chapter 55

Translation by Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Verse 1

(Allah) Most Gracious

Verse 2

It is He Who has taught the Qur'an

Verse 3

He has created man

Verse 4

He has taught him speech (and intelligence)

Verse 5

The sun and the moon follow courses (exactly) computed

Verse 6

And the herbs and the trees - both (alike) prostrate in adoration

Verse 7

And the Firmament has He raised high, and He has set up the Balance (of Justice)

Verse 8

In order that ye may not transgress (due) balance

Verse 9

So establish weight with justice and fall not short in the balance

Verse 10

It is He Who has spread out the earth for (His) creatures

Verse 11

Therein is fruit and date-palms, producing spathes (enclosing dates)

Verse 12

Also corn, with (its) leaves and stalk for fodder, and sweet-smelling plants

Verse 13

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Verse 14

He created man from sounding clay like unto pottery

Verse 15

And He created Jinns from fire free of smoke

Verse 16

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Verse 17

(He is) Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two Wests

Verse 18

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Verse 19

He has let free the two bodies of flowing water, meeting together

Verse 20

Between them is a Barrier which they do not transgress

Verse 21

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Verse 22

Out of them come Pearls and Coral

Verse 23

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Verse 24

And His are the Ships sailing smoothly through the seas, lofty as mountains

Verse 25

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Verse 26

All that is on earth will perish

Verse 27

But will abide (for ever) the Face of thy Lord,- full of Majesty, Bounty and Honour

Verse 28

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Verse 29

Of Him seeks (its need) every creature in the heavens and on earth: every day in (new) Splendour doth He (shine)

Verse 30

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Verse 31

Soon shall We settle your affairs, O both ye worlds

Verse 32

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Verse 33

O ye assembly of Jinns and men! If it be ye can pass beyond the zones of the heavens and the earth, pass ye! not without authority shall ye be able to pass

Verse 34

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Verse 35

On you will be sent (O ye evil ones twain!) a flame of fire (to burn) and a smoke (to choke): no defence will ye have

Verse 36

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Verse 37

When the sky is rent asunder, and it becomes red like ointment

Verse 38

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Verse 39

On that Day no question will be asked of man or Jinn as to his sin

Verse 40

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Verse 41

(For) the sinners will be known by their marks: and they will be seized by their forelocks and their feet

Verse 42

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Verse 43

This is the Hell which the Sinners deny

Verse 44

In its midst and in the midst of boiling hot water will they wander round

Verse 45

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Verse 46

But for such as fear the time when they will stand before (the Judgment Seat of) their Lord, there will be two Gardens

Verse 47

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Verse 48

Containing all kinds (of trees and delights)

Verse 49

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Verse 50

In them (each) will be two Springs flowing (free)

Verse 51

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Verse 52

In them will be Fruits of every kind, two and two

Verse 53

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Verse 54

They will recline on Carpets, whose inner linings will be of rich brocade: the Fruit of the Gardens will be near (and easy of reach)

Verse 55

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Verse 56

In them will be (Maidens), chaste, restraining their glances, whom no man or Jinn before them has touched

Verse 57

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Verse 58

Like unto Rubies and coral

Verse 59

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Verse 60

Is there any Reward for Good - other than Good

Verse 61

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Verse 62

And besides these two, there are two other Gardens

Verse 63

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Verse 64

Dark-green in colour (from plentiful watering)

Verse 65

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Verse 66

In them (each) will be two Springs pouring forth water in continuous abundance

Verse 67

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Verse 68

In them will be Fruits, and dates and pomegranates

Verse 69

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Verse 70

In them will be fair (Companions), good, beautiful

Verse 71

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Verse 72

Companions restrained (as to their glances), in (goodly) pavilions

Verse 73

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Verse 74

Whom no man or Jinn before them has touched

Verse 75

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Verse 76

Reclining on green Cushions and rich Carpets of beauty

Verse 77

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Verse 78

Blessed be the name of thy Lord, full of Majesty, Bounty and Honour