English - Chapter 55 - Ar-Rahman

(Allah) Most Gracious

It is He Who has taught the Qur'an

He has created man

He has taught him speech (and intelligence)

The sun and the moon follow courses (exactly) computed

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

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

In order that ye may not transgress (due) balance

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

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

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

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

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

He created man from sounding clay like unto pottery

And He created Jinns from fire free of smoke

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

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

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

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

Between them is a Barrier which they do not transgress

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Out of them come Pearls and Coral

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

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

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

All that is on earth will perish

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

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

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

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Soon shall We settle your affairs, O both ye worlds

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

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

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

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

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

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

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

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

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

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

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

This is the Hell which the Sinners deny

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

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

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

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Containing all kinds (of trees and delights)

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

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

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

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

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

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)

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

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

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Like unto Rubies and coral

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Is there any Reward for Good - other than Good

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

And besides these two, there are two other Gardens

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Dark-green in colour (from plentiful watering)

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

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

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

In them will be Fruits, and dates and pomegranates

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

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

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

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

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Whom no man or Jinn before them has touched

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

Reclining on green Cushions and rich Carpets of beauty

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny

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