English - Chapter 55 - Ar-Rahman

The All-merciful

has taught the Koran

He created man

and He has taught him the Explanation

The sun and the moon to a reckoning

and the stars and the trees bow themselves

and heaven -- He raised it up, and set the Balance

Transgress not in the Balance

and weigh with justice, and skimp not in the Balance

And earth -- He set it down for all beings

therein fruits, and palm-trees with sheaths

and grain in the blade, and fragrant herbs

O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny

He created man of a clay like the potter's

and He created the jinn of a smokeless fire

O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny

Lord of the Two Easts, Lord of the Two Wests

O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny

He let forth the two seas that meet together

between them a barrier they do not overpass

O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny

From them come forth the pearl and the coral

O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny

His too are the ships that run, raised up in the sea like land-marks

O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny

All that dwells upon the earth is perishing

yet still abides the Face of thy Lord, majestic, splendid

Whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth implore Him; every day He is upon some labour

O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny

We shall surely attend to you at leisure, you weight and you weight

O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny

O tribe of jinn and of men, if you are able to pass through the confines of heaven and earth, pass through them! You shall not pass through except with an authority

O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny

Against you shall be loosed a flame of fire, and molten brass; and you shall not be helped

O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny

And when heaven is split asunder, and turns crimson like red leather

O which of our Lord's bounties will you and you deny

on that day none shall be questioned about his sin, neither man nor jinn

O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny

The sinners shall be known by their mark, and they shall be seized by their forelocks and their feet

O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny

This is Gehenna, that sinners cried lies to

they shall go round between it and between hot, boiling water

O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny

But such as fears the Station of his Lord, for them shall be two gardens

O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny

abounding in branches

O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny

therein two fountains of running water

O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny

therein of every fruit two kinds

O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny

reclining upon couches lined with brocade, the fruits of the gardens nigh to gather

O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny

therein maidens restraining their glances, untouched before them by any man or jinn

O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny

lovely as rubies, beautiful as coral

O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny

Shall the recompense of goodness be other than goodness

O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny

And besides these shall be two gardens

O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny

green, green pastures

O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny

therein two fountains of gushing water

O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny

therein fruits, and palm-trees, and pomegranates

O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny

therein maidens good and comely

O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny

houris, cloistered in cool pavilions

O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny

untouched before them by any man or jinn

O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny

reclining upon green cushions and lovely druggets

O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny

Blessed be the Name of thy Lord, majestic, splendid