English - Chapter 55 - Ar-Rahman

The Merciful

hath taught his servant the Koran

He created man

He hath taught him distinct speech

The sun and the moon run their courses according to a certain rule

And the vegetables which creep on the ground, and the trees submit to his disposition

He also raised the heaven; and He appointed the balance

that ye should not transgress in respect to the balance

Wherefore observe a just weight; and diminish not the balance

And the earth hath He prepared for living creatures

Therein are various fruits, and palm-trees bearing sheaths of flowers

and grain having chaff, and leaves

Which, therefore, of your Lord's benefits will ye ungratefully deny

He created man of dried clay like an earthen vessel

But He created the genii of fire clear from smoke

Which, therefore, of your Lord's benefits will ye ungratefully deny

He is the Lord of the east, and the Lord of the west

Which, therefore, of your Lord's benefits will ye ungratefully deny

He hath let loose the two seas, that they meet each another

Between them is placed a bar which they cannot pass

Which, therefore, of your Lord's benefits will ye ungratefully deny

From them are taken forth unions and lesser pearls

Which, therefore, of your Lord's benefits will ye ungratefully deny

His also are the ships, carrying their sails aloft in the sea, like mountains

Which, therefore, of your Lord's benefits will ye ungratefully deny

Every creature which liveth on the earth is subject to decay

But the glorious and honourable countenance of thy Lord shall remain for ever

Which, therefore, of your Lord's benefits will ye ungratefully deny

Unto him do all creatures which are in heaven and earth make petition: Every day is He employed in some new work

We will surely attend to judge you, O men and genii, at the last day

Which, therefore, of your Lord's benefits will ye ungratefully deny

O ye collective body of genii and men, if ye be able to pass out of the confines of heaven and earth, pass forth: Ye shall not pass forth but by absolute power

Which, therefore, of your Lord's benefits will ye ungratefully deny

A flame of fire without smoke, and a smoke without flame shall be sent down upon you; and ye shall not be able to defend yourselves therefrom

Which, therefore, of your Lord's benefits will ye ungratefully deny

And when the heaven shall be rent in sunder, and shall become red as a rose, and shall melt like ointment

Which, therefore, of your Lord's benefits will ye ungratefully deny

On that day neither man nor genius shall be asked concerning his sin

Which, therefore, of your Lord's benefits will ye ungratefully deny

The wicked shall be known by their marks; and they shall be taken by the forelocks, and the feet, and shall be cast into hell

Which, therefore, of your Lord's benefits will ye ungratefully deny

This is hell, which the wicked deny as a falsehood

They shall pass to and fro between the same and hot boiling water

Which, therefore, of your Lord's benefits will ye ungratefully deny

But for him who dreadeth the tribunal of his Lord, are prepared two gardens

Which, therefore, of your Lord's benefits will ye ungratefully deny

Planted with shady trees

Which, therefore, of your Lord's benefits will ye ungratefully deny

In each of them shall be two fountains flowing

Which, therefore, of your Lord's benefits will ye ungratefully deny

In each of them shall there be of every fruit two kinds

Which, therefore, of your Lord's benefits will ye ungratefully deny

They shall repose on couches, the linings whereof shall be of thick silk interwoven with gold: And the fruit of the two gardens shall be near at hand to gather

Which, therefore, of your Lord's benefits will ye ungratefully deny

Therein shall receive them beauteous damsels, refraining their eyes from beholding any besides their spouses: Whom no man shall have deflowered before them, neither any genius

Which, therefore, of your Lord's benefits will ye ungratefully deny

Having complexions like rubies and pearls

Which, therefore, of your Lord's benefits will ye ungratefully deny

Shall the reward of good works be any other than good

Which, therefore, of your Lord's benefits will ye ungratefully deny

And besides these there shall be two other gardens

Which, therefore, of your Lord's benefits will ye ungratefully deny

Of a dark green

Which, therefore, of your Lord's benefits will ye ungratefully deny

In each of them shall be two fountains pouring forth plenty of water

Which, therefore, of your Lord's benefits will ye ungratefully deny

In each of them shall be fruits, and palm-trees, and pomegranates

Which, therefore, of your Lord's benefits will ye ungratefully deny

Therein shall be agreeable and beauteous damsels

Which, therefore, of your Lord's benefits will ye ungratefully deny

Having fine black eyes; and kept in pavilions from public view

Which, therefore, of your Lord's benefits will ye ungratefully deny

Whom no man shall have deflowered, before their destined spouses, nor any genius

Which, therefore, of your Lord's benefits will ye ungratefully deny

Therein shall they delight themselves, lying on green cushions and beautiful carpets

Which, therefore, of your Lord's benefits will ye ungratefully deny

Blessed be the name of thy Lord, possessed of glory and honour