English - Chapter 55 - Ar-Rahman

The Most Compassionate

has taught the Qur’an

He created man

and taught him speech

The sun and the moon follow their precise courses

and the stars and trees prostrate [to Allah]

He raised the heaven and enjoined justice

so that you may not transgress the limits of justice

Therefore establish weights in justice, and do not give short measure

He has spread out the earth for all creatures

in which there are fruits and palm trees with date stalks

and grain having chaff, and fragrant plants

Then which of the favors of your Lord will you [men and jinn] deny

He created man from dry clay like pottery

and He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire

Then which of the favors of your Lord will you [men and jinn] deny

[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets

Then which of the favors of your Lord will you [men and jinn] deny

He merges the two seas [of fresh and salty water] meeting together

yet between them is a barrier so that they do not cross

Then which of the favors of your Lord will you [men and jinn] deny

Out of both of them emerge pearls and coral

Then which of the favors of your Lord will you [men and jinn] deny

To Him belong the sailing ships raised up in the sea like mountains

Then which of the favors of your Lord will you [men and jinn] deny

Everyone on earth will perish

but there will remain the Face of your Lord, full of Majesty and Honor

Then which of the favors of your Lord will you [men and jinn] deny

All those in the heavens and earth ask of Him; every day He is engaged in some matters

Then which of the favors of your Lord will you [men and jinn] deny

We will attend to you, O two multitudes [men and jinn]

Then which of the favors of your Lord will you [men and jinn] deny

O assembly of jinn and mankind, if you are able to pass beyond the realms of the heavens and earth, then pass; you cannot pass without [Our] authority

Then which of the favors of your Lord will you [men and jinn] deny

There will be sent against you flames of fire and smoke, and you will not be able to defend yourselves

Then which of the favors of your Lord will you [men and jinn] deny

Then which of the favors of your Lord will you [men and jinn] deny

On that Day no human or jinn will be asked about his sin

Then which of the favors of your Lord will you [men and jinn] deny

The wicked will be known by their marks, and will be seized by their forelocks and their feet

Then which of the favors of your Lord will you [men and jinn] deny

[They will be told] “This is the Hell that the wicked used to deny.”

They will go round between it and scalding water

Then which of the favors of your Lord will you [men and jinn] deny

For those who fear of standing before their Lord will be two Gardens

Then which of the favors of your Lord will you [men and jinn] deny

Shaded by spreading branches

Then which of the favors of your Lord will you [men and jinn] deny

In each there are two flowing springs

Then which of the favors of your Lord will you [men and jinn] deny

In each there are two kinds of every fruit

Then which of the favors of your Lord will you [men and jinn] deny

They will recline on couches lined with rich brocade, with the fruits of both gardens within reach

Then which of the favors of your Lord will you [men and jinn] deny

In them there will be maidens of restrained gaze, untouched before them by any man or jinn

Then which of the favors of your Lord will you [men and jinn] deny

As if they were rubies and pearls

Then which of the favors of your Lord will you [men and jinn] deny

Is the reward for goodness anything but goodness

Then which of the favors of your Lord will you [men and jinn] deny

And besides these two there will be two other gardens

Then which of the favors of your Lord will you [men and jinn] deny

Both of deepest green

Then which of the favors of your Lord will you [men and jinn] deny

In each there are two gushing springs

Then which of the favors of your Lord will you [men and jinn] deny

In each there are fruits, palm trees, and pomegranates

Then which of the favors of your Lord will you [men and jinn] deny

In them there are beautiful noble women

Then which of the favors of your Lord will you [men and jinn] deny

Maidens with gorgeous eyes, secluded in pavilions

Then which of the favors of your Lord will you [men and jinn] deny

No human or jinn has ever touched them before

Then which of the favors of your Lord will you [men and jinn] deny

[They will be] reclining on green cushions and splendid carpets

Then which of the favors of your Lord will you [men and jinn] deny

Blessed is the Name of your Lord, the Lord of Majesty and Honor