English - Chapter 55 - Ar-Rahman

The Mercy-giving

has taught the Reading

created man

taught him self-expression

The sun and moon [move along] like clockwork

shrubs and trees both bend in worship

while He has raised the sky up and placed scales [there]

so you may not skimp in weighing

Always measure accurately with [all]fairness and do not give short weight

The earth has He laid out for humanity

offering fruit, datepalms bearing blossoms

grain wrapped up in husks, and fragrant herbs

So which of your Lord´s benefits will both of you deny

He created man from ringing clay just as a potter does

while He created sprites from the glow in fire

So which of your Lord´s benefits will you both deny

Lord of both Easts and Lord of both Wests

So which of our Lord´s benefits will both of you deny

He has loosed both seas which still come together

between them lies an isthmus which neither tries to cross

So which of your Lord´s benefits will both of you deny

He produces pearls and coral from them both

so which of our Lord´s benefits will both of you deny

His are the vessels looming up like landmarks on the sea

so which of our Lord´s benefits will both of you deny

Everyone upon it will disappear

while your Lord´s face will remain full of majesty and splendor

So which of our Lord´s benefits will both of you deny

Everyone in Heaven and Earth asks for something from Him; each day He is [Busy] at some task

So which of our Lord´s benefits will both of you deny

We shall finish off both loads for you

so which of our Lord´s benefits will both of you deny

company of sprites and humankind, if you can manage to penetrate beyond the realms of Heaven and Earth and then pass beyond them! Yet you will only penetrate them through some authority

So which of our Lord´s benefits will both of you deny

A flare of fire and sparks will be loosed against you, from which neither of you will be protected

so which of our Lord´s benefits will both of you deny

When the sky splits open and becomes like a rose [painted] by some artist

so which of your Lord´s benefits will both of you deny

On that day, no man nor any sprite will be questioned about any offence of his

so which of your Lord´s benefits will both of you deny

Criminals will be recognized by their features, and seized by their forelocks and feet

so which of your Lord´s benefits will both of you deny

Such is Hell, which criminals deny exists

They will circle around between it and a seething bath

So which of your Lord´s benefits will both of you deny

Yet anyone who fears to stand before his Lord will have two gardens

so which of your Lord´s benefits will both of you deny

Both containing many sorts of things

so which of your Lord´s will both of you deny

Each will have two flowing springs

so which of your Lord´s benefits will both of you deny

Each will have a pair forever kind of fruit

so which of your Lord´s benefits will both of you deny

They will recline on couches upholstered in brocade while the harvest from both orchards droops nearby

so which of your Lord´s benefits will both of you deny

Bashful maidens will be there whom no human being has tampered with previously, nor an sprite

So which of your Lord´s benefits will both of you deny

They will be like rubies and coral

so which of your Lord´s benefits will both of you deny

Is there any reward for kindness except kindness itself

So which of your Lord´s benefits will both of you deny? Two Extra Gardens

Besides both of these, there will be two extra gardens

so which of your Lord´s benefits will both of you deny

Both densely shaded

so which of your Lord´s benefits will both of you deny

Each will have two splashing fountains

so which of your Lord´s benefits will both of you deny´

Both will have fruit, datepalms and pomegranates

so which of your Lord´s benefits will both of you deny

In them there will be the best, the fairest women

So which of your Lord´s benefits will both of you deny

Bright-eyed damsels sheltered in pavilions

Whom no human being has tainted previously, nor any sprites

So which of your Lord´s benefits will both of you deny

They will lean back on green cushions and handsome carpets

so which of your Lord´s benefits will both of you deny

Blessed be your Lord´s name, Possessor of Majesty and Splendor