55.The Beneficent

  1. It is the Lord of Mercy
  2. who taught the Quran
  3. He created man
  4. and taught him to communicate
  5. The sun and the moon follow their calculated courses
  6. the plants and the trees submit to His designs
  7. He has raised up the sky. He has set the balance
  8. so that you may not exceed in the balance
  9. weigh with justice and do not fall short in the balance
  10. He set down the Earth for His creatures
  11. with its fruits, its palm trees with sheathed clusters
  12. its husked grain, its fragrant plants
  13. Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
  14. He created mankind out of dried clay, like pottery
  15. the jinn out of smokeless fire
  16. Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
  17. He is Lord of the two risings and Lord of the two settings
  18. Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
  19. He released the two bodies of [fresh and salt] water. They meet
  20. yet there is a barrier between them they do not cross
  21. Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
  22. Pearls come forth from them: large ones, and small, brilliant ones
  23. Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
  24. His are the moving ships that float, high as mountains, on the sea
  25. Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
  26. Everyone on earth perishes
  27. all that remains is the Face of your Lord, full of majesty, bestowing honour
  28. Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
  29. Everyone in heaven and earth entreats Him; every day He is at work
  30. Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
  31. We shall attend to you two huge armies [of jinn and mankind]
  32. Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
  33. Jinn and mankind, if you can pass beyond the regions of heaven and earth, then do so: you will not pass without Our authority
  34. Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
  35. A flash of fire and smoke will be released upon you and no one will come to your aid
  36. Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
  37. When the sky is torn apart and turns crimson, like red hide
  38. Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
  39. On that Day neither mankind nor jinn will be asked about their sins
  40. Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
  41. The guilty will be known by their mark and will be seized by their foreheads and their feet
  42. Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
  43. This is the Hell the guilty deny
  44. but they will go round between its flames and scalding water
  45. Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
  46. For those who fear [the time when they will] stand before their Lord there are two gardens
  47. Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
  48. With shading branches
  49. Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
  50. With a pair of flowing springs
  51. Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
  52. With every kind of fruit in pairs
  53. Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
  54. They will sit on couches upholstered with brocade, the fruit of both gardens within easy reach
  55. Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
  56. There will be maidens restraining their glances, untouched beforehand by man or jinn
  57. Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
  58. Like rubies and brilliant pearls
  59. Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
  60. Shall the reward of good be anything but good
  61. Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
  62. There are two other gardens below these two
  63. Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
  64. Both of deepest green
  65. Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
  66. With a pair of gushing springs
  67. Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
  68. With fruits- date palms and pomegranate trees
  69. Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
  70. There are good-natured, beautiful maidens
  71. Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
  72. Dark-eyed, sheltered in pavilions
  73. Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
  74. Untouched beforehand by man or jinn
  75. Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
  76. They will all sit on green cushions and fine carpets
  77. Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
  78. Blessed is the name of your Lord, full of majesty, bestowing honour