THE MOST GRACIOU
has imparted this Qur’an [unto man]
He has created man
He has imparted unto him articulate thought and speech
[At His behest] the sun and the moon run their appointed courses
[before Him] prostrate themselves the stars and the trees
And the skies has He raised high, and has devised [for all things] a measure
so that you [too, O men,] might never transgress the measure [of what is right]
weigh, therefore, [your deeds] with equity, and cut not the measure short
And the earth has He spread out for all living beings
with fruit thereon, and palm trees with sheathed clusters [of dates]
and grain growing tall on its stalks, and sweet-smelling plants
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow
He has created man out of sounding clay, like pottery
whereas the invisible beings He has created out of a confusing flame of fire
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow
[He is] the Sustainer of the two farthest points of sunrise, and the Sustainer of the two farthest points of sunset
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow
He has given freedom to the two great bodies of water, so that they might meet
[yet] between them is a barrier which they may not transgress
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow
Out of these two [bodies of water] come forth pearls, both great and small
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow
And His are the lofty ships that sail like [floating] mountains through the seas
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow
All that lives on earth or in the heavens is bound to pass away
but forever will abide thy Sustainer’s Self, full of majesty and glory
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow
On Him depends all creatures in the heavens and on earth; [and] every day He manifests Himself in yet another [wondrous] way
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow
[ONE DAY] We shall take you to task, O you sin-laden two
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow
O you who live in close communion with [evil] invisible beings and humans! If you [think that you] can pass beyond the regions of the heavens and the earth, pass beyond them! [But] you cannot pass beyond them, save by a sanction [from God]
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow
A flash of fire will be let loose upon you, and smoke, and you will be left without succour
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow
And when the sky is rent asunder and becomes red like [burning] oil
which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow
For on that Day neither man nor invisible being will be asked about his sins
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow
All who were lost in sin shall by their marks be known, and shall by their forelocks and their feet be seized
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow
This will be the hell which those who are lost in sin [now] call a lie
between it and [their own] burning-hot despair will they wander to and fro
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow
BUT FOR THOSE who of their Sustainer’s Presence stand in fear, two gardens [of paradise are readied]
which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow? –
[two gardens] of many wondrous hues
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow
In [each of] these two [gardens] two springs will flow
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow
In [each of] these two will two kinds of every fruit be [found]
Which, then, of your Sustainer s powers can you disavow
[In such a paradise the blest will dwell,] reclining upon carpets lined with rich brocade; and the fruit of both these gardens will be within easy reach
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow
In these [gardens] will be mates of modest gaze, whom neither man nor invisible being will have touched ere then
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow
[When you are promised splendours] as though [of] rubies and [of] pearls –
which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow
Could the reward of good be aught but good
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow
And besides those two will be yet two [other] gardens
which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow? –
two [gardens] of the deepest green
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow
In [each of] these two [gardens] will two springs gush forth
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow
In both of them will be [all kinds of] fruit, and date-palms and pomegranates
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow
In these [gardens] will be [all] things most excellent and beautiful
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow
[There the blest will live with their] companions pure and modest, in pavilions [splendid]
which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow? –
[companions] whom neither man nor invisible being will have touched ere then
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow
[In such a paradise will they dwell,] reclining upon meadows green and carpets rich in beauty
Which, then, of your Sustainer’s powers can you disavow
HALLOWED be thy Sustainer’s name, full of majesty and glory