It is the Lord of Merc
who taught the Quran
He created ma
and taught him to communicate
The sun and the moon follow their calculated courses
the plants and the trees submit to His designs
He has raised up the sky. He has set the balance
so that you may not exceed in the balance
weigh with justice and do not fall short in the balance
He set down the Earth for His creatures
with its fruits, its palm trees with sheathed clusters
its husked grain, its fragrant plants
Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
He created mankind out of dried clay, like pottery
the jinn out of smokeless fire
Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
He is Lord of the two risings and Lord of the two settings
Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
He released the two bodies of [fresh and salt] water. They meet
yet there is a barrier between them they do not cross
Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
Pearls come forth from them: large ones, and small, brilliant ones
Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
His are the moving ships that float, high as mountains, on the sea
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Everyone on earth perishes
all that remains is the Face of your Lord, full of majesty, bestowing honour
Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
Everyone in heaven and earth entreats Him; every day He is at work
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We shall attend to you two huge armies [of jinn and mankind]
Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
Jinn and mankind, if you can pass beyond the regions of heaven and earth, then do so: you will not pass without Our authority
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A flash of fire and smoke will be released upon you and no one will come to your aid
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When the sky is torn apart and turns crimson, like red hide
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On that Day neither mankind nor jinn will be asked about their sins
Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
The guilty will be known by their mark and will be seized by their foreheads and their feet
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This is the Hell the guilty deny
but they will go round between its flames and scalding water
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For those who fear [the time when they will] stand before their Lord there are two gardens
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With shading branches
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With a pair of flowing springs
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With every kind of fruit in pairs
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They will sit on couches upholstered with brocade, the fruit of both gardens within easy reach
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There will be maidens restraining their glances, untouched beforehand by man or jinn
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Like rubies and brilliant pearls
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Shall the reward of good be anything but good
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There are two other gardens below these two
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Both of deepest green
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With a pair of gushing springs
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With fruits- date palms and pomegranate trees
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There are good-natured, beautiful maidens
Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
Dark-eyed, sheltered in pavilions
Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
Untouched beforehand by man or jinn
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They will all sit on green cushions and fine carpets
Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
Blessed is the name of your Lord, full of majesty, bestowing honour