Surah “The Beneficent, The Mercy Giving, The Merciful”

as rendered by M. Farook Malik — 78 verses

The Compassionate (Allah)
Who taught the Qur’an
created ma
and taught him how to convey his feelings and thoughts
The sun and the moon move along their computed courses
The shrubs and the trees prostrate in adoration
He has raised the heaven on high and created the balance
don’t ever tamper with this balance
Therefore, you also establish weight with justice and do not give less measure
He laid out the earth for His creatures
with all its fruits and palms having sheathed clusters
and grain with husk and scented herbs
So, O jinn and men, which of your Lord’s favors will both of you deny
He created man from sounding clay similar to pottery
and created jinns from smokeless fire
So, O jinn and men, which of your Lord’s favors will both of you deny
He is Lord of the two easts and the Lord of the two wests
So, O jinn and men, which of your Lord’s favors will both of you deny
He has made the two oceans apparently meeting together
yet between them is a barrier which they cannot cross
So, O jinn and men, which of your Lord’s favors will both of you deny
He produces pearls and coral from both of them
So, O jinn and men, which of your Lord’s favors will both of you deny
His are the ships looming up like mountains on the sea
So, O jinn and men, which of your Lord’s favors will both of you deny
All that exists on the earth will perish
but the Face of your Lord will remain full of Majesty and Glory
Then, O jinn and men, which of your Lord’s glories will both of you deny
All who dwell in the heavens and the earth, implore Him for their needs, every moment He is busy in some mighty task
Then, O jinn and men, which of your Lord’s honors will both of you deny
O you, the two burdens (jinns and mankind)! Soon We shall find the time to call you to account
Then, O jinn and men, which of your Lord’s favors will both of you deny
O you, the assembly of jinns and men! If you have the power to get away from the boundaries of the heavens and the earth (to escape from His punishment), then get away! You cannot get away except with Our Own authority
Then, O jinn and men, which of your Lord’s authorities will both of you deny
The flames of fire and molten brass will be unleashed on you both, jinn and men, and you will not be able to defend yourselves
Then, O jinn and men, which of your Lord’s favors will both of you deny
When the heaven will burst and will become red like red hide
Then, O jinn and men, which of your Lord’s favors will both of you deny
On that Day neither man nor jinn will need be asked about his sins
Then, O jinn and men, which of your Lord’s favors will both of you deny
Because the sinners will be recognized by their faces and they shall be seized by their forelocks and their feet
Then, O jinn and men, which of your Lord’s favors will both of you deny
It will be said to them: "This is the hell which the culprits denied."
They shall wander to and fro between fire and hot boiling water
Then, O jinn and men, which of your Lord’s warnings will both of you deny
For those who fear the time when they will have to stand before their Lord there are two gardens
Then, O jinn and men, which of your Lord’s favors will both of you deny
Having shady trees with lush green branches
Then, O jinn and men, which of your Lord’s favors will both of you deny
Each of them will be watered by two flowing springs
Then, O jinn and men, which of your Lord’s favors will both of you deny
In both of them there will be two pairs of every fruit
Then, O jinn and men, which of your Lord’s favors will both of you deny
They will recline on couches upholstered with rich brocade while the fruit of the gardens will be within their easy reach
Then, O jinn and men, which of your Lord’s favors will both of you deny
Therein will be bashful virgins, whom neither any man nor jinn has touched before
Then, O jinn and men, which of your Lord’s favors will both of you deny
So beautiful as though they were rubies and corals
Then, O jinn and men, which of your Lord’s favors will both of you deny
Could the reward for goodness be anything but goodness
Then, O jinn and men, which of your Lord’s favors will both of you deny
And besides these two there shall be two other gardens
Then, O jinn and men, which of your Lord’s favors will both of you deny
Densely shaded with dark green trees
Then, O jinn and men, which of your Lord’s favors will both of you deny
In both of them there will be two gushing springs
Then, O jinn and men, which of your Lord’s favors will both of you deny
Each planted with fruit trees, dates and pomegranates
Then, O jinn and men, which of your Lord’s favors will both of you deny
In each of them, there will be chaste and beautiful virgins
Then, O jinn and men, which of your Lord’s favors will both of you deny
Huris (beautiful damsels) sheltered in their tents
Then, O jinn and men, which of your Lord’s favors will both of you deny
Whom neither man nor Jinn has ever touched before
Then, O jinn and men, which of your Lord’s favors will both of you deny
Reclining on green cushions and beautiful fine carpets
Then, O jinn and men, which of your Lord’s favors will both of you deny
Blessed be the name of your Lord, His Majesty and His Honor