IT IS the Merciful
who has taught the Koran
He created ma
and taught him articulate speech
The sun and the moon pursue their ordered course
The plants and the trees bow down in adoration
The heaven He raised on high and set the Balance of all things
that you might not transgress that Balance
Give just weight and full measure, and do not cheat the Balance
And the earth He laid for His creatures
with all its fruits and blossom-bearing palm
chaff-covered grain and scented herbs
So which of your Lord‘s blessings would you² deny
He created man from potter‘s clay
and the jinn from smokeless fire
So which of your Lord‘s blessings would you deny
The Lord of the two easts³ is He, and the Lord of the two wests
So which of your Lord‘s blessings would you deny
He has let loose the two seas:⁴ they meet one another
Yet between them stands a barrier which they cannot overrun
So which of your Lord‘s blessings would you deny
Pearls and corals come out from both
So which of your Lord‘s blessings would you deny
His are the ships that sail like mountains upon the ocean
So which of your Lord‘s blessings would you deny
All that live on earth are doomed to die
But the face of your Lord will abide for ever, in all its majesty and glory
So which of your Lord‘s blessings would you deny
All who dwell in heaven and earth entreat Him. Each day some mighty task engages Him
So which of your Lord‘s blessings would you deny
Jinn and mankind, We shall surely find the time to judge you
So which of your Lord‘s blessings would you deny
You race of jinn and mankind, if you have power to penetrate the confines of heaven and earth, then penetrate them. But this you shall not do except with Our own authority
So which of your Lord‘s blessings would you deny
Flames of fire shall be lashed at you, and molten brass. There shall be none to help you
So which of your Lord‘s blessings would you deny
When the sky splits asunder, and reddens like a rose or stained leather
(so which of your Lord‘s blessings would you deny?)
on that day neither man nor jinnee will be asked about his sins
So which of your Lord‘s blessings would you deny
The transgressors will be known by their looks; they shall be seized by their forelocks and their feet
So which of your Lord‘s blessings would you deny
That is the Hell the transgressors deny
They shall wander between fire and water fiercely seething
So which of your Lord‘s blessings would you deny
But for those that fear the majesty of their Lord there are two Garden
(so which of your Lord‘s blessings would you deny?)
planted with shady trees
So which of your Lord‘s blessings would you deny
Each is watered by a flowing spring
Which of your Lord‘s blessings would you deny
Each bears every kind of fruit in pairs
So which of your Lord‘s blessings would you deny
They shall recline on couches lined with rich brocade, and within reach will hang the fruits of both Gardens
So which of your Lord‘s blessings would you deny
Therein are bashful virgins whom neither man nor jinnee will have touched before
So which of your Lord‘s blessings would you deny
Virgins as fair as corals and rubies
So which of your Lord‘s blessings would you deny
Shall the reward of goodness be anything but good
So which of your Lord‘s blessings would you deny
And beside these there shall be two other Garden
(so which of your Lord‘s blessings would you deny?)
of darkest green
So which of your Lord‘s blessings would you deny
A gushing fountain shall flow in each
So which of your Lord‘s blessings would you deny
Each planted with fruit-trees, the palm and the pomegranate
So which of your Lord‘s blessings would you deny
In each there shall be virgins chaste and fair
So which of your Lord‘s blessings would you deny
Dark-eyed virgins, sheltered in their tent
(so which of your Lord‘s blessings would you deny?)
whom neither man nor jinnee will have touched before
So which of your Lord‘s blessings would you deny
They shall recline on green cushions and fine carpets
So which of your Lord‘s blessings would you deny
Blessed be the name of your Lord, the Lord of Majesty and Glory