Ar-Rahman

¹The Most Merciful

²Taught the Qur’ān,

³Created man,

⁴[And] taught him eloquence.

⁵The sun and the moon [move] by precise calculation,

⁶And the stars and trees prostrate.[1593]

⁷And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance

⁸That you not transgress within the balance.

⁹And establish weight in justice and do not make deficient the balance.

¹⁰And the earth He laid [out] for the creatures.

¹¹Therein is fruit and palm trees having sheaths [of dates]

¹²And grain having husks and scented plants.

¹³So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?[1594]

¹⁴He created man from clay like [that of] pottery.

¹⁵And He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire.

¹⁶So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

¹⁷[He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets.[1595]

¹⁸So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

¹⁹He released the two seas,[1596] meeting [one another];

²⁰Between them is a barrier so neither of them transgresses.

²¹So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

²²From both of them emerge pearl and coral.

²³So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

²⁴And to Him belong the ships [with sails] elevated in the sea like mountains.

²⁵So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

²⁶Everyone upon it [i.e., the earth] will perish,

²⁷And there will remain the Face[1597] of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.

²⁸So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

²⁹Whoever is within the heavens and earth asks Him; every day He is in [i.e., bringing about] a matter.[1598]

³⁰So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

³¹We will attend to you, O prominent beings.[1599]

³²So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

³³O company of jinn and mankind, if you are able to pass beyond the regions of the heavens and the earth, then pass. You will not pass except by authority [from Allāh].

³⁴So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

³⁵There will be sent upon you a flame of fire and smoke,[1600] and you will not defend yourselves.

³⁶So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

³⁷And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose-colored like oil[1601] -

³⁸So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

³⁹Then on that Day none will be asked about his sin among men or jinn.[1602]

⁴⁰So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

⁴¹The criminals will be known by their marks, and they will be seized by the forelocks and the feet.

⁴²So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

⁴³This is Hell, which the criminals deny.

⁴⁴They will circulate between it and scalding water, heated [to the utmost degree].

⁴⁵So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

⁴⁶But for he who has feared the position of his Lord[1603] are two gardens -

⁴⁷So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

⁴⁸Having [spreading] branches.

⁴⁹So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

⁵⁰In both of them are two springs, flowing.

⁵¹So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

⁵²In both of them are of every fruit, two kinds.

⁵³So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

⁵⁴[They are] reclining on beds whose linings are of silk brocade, and the fruit of the two gardens is hanging low.

⁵⁵So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

⁵⁶In them are women limiting [their] glances,[1604] untouched[1605] before them by man or jinnī -

⁵⁷So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

⁵⁸As if they were rubies and coral.[1606]

⁵⁹So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

⁶⁰Is the reward for good [anything] but good?

⁶¹So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

⁶²And below them both [in excellence] are two [other] gardens -

⁶³So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

⁶⁴Dark green [in color].

⁶⁵So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

⁶⁶In both of them are two springs, spouting.

⁶⁷So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

⁶⁸In both of them are fruit and palm trees and pomegranates.

⁶⁹So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

⁷⁰In them are good and beautiful women -

⁷¹So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

⁷²Fair ones reserved in pavilions -

⁷³So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

⁷⁴Untouched before them by man or jinnī -

⁷⁵So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? -

⁷⁶Reclining on green cushions and beautiful fine carpets.

⁷⁷So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

⁷⁸Blessed is the name of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.