55. THE COMPASSIONATE (ar-Rahman)

In the name of Allah,
the Gracious, the Merciful

1. The Compassionate.
2. Has taught the Quran.
3. He created man.
4. And taught him clear expression.
5. The sun and the moon move according to
   plan.
6. And the stars and the trees prostrate themselves.
7. And the sky, He raised; and He set up the
   balance.
8. So do not transgress in the balance.
9. But maintain the weights with justice, and
   do not violate the balance.
10. And the earth; He set up for the creatures.
11. In it are fruits, and palms in clusters.
12. And grains in the blades, and fragrant
    plants.
13. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you
    deny?
14. He created man from hard clay, like bricks.
15. And created the jinn from a fusion of fire.
16. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you
    deny?
17. Lord of the two Easts and Lord of the two
    Wests.
18. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you
    deny?
19. He merged the two seas, converging together.
20. Between them is a barrier, which they do
    not overrun.
21. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you
    deny?
22. From them emerge pearls and coral.
23. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you
    deny?
24. His are the ships, raised above the sea like
    landmarks.
25. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you
    deny?
26. Everyone upon it is perishing.
27. But will remain the Presence of your Lord,
    Full of Majesty and Splendor.
28. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you
    deny?
29. Everyone in the heavens and the earth asks
    Him. Every day He is managing.
30. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you
    deny?
31. We will attend to you, O prominent two.
32. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you
    deny?
33. O society of jinn and humans! If you can
    pass through the bounds of the heavens and
    the earth, go ahead and pass. But you will not
    pass except with authorization.
34. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you
    deny?
35. You will be bombarded with flares of fire
    and brass, and you will not succeed.
36. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you
    deny?
37. When the sky splits apart, and becomes
    rose, like paint.
38. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you
    deny?
39. On that Day, no human and no jinn will be
    asked about his sins.
40. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you
    deny?
41. The guilty will be recognized by their
    marks; they will be taken by the forelocks and
    the feet.
42. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you
    deny?
43. This is Hell that the guilty denied.
44. They circulate between it and between a
    seething bath.
45. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you
    deny?
46. But for him who feared the standing of his
    Lord are two gardens.
47. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you
    deny?
48. Full of varieties.
49. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you
    deny?
50. In them are two flowing springs.
51. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you
    deny?
52. In them are fruits of every kind, in pairs.
53. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you
    deny?
54. Reclining on furnishings lined with brocade, and the fruits of the two gardens are
    near at hand.
55. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you
    deny?
56. In them are maidens restraining their
    glances, untouched before by any man or
    jinn.
57. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you
    deny?
58. As though they were rubies and corals.
59. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you
    deny?
60. Is the reward of goodness anything but
    goodness?
61. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you
    deny?
62. And beneath them are two gardens.
63. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you
    deny?
64. Deep green.
65. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you
    deny?
66. In them are two gushing springs.
67. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you
    deny?
68. In them are fruits, and date-palms, and
    pomegranates.
69. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you
    deny?
70. In them are good and beautiful ones.
71. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you
    deny?
72. Companions, secluded in the tents.
73. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you
    deny?
74. Whom no human has touched before, nor
    jinn.
75. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you
    deny?
76. Reclining on green cushions, and exquisite
    carpets.
77. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you
    deny?
78. Blessed be the name of your Lord, Full of
    Majesty and Splendor.