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55:1  The All-Merciful
55:2  taught the Qur´an.
55:3  He created man
55:4  and taught him clear expression.
55:5  The sun and the moon both run with precision.
55:6  The shrubs and the trees all bow down in prostration.
55:7  He erected heaven and established the balance,
55:8  so that you would not transgress the balance.
55:9  Give just weight — do not skimp in the balance.
55:10  He laid out the earth for all living creatures.
55:11  In it are fruits and date-palms with covered spathes,
55:12  and grains on leafy stems and fragrant herbs.
55:13  So which of your Lord´s blessings do you both then deny?
55:14  He created man from dry earth like baked clay;
55:15  and He created the jinn from a fusion of fire.
55:16  So which of your Lord´s blessings do you both then deny?
55:17  The Lord of the two Easts and the Lord of the two Wests.
55:18  So which of your Lord´s blessings do you both then deny?
55:19  He has let loose the two seas, converging together,
55:20  with a barrier between them they do not break through.
55:21  So which of your Lord´s blessings do you both then deny?
55:22  From out of them come glistening pearls and coral.
55:23  So which of your Lord´s blessings do you both then deny?
55:24  His, too, are the ships sailing like mountain peaks on the sea.
55:25  So which of your Lord´s blessings do you both then deny?
55:26  Everyone on it will pass away;
55:27  but the Face of your Lord will remain, Master of Majesty and Generosity.
55:28  So which of your Lord´s blessings do you both then deny?
55:29  Everyone in the heavens and earth requests His aid. Every day He is engaged in some affair.
55:30  So which of your Lord´s blessings do you both then deny?
55:31  Soon We will settle your affairs, you two weighty throngs.
55:32  So which of your Lord´s blessings do you both then deny?
55:33  Company of jinn and men, if you are able to pierce through the confines of the heavens and earth, pierce through them. You will not pierce through except with a clear authority.
55:34  So which of your Lord´s blessings do you both then deny?
55:35  He will pursue you with a piercing flame and fiery smoke, and you will not be helped.
55:36  So which of your Lord´s blessings do you both then deny?
55:37  When heaven is split apart and goes red like dregs of oil.
55:38  So which of your Lord´s blessings do you both then deny?
55:39  That Day no man or jinn will be asked about his sin.
55:40  So which of your Lord´s blessings do you both then deny?
55:41  The evildoers will be recognised by their mark and seized by their forelocks and their feet.
55:42  So which of your Lord´s blessings do you both then deny?
55:43  This is Hell which the evildoers deny.
55:44  They will go back and forth between fire and scalding water.
55:45  So which of your Lord´s blessings do you both then deny?
55:46  For those who fear the Station of their Lord there are two Gardens.
55:47  So which of your Lord´s blessings do you both then deny?
55:48  Shaded by spreading branches.
55:49  So which of your Lord´s blessings do you both then deny?
55:50  In them are two clear flowing springs.
55:51  So which of your Lord´s blessings do you both then deny?
55:52  In them are two kinds of every fruit.
55:53  So which of your Lord´s blessings do you both then deny?
55:54  They will be reclining on couches lined with rich brocade, the fruits of the Gardens hanging close to hand.
55:55  So which of your Lord´s blessings do you both then deny?
55:56  In them are maidens with eyes for them alone, untouched before them by either man or jinn.
55:57  So which of your Lord´s blessings do you both then deny?
55:58  Like precious gems of ruby and pearl.
55:59  So which of your Lord´s blessings do you both then deny?
55:60  Will the reward for doing good be anything other than good?
55:61  So which of your Lord´s blessings do you both then deny?
55:62  As well as those two there will be two other Gardens.
55:63  So which of your Lord´s blessings do you both then deny?
55:64  Of deep viridian green.
55:65  So which of your Lord´s blessings do you both then deny?
55:66  In them are two gushing springs.
55:67  So which of your Lord´s blessings do you both then deny?
55:68  In them are fruits and date-palms and pomegranates.
55:69  So which of your Lord´s blessings do you both then deny?
55:70  In them are sweet, lovely maidens.
55:71  So which of your Lord´s blessings do you both then deny?
55:72  Dark-eyed, secluded in cool pavilions.
55:73  So which of your Lord´s blessings do you both then deny?
55:74  Untouched before them by either man or jinn.
55:75  So which of your Lord´s blessings do you both then deny?
55:76  Reclining on green quilts and exquisite rugs.
55:77  So which of your Lord´s blessings do you both then deny?
55:78  Blessed be the name of your Lord, Master of Majesty and Generosity.