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55:1  The All-merciful
55:2  has taught the Koran
55:3  He created ma
55:4  and He has taught him the Explanation
55:5  The sun and the moon to a reckoning
55:6  and the stars and the trees bow themselves
55:7  and heaven -- He raised it up, and set the Balance
55:8  (Transgress not in the Balance
55:9  and weigh with justice, and skimp not in the Balance.
55:10  And earth -- He set it down for all beings
55:11  therein fruits, and palm-trees with sheaths
55:12  and grain in the blade, and fragrant herbs
55:13  O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny
55:14  He created man of a clay like the potter's
55:15  and He created the jinn of a smokeless fire
55:16  O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny
55:17  Lord of the Two Easts, Lord of the Two Wests
55:18  O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny
55:19  He let forth the two seas that meet together
55:20  between them a barrier they do not overpass
55:21  O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny
55:22  From them come forth the pearl and the coral
55:23  O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny
55:24  His too are the ships that run, raised up in the sea like land-marks
55:25  O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny
55:26  All that dwells upon the earth is perishing
55:27  yet still abides the Face of thy Lord, majestic, splendid
55:28  O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny
55:29  Whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth implore Him; every day He is upon some labour
55:30  O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny
55:31  We shall surely attend to you at leisure, you weight and you weight
55:32  O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny
55:33  O tribe of jinn and of men, if you are able to pass through the confines of heaven and earth, pass through them! You shall not pass through except with an authority
55:34  O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny
55:35  Against you shall be loosed a flame of fire, and molten brass; and you shall not be helped
55:36  O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny
55:37  And when heaven is split asunder, and turns crimson like red leather -
55:38  O which of our Lord's bounties will you and you deny
55:39  on that day none shall be questioned about his sin, neither man nor jinn
55:40  O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny
55:41  The sinners shall be known by their mark, and they shall be seized by their forelocks and their feet
55:42  O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny
55:43  This is Gehenna, that sinners cried lies to
55:44  they shall go round between it and between hot, boiling water
55:45  O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny
55:46  But such as fears the Station of his Lord, for them shall be two gardens -
55:47  O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny
55:48  abounding in branches -
55:49  O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny
55:50  therein two fountains of running water -
55:51  O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny
55:52  therein of every fruit two kinds -
55:53  O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny
55:54  reclining upon couches lined with brocade, the fruits of the gardens nigh to gather -
55:55  O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny
55:56  therein maidens restraining their glances, untouched before them by any man or jinn -
55:57  O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny
55:58  lovely as rubies, beautiful as coral -
55:59  O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny
55:60  Shall the recompense of goodness be other than goodness
55:61  O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny
55:62  And besides these shall be two gardens -
55:63  O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny
55:64  green, green pastures -
55:65  O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny
55:66  therein two fountains of gushing water -
55:67  O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny
55:68  therein fruits, and palm-trees, and pomegranates -
55:69  O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny
55:70  therein maidens good and comely -
55:71  O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny
55:72  houris, cloistered in cool pavilions -
55:73  O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny
55:74  untouched before them by any man or jinn -
55:75  O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny
55:76  reclining upon green cushions and lovely druggets -
55:77  O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny
55:78  Blessed be the Name of thy Lord, majestic, splendid