# Sura  55 - The Merciful

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> THE CHAPTER OF THE MERCIFUL
> (LV. Mecca.)
> IN the name of the merciful and compassionate God.
> The Merciful taught the Koran;
> He created man, taught him plain speech.
> The sun and the moon have their appointed time;
> The herbs and the trees adore;
> And the heavens, He raised them and set the balance, that ye should not be outrageous in the balance;
> But weigh ye aright, and stint not the balance.
> And the earth He has set it for living creatures therein are fruits and palms, with sheaths; and grain with chaff and frequent shoots;
> Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain deny?
> He created men of crackling clay like the potters.
> And He created the ginn from smokeless fire.
> Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain deny?
> The Lord of the two easts and the Lord of the two wests!
> Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain deny?
> He has let loose the two seas that meet together; between them is a barrier they cannot pass!
> Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain deny?
> He brings forth from each pearls both large and small!
> Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain deny?
> His are the ships which rear aloft in the sea like mountains.
> Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain deny?
> Every one upon it is transient, but the face of thy Lord endowed with majesty and honour shall endure.
> Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain deny?
> Of Him whosoever is in the heaven and the earth does beg; every day He is in (some fresh) business!
> Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain deny?
> We shall be at leisure for you, O ye two weighty ones!
> Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain deny?
> O assembly of ginns and mankind! if ye are able to pass through the confines of heaven and earth then pass through them!-ye cannot pass through save by authority!
> Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain deny?
> There shall be sent against you a flash of fire,
> and molten copper, and ye shall not be helped!
> Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain deny?
> And when the heaven is rent asunder and become rosy red - (melting) like grease!
> Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain deny?
> On that day neither man nor ginn shall be asked about his crime!
> Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain deny?
> The sinners shall be known by their marks, and shall be seized by the forelock and the feet!
> Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain deny?
> 'This is hell, which the sinners did call it lie! They shall circulate between it and water boiling quite!'
> Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain deny?
> But for him who fears the station of his Lord are gardens twain!
> Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain deny?
> Both furnished with branching trees.
> Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain deny?
> In each are flowing springs.
> Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain deny?
> In each are, of every fruit, two kinds.
> Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain deny?
> Reclining on beds the linings of which are of brocade, and the fruit of the two gardens within reach to cull.
> Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain deny?
> Therein are maids of modest glances whom no man nor ginn has deflowered before.
> Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain deny?
> As though they were rubies and pearls.
> Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain deny?
> Is the reward of goodness aught but goodness?
> Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain deny?
> And besides these, are gardens twain,
> Then which of your Lord's bounties will be twain deny?
> With dark green foliage.
> Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain deny?
> In each two gushing springs.
> Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain deny?
> In each fruit and palms and pomegranates.
> Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain deny?
> In them maidens best and fairest!
> Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain deny?
> Bright and large-eyed maids kept in their tents.
> Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain deny?
> Whom no man nor ginn has deflowered before them.
> Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain deny?
> Reclining on green cushions and beautiful carpets.
> Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain deny?
> Blessed be the name of thy Lord possessed of majesty and honour!
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> — *Sura  55 - The Merciful*