# Sura  55 - The Merciful

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> SURA LV (55) - The Merciful        (Mecca - 78 verses)        (XLVIII - 74)    
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>        In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
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>        The God of Mercy hath taught the Koran,
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>        Hath created man,
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>        Hath taught him articulate speech.
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>        The Sun and the Moon have each their times,
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>        And the plants and the trees bend in adoration.
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>        And the Heaven, He hath reared it on high, and hath appointed the
> balance;
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>        That in the balance ye should not transgress.
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>        Weigh therefore with fairness, and scant not the balance.
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>        And the Earth, He hath prepared it for the living tribes:
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> 55:10  Therein on fruits, and the palms with sheathed clusters,
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>        And the grain with its husk, and the fragrant plants.
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>        Which then of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
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>        He created man of clay like that of the potter.
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>        And He created the djinn of pure fire:
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>        Which then of the bounties, etc.
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>        He is the Lord of the East,
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>        He is the Lord of the West:
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>        Which, etc.
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>        He hath let loose the two seas which meet each other:
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> 55:20  Yet between them is a barrier which they overpass not;
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>        Which, etc.
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>        From each he bringeth up pearls both great and small:
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>        Which, etc.
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>        And His are the ships towering up at sea like mountains:
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>        Which, etc.
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>        All on the earth shall pass away,
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>        But the face of thy Lord shall abide resplendent with majesty and glory:
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>        Which, etc.
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>        To Him maketh suit all that is in the Heaven and the Earth.  Every day
> doth some new work employ Him:
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> 55:30  Which, etc.
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>        We will find leisure to judge you, O ye men and djinn:
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>        Which, etc.
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>        O company of djinn and men, if ye can overpass the bounds of the Heavens
> and the Earth, then overpass them.  But by our leave only shall ye overpass
> them:
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>        Which, etc.
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>        A bright flash of fire shall be hurled at you both, and molten brass,
> and ye shall not defend yourselves from it:
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>        Which, etc.
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>        When the Heaven shall be cleft asunder, and become rose red, like
> stained leather:
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>        Which, etc.
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>        On that day shall neither man nor djinn be asked of his sin:
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> 55:40  Which, etc.
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>        By their tokens shall the sinners be known, and they shall be seized by
> their forelocks and their feet:
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>        Which, etc.
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>        "This is Hell which sinners treated as a lie."
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>        To and fro shall they pass between it and the boiling water:
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>        Which, etc.
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>        But for those who dread the majesty of their Lord shall be two gardens:
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>        Which, etc.
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>        With o'erbranching trees in each:
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>        Which, etc.
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> 55:50  In each two fountains flowing:
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>        Which, etc.
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>        In each two kinds of every fruit:
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>        Which, etc.
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>        On couches with linings of brocade shall they recline, and the fruit of
> the two gardens shall be within easy reach:
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>        Which, etc.
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>        Therein shall be the damsels with retiring glances, whom nor man nor
> djinn hath touched before them:
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>        Which, etc.
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>        Like jacynths and pearls:
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>        Which, etc.
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> 55:60  Shall the reward of good be aught but good?
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>        Which, etc.
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>        And beside these shall be two other gardens:
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>        Which, etc.
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>        Of a dark green:
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>        Which, etc.
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>        With gushing fountains in each:
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>        Which, etc.
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>        In each fruits and the palm and the pomegranate:
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>        Which, etc.
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> 55:70  In each, the fair, the beauteous ones:
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>        Which, etc.
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>        With large dark eyeballs, kept close in their pavilions:
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>        Which, etc.
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>        Whom man hath never touched,nor any djinn:
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>        Which, etc.
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>        Their spouses on soft green cushions and on beautiful carpets shall
> recline:
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>        Which, etc.
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>        Blessed be the name of thy Lord, full of majesty and glory.
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> — *Sura  55 - The Merciful*