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1It is the Lord of Mercy

2who taught the Quran

3He created man

4and taught him to communicate

5The sun and the moon follow their calculated courses

6the plants and the trees submit to His designs

7He has raised up the sky. He has set the balance

8so that you may not exceed in the balance

9weigh with justice and do not fall short in the balance

10He set down the Earth for His creatures

11with its fruits, its palm trees with sheathed clusters

12its husked grain, its fragrant plants

13Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

14He created mankind out of dried clay, like pottery

15the jinn out of smokeless fire

16Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

17He is Lord of the two risings and Lord of the two settings

18Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

19He released the two bodies of [fresh and salt] water. They meet

20yet there is a barrier between them they do not cross

21Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

22Pearls come forth from them: large ones, and small, brilliant ones

23Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

24His are the moving ships that float, high as mountains, on the sea

25Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

26Everyone on earth perishes

27all that remains is the Face of your Lord, full of majesty, bestowing honour

28Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

29Everyone in heaven and earth entreats Him; every day He is at work

30Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

31We shall attend to you two huge armies [of jinn and mankind]

32Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

33Jinn and mankind, if you can pass beyond the regions of heaven and earth, then do so: you will not pass without Our authority

34Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

35A flash of fire and smoke will be released upon you and no one will come to your aid

36Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

37When the sky is torn apart and turns crimson, like red hide

38Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

39On that Day neither mankind nor jinn will be asked about their sins

40Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

41The guilty will be known by their mark and will be seized by their foreheads and their feet

42Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

43This is the Hell the guilty deny

44but they will go round between its flames and scalding water

45Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

46For those who fear [the time when they will] stand before their Lord there are two gardens

47Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

48With shading branches

49Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

50With a pair of flowing springs

51Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

52With every kind of fruit in pairs

53Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

54They will sit on couches upholstered with brocade, the fruit of both gardens within easy reach

55Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

56There will be maidens restraining their glances, untouched beforehand by man or jinn

57Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

58Like rubies and brilliant pearls

59Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

60Shall the reward of good be anything but good

61Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

62There are two other gardens below these two

63Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

64Both of deepest green

65Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

66With a pair of gushing springs

67Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

68With fruits- date palms and pomegranate trees

69Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

70There are good-natured, beautiful maidens

71Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

72Dark-eyed, sheltered in pavilions

73Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

74Untouched beforehand by man or jinn

75Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

76They will all sit on green cushions and fine carpets

77Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny

78Blessed is the name of your Lord, full of majesty, bestowing honour