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| IN the name of the merciful and compassionate God. | 1 |
| The Merciful taught the Qur’ân; | 2 |
| He created man, taught him plain speech. | 3 |
| The sun and the moon have their appointed time; | 4 |
| The herbs and the trees adore; | 5 |
| And the heavens, He raised them and set the balance, that ye should not be outrageous in the balance; | 6 |
| But weigh ye aright, and stint not the balance. | 7 |
| And the earth He has set it for living creatures; therein are fruits and palms, with sheaths; and grain with chaff and frequent shoots; | 8 |
| Then which of your Lord’s bounties will ye twain deny? | 9 |
| He created men of crackling clay like the potters. And He created the ginn from smokeless fire. | 10 |
| Then which of your Lord’s bounties will ye twain deny? | 11 |
| The Lord of the two easts 1 and the Lord of the two wests! | 12 |
| Then which of your Lord’s bounties will ye twain deny? | 13 |
| He has let loose the two seas that meet together; between them is a barrier they cannot pass! | 14 |
| Then which of your Lord’s bounties will ye twain deny? | 15 |
| He brings forth from each pearls both large and small! | 16 |
| Then which of your Lord’s bounties will ye twain deny? | 17 |
| His are the ships which rear aloft in the sea like mountains. | 18 |
| Then which of your Lord’s bounties will ye twain deny? | 19 |
| Every one upon it 2 is transient, but the face of thy Lord endowed with majesty and honour shall endure. | 20 |
| Then which of your Lord’s bounties will ye twain deny? | 21 |
| Of Him whosoever is in the heaven and the earth does beg; every day He is in (some fresh) business! | 22 |
| Then which of your Lord’s bounties will ye twain deny? | 23 |
| We shall be at leisure for you, O ye two weighty ones! 3 | 24 |
| Then which of your Lord’s bounties will ye twain deny? | 25 |
| 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! | 26 |
| Then which of your Lord’s bounties will ye twain deny? | 27 |
| There shall be sent against you a flash of fire, and molten copper, and ye shall not be helped! | 28 |
| Then which of your Lord’s bounties will ye twain deny? | 29 |
| And when the heaven is rent asunder and become rosy red 4—(melting) like grease! | 30 |
| Then which of your Lord’s bounties will ye twain deny? | 31 |
| On that day neither man nor ginn shall be asked about his crime! | 32 |
| Then which of your Lord’s bounties will ye twain deny? | 33 |
| The sinners shall be known by their marks, and shall be seized by the forelock and the feet! | 34 |
| Then which of your Lord’s bounties will ye twain deny? | 35 |
| ‘This is hell, which the sinners did call a lie! they shall circulate between it and water boiling quite!’ | 36 |
| Then which of your Lord’s bounties will ye twain deny? | 37 |
| But for him who fears the station of his Lord are gardens twain! | 38 |
| Then which of your Lord’s bounties will ye twain deny? | 39 |
| Both furnished with branching trees. | 40 |
| Then which of your Lord’s bounties willye twain deny? | 41 |
| In each are flowing springs. | 42 |
| Then which of your Lord’s bounties will ye twain deny? | 43 |
| In each are, of every fruit, two kinds. | 44 |
| Then which of your Lord’s bounties will ye twain deny? | 45 |
| Reclining on beds the linings of which are of brocade, and the fruit of the two gardens within reach to cull. | 46 |
| Then which of your Lord’s bounties will ye twain deny? | 47 |
| Therein are maids of modest glances whom no man nor ginn has deflowered before. | 48 |
| Then which of your Lord’s bounties will ye twain deny? | 49 |
| As though they were rubies and pearls. | 50 |
| Then which of your Lord’s bounties will ye twain deny? | 51 |
| Is the reward of goodness aught but goodness? | 52 |
| Then which of your Lord’s bounties will ye twain deny? | 53 |
| And besides these are gardens twain, 5 | 54 |
| Then which of your Lord’s bounties will ye twain deny? | 55 |
| With dark green foliage. | 56 |
| Then which of your Lord’s bounties will ye twain deny? | 57 |
| In each two gushing springs. | 58 |
| Then which of your Lord’s bounties will ye twain deny? | 59 |
| In each fruit and palms and pomegranates. | 60 |
| Then which of your Lord’s bounties will ye twain deny? | 61 |
| In them maidens best and fairest! | 62 |
| Then which of your Lord’s bounties will ye twain deny? | 63 |
| Bright and large-eyed maids kept in their tents. | 64 |
| Then which of your Lord’s bounties will ye twain deny? | 65 |
| Whom no man nor ginn has deflowered before them. | 66 |
| Then which of your Lord’s bounties will ye twain deny? | 67 |
| Reclining on green cushions and beautiful carpets. | 68 |
| Then which of your Lord’s bounties will ye twain deny? | 69 |
| Blessed be the name of thy Lord possessed of majesty and honour! | 70 |
