_In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful._
THE MERCIFUL hath taught the Korān;
He created man,
Taught him clear speech;
The sun and the moon in their courses,
And the plants and the trees do homage.
And the Heaven, He raised it, and appointed the balance.
(That ye should not transgress in the balance:--
But weigh ye justly and stint not the balance.)
And the Earth, He prepared it for living things,
Therein is fruit, and the palm with sheaths,
And grain with its husk, and the fragrant herb:
_Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?_
He created man of clay like a pot,
And He created the Jinn of clear fire:
_Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?_
Lord of the two Easts,
And Lord of the two Wests:
_Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?_
He has let loose the two seas which meet together;
Yet between them is a barrier they cannot pass:
_Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?_
He bringeth up therefrom pearls great and small:
_Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?_
And His are the ships towering on the sea like mountains:
_Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?_
All on the earth passeth away,
But the face of thy Lord abideth endued with majesty and honour:
_Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?_
All things in the Heaven and Earth supplicate Him, every day is He
at work:
_Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?_
We will apply ourselves to you, O ye two notables:
_Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?_
O company of Jinn and men, if ye are able to compass the boundaries
of the Heavens and of the Earth, then compass them; but ye shall
not compass them, save in our might:
_Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?_
There shall be shot at you a flash of fire and molten brass; ye
cannot defend yourselves:
_Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?_
And when the Heaven shall be rent and become rosy like a red hide:
_Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?_
On that day neither man nor Jinn shall be asked about their sin:
_Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?_
The sinners shall be known by their signs, and they shall be seized
by the forelock and the feet:
_Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?_
“This is Hell which the sinners took for a lie,”
To and fro shall they wander between it and water scalding hot:
_Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?_
But for him who feareth the majesty of his Lord [shall be] two
gardens:
_Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?_
With trees branched over:
_Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?_
And therein two flowing wells:
_Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?_
And therein of every fruit two kinds:
_Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?_
Reclining on couches with linings of brocade and the fruit of the
gardens to their hand:
_Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?_
Therein the shy-eyed maidens neither man nor Jinn hath touched
before:
_Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?_
Like rubies and pearls:
_Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?_
Shall the reward of good be aught but good?
_Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?_
And beside these shall be two other gardens:
_Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?_
Dark green in hue:
_Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?_
With gushing wells therein:
_Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?_
Therein fruit and palm and pomegranate:
_Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?_
Therein the best and comeliest maids:
_Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?_
Bright-eyed, kept in tents:
_Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?_
Man hath not touched them before, nor Jinn:
_Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?_
Reclining on green cushions and fine carpets:
_Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?_
Blessed be the name of thy Lord endued with majesty and honour.
(lv.)