In the name of the most merciful GOD. The Merciful hath taught _his
servant_ the Korân. He created man: he hath taught him distinct speech.
The sun and the moon _run their courses_ according to a certain rule:
and the vegetables which creep on the ground, and the trees submit _to
his disposition_. He also raised the heaven; and he appointed the
balance, that ye should not transgress in respect to the balance:
wherefore observe a just weight; and diminish not the balance. And the
earth hath he prepared for living creatures: therein _are various_
fruits, and palm-trees bearing sheaths of flowers; and grain having
chaff, and leaves. Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye
ungratefully deny? He created man of dried clay like an earthen vessel:
but he created the genii of fire clear from smoke. Which, therefore, of
your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny? _He is_ the LORD of the
east, and the LORD of the west. Which, therefore, of your LORD'S
benefits will ye ungratefully deny? He hath let loose the two seas, that
they meet each another: between them _is placed_ a bar which they cannot
pass. Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully
deny? From them are taken forth unions and lesser pearls. Which,
therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny? His also
_are_ the ships, carrying their sails aloft in the sea like mountains.
Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?
Every _creature_ which _liveth_ on _the earth is_ subject to decay: but
the glorious and honorable countenance of thy LORD shall remain _for
ever_. Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully
deny? Unto him do all _creatures_ which _are_ in heaven and earth make
petition; every day _is_ he _employed_ in _some new_ work. Which,
therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny? We will
surely attend to _judge_ you, O men and genii, _at the last day_. Which,
therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny? O ye
collective body of genii and men, if ye be able to pass out of the
confines of heaven and earth, pass forth: ye shall not pass forth but by
absolute power. Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye
ungratefully deny? A flame of fire without smoke, and a smoke without
flame shall be sent down upon you; and ye shall not be able to defend
yourselves _therefrom_. Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will
ye ungratefully deny? And when the heaven shall be rent in sunder, and
shall become _red as_ a rose, _and shall melt_ like ointment: (Which,
therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?) On that
day neither man nor genius shall be asked concerning his sin. Which,
therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny? The wicked
shall be known by their marks; and they shall be taken by the forelocks,
and the feet, _and shall be cast into hell_. Which, therefore, of your
LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny? This _is_ hell which the
wicked deny as a falsehood: they shall pass to and fro between the same
and hot boiling water. Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye
ungratefully deny? But for him who dreadeth the tribunal of his LORD
_are prepared_ two gardens: (Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits
will ye ungratefully deny?) In each of them _shall be_ two fountains
flowing. Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully
deny? In each of them _shall there be_ of every fruit two kinds. Which,
therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny? They shall
repose on couches, the linings whereof _shall be_ of thick silk
interwoven with gold; and the fruit of the two gardens _shall be_ near
at hand _to gather_. Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye
ungratefully deny? Therein _shall receive them beauteous damsels_,
refraining their eyes _from beholding any besides their spouses_: whom
no man shall have deflowered before them, neither any Jinn: (Which,
therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?) _Having
complexions_ like rubies and pearls. Which, therefore, of your LORD'S
benefits will ye ungratefully deny? _Shall_ the reward of good works
_be_ any other good? Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye
ungratefully deny? And besides these there _shall be_ two _other_
gardens: (Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye
ungratefully deny?) Of a dark green. Which, therefore, of your LORD'S
benefits will ye ungratefully deny? In each of them _shall be_ two
fountains pouring forth plenty of water. Which, therefore, of your
LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny? In each of them _shall be_
fruits, and palm-trees, and pomegranates. Which, therefore, of your
LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny? Therein _shall be_ agreeable
and beauteous _damsels_: Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will
ye ungratefully deny? Whom no man shall have deflowered before _their
destined spouses_, nor any Jinn. Which, therefore, of your LORD'S
benefits will ye ungratefully deny? _Therein shall they delight
themselves_, lying on green cushions and beautiful carpets. Which,
therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny? Blessed be
the name of thy LORD, possessed of glory and honor!