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