55:1  The Most Compassionate (is He)

55:2  Who (Himself) taught the Qur’an to (the Arab Messenger [blessings and peace be upon him]).

55:3  He is the One Who created (this Absolutely Perfect) man

55:4  He alone taught him the art of expression and communication (i.e., taught the True Messenger ma kana wa ma yakun).

55:5  The sun and the moon are rotating according to the configuration determined (by Him)

55:6  And the herbs spread over the earth, and all (species of) the trees prostrate themselves (to Him alone)

55:7  And He is the One Who has maintained the sky raised high and (He is the One) Who has set up the balance (for justice)

55:8  So that you violate not the balance whilst weighing

55:9  And keep weighing justly and do not make the balance fall short

55:10  He is the One Who has spread out the earth for the creatures

55:11  There are fruits in it and blossom-bearing date-palms

55:12  And chaff-covered grain and fragrant (fruits and) blooms

55:13  So, (O assembly of jinn and men,) which of your Lord’s blessings will you deny

55:14  He is the One Who created man from a dry mud sounding like earthenware

55:15  And created the jinn from a flame of fire

55:16  So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny

55:17  (He alone is) the Lord of the two easts and (He alone is) the Lord of the two wests

55:18  So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny

55:19  He is the One Who has made the two seas flow that join each other

55:20  There is a barrier between them; they cannot breach (their respective) limits

55:21  So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny

55:22  The pearls (shading green) and corals (shading red) come forth from both (the seas)

55:23  So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny

55:24  And (under) His (control) are (also) the big vessels with lofty sails raised high (anchoring or sailing) in the sea like mountains

55:25  So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny

55:26  Whoever is on the earth will perish

55:27  And the essence of your Lord, Who is the Master of glory and splendour and the Master of bounty and honour, will remain

55:28  So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny

55:29  All that are in the heavens and the earth beg from Him alone. Every moment His Glory manifests anew

55:30  So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny

55:31  O both the groups (of men and jinn), soon shall We attend to your account

55:32  So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny

55:33  O company of the jinn and men! If you have the power to go across the boundaries of the heaven and the earth (and overpower the universe), then go ahead. Whichever station (i.e., heavenly sphere) you will go to, there too will be His Kingdom alone

55:34  So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny

55:35  The flames of pure (i.e., smokeless) fire will be sent upon both of you and (flameless) smoke (too will be sent) and you both will be unable to escape from them

55:36  So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny

55:37  And when the heavens will split apart and will become rosy like burnt oil (or red leather)

55:38  So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny

55:39  That Day no man or jinn will be asked about his sin

55:40  So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny

55:41  The evildoers will be recognized by the darkness of their faces and so they will be pulled, seized by their forelocks and feet

55:42  So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny

55:43  (It will be said to them:) ‘It is this Hell which the evildoers used to deny.

55:44  They will move about in that (Hell) and in the boiling hot water

55:45  So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny

55:46  And whoever fears standing before his Lord (for meeting), for him are two Gardens

55:47  So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny

55:48  They are (green and fresh Gardens) with deep thick branches

55:49  So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny

55:50  Two springs are flowing in both of them

55:51  So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny

55:52  In them are two kinds of every fruit

55:53  So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny

55:54  The residents of Paradise will be reclining on couches lined with fine and thick brocade (i.e., satin) and the fruits of both the Gardens will be hanging low (over them)

55:55  So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny

55:56  And in them will be (chaste maidens) with downcast gazes, untouched either by any man or jinn

55:57  So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny

55:58  As if they (chaste maidens) were rubies and pearls

55:59  So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny

55:60  The reward of good cannot be anything but good

55:61  So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny

55:62  And apart from these two there are also two more gardens (for them)

55:63  So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny

55:64  Both appear deep green tinting black

55:65  So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny

55:66  There are two springs which will be gushing with force in these two (as well)

55:67  So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny

55:68  In both of them there are also fruits, date-palms and pomegranates

55:69  So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny

55:70  In them are pious and beautiful (chaste maidens as well)

55:71  So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny

55:72  The maidens who are veiling, confined in tents

55:73  So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny

55:74  Untouched before either by any man or jinn

55:75  So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny

55:76  (The residents of Paradise) will be (sitting) reclining on cushions over green carpets and rare and exquisite, fine rugs

55:77  So which of your Lord’s blessings will you both deny

55:78  Most Blessed is the Name of your Lord, the Master of glory and splendour and the Master of bounty and honour