The Compassionate • ar-RahmanIn the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful. 1. The Compassionate. 2. Has taught the Quran. 3. He created the human being. 4. And taught him clear expression. 5. The sun and the moon—by calculations. 6. And the stars and the trees prostrate. 7. And the sky, He raised. And He set up the balance. 8. So do not transgress in the balance. 9. But maintain the weights with justice. And do not violate the balance. 10. And the earth—He set it up for the creatures. 11. In it are fruits and date-palms in clusters. 12. And grains in the blades, and fragrant plants. 13. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny? 14. He created the human being from hard clay, like bricks. 15. And He created the jinn from a fusion of fire. 16. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny? 17. Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets. 18. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny? 19. He merged the two bodies of water, converging together. 20. Between them is a barrier that they do not overrun. 21. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny? 22. From them emerge pearls and coral. 23. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny? 24. His are the ships, raised above the sea like landmarks. 25. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny? 26. Everyone on it is perishing. 27. But will remain the Presence of your Lord, Full of Majesty and Splendor. 28. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny? 29. Everyone in the heavens and the earth asks Him. Every day He is managing. 30. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny? 31. We will attend to you, O burdensome two. 32. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny? 33. O society of jinn and humans! If you can penetrate beyond the realms of the heavens and the earth, go ahead and penetrate. But you cannot penetrate except with authorization. 34. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny? 35. You will be bombarded with flares of fire and brass, and you will not succeed. 36. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny? 37. When the sky splits apart, and it becomes a rose, like paint. 38. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny? 39. On that day, no human and no jinn will be asked about his sin. 40. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny? 41. The guilty will be recognized by their marks; they will be seized by the forelocks and the feet. 42. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny? 43. This is Hell that the criminals denied. 44. They circulate between it and between a seething bath. 45. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny? 46. But for anyone who feared his Lord’s position, there are two Gardens. 47. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny? 48. Full of varieties. 49. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny? 50. In them are two flowing springs. 51. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny? 52. In them are fruits of every kind, in pairs. 53. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny? 54. Reclining on furnishings lined with brocade, and the fruits of the two Gardens are near at hand. 55. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny? 56. In them are maidens of modest gaze, untouched before by any human or jinn. 57. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny? 58. As though they were rubies and corals. 59. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny? 60. Is the reward of goodness anything except goodness? 61. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny? 62. And beyond them are two Gardens. 63. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny? 64. Deep green. 65. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny? 66. In them are two gushing springs. 67. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny? 68. In them are fruits, and date-palms, and pomegranates. 69. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny? 70. In them are good and beautiful ones. 71. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny? 72. Companions, secluded in the pavilions. 73. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny? 74. Whom no human has touched before, nor Jinn. 75. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny? 76. Reclining on green cushions, and exquisite wonders. 77. So which of your Lord’s marvels will you deny? 78. Blessed is the Name of your Lord, Full of Majesty and Nobility.