One of my favourite Surahs - Mashallah!

1. SurahAr-Rahman (Holy Qur’an, 55)

2. 055.001 The Most Merciful 055.002 Taught the Qur’an, 055.003 Created man, 055.004 [And] taught him eloquence. 055.005 The sun and the moon [move] by precise calculation,

3. 055.006 : And the stars and trees prostrate. 055.007 : And the heaven He raised and imposed the balance 055.008 : That you not transgress within the balance. 055.009 And establish weight in justice and do not make deficient the balance. 055.010 And the earth He laid [out] for the creatures.

4. 055.011: Therein is fruit and palm trees having sheaths [of dates] 055.012: And grain having husks and scented plants. 055.013: So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? 055.014: He created man from clay like [that of] pottery. 055.015: And He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire.

5. 055.016: So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? 055.017: [He is] Lord of the two sunrises and Lord of the two sunsets. 055.018: So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? 055.019: He released the two seas, meeting [side by side]; 055.020: Between them is a barrier [so] neither of them transgresses.

6. 055.021 : So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? 055.022 : From both of them emerge pearl and coral. 055.023 : So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? 055.024 : And to Him belong the ships [with sails] elevated in the sea like mountains. 055.025 : So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

7. 055.026 : Everyone upon the earth will perish, 055.027 : And there will remain the Face of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor. 055.028 : So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? 055.029 : Whoever is within the heavens and earth asks Him; every day He is bringing about a matter. 055.030 : So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

8. 055.031 : We will attend to you, O prominent beings. 055.032 : So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? 055.033: O company of jinn and mankind, if you are able to pass beyond the regions of the heavens and the earth, then pass. You will not pass except by authority [from Allah]. 055.034 : So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? 055.035 : There will be sent upon you a flame of fire and smoke, and you will not defend yourselves.

9. 055.036 : So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? 055.037 : And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose-colored like oil – 055.038 : So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? – 055.039 : Then on that Day none will be asked about his sin among men or jinn. 055.040 : So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

10. 055.041: The criminals will be known by their marks, and they will be seized by the forelocks and the feet. 055.042 : So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? 055.043 : This is Hell, which the criminals deny. 055.044 : They will go around between it and scalding water, heated [to the utmost degree]. 055.045 : So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

11. 055.046 : But for he who has feared the position of his Lord are two gardens – 055.047 : So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? – 055.048: Having [spreading] branches. 055.049 : So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? 055.050 l: In both of them are two springs, flowing.

12. 055.051 : So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? 055.052 : In both of them are of every fruit, two kinds. 055.053 : So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? 055.054: [They are] reclining on beds whose linings are of silk brocade, and the fruit of the two gardens is hanging low. 055.055 l: So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

13. 055.056 : In them are women limiting [their] glances, untouched before them by man or jinnī – 055.057 : So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? – 055.058 : As if they were rubies and coral. 055.059 : So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? 055.060: Is the reward for good [anything] but good?

14. 055.061 : So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? 055.062 : And below them both [in excellence] are two [other] gardens – 055.063 : So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? – 055.064 : Dark green [in color]. 055.065 : So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

15. 055.066: In both of them are two springs, spouting. 055.067 : So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? 055.068 : In both of them are fruit and palm trees and pomegranates. 055.069 : So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? 055.070 : In them are good and beautiful women –

16. 055.071 : So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? – 055.072 : Fair ones reserved in pavilions – 055.073: So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? – 055.074 : Untouched before them by man or jinnī – 055.075 : So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? –

17. 055.076 : Reclining on green cushions and beautiful fine carpets. 055.077 : So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? 055.078 : Blessed is the name of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.

18. By Xenia