Subject: A Mesmerising Recitation of Surat Al Rahman (55) Wed Jun 15, 2011 12:50 am
The Beneficent
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
[55:1] The Compassionate One
[55:2] has taught the Qur’ān.
[55:3] He created man,
[55:4] teaching him the [coherent] speech.
[55:5] The sun and the moon follow a reckoning,
[55:6] and the grass and the trees prostrate.
[55:7] And He has raised the heaven and set up the balance,
[55:8] [declaring] that you should not contravene with regard to the balance.
[55:9] And observe the weights with justice and do not skimp the balance.
[55:10] And the earth, He placed it for [all] creatures.
[55:11] In it are fruits and date-palms with sheaths,
[55:12] and grain with husk, and fragrant herb.
[55:13] So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?
[55:14] He created man of dry clay resembling the potter’s,
[55:15] and He created the jānn of a smokeless flame of fire.
[55:16] So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?
[55:17] Lord of the two Easts, and Lord of the two Wests.
[55:18] So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?
[55:19] He has loosed the two waters; [and so] they meet.
[55:20] Between them there is a barrier. They do not overstep.
[55:21] So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?
[55:22] From [both of] them is brought forth the pearl and the coral.
[55:23] So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?
[55:24] His are the crafted ships [that sail] in the sea [appearing] like landmarks.
[55:25] So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?
[55:26] Everyone who is on it will perish;
[55:27] yet there will remain the countenance of your Lord, [the countenance] of majesty and munificence.
[55:28] So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?
[55:29] All that is in the heavens and the earth implore Him. Every day He is upon some matter.
[55:30] So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?
[55:31] We will attend to you, O you two heavy ones!
[55:32] So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?
[55:33] O company of jinn and humans, if you are able to pass through the confines of the heavens and the earth, then pass through! You will not pass through except with a sanction.
[55:34] So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?
[55:35] Against you will be unleashed a heat of fire and a flash of brass, and you will not be able to seek help.
[55:36] So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?
[55:37] And when the heaven is split open, and it turns crimson like tanned leather.
[55:38] So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?
[55:39] Thus on that day no man will be questioned about his sin, nor any jinn.
[55:40] So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?
[55:41] The guilty will be recognised by their mark; so they will be seized by the forelocks and the feet.
[55:42] So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?
[55:43] ‘This is Hell which the guilty [were wont to] deny!’
[55:44] They shall pass round between it and boiling hot water.
[55:45] So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?
[55:46] But for those who feared the station of their Lord, there will be two gardens.
[55:47] So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?
[55:48] Both with [abundant] branches.
[55:49] So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?
[55:50] In both of them there are two flowing springs.
[55:51] So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?
[55:52] In both of them, of every fruit there are two kinds.
[55:53] So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?
[55:54] [They will be] reclining upon couches lined with [heavy] silk brocade. And the fruits of both
[55:55] So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?
[55:56] In them are maidens of restrained glances, [maidens] who have not been touched by any man or jinn before them.
[55:57] So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?
[55:58] It is as though they are rubies and pearls.
[55:59] So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?
[55:60] Is the reward of goodness anything but goodness?
[55:61] So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?
[55:62] And beside these there will be two [other] gardens.
[55:63] So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?
[55:64] Deep green.
[55:65] So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?
[55:66] In both of them will be two gushing fountains.
[55:67] So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?
[55:68] In both of them will be fruits and date-palms and pomegranates.
[55:69] So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?
[55:70] In them are maidens [who are] good, beautiful
[55:71] So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?
[55:72] Houris secluded in pavilions.
[55:73] So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?
[55:74] Untouched by any man before them or jinn.
[55:75] So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?
[55:76] Reclining upon green cushions and lovely druggets.
[55:77] So which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?
[55:78] Blessed be the Name of your Lord, He of Majesty and Munificence.