The All Compassionate (Al-Rahman)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
۞ AR-RAHMAN 1 Taught the Qur'an, 2 He created man 3 He taught distinctness. 4 The sun and moon rotate in a predestined orbit. 5 and the stars and the trees bow themselves; 6 And the sky He hath uplifted; and He hath set the measure, 7 Do not transgress the scales. 8 And establish weight in justice and do not make deficient the balance. 9 And earth -- He set it down for all beings, 10 with fruit thereon, and palm trees with sheathed clusters [of dates,] 11 and a variety of corn with both husk and grain. 12 How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny? 13 He created man from clay like [that of] pottery. 14 and has created the jinn from the flame of fire. 15 So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny? 16 Lord of both the Easts, and Lord of both the Wests! 17 O which of your Lord's bounties will you and you deny? 18 He has made the two oceans meet each other, 19 Between them is a barrier, which they do not overrun. 20 Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? 21 From them come forth the pearl and the coral. 22 Which of the wonders of your Lord's power will you twain – you men and jinn – then deny? 23 His too are the ships that run, raised up in the sea like land-marks. 24 How many favours of your Lord will then both of you deny? 25