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Sura Lv. Raman, Or Most Gracious

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"The Holy Quran", tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934],

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Sra Lv.

\"RAMN," Or (god) Most Gracious.

In the name of God, Most Gracious,

Most Merciful.

1.
(God) Most Gracious!

2.
It is He Who has

Taught the Qur-n.

3.
He has created man:

4.
He has taught him speech

(And Intelligence).

5.
The sun and the moon

Follow courses (exactly) computed;

6.
And the herbs and the trees--

Both (alike) bow in adoration.

7.
And the Firmament has He

Raised high, and He has set up

The Balance (of Justice),

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8.
In order that ye may

Not transgress (due) balance.

9.
So establish weight with justice

And fall not short

In the balance.

10.
It is He Who has

Spread out the earth

For (His) creatures:

11.
Therein is fruit

And date-palms, producing

Spathes (enclosing dates);

12.
Also corn, with (its)

Leaves and stalk for fodder,

And sweet-smelling plants.

13.
Then which of the favours

Of your Lord will ye deny?

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14.
He created man

From sounding clay

Like unto pottery,

15.
And He created Jinns

From fire free of smoke:

16.
Then which of the favours

Of your Lord will ye deny?

17.
(He is) Lord

Of the two Easts

And Lord

Of the two Wests:

18.
Then which of the favours

Of your Lord will ye deny?

19.
He has let free

The two bodies

Of flowing water,

Meeting together:

20.
Between them is a Barrier

Which they do not transgress:

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21.
Then which of the favours

Of your Lord will ye deny?

22.
Out of them come

Pearls and Coral:

23.
Then which of the favours

Of your Lord will ye deny?

24.
And His are the Ships

Sailing smoothly through the seas,

Lofty as mountains:

25.
Then which of the favours

Of your Lord will ye deny?

Section 2.

26.
All that is on earth

Will perish:

27.
But will abide (for ever)

The Face of thy Lord,--

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Full of Majesty,

Bounty and Honour.

28.
Then which of the favours

Of your Lord will ye deny?

29.
Of Him seeks (its need)

Every creature in the heavens

And on earth:


Every day in (new) Splendour

Doth He (shine)!

30.
Then which of the favours

Of your Lord will ye deny?

31.
Soon shall We

Settle your affairs,

O both ye worlds!

32.
Then which of the favours

Of your Lord will ye deny?

33. O
ye assembly of Jinns,

And men! If it be

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Ye can pass beyond

The zones of the heavens

And the earth, pass ye!

Not without authority

Shall ye be able to pass!

34.
Then which of the favours

Of your Lord will ye deny?

35.
On you will be sent

(O ye evil ones twain!)

A flame of fire (to burn)

And a smoke (to choke):


No defence will ye have:

36.
Then which of the favours

Of your Lord will ye deny?

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37.
When the sky is rent

Asunder, and it becomes red

Like ointment:

38.
Then which of the favours

Of your Lord will ye deny?

39.
On that Day

No question will be asked

Of man or Jinn

As to his sin,

40.
Then which of the favours

Of your Lord will ye deny?

41.
(For) the sinners will be

Known by their Marks:

And they will be seized

By their forelocks and

Their feet.

42.
Then which of the favours

Of your Lord will ye deny?

43.
This is the Hell which

The Sinners deny:

44.
In its midst

And in the midst

Of boiling hot water

Will they wander round!

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45.
Then which of the favours

Of your Lord will ye deny?

Section 3.

46.
But for such as fear

The time when they will

Stand before (the Judgment Seat

Of
) their Lord,

There will be two Gardens--

47.
Then which of the favours

Of your Lord will ye deny?--

48.
Containing all kinds

(Of trees and delights);--

49.
Then which of the favours

Of your Lord will ye deny?--

50.
In them (each) will be

Two Springs flowing (free);

51.
Then which of the favours

Of your Lord will ye deny?--

52.
In them will be Fruits

Of every kind, two and two.

53.
Then which of the favours

Of your Lord will ye deny?

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54.
They will recline on Carpets,

Whose inner linings will be

Of rich brocade: the Fruit

Of the Gardens will be

Near (and easy of reach).

55.
Then which of the favours

Of your Lord will ye deny?

56.
In them will be (Maidens),

Chaste, restraining their glances,

Whom no man or Jinn

Before them has touched;--

57.
Then which of the favours

Of your Lord will ye deny?--

58.
Like unto rubies and coral.

59.
Then which of the favours

Of your Lord will ye deny?

60.
Is there any Reward

For Good-other than Good?

61.
Then which of the favours

Of your Lord will ye deny?

62.
And besides these two,

There are two other Gardens,--

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63.
Then which of the favours

Of your Lord will ye deny?--

64.
Dark-green in colour

(From plentiful watering).

65.
Then which of the favours

Of your Lord will ye deny?

66.
In them (each) will be

Two Springs pouring forth water

In continuous abundance:

67.
Then which of the favours

Of your Lord will ye deny?

68.
In them will be Fruits,

And dates and pomegranates:

69.
Then which of the favours

Of your Lord will ye deny?

70.
In them will be

Fair (Companions), good,

beautiful;--

71.
Then which of the favours

Of your Lord will ye deny?--

72.
Companions restrained (as to

Their glances
), in (goodly)

pavilions;--

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73.
Then which of the favours

Of your Lord will ye deny?--

74.
Whom no man or Jinn

Before them has touched;--

75.
Then which of the favours

Of your Lord will ye deny?--

76.
Reclining on green Cushions

And rich Carpets of beauty.

77.
Then which of the favours

Of your Lord will ye deny?

78.
Blessed be the name

Of thy Lord,

Full of Majesty,

Bounty and Honour.

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