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And not(is) Our Commandbutonelike the twinkling(of) the eye(50)

Our command1 is but a single word,2 done in the blink of an eye.

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And certainlyWe destroyedyour kindsso is (there)anywho will receive admonition(51)

We have already destroyed the likes of you. So will any ˹of you˺ be mindful?

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And everythingthey did(is) inthe written records(52)

Everything they have done is ˹listed˺ in ˹their˺ records.

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And everysmalland big(is) written down(53)

Every matter, small and large, is written ˹precisely˺.

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Indeedthe righteous(will be) ingardensand river(54)

Indeed, the righteous will be amid Gardens and rivers,1

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Ina seat(of) honorneara KingMost Powerful(55)

at the Seat of Honour in the presence of the Most Powerful Sovereign.

55. Ar-RahmanThe Beneficent

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful

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The Most Gracious(1)

The Most Compassionate

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He taughtthe Quran(2)

taught the Quran,

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He created[the] man(3)

created humanity,

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He taught him[the] speech(4)

˹and˺ taught them speech.

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The sunand the moonby (precise) calculation(5)

The sun and the moon ˹travel˺ with precision.

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And the starsand the treesboth prostrate(6)

The stars and the trees bow down ˹in submission˺.1

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And the heavenHe raised itand He has set upthe balance(7)

As for the sky, He raised it ˹high˺, and set the balance ˹of justice˺

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ﱿThat notyou may transgressinthe balance(8)

so that you do not defraud the scales.

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And establishthe weightin justiceand (do) notmake deficientthe balance(9)

Weigh with justice, and do not give short measure.

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And the earthHe laid itfor the creatures(10)

He laid out the earth for all beings.

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Therein(is) fruitand date-palmshavingsheaths(11)

In it are fruit, palm trees with date stalks,

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And the grainhavinghuskand scented plants(12)

and grain with husks, and aromatic plants.

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So which(of the) favors(of) your Lordwill you both deny(13)

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you ˹humans and jinn˺ both deny?1

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He createdthe manfromclaylike the pottery(14)

He created humankind from ˹sounding˺ clay like pottery,

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And He createdthe jinnfroma smokeless flameoffire(15)

and created jinn from a ˹smokeless˺ flame of fire.

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So which(of the) favors(of) your Lordwill you both deny(16)

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?

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Lord(of) the two Eastsand Lord(of) the two Wests(17)

˹He is˺ Lord of the two easts and the two wests.1

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So which(of the) favors(of) your Lordwill you both deny(18)

Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?