The Speeches and Table-Talk of the Prophet Mohammad

The Merciful

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

The merciful hath taught the Korān;
He created man,
Taught him clear speech;
The sun and the moon in their courses,
And the plants and the trees do homage.
And the Heaven, He raised it, and appointed the balance.
(That ye should not transgress in the balance:—
But weigh ye justly and stint not the balance.)
And the Earth, He prepared it for living things,
Therein is fruit, and the palm with sheaths,
And grain with its husk, and the fragrant herb:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
He created man of clay like a pot,
And He created the Jinn of clear fire:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
Lord of the two Easts,
And Lord of the two Wests:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
He has let loose the two seas which meet together;
Yet between them is a barrier they cannot pass:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
He bringeth up therefrom pearls great and small:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
And His are the ships towering on the sea like mountains:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
All on the earth passeth away,
But the face of thy Lord abideth endued with majesty and honour:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
All things in the Heaven and Earth supplicate Him, every day is He at work:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
We will apply ourselves to you, O ye two notables:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
O company of Jinn and men, if ye are able to compass the boundaries of the Heavens and of the Earth, then compass them; but ye shall not compass them, save in our might:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
There shall be shot at you a flash of fire and molten brass; ye cannot defend yourselves:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
And when the Heaven shall be rent and become rosy like a red hide:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
On that day neither man nor Jinn shall be asked about their sin:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
The sinners shall be known by their signs, and they shall be seized by the forelock and the feet:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
“This is Hell which the sinners took for a lie,”
To and fro shall they wander between it and water scalding hot:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
But for him who feareth the majesty of his Lord [shall be] two gardens:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
With trees branched over:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
And therein two flowing wells:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
And therein of every fruit two kinds:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
Reclining on couches with linings of brocade and the fruit of the gardens to their hand:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
Therein the shy-eyed maidens neither man nor Jinn hath touched before:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
Like rubies and pearls:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
Shall the reward of good be aught but good?
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
And beside these shall be two other gardens:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
Dark green in hue:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
With gushing wells therein:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
Therein fruit and palm and pomegranate:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
Therein the best and comeliest maids:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
Bright-eyed, kept in tents:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
Man hath not touched them before, nor Jinn:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
Reclining on green cushions and fine carpets:
Then which of the bounties of your Lord will ye twain deny?
Blessed be the name of thy Lord endued with majesty and honour.

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