Verses 14–38

خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلْصَٰلٍۢ كَٱلْفَخَّارِ﴿١٤﴾

55:14He created man out of dry clay, like the potter’s,¹²

وَخَلَقَ ٱلْجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٍۢ مِّن نَّارٍۢ﴿١٥﴾

55:15and created the jinn out of a flame of a fire.³

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ﴿١٦﴾

55:16So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?

رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ وَرَبُّ ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ﴿١٧﴾

55:17Lord of the two easts, and Lord of the two wests!^*

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ﴿١٨﴾

55:18So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?

مَرَجَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ﴿١٩﴾

55:19He merged the two seas, meeting each other.

بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌۭ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ﴿٢٠﴾

55:20There is a barrier between them, which they do not overstep.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ﴿٢١﴾

55:21So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?

يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُمَا ٱللُّؤْلُؤُ وَٱلْمَرْجَانُ﴿٢٢﴾

55:22From them emerge the pearl and the coral.

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ﴿٢٣﴾

55:23So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?

وَلَهُ ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْمُنشَـَٔاتُ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ كَٱلْأَعْلَٰمِ﴿٢٤﴾

55:24His are the sailing ships on the sea [appearing] like landmarks.⁶⁷

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ﴿٢٥﴾

55:25So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?

كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍۢ﴿٢٦﴾

55:26Everyone on it is ephemeral,

وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلْجَلَٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ﴿٢٧﴾

55:27yet lasting is the majestic and munificent Face of your Lord.⁸

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ﴿٢٨﴾

55:28So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?

يَسْـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِى شَأْنٍۢ﴿٢٩﴾

55:29Everyone in the heavens and the earth asks Him. Every day He is engaged in some work.^*

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ﴿٣٠﴾

55:30So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?

سَنَفْرُغُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَ ٱلثَّقَلَانِ﴿٣١﴾

55:31Soon We shall make Ourselves unoccupied for you, O you notable two!⁹¹⁰

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ﴿٣٢﴾

55:32So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?

يَٰمَعْشَرَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ إِنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَن تَنفُذُوا۟ مِنْ أَقْطَارِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنفُذُوا۟ ۚ لَا تَنفُذُونَ إِلَّا بِسُلْطَٰنٍۢ﴿٣٣﴾

55:33O company of jinn and humans! If you can pass through the confines of the heavens and the earth, then do pass through. But you will not pass through except by an authority [from Allah].

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ﴿٣٤﴾

55:34So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?

يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌۭ مِّن نَّارٍۢ وَنُحَاسٌۭ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ﴿٣٥﴾

55:35There will be unleashed upon you a flash of fire and a smoke; then you will not be able to help one another.¹¹

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ﴿٣٦﴾

55:36So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?

فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةًۭ كَٱلدِّهَانِ﴿٣٧﴾

55:37When the sky is split open, and turns crimson like tanned leather.¹²¹³

فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ﴿٣٨﴾

55:38So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?