054.049 Y:  Verily, all things have We created in proportion and measure.

P:  Lo!  We have created every thing by measure.

S:  Surely We have created everything according to a measure.

054.050 Y:  And Our Command is but a single (Act),- like the twinkling of an eye.

P:  And Our commandment is but one (commandment), as the twinkling of an eye.

S:  And Our command is but one, as the twinkling of an eye.

054.051 Y:  And (oft) in the past, have We destroyed gangs like unto you:  then is there any that will receive admonition?

P:  And verily We have destroyed your fellows; but is there any that remembereth?

S:  And certainly We have already destroyed the likes of you, but is there anyone who will mind?

054.052 Y:  All that they do is noted in (their) Books (of Deeds): 

P:  And every thing they did is in the scriptures,

S:  And everything they have done is in the writings.

054.053 Y:  Every matter, small and great, is on record.

P:  And every small and great thing is recorded.

S:  And everything small and great is written down.

054.054 Y:  As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers,

P:  Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers,

S:  Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and rivers,

054.055 Y:  In an Assembly of Truth, in the Presence of a Sovereign Omnipotent.

P:  Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King.

S:  In the seat of honor with a most Powerful King.

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Chapter 55: 

Ar-Rahman (the beneficent, the mercy giving)
Total Verses:  78 Revealed At:  Makka

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In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

055.001 Y:  (Allah) Most Gracious!

P:  The Beneficent

S:  The Beneficent Allah,

055.002 Y:  It is He Who has taught the Qur’an.

P:  Hath made known the Qur’an.

S:  Taught the Quran.

055.003 Y:  He has created man: 

P:  He hath created man.

S:  He created man,

055.004 Y:  He has taught him speech (and intelligence).

P:  He hath taught him utterance.

S:  Taught him the mode of expression.

055.005 Y:  The sun and the moon follow courses (exactly) computed;

P:  The sun and the moon are made punctual.

S:  The sun and the moon follow a reckoning.

055.006 Y:  And the herbs and the trees — both (alike) prostrate in adoration.

P:  The stars and the trees prostrate.

S:  And the herbs and the trees do prostrate (to Him).