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IN THE NAME OF GOD 
THE MOST GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL GOD

1  MOST GRACIOUS GOD

2  THE QURAN HAS BEEN TAUGHT BY GOD

3  MAN WAS CREATED BY GOD

4  GOD TAUGHT HIM EXPRESSION

5  THE SUN AND MOON FOLLOW COURSES OF EXACT COMPUTATIONS

6  AND THE HERBS AND THE TREES BOTH BOW IN ADORATION

7  HE HAS RAISED THE HEAVENS HIGH AND SET UP THE MEASURE

8  IN ORDER THAT YOU MAY NOT EXCEED THE MEASURE

9  AND KEEP UP THE BALANCE NOR FALL SHORT IN THE MEASURE

10  IT IS HE WHO HAS SPREAD OUT THE EARTH FOR HIS CREATURES

11  THEREIN IS FRUIT AND PALMS HAVING SHEATHED CLUSTERS

12  ALSO CORN WITH LEAVES AND STALK FOR FODDER
AND IN IT ARE PLANTS SMELLING SWEETER

13  WHICH OF GOD'S FAVORS
WILL YOU THEN BE A DENIER?

14  HE CREATED MAN FROM SOUNDING CLAY LIKE POTTERY

15  HE CREATED DEMONS FROM FIRE THAT IS SMOKE FREE

16  WHICH OF GOD'S FAVORS
WILL YOU THEN BE A DENIER?

17  LORD OF THE TWO EASTS
AND LORD OF THE TWO WESTS

18  WHICH OF GOD'S FAVORS
WILL YOU THEN BE A DENIER?

19  HE HAS LET MEET TOGETHER
THE TWO BODIES OF FLOWING WATER 

20  BETWEEN THEM IS A BARRIER
THAT THEY DO NOT CROSS OVER

21  WHICH OF GOD'S FAVORS
WILL YOU THEN BE A DENIER?

22  OUT OF THEM COME PEARLS 
AND OUT OF THEM COME CORALS

23  WHICH OF GOD'S FAVORS
WILL YOU THEN BE A DENIER?

24  AND HIS ARE THE SHIPS SAILING SMOOTHLY 
LOFTY AS MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE SEAS

25  WHICH OF GOD'S FAVORS
WILL YOU THEN BE A DENIER?

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CHAPTER 55.  THE BENEFICENT                                                 SECTION 2.  PART XXVII

26  EVERYTHING ON EARTH WILL PERISH EVENTUALLY

27  BUT THE PERSON OF GOD WILL EXIST ETERNALLY

28  WHICH OF GOD'S FAVORS
WILL YOU THEN BE A DENIER?

29  IN HEAVEN AND EARTH EVERY CREATURE 
SEEKS ITS NEED OF THE CREATOR
AND EVERY DAY HE SHINES IN NEW SPLENDOR 

30  WHICH OF GOD'S FAVORS
WILL YOU THEN BE A DENIER?

31  AND SOON WILL WE 
SETTLE YOUR AFFAIRS OF BOTH YOU PARTIES

32  WHICH OF GOD'S FAVORS
WILL YOU THEN BE A DENIER?

33  OH YOU ASSEMBLY OF DEMONS AND MEN 
IF YOU CAN PASS THROUGH THE ZONES OF EARTH AND HEAVEN 

THEN PASS THROUGH 
BUT NOT WITHOUT AUTHORITY WILL YOU BE ABLE TO

34  WHICH OF GOD'S FAVORS
WILL YOU THEN BE A DENIER?

35  ON YOU WILL BE SENT A FLAME OF FIRE TO BURN YOU 
AND SMOKE TO CHOKE YOU 
AND NO DEFENSE WILL THERE BE FOR YOU

36  WHICH OF GOD'S FAVORS
WILL YOU THEN BE A DENIER?

37  WHEN THE SKY IS RENT 
AND IT BECOMES RED LIKE OINTMENT

38  WHICH OF GOD'S FAVORS
WILL YOU THEN BE A DENIER?

39  ON THAT DAY NO QUESTION 
WILL THEN BE ASKED OF MEN 
OR DEMON AS TO HIS SIN

40  WHICH OF GOD'S FAVORS
WILL YOU THEN BE A DENIER?

41  FOR THE SINNERS WILL BE 
KNOWN BY THEIR MARKS AND THEY WILL BE SEIZED 
BY THEIR FORELOCKS AND THEIR FEET

42  WHICH OF GOD'S FAVORS
WILL YOU THEN BE A DENIER

43  THE IS THE HELL DENIED BY THE SINNERS 

44  IN ITS MIDST THEY WILL WANDER 
AND IN THE MIDST OF BOILING HOT WATER 

45  WHICH OF GOD'S FAVORS
WILL YOU THEN BE A DENIER?

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CHAPTER 55.  THE BENEFICENT                                                 SECTION 3.  PART XXVII

46  BUT FOR THOSE WHO FEAR THE TIME THAT WHEN 
THEY WILL STAND BEFORE GOD, THERE WILL BE TWO GARDENS

47  WHICH OF GOD'S FAVORS
WILL YOU THEN BE A DENIER?

48  FULL OF VARIETIES
OF FRUITS AND TREES

49  WHICH OF GOD'S FAVORS
WILL YOU THEN BE A DENIER?

50  IN THEM WILL BE 
TWO SPRINGS FLOWING FREE

51  WHICH OF GOD'S FAVORS
WILL YOU THEN BE A DENIER?

52  IN THEM WILL BE FRUITS 
OF EVERY KIND TWO AND TWO

53  WHICH OF GOD'S FAVORS 
WILL YOU THEN BE A DENIER?

54  THEY WILL RECLINE ON CARPETS WHOSE INNER LININGS WILL BE 
OF RICH BROCADE, THE FRUIT OF THE GARDENS WILL BE 
NEAR AND REACHABLE EASILY 

55  WHICH OF GOD'S FAVORS
WILL YOU THEN BE A DENIER?

56  THERE WILL BE THOSE RESTRAINING THEIR GLANCES IN THEM
WHO NO MAN OR DEMON HAS BEFORE TOUCHED THEM 

57  WHICH OF GOD'S FAVORS 
WILL YOU THEN BE A DENIER?

58  LIKE PEARLS
OR LIKE CORALS

59  WHICH OF GOD'S FAVORS
WILL YOU THEN BE A DENIER?

60  IS THE REWARD FOR GOODNESS
ANYTHING BUT GOODNESS?

61  WHICH OF GOD'S FAVORS
WILL YOU THEN BE A DENIER?

62  AND BESIDES THESE TWO 
THERE ARE TWO OTHER GARDENS TOO

63  WHICH OF GOD'S FAVORS 
WILL YOU THEN BE A DENIER?

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CHAPTER 55.  THE BENEFICENT                                SECTION 3 (CONT'D). PART XXVII

64  DARK GREEN IN COLORING
FROM PLENTIFUL WATERING

65  WHICH OF GOD'S FAVORS
WILL YOU THEN BE A DENIER?

66  IN EACH OF THEM WILL BE TWO SPRINGS  
WITH WATER CONTINUOUSLY FLOWING

67  WHICH OF GOD'S FAVORS
WILL YOU THEN BE A DENIER?

68  IN THEM WILL BE FRUITS AND DATES 
AND IN THEM WILL BE POMEGRANATES

69  WHICH OF GOD'S FAVORS
WILL YOU THEN BE A DENIER?

70  IN THEM WILL BE FAIR COMPANIONS 
GOOD BEAUTIFUL ONES

71  WHICH OF GOD'S FAVORS
WILL YOU THEN BE A DENIER?

72  RESTRAINED COMPANIONS  
AS TO THEIR GLANCES IN GOOD PAVILIONS

73  WHICH OF GOD'S FAVORS
WILL YOU THEN BE A DENIER?

74 UNTOUCHED BY ANYONE
NEITHER MAN OR DEMON

75  WHICH OF GOD'S FAVORS
WILL YOU THEN BE A DENIER?

76  RECLINING ON GREEN CUSHIONS RICHLY 
CARPETED IN BEAUTY

77  WHICH OF GOD'S FAVORS 
WILL YOU THEN BE DENIERS?

78  TO GOD ALL PRAISES BE
FULL OF MAJESTY AND GLORY

     

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