وَمَآ أَمۡرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةٞ كَلَمۡحِۭ بِٱلۡبَصَرِ ٥٠
Our command1 is but a single word,2 done in the blink of an eye.
54:50
وَلَقَدۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَآ أَشۡيَاعَكُمۡ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ ٥١
We have already destroyed the likes of you. So will any ˹of you˺ be mindful?
54:51
وَكُلُّ شَيۡءٖ فَعَلُوهُ فِي ٱلزُّبُرِ ٥٢
Everything they have done is ˹listed˺ in ˹their˺ records.
54:52
وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٖ وَكَبِيرٖ مُّسۡتَطَرٌ ٥٣
Every matter, small and large, is written ˹precisely˺.
54:53
إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّٰتٖ وَنَهَرٖ ٥٤
Indeed, the righteous will be amid Gardens and rivers,1
54:54
فِي مَقۡعَدِ صِدۡقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٖ مُّقۡتَدِرِۭ ٥٥
at the Seat of Honour in the presence of the Most Powerful Sovereign.
54:55
ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ ١
The Most Compassionate
55:1
عَلَّمَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ ٢
taught the Quran,
55:2
خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ ٣
created humanity,
55:3
عَلَّمَهُ ٱلۡبَيَانَ ٤
˹and˺ taught them speech.
55:4
ٱلشَّمۡسُ وَٱلۡقَمَرُ بِحُسۡبَانٖ ٥
The sun and the moon ˹travel˺ with precision.
55:5
وَٱلنَّجۡمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسۡجُدَانِ ٦
The stars and the trees bow down ˹in submission˺.1
55:6
وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلۡمِيزَانَ ٧
As for the sky, He raised it ˹high˺, and set the balance ˹of justice˺
55:7
أَلَّا تَطۡغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡمِيزَانِ ٨
so that you do not defraud the scales.
55:8
وَأَقِيمُواْ ٱلۡوَزۡنَ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِ وَلَا تُخۡسِرُواْ ٱلۡمِيزَانَ ٩
Weigh with justice, and do not give short measure.
55:9
وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَضَعَهَا لِلۡأَنَامِ ١٠
He laid out the earth for all beings.
55:10
فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٞ وَٱلنَّخۡلُ ذَاتُ ٱلۡأَكۡمَامِ ١١
In it are fruit, palm trees with date stalks,
55:11
وَٱلۡحَبُّ ذُو ٱلۡعَصۡفِ وَٱلرَّيۡحَانُ ١٢
and grain with husks, and aromatic plants.
55:12
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ١٣
Then which of your Lord’s favours will you ˹humans and jinn˺ both deny?1
55:13
خَلَقَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ مِن صَلۡصَٰلٖ كَٱلۡفَخَّارِ ١٤
He created humankind from ˹sounding˺ clay like pottery,
55:14
وَخَلَقَ ٱلۡجَآنَّ مِن مَّارِجٖ مِّن نَّارٖ ١٥
and created jinn from a ˹smokeless˺ flame of fire.
55:15
فَبِأَيِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ١٦
Then which of your Lord’s favours will you both deny?
55:16