| | Rashad Khalifa rendition of Surah The Beneficent, The Mercy Giving, The Merciful(ar-Rahman)
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| 55:1 | | The Most Gracious. |
| 55:2 | | Teacher of the Quran. |
| 55:3 | | Creator of the human beings. |
| 55:4 | | He taught them how to distinguish. |
| 55:5 | | The sun and the moon are perfectly calculated. |
| 55:6 | | The stars and the trees prostrate. |
| 55:7 | | He constructed the sky and established the law. |
| 55:8 | | You shall not transgress the law. |
| 55:9 | | You shall establish justice; do not violate the law. |
| 55:10 | | He created the earth for all creatures. |
| 55:11 | | In it there are fruits, and date palms with their hanging fruit. |
| 55:12 | | Also grains and the spices. |
| 55:13 | | (O humans and jinns,) which of your Lord's marvels can you deny? |
| 55:14 | | He created the human from aged clay, like the potter's clay. |
| 55:15 | | And created the jinns from blazing fire. |
| 55:16 | | (O humans and jinns,) which of your Lord's marvels can you deny? |
| 55:17 | | Lord of the two easts and the two wests. |
| 55:18 | | Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny? |
| 55:19 | | He separates the two seas where they meet. |
| 55:20 | | A barrier is placed between them, to prevent them from transgressing. |
| 55:21 | | Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny? |
| 55:22 | | Out of both of them you get pearls and coral. |
| 55:23 | | Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny? |
| 55:24 | | He gave you ships that roam the sea like flags. |
| 55:25 | | Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny? |
| 55:26 | | Everyone on earth perishes. |
| 55:27 | | Only the presence of your Lord lasts. Possessor of Majesty and Honor. |
| 55:28 | | Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny? |
| 55:29 | | Imploring Him is everyone in the heavens and the earth. Every day He is in full control. |
| 55:30 | | Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny? |
| 55:31 | | We will call you to account, O humans and jinns. |
| 55:32 | | Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny? |
| 55:33 | | O you jinns and humans, if you can penetrate the outer limits of the heavens and the earth, go ahead and penetrate. You cannot penetrate without authorization. |
| 55:34 | | Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny? |
| 55:35 | | You get bombarded with projectiles of fire and metal, and you cannot win. |
| 55:36 | | Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny? |
| 55:37 | | When the sky disintegrates, and turns rose colored like paint. |
| 55:38 | | Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny? |
| 55:39 | | On that day, no human, nor a jinn, will be asked about his sins. |
| 55:40 | | Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny? |
| 55:41 | | (This is because) the guilty will be recognized by their looks; they will be taken by the forelocks and the feet. |
| 55:42 | | Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny? |
| 55:43 | | This is Gehenna that the guilty used to deny. |
| 55:44 | | They will circulate between it and an intolerable inferno. |
| 55:45 | | Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny? |
| 55:46 | | For those who reverence the majesty of their Lord, two gardens (one for the jinns and one for the humans). |
| 55:47 | | Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny? |
| 55:48 | | Full of provisions. |
| 55:49 | | Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny? |
| 55:50 | | Two springs are in them, flowing. |
| 55:51 | | Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny? |
| 55:52 | | Of every fruit in them, two kinds. |
| 55:53 | | Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny? |
| 55:54 | | While relaxing on furnishings lined with satin, the fruits are within reach. |
| 55:55 | | Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny? |
| 55:56 | | Their beautiful mates were never touched by any human or jinn. |
| 55:57 | | Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny? |
| 55:58 | | They look like gems and coral. |
| 55:59 | | Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny? |
| 55:60 | | Is the reward of goodness anything but goodness? |
| 55:61 | | Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny? |
| 55:62 | | Below them are two gardens (one for the jinns and one for the humans). |
| 55:63 | | Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny? |
| 55:64 | | Side by side. |
| 55:65 | | Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny? |
| 55:66 | | In them, wells to be pumped. |
| 55:67 | | Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny? |
| 55:68 | | In them are fruits, date palms, and pomegranate. |
| 55:69 | | Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny? |
| 55:70 | | In them are beautiful mates. |
| 55:71 | | Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny? |
| 55:72 | | Confined in the tents. |
| 55:73 | | Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny? |
| 55:74 | | No human ever touched them, nor a jinn. |
| 55:75 | | Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny? |
| 55:76 | | They relax on green carpets, in beautiful surroundings. |
| 55:77 | | Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny? |
| 55:78 | | Most exalted is the name of your Lord, Possessor of Majesty and Honor. |
