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[and] taught him articulate speech.
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The sun and the moon are [disposed] calculatedly,
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and the herb and the tree prostrate [to Allah].
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He raised the heaven high and set up the balance,
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declaring, ‘Do not infringe the balance!
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Maintain the weights with justice, and do not shorten the balance!’
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And the earth—He laid it out for mankind.
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In it are fruits and date-palms with sheaths,
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grain with husk, and fragrant herbs.
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So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?
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He created man out of dry clay, like the potter’s,
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and created the jinn out of a flame of a fire.
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So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?
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Lord of the two easts, and Lord of the two wests!
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So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?
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He merged the two seas, meeting each other.
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There is a barrier between them, which they do not overstep.
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So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?
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From them emerge the pearl and the coral.
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So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?
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His are the sailing ships on the sea [appearing] like landmarks.
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So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?
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Everyone on it is ephemeral,
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yet lasting is the majestic and munificent Face of your Lord.
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So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?
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Everyone in the heavens and the earth asks Him. Every day He is engaged in some work.
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So which of your Lord’s bounties will you both deny?
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