Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)

and what was sent down to Abraham,
Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob
and the Tribes,
and that which Moses and Jesus were given,
and the prophets, from their Lord.
We make no distinction between any of them,
and to Him do we submit.’
85 Should anyone follow a religion other than Islam,
it shall never be accepted from him,
and he will be among the losers in the Hereafter.
86 How shall Allah guide a people
who have disbelieved after their faith
and [after] bearing witness that the Apostle is true,
and [after] manifest proofs had come to them?
Allah does not guide the wrongdoing lot.
87 Their requital is that there shall be upon them
the curse of Allah, the angels,
and all mankind.
88 They will remain in it [forever],
and their punishment shall not be lightened,
nor will they be granted any respite,
89 except such as repent after that
and make amends,
for Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful.
90 Indeed those who turn faithless after their faith,
and then advance in faithlessness,
their repentance will never be accepted,
and it is they who are the astray.
91 Indeed those who turn faithless,
and die while they are faithless,

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Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation, Islamic College for Advance Studies Press (ICAS), London (Distributed by The Centre for Translation of the Holy Qur’ān, Qom, Iran), Consulted online at “Quran Archive - Texts and Studies on the Quran” on 26 Apr. 2024: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/ali-quli-qarai/2005?page=117