Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)
and that He may take martyrs 1 from among you,
and Allah does not like the wrongdoers.
141 And so that Allah may purge those who have faith
and that He may wipe out the faithless.
142 Do you suppose that you would enter paradise,
while Allah has not yet ascertained
those of you who have waged jihād
and not ascertained the steadfast?
143 Certainly you were longing for death
before you had encountered it.
Then certainly you saw it, as you looked on.
144 Muḥammad is but an apostle;
[other] apostles have passed before him.
If he dies or is slain,
will you turn back on your heels?
Anyone who turns back on his heels
will not harm Allah in the least,
and soon Allah will reward the grateful.
145 No soul may die
except by Allah’s leave,
at an appointed time.
Whoever desires the reward of this world,
We will give him of it;
and whoever desires the reward of the Hereafter,
We will give him of it;
and soon We will reward the grateful.
146 How many a prophet there has been
with whom a multitude of godly men fought.
They did not falter for what befell them
1 Or ‘witnesses.’
