Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)
behold, a part of them were afraid of people
as if fearing Allah,
or were even more afraid,
and they said, ‘Our Lord!
Why did You prescribe fighting for us?
Why did You not respite us for a short time?!’1
Say, ‘The enjoyment of this world is little
and the Hereafter is better for the Godwary,
and you will not be wronged
so much as a single date-thread.
78 Wherever you may be, death shall overtake you,
even if you were in fortified towers.’
And if any good befalls them,
they say, ‘This is from Allah;’
and when an ill befalls them,
they say, ‘This is from you.’
Say, ‘All is from Allah.’
What is the matter with these people
that they would not understand any matter?
79 Whatever good befalls you is from Allah;
and whatever ill befalls you is from yourself.
We sent you as an apostle to mankind,
and Allah suffices as a witness.
80 Whoever obeys the Apostle certainly obeys Allah;
and as for those who turn their backs [on you],
We have not sent you to keep watch over them.
81 They profess obedience [to you],
but when they go out from your presence,
