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

entreat when Our punishment overtook them!
But their hearts had hardened,
and Satan had made to seem decorous to them
what they had been doing.
44 So when they forgot what they had been admonished of,
We opened for them the gates of all [good] things.
When they rejoiced in what they were given,
We seized them suddenly,
whereat, behold, they were despondent.
45 Thus the wrongdoing lot were rooted out,
and all praise belongs to Allah,
the Lord of all the worlds.
46 Say, ‘Tell me, should Allah take away your hearing
and your sight
and set a seal on your hearts,
which god other than Allah
can bring it [back] to you?’
Look, how We paraphrase the signs variously;
nevertheless they turn away.
47 Say, ‘Tell me, should Allah’s punishment overtake you
suddenly or visibly,
will anyone be destroyed except the wrongdoing lot?’
48 We do not send the apostles
except as bearers of good news and warners.
As for those who are faithful and righteous,
they will have no fear,
nor will they grieve.
49 But as for those who deny Our signs,
the punishment shall befall them
because of the transgressions they used to commit.

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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 29 Mar. 2024: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/ali-quli-qarai/2005?page=211