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

nor is there a grain in the darkness of the earth,
nor anything fresh or withered
but it is in a manifest Book.
60 It is He who takes your souls by night,
and He knows what you do by day,
then He reanimates you therein
so that a specified term may be completed.
Then to Him will be your return,
whereat He will inform you
concerning what you used to do.
61 He is the All-dominant over His servants,
and He sends guards to [protect] you.
When death approaches anyone of you,
Our messengers take him away
and they do not neglect [their duty].
62 Then they are returned to Allah, their real master.
Look! All judgement belongs to Him,
and He is the swiftest of reckoners.
63 Say, ‘Who delivers you from the darkness
of land and sea,
[when] You invoke Him suppliantly and secretly:
“If He delivers us from this,
we will surely be among the grateful”?’
64 Say, ‘It is Allah who delivers you from them
and from every agony,
[but] then you ascribe partners [to Him].’
65 Say, ‘He is able to send upon you
a punishment from above you
or from under your feet,
or confound you as [hostile] factions,

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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 07 May. 2024: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/ali-quli-qarai/2005?page=214