Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)
what they used to do would not avail them.
89 They are the ones whom We gave the Book,
the judgement and prophethood.
So if these disbelieve in them,
We have certainly entrusted them to a people
who will never disbelieve in them.
90 They are the ones whom Allah has guided.
So follow their guidance.
Say, ‘I do not ask you any recompense for it.
It is just an admonition for all the nations.’
91 They did not regard Allah with the regard due to Him
when they said,
‘Allah has not sent down anything to any human.’
Say, ‘Who had sent down the Book
that was brought by Moses
as a light and guidance for the people,
which You make into parchments that you display,
while you conceal much of it,
and [by means of which] you were taught
what you did not know,
[neither] you nor your fathers?’
Say, ‘Allah!’
Then leave them to play around in their impious gossip.
92 Blessed is this Book which We have sent down,
confirming what was [revealed] before it,
so that you may warn the Mother of Cities 1
and those around it.
Those who believe in the Hereafter believe in it,
and they are watchful of their prayers.
1 That is, the people of Makkah, known at the time as ‘the Mother of the Cities.’
