Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)
Indeed Allah is all-hearing, all-knowing.
18 Such is the case, and [know] that
Allah undermines the stratagems of the faithless.
19 If you sought a verdict,
the verdict has certainly come to you;1
and if you relinquish [faithlessness],
it is better for you,
but if you revert, We [too] shall return
and your troops will never avail you
though they should be ever so many,
and [know] that Allah is with the faithful.
20 O you who have faith!
Obey Allah and His Apostle,
and do not turn away from him while you hear [him].
21 Do not be like those who say,
‘We hear,’ though they do not hear.
22 Indeed the worst of beasts in Allah’s sight
are the deaf and the dumb who do not apply reason.
23 Had Allah known any good in them,
surely He would have made them hear,
and were He to make them hear,
surely they would turn away, being disregardful.
24 O you who have faith!
Answer Allah and the Apostle
when he summons you to that which will give you life.
Know that Allah intervenes
between a man and his heart
1 Addressed to the faithless.
