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

so that Allah may punish them by your hands
and humiliate them,
and help you against them,
and heal the hearts of a faithful folk,
15 and remove rage from their hearts,
and Allah turns clemently
to whomever He wishes,
and Allah is all-knowing, all-wise
16 Do you suppose that you will be let off
while Allah has not yet ascertained
those of you who wage jihād
and those who do not take,
besides Allah and His Apostle
and the faithful,
anyone as [their] confidant?
Allah is well aware of what you do.
17 The polytheists may not maintain
Allah’s mosques
while they are witness to their own unfaith.
Their works have failed,
and they shall remain in the Fire [forever].
18 Only those shall maintain Allah’s mosques
who believe in Allah and the Last Day,
and maintain the prayer and give the zakāt,
and fear no one except Allah.
They, hopefully, will be
among the guided.
19 Do you regard the providing of water to ḥajj pilgrims
and the maintenance of the Holy Mosque
as similar [in worth] to someone who has faith in Allah

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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 15 Jan. 2025: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/ali-quli-qarai/2005?page=288