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

on the earth,
nor do they have besides Allah
any guardian.
For them the punishment shall be doubled,
for they could neither listen,
nor did they use to see.
21 They are the ones who have ruined their souls,
and what they used to fabricate has forsaken them.
22 Undoubtedly, they are the ones
who will be the biggest losers in the Hereafter.
23 Indeed those who have faith
and do righteous deeds
and are humble before their Lord
— they shall be the inhabitants of paradise,
and they shall remain in it [forever].
24 The parable of the two parties
is that of one who is blind and deaf
and one who sees and hears.
Are they equal in comparison?
Will you not then take admonition?

25 Certainly We sent Noah to his people [to declare]:
‘Indeed I am a manifest warner to you,
26 Worship none but Allah.
Indeed I fear for you the punishment
of a painful day.’
27 But the elite of the faithless from among his people said,
‘We do not see you to be
anything but a human being like ourselves,
and we do not see anyone following you

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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=336