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

that for them shall be gardens
with streams running in them:
whenever they are provided with their fruit
for nourishment,
they will say,
‘This is what we were provided before,’
and they were given something resembling it.
In it there will be chaste mates for them,
and they will remain in it [forever].

26 Indeed Allah is not ashamed to draw a parable
whether it is that of a gnat or something above it.
As for those who have faith,
they know it is the truth from their Lord;
and as for the faithless, they say,
‘What did Allah mean by this parable?’
Thereby He leads many astray,
and thereby He guides many;
and He leads no one astray thereby
except the transgressors
— those who break the covenant made with Allah
after having pledged it solemnly,
and sever
what Allah has commanded to be joined,
and cause corruption on the earth —
it is they who are the losers.
28 How can you be unfaithful to Allah,
[seeing that] you were lifeless
and He gave you life,
then He will make you die,

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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 16 Jan. 2025: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/ali-quli-qarai/2005?page=38