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

That is extreme error.
19 Have you not regarded that Allah created the heavens
and the earth
with reason?
If He wishes, He will take you away,
and bring about a new creation,
20 and that is not a hard thing for Allah.
21 Together they will be presented before Allah.
Then those who were weak will say
to those who were arrogant,
‘Indeed we were your followers.
So will you avail us
against Allah’s punishment
in any wise?’
They will say, ‘Had Allah guided us,
surely we would have guided you.
It is the same to us whether we are restless
or patient:
there is no escape for us.’
22 When the matter is all over, Satan will say,
‘Indeed Allah made you a promise that was true
and I [too] made you a promise, but I failed you.
I had no authority over you,
except that I called you and you responded to me.
So do not blame me, but blame yourselves.
I cannot respond to your distress calls,
neither can you respond to my distress calls.
Indeed I disavow
your taking me for [Allah’s] partner aforetime.
There is indeed a painful punishment for the wrongdoers.’

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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 28 Apr. 2024: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/ali-quli-qarai/2005?page=386