Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)
When he had levelled up between the flanks,
he said, ‘Blow!’
When he had turned it into fire,
he said, ‘Bring me molten copper to pour over it.’
97 So they could neither scale it,
nor could they make a hole in it.
98 He said, ‘This is a mercy from my Lord.
But when the promise of my Lord is fulfilled,
He will level it;1
and my Lord’s promise is true.’
99 That day We shall let them
surge over one another,
and the Trumpet will be blown,
and We shall gather them all,
100 and that day We shall bring hell into view
visibly for the faithless.
101 — Those whose eyes were blindfolded
to My remembrance
and who could not hear.
102 Do the faithless suppose
that they have taken My servants
for guardians in My stead?
Indeed We have prepared hell
for the hospitality of the faithless.
103 Say, ‘Shall we inform you about the biggest losers
in regard to works?
104 Those whose endeavour goes awry
in the life of the world,
while they suppose
1 Or, ‘He will make it crumble.’
