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

50 And We gave them out of Our mercy,
and conferred on them a worthy and lofty repute.

51 And mention in the Book Moses.
Indeed he was exclusively dedicated [to Allah],
and an apostle and a prophet.
52 We called him
from the right side of the Mount
and We drew him near for confidential discourse.
53 And We gave him out of Our mercy
his brother Aaron, a prophet.

54 And mention in the Book Ishmael.
Indeed he was true to his promise,
and an apostle and a prophet.
55 He used to bid his family to [maintain] the prayer
and to [pay] the zakāt,
and was pleasing to his Lord.

56 And mention in the Book Idrīs.
Indeed he was a truthful one, a prophet,
57 and We raised him to a station exalted.
58 They are the ones whom Allah has blessed
from among the prophets of Adam’s progeny,
and from [the progeny of] those We carried with Noah,
and from among the progeny of Abraham and Israel,
and from among those We guided and chose.
When the signs of the All-beneficent were recited to them,
they would fall down weeping in prostration.
59 But they were succeeded by an evil posterity

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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 29 Mar. 2024: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/ali-quli-qarai/2005?page=461