Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)
then He piles them up,
whereat you see the rain issuing from its midst?
And He sends down from the sky
hail, out of the mountains 1 that are in it,
and He strikes with it whomever He wishes,
and turns it away from whomever He wishes.
The brilliance of its lightening almost
takes away the sight.
44 Allah alternates the night and the day.
There is indeed a moral in that
for those who have insight.
45 Allah created every animal from water.
Among them are some that creep upon their bellies,
and among them are some that walk on two feet,
and among them are some that walk on four.
Allah creates whatever He wishes.
Indeed Allah has power over all things.
46 Certainly We have sent down manifest signs,
and Allah guides whomever He wishes
to a straight path.
47 They say, ‘We have faith in Allah and His Apostle,
and we obey.’
Then after that a part of them refuse to comply,
and they do not have faith.
48 When they are summoned to Allah and His Apostle
that He may judge between them,
behold, a part of them turn aside.
49 But if justice be on their side,
1 A metaphorical reference to the clouds.
