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

and who are certain of the Hereafter.
4 As for those who do not believe in the Hereafter,
We have made their deeds seem decorous to them,
and so they are bewildered.
5 They are the ones for whom there is
a terrible punishment,
and they are the ones
who will be the biggest losers in the Hereafter.

6 Indeed you receive the Qur’ān
from One who is all-wise, all-knowing.

7 When Moses said to his family,
‘Indeed I descry a fire!
I will bring you some news from it,
or bring you a firebrand
so that you may warm yourselves.’
8 So when he came to it,
he was called: ‘Blessed is He who is in the fire
and who is [as well] around it,
and immaculate is Allah, the Lord of all the worlds!’
9 ‘O Moses! Indeed I am Allah,
the All-mighty, the All-wise.’
10 ‘Throw down your staff!’
And when he saw it wriggling, as if it were a snake,
he turned his back [to flee], without looking back.
‘O Moses! ‘Do not be afraid.
Indeed the apostles are not afraid before Me,
11 barring someone who does wrong
and then makes up with goodness for [his] fault,

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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=558