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

by His judgement,
and He is the All-mighty, the All-knowing.
79 So put your trust in Allah,
for you indeed stand on the manifest truth.
80 Indeed you cannot make the dead hear,
nor can you make the deaf hear the call
when they turn their backs [upon you],
81 nor can you lead the blind
out of their error.
You can make only those hear
who believe in Our signs and who have submitted.

82 And when the word [of judgement] falls upon them,
We shall bring out for them an Animal 1 from the earth
who shall speak to them
that the people had no faith in Our signs.
83 The day We shall resurrect 2 from every nation
a group of those who denied Our signs,
and they shall be held in check.
84 When they come,
He will say, ‘Did you deny My signs
without comprehending them in knowledge?
What was it that you used to do?’
85 And the word [of judgement] shall fall upon them
for their wrongdoing,
and they will not speak.
86 Do they not see that We made the night
that they may rest in it,

1 Or ‘a beast.’

2 See 20:124-125 where ḥashr is used in the sense of resurrection.

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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 Mar. 2024: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/ali-quli-qarai/2005?page=568