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

for their patience.
They repel evil [conduct] with good,
and spend out of what We have provided them,
55 and when they hear vain talk,
they avoid it and say,
‘Our deeds belong to us,
and your deeds belong to you.
Peace be to you.
We do not court the ignorant.’
56 You cannot guide whomever you wish,
but [it is] Allah [who] guides
whomever He wishes,
and He knows best those who are guided.
57 They say, ‘Should we follow the guidance with you,
we will be dispossessed of our territory.’
Did We not establish a secure sanctuary ¹ for them
where fruits of all kinds are brought
as a provision from Us?
But most of them do not know.
58 How many a town We have destroyed
that transgressed in its lifestyle!
There lie their dwellings,
uninhabited after them except by a few,
and We were the [sole] inheritors.
59 Your Lord would not destroy the towns
until He had raised an apostle in their mother city
to recite to them Our signs.
We would never destroy the towns
except when their people were wrongdoers.