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

60 Whatever things you have been given
are only the wares of the life of this world
and its glitter,
and what is with Allah is better
and more lasting.
Will you not apply reason?
61 Is he to whom We have given a good promise,
which he will receive,
like him whom We have provided
the wares of the life of this world,
but who will be arraigned on the Day of Resurrection?
62 The day He will call out to them
and say, ‘Where are My partners
that you used to claim?’
63 Those against whom the word had become due will say,
‘Our Lord!
These are the ones whom we have perverted.
We perverted them
as we were perverse ourselves.
We plead for non-liability before You:
it was not us that they worshipped.’
64 It will be said, ‘Invoke your partners!’
So they will invoke them,
but they will not respond to them,
and they will sight the punishment,
wishing they had followed guidance.
65 The day He will call out to them
and say,
‘What response did you give to the apostles?’
66 The news that day shall be blacked out for them,

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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 15 Jan. 2025: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/ali-quli-qarai/2005?page=581