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

and He is the All-mighty, the All-wise.
43 And We draw these parables for mankind;
but no one grasps them
except those who have knowledge.
44 Allah created the heavens and the earth
with reason.
There is indeed a sign in that for the faithful.
45 Recite what has been revealed to you of the Book,
and maintain the prayer.
Indeed the prayer prevents indecencies
and wrongs,
and the remembrance of Allah is surely greater.
And Allah knows whatever [deeds] you do.

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46 Do not dispute with the People of the Book
except in a manner which is best,
barring such of them as are wrongdoers,
and say, ‘We believe
in that which has been sent down to us
and has been sent down to you;
our God and your God is one [and the same],
and to Him do we submit.’

47 Thus have We sent down the Book to you;
and those to whom We have given the Book
believe in it,
and of these 1 there are some who believe in it,
and none contests Our signs except the faithless.
48 You did not use to recite any scripture before it,

1 That is, of the people of Makkah.

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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 29 Mar. 2024: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/ali-quli-qarai/2005?page=593