Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)
before it was sent down upon them,
been despondent earlier.
50 So observe the effects of Allah’s mercy:
how He revives the earth after its death!
Indeed He is the reviver of the dead,
and He has power over all things.
51 And if We send a wind
and they see it 1 turn yellow,
they will surely become ungrateful after that.2
52 Indeed you cannot make the dead hear,
nor can you make the deaf hear the call
when they turn their backs [upon you],
53 nor can you lead the blind out of their error.
You can make hear only those
who have faith in Our signs, and thus have submitted.
54 It is Allah who created you from [a state of] weakness,
then He gave you power after weakness.
Then, after power, He ordained weakness and old age:
He creates whatever He wishes,
and He is the All-knowing, the All-powerful.
55 And on the day when the Hour sets in
the guilty will swear
that they had remained only for an hour.
That is how they were used to lying [in the world].
56 But those who were given knowledge and faith will say,
‘Certainly you remained in Allah’s Book 3
until the Day of Resurrection.
1 That is, their tillage, fields and orchards.
2 That is, after they have been joyous on Allah’s reviving the dead earth and turning it green.
3 That is, in the Preserved Tablet. Cf. 56:78.
