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

and if they turn away,
then they are only [steeped] in defiance.
Allah shall suffice you against them,
and He is the All-hearing, the All-knowing.
138 The baptism of Allah,
and who baptizes better than Allah?
And Him do we worship.’
139 Say, ‘Will you argue with us concerning Allah,
while He is our Lord and your Lord,
and our deeds belong to us,
and your deeds belong to you,
and we worship Him dedicatedly?’
140 Do you say that Abraham,
Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob,
and the Tribes
were Jews or Christians?
Say, ‘Is it you who know better, or Allah?’
And who is a greater wrongdoer than him who
conceals a testimony
that is with him from Allah?
And Allah is not oblivious of what you do.

141 That was a nation that has passed:
for it there will be what it has earned,
and for you there will be what you have earned,
and you will not be questioned
about what they used to do.

142 The foolish among the people ¹ will say,