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

Yet some of them are those who wrong themselves,
and some of them are average,
and some of them are those who take the lead
in all the good works by Allah’s will.
That is the greatest grace [of Allah]!
33 Gardens of Eden, which they will enter,
adorned therein with bracelets of gold and pearl,
and their garments therein will be of silk.
34 They will say, ‘All praise belongs to Allah,
who has removed all grief from us.
Indeed Our Lord is all-forgiving, all-appreciative,
35 who has settled us in the everlasting abode
by His grace.
In it we are untouched by toil,
and untouched therein by fatigue.’
36 As for the faithless
there is for them the fire of hell:
they will neither be done away with
so that they may die,
nor shall its punishment be lightened for them.
Thus do We requite every ingrate.
37 They shall cry therein for help:
‘Our Lord! Bring us out,
so that we may act righteously
— different from what we used to do!’
‘Did We not give you a life long enough
that one who is heedful might take admonition?
And [moreover] the warner had [also] come to you.
Now taste [the consequence of your deeds],

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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 07 May. 2024: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/ali-quli-qarai/2005?page=644