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

the faithless say to the faithful,
‘Shall we feed [someone]
whom Allah would have fed, had He wished?
You are only in manifest error.’
48 And they say, ‘When will this promise be fulfilled,
should you be truthful?’
49 They do not await but a single Cry
that would seize them as they wrangle.
50 Then they will not be able to make any will,
nor will they return to their folks.
51 And when the Trumpet is blown,
behold, there they will be,
scrambling from their graves towards their Lord!
52 They will say, ‘Woe to us!
Who raised us from our place of sleep?’
‘This is what the All-beneficent had promised,
and the apostles had spoken the truth!’
53 It will be but a single Cry,
and, behold, they will all be presented before Us!
54 ‘Today no soul will be wronged in the least,
nor will you be requited except for what you used to do.’
55 Indeed today the inhabitants of paradise
rejoice in their engagements
56 — they and their mates,
reclining on couches in the shades.
57 There they have fruits
and they have whatever they want.
58 ‘Peace!’ — a watchword from the all-merciful Lord.
59 And ‘Get apart today, you guilty ones!’
60 ‘Did I not exhort you, O children of Adam,

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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 27 Apr. 2024: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/ali-quli-qarai/2005?page=652