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

37 and the devils [as well as], every builder and diver,
38 and others [too] bound together in chains.
39 ‘This is Our bounty:
so give away or withhold, without any reckoning.’
40 Indeed he has [a station of] nearness with Us
and a good destination.

41 And remember Our servant Job [in the Qur’ān].
When he called out to his Lord,
‘The devil has visited on me
hardship and torment,’
42 [We told him:] ‘Stamp your foot on the ground;
this [ensuing spring] is a cooling bath and drink.’
43 And We gave [back] his family to him
along with others like them, as a mercy from Us
and an admonition for those who possess intellect.
44 [We told him:] ‘Take a faggot in your hand
and then strike [your wife] with it,
but do not break [your] oath.’
Indeed We found him to be patient.
What an excellent servant!
Indeed he was a penitent [soul].

45 And remember Our servants Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob,
men of strength and insight.
46 Indeed We purified them with the exclusiveness of
the remembrance of the abode [of the Hereafter].
47 Indeed with Us they are

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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 19 May. 2024: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/ali-quli-qarai/2005?page=672