Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)
and that which has been offered to other than Allah.
But should someone be compelled,
without being rebellious or aggressive,1
there shall be no sin upon him.
Indeed Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful.
174 Indeed those who conceal
what Allah has sent down of the Book
and sell it for a paltry gain
— they do not take in, into their bellies,
[anything] except fire,
and Allah shall not speak to them
on the Day of Resurrection,
nor shall He purify them,
and there is a painful punishment for them.
175 They are the ones who bought error
for guidance,
and punishment for pardon:
how patient of them to face the Fire!2
176 That is so because Allah has sent down the Book
with the truth,
and those who differ about the Book
are surely in extreme defiance.
177 Piety is not to turn your faces
to the east or the west;
rather, piety is [personified by] those who have faith
in Allah and the Last Day,
