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

and indeed I consider him a liar.’
To Pharaoh was thus presented as decorous
the evil of his conduct,
and he was kept from the way [of Allah],
and Pharaoh’s stratagems ¹ only led him into ruin.
38 And he who had faith said, ‘O my people!
Follow me, I will guide you to the way of rectitude.
39 O my people!
This life of the world is only a [passing] enjoyment,
and indeed the Hereafter is the abiding home.
40 Whoever commits a misdeed
shall not be requited except with its like,
but whoever acts righteously,
whether male or female,
should he be faithful
— such shall enter paradise,
provided therein without any reckoning.
41 O my people!
[Think,] what makes me invite you to deliverance
while you invite me toward the Fire?
42 You invite me to defy Allah
and to ascribe to Him partners
of which I have no knowledge,
while I call you to the All-mighty, the All-forgiver.
43 Undoubtedly, that to which you invite me
has no invitation in the world
nor in the Hereafter,
and indeed our return will be to Allah,
and indeed it is the profligates who will be