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

52 — the day when
the excuses of the wrongdoers will not benefit them,
and the curse will lie on them,
and for them will be the ills of the [ultimate] abode.
53 Certainly We gave Moses the guidance
and We made the Children of Israel heirs to
the Book,
54 as a guidance
and an admonition for those who possess intellect.
55 So be patient!
Allah’s promise is indeed true.
And plead for [Allah’s] forgiveness for your sin,
and celebrate the praise of your Lord
morning and evening.
56 Indeed those who dispute the signs of Allah
without any authority that may have come to them
— there is only vanity in their breasts,
which they will never satisfy.
So seek the protection of Allah;
indeed He is the All-hearing, the All-seeing.
57 Surely the creation of the heavens and the earth
is more prodigious than the creation of mankind,1
but most people do not know.
58 The blind one and the seer are not equal,
neither are those who have faith
and do righteous deeds
and the evildoing.
Little is the admonition that you take!
59 Indeed the Hour is bound to come;

1 Cf. 37:11, 79:27.

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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 15 Jan. 2025: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/ali-quli-qarai/2005?page=698