Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)
declaring, ‘Maintain the religion,
and do not be divided in it.’
Hard on the polytheists
is that to which you summon them.
Allah chooses for it 1 whomever He wishes
and He guides to it 2 whomever returns penitently.
14 They did not divide [into sects]
except after the knowledge had come to them,
out of envy among themselves;
and were it not for a prior decree of your Lord
[granting them reprieve] until a specified time,
decision would have been made between them.
Indeed those who were made heirs to the Book
after them
are surely in grave doubt concerning it.
15 So summon to this [unity of religion],
and be steadfast, just as you have been commanded,
and do not follow their desires,
and say,
‘I believe in whatever Book Allah has sent down.
I have been commanded to do justice among you.
Allah is our Lord and your Lord.
Our deeds belong to us
and your deeds belong to you.
There is no argument between us and you.
Allah will bring us together
and toward Him is the destination.’
16 Those who argue concerning Allah,
1 Or ‘for Himself.’
2 Or ‘to Himself.’
