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

43 As for him who endures patiently and forgives
— that is indeed the steadiest of courses.
44 Whomever Allah leads astray
has no guardian apart from Him.
You will see the wrongdoers,
when they sight the punishment,
saying, ‘Is there any way for a retreat?’
45 You will see them being exposed to it,
humbled by abasement,
looking askance secretly.
And the faithful will say,
‘Indeed the losers are those
who have ruined themselves and their families
on the Day of Resurrection.
Look!
The wrongdoers are indeed in lasting punishment.
46 They have no guardians to help them
besides Allah.
Whomever Allah leads astray
has no way out.’

47 Answer your Lord
before there comes a day
for which there is no revoking from Allah.
On that day you will have no refuge,
neither will you have [any chance for] denial.
48 But if they disregard [your warnings],
We have not sent you as a keeper over them.
Your duty is only to communicate.
Indeed when We let man taste Our mercy,

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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=719