Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)
and made an exemplar for the Children of Israel.
60 Had WewishedWewouldhavesetinyourstead
angels to be [your] successors on the earth.
61 Indeed he 1 is a portent of the Hour;
so do not doubt it and follow Me.
This is a straight path.
62 Do not let Satan bar you [from the way of Allah].
Indeed he is your manifest enemy.
63 When Jesus brought the manifest proofs,
he said, ‘I have certainly brought you wisdom,
and [I have come] to make clear to you
some of the things that you differ about.
So be wary of Allah and obey me.
64 Indeed Allah is my Lord and your Lord;
so worship Him. This is a straight path.’
65 But the factions differed among themselves.
So woe to the wrongdoers
for the punishment of a painful day.
66 Do they await anything but that the Hour
should overtake them suddenly,
while they are unaware?
67 On that day, friends will be one another’s enemies,
except for the Godwary.
68 [They will be told,] ‘O My servants!
Today you will have no fear,
nor will you grieve.
1 That is, Jesus (‘a), or ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (‘a), in accordance with traditions narrated from the Prophet (ṣ) and Imam Ja‘far al-Ṣādiq (‘a). (Tafsīr al-Burhān).
