Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)
They will say, ‘Yes!
But you cast yourselves into temptation,
and you awaited 1 and were doubtful,
and [false] hopes deceived you
until the edict of Allah 2 arrived,
and the Deceiver deceived you concerning Allah.
15 So today no ransom shall be taken from you,
nor from the faithless.
The Fire will be your abode:
it is your [ultimate] refuge
and an evil destination.’
16 Is it not time yet for those who have faith
that their hearts should be humbled
for Allah’s remembrance
and to the truth which has come down [to them],
and to be not like those who were given the Book
before?3
Time took its toll on them
and so their hearts were hardened,
and many of them are transgressors.
17 Know that Allah revives the earth
after its death.
We have certainly made the signs clear for you
so that you may apply reason.
18 Indeed the charitable men and charitable women,
and those who lend Allah a good loan
— it shall be multiplied for them,