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

‘Why does not Allah punish us for what we say?!’
Let hell suffice them: they shall enter it;
and it is an evil destination!
9 O you who have faith!
When you talk secretly,
do not hold secret talks
[imbued] with sin and aggression
and disobedience to the Apostle,
but talk secretly in [a spirit of] piety
and Godfearing, and be wary of Allah
toward whom you will be mustered.
10 Indeed [malicious] secret talks are from Satan,
that he may upset the faithful,
but he cannot harm them in any way
except by Allah’s leave,
and in Allah let all the faithful put their trust.
11 O you who have faith!
When you are told, ‘Make room,’ in sittings,
then do make room;
Allah will make room for you.
And when you are told, ‘Rise up!’
Do rise up.
Allah will raise those of you who have faith
and those who have been given knowledge
in rank,
and Allah is well aware of what you do.
12 O you who have faith!
When you talk secretly to the Apostle,
offer a charity before your secret talk.

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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 19 May. 2024: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/ali-quli-qarai/2005?page=804