Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)
Whoever that has faith in his Lord
shall neither fear any detraction nor oppression.
14 Among us some are muslims
and some of us are perverse.1
Yet those who submit [to Allah]
— it is they who pursue rectitude.
15 As for the perverse,
they will be firewood for hell.” ’
16 If they are steadfast on the path [of Allah],
We shall provide them with abundant water,
17 so that We may test them therein,
and whoever turns away
from the remembrance of his Lord,
He will let him into an escalating punishment.
18 The places of worship belong to Allah,
so do not invoke anyone along with Allah.
19 When the servant of Allah 2 rose to pray to Him,
they almost crowded around him.
20 Say, ‘I pray only to my Lord,
and I do not ascribe any partner to Him.’
21 Say, ‘I have no power to bring you any harm
or good [of my own accord].’
22 Say, ‘Neither can anyone shelter me from Allah,
nor can I find any refuge besides Him.
23 [I have no duty] except to transmit from Allah,
and [to communicate] His messages;
and whoever disobeys Allah and His apostle,
indeed there will be for him the fire of hell,
1 Or ‘unjust.’
2 That is, the Prophet.
