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

and taught him whatever He liked.
Were it not for Allah’s repelling the people
by means of one another,
the earth would surely have been corrupted;
but Allah is gracious to the world’s creatures.

252 These are the signs of Allah
which We recite for you in truth,
and you are indeed one of the apostles.

253 These are the apostles,
some of whom We gave an advantage over others:
of them are those to whom Allah spoke,
and some of them He raised in rank,
and We gave Jesus, son of Mary, manifest proofs
and strengthened him with the Holy Spirit.
Had Allah wished,
those who succeeded them would not have fought each other
after the manifest proofs had come to them.
But they differed.
So there were among them those who had faith
and there were among them those who were faithless,
and had Allah wished,
they would not have fought one another;
but Allah does whatever He desires.
254 O you who have faith!
Spend out of what We have provided you
before there comes a day
on which there will be no bargaining,
neither friendship, nor intercession.