M. H. Shakir, The Holy Quran; Arabic Text and English Translation; Foot-notes by M. H. Shakir (1974)
21. And those who do not hope for Our meeting, say: Why have not angels been sent down upon us, or (why) do we not see our Lord? Now certainly they are too proud* of themselves and have revolted in great revolt.
22. On the day when they shall see the angels, there shall be no joy on that day for the guilty, and they shall say: It is a forbidden thing totally prohibited.
23. And We will proceed to what they have done of deeds, so We shall render them as scattered floating dust.
24. The dwellers of the garden shall on that day be in a better abiding-place and a better resting-place.
25. And on the day when the heaven shall burst asunder with the clouds, and the angels shall be sent down a sending.
26. The kingdom on that day shall rightly belong to the Beneficent God, and a hard day shall it be for the unbelievers.
27. And the day when the unjust one shall bite his hands, saying: O! would that I had taken a way with the Apostle;
28. O woe is me! would that I had not taken such a one for a friend!
29. Certainly he led me astray from the reminder
* Hadis: “A person, who has one atom of pride in his heart, will not enter into Paradise.”
Ali said: “Pride impedes progress and mars greatness.”
