M. H. Shakir, The Holy Quran; Arabic Text and English Translation; Foot-notes by M. H. Shakir (1974)

24. Or shall man have what he wishes?

25. Nay! for Allah is the hereafter and the former (life).

26. And how many an angel is there in the heavens whose intercession does not avail at all except after Allah has given permission to whom He pleases and chooses.

27. Most surely they who do not believe in the hereafter name the angels with female names.

28. And they have no know- ledge of it; they do not follow anything but conjecture, and surely conjecture does not avail against the truth at all.

29. Therefore turn aside from him who turns his back upon Our reminder and does not desire anything but this world’s life.

30. That is their goal of knowledge; surely your Lord knows best him who goes astray from His path and He knows best him who follows the right direction.

31. And Allah’s is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, that He may reward those who do evil according to what they do, and (that) He may reward those who do good with goodness.

32. Those who keep a loof from the great sins and the indecencies