Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of The Glorious Koran. An Explanatory Translation (1930)
— such are rightful owners of the Fire; they will abide therein.
37. Who doeth greater wrong than he who inventeth a lie concerning Allah or denieth Our tokens. (For such) their appointed portion of the Book (of destiny) reacheth them till, when Our messengers 1 come to gather them, they say: Where (now) is that to which ye cried beside Allah? They say: They have departed from us. And they testify against themselves that they were disbelievers.
38. He saith: Enter into the Fire among nations of the jinn and humankind who passed away before you. Every time a nation enter eth, it curseth its sister (nation) till, when they have all been made to follow one another thither, the last of them saith unto the first of them: Our Lord! These led us astray, so give them double torment of the Fire. He saith: For each one there is double (torment), but ye know not.
39. And the first of; them saith unto the last of them: Ye were no whit better than us, so taste the doom for what ye used to earn.
40. Lo! they who deny Our revelations and scorn them, for them the gates of Heaven will not be opened nor will they enter the Garden until the camel goeth through the needle’s eye. Thus do We requite the guilty.
41. Theirs will be a bed of Hell, and over them coverings (of Hell). Thus do We requite wrong-doers.
42. But (as for) those who believe and do good works — We tax not any soul beyond its scope — Such are rightful owners of the Garden. They abide therein.
43. And We remove whatever rancour may be in their hearts. Rivers flow beneath them. And they say: The praise to Allah, Who hath guided us to this. We could not truly have been led aright if Allah had not guided us. Verily the
1 i.e. angels.
