Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of The Glorious Koran. An Explanatory Translation (1930)

your (so-called) partners (of Allah), and then contrive against me, spare me not!

196. Lo! my Protecting Friend is Allah who revealeth the Scripture. He befriendeth the righteous.

197. They on whom ye call beside Him have no power to help you, nor can they help themselves.

198. And if ye (Muslims) call them to the Guidance they hear not; and thou (Muhammad) seest them looking toward thee, but they see not.

199. Keep to forgiveness (O Muhammad), and enjoin kindness, and turn away from the ignorant.

200. And if a slander from the devil wound thee, then seek refuge in Allah. Lo! He is Hearer, Knower.

201. Lo! those who ward off (evil), when a glamour from the devil troubleth them, they do but remember (Allah’s guidance) and behold them seers!

202. Their brethren plunge them further into error and cease not.

203. And when thou bringest not a verse for them they say: Why hast thou not chosen it? Say: I follow only that which is inspired in me from my Lord. This (Qur’ân) is insight from your Lord, and a guidance and a mercy for a people that believe.

204. And when the Qur’ân is recited, give ear to it and pay heed, that ye may obtain mercy.

205. And do thou (O Muhammad) remember thy Lord within thyself humbly and with awe, below thy breath, at morn and evening. And be not thou of the neglectful.

206. Lo! those who are with thy Lord are not too proud to do Him service, but they praise Him and adore Him.

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Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of The Glorious Koran. An Explanatory Translation, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, Consulted online at “Quran Archive - Texts and Studies on the Quran” on 26 Apr. 2024: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/marmaduke-pickthall/1930?page=185