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

101. And when the trumpet is blown there will be no kinship among them that day, nor will they ask of one another.

102. Then those whose scales are heavy, they are the successful.

103. And those whose scales are light are those who lose their souls, in hell abiding.

104. The fire burneth their faces, and they are glum therein.

105. (It will be said): Were not My revelations recited unto you, and then ye used to deny them?

106. They will say: Our Lord! Our evil fortune conquered us, and we were erring folk.

107. Our Lord! Oh, bring us forth from hence! If we return (to evil) then indeed we shall be wrong-doers.

108. He saith: Begone therein, and speak not unto Me.

109. Lo! there was a party of My slaves who said: Our Lord! We believe, therefor forgive us and have mercy on us for Thou art best of all who show mercy;

110. But ye chose them for a laughing-stock until they caused you to forget remembrance of Me, while ye laughed at them.

111. Lo! I have rewarded them this day forasmuch as they were stedfast; and they verily are the triumphant.

112. He will say: How long tarried ye in the earth, counting by years?

113. They will say: We tarried but a day or part of a day. Ask of those who keep count!

114. He will say: Ye tarried but a little if ye only knew.

115. Deemed ye then that We had created you for naught, and that ye would not be returned unto Us?

116. Now Allah be exalted, the True King! There is no God save Him, the Lord of the Throne of Grace.

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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 08 May. 2024: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/marmaduke-pickthall/1930?page=361