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

clouds, and spreadeth them along the sky as pleaseth Him, and causeth them to break and thou seest the rain downpouring from within them. And when He maketh it to fall on whom He will of His bondmen, lo! they rejoice;

49. Though before that, even before it was sent down upon them, they were in despair.

50. Look, therefor, at the prints of Allah’s mercy (in creation): how He quickeneth the earth after her death. Lo! He verily is the Quickener of the Dead, and He is Able to do all things.

51. And if We sent a wind and they beheld it yellow, they verily would still continue in their disbelief.

52. For verily thou (Muhammad) canst not make the dead to hear, nor canst thou make the deaf to hear the call when they have turned to flee.

53. Nor canst thou guide the blind out of their error. Thou canst make none to hear save those who believe in Our revelations so that they surrender (unto Him).

54. Allah is He who shaped you out of weakness, then appointed after weakness strength, then, after strength, appointed weakness and grey hair. He createth what He will. He is the Knower, the Mighty.

55. And on the day when the Hour riseth the guilty will vow that they did tarry but an hour thus were they ever deceived.

56. But those to whom knowledge and faith are given will say: The truth is, ye have tarried, by Allah’s decree, until the Day of Resurrection. This is the Day of Resurrection, but ye used not to know.

57. In that day their excuses will not profit those who did injustice, nor will they be allowed to make amends.

58. Verily We have coined for mankind in this Qur’ân all kinds of similitudes; and indeed if thou earnest unto them with