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

70. Those who deny the Scripture and that wherewith We send Our messengers. But they will come to know,

71. When carcans are about their necks and chains. They are dragged

72. Through boiling waters; then they are thrust into the Fire.

73. Then it is said unto them: Where are (all) that ye used to make partners (in the Sovereignty)

74. Beside Allah? They say: They have failed us; but we used not to pray to anything before. Thus doth Allah send astray the disbelievers (in His guidance).

75. (And it is said unto them): This is because ye exulted in the earth without right, and because ye were petulant.

76. Enter ye the gates of hell, to dwell therein. Evil is the habitation of the scornful.

77. Then have patience (O Muhammad). Lo! the promise of Allah is true. And whether we let thee see a part of that which We promise them, or (whether) We cause thee to die, still unto us they will be brought back.

78. Verily We sent messengers before thee, among them those of whom We have told thee, and some of whom We have not told thee; and it was not given to any messenger that he should bring a portent save by Allah’s leave, but when Allah’s commandment cometh (the cause) is judged aright, and the followers of vanity will then be lost.

79. Allah it is Who hath appointed for you cattle, that ye may ride on some of them, and eat of some —

80. (Many) benefits ye have from them — and that ye may satisfy by their means a need that is in your breasts, and may be borne upon them as upon the ship.

81. And He showeth you His tokens. Which, then, of; the tokens of Allah do ye deny?

82. Have they not travelled in the land to see the nature of

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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 28 Apr. 2024: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/marmaduke-pickthall/1930?page=494