Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of The Glorious Koran. An Explanatory Translation (1930)
15. But nay! for lo! it is the fire of hell
16. Eager to roast;
17. It calleth him who turned and fled (from truth),
18. And hoarded (wealth) and withheld it.
19. Lo! man was created anxious,
20. Fretful when evil befalleth him
21. And, when good befalleth him, grudging;
22. Save worshippers
23. Who are constant at their worship
24. And in whose wealth there is a right acknowledged
25. For the beggar and the destitute;
26. And those who believe in the Day of Judgement,
27. And those who are fearful of their Lord’s doom —
28. Lo! the doom of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure —
29. And those who preserve their chastity
30. Save with their wives and those whom their right hands possess, for thus they are not blameworthy;
31. But whoso seeketh more than that, those are they who are transgressors;
32. And those who keep their pledges and their covenant,
33. And those who stand by their testimony
34. And those who are attentive at their worship,
35. These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.
36. What aileth those who disbelieve, that they keep staring toward thee (O Muhammad), open-eyed,
37. On the right and on the left, in groups?
38. Doth every man among them hope to enter the Garden of Delight?
39. Nay, verily. Lo! We created them from what they know.
40. But nay! I swear by the Lord of the rising-places and the setting-places of the planets that We are Able