Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo the (Awful) Cry overtook them rightfully, and We made them like as wreckage (that a torrent hurleth). A far removal for wrongdoing folk!
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Juz 18
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen after them We brought forth other generations.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNo nation can outstrip its term, nor yet postpone it.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen We sent our messengers one after another. Whenever its messenger came unto a nation they denied him; so We caused them to follow one another (to disaster) and We made them bywords. A far removal for folk who believe not!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen We sent Moses and his brother Aaron with Our tokens and a clear warrant,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallUnto Pharaoh and his chiefs, but they scorned (them) and they were despotic folk.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd they said: Shall we put faith in two mortals like ourselves, and whose folk are servile unto us?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo they denied them, and became of those who were destroyed.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd We verily gave Moses the Scripture, that haply they might go aright.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd We made the son of Mary and his mother a portent, and We gave them refuge on a height, a place of flocks and watersprings.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallO ye messengers! Eat of the good things, and do right. Lo! I am Aware of what ye do.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd lo! this your religion is one religion and I am your Lord, so keep your duty unto Me.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut they (mankind) have broken their religion among them into sects, each group rejoicing in its tenets.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo leave them in their error till a time.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThink they that in the wealth and sons wherewith We provide them
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWe hasten unto them with good things? Nay, but they perceive not.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! those who go in awe for fear of their Lord.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd those who believe in the revelations of their Lord,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd those who ascribe not partners unto their Lord,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd those who give that which they give with hearts afraid because they are about to return unto their Lord,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThese race for the good things, and they shall win them in the race.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd we task not any soul beyond its scope, and with Us is a Record which speaketh the truth, and they will not be wronged.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNay, but their hearts are in ignorance of this (Qur'an), and they have other works, besides, which they are doing;
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallTill when We grasp their luxurious ones with the punishment, behold! they supplicate.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSupplicate not this day! Assuredly ye will not be helped by Us.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallMy revelations were recited unto you, but ye used to turn back on your heels,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIn scorn thereof. Nightly did ye rave together.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHave they not pondered the Word, or hath that come unto them which came not unto their fathers of old?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOr know they not their messenger, and so reject him?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOr say they: There is a madness in him? Nay, but he bringeth them the Truth; and most of them are haters of the Truth.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd if the Truth had followed their desires, verily the heavens and the earth and whosoever is therein had been corrupted. Nay, We have brought them their Reminder, but from their Reminder they now turn away.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOr dost thou ask of them (O Muhammad) any tribute? But the bounty of thy Lord is better, for He is Best of all who make provision.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd lo! thou summonest them indeed unto a straight path.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd lo! those who believe not in the Hereafter are indeed astray from the path.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThough We had mercy on them and relieved them of the harm afflicting them, they still would wander blindly on in their contumacy.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAlready have We grasped them with punishment, but they humble not themselves unto their Lord, nor do they pray,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallUntil, when We open for them the gate of extreme punishment, behold! they are aghast thereat.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe it is Who hath created for you ears and eyes and hearts. Small thanks give ye!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd He it is Who hath sown you broadcast in the earth, and unto Him ye will be gathered.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd He it is Who giveth life and causeth death, and His is the difference of night and day. Have ye then no sense?
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Quran text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), tanzil.net – CC BY 3.0, unchanged. Translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall – Public domain (published 1930).