Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd they say: If the Beneficent One had (so) willed, we should not have worshipped them. They have no knowledge whatsoever of that. They do but guess.
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Juz 25
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOr have We given them any scripture before (this Qur'an) so that they are holding fast thereto?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNay, for they say only: Lo! we found our fathers following a religion, and we are guided by their footprints.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd even so We sent not a warner before thee (Muhammad) into any township but its luxurious ones said: Lo! we found our fathers following a religion, and we are following their footprints.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(And the warner) said: What! Even though I bring you better guidance than that ye found your fathers following? They answered: Lo! in what ye bring we are disbelievers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo We requited them. Then see the nature of the consequence for the rejecters!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when Abraham said unto his father and his folk: Lo! I am innocent of what ye worship
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSave Him Who did create me, for He will surely guide me.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd he made it a word enduring among his seed, that haply they might return.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNay, but I let these and their fathers enjoy life (only) till there should come unto them the Truth and a messenger making plain.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd now that the Truth hath come unto them they say: This is mere magic, and lo! we are disbelievers therein.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd they say: If only this Qur'an had been revealed to some great man of the two towns?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIs it they who apportion thy Lord's mercy? We have apportioned among them their livelihood in the life of the world, and raised some of them above others in rank that some of them may take labour from others; and the mercy of thy Lord is better than (the wealth) that they amass.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd were it not that mankind would have become one community, We might well have appointed, for those who disbelieve in the Beneficent, roofs of silver for their houses and stairs (of silver) whereby to mount,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd for their houses doors (of silver) and couches of silver whereon to recline,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd ornaments of gold. Yet all that would have been but a provision of the life of the world. And the Hereafter with your Lord would have been for those who keep from evil.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd he whose sight is dim to the remembrance of the Beneficent, We assign unto him a devil who becometh his comrade;
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd lo! they surely turn them from the way of Allah, and yet they deem that they are rightly guided;
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallTill, when he cometh unto Us, he saith (unto his comrade): Ah, would that between me and thee there were the distance of the two horizons - an evil comrade!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd it profiteth you not this day, because ye did wrong, that ye will be sharers in the doom.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallCanst thou (Muhammad) make the deaf to hear, or canst thou guide the blind or him who is in error manifest?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd if We take thee away, We surely shall take vengeance on them,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOr (if) We show thee that wherewith We threaten them; for lo! We have complete command of them.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo hold thou fast to that which is inspired in thee. Lo! thou art on a right path.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd lo! it is in truth a Reminder for thee and for thy folk; and ye will be questioned.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd ask those of Our messengers whom We sent before thee: Did We ever appoint gods to be worshipped beside the Beneficent?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd verily We sent Moses with Our revelations unto Pharaoh and his chiefs, and he said: I am a messenger of the Lord of the Worlds.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut when he brought them Our tokens, behold! they laughed at them.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd every token that We showed them was greater than its sister (token), and We grasped them with the torment, that haply they might turn again.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd they said: O wizard! Entreat thy Lord for us by the pact that He hath made with thee. Lo! we verily will walk aright.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut when We eased them of the torment, behold! they broke their word.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd Pharaoh caused a proclamation to be made among his people saying: O my people! Is not mine the sovereignty of Egypt and these rivers flowing under me? Can ye not then discern?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallI am surely better than this fellow, who is despicable and can hardly make (his meaning) plain!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhy, then, have armlets of gold not been set upon him, or angels sent along with him?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThus he persuaded his people to make light (of Moses), and they obeyed him. Lo! they were a wanton folk.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo, when they angered Us, We punished them and drowned them every one.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd We made them a thing past, and an example for those after (them).
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when the son of Mary is quoted as an example, behold! the folk laugh out,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd say: Are our gods better, or is he? They raise not the objection save for argument. Nay! but they are a contentious folk.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe is nothing but a slave on whom We bestowed favour, and We made him a pattern for the Children of Israel.
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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).