Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd they used to say: When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised again,
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Juz 27
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd also our forefathers?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSay (unto them, O Muhammad): Lo! those of old and those of later time
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWill all be brought together to the tryst of an appointed day.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen lo! ye, the erring, the deniers,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallYe verily will eat of a tree called Zaqqum
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd will fill your bellies therewith;
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd thereon ye will drink of boiling water,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallDrinking even as the camel drinketh.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThis will be their welcome on the Day of Judgment.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWe created you. Will ye then admit the truth?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHave ye seen that which ye emit?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallDo ye create it or are We the Creator?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWe mete out death among you, and We are not to be outrun,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThat We may transfigure you and make you what ye know not.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd verily ye know the first creation. Why, then, do ye not reflect?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHave ye seen that which ye cultivate?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIs it ye who foster it, or are We the Fosterer?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIf We willed, We verily could make it chaff, then would ye cease not to exclaim:
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! we are laden with debt!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNay, but we are deprived!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHave ye observed the water which ye drink?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIs it ye who shed it from the raincloud, or are We the Shedder?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIf We willed We verily could make it bitter. Why then, give ye not thanks?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHave ye observed the fire which ye strike out;
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWas it ye who made the tree thereof to grow, or were We the grower?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWe, even We, appointed it a memorial and a comfort for the dwellers in the wilderness.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallTherefor (O Muhammad), praise the name of thy Lord, the Tremendous.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNay, I swear by the places of the stars -
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd lo! that verily is a tremendous oath, if ye but knew -
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThat (this) is indeed a noble Qur'an
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIn a Book kept hidden
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhich none toucheth save the purified,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallA revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIs it this Statement that ye scorn,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd make denial thereof your livelihood?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhy, then, when (the soul) cometh up to the throat (of the dying)
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd ye are at that moment looking
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd We are nearer unto him than ye are, but ye see not-
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhy then, if ye are not in bondage (unto Us),
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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).