Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd make mention (O Muhammad) of Our bondman Job, when he cried unto his Lord (saying): Lo! the devil doth afflict me with distress and torment.
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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(And it was said unto him): Strike the ground with thy foot. This (spring) is a cool bath and a refreshing drink.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd We bestowed on him (again) his household and therewith the like thereof, a mercy from Us, and a memorial for men of understanding.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd (it was said unto him): Take in thine hand a branch and smite therewith, and break not thine oath. Lo! We found him steadfast, how excellent a slave! Lo! he was ever turning in repentance (to his Lord).
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd make mention of Our bondmen, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, men of parts and vision.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! We purified them with a pure thought, remembrance of the Home (of the Hereafter).
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! in Our sight they are verily of the elect, the excellent.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd make mention of Ishmael and Elisha and Dhu'l-Kifl. All are of the chosen.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThis is a reminder. And lo! for those who ward off (evil) is a happy journey's end,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallGardens of Eden, whereof the gates are opened for them,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWherein, reclining, they call for plenteous fruit and cool drink (that is) therein.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd with them are those of modest gaze, companions.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThis it is that ye are promised for the Day of Reckoning.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! this in truth is Our provision, which will never waste away.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThis (is for the righteous). And lo! for the transgressors there will be an evil journey's end,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHell, where they will burn, an evil resting-place.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHere is a boiling and an ice-cold draught, so let them taste it,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd other (torment) of the kind in pairs (the two extremes)!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHere is an army rushing blindly with you. (Those who are already in the Fire say): No word of welcome for them. Lo! they will roast at the Fire.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey say: Nay, but you (misleaders), for you there is no word of welcome. Ye prepared this for us (by your misleading). Now hapless is the plight.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey say: Our Lord! Whoever did prepare this for us, oh, give him double portion of the Fire!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd they say: What aileth us that we behold not men whom we were wont to count among the wicked?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallDid we take them (wrongly) for a laughing-stock, or have our eyes missed them?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! that is very truth: the wrangling of the dwellers in the Fire.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSay (unto them, O Muhammad): I am only a warner, and there is no Allah save Allah, the One, the Absolute,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, the Mighty, the Pardoning.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSay: It is tremendous tidings
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhence ye turn away!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallI had no knowledge of the Highest Chiefs when they disputed;
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIt is revealed unto me only that I may be a plain warner.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhen thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am about to create a mortal out of mire,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when I have fashioned him and breathed into him of My Spirit, then fall down before him prostrate,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThe angels fell down prostrate, every one,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSaving Iblis; he was scornful and became one of the disbelievers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: O Iblis! What hindereth thee from falling prostrate before that which I have created with both My hands? Art thou too proud or art thou of the high exalted?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: I am better than him. Thou createdst me of fire, whilst him Thou didst create of clay.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: Go forth from hence, for lo! thou art outcast,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd lo! My curse is on thee till the Day of Judgment.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: My Lord! Reprieve me till the day when they are raised.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe said: Lo! thou art of those reprieved
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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).
