Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd a token unto them is that We bear their offspring in the laden ship,
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Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd have created for them of the like thereof whereon they ride.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd if We will, We drown them, and there is no help for them, neither can they be saved;
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallUnless by mercy from Us and as comfort for a while.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhen it is said unto them: Beware of that which is before you and that which is behind you, that haply ye may find mercy (they are heedless).
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNever came a token of the tokens of their Lord to them, but they did turn away from it!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when it is said unto them: Spend of that wherewith Allah hath provided you, those who disbelieve say unto those who believe: Shall we feed those whom Allah, if He willed, would feed? Ye are in naught else than error manifest.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd they say: When will this promise be fulfilled, if ye are truthful?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey await but one Shout, which will surprise them while they are disputing.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen they cannot make bequest, nor can they return to their own folk.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the trumpet is blown and lo! from the graves they hie unto their Lord,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallCrying: Woe upon us! Who hath raised us from our place of sleep? This is that which the Beneficent did promise, and the messengers spoke truth.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIt is but one Shout, and behold them brought together before Us!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThis day no soul is wronged in aught; nor are ye requited aught save what ye used to do.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! those who merit paradise this day are happily employed,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey and their wives, in pleasant shade, on thrones reclining;
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallTheirs the fruit (of their good deeds) and theirs (all) that they ask;
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThe word from a Merciful Lord (for them) is: Peace!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut avaunt ye, O ye guilty, this day!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallDid I not charge you, O ye sons of Adam, that ye worship not the devil - Lo! he is your open foe!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut that ye worship Me? That was the right path.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallYet he hath led astray of you a great multitude. Had ye then no sense?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThis is hell which ye were promised (if ye followed him).
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBurn therein this day for that ye disbelieved.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThis day We seal up their mouths, and their hands speak out to Us and their feet bear witness as to what they used to earn.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd had We willed, We verily could have quenched their eyesight so that they should struggle for the way. Then how could they have seen?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd had We willed, We verily could have fixed them in their place, making them powerless to go forward or turn back.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe whom we bring unto old age, We reverse him in creation (making him go back to weakness after strength). Have ye then no sense?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd We have not taught him (Muhammad) poetry, nor is it meet for him. This is naught else than a Reminder and a Lecture making plain,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallTo warn whosoever liveth, and that the word may be fulfilled against the disbelievers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHave they not seen how We have created for them of Our handiwork the cattle, so that they are their owners,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd have subdued them unto them, so that some of them they have for riding, some for food?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBenefits and (divers) drinks have they from them. Will they not then give thanks?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd they have taken (other) gods beside Allah, in order that they may be helped.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIt is not in their power to help them; but they (the worshippers) are unto them a host in arms.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo let not their speech grieve thee (O Muhammad). Lo! We know what they conceal and what proclaim.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHath not man seen that We have created him from a drop of seed? Yet lo! he is an open opponent.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd he hath coined for Us a similitude, and hath forgotten the fact of his creation, saying: Who will revive these bones when they have rotted away?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSay: He will revive them Who produced them at the first, for He is Knower of every creation,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWho hath appointed for you fire from the green tree, and behold! ye kindle from it.
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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).
