Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd they have chosen (other) gods beside Allah that they may be a power for them.
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Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNay, but they will deny their worship of them, and become opponents unto them.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSeest thou not that We have set the devils on the disbelievers to confound them with confusion?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo make no haste against them (O Muhammad). We do but number unto them a sum (of days).
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOn the day when We shall gather the righteous unto the Beneficent, a goodly company.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd drive the guilty unto hell, a weary herd,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey will have no power of intercession, save him who hath made a covenant with his Lord.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd they say: The Beneficent hath taken unto Himself a son.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAssuredly ye utter a disastrous thing
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhereby almost the heavens are torn, and the earth is split asunder and the mountains fall in ruins,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThat ye ascribe unto the Beneficent a son,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhen it is not meet for (the Majesty of) the Beneficent that He should choose a son.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThere is none in the heavens and the earth but cometh unto the Beneficent as a slave.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallVerily He knoweth them and numbereth them with (right) numbering.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd each one of them will come unto Him on the Day of Resurrection, alone.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! those who believe and do good works, the Beneficent will appoint for them love.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd We make (this Scripture) easy in thy tongue, (O Muhammad) only that thou mayst bear good tidings therewith unto those who ward off (evil), and warn therewith the froward folk.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd how many a generation before them have We destroyed! Canst thou (Muhammad) see a single man of them, or hear from them the slightest sound?
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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).
