Rowwad Translation Center — 492

43:34 and their houses having [silver] doors and couches on which they recline,

43:35 and [golden] ornaments. But all of these are mere enjoyments of the life of this world, and the Hereafter with your Lord is [only] for those who fear Allah.

43:36 Whoever turns away from the Reminder of the Most Compassionate [i.e., the Qur’an], We assign to him a devil to be his close associate,

43:37 who will surely avert them from the [right] way, while they think that they are rightly guided.

43:38 Then when he comes to Us, he will say [to his devil associate], “I wish you were as distant from me as the East and West. What a terrible associate [you were]!”

43:39 [They will be told], “As you have done wrong, it will not benefit you Today that you are sharing the punishment[1].”

43:40 Can you make the deaf hear, or guide the blind or the one who is clearly misguided?

43:41 Whether We take you away [in death], indeed We will exact retribution upon them,

43:42 or We will show you what We warned them of, for We have full power over them.

43:43 So hold fast to what is revealed to you. You are indeed on a straight path.

43:44 This [Qur’an] is surely a glory[1] for you and your people, and you will [all] be questioned.

43:45 Ask those of Our messengers whom We sent before you: Did We appoint gods to be worshiped besides the Most Compassionate?

43:46 Indeed, We sent Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his courtiers, so he said: “I am a messenger of the Lord of the worlds.”

43:47 But as soon as he came to them with Our signs, they laughed at them.