Nobel Quran - English Translation
20. And those who believe say, `Why is not a Surah revealed ?' But when a decisive Surah is revealed and fighting is mentioned therein, thou seest those in whose hearts is a disease, looking towards thee like the look of one who is fainting on account of approaching death. So woe to them !
21. Their attitude should have been one of obedience and of calling people to good. And when the matter was determined upon, it was good for them if they were true to ALLAH.
22. Would you not then, if you are placed in authority, create disorder in the land and sever your ties of kinship ?
23. It is these whom ALLAH has cursed, so that HE has made them deaf and has made their eyes blind.
24. Will they not, then, ponder over the Qur'an, or, is it that there are locks on their hearts ?
25. Surely, those who turn their backs after guidance has become manifest to them, Satan has seduced them and holds out false hopes to them.
26. That is because they said to those who hate what ALLAH has revealed, `We will obey you in some matters, and ALLAH knows their secrets.
27. But how will they fare when the angels will cause them to die, smiting their faces and their backs ?
28. That is because they followed that which displeased ALLAH, and disliked the seeking of HIS pleasure. So HE rendered their works vain.
29. Do those in whose hearts is a disease suppose that ALLAH will not bring to light their malice ?