那么，心地为了伊斯兰而敞开、从主那里获得光明的人，难道与之不同吗？那些心肠因提及真主而变硬的人，有祸了！这些人显然处于迷误之中。真主降下了最美的训言：一部内容前后一致、以多种形式反复申述真理的经典。它使敬畏其主的人的皮肤战栗，随后他们的皮肤和心灵又因提及真主而变得柔和。这便是真主的引导：凡祂所欲者，祂借此引导他；而真主使其迷失的人，则永远找不到引导者。（第22-23节）
How about one whose heart God has opened to Islam, and thus receives light from his Lord? Woe, then, betide those whose hearts harden at the mention of God. These are most obviously in error. God has bestowed from on high the best of all teachings: a book that is consistent within itself repeating its statements [of the truth] in manifold forms. It causes the skins of those who stand in awe of their Lord to shiver, but then their skins and hearts soften at the mention of God. Such is God’s guidance: He guides with it him that wills, whereas the one whom God lets go astray can never find any guide. (Verses 22-23)
正如祂从天上降下雨水，使各种颜色和形态的植物生长一样，真主从高处降下一种教诲，被有生命的心所接受；这些心会敞开并对这种生命有所反应。相反，坚硬的心则像一块无法容纳生命的石头那样接受它。真主为那些祂所知其善良的心开启伊斯兰，这些心接受伊斯兰之光，便焕发光明，散发光辉。这些心与坚硬之心之间的差距，确实十分巨大：
Just like He sends water from the skies to cause vegetation of various colours and forms to grow, God bestows from on high a reminder which is received by hearts that are alive, and that open up and react to such life. By contrast, hardened hearts receive it like a rock that cannot embrace life. God opens to Islam those hearts that He knows to be good. These hearts receive the light of Islam and they shine and radiate. The gulf between these hearts and the ones that are hardened is wide indeed:
“那么，那些在提到真主时心肠变硬的人有祸了。这些人显然处于迷误之中。”（第22节）
“Woe, then, betide those whose hearts harden at the mention of God. These are most obviously in error.” (Verse 22)
这节经文描绘的是那些接受伊斯兰、为之心向往之而充满生机的心灵。它描述了这些心灵如何绽放，变得清新而光彩照人。经文也描述了另一类心灵：坚硬、昏暗、毫无生气。不言而喻，那些向伊斯兰敞开、接纳并映照其光明的心，与那些一听到上主之名便变得冷硬的心截然不同。二者之间的差距是巨大的。
This verse depicts the nature of the hearts that receive Islam and warm to it, becoming full of life-. It describes how they blossom, becoming fresh and radiant. It also describes the other type of hearts which are hard, dark and lifeless. Needless to say, the hearts that open up to Islam, receive and reflect its light are totally different from those which are hardened at the mention of God’s name. The gap between the two is enormous.
接下来的经文描述了信士们如何领受《古兰经》这部本质、方向、信息与特征皆完全一致的经典。因此，它"内部前后一致"，并且"以多种形式重申其真理的陈述"，在给出一致的指导的同时，变换其描绘形象与讲述故事的方式，而不造成任何矛盾。这些内容在不同的地方重复出现，是为了某种最适宜借助这种重复来实现的目的。这种重复并不损害贯穿《古兰经》始终的基本真理的和谐与一致。
The next verse describes how the believers receive the Qur’ān, a book that is fully coherent in nature, direction, message and characteristics. Thus, it is ‘consistent within itself’ and it ‘repeats its statements of the truth in manifold forms,’ giving consistent directives and varying the ways it presents its images and stories without causing any contradiction. They are repeated at different places for a purpose that can be best served through such repetition. Such repetition does not detract from the harmony and consistency of the basic truth stated throughout the Qur’ān.
那些敬畏神的人,心中同时怀着对神的畏惧与对祂慈悯的盼望。当他们领受神的话语时,会深受触动,以至于皮肤为之战栗。随后,他们的心变得柔软,在聆听神的话语时找到了安慰。这是一幅非常生动的画面,以文字描绘出充满动态与行动的景象。
Those who stand in awe of God maintain an attitude that mixes fear of God with hope of His mercy. They are the ones who are very strongly influenced when they receive God’s word to the extent that their skins shiver. They later soften and their hearts find reassurance as they listen to God’s words. This is a very vivid image giving in words a description that is full of movement and action.
“这就是真主的引导：祂以此引导祂所意欲的人。”（第23节）除非真主的引导促使它们回应，心灵不会如此战栗。真主知道这些心灵的真实感受，并以引导或任其迷失来回报它们：“而真主使其迷失的人，绝无引导者。”（第23节）祂之所以任这些人迷失，是因为祂知道他们已陷入极深的迷误，将永远不会回应引导。
“Such is God’s guidance: He guides with it him that wills.” (Verse 23) Hearts do not shiver in this way unless God’s guidance prompts them to respond. God knows the true feelings of these hearts and rewards them with either His guidance or by letting them go astray: “whereas the one whom God lets go astray can never find any guide.” (Verse 23) He allows such people to go astray because He knows that they have gone so far into error that they will never respond to guidance.
随后，这一章揭示了那些选择迷途之人在审判日将面临的景象。在结果揭晓的时刻，它描绘了一幅极其令人沮丧的画面：
The sūrah then shows what awaits those who chose to go astray on the Day of Judgement. It paints a very depressing picture at the time when results are given:
“那么，一个在复活日除了赤裸的脸面之外别无保护、无法抵挡那可怕苦难的人呢？”届时，对不义者将会说：“你们尝尝自己所造的罪恶吧！”（第24节）
How about one who shall have nothing but his hare face to protect him from the awful suffering on Resurrection Day? It will be said to the wrongdoers: ‘Taste now what you have earned.’ (Verse 24)
通常，人会用手和身体来保护自己的脸，使其免受火焰或有害物体的伤害。然而在这种情况下，他们既不能用手也不能用腿来救自己脱离火焰，而只能用脸来遮挡，这描绘了一种极度困惑和艰难的境况。在这一切的艰难与痛苦之中，他们还要面对严厉的斥责，并得到其一生所作所为的结果。他们要面对的结果是何等可怕："对不义者将说：你们尝试你们所犯的罪恶吧！"（第24节）
Normally a person uses his hands and body to protect his face from fire or harmful objects. In this case, however, he cannot use his hands or legs to save himself from the fire; instead, he uses his face for protection, which describes a case of great confusion and hardship. In the midst of all this difficulty and suffering they are faced with strong censure and given the results of their lives’ actions. What a terrible result they have to face: “It will be said to the wrongdoers: Taste now what you have earned.” (Verse 24)
随后，本章谈到那些反对先知的不信道者，向他们展示先前各民族的不信道者所遭遇的结局，好让他们借此避免类似的命运：
The sūrah then speaks about the unbelievers who stood in opposition to the Prophet, showing them what happened to the unbelievers of earlier communities, so that they may save themselves from a similar fate:
那些在他们之前的人也曾否认，于是惩罚从他们意想不到的地方降临到他们身上。真主使他们在今世尝到了屈辱的滋味。然而，如果他们知道，后世的惩罚必定更加严厉！（经文25-26）
Those who lived before them also disbelieved, and so suffering befell them from where they could not perceive. God gave them a taste of humiliation in this world. Yet much greater will be the suffering of the life to come, if they but knew it! (Verses 25-26)
这就是不信者在今世和后世所要面对的结局。今世，真主使他们尝到屈辱的滋味；后世，他们将遭受更大的刑罚。真主的法则将继续运行，前代人的命运依然是真理的见证，真主关于审判日的警告依然有效，他们自救的机会仍然存在，而这部《古兰经》仍然为那些愿意接受警告的人所用。
Such is the outcome faced by the unbelievers in both lives, in this world and the next. In this life, God made them taste humiliation, and in the life to come they will face a greater suffering. God’s law will continue to operate, the fates of past generations remain witnesses to the truth, God’s warnings concerning the Day of Judgement remain in force, their chance to save themselves continues, and this Qur’ān remains available to those who will heed the warnings.