From the translation by Muhammad Asad (Leopold Weiss)

About the translator:
Muhammad Asad, Leopold Weiss, was born of Jewish parents in Livow, Austria (later Poland) in 1900, and at the age of 22 made his first visit to the Middle East. He later became an outstanding foreign correspondent for the Franfurter Zeitung, and after his conversion to Islam travelled and worked throughout the Muslim world, from North Africa to as far east as Afghanistan, India and Pakistan. After years of devoted study he became one of the leading Muslim scholars of our age. His translation of the Holy Qur’an is one of the most lucid and well-referenced works in this category, dedicated to “li-qawmin yatafakkaroon” (For people who think).
Chapter 67, verse 13 - 14
And [know, O men, that] whether you keep your beliefs secret or state them openly, He has full knowledge indeed of all that is in [your] hearts. How could it be that He who has created [all] should not know [all]? Yea, He alone is unfathomable [in His wisdom], all-aware!
Chapter 67, verse 20
[And] is there any, besides the Most Gracious, that could be a shield for you, and could succor you [against danger]? They who deny this truth are but lost in self-delusion!
Chapter 69, verses 40 – 51
Behold, this [Qur’an] is indeed the [inspired] word of a noble apostle, and is not – however little you may [be prepared to] believe it – the word of a poet; and neither is it – however little you may [be prepared to] take it to heart – the word of a soothsayer: [it is] a revelation from the Sustainer of all the worlds.
Now if he [whom We have entrusted with it] had dared to attribute some [of his own] sayings unto Us, We would indeed have seized him by his right hand, and would indeed have cut his life-vein, and none of you could have saved him!
And, verily, this [Qur’an] is a reminder to all the God conscious.
And, behold, well do We know that among you are such that as will give the lie to it: yet, behold, this [rejection] will indeed become a source of bitter regret for all who deny the truth [of God’s revelation] – for, verily, it is truth absolute!
Chapter 70, verses 19 – 28
Verily, man is born with a restless disposition.
[As a rule,] whenever misfortune touches him, he is filled with self-pity; and whenever good fortune comes to him, he selfishly withholds [it form others].
Not so, however, those who consciously turn towards God in prayer, [and] who incessantly persevere in their prayer; and in whose possession there is a due share, acknowledged [by them], for such as ask [for help] and such as are deprived [of what is good in life]; and who accept as true the [coming of the] Day of Judgment; and who stand in dread of their Sustainer’s chastisement – for, behold, of their Sustainer’s chastisement none may ever feel [wholly] secure.