P:  Hast thou not seen those unto whom it was said:  Withhold your hands, establish worship and pay the poor due, but when fighting was prescribed for them behold! a party of them fear mankind even as their fear of Allah or with greater fear, and say:  Our Lord!  Why hast Thou ordained fighting for us?  If only Thou wouldst give us respite yet a while!  Say (unto them, O Muhammad):  The comfort of this world is scant; the Hereafter will be better for him who wardeth off (evil); and ye will not be wronged the down upon a date-stone.

S:  Have you not seen those to whom it was said:  Withhold your hands, and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate; but when fighting is prescribed for them, lo! a party of them fear men as they ought to have feared Allah, or (even) with a greater fear, and say:  Our Lord! why hast Thou ordained fighting for us?  Wherefore didst Thou not grant us a delay to a near end?  Say:  The provision of this world is short, and the hereafter is better for him who guards (against evil); and you shall not be wronged the husk of a date stone.

004.078 Y:  “Wherever ye are, death will find you out, even if ye are in towers built up strong and high!” If some good befalls them, they say, “This is from Allah”; but if evil, they say, “This is from thee” (O Prophet).  Say:  “All things are from Allah.”  But what hath come to these people, that they fail to understand a single fact?

P:  Wheresoever ye may be, death will overtake you, even though ye were in lofty towers.  Yet if a happy thing befalleth them they say:  This is from Allah; and if an evil thing befalleth them they say:  This is of thy doing (O Muhammad).  Say (unto them):  All is from Allah.  What is amiss with these people that they come not nigh to understand a happening?

S:  Wherever you are, death will overtake you, though you are in lofty towers, and if a benefit comes to them, they say:  This is from Allah; and if a misfortune befalls them, they say:  This is from you.  Say:  All is from Allah, but what is the matter with these people that they do not make approach to understanding what is told (them)?

004.079 Y:  Whatever good, (O man!) happens to thee, is from Allah; but whatever evil happens to thee, is from thy (own) soul.  And We have sent thee as a messenger to (instruct) mankind.  And enough is Allah for a witness.

P:  Whatever of good befalleth thee (O man) it is from Allah, and whatever of ill befalleth thee it is from thyself.  We have sent thee (Muhammad) as a messenger unto mankind and Allah is sufficient as Witness.

S:  Whatever benefit comes to you (O man!), it is from Allah, and whatever misfortune befalls you, it is from yourself, and We have sent you (O Prophet!), to mankind as a messenger; and Allah is sufficient as a witness.

004.080 Y:  He who obeys the Messenger, obeys Allah:  But if any turn away, We have not sent thee to watch over their (evil deeds).