007.167 Y:  Behold! thy Lord did declare that He would send against them, to the Day of Judgment, those who would afflict them with grievous penalty.  Thy Lord is quick in retribution, but He is also Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

P:  And (remember) when thy Lord proclaimed that He would raise against them till the Day of Resurrection those who would lay on them a cruel torment.  Lo! verily thy Lord is swift in prosecution and lo! verily He is Forgiving, Merciful.

S:  And when your Lord announced that He would certainly send against them to the day of resurrection those who would subject them to severe torment; most surely your Lord is quick to requite (evil) and most surely He is Forgiving, Merciful.

007.168 Y:  We broke them up into sections on this earth.  There are among them some that are the righteous, and some that are the opposite.  We have tried them with both prosperity and adversity:  In order that they might turn (to us).

P:  And We have sundered them in the earth as (separate) nations.  Some of them are righteous, and some far from that.  And We have tried them with good things and evil things that haply they might return.

S:  And We cut them up on the earth into parties, (some) of them being righteous and (others) of them falling short of that, and We tried them with blessings and misfortunes that they might turn.

007.169 Y:  After them succeeded an (evil) generation:  They inherited the Book, but they chose (for themselves) the vanities of this world, saying (for excuse):  “(Everything) will be forgiven us.” (Even so), if similar vanities came their way, they would (again) seize them.  Was not the covenant of the Book taken from them, that they would not ascribe to Allah anything but the truth? and they study what is in the Book.  But best for the righteous is the home in the Hereafter.  Will ye not understand?

P:  And a generation hath succeeded them who inherited the scriptures.  They grasp the goods of this low life (as the price of evil-doing) and say:  It will be forgiven us.  And if there came to them (again) the offer of the like, they would accept it (and would sin again).  Hath not the covenant of the Scripture been taken on their behalf that they should not speak aught concerning Allah save the truth?  And they have studied that which is therein.  And the abode of the Hereafter is better, for those who ward off (evil).  Have ye then no sense?

S:  Then there came after them an evil posterity who inherited the Book, taking only the frail good of this low life and saying:  It will be forgiven us.  And if the like good came to them, they would take it (too).  Was not a promise taken from them in the Book that they would not speak anything about Allah but the truth, and they have read what is in it; and the abode of the hereafter is better for those who guard (against evil).  Do you not then understand?

007.170 Y:  As to those who hold fast by the Book and establish regular prayer,- never shall We suffer the reward of the righteous to perish.