S:  Say:  If Allah had desired (otherwise) I would not have recited it to you, nor would He have taught it to you; indeed I have lived a lifetime among you before it; do you not then understand?

010.017 Y:  Who doth more wrong than such as forge a lie against Allah, or deny His Signs?  But never will prosper those who sin.

P:  Who doeth greater wrong than he who inventeth a lie concerning Allah and denieth His revelations?  Lo! the guilty never are successful.

S:  Who is then more unjust than who forges a lie against Allah or (who) gives the lie to His communications?  Surely the guilty shall not be successful.

010.018 Y:  They serve, besides Allah, things that hurt them not nor profit them, and they say:  “These are our intercessors with Allah.”  Say:  “Do ye indeed inform Allah of something He knows not, in the heavens or on earth?- Glory to Him! and far is He above the partners they ascribe (to Him)!”

P:  They worship beside Allah that which neither hurteth them nor profiteth them, and they say:  These are our intercessors with Allah.  Say:  Would ye inform Allah of (something) that He knoweth not in the heavens or in the earth?  Praised be He and High Exalted above all that ye associate (with Him)!

S:  And they serve beside Allah what can neither harm them nor profit them, and they say:  These are our intercessors with Allah.  Say:  Do you (presume to) inform Allah of what He knows not in the heavens and the earth?  Glory be to Him, and supremely exalted is He above what they set up (with Him).

010.019 Y:  Mankind was but one nation, but differed (later).  Had it not been for a word that went forth before from thy Lord, their differences would have been settled between them.

P:  Mankind were but one community; then they differed; and had it not been for a word that had already gone forth from thy Lord it had been judged between them in respect of that wherein they differ.

S:  And people are naught but a single nation, so they disagree; and had not a word already gone forth from your Lord, the matter would have certainly been decided between them in respect of that concerning which they disagree.

010.020 Y:  They say:  “Why is not a sign sent down to him from his Lord?” Say:  “The Unseen is only for Allah (to know), then wait ye:  I too will wait with you.”

P:  And they will say:  If only a portent were sent down upon him from his Lord!  Then say, (O Muhammad):  The Unseen belongeth to Allah.  So wait!  Lo!  I am waiting with you.

S:  And they say:  Why is not a sign sent to him from his Lord?  Say:  The unseen is only for Allah; therefore wait—­ surely I too, with you am of those who wait.

010.021 Y:  When We make mankind taste of some mercy after adversity hath touched them, behold! they take to plotting against Our Signs!  Say:  “Swifter to plan is Allah!” Verily, Our messengers record all the plots that ye make!