S:  And Allah has made some of you excel others in the means of subsistence, so those who are made to excel do not give away their sustenance to those whom their right hands possess so that they should be equal therein; is it then the favor of Allah which they deny?

016.072 Y:  And Allah has made for you mates (and companions) of your own nature, and made for you, out of them, sons and daughters and grandchildren, and provided for you sustenance of the best:  will they then believe in vain things, and be ungrateful for Allah’s favours?-

P:  And Allah hath given you wives of your own kind, and hath given you, from your wives, sons and grandsons, and hath made provision of good things for you.  Is it then in vanity that they believe and in the grace of Allah that they disbelieve?

S:  And Allah has made wives for you from among yourselves, and has given you sons and grandchildren from your wives, and has given you of the good things; is it then in the falsehood that they believe while it is in the favor of Allah that they disbelieve?

016.073 Y:  And worship others than Allah,- such as have no power of providing them, for sustenance, with anything in heavens or earth, and cannot possibly have such power?

P:  And they worship beside Allah that which owneth no provision whatsoever for them from the heavens or the earth, nor have they (whom they worship) any power.

S:  And they serve besides Allah that which does not control for them any sustenance at all from the heavens and the earth, nor have they any power.

016.074 Y:  Invent not similitudes for Allah:  for Allah knoweth, and ye know not.

P:  So coin not similitudes for Allah.  Lo!  Allah knoweth; ye know not.

S:  Therefore do not give likenesses to Allah; surely Allah knows and you do not know.

016.075 Y:  Allah sets forth the Parable (of two men:  one) a slave under the dominion of another; He has no power of any sort; and (the other) a man on whom We have bestowed goodly favours from Ourselves, and he spends thereof (freely), privately and publicly:  are the two equal? (By no means;) praise be to Allah.  But most of them understand not.

P:  Allah coineth a similitude:  (on the one hand) a (mere) chattel slave, who hath control of nothing, and (on the other hand) one on whom we have bestowed a fair provision from Us, and he spendeth thereof secretly and openly.  Are they equal?  Praise be to Allah!  But most of them know not.

S:  Allah sets forth a parable:  (consider) a slave, the property of another, (who) has no power over anything, and one whom We have granted from Ourselves a goodly sustenance so he spends from it secretly and openly; are the two alike? (All) praise is due to Allah!  Nay, most of them do not know.

016.076 Y:  Allah sets forth (another) Parable of two men:  one of them dumb, with no power of any sort; a wearisome burden is he to his master; whichever way be directs him, he brings no good:  is such a man equal with one who commands Justice, and is on a Straight Way?