S:  And do not say of anything:  Surely I will do it tomorrow,

018.024 Y:  Without adding, “So please Allah!” and call thy Lord to mind when thou forgettest, and say, “I hope that my Lord will guide me ever closer (even) than this to the right road.”

P:  Except if Allah will.  And remember thy Lord when thou forgettest, and say:  It may be that my Lord guideth me unto a nearer way of truth than this.

S:  Unless Allah pleases; and remember your Lord when you forget and say:  Maybe my Lord will guide me to a nearer course to the right than this.

018.025 Y:  So they stayed in their Cave three hundred years, and (some) add nine (more)

P:  And (it is said) they tarried in their Cave three hundred years and add nine.

S:  And they remained in their cave three hundred years and (some) add (another) nine.

018.026 Y:  Say:  “Allah knows best how long they stayed:  with Him is (the knowledge of) the secrets of the heavens and the earth:  how clearly He sees, how finely He hears (everything)!  They have no protector other than Him; nor does He share His Command with any person whatsoever.”

P:  Say:  Allah is Best Aware how long they tarried.  His is the Invisible of the heavens and the earth.  How clear of sight is He and keen of hearing!  They have no protecting friend beside Him, and He maketh none to share in His government.

S:  Say:  Allah knows best how long they remained; to Him are (known) the unseen things of the heavens and the earth; how clear His sight and how clear His hearing!  There is none to be a guardian for them besides Him, and He does not make any one His associate in His Judgment.

018.027 Y:  And recite (and teach) what has been revealed to thee of the Book of thy Lord:  none can change His Words, and none wilt thou find as a refuge other than Him.

P:  And recite that which hath been revealed unto thee of the Scripture of thy Lord.  There is none who can change His words, and thou wilt find no refuge beside Him.

S:  And recite what has been revealed to you of the Book of your Lord, there is none who can alter His words; and you shall not find any refuge besides Him.

018.028 Y:  And keep thy soul content with those who call on their Lord morning and evening, seeking His Face; and let not thine eyes pass beyond them, seeking the pomp and glitter of this Life; no obey any whose heart We have permitted to neglect the remembrance of Us, one who follows his own desires, whose case has gone beyond all bounds.

P:  Restrain thyself along with those who cry unto their Lord at morn and evening, seeking His Countenance; and let not thine eyes overlook them, desiring the pomp of the life of the world; and obey not him whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance, who followeth his own lust and whose case hath been abandoned.

S:  And withhold yourself with those who call on their Lord morning and evening desiring His goodwill, and let not your eyes pass from them, desiring the beauties of this world’s life; and do not follow him whose heart We have made unmindful to Our remembrance, and he follows his low desires and his case is one in which due bounds are exceeded.