P:  Never cometh there unto them a new reminder from their Lord but they listen to it while they play,

S:  There comes not to them a new reminder from their Lord but they hear it while they sport,

021.003 Y:  Their hearts toying as with trifles.  The wrong-doers conceal their private counsels, (saying), “Is this (one) more than a man like yourselves?  Will ye go to witchcraft with your eyes open?”

P:  With hearts preoccupied.  And they confer in secret.  The wrong-doers say:  Is this other than a mortal like you?  Will ye then succumb to magic when ye see (it)?

S:  Their hearts trifling; and those who are unjust counsel together in secret:  He is nothing but a mortal like yourselves; what! will you then yield to enchantment while you see?

021.004 Y:  Say:  “My Lord knoweth (every) word (spoken) in the heavens and on earth:  He is the One that heareth and knoweth (all things).”

P:  He saith:  My Lord knoweth what is spoken in the heaven and the earth.  He is the Hearer, the Knower.

S:  He said:  My Lord knows what is spoken in the heaven and the earth, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

021.005 Y:  “Nay,” they say, “(these are) medleys of dream! — Nay, He forged it! - Nay, He is (but) a poet!  Let him then bring us a Sign like the ones that were sent to (Prophets) of old!”

P:  Nay, say they, (these are but) muddled dreams; nay, he hath but invented it; nay, he is but a poet.  Let him bring us a portent even as those of old (who were Allah’s messengers) were sent (with portents).

S:  Nay! say they:  Medleys of dreams; nay! he has forged it; nay! he is a poet; so let him bring to us a sign as the former (prophets) were sent (with).

021.006 Y:  (As to those) before them, not one of the populations which We destroyed believed:  will these believe?

P:  Not a township believed of those which We destroyed before them (though We sent them portents):  would they then believe?

S:  There did not believe before them any town which We destroyed, will they then believe?

021.007 Y:  Before thee, also, the messengers We sent were but men, to whom We granted inspiration:  If ye realise this not, ask of those who possess the Message.

P:  And We sent not (as Our messengers) before thee other than men, whom We inspired.  Ask the followers of the Reminder if ye know not?

S:  And We did not send before you any but men to whom We sent revelation, so ask the followers of the reminder if you do not know.

021.008 Y:  Nor did We give them bodies that ate no food, nor were they exempt from death.

P:  We gave them not bodies that would not eat food, nor were they immortals.

S:  And We did not make them bodies not eating the food, and they were not to abide (forever).

021.009 Y:  In the end We fulfilled to them Our Promise, and We saved them and those whom We pleased, but We destroyed those who transgressed beyond bounds.