P:  Those who, if We give them power in the land, establish worship and pay the poor-due and enjoin kindness and forbid iniquity.  And Allah’s is the sequel of events.

S:  Those who, should We establish them in the land, will keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and enjoin good and forbid evil; and Allah’s is the end of affairs.

022.042 Y:  If they treat thy (mission) as false, so did the peoples before them (with their prophets),- the People of Noah, and ’Ad and Thamud;

P:  If they deny thee (Muhammad), even so the folk of Noah, and (the tribes of) A’ad and Thamud, before thee, denied (Our messengers);

S:  And if they reject you, then already before you did the people of Nuh and Ad and Samood reject (prophets).

022.043 Y:  Those of Abraham and Lut;

P:  And the folk of Abraham and the folk of Lot;

S:  And the people of Ibrahim and the people of Lut,

022.044 Y:  And the Companions of the Madyan People; and Moses was rejected (in the same way).  But I granted respite to the Unbelievers, and (only) after that did I punish them:  but how (terrible) was my rejection (of them)!

P:  (And) the dwellers in Midian.  And Moses was denied; but I indulged the disbelievers a long while, then I seized them, and how (terrible) was My abhorrence!

S:  As well as those of Madyan and Musa (too) was rejected, but I gave respite to the unbelievers, then did I overtake them, so how (severe) was My disapproval.

022.045 Y:  How many populations have We destroyed, which were given to wrong-doing?  They tumbled down on their roofs.  And how many wells are lying idle and neglected, and castles lofty and well-built?

P:  How many a township have We destroyed while it was sinful, so that it lieth (to this day) in ruins, and (how many) a deserted well and lofty tower!

S:  So how many a town did We destroy while it was unjust, so it was fallen down upon its roofs, and (how many a) deserted well and palace raised high.

022.046 Y:  Do they not travel through the land, so that their hearts (and minds) may thus learn wisdom and their ears may thus learn to hear?  Truly it is not their eyes that are blind, but their hearts which are in their breasts.

P:  Have they not travelled in the land, and have they hearts wherewith to feel and ears wherewith to hear?  For indeed it is not the eyes that grow blind, but it is the hearts, which are within the bosoms, that grow blind.

S:  Have they not travelled in the land so that they should have hearts with which to understand, or ears with which to hear?  For surely it is not the eyes that are blind, but blind are the hearts which are in the breasts.

022.047 Y:  Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment!  But Allah will not fail in His Promise.  Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years of your reckoning.

P:  And they will bid thee hasten on the Doom, and Allah faileth not His promise, but lo! a Day with Allah is as a thousand years of what ye reckon.