S:  Then We raised up after them another generation.

023.032 Y:  And We sent to them a messenger from among themselves, (saying), “Worship Allah! ye have no other god but Him.  Will ye not fear (Him)?”

P:  And we sent among them a messenger of their own, saying:  Serve Allah, Ye have no other Allah save Him.  Will ye not ward off (evil)?

S:  So We sent among them a messenger from among them, saying:  Serve Allah, you have no god other than Him; will you not then guard (against evil)?

023.033 Y:  And the chiefs of his people, who disbelieved and denied the Meeting in the Hereafter, and on whom We had bestowed the good things of this life, said:  “He is no more than a man like yourselves:  he eats of that of which ye eat, and drinks of what ye drink.”

P:  And the chieftains of his folk, who disbelieved and denied the meeting of the Hereafter, and whom We had made soft in the life of the world, said:  This is only a mortal like you, who eateth of that whereof ye eat and drinketh of that ye drink.

S:  And the chiefs of his people who disbelieved and called the meeting of the hereafter a lie, and whom We had given plenty to enjoy in this world’s life, said:  This is nothing but a mortal like yourselves, eating of what you eat from and drinking of what you drink.

023.034 Y:  “If ye obey a man like yourselves, behold, it is certain ye will be lost.”

P:  If ye were to obey a mortal like yourselves, then, lo! ye surely would be losers.

S:  And if you obey a mortal like yourselves, then most surely you will be losers: 

023.035 Y:  “Does he promise that when ye die and become dust and bones, ye shall be brought forth (again)?”

P:  Doth he promise you that you, when ye are dead and have become dust and bones, will (again) be brought forth?

S:  What! does he threaten you that when you are dead and become dust and bones that you shall then be brought forth?

023.036 Y:  “Far, very far is that which ye are promised!”

P:  Begone, begone, with that which ye are promised!

S:  Far, far is that which you are threatened with.

023.037 Y:  “There is nothing but our life in this world!  We shall die and we live!  But we shall never be raised up again!”

P:  There is naught but our life of the world; we die and we live, and we shall not be raised (again).

S:  There is naught but our life in this world; we die and we live and we shall not be raised again.

023.038 Y:  “He is only a man who invents a lie against Allah, but we are not the ones to believe in him!”

P:  He is only a man who hath invented a lie about Allah.  We are not going to put faith in him.

S:  He is naught but a man who has forged a lie against Allah, and we are not going to believe in him.

023.039 Y:  (The prophet) said:  “O my Lord! help me:  for that they accuse me of falsehood.”