P:  Blessed is He Who hath revealed unto His slave the Criterion (of right and wrong), that he may be a warner to the peoples.

S:  Blessed is He Who sent down the Furqan upon His servant that he may be a warner to the nations;

025.002 Y:  He to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth:  no son has He begotten, nor has He a partner in His dominion:  it is He who created all things, and ordered them in due proportions.

P:  He unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, He hath chosen no son nor hath He any partner in the Sovereignty.  He hath created everything and hath meted out for it a measure.

S:  He, Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and Who did not take to Himself a son, and Who has no associate in the kingdom, and Who created everything, then ordained for it a measure.

025.003 Y:  Yet have they taken, besides him, gods that can create nothing but are themselves created; that have no control of hurt or good to themselves; nor can they control death nor life nor resurrection.

P:  Yet they choose beside Him other gods who create naught but are themselves created, and possess not hurt nor profit for themselves, and possess not death nor life, nor power to raise the dead.

S:  And they have taken besides Him gods, who do not create anything while they are themselves created, and they control not for themselves any harm or profit, and they control not death nor life, nor raising (the dead) to life.

025.004 Y:  But the misbelievers say:  “Naught is this but a lie which he has forged, and others have helped him at it.”  In truth it is they who have put forward an iniquity and a falsehood.

P:  Those who disbelieve say:  This is naught but a lie that he hath invented, and other folk have helped him with it, so that they have produced a slander and a lie.

S:  And those who disbelieve say:  This is nothing but a lie which he has forged, and other people have helped him at it; so indeed they have done injustice and (uttered) a falsehood.

025.005 Y:  And they say:  “Tales of the ancients, which he has caused to be written:  and they are dictated before him morning and evening.”

P:  And they say:  Fables of the men of old which he hath had written down so that they are dictated to him morn and evening.

S:  And they say:  The stories of the ancients—­ he has got them written—­ so these are read out to him morning and evening.

025.006 Y:  Say:  “The (Qur’an) was sent down by Him who knows the mystery (that is) in the heavens and the earth:  verily He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”

P:  Say (unto them, O Muhammad):  He who knoweth the secret of the heavens and the earth hath revealed it.  Lo!  He ever is Forgiving, Merciful.

S:  Say:  He has revealed it Who knows the secret in the heavens and the earth; surely He is ever Forgiving, Merciful.