031.024 Y:  We grant them their pleasure for a little while:  in the end shall We drive them to a chastisement unrelenting.

P:  We give them comfort for a little, and then We drive them to a heavy doom.

S:  We give them to enjoy a little, then will We drive them to a severe chastisement.

031.025 Y:  If thou ask them, who it is that created the heavens and the earth.  They will certainly say, “Allah”.  Say:  “Praise be to Allah!” But most of them understand not.

P:  If thou shouldst ask them:  Who created the heavens and the earth? they would answer:  Allah.  Say:  Praise be to Allah!  But most of them know not.

S:  And if you ask them who created the heavens and the earth, they will certainly say:  Allah.  Say:  (All) praise is due to Allah; nay! most of them do not know.

031.026 Y:  To Allah belong all things in heaven and earth:  verily Allah is He (that is) free of all wants, worthy of all praise.

P:  Unto Allah belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth.  Lo!  Allah, He is the Absolute, the Owner of Praise.

S:  What is in the heavens and the earth is Allah’s; surely Allah is the Self-sufficient, the Praised.

031.027 Y:  And if all the trees on earth were pens and the ocean (were ink), with seven oceans behind it to add to its (supply), yet would not the words of Allah be exhausted (in the writing):  for Allah is Exalted in Power, full of Wisdom.

P:  And if all the trees in the earth were pens, and the sea, with seven more seas to help it, (were ink), the words of Allah could not be exhausted.  Lo!  Allah is Mighty, Wise.

S:  And were every tree that is in the earth (made into) pens and the sea (to supply it with ink), with seven more seas to increase it, the words of Allah would not come to an end; surely Allah is Mighty, Wise.

031.028 Y:  And your creation or your resurrection is in no wise but as an individual soul:  for Allah is He Who hears and sees (all things).

P:  Your creation and your raising (from the dead) are only as (the creation and the raising of) a single soul.  Lo!  Allah is Hearer, Knower.

S:  Neither your creation nor your raising is anything but as a single soul; surely Allah is Hearing, Seeing.

031.029 Y:  Seest thou not that Allah merges Night into Day and he merges Day into Night; that He has subjected the sun, and the moon (to his Law), each running its course for a term appointed; and that Allah is well-acquainted with all that ye do?

P:  Hast thou not seen how Allah causeth the night to pass into the day and causeth the day to pass into the night, and hath subdued the sun and the moon (to do their work), each running unto an appointed term; and that Allah is Informed of what ye do?

S:  Do you not see that Allah makes the night to enter into the day, and He makes the day to enter into the night, and He has made the sun and the moon subservient (to you); each pursues its course till an appointed time; and that Allah is Aware of what you do?