S:  But when We decreed death for him, naught showed them his death but a creature of the earth that ate away his staff; and when it fell down, the jinn came to know plainly that if they had known the unseen, they would not have tarried in abasing torment.

034.015 Y:  There was, for Saba, aforetime, a Sign in their home-land — two Gardens to the right and to the left.  “Eat of the Sustenance (provided) by your Lord, and be grateful to Him:  a territory fair and happy, and a Lord Oft-Forgiving!”

P:  There was indeed a sign for Sheba in their dwelling-place:  Two gardens on the right hand and the left (as who should say):  Eat of the provision of your Lord and render thanks to Him.  A fair land and an indulgent Lord!

S:  Certainly there was a sign for Saba in their abode; two gardens on the right and the left; eat of the sustenance of your Lord and give thanks to Him:  a good land and a Forgiving Lord!

034.016 Y:  But they turned away (from Allah), and We sent against them the Flood (released) from the dams, and We converted their two garden (rows) into “gardens” producing bitter fruit, and tamarisks, and some few (stunted) Lote-trees.

P:  But they were froward, so We sent on them the flood of ’Iram, and in exchange for their two gardens gave them two gardens bearing bitter fruit, the tamarisk and here and there a lote-tree.

S:  But they turned aside, so We sent upon them a torrent of which the rush could not be withstood, and in place of their two gardens We gave to them two gardens yielding bitter fruit and (growing) tamarisk and a few lote-trees.

034.017 Y:  That was the Requital We gave them because they ungratefully rejected Faith:  and never do We give (such) requital except to such as are ungrateful rejecters.

P:  This We awarded them because of their ingratitude.  Punish We ever any save the ingrates?

S:  This We requited them with because they disbelieved; and We do not punish any but the ungrateful.

034.018 Y:  Between them and the Cities on which We had poured our blessings, We had placed Cities in prominent positions, and between them We had appointed stages of journey in due proportion:  “Travel therein, secure, by night and by day.”

P:  And We set, between them and the towns which We had blessed, towns easy to be seen, and We made the stage between them easy, (saying):  Travel in them safely both by night and day.

S:  And We made between them and the towns which We had blessed (other) towns to be easily seen, and We apportioned the journey therein:  Travel through them nights and days, secure.

034.019 Y:  But they said:  “Our Lord!  Place longer distances between our journey-stages”:  but they wronged themselves (therein).  At length We made them as a tale (that is told), and We dispersed them all in scattered fragments.  Verily in this are Signs for every (soul that is) patiently constant and grateful.