P:  Nay, but those who disbelieve are in false pride and schism.

S:  Nay! those who disbelieve are in self-exaltation and opposition.

038.003 Y:  How many generations before them did We destroy?  In the end they cried (for mercy)- when there was no longer time for being saved!

P:  How many a generation We destroyed before them, and they cried out when it was no longer the time for escape!

S:  How many did We destroy before them of the generations, then they cried while the time of escaping had passed away.

038.004 Y:  So they wonder that a Warner has come to them from among themselves! and the Unbelievers say, “This is a sorcerer telling lies!”

P:  And they marvel that a warner from among themselves hath come unto them, and the disbelievers say:  This is a wizard, a charlatan.

S:  And they wonder that there has come to them a warner from among themselves, and the disbelievers say:  This is an enchanter, a liar.

038.005 Y:  “Has he made the gods (all) into one Allah?  Truly this is a wonderful thing!”

P:  Maketh he the gods One Allah?  Lo! that is an astounding thing.

S:  What! makes he the gods a single Allah?  A strange thing is this, to be sure!

038.006 Y:  And the leader among them go away (impatiently), (saying), “Walk ye away, and remain constant to your gods!  For this is truly a thing designed (against you)!”

P:  The chiefs among them go about, exhorting:  Go and be staunch to your gods!  Lo! this is a thing designed.

S:  And the chief persons of them break forth, saying:  Go and steadily adhere to your gods; this is most surely a thing sought after.

038.007 Y:  “We never heard (the like) of this among the people of these latter days:  this is nothing but a made-up tale!”

P:  We have not heard of this in later religion.  This is naught but an invention.

S:  We never heard of this in the former faith; this is nothing but a forgery: 

038.008 Y:  “What! has the Message been sent to him — (Of all persons) among us?"...but they are in doubt concerning My (Own) Message!  Nay, they have not yet tasted My Punishment!

P:  Hath the reminder been unto him (alone) among us?  Nay, but they are in doubt concerning My reminder; nay but they have not yet tasted My doom.

S:  Has the reminder been revealed to him from among us?  Nay! they are in doubt as to My reminder.  Nay! they have not yet tasted My chastisement!

038.009 Y:  Or have they the treasures of the mercy of thy Lord,- the Exalted in Power, the Grantor of Bounties without measure?

P:  Or are theirs the treasures of the mercy of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Bestower?

S:  Or is it that they have the treasures of the mercy of your Lord, the Mighty, the great Giver?

038.010 Y:  Or have they the dominion of the heavens and the earth and all between?  If so, let them mount up with the ropes and means (to reach that end)!