038.025 Y:  So We forgave him this (lapse):  he enjoyed, indeed, a Near Approach to Us, and a beautiful place of (Final) Return.

P:  So We forgave him that; and lo! he had access to Our presence and a happy journey’s end.

S:  Therefore We rectified for him this, and most surely he had a nearness to Us and an excellent resort.

038.026 Y:  O David!  We did indeed make thee a vicegerent on earth:  so judge thou between men in truth (and justice):  Nor follow thou the lusts (of thy heart), for they will mislead thee from the Path of Allah:  for those who wander astray from the Path of Allah, is a Penalty Grievous, for that they forget the Day of Account.

P:  (And it was said unto him):  O David!  Lo!  We have set thee as a viceroy in the earth; therefor judge aright between mankind, and follow not desire that it beguile thee from the way of Allah.  Lo! those who wander from the way of Allah have an awful doom, forasmuch as they forgot the Day of Reckoning.

S:  O Dawood! surely We have made you a ruler in the land; so judge between men with justice and do not follow desire, lest it should lead you astray from the path of Allah; (as for) those who go astray from the path of Allah, they shall surely have a severe punishment because they forgot the day of reckoning.

038.027 Y:  Not without purpose did We create heaven and earth and all between! that were the thought of Unbelievers! but woe to the Unbelievers because of the Fire (of Hell)!

P:  And We created not the heaven and the earth and all that is between them in vain.  That is the opinion of those who disbelieve.  And woe unto those who disbelieve, from the Fire!

S:  And We did not create the heaven and the earth and what is between them in vain; that is the opinion of those who disbelieve then woe to those who disbelieve on account of the fire.

038.028 Y:  Shall We treat those who believe and work deeds of righteousness, the same as those who do mischief on earth?  Shall We treat those who guard against evil, the same as those who turn aside from the right?

P:  Shall We treat those who believe and do good works as those who spread corruption in the earth; or shall We treat the pious as the wicked?

S:  Shall We treat those who believe and do good like the mischief-makers in the earth?  Or shall We make those who guard (against evil) like the wicked?

038.029 Y:  (Here is) a Book which We have sent down unto thee, full of blessings, that they may mediate on its Signs, and that men of understanding may receive admonition.

P:  (This is) a Scripture that We have revealed unto thee, full of blessing, that they may ponder its revelations, and that men of understanding may reflect.

S:  (It is) a Book We have revealed to you abounding in good that they may ponder over its verses, and that those endowed with understanding may be mindful.