S:  He has created the heavens and the earth with the truth; He makes the night cover the day and makes the day overtake the night, and He has made the sun and the moon subservient; each one runs on to an assigned term; now surely He is the Mighty, the great Forgiver.

039.006 Y:  He created you (all) from a single person:  then created, of like nature, his mate; and he sent down for you eight head of cattle in pairs:  He makes you, in the wombs of your mothers, in stages, one after another, in three veils of darkness.  Such is Allah, your Lord and Cherisher:  to Him belongs (all) dominion.  There is no god but He:  then how are ye turned away (from your true Centre)?

P:  He created you from one being, then from that (being) He made its mate; and He hath provided for you of cattle eight kinds.  He created you in the wombs of your mothers, creation after creation, in a threefold gloom.  Such is Allah, your Lord.  His is the Sovereignty.  There is no God save Him.  How then are ye turned away?

S:  He has created you from a single being, then made its mate of the same (kind), and He has made for you eight of the cattle in pairs.  He creates you in the wombs of your mothers—­ a creation after a creation—­ in triple darkness; that is Allah your Lord, His is the kingdom; there is no god but He; whence are you then turned away?

039.007 Y:  If ye reject (Allah), Truly Allah hath no need of you; but He liketh not ingratitude from His servants:  if ye are grateful, He is pleased with you.  No bearer of burdens can bear the burden of another.  In the end, to your Lord is your Return, when He will tell you the truth of all that ye did (in this life).  For He knoweth well all that is in (men’s) hearts.

P:  If ye are thankless, yet Allah is Independent of you, though He is not pleased with thanklessness for His bondmen; and if ye are thankful He is pleased therewith for you.  No laden soul will bear another’s load.  Then unto your Lord is your return; and He will tell you what ye used to do.  Lo!  He knoweth what is in the breasts (of men).

S:  If you are ungrateful, then surely Allah is Self-sufficient above all need of you; and He does not like ungratefulness in His servants; and if you are grateful, He likes it in you; and no bearer of burden shall bear the burden of another; then to your Lord is your return, then will He inform you of what you did; surely He is Cognizant of what is in the breasts.

039.008 Y:  When some trouble toucheth man, he crieth unto his Lord, turning to Him in repentance:  but when He bestoweth a favour upon him as from Himself, (man) doth forget what he cried and prayed for before, and he doth set up rivals unto Allah, thus misleading others from Allah’s Path.  Say, “Enjoy thy blasphemy for a little while:  verily thou art (one) of the Companions of the Fire!”

P:  And when some hurt toucheth man, he crieth unto his Lord, turning unto Him (repentant).  Then, when He granteth him a boon from Him he forgetteth that for which he cried unto Him before, and setteth up rivals to Allah that he may beguile (men) from his way.  Say (O Muhammad, unto such a one):  Take pleasure in thy disbelief a while.  Lo! thou art of the owners of the Fire.