P:  Allah it is Who appointed for you the earth for a dwelling-place and the sky for a canopy, and fashioned you and perfected your shapes, and hath provided you with good things.  Such is Allah, your Lord.  Then blessed be Allah, the Lord of the Worlds!

S:  Allah is He Who made the earth a resting-place for you and the heaven a canopy, and He formed you, then made goodly your forms, and He provided you with goodly things; that is Allah, your Lord; blessed then is Allah, the Lord of the worlds.

040.065 Y:  He is the Living (One):  There is no god but He:  Call upon Him, giving Him sincere devotion.  Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds!

P:  He is the Living One.  There is no God save Him.  So pray unto Him, making religion pure for Him (only).  Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds!

S:  He is the Living, there is no god but He, therefore call on Him, being sincere to Him in obedience; (all) praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.

040.066 Y:  Say:  “I have been forbidden to invoke those whom ye invoke besides Allah,- seeing that the Clear Signs have come to me from my Lord; and I have been commanded to bow (in Islam) to the Lord of the Worlds.”

P:  Say (O Muhammad):  I am forbidden to worship those unto whom ye cry beside Allah since there have come unto me clear proofs from my Lord, and I am commanded to surrender to the Lord of the Worlds.

S:  Say:  I am forbidden to serve those whom you call upon besides Allah when clear arguments have come to me from my Lord, and I am commanded that I should submit to the Lord of the worlds.

040.067 Y:  It is He Who has created you from dust then from a sperm-drop, then from a leech-like clot; then does he get you out (into the light) as a child:  then lets you (grow and) reach your age of full strength; then lets you become old,- though of you there are some who die before;- and lets you reach a Term appointed; in order that ye may learn wisdom.

P:  He it is Who created you from dust, then from a drop (of seed) then from a clot, then bringeth you forth as a child, then (ordaineth) that ye attain full strength and afterward that ye become old men — though some among you die before — and that ye reach an appointed term, that haply ye may understand.

S:  He it is Who created you from dust, then from a small life-germ, then from a clot, then He brings you forth as a child, then that you may attain your maturity, then that you may be old—­ and of you there are some who are caused to die before—­ and that you may reach an appointed term, and that you may understand.

040.068 Y:  It is He Who gives Life and Death; and when He decides upon an affair, He says to it, “Be”, and it is.

P:  He it is Who quickeneth and giveth death.  When He ordaineth a thing, He saith unto it only:  Be! and it is.

S:  He it is Who gives life and brings death, so when He decrees an affair, He only says to it:  Be, and it is.