S:  Hearken to your Lord before there comes the day from Allah for which there shall be no averting; you shall have no refuge on that day, nor shall it be yours to make a denial.

042.048 Y:  If then they run away, We have not sent thee as a guard over them.  Thy duty is but to convey (the Message).  And truly, when We give man a taste of a Mercy from Ourselves, he doth exult thereat, but when some ill happens to him, on account of the deeds which his hands have sent forth, truly then is man ungrateful!

P:  But if they are averse, We have not sent thee as a warder over them.  Thine is only to convey (the message).  And lo! when We cause man to taste of mercy from Us he exulteth therefor.  And if some evil striketh them because of that which their own hands have sent before, then lo! man is an ingrate.

S:  But if they turn aside, We have not sent you as a watcher over them; on you is only to deliver (the message); and surely when We make man taste mercy from Us, he rejoices thereat; and if an evil afflicts them on account of what their hands have already done, then-surely man is ungrateful.

042.049 Y:  To Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth.  He creates what He wills (and plans).  He bestows (children) male or female according to His Will (and Plan),

P:  Unto Allah belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth.  He createth what He will.  He bestoweth female (offspring) upon whom He will, and bestoweth male (offspring) upon whom He will;

S:  Allah’s is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; He creates what He pleases; He grants to whom He pleases daughters and grants to whom He pleases sons.

042.050 Y:  Or He bestows both males and females, and He leaves barren whom He will:  for He is full of Knowledge and Power.

P:  Or He mingleth them, males and females, and He maketh barren whom He will.  Lo!  He is Knower, Powerful.

S:  Or He makes them of both sorts, male and female; and He makes whom He pleases barren; surely He is the Knowing, the Powerful.

042.051 Y:  It is not fitting for a man that Allah should speak to him except by inspiration, or from behind a veil, or by the sending of a messenger to reveal, with Allah’s permission, what Allah wills:  for He is Most High, Most Wise.

P:  And it was not (vouchsafed) to any mortal that Allah should speak to him unless (it be) by revelation or from behind a veil, or (that) He sendeth a messenger to reveal what He will by His leave.  Lo!  He is Exalted, Wise.

S:  And it is not for any mortal that Allah should speak to them, they could not bear to hear and they did not see.

042.052 Y:  And thus have We, by Our Command, sent inspiration to thee:  thou knewest not (before) what was Revelation, and what was Faith; but We have made the (Qur’an) a Light, wherewith We guide such of Our servants as We will; and verily thou dost guide (men) to the Straight Way,-