043.051 Y:  And Pharaoh proclaimed among his people, saying:  “O my people!  Does not the dominion of Egypt belong to me, (witness) these streams flowing underneath my (palace)?  What! see ye not then?”

P:  And Pharaoh caused a proclamation to be made among his people saying:  O my people!  Is not mine the sovereignty of Egypt and these rivers flowing under me?  Can ye not then discern?

S:  And Firon proclaimed amongst his people:  O my people! is not the kingdom of Egypt mine?  And these rivers flow beneath me; do you not then see?

043.052 Y:  “Am I not better than this (Moses), who is a contemptible wretch and can scarcely express himself clearly?”

P:  I am surely better than this fellow, who is despicable and can hardly make (his meaning) plain!

S:  Nay!  I am better than this fellow, who is contemptible, and who can hardly speak distinctly: 

043.053 Y:  “Then why are not gold bracelets bestowed on him, or (why) come (not) with him angels accompanying him in procession?”

P:  Why, then, have armlets of gold not been set upon him, or angels sent along with him?

S:  But why have not bracelets of gold been put upon him, or why have there not come with him angels as companions?

043.054 Y:  Thus did he make fools of his people, and they obeyed him:  truly were they a people rebellious (against Allah).

P:  Thus he persuaded his people to make light (of Moses), and they obeyed him.  Lo! they were a wanton folk.

S:  So he incited his people to levity and they obeyed him:  surely they were a transgressing people.

043.055 Y:  When at length they provoked Us, We exacted retribution from them, and We drowned them all.

P:  So, when they angered Us, We punished them and drowned them every one.

S:  Then when they displeased Us, We inflicted a retribution on them, so We drowned them all together,

043.056 Y:  And We made them (a people) of the Past and an Example to later ages.

P:  And We made them a thing past, and an example for those after (them).

S:  And We made them a precedent and example to the later generations.

043.057 Y:  When (Jesus) the son of Mary is held up as an example, behold, thy people raise a clamour thereat (in ridicule)!

P:  And when the son of Mary is quoted as an example, behold! the folk laugh out,

S:  And when a description of the son of Marium is given, lo! your people raise a clamor thereat.

043.058 Y:  And they say, “Are our gods best, or he?” This they set forth to thee, only by way of disputation:  yea, they are a contentious people.

P:  And say:  Are our gods better, or is he?  They raise not the objection save for argument.  Nay! but they are a contentious folk.

S:  And they say:  Are our gods better, or is he?  They do not set it forth to you save by way of disputation; nay, they are a contentious people.