046.021 Y:  Mention (Hud) one of ’Ad’s (own) brethren:  Behold, he warned his people about the winding Sand-tracts:  but there have been warners before him and after him:  “Worship ye none other than Allah:  Truly I fear for you the Penalty of a Mighty Day.”

P:  And make mention (O Muhammad) of the brother of A’ad when he warned his folk among the wind-curved sandhills — and verily warners came and went before and after him — saying:  Serve none but Allah.  Lo!  I fear for you the doom of a tremendous Day.

S:  And mention the brother of Ad; when he warned his people in the sandy plains,—­ and indeed warners came before him and after him—­ saying Serve none but Allah; surely I fear for you the punishment of a grievous day.

046.022 Y:  They said:  “Hast thou come in order to turn us aside from our gods?  Then bring upon us the (calamity) with which thou dost threaten us, if thou art telling the truth?”

P:  They said:  Hast come to turn us away from our gods?  Then bring upon us that wherewith thou threatenest us, if thou art of the truthful.

S:  They said:  Have you come to us to turn us away from our gods; then bring us what you threaten us with, if you are of the truthful ones.

046.023 Y:  He said:  “The Knowledge (of when it will come) is only with Allah:  I proclaim to you the mission on which I have been sent:  But I see that ye are a people in ignorance!"..

P:  He said:  The knowledge is with Allah only.  I convey unto you that wherewith I have been sent, but I see you are a folk that know not.

S:  He said:  The knowledge is only with Allah, and I deliver to you the message with which I am sent, but I see you are a people who are ignorant.

046.024 Y:  Then, when they saw the (Penalty in the shape of) a cloud traversing the sky, coming to meet their valleys, they said, “This cloud will give us rain!” “Nay, it is the (Calamity) ye were asking to be hastened!- A wind wherein is a Grievous Penalty!”

P:  Then, when they beheld it as a dense cloud coming toward their valleys, they said:  Here is a cloud bringing us rain.  Nay, but it is that which ye did seek to hasten, a wind wherein is painful torment,

S:  So when they saw it as a cloud appearing in the sky advancing towards their valleys, they said:  This is a cloud which will give us rain.  Nay! it is what you sought to hasten on, a blast of wind in which is a painful punishment,

046.025 Y:  “Everything will it destroy by the command of its Lord!” Then by the morning they — nothing was to be seen but (the ruins of) their houses! thus do We recompense those given to sin!

P:  Destroying all things by commandment of its Lord.  And morning found them so that naught could be seen save their dwellings.  Thus do We reward the guilty folk.

S:  Destroying everything by the command of its Lord, so they became such that naught could be seen except their dwellings.  Thus do We reward the guilty people.