046.026 Y:  And We had firmly established them in a (prosperity and) power which We have not given to you (ye Quraish!) and We had endowed them with (faculties of) hearing, seeing, heart and intellect:  but of no profit to them were their (faculties of) hearing, sight, and heart and intellect, when they went on rejecting the Signs of Allah; and they were (completely) encircled by that which they used to mock at!

P:  And verily We had empowered them with that wherewith We have not empowered you, and had assigned them ears and eyes and hearts; but their ears and eyes and hearts availed them naught since they denied the revelations of Allah; and what they used to mock befell them.

S:  And certainly We had established them in what We have not established you in, and We had given—­ them ears and eyes and hearts, but neither their ears, nor their eyes, nor their hearts availed them aught, since they denied the communications of Allah, and that which they mocked encompassed them.

046.027 Y:  We destroyed aforetime populations round about you; and We have shown the Signs in various ways, that they may turn (to Us).

P:  And verily We have destroyed townships round about you, and displayed (for them) Our revelation, that haply they might return.

S:  And certainly We destroyed the towns which are around you, and We repeat the communications that they might turn.

046.028 Y:  Why then was no help forthcoming to them from those whom they worshipped as gods, besides Allah, as a means of access (to Allah)?  Nay, they left them in the lurch:  but that was their falsehood and their invention.

P:  Then why did those whom they had chosen for gods as a way of approach (unto Allah) not help them?  Nay, but they did fail them utterly.  And (all) that was their lie, and what they used to invent.

S:  Why did not then those help them whom they took for gods besides Allah to draw (them) nigh (to Him)?  Nay! they were lost to them; and this was their lie and what they forged.

046.029 Y:  Behold, We turned towards thee a company of jinns (quietly) listening to the Qur’an:  when they stood in the presence thereof, they said, “Listen in silence!” When the (reading) was finished, they returned to their people, to warn (them of their sins).

P:  And when We inclined toward thee (Muhammad) certain of the jinn, who wished to hear the Qur’an and, when they were in its presence, said:  Give ear! and, when it was finished, turned back to their people, warning.

S:  And when We turned towards you a party of the jinn who listened to the Quran; so when they came to it, they said:  Be silent; then when it was finished, they turned back to their people warning (them).

046.030 Y:  They said, “O our people!  We have heard a Book revealed after Moses, confirming what came before it:  it guides (men) to the Truth and to a Straight Path.”

P:  They said:  O our people!  Lo! we have heard a Scripture which hath been revealed after Moses, confirming that which was before it, guiding unto the truth and a right road.