047.021 Y:  Were it to obey and say what is just, and when a matter is resolved on, it were best for them if they were true to Allah.

P:  Obedience and a civil word.  Then, when the matter is determined, if they are loyal to Allah it will be well for them.

S:  Obedience and a gentle word (was proper); but when the affair becomes settled, then if they remain true to Allah it would certainly be better for them.

047.022 Y:  Then, is it to be expected of you, if ye were put in authority, that ye will do mischief in the land, and break your ties of kith and kin?

P:  Would ye then, if ye were given the command, work corruption in the land and sever your ties of kinship?

S:  But if you held command, you were sure to make mischief in the land and cut off the ties of kinship!

047.023 Y:  Such are the men whom Allah has cursed for He has made them deaf and blinded their sight.

P:  Such are they whom Allah curseth so that He deafeneth them and maketh blind their eyes.

S:  Those it is whom Allah has cursed so He has made them deaf and blinded their eyes.

047.024 Y:  Do they not then earnestly seek to understand the Qur’an, or are their hearts locked up by them?

P:  Will they then not meditate on the Qur’an, or are there locks on the hearts?

S:  Do they not then reflect on the Quran?  Nay, on the hearts there are locks.

047.025 Y:  Those who turn back as apostates after Guidance was clearly shown to them,- the Evil One has instigated them and busied them up with false hopes.

P:  Lo! those who turn back after the guidance hath been manifested unto them, Satan hath seduced them, and He giveth them the rein.

S:  Surely (as for) those who return on their backs after that guidance has become manifest to them, the Shaitan has made it a light matter to them; and He gives them respite.

047.026 Y:  This, because they said to those who hate what Allah has revealed, “We will obey you in part of (this) matter”; but Allah knows their (inner) secrets.

P:  That is because they say unto those who hate what Allah hath revealed:  We will obey you in some matters; and Allah knoweth their secret talk.

S:  That is because they say to those who hate what Allah has revealed:  We will obey you in some of the affairs; and Allah knows their secrets.

047.027 Y:  But how (will it be) when the angels take their souls at death, and smite their faces and their backs?

P:  Then how (will it be with them) when the angels gather them, smiting their faces and their backs!

S:  But how will it be when the angels cause them to die smiting their backs.

047.028 Y:  This because they followed that which called forth the Wrath of Allah, and they hated Allah’s good pleasure; so He made their deeds of no effect.

P:  That will be because they followed that which angereth Allah, and hated that which pleaseth Him.  Therefor He hath made their actions vain.