048.012 Y:  “Nay, ye thought that the Messenger and the Believers would never return to their families; this seemed pleasing in your hearts, and ye conceived an evil thought, for ye are a people lost (in wickedness).”

P:  Nay, but ye deemed that the messenger and the believers would never return to their own folk, and that was made fairseeming in your hearts, and ye did think an evil thought, and ye were worthless folk.

S:  Nay! you rather thought that the Messenger and the believers would not return to their families ever, and that was made fairseeming to your hearts and you thought an evil thought and you were a people doomed to perish.

048.013 Y:  And if any believe not in Allah and His Messenger, We have prepared, for those who reject Allah, a Blazing Fire!

P:  And so for him who believeth not in Allah and His messenger — Lo!  We have prepared a flame for disbelievers.

S:  And whoever does not believe in Allah and His Messenger, then surely We have prepared burning fire for the unbelievers.

048.014 Y:  To Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth:  He forgives whom He wills, and He punishes whom He wills:  but Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

P:  And Allah’s is the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth.  He forgiveth whom He will, and punisheth whom He will.  And Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.

S:  And Allah’s is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; He forgives whom He pleases and punishes whom He pleases, and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

048.015 Y:  Those who lagged behind (will say), when ye (are free to) march and take booty (in war):  “Permit us to follow you.”  They wish to change Allah’s decree:  Say:  “Not thus will ye follow us:  Allah has already declared (this) beforehand”:  then they will say, “But ye are jealous of us.”  Nay, but little do they understand (such things).

P:  Those who were left behind will say, when ye set forth to capture booty:  Let us go with you.  They fain would change the verdict of Allah.  Say (unto them, O Muhammad):  Ye shall not go with us.  Thus hath Allah said beforehand.  Then they will say:  Ye are envious of us.  Nay, but they understand not, save a little.

S:  Those who are left behind will say when you set forth for the gaining of acquisitions:  Allow us (that) we may follow you.  They desire to change the world of Allah.  Say:  By no means shall you follow us; thus did Allah say before.  But they will say:  Nay! you are jealous of us.  Nay! they do not understand but a little.

048.016 Y:  Say to the desert Arabs who lagged behind:  “Ye shall be summoned (to fight) against a people given to vehement war:  then shall ye fight, or they shall submit.  Then if ye show obedience, Allah will grant you a goodly reward, but if ye turn back as ye did before, He will punish you with a grievous Penalty.”

P:  Say unto those of the wandering Arabs who were left behind:  Ye will be called against a folk of mighty prowess, to fight them until they surrender; and if ye obey, Allah will give you a fair reward; but if ye turn away as ye did turn away before, He will punish you with a painful doom.