054.009 Y:  Before them the People of Noah rejected (their messenger):  they rejected Our servant, and said, “Here is one possessed!”, and he was driven out.

P:  The folk of Noah denied before them, yea, they denied Our slave and said:  A madman; and he was repulsed.

S:  Before them the people of Nuh rejected, so they rejected Our servant and called (him) mad, and he was driven away.

054.010 Y:  Then he called on his Lord:  “I am one overcome:  do Thou then help (me)!”

P:  So he cried unto his Lord, saying:  I am vanquished, so give help.

S:  Therefore he called upon his Lord:  I am overcome, come Thou then to help.

054.011 Y:  So We opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring forth.

P:  Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water

S:  So We opened the gates of the cloud with water pouring

054.012 Y:  And We caused the earth to gush forth with springs, so the waters met (and rose) to the extent decreed.

P:  And caused the earth to gush forth springs, so that the waters met for a predestined purpose.

S:  And We made water to flow forth in the land in springs, so the water gathered together according to a measure already ordained.

054.013 Y:  But We bore him on an (Ark) made of broad planks and caulked with palm-fibre: 

P:  And We carried him upon a thing of planks and nails,

S:  And We bore him on that which was made of planks and nails

054.014 Y:  She floats under our eyes (and care):  a recompense to one who had been rejected (with scorn)!

P:  That ran (upon the waters) in Our sight, as a reward for him who was rejected.

S:  Sailing, before Our eyes, a reward for him who was denied.

054.015 Y:  And We have left this as a Sign (for all time):  then is there any that will receive admonition?

P:  And verily We left it as a token; but is there any that remembereth?

S:  And certainly We left it as a sign, but is there anyone who

054.016 Y:  But how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning?

P:  Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!

S:  How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!

054.017 Y:  And We have indeed made the Qur’an easy to understand and remember:  then is there any that will receive admonition?

P:  And in truth We have made the Qur’an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?

S:  And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?

054.018 Y:  The ’Ad (people) (too) rejected (Truth):  then how terrible was My Penalty and My Warning?

P:  (The tribe of) A’ad rejected warnings.  Then how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings.

S:  Ad treated (the truth) as a lie, so how (great) was My punishment and My warning!