P:  Nay, but we are deprived!

S:  Nay! we are deprived.

056.068 Y:  See ye the water which ye drink?

P:  Have ye observed the water which ye drink?

S:  Have you considered the water which you drink?

056.069 Y:  Do ye bring it down (in rain) from the cloud or do We?

P:  Is it ye who shed it from the raincloud, or are We the Shedder?

S:  Is it you that send it down from the clouds, or are We the senders?

056.070 Y:  Were it Our Will, We could make it salt (and unpalatable):  then why do ye not give thanks?

P:  If We willed We verily could make it bitter.  Why then, give ye not thanks?

S:  If We pleased, We would have made it salty; why do you not then give thanks?

056.071 Y:  See ye the Fire which ye kindle?

P:  Have ye observed the fire which ye strike out;

S:  Have you considered the fire which you strike?

056.072 Y:  Is it ye who grow the tree which feeds the fire, or do We grow it?

P:  Was it ye who made the tree thereof to grow, or were We the grower?

S:  Is it you that produce the trees for it, or are We the producers?

056.073 Y:  We have made it a memorial (of Our handiwork), and an article of comfort and convenience for the denizens of deserts.

P:  We, even We, appointed it a memorial and a comfort for the dwellers in the wilderness.

S:  We have made it a reminder and an advantage for the wayfarers of the desert.

056.074 Y:  Then celebrate with praises the name of thy Lord, the Supreme!

P:  Therefor (O Muhammad), praise the name of thy Lord, the Tremendous.

S:  Therefore glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.

056.075 Y:  Furthermore I call to witness the setting of the Stars,-

P:  Nay, I swear by the places of the stars —

S:  But nay!  I swear by the falling of stars;

056.076 Y:  And that is indeed a mighty adjuration if ye but knew,-

P:  And lo! that verily is a tremendous oath, if ye but knew —

S:  And most surely it is a very great oath if you only knew;

056.077 Y:  That this is indeed a Qur’an Most Honourable,

P:  That (this) is indeed a noble Qur’an

S:  Most surely it is an honored Quran,

056.078 Y:  In Book well-guarded,

P:  In a Book kept hidden

S:  In a book that is protected

056.079 Y:  Which none shall touch but those who are clean: 

P:  Which none toucheth save the purified,

S:  None shall touch it save the purified ones.

056.080 Y:  A Revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.

P:  A revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.

S:  A revelation by the Lord of the worlds.

056.081 Y:  Is it such a Message that ye would hold in light esteem?

P:  Is it this Statement that ye scorn,