S:  He it is Who made the earth smooth for you, therefore go about in the spacious sides thereof, and eat of His sustenance, and to Him is the return after death.

067.016 Y:  Do ye feel secure that He Who is in heaven will not cause you to be swallowed up by the earth when it shakes (as in an earthquake)?

P:  Have ye taken security from Him Who is in the heaven that He will not cause the earth to swallow you when lo! it is convulsed?

S:  Are you secure of those in the heaven that He should not make the earth to swallow you up?  Then lo! it shall be in a state of commotion.

067.017 Y:  Or do ye feel secure that He Who is in Heaven will not send against you a violent tornado (with showers of stones), so that ye shall know how (terrible) was My warning?

P:  Or have ye taken security from Him Who is in the heaven that He will not let loose on you a hurricane?  But ye shall know the manner of My warning.

S:  Or are you secure of those in the heaven that He should not send down upon you a punishment?  Then shall you know how was My warning.

067.018 Y:  But indeed men before them rejected (My warning):  then how (terrible) was My rejection (of them)?

P:  And verily those before them denied, then (see) the manner of My wrath (with them)!

S:  And certainly those before them rejected (the truth), then how was My disapproval.

067.019 Y:  Do they not observe the birds above them, spreading their wings and folding them in?  None can uphold them except (Allah) Most Gracious:  Truly (Allah) Most Gracious:  Truly it is He that watches over all things.

P:  Have they not seen the birds above them spreading out their wings and closing them?  Naught upholdeth them save the Beneficent.  Lo!  He is Seer of all things.

S:  Have they not seen the birds above them expanding (their wings) and contracting (them)?  What is it that withholds them save the Beneficent Allah?  Surely He sees everything.

067.020 Y:  Nay, who is there that can help you, (even as) an army, besides (Allah) Most Merciful?  In nothing but delusion are the Unbelievers.

P:  Or who is he that will be an army unto you to help you instead of the Beneficent?  The disbelievers are in naught but illusion.

S:  Or who is it that will be a host for you to assist you besides the Beneficent Allah?  The unbelievers are only in deception.

067.021 Y:  Or who is there that can provide you with Sustenance if He were to withhold His provision?  Nay, they obstinately persist in insolent impiety and flight (from the Truth).

P:  Or who is he that will provide for you if He should withhold His providence?  Nay, but they are set in pride and frowardness.

S:  Or who is it that will give you sustenance if He should withhold His sustenance?  Nay! they persist in disdain and aversion.

067.022 Y:  Is then one who walks headlong, with his face grovelling, better guided,- or one who walks evenly on a Straight Way?