P:  Is he who goeth groping on his face more rightly guided, or he who walketh upright on a straight road?

S:  What! is he who goes prone upon his face better guided or he who walks upright upon a straight path?

067.023 Y:  Say:  “It is He Who has created you (and made you grow), and made for you the faculties of hearing, seeing, feeling and understanding:  little thanks it is ye give.”

P:  Say (unto them, O Muhammad):  He it is who gave you being, and hath assigned unto you ears and eyes and hearts.  Small thanks give ye!

S:  Say:  He it is Who brought you into being and made for you the ears and the eyes and the hearts:  little is it that you give thanks.

067.024 Y:  Say:  “It is He Who has multiplied you through the earth, and to Him shall ye be gathered together.”

P:  Say:  He it is Who multiplieth you in the earth, and unto Whom ye will be gathered.

S:  Say:  He it is Who multiplied you in the earth and to Him you shall be gathered.

067.025 Y:  They ask:  When will this promise be (fulfilled)? — If ye are telling the truth.

P:  And they say:  When (will) this promise (be fulfilled), if ye are truthful?

S:  And they say:  When shall this threat be (executed) if you are truthful?

067.026 Y:  Say:  “As to the knowledge of the time, it is with Allah alone:  I am (sent) only to warn plainly in public.”

P:  Say:  The knowledge is with Allah only, and I am but a plain warner;

S:  Say:  The knowledge (thereof) is only with Allah and I am only a plain warner.

067.027 Y:  At length, when they see it close at hand, grieved will be the faces of the Unbelievers, and it will be said (to them):  “This is (the promise fulfilled), which ye were calling for!”

P:  But when they see it nigh, the faces of those who disbelieve will be awry, and it will be said (unto them):  This is that for which ye used to call.

S:  But when they shall see it nigh, the faces of those who disbelieve shall be sorry, and it shall be said; This is that which you used to call for.

067.028 Y:  Say:  “See ye?- If Allah were to destroy me, and those with me, or if He bestows His Mercy on us,- yet who can deliver the Unbelievers from a grievous Penalty?”

P:  Say (O Muhammad):  Have ye thought:  Whether Allah causeth me (Muhammad) and those with me to perish or hath mercy on us, still, who will protect the disbelievers from a painful doom?

S:  Say:  Have you considered if Allah should destroy me and those with me—­ rather He will have mercy on us; yet who will protect the unbelievers from a painful punishment?

067.029 Y:  Say:  “He is (Allah) Most Gracious:  We have believed in Him, and on Him have we put our trust:  So, soon will ye know which (of us) it is that is in manifest error.”

P:  Say:  He is the Beneficent.  In Him we believe and in Him we put our trust.  And ye will soon know who it is that is in error manifest.