P:  Neither obey thou each feeble oath-monger,

S:  And yield not to any mean swearer

068.011 Y:  A slanderer, going about with calumnies,

P:  Detracter, spreader abroad of slanders,

S:  Defamer, going about with slander

068.012 Y:  (Habitually) hindering (all) good, transgressing beyond bounds, deep in sin,

P:  Hinderer of the good, transgressor, malefactor

S:  Forbidder of good, outstepping the limits, sinful,

068.013 Y:  Violent (and cruel),- with all that, base-born,-

P:  Greedy therewithal, intrusive.

S:  Ignoble, besides all that, base-born;

068.014 Y:  Because he possesses wealth and (numerous) sons.

P:  It is because he is possessed of wealth and children

S:  Because he possesses wealth and sons.

068.015 Y:  When to him are rehearsed Our Signs, “Tales of the ancients”, he cries!

P:  That, when Our revelations are recited unto him, he saith:  Mere fables of the men of old.

S:  When Our communications are recited to him, he says:  Stories of those of yore.

068.016 Y:  Soon shall We brand (the beast) on the snout!

P:  We shall brand him on the nose.

S:  We will brand him on the nose.

068.017 Y:  Verily We have tried them as We tried the People of the Garden, when they resolved to gather the fruits of the (garden) in the morning.

P:  Lo!  We have tried them as We tried the owners of the garden when they vowed that they would pluck its fruit next morning,

S:  Surely We will try them as We tried the owners of the garden, when they swore that they would certainly cut off the produce in the morning,

068.018 Y:  But made no reservation, ("If it be Allah’s Will").

P:  And made no exception (for the Will of Allah);

S:  And were not willing to set aside a portion (for the poor).

068.019 Y:  Then there came on the (garden) a visitation from thy Lord, (which swept away) all around, while they were asleep.

P:  Then a visitation from thy Lord came upon it while they slept

S:  Then there encompassed it a visitation from your Lord while they were sleeping.

068.020 Y:  So the (garden) became, by the morning, like a dark and desolate spot, (whose fruit had been gathered).

P:  And in the morning it was as if plucked.

S:  So it became as black, barren land.

068.021 Y:  As the morning broke, they called out, one to another,-

P:  And they cried out one unto another in the morning,

S:  And they called out to each other in the morning,

068.022 Y:  “Go ye to your tilth (betimes) in the morning, if ye would gather the fruits.”

P:  Saying:  Run unto your field if ye would pluck (the fruit).

S:  Saying:  Go early to your tilth if you would cut (the produce).