P:  Nay!  For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.

S:  By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.

074.017 Y:  Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!

P:  On him I shall impose a fearful doom.

S:  I will make a distressing punishment overtake him.

074.018 Y:  For he thought and he plotted;-

P:  For lo! he did consider; then he planned —

S:  Surely he reflected and guessed,

074.019 Y:  And woe to him!  How he plotted!-

P:  (Self-)destroyed is he, how he planned!

S:  But may he be cursed how he plotted;

074.020 Y:  Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted!-

P:  Again (self-)destroyed is he, how he planned! —

S:  Again, may he be cursed how he plotted;

074.021 Y:  Then he looked round;

P:  Then looked he,

S:  Then he looked,

074.022 Y:  Then he frowned and he scowled;

P:  Then frowned he and showed displeasure.

S:  Then he frowned and scowled,

074.023 Y:  Then he turned back and was haughty;

P:  Then turned he away in pride

S:  Then he turned back and was big with pride,

074.024 Y:  Then said he:  “This is nothing but magic, derived from of old;”

P:  And said:  This is naught else than magic from of old;

S:  Then he said:  This is naught but enchantment, narrated (from others);

074.025 Y:  “This is nothing but the word of a mortal!”

P:  This is naught else than speech of mortal man.

S:  This is naught but the word of a mortal.

074.026 Y:  Soon will I cast him into Hell-Fire!

P:  Him shall I fling unto the burning.

S:  I will cast him into hell.

074.027 Y:  And what will explain to thee what Hell-Fire is?

P:  — Ah, what will convey unto thee what that burning is! —

S:  And what will make you realize what hell is?

074.028 Y:  Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone!-

P:  It leaveth naught; it spareth naught

S:  It leaves naught nor does it spare aught.

074.029 Y:  Darkening and changing the colour of man!

P:  It shrivelleth the man.

S:  It scorches the mortal.

074.030 Y:  Over it are Nineteen.

P:  Above it are nineteen.

S:  Over it are nineteen.

074.031 Y:  And We have set none but angels as Guardians of the Fire; and We have fixed their number only as a trial for Unbelievers,- in order that the People of the Book may arrive at certainty, and the Believers may increase in Faith,- and that no doubts may be left for the People of the Book and the Believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the Unbelievers may say, “What symbol doth Allah intend by this?” Thus doth Allah leave to stray whom He pleaseth, and guide whom He pleaseth:  and none can know the forces of thy Lord, except He and this is no other than a warning to mankind.