P:  And when the messengers are brought unto their time appointed —

S:  And when the messengers are gathered at their appointed time

077.012 Y:  For what Day are these (portents) deferred?

P:  For what day is the time appointed?

S:  To what day is the doom fixed?

077.013 Y:  For the Day of Sorting out.

P:  For the Day of Decision.

S:  To the day of decision.

077.014 Y:  And what will explain to thee what is the Day of Sorting out?

P:  And what will convey unto thee what the Day of Decision is! —

S:  And what will make you comprehend what the day of decision is?

077.015 Y:  Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!

P:  Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

S:  Woe on that day to the rejecters.

077.016 Y:  Did We not destroy the men of old (for their evil)?

P:  Destroyed We not the former folk,

S:  Did We not destroy the former generations?

077.017 Y:  So shall We make later (generations) follow them.

P:  Then caused the latter folk to follow after?

S:  Then did We follow them up with later ones.

077.018 Y:  Thus do We deal with men of sin.

P:  Thus deal We ever with the guilty.

S:  Even thus shall We deal with the guilty.

077.019 Y:  Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!

P:  Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

S:  Woe on that day to the rejecters.

077.020 Y:  Have We not created you from a fluid (held) despicable?-

P:  Did We not create you from a base fluid

S:  Did We not create you from contemptible water?

077.021 Y:  The which We placed in a place of rest, firmly fixed,

P:  Which We laid up in a safe abode

S:  Then We placed it in a secure resting-place,

077.022 Y:  For a period (of gestation), determined (according to need)?

P:  For a known term?

S:  Till an appointed term,

077.023 Y:  For We do determine (according to need); for We are the best to determine (things).

P:  Thus We arranged.  How excellent is Our arranging!

S:  So We proportion it—­ how well are We at proportioning (things).

077.024 Y:  Ah woe, that Day! to the Rejecters of Truth!

P:  Woe unto the repudiators on that day!

S:  Woe on that day to the rejecters.

077.025 Y:  Have We not made the earth (as a place) to draw together.

P:  Have We not made the earth a receptacle

S:  Have We not made the earth to draw together to itself,

077.026 Y:  The living and the dead,

P:  Both for the living and the dead,

S:  The living and the dead,

077.027 Y:  And made therein mountains standing firm, lofty (in stature); and provided for you water sweet (and wholesome)?