Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Part 140

018.106 Y: That is their reward, h.e.l.l, because they rejected Faith, and took My Signs and My Messengers by way of jest.

P: That is their reward: h.e.l.l, because they disbelieved, and made a jest of Our revelations and Our messengers.

S: Thus it is that their recompense is h.e.l.l, because they disbelieved and held My communications and My messengers in mockery.

018.107 Y: As to those who believe and work righteous deeds, they have, for their entertainment, the Gardens of Paradise,

P: Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs are the Gardens of Paradise for welcome,

S: Surely (as for) those who believe and do good deeds, their place of entertainment shall be the gardens of paradise,

018.108 Y: Wherein they shall dwell (for aye): no change will they wish for from them.

P: Wherein they will abide, with no desire to be removed from thence.

S: Abiding therein; they shall not desire removal from them.

018.109 Y: Say: "If the ocean were ink (wherewith to write out) the words of my Lord, sooner would the ocean be exhausted than would the words of my Lord, even if we added another ocean like it, for its aid."

P: Say: Though the sea became ink for the Words of my Lord, verily the sea would be used up before the words of my Lord were exhausted, even though We brought the like thereof to help.

S: Say: If the sea were ink for the words of my Lord, the sea would surely be consumed before the words of my Lord are exhausted, though We were to bring the like of that (sea) to add thereto.

018.110 Y: Say: "I am but a man like yourselves, (but) the inspiration has come to me, that your Allah is one Allah: whoever expects to meet his Lord, let him work righteousness, and, in the wors.h.i.+p of his Lord, admit no one as partner."

P: Say: I am only a mortal like you. My Lord inspireth in me that your Allah is only One Allah. And whoever hopeth for the meeting with his Lord, let him do righteous work, and make none sharer of the wors.h.i.+p due unto his Lord.

S: Say: I am only a mortal like you; it is revealed to me that your G.o.d is one Allah, therefore whoever hopes to meet his Lord, he should do good deeds, and not join any one in the service of his Lord.

Chapter 19:

MARYAM (MARY) Total Verses: 98 Revealed At: MAKKA

In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

019.001 Y: Kaf. Ha. Ya. 'Ain. Sad.

P: Kaf. Ha. Ya. A'in. Sad.

S: Kaf Ha Ya Ain Suad.

019.002 Y: (This is) a recital of the Mercy of thy Lord to His servant Zakariya.

P: A mention of the mercy of thy Lord unto His servant Zachariah.

S: A mention of the mercy of your Lord to His servant Zakariya.

019.003 Y: Behold! he cried to his Lord in secret,

P: When he cried unto his Lord a cry in secret,

S: When he called upon his Lord in a low voice,

019.004 Y: Praying: "O my Lord! infirm indeed are my bones, and the hair of my head doth glisten with grey: but never am I unblest, O my Lord, in my prayer to Thee!"

P: Saying: My Lord! Lo! the bones of me wax feeble and my head is s.h.i.+ning with grey hair, and I have never been unblest in prayer to Thee, my Lord.

S: He said: My Lord! surely my bones are weakened and my head flares with h.o.a.riness, and, my Lord! I have never been unsuccessful in my prayer to Thee:

019.005 Y: "Now I fear (what) my relatives (and colleagues) (will do) after me: but my wife is barren: so give me an heir as from Thyself,"-

P: Lo! I fear my kinsfolk after me, since my wife is barren. Oh, give me from Thy presence a successor,

S: And surely I fear my cousins after me, and my wife is barren, therefore grant me from Thyself an heir,

019.006 Y: "(One that) will (truly) represent me, and represent the posterity of Jacob; and make him, O my Lord! one with whom Thou art well-pleased!"

P: Who shall inherit of me and inherit (also) of the house of Jacob. And make him, my Lord, acceptable (unto Thee).

S: Who should inherit me and inherit from the children of Yaqoub, and make him, my Lord, one in whom Thou art well pleased.

019.007 Y: (His prayer was answered): "O Zakariya! We give thee good news of a son: His name shall be Yahya: on none by that name have We conferred distinction before."

P: (It was said unto him): O Zachariah! Lo! We bring thee tidings of a son whose name is John; we have given the same name to none before (him).

S: O Zakariya! surely We give you good news of a boy whose name shall be Yahya: We have not made before anyone his equal.

019.008 Y: He said: "O my Lord! How shall I have a son, when my wife is barren and I have grown quite decrepit from old age?"

P: He said: My Lord! How can I have a son when my wife is barren and I have reached infirm old age?

S: He said: O my Lord! when shall I have a son, and my wife is barren, and I myself have reached indeed the extreme degree of old age?

019.009 Y: He said: "So (it will be) thy Lord saith, 'that is easy for Me: I did indeed create thee before, when thou hadst been nothing!'"

P: He said: So (it will be). Thy Lord saith: It is easy for Me, even as I created thee before, when thou wast naught.

S: He said: So shall it be, your Lord says: It is easy to Me, and indeed I created you before, when you were nothing.

019.010 Y: (Zakariya) said: "O my Lord! give me a Sign." "Thy Sign," was the answer, "Shall be that thou shalt speak to no man for three nights, although thou art not dumb."

P: He said: My Lord! Appoint for me some token. He said: Thy token is that thou, with no bodily defect, shalt not speak unto mankind three nights.

S: He said: My Lord! give me a sign. He said: Your sign is that you will not be able to speak to the people three nights while in sound health.