Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Part 313

056.044 Y: Nothing (will there be) to refresh, nor to please:

P: Neither cool nor refres.h.i.+ng.

S: Neither cool nor honorable.

056.045 Y: For that they were wont to be indulged, before that, in wealth (and luxury),

P: Lo! heretofore they were effete with luxury

S: Surely they were before that made to live in ease and plenty.

056.046 Y: And persisted obstinately in wickedness supreme!

P: And used to persist in the awful sin.

S: And they persisted in the great violation.

056.047 Y: And they used to say, "What! when we die and become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be raised up again?"-

P: And they used to say: When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised again,

S: And they used to say: What! when we die and have become dust and bones, shall we then indeed be raised?

056.048 Y: "(We) and our fathers of old?"

P: And also our forefathers?

S: Or our fathers of yore?

056.049 Y: Say: "Yea, those of old and those of later times,"

P: Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Lo! those of old and those of later time

S: Say: The first and the last,

056.050 Y: "All will certainly be gathered together for the meeting appointed for a Day well-known."

P: Will all be brought together to the tryst of an appointed day.

S: Shall most surely be gathered together for the appointed hour of a known day.

056.051 Y: "Then will ye truly,- O ye that go wrong, and treat (Truth) as Falsehood!"-

P: Then lo! ye, the erring, the deniers,

S: Then shall you, O you who err and call it a lie!

056.052 Y: "Ye will surely taste of the Tree of Zaqqum."

P: Ye verily will eat of a tree called Zaqqum

S: Most surely eat of a tree of Zaqqoom,

056.053 Y: "Then will ye fill your insides therewith,"

P: And will fill your bellies therewith;

S: And fill (your) bellies with it;

056.054 Y: "And drink Boiling Water on top of it:"

P: And thereon ye will drink of boiling water,

S: Then drink over it of boiling water;

056.055 Y: "Indeed ye shall drink like diseased camels raging with thirst!"

P: Drinking even as the camel drinketh.

S: And drink as drinks the thirsty camel.

056.056 Y: Such will be their entertainment on the Day of Requital!

P: This will be their welcome on the Day of Judgment.

S: This is their entertainment on the day of requital.

056.057 Y: It is We Who have created you: why will ye not witness the Truth?

P: We created you. Will ye then admit the truth?

S: We have created you, why do you not then a.s.sent?

056.058 Y: Do ye then see?- The (human Seed) that ye throw out,-

P: Have ye seen that which ye emit?

S: Have you considered the seed?

056.059 Y: Is it ye who create it, or are We the Creators?

P: Do ye create it or are We the Creator?

S: Is it you that create it or are We the creators?

056.060 Y: We have decreed Death to be your common lot, and We are not to be frustrated

P: We mete out death among you, and We are not to be outrun,