Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Part 346

S: Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,

074.039 Y: Except the Companions of the Right Hand.

P: Save those who will stand on the right hand.

S: Except the people of the right hand,

074.040 Y: (They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,

P: In gardens they will ask one another

S: In gardens, they shall ask each other

074.041 Y: And (ask) of the Sinners:

P: Concerning the guilty:

S: About the guilty:

074.042 Y: "What led you into h.e.l.l Fire?"

P: What hath brought you to this burning?

S: What has brought you into h.e.l.l?

074.043 Y: They will say: "We were not of those who prayed;"

P: They will answer: We were not of those who prayed

S: They shall say: We were not of those who prayed;

074.044 Y: "Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;"

P: Nor did we feed the wretched.

S: And we used not to feed the poor;

074.045 Y: "But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;"

P: We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders,

S: And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses.

074.046 Y: "And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,"

P: And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

S: And we used to call the Day of Judgment a lie;

074.047 Y: "Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."

P: Till the Inevitable came unto us.

S: Till death overtook us.

074.048 Y: Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.

P: The mediation of no mediators will avail them then.

S: So the intercession of intercessors shall not avail them.

074.049 Y: Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition?-

P: Why now turn they away from the Admonishment,

S: What is then the matter with them, that they turn away from the admonition,

074.050 Y: As if they were affrighted a.s.ses,

P: As they were frightened a.s.ses

S: As if they were a.s.ses taking fright

074.051 Y: Fleeing from a lion!

P: Fleeing from a lion?

S: That had fled from a lion?

074.052 Y: Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!

P: Nay, but everyone of them desireth that he should be given open pages (from Allah).

S: Nay; every one of them desires that he may be given pages spread out;

074.053 Y: By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,

P: Nay, verily. They fear not the Hereafter.

S: Nay! but they do not fear the hereafter.

074.054 Y: Nay, this surely is an admonition:

P: Nay, verily. Lo! this is an Admonishment.

S: Nay! it is surely an admonition.

074.055 Y: Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!