Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Part 353

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)?

P: And placed therein high mountains and given you to drink sweet water therein?

S: And made therein lofty mountains, and given you to drink of sweet water?

077.028 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.

077.029 Y: (It will be said:) "Depart ye to that which ye used to reject as false!"

P: (It will be said unto them:) Depart unto that (doom) which ye used to deny;

S: Walk on to that which you called a lie.

077.030 Y: "Depart ye to a Shadow (of smoke ascending) in three columns,"

P: Depart unto the shadow falling threefold,

S: Walk on to the covering having three branches,

077.031 Y: "(Which yields) no shade of coolness, and is of no use against the fierce Blaze."

P: (Which yet is) no relief nor shelter from the flame.

S: Neither having the coolness of the shade nor availing against the flame.

077.032 Y: "Indeed it throws about sparks (huge) as Forts,"

P: Lo! it throweth up sparks like the castles,

S: Surely it sends up sparks like palaces,

077.033 Y: "As if there were (a string of) yellow camels (marching swiftly)."

P: (Or) as it might be camels of bright yellow hue.

S: As if they were tawny camels.

077.034 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.

077.035 Y: That will be a Day when they shall not be able to speak.

P: This is a day wherein they speak not,

S: This is the day on which they shall not speak,

077.036 Y: Nor will it be open to them to put forth pleas.

P: Nor are they suffered to put forth excuses.

S: And permission shall not be given to them so that they should offer excuses.

077.037 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.

077.038 Y: That will be a Day of Sorting out! We shall gather you together and those before (you)!

P: This is the Day of Decision, We have brought you and the men of old together.

S: This is the day of decision: We have gathered you and those of yore.

077.039 Y: Now, if ye have a trick (or plot), use it against Me!