Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Part 361

P: Exalted, purified,

S: Exalted, purified,

080.015 Y: (Written) by the hands of scribes-

P: (Set down) by scribes

S: In the hands of scribes

080.016 Y: Honourable and Pious and Just.

P: n.o.ble and righteous.

S: n.o.ble, virtuous.

080.017 Y: Woe to man! What hath made him reject Allah;

P: Man is (self-)destroyed: how ungrateful!

S: Cursed be man! how ungrateful is he!

080.018 Y: From what stuff hath He created him?

P: From what thing doth He create him?

S: Of what thing did He create him?

080.019 Y: From a sperm-drop: He hath created him, and then mouldeth him in due proportions;

P: From a drop of seed. He createth him and proportioneth him,

S: Of a small seed; He created him, then He made him according to a measure,

080.020 Y: Then doth He make His path smooth for him;

P: Then maketh the way easy for him,

S: Then (as for) the way-- He has made it easy (for him)

080.021 Y: Then He causeth him to die, and putteth him in his grave;

P: Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;

S: Then He causes him to die, then a.s.signs to him a grave,

080.022 Y: Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again).

P: Then, when He will, He bringeth him again to life.

S: Then when He pleases, He will raise him to life again.

080.023 Y: By no means hath he fulfilled what Allah hath commanded him.

P: Nay, but (man) hath not done what He commanded him.

S: Nay; but he has not done what He bade him.

080.024 Y: Then let man look at his food, (and how We provide it):

P: Let man consider his food:

S: Then let man look to his food,

080.025 Y: For that We pour forth water in abundance,

P: How We pour water in showers

S: That We pour down the water, pouring (it) down in abundance,

080.026 Y: And We split the earth in fragments,

P: Then split the earth in clefts

S: Then We cleave the earth, cleaving (it) asunder,

080.027 Y: And produce therein corn,

P: And cause the grain to grow therein

S: Then We cause to grow therein the grain,

080.028 Y: And Grapes and nutritious plants,

P: And grapes and green fodder

S: And grapes and clover,

080.029 Y: And Olives and Dates,

P: And olive-trees and palm-trees

S: And the olive and the palm,

080.030 Y: And enclosed Gardens, dense with lofty trees,

P: And garden-closes of thick foliage

S: And thick gardens,