Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Part 369

P: He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).

S: Surely he thought that he would never return.

084.015 Y: Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him!

P: Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!

S: Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.

084.016 Y: So I do call to witness the ruddy glow of Sunset;

P: Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

S: But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,

084.017 Y: The Night and its Homing;

P: And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,

S: And the night and that which it drives on,

084.018 Y: And the Moon in her fullness:

P: And by the moon when she is at the full,

S: And the moon when it grows full,

084.019 Y: Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage.

P: That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.

S: That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.

084.020 Y: What then is the matter with them, that they believe not?-

P: What aileth them, then, that they believe not

S: But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,

084.021 Y: And when the Qur'an is read to them, they fall not prostrate,

P: And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, wors.h.i.+p not (Allah)?

S: And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?

084.022 Y: But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it).

P: Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;

S: Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.

084.023 Y: But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their b.r.e.a.s.t.s)

P: And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.

S: And Allah knows best what they hide,

084.024 Y: So announce to them a Penalty Grievous,

P: So give them tidings of a painful doom,

S: So announce to them a painful punishment,

084.025 Y: Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a Reward that will never fail.

P: Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.

S: Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.

Chapter 85:

AL-BUROOJ (THE MANSIONS OF THE STARS, CONSTELLATIONS) Total Verses: 22 Revealed At: MAKKA

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

085.001 Y: By the sky, (displaying) the Zodiacal Signs;

P: By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars,

S: I swear by the mansions of the stars,

085.002 Y: By the promised Day (of Judgment);

P: And by the Promised Day.

S: And the promised day,

085.003 Y: By one that witnesses, and the subject of the witness;-

P: And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony,

S: And the bearer of witness and those against whom the witness is borne.

085.004 Y: Woe to the makers of the pit (of fire),