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,