089.013 Y: Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastis.e.m.e.nts:
P: Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
S: Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastis.e.m.e.nt.
089.014 Y: For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch-tower.
P: Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
S: Most surely your Lord is watching.
089.015 Y: Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me."
P: As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.
S: And as for man, when his Lord tries him, then treats him with honor and makes him lead an easy life, he says: My Lord honors me.
089.016 Y: But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"
P: But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.
S: But when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me.
089.017 Y: Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
P: Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
S: Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
089.018 Y: Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor!-
P: And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
S: Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
089.019 Y: And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
P: And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
S: And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
089.020 Y: And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
P: And love wealth with abounding love.
S: And you love wealth with exceeding love.
089.021 Y: Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
P: Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
S: Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
089.022 Y: And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
P: And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
S: And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
089.023 Y: And h.e.l.l, that Day, is brought (face to face),- on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?
P: And h.e.l.l is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him)?
S: And h.e.l.l is made to appear on that day. On that day shall man be mindful, and what shall being mindful (then) avail him?
089.024 Y: He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"
P: He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!
S: He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!
089.025 Y: For, that Day, His Chastis.e.m.e.nt will be such as none (else) can inflict,
P: None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
S: But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastis.e.m.e.nt,
089.026 Y: And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
P: None bindeth as He then will bind.
S: And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
089.027 Y: (To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!"
P: But ah! thou soul at peace!
S: O soul that art at rest!
089.028 Y: "Come back thou to thy Lord,- well pleased (thyself), and well-pleasing unto Him!"
P: Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
S: Return to your Lord, well-pleased (with him), well-pleasing (Him),
089.029 Y: "Enter thou, then, among My devotees!"
P: Enter thou among My bondmen!