071.004 Y: "So He may forgive you your sins and give you respite for a stated Term: for when the Term given by Allah is accomplished, it cannot be put forward: if ye only knew."
P: That He may forgive you somewhat of your sins and respite you to an appointed term. Lo! the term of Allah, when it cometh, cannot be delayed, if ye but knew.
S: He will forgive you some of your faults and grant you a delay to an appointed term; surely the term of Allah when it comes is not postponed; did you but know!
071.005 Y: He said: "O my Lord! I have called to my People night and day:"
P: He said: My Lord! Lo! I have called unto my people night and day
S: He said: O my Lord! surely I have called my people by night and by day!
071.006 Y: "But my call only increases (their) flight (from the Right)."
P: But all my calling doth but add to their repugnance;
S: But my call has only made them flee the more:
071.007 Y: "And every time I have called to them, that Thou mightest forgive them, they have (only) thrust their fingers into their ears, covered themselves up with their garments, grown obstinate, and given themselves up to arrogance."
P: And lo! whenever I call unto them that Thou mayst pardon them they thrust their fingers in their ears and cover themselves with their garments and persist (in their refusal) and magnify themselves in pride.
S: And whenever I have called them that Thou mayest forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears, cover themselves with their garments, and persist and are puffed up with pride:
071.008 Y: "So I have called to them aloud;"
P: And lo! I have called unto them aloud,
S: Then surely I called to them aloud:
071.009 Y: "Further I have spoken to them in public and secretly in private,"
P: And lo! I have made public proclamation unto them, and I have appealed to them in private.
S: Then surely I spoke to them in public and I spoke to them in secret:
071.010 Y: "Saying, "Ask forgiveness from your Lord; for He is Oft-Forgiving;""
P: And I have said: Seek pardon of your Lord. Lo! He was ever Forgiving.
S: Then I said, Ask forgiveness of your Lord, surely He is the most Forgiving:
071.011 Y: ""He will send rain to you in abundance;""
P: He will let loose the sky for you in plenteous rain,
S: He will send down upon you the cloud, pouring down abundance of rain:
071.012 Y: ""Give you increase in wealth and sons; and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers (of flowing water).""
P: And will help you with wealth and sons, and will a.s.sign unto you Gardens and will a.s.sign unto you rivers.
S: And help you with wealth and sons, and make for you gardens, and make for you rivers.
071.013 Y: ""What is the matter with you, that ye place not your hope for kindness and long-suffering in Allah,""-
P: What aileth you that ye hope not toward Allah for dignity
S: What is the matter with you that you fear not the greatness of Allah?
071.014 Y: ""Seeing that it is He that has created you in diverse stages?""
P: When He created you by (divers) stages?
S: And indeed He has created you through various grades:
071.015 Y: ""See ye not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another,""
P: See ye not how Allah hath created seven heavens in harmony,
S: Do you not see how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another,
071.016 Y: ""And made the moon a light in their midst, and made the sun as a (Glorious) Lamp?""
P: And hath made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp?
S: And made the moon therein a light, and made the sun a lamp?
071.017 Y: ""And Allah has produced you from the earth growing (gradually),""
P: And Allah hath caused you to grow as a growth from the earth,
S: And Allah has made you grow out of the earth as a growth:
071.018 Y: ""And in the End He will return you into the (earth), and raise you forth (again at the Resurrection)?""
P: And afterward He maketh you return thereto, and He will bring you forth again, a (new) forthbringing.
S: Then He returns you to it, then will He bring you forth a (new) bringing forth:
071.019 Y: ""And Allah has made the earth for you as a carpet (spread out),""
P: And Allah hath made the earth a wide expanse for you
S: And Allah has made for you the earth a wide expanse,
071.020 Y: ""That ye may go about therein, in s.p.a.cious roads.""
P: That ye may thread the valley-ways thereof.