ome to them an extensive
chastisement from Allah or (that) the hour may come to them suddenly
while they do not perceive?

012.108
Y: Say thou: "This is my way: I do invite unto Allah,- on evidence clear
as the seeing with one's eyes,- I and whoever follows me. Glory to
Allah! and never will I join gods with Allah!"

P: Say: This is my Way: I call on Allah with sure knowledge. I and
whosoever followeth me - Glory be to Allah! - and I am not of the
idolaters.

S: Say: This is my way: I call to Allah, I and those who follow me being
certain, and glory be to Allah, and I am not one of the polytheists.

012.109
Y: Nor did We send before thee (as messengers) any but men, whom we did
inspire,- (men) living in human habitations. Do they not travel through
the earth, and see what was the end of those before them? But the home
of the hereafter is best, for those who do right. Will ye not then
understand?

P: We sent not before thee (any messengers) save men whom We inspired
from among the folk of the townships - Have they not travelled in the
land and seen the nature of the consequence for those who were before
them? And verily the abode of the Hereafter, for those who ward off
(evil), is best. Have ye then no sense? -

S: And We have not sent before you but men from (among) the people of
the towns, to whom We sent revelations. Have they not then travelled in
the land and seen what was the end of those before them? And certainly
the abode of the hereafter is best for those who guard (against evil);
do you not then understand?

012.110
Y: (Respite will be granted) until, when the messengers give up hope (of
their people) and (come to) think that they were treated as liars,
there reaches them Our help, and those whom We will are delivered into
safety. But never will be warded off our punishment from those who are
in sin.

P: Till, when the messengers despaired and thought that they were
denied, then came unto them Our help, and whom We would was saved. And
Our wrath cannot be warded from the guilty.

S: Until when the messengers despaired and the people became sure that
they were indeed told a lie, Our help came to them and whom We pleased
was delivered; and Our punishment is not averted from the guilty
people.

012.111
Y: There is, in their stories, instruction for men endued with
understanding. It is not a tale invented, but a confirmation of what
went before it,- a detailed exposition of all things, and a guide