heir bellies, and you have in them many
advantages and of them you eat,

023.022
Y: An on them, as well as in slips, ye side.

P: And on them and on the ship ye are carried.

S: And on them and on the ships you are borne.

023.023
Y: (Further, We sent a long line of prophets for your instruction). We
sent Noah to his people: He said, "O my people! worship Allah! Ye have
no other god but Him. Will ye not fear (Him)?"

P: And We verily sent Noah unto his folk, and he said: O my people!
Serve Allah. Ye have no other Allah save Him. Will ye not ward off
(evil)?

S: And certainly We sent Nuh to his people, and he said: O my people!
serve Allah, you have no god other than Him; will you not then guard
(against evil)?

023.024
Y: The chiefs of the Unbelievers among his people said: "He is no more
than a man like yourselves: his wish is to assert his superiority over
you: if Allah had wished (to send messengers), He could have sent down
angels; never did we hear such a thing (as he says), among our
ancestors of old."

P: But the chieftains of his folk, who disbelieved, said: This is only a
mortal like you who would make himself superior to you. Had Allah
willed, He surely could have sent down angels. We heard not of this in
the case of our fathers of old.

S: And the chiefs of those who disbelieved from among his people said:
He is nothing but a mortal like yourselves who desires that he may have
superiority over you, and if Allah had pleased, He could certainly have
sent down angels. We have not heard of this among our fathers of yore:

023.025
Y: (And some said): "He is only a man possessed: wait (and have
patience) with him for a time."

P: He is only a man in whom is a madness, so watch him for a while.

S: He is only a madman, so bear with him for a time.

023.026
Y: (Noah) said: "O my Lord! help me: for that they accuse me of
falsehood!"

P: He said: My Lord! Help me because they deny me.

S: He said: O my Lord! help me against their calling me a liar.

023.027
Y: So We inspired him (with this message): "Construct the Ark within Our
sight and under Our guidance: then when comes Our Command, and the
fountains of the earth gush forth, take thou on board pairs of every
species, male and female, and thy family- except those of them against
whom the Word has already gone forth: And address Me not in favour of
the wrong-doers; for they shall be drowned (in the Flood)."

P: Then We inspired in him, sayi