know what they
hide as well as what they disclose.

P: So let not their speech grieve thee (O Muhammad). Lo! We know what
they conceal and what proclaim.

S: Therefore let not their speech grieve you; surely We know what they
do in secret and what they do openly.

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Y: Doth not man see that it is We Who created him from sperm? yet
behold! he (stands forth) as an open adversary!

P: Hath not man seen that We have created him from a drop of seed? Yet
lo! he is an open opponent.

S: Does not man see that We have created him from the small seed? Then
lo! he is an open disputant.

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Y: And he makes comparisons for Us, and forgets his own (origin and)
Creation: He says, "Who can give life to (dry) bones and decomposed
ones (at that)?"

P: And he hath coined for Us a similitude, and hath forgotten the fact
of his creation, saying: Who will revive these bones when they have
rotted away?

S: And he strikes out a likeness for Us and forgets his own creation.
Says he: Who will give life to the bones when they are rotten?

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Y: Say, "He will give them life Who created them for the first time! for
He is Well-versed in every kind of creation!"-

P: Say: He will revive them Who produced them at the first, for He is
Knower of every creation,

S: Say: He will give life to them Who brought them into existence at
first, and He is cognizant of all creation,

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Y: "The same Who produces for you fire out of the green tree, when
behold! ye kindle therewith (your own fires)!"

P: Who hath appointed for you fire from the green tree, and behold! ye
kindle from it.

S: He Who has made for you the fire (to burn) from the green tree, so
that with it you kindle (fire).

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Y: "Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth able to create the
like thereof?" - Yea, indeed! for He is the Creator Supreme, of skill
and knowledge (infinite)!

P: Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth Able to create the
like of them? Aye, that He is! for He is the All-Wise Creator,

S: Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth able to create the
like of them? Yea! and He is the Creator (of all), the Knower.

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Y: Verily, when He intends a thing, His Command is, "be", and it is!

P: But His command, when He intendeth a thing, is only that He saith
unto it: Be! and it is.

S: His command, when He intends anything, is only to say to it: Be, so
it is.

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Y: So glory to Him in Whose hand