and
surely we are disbelievers in it.

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Y: Also, they say: "Why is not this Qur'an sent down to some leading man
in either of the two (chief) cities?"

P: And they say: If only this Qur'an had been revealed to some great man
of the two towns?

S: And they say: Why was not this Quran revealed to a man of importance
in the two towns?

043.032
Y: Is it they who would portion out the Mercy of thy Lord? It is We Who
portion out between them their livelihood in the life of this world:
and We raise some of them above others in ranks, so that some may
command work from others. But the Mercy of thy Lord is better than the
(wealth) which they amass.

P: Is it they who apportion thy Lord's mercy? We have apportioned among
them their livelihood in the life of the world, and raised some of them
above others in rank that some of them may take labour from others; and
the mercy of thy Lord is better than (the wealth) that they amass.

S: Will they distribute the mercy of your Lord? We distribute among them
their livelihood in the life of this world, and We have exalted some
of them above others in degrees, that some of them may take others in
subjection; and the mercy of your Lord is better than what they amass.

043.033
Y: And were it not that (all) men might become of one (evil) way of
life, We would provide, for everyone that blasphemes against (Allah)
Most Gracious, silver roofs for their houses and (silver) stair-ways on
which to go up,

P: And were it not that mankind would have become one community, We
might well have appointed, for those who disbelieve in the Beneficent,
roofs of silver for their houses and stairs (of silver) whereby to
mount,

S: And were it not that all people had been a single nation, We would
certainly have assigned to those who disbelieve in the Beneficent Allah
(to make) of silver the roofs of their houses and the stairs by which
they ascend.

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Y: And (silver) doors to their houses, and thrones (of silver) on which
they could recline,

P: And for their houses doors (of silver) and couches of silver whereon
to recline,

S: And the doors of their houses and the couches on which they recline,

043.035
Y: And also adornments of gold. But all this were nothing but
conveniences of the present life: The Hereafter, in the sight of thy
Lord is for the Righteous.

P: And ornaments of gold. Yet all that would have been but a provision
of the life of the world. And the Hereafter