er?

P: Or shall man have what he coveteth?

S: Or shall man have what he wishes?

053.025
Y: But it is to Allah that the End and the Beginning (of all things)
belong.

P: But unto Allah belongeth the after (life), and the former.

S: Nay! for Allah is the hereafter and the former (life).

053.026
Y: How many-so-ever be the angels in the heavens, their intercession
will avail nothing except after Allah has given leave for whom He
pleases and that he is acceptable to Him.

P: And how many angels are in the heavens whose intercession availeth
naught save after Allah giveth leave to whom He chooseth and accepteth.

S: And how many an angel is there in the heavens whose intercession does
not avail at all except after Allah has given permission to whom He
pleases and chooses.

053.027
Y: Those who believe not in the Hereafter, name the angels with female
names.

P: Lo! it is those who disbelieve in the Hereafter who name the angels
with the names of females.

S: Most surely they who do not believe in the hereafter name the angels
with female names.

053.028
Y: But they have no knowledge therein. They follow nothing but
conjecture; and conjecture avails nothing against Truth.

P: And they have no knowledge thereof. They follow but a guess, and lo!
a guess can never take the place of the truth.

S: And they have no knowledge of it; they do not follow anything but
conjecture, and surely conjecture does not avail against the truth at
all.

053.029
Y: Therefore shun those who turn away from Our Message and desire
nothing but the life of this world.

P: Then withdraw (O Muhammad) from him who fleeth from Our remembrance
and desireth but the life of the world.

S: Therefore turn aside from him who turns his back upon Our reminder
and does not desire anything but this world's life.

053.030
Y: That is as far as knowledge will reach them. Verily thy Lord knoweth
best those who stray from His Path, and He knoweth best those who
receive guidance.

P: Such is their sum of knowledge. Lo! thy Lord is Best Aware of him who
strayeth, and He is Best Aware of him whom goeth right.

S: That is their goal of knowledge; surely your Lord knows best him who
goes astray from His path and He knows best him who follows the right
direction.

053.031
Y: Yea, to Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth: so
that He rewards those who do evil, according to their deeds, and He
rewards those who do good, with w