d (the Truth) and followed their own lusts. Yet everything
will come to a decision.

S: And they call (it) a lie, and follow their low desires; and every
affair has its appointed term.

054.004
Y: There have already come to them Recitals wherein there is (enough) to
check (them),

P: And surely there hath come unto them news whereof the purport should
deter,

S: And certainly some narratives have come to them wherein is
prevention--

054.005
Y: Mature wisdom;- but (the preaching of) Warners profits them not.

P: Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not.

S: Consummate wisdom-- but warnings do not avail;

054.006
Y: Therefore, (O Prophet,) turn away from them. The Day that the Caller
will call (them) to a terrible affair,

P: So withdraw from them (O Muhammad) on the day when the Summoner
summoneth unto a painful thing.

S: So turn (your) back on them (for) the day when the inviter shall
invite them to a hard task,

054.007
Y: They will come forth,- their eyes humbled - from (their) graves,
(torpid) like locusts scattered abroad,

P: With downcast eyes, they come forth from the graves as they were
locusts spread abroad,

S: Their eyes cast down, going forth from their graves as if they were
scattered locusts,

054.008
Y: Hastening, with eyes transfixed, towards the Caller!- "Hard is this
Day!", the Unbelievers will say.

P: Hastening toward the summoner; the disbelievers say: This is a hard
day.

S: Hastening to the inviter. The unbelievers shall say: This is a hard
day.

054.009
Y: Before them the People of Noah rejected (their messenger): they
rejected Our servant, and said, "Here is one possessed!", and he was
driven out.

P: The folk of Noah denied before them, yea, they denied Our slave and
said: A madman; and he was repulsed.

S: Before them the people of Nuh rejected, so they rejected Our servant
and called (him) mad, and he was driven away.

054.010
Y: Then he called on his Lord: "I am one overcome: do Thou then help
(me)!"

P: So he cried unto his Lord, saying: I am vanquished, so give help.

S: Therefore he called upon his Lord: I am overcome, come Thou then to
help.

054.011
Y: So We opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring forth.

P: Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water

S: So We opened the gates of the cloud with water pouring

054.012
Y: And We caused the earth to gush forth with springs, so the waters met
(and rose) to the extent decreed.