making their faith pure for Him only: If
Thou deliver us from this, we truly will be of the thankful.
S: He it is Who makes you travel by land and sea; until when you are in
the ships, and they sail on with them in a pleasant breeze, and they
rejoice, a violent wind overtakes them and the billows surge in on them
from all sides, and they become certain that they are encompassed
about, they pray to Allah, being sincere to Him in obedience: If Thou
dost deliver us from this, we will most certainly be of the grateful
ones.
010.023
Y: But when He delivereth them, behold! they transgress insolently
through the earth in defiance of right! O mankind! your insolence is
against your own souls,- an enjoyment of the life of the present: in
the end, to Us is your return, and We shall show you the truth of all
that ye did.
P: Yet when He hath delivered them, behold! they rebel in the earth
wrongfully. O mankind! Your rebellion is only against yourselves. (Ye
have) enjoyment of the life of the world; then unto Us is your return
and We shall proclaim unto you what ye used to do.
S: But when He delivers them, lo! they are unjustly rebellious in the
earth. O men! your rebellion is against your own souls-- provision
(only) of this world's life-- then to Us shall be your return, so We
will inform you of what you did.
010.024
Y: The likeness of the life of the present is as the rain which We send
down from the skies: by its mingling arises the produce of the earth-
which provides food for men and animals: (It grows) till the earth is
clad with its golden ornaments and is decked out (in beauty): the
people to whom it belongs think they have all powers of disposal over
it: There reaches it Our command by night or by day, and We make it
like a harvest clean-mown, as if it had not flourished only the day
before! thus do We explain the Signs in detail for those who reflect.
P: The similitude of the life of the world is only as water which We
send down from the sky, then the earth's growth of that which men and
cattle eat mingleth with it till, when the earth hath taken on her
ornaments and is embellished, and her people deem that they are masters
of her, Our commandment cometh by night or by day and We make it as
reaped corn as if it had not flourished yesterday. Thus do we expound
the revelations for people who reflect.
S: The likeness of this world's life is only as water which We send down
from the cloud, then the herbage of
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