oth as they did care for me when I was
little.

S: And make yourself submissively gentle to them with compassion, and
say: O my Lord! have compassion on them, as they brought me up (when I
was) little.

017.025
Y: Your Lord knoweth best what is in your hearts: If ye do deeds of
righteousness, verily He is Most Forgiving to those who turn to Him
again and again (in true penitence).

P: Your Lord is Best Aware of what is in your minds. If ye are
righteous, then lo! He was ever Forgiving unto those who turn (unto
Him).

S: Your Lord knows best what is in your minds; if you are good, then He
is surely Forgiving to those who turn (to Him) frequently.

017.026
Y: And render to the kindred their due rights, as (also) to those in
want, and to the wayfarer: But squander not (your wealth) in the manner
of a spendthrift.

P: Give the kinsman his due, and the needy, and the wayfarer, and
squander not (thy wealth) in wantonness.

S: And give to the near of kin his due and (to) the needy and the
wayfarer, and do not squander wastefully.

017.027
Y: Verily spendthrifts are brothers of the Evil Ones; and the Evil One
is to his Lord (himself) ungrateful.

P: Lo! the squanderers were ever brothers of the devils, and the devil
was ever an ingrate to his Lord.

S: Surely the squanderers are the fellows of the Shaitans and the
Shaitan is ever ungrateful to his Lord.

017.028
Y: And even if thou hast to turn away from them in pursuit of the Mercy
from thy Lord which thou dost expect, yet speak to them a word of easy
kindness.

P: But if thou turn away from them, seeking mercy from thy Lord, for
which thou hopest, then speak unto them a reasonable word.

S: And if you turn away from them to seek mercy from your Lord, which
you hope for, speak to them a gentle word.

017.029
Y: Make not thy hand tied (like a niggard's) to thy neck, nor stretch it
forth to its utmost reach, so that thou become blameworthy and
destitute.

P: And let not thy hand be chained to thy neck nor open it with a
complete opening, lest thou sit down rebuked, denuded.

S: And do not make your hand to be shackled to your neck nor stretch it
forth to the utmost (limit) of its stretching forth, lest you should
(afterwards) sit down blamed, stripped off.

017.030
Y: Verily thy Lord doth provide sustenance in abundance for whom He
pleaseth, and He provideth in a just measure. For He doth know and
regard all His servants.

P: Lo! thy Lord enlargeth