the provision for whom He will, and
straiteneth (it for whom He will). Lo, He was ever Knower, Seer of His
slaves.

S: Surely your Lord makes plentiful the means of subsistence for whom He
pleases and He straitens (them); surely He is ever Aware of, Seeing,
His servants.

017.031
Y: Kill not your children for fear of want: We shall provide sustenance
for them as well as for you. Verily the killing of them is a great sin.

P: Slay not your children, fearing a fall to poverty, We shall provide
for them and for you. Lo! the slaying of them is great sin.

S: And do not kill your children for fear of poverty; We give them
sustenance and yourselves (too); surely to kill them is a great wrong.

017.032
Y: Nor come nigh to adultery: for it is a shameful (deed) and an evil,
opening the road (to other evils).

P: And come not near unto adultery. Lo! it is an abomination and an evil
way.

S: And go not nigh to fornication; surely it is an indecency and an evil
way.

0.033
Y: Nor take life - which Allah has made sacred - except for just cause.
And if anyone is slain wrongfully, we have given his heir authority (to
demand qisas or to forgive): but let him not exceed bounds in the
matter of taking life; for he is helped (by the Law).

P: And slay not the life which Allah hath forbidden save with right.
Whoso is slain wrongfully, We have given power unto his heir, but let
him not commit excess in slaying. Lo! he will be helped.

S: And do not kill any one whom Allah has forbidden, except for a just
cause, and whoever is slain unjustly, We have indeed given to his heir
authority, so let him not exceed the just limits in slaying; surely he
is aided.

017.034
Y: Come not nigh to the orphan's property except to improve it, until he
attains the age of full strength; and fulfil (every) engagement, for
(every) engagement will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning).

P: Come not near the wealth of the orphan save with that which is better
till he come to strength; and keep the covenant. Lo! of the covenant it
will be asked.

S: And draw not near to the property of the orphan except in a goodly
way till he attains his maturity and fulfill the promise; surely
(every) promise shall be questioned about.

017.035
Y: Give full measure when ye measure, and weigh with a balance that is
straight: that is the most fitting and the most advantageous in the
final determination.

P: Fill the measure when ye measure, and weigh w