coverings on their hearts and a heaviness in their
ears lest they understand it, and when you mention your Lord alone in
the Quran they turn their backs in aversion.

017.047
Y: We know best why it is they listen, when they listen to thee; and
when they meet in private conference, behold, the wicked say, "Ye
follow none other than a man bewitched!"

P: We are Best Aware of what they wish to hear when they give ear to
thee and when they take secret counsel, when the evil-doers say: Ye
follow but a man bewitched.

S: We know best what they listen to when they listen to you, and when
they take counsel secretly, when the unjust say: You follow only a man
deprived of reason.

017.048
Y: See what similes they strike for thee: but they have gone astray, and
never can they find a way.

P: See what similitudes they coin for thee, and thus are all astray, and
cannot find a road!

S: See what they liken you to! So they have gone astray and cannot find
the way.

017.049
Y: They say: "What! when we are reduced to bones and dust, should we
really be raised up (to be) a new creation?"

P: And they say: When we are bones and fragments, shall we forsooth, be
raised up as a new creation?

S: And they say: What! when we shall have become bones and decayed
particles, shall we then certainly be raised up, being a new creation?

017.050
Y: Say: "(Nay!) be ye stones or iron,"

P: Say: Be ye stones or iron

S: Say: Become stones or iron,

017.051
Y: "Or created matter which, in your minds, is hardest (to be raised
up),- (Yet shall ye be raised up)!" then will they say: "Who will cause
us to return?" Say: "He who created you first!" Then will they wag
their heads towards thee, and say, "When will that be?" Say, "May be it
will be quite soon!"

P: Or some created thing that is yet greater in your thoughts! Then they
will say: Who shall bring us back (to life). Say: He Who created you at
the first. Then will they shake their heads at thee, and say: When will
it be? Say: It will perhaps be soon;

S: Or some other creature of those which are too hard (to receive life)
in your minds! But they will say: Who will return us? Say: Who created
you at first. Still they will shake their heads at you and say: When
will it be? Say: Maybe it has drawn nigh.

017.052
Y: "It will be on a Day when He will call you, and ye will answer (His
call) with (words of) His praise, and ye will think that ye tarried but
a little while!"

P: A