cause the sky to fall in pieces, as thou sayest (will
happen), against us; or thou bring Allah and the angels before (us)
face to face:"

P: Or thou cause the heaven to fall upon us piecemeal, as thou hast
pretended, or bring Allah and the angels as a warrant;

S: Or you should cause the heaven to come down upon us in pieces as you
think, or bring Allah and the angels face to face (with us).

017.093
Y: "Or thou have a house adorned with gold, or thou mount a ladder right
into the skies. No, we shall not even believe in thy mounting until
thou send down to us a book that we could read." Say: "Glory to my
Lord! Am I aught but a man,- a messenger?"

P: Or thou have a house of gold; or thou ascend up into heaven, and even
then we will put no faith in thine ascension till thou bring down for
us a book that we can read. Say (O Muhammad): My Lord be Glorified! Am
I aught save a mortal messenger?

S: Or you should have a house of gold, or you should ascend into heaven,
and we will not believe in your ascending until you bring down to us a
book which we may read. Say: Glory be to my Lord; am I aught but a
mortal messenger?

017.094
Y: What kept men back from belief when Guidance came to them, was
nothing but this: they said, "Has Allah sent a man (like us) to be
(His) Messenger?"

P: And naught prevented mankind from believing when the guidance came
unto them save that they said: Hath Allah sent a mortal as (His)
messenger?

S: And nothing prevented people from believing when the guidance came to
them except that they said: What! has Allah raised up a mortal to be a
messenger?

017.095
Y: Say, "If there were settled, on earth, angels walking about in peace
and quiet, We should certainly have sent them down from the heavens an
angel for a messenger."

P: Say: If there were in the earth angels walking secure, We had sent
down for them from heaven an angel as messenger.

S: Say: Had there been in the earth angels walking about as settlers, We
would certainly have sent down to them from the heaven an angel as a
messenger.

017.096
Y: Say: "Enough is Allah for a witness between me and you: for He is
well acquainted with His servants, and He sees (all things)."

P: Say: Allah sufficeth for a witness between me and you. Lo! He is
Knower, Seer of His slaves.

S: Say: Allah suffices as a witness between me and you; surely He is
Aware of His servants, Seeing.

017.097
Y: It is he whom Allah guides, that is on tr