(A thing) whereof they have no knowledge, nor (had) their fathers,
Dreadful is the word that cometh out of their mouths. They speak naught
but a lie.

S: They have no knowledge of it, nor had their fathers; a grievous word
it is that comes out of their mouths; they speak nothing but a lie.

018.006
Y: Thou wouldst only, perchance, fret thyself to death, following after
them, in grief, if they believe not in this Message.

P: Yet it may be, if they believe not in this statement, that thou
(Muhammad) wilt torment thy soul with grief over their footsteps.

S: Then maybe you will kill yourself with grief, sorrowing after them,
if they do not believe in this announcement.

018.007
Y: That which is on earth we have made but as a glittering show for the
earth, in order that We may test them - as to which of them are best in
conduct.

P: Lo! We have placed all that is on the earth as an ornament thereof
that We may try them: which of them is best in conduct.

S: Surely We have made whatever is on the earth an embellishment for it,
so that We may try them (as to) which of them is best in works.

018.008
Y: Verily what is on earth we shall make but as dust and dry soil
(without growth or herbage).

P: And lo! We shall make all that is thereon a barren mound.

S: And most surely We will make what is on it bare ground without
herbage.

018.009
Y: Or dost thou reflect that the Companions of the Cave and of the
Inscription were wonders among Our Sign?

P: Or deemest thou that the People of the Cave and the Inscription are a
wonder among Our portents?

S: Or, do you think that the Fellows of the Cave and the Inscription
were of Our wonderful signs?

018.010
Y: Behold, the youths betook themselves to the Cave: they said, "Our
Lord! bestow on us Mercy from Thyself, and dispose of our affair for us
in the right way!"

P: When the young men fled for refuge to the Cave and said: Our Lord!
Give us mercy from Thy presence, and shape for us right conduct in our
plight.

S: When the youths sought refuge in the cave, they said: Our Lord! grant
us mercy from Thee, and provide for us a right course in our affair.

018.011
Y: Then We draw (a veil) over their ears, for a number of years, in the
Cave, (so that they heard not):

P: Then We sealed up their hearing in the Cave for a number of years.

S: So We prevented them from hearing in the cave for a number of years.

018.012
Y: Then We roused them, in order to test w