it has only increased their
flight (from righteousness),-

P: And they swore by Allah, their most binding oath, that if a warner
came unto them they would be more tractable than any of the nations;
yet, when a warner came unto them it aroused in them naught save
repugnance,

S: And they swore by Allah with the strongest of their oaths that if
there came to them a warner they would be better guided than any of the
nations; but when there came to them a warner it increased them in
naught but aversion.

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Y: On account of their arrogance in the land and their plotting of Evil,
but the plotting of Evil will hem in only the authors thereof. Now are
they but looking for the way the ancients were dealt with? But no
change wilt thou find in Allah's way (of dealing): no turning off wilt
thou find in Allah's way (of dealing).

P: (Shown in their) behaving arrogantly in the land and plotting evil;
and the evil plot encloseth but the men who make it. Then, can they
expect aught save the treatment of the folk of old? Thou wilt not find
for Allah's way of treatment any substitute, nor wilt thou find for
Allah's way of treatment aught of power to change.

S: (In) behaving proudly in the land and in planning evil; and the evil
plans shall not beset any save the authors of it. Then should they wait
for aught except the way of the former people? For you shall not find
any alteration in the course of Allah; and you shall not find any
change in the course of Allah.

035.044
Y: Do they not travel through the earth, and see what was the End of
those before them,- though they were superior to them in strength? Nor
is Allah to be frustrated by anything whatever in the heavens or on
earth: for He is All-Knowing. All-Powerful.

P: Have they not travelled in the land and seen the nature of the
consequence for those who were before them, and they were mightier than
these in power? Allah is not such that aught in the heavens or in the
earth escapeth Him. Lo! He is the Wise, the Mighty.

S: Have they not travelled in the land and seen how was the end of those
before them while they were stronger than these in power? And Allah is
not such that any thing in the heavens or in the earth should escape
Him; surely He is Knowing, Powerful.

035.045
Y: If Allah were to punish men according to what they deserve. He would
not leave on the back of the (earth) a single living creature: but He
gives them respite for a stated Term: when their