e sought to hasten.

S: Taste your persecution! this is what you would hasten on.

051.015
Y: As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and
Springs,

P: Lo! those who keep from evil will dwell amid gardens and
watersprings,

S: Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and
fountains.

051.016
Y: Taking joy in the things which their Lord gives them, because, before
then, they lived a good life.

P: Taking that which their Lord giveth them; for lo! aforetime they were
doers of good;

S: Taking what their Lord gives them; surely they were before that, the
doers of good.

051.017
Y: They were in the habit of sleeping but little by night,

P: They used to sleep but little of the night,

S: They used to sleep but little in the night.

051.018
Y: And in the hour of early dawn, they (were found) praying for
Forgiveness;

P: And ere the dawning of each day would seek forgiveness,

S: And in the morning they asked forgiveness.

051.019
Y: And in their wealth and possessions (was remembered) the right of the
(needy), him who asked, and him who (for some reason) was prevented
(from asking).

P: And in their wealth the beggar and the outcast had due share.

S: And in their property was a portion due to him who begs and to him
who is denied (good).

051.020
Y: On the earth are signs for those of assured Faith,

P: And in the earth are portents for those whose faith is sure.

S: And in the earth there are signs for those who are sure,

051.021
Y: As also in your own selves: Will ye not then see?

P: And (also) in yourselves. Can ye then not see?

S: And in your own souls (too); will you not then see?

051.022
Y: And in heaven is your Sustenance, as (also) that which ye are
promised.

P: And in the heaven is your providence and that which ye are promised;

S: And in the heaven is your sustenance and what you are threatened
with.

051.023
Y: Then, by the Lord of heaven and earth, this is the very Truth, as
much as the fact that ye can speak intelligently to each other.

P: And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth, it is the truth, even
as (it is true) that ye speak.

S: And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth! it is most surely the
truth, just as you do speak.

051.024
Y: Has the story reached thee, of the honoured guests of Abraham?

P: Hath the story of Abraham's honoured guests reached thee (O
Muhammad)?

S: Has there come to you information a