hath
strayed from His Path: and He knoweth best those who receive (true)
Guidance.

P: Lo! thy Lord is Best Aware of him who strayeth from His way, and He
is Best Aware of those who walk aright.

S: Surely your Lord best knows him who errs from His way, and He best
knows the followers of the right course.

068.008
Y: So hearken not to those who deny (the Truth).

P: Therefor obey not thou the rejecters

S: So do not yield to the rejecters.

068.009
Y: Their desire is that thou shouldst be pliant: so would they be
pliant.

P: Who would have had thee compromise, that they may compromise.

S: They wish that you should be pliant so they (too) would be pliant.

068.010
Y: Heed not the type of despicable men,- ready with oaths,

P: Neither obey thou each feeble oath-monger,

S: And yield not to any mean swearer

068.011
Y: A slanderer, going about with calumnies,

P: Detracter, spreader abroad of slanders,

S: Defamer, going about with slander

068.012
Y: (Habitually) hindering (all) good, transgressing beyond bounds, deep
in sin,

P: Hinderer of the good, transgressor, malefactor

S: Forbidder of good, outstepping the limits, sinful,

068.013
Y: Violent (and cruel),- with all that, base-born,-

P: Greedy therewithal, intrusive.

S: Ignoble, besides all that, base-born;

068.014
Y: Because he possesses wealth and (numerous) sons.

P: It is because he is possessed of wealth and children

S: Because he possesses wealth and sons.

068.015
Y: When to him are rehearsed Our Signs, "Tales of the ancients", he
cries!

P: That, when Our revelations are recited unto him, he saith: Mere
fables of the men of old.

S: When Our communications are recited to him, he says: Stories of those
of yore.

068.016
Y: Soon shall We brand (the beast) on the snout!

P: We shall brand him on the nose.

S: We will brand him on the nose.

068.017
Y: Verily We have tried them as We tried the People of the Garden, when
they resolved to gather the fruits of the (garden) in the morning.

P: Lo! We have tried them as We tried the owners of the garden when they
vowed that they would pluck its fruit next morning,

S: Surely We will try them as We tried the owners of the garden, when
they swore that they would certainly cut off the produce in the
morning,

068.018
Y: But made no reservation, ("If it be Allah's Will").

P: And made no exception (for the Will of Allah);

S: And were not willing to set aside