that!

S: Ask them which of them will vouch for that,

068.041
Y: Or have they some "Partners" (in Godhead)? Then let them produce
their "partners", if they are truthful!

P: Or have they other gods? Then let them bring their other gods if they
are truthful,

S: Or have they associates if they are truthful.

068.042
Y: The Day that the shin shall be laid bare, and they shall be summoned
to bow in adoration, but they shall not be able,-

P: On the day when it befalleth in earnest, and they are ordered to
prostrate themselves but are not able,

S: On the day when there shall be a severe affliction, and they shall be
called upon to make obeisance, but they shall not be able,

068.043
Y: Their eyes will be cast down,- ignominy will cover them; seeing that
they had been summoned aforetime to bow in adoration, while they were
whole, (and had refused).

P: With eyes downcast, abasement stupefying them. And they had been
summoned to prostrate themselves while they were yet unhurt.

S: Their looks cast down, abasement shall overtake them; and they were
called upon to make obeisance indeed while yet they were safe.

068.044
Y: Then leave Me alone with such as reject this Message: by degrees
shall We punish them from directions they perceive not.

P: Leave Me (to deal) with those who give the lie to this pronouncement.
We shall lead them on by steps from whence they know not.

S: So leave Me and him who rejects this announcement; We will overtake
them by degrees, from whence they perceive not:

068.045
Y: A (long) respite will I grant them: truly powerful is My Plan.

P: Yet I bear with them, for lo! My scheme is firm.

S: And I do bear with them, surely My plan is firm.

068.046
Y: Or is it that thou dost ask them for a reward, so that they are
burdened with a load of debt?-

P: Or dost thou (Muhammad) ask a fee from them so that they are heavily
taxed?

S: Or do you ask from them a reward, so that they are burdened with
debt?

068.047
Y: Or that the Unseen is in their hands, so that they can write it down?

P: Or is the Unseen theirs that they can write (thereof)?

S: Or have they (the knowledge of) the unseen, so that they write (it)
down?

068.048
Y: So wait with patience for the Command of thy Lord, and be not like
the Companion of the Fish,- when he cried out in agony.

P: But wait thou for thy Lord's decree, and be not like him of the fish,
who cried out in despair.

S: So wait patient