punishment.

069.006
Y: And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly
violent;

P: And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,

S: And as to Ad, they were destroyed by a roaring, violent blast.

069.007
Y: He made it rage against them seven nights and eight days in
succession: so that thou couldst see the (whole) people lying prostrate
in its (path), as they had been roots of hollow palm-trees tumbled
down!

P: Which He imposed on them for seven long nights and eight long days so
that thou mightest have seen men lying overthrown, as they were hollow
trunks of palm-trees.

S: Which He made to prevail against them for seven nights and eight days
unremittingly, so that you might have seen the people therein prostrate
as if they were the trunks of hollow palms.

069.008
Y: Then seest thou any of them left surviving?

P: Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them?

S: Do you then see of them one remaining?

069.009
Y: And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown,
committed habitual Sin.

P: And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were
destroyed, brought error,

S: And Firon and those before him and the overthrown cities continuously
committed sins.

069.010
Y: And disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them
with an abundant Penalty.

P: And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip
them with a tightening grip.

S: And they disobeyed the Messenger of their Lord, so He punished them
with a vehement punishment.

069.011
Y: We, when the water (of Noah's Flood) overflowed beyond its limits,
carried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark),

P: Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship

S: Surely We bore you up in the ship when the water rose high,

069.012
Y: That We might make it a Message unto you, and that ears (that should
hear the tale and) retain its memory should bear its (lessons) in
remembrance.

P: That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears
(that heard the story) might remember.

S: So that We may make it a reminder to you, and that the retaining ear
might retain it.

069.013
Y: Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,

P: And when the trumpet shall sound one blast

S: And when the trumpet is blown with a single blast,

069.014
Y: And the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to
powder at one stroke,-