ese an adjuration (or evidence) for those who
understand?

P: There surely is an oath for thinking man.

S: Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.

089.006
Y: Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people),-

P: Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,

S: Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,

089.007
Y: Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,

P: With many-columned Iram,

S: (The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,

089.008
Y: The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?

P: The like of which was not created in the lands;

S: The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;

089.009
Y: And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the
valley?-

P: And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;

S: And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,

089.010
Y: And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?

P: And with Pharaoh, firm of might,

S: And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,

089.011
Y: (All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,

P: Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,

S: Who committed inordinacy in the cities,

089.012
Y: And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).

P: And multiplied iniquity therein?

S: So they made great mischief therein?

089.013
Y: Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse
chastisements:

P: Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.

S: Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.

089.014
Y: For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch-tower.

P: Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.

S: Most surely your Lord is watching.

089.015
Y: Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and
gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me."

P: As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is
gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.

S: And as for man, when his Lord tries him, then treats him with honor
and makes him lead an easy life, he says: My Lord honors me.

089.016
Y: But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then
saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"

P: But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he
saith: My Lord despiseth me.

S: But when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means
of subsistence,