P: Say: O My slaves who have been prodigal to their own hurt! Despair not of the mercy of Allah, Who forgiveth all sins. Lo! He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.
S: Say: O my servants! who have acted extravagantly against their own souls, do not despair of the mercy of Allah; surely Allah forgives the faults altogether; surely He is the Forgiving the Merciful.
039.054 Y: "Turn ye to our Lord (in repentance) and bow to His (Will), before the Penalty comes on you: after that ye shall not be helped."
P: Turn unto your Lord repentant, and surrender unto Him, before there come unto you the doom, when ye cannot be helped.
S: And return to your Lord time after time and submit to Him before there comes to you the punishment, then you shall not be helped.
039.055 Y: "And follow the best of (the courses) revealed to you from your Lord, before the Penalty comes on you - of a sudden while ye perceive not!"-
P: And follow the better (guidance) of that which is revealed unto you from your Lord, before the doom cometh on you suddenly when ye know not,
S: And follow the best that has been revealed to you from your Lord before there comes to you the punishment all of a sudden while you do not even perceive;
039.056 Y: "Lest the soul should (then) say: 'Ah! Woe is me!- In that I neglected (my duty) towards Allah, and was but among those who mocked!'"-
P: Lest any soul should say: Alas, my grief that I was unmindful of
Allah, and I was indeed among the scoffers!