S: And they make the angels— them who are the servants of the Beneficent Allah— female (divinities). What! did they witness their creation? Their evidence shall be written down and they shall be questioned.
043.020 Y: ("Ah!") they say, "If it had been the will of (Allah) Most Gracious, we should not have worshipped such (deities)!" Of that they have no knowledge! they do nothing but lie!
P: And they say: If the Beneficent One had (so) willed, we should not have worshipped them. They have no knowledge whatsoever of that. They do but guess.
S: And they say: If the Beneficent Allah had pleased, we should never have worshipped them. They have no knowledge of this; they only lie.
043.021 Y: What! have We given them a Book before this, to which they are holding fast?
P: Or have We given them any scripture before (this Qur'an) so that they are holding fast thereto?
S: Or have We given them a book before it so that they hold fast to it?
043.022 Y: Nay! they say: "We found our fathers following a certain religion, and we do guide ourselves by their footsteps."
P: Nay, for they say only: Lo! we found our fathers following a religion, and we are guided by their footprints.
S: Nay! they say: We found our fathers on a course, and surely we are guided by their footsteps.