P: Yet it may be, if they believe not in this statement, that thou
(Muhammad) wilt torment thy soul with grief over their footsteps.
S: Then maybe you will kill yourself with grief, sorrowing after them, if they do not believe in this announcement.
018.007 Y: That which is on earth we have made but as a glittering show for the earth, in order that We may test them - as to which of them are best in conduct.
P: Lo! We have placed all that is on the earth as an ornament thereof that We may try them: which of them is best in conduct.
S: Surely We have made whatever is on the earth an embellishment for it, so that We may try them (as to) which of them is best in works.
018.008 Y: Verily what is on earth we shall make but as dust and dry soil (without growth or herbage).
P: And lo! We shall make all that is thereon a barren mound.
S: And most surely We will make what is on it bare ground without herbage.
018.009
Y: Or dost thou reflect that the Companions of the Cave and of the
Inscription were wonders among Our Sign?
P: Or deemest thou that the People of the Cave and the Inscription are a wonder among Our portents?