025.043 Y: Seest thou such a one as taketh for his god his own passion (or impulse)? Couldst thou be a disposer of affairs for him?
P: Hast thou seen him who chooseth for his god his own lust? Wouldst thou then be guardian over him?
S: Have you seen him who takes his low desires for his god? Will you then be a protector over him?
025.044 Y: Or thinkest thou that most of them listen or understand? They are only like cattle;- nay, they are worse astray in Path.
P: Or deemest thou that most of them hear or understand? They are but as the cattle - nay, but they are farther astray?
S: Or do you think that most of them do hear or understand? They are nothing but as cattle; nay, they are straying farther off from the path.
025.045 Y: Hast thou not turned thy vision to thy Lord?- How He doth prolong the shadow! If He willed, He could make it stationary! then do We make the sun its guide;
P: Hast thou not seen how thy Lord hath spread the shade - And if He willed He could have made it still - then We have made the sun its pilot;
S: Have you not considered (the work of) your Lord, how He extends the shade? And if He had pleased He would certainly have made it stationary; then We have made the sun an indication of it;
025.046 Y: Then We draw it in towards Ourselves,- a contraction by easy stages.