Qarib: I swear by the fallings of the stars
Sarwar: I do not need to swear by the setting of the stars
Shakir: But nay! I swear by the falling of stars;
Pickthall: Nay, I swear by the places of the stars -
Yusufali: Furthermore I call to witness the setting of the Stars,-

Qarib: and that is a mighty oath, if you but knew
Sarwar: - which is indeed a great oath if only you knew it -
Shakir: And most surely it is a very great oath if you only knew;
Pickthall: And lo! that verily is a tremendous oath, if ye but knew -
Yusufali: And that is indeed a mighty adjuration if ye but knew,-

Qarib: it is indeed a Glorious Koran,
Sarwar: that this is an honorable Quran
Shakir: Most surely it is an honored Quran,
Pickthall: That (this) is indeed a noble Qur'an
Yusufali: That this is indeed a qur'an Most Honourable,

Qarib: in a Book protected (from tampering)
Sarwar: preserved in a hidden Book which
Shakir: In a book that is protected
Pickthall: In a Book kept hidden
Yusufali: In Book well-guarded,

Qarib: which none shall touch except the purified;
Sarwar: no one can touch it except the purified ones.
Shakir: None shall touch it save the purified ones
Pickthall: Which none toucheth save the purified,
Yusufali: Which none shall touch but those who are clean:

Qarib: a sending down from the Lord of all the Worlds.
Sarwar: (This Quran) is a revelation from the Lord of the Universe.
Shakir: A revelation by the Lord of the worlds
Pickthall: A revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
Yusufali: A Revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.

Qarib: What, do you hold this discourse in disdain,
Sarwar: Would you say that this statement is a lie?
Shakir: Do you then hold this announcement in contempt?
Pickthall: Is it this Statement that ye scorn,
Yusufali: Is it such a Message that ye would hold in light esteem?

Qarib: do you make it your provision to belie it?
Sarwar: Would you reject the sustenance that you receive rather than give thanks?
Shakir: And to give (it) the lie you make your means of subsistence
Pickthall: And make denial thereof your livelihood?
Yusufali: And have ye made it your livelihood that ye should declare it false?

Qarib: Why, then, when the soul leaps up to the throat of the dying
Sarwar: Why can you not help a soul dying
Shakir: Why is it not then that when it (soul) comes up to the throat,
Pickthall: Why, then, when (the soul) cometh up to the throat (of the dying)
Yusufali: Then why do ye not (intervene) when (the soul of the dying man) reaches the throat,-

Qarib: and you are watching at that time
Sarwar: right before your very eyes?
Shakir: And you at that time look on--
Pickthall: And ye are at that moment looking
Yusufali: And ye the while (sit) looking on,-