Then he gathered (men) and called out. |
Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion. |
Then He made his progeny of an extract, of water held in light estimation. |
Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female. |
Then he said: I am your lord, the most high. |
Then he turned aside to his family secretly and brought a fat (roasted) calf, / So he brought it near them. He said: What! will you not eat? / So he conceived in his mind a fear on account of them. They said: Fear not. And they gave him the good news of a boy possessing knowledge. |
Then he turned aside to their gods secretly and said: What! do you not eat? / What is the matter with you that you do not speak? / Then he turned against them secretly, smiting them with the right hand. |
Then he went back hastily. |
Then his Lord chose him, so He turned to him and guided (him). |
Then his mind facilitated to him the slaying of his brother so he slew him; then he became one of the losers / Then Allah sent a crow digging up the earth so that he might show him how he should cover the dead body of his brother. He said: Woe me! do I lack the strength that I should be like this crow and cover the dead body of my brother? So he became of those who regret. |
Then his wife came up in great grief, and she struck her face and said: An old barren woman! / They said: Thus says your Lord: Surely He is the Wise, the Knowing. |
Then if it becomes known that they both have been guilty of a sin, two others shall stand up in their place from among those who have a claim against them, the two nearest in kin; so they two should swear by Allah: Certainly our testimony is truer than the testimony of those two, and we have not exceeded the limit, for then most surely we should be of the unjust. |
Then if they will endure, still the fire is their abode, and if they ask for goodwill, then are they not of those who shall be granted goodwill. |
Then it occurred to them after they had seen the signs that they should imprison him till a time. |
Then it shall be said to those who were unjust: Taste abiding chastisement; you are not requited except for what you earned. |