P:  Or think ye that ye will enter paradise while yet there hath not come unto you the like of (that which came to) those who passed away before you?  Affliction and adversity befell them, they were shaken as with earthquake, till the messenger (of Allah) and those who believed along with him said:  When cometh Allah’s help?  Now surely Allah’s help is nigh.

S:  Or do you think that you would enter the garden while yet the state of those who have passed away before you has not come upon you; distress and affliction befell them and they were shaken violently, so that the Messenger and those who believed with him said:  When will the help of Allah come?  Now surely the help of Allah is nigh!

002.215 Y:  They ask thee what they should spend (In charity).  Say:  Whatever ye spend that is good, is for parents and kindred and orphans and those in want and for wayfarers.  And whatever ye do that is good,- Allah knoweth it well.

P:  They ask thee, (O Muhammad), what they shall spend.  Say:  that which ye spend for good (must go) to parents and near kindred and orphans and the needy and the wayfarer.  And whatsoever good ye do, lo!  Allah is Aware of it.

S:  They ask you as to what they should spend.  Say:  Whatever wealth you spend, it is for the parents and the near of kin and the orphans and the needy and the wayfarer, and whatever good you do, Allah surely knows it.

002.216 Y:  Fighting is prescribed for you, and ye dislike it.  But it is possible that ye dislike a thing which is good for you, and that ye love a thing which is bad for you.  But Allah knoweth, and ye know not.

P:  Warfare is ordained for you, though it is hateful unto you; but it may happen that ye hate a thing which is good for you, and it may happen that ye love a thing which is bad for you.  Allah knoweth, ye know not.

S:  Fighting is enjoined on you, and it is an object of dislike to you; and it may be that you dislike a thing while it is good for you, and it may be that you love a thing while it is evil for you, and Allah knows, while you do not know.

002.217 Y:  They ask thee concerning fighting in the Prohibited Month.  Say:  “Fighting therein is a grave (offence); but graver is it in the sight of Allah to prevent access to the path of Allah, to deny Him, to prevent access to the Sacred Mosque, and drive out its members.”  Tumult and oppression are worse than slaughter.  Nor will they cease fighting you until they turn you back from your faith if they can.  And if any of you turn back from their faith and die in unbelief, their works will bear no fruit in this life and in the Hereafter; they will be companions of the Fire and will abide therein.

P:  They question thee (O Muhammad) with regard to warfare in the sacred month.  Say:  Warfare therein is a great (transgression), but to turn (men) from the way of Allah, and to disbelieve in Him and in the Inviolable Place of Worship, and to expel His people thence, is a greater sin with Allah; for persecution is worse than killing.  And they will not cease from fighting against you till they have made you renegades from your religion, if they can.  And whoso becometh a renegade and dieth in his disbelief:  such are they whose works have fallen both in the world and the Hereafter.  Such are rightful owners of the Fire:  they will abide therein.