Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of The Glorious Koran. An Explanatory Translation (1930)
20. And of His signs is this: He created you of dust, and behold you human beings, ranging widely!
21. And of His signs is this: He created for you helpmeets from yourselves that ye might find rest in them, and He ordained between you love and mercy. Lo, herein indeed are portents for folk who reflect.
22. And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the difference of your languages and colours. Lo! herein indeed are portents for men of knowledge.
23. And of His signs is your slumber by night and by day, and your seeking of His bounty. Lo! herein indeed are portents for folk who heed.
24. And of His signs is this: He showeth you the lightning for a fear and for a hope, and sendeth down water from the sky, and thereby quickeneth the earth after her death. Lo! herein indeed are portents for folk who understand.
25. And of His signs is this: The heavens and the earth stand fast by His command, and afterward, when He calleth you, lo! from the earth ye will emerge,
26. Unto Him belongeth whosoever is in the heavens and in the earth. All are obedient unto Him.
27. He it is who produceth creation, then reproduceth it, and it is easier for Him. His is the Sublime Similitude in the heavens and in the earth. He is the Mighty, the Wise.
28. He coineth for you a similitude of yourselves. Have ye, from among those whom your right hands possess,1 partners in the wealth We have bestowed upon you, equal with you in respect thereof, so that ye fear them as ye fear each other (that ye ascribe unto Us partners out of that which We created)? Thus We display the revelations for people who have sense.
29. Nav, but those who do wrong follow their own lusts
1 i.e. the slaves.
