When it is said to them: "Beware of what is before you and what is past, that you may be treated with kindness;"
And when it is said to them, “Beware of what is before you and what is behind you, in the hope of your gaining mercy”, they turn away!
And when it is said to them, 'Fear what is before you and what is behind you; haply you will find mercy' --
And [yet,] when they are told, “Beware of [God’s insight into] all that lies open before you and all that is hidden from you, so that you might be graced with His mercy,” [most men choose to remain deaf;]
And when it is said Unto them: fear that which is before you and that which is behind you, that haply ye may find mercy, they withdraw.
And when it is said to them: "Beware of that which is before you (worldly torments), and that which is behind you (torments in the Hereafter), in order that you may receive Mercy (i.e. if you believe in Allah's Religion Islamic Monotheism, and avoid polytheism, and obey Allah with righteous deeds).
Yet when it is said to them, “Beware of what lies before you, and what lies behind you, that you may receive mercy.”
When it is said to such people: “Guard yourselves against what is ahead of you and what has preceded you that mercy be shown to you” (they pay scant heed to it).
And when it is said to them: "Beware of that which is before you, and that which is behind you, in order that you may receive mercy."
When it is said unto them: Beware of that which is before you and that which is behind you, that haply ye may find mercy (they are heedless).
And when they are told, ‘Beware of that which is before you and that which is behind you, so that you may receive [His] mercy…’
When it is said to them: 'Have fear of that which is before you and behind you in order that you find mercy'
But when it is said to them, "Beware of what is before you and what is behind you; perhaps you will receive mercy... "
Whenever they are told to guard themselves against sin and the forth coming torment so that perhaps they could receive mercy
And when it is said to them: Guard against what is before you and what is behind you, that mercy may be had on you.
Wai<u>tha</u> qeela lahumu ittaqoo m<u>a</u> bayna aydeekum wam<u>a</u> khalfakum laAAallakum tur<u>h</u>amoon<b>a</b>
When they are told, "guard yourselves against what is before you and what is behind you, in order that you may be shown mercy," [they turn away].
When they are told, "Fear ye that which is before you and that which will be after you, in order that ye may receive Mercy," (they turn back).