Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.

Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

Surely its collection and recitation are Our responsibility .

Indeed assembling the Qur an and reading it are upon Us .

Ours it is to gather it , and to recite it .

Verily upon us is the collecting thereof and the reciting thereof .

It is for Us to collect it and to give you ( O Muhammad SAW ) the ability to recite it ( the Quran ) ,

Upon Us is its collection and its recitation .

Surely it is for Us to have you commit it to memory and to recite it .

Lo ! upon Us ( resteth ) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof .

Indeed it is up to Us to put it together and to recite it .

It 's gathering and reciting is upon Us .

Indeed , upon Us is its collection in your heart and to make possible its recitation .

We shall be responsible for its collection and its recitation .

Surely on Us ( devolves ) the collecting of it and the reciting of it .

We Ourself shall see to its collection and recital .

It is for Us to collect it and to promulgate it

and I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, that you shall be mute, and shall not be to them a reprover for they are a rebellious house.

And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover for they are a rebellious house.

Your lips, my bride, drip like the honeycomb. Honey and milk are under your tongue. The smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb honey and milk are under thy tongue and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

Do not forestall ( the revelation before its completion ) by acting in haste .

O dear Prophet ( Mohammed peace and blessings be upon him ) , do not cause your tongue to move along with the Qur an in order to learn it faster .

Move not thy tongue with it to hasten it

Move not thy tongue therewith that thou mayest hasten therewith .

Move not your tongue concerning ( the Quran , O Muhammad SAW ) to make haste therewith .

Do not wag your tongue with it , to hurry on with it .

( O Prophet ) , do not stir your tongue hastily ( to commit the Revelation to memory ) .

Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it .

Do not move your tongue with it to hasten it .

Do not move your tongue with it ( the Revelation ) to hasten it .

Move not your tongue with it , O Muhammad , to hasten with recitation of the Qur 'an .

( Muhammad ) , do not move your tongue too quickly to recite the Quran .

Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it ,

Prophet , do not move your tongue too fast in your attempt to learn this revelation

Move not thy tongue concerning the ( Qur 'an ) to make haste therewith .

For example, any social history will reveal that mutilation and torture were routine forms of criminal punishment. The kind of infraction today that would give you a fine, in those days would result in your tongue being cut out, your ears being cut off, you being blinded, a hand being chopped off and so on.