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1God cares nothing for the ‘rejection of his message by the infidels: their punishment shall be lasting. - XXVI. Tue Cuapter or THE Ports. (Mecca.) Mohammed is not to be vexed by the people’s unbelief. Though called a liar now, his cause shall triumph in the end. Moses sent OF THE Qur’AN. ci to Pharaoh: he fears lest he may be killed for slaying the Egyptian. Pharaoh charges him with ingratitude. Their dispute about God. Pharaoh claims godhead himself. The miracles of the rod and the ‘white hand.’ Moses’ contest with the magicians: the magicians are conquered and believe: Pharaoh threatens them with condign punishment. The Israelites leave Egypt and are pursued. The passing of the Red Sea and destruction of Pharaoh and his hosts. The story of Abraham: he preaches against idolatry. Noah is called a liar and vindicated. Hid preaches to the people of ‘Ad, and Zélith to Thamfid: the latter hamstring the she-camel and perish. The crime and punishment of the people of Sodom. The people of the Grove andthe prophet Sho’haib. The Qur’4n revealed through the instrumentality of the Faithful Spirit (Gabriel), in plain Arabic. The learned Jews recognise its truth from the prophecies in their own Scriptures. The devils could not have brought it. Mohammed is to be meek towards believers and to warn his clansmen. Those upon whom the devils do descend, namely, the poets who ‘ wander distraught in every vale.’ XXVIL Tue Cuaprer or tue Ant. (Mecca.) The Qur'an a guidance to believers. God appears to Moses in the fire: Moses is sent to Pharaoh with signs, but is called a ‘sorcerer. David and Solomon endowed with knowledge. Solomon taught the speech of birds. His army of men, ginns, and birds marches through the valley of the ant: One ant bids the rest retire to their holes lest Solomon and his hosts crush them. Solomon smiles and answers her: He reviews the birds and misses the hoopoe, who, returning, brings news of the magnificence of the queen of Sheba. Solomon sends him back with a letter to the queen. A demon brings him her throne. She comes to Solomon; recognises her throne; marvels at the palace with a glass floor, which she mistakes for water: becomes a “Muslim. Thamfd reject Zalith and perish. Lot is saved, while the people of Sodom are destroyed. The Lord the God of nature; the only God and creator. Certainty of the resurrection. The Tuins of ancient cities an example. The Qur’én decides disputed points for the Jews. Mohammed bidden to trust in God, for he cannot make’ the deaf to hear his message. The beast that shall appear at the resurrection. ‘Terrors of the last day. The prophet bidden to worship ‘ the Lord of this land,’ to recite the Qur’4n, and to become a Muslim. cil ABSTRACT OF THE CONTENTS XXVIII. Tue Cuaprer or THe Story. (Mecca.)
2The beast that shall appear at the resurrection. ‘Terrors of the last day. The prophet bidden to worship ‘ the Lord of this land,’ to recite the Qur’4n, and to become a Muslim. cil ABSTRACT OF THE CONTENTS XXVIII. Tue Cuaprer or THe Story. (Mecca.) The history of Moses and Pharaoh: the latter and his vizier Haman oppress the children of Israel. Moses is exposed on the river by his mother: he is adopted by Pharaoh : his sister watches him, and his mother is engaged to nurse him. He grows up and slays the Egyptian: flees to Midian : helps the two maidens to draw water : serves their father Sho’haib for ten years and then marries his daughter. God appears to him in the fire in the holy valley of Tuva, in Sinai. Is sent with his brother Aaron to Pharaoh. Haman builds Pharaoh a high tower to ascend to the God of Moses. His punishment. Moses gives the law. These stories are proofs of Mohammed’s mission. The Arabs reject the book of Moses and the Qur’4n as two impostures. Those who have the Scriptures recognise the truth of the Qur’4n. The Meccans warned by the example of the cities of old that have perished. Disappointment of the idolaters at the day of judgment. Helplessness of the idols before God. Qarfin’s great wealth: the earth opens and swallows him up for his pride and his insolence to Moses. Mohammed encouraged in his faith and purpose. XXIX. Tue Cuaprer or THE Sprper. (Mecca.) Believers must be proved. Kindness to be shown to parents; but they are not to be obeyed if they endeavour to lead their children to idolatry. The hypocrites stand by the Muslims only in success, The unbelievers try to seduce the believers by offering to bear their sins. Noah delivered from the deluge. Abraham preaches against idolatry. Is cast into the fire, but saved: flees from his native land: Isaac and Jacob born to him. Lot and the fate of the inhabitants of Sodom. Midian and their prophet Sho- *haib. ‘Ad and Thamfid. Fate of Qarfin, Pharaoh, and Haman. Similitude of the spider. Mohammed bidden to rehearse the Qur'an. Prayer enjoined. Those who have the Scriptures are to be mildly dealt with in disputation. They believe in the Qur’4n. Mohammed unable to read. Signs are only in the power of God. The idolaters reproved, and threatened with punishment. The believers promised reward. God provides for all. This world is but a sport. God saves men in dangers by sea, yet they are ungrateful. The territory of Mecca inviolable. Exhortation to strive for the faith. ‘OF THE QUR’AN. ‘Citi XXX. Tue Cuaprer or THE Greeks. (Mecca.)
3The believers promised reward. God provides for all. This world is but a sport. God saves men in dangers by sea, yet they are ungrateful. The territory of Mecca inviolable. Exhortation to strive for the faith. ‘OF THE QUR’AN. ‘Citi XXX. Tue Cuaprer or THE Greeks. (Mecca.) Victory of the Persians over the Greeks: prophecy of the coming triumph of the latter. The Meccans warned by the fate of former cities. The idols shall forsake them at the resurrection’: the believers shall enter Paradise. God is to be praised in the morning and evening and at noon and sunset. His creation of man and of the universe and His providence are signs. He is the incomparable Lord of all. Warning against idolatry and schism. Honesty inculcated and usury reproved. “God only creates and kills. Corruption in the earth through sin. The fate of former idolaters. Exhortation to believe before the sudden coming of the judgment day. God's sending rain to quicken the earth is a sign of His power. Mohammed cannot make the deaf hear his message. Warning of the last day. XXXI, Tue Cuaprer-or LogmAy. (Mecca.) The Quran a guidance to believers. Denunciation of one who purchased Persian legends and preferred them to the Qur'an. God in nature. Other gods can create nothing. Wisdom granted to Loqmfn: his advice to his son. The obstinacy of the infidels rebuked. -If the sea were ink and the trees pens they would not suffice to write the words of the Lord. God manifest in the night and day, in the sun and moon, and in rescuing men from dangers by sea. God only knows the future. XXXII. Tue Cuaprer or Aporation. (Mecca). The Quran is truth from the Lord. God the creator and governor. The resurrection. Conduct of true believers when they hear the word : their reward : the punishment of misbelievers : description of hell. The people are exhorted to believe and are admonished by the fate of the ruined cities they see around them: they are warned of the judgment day. XXXII. Tue Cuaprer or THE Conreperates. (Medinah.) Mohammed is warned against the hypocrites. Wives divorced by the formula ‘thou art henceforth to me like my mother’s back’ are not to be considered as real mothers and as such regarded as unlawful. Neither are adopted sons to be looked upon as real sons. The real ties of kinship and consanguinity are to supersede eiv ABSTRACT OF THE CONTENTS
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1God cares nothing for the ‘rejection of his message by the infidels: their punishment shall be lasting. - XXVI. Tue Cuapter or THE Ports. (Mecca.) Mohammed is not to be vexed by the people’s unbelief. Though called a liar now, his cause shall triumph in the end. Moses sent OF THE Qur’AN. ci to Pharaoh: he fears lest he may be killed for slaying the Egyptian. Pharaoh charges him with ingratitude. Their dispute about God. Pharaoh claims godhead himself. The miracles of the rod and the ‘white hand.’ Moses’ contest with the magicians: the magicians are conquered and believe: Pharaoh threatens them with condign punishment. The Israelites leave Egypt and are pursued. The passing of the Red Sea and destruction of Pharaoh and his hosts. The story of Abraham: he preaches against idolatry. Noah is called a liar and vindicated. Hid preaches to the people of ‘Ad, and Zélith to Thamfid: the latter hamstring the she-camel and perish. The crime and punishment of the people of Sodom. The people of the Grove andthe prophet Sho’haib. The Qur’4n revealed through the instrumentality of the Faithful Spirit (Gabriel), in plain Arabic. The learned Jews recognise its truth from the prophecies in their own Scriptures. The devils could not have brought it. Mohammed is to be meek towards believers and to warn his clansmen. Those upon whom the devils do descend, namely, the poets who ‘ wander distraught in every vale.’ XXVIL Tue Cuaprer or tue Ant. (Mecca.) The Qur'an a guidance to believers. God appears to Moses in the fire: Moses is sent to Pharaoh with signs, but is called a ‘sorcerer. David and Solomon endowed with knowledge. Solomon taught the speech of birds. His army of men, ginns, and birds marches through the valley of the ant: One ant bids the rest retire to their holes lest Solomon and his hosts crush them. Solomon smiles and answers her: He reviews the birds and misses the hoopoe, who, returning, brings news of the magnificence of the queen of Sheba. Solomon sends him back with a letter to the queen. A demon brings him her throne. She comes to Solomon; recognises her throne; marvels at the palace with a glass floor, which she mistakes for water: becomes a “Muslim. Thamfd reject Zalith and perish. Lot is saved, while the people of Sodom are destroyed. The Lord the God of nature; the only God and creator. Certainty of the resurrection. The Tuins of ancient cities an example. The Qur’én decides disputed points for the Jews. Mohammed bidden to trust in God, for he cannot make’ the deaf to hear his message. The beast that shall appear at the resurrection. ‘Terrors of the last day. The prophet bidden to worship ‘ the Lord of this land,’ to recite the Qur’4n, and to become a Muslim. cil ABSTRACT OF THE CONTENTS XXVIII. Tue Cuaprer or THe Story. (Mecca.)
2The beast that shall appear at the resurrection. ‘Terrors of the last day. The prophet bidden to worship ‘ the Lord of this land,’ to recite the Qur’4n, and to become a Muslim. cil ABSTRACT OF THE CONTENTS XXVIII. Tue Cuaprer or THe Story. (Mecca.) The history of Moses and Pharaoh: the latter and his vizier Haman oppress the children of Israel. Moses is exposed on the river by his mother: he is adopted by Pharaoh : his sister watches him, and his mother is engaged to nurse him. He grows up and slays the Egyptian: flees to Midian : helps the two maidens to draw water : serves their father Sho’haib for ten years and then marries his daughter. God appears to him in the fire in the holy valley of Tuva, in Sinai. Is sent with his brother Aaron to Pharaoh. Haman builds Pharaoh a high tower to ascend to the God of Moses. His punishment. Moses gives the law. These stories are proofs of Mohammed’s mission. The Arabs reject the book of Moses and the Qur’4n as two impostures. Those who have the Scriptures recognise the truth of the Qur’4n. The Meccans warned by the example of the cities of old that have perished. Disappointment of the idolaters at the day of judgment. Helplessness of the idols before God. Qarfin’s great wealth: the earth opens and swallows him up for his pride and his insolence to Moses. Mohammed encouraged in his faith and purpose. XXIX. Tue Cuaprer or THE Sprper. (Mecca.) Believers must be proved. Kindness to be shown to parents; but they are not to be obeyed if they endeavour to lead their children to idolatry. The hypocrites stand by the Muslims only in success, The unbelievers try to seduce the believers by offering to bear their sins. Noah delivered from the deluge. Abraham preaches against idolatry. Is cast into the fire, but saved: flees from his native land: Isaac and Jacob born to him. Lot and the fate of the inhabitants of Sodom. Midian and their prophet Sho- *haib. ‘Ad and Thamfid. Fate of Qarfin, Pharaoh, and Haman. Similitude of the spider. Mohammed bidden to rehearse the Qur'an. Prayer enjoined. Those who have the Scriptures are to be mildly dealt with in disputation. They believe in the Qur’4n. Mohammed unable to read. Signs are only in the power of God. The idolaters reproved, and threatened with punishment. The believers promised reward. God provides for all. This world is but a sport. God saves men in dangers by sea, yet they are ungrateful. The territory of Mecca inviolable. Exhortation to strive for the faith. ‘OF THE QUR’AN. ‘Citi XXX. Tue Cuaprer or THE Greeks. (Mecca.)
3The believers promised reward. God provides for all. This world is but a sport. God saves men in dangers by sea, yet they are ungrateful. The territory of Mecca inviolable. Exhortation to strive for the faith. ‘OF THE QUR’AN. ‘Citi XXX. Tue Cuaprer or THE Greeks. (Mecca.) Victory of the Persians over the Greeks: prophecy of the coming triumph of the latter. The Meccans warned by the fate of former cities. The idols shall forsake them at the resurrection’: the believers shall enter Paradise. God is to be praised in the morning and evening and at noon and sunset. His creation of man and of the universe and His providence are signs. He is the incomparable Lord of all. Warning against idolatry and schism. Honesty inculcated and usury reproved. “God only creates and kills. Corruption in the earth through sin. The fate of former idolaters. Exhortation to believe before the sudden coming of the judgment day. God's sending rain to quicken the earth is a sign of His power. Mohammed cannot make the deaf hear his message. Warning of the last day. XXXI, Tue Cuaprer-or LogmAy. (Mecca.) The Quran a guidance to believers. Denunciation of one who purchased Persian legends and preferred them to the Qur'an. God in nature. Other gods can create nothing. Wisdom granted to Loqmfn: his advice to his son. The obstinacy of the infidels rebuked. -If the sea were ink and the trees pens they would not suffice to write the words of the Lord. God manifest in the night and day, in the sun and moon, and in rescuing men from dangers by sea. God only knows the future. XXXII. Tue Cuaprer or Aporation. (Mecca). The Quran is truth from the Lord. God the creator and governor. The resurrection. Conduct of true believers when they hear the word : their reward : the punishment of misbelievers : description of hell. The people are exhorted to believe and are admonished by the fate of the ruined cities they see around them: they are warned of the judgment day. XXXII. Tue Cuaprer or THE Conreperates. (Medinah.) Mohammed is warned against the hypocrites. Wives divorced by the formula ‘thou art henceforth to me like my mother’s back’ are not to be considered as real mothers and as such regarded as unlawful. Neither are adopted sons to be looked upon as real sons. The real ties of kinship and consanguinity are to supersede eiv ABSTRACT OF THE CONTENTS
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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