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1[5] Guide us in the right path, the path of those Thou art gracious to!; not of those Thou art wroth with; nor of those who err. 1 See Preface. [6] B 2 THE QuR’AN. II, 1-13. Tue CHAPTER OF THE HEIFER. (II. Medina.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. A.L.M.1 That? is the book! there is no doubt therein; a guide to the pious, who believe in the unseen, and are steadfast in prayer, and of what we have given them expend in alms; who believe in what is revealed to thee, and what was revealed before thee, and of the hereafter they are sure. These are in guidance from their Lord, and these are the prosperous. [5] Verity, those who misbelieve, it is the same to them if ye warn them or if ye warn them not, they will not believe. God has set a seal upon their hearts and on their hearing; and on their eyes is dimness, and for them is’ grievous woe. And there are those among men who say, ‘We believe in God and in the last day;’ but they do not believe. They would deceive God and those who do believe; but they deceive only themselves and they do not perceive. In their hearts is a sickness, and God has made them still more sick, and for them is grievous woe because they lied. [10] And when it is said to them, ‘Do not evil in the earth, they say, ‘We do but what is right.’ Are not they the evildoers? and yet they do not perceive. And when it is said to them, ‘Believe as other men believe,’ they say, ‘Shall we 1 For an explanation of these and similar letters see Introduction. * Although the Arabic demonstrative pronoun means ‘that,’ the translators have hitherto always rendered it ‘this,’ forgetting that it is not an address to the reader, but supposed to be Gabriel’s words of inspiration to Mohammed while showing him the Umm al Kitab —the ‘Eternal original of the Qur’4n;’ cf. Chapter X, which begins ‘ Read,’ and others. II, 14-22. THE CHAPTER OF THE HEIFER. 3 believe as fools believe ?’? Are not they themselves the fools ? and yet they do not know. And when they meet those who believe, they say, ‘We do believe ;> but when they go aside with their devils, they say, ‘We are with you ; we were but mocking!’ God shall mock at them and let them go on in their rebellion, blindly wandering on.
2and yet they do not know. And when they meet those who believe, they say, ‘We do believe ;> but when they go aside with their devils, they say, ‘We are with you ; we were but mocking!’ God shall mock at them and let them go on in their rebellion, blindly wandering on. [15] Those who buy error for guidance, their traffic profits not, and they are not guided. Their likeness is as the likeness of one! who kindles a fire; and when it lights up all around, God goes off with their light, and leaves them in darkness that they cannot see. Deafness, dumbness, blindness, and they shall not return! Or like a storm-cloud from the sky, wherein is darkness and thunder and lightning; they put their fingers in their ears at the thunder-clap, for fear of death, for God encompasses the misbelievers. The lightning well-nigh snatches off their sight, whenever it shines for them they walk therein ; but when it is dark for them they halt; and if God willed He would go off with their hearing and their sight; verily, God is mighty over all. O ye folk! serve your Lord who created you and those before you; haply ye may fear! [20] who made the earth for you a bed and the heaven a dome; and sent down from heaven water, and brought forth therewith fruits as a sustenance for you; so make no peers for God, the while ye know! And if ye are in doubt of what we have revealed unto our servant, then bring a chapter like it, and call your witnesses other than God if ye tell truth. But if ye do it not, and ye shall surely do it not, then 1 This change of number is of frequent occurrence in the Qur’4n, and is not incompatible with the genius of the Arabic language. B2 “4 THE QuR’AN. Il, 23,28. fear the fire whose fuel is men and stones, prepared for misbelievers. But bear the glad tidings to those who believe and work righteousness, that for them are gardens beneath which rivers flow; whenever they are provided with fruit therefrom they say, ‘This is what we were provided with before,’ and they shall be provided with the like?; and there are pure wives for them therein, and they shall dwell therein for aye. Why, God is not ashamed to set forth a parable of a gnat’, or anything beyond; and as for those who believe, they know that it is truth from the Lord; but as for those who disbelieve, they say, ‘What is it that God means by this as a parable? He leads astray many and He guides many ;’—but He leads astray only the evildoers; [25] who break God’s covenant after the fixing thereof, and cut asunder what God has ordered to be joined, and do evil in the earth ;—these it is who lose. How can ye disbelieve in God, when ye were dead and He made you alive, and then He will kill you and then make you alive again, and then to Him will ye return? It is He who created for you all that is in the earth, then he made for the heavens and fashioned them seven heavens; and He knows all things. And when thy Lord said unto the angels, ‘I am about to place a vicegerent in the earth,’ they said,
3It is He who created for you all that is in the earth, then he made for the heavens and fashioned them seven heavens; and He knows all things. And when thy Lord said unto the angels, ‘I am about to place a vicegerent in the earth,’ they said, 1 That is, the idols. % The vagueness is in the original; it is variously interpreted ‘ fruits like each other,’ or ‘like the fruits of earth.’ ® This is in answer to the objections that had been taken against the mention of such small things as the ‘spider’ and the ‘bee,’ which give their names to two of the chapters of the Qur'an. II, 29-36. THE CHAPTER OF THE HEIFER. 5 ‘Wilt Thou place therein one who will do evil therein and shed blood? [30] we celebrate Thy praise and hallow Thee.’ Said (the Lord), ‘I know what ye know not.’ And He taught Adam the names, all of them; then He propounded them to the angels and said, ‘Declare to me the names of these, if ye are truthful’ They said, ‘Glory be to Thee! no knowledge is ours but what Thou thyself hast taught us, verily, Thou art the knowing, the wise.’ Said the Lord, ‘O Adam declare to them their names;’ and when he had declared to them their names He said, ‘Did I not say to you, I know the secrets of the heavens and of the earth, and I know what ye show and what ye were hiding ?’? And when we said to the angels, ‘Adore Adam,’ they adored him save only Iblis, who refused and was too proud and became one of the misbelievers. And we said, ‘O Adam dwell, thou and thy wife, in Paradise, and eat therefrom amply as you wish; but do not draw near this tree or ye will be of the transgressors. And Satan made them backslide therefrom and drove them out from what they were in, and we said, ‘Go down, one of you the enemy of the other, and in the earth there is an abode and a provision for a time. [35] And Adam caught certain words from his Lord, and He turned towards him, for He is the compassionate one easily turned. We said, ‘Go down therefrom altogether and haply there may come from me a guidance, and whoso follows my guidance, no fear is theirs, nor shall they grieve. 1 That is, truthful in their implied suggestion that man would be inferior to themselves in wisdom and obedience. The whole tradition here alluded to of the creation accords with the Talmudic legends, and was probably current among the Jewish Arab tribes. 6 THE Qur’AN. II, 37-49. But those who misbelieve, and call our signs lies, they are the fellows of the Fire, they shall dwell therein for aye.’
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.
1[5] Guide us in the right path, the path of those Thou art gracious to!; not of those Thou art wroth with; nor of those who err. 1 See Preface. [6] B 2 THE QuR’AN. II, 1-13. Tue CHAPTER OF THE HEIFER. (II. Medina.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. A.L.M.1 That? is the book! there is no doubt therein; a guide to the pious, who believe in the unseen, and are steadfast in prayer, and of what we have given them expend in alms; who believe in what is revealed to thee, and what was revealed before thee, and of the hereafter they are sure. These are in guidance from their Lord, and these are the prosperous. [5] Verity, those who misbelieve, it is the same to them if ye warn them or if ye warn them not, they will not believe. God has set a seal upon their hearts and on their hearing; and on their eyes is dimness, and for them is’ grievous woe. And there are those among men who say, ‘We believe in God and in the last day;’ but they do not believe. They would deceive God and those who do believe; but they deceive only themselves and they do not perceive. In their hearts is a sickness, and God has made them still more sick, and for them is grievous woe because they lied. [10] And when it is said to them, ‘Do not evil in the earth, they say, ‘We do but what is right.’ Are not they the evildoers? and yet they do not perceive. And when it is said to them, ‘Believe as other men believe,’ they say, ‘Shall we 1 For an explanation of these and similar letters see Introduction. * Although the Arabic demonstrative pronoun means ‘that,’ the translators have hitherto always rendered it ‘this,’ forgetting that it is not an address to the reader, but supposed to be Gabriel’s words of inspiration to Mohammed while showing him the Umm al Kitab —the ‘Eternal original of the Qur’4n;’ cf. Chapter X, which begins ‘ Read,’ and others. II, 14-22. THE CHAPTER OF THE HEIFER. 3 believe as fools believe ?’? Are not they themselves the fools ? and yet they do not know. And when they meet those who believe, they say, ‘We do believe ;> but when they go aside with their devils, they say, ‘We are with you ; we were but mocking!’ God shall mock at them and let them go on in their rebellion, blindly wandering on.
2and yet they do not know. And when they meet those who believe, they say, ‘We do believe ;> but when they go aside with their devils, they say, ‘We are with you ; we were but mocking!’ God shall mock at them and let them go on in their rebellion, blindly wandering on. [15] Those who buy error for guidance, their traffic profits not, and they are not guided. Their likeness is as the likeness of one! who kindles a fire; and when it lights up all around, God goes off with their light, and leaves them in darkness that they cannot see. Deafness, dumbness, blindness, and they shall not return! Or like a storm-cloud from the sky, wherein is darkness and thunder and lightning; they put their fingers in their ears at the thunder-clap, for fear of death, for God encompasses the misbelievers. The lightning well-nigh snatches off their sight, whenever it shines for them they walk therein ; but when it is dark for them they halt; and if God willed He would go off with their hearing and their sight; verily, God is mighty over all. O ye folk! serve your Lord who created you and those before you; haply ye may fear! [20] who made the earth for you a bed and the heaven a dome; and sent down from heaven water, and brought forth therewith fruits as a sustenance for you; so make no peers for God, the while ye know! And if ye are in doubt of what we have revealed unto our servant, then bring a chapter like it, and call your witnesses other than God if ye tell truth. But if ye do it not, and ye shall surely do it not, then 1 This change of number is of frequent occurrence in the Qur’4n, and is not incompatible with the genius of the Arabic language. B2 “4 THE QuR’AN. Il, 23,28. fear the fire whose fuel is men and stones, prepared for misbelievers. But bear the glad tidings to those who believe and work righteousness, that for them are gardens beneath which rivers flow; whenever they are provided with fruit therefrom they say, ‘This is what we were provided with before,’ and they shall be provided with the like?; and there are pure wives for them therein, and they shall dwell therein for aye. Why, God is not ashamed to set forth a parable of a gnat’, or anything beyond; and as for those who believe, they know that it is truth from the Lord; but as for those who disbelieve, they say, ‘What is it that God means by this as a parable? He leads astray many and He guides many ;’—but He leads astray only the evildoers; [25] who break God’s covenant after the fixing thereof, and cut asunder what God has ordered to be joined, and do evil in the earth ;—these it is who lose. How can ye disbelieve in God, when ye were dead and He made you alive, and then He will kill you and then make you alive again, and then to Him will ye return? It is He who created for you all that is in the earth, then he made for the heavens and fashioned them seven heavens; and He knows all things. And when thy Lord said unto the angels, ‘I am about to place a vicegerent in the earth,’ they said,
3It is He who created for you all that is in the earth, then he made for the heavens and fashioned them seven heavens; and He knows all things. And when thy Lord said unto the angels, ‘I am about to place a vicegerent in the earth,’ they said, 1 That is, the idols. % The vagueness is in the original; it is variously interpreted ‘ fruits like each other,’ or ‘like the fruits of earth.’ ® This is in answer to the objections that had been taken against the mention of such small things as the ‘spider’ and the ‘bee,’ which give their names to two of the chapters of the Qur'an. II, 29-36. THE CHAPTER OF THE HEIFER. 5 ‘Wilt Thou place therein one who will do evil therein and shed blood? [30] we celebrate Thy praise and hallow Thee.’ Said (the Lord), ‘I know what ye know not.’ And He taught Adam the names, all of them; then He propounded them to the angels and said, ‘Declare to me the names of these, if ye are truthful’ They said, ‘Glory be to Thee! no knowledge is ours but what Thou thyself hast taught us, verily, Thou art the knowing, the wise.’ Said the Lord, ‘O Adam declare to them their names;’ and when he had declared to them their names He said, ‘Did I not say to you, I know the secrets of the heavens and of the earth, and I know what ye show and what ye were hiding ?’? And when we said to the angels, ‘Adore Adam,’ they adored him save only Iblis, who refused and was too proud and became one of the misbelievers. And we said, ‘O Adam dwell, thou and thy wife, in Paradise, and eat therefrom amply as you wish; but do not draw near this tree or ye will be of the transgressors. And Satan made them backslide therefrom and drove them out from what they were in, and we said, ‘Go down, one of you the enemy of the other, and in the earth there is an abode and a provision for a time. [35] And Adam caught certain words from his Lord, and He turned towards him, for He is the compassionate one easily turned. We said, ‘Go down therefrom altogether and haply there may come from me a guidance, and whoso follows my guidance, no fear is theirs, nor shall they grieve. 1 That is, truthful in their implied suggestion that man would be inferior to themselves in wisdom and obedience. The whole tradition here alluded to of the creation accords with the Talmudic legends, and was probably current among the Jewish Arab tribes. 6 THE Qur’AN. II, 37-49. But those who misbelieve, and call our signs lies, they are the fellows of the Fire, they shall dwell therein for aye.’
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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