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1The 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.’ O ye children of Israel! remember my favours which I have favoured you with; fulfil my covenant and I will fulfil your covenant; me therefore dread. Believe in what I have revealed, verifying what ye have got, and be not the first to disbelieve in it, and do not barter my signs for a little price, and me do ye fear. Clothe not truth with vanity, nor hide the truth the while ye know. [40] Be steadfast in prayer, give the alms, and bow down with those who bow. Will ye order men to do piety and forget yourselves ? ye read the Book, do ye not then understand? Seek aid with patience and: prayer, though it is a hard thing save for the humble, who think that they will meet their Lord, and that to Him will they return. O ye children of Israel! remember my favours which I have favoured you with, and that I have preferred you above the worlds. Fear the day wherein no soul shall pay any recompense for another soul, [45] nor shall intercession be accepted for. it, nor shall compensation be taken from it, nor shall they be helped. When we saved you from Pharaoh’s people who sought to wreak you evil and woe, slaughtering your sons and letting your women live; in that was a great trial for you from your Lord. When we divided for you the sea and saved you and drowned Pharaoh's people while ye looked on. When we treated with Moses forty nights, then ye took the calf after he had gone and ye did wrong, Yet then we forgave you after that; perhaps ye II, 50-56. THE CHAPTER OF THE HEIFER. 7 may be grateful. [50] And when we gave Moses the Scriptures and the Discrimination; perhaps ye will be guided. When Moses said to his people, ‘O my people! Ye have wronged yourselves in taking this calf; repent unto your Creator and kill each other'; that will be better for you in your Creator’s eyes; and He turned unto you, for He is the compassionate one easily turned.’ And when ye said to Moses, ‘O Moses! we will not believe in thee until we see God manifestly, and the thunderbolt caught you while ye yet looked on. Then we raised you up after your death ; perhaps ye may be grateful. And we overshadowed you with the cloud, and sent down the manna and the quails; ‘ Eat of the good things we have given you.’ They did not wrong us, but it was themselves they were wronging. [55] And when we said, ‘Enter this city? and eat therefrom as plentifully as ye wish ; and enter the gate worshipping and say ‘hi¢¢atun®. So will we pardon you your sins and give increase unto those who do well.’ But those who did wrong changed it for another * word than that which was said to them: and we sent down upon those who did wrong, wrath from heaven for that they had so sinned. 1 Cf. Exodus xxxii. 24, 26, 27.
2So will we pardon you your sins and give increase unto those who do well.’ But those who did wrong changed it for another * word than that which was said to them: and we sent down upon those who did wrong, wrath from heaven for that they had so sinned. 1 Cf. Exodus xxxii. 24, 26, 27. * According to some commentators, Jerusalem ; and according to others, Jericho. 5 The word means Remission, or laying down the burden (of sins). * Some say the expression they used was habbah fi sha’hfrah, ‘a grain in an ear of barley,’ the idea being apparently suggested by the similarity between the words ‘hi//ah, as given above, and ‘hin/ah, ‘a grain of wheat. The commentators add that they crept in in an indecent posture instead of entering reverently as they were bidden. 8 THE QUR'AN. Il, 57-61. When Moses, too, asked drink for his people and we said, ‘Strike with thy staff the rock,’ and from it burst forth twelve springs; each man among them knew his drinking place. ‘Eat and drink of what God has provided, and transgress not on the earth as evildoers.’ And when they said, ‘O Moses, we cannot always bear one kind of food; pray then thy Lord to bring forth for us of what the earth grows, its green herbs, its cucumbers, its garlic, its lentils, and its onions.’ Said he, ‘ Do ye ask what is meaner instead of what is best? Go down to Egypt,—there is what ye ask.’ Then were they smitten with abasement and poverty, and met with wrath from God. That was because they had misbelieved in God’s signs and killed the prophets undeservedly; that was for that they were rebellious and had transgressed. Verily, whether it be of those who. believe, or those who are Jews or Christians or Sabzans, whosoever believe in God and the last day and act aright, they have their reward at their Lord’s hand, and there is no fear for them, nor shall they grieve. [60] And when we took a covenant with you and held the mountain over you?; ‘Accept what we have brought you with strong will, and bear in mind what is therein, haply ye yet may fear.’ Then did ye turn aside after this, and were it not for God’s grace towards you and His mercy, ye would have been of those who lose. Ye know too of those among you who transgressed upon the 1 The Mohammedan legend is that this was done by the angel Gabriel to terrify the people into obedience. II, 62-68. _THE CHAPTER OF THE HEIFER. 9 Sabbath, and we said, ‘Become ye apes, despised and spurned 1’ Thus we made them an example unto those who stood before them, and those who should come ‘after them, and a warning unto those who fear.
3II, 62-68. _THE CHAPTER OF THE HEIFER. 9 Sabbath, and we said, ‘Become ye apes, despised and spurned 1’ Thus we made them an example unto those who stood before them, and those who should come ‘after them, and a warning unto those who fear. And when Moses said to his people, ‘God bids you slaughter a cow?,’ they said, ‘Art thou making a jest of us?’ Said he, ‘I seek refuge with God from being one of the unwise.’ They said, ‘Then pray thy Lord for us to show us what she is to be.’ He answered, ‘ He saith it is a cow, nor old, nor young, of middle age between the two; so do as ye are bid.” [65] They said, ‘ Pray now thy Lord to show us what her colour is to be. He answered, ‘He saith it is a dun cow, intensely dun, her colour ‘delighting those who look upon her.’ Again they said, ‘ Pray thy Lord to show us what she is to be; for cows appear the same to us; then we, if God will, shall be guided. He answered, ‘He saith, it is a cow, not broken in to plough the earth or irrigate the tilth, a sound one with no blemish on her. They said, ‘Now hast thou brought the truth. And they slaughtered her, though they came near leaving it undone. When too ye slew a soul and disputed thereupon, and God brought forth that which ye had hidden, then we said, ‘Strike him with part of her.’ Thus 1 The tradition is that some inhabitants of Elath (Akabah) were transformed into apes for catching fish on the Sabbath in David’s time. Other commentators say that the expression is only figurative. * The legend embodied in this passage and what follows appears to be a distorted account of the heifer ordered by the Mosaic law to be slain in expiation of a murder, the perpetrator of which had not been discovered. Deut. xxi. 1-9, 10 THE QUR'AN. II, 69-74. God brings the dead to life and shows you His signs, that haply ye may understand. Yet were your hearts hardened even after that, till they were as stones or harder still, for verily of stones are some from which streams burst forth, and of them there are some that burst asunder and the water issues out, and of them there are some that fall down for fear of God; but God is never careless of what ye do. [70] Do ye crave that they should believe you when already a sect of them have heard the word of God and then perverted it! after they had understood it, though they knew ? And when they meet those who believe they say, ‘We believe,’ but when one goes aside with another they say, ‘Will ye talk to them of what God has opened up to you, that they may argue with you upon it before your Lord? Do ye not therefore understand?’ Do they not then know that God knoweth what they keep secret and what they make known abroad ?
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.
1The 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.’ O ye children of Israel! remember my favours which I have favoured you with; fulfil my covenant and I will fulfil your covenant; me therefore dread. Believe in what I have revealed, verifying what ye have got, and be not the first to disbelieve in it, and do not barter my signs for a little price, and me do ye fear. Clothe not truth with vanity, nor hide the truth the while ye know. [40] Be steadfast in prayer, give the alms, and bow down with those who bow. Will ye order men to do piety and forget yourselves ? ye read the Book, do ye not then understand? Seek aid with patience and: prayer, though it is a hard thing save for the humble, who think that they will meet their Lord, and that to Him will they return. O ye children of Israel! remember my favours which I have favoured you with, and that I have preferred you above the worlds. Fear the day wherein no soul shall pay any recompense for another soul, [45] nor shall intercession be accepted for. it, nor shall compensation be taken from it, nor shall they be helped. When we saved you from Pharaoh’s people who sought to wreak you evil and woe, slaughtering your sons and letting your women live; in that was a great trial for you from your Lord. When we divided for you the sea and saved you and drowned Pharaoh's people while ye looked on. When we treated with Moses forty nights, then ye took the calf after he had gone and ye did wrong, Yet then we forgave you after that; perhaps ye II, 50-56. THE CHAPTER OF THE HEIFER. 7 may be grateful. [50] And when we gave Moses the Scriptures and the Discrimination; perhaps ye will be guided. When Moses said to his people, ‘O my people! Ye have wronged yourselves in taking this calf; repent unto your Creator and kill each other'; that will be better for you in your Creator’s eyes; and He turned unto you, for He is the compassionate one easily turned.’ And when ye said to Moses, ‘O Moses! we will not believe in thee until we see God manifestly, and the thunderbolt caught you while ye yet looked on. Then we raised you up after your death ; perhaps ye may be grateful. And we overshadowed you with the cloud, and sent down the manna and the quails; ‘ Eat of the good things we have given you.’ They did not wrong us, but it was themselves they were wronging. [55] And when we said, ‘Enter this city? and eat therefrom as plentifully as ye wish ; and enter the gate worshipping and say ‘hi¢¢atun®. So will we pardon you your sins and give increase unto those who do well.’ But those who did wrong changed it for another * word than that which was said to them: and we sent down upon those who did wrong, wrath from heaven for that they had so sinned. 1 Cf. Exodus xxxii. 24, 26, 27.
2So will we pardon you your sins and give increase unto those who do well.’ But those who did wrong changed it for another * word than that which was said to them: and we sent down upon those who did wrong, wrath from heaven for that they had so sinned. 1 Cf. Exodus xxxii. 24, 26, 27. * According to some commentators, Jerusalem ; and according to others, Jericho. 5 The word means Remission, or laying down the burden (of sins). * Some say the expression they used was habbah fi sha’hfrah, ‘a grain in an ear of barley,’ the idea being apparently suggested by the similarity between the words ‘hi//ah, as given above, and ‘hin/ah, ‘a grain of wheat. The commentators add that they crept in in an indecent posture instead of entering reverently as they were bidden. 8 THE QUR'AN. Il, 57-61. When Moses, too, asked drink for his people and we said, ‘Strike with thy staff the rock,’ and from it burst forth twelve springs; each man among them knew his drinking place. ‘Eat and drink of what God has provided, and transgress not on the earth as evildoers.’ And when they said, ‘O Moses, we cannot always bear one kind of food; pray then thy Lord to bring forth for us of what the earth grows, its green herbs, its cucumbers, its garlic, its lentils, and its onions.’ Said he, ‘ Do ye ask what is meaner instead of what is best? Go down to Egypt,—there is what ye ask.’ Then were they smitten with abasement and poverty, and met with wrath from God. That was because they had misbelieved in God’s signs and killed the prophets undeservedly; that was for that they were rebellious and had transgressed. Verily, whether it be of those who. believe, or those who are Jews or Christians or Sabzans, whosoever believe in God and the last day and act aright, they have their reward at their Lord’s hand, and there is no fear for them, nor shall they grieve. [60] And when we took a covenant with you and held the mountain over you?; ‘Accept what we have brought you with strong will, and bear in mind what is therein, haply ye yet may fear.’ Then did ye turn aside after this, and were it not for God’s grace towards you and His mercy, ye would have been of those who lose. Ye know too of those among you who transgressed upon the 1 The Mohammedan legend is that this was done by the angel Gabriel to terrify the people into obedience. II, 62-68. _THE CHAPTER OF THE HEIFER. 9 Sabbath, and we said, ‘Become ye apes, despised and spurned 1’ Thus we made them an example unto those who stood before them, and those who should come ‘after them, and a warning unto those who fear.
3II, 62-68. _THE CHAPTER OF THE HEIFER. 9 Sabbath, and we said, ‘Become ye apes, despised and spurned 1’ Thus we made them an example unto those who stood before them, and those who should come ‘after them, and a warning unto those who fear. And when Moses said to his people, ‘God bids you slaughter a cow?,’ they said, ‘Art thou making a jest of us?’ Said he, ‘I seek refuge with God from being one of the unwise.’ They said, ‘Then pray thy Lord for us to show us what she is to be.’ He answered, ‘ He saith it is a cow, nor old, nor young, of middle age between the two; so do as ye are bid.” [65] They said, ‘ Pray now thy Lord to show us what her colour is to be. He answered, ‘He saith it is a dun cow, intensely dun, her colour ‘delighting those who look upon her.’ Again they said, ‘ Pray thy Lord to show us what she is to be; for cows appear the same to us; then we, if God will, shall be guided. He answered, ‘He saith, it is a cow, not broken in to plough the earth or irrigate the tilth, a sound one with no blemish on her. They said, ‘Now hast thou brought the truth. And they slaughtered her, though they came near leaving it undone. When too ye slew a soul and disputed thereupon, and God brought forth that which ye had hidden, then we said, ‘Strike him with part of her.’ Thus 1 The tradition is that some inhabitants of Elath (Akabah) were transformed into apes for catching fish on the Sabbath in David’s time. Other commentators say that the expression is only figurative. * The legend embodied in this passage and what follows appears to be a distorted account of the heifer ordered by the Mosaic law to be slain in expiation of a murder, the perpetrator of which had not been discovered. Deut. xxi. 1-9, 10 THE QUR'AN. II, 69-74. God brings the dead to life and shows you His signs, that haply ye may understand. Yet were your hearts hardened even after that, till they were as stones or harder still, for verily of stones are some from which streams burst forth, and of them there are some that burst asunder and the water issues out, and of them there are some that fall down for fear of God; but God is never careless of what ye do. [70] Do ye crave that they should believe you when already a sect of them have heard the word of God and then perverted it! after they had understood it, though they knew ? And when they meet those who believe they say, ‘We believe,’ but when one goes aside with another they say, ‘Will ye talk to them of what God has opened up to you, that they may argue with you upon it before your Lord? Do ye not therefore understand?’ Do they not then know that God knoweth what they keep secret and what they make known abroad ?
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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