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1[105] They say, ‘None shall enter Paradise save such as be Jews or Christians;’ that is their faith. Say thou, ‘ Bring your proofs, if ye be speaking truth.’ Aye, he who resigns! his face to God, and who is kind, he shall have his reward from his Lord, and no fear shall be on them, and they shall not grieve. The Jews say, ‘The Christians rest on nought ;’ and the Christians say, ‘The Jews rest on nought ;’ and yet they read the Book. So, too, say those who know not, like to what these say; but God shall judge between them on the resurrection day concerning that whereon they do dispute. 1 The word resignation (Isl4m) is that by which Mohammed’s religion is known and by which it is spoken of in the Qur'an. 16 THE QUR'AN, - II, 108-118. But who is more unjust than he who prohibits God’s mosques!, that His name should not be mentioned there, and who strives to ruin them? ’Tis not for such to enter into them except in fear, for them is disgrace in this world, and in the future mighty woe. God’s is the east and the west, and wherever ye turn there is God’s face; verily, God comprehends and knows. [110] They say, ‘God takes unto Himself a son.’ Celebrated be His praise?! Nay, His is what is in the heavens and the earth, and Him all things obey. The Originator of the heavens and the earth, when He decrees a matter He doth but say unto it, ‘BE, and it is. And those who do not know (the Scriptures) say, ‘Unless God speak to us, or there comes a sign.’ So spake those before them like unto their speech. Their hearts are all alike. We have made manifest the signs unto a people that are sure. We have sent thee with the truth, a bearer of good tidings and of warning, and thou shalt not be questioned as to the fellows of hell. The Jews will not be satisfied with thee, nor yet the Christians, until thou followest their creed. Say, ‘God's guidance is the guidance;’ and if thou followest their lusts after the knowledge that has come to thee, thou hast not then from God a patron or a help. [115] They to whom we have brought the Book ’ Probably alluding to the occasion on which the Meccans prevented Mohammed from using the Kaabah, in the sixth year of the Higrah. * Le. God forbid! II, 116-120. THE CHAPTER OF THE HEIFER. 17 and who read it as it should be read, believe therein; and whoso disbelieve therein, 'tis they who lose thereby. O children of Israel! remember my favours with which I favoured you, and that I have preferred you over the worlds. And fear the day when no soul shall pay a recompense for a soul, nor shall an equivalent be received therefrom, nor any intercession avail; and they shall not be helped. And when his Lord tried Abraham with words, and he fulfilled them, He said, ‘Verily, 1 will set thee as a high priest? for men.’ Said he, ‘And of my seed?’ God said, ‘My covenant touches not the evildoers.’
2And when his Lord tried Abraham with words, and he fulfilled them, He said, ‘Verily, 1 will set thee as a high priest? for men.’ Said he, ‘And of my seed?’ God said, ‘My covenant touches not the evildoers.’ And when we made the House? a place of resort unto men, and a sanctuary, and (said) take the station of Abraham® for a place of prayer; and covenanted with Abraham and Ishmael, saying, ‘Do ye two cleanse my house for those who make the circuit, for those who pay devotions there, for those who bow down, and for those too who adore.’ [120] When Abraham said, ‘Lord, make this a town of safety, and provide the dwellers there with fruits, such as believe in God and the last day!’ (God) said, ‘And he who misbelieves, I will give him but little to enjoy, then will I drive him to the torment of the fire, an evil journey will it be.’ 1 Im4m, the name given to the priest who leads the prayer, it is equivalent to Antistes. * The Kaabah or square temple at Mecca is spoken of as Bait Allah=Bethel, ‘the house of God.’ 5 The Muq4m Ibrahim, in the Kaabah enclosure, where a so-called footprint of the patriarch is shown. [6] ~ C¢ 18 THE QUR'AN. II, r21-128. And when Abraham raised up the foundations of the House with Ishmael, ‘Lord! receive it from us, verily, thou art hearing and dost know. Lord! and make us too resigned! unto Thee, and of our seed also a nation resigned unto Thee, and show us our rites, and turn towards us, verily, Thou art easy to be turned and merciful. Lord! and send them an apostle from amongst themselves, to read to them Thy signs and teach them the Book and wisdom, and to purify them; verily, Thou art the mighty and the wise.’ Who is averse from the faith of Abraham save one who is foolish of soul? for we have chosen him in this world, and in the future he is surely of the righteous. [125] When his Lord said to him, ‘Be resigned,’ he said, ‘I am resigned! unto the Lord of the worlds.’ And Abraham instructed his sons therein, and Jacob (saying), ‘O my sons! verily, God has chosen for you a religion, do not therefore die unless ye be resigned 1,’ : Were ye then witnesses when Jacob was facing death, when he said to his sons, ‘What will ye serve when I am gone?’ They said, ‘We will serve thy God, the God of thy fathers Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, one God; and we are unto Him resigned.’ That is a nation that has passed away, theirs is what they gained; and yours shall be what ye have gained; ye shall not be questioned as to that which they have done. * See note, p. 15. The last sentence might be rendered ‘until ye become Muslims.’ II, 129-138. THE CHAPTER OF THE HEIFER, 19 They say, ‘Be ye Jews or Christians so shall ye be guided.’ Say, ‘ Not so! but the faith of Abraham the ‘Hantf!, he was not of the idolaters.’
3* See note, p. 15. The last sentence might be rendered ‘until ye become Muslims.’ II, 129-138. THE CHAPTER OF THE HEIFER, 19 They say, ‘Be ye Jews or Christians so shall ye be guided.’ Say, ‘ Not so! but the faith of Abraham the ‘Hantf!, he was not of the idolaters.’ [130] Say ye, ‘We believe in God, and what has been revealed to us, and what has been revealed to Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the Tribes, and what was brought to Moses and Jesus, and what was brought unto the Prophets from their Lord; we will not distinguish between any one of them, and unto Him are we resigned.’ If they believe in that in which ye believe, then are they guided; but if they turn back, then are they only in a schism, and God will suffice thee against them, for He both hears and knows. The dye? of God! and who is better than God at dyeing ? and we are worshippers of Him. Say, ‘Do ye dispute with us concerning God, and He is our Lord and your Lord? Ye have your works and we have ours, and unto Him are we sincere.’ Do ye say that Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the Tribes were Jews or Christians ? Say, ‘Are ye more knowing than God ? Who is more unjust than one who conceals a testimony that he has from God?’ But God is not careless of what ye do. [135] That is a nation that has passed away; theirs is what they gained, and yours shall be what ye have gained; ye shall not be questioned as to that which they have done. 1 The word means in Arabic ‘inclining to what is right;’ it is often used technically for one who professes E] Islam. * The metaphor is derived from dyeing cloth, and must not be translated by the technical word baptism, as in Sale’s version. C2 20 THE QURAN. II, 136-140. The fools among men will say, ‘What has turned them from their qiblah!, on which they were agreed?’ Say, ‘God’s is the east and the west, He guides whom He will unto the right path®.’ Thus have we made you a middle nation,to be witnesses against men, and that the Apostle may be a witness against you. We have not appointed the qiblah on which thou wert agreed, save that we might know who follows the Apostle from him who turns upon his heels ; although it is a great thing save to those whom God doth guide. But God will not waste your faith, for verily, God with men is kind and merciful. We see thee often turn about thy face in the heavens, but we will surely turn thee to a qiblah thou shalt like. Turn then thy face towards the Sacred Mosque*; wherever ye be, turn your faces towards it; for verily, those who have the Book know that it is the truth from their Lord ;—God is not careless of that which ye do. [140] And if thou shouldst bring to those who have been given the Book every sign, they would not follow your qiblah; and thou art ‘not to follow their qiblah; nor do some of them follow the qiblah of the others: and if thou followest their lusts after the knowledge that has come to thee then art thou of the evildoers.
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[105] They say, ‘None shall enter Paradise save such as be Jews or Christians;’ that is their faith. Say thou, ‘ Bring your proofs, if ye be speaking truth.’ Aye, he who resigns! his face to God, and who is kind, he shall have his reward from his Lord, and no fear shall be on them, and they shall not grieve. The Jews say, ‘The Christians rest on nought ;’ and the Christians say, ‘The Jews rest on nought ;’ and yet they read the Book. So, too, say those who know not, like to what these say; but God shall judge between them on the resurrection day concerning that whereon they do dispute. 1 The word resignation (Isl4m) is that by which Mohammed’s religion is known and by which it is spoken of in the Qur'an. 16 THE QUR'AN, - II, 108-118. But who is more unjust than he who prohibits God’s mosques!, that His name should not be mentioned there, and who strives to ruin them? ’Tis not for such to enter into them except in fear, for them is disgrace in this world, and in the future mighty woe. God’s is the east and the west, and wherever ye turn there is God’s face; verily, God comprehends and knows. [110] They say, ‘God takes unto Himself a son.’ Celebrated be His praise?! Nay, His is what is in the heavens and the earth, and Him all things obey. The Originator of the heavens and the earth, when He decrees a matter He doth but say unto it, ‘BE, and it is. And those who do not know (the Scriptures) say, ‘Unless God speak to us, or there comes a sign.’ So spake those before them like unto their speech. Their hearts are all alike. We have made manifest the signs unto a people that are sure. We have sent thee with the truth, a bearer of good tidings and of warning, and thou shalt not be questioned as to the fellows of hell. The Jews will not be satisfied with thee, nor yet the Christians, until thou followest their creed. Say, ‘God's guidance is the guidance;’ and if thou followest their lusts after the knowledge that has come to thee, thou hast not then from God a patron or a help. [115] They to whom we have brought the Book ’ Probably alluding to the occasion on which the Meccans prevented Mohammed from using the Kaabah, in the sixth year of the Higrah. * Le. God forbid! II, 116-120. THE CHAPTER OF THE HEIFER. 17 and who read it as it should be read, believe therein; and whoso disbelieve therein, 'tis they who lose thereby. O children of Israel! remember my favours with which I favoured you, and that I have preferred you over the worlds. And fear the day when no soul shall pay a recompense for a soul, nor shall an equivalent be received therefrom, nor any intercession avail; and they shall not be helped. And when his Lord tried Abraham with words, and he fulfilled them, He said, ‘Verily, 1 will set thee as a high priest? for men.’ Said he, ‘And of my seed?’ God said, ‘My covenant touches not the evildoers.’
2And when his Lord tried Abraham with words, and he fulfilled them, He said, ‘Verily, 1 will set thee as a high priest? for men.’ Said he, ‘And of my seed?’ God said, ‘My covenant touches not the evildoers.’ And when we made the House? a place of resort unto men, and a sanctuary, and (said) take the station of Abraham® for a place of prayer; and covenanted with Abraham and Ishmael, saying, ‘Do ye two cleanse my house for those who make the circuit, for those who pay devotions there, for those who bow down, and for those too who adore.’ [120] When Abraham said, ‘Lord, make this a town of safety, and provide the dwellers there with fruits, such as believe in God and the last day!’ (God) said, ‘And he who misbelieves, I will give him but little to enjoy, then will I drive him to the torment of the fire, an evil journey will it be.’ 1 Im4m, the name given to the priest who leads the prayer, it is equivalent to Antistes. * The Kaabah or square temple at Mecca is spoken of as Bait Allah=Bethel, ‘the house of God.’ 5 The Muq4m Ibrahim, in the Kaabah enclosure, where a so-called footprint of the patriarch is shown. [6] ~ C¢ 18 THE QUR'AN. II, r21-128. And when Abraham raised up the foundations of the House with Ishmael, ‘Lord! receive it from us, verily, thou art hearing and dost know. Lord! and make us too resigned! unto Thee, and of our seed also a nation resigned unto Thee, and show us our rites, and turn towards us, verily, Thou art easy to be turned and merciful. Lord! and send them an apostle from amongst themselves, to read to them Thy signs and teach them the Book and wisdom, and to purify them; verily, Thou art the mighty and the wise.’ Who is averse from the faith of Abraham save one who is foolish of soul? for we have chosen him in this world, and in the future he is surely of the righteous. [125] When his Lord said to him, ‘Be resigned,’ he said, ‘I am resigned! unto the Lord of the worlds.’ And Abraham instructed his sons therein, and Jacob (saying), ‘O my sons! verily, God has chosen for you a religion, do not therefore die unless ye be resigned 1,’ : Were ye then witnesses when Jacob was facing death, when he said to his sons, ‘What will ye serve when I am gone?’ They said, ‘We will serve thy God, the God of thy fathers Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, one God; and we are unto Him resigned.’ That is a nation that has passed away, theirs is what they gained; and yours shall be what ye have gained; ye shall not be questioned as to that which they have done. * See note, p. 15. The last sentence might be rendered ‘until ye become Muslims.’ II, 129-138. THE CHAPTER OF THE HEIFER, 19 They say, ‘Be ye Jews or Christians so shall ye be guided.’ Say, ‘ Not so! but the faith of Abraham the ‘Hantf!, he was not of the idolaters.’
3* See note, p. 15. The last sentence might be rendered ‘until ye become Muslims.’ II, 129-138. THE CHAPTER OF THE HEIFER, 19 They say, ‘Be ye Jews or Christians so shall ye be guided.’ Say, ‘ Not so! but the faith of Abraham the ‘Hantf!, he was not of the idolaters.’ [130] Say ye, ‘We believe in God, and what has been revealed to us, and what has been revealed to Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the Tribes, and what was brought to Moses and Jesus, and what was brought unto the Prophets from their Lord; we will not distinguish between any one of them, and unto Him are we resigned.’ If they believe in that in which ye believe, then are they guided; but if they turn back, then are they only in a schism, and God will suffice thee against them, for He both hears and knows. The dye? of God! and who is better than God at dyeing ? and we are worshippers of Him. Say, ‘Do ye dispute with us concerning God, and He is our Lord and your Lord? Ye have your works and we have ours, and unto Him are we sincere.’ Do ye say that Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the Tribes were Jews or Christians ? Say, ‘Are ye more knowing than God ? Who is more unjust than one who conceals a testimony that he has from God?’ But God is not careless of what ye do. [135] That is a nation that has passed away; theirs is what they gained, and yours shall be what ye have gained; ye shall not be questioned as to that which they have done. 1 The word means in Arabic ‘inclining to what is right;’ it is often used technically for one who professes E] Islam. * The metaphor is derived from dyeing cloth, and must not be translated by the technical word baptism, as in Sale’s version. C2 20 THE QURAN. II, 136-140. The fools among men will say, ‘What has turned them from their qiblah!, on which they were agreed?’ Say, ‘God’s is the east and the west, He guides whom He will unto the right path®.’ Thus have we made you a middle nation,to be witnesses against men, and that the Apostle may be a witness against you. We have not appointed the qiblah on which thou wert agreed, save that we might know who follows the Apostle from him who turns upon his heels ; although it is a great thing save to those whom God doth guide. But God will not waste your faith, for verily, God with men is kind and merciful. We see thee often turn about thy face in the heavens, but we will surely turn thee to a qiblah thou shalt like. Turn then thy face towards the Sacred Mosque*; wherever ye be, turn your faces towards it; for verily, those who have the Book know that it is the truth from their Lord ;—God is not careless of that which ye do. [140] And if thou shouldst bring to those who have been given the Book every sign, they would not follow your qiblah; and thou art ‘not to follow their qiblah; nor do some of them follow the qiblah of the others: and if thou followest their lusts after the knowledge that has come to thee then art thou of the evildoers.
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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