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1A duty this upon all those that fear. But he who alters it? after that he has heard it,— the sin thereof is only upon those who alter it; verily, God doth hear and know. And he who fears from the testator a wrong intention, or a crime, and doth make up the matter between the parties, it is no sin to him; verily, God is forgiving and merciful. O ye who believe! There is prescribed for you the fast as it was prescribed for those before you; haply ye may fear. [180] A certain number of days, but he amongst you who is ill or on a journey, then (let him fast) another number of days. And 1 The relations of a murdered man are always allowed to choose the fine instead of the blood revenge. 2 The legacy.. 26 THE QuR’AN. II, 180-183. those who are fit to fast’ may redeem it by feeding a poor man; but he who follows an impulse to a good work it is better for him; and if ye fast it is better for you, if ye did but know. The month of Ramad/an, wherein was revealed the Qur'an, for a guidance to men, and for manifestations of guidance, and for a Discrimination. And he amongst you who beholds this month? then let him fast it; but he who is sick or on a journey, then another number of days ;—God desires for you what is easy, and desires not for you what is difficult,—that ye may complete the number, and say, ‘Great is God,’ for that He has guided you; haply ye may give thanks. . When my servants ask thee concerning me, then, verily, I am near; I answer the prayer’s prayer whene’er he prays to me. So let them ask me for an answer, and let them believe in me; haply they may be directed aright. Lawful for you on the night of the fast is commerce with your wives; they are a garment unto you, and ye a garment unto them. God knows that ye did defraud yourselves, wherefore He has turned towards you and forgiven you; so now go in unto them and crave what God has prescribed for you, and eat and drink until a white thread can be distinguished by you from a black one at the dawn. Then fulfil the fast until the night, and go not in unto them, and ye at your devotions in the mosques the while. These are the bounds that God has set, so draw not near thereto. Thus does God make 1 T.e. able to fast but do not. 2 T.e. who ts at home during the month Ramadan and not on a journey, or in a place where it is impossible to keep the fast. “II, 183-192. THE CHAPTER OF THE HEIFER. 27 manifest His signs to men, that haply they may fear. — Devour not your wealth among yourselves. vainly, nor present it to the judges that ye may devour a part of the wealth of men sinfully, the while ye know. [185] They will ask thee about the phases of the ' moon; say, ‘They are indications of time for men and for the pilgrimage.’ And it is not righteousness that ye should enter into your houses from behind them}, but righteousness is he who fears; so enter into your houses by the doors thereof and fear God ; haply ye may prosper yet.
2Fight in God’s way? with those who fight with you, but transgress* not ; verily, God loves not those who do transgress. Kill them wherever ye find them, and drive them out from whence they drive you out; for sedition is worse than slaughter; but fight them not by the Sacred Mosque until they fight you there; then kill them, for such is the recompense of those that misbelieve. But if they desist, then, verily, God is forgiving and merciful. But fight them that there be no sedition and that the religion may be God’s ; but, if they desist, then let there be no hostility save against the unjust. [190] The sacred month for the sacred month‘; * The Arabs before Mohammed’s time had a superstition that it was unlucky to enter their houses by the doors on their return from Mecca, so they made holes in the hinder walls to enter in by instead. ? Or, ‘cause,’ see note 4, p. 21. * By beginning the fight yourselves. ‘ The other Arabs had attacked them during the month 28 THE QUR'AN. II, 190-193. for all sacred things demand retaliation? ; and whoso transgresses against you, transgress against him like as he transgressed against you; but fear ye God, and know that God is with those who fear. Expend in alms in God’s way and be not cast by your own hands into perdition; but do good, for God loves those who do good. And fulfil the pilgrimage and the visitation to God; but if ye be besieged, then what is easiest for you by way of gift. But shave not your heads until your gift shall reach its destination; and he amongst you who is sick or has a hurt upon his head, then the redemption is by fasting or by alms or by an offering. But when ye are safe again, then let him who would enjoy the visitation until the pilgrimage? (bring) what is easiest as a gift. And he who cannot find (anything to bring), then let him fast three days on the pilgrimage and seven when ye return; these make ten days complete. That is, for him whose family are not present in the Sacred Mosque; and fear God and know that God is keen to punish. The pilgrimage is (in) well-known months : whosoever then makes it incumbent on himself (let him have neither) commerce with women, nor fornication, nor a quarrel on the pilgrimage; and whatsoever of good ye do, God knoweth it; then provide yourself for your journey; but the best provision is piety. Fear ye me ye who possess minds. DHu’lga’hdah, which was one of their sacred months; the Moslems therefore are bidden to attack them if necessary in the sacred month of Ramadan. 1 If a breach of their sanctity be committed. 2 T.e. going to the visitation at once without waiting for the month of the pilgrimage to come round. II, 194-201. THE CHAPTER OF THE HEIFER. 29 It is no crime to you that ye seek good! from your Lord; but when ye pour forth from ‘Arafat, remember God by the sacred beacon?. Remember Him how He guided you, although ye were surely before of those who err.
3II, 194-201. THE CHAPTER OF THE HEIFER. 29 It is no crime to you that ye seek good! from your Lord; but when ye pour forth from ‘Arafat, remember God by the sacred beacon?. Remember Him how He guided you, although ye were surely before of those who err. [195] Then pour ye forth from whence men do pour forth and ask pardon of God; verily, God is forgiving and merciful. And when ye have performed your rites, remember God as ye remember your fathers, or with a keener memory still. There is among men such as says, ‘Our Lord! give us in this world;’ but of the future life no portion shall he have. And some there be who say, ‘Our Lord! give us in this world good and in the future good; and keep us from the torment of the fire!’ These,—they have their portion from what they have earned ; for God is swift at reckoning up. Remember God for a certain number of days ; but whoso hastens off in two days, it is no sin to him, and he who lingers on it is no sin to him,—for him who fears. So fear ye God and know that unto Him shall ye be gathered. [200] There is among men one® whose speech about the life of this world pleases thee, and he calls on God to witness what is in his heart ; yet is he most fierce in opposition unto thee. And when he turns away, he strives upon the earth to do evil therein, and 1 By trading during the ‘Hagg. * On the rites and stations of the “Hagz pilgrimage, see Introduction. ’ A‘hnas ibn Surfiq ern Tuagafi, a fair spoken man of pieasant appearance, who pretended to believe in Mohammed. 30 THE QUR'AN. II, 201-209. to destroy the tilth and the stock; verily, God loves not evil doing. And when it is said to him, ‘ Fear God, then pride takes hold upon him in sin; but hell is enough for him! surely an evil couch is that. And there is among men one who selleth his soul', craving those things that are pleasing unto God ; and God is kind unto His servants. O ye who believe! enter ye into the peace?, one and all, and follow not the footsteps of Satan; verily, to you he is an open foe. [205] And if ye slip after that the manifest signs have come to you, then know that God is the mighty, the wise. What can they expect but that God should come unto them in the shadow of a cloud, and the angels too? But the thing is decreed, and unto God do things return. Ask the children of Israel how many a manifest sign we gave to them; and whoso alters God’s favours after that they have come to him, then God is keen at following up. Made fair to those who misbelieve is this world’s life; they jest at those who do believe. But those who fear shall be above them on the resurrection day. God gives provision unto whom He will without account. Men were one nation once, and God sent prophets with good tidings and with warnings, and sent
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.
1A duty this upon all those that fear. But he who alters it? after that he has heard it,— the sin thereof is only upon those who alter it; verily, God doth hear and know. And he who fears from the testator a wrong intention, or a crime, and doth make up the matter between the parties, it is no sin to him; verily, God is forgiving and merciful. O ye who believe! There is prescribed for you the fast as it was prescribed for those before you; haply ye may fear. [180] A certain number of days, but he amongst you who is ill or on a journey, then (let him fast) another number of days. And 1 The relations of a murdered man are always allowed to choose the fine instead of the blood revenge. 2 The legacy.. 26 THE QuR’AN. II, 180-183. those who are fit to fast’ may redeem it by feeding a poor man; but he who follows an impulse to a good work it is better for him; and if ye fast it is better for you, if ye did but know. The month of Ramad/an, wherein was revealed the Qur'an, for a guidance to men, and for manifestations of guidance, and for a Discrimination. And he amongst you who beholds this month? then let him fast it; but he who is sick or on a journey, then another number of days ;—God desires for you what is easy, and desires not for you what is difficult,—that ye may complete the number, and say, ‘Great is God,’ for that He has guided you; haply ye may give thanks. . When my servants ask thee concerning me, then, verily, I am near; I answer the prayer’s prayer whene’er he prays to me. So let them ask me for an answer, and let them believe in me; haply they may be directed aright. Lawful for you on the night of the fast is commerce with your wives; they are a garment unto you, and ye a garment unto them. God knows that ye did defraud yourselves, wherefore He has turned towards you and forgiven you; so now go in unto them and crave what God has prescribed for you, and eat and drink until a white thread can be distinguished by you from a black one at the dawn. Then fulfil the fast until the night, and go not in unto them, and ye at your devotions in the mosques the while. These are the bounds that God has set, so draw not near thereto. Thus does God make 1 T.e. able to fast but do not. 2 T.e. who ts at home during the month Ramadan and not on a journey, or in a place where it is impossible to keep the fast. “II, 183-192. THE CHAPTER OF THE HEIFER. 27 manifest His signs to men, that haply they may fear. — Devour not your wealth among yourselves. vainly, nor present it to the judges that ye may devour a part of the wealth of men sinfully, the while ye know. [185] They will ask thee about the phases of the ' moon; say, ‘They are indications of time for men and for the pilgrimage.’ And it is not righteousness that ye should enter into your houses from behind them}, but righteousness is he who fears; so enter into your houses by the doors thereof and fear God ; haply ye may prosper yet.
2Fight in God’s way? with those who fight with you, but transgress* not ; verily, God loves not those who do transgress. Kill them wherever ye find them, and drive them out from whence they drive you out; for sedition is worse than slaughter; but fight them not by the Sacred Mosque until they fight you there; then kill them, for such is the recompense of those that misbelieve. But if they desist, then, verily, God is forgiving and merciful. But fight them that there be no sedition and that the religion may be God’s ; but, if they desist, then let there be no hostility save against the unjust. [190] The sacred month for the sacred month‘; * The Arabs before Mohammed’s time had a superstition that it was unlucky to enter their houses by the doors on their return from Mecca, so they made holes in the hinder walls to enter in by instead. ? Or, ‘cause,’ see note 4, p. 21. * By beginning the fight yourselves. ‘ The other Arabs had attacked them during the month 28 THE QUR'AN. II, 190-193. for all sacred things demand retaliation? ; and whoso transgresses against you, transgress against him like as he transgressed against you; but fear ye God, and know that God is with those who fear. Expend in alms in God’s way and be not cast by your own hands into perdition; but do good, for God loves those who do good. And fulfil the pilgrimage and the visitation to God; but if ye be besieged, then what is easiest for you by way of gift. But shave not your heads until your gift shall reach its destination; and he amongst you who is sick or has a hurt upon his head, then the redemption is by fasting or by alms or by an offering. But when ye are safe again, then let him who would enjoy the visitation until the pilgrimage? (bring) what is easiest as a gift. And he who cannot find (anything to bring), then let him fast three days on the pilgrimage and seven when ye return; these make ten days complete. That is, for him whose family are not present in the Sacred Mosque; and fear God and know that God is keen to punish. The pilgrimage is (in) well-known months : whosoever then makes it incumbent on himself (let him have neither) commerce with women, nor fornication, nor a quarrel on the pilgrimage; and whatsoever of good ye do, God knoweth it; then provide yourself for your journey; but the best provision is piety. Fear ye me ye who possess minds. DHu’lga’hdah, which was one of their sacred months; the Moslems therefore are bidden to attack them if necessary in the sacred month of Ramadan. 1 If a breach of their sanctity be committed. 2 T.e. going to the visitation at once without waiting for the month of the pilgrimage to come round. II, 194-201. THE CHAPTER OF THE HEIFER. 29 It is no crime to you that ye seek good! from your Lord; but when ye pour forth from ‘Arafat, remember God by the sacred beacon?. Remember Him how He guided you, although ye were surely before of those who err.
3II, 194-201. THE CHAPTER OF THE HEIFER. 29 It is no crime to you that ye seek good! from your Lord; but when ye pour forth from ‘Arafat, remember God by the sacred beacon?. Remember Him how He guided you, although ye were surely before of those who err. [195] Then pour ye forth from whence men do pour forth and ask pardon of God; verily, God is forgiving and merciful. And when ye have performed your rites, remember God as ye remember your fathers, or with a keener memory still. There is among men such as says, ‘Our Lord! give us in this world;’ but of the future life no portion shall he have. And some there be who say, ‘Our Lord! give us in this world good and in the future good; and keep us from the torment of the fire!’ These,—they have their portion from what they have earned ; for God is swift at reckoning up. Remember God for a certain number of days ; but whoso hastens off in two days, it is no sin to him, and he who lingers on it is no sin to him,—for him who fears. So fear ye God and know that unto Him shall ye be gathered. [200] There is among men one® whose speech about the life of this world pleases thee, and he calls on God to witness what is in his heart ; yet is he most fierce in opposition unto thee. And when he turns away, he strives upon the earth to do evil therein, and 1 By trading during the ‘Hagg. * On the rites and stations of the “Hagz pilgrimage, see Introduction. ’ A‘hnas ibn Surfiq ern Tuagafi, a fair spoken man of pieasant appearance, who pretended to believe in Mohammed. 30 THE QUR'AN. II, 201-209. to destroy the tilth and the stock; verily, God loves not evil doing. And when it is said to him, ‘ Fear God, then pride takes hold upon him in sin; but hell is enough for him! surely an evil couch is that. And there is among men one who selleth his soul', craving those things that are pleasing unto God ; and God is kind unto His servants. O ye who believe! enter ye into the peace?, one and all, and follow not the footsteps of Satan; verily, to you he is an open foe. [205] And if ye slip after that the manifest signs have come to you, then know that God is the mighty, the wise. What can they expect but that God should come unto them in the shadow of a cloud, and the angels too? But the thing is decreed, and unto God do things return. Ask the children of Israel how many a manifest sign we gave to them; and whoso alters God’s favours after that they have come to him, then God is keen at following up. Made fair to those who misbelieve is this world’s life; they jest at those who do believe. But those who fear shall be above them on the resurrection day. God gives provision unto whom He will without account. Men were one nation once, and God sent prophets with good tidings and with warnings, and sent
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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