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1Say, ‘O ye people of the Book, come to a word laid down plainly between us and you, that we will not serve other than God, nor associate aught with him, nor take each other for lords rather than God.’ But if they turn back then say, ‘ Bear witness that we are resigned.’ O people of the Book, why do ye dispute about Abraham, when the law and the gospel were not revealed until after him? What! do ye not understand? Here ye are, disputing about what ye have some knowledge of; why then do ye dispute about what ye have no knowledge of? God knows and ye know not. [60] Abraham was not a Jew, nor yet a Christian, but he was a ‘Hanif! resigned, and not of the idolaters. Verily, the people most worthy of Abraham are those who follow him and _ his prophets, and those who believe;—God is the patron of the believers. 1 See note 1, p. 19. II, 62-59. THE CHAPTER OF IMRAN’S FAMILY. 55 A sect of the people of the Book would fain they could lead you astray, but they only lead themselves astray, and they do not perceive. O people of the Book! why do ye disbelieve in the signs of God, the while ye witness them? O people of the Book! why do ye clothe-the truth with falsehood and hide the truth the while ye know? [65] A sect of the people of the Book say, ‘Believe in what was revealed to those who believed at the first appearance of the day, and disbelieve it at the end thereof, —that (others) may perchance go back (from their faith)'—‘do not believe save one who followeth your religion.’ Say, ‘Verily, the (true) guidance is the guidance of God, that one should be given like what ye are given. Or would they dispute with you before your Lord, say, ‘Grace is in the hand of God, He gives it to whom he pleases, for God both comprehends and knows. He specially favours with his mercy whom he pleases, for God is Lord of mighty grace.’ And of the people of the Book, there are some of them who, if thou entrust them with a talent? give it back to you; and some of them, if thou entrust them with a dindr?, he will not give it back to thee except so long as thou dost stand over him. That is because they say, ‘We owe no duty 1 This is said to allude to some Jews who professed Isl4m in the morning and recanted at night, saying that they had in the meantime consulted their books and found nothing to confirm it, hoping by this stratagem to raise doubts in the believers’ minds. 3 A ‘talent,’ qin/4r, is used for any very large sum, a dinar (‘denarius’) was a gold coin worth about. 10s, - 56 THE Qur’ANn, III, 69-75. to the Gentiles ;’ but they tell a lie against God, the while they know. [70] Yea, whoso fulfils his covenant and fears,— verily, God loves those who fear. Those who sell God’s covenant and their oaths for a little price, these have no portion in the future life. God will not speak to them, and will not look upon them on the resurrection day, and will not purify them; but for them is grievous woe.
2Those who sell God’s covenant and their oaths for a little price, these have no portion in the future life. God will not speak to them, and will not look upon them on the resurrection day, and will not purify them; but for them is grievous woe. And, verily, amongst them is a sect who twist their tongues! concerning the Book, that ye may reckon it to be from the Book, but it is not from the Book. They say, ‘It is from God,’ but it is not from God, and they tell a lie against God, the while they know. It is not right for a man that God should give him a Book, and judgment, and prophecy, and that then he should say to men, ‘Be ye servants of mine rather than of God;’ but be ye rather masters? of teaching the Book and of what ye learn. He does not bid you take the angels and the prophets for your lords; shall He bid you misbelieve again when you are once resigned ? [75] And when God took the compact from the prophets ‘(this is) surely what we have given you of the Book and wisdom. Then shall come to you the Apostle confirming what is with you. Ye must believe in him and help him.’ He said, moreover, ‘Are ye resolved and have ye taken my compact on that (condition) ?? They say, ‘We are resolved.’ 1 Te. pervert it. 2 In the original Rabb&ntyin, an expression identical with Rabboni, cf. John xx, 16. Ill, 75-8g. THE CHAPTER OF IMRAN’S FAMILY. 57 He said, ‘Then bear witness, for I am witness with you; but he who turns back after that, these are sinners 1.’ What is it other than God's religion that they crave? when to Him is resigned whosoever is in the heavens and the earth, will he or nill he, and to him shall they return! Say, ‘We believe in God, and what has been revealed to thee, and what was revealed to Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the tribes, and what was given to Moses, and Jesus, and the prophets from their Lord,—we will make no distinction between any of them,—and we are unto Him resigned. Whosoever craves other than Islam for a religion, it shall surely not be accepted from him, and he shall, in the next world, be of those who lose.’ [80] How shall God guide people who have disbelieved after believing and bearing witness that the Apostle is true, and after there come to them manifest signs? God guides the unjust folk. These, their reward is, that on them is the curse of God, and of the angels, and of men together ; they shall dwell therein for aye—the torment shall not be alleviated from them, nor shall they be respited ; save those who repent after that, and act aright, for verily, God is forgiving and merciful. Verily, those who misbelieve after believing, and then increase in misbelief, their repentance shall not be accepted ; these are those who err. [85] Verily, those who misbelieve and die in mis- ’ The legend, borrowed from Talmudic sources, is that God assembled all past, present, and future prophets on Mount Sinai and entered into the compact mentioned in the text. 58 THE QURAN. TIT, 85-96.
3[85] Verily, those who misbelieve and die in mis- ’ The legend, borrowed from Talmudic sources, is that God assembled all past, present, and future prophets on Mount Sinai and entered into the compact mentioned in the text. 58 THE QURAN. TIT, 85-96. belief, there shall not be accepted from any one of them the earth-full of gold, though he should give it as a ransom. For them is grievous woe, and helpers have they none. Ye cannot attain to righteousness until ye expend in alms of what ye love. But what ye expend in alms, that God knows. All food was lawful to the children of Israel save what Israel made unlawful to himself before that the law was revealed. Say, ‘Bring the law and recite it, if ye speak the truth. But whoso forges against God a lie, after that, they are the unjust. Say, ‘God speaks the truth, then follow the faith of Abraham, a ‘hanif, who was not of the idolaters.’ [90] Verily, the first House founded for men was surely that at Bekkah', for a blessing and a guidance to the worlds. Therein are manifest signs,— Abraham’s station, and whosoever enters in is safe. There is due to God from man a pilgrimage unto the House, for whosoever can find his way there. But whoso misbelieves—God is independent of the worlds. Say, ‘O people of the Book! why do ye misbelieve in God’s signs, while God is witness of what ye do?’ Say, ‘O people of the Book! why do ye turn from the way of God him who believes, craving to make it crooked, while ye are witnesses? But God is not careless of what ye do.’ [95] O ye who believe! if ye obey the sect of those to whom the Book was brought, they will turn you, after your faith, to unbelievers again, How can ye } Another name of Mecca. III, 96-105. THE CHAPTER OF IMRAN’S FAMILY. 59 misbelieve while unto you are recited the signs of God, and among you is His Apostle? But whoso takes tight hold on God, he is guided into the right way. O ye who believe! fear God with the fear that He deserves, and die not save ye be resigned. Take tight hold of God’s rope altogether, and do not part in sects ; but remember the favours of God towards you, when ye were enemies and He made friendship between your hearts, and on the morrow ye were, by His favour, brothers. Ye were on the edge of a pit of fire, but he rescued you therefrom}, Thus does God show to you His signs, perchance ye may be guided; [100] and that there may be of you a nation who shall invite to good, and bid what is reasonable, and forbid what is wrong; these are the prosperous. Be not like those who parted in sects and disagreed after there came to them manifest signs ; for them is mighty woe, on the day when faces shall be whitened and faces shall be blackened. As for those whose faces are blackened,—‘ Did ye misbelieve after your faith, then taste the torment for your misbelief!’ But as for those whose faces are whitened, they are in God's mercy, and 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.
1Say, ‘O ye people of the Book, come to a word laid down plainly between us and you, that we will not serve other than God, nor associate aught with him, nor take each other for lords rather than God.’ But if they turn back then say, ‘ Bear witness that we are resigned.’ O people of the Book, why do ye dispute about Abraham, when the law and the gospel were not revealed until after him? What! do ye not understand? Here ye are, disputing about what ye have some knowledge of; why then do ye dispute about what ye have no knowledge of? God knows and ye know not. [60] Abraham was not a Jew, nor yet a Christian, but he was a ‘Hanif! resigned, and not of the idolaters. Verily, the people most worthy of Abraham are those who follow him and _ his prophets, and those who believe;—God is the patron of the believers. 1 See note 1, p. 19. II, 62-59. THE CHAPTER OF IMRAN’S FAMILY. 55 A sect of the people of the Book would fain they could lead you astray, but they only lead themselves astray, and they do not perceive. O people of the Book! why do ye disbelieve in the signs of God, the while ye witness them? O people of the Book! why do ye clothe-the truth with falsehood and hide the truth the while ye know? [65] A sect of the people of the Book say, ‘Believe in what was revealed to those who believed at the first appearance of the day, and disbelieve it at the end thereof, —that (others) may perchance go back (from their faith)'—‘do not believe save one who followeth your religion.’ Say, ‘Verily, the (true) guidance is the guidance of God, that one should be given like what ye are given. Or would they dispute with you before your Lord, say, ‘Grace is in the hand of God, He gives it to whom he pleases, for God both comprehends and knows. He specially favours with his mercy whom he pleases, for God is Lord of mighty grace.’ And of the people of the Book, there are some of them who, if thou entrust them with a talent? give it back to you; and some of them, if thou entrust them with a dindr?, he will not give it back to thee except so long as thou dost stand over him. That is because they say, ‘We owe no duty 1 This is said to allude to some Jews who professed Isl4m in the morning and recanted at night, saying that they had in the meantime consulted their books and found nothing to confirm it, hoping by this stratagem to raise doubts in the believers’ minds. 3 A ‘talent,’ qin/4r, is used for any very large sum, a dinar (‘denarius’) was a gold coin worth about. 10s, - 56 THE Qur’ANn, III, 69-75. to the Gentiles ;’ but they tell a lie against God, the while they know. [70] Yea, whoso fulfils his covenant and fears,— verily, God loves those who fear. Those who sell God’s covenant and their oaths for a little price, these have no portion in the future life. God will not speak to them, and will not look upon them on the resurrection day, and will not purify them; but for them is grievous woe.
2Those who sell God’s covenant and their oaths for a little price, these have no portion in the future life. God will not speak to them, and will not look upon them on the resurrection day, and will not purify them; but for them is grievous woe. And, verily, amongst them is a sect who twist their tongues! concerning the Book, that ye may reckon it to be from the Book, but it is not from the Book. They say, ‘It is from God,’ but it is not from God, and they tell a lie against God, the while they know. It is not right for a man that God should give him a Book, and judgment, and prophecy, and that then he should say to men, ‘Be ye servants of mine rather than of God;’ but be ye rather masters? of teaching the Book and of what ye learn. He does not bid you take the angels and the prophets for your lords; shall He bid you misbelieve again when you are once resigned ? [75] And when God took the compact from the prophets ‘(this is) surely what we have given you of the Book and wisdom. Then shall come to you the Apostle confirming what is with you. Ye must believe in him and help him.’ He said, moreover, ‘Are ye resolved and have ye taken my compact on that (condition) ?? They say, ‘We are resolved.’ 1 Te. pervert it. 2 In the original Rabb&ntyin, an expression identical with Rabboni, cf. John xx, 16. Ill, 75-8g. THE CHAPTER OF IMRAN’S FAMILY. 57 He said, ‘Then bear witness, for I am witness with you; but he who turns back after that, these are sinners 1.’ What is it other than God's religion that they crave? when to Him is resigned whosoever is in the heavens and the earth, will he or nill he, and to him shall they return! Say, ‘We believe in God, and what has been revealed to thee, and what was revealed to Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the tribes, and what was given to Moses, and Jesus, and the prophets from their Lord,—we will make no distinction between any of them,—and we are unto Him resigned. Whosoever craves other than Islam for a religion, it shall surely not be accepted from him, and he shall, in the next world, be of those who lose.’ [80] How shall God guide people who have disbelieved after believing and bearing witness that the Apostle is true, and after there come to them manifest signs? God guides the unjust folk. These, their reward is, that on them is the curse of God, and of the angels, and of men together ; they shall dwell therein for aye—the torment shall not be alleviated from them, nor shall they be respited ; save those who repent after that, and act aright, for verily, God is forgiving and merciful. Verily, those who misbelieve after believing, and then increase in misbelief, their repentance shall not be accepted ; these are those who err. [85] Verily, those who misbelieve and die in mis- ’ The legend, borrowed from Talmudic sources, is that God assembled all past, present, and future prophets on Mount Sinai and entered into the compact mentioned in the text. 58 THE QURAN. TIT, 85-96.
3[85] Verily, those who misbelieve and die in mis- ’ The legend, borrowed from Talmudic sources, is that God assembled all past, present, and future prophets on Mount Sinai and entered into the compact mentioned in the text. 58 THE QURAN. TIT, 85-96. belief, there shall not be accepted from any one of them the earth-full of gold, though he should give it as a ransom. For them is grievous woe, and helpers have they none. Ye cannot attain to righteousness until ye expend in alms of what ye love. But what ye expend in alms, that God knows. All food was lawful to the children of Israel save what Israel made unlawful to himself before that the law was revealed. Say, ‘Bring the law and recite it, if ye speak the truth. But whoso forges against God a lie, after that, they are the unjust. Say, ‘God speaks the truth, then follow the faith of Abraham, a ‘hanif, who was not of the idolaters.’ [90] Verily, the first House founded for men was surely that at Bekkah', for a blessing and a guidance to the worlds. Therein are manifest signs,— Abraham’s station, and whosoever enters in is safe. There is due to God from man a pilgrimage unto the House, for whosoever can find his way there. But whoso misbelieves—God is independent of the worlds. Say, ‘O people of the Book! why do ye misbelieve in God’s signs, while God is witness of what ye do?’ Say, ‘O people of the Book! why do ye turn from the way of God him who believes, craving to make it crooked, while ye are witnesses? But God is not careless of what ye do.’ [95] O ye who believe! if ye obey the sect of those to whom the Book was brought, they will turn you, after your faith, to unbelievers again, How can ye } Another name of Mecca. III, 96-105. THE CHAPTER OF IMRAN’S FAMILY. 59 misbelieve while unto you are recited the signs of God, and among you is His Apostle? But whoso takes tight hold on God, he is guided into the right way. O ye who believe! fear God with the fear that He deserves, and die not save ye be resigned. Take tight hold of God’s rope altogether, and do not part in sects ; but remember the favours of God towards you, when ye were enemies and He made friendship between your hearts, and on the morrow ye were, by His favour, brothers. Ye were on the edge of a pit of fire, but he rescued you therefrom}, Thus does God show to you His signs, perchance ye may be guided; [100] and that there may be of you a nation who shall invite to good, and bid what is reasonable, and forbid what is wrong; these are the prosperous. Be not like those who parted in sects and disagreed after there came to them manifest signs ; for them is mighty woe, on the day when faces shall be whitened and faces shall be blackened. As for those whose faces are blackened,—‘ Did ye misbelieve after your faith, then taste the torment for your misbelief!’ But as for those whose faces are whitened, they are in God's mercy, and 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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