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1Nay, God is your Lord, He is the best of helpers. We will throw dread into the hearts of those who misbelieve, for _ that they associate that with God which He has sent down no power for; but their resort is fire, and. evil is the resort of the unjust. [145] God has truly kept His promise, when ye knocked them senseless by His permission, until ye showed cowardice, and wrangled, and rebelled, after he had shown you what ye loved. Amongst you are those who love this world, and amongst you are those who love the next. Then He turned you away from them to try you; but He has pardoned you, for God is Lord of grace unto believers,—when ye went up and looked not round upon any one, although the Apostle was calling you from your rear. Therefore did God reward you with trouble on trouble that ye should not grieve after what ye had missed', nor for what befel you, for God is well aware of what ye do. Then He sent down upon you after trouble safety,—drowsiness creeping over one company of you, and one company of you getting anxious about themselves, suspecting about God other than the truth, with the suspicion of the ignorant *, and saying, ‘Have we any chance in 1 Plunder. * This word is always used for the pagan Arabs. III, 148-154. THE CHAPTER OF IMRAN’S FAMILY. 65 the affair?’ Say, ‘Verily, the affair is God's.’ They conceal in themselves what they will not show to thee, and say, ‘If we had any chance in the affair we should not be killed here.’ Say, ‘If ye were in your houses, surely those against whom slaughter was written down, would have gone forth to fight even to where they are lying now; that God may try what is in your breasts and assay what is in your hearts, for God doth know the nature of men’s breasts.’ Verily, those of you who turned your backs on that day when the two armies met, it was but Satan who made them slip for something they had earned. But God has now pardoned them; verily, God is forgiving and clement. [150] O ye who believe! be not like those who misbelieve, and say unto their brethren when they knock about in the earth, or are upon a raid, ‘Had they but been at home, they had not died and had not been killed.’ It was that God might make a sighing in their hearts, for God gives life and death ; and God on what ye do doth look. And if, indeed, ye be killed in God's way or die, surely forgiveness from God and mercy is better than what ye gather; and if ye die or Le killed it is to God ye shall be assembled. It was by a sort of mercy from God thou didst deal gently with them, for hadst thou been rough and rude of heart they had dispersed from around thee. But pardon them, and ask forgiveness for them, and take counsel with them in the affair. As for what thou hast resolved, rely upon God; verily, God loves those who do rely, If God help you, there is none can overcome you; but if He leave you in the lurch, who is (6] F 66 THE QUR’AN. III, 154-162. there can help you after Him? Upon God then let believers rely.
2As for what thou hast resolved, rely upon God; verily, God loves those who do rely, If God help you, there is none can overcome you; but if He leave you in the lurch, who is (6] F 66 THE QUR’AN. III, 154-162. there can help you after Him? Upon God then let believers rely. [155] It is not for the prophet to cheat; and he who cheats shall bring what he has cheated on the resurrection day. Then shall each soul be paid what it has earned, and they shall not be wronged. Is he who follows the pleasure of God, like him who has drawn on himself anger from God, whose resort is hell? An evil journey shall it be! These are degrees with God, and God sees what ye do. God was surely very gracious to the believers, when He sent amongst them an apostle from themselves, to recite to them His signs, and purify them, and teach them the Book and wisdom, although they surely were before his time in manifest error. Or when an accident befals you, and ye have fallen on twice as much, ye say, ‘How is this??’ Say, ‘It is from yourselves. Verily, God is mighty over all.’ [160] And what befel you the day when the two armies met, it was by God's permission; that He might know the believers, and might know those who behaved hypocritically; for it was said to them, ‘Come, fight in God’s way,’ or ‘ repel (the foe);’ they said, ‘If we knew how to fight we would surely follow you.” They were that day far nigher unto misbelief than they were to faith. They say with their mouths what is not in their hearts, but God doth know best what they hid. Those who said of their brethren, whilst they themselves stayed at home, ‘ Had they obeyed us they would not have 1 He means that the loss at Ohod was more than counterbalanced by their previous success at Bedr. For an account of these engagements see Introduction, II, 162-174. THE CHAPTER OF IMRAN’S FAMILY. 67 been killed.’ Say, ‘Ward off from yourselves death, if ye do speak the truth.’ Count not those who are killed in the way of God as dead, but living with their Lord ;—provided for, rejoicing in what God has brought them of His grace, and being glad for those who have not reached them yet,—those left behind them; there is no fear for them, and they shall not be grieved; [165] glad at favour from God and grace, and that God wasteth not the hire of the believers. Whoso answered to the call of God and of His prophet after sorrow had befallen them, for those, if they do good and fear God, is a mighty hire. To whom when men said, ‘Verily, men have gathered round you, fear then them,’ it only increased their faith, and they said, ‘God is enough for us, a good guardian is He.’ Then they retired in favour from God and grace; no evil touched them ; they followed the pleasure of God, and God is Lord of mighty grace. It is only that Satan who frightens his friends.. Do not ye fear them, but fear me, if ye be believers.
3It is only that Satan who frightens his friends.. Do not ye fear them, but fear me, if ye be believers. [170] Let them not grieve thee who vie with each other in misbelief. Verily, they cannot hurt God at all. God wills not to make for them a portion in the future life ; but for them is mighty woe. Verily, those who purchase misbelief for faith, they do not hurt God at all, and for them is grievous woe. Let not those who misbelieve reckon that our letting them range is good for themselves. We only let them have their range that they may increase in sin. And for them is shameful woe. God would not leave believers in the state which ye are in, until He discerns the vile from the good. And God would not F 2 68 THE QUR’AN, IIL, 174-180. inform you of the unseen, but God chooses of His apostles whom He pleases. Wherefore believe ye in God and His Apostle ; and if ye believe and fear, for you is mighty hire. [175] And let not those who are niggard of what God has given them of His grace, count that it is best for them ;—nay, it is worse for them. What they have been niggard of shall be a collar round their necks upon the resurrection day. And God’s is the heritage of the heavens and the earth, and God of what ye do is well aware. God heard the speech of those who said, ‘ Verily, God is poor! and we are rich.’ We will write down what they said, and how they killed the prophets undeservedly, and say, ‘Taste ye the torment of burning ;’ this shall they suffer for what their hands have sent.on before ;—for, verily, God is no unjust one to His servants,—who say, ‘Verily, God has covenanted with us that we should not believe in an apostle until he gives us a sacrifice which fire devours 2.’ [180] Say, ‘There have come to you apostles before me with manifest signs, and with what ye talk 1 Mohammed, in his message to the Jewish tribe of Kainfka, used the words of the Qur’4n, and bade them ‘lend to God at good interest,’ when Phineas Ibn Azfra mockingly said, ‘ Surely, God is poor since they try to borrow for him!’ | Whereupon Abu Bekr, who had brought the letter, smote him on the face and said, that, but for the truce between them, he. would have smitten off his head. On complaint being made of this conduct to Mohammed the above verse was revealed. * The commentators say that the Jewish Rabbis demanded of Mohammed this proof of his prophetic mission, having regard, probably, to the contest between Elijah and the priests of Baal on Mount Carmel, III, 180-188. THE CHAPTER OF IMRAN’S FAMILY. 69 about; why then did ye kill them, if ye speak the truth ?’ And if they did call thee a liar, apostles before thee have been called liars too, who came with manifest signs, and with scriptures, and with the illuminating Book.
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.
1Nay, God is your Lord, He is the best of helpers. We will throw dread into the hearts of those who misbelieve, for _ that they associate that with God which He has sent down no power for; but their resort is fire, and. evil is the resort of the unjust. [145] God has truly kept His promise, when ye knocked them senseless by His permission, until ye showed cowardice, and wrangled, and rebelled, after he had shown you what ye loved. Amongst you are those who love this world, and amongst you are those who love the next. Then He turned you away from them to try you; but He has pardoned you, for God is Lord of grace unto believers,—when ye went up and looked not round upon any one, although the Apostle was calling you from your rear. Therefore did God reward you with trouble on trouble that ye should not grieve after what ye had missed', nor for what befel you, for God is well aware of what ye do. Then He sent down upon you after trouble safety,—drowsiness creeping over one company of you, and one company of you getting anxious about themselves, suspecting about God other than the truth, with the suspicion of the ignorant *, and saying, ‘Have we any chance in 1 Plunder. * This word is always used for the pagan Arabs. III, 148-154. THE CHAPTER OF IMRAN’S FAMILY. 65 the affair?’ Say, ‘Verily, the affair is God's.’ They conceal in themselves what they will not show to thee, and say, ‘If we had any chance in the affair we should not be killed here.’ Say, ‘If ye were in your houses, surely those against whom slaughter was written down, would have gone forth to fight even to where they are lying now; that God may try what is in your breasts and assay what is in your hearts, for God doth know the nature of men’s breasts.’ Verily, those of you who turned your backs on that day when the two armies met, it was but Satan who made them slip for something they had earned. But God has now pardoned them; verily, God is forgiving and clement. [150] O ye who believe! be not like those who misbelieve, and say unto their brethren when they knock about in the earth, or are upon a raid, ‘Had they but been at home, they had not died and had not been killed.’ It was that God might make a sighing in their hearts, for God gives life and death ; and God on what ye do doth look. And if, indeed, ye be killed in God's way or die, surely forgiveness from God and mercy is better than what ye gather; and if ye die or Le killed it is to God ye shall be assembled. It was by a sort of mercy from God thou didst deal gently with them, for hadst thou been rough and rude of heart they had dispersed from around thee. But pardon them, and ask forgiveness for them, and take counsel with them in the affair. As for what thou hast resolved, rely upon God; verily, God loves those who do rely, If God help you, there is none can overcome you; but if He leave you in the lurch, who is (6] F 66 THE QUR’AN. III, 154-162. there can help you after Him? Upon God then let believers rely.
2As for what thou hast resolved, rely upon God; verily, God loves those who do rely, If God help you, there is none can overcome you; but if He leave you in the lurch, who is (6] F 66 THE QUR’AN. III, 154-162. there can help you after Him? Upon God then let believers rely. [155] It is not for the prophet to cheat; and he who cheats shall bring what he has cheated on the resurrection day. Then shall each soul be paid what it has earned, and they shall not be wronged. Is he who follows the pleasure of God, like him who has drawn on himself anger from God, whose resort is hell? An evil journey shall it be! These are degrees with God, and God sees what ye do. God was surely very gracious to the believers, when He sent amongst them an apostle from themselves, to recite to them His signs, and purify them, and teach them the Book and wisdom, although they surely were before his time in manifest error. Or when an accident befals you, and ye have fallen on twice as much, ye say, ‘How is this??’ Say, ‘It is from yourselves. Verily, God is mighty over all.’ [160] And what befel you the day when the two armies met, it was by God's permission; that He might know the believers, and might know those who behaved hypocritically; for it was said to them, ‘Come, fight in God’s way,’ or ‘ repel (the foe);’ they said, ‘If we knew how to fight we would surely follow you.” They were that day far nigher unto misbelief than they were to faith. They say with their mouths what is not in their hearts, but God doth know best what they hid. Those who said of their brethren, whilst they themselves stayed at home, ‘ Had they obeyed us they would not have 1 He means that the loss at Ohod was more than counterbalanced by their previous success at Bedr. For an account of these engagements see Introduction, II, 162-174. THE CHAPTER OF IMRAN’S FAMILY. 67 been killed.’ Say, ‘Ward off from yourselves death, if ye do speak the truth.’ Count not those who are killed in the way of God as dead, but living with their Lord ;—provided for, rejoicing in what God has brought them of His grace, and being glad for those who have not reached them yet,—those left behind them; there is no fear for them, and they shall not be grieved; [165] glad at favour from God and grace, and that God wasteth not the hire of the believers. Whoso answered to the call of God and of His prophet after sorrow had befallen them, for those, if they do good and fear God, is a mighty hire. To whom when men said, ‘Verily, men have gathered round you, fear then them,’ it only increased their faith, and they said, ‘God is enough for us, a good guardian is He.’ Then they retired in favour from God and grace; no evil touched them ; they followed the pleasure of God, and God is Lord of mighty grace. It is only that Satan who frightens his friends.. Do not ye fear them, but fear me, if ye be believers.
3It is only that Satan who frightens his friends.. Do not ye fear them, but fear me, if ye be believers. [170] Let them not grieve thee who vie with each other in misbelief. Verily, they cannot hurt God at all. God wills not to make for them a portion in the future life ; but for them is mighty woe. Verily, those who purchase misbelief for faith, they do not hurt God at all, and for them is grievous woe. Let not those who misbelieve reckon that our letting them range is good for themselves. We only let them have their range that they may increase in sin. And for them is shameful woe. God would not leave believers in the state which ye are in, until He discerns the vile from the good. And God would not F 2 68 THE QUR’AN, IIL, 174-180. inform you of the unseen, but God chooses of His apostles whom He pleases. Wherefore believe ye in God and His Apostle ; and if ye believe and fear, for you is mighty hire. [175] And let not those who are niggard of what God has given them of His grace, count that it is best for them ;—nay, it is worse for them. What they have been niggard of shall be a collar round their necks upon the resurrection day. And God’s is the heritage of the heavens and the earth, and God of what ye do is well aware. God heard the speech of those who said, ‘ Verily, God is poor! and we are rich.’ We will write down what they said, and how they killed the prophets undeservedly, and say, ‘Taste ye the torment of burning ;’ this shall they suffer for what their hands have sent.on before ;—for, verily, God is no unjust one to His servants,—who say, ‘Verily, God has covenanted with us that we should not believe in an apostle until he gives us a sacrifice which fire devours 2.’ [180] Say, ‘There have come to you apostles before me with manifest signs, and with what ye talk 1 Mohammed, in his message to the Jewish tribe of Kainfka, used the words of the Qur’4n, and bade them ‘lend to God at good interest,’ when Phineas Ibn Azfra mockingly said, ‘ Surely, God is poor since they try to borrow for him!’ | Whereupon Abu Bekr, who had brought the letter, smote him on the face and said, that, but for the truce between them, he. would have smitten off his head. On complaint being made of this conduct to Mohammed the above verse was revealed. * The commentators say that the Jewish Rabbis demanded of Mohammed this proof of his prophetic mission, having regard, probably, to the contest between Elijah and the priests of Baal on Mount Carmel, III, 180-188. THE CHAPTER OF IMRAN’S FAMILY. 69 about; why then did ye kill them, if ye speak the truth ?’ And if they did call thee a liar, apostles before thee have been called liars too, who came with manifest signs, and with scriptures, and with the illuminating Book.
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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