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1but they did not kill him, and they did not crucify him, but a similitude was made for them. And verily, those who differ about him are in doubt concerning him; they have no knowledge concerning him, but only follow an opinion. They did not kill 1 See note, p. 8. 94 THE QUR'AN, IV, 156-163. him, for sure! nay, God raised him up unto Himself ; for God is mighty and wise?! And there shall not be one of the people of the Book but shall believe in him before his death?; and on the day of judgment he shall be a witness against them. And for the injustice of those who are Jews have we forbidden them good things which we had made lawful for them, and for their obstructing so much the way of God, and for their taking usury when we had forbidden it, and for their devouring the wealth of people in vain,—but we have prepared for those of them who misbelieve a grievous woe. [160] But those amongst them who are firm in knowledge, and the believers who believe in what is revealed to thee, let what is revealed before thee, and the steadfast in prayer, and the givers of alms, and the believers in God and the last day,—unto these we will give a mighty hire. Verily, we have inspired thee as we _ inspired Noah and the prophets after him, and as we inspired Abraham, and Ishmael, and Jacob, and the tribes, and Jesus, and Job, and Jonas, and Aaron, and Solomon ; and to David did we give Psalms. Of apostles we have already told thee of some before; and of apostles some we have not told thee of ;— But Moses did God speak to, speaking ;—apostles giving glad tidings and warning, that men should have no argument against God, after the apostles, for God is mighty, wise! 1 See p. 53, note 3. ® This may allude to the time of his death after his second advent, when he shall slay the antichrist. IV, 164-173. THE CHAPTER OF WOMEN. 95 But God bears witness to what He has revealed to thee: He revealed it in His knowledge, and the angels bear witness too; though God is witness enough. ; [165] Verily, those who misbelieve and obstruct the way of God, have erred a wide error. Verily, those who misbelieve and are unjust, God will not pardon them, nor will He guide them on the road—save the road to hell, to dwell therein for aye ;—that is easy enough to God! O ye folk! the Apostle has come to you with truth from your Lord: believe then, for it is better for you. But if ye misbelieve, then God’s is what is in the heavens and the earth, and God is knowing, wise. O ye people of the Book! do not exceed in your religion, nor say against God aught save the truth. The Messiah, Jesus the son of Mary, is but the apostle of God and His Word, which He cast into Mary and a spirit from Him; believe then in God and His apostles, and say not ‘ Three.’ Have done! it were better for you. God is only one God, celebrated be His praise that He should beget a Son! His is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth ; and God sufficeth for a guardian.
2it were better for you. God is only one God, celebrated be His praise that He should beget a Son! His is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth ; and God sufficeth for a guardian. [170] The Messiah doth surely not disdain to be a servant of God, nor do the angels who are nigh to Him ; and whosoever disdains His service and is too proud, He will gather them altogether to Himself. But as for those who believe and do what is right, He will pay their hire and will give increase to them of His grace. But as for those who disdain and are too proud, He will punish them with a grievous woe, and they shall not find for them other than God a patron or a help. 96 THE QUR'AN. IV, 174—-V, 2. O ye folk! proof has come to you from your Lord, and we have sent down to you manifest light. As for those who believe in God, and take tight hold of Him, He will make them enter into mercy from Him and grace; and He will guide them to Himself by a right way. [175] They will ask thee for a decision ;. say, ‘God will give you a decision concerning remote kinship.’ If a man perish and have no child, but have a sister, let her have half of what he leaves; and he shall be her heir, if she have no son. But if there be two sisters, let them both have two thirds of what he leaves; and if there be brethren, both men and women, let the male have like the portion of two females. God makes this manifest to you lest ye err; for God all things doth know. Tue CHAPTER OF THE TABLE. (V. Medinah.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. . O ye who believe! fulfil your compacts.—Lawful for you are brute beasts, save what is here recited to you, not allowing you the chase while ye are on pilgrimage; verily, God ordaineth what He will. O ye who believe! do not deem the monuments of God to be lawful, nor the sacred month 2, nor the offering, nor its neck garlands, nor those who sojourn at the sacred house, craving grace from their Lord and His pleasure. 1 See note 1, p. 73. * Muharram. V, 3-7. THE CHAPTER OF THE TABLE. 97 But when ye are in lawful state again, then chase; and let not ill-will against the people who turned you from the Sacred Mosque! make you transgress ; but help one another in righteousness and piety, and do not help one another to sin and enmity; but fear God,—verily, God is keen to punish. Forbidden to you is that which dies of itself, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and that which is devoted to other than God, and the strangled and the knocked down, and that which falls down, and the gored, and what wild beasts have eaten —except what ye slaughter in time—and what is sacrificed to idols?, and dividing carcases by arrows’.
3To-day shall those who disbelieve in your religion despair; do ye not then fear them, but fear me— [5] To-day is perfected for you your religion, and fulfilled upon you is my favour, and I am pleased for you to have Islam for a religion. But he who is forced by hunger, not inclined wilfully to sin, verily, God is forgiving, compassionate. They will ask thee what is lawful for them? say, ‘Lawful for you are good things and what ye have taught beasts of prey (to catch), training them like dogs ;—ye teach them as God taught you ;—so eat of what they catch for you, and mention the name of God over it, and fear God, for verily, God is swift in reckoning up.’ Lawful for you to-day are good things, and the food of those to whom the Book has been given is 1 The Qur4ish, who sent to meet Mohammed with 1400 men at ‘Hud4ibtfyeh to prevent him from approaching Mecca, a. H. 6. ® Literally, ‘stones set up,’ Dolmens and the like, which are so common throughout Arabia. 5 By the game of mAisar, see p. 32. [6] H 98 THE QUR'AN. V, 7-13. lawful for you, and your food is lawful for them; and chaste women of those who believe, and chaste women of those to whom the Book has been given before you,—when you have given them their hire, living chastely and not fornicating, and not taking paramours. But whoso disbelieves in the faith, of a truth his work is vain, and he shall be in the next life of those who lose. O ye who believe! when ye rise up to prayer wash your faces, and your hands as far as the elbows, and wipe your heads, and your feet down to the ankles. And if ye are polluted, then purify yourselves. But if ye are sick, or on a journey, or if one of you comes from the privy, or if ye have touched women and cannot find water, then take fine surface sand and wipe your faces and your hands therewith. God does not wish to make any hindrance for you ; but He wishes to purify you and to fulfil his favour upon you; haply ye may give thanks. [10] Remember the favour of God to you and His covenant which He covenanted with you, when ye said, ‘We hear and we obey?;’ and fear God, verily, God knows the nature of men’s breasts. O ye who believe! stand steadfast to God as witnesses with justice; and let not ill-will towards people make you sin by not acting with equity. Act with equity, that is nearer to piety, and fear God; for God is aware of what ye do. God has promised to those who believe and work righteousness, that for them is pardon and a mighty hire. But those who disbelieve and call our signs lies, these are the fellows of hell. 1 Referring to the oath of fidelity which Mohammed’s adherents took at ‘Akabah. V, 14-18, THE CHAPTER OF THE TABLE. 99 O ye who believe! remember God's favour towards you, when a people intended to stretch their hands against you, but He withheld their hands from you’; and upon God let believers rely.
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.
1but they did not kill him, and they did not crucify him, but a similitude was made for them. And verily, those who differ about him are in doubt concerning him; they have no knowledge concerning him, but only follow an opinion. They did not kill 1 See note, p. 8. 94 THE QUR'AN, IV, 156-163. him, for sure! nay, God raised him up unto Himself ; for God is mighty and wise?! And there shall not be one of the people of the Book but shall believe in him before his death?; and on the day of judgment he shall be a witness against them. And for the injustice of those who are Jews have we forbidden them good things which we had made lawful for them, and for their obstructing so much the way of God, and for their taking usury when we had forbidden it, and for their devouring the wealth of people in vain,—but we have prepared for those of them who misbelieve a grievous woe. [160] But those amongst them who are firm in knowledge, and the believers who believe in what is revealed to thee, let what is revealed before thee, and the steadfast in prayer, and the givers of alms, and the believers in God and the last day,—unto these we will give a mighty hire. Verily, we have inspired thee as we _ inspired Noah and the prophets after him, and as we inspired Abraham, and Ishmael, and Jacob, and the tribes, and Jesus, and Job, and Jonas, and Aaron, and Solomon ; and to David did we give Psalms. Of apostles we have already told thee of some before; and of apostles some we have not told thee of ;— But Moses did God speak to, speaking ;—apostles giving glad tidings and warning, that men should have no argument against God, after the apostles, for God is mighty, wise! 1 See p. 53, note 3. ® This may allude to the time of his death after his second advent, when he shall slay the antichrist. IV, 164-173. THE CHAPTER OF WOMEN. 95 But God bears witness to what He has revealed to thee: He revealed it in His knowledge, and the angels bear witness too; though God is witness enough. ; [165] Verily, those who misbelieve and obstruct the way of God, have erred a wide error. Verily, those who misbelieve and are unjust, God will not pardon them, nor will He guide them on the road—save the road to hell, to dwell therein for aye ;—that is easy enough to God! O ye folk! the Apostle has come to you with truth from your Lord: believe then, for it is better for you. But if ye misbelieve, then God’s is what is in the heavens and the earth, and God is knowing, wise. O ye people of the Book! do not exceed in your religion, nor say against God aught save the truth. The Messiah, Jesus the son of Mary, is but the apostle of God and His Word, which He cast into Mary and a spirit from Him; believe then in God and His apostles, and say not ‘ Three.’ Have done! it were better for you. God is only one God, celebrated be His praise that He should beget a Son! His is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth ; and God sufficeth for a guardian.
2it were better for you. God is only one God, celebrated be His praise that He should beget a Son! His is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth ; and God sufficeth for a guardian. [170] The Messiah doth surely not disdain to be a servant of God, nor do the angels who are nigh to Him ; and whosoever disdains His service and is too proud, He will gather them altogether to Himself. But as for those who believe and do what is right, He will pay their hire and will give increase to them of His grace. But as for those who disdain and are too proud, He will punish them with a grievous woe, and they shall not find for them other than God a patron or a help. 96 THE QUR'AN. IV, 174—-V, 2. O ye folk! proof has come to you from your Lord, and we have sent down to you manifest light. As for those who believe in God, and take tight hold of Him, He will make them enter into mercy from Him and grace; and He will guide them to Himself by a right way. [175] They will ask thee for a decision ;. say, ‘God will give you a decision concerning remote kinship.’ If a man perish and have no child, but have a sister, let her have half of what he leaves; and he shall be her heir, if she have no son. But if there be two sisters, let them both have two thirds of what he leaves; and if there be brethren, both men and women, let the male have like the portion of two females. God makes this manifest to you lest ye err; for God all things doth know. Tue CHAPTER OF THE TABLE. (V. Medinah.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. . O ye who believe! fulfil your compacts.—Lawful for you are brute beasts, save what is here recited to you, not allowing you the chase while ye are on pilgrimage; verily, God ordaineth what He will. O ye who believe! do not deem the monuments of God to be lawful, nor the sacred month 2, nor the offering, nor its neck garlands, nor those who sojourn at the sacred house, craving grace from their Lord and His pleasure. 1 See note 1, p. 73. * Muharram. V, 3-7. THE CHAPTER OF THE TABLE. 97 But when ye are in lawful state again, then chase; and let not ill-will against the people who turned you from the Sacred Mosque! make you transgress ; but help one another in righteousness and piety, and do not help one another to sin and enmity; but fear God,—verily, God is keen to punish. Forbidden to you is that which dies of itself, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and that which is devoted to other than God, and the strangled and the knocked down, and that which falls down, and the gored, and what wild beasts have eaten —except what ye slaughter in time—and what is sacrificed to idols?, and dividing carcases by arrows’.
3To-day shall those who disbelieve in your religion despair; do ye not then fear them, but fear me— [5] To-day is perfected for you your religion, and fulfilled upon you is my favour, and I am pleased for you to have Islam for a religion. But he who is forced by hunger, not inclined wilfully to sin, verily, God is forgiving, compassionate. They will ask thee what is lawful for them? say, ‘Lawful for you are good things and what ye have taught beasts of prey (to catch), training them like dogs ;—ye teach them as God taught you ;—so eat of what they catch for you, and mention the name of God over it, and fear God, for verily, God is swift in reckoning up.’ Lawful for you to-day are good things, and the food of those to whom the Book has been given is 1 The Qur4ish, who sent to meet Mohammed with 1400 men at ‘Hud4ibtfyeh to prevent him from approaching Mecca, a. H. 6. ® Literally, ‘stones set up,’ Dolmens and the like, which are so common throughout Arabia. 5 By the game of mAisar, see p. 32. [6] H 98 THE QUR'AN. V, 7-13. lawful for you, and your food is lawful for them; and chaste women of those who believe, and chaste women of those to whom the Book has been given before you,—when you have given them their hire, living chastely and not fornicating, and not taking paramours. But whoso disbelieves in the faith, of a truth his work is vain, and he shall be in the next life of those who lose. O ye who believe! when ye rise up to prayer wash your faces, and your hands as far as the elbows, and wipe your heads, and your feet down to the ankles. And if ye are polluted, then purify yourselves. But if ye are sick, or on a journey, or if one of you comes from the privy, or if ye have touched women and cannot find water, then take fine surface sand and wipe your faces and your hands therewith. God does not wish to make any hindrance for you ; but He wishes to purify you and to fulfil his favour upon you; haply ye may give thanks. [10] Remember the favour of God to you and His covenant which He covenanted with you, when ye said, ‘We hear and we obey?;’ and fear God, verily, God knows the nature of men’s breasts. O ye who believe! stand steadfast to God as witnesses with justice; and let not ill-will towards people make you sin by not acting with equity. Act with equity, that is nearer to piety, and fear God; for God is aware of what ye do. God has promised to those who believe and work righteousness, that for them is pardon and a mighty hire. But those who disbelieve and call our signs lies, these are the fellows of hell. 1 Referring to the oath of fidelity which Mohammed’s adherents took at ‘Akabah. V, 14-18, THE CHAPTER OF THE TABLE. 99 O ye who believe! remember God's favour towards you, when a people intended to stretch their hands against you, but He withheld their hands from you’; and upon God let believers rely.
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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