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1But how should they make thee their judge, when they have the law wherein is God’s judgment? Yet they turn back after that, for they do not believe. Verily, we have revealed the law in which is guidance and light; the prophets who were resigned did judge thereby those who were Jews, as did the masters! and doctors by what they remembered of the Book of God and by what they were witnesses of. Fear not men, but fear me, and sell not my signs for a little price ; for whoso will not judge by what God has revealed, these be the misbelievers. 1 See note 2, p. 56. 104 THE QuR’AN. V, 49°55- We have prescribed for thee therein ‘a life for a life, and an eye for an eye, and a nose for a nose, and an ear for an ear, and a tooth for a tooth, and for wounds retaliation ;’ but whoso remits it, it is an expiation for him, but he whoso will not judge by what God has revealed, these be the unjust. [50] And we followed up the footsteps of these (prophets) with Jesus the son of Mary, confirming that which was before him and the law, and we brought him the gospel, wherein is guidance and light, verifying what was before it of the law, and a guidance and an admonition unto those who fear. Then let the people of the gospel judge by that which is revealed therein, for whoso will not judge by what God has revealed, these be the evildoers. We have revealed to thee the Book in truth verifying what was before it, and preserving it; judge then between them by what God has revealed, and follow not their lusts, turning away from what is given to thee of the truth. For each one of you have we made a law and a pathway; and had God pleased He would have made you one nation, but He will surely try you concerning that which He has brought you. Be ye therefore emulous in good deeds; to God is your return altogether, and He will let you know concerning that wherein ye do dispute. Wherefore judge thou between them by what God has revealed, and follow not their lusts; but beware lest they mislead thee from part of what God has revealed to thee; yet if they turn back, then know that God wishes to fall on them for some sins of theirs,—verily, many men are evildoers. [55] Is it the judgment of the Ignorance they V, 55-62. THE CHAPTER OF THE TABLE. 105 crave!? but who is better than God to judge for people who are sure? O ye who believe! take not the Jews and Christians for your patrons: they are patrons of each other; but whoso amongst you takes them for patrons, verily, he is of them, and, verily, God guides not an unjust people. Thou wilt see those in whose hearts is a sickness vieing with them; they say, ‘We fear lest there befall us a reverse.’ It may be God will give the victory, or an order from Himself, and they may awake repenting of what they thought in secret to themselves. Those who believe say, ‘Are these they who swore by God with their most strenuous oath that they were surely with you ?’—their works are in vain and they shall wake the losers.
2Those who believe say, ‘Are these they who swore by God with their most strenuous oath that they were surely with you ?’—their works are in vain and they shall wake the losers. O ye who believe! whoso is turned away from his religion—God will bring (instead) a people? whom He loves and who love Him, lowly to believers, lofty to unbelievers, strenuous in the way of God, fearing not the blame of him who blames. That is God’s grace! He gives it unto whom He pleases, for God both comprehends and knows. [60] God only is your patron, and His Apostle and those who believe, who are steadfast in prayer and give alms, bowing down. Whoso taketh as patrons God and His apostles and those who believe ;— verily, God’s crew, they are victorious! O ye who believe! take not for patrons those who 1 The time before the Mohammedan dispensation is always so called. 3 T.e. to take his place. 106 THE QURAN. V, 62-69. take your religion for a jest or a sport, from amongst those who have been given the Book before and the misbelievers; but fear God if ye be believers. Nor those who, when ye call to prayer, take it for a jest and a sport; that is because they are a people who do not understand. Say, ‘O people of the Book! do ye disavow us, for aught but that we believe in God, and what was revealed to us before, and for that most of you are evildoers ?’ [65] Say, ‘Can I declare unto you something worse than retribution from God ?? Whomsoever God has cursed and been wroth with—and he has made of them apes and swine—and who worship 7aghit, they are in a worse plight and are more erring from the level path. When they come to you they say, ‘We believe;’ but they entered in with unbelief, and they went out therewith, and God knows best what they did hide. Thou wilt see many of them vieing in sin and enmity, and in eating unlawful things,—evil is it that they have done. The masters and their doctors prohibit them from speaking sin and eating unlawful things,—evil is what they have performed. The Jews say, ‘God's hand is fettered;’ their hands are fettered and they are cursed for what they said; nay! His hands are outspread, He expends how He pleases! and that which has been sent down to thee from thy Lord will surely increase many of them in their rebellion and misbelief, for we have cast amongst them enmity and hatred till the resurrection day. Whenever they light a fire! for war, 1 The ancient Arabs always lit a beacon-fire as a proclamation of war, or a notice of the approach of an enemy. / V, 69-75. THE CHAPTER OF THE TABLE. 107 God puts it out; they strive for corruption in the earth, but God loves not the corrupt.
3Whenever they light a fire! for war, 1 The ancient Arabs always lit a beacon-fire as a proclamation of war, or a notice of the approach of an enemy. / V, 69-75. THE CHAPTER OF THE TABLE. 107 God puts it out; they strive for corruption in the earth, but God loves not the corrupt. [70] But did the people of the Book believe and fear, we would cover their offences, and we would make them enter into gardens of pleasure ; and were they steadfast in the law and the gospel, and what has been sent down to them from their Lord, they should eat from above them and below them. Amongst them are a nation who are moderate, but many of them—bad is what they do. O thou Apostle! preach what has been revealed to thee from thy Lord; if thou do it not thou hast not preached His message, and God will not hold thee free from men; for God guides not people who misbelieve. Say, ‘O people of the Book! ye rest on naught until ye stand fast by the law and the gospel, and what is revealed to you from your Lord.’ But what has been revealed to thee from thy Lord will of a surety increase many of them in rebellion and misbelief, vex not thyself then for a people who misbelieve. Verily, those who believe and those who are Jews, and the Sabzans, and the Christians, whosoever believes in God and the last day, and does what is right, there is no fear for them, nor shall they grieve. We took a compact of the children of Israel, and we sent to them apostles; every time there came to them an apostle with what their souls loved not, a part of them they did call liars and a part of them they slew. [75] And they reckoned that there would be no disturbance ; but they were blind and deaf! and then 108 THE QURAN. V, 75-83. God turned again towards them: and then many amongst them were blind and deaf! but God saw what they did. _They misbelieve who say, ‘Verily, God is the Messiah the son of Mary;’ but the Messiah said, ‘O children of Israel! worship God, my Lord and your Lord;’ verily, he who associates aught with God, God hath forbidden him Paradise, and his resort is the Fire, and the unjust shall have none to help them. They misbelieve who say, ‘Verily, God is the third of three ;’ for there is no God but one, and if they do not desist from what they say, there shall touch those who misbelieve amongst them grievous woe. Will they not turn again towards God and ask pardon of Him? for God is forgiving and merciful. The Messiah the son of Mary is only a prophet: prophets before him have passed away; and his mother was a confessor; they used both to eat food.— See how we explain to them the signs, yet see how they turn aside! [80] Say, ‘Will ye serve, other than God, what can neither hurt you nor profit you?’ but God, He both hears and knows. Say, ‘O people of the Book! exceed not the truth in your religion, and follow not the lusts of a people who have erred before, and who lead many astray, and who go away from the level path.’
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 how should they make thee their judge, when they have the law wherein is God’s judgment? Yet they turn back after that, for they do not believe. Verily, we have revealed the law in which is guidance and light; the prophets who were resigned did judge thereby those who were Jews, as did the masters! and doctors by what they remembered of the Book of God and by what they were witnesses of. Fear not men, but fear me, and sell not my signs for a little price ; for whoso will not judge by what God has revealed, these be the misbelievers. 1 See note 2, p. 56. 104 THE QuR’AN. V, 49°55- We have prescribed for thee therein ‘a life for a life, and an eye for an eye, and a nose for a nose, and an ear for an ear, and a tooth for a tooth, and for wounds retaliation ;’ but whoso remits it, it is an expiation for him, but he whoso will not judge by what God has revealed, these be the unjust. [50] And we followed up the footsteps of these (prophets) with Jesus the son of Mary, confirming that which was before him and the law, and we brought him the gospel, wherein is guidance and light, verifying what was before it of the law, and a guidance and an admonition unto those who fear. Then let the people of the gospel judge by that which is revealed therein, for whoso will not judge by what God has revealed, these be the evildoers. We have revealed to thee the Book in truth verifying what was before it, and preserving it; judge then between them by what God has revealed, and follow not their lusts, turning away from what is given to thee of the truth. For each one of you have we made a law and a pathway; and had God pleased He would have made you one nation, but He will surely try you concerning that which He has brought you. Be ye therefore emulous in good deeds; to God is your return altogether, and He will let you know concerning that wherein ye do dispute. Wherefore judge thou between them by what God has revealed, and follow not their lusts; but beware lest they mislead thee from part of what God has revealed to thee; yet if they turn back, then know that God wishes to fall on them for some sins of theirs,—verily, many men are evildoers. [55] Is it the judgment of the Ignorance they V, 55-62. THE CHAPTER OF THE TABLE. 105 crave!? but who is better than God to judge for people who are sure? O ye who believe! take not the Jews and Christians for your patrons: they are patrons of each other; but whoso amongst you takes them for patrons, verily, he is of them, and, verily, God guides not an unjust people. Thou wilt see those in whose hearts is a sickness vieing with them; they say, ‘We fear lest there befall us a reverse.’ It may be God will give the victory, or an order from Himself, and they may awake repenting of what they thought in secret to themselves. Those who believe say, ‘Are these they who swore by God with their most strenuous oath that they were surely with you ?’—their works are in vain and they shall wake the losers.
2Those who believe say, ‘Are these they who swore by God with their most strenuous oath that they were surely with you ?’—their works are in vain and they shall wake the losers. O ye who believe! whoso is turned away from his religion—God will bring (instead) a people? whom He loves and who love Him, lowly to believers, lofty to unbelievers, strenuous in the way of God, fearing not the blame of him who blames. That is God’s grace! He gives it unto whom He pleases, for God both comprehends and knows. [60] God only is your patron, and His Apostle and those who believe, who are steadfast in prayer and give alms, bowing down. Whoso taketh as patrons God and His apostles and those who believe ;— verily, God’s crew, they are victorious! O ye who believe! take not for patrons those who 1 The time before the Mohammedan dispensation is always so called. 3 T.e. to take his place. 106 THE QURAN. V, 62-69. take your religion for a jest or a sport, from amongst those who have been given the Book before and the misbelievers; but fear God if ye be believers. Nor those who, when ye call to prayer, take it for a jest and a sport; that is because they are a people who do not understand. Say, ‘O people of the Book! do ye disavow us, for aught but that we believe in God, and what was revealed to us before, and for that most of you are evildoers ?’ [65] Say, ‘Can I declare unto you something worse than retribution from God ?? Whomsoever God has cursed and been wroth with—and he has made of them apes and swine—and who worship 7aghit, they are in a worse plight and are more erring from the level path. When they come to you they say, ‘We believe;’ but they entered in with unbelief, and they went out therewith, and God knows best what they did hide. Thou wilt see many of them vieing in sin and enmity, and in eating unlawful things,—evil is it that they have done. The masters and their doctors prohibit them from speaking sin and eating unlawful things,—evil is what they have performed. The Jews say, ‘God's hand is fettered;’ their hands are fettered and they are cursed for what they said; nay! His hands are outspread, He expends how He pleases! and that which has been sent down to thee from thy Lord will surely increase many of them in their rebellion and misbelief, for we have cast amongst them enmity and hatred till the resurrection day. Whenever they light a fire! for war, 1 The ancient Arabs always lit a beacon-fire as a proclamation of war, or a notice of the approach of an enemy. / V, 69-75. THE CHAPTER OF THE TABLE. 107 God puts it out; they strive for corruption in the earth, but God loves not the corrupt.
3Whenever they light a fire! for war, 1 The ancient Arabs always lit a beacon-fire as a proclamation of war, or a notice of the approach of an enemy. / V, 69-75. THE CHAPTER OF THE TABLE. 107 God puts it out; they strive for corruption in the earth, but God loves not the corrupt. [70] But did the people of the Book believe and fear, we would cover their offences, and we would make them enter into gardens of pleasure ; and were they steadfast in the law and the gospel, and what has been sent down to them from their Lord, they should eat from above them and below them. Amongst them are a nation who are moderate, but many of them—bad is what they do. O thou Apostle! preach what has been revealed to thee from thy Lord; if thou do it not thou hast not preached His message, and God will not hold thee free from men; for God guides not people who misbelieve. Say, ‘O people of the Book! ye rest on naught until ye stand fast by the law and the gospel, and what is revealed to you from your Lord.’ But what has been revealed to thee from thy Lord will of a surety increase many of them in rebellion and misbelief, vex not thyself then for a people who misbelieve. Verily, those who believe and those who are Jews, and the Sabzans, and the Christians, whosoever believes in God and the last day, and does what is right, there is no fear for them, nor shall they grieve. We took a compact of the children of Israel, and we sent to them apostles; every time there came to them an apostle with what their souls loved not, a part of them they did call liars and a part of them they slew. [75] And they reckoned that there would be no disturbance ; but they were blind and deaf! and then 108 THE QURAN. V, 75-83. God turned again towards them: and then many amongst them were blind and deaf! but God saw what they did. _They misbelieve who say, ‘Verily, God is the Messiah the son of Mary;’ but the Messiah said, ‘O children of Israel! worship God, my Lord and your Lord;’ verily, he who associates aught with God, God hath forbidden him Paradise, and his resort is the Fire, and the unjust shall have none to help them. They misbelieve who say, ‘Verily, God is the third of three ;’ for there is no God but one, and if they do not desist from what they say, there shall touch those who misbelieve amongst them grievous woe. Will they not turn again towards God and ask pardon of Him? for God is forgiving and merciful. The Messiah the son of Mary is only a prophet: prophets before him have passed away; and his mother was a confessor; they used both to eat food.— See how we explain to them the signs, yet see how they turn aside! [80] Say, ‘Will ye serve, other than God, what can neither hurt you nor profit you?’ but God, He both hears and knows. Say, ‘O people of the Book! exceed not the truth in your religion, and follow not the lusts of a people who have erred before, and who lead many astray, and who go away from the level path.’
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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