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1But, O Adam, dwell thou and thy wife in Paradise and eat from whence ye will, but draw not nigh unto this tree or ye will be of the unjust.’ But Satan whispered to them to display to them what was kept back from them of their shame, and he said, ‘Your Lord has only forbidden you this tree lest ye should be twain angels, or should become of. the immortals ;’ [20] and he swore to them both, ‘Verily, I am unto you a sincere adviser ;’ and he beguiled them by deceit, and when they twain tasted ‘of the tree, their shame was shown them, and they began to stitch upon themselves the leaves of the garden. And their Lord called unto them, ‘ Did I not forbid you from that tree there, and say to you, Verily, Satan is to you an open foe?’ They said, ‘O our Lord! we have wronged ourselves—and if Thou dost not forgive us and have mercy on us, we shall surely be of those who are lost!’ He said, ‘Go ye down, one of you to the other a foe; but for you in 140 THE QUR'AN. VII, 23-30. the earth there is an abode, and a provision for a season.’ He said, ‘ Therein shall ye live and therein shall ye die, from it shall ye be brought forth.’ [25] O sons of Adam! we have sent down to you garments wherewith to cover your shame, and plumage!; but the garment of piety, that is better. That is one of the signs of God, haply ye may remember. O sons of Adam! let not Satan infatuate you as he drove your parents out of Paradise, stripping from them their garments, and showing them their shame; verily, he sees you—he and his tribe, from whence ye cannot see them. Verily, we have made the devils patrons of those who do not believe, and when they commit an abomination they say, ‘We found our fathers at this, and God bade us do it.’ Say, ‘God bids you not to do abomination ; do ye say against God that which ye do not know ?’ Say, ‘My Lord bids only justice :—set steadfastly you faces at every mosque and pray to Him, being sincere in your religion. As He brought you forth in the beginning, shall ye return. A sect He guides, and for a sect of them was error due; verily, they did take the devils for their patrons instead of God, and they did count that they were guided.’ O sons of Adam! take your ornaments to every mosque ?; and eat and drink, but do not be extravagant, for He loves not the extravagant. [30] Say, ‘Who has prohibited the ornaments of God which He brought forth for His servants, and the good things of His providing ?’ say, ‘On the day of 1 Te. fine dresses. 2 That is, wear your best apparel in the mosque. VII, 30-36. THE CHAPTER OF AL AARAF. 14] judgment they shall only be for those who believed when in the life of this world’’ Thus do we detail the signs unto a people that do know. Say, ‘My Lord has only prohibited abominable deeds, the apparent thereof and the concealed’ thereof, and sin, and greed for that which is not right, and associating with God what He has sent down no power for, and saying against God that which ye do not know.’
2Say, ‘My Lord has only prohibited abominable deeds, the apparent thereof and the concealed’ thereof, and sin, and greed for that which is not right, and associating with God what He has sent down no power for, and saying against God that which ye do not know.’ Every nation has its appointed time, and when their appointed time comes they cannot keep it back an hour, nor can they bring it on. O sons of Adam! verily, there will come to you apostles from amongst you, narrating unto you my signs ; then whoso fears God and does what is right, there is no fear for them, nor shall they grieve. But those who say my signs are lies, and who are too. big with pride for them, these are the fellows of the Fire, they shall dwell therein for aye! [35] Who is more unjust than he who devises against God a lie, or says His signs are lies ? These, their portion of the Book shall reach them %, until when our messengers come to take their souls away, and say, ‘Where is what ye used to call upon instead of God?’ they say, ‘They have strayed away from us ;’ and they shall bear witness against themselves that they have been misbelievers. He will say, ‘Enter ye—amongst the nations who 1 Whereas now idolaters share in the good things of this world ; but on the day of judgment those only shall enjoy them who were believers here. * That is, they shall have whatever portion of good or evil is written for them in the book of their fate. 142 THE QUR'AN. VII, 36-42. have passed away before you, both of ginns? and men —into the fire ;) whenever a nation enters therein, it curses its mate?; until, when they have all reached it, the last of them will say unto the first, ‘O our Lord! these it was who led us astray, give them double torment of the fire!’ He will say, ‘ To each of you double! but ye do not know.’ And the first of them will say unto the last, ‘Ye have no preference over us, so taste ye the torment for that which ye have earned !’ Verily, those who say our signs are lies and are too big with pride for them; for these the doors of heaven shall not be opened, and they shall not enter into Paradise until a camel shall pass into a needle’s eye. _ It is thus that we reward the sinners; for them is a couch of hell-fire, with an awning above them! thus do we reward the unjust! [40] But those who believe and do what is right— we will not oblige a soul more than its capacity —they are the fellows of Paradise, they shall dwell therein for aye.
3thus do we reward the unjust! [40] But those who believe and do what is right— we will not oblige a soul more than its capacity —they are the fellows of Paradise, they shall dwell therein for aye. We will strip away what ill feeling is in their breasts—there shall flow beneath them rivers, and they shall say, ‘ Praise belongs to God who guided us to this! for we should not have been guided had not God guided us!—the apostles of our Lord did come to us with truth!’ And it shall be cried out to them, ‘This is Paradise which ye have as an inheritance for that which ye have done!’ And the fellows of Paradise will call out to the fellows of the Fire, ‘We have now found that what our Lord promised us is true; have ye found that what your 1 See p. 127, note 2. 3 Literally, his sister. VII, 42-51. THE CHAPTER OF AL AARAF. 143 Lord promised you is true?’ They will say, ‘Yea!’ And a crier from amongst them will cry out, ‘ The curse of God is on the unjust who turn from the way of God and crave to make it crooked, while in the hereafter they do disbelieve!’ And betwixt the two there is a veil, and on al AarAf are men who know each by marks; and they shall cry out to the fellows of Paradise, ‘Peace be upon you!’ they cannot enter it although they so desire. [45] But when their sight is turned towards the fellows of the Fire, they say, ‘O our Lord! place us not with the unjust people.’ And the fellows on al AarAf will cry out to the men whom they know by their marks, and say, ‘ Of no avail to you were your collections, and what ye were so big with pride about ; are these those ye swore that God would not extend mercy to? Enter ye Paradise; there is no fear for you, nor shall ye be grieved.’ But the fellows of the Fire shall cry out to the fellows of Paradise, ‘Pour out upon us water, or something of what God has provided you with?.’ They will say, ‘God has prohibited them both to those who misbelieve; who took their religion for a sport and a play; whom the life of the world beguiled.—To-day do we forget them as they forgot the meeting of this day, and for that they did deny our signs | [50] Now we have brought them a book explaining it in knowledge, a guidance and a mercy to a people who believe. Do they wait now for aught but its interpretation ?—on the day when its interpretation shall come, 1 The fruits of Paradise. 144 THE QUR'AN, VII, 51-57. those who forgot it before will say, ‘There did come to us the apostles of our Lord in truth, have we intercessors to intercede for us? or, could we return, we would do otherwise than we did.’ They have lost themselves, and that which they devised has strayed away from them. . Verily, your Lord is God who created the heavens and the earth in six days; then He made for the Throne!. He covers night with the day—it pursues it incessantly—and the sun and the moon and the stars are subject to His bidding. Aye!—His is the creation and the bidding,—blessed be God the Lord of the worlds!
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, O Adam, dwell thou and thy wife in Paradise and eat from whence ye will, but draw not nigh unto this tree or ye will be of the unjust.’ But Satan whispered to them to display to them what was kept back from them of their shame, and he said, ‘Your Lord has only forbidden you this tree lest ye should be twain angels, or should become of. the immortals ;’ [20] and he swore to them both, ‘Verily, I am unto you a sincere adviser ;’ and he beguiled them by deceit, and when they twain tasted ‘of the tree, their shame was shown them, and they began to stitch upon themselves the leaves of the garden. And their Lord called unto them, ‘ Did I not forbid you from that tree there, and say to you, Verily, Satan is to you an open foe?’ They said, ‘O our Lord! we have wronged ourselves—and if Thou dost not forgive us and have mercy on us, we shall surely be of those who are lost!’ He said, ‘Go ye down, one of you to the other a foe; but for you in 140 THE QUR'AN. VII, 23-30. the earth there is an abode, and a provision for a season.’ He said, ‘ Therein shall ye live and therein shall ye die, from it shall ye be brought forth.’ [25] O sons of Adam! we have sent down to you garments wherewith to cover your shame, and plumage!; but the garment of piety, that is better. That is one of the signs of God, haply ye may remember. O sons of Adam! let not Satan infatuate you as he drove your parents out of Paradise, stripping from them their garments, and showing them their shame; verily, he sees you—he and his tribe, from whence ye cannot see them. Verily, we have made the devils patrons of those who do not believe, and when they commit an abomination they say, ‘We found our fathers at this, and God bade us do it.’ Say, ‘God bids you not to do abomination ; do ye say against God that which ye do not know ?’ Say, ‘My Lord bids only justice :—set steadfastly you faces at every mosque and pray to Him, being sincere in your religion. As He brought you forth in the beginning, shall ye return. A sect He guides, and for a sect of them was error due; verily, they did take the devils for their patrons instead of God, and they did count that they were guided.’ O sons of Adam! take your ornaments to every mosque ?; and eat and drink, but do not be extravagant, for He loves not the extravagant. [30] Say, ‘Who has prohibited the ornaments of God which He brought forth for His servants, and the good things of His providing ?’ say, ‘On the day of 1 Te. fine dresses. 2 That is, wear your best apparel in the mosque. VII, 30-36. THE CHAPTER OF AL AARAF. 14] judgment they shall only be for those who believed when in the life of this world’’ Thus do we detail the signs unto a people that do know. Say, ‘My Lord has only prohibited abominable deeds, the apparent thereof and the concealed’ thereof, and sin, and greed for that which is not right, and associating with God what He has sent down no power for, and saying against God that which ye do not know.’
2Say, ‘My Lord has only prohibited abominable deeds, the apparent thereof and the concealed’ thereof, and sin, and greed for that which is not right, and associating with God what He has sent down no power for, and saying against God that which ye do not know.’ Every nation has its appointed time, and when their appointed time comes they cannot keep it back an hour, nor can they bring it on. O sons of Adam! verily, there will come to you apostles from amongst you, narrating unto you my signs ; then whoso fears God and does what is right, there is no fear for them, nor shall they grieve. But those who say my signs are lies, and who are too. big with pride for them, these are the fellows of the Fire, they shall dwell therein for aye! [35] Who is more unjust than he who devises against God a lie, or says His signs are lies ? These, their portion of the Book shall reach them %, until when our messengers come to take their souls away, and say, ‘Where is what ye used to call upon instead of God?’ they say, ‘They have strayed away from us ;’ and they shall bear witness against themselves that they have been misbelievers. He will say, ‘Enter ye—amongst the nations who 1 Whereas now idolaters share in the good things of this world ; but on the day of judgment those only shall enjoy them who were believers here. * That is, they shall have whatever portion of good or evil is written for them in the book of their fate. 142 THE QUR'AN. VII, 36-42. have passed away before you, both of ginns? and men —into the fire ;) whenever a nation enters therein, it curses its mate?; until, when they have all reached it, the last of them will say unto the first, ‘O our Lord! these it was who led us astray, give them double torment of the fire!’ He will say, ‘ To each of you double! but ye do not know.’ And the first of them will say unto the last, ‘Ye have no preference over us, so taste ye the torment for that which ye have earned !’ Verily, those who say our signs are lies and are too big with pride for them; for these the doors of heaven shall not be opened, and they shall not enter into Paradise until a camel shall pass into a needle’s eye. _ It is thus that we reward the sinners; for them is a couch of hell-fire, with an awning above them! thus do we reward the unjust! [40] But those who believe and do what is right— we will not oblige a soul more than its capacity —they are the fellows of Paradise, they shall dwell therein for aye.
3thus do we reward the unjust! [40] But those who believe and do what is right— we will not oblige a soul more than its capacity —they are the fellows of Paradise, they shall dwell therein for aye. We will strip away what ill feeling is in their breasts—there shall flow beneath them rivers, and they shall say, ‘ Praise belongs to God who guided us to this! for we should not have been guided had not God guided us!—the apostles of our Lord did come to us with truth!’ And it shall be cried out to them, ‘This is Paradise which ye have as an inheritance for that which ye have done!’ And the fellows of Paradise will call out to the fellows of the Fire, ‘We have now found that what our Lord promised us is true; have ye found that what your 1 See p. 127, note 2. 3 Literally, his sister. VII, 42-51. THE CHAPTER OF AL AARAF. 143 Lord promised you is true?’ They will say, ‘Yea!’ And a crier from amongst them will cry out, ‘ The curse of God is on the unjust who turn from the way of God and crave to make it crooked, while in the hereafter they do disbelieve!’ And betwixt the two there is a veil, and on al AarAf are men who know each by marks; and they shall cry out to the fellows of Paradise, ‘Peace be upon you!’ they cannot enter it although they so desire. [45] But when their sight is turned towards the fellows of the Fire, they say, ‘O our Lord! place us not with the unjust people.’ And the fellows on al AarAf will cry out to the men whom they know by their marks, and say, ‘ Of no avail to you were your collections, and what ye were so big with pride about ; are these those ye swore that God would not extend mercy to? Enter ye Paradise; there is no fear for you, nor shall ye be grieved.’ But the fellows of the Fire shall cry out to the fellows of Paradise, ‘Pour out upon us water, or something of what God has provided you with?.’ They will say, ‘God has prohibited them both to those who misbelieve; who took their religion for a sport and a play; whom the life of the world beguiled.—To-day do we forget them as they forgot the meeting of this day, and for that they did deny our signs | [50] Now we have brought them a book explaining it in knowledge, a guidance and a mercy to a people who believe. Do they wait now for aught but its interpretation ?—on the day when its interpretation shall come, 1 The fruits of Paradise. 144 THE QUR'AN, VII, 51-57. those who forgot it before will say, ‘There did come to us the apostles of our Lord in truth, have we intercessors to intercede for us? or, could we return, we would do otherwise than we did.’ They have lost themselves, and that which they devised has strayed away from them. . Verily, your Lord is God who created the heavens and the earth in six days; then He made for the Throne!. He covers night with the day—it pursues it incessantly—and the sun and the moon and the stars are subject to His bidding. Aye!—His is the creation and the bidding,—blessed be God the Lord of the worlds!
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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