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1But those who have done bad works, and then turn again after them and believe,—verily, thy Lord, after that, is forgiving and merciful.’ And when Moses’ wrath calmed down he took the tables, in the inscription of which was guidance and mercy for those who dread their Lord. And Moses chose from his people seventy men for our appointment; and when the earthquake took them he said, ‘O my Lord! hadst Thou willed, Thou hadst destroyed them before and me. Wilt Thou destroy us for what the fools amongst us have done? This is naught but Thy trial, wherewith Thou dost lead astray whom Thou pleasest and guidest whom Thou pleasest; Thou art our patron! forgive us and have mercy on us, for Thou art the best of those who do forgive ! [155] ‘And write down for us in this world good, and in the future too; verily, we are guided unto Thee.’ He said, ‘My punishment—with it I fall on whom I will; and my mercy embraceth everything ; and I will write it down for those who fear, and who give alms, and those who in our signs believe,—who follow the Apostle—the illiterate prophet?, whom 1 Or, the apostle of the Gerttiles, VII, 156-162. THE CHAPTER OF AL AARAF, 157 they find written down with them in the law and the gospel, bidding them what is reasonable and forbidding them what is wrong, and making lawful for them what is good, and making unlawful evil things ; and setting down for them their burdens and the yokes which were upon them ;—to those who believe in him and aid him and help him and follow the law which has been sent down with him—they shall be the prosperous.’ Say, ‘O ye folk! verily, I am the Apostle of God unto you all,’—of Him whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, there is no god but He! He quickens and He kills! believe then in God and His Apostle, the illiterate prophet,—who believes in God and in His words—then follow him that haply ye may be guided. Amongst Moses’ people is a nation guided in truth, and thereby act they justly. [160] And we cut them up into twelve tribes, each a nation; and we revealed unto Moses, when his people asked him for drink, ‘Strike with thy staff the rock!’ and there gushed forth from it twelve springs, each folk knew their drinking place. And we overshadowed them with the cloud; and sent down upon them the manna and the quails, ‘ Eat of the good things we have provided you with !’—Yet they did not wrong us, but it was themselves they wronged. . And when it was said unto them, ‘ Dwell in this city and eat therefrom as ye will, and say ‘hi¢¢éatun and enter the gate adoring; so will we pardon you your sins ;—we will increase those who do well.’ But those amongst them who did wrong changed it for another word than which was said to them ; and we 158 THE QUR'AN. VI, 162-168: sent upon them a plague from heaven for that they were unjust.
2VI, 162-168: sent upon them a plague from heaven for that they were unjust. Ask them too about the city which stood by the sea, when they transgressed upon the Sabbath ; when their fish came to them on the Sabbath day sailing straight up to them; but on the days when they kept not the Sabbath, they came not to them, thus did we try them for the abominations that they wrought’. And when a nation from amongst them said, ‘Why do ye warn a people whom God would destroy, or punish with severe torment?’ they said, ‘As an excuse to your Lord, that haply they may fear.’ [165] But when they forgot what they had been reminded of, we saved those who forbade evil, but we overtook those who did wrong with punishment ;—evil was the abomination that they did, but when they rebelled against what they were forbidden, we said to them, ‘Become ye apes, despised and spurned!’ and then thy Lord proclaimed that He would surely send against them till the resurrection day, those who should wreak them evil torment; verily, thy Lord is quick at following up, but, verily, He is forgiving, merciful. We cut them up in the earth into nations. Of them are the righteous, and of them are the reverse of that; we have tried them with good things and with bad things; haply they may return. But there succeeded them successors who inherited the Book! They take the goods of this lower world and say, ‘It will be forgiven us.’ But if the like goods came to them they would take them too! Was there not taken from them a covenant by 1 Cf. Chapter II, 61. VII, 168-175. THE CHAPTER OF AL AARAF. 159 the Book, that they should not say against God aught but the truth? Yet they study therein! But the abode of the future life is better for those who fear—do ye not then understand? But those who hold fast by the Book and are steadfast in prayer— verily, we will not waste the hire of those who do right. [170] And when we shook the mountain over them, as though it were a shadow, and they thought it would fall upon them (saying), ‘Take ye what we have given you with firmness, and remember what is therein; haply ye may fear.’ And when thy Lord took from the children of Adam out of their loins their seed, and made them bear witness against themselves, ‘Am I not your Lord?’ They said, ‘Yea! we do bear witness’— lest ye should say on the day of resurrection, ‘Verily, for this we did not care;’ or say, ‘ Verily, our fathers associated others with God before us, and we were but their seed after them: wilt Thou then destroy us for what vaindoers did ?’—-Thus do we detail the signs.; haply they may return. Read to them the declaration of him to whom we brought our signs, and who stepped away therefrom, and Satan followed him, and he was of those who were beguiled'. [175] Had we pleased we would have exalted him thereby, but he crouched upon. the earth and followed his lust, and his likeness was as the likeness of a dog, whom if thou shouldst attack
3[175] Had we pleased we would have exalted him thereby, but he crouched upon. the earth and followed his lust, and his likeness was as the likeness of a dog, whom if thou shouldst attack 1 Said to refer to Balaam, but also to several pretenders of prophecy amongst the Arabians. By some it is referred to ’Omiaiyyat ibn Abi Zalt, or to a certain Jewish Rabbi, who had prophesied the coming of a prophet about Mohammed’s time, but would not acknowledge the latter as such. 160 THE QUR'AN, VII, 178-185. he hangs out his tongue, or if thou should leave him, hangs out his tongue too. That is the likeness of the people who say our signs are lies. Tell them then these tales—haply they may reflect. Evil is the likeness of a people who say our signs are lies; themselves it is they wrong! We have created for hell many of the ginn and of mankind; they have hearts and they discern not therewith ; they have eyes and they see not therewith ; they have ears and they hear not therewith ; they are like cattle, nay, they go more astray! these it is who care not. But God’s are the good names; call on Him then thereby, and leave those who pervert His names}; they shall be rewarded for that which they have done. [180] And of those whom we have created is a nation who are guided in truth and thereby act with equity; but they who say our signs are lies, we will bring them down by degrees from whence they know not. I will let them range ;—verily, my stratagem is efficacious ! Do they not then reflect that their companion ? is not possessed?? he is but an obvious warner! Do they not behold the kingdoms of the heavens and of the earth, and what things God has created, and (see that), it may be, their time is already drawing nigh ? in what relation then will they believe? [185] He 1 The word yul‘hidfina is used in the later Arabic for any form of atheism. The expression in the text means the perversion, as Mohammed called it, of the name Allah in the names of the other gods, such as A1lat, the feminine form of the same word. 2 Mohammed. 5 Literally, under the influence of the ginn, VII, 185-191. THE CHAPTER OF AL AARAF. 161 whom God leads astray there is no guide for him! He leaves them in their rebellion, blindly wandering on. They will ask you about the Hour, for what time it is fixed ?—say, ‘The knowledge thereof is only with my Lord; none shall manifest it at its time but He; it is heavy in the heavens and the earth, it will not come to you save on a sudden.’ They will ask as though thou wert privy to it, say, ‘ The knowledge thereof is only with God, —but most folk do not know. Say, ‘I cannot control profit or harm for myself, save what God will. If I knew the unseen I should surely have much that is good, nor would evil touch me; I am but a warner and a herald of good tidings unto a people who believe.’
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 those who have done bad works, and then turn again after them and believe,—verily, thy Lord, after that, is forgiving and merciful.’ And when Moses’ wrath calmed down he took the tables, in the inscription of which was guidance and mercy for those who dread their Lord. And Moses chose from his people seventy men for our appointment; and when the earthquake took them he said, ‘O my Lord! hadst Thou willed, Thou hadst destroyed them before and me. Wilt Thou destroy us for what the fools amongst us have done? This is naught but Thy trial, wherewith Thou dost lead astray whom Thou pleasest and guidest whom Thou pleasest; Thou art our patron! forgive us and have mercy on us, for Thou art the best of those who do forgive ! [155] ‘And write down for us in this world good, and in the future too; verily, we are guided unto Thee.’ He said, ‘My punishment—with it I fall on whom I will; and my mercy embraceth everything ; and I will write it down for those who fear, and who give alms, and those who in our signs believe,—who follow the Apostle—the illiterate prophet?, whom 1 Or, the apostle of the Gerttiles, VII, 156-162. THE CHAPTER OF AL AARAF, 157 they find written down with them in the law and the gospel, bidding them what is reasonable and forbidding them what is wrong, and making lawful for them what is good, and making unlawful evil things ; and setting down for them their burdens and the yokes which were upon them ;—to those who believe in him and aid him and help him and follow the law which has been sent down with him—they shall be the prosperous.’ Say, ‘O ye folk! verily, I am the Apostle of God unto you all,’—of Him whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, there is no god but He! He quickens and He kills! believe then in God and His Apostle, the illiterate prophet,—who believes in God and in His words—then follow him that haply ye may be guided. Amongst Moses’ people is a nation guided in truth, and thereby act they justly. [160] And we cut them up into twelve tribes, each a nation; and we revealed unto Moses, when his people asked him for drink, ‘Strike with thy staff the rock!’ and there gushed forth from it twelve springs, each folk knew their drinking place. And we overshadowed them with the cloud; and sent down upon them the manna and the quails, ‘ Eat of the good things we have provided you with !’—Yet they did not wrong us, but it was themselves they wronged. . And when it was said unto them, ‘ Dwell in this city and eat therefrom as ye will, and say ‘hi¢¢éatun and enter the gate adoring; so will we pardon you your sins ;—we will increase those who do well.’ But those amongst them who did wrong changed it for another word than which was said to them ; and we 158 THE QUR'AN. VI, 162-168: sent upon them a plague from heaven for that they were unjust.
2VI, 162-168: sent upon them a plague from heaven for that they were unjust. Ask them too about the city which stood by the sea, when they transgressed upon the Sabbath ; when their fish came to them on the Sabbath day sailing straight up to them; but on the days when they kept not the Sabbath, they came not to them, thus did we try them for the abominations that they wrought’. And when a nation from amongst them said, ‘Why do ye warn a people whom God would destroy, or punish with severe torment?’ they said, ‘As an excuse to your Lord, that haply they may fear.’ [165] But when they forgot what they had been reminded of, we saved those who forbade evil, but we overtook those who did wrong with punishment ;—evil was the abomination that they did, but when they rebelled against what they were forbidden, we said to them, ‘Become ye apes, despised and spurned!’ and then thy Lord proclaimed that He would surely send against them till the resurrection day, those who should wreak them evil torment; verily, thy Lord is quick at following up, but, verily, He is forgiving, merciful. We cut them up in the earth into nations. Of them are the righteous, and of them are the reverse of that; we have tried them with good things and with bad things; haply they may return. But there succeeded them successors who inherited the Book! They take the goods of this lower world and say, ‘It will be forgiven us.’ But if the like goods came to them they would take them too! Was there not taken from them a covenant by 1 Cf. Chapter II, 61. VII, 168-175. THE CHAPTER OF AL AARAF. 159 the Book, that they should not say against God aught but the truth? Yet they study therein! But the abode of the future life is better for those who fear—do ye not then understand? But those who hold fast by the Book and are steadfast in prayer— verily, we will not waste the hire of those who do right. [170] And when we shook the mountain over them, as though it were a shadow, and they thought it would fall upon them (saying), ‘Take ye what we have given you with firmness, and remember what is therein; haply ye may fear.’ And when thy Lord took from the children of Adam out of their loins their seed, and made them bear witness against themselves, ‘Am I not your Lord?’ They said, ‘Yea! we do bear witness’— lest ye should say on the day of resurrection, ‘Verily, for this we did not care;’ or say, ‘ Verily, our fathers associated others with God before us, and we were but their seed after them: wilt Thou then destroy us for what vaindoers did ?’—-Thus do we detail the signs.; haply they may return. Read to them the declaration of him to whom we brought our signs, and who stepped away therefrom, and Satan followed him, and he was of those who were beguiled'. [175] Had we pleased we would have exalted him thereby, but he crouched upon. the earth and followed his lust, and his likeness was as the likeness of a dog, whom if thou shouldst attack
3[175] Had we pleased we would have exalted him thereby, but he crouched upon. the earth and followed his lust, and his likeness was as the likeness of a dog, whom if thou shouldst attack 1 Said to refer to Balaam, but also to several pretenders of prophecy amongst the Arabians. By some it is referred to ’Omiaiyyat ibn Abi Zalt, or to a certain Jewish Rabbi, who had prophesied the coming of a prophet about Mohammed’s time, but would not acknowledge the latter as such. 160 THE QUR'AN, VII, 178-185. he hangs out his tongue, or if thou should leave him, hangs out his tongue too. That is the likeness of the people who say our signs are lies. Tell them then these tales—haply they may reflect. Evil is the likeness of a people who say our signs are lies; themselves it is they wrong! We have created for hell many of the ginn and of mankind; they have hearts and they discern not therewith ; they have eyes and they see not therewith ; they have ears and they hear not therewith ; they are like cattle, nay, they go more astray! these it is who care not. But God’s are the good names; call on Him then thereby, and leave those who pervert His names}; they shall be rewarded for that which they have done. [180] And of those whom we have created is a nation who are guided in truth and thereby act with equity; but they who say our signs are lies, we will bring them down by degrees from whence they know not. I will let them range ;—verily, my stratagem is efficacious ! Do they not then reflect that their companion ? is not possessed?? he is but an obvious warner! Do they not behold the kingdoms of the heavens and of the earth, and what things God has created, and (see that), it may be, their time is already drawing nigh ? in what relation then will they believe? [185] He 1 The word yul‘hidfina is used in the later Arabic for any form of atheism. The expression in the text means the perversion, as Mohammed called it, of the name Allah in the names of the other gods, such as A1lat, the feminine form of the same word. 2 Mohammed. 5 Literally, under the influence of the ginn, VII, 185-191. THE CHAPTER OF AL AARAF. 161 whom God leads astray there is no guide for him! He leaves them in their rebellion, blindly wandering on. They will ask you about the Hour, for what time it is fixed ?—say, ‘The knowledge thereof is only with my Lord; none shall manifest it at its time but He; it is heavy in the heavens and the earth, it will not come to you save on a sudden.’ They will ask as though thou wert privy to it, say, ‘ The knowledge thereof is only with God, —but most folk do not know. Say, ‘I cannot control profit or harm for myself, save what God will. If I knew the unseen I should surely have much that is good, nor would evil touch me; I am but a warner and a herald of good tidings unto a people who believe.’
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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