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1Say, ‘Expend ye in alms, whether ye will or no, it shall not be accepted from you; verily, ye are a people who do work abomination.’ But nought hinders their alms-giving from being accepted save that they misbelieve in God and His Apostle, and perform not prayer save lazily, and expend not in alms save reluctantly, 1 That is, excuse me from the fighting in the cause of religion. 7 Te victory or martyrdom. IX, 55-62. THE CHAPTER OF REPENTANCE. 181 [55] Let not their wealth please you nor their children, God only wishes to torment them therewith in the life of this world, and that their souls may pass away while still they misbelieve. They swear by God that, verily, they are of you; but they are not of you, and they are a people who do stand aside in fear. Could they but have found a refuge, or some caves, or a place in which to creep, they would have turned round in haste thereto. Of them are some who defame thee, with respect to alms; though if they are given a part thereof, they are content; and if they are not given a part thereof, then are they in a rage. Would that they were content with what God and His Apostle had brought them, and would say, ‘God is enough for us! God will bring us of His. grace, and so will His Apostle; verily, unto God is our desire!’ [60] Alms are only for the poor and needy, and those who work for them’, and those whose hearts are reconciled, and those in captivity, and those in debt, and those who are on God’s path, and for the wayfarer ;—an ordinance this from God, for God is knowing, wise. And of them are some who.are by the ears® with the prophet, and say, ‘ He is alkear.’ Say, ‘An ear of good for you!’ he believes in God, and believes in those who do believe, and is a mercy unto such of you as believe; but those who are by the ears with the Apostle of God, for them is grievous woe! 1 Le. in collecting or distributing them. 2 Reconciled, that is, to Islam. * That is, reproach or quarrel with the prophet; I have used the old fashion English expression in order to preserve the pun upon the word ear which exists in the original. 182 THE QUR'AN. IX, 63-70. They swear by God to please you; but God and His Apostle are more worthy for them to please if they be believers. Do they not know that whoso setteth himself against God and His Apostle, for him is the fire of hell, to dwell therein for aye? and that is mighty shame! [65] The hypocrites are cautious lest there be revealed against them a sfrah? to inform them of what is in their hearts; say, ‘Mock ye! verily, God will bring forth that of which ye are so cautious!’ But if thou shouldst ask them, they will say, ‘We did but discuss and jest;’ say, ‘Was it at God and His signs, and His Apostle, that ye mocked ?’ Make no excuse! Ye have misbelieved after your faith ; if we forgive one sect of you, we will torment another sect, for that they sinned!
2Ye have misbelieved after your faith ; if we forgive one sect of you, we will torment another sect, for that they sinned! The hypocrites, men and women, some of them follow others, bidding what is wrong and forbidding what is right, and they clench their hands» They forget God and He forgets them! Verily, the hypocrites, they are the doers of abomination! God has promised unto the hypocrites, men and women, and unto the misbelievers, hell-fire, to dwell therein for aye; it is enough for them! God shall curse them, and theirs shall be. enduring woe. [7o] Ye are like those who were before you. They were stronger than you and more abundant in wealth and children; they enjoyed their portion then, and ye enjoy your portion, as they enjoyed their portion before you; and ye discuss as they 1 Chapter of the Qur’4n. 2 T.e. are niggardly and refuse to give alms. IX, 70-7g. THE CHAPTER OF REPENTANCE. 183 discussed. Their works are vain in this world and the next, and they it is who lose. Did there not come to them the declaration of those who were before them ? of the people of Noah and ‘Ad and Tham(d, and of the people of Abraham, and the people of Midian ? and of the overturned (cities)? Their apostles came to them with manifest signs ; for God would not wrong them, but it was themselves they wronged. And the believers, men and women, are some the patrons of others; they bid what is reasonable, and forbid what is wrong, and are steadfast in prayer, and give alms, and obey God and His Apostle. On these will God have mercy; verily, God is mighty, wise! God has promised to believers, men and women, gardens beneath which rivers flow, to dwell therein for aye; and goodly places in the garden of Eden, But good-will from God is the greatest of all! that is the mighty happiness! O thou prophet! strive strenuously against the misbelievers and the hypocrites, and be stern against them; for their resort is hell, and an ill journey shall it be. [75] They swear by God they did not speak it, but they did speak the word of misbelief; and they _disbelieved after they had embraced Islam, and they designed what they could not attain; and they only disapproved it because God and His Apostle had enriched them of His grace *. If they turn again tis 1 Sodom and Gomorrah. * A plot had been set afoot at Medinah to kill Mohammed, and was only abandoned because of the increased trade and prosperity which Mohammed’s residence then brought. 184 THE QuR’AN. IX, 75-82. better for them; but if they turn their backs, God will torment them with mighty woe in this world and in the next, nor shall they have upon the earth. a patron or protector.
3184 THE QuR’AN. IX, 75-82. better for them; but if they turn their backs, God will torment them with mighty woe in this world and in the next, nor shall they have upon the earth. a patron or protector. And of them are some who make a treaty with God, that ‘If He bring us of His grace, we will give alms and we will surely be among the righteous.’ But when He gave them of His grace they were niggardly thereof, and turned their backs and swerved aside. So He caused hypocrisy to pursue them in their hearts unto the day when they shall meet Him,—for that they did fail God in what they promised Him, and for that they were liars ! Do they not know that God knows their secrets and their whisperings, and that God knows the unseen things ? [80] Those who defame such of the believers as willingly give their alms, and such. as can find nothing to give but their exertions, and who mock at them,—God will mock at them, and for them is grievous woe! Ask forgiveness for them or ask not forgiveness for them! if they shouldst ask forgiveness for them seventy times, yet would not God forgive them ; that is because they disbelieved in God and His Apostle, for God guides not a people who work abomination. ‘Those who were left behind? rejoiced in staying behind the Apostle of God, and were averse from fighting strenuously with their wealth and _ their persons in God’s way, and said, ‘March not forth in the heat. Say, ‘The fire of hell is hotter still, . * At the battle of Tabdk. IX, 82-91. THE CHAPTER OF REPENTANCE. 185 if ye could but discern!’ Let them then laugh little, and let them weep much, as a recompense for that which they have earned! But if God bring thee back to a sect of them, and they ask thee then for leave to sally forth; say, ‘Ye shall by no means ever sally forth with me, nor shall ye ever fight a foe with me! verily, ye were content to sit at home the first time, sit ye then now with those who stay behind.’ [85] Pray not for any one of them who dies, and stand not by his tomb; verily, they disbelieved in God and His Apostle and died workers of abomination! Let not their wealth and their children please you, God only wishes to torment them therewith in this world, and that their souls may pass away the while they misbelieve. _ Whenever a sfirah is sent down to them, ‘ Believe ye in God, and fight strenuously together with His Apostle, those of them who have the means will ask thee for leave to stay at home and say, ‘Let us be amongst those who stay behind.’ They are content to be with those who are left behind. A stamp is set upon their hearts that they should not discern. But the Apostle and those who believe with him are strenuous with their wealth and with their persons; these shall have good things, and these it is shall prosper. [90] God has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flow, to dwell therein for aye; that is the mighty happiness!
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.
1Say, ‘Expend ye in alms, whether ye will or no, it shall not be accepted from you; verily, ye are a people who do work abomination.’ But nought hinders their alms-giving from being accepted save that they misbelieve in God and His Apostle, and perform not prayer save lazily, and expend not in alms save reluctantly, 1 That is, excuse me from the fighting in the cause of religion. 7 Te victory or martyrdom. IX, 55-62. THE CHAPTER OF REPENTANCE. 181 [55] Let not their wealth please you nor their children, God only wishes to torment them therewith in the life of this world, and that their souls may pass away while still they misbelieve. They swear by God that, verily, they are of you; but they are not of you, and they are a people who do stand aside in fear. Could they but have found a refuge, or some caves, or a place in which to creep, they would have turned round in haste thereto. Of them are some who defame thee, with respect to alms; though if they are given a part thereof, they are content; and if they are not given a part thereof, then are they in a rage. Would that they were content with what God and His Apostle had brought them, and would say, ‘God is enough for us! God will bring us of His. grace, and so will His Apostle; verily, unto God is our desire!’ [60] Alms are only for the poor and needy, and those who work for them’, and those whose hearts are reconciled, and those in captivity, and those in debt, and those who are on God’s path, and for the wayfarer ;—an ordinance this from God, for God is knowing, wise. And of them are some who.are by the ears® with the prophet, and say, ‘ He is alkear.’ Say, ‘An ear of good for you!’ he believes in God, and believes in those who do believe, and is a mercy unto such of you as believe; but those who are by the ears with the Apostle of God, for them is grievous woe! 1 Le. in collecting or distributing them. 2 Reconciled, that is, to Islam. * That is, reproach or quarrel with the prophet; I have used the old fashion English expression in order to preserve the pun upon the word ear which exists in the original. 182 THE QUR'AN. IX, 63-70. They swear by God to please you; but God and His Apostle are more worthy for them to please if they be believers. Do they not know that whoso setteth himself against God and His Apostle, for him is the fire of hell, to dwell therein for aye? and that is mighty shame! [65] The hypocrites are cautious lest there be revealed against them a sfrah? to inform them of what is in their hearts; say, ‘Mock ye! verily, God will bring forth that of which ye are so cautious!’ But if thou shouldst ask them, they will say, ‘We did but discuss and jest;’ say, ‘Was it at God and His signs, and His Apostle, that ye mocked ?’ Make no excuse! Ye have misbelieved after your faith ; if we forgive one sect of you, we will torment another sect, for that they sinned!
2Ye have misbelieved after your faith ; if we forgive one sect of you, we will torment another sect, for that they sinned! The hypocrites, men and women, some of them follow others, bidding what is wrong and forbidding what is right, and they clench their hands» They forget God and He forgets them! Verily, the hypocrites, they are the doers of abomination! God has promised unto the hypocrites, men and women, and unto the misbelievers, hell-fire, to dwell therein for aye; it is enough for them! God shall curse them, and theirs shall be. enduring woe. [7o] Ye are like those who were before you. They were stronger than you and more abundant in wealth and children; they enjoyed their portion then, and ye enjoy your portion, as they enjoyed their portion before you; and ye discuss as they 1 Chapter of the Qur’4n. 2 T.e. are niggardly and refuse to give alms. IX, 70-7g. THE CHAPTER OF REPENTANCE. 183 discussed. Their works are vain in this world and the next, and they it is who lose. Did there not come to them the declaration of those who were before them ? of the people of Noah and ‘Ad and Tham(d, and of the people of Abraham, and the people of Midian ? and of the overturned (cities)? Their apostles came to them with manifest signs ; for God would not wrong them, but it was themselves they wronged. And the believers, men and women, are some the patrons of others; they bid what is reasonable, and forbid what is wrong, and are steadfast in prayer, and give alms, and obey God and His Apostle. On these will God have mercy; verily, God is mighty, wise! God has promised to believers, men and women, gardens beneath which rivers flow, to dwell therein for aye; and goodly places in the garden of Eden, But good-will from God is the greatest of all! that is the mighty happiness! O thou prophet! strive strenuously against the misbelievers and the hypocrites, and be stern against them; for their resort is hell, and an ill journey shall it be. [75] They swear by God they did not speak it, but they did speak the word of misbelief; and they _disbelieved after they had embraced Islam, and they designed what they could not attain; and they only disapproved it because God and His Apostle had enriched them of His grace *. If they turn again tis 1 Sodom and Gomorrah. * A plot had been set afoot at Medinah to kill Mohammed, and was only abandoned because of the increased trade and prosperity which Mohammed’s residence then brought. 184 THE QuR’AN. IX, 75-82. better for them; but if they turn their backs, God will torment them with mighty woe in this world and in the next, nor shall they have upon the earth. a patron or protector.
3184 THE QuR’AN. IX, 75-82. better for them; but if they turn their backs, God will torment them with mighty woe in this world and in the next, nor shall they have upon the earth. a patron or protector. And of them are some who make a treaty with God, that ‘If He bring us of His grace, we will give alms and we will surely be among the righteous.’ But when He gave them of His grace they were niggardly thereof, and turned their backs and swerved aside. So He caused hypocrisy to pursue them in their hearts unto the day when they shall meet Him,—for that they did fail God in what they promised Him, and for that they were liars ! Do they not know that God knows their secrets and their whisperings, and that God knows the unseen things ? [80] Those who defame such of the believers as willingly give their alms, and such. as can find nothing to give but their exertions, and who mock at them,—God will mock at them, and for them is grievous woe! Ask forgiveness for them or ask not forgiveness for them! if they shouldst ask forgiveness for them seventy times, yet would not God forgive them ; that is because they disbelieved in God and His Apostle, for God guides not a people who work abomination. ‘Those who were left behind? rejoiced in staying behind the Apostle of God, and were averse from fighting strenuously with their wealth and _ their persons in God’s way, and said, ‘March not forth in the heat. Say, ‘The fire of hell is hotter still, . * At the battle of Tabdk. IX, 82-91. THE CHAPTER OF REPENTANCE. 185 if ye could but discern!’ Let them then laugh little, and let them weep much, as a recompense for that which they have earned! But if God bring thee back to a sect of them, and they ask thee then for leave to sally forth; say, ‘Ye shall by no means ever sally forth with me, nor shall ye ever fight a foe with me! verily, ye were content to sit at home the first time, sit ye then now with those who stay behind.’ [85] Pray not for any one of them who dies, and stand not by his tomb; verily, they disbelieved in God and His Apostle and died workers of abomination! Let not their wealth and their children please you, God only wishes to torment them therewith in this world, and that their souls may pass away the while they misbelieve. _ Whenever a sfirah is sent down to them, ‘ Believe ye in God, and fight strenuously together with His Apostle, those of them who have the means will ask thee for leave to stay at home and say, ‘Let us be amongst those who stay behind.’ They are content to be with those who are left behind. A stamp is set upon their hearts that they should not discern. But the Apostle and those who believe with him are strenuous with their wealth and with their persons; these shall have good things, and these it is shall prosper. [90] God has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flow, to dwell therein for aye; that is the mighty happiness!
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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