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1He shall surely make them enter by an entrance that they like ; for, verily, God is knowing, clement. That (is so). Whoever punishes with the like of what he has been injured with, and shall then be outraged again, God shall surely help him; verily, God pardons, forgives. [60] That for that God joins on the night to the day, and joins on the day to the night, and that God is hearing, seeing; that is for that God is the truth, and for that what ye call on beside Him is falsehood, and that God is the high, the great. Hast thou not seen that God sends down from the sky water, and on the morrow the earth is green? verily, God is kind and well aware. His is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth ; and, verily, God is rich and to be praised. Hast thou not seen that God has subjected for you what is in the earth, and the ship that runs on in the sea at His bidding, and He holds back the sky from falling on the earth save at His bidding !? verily, God to men is gracious, merciful. [65] He it is who quickens you, then makes you 1 As it will do at the last day. The words of the text might also be rendered ‘withholds the rain,’ though the commentators do not seem to notice this sense. 64 THE QuR’AN. ' XXII, 6g-78. die, then will He quicken you again—verily, man is indeed ungrateful. For every nation have we made rites which they observe ; let them not then dispute about the matter, but call upon thy Lord; verily, thou art surely in a right guidance ! But if they wrangle with thee, say, ‘God best knows what ye do.’ God shall judge between them on the resurrection day concerning that whereon they disagreed. Didst thou not know that God knows what is in the heavens and the earth? verily, that is in a book ; verily, that for God is easy. [70] And they serve beside God what He has sent down no power for, and what they have no knowledge of; but the wrong-doers shall have none to help them. When our signs are read to them manifest, thou mayest recognise in the faces of those who misbelieve disdain; they well-nigh rush at those who recite to them our signs. Say, ‘Shall I inform you of something worse than that for you, the Fire which God has promised to those who misbelieve ? an evil journey shall it be!’ ~ O ye folk! a parable is struck out for you, so listen to it. Verily, those on whom ye call beside God could never create a fly if they all united together to do it, and if the fly should despoil them of aught they could not snatch it away from it—weak is both the seeker and the sought. They do not value God at His true value; verily, God is powerful, mighty. God chooses apostles of the angels and of men; verily, God hears and sees. [75] He knows what is XXII, 7g-XXIII, 14. THE CHAPTER OF BELIEVERS. 65 before them and what is behind them; and unto God affairs return.
2They do not value God at His true value; verily, God is powerful, mighty. God chooses apostles of the angels and of men; verily, God hears and sees. [75] He knows what is XXII, 7g-XXIII, 14. THE CHAPTER OF BELIEVERS. 65 before them and what is behind them; and unto God affairs return. O ye who believe! bow down and adore, and serve your Lord, and do well, haply ye may prosper ; and fight strenuously for God, as is His due. He has elected you, and has not put upon you any hindrance by your religion—the faith of your father Abraham. He has named you Muslims before and in this (book), that the Apostle may be a witness against you, and that ye may be witnesses against men. Be ye then steadfast in prayer, and give alms, and hold fast by God; He is your sovereign, and an excellent sovereign, and an excellent help! Tue CHAPTER OF BELIEVERS. (XXIII. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. Prosperous are the believers who in their prayers are humble, and who from vain talk turn aside, and who in almsgiving are active. [5] And who guard their private parts—except for their wives or what their right hands possess for then, verily, they are not to be blamed ;—but whoso craves aught beyond that, they are the transgressors—and who observe their trusts and covenants, and who guard well their prayers: [10] these are the heirs who shall inherit Paradise ; they shall dwell therein for aye! We have created man from an extract of clay; _ then we made him a clot in a sure depository; then [9] F 66 THE Qur’AN. XXIM, 14-27. we created the clot congealed blood, and we created the congealed blood a morsel; then we created the morsel bone, and we clothed the bone with flesh ; then we produced it another creation; and blessed be God, the best of creators !! [15] Then shall ye after that surely die; then shall ye on the day of resurrection be raise And we have created above you seven roads?; nor are we heedless of the creation. And we send down from the heaven water by measure, and we make it rest in the earth; but, verily, we are able to take it away; and we produce for you thereby gardens of palms and grapes wherein ye have many fruits, and whence ye eat. [20] And a tree growing out of Mount Sinai which produces oil, and a condiment for those who eat. And, verily, ye have a lesson in the cattle; we give you to drink of what is in their bellies; and ye have therein many advantages, and of them ye eat, and on them and on ships ye are borne! We sent Noah unto his people, and he said, ‘O my people! worship God, ye have no god but Him ; do ye then not fear ?’ Said the chiefs of those who misbelieved among his people, ‘This is nothing but a mortal like yourselves who wishes to. have preference over you, and had God pleased He would have sent angels ; we have not heard of this amongst our fathers of yore: [25] he is nothing but a man possessed; let him bide then for a season.’ | Said he, ‘ Help me, for they call me liar!’
3have preference over you, and had God pleased He would have sent angels ; we have not heard of this amongst our fathers of yore: [25] he is nothing but a man possessed; let him bide then for a season.’ | Said he, ‘ Help me, for they call me liar!’ And we inspired him, ‘Make the ark under 1 See Part IJ, p. 126, note 2. 4 That is, ‘seven heavens.’ XXIII, 27-43. THE CHAPTER OF BELIEVERS. 67 our eyes and inspiration ; and when the oven boils over, conduct into it of every kind two, with thy family, except him of them against whom the word has passed; and do not address me for those who do wrong, verily, they are to be drowned ! ‘But when thou art settled, thou and those with thee in the ark, say, “ Praise belongs to God, who saved us from the unjust people!” [30] ‘And say, “My Lord! make me to alight in a blessed alighting-place, for Thou art the best of those who cause men to alight!”’ Verily, in that is a sign, and, verily, we were trying them. Then we raised up after them another generation ; and we sent amongst them a prophet of themselves (saying), ‘Serve God, ye have no god but He; will ye then not fear ?’ Said the chiefs of his people who misbelieved, and called the meeting of the last day a lie, and to whom we gave enjoyment in the life of this world, ‘This is only a mortal like yourselves, who eats of what ye eat, [35] and drinks of what ye drink; and if ye obey a mortal like yourselves, verily, ye will then be surely losers! Does he promise you that when ye are dead, and have become dust and bones, that then ye will be brought forth? ‘Away, away with what ye are threatened,—there is only our life in the world! We die and we live, and we shall not be raised! [40] He is only a man who forges against God a lie. And we believe not in him!’ Said he, ‘My Lord! help me, for they call me liar!’ He said, ‘Within a little they will surely awake repenting!’ And the noise seized them deservedly; and we F 2 68 THE Qur’AN. XXIII, 43-38. made them as rubbish borne by a torrent; so, away with the unjust people ! Then we raised up after them other generations. [45] No nation can anticipate its appointed time, nor keep it back. Then we sent our apostles one after another. Whenever its apostle came to any nation they called him a liar; and we made some to follow others ; and we made them legends; away then with a people who do not believe ! Then we sent Moses and his brother Aaron with our signs, and with plain authority to Pharaoh and his chiefs, but they were too big with pride, and were a haughty people. And they said, ‘Shall we believe two mortals like ourselves, when their people are servants of ours ?’ _ [50] So they called them liars, and were of those who perished. And we gave Moses the Book, that haply they might be guided. And we made the son of Mary and his mother a sign; and we lodged them both on a high place, furnished with security and a spring.
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.
1He shall surely make them enter by an entrance that they like ; for, verily, God is knowing, clement. That (is so). Whoever punishes with the like of what he has been injured with, and shall then be outraged again, God shall surely help him; verily, God pardons, forgives. [60] That for that God joins on the night to the day, and joins on the day to the night, and that God is hearing, seeing; that is for that God is the truth, and for that what ye call on beside Him is falsehood, and that God is the high, the great. Hast thou not seen that God sends down from the sky water, and on the morrow the earth is green? verily, God is kind and well aware. His is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth ; and, verily, God is rich and to be praised. Hast thou not seen that God has subjected for you what is in the earth, and the ship that runs on in the sea at His bidding, and He holds back the sky from falling on the earth save at His bidding !? verily, God to men is gracious, merciful. [65] He it is who quickens you, then makes you 1 As it will do at the last day. The words of the text might also be rendered ‘withholds the rain,’ though the commentators do not seem to notice this sense. 64 THE QuR’AN. ' XXII, 6g-78. die, then will He quicken you again—verily, man is indeed ungrateful. For every nation have we made rites which they observe ; let them not then dispute about the matter, but call upon thy Lord; verily, thou art surely in a right guidance ! But if they wrangle with thee, say, ‘God best knows what ye do.’ God shall judge between them on the resurrection day concerning that whereon they disagreed. Didst thou not know that God knows what is in the heavens and the earth? verily, that is in a book ; verily, that for God is easy. [70] And they serve beside God what He has sent down no power for, and what they have no knowledge of; but the wrong-doers shall have none to help them. When our signs are read to them manifest, thou mayest recognise in the faces of those who misbelieve disdain; they well-nigh rush at those who recite to them our signs. Say, ‘Shall I inform you of something worse than that for you, the Fire which God has promised to those who misbelieve ? an evil journey shall it be!’ ~ O ye folk! a parable is struck out for you, so listen to it. Verily, those on whom ye call beside God could never create a fly if they all united together to do it, and if the fly should despoil them of aught they could not snatch it away from it—weak is both the seeker and the sought. They do not value God at His true value; verily, God is powerful, mighty. God chooses apostles of the angels and of men; verily, God hears and sees. [75] He knows what is XXII, 7g-XXIII, 14. THE CHAPTER OF BELIEVERS. 65 before them and what is behind them; and unto God affairs return.
2They do not value God at His true value; verily, God is powerful, mighty. God chooses apostles of the angels and of men; verily, God hears and sees. [75] He knows what is XXII, 7g-XXIII, 14. THE CHAPTER OF BELIEVERS. 65 before them and what is behind them; and unto God affairs return. O ye who believe! bow down and adore, and serve your Lord, and do well, haply ye may prosper ; and fight strenuously for God, as is His due. He has elected you, and has not put upon you any hindrance by your religion—the faith of your father Abraham. He has named you Muslims before and in this (book), that the Apostle may be a witness against you, and that ye may be witnesses against men. Be ye then steadfast in prayer, and give alms, and hold fast by God; He is your sovereign, and an excellent sovereign, and an excellent help! Tue CHAPTER OF BELIEVERS. (XXIII. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. Prosperous are the believers who in their prayers are humble, and who from vain talk turn aside, and who in almsgiving are active. [5] And who guard their private parts—except for their wives or what their right hands possess for then, verily, they are not to be blamed ;—but whoso craves aught beyond that, they are the transgressors—and who observe their trusts and covenants, and who guard well their prayers: [10] these are the heirs who shall inherit Paradise ; they shall dwell therein for aye! We have created man from an extract of clay; _ then we made him a clot in a sure depository; then [9] F 66 THE Qur’AN. XXIM, 14-27. we created the clot congealed blood, and we created the congealed blood a morsel; then we created the morsel bone, and we clothed the bone with flesh ; then we produced it another creation; and blessed be God, the best of creators !! [15] Then shall ye after that surely die; then shall ye on the day of resurrection be raise And we have created above you seven roads?; nor are we heedless of the creation. And we send down from the heaven water by measure, and we make it rest in the earth; but, verily, we are able to take it away; and we produce for you thereby gardens of palms and grapes wherein ye have many fruits, and whence ye eat. [20] And a tree growing out of Mount Sinai which produces oil, and a condiment for those who eat. And, verily, ye have a lesson in the cattle; we give you to drink of what is in their bellies; and ye have therein many advantages, and of them ye eat, and on them and on ships ye are borne! We sent Noah unto his people, and he said, ‘O my people! worship God, ye have no god but Him ; do ye then not fear ?’ Said the chiefs of those who misbelieved among his people, ‘This is nothing but a mortal like yourselves who wishes to. have preference over you, and had God pleased He would have sent angels ; we have not heard of this amongst our fathers of yore: [25] he is nothing but a man possessed; let him bide then for a season.’ | Said he, ‘ Help me, for they call me liar!’
3have preference over you, and had God pleased He would have sent angels ; we have not heard of this amongst our fathers of yore: [25] he is nothing but a man possessed; let him bide then for a season.’ | Said he, ‘ Help me, for they call me liar!’ And we inspired him, ‘Make the ark under 1 See Part IJ, p. 126, note 2. 4 That is, ‘seven heavens.’ XXIII, 27-43. THE CHAPTER OF BELIEVERS. 67 our eyes and inspiration ; and when the oven boils over, conduct into it of every kind two, with thy family, except him of them against whom the word has passed; and do not address me for those who do wrong, verily, they are to be drowned ! ‘But when thou art settled, thou and those with thee in the ark, say, “ Praise belongs to God, who saved us from the unjust people!” [30] ‘And say, “My Lord! make me to alight in a blessed alighting-place, for Thou art the best of those who cause men to alight!”’ Verily, in that is a sign, and, verily, we were trying them. Then we raised up after them another generation ; and we sent amongst them a prophet of themselves (saying), ‘Serve God, ye have no god but He; will ye then not fear ?’ Said the chiefs of his people who misbelieved, and called the meeting of the last day a lie, and to whom we gave enjoyment in the life of this world, ‘This is only a mortal like yourselves, who eats of what ye eat, [35] and drinks of what ye drink; and if ye obey a mortal like yourselves, verily, ye will then be surely losers! Does he promise you that when ye are dead, and have become dust and bones, that then ye will be brought forth? ‘Away, away with what ye are threatened,—there is only our life in the world! We die and we live, and we shall not be raised! [40] He is only a man who forges against God a lie. And we believe not in him!’ Said he, ‘My Lord! help me, for they call me liar!’ He said, ‘Within a little they will surely awake repenting!’ And the noise seized them deservedly; and we F 2 68 THE Qur’AN. XXIII, 43-38. made them as rubbish borne by a torrent; so, away with the unjust people ! Then we raised up after them other generations. [45] No nation can anticipate its appointed time, nor keep it back. Then we sent our apostles one after another. Whenever its apostle came to any nation they called him a liar; and we made some to follow others ; and we made them legends; away then with a people who do not believe ! Then we sent Moses and his brother Aaron with our signs, and with plain authority to Pharaoh and his chiefs, but they were too big with pride, and were a haughty people. And they said, ‘Shall we believe two mortals like ourselves, when their people are servants of ours ?’ _ [50] So they called them liars, and were of those who perished. And we gave Moses the Book, that haply they might be guided. And we made the son of Mary and his mother a sign; and we lodged them both on a high place, furnished with security and a spring.
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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