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1And 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. O ye apostles! eat of the good things and do right ; verily, what ye do I know! And, verily, this nation! of yours is one nation, and I am your Lord; so fear me. [55] And they have become divided as to their affair amongst themselves into sects?, each party 1 Or, ‘religion.’ 2 Literally, ‘into Scriptures,’ i.e. into sects, each appealing to a particular book. XXIII, 55-73. THE CHAPTER OF BELIEVERS. 69 rejoicing in what they have themselves. So leave them in their flood (of error) for a time. Do they reckon that that of which we grant them such an extent, of wealth and children, we hasten to them as good things—nay, but they do not perceive! Verily, those who shrink with terror at their Lord, [60] and those who in the signs of their Lord believe, and those who with their Lord join none, and those who give what they do give while their hearts are afraid that they unto their Lord will return,—these hasten to good things and are first to gain the same. But we will not oblige a soul beyond its capacity; for with us is a book that utters the truth, and they shall not be wronged. [65] Nay, their hearts are in a flood (of error) at this, and they have works beside this which they do?. Until we catch the affluent ones amongst them with the torment; then lo! they cry for aid. Cry not for aid to-day! verily, against us ye will not be helped. My signs were recited to you, but upon your heels did ye turn back, big with pride at it 2, in vain discourse by night. [70] Is it that they did not ponder over the words, whether that has come to them which came not to their fathers of yore? Or did they not know their apostle, that they thus deny him? Or do they say, ‘He is possessed by a ginn?’ Nay, he came to them with the truth, and most of them are averse from the truth. But if the truth were to follow their lusts, the 1 T.e, their works are far different to the good works just described. 2 At their possession of the Kaabah. The Qurdis are meant. 70 THE QUR'AN. XXIII, 73-86. heavens and the earth would be corrupted with all who in them are!—Nay, we brought them their reminder, but they from their reminder turn aside. Or dost thou ask them for a tribute? but the tribute of thy Lord is better, for He is the best of those who provide. [75] And, verily, thou dost call them to a right way ; but, verily, those who believe not in the hereafter from the way do veer. But if we had mercy on them, and removed the distress! they have, they would persist in their rebellion, blindly wandering on! And we caught them with the torment’, but they did not abase themselves before their Lord, nor did they humble themselves; until we opened for them a door with grievous torment, then lo! they are in despair.
2they have, they would persist in their rebellion, blindly wandering on! And we caught them with the torment’, but they did not abase themselves before their Lord, nor did they humble themselves; until we opened for them a door with grievous torment, then lo! they are in despair. [80] He it is who produced for you hearing, and sight, and minds,—little is it that ye thank. And He it is who created you in the earth, and unto Him shall ye be gathered. And He it is who gives you life and death; and His is the alternation of the night and the day ; have ye then no sense? Nay, but they said like that which those of yore did say. They said, ‘What! when we have become earth and bones, are we then going to be raised? [85] We have been promised this, and our fathers too, before ;—this is naught but old folks’ tales!’ Say, ‘Whose is the earth and those who are therein, if ye but know?’ ' The famine which the Meccans suffered; and which was attributed to Mohammed’s denunciations. ? Their defeat at Bedr. XXIII, 87-102. THE CHAPTER OF BELIEVERS. 71 They will say, ‘God’s.’ Say, ‘Do ye not then mind ?’ Say, ‘Who is Lord of the seven heavens, and Lord of the mighty throne?’ They will say, ‘God.’ Say, ‘Do ye not then fear ?’ [90] Say, ‘In whose hand is the dominion of everything ; He succours but is not succoured,—if ye did but know ?’ They will say, ‘God's.’ Say, ‘Then how can ye be so infatuated ?’ Nay, we have brought them the truth, but, verily, they are liars! - God never took a son, nor was there ever any god with Him ;—then each god would have gone off with what he had created, and some would have exalted themselves over others,—celebrated be His praises above what they attribute (to Him)! He who knows the unseen and the visible, exalted be He above what they join with Him! [95] Say, ‘My Lord! if Thou shouldst show me what they are threatened,—my Lord! then place me not amongst the unjust people.’ Repel evil by what is better’. We know best what they attribute (to thee). And say, ‘My Lord! I seek refuge in Thee from the incitings of the devils ; [100] and I seek refuge in Thee from their presence !’ Until when death comes to any one of them he says, ‘My Lord! send ye me back?, haply I may do right in that which I have left!’ 1 I.e. by doing good for evil, provided that the cause of Islam suffers nothing from it. 2 T.e. back to life. The plural is used ‘by way of respect,’ say the commentators. 72 THE QUR'AN. XXIII, 102-116. Not so!—a mere word he speaks!—but behind them is a bar until the day they shall be raised. oe And when the trumpet shall be blown, and there shall be no relation between them on that day, nor shall they beg of each other then!
372 THE QUR'AN. XXIII, 102-116. Not so!—a mere word he speaks!—but behind them is a bar until the day they shall be raised. oe And when the trumpet shall be blown, and there shall be no relation between them on that day, nor shall they beg of each other then! [105] And he whose scales are heavy,—they are the prosperous. But he whose scales are light, these are they who lose themselves, in hell to dwell for aye! The fire shall scorch their faces, and they shall curl their lips therein! ‘Were not my signs recited to you? and ye said that they were lies!’ They say, ‘Our Lord! our misery overcame us, and we were a people who did err! Our Lord! take us out therefrom, and if we return!, then shall we be as [110]"He will say, ‘Go ye away into it and speak not to me!’ Verily, there was a sect of my servants who said, ‘Our Lord! we believe, so pardon us, and have mercy upon us, for Thou art the best of the merciful ones.’ And ye took them for a jest until ye forgat my reminder and did laugh thereat. Verily, I have recompensed them this day for their patience; verily, they are happy now. > He will say, ‘How long a number of years did ye tarry on earth ?’ [115] They will say, ‘ We tarried a day or part of a day, but ask the Numberers®’ He will say, ‘Ye have only tarried a little, were ye but to know it. Did ye then reckon that we created you for sport, and that to us ye would not return?’ But exalted be God, the true; there is no god but He, the Lord of the noble throne! and 1 To our evil ways. ? That is, the recording angels. XXIII, 116-XXIV, 6. THE CHAPTER OF LIGHT. 73 whoso calls upon another god with God has no proof of it, but, verily, his account is with his Lord; verily, the misbelievers shall not prosper. And say, ‘Lord, pardon and be merciful, for Thou art the best of the merciful ones!’ Tue CHAPTER OF LIGHT. (XXIV. Medinah.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. - A chapter which we have sent down and determined, and have sent down therein manifest signs ; haply ye may be mindful. The whore and the whoremonger. Scourge each of them with a hundred stripes, and do not let pity for them take hold of you in God’s religion, if ye believe in God and the last day; and let a party of the believers witness their torment. And the whoremonger shall marry none but a whore or an idolatress; and the whore shall none marry but an adulterer or an idolater; God has prohibited this to the believers; but those who cast (imputations) on chaste women and then do not bring four witnesses, scourge them with eighty stripes, and do not receive any testimony of theirs ever, for these are the workers of abomination. [5] Except such as repent after that and act aright, for, verily, God is forgiving and compassionate. And those who cast (imputation) on their wives and have no witnesses except themselves, then the testimony of one of them shall be to testify four 74 THE QuR’AN. XXIV, 6-13.
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.
1And 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. O ye apostles! eat of the good things and do right ; verily, what ye do I know! And, verily, this nation! of yours is one nation, and I am your Lord; so fear me. [55] And they have become divided as to their affair amongst themselves into sects?, each party 1 Or, ‘religion.’ 2 Literally, ‘into Scriptures,’ i.e. into sects, each appealing to a particular book. XXIII, 55-73. THE CHAPTER OF BELIEVERS. 69 rejoicing in what they have themselves. So leave them in their flood (of error) for a time. Do they reckon that that of which we grant them such an extent, of wealth and children, we hasten to them as good things—nay, but they do not perceive! Verily, those who shrink with terror at their Lord, [60] and those who in the signs of their Lord believe, and those who with their Lord join none, and those who give what they do give while their hearts are afraid that they unto their Lord will return,—these hasten to good things and are first to gain the same. But we will not oblige a soul beyond its capacity; for with us is a book that utters the truth, and they shall not be wronged. [65] Nay, their hearts are in a flood (of error) at this, and they have works beside this which they do?. Until we catch the affluent ones amongst them with the torment; then lo! they cry for aid. Cry not for aid to-day! verily, against us ye will not be helped. My signs were recited to you, but upon your heels did ye turn back, big with pride at it 2, in vain discourse by night. [70] Is it that they did not ponder over the words, whether that has come to them which came not to their fathers of yore? Or did they not know their apostle, that they thus deny him? Or do they say, ‘He is possessed by a ginn?’ Nay, he came to them with the truth, and most of them are averse from the truth. But if the truth were to follow their lusts, the 1 T.e, their works are far different to the good works just described. 2 At their possession of the Kaabah. The Qurdis are meant. 70 THE QUR'AN. XXIII, 73-86. heavens and the earth would be corrupted with all who in them are!—Nay, we brought them their reminder, but they from their reminder turn aside. Or dost thou ask them for a tribute? but the tribute of thy Lord is better, for He is the best of those who provide. [75] And, verily, thou dost call them to a right way ; but, verily, those who believe not in the hereafter from the way do veer. But if we had mercy on them, and removed the distress! they have, they would persist in their rebellion, blindly wandering on! And we caught them with the torment’, but they did not abase themselves before their Lord, nor did they humble themselves; until we opened for them a door with grievous torment, then lo! they are in despair.
2they have, they would persist in their rebellion, blindly wandering on! And we caught them with the torment’, but they did not abase themselves before their Lord, nor did they humble themselves; until we opened for them a door with grievous torment, then lo! they are in despair. [80] He it is who produced for you hearing, and sight, and minds,—little is it that ye thank. And He it is who created you in the earth, and unto Him shall ye be gathered. And He it is who gives you life and death; and His is the alternation of the night and the day ; have ye then no sense? Nay, but they said like that which those of yore did say. They said, ‘What! when we have become earth and bones, are we then going to be raised? [85] We have been promised this, and our fathers too, before ;—this is naught but old folks’ tales!’ Say, ‘Whose is the earth and those who are therein, if ye but know?’ ' The famine which the Meccans suffered; and which was attributed to Mohammed’s denunciations. ? Their defeat at Bedr. XXIII, 87-102. THE CHAPTER OF BELIEVERS. 71 They will say, ‘God’s.’ Say, ‘Do ye not then mind ?’ Say, ‘Who is Lord of the seven heavens, and Lord of the mighty throne?’ They will say, ‘God.’ Say, ‘Do ye not then fear ?’ [90] Say, ‘In whose hand is the dominion of everything ; He succours but is not succoured,—if ye did but know ?’ They will say, ‘God's.’ Say, ‘Then how can ye be so infatuated ?’ Nay, we have brought them the truth, but, verily, they are liars! - God never took a son, nor was there ever any god with Him ;—then each god would have gone off with what he had created, and some would have exalted themselves over others,—celebrated be His praises above what they attribute (to Him)! He who knows the unseen and the visible, exalted be He above what they join with Him! [95] Say, ‘My Lord! if Thou shouldst show me what they are threatened,—my Lord! then place me not amongst the unjust people.’ Repel evil by what is better’. We know best what they attribute (to thee). And say, ‘My Lord! I seek refuge in Thee from the incitings of the devils ; [100] and I seek refuge in Thee from their presence !’ Until when death comes to any one of them he says, ‘My Lord! send ye me back?, haply I may do right in that which I have left!’ 1 I.e. by doing good for evil, provided that the cause of Islam suffers nothing from it. 2 T.e. back to life. The plural is used ‘by way of respect,’ say the commentators. 72 THE QUR'AN. XXIII, 102-116. Not so!—a mere word he speaks!—but behind them is a bar until the day they shall be raised. oe And when the trumpet shall be blown, and there shall be no relation between them on that day, nor shall they beg of each other then!
372 THE QUR'AN. XXIII, 102-116. Not so!—a mere word he speaks!—but behind them is a bar until the day they shall be raised. oe And when the trumpet shall be blown, and there shall be no relation between them on that day, nor shall they beg of each other then! [105] And he whose scales are heavy,—they are the prosperous. But he whose scales are light, these are they who lose themselves, in hell to dwell for aye! The fire shall scorch their faces, and they shall curl their lips therein! ‘Were not my signs recited to you? and ye said that they were lies!’ They say, ‘Our Lord! our misery overcame us, and we were a people who did err! Our Lord! take us out therefrom, and if we return!, then shall we be as [110]"He will say, ‘Go ye away into it and speak not to me!’ Verily, there was a sect of my servants who said, ‘Our Lord! we believe, so pardon us, and have mercy upon us, for Thou art the best of the merciful ones.’ And ye took them for a jest until ye forgat my reminder and did laugh thereat. Verily, I have recompensed them this day for their patience; verily, they are happy now. > He will say, ‘How long a number of years did ye tarry on earth ?’ [115] They will say, ‘ We tarried a day or part of a day, but ask the Numberers®’ He will say, ‘Ye have only tarried a little, were ye but to know it. Did ye then reckon that we created you for sport, and that to us ye would not return?’ But exalted be God, the true; there is no god but He, the Lord of the noble throne! and 1 To our evil ways. ? That is, the recording angels. XXIII, 116-XXIV, 6. THE CHAPTER OF LIGHT. 73 whoso calls upon another god with God has no proof of it, but, verily, his account is with his Lord; verily, the misbelievers shall not prosper. And say, ‘Lord, pardon and be merciful, for Thou art the best of the merciful ones!’ Tue CHAPTER OF LIGHT. (XXIV. Medinah.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. - A chapter which we have sent down and determined, and have sent down therein manifest signs ; haply ye may be mindful. The whore and the whoremonger. Scourge each of them with a hundred stripes, and do not let pity for them take hold of you in God’s religion, if ye believe in God and the last day; and let a party of the believers witness their torment. And the whoremonger shall marry none but a whore or an idolatress; and the whore shall none marry but an adulterer or an idolater; God has prohibited this to the believers; but those who cast (imputations) on chaste women and then do not bring four witnesses, scourge them with eighty stripes, and do not receive any testimony of theirs ever, for these are the workers of abomination. [5] Except such as repent after that and act aright, for, verily, God is forgiving and compassionate. And those who cast (imputation) on their wives and have no witnesses except themselves, then the testimony of one of them shall be to testify four 74 THE QuR’AN. XXIV, 6-13.
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