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1But those who misbelieve, their works are like the mirage in a plain, the thirsty counts it water till when he comes to it he finds nothing, but he finds that God is with him; and He will pay him his account, for God is quick to take account. [40] Or like darkness on a deep sea, there covers it a wave above which is a wave, above which is a cloud,—darknesses one above the other,—when one puts out his hand he can scarcely see it; for he to whom God has given no light, he has no light. Mary, Part II, p. 29, both of whom, like Ayesha, were accused of incontinence, and miraculously proved innocent. XXIV, 41-49. THE CHAPTER OF LIGHT. 79 Hast thou not seen that God,—all who are in the heavens and the earth celebrate His praises, and the birds too spreading out their wings; each one knows its prayer and its praise, and God knows what they do? Hast thou not seen that God drives the clouds, and then re-unites them, and then accumulates them, and thou mayest see the rain coming forth from their midst; and He sends down from the sky mountains! with hail therein, and He makes it fall on whom He pleases, and He turns it from whom He pleases; the flashing of His lightning wellnigh goes off with their sight ? God interchanges the night and the day; verily, in that is a lesson to those endowed with sight. And God created every beast from water, and of them is one that walks upon its belly, and of them one that walks upon two feet, and of them one that walks -upon four. God creates what He pleases ; verily, God is mighty over all! [45] Now have we sent down manifest signs, and: God guides whom He pleases unto the right way. They will say, ‘We believe in God and in the Apostle, and we obey. Then a sect of them turned their backs after that, and they are not believers. And when they are called to God and His Apostle to judge between them, lo! a sect of them do turn aside. But had the right been on their side they would have come to him submissively enough. Is there a sickness in their hearts, or do they doubt, or do they fear lest God and His Apostle 1 I. e. masses of cloud as large as mountains. 80 THE QUR'AN, XXIV, 49-56. should deal unfairly by them ?—Nay, it is they who are unjust. [50] The speech of the believers, when they are called to God and His Apostle to judge between them, is only to say, ‘We hear and we obey;’ and these it is who are the prosperous, for whoso obeys God and His Apostle and dreads God and fears ‘Him, these it is who are the happy. They swear by God with their most strenuous oath that hadst Thou ordered them they would surely go forth. Say, ‘Do not swear—reasonable obedience!; verily, God knows what ye do.’ Say, ‘Obey God and obey the Apostle; but if ye turn your backs he has only his burden to bear, and ye have only your burden to bear. But if ye obey him, ye are guided; but the Apostle has only his plain message to deliver.’
2Say, ‘Do not swear—reasonable obedience!; verily, God knows what ye do.’ Say, ‘Obey God and obey the Apostle; but if ye turn your backs he has only his burden to bear, and ye have only your burden to bear. But if ye obey him, ye are guided; but the Apostle has only his plain message to deliver.’ God promises those of you who believe and do right that He will give them the succession in the earth as He gave the succession to those before them, and He will establish for them their religion which He has chosen for them, and to give them, after their fear, safety in exchange ;—they shall worship me, they shall not associate aught with me: but whoso disbelieves after that, those it is who are the sinners. [55] And be steadfast in prayer and give alms and obey the Apostle, haply ye may obtain mercy. Do not reckon that those who misbelieve can 1 The construction of the original is vague, and the commentators themselves make but little of it. The most approved rendering, however, seems to be either that obedience is the reasonable course to pursue, and not the mere swearing to obey. XXIV, 56-60. THE CHAPTER OF LIGHT. 81 frustrate (God) in the earth, for their resort is the Fire, and an ill journey shall it be. O ye who believe! let those whom your right hands possess, and those amongst you who have not reached puberty, ask leave of you three times: before the prayer of dawn, and when ye put off your clothes at noon, and after the evening prayer ; —three times of privacy for you?: there is no crime on either you or them after these while ye are continually going one about the other. Thus does God explain to you His signs, for God is knowing, wise. And when your children reach puberty let them ask leave as those before them asked leave. Thus does God explain to you His signs, for God is knowing, wise. And those women who have stopped (child-bearing), who do not hope for a match, it is no crime on thein that they put off their clothes so as not to display their ornaments; but that they abstain is better for them, for God both hears and knows. [60] There is no hindrance to the blind, and no hindrance to the lame, and no hindrance to the sick, and none upon yourselves that you eat from your houses, or the houses of your fathers, or the houses of your mothers, or the houses of your brothers, or the houses of your sisters, or the houses of your paternal uncles, or the houses of your paternal aunts, or the houses of your maternal uncles, .1 Ie. at the times when persons are undressed, namely, to rise in the morning, to sleep at noon, and to retire for the night, their attendants and children must not come in without -first asking permission. (9] G. 82 THE QUR'AN, XXIV, 60-64. or the houses of your maternal aunts, or what ye possess the keys of, or of your friend, there is no crime on you that ye eat all together or separately’.
3(9] G. 82 THE QUR'AN, XXIV, 60-64. or the houses of your maternal aunts, or what ye possess the keys of, or of your friend, there is no crime on you that ye eat all together or separately’. And when ye enter houses then greet each other with a salutation from God, blessed and good. Thus does God explain to you His signs, haply ye may understand. Only those are believers who believe in God and His Apostle, and when they are with Him upon public business go not away until they have asked his leave; verily, those who ask thy leave they it is who believe in God and His Apostle. But when they ask thy leave for any of their own concerns, then give leave to whomsoever thou wilt of them, and ask pardon for them of God; verily, God is forgiving and merciful. Make not the calling of the Apostle amongst yourselves like your calling one to the other? ; God knows those of you who withdraw themselves covertly. And let those who disobey his order beware lest there befall them some trial or there befall them grievous woe. Ay, God’s is what is in the heavens and the earth, He knows what ye are at; and the day ye shall be sent back to Him then He will inform you of what ye have done, for God all things doth know. 1 The Arabs in Mohammed’s time were superstitiously scrupulous about eating in any one’s house but their own. * That is, do not address the prophet without some respectful title. XXV, 1-9. THE CHAPTER OF THE DISCRIMINATION. 83 Tue CHAPTER OF THE DISCRIMIN cu "an0,D \ (XXV. Mecca.) LP eres In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. Blessed be He who sent down the Discrimination to His servant that he might be unto the world a warner; whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and who has not taken to Himself a son, and who has no partner in His kingdom, and created everything, and then decreed it determinately! And they take beside Him gods who create not aught, but are themselves created, and cannot control for themselves harm or profit, and cannot control death, or life, or resurrection. [5] And those who misbelieve say, ‘This is nothing but a lie which he has forged, and another people hath helped him at it;’ but they have wrought an injustice and a_ falsehood. And they say, ‘Old folks’ tales, which he has got written down while they are dictated to him morning and evening.’ Say, ‘He sent it down who knows the secret in ‘the heavens and the earth; verily, He is ever forgiving, merciful !’ And they say, ‘What ails this prophet that he eats food and walks in the markets ?—unless there be sent down to him an angel and be a warner with him.... Or there be thrown to him a treasury, 1 In Arabic Al Furq4n, which is one of the names of the Qur'an. G2 84 THE QUR'AN. XXV, 9-20. or he have a garden to eat therefrom....!’ and the unjust say, ‘ Ye only follow an infatuated man,’ [10] See how they strike out for thee parables, and err, and cannot find a way.
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 misbelieve, their works are like the mirage in a plain, the thirsty counts it water till when he comes to it he finds nothing, but he finds that God is with him; and He will pay him his account, for God is quick to take account. [40] Or like darkness on a deep sea, there covers it a wave above which is a wave, above which is a cloud,—darknesses one above the other,—when one puts out his hand he can scarcely see it; for he to whom God has given no light, he has no light. Mary, Part II, p. 29, both of whom, like Ayesha, were accused of incontinence, and miraculously proved innocent. XXIV, 41-49. THE CHAPTER OF LIGHT. 79 Hast thou not seen that God,—all who are in the heavens and the earth celebrate His praises, and the birds too spreading out their wings; each one knows its prayer and its praise, and God knows what they do? Hast thou not seen that God drives the clouds, and then re-unites them, and then accumulates them, and thou mayest see the rain coming forth from their midst; and He sends down from the sky mountains! with hail therein, and He makes it fall on whom He pleases, and He turns it from whom He pleases; the flashing of His lightning wellnigh goes off with their sight ? God interchanges the night and the day; verily, in that is a lesson to those endowed with sight. And God created every beast from water, and of them is one that walks upon its belly, and of them one that walks upon two feet, and of them one that walks -upon four. God creates what He pleases ; verily, God is mighty over all! [45] Now have we sent down manifest signs, and: God guides whom He pleases unto the right way. They will say, ‘We believe in God and in the Apostle, and we obey. Then a sect of them turned their backs after that, and they are not believers. And when they are called to God and His Apostle to judge between them, lo! a sect of them do turn aside. But had the right been on their side they would have come to him submissively enough. Is there a sickness in their hearts, or do they doubt, or do they fear lest God and His Apostle 1 I. e. masses of cloud as large as mountains. 80 THE QUR'AN, XXIV, 49-56. should deal unfairly by them ?—Nay, it is they who are unjust. [50] The speech of the believers, when they are called to God and His Apostle to judge between them, is only to say, ‘We hear and we obey;’ and these it is who are the prosperous, for whoso obeys God and His Apostle and dreads God and fears ‘Him, these it is who are the happy. They swear by God with their most strenuous oath that hadst Thou ordered them they would surely go forth. Say, ‘Do not swear—reasonable obedience!; verily, God knows what ye do.’ Say, ‘Obey God and obey the Apostle; but if ye turn your backs he has only his burden to bear, and ye have only your burden to bear. But if ye obey him, ye are guided; but the Apostle has only his plain message to deliver.’
2Say, ‘Do not swear—reasonable obedience!; verily, God knows what ye do.’ Say, ‘Obey God and obey the Apostle; but if ye turn your backs he has only his burden to bear, and ye have only your burden to bear. But if ye obey him, ye are guided; but the Apostle has only his plain message to deliver.’ God promises those of you who believe and do right that He will give them the succession in the earth as He gave the succession to those before them, and He will establish for them their religion which He has chosen for them, and to give them, after their fear, safety in exchange ;—they shall worship me, they shall not associate aught with me: but whoso disbelieves after that, those it is who are the sinners. [55] And be steadfast in prayer and give alms and obey the Apostle, haply ye may obtain mercy. Do not reckon that those who misbelieve can 1 The construction of the original is vague, and the commentators themselves make but little of it. The most approved rendering, however, seems to be either that obedience is the reasonable course to pursue, and not the mere swearing to obey. XXIV, 56-60. THE CHAPTER OF LIGHT. 81 frustrate (God) in the earth, for their resort is the Fire, and an ill journey shall it be. O ye who believe! let those whom your right hands possess, and those amongst you who have not reached puberty, ask leave of you three times: before the prayer of dawn, and when ye put off your clothes at noon, and after the evening prayer ; —three times of privacy for you?: there is no crime on either you or them after these while ye are continually going one about the other. Thus does God explain to you His signs, for God is knowing, wise. And when your children reach puberty let them ask leave as those before them asked leave. Thus does God explain to you His signs, for God is knowing, wise. And those women who have stopped (child-bearing), who do not hope for a match, it is no crime on thein that they put off their clothes so as not to display their ornaments; but that they abstain is better for them, for God both hears and knows. [60] There is no hindrance to the blind, and no hindrance to the lame, and no hindrance to the sick, and none upon yourselves that you eat from your houses, or the houses of your fathers, or the houses of your mothers, or the houses of your brothers, or the houses of your sisters, or the houses of your paternal uncles, or the houses of your paternal aunts, or the houses of your maternal uncles, .1 Ie. at the times when persons are undressed, namely, to rise in the morning, to sleep at noon, and to retire for the night, their attendants and children must not come in without -first asking permission. (9] G. 82 THE QUR'AN, XXIV, 60-64. or the houses of your maternal aunts, or what ye possess the keys of, or of your friend, there is no crime on you that ye eat all together or separately’.
3(9] G. 82 THE QUR'AN, XXIV, 60-64. or the houses of your maternal aunts, or what ye possess the keys of, or of your friend, there is no crime on you that ye eat all together or separately’. And when ye enter houses then greet each other with a salutation from God, blessed and good. Thus does God explain to you His signs, haply ye may understand. Only those are believers who believe in God and His Apostle, and when they are with Him upon public business go not away until they have asked his leave; verily, those who ask thy leave they it is who believe in God and His Apostle. But when they ask thy leave for any of their own concerns, then give leave to whomsoever thou wilt of them, and ask pardon for them of God; verily, God is forgiving and merciful. Make not the calling of the Apostle amongst yourselves like your calling one to the other? ; God knows those of you who withdraw themselves covertly. And let those who disobey his order beware lest there befall them some trial or there befall them grievous woe. Ay, God’s is what is in the heavens and the earth, He knows what ye are at; and the day ye shall be sent back to Him then He will inform you of what ye have done, for God all things doth know. 1 The Arabs in Mohammed’s time were superstitiously scrupulous about eating in any one’s house but their own. * That is, do not address the prophet without some respectful title. XXV, 1-9. THE CHAPTER OF THE DISCRIMINATION. 83 Tue CHAPTER OF THE DISCRIMIN cu "an0,D \ (XXV. Mecca.) LP eres In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. Blessed be He who sent down the Discrimination to His servant that he might be unto the world a warner; whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and who has not taken to Himself a son, and who has no partner in His kingdom, and created everything, and then decreed it determinately! And they take beside Him gods who create not aught, but are themselves created, and cannot control for themselves harm or profit, and cannot control death, or life, or resurrection. [5] And those who misbelieve say, ‘This is nothing but a lie which he has forged, and another people hath helped him at it;’ but they have wrought an injustice and a_ falsehood. And they say, ‘Old folks’ tales, which he has got written down while they are dictated to him morning and evening.’ Say, ‘He sent it down who knows the secret in ‘the heavens and the earth; verily, He is ever forgiving, merciful !’ And they say, ‘What ails this prophet that he eats food and walks in the markets ?—unless there be sent down to him an angel and be a warner with him.... Or there be thrown to him a treasury, 1 In Arabic Al Furq4n, which is one of the names of the Qur'an. G2 84 THE QUR'AN. XXV, 9-20. or he have a garden to eat therefrom....!’ and the unjust say, ‘ Ye only follow an infatuated man,’ [10] See how they strike out for thee parables, and err, and cannot find a way.
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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