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1The Chapter of Help (Mecca) CXI. The Chapter of Abu Laheb (Mecca) . CXII. The Chapter of Unity (place of origin doubtful) . CXIII. The Chapter of the Daybreak (Place of origin doubtful) . . ‘CXIV. The Chapter of Men (place of origin doubtful). Index . . . . Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East PAGE 340 341 341 342 342 342 343 343 343 344 344 345 347 359 THE QURAN. Tue CuHapTeR OF THE NIGHT JOURNEY}. (XVII. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. . Celebrated be the praises of Him who took His servant a journey by night from the Sacred Mosque? to the Remote Mosque, the precinct of which we have blessed, to show him of our signs! verily, He both hears and looks. And we gave Moses the Book and made it a guidance to the children of Israel: ‘Take ye to no guardian but me.’ Seed of those we bore with Noah (in the ark)! verily, he was a thankful servant! And we decreed to the children of Israel in the Book, ‘Ye shall verily do evil in the earth twice‘, and ye shall rise to a great height (of pride).’ 1 Also called ‘ The Children of Israel.’ The subject of Mohammed’s miraculous journey in one night from Mecca to Jerusalem, and his ascent into heaven, will be found discussed in the Introduction. ® The Kaabah at Mecca. 5 The Temple at Jerusalem. ‘ The Mohammedan commentators interpret this as referring the first to either Goliath, Sennacherib, or Nebuchadnezzar, and the latter to a second Persian invasion. The two sins committed by_ the Jews, and for which these punishments were threatened and executed, were, first, the murder of Isaiah and the imprisonment of Jeremiah, dnd the second, the murder of John the Baptist. Mohammedan views of ancient history are, however, vague. _ [9] B 2 THE QUR'AN. XVIL, 5-14 [5] And when the threat for the first (sin) of the two came, we sent over them servants of ours, endued with violence, and they searched inside your houses ; and it was an accomplished threat. Then we rallied you once more against them, and aided you with wealth and sons, and made you a numerous band. ~ ‘If ye do well, ye will do well to your own souls; and if ye do ill, it is against them ! ‘And when the threat for the last came '—to harm your faces and to enter the mosque as they entered it the first time, and to destroy what they had got the upper-hand over with utter destruction.’ It may be that thy Lord will have mercy on you;—but if ye return we will return, and we have made hell a prison for the misbelievers. Verily, this Qur’4n guides to the straightest path, and gives the glad tidings to the believers [10] who do aright that for them is a great hire; and that for those who believe not in the hereafter, we have prepared a mighty woe. Man prays for evil as he prays for good; and man was ever hasty.
2Verily, this Qur’4n guides to the straightest path, and gives the glad tidings to the believers [10] who do aright that for them is a great hire; and that for those who believe not in the hereafter, we have prepared a mighty woe. Man prays for evil as he prays for good; and man was ever hasty. We made the night and the day two signs; and we blot out the sign of the night and make the sign of the day visible, that ye may seek after plenty from your Lord, and that ye may number the years and the reckoning; and we have detailed everything in detail. And every man’s augury? have we fastened on 1 Supply, ‘we sent foes.’ * T.e. ‘fortune’ or ‘fate,’ literally, ‘bird;’ the Arabs, like the ancient Romans, having been used to practise divination from the flight of birds, XVII, 14-24. THE CHAPTER OF THE NIGHT JOURNEY. 3 his neck; and we will bring forth for him on the resurrection day a book offered to him wide open. [15] ‘Read thy book, thou art accountant enough against thyself to-day !’ He who accepts guidance, accepts it only for his own soul: and he who errs, errs only against it; nor shall one burdened soul bear the burden of another. Nor would we punish until we had sent an apostle. And when we desired to destroy a city we bade?! the opulent ones thereof; and they wrought abomination therein; and its due sentence was pronounced ; and we destroyed it with utter destruction. How many generations have we destroyed after Noah! but thy Lord of the sins of his servant is well aware, and sees enough. Whoso is desirous of this life that hastens away, we will hasten on for him therein what we please, —for whom we please. Then we will make hell for him to broil in—despised and outcast. [20] But whoso desires the next life, and strives for it and is a believer—these, their striving shall be gratefully received. To all—these and those—will we extend the gifts of thy Lord; for the gifts of thy Lord are not restricted. See how we have preferred some of them over others, but in the next life are greater degrees and greater preference. Put not with God other gods, or thou wilt sit despised and forsaken. Thy Lord has decreed that ye shall not serve other than Him; and kindness to one’s parents, 1 Bade them obey the Apostle. B2 4 THE QUR’AN. XVII, 24-35. whether one or both of them reach old age with thee; and say not to them, ‘Fie!’ and do not grumble at them, but speak to them a generous speech. [25] And lower to them the wing of humility out of compassion, and say, ‘O Lord! have compassion on them as they brought me up when I was little!’ Your Lord knows best what is in your souls if ye be righteous, and, verily, He is forgiving unto those who come back penitent. And give thy kinsman his due and the poor and the son of the road; and waste not wastefully, for the wasteful were ever the devil’s brothers; and the devil is ever ungrateful to his Lord.
3And give thy kinsman his due and the poor and the son of the road; and waste not wastefully, for the wasteful were ever the devil’s brothers; and the devil is ever ungrateful to his Lord. [30] But if thou dost turn away from them to seek after mercy from thy Lord!, which thou hopest for, then speak to them an easy speech. Make not thy hand fettered to thy neck, nor yet spread it out quite open, lest thou shouldst have to sit down blamed and straitened in means. Verily, thy Lord spreads out provision to whomsoever He will or He doles it out. Verily, He is ever well aware of and sees his servants. And slay not your children? for fear of poverty ; we will provide for them; beware! for to slay them is ever a great sin! And draw not near to fornication ; verily, it is ever an abomination, and evil is the way thereof. [35] And slay not the soul that God has forbidden you, except for just cause; for he who is slain unjustly we have given his next of kin authority; yet * Ie. if you are compelled to leave them in order to seek your livelihood ; or if your present means are insufficient to enable you to relieve others. * See Part I, p. 256, note 2. XVII, 35-46. THE CHAPTER OF THE NIGHT JOURNEY. 5 let him not exceed in slaying; verily, he is ever helped. And draw not near to the wealth of the orphan, save to improve it, until he reaches the age of puberty, and fulfil your compacts; verily, a compact is ever enquired of. And give full measure when ye measure out, and weigh with a right balance; that is better and a fairer determination. And do not pursue that of which thou hast no knowledge; verily, the hearing, the sight, and the heart, all of these shall be enquired of. And walk not on the earth proudly; verily, thou canst not cleave the earth, and thou shalt not reach the mountains in height. [40] All this is ever evil in the sight of your Lord and abhorred. That is something of what thy Lord has inspired thee with of wisdom; do not then put with God other gods, or thou wilt be thrown into hell reproached and outcast. What! has your Lord chosen to give you sons, and shall He take for Himself females from among the angels? verily, ye are speaking a mighty speech. Now have we turned it in various ways in this Qur’4n, so let them bear in mind; but it will only increase them in aversion. Say, ‘Were there with Him other gods, as ye say, then would they seek a way against the Lord of the throne.’ [45] Celebrated be His praises, and exalted be He above what they say with a great exaltation! The seven heavens and the earth celebrate His praises, and all who therein are; nor is there aught 6 THE QUR'AN. XVII, 46-56. but what celebrates His praise: but ye cannot understand their celebration ;—verily, He is clement and forgiving. And when thou readest the Qur’dn we place between thee and those who believe not in the hereafter a covering veil. And we place covers upon their hearts, lest they should understand, and dulness in their ears.
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.
1The Chapter of Help (Mecca) CXI. The Chapter of Abu Laheb (Mecca) . CXII. The Chapter of Unity (place of origin doubtful) . CXIII. The Chapter of the Daybreak (Place of origin doubtful) . . ‘CXIV. The Chapter of Men (place of origin doubtful). Index . . . . Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East PAGE 340 341 341 342 342 342 343 343 343 344 344 345 347 359 THE QURAN. Tue CuHapTeR OF THE NIGHT JOURNEY}. (XVII. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. . Celebrated be the praises of Him who took His servant a journey by night from the Sacred Mosque? to the Remote Mosque, the precinct of which we have blessed, to show him of our signs! verily, He both hears and looks. And we gave Moses the Book and made it a guidance to the children of Israel: ‘Take ye to no guardian but me.’ Seed of those we bore with Noah (in the ark)! verily, he was a thankful servant! And we decreed to the children of Israel in the Book, ‘Ye shall verily do evil in the earth twice‘, and ye shall rise to a great height (of pride).’ 1 Also called ‘ The Children of Israel.’ The subject of Mohammed’s miraculous journey in one night from Mecca to Jerusalem, and his ascent into heaven, will be found discussed in the Introduction. ® The Kaabah at Mecca. 5 The Temple at Jerusalem. ‘ The Mohammedan commentators interpret this as referring the first to either Goliath, Sennacherib, or Nebuchadnezzar, and the latter to a second Persian invasion. The two sins committed by_ the Jews, and for which these punishments were threatened and executed, were, first, the murder of Isaiah and the imprisonment of Jeremiah, dnd the second, the murder of John the Baptist. Mohammedan views of ancient history are, however, vague. _ [9] B 2 THE QUR'AN. XVIL, 5-14 [5] And when the threat for the first (sin) of the two came, we sent over them servants of ours, endued with violence, and they searched inside your houses ; and it was an accomplished threat. Then we rallied you once more against them, and aided you with wealth and sons, and made you a numerous band. ~ ‘If ye do well, ye will do well to your own souls; and if ye do ill, it is against them ! ‘And when the threat for the last came '—to harm your faces and to enter the mosque as they entered it the first time, and to destroy what they had got the upper-hand over with utter destruction.’ It may be that thy Lord will have mercy on you;—but if ye return we will return, and we have made hell a prison for the misbelievers. Verily, this Qur’4n guides to the straightest path, and gives the glad tidings to the believers [10] who do aright that for them is a great hire; and that for those who believe not in the hereafter, we have prepared a mighty woe. Man prays for evil as he prays for good; and man was ever hasty.
2Verily, this Qur’4n guides to the straightest path, and gives the glad tidings to the believers [10] who do aright that for them is a great hire; and that for those who believe not in the hereafter, we have prepared a mighty woe. Man prays for evil as he prays for good; and man was ever hasty. We made the night and the day two signs; and we blot out the sign of the night and make the sign of the day visible, that ye may seek after plenty from your Lord, and that ye may number the years and the reckoning; and we have detailed everything in detail. And every man’s augury? have we fastened on 1 Supply, ‘we sent foes.’ * T.e. ‘fortune’ or ‘fate,’ literally, ‘bird;’ the Arabs, like the ancient Romans, having been used to practise divination from the flight of birds, XVII, 14-24. THE CHAPTER OF THE NIGHT JOURNEY. 3 his neck; and we will bring forth for him on the resurrection day a book offered to him wide open. [15] ‘Read thy book, thou art accountant enough against thyself to-day !’ He who accepts guidance, accepts it only for his own soul: and he who errs, errs only against it; nor shall one burdened soul bear the burden of another. Nor would we punish until we had sent an apostle. And when we desired to destroy a city we bade?! the opulent ones thereof; and they wrought abomination therein; and its due sentence was pronounced ; and we destroyed it with utter destruction. How many generations have we destroyed after Noah! but thy Lord of the sins of his servant is well aware, and sees enough. Whoso is desirous of this life that hastens away, we will hasten on for him therein what we please, —for whom we please. Then we will make hell for him to broil in—despised and outcast. [20] But whoso desires the next life, and strives for it and is a believer—these, their striving shall be gratefully received. To all—these and those—will we extend the gifts of thy Lord; for the gifts of thy Lord are not restricted. See how we have preferred some of them over others, but in the next life are greater degrees and greater preference. Put not with God other gods, or thou wilt sit despised and forsaken. Thy Lord has decreed that ye shall not serve other than Him; and kindness to one’s parents, 1 Bade them obey the Apostle. B2 4 THE QUR’AN. XVII, 24-35. whether one or both of them reach old age with thee; and say not to them, ‘Fie!’ and do not grumble at them, but speak to them a generous speech. [25] And lower to them the wing of humility out of compassion, and say, ‘O Lord! have compassion on them as they brought me up when I was little!’ Your Lord knows best what is in your souls if ye be righteous, and, verily, He is forgiving unto those who come back penitent. And give thy kinsman his due and the poor and the son of the road; and waste not wastefully, for the wasteful were ever the devil’s brothers; and the devil is ever ungrateful to his Lord.
3And give thy kinsman his due and the poor and the son of the road; and waste not wastefully, for the wasteful were ever the devil’s brothers; and the devil is ever ungrateful to his Lord. [30] But if thou dost turn away from them to seek after mercy from thy Lord!, which thou hopest for, then speak to them an easy speech. Make not thy hand fettered to thy neck, nor yet spread it out quite open, lest thou shouldst have to sit down blamed and straitened in means. Verily, thy Lord spreads out provision to whomsoever He will or He doles it out. Verily, He is ever well aware of and sees his servants. And slay not your children? for fear of poverty ; we will provide for them; beware! for to slay them is ever a great sin! And draw not near to fornication ; verily, it is ever an abomination, and evil is the way thereof. [35] And slay not the soul that God has forbidden you, except for just cause; for he who is slain unjustly we have given his next of kin authority; yet * Ie. if you are compelled to leave them in order to seek your livelihood ; or if your present means are insufficient to enable you to relieve others. * See Part I, p. 256, note 2. XVII, 35-46. THE CHAPTER OF THE NIGHT JOURNEY. 5 let him not exceed in slaying; verily, he is ever helped. And draw not near to the wealth of the orphan, save to improve it, until he reaches the age of puberty, and fulfil your compacts; verily, a compact is ever enquired of. And give full measure when ye measure out, and weigh with a right balance; that is better and a fairer determination. And do not pursue that of which thou hast no knowledge; verily, the hearing, the sight, and the heart, all of these shall be enquired of. And walk not on the earth proudly; verily, thou canst not cleave the earth, and thou shalt not reach the mountains in height. [40] All this is ever evil in the sight of your Lord and abhorred. That is something of what thy Lord has inspired thee with of wisdom; do not then put with God other gods, or thou wilt be thrown into hell reproached and outcast. What! has your Lord chosen to give you sons, and shall He take for Himself females from among the angels? verily, ye are speaking a mighty speech. Now have we turned it in various ways in this Qur’4n, so let them bear in mind; but it will only increase them in aversion. Say, ‘Were there with Him other gods, as ye say, then would they seek a way against the Lord of the throne.’ [45] Celebrated be His praises, and exalted be He above what they say with a great exaltation! The seven heavens and the earth celebrate His praises, and all who therein are; nor is there aught 6 THE QUR'AN. XVII, 46-56. but what celebrates His praise: but ye cannot understand their celebration ;—verily, He is clement and forgiving. And when thou readest the Qur’dn we place between thee and those who believe not in the hereafter a covering veil. And we place covers upon their hearts, lest they should understand, and dulness in their ears.
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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