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1im Is He to whom we have promised a goodly promise, which he shall meet with, like him to whom we have given the enjoyment of the life of this world, and who upon the resurrection day shall be of the arraigned ? And on the day when He will call them and will say, ‘Where are those associates which ye did pretend?’ And those against whom the sentence is due shall say, ‘Our Lord! these are those whom we have seduced; we seduced them as we were seduced ourselves: but we clear ourselves to thee ;—they did not worship us!’ XXVIII, €4-75. THE CHAPTER OF THE STORY. 115 And it will be said, ‘Call upon your partners ;’ and they will call upon them, but they will not answer them, and they shall see the torment ; would that they had been guided. [65] And the day when Heshall call them and shall say, ‘ What was it ye answered the apostles ?’ and the history shall be blindly confusing to them on that day, and they shall not ask each other. But, as for him who turns again and believes and does right, it may be that he will be among the ‘prosperous. For thy Lord creates what He pleases and chooses ; they have not the choice! Celebrated be the praise of God! and exalted be He above what they associate with Him! Thy Lord knows what they conceal in their breasts and what they manifest. [70] He is God, there is no god but He; to Him belongs praise, in the first and the last; and His is the judgment ; and unto Him shall ye return! Have ye considered, if God were to make for you the night endless until the resurrection day, who is the god, but God, to bring you light? can ye not then hear ? Say, ‘Have ye considered, if God were to make for you the day endless until the day of judgment, who is the god, except God, to bring you the night to rest therein ? can ye not then see?’ But of His mercy He has made for you the night and the day, that ye may rest therein, and crave of His grace, haply ye may give thanks. And the day when He shall call them and shall say, ‘Where are my partners whom ye did pretend ?’ [75] And we will pluck from every nation a witness ; and we will say, ‘Bring your proof and know that 12 116 THE QUR'AN. XXVIII, 75-82. the truth is God's ;’ and that which they had devised shall stray away from them. Verily, Korah! was of the people of Moses, and he was outrageous against them; and we gave him treasuries of which the keys would bear down a band of men endowed with strength. When his people said to him, ‘ Exult not; verily, God loves not those who exult! but crave, through what God has given thee, the future-abode; and forget not thy portion in this world, and do good, as God has done good to thee ; and seek not evil doing in the earth; verily, God loves not the evildoers !’ | Said he, ‘I have only been given it for knowledge which I have!’ did he not know that God had destroyed before him many generations of those who were stronger than he, and had amassed more ? But the sinners need not to be asked concerning their crimes.
2But the sinners need not to be asked concerning their crimes. And he went out amongst the people in his ornaments; those who desired the life of this world said, *O would that we had the like of what Korah has been given! verily, he is endowed with mighty fortune !’ [80] But those who had been given knowledge said, ‘Woe to you! the reward of God is better for him who believes and does right; but none shall meet with it except the patient. And we clave the earth with him and with his house; and he had no troop to help him against God, nor was he of those who were helped!’ And on the morrow those who had yearned for 1 In Arabic Qarfin. The legend based upon Talmudic tradition of Korah’s immense wealth appears to be also confused with that of Croesus. XXVIII, 82—XX1IX,1. THE CHAPTER OF THE SPIDER. II7 his place the day before said, ‘Ah, ah! God extends provision to whom He pleases of His servants, or He doles it out; had not God been gracious to us, the earth would have cleft open with us! Ah, ah! the unbelievers shall not prosper !’ That is the future abode; we make it for those who do not wish to be haughty in the earth, nor to do evil, and the end is for the pious. He who brings a good deed shall have better than it; and he who brings an evil deed—those who do evil deeds shall only be rewarded for that which they have done. [85] Verily, He who hath ordained the Qur’an for thee will restore thee to thy returning place. Say, ‘My Lord knows best who brings guidance, and who is in obvious error; nor couldst thou hope that the Book would be thrown to thee, save as a mercy from thy Lord! be not then a backer up of those who misbelieve ; and let them not turn thee from the signs of God, after they have been sent down to thee; but call unto thy Lord and be not of the idolaters; and call not with God upon any other god; there is no god but He! everything is perishable, except His face ; His is the judgment, and unto Him shall ye return! Tue CHAPTER OF THE SPIDER. (X XIX. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. A. L. M. Do men then reckon that they will be left alone to say, ‘We believe, and not be tried ? 118 THE QuR’AN. XXIX, 2-12. we did try those who were before them, and God will surely know those who are truthful, and He will surely know the liars. Do those who do evil reckon that they can outstrip us ? evil is it that they judge. He who hopes for the meeting of God,—verily, God’s appointed time will come ; and He both hears and knows! [5] And he who fights strenuously, fights strenuously only for his own soul; verily, God is independent of the worlds. Those who believe and do right, we will surely cover for them their offences; and we will surely reward them with better than that which they have done.
3[5] And he who fights strenuously, fights strenuously only for his own soul; verily, God is independent of the worlds. Those who believe and do right, we will surely cover for them their offences; and we will surely reward them with better than that which they have done. And we have enjoined on man kindness to his parents; and if they strive with thee that thou mayest join with me, what thou hast no knowledge of, then obey them not; to me is your return, and I will inform you of that which ye have done. But those who believe and do right, we will make them enter amongst the righteous. _ And there are those among men who say, ‘We believe in God!’ but when they are hurt in God’s cause, they deem the trials of men like the torment of God; but if help come from thy Lord they will say, ‘Verily, we were with you!’ does not God know best what is in the breasts of the worlds? [10] God will surely know those who believe, and will surely know the hypocrites. And those who misbelieved said to those who believed, ‘ Follow our path, we will bear your sins ;’ but they could not bear their sins at all; verily, they are liars! But they shall surely bear their own burdens, and burdens with their burdens; and XXIX, 12-23. THE CHAPTER OF THE SPIDER. 119 they shall surely be asked upon the resurrection day concerning what they did devise. And we sent Noah to his people, and he dwelt among them for a thousand years save fifty years ; and the deluge overtook them while they were unjust: but we saved him and the fellows of the ark, and we made it a sign unto the worlds. And Abraham when he said to his people, ‘Serve God and fear Him, that is better for you if ye did but know. [15] Ye only serve beside God idols and do create a lie; verily, those whom ye serve beside God cannot control for themselves provision; then crave provision with God, and serve Him, and give thanks to Him; unto Him shall ye return! And if ye say it is a lie, nations before you called (the apostles) liars too; but an apostle has only his plain message to preach!’ Have they not seen how God produces the creation, and then turns it back? verily, that to God is easy. Say, ‘Journey ye on in the land, and behold how the creation appeared; then God produces another production: verily, God is mighty over all!’ [20] He torments whom He will, and has mercy on whom He will; and unto Him shall ye be returned. Nor can ye make Him helpless in the earth, nor in the heavens; nor have ye beside God a patron or a helper. And those who disbelieve in God’s signs and in meeting with Him, these shall despair of my mercy; and these, for them is grievous woe. But the answer of his people was only to say, ‘Kill him or burn him!’ But God saved him from 120 THE QURAN. XXIX, 23-33. the fire ; verily, in that are signs unto a people who believe.
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.
1im Is He to whom we have promised a goodly promise, which he shall meet with, like him to whom we have given the enjoyment of the life of this world, and who upon the resurrection day shall be of the arraigned ? And on the day when He will call them and will say, ‘Where are those associates which ye did pretend?’ And those against whom the sentence is due shall say, ‘Our Lord! these are those whom we have seduced; we seduced them as we were seduced ourselves: but we clear ourselves to thee ;—they did not worship us!’ XXVIII, €4-75. THE CHAPTER OF THE STORY. 115 And it will be said, ‘Call upon your partners ;’ and they will call upon them, but they will not answer them, and they shall see the torment ; would that they had been guided. [65] And the day when Heshall call them and shall say, ‘ What was it ye answered the apostles ?’ and the history shall be blindly confusing to them on that day, and they shall not ask each other. But, as for him who turns again and believes and does right, it may be that he will be among the ‘prosperous. For thy Lord creates what He pleases and chooses ; they have not the choice! Celebrated be the praise of God! and exalted be He above what they associate with Him! Thy Lord knows what they conceal in their breasts and what they manifest. [70] He is God, there is no god but He; to Him belongs praise, in the first and the last; and His is the judgment ; and unto Him shall ye return! Have ye considered, if God were to make for you the night endless until the resurrection day, who is the god, but God, to bring you light? can ye not then hear ? Say, ‘Have ye considered, if God were to make for you the day endless until the day of judgment, who is the god, except God, to bring you the night to rest therein ? can ye not then see?’ But of His mercy He has made for you the night and the day, that ye may rest therein, and crave of His grace, haply ye may give thanks. And the day when He shall call them and shall say, ‘Where are my partners whom ye did pretend ?’ [75] And we will pluck from every nation a witness ; and we will say, ‘Bring your proof and know that 12 116 THE QUR'AN. XXVIII, 75-82. the truth is God's ;’ and that which they had devised shall stray away from them. Verily, Korah! was of the people of Moses, and he was outrageous against them; and we gave him treasuries of which the keys would bear down a band of men endowed with strength. When his people said to him, ‘ Exult not; verily, God loves not those who exult! but crave, through what God has given thee, the future-abode; and forget not thy portion in this world, and do good, as God has done good to thee ; and seek not evil doing in the earth; verily, God loves not the evildoers !’ | Said he, ‘I have only been given it for knowledge which I have!’ did he not know that God had destroyed before him many generations of those who were stronger than he, and had amassed more ? But the sinners need not to be asked concerning their crimes.
2But the sinners need not to be asked concerning their crimes. And he went out amongst the people in his ornaments; those who desired the life of this world said, *O would that we had the like of what Korah has been given! verily, he is endowed with mighty fortune !’ [80] But those who had been given knowledge said, ‘Woe to you! the reward of God is better for him who believes and does right; but none shall meet with it except the patient. And we clave the earth with him and with his house; and he had no troop to help him against God, nor was he of those who were helped!’ And on the morrow those who had yearned for 1 In Arabic Qarfin. The legend based upon Talmudic tradition of Korah’s immense wealth appears to be also confused with that of Croesus. XXVIII, 82—XX1IX,1. THE CHAPTER OF THE SPIDER. II7 his place the day before said, ‘Ah, ah! God extends provision to whom He pleases of His servants, or He doles it out; had not God been gracious to us, the earth would have cleft open with us! Ah, ah! the unbelievers shall not prosper !’ That is the future abode; we make it for those who do not wish to be haughty in the earth, nor to do evil, and the end is for the pious. He who brings a good deed shall have better than it; and he who brings an evil deed—those who do evil deeds shall only be rewarded for that which they have done. [85] Verily, He who hath ordained the Qur’an for thee will restore thee to thy returning place. Say, ‘My Lord knows best who brings guidance, and who is in obvious error; nor couldst thou hope that the Book would be thrown to thee, save as a mercy from thy Lord! be not then a backer up of those who misbelieve ; and let them not turn thee from the signs of God, after they have been sent down to thee; but call unto thy Lord and be not of the idolaters; and call not with God upon any other god; there is no god but He! everything is perishable, except His face ; His is the judgment, and unto Him shall ye return! Tue CHAPTER OF THE SPIDER. (X XIX. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. A. L. M. Do men then reckon that they will be left alone to say, ‘We believe, and not be tried ? 118 THE QuR’AN. XXIX, 2-12. we did try those who were before them, and God will surely know those who are truthful, and He will surely know the liars. Do those who do evil reckon that they can outstrip us ? evil is it that they judge. He who hopes for the meeting of God,—verily, God’s appointed time will come ; and He both hears and knows! [5] And he who fights strenuously, fights strenuously only for his own soul; verily, God is independent of the worlds. Those who believe and do right, we will surely cover for them their offences; and we will surely reward them with better than that which they have done.
3[5] And he who fights strenuously, fights strenuously only for his own soul; verily, God is independent of the worlds. Those who believe and do right, we will surely cover for them their offences; and we will surely reward them with better than that which they have done. And we have enjoined on man kindness to his parents; and if they strive with thee that thou mayest join with me, what thou hast no knowledge of, then obey them not; to me is your return, and I will inform you of that which ye have done. But those who believe and do right, we will make them enter amongst the righteous. _ And there are those among men who say, ‘We believe in God!’ but when they are hurt in God’s cause, they deem the trials of men like the torment of God; but if help come from thy Lord they will say, ‘Verily, we were with you!’ does not God know best what is in the breasts of the worlds? [10] God will surely know those who believe, and will surely know the hypocrites. And those who misbelieved said to those who believed, ‘ Follow our path, we will bear your sins ;’ but they could not bear their sins at all; verily, they are liars! But they shall surely bear their own burdens, and burdens with their burdens; and XXIX, 12-23. THE CHAPTER OF THE SPIDER. 119 they shall surely be asked upon the resurrection day concerning what they did devise. And we sent Noah to his people, and he dwelt among them for a thousand years save fifty years ; and the deluge overtook them while they were unjust: but we saved him and the fellows of the ark, and we made it a sign unto the worlds. And Abraham when he said to his people, ‘Serve God and fear Him, that is better for you if ye did but know. [15] Ye only serve beside God idols and do create a lie; verily, those whom ye serve beside God cannot control for themselves provision; then crave provision with God, and serve Him, and give thanks to Him; unto Him shall ye return! And if ye say it is a lie, nations before you called (the apostles) liars too; but an apostle has only his plain message to preach!’ Have they not seen how God produces the creation, and then turns it back? verily, that to God is easy. Say, ‘Journey ye on in the land, and behold how the creation appeared; then God produces another production: verily, God is mighty over all!’ [20] He torments whom He will, and has mercy on whom He will; and unto Him shall ye be returned. Nor can ye make Him helpless in the earth, nor in the heavens; nor have ye beside God a patron or a helper. And those who disbelieve in God’s signs and in meeting with Him, these shall despair of my mercy; and these, for them is grievous woe. But the answer of his people was only to say, ‘Kill him or burn him!’ But God saved him from 120 THE QURAN. XXIX, 23-33. the fire ; verily, in that are signs unto a people who believe.
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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