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1And on the day when the Hour shall rise, the sinners shall swear [55] that they have not tarried save an hour ; thus were they wont to lie! But those who are given knowledge and faith will say, ‘We have tarried according to the Book of God, until the day of -resurrection;’ and thisfis the day of resurrection, but ye—ye do not kn And on that day their excuse shall profit not 1 T.e. see the young corn parched. XXX, s7-XXXI,s. THE CHAPTER OF LOQMAN. 131 those who did wrong; nor. shall they be asked to please God again. We have struck out to men in this Qur’4n every kind of parable; but if thou shouldst bring them a sign! then those who misbelieve will surely say, ‘Ye are but followers of vanity; thus does God set a stamp upon the hearts of those who do not know.’ . [60] Be thou patient then; verily, God’s promise is true! and let them not flurry thee who are not sure. THE CyHapTeR OF LogmAn?. (XXXI. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. A.L.M. These are the signs of the wise Book, a guidance and a mercy to those who do well, who are steadfast in prayer and give alms and who of the hereafter are sure; these are in guidance from their Lord, and these are the prosperous. [5] And amongst men is one *® who buys sportive legends, to lead astray from God’s path, without knowledge, and to make a jest of it; these, for 1 Te. a verse. ® This sage is generally identified with the Aesop of the Greeks. The legends current in the East concerning him accord exactly with those of the Greek fabulist. 8 An Nadhr ibn al ‘Hareth had purchased in Persia some of the old legends of Rustam and Isfendiar, which were afterwards embodied in the Sh&h-naémeh of Firdausf. These he read to the Qurfis as being more wonderful than the Qur'an. K2 132 ‘THE QUR'AN. XXXI, 5-14. them is shameful woe! And when our signs are recited to him, he turns his back, too big with pride, as though he heard them not,—as if in his two ears’ were dulness. But give to him glad tidings of grievous woe! Verily, those who believe and do right, for them are gardens of pleasure, to dwell therein for aye ;— God’s promise in truth, and He is mighty, wise. He created the heavens without pillars that ye can see, and He threw upon the earth firm mountains lest it should move with you; and He dispersed thereon every sort of beast; and we send down from the heavens water, and we caused to grow therein of every noble kind. [10] This is God's creation; show me what others beside Him have created ;—nay, the unjust are in obvious error! . We did give unto Loqman wisdom, saying, ‘Thank God; for he who thanks God is only thankful for his own soul; and he who is ungrateful—verily, God is independent, worthy of praise!’ And when Loqméan said to his son while admonishing him, ‘O my boy! associate none with God, for, verily, such association is a mighty wrong. —
2associate none with God, for, verily, such association is a mighty wrong. — _ For we have commended his parents to man; his mother bore him with weakness upon weakness ; and his weaning is in two years ;—‘ Be thankful to me and to thy parents; for unto me shall your journey be. But if they strive with thee that thou shouldst associate with me that which thou hast no knowledge of, then obey them not. But associate with them in the world with kindness, and follow the way of him.who turns repentant unto XXXI, 14-23. THE CHAPTER OF LOQMAN. 133 me; then unto me is your return, and I will inform you of that which ye have done !— [15] ‘O my son! verily, if there were the weight of a grain of mustard seed and it were (hidden) in the rock, or in the heaven, or in the earth, God would bring it (to light). Verily, God is subtle, well aware ! ‘O my son! be steadfast in prayer, and bid what is reasonable and forbid what is wrong; be patient of what befalls thee, verily, that is one of the determined affairs. ‘And twist not thy cheek proudly, nor walk in the land haughtily; verily, God loves not every arrogant boaster: but be moderate in thy walk, and lower thy voice; verily, the most disagreeable ¢ of voices is the voice of asses!’ Have ye not seen that God has subjected to you what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, and has poured down upon you His favours, outwardly and inwardly? but amongst men are those who wrangle about God, without knowledge, and without guidance, and without an illuminating book ! [20] And when it is said to them, ‘ Follow what God has sent down;’ they say, ‘ Nay! we will follow what we found our fathers agreed upon ;’—what! though Satan calls them to the torment of the blaze? But he who resigns his face unto God, and does good, he has grasped the firm handle; unto God is the issue of affairs. But he who misbelieves, let not his misbelief grieve thee; to us is their return, and we will inform them of what they do ;—for, verily, God knows the nature of men’s breasts ! We will let them enjoy themselves a little ; then we will force them to rigorous woe! 134 THE QUR'AN. XXXI, 24-32. And if thou shouldst ask them who created the heavens and the earth, they will surely say, ‘ God.’ Say, ‘Praise be to God!’ but most of them do not know. [25] God’s is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth; verily, God, He is the independent, worthy of praise. And were the trees that are in the earth pens, and the sea (ink) with seven more seas to swell its tide, the words of God would not be spent ; verily, God is mighty, wise ! Your creation and your rising again are but as that of one soul ; verily, God both hears and sees ! Dost thou not see that God joins on the night to the day, and joins on the day to the night, and has subjected the sun and the moon,—each of them runs on unto an appointed time? and that God of what ye do is well aware ?
3Dost thou not see that God joins on the night to the day, and joins on the day to the night, and has subjected the sun and the moon,—each of them runs on unto an appointed time? and that God of what ye do is well aware ? That is because God, He is true, and because what ye call on beside Him is falsehood, and because God, He is the high, the great! [30] Dost thou not see that the ship rides on in the sea by the favour of God, that He may show you of His signs? verily, in that are signs to every grateful person. And when a wave like shadows covers them, they call on God, being sincere in their religion; and when He saves them to the shore, then amongst them are some who halt between two opinions. But none gainsays our signs save every perfidious misbeliever. O ye folk! fear your Lord and dread the day when the father shall not atone for his son, nor shall the child atone aught for its parent. XXXI,33-XXXII,g. THE CHAPTER OF ADORATION. 135 Verily, the promise of God is true! Say, ‘ Let not the life of this world beguile you; and let not the beguiler beguile you concerning God.’ Verily, God, with Him is the knowledge of the Hour; and He sends down the rain; and He knows what is in the wombs; and no soul knows what it is that it shall earn to-morrow ; and no soul knows in what land it shall die; verily, God is knowing, well aware ! Tue CHAPTER OF ADORATION. (XXXII. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. A.L.M. The revelation of the Book, there is no doubt therein, from the Lord of the worlds. Do they say, ‘ He has forged it?’ Nay! it is the truth from thy Lord, that thou mayest warn a people, to whom no warner has come before thee, haply they may be guided. God it is who created the heavens and the earth and what is between the two in six days; then He made for the throne! ye have no patron beside Him and no intercessor; are ye not then mindful ? He governs the affair from the heaven unto the earth; then shall it ascend to him in a day, the measure of which is as a thousand years of what ye number. [5] That is He who knows the unseen and the visible ; the mighty, the merciful, who has made the best of the creation of everything, and produced the 136 THE QUR'AN, XXXII, 5-19. creation of man from clay; then He made his stock from an extract of despicable water; then He fashioned him and breathed into him of his spirit, and made for you hearing and eyesight and hearts ;— little is it that ye give thanks! And they say, ‘When we are lost in the earth, shall we then become a new creation ?’ [10] Nay! in the meeting of their Lord they disbelieve. Say, ‘The angel of death shall take you away, he who is given charge of you; then unto your Lord shall ye be returned,’ And couldst thou see when the sinners hang down their heads before their Lord, ‘O Lord! we have seen and we have heard; send us back then and we will do right. Verily, we are sure!’
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 on the day when the Hour shall rise, the sinners shall swear [55] that they have not tarried save an hour ; thus were they wont to lie! But those who are given knowledge and faith will say, ‘We have tarried according to the Book of God, until the day of -resurrection;’ and thisfis the day of resurrection, but ye—ye do not kn And on that day their excuse shall profit not 1 T.e. see the young corn parched. XXX, s7-XXXI,s. THE CHAPTER OF LOQMAN. 131 those who did wrong; nor. shall they be asked to please God again. We have struck out to men in this Qur’4n every kind of parable; but if thou shouldst bring them a sign! then those who misbelieve will surely say, ‘Ye are but followers of vanity; thus does God set a stamp upon the hearts of those who do not know.’ . [60] Be thou patient then; verily, God’s promise is true! and let them not flurry thee who are not sure. THE CyHapTeR OF LogmAn?. (XXXI. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. A.L.M. These are the signs of the wise Book, a guidance and a mercy to those who do well, who are steadfast in prayer and give alms and who of the hereafter are sure; these are in guidance from their Lord, and these are the prosperous. [5] And amongst men is one *® who buys sportive legends, to lead astray from God’s path, without knowledge, and to make a jest of it; these, for 1 Te. a verse. ® This sage is generally identified with the Aesop of the Greeks. The legends current in the East concerning him accord exactly with those of the Greek fabulist. 8 An Nadhr ibn al ‘Hareth had purchased in Persia some of the old legends of Rustam and Isfendiar, which were afterwards embodied in the Sh&h-naémeh of Firdausf. These he read to the Qurfis as being more wonderful than the Qur'an. K2 132 ‘THE QUR'AN. XXXI, 5-14. them is shameful woe! And when our signs are recited to him, he turns his back, too big with pride, as though he heard them not,—as if in his two ears’ were dulness. But give to him glad tidings of grievous woe! Verily, those who believe and do right, for them are gardens of pleasure, to dwell therein for aye ;— God’s promise in truth, and He is mighty, wise. He created the heavens without pillars that ye can see, and He threw upon the earth firm mountains lest it should move with you; and He dispersed thereon every sort of beast; and we send down from the heavens water, and we caused to grow therein of every noble kind. [10] This is God's creation; show me what others beside Him have created ;—nay, the unjust are in obvious error! . We did give unto Loqman wisdom, saying, ‘Thank God; for he who thanks God is only thankful for his own soul; and he who is ungrateful—verily, God is independent, worthy of praise!’ And when Loqméan said to his son while admonishing him, ‘O my boy! associate none with God, for, verily, such association is a mighty wrong. —
2associate none with God, for, verily, such association is a mighty wrong. — _ For we have commended his parents to man; his mother bore him with weakness upon weakness ; and his weaning is in two years ;—‘ Be thankful to me and to thy parents; for unto me shall your journey be. But if they strive with thee that thou shouldst associate with me that which thou hast no knowledge of, then obey them not. But associate with them in the world with kindness, and follow the way of him.who turns repentant unto XXXI, 14-23. THE CHAPTER OF LOQMAN. 133 me; then unto me is your return, and I will inform you of that which ye have done !— [15] ‘O my son! verily, if there were the weight of a grain of mustard seed and it were (hidden) in the rock, or in the heaven, or in the earth, God would bring it (to light). Verily, God is subtle, well aware ! ‘O my son! be steadfast in prayer, and bid what is reasonable and forbid what is wrong; be patient of what befalls thee, verily, that is one of the determined affairs. ‘And twist not thy cheek proudly, nor walk in the land haughtily; verily, God loves not every arrogant boaster: but be moderate in thy walk, and lower thy voice; verily, the most disagreeable ¢ of voices is the voice of asses!’ Have ye not seen that God has subjected to you what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, and has poured down upon you His favours, outwardly and inwardly? but amongst men are those who wrangle about God, without knowledge, and without guidance, and without an illuminating book ! [20] And when it is said to them, ‘ Follow what God has sent down;’ they say, ‘ Nay! we will follow what we found our fathers agreed upon ;’—what! though Satan calls them to the torment of the blaze? But he who resigns his face unto God, and does good, he has grasped the firm handle; unto God is the issue of affairs. But he who misbelieves, let not his misbelief grieve thee; to us is their return, and we will inform them of what they do ;—for, verily, God knows the nature of men’s breasts ! We will let them enjoy themselves a little ; then we will force them to rigorous woe! 134 THE QUR'AN. XXXI, 24-32. And if thou shouldst ask them who created the heavens and the earth, they will surely say, ‘ God.’ Say, ‘Praise be to God!’ but most of them do not know. [25] God’s is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth; verily, God, He is the independent, worthy of praise. And were the trees that are in the earth pens, and the sea (ink) with seven more seas to swell its tide, the words of God would not be spent ; verily, God is mighty, wise ! Your creation and your rising again are but as that of one soul ; verily, God both hears and sees ! Dost thou not see that God joins on the night to the day, and joins on the day to the night, and has subjected the sun and the moon,—each of them runs on unto an appointed time? and that God of what ye do is well aware ?
3Dost thou not see that God joins on the night to the day, and joins on the day to the night, and has subjected the sun and the moon,—each of them runs on unto an appointed time? and that God of what ye do is well aware ? That is because God, He is true, and because what ye call on beside Him is falsehood, and because God, He is the high, the great! [30] Dost thou not see that the ship rides on in the sea by the favour of God, that He may show you of His signs? verily, in that are signs to every grateful person. And when a wave like shadows covers them, they call on God, being sincere in their religion; and when He saves them to the shore, then amongst them are some who halt between two opinions. But none gainsays our signs save every perfidious misbeliever. O ye folk! fear your Lord and dread the day when the father shall not atone for his son, nor shall the child atone aught for its parent. XXXI,33-XXXII,g. THE CHAPTER OF ADORATION. 135 Verily, the promise of God is true! Say, ‘ Let not the life of this world beguile you; and let not the beguiler beguile you concerning God.’ Verily, God, with Him is the knowledge of the Hour; and He sends down the rain; and He knows what is in the wombs; and no soul knows what it is that it shall earn to-morrow ; and no soul knows in what land it shall die; verily, God is knowing, well aware ! Tue CHAPTER OF ADORATION. (XXXII. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. A.L.M. The revelation of the Book, there is no doubt therein, from the Lord of the worlds. Do they say, ‘ He has forged it?’ Nay! it is the truth from thy Lord, that thou mayest warn a people, to whom no warner has come before thee, haply they may be guided. God it is who created the heavens and the earth and what is between the two in six days; then He made for the throne! ye have no patron beside Him and no intercessor; are ye not then mindful ? He governs the affair from the heaven unto the earth; then shall it ascend to him in a day, the measure of which is as a thousand years of what ye number. [5] That is He who knows the unseen and the visible ; the mighty, the merciful, who has made the best of the creation of everything, and produced the 136 THE QUR'AN, XXXII, 5-19. creation of man from clay; then He made his stock from an extract of despicable water; then He fashioned him and breathed into him of his spirit, and made for you hearing and eyesight and hearts ;— little is it that ye give thanks! And they say, ‘When we are lost in the earth, shall we then become a new creation ?’ [10] Nay! in the meeting of their Lord they disbelieve. Say, ‘The angel of death shall take you away, he who is given charge of you; then unto your Lord shall ye be returned,’ And couldst thou see when the sinners hang down their heads before their Lord, ‘O Lord! we have seen and we have heard; send us back then and we will do right. Verily, we are sure!’
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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