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1Say, ‘Flight shall avail you naught; if ye fly from death or slaughter, even then ye shall be granted enjoyment only for a little!’ Say, ‘Who is it that can save you from God, if He wish you evil, or wish you mercy?’ but they will not find beside God a patron or a helper. Say, ‘God knows the hinderers amongst you, and those who say to their brethren, “Come along unto us,” and show but little valour ;—covetous towards you!” When fear comes thou wilt see them looking towards thee, their eyes rolling like one fainting with death ; but when the fear has passed away they will assail you with sharp tongues, covetous of the best?. These have never believed, and God will make vain their works, for that is easy with God. [20] They reckoned that the confederates would never go away; and if the confederates should come they would fain be in the desert with the Arabs, asking for news of you! and if they were amongst you they would fight but little. Ye had in the Apostle of God a good example for him who hopes for God and the last day, and who remembers God much. And when the believers saw the confederates they said, ‘This is what God and His Apostle promised us; God and His Apostle are true!’ and it only increased them in faith and resignation. Amongst the believers are men who have been 1 Je. chary of helping you, but greedy of the spoils. 2 J.e. the best share of the spoils. 142 THE QUR'AN. XXXIII, 23-29. true to their covenant with God, and there are some who have fulfilled their vow1, and some who wait and have not changed ? with fickleness. That God might reward the truthful for their truth, and punish the hypocrites if He please, or turn again towards them ;—verily, God is forgiving, merciful | [25] And God drove back the misbelievers in their rage; they gat no advantage ;—God was enough for the believers in the fight, for God is strong, mighty! And He drove down those of the people of the Book who had helped them ® from their fortresses 4 and hurled dread into their hearts; a part ye slew and ye took captive a part: and He gave you their land, and their dwellings, and their property for an inheritance, and a land ye had not trodden, for God is ever mighty over all. O thou prophet! say to thy wives, ‘If ye be desirous of the life of this world and its adornments, come, I will give you them to enjoy and I will let you range handsomely at large! But if ye be desirous of God and His Apostle and of the abode of the hereafter, verily, God has prepared for those of you who do good a mighty hire 5!’ 1 T.e. their vow to fight till they obtained martyrdom. ® T.e. changed their mind. 8 T.e. who had helped the confederates. * The Quraishah Jews, whom Mohammed attacked after the siege of Medinah had been raised, and punished for their treachery in having joined the confederates although in league with him at the time.
2® T.e. changed their mind. 8 T.e. who had helped the confederates. * The Quraishah Jews, whom Mohammed attacked after the siege of Medinah had been raised, and punished for their treachery in having joined the confederates although in league with him at the time. 5 Mohammed being annoyed by the demands made by his wives for costly dresses and the like, offered them the choice of divorce or of being content with their usual mode of living. They chose the latter. XXXIII, 30-35. THE CHAPTER OF THE CONFEDERATES, 143 [30] O ye women of the prophet! whosoever of you commits manifest fornication, doubled shall be her torment twice; and that is easy unto God! But that one of you who is devoted to God and His Apostle and does right we will give her her hire twice over, and we have prepared for her a noble provision. O ye women of the prophet! ye are not like any other women ; if ye fear God then be not too complaisant in speech, or he in whose heart is sickness will lust after you; but speak a reasonable speech. And stay still in your houses and show not yourselves with the ostentation of the ignorance of yore; and be steadfast in prayer, and give alms, and obey God and his Apostle;—God only wishes to take ~ away from you! the horror as people of His House and to purify you thoroughly. And remember what is recited in your houses of the signs of God and of wisdom; verily, God is subtle and aware! [35] Verily, men resigned and women resigned %, and believing men and believing women, and devout men and devout women, and truthful men and truthful women, and patient men and patient women, and humble men and humble women, and almsgiving men and almsgiving women, and fasting men and fasting women, and men who guard their private parts and women who guard their private parts, and 1 Here the pronoun is changed from feminine to masculine, and the passage is appealed to by the Shiahs as showing the intimate relations that existed between Mohammed and ‘Alt, for they say that by ‘his household’ are particularly meant Fa/imah and ‘Alf. Tn the next paragraph the feminine is again used. * T.e. Muslims; see Part I, p. 15, note 1. 144 THE QUR'AN, XXXIIL, 35-39. men who remember God much, and women who remember Him,—God has prepared for them forgiveness and a mighty hire. It is not for a believing man or for a believing woman, when God and His Apostle have decided an affair, to have the choice in that affair; and whoso rebels against God and His Apostle has erred with an obvious error.
3It is not for a believing man or for a believing woman, when God and His Apostle have decided an affair, to have the choice in that affair; and whoso rebels against God and His Apostle has erred with an obvious error. And when thou didst say to him God had shown favour to and thou hadst shown favour to, ‘Keep thy wife to thyself and fear God;’ and thou didst conceal in thy soul what God was about to display; and didst fear men, though God is more deserving that thou shouldst fear Him; and when ZAid had fulfilled his desire of her! we did wed thee to her that there should be no hindrance to the believers ~ in the matter of the wives of their adopted sons when they have fulfilled their desire of them: and so God’s bidding to be done * There is no hindrance to the prophet about what God has ordained for him ;—(such was) the course of God with those who have passed away before,— and God’s bidding is a decreed decree! Those who 1 T.e. divorced her. 2 Zaid was Mohammed’s freedman and adopted son. Mohammed had seen and admired Zaid’s wife Zainab, and her husband at once offered to divorce her: this Mohammed dissuaded him from until the transaction was sanctioned by the verse. The relations of the Arabs to their adopted children were, as has been remarked before, p. 138, note 2, very strict; and Mohammed’s marriage with Zainab occasioned much scandal among his contemporaries. This passage and those at the commencement of the chapter abrogate all these inconvenient restrictions. Zaid and Abu Laheb, Sfrah CXI, are the only two persons of Mohammed's acquaintance who are mentioned in the Qur’an by name. XXXIII, 39-48. THE CHAPTER OF THE CONFEDERATES. 145 preach God’s messages and fear Him and fear not any one except God,—but God is good enough at reckoning up. [40] Mohammed is not the father of any of your men, but the Apostle of God, and the Seal of the Prophets; for God all things doth know! . O ye who believe! remember God with frequent remembrance, and celebrate His praises morning and evening. He it is who prays! for you and His angels too, to bring you forth out of the darkness into the light, for He is merciful to the believers. Their salutation on the day they meet Him shall be ‘ Peace!’ and He has prepared for them a noble hire. O thou prophet! verily, we have sent thee as a witness and a herald of glad tidings and a warner, [45] and to call (men) unto God by His permission, and as an illuminating lamp. Give glad tidings then to the believers, that for them is great grace from God. And follow not the unbelievers and the hypocrites; but let alone their illtreatment’, and rely upon God, for God is guardian enough. | O ye who believe! when ye wed believing women, and then divorce them before ye have touche 1 them,
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.
1Say, ‘Flight shall avail you naught; if ye fly from death or slaughter, even then ye shall be granted enjoyment only for a little!’ Say, ‘Who is it that can save you from God, if He wish you evil, or wish you mercy?’ but they will not find beside God a patron or a helper. Say, ‘God knows the hinderers amongst you, and those who say to their brethren, “Come along unto us,” and show but little valour ;—covetous towards you!” When fear comes thou wilt see them looking towards thee, their eyes rolling like one fainting with death ; but when the fear has passed away they will assail you with sharp tongues, covetous of the best?. These have never believed, and God will make vain their works, for that is easy with God. [20] They reckoned that the confederates would never go away; and if the confederates should come they would fain be in the desert with the Arabs, asking for news of you! and if they were amongst you they would fight but little. Ye had in the Apostle of God a good example for him who hopes for God and the last day, and who remembers God much. And when the believers saw the confederates they said, ‘This is what God and His Apostle promised us; God and His Apostle are true!’ and it only increased them in faith and resignation. Amongst the believers are men who have been 1 Je. chary of helping you, but greedy of the spoils. 2 J.e. the best share of the spoils. 142 THE QUR'AN. XXXIII, 23-29. true to their covenant with God, and there are some who have fulfilled their vow1, and some who wait and have not changed ? with fickleness. That God might reward the truthful for their truth, and punish the hypocrites if He please, or turn again towards them ;—verily, God is forgiving, merciful | [25] And God drove back the misbelievers in their rage; they gat no advantage ;—God was enough for the believers in the fight, for God is strong, mighty! And He drove down those of the people of the Book who had helped them ® from their fortresses 4 and hurled dread into their hearts; a part ye slew and ye took captive a part: and He gave you their land, and their dwellings, and their property for an inheritance, and a land ye had not trodden, for God is ever mighty over all. O thou prophet! say to thy wives, ‘If ye be desirous of the life of this world and its adornments, come, I will give you them to enjoy and I will let you range handsomely at large! But if ye be desirous of God and His Apostle and of the abode of the hereafter, verily, God has prepared for those of you who do good a mighty hire 5!’ 1 T.e. their vow to fight till they obtained martyrdom. ® T.e. changed their mind. 8 T.e. who had helped the confederates. * The Quraishah Jews, whom Mohammed attacked after the siege of Medinah had been raised, and punished for their treachery in having joined the confederates although in league with him at the time.
2® T.e. changed their mind. 8 T.e. who had helped the confederates. * The Quraishah Jews, whom Mohammed attacked after the siege of Medinah had been raised, and punished for their treachery in having joined the confederates although in league with him at the time. 5 Mohammed being annoyed by the demands made by his wives for costly dresses and the like, offered them the choice of divorce or of being content with their usual mode of living. They chose the latter. XXXIII, 30-35. THE CHAPTER OF THE CONFEDERATES, 143 [30] O ye women of the prophet! whosoever of you commits manifest fornication, doubled shall be her torment twice; and that is easy unto God! But that one of you who is devoted to God and His Apostle and does right we will give her her hire twice over, and we have prepared for her a noble provision. O ye women of the prophet! ye are not like any other women ; if ye fear God then be not too complaisant in speech, or he in whose heart is sickness will lust after you; but speak a reasonable speech. And stay still in your houses and show not yourselves with the ostentation of the ignorance of yore; and be steadfast in prayer, and give alms, and obey God and his Apostle;—God only wishes to take ~ away from you! the horror as people of His House and to purify you thoroughly. And remember what is recited in your houses of the signs of God and of wisdom; verily, God is subtle and aware! [35] Verily, men resigned and women resigned %, and believing men and believing women, and devout men and devout women, and truthful men and truthful women, and patient men and patient women, and humble men and humble women, and almsgiving men and almsgiving women, and fasting men and fasting women, and men who guard their private parts and women who guard their private parts, and 1 Here the pronoun is changed from feminine to masculine, and the passage is appealed to by the Shiahs as showing the intimate relations that existed between Mohammed and ‘Alt, for they say that by ‘his household’ are particularly meant Fa/imah and ‘Alf. Tn the next paragraph the feminine is again used. * T.e. Muslims; see Part I, p. 15, note 1. 144 THE QUR'AN, XXXIIL, 35-39. men who remember God much, and women who remember Him,—God has prepared for them forgiveness and a mighty hire. It is not for a believing man or for a believing woman, when God and His Apostle have decided an affair, to have the choice in that affair; and whoso rebels against God and His Apostle has erred with an obvious error.
3It is not for a believing man or for a believing woman, when God and His Apostle have decided an affair, to have the choice in that affair; and whoso rebels against God and His Apostle has erred with an obvious error. And when thou didst say to him God had shown favour to and thou hadst shown favour to, ‘Keep thy wife to thyself and fear God;’ and thou didst conceal in thy soul what God was about to display; and didst fear men, though God is more deserving that thou shouldst fear Him; and when ZAid had fulfilled his desire of her! we did wed thee to her that there should be no hindrance to the believers ~ in the matter of the wives of their adopted sons when they have fulfilled their desire of them: and so God’s bidding to be done * There is no hindrance to the prophet about what God has ordained for him ;—(such was) the course of God with those who have passed away before,— and God’s bidding is a decreed decree! Those who 1 T.e. divorced her. 2 Zaid was Mohammed’s freedman and adopted son. Mohammed had seen and admired Zaid’s wife Zainab, and her husband at once offered to divorce her: this Mohammed dissuaded him from until the transaction was sanctioned by the verse. The relations of the Arabs to their adopted children were, as has been remarked before, p. 138, note 2, very strict; and Mohammed’s marriage with Zainab occasioned much scandal among his contemporaries. This passage and those at the commencement of the chapter abrogate all these inconvenient restrictions. Zaid and Abu Laheb, Sfrah CXI, are the only two persons of Mohammed's acquaintance who are mentioned in the Qur’an by name. XXXIII, 39-48. THE CHAPTER OF THE CONFEDERATES. 145 preach God’s messages and fear Him and fear not any one except God,—but God is good enough at reckoning up. [40] Mohammed is not the father of any of your men, but the Apostle of God, and the Seal of the Prophets; for God all things doth know! . O ye who believe! remember God with frequent remembrance, and celebrate His praises morning and evening. He it is who prays! for you and His angels too, to bring you forth out of the darkness into the light, for He is merciful to the believers. Their salutation on the day they meet Him shall be ‘ Peace!’ and He has prepared for them a noble hire. O thou prophet! verily, we have sent thee as a witness and a herald of glad tidings and a warner, [45] and to call (men) unto God by His permission, and as an illuminating lamp. Give glad tidings then to the believers, that for them is great grace from God. And follow not the unbelievers and the hypocrites; but let alone their illtreatment’, and rely upon God, for God is guardian enough. | O ye who believe! when ye wed believing women, and then divorce them before ye have touche 1 them,
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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