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1And 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. And when thou dost mention in the Qur’4n thy Lord by Himself they turn their backs in aversion. [50] We know best for what they listen when they listen to thee; and when they whisper apart —when the wrong-doers say, ‘ Ye only follow a man enchanted.’ Behold, how they strike out for you parables, and err, and cannot find the way! - They say, ‘What! when we have become bones and rubbish are we to be raised up a new creature ?’ Say, ‘Be ye stones, or iron, or a creature, the greatest your breasts can conceive—!’ Then they shall say, ‘Who is to restore us?’ Say, ‘He who originated you at first;’ and they will wag their heads and say, ‘When will that be?’ Say, ‘It may, perhaps, be nigh.’ - The day when He shall call on you and ye shall answer with praise to Him, and they will think that they have tarried but a little. [55] And say to my servants that they speak in a kind way!; verily, Satan makes ill-will between them ; verily, Satan was ever unto man an open foe. Your Lord knows you best; if He please He will have mercy upon you, or if He please He will 1 T.e..they are not to provoke the idolaters by speaking too roughly to them so as to exasperate them. XVII, 56-62. THE CHAPTER OF THE NIGHT JOURNEY. 7 torment you: but we have not sent thee to take charge of them. And thy Lord best knows who is in the heavens and the earth; we did prefer some of the prophets over the others, and to David did we give the Psalms. Say, ‘Call on those whom ye pretend other than God ;’ but they shall not have the power to remove distress from you, nor to turn it off. Those on whom they call1, seek themselves for a means of approaching their Lord, (to see) which of them is nearest: and they hope for His mercy and they fear His torment; verily, the torment of thy Lord is a thing to beware of. [60] There is no city but we will destroy it before the day of judgment, or torment it with keen torment ;—that is in the Book inscribed. Naught hindered us from sending thee with signs, save that those of yore said they were lies; so we gave Thamdd the visible she-camel, but they treated her unjustly! for we do not send (any one) with signs save to make men fear. And when we said to thee, ‘ Verily, thy Lord encompasses men!’ and we made the vision which we showed thee only a cause of sedition unto men, and the cursed tree ? as well; for we will frighten them, but it will only increase them in great rebellion.
2And when we said to thee, ‘ Verily, thy Lord encompasses men!’ and we made the vision which we showed thee only a cause of sedition unto men, and the cursed tree ? as well; for we will frighten them, but it will only increase them in great rebellion. ' 1 Sale interprets this to mean ‘the angels and prophets.’ Rodwell remarks that it is an ‘obvious allusion to the saint worship of the Christians.’ As, however, precisely the same expression is used elsewhere in the Qur'an for the false gods of the Arabs, and the existence of those ginns and angels whom they associated with God is constantly recognised, their divinity only being denied, I prefer to follow the Moslem commentators, and refer the passage to the gods of the Arabian pantheon at Mecca; cf. Part I, p. 127, note 2. 2 The Zaqqiim; see Chapter XXXVII, verse 60. The vision 8 THE QUR'AN. XVII, 63-71. And when we said to the angels, ‘Adore Adam;’ and they adored, save Iblis, who said, ‘Am I to adore one whom Thou hast created out of clay ?’ Said he, ‘Dost thou see now? this one whom Thou hast honoured above me, verily, if Thou shouldst respite me until the resurrection day, I will of a surety utterly destroy his seed except a few.’ [65] Said He, ‘Begone! and whoso of them follows thee—verily, hell is your recompense, an ample recompense. Entice away whomsoever of them thou canst with thy voice; and bear down upon them ‘with thy horse and with thy foot; and share with them in their wealth and their children ; and promise them,—but Satan promises them naught but deceit. Verily, my servants, thou hast no authority over them; thy Lord is guardian enough over them!’ It is your Lord who drives the ships for you in the sea that ye may seek after plenty from Him ; verily, He is ever merciful to you. And when distress touches you in the sea, those whom ye call on, except Him, stray away from you; but when He has brought you safe to shore, ye turn away; for man is ever ungrateful. [7o] Are ye sure that He will not cleave with you the side of the shore, or send against you a heavy sand-storm? then ye will find no guardian for yourselves. Or are ye sure that He will not send you back therein another time, and send against you a violent wind, and drown you for your misbelief? then ye will find for yourselves no protector against us. referred to is the night journey to heaven, although those commentators who believe this to have been an actual fact suppose another vision to account for this passage. XVII, 72-80. THE CHAPTER OF THE NIGHT JOURNEY. 9 But we have been gracious to the children of Adam, and we have borne them by land and sea, and have provided them with good things, and have preferred them over many that we have created. J. The day when we will call all men by their high priest; and he whose book is given in his right hand—these shall read their book, nor shall they be wronged a straw. But he who in this life is blind shall be blind in the next too, and err farther from the way.__]|
3J. The day when we will call all men by their high priest; and he whose book is given in his right hand—these shall read their book, nor shall they be wronged a straw. But he who in this life is blind shall be blind in the next too, and err farther from the way.__]| [75] They had well-nigh beguiled thee from what we inspired thee with, that thou shouldst forge against us something else, and then they would have taken thee for a friend; and had it not been that we stablished thee, thou wouldst have well-nigh leant towards them a little: then would we have made thee taste of torment both of life and death, then thou wouldst not have found against us any helper’. And they well-nigh enticed thee away from the land, to turn thee out therefrom; but then—they should not have tarried after thee except a little. [This is] the course of those of our prophets whom we have sent before thee; and thou shalt find no change in our course. [80] Be thou steadfast in prayer from the declining of the sun until the dusk of the night, and the reading of the dawn; verily, the reading of the dawn is ever testified to. * The commentators say that this refers to a treaty proposed by the tribe of 7Haqif, who insisted, as a condition of their submission, that they should be exempt from the more irksome duties of Muslims, and should be allowed to retain their idol Allat for a certain time, and that their territory should be considered sacred, like that of Mecca. 10 THE QUR'AN. XVII, 81-91. And for the night, watch thou therein as an extra service. It may be that thy Lord will raise thee to a laudable station. And say, ‘O my Lord! make me enter with a ‘just entry; and make me come forth with a just. coming forth; and grant me from Thee authority to aid,’ And say, ‘Truth has come, and falsehood has vanished ! verily, falsehood is transient.’ And we will send down of the Qur’4n that which is a healing and a mercy to the believers, but it will only increase the wrong-doers in loss. [85] And when we favour man he turns away and retires aside, but when evil touches him he is ever in despair. Say, ‘Every one acts after his own manner, but your Lord knows best who is most guided in the way.’ They will ask thee of the spirit'. Say, ‘The spirit comes at the bidding of my Lord, and ye are given but a little knowledge thereof.’ If we had wished we would have taken away that with which we have inspired thee ; then thou wouldst have found no guardian against us, unless by a mercy from thy Lord; verily, His grace towards thee is great! [90] Say, ‘If mankind and ginns united together to bring the like of this Qur’4n, they could not bring the like, though they should back each other up!’ We have turned about for men.in this Qur’4n every parable; but most men refuse to accept it, save ungratefully. 1 According to some, the soul generally; but according to others, and more probably, the angel Gabriel as the agent of revelation.
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 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. And when thou dost mention in the Qur’4n thy Lord by Himself they turn their backs in aversion. [50] We know best for what they listen when they listen to thee; and when they whisper apart —when the wrong-doers say, ‘ Ye only follow a man enchanted.’ Behold, how they strike out for you parables, and err, and cannot find the way! - They say, ‘What! when we have become bones and rubbish are we to be raised up a new creature ?’ Say, ‘Be ye stones, or iron, or a creature, the greatest your breasts can conceive—!’ Then they shall say, ‘Who is to restore us?’ Say, ‘He who originated you at first;’ and they will wag their heads and say, ‘When will that be?’ Say, ‘It may, perhaps, be nigh.’ - The day when He shall call on you and ye shall answer with praise to Him, and they will think that they have tarried but a little. [55] And say to my servants that they speak in a kind way!; verily, Satan makes ill-will between them ; verily, Satan was ever unto man an open foe. Your Lord knows you best; if He please He will have mercy upon you, or if He please He will 1 T.e..they are not to provoke the idolaters by speaking too roughly to them so as to exasperate them. XVII, 56-62. THE CHAPTER OF THE NIGHT JOURNEY. 7 torment you: but we have not sent thee to take charge of them. And thy Lord best knows who is in the heavens and the earth; we did prefer some of the prophets over the others, and to David did we give the Psalms. Say, ‘Call on those whom ye pretend other than God ;’ but they shall not have the power to remove distress from you, nor to turn it off. Those on whom they call1, seek themselves for a means of approaching their Lord, (to see) which of them is nearest: and they hope for His mercy and they fear His torment; verily, the torment of thy Lord is a thing to beware of. [60] There is no city but we will destroy it before the day of judgment, or torment it with keen torment ;—that is in the Book inscribed. Naught hindered us from sending thee with signs, save that those of yore said they were lies; so we gave Thamdd the visible she-camel, but they treated her unjustly! for we do not send (any one) with signs save to make men fear. And when we said to thee, ‘ Verily, thy Lord encompasses men!’ and we made the vision which we showed thee only a cause of sedition unto men, and the cursed tree ? as well; for we will frighten them, but it will only increase them in great rebellion.
2And when we said to thee, ‘ Verily, thy Lord encompasses men!’ and we made the vision which we showed thee only a cause of sedition unto men, and the cursed tree ? as well; for we will frighten them, but it will only increase them in great rebellion. ' 1 Sale interprets this to mean ‘the angels and prophets.’ Rodwell remarks that it is an ‘obvious allusion to the saint worship of the Christians.’ As, however, precisely the same expression is used elsewhere in the Qur'an for the false gods of the Arabs, and the existence of those ginns and angels whom they associated with God is constantly recognised, their divinity only being denied, I prefer to follow the Moslem commentators, and refer the passage to the gods of the Arabian pantheon at Mecca; cf. Part I, p. 127, note 2. 2 The Zaqqiim; see Chapter XXXVII, verse 60. The vision 8 THE QUR'AN. XVII, 63-71. And when we said to the angels, ‘Adore Adam;’ and they adored, save Iblis, who said, ‘Am I to adore one whom Thou hast created out of clay ?’ Said he, ‘Dost thou see now? this one whom Thou hast honoured above me, verily, if Thou shouldst respite me until the resurrection day, I will of a surety utterly destroy his seed except a few.’ [65] Said He, ‘Begone! and whoso of them follows thee—verily, hell is your recompense, an ample recompense. Entice away whomsoever of them thou canst with thy voice; and bear down upon them ‘with thy horse and with thy foot; and share with them in their wealth and their children ; and promise them,—but Satan promises them naught but deceit. Verily, my servants, thou hast no authority over them; thy Lord is guardian enough over them!’ It is your Lord who drives the ships for you in the sea that ye may seek after plenty from Him ; verily, He is ever merciful to you. And when distress touches you in the sea, those whom ye call on, except Him, stray away from you; but when He has brought you safe to shore, ye turn away; for man is ever ungrateful. [7o] Are ye sure that He will not cleave with you the side of the shore, or send against you a heavy sand-storm? then ye will find no guardian for yourselves. Or are ye sure that He will not send you back therein another time, and send against you a violent wind, and drown you for your misbelief? then ye will find for yourselves no protector against us. referred to is the night journey to heaven, although those commentators who believe this to have been an actual fact suppose another vision to account for this passage. XVII, 72-80. THE CHAPTER OF THE NIGHT JOURNEY. 9 But we have been gracious to the children of Adam, and we have borne them by land and sea, and have provided them with good things, and have preferred them over many that we have created. J. The day when we will call all men by their high priest; and he whose book is given in his right hand—these shall read their book, nor shall they be wronged a straw. But he who in this life is blind shall be blind in the next too, and err farther from the way.__]|
3J. The day when we will call all men by their high priest; and he whose book is given in his right hand—these shall read their book, nor shall they be wronged a straw. But he who in this life is blind shall be blind in the next too, and err farther from the way.__]| [75] They had well-nigh beguiled thee from what we inspired thee with, that thou shouldst forge against us something else, and then they would have taken thee for a friend; and had it not been that we stablished thee, thou wouldst have well-nigh leant towards them a little: then would we have made thee taste of torment both of life and death, then thou wouldst not have found against us any helper’. And they well-nigh enticed thee away from the land, to turn thee out therefrom; but then—they should not have tarried after thee except a little. [This is] the course of those of our prophets whom we have sent before thee; and thou shalt find no change in our course. [80] Be thou steadfast in prayer from the declining of the sun until the dusk of the night, and the reading of the dawn; verily, the reading of the dawn is ever testified to. * The commentators say that this refers to a treaty proposed by the tribe of 7Haqif, who insisted, as a condition of their submission, that they should be exempt from the more irksome duties of Muslims, and should be allowed to retain their idol Allat for a certain time, and that their territory should be considered sacred, like that of Mecca. 10 THE QUR'AN. XVII, 81-91. And for the night, watch thou therein as an extra service. It may be that thy Lord will raise thee to a laudable station. And say, ‘O my Lord! make me enter with a ‘just entry; and make me come forth with a just. coming forth; and grant me from Thee authority to aid,’ And say, ‘Truth has come, and falsehood has vanished ! verily, falsehood is transient.’ And we will send down of the Qur’4n that which is a healing and a mercy to the believers, but it will only increase the wrong-doers in loss. [85] And when we favour man he turns away and retires aside, but when evil touches him he is ever in despair. Say, ‘Every one acts after his own manner, but your Lord knows best who is most guided in the way.’ They will ask thee of the spirit'. Say, ‘The spirit comes at the bidding of my Lord, and ye are given but a little knowledge thereof.’ If we had wished we would have taken away that with which we have inspired thee ; then thou wouldst have found no guardian against us, unless by a mercy from thy Lord; verily, His grace towards thee is great! [90] Say, ‘If mankind and ginns united together to bring the like of this Qur’4n, they could not bring the like, though they should back each other up!’ We have turned about for men.in this Qur’4n every parable; but most men refuse to accept it, save ungratefully. 1 According to some, the soul generally; but according to others, and more probably, the angel Gabriel as the agent of revelation.
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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