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1And 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, 1 The same word is used as is rendered ‘pray’ in all the other passages in the Qur'an, though the commentators interpret it here as meaning ‘bless.’ So, too, in the formula which is always used after Mohammed’s name, zalla llahu ‘alaihi wa sallam, ‘may God bless and preserve. him!’ is literally, ‘may God pray for him and salute him!’ 2 Either, ‘do not ill-treat them,’ or, ‘take no notice of their illtreating thee.’ [9] L 146 THE QUR'AN. XXXII, 48-g2. ye have no term that ye need observe; so make them some provision, and let them go-handsomely at large. O thou prophet! verily, we make lawful for thee thy wives to whom thou hast given their hire}, and what thy right hand possesses? out of the booty that God has granted thee, and the daughters of thy paternal uncle and the daughters of thy paternal aunts, and the daughters of thy maternal uncle and the daughters of thy maternal aunts, provided they have fled with thee, and any believing woman if she give herself to the prophet, if the prophet desire to marry her ;—a special privilege this for thee, above the other believers. [50] We knew what we ordained for them concerning their wives and what their right hands possess, that there should be no hindrance to thee; and God is forgiving, merciful. Put off* whomsoever thou wilt of them and take to thyself whomsoever thou wilt, or whomsoever thou cravest of those whom thou hast deposed‘, and it shall be no crime against thee. That is nigher to cheering their eyes and that they should not grieve, and should be satisfied with what thou dost bring them all; but God knows best what is in their hearts ; and God is knowing, clement. It is not lawful to thee to take women after (this), nor to change them for (other) wives, even though their beauty please thee; except what thy right hand possesses, for God is ever watchful over all. 1 Le. dowry. 2 Slave girls. ° T.e. from her turn of conjugal rights. * Ie. divorced. XXXIII, 53-55. THE CHAPTER OF THE CONFEDERATES. 147 O ye who believe! do not enter the houses of the prophet, unless leave be given you, for a meal,—not watching till it is cooked! But when ye are invited, then enter ; and when ye have fed, disperse, not en- ‘gaging in familiar discourse. Verily, that would annoy the prophet and he would be ashamed for your sake’, but God is not ashamed of the truth 2. And when ye ask them ® for an article, ask them from behind a curtain‘; that is purer for your hearts and for theirs. It is not right for you to annoy the prophet of God, nor to wed his wives after him ever; verily, that is with God a serious thing. If ye display a thing or conceal it, verily, God all things doth know. [55] There is no crime against them® (if they
2It is not right for you to annoy the prophet of God, nor to wed his wives after him ever; verily, that is with God a serious thing. If ye display a thing or conceal it, verily, God all things doth know. [55] There is no crime against them® (if they 1 He would be reluctantly obliged to ask you to leave. * The tent of an Arab chief is looked upon as a place of general entertainment, and is always besieged by visitors. The advent of a stranger, or indeed any occasion that demands the preparation of food or any form of entertainment, is the signal for every adult male of the encampment to sit round it, and wait for an invitation to partake of the meal. This becomes a very serious tax upon the sheikh, as the laws of Arab hospitality imperatively require every person present to be invited to join in the repast. The translator “has often witnessed scenes—especially among the Arabs of Edom and Moab—which gave a very living significance to these words of the Qur'an. Mohammed’s exceptionally prominent position exposed him in a peculiar manner to these irruptions of unbidden guests. Another saying bearing upon the point is traditionally ascribed to him, zur ghibban tazd4d ‘hubban, ‘visit seldom and you will get more love.’ 8 The prophet’s wives, * The women to the present day always remain behind a curtain which screens off their part of the tent from the rest, but freely converse with their husband and his guests, and hand over the dishes and any other articles that may be required by the company. ® The prophet’s wives. L2 148 THE QuR’AN, XXXII, 55-63. speak unveiled) to their fathers, or their sons, or their brothers, or their brothers’ sons, or their sisters’ sons, or their women, or what their right hands possess; but let them fear God,—verily, God is witness over all. Verily, God and His angels pray for the prophet. O ye who believe! pray for him and salute him with a salutation?! Verily, those who annoy God and His Apostle, God will curse them in this world and the next, and prepare for them shameful woe! And those who annoy the believers for what they have not earned, such have to bear (the guilt of) calumny and obvious sin. O thou prophet! tell thy wives and thy daughters, and the women of the believers, to let down over them their outer wrappers; that is nearer for them to be known and that they should not be annoyed; but God is forgiving, merciful. [60] Surely if the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is a sickness and the insurrectionists in Medinah do not desist, we will surely incite thee against them. Then they shall not dwell near thee therein save for a little while. Cursed wherever they are found,—taken and slain with slaughter! God’s course with those who have passed away before: and thou shalt never find in God’s course any alteration. The folk will ask thee about the Hour; say, ‘The knowledge thereof is only with God, and what is to make thee perceive that the Hour is haply nigh ?’ 1 See p. 145, note 1.
3God’s course with those who have passed away before: and thou shalt never find in God’s course any alteration. The folk will ask thee about the Hour; say, ‘The knowledge thereof is only with God, and what is to make thee perceive that the Hour is haply nigh ?’ 1 See p. 145, note 1. XXXIII, 64-73. THE CHAPTER OF THE CONFEDERATES. 149 Verily, God has cursed the misbelievers and has prepared for them a blaze! [65] To dwell therein for ever and for aye; they shall not find a patron or a helper! . On the day when their faces shall writhe in the fire they shall say, ‘O, would that we had obeyed God and obeyed the Apostle!’ And they shall say, ‘Our Lord! verily, we obeyed our chiefs and our great men and they led us astray from the path! Our Lord! give them double torment and curse them with a great curse!’ O ye who believe! be not like those who annoyed Moses ; but God cleared him of what they said, and he was regarded in the sight of God}. [70] O ye who believe! fear God and speak a straightforward speech. He will correct for you your works, and pardon you your sins; for he who obeys God and His Apostle has attained a mighty happiness. Verily, we offered the trust? to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, but they refused to bear it, and shrank from it; but man bore it: verily, he is ever unjust and igriorant. That God may torment the hypocritical men and hypocritical women, and the idolaters and idolatresses; and that God may turn relenting towards the believing men and believing women; verily, God is ever forgiving, merciful. 1 The occasion of the revelation of this verse is said to have been that Mohammed being accused of unfairly dividing certain spoils, said, ‘God, have mercy on my brother Moses; he was wronged more than this, and bore it patiently.’ ? That is, ‘the faith.’ 150 THE QUR’AN. XXXIV, 1-7. Tue CwHapter oF SEBA}. (XXXIV. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. Praise belongs to God, whose is whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth; His is the praise in the next world, and He is the wise and well aware! He knows what goes into the earth, and what comes forth therefrom, and what comes down from the sky, and what ascends thereto; for He is the merciful, forgiving. Those who misbelieve say, ‘The Hour shall not come to us;’ say, ‘Yea, by my Lord it shall surely come to you! by Him who knows the unseen! nor shall there escape from it the weight of an atom, in the heavens or in the earth, or even less than that, or greater, save in the perspicuous Book ;’ and that He may reward those who believe and do right; these,—for them is forgiveness and a noble provision. [5] But those who strive concerning our signs to frustrate them ; these,—for them is the torment of a grievous plague. And those to whom knowledge has been given see that what is sent down to thee from thy Lord is the truth, and guides unto the way of the mighty, the praiseworthy.
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 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, 1 The same word is used as is rendered ‘pray’ in all the other passages in the Qur'an, though the commentators interpret it here as meaning ‘bless.’ So, too, in the formula which is always used after Mohammed’s name, zalla llahu ‘alaihi wa sallam, ‘may God bless and preserve. him!’ is literally, ‘may God pray for him and salute him!’ 2 Either, ‘do not ill-treat them,’ or, ‘take no notice of their illtreating thee.’ [9] L 146 THE QUR'AN. XXXII, 48-g2. ye have no term that ye need observe; so make them some provision, and let them go-handsomely at large. O thou prophet! verily, we make lawful for thee thy wives to whom thou hast given their hire}, and what thy right hand possesses? out of the booty that God has granted thee, and the daughters of thy paternal uncle and the daughters of thy paternal aunts, and the daughters of thy maternal uncle and the daughters of thy maternal aunts, provided they have fled with thee, and any believing woman if she give herself to the prophet, if the prophet desire to marry her ;—a special privilege this for thee, above the other believers. [50] We knew what we ordained for them concerning their wives and what their right hands possess, that there should be no hindrance to thee; and God is forgiving, merciful. Put off* whomsoever thou wilt of them and take to thyself whomsoever thou wilt, or whomsoever thou cravest of those whom thou hast deposed‘, and it shall be no crime against thee. That is nigher to cheering their eyes and that they should not grieve, and should be satisfied with what thou dost bring them all; but God knows best what is in their hearts ; and God is knowing, clement. It is not lawful to thee to take women after (this), nor to change them for (other) wives, even though their beauty please thee; except what thy right hand possesses, for God is ever watchful over all. 1 Le. dowry. 2 Slave girls. ° T.e. from her turn of conjugal rights. * Ie. divorced. XXXIII, 53-55. THE CHAPTER OF THE CONFEDERATES. 147 O ye who believe! do not enter the houses of the prophet, unless leave be given you, for a meal,—not watching till it is cooked! But when ye are invited, then enter ; and when ye have fed, disperse, not en- ‘gaging in familiar discourse. Verily, that would annoy the prophet and he would be ashamed for your sake’, but God is not ashamed of the truth 2. And when ye ask them ® for an article, ask them from behind a curtain‘; that is purer for your hearts and for theirs. It is not right for you to annoy the prophet of God, nor to wed his wives after him ever; verily, that is with God a serious thing. If ye display a thing or conceal it, verily, God all things doth know. [55] There is no crime against them® (if they
2It is not right for you to annoy the prophet of God, nor to wed his wives after him ever; verily, that is with God a serious thing. If ye display a thing or conceal it, verily, God all things doth know. [55] There is no crime against them® (if they 1 He would be reluctantly obliged to ask you to leave. * The tent of an Arab chief is looked upon as a place of general entertainment, and is always besieged by visitors. The advent of a stranger, or indeed any occasion that demands the preparation of food or any form of entertainment, is the signal for every adult male of the encampment to sit round it, and wait for an invitation to partake of the meal. This becomes a very serious tax upon the sheikh, as the laws of Arab hospitality imperatively require every person present to be invited to join in the repast. The translator “has often witnessed scenes—especially among the Arabs of Edom and Moab—which gave a very living significance to these words of the Qur'an. Mohammed’s exceptionally prominent position exposed him in a peculiar manner to these irruptions of unbidden guests. Another saying bearing upon the point is traditionally ascribed to him, zur ghibban tazd4d ‘hubban, ‘visit seldom and you will get more love.’ 8 The prophet’s wives, * The women to the present day always remain behind a curtain which screens off their part of the tent from the rest, but freely converse with their husband and his guests, and hand over the dishes and any other articles that may be required by the company. ® The prophet’s wives. L2 148 THE QuR’AN, XXXII, 55-63. speak unveiled) to their fathers, or their sons, or their brothers, or their brothers’ sons, or their sisters’ sons, or their women, or what their right hands possess; but let them fear God,—verily, God is witness over all. Verily, God and His angels pray for the prophet. O ye who believe! pray for him and salute him with a salutation?! Verily, those who annoy God and His Apostle, God will curse them in this world and the next, and prepare for them shameful woe! And those who annoy the believers for what they have not earned, such have to bear (the guilt of) calumny and obvious sin. O thou prophet! tell thy wives and thy daughters, and the women of the believers, to let down over them their outer wrappers; that is nearer for them to be known and that they should not be annoyed; but God is forgiving, merciful. [60] Surely if the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is a sickness and the insurrectionists in Medinah do not desist, we will surely incite thee against them. Then they shall not dwell near thee therein save for a little while. Cursed wherever they are found,—taken and slain with slaughter! God’s course with those who have passed away before: and thou shalt never find in God’s course any alteration. The folk will ask thee about the Hour; say, ‘The knowledge thereof is only with God, and what is to make thee perceive that the Hour is haply nigh ?’ 1 See p. 145, note 1.
3God’s course with those who have passed away before: and thou shalt never find in God’s course any alteration. The folk will ask thee about the Hour; say, ‘The knowledge thereof is only with God, and what is to make thee perceive that the Hour is haply nigh ?’ 1 See p. 145, note 1. XXXIII, 64-73. THE CHAPTER OF THE CONFEDERATES. 149 Verily, God has cursed the misbelievers and has prepared for them a blaze! [65] To dwell therein for ever and for aye; they shall not find a patron or a helper! . On the day when their faces shall writhe in the fire they shall say, ‘O, would that we had obeyed God and obeyed the Apostle!’ And they shall say, ‘Our Lord! verily, we obeyed our chiefs and our great men and they led us astray from the path! Our Lord! give them double torment and curse them with a great curse!’ O ye who believe! be not like those who annoyed Moses ; but God cleared him of what they said, and he was regarded in the sight of God}. [70] O ye who believe! fear God and speak a straightforward speech. He will correct for you your works, and pardon you your sins; for he who obeys God and His Apostle has attained a mighty happiness. Verily, we offered the trust? to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, but they refused to bear it, and shrank from it; but man bore it: verily, he is ever unjust and igriorant. That God may torment the hypocritical men and hypocritical women, and the idolaters and idolatresses; and that God may turn relenting towards the believing men and believing women; verily, God is ever forgiving, merciful. 1 The occasion of the revelation of this verse is said to have been that Mohammed being accused of unfairly dividing certain spoils, said, ‘God, have mercy on my brother Moses; he was wronged more than this, and bore it patiently.’ ? That is, ‘the faith.’ 150 THE QUR’AN. XXXIV, 1-7. Tue CwHapter oF SEBA}. (XXXIV. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. Praise belongs to God, whose is whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth; His is the praise in the next world, and He is the wise and well aware! He knows what goes into the earth, and what comes forth therefrom, and what comes down from the sky, and what ascends thereto; for He is the merciful, forgiving. Those who misbelieve say, ‘The Hour shall not come to us;’ say, ‘Yea, by my Lord it shall surely come to you! by Him who knows the unseen! nor shall there escape from it the weight of an atom, in the heavens or in the earth, or even less than that, or greater, save in the perspicuous Book ;’ and that He may reward those who believe and do right; these,—for them is forgiveness and a noble provision. [5] But those who strive concerning our signs to frustrate them ; these,—for them is the torment of a grievous plague. And those to whom knowledge has been given see that what is sent down to thee from thy Lord is the truth, and guides unto the way of the mighty, the praiseworthy.
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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