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1[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. And those who misbelieve say, ‘Shall we guide 1 A city of Yemen was also called Méarab; it was about three days’ journey from San4’h. The bursting of the dyke of Marab and the destruction of the city by a flood are historical facts, and happened in about the first or second century of our era. XXXIV, 7-13. THE CHAPTER OF SEBA. 151 you to a man who will inform you that when ye are torn all to pieces, then ye shall be a new creation? he has forged against God a lie, or there is a ginn in him ;’—nay, those who believe not in the hereafter are in the torment and in the remote error ! Have they not looked at what is before them and what is behind them of the heaven and the earth ? if we pleased we would cleave the earth open with them, or we would make to fall upon them a portion of the heaven; verily, in that is a sign to every repentant servant. [10] And we did give David grace from us, ‘O ye mountains! echo (God’s praises) with him, and ye birds!’ and we softened for him iron: ‘Make thou coats of mail and adapt the rings thereof, and do right; verily, I at what ye do do look.’ And to Solomon the wind; its morning journey was a month, and its evening journey was a month; and we made to flow for him a fountain of molten brass; and of the ginns some to work before him by the permission of his Lord; and whoso swerves amongst them from our bidding we will give him to taste the torment and the blaze; and they made for him what he pleased of chambers, and images, and dishes like troughs, and firm pots; —work, O ye family of David! thankfully; few is it of my servants who are thankful. And when we decreed for him death, naught guided them to his death save a reptile of the earth that ate his staff; and when he fell down it was made manifest to the ginns that, had they but known the unseen, they need not have tarried in the shameful torment 1. 1 The Mohammedan legend is that Solomon had employed the 132 ‘THE QUR'AN. XXXIV, 14-19- Seba had in their dwellings a sign; two gardens, on the right hand and on the left, ‘Eat from the provision of your Lord; and give thanks to Him! a good country and a forgiving Lord!’ [15] but they turned away, and we sent against them the flood of the dyke; and we changed for them their two gardens into two gardens that grew bitter fruit and tamarisk, and some few lote trees?. This did we reward them with, for that they misbelieved; and do we so reward any but misbelievers ?
2This did we reward them with, for that they misbelieved; and do we so reward any but misbelievers ? And we made between them and the cities which we had blessed:(other) cities which were evident ; and we measured out the journey: ‘Journey ye thereto nights and days in safety!’ And they said, ‘Our Lord! make a greater distance between our journeys;’ and they wronged themselves, and we made them legends ; and we tore them all to pieces; verily, in that are signs to every patient, grateful person. And. Iblis verified his suspicion concerning them, ginns to construct the temple of Jerusalem for him, and perceiving that he must die before it was completed, he prayed God to conceal his death from them lest they should relinquish the work when no longer compelled to keep to it by fear of his presence. This prayer was heard, and Solomon, who died while resting on his staff, remained in this position for a. year without his death being suspected, until a worm having eaten away his staff it broke, and the corpse fell to the ground, thus revealing the fact of his death. The shameful torment which the ginns might have avoided is their forced labour in: building: the temple. 1 The Rhamnus Nabeca of Forshal, the Rhamnus Nabeca Spina Christi of Linnzus, its fruit, which is called Nebuk, is a small round berry, in taste something like the jargonelle pear, and is a great favourite with the Bedawin. It grows freely in the Sinaitic peninsula. XXXIV, 19-26. THE CHAPTER OF SEBA. 153 and they followed him, save a. party of the believers }. [20] Yet had he no authority over them, save that we might know who it was that believed in the hereafter from him who amongst them was in doubt; for thy Lord guards everything. Say, ‘Call on those whom ye pretend beside God;’ they cannot control the weight of an atom in the heavens or in the earth; nor have they any partnership in either; nor has He amongst them any supporter; nor is intercession of any avail with Him, except for him whom He permits; so that when fright is removed from their hearts they say, ‘What is it that your Lord says?’ they say, ‘The truth; for He is the high, the great.’ Say, ‘Who provides from the heavens and the earth?’ Say, ‘God.’ And, verily, we or ye are surely in guidance or in an obvious error. Say, ‘Ye shall not be asked about what we have sent, nor shall we be asked about what ye do. [25] ‘Our Lord shall assemble us together; then He shall open between us in truth, for He is the opener who knows.’ Say, ‘Show me those whom ye have added to Him as partners; not so! nay, but He is God, the mighty, the wise!’
3[25] ‘Our Lord shall assemble us together; then He shall open between us in truth, for He is the opener who knows.’ Say, ‘Show me those whom ye have added to Him as partners; not so! nay, but He is God, the mighty, the wise!’ 1 A great trade used formerly to exist between Seba and Syria. The Mohammedan commentators suppose that the cessation of traffic, which naturally caused the gradual ruin of the intermediate towns, and the subsequent destruction of Seba or M4reb itself by the flood, was a punishment for the covetous wish of the people of the city, that the distances which traders had to pass over were longer, so that they themselves might earn more money by providing them with camels and escorts. 154 THE QuR’AN, XXXIV, 27-36. We have only sent thee to men generally as a herald of glad tidings and a warner; but most men do not know. And they say, ‘When shall this promise be, if ye do speak the truth ?’ say, ‘For you is the appointment of a day of which ye shall not keep back an hour, nor shall ye bring it on!’ [30] And those who misbelieve say, ‘We will never believe in this Qur’4n or in what is before t;’ but couldst thou see when the unjust are set before their Lord, they shall rebut each other in speech. Those who were thought weak shall say to those who were big with pride, ‘Had it not been for you we should have been believers.’ Those who were big with pride shall say to those who were thought weak, ‘Was it we who turned you away from the guidance after it came to you? nay, ye were sinners.’ And those who were thought weak shall say to those who were big with pride, ‘ Nay, but it was the plotting by night and day, when ye did bid us to disbelieve in God, and to make peers for Him!’ and they shall display repentance when they see the torment; and we will put fetters on the necks of those who misbelieved. Shall they be rewarded except for that which they have done ? We have not sent to any city a warner but the opulent thereof said, ‘We, in what ye are sent with, disbelieve.’ And they say, ‘We have more wealth and children, and we shall not be tormented.’ [35] Say, ‘Verily, my Lord extends provision to whom He pleases or doles it out, but most men do not know; but neither your wealth nor your children XXXIV, 36-44. THE CHAPTER OF SEBA, 155 is that which will bring you to a near approach to us, save him who believes and does right; these, for them is a double reward for what they have done, and they in upper rooms! shall be secure.’ And those who strive concerning our signs to frustrate them, these in the torment shall be arraigned. Verily, my Lord extends provision to whomsoever He will of His servants, or doles it out to him. And what ye expend in alms at all, He will repay it; for He is the best of providers. And on the day He will gather them all together, then He will say:to the angels, ‘Are these those who used to worship you ?’
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.
1[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. And those who misbelieve say, ‘Shall we guide 1 A city of Yemen was also called Méarab; it was about three days’ journey from San4’h. The bursting of the dyke of Marab and the destruction of the city by a flood are historical facts, and happened in about the first or second century of our era. XXXIV, 7-13. THE CHAPTER OF SEBA. 151 you to a man who will inform you that when ye are torn all to pieces, then ye shall be a new creation? he has forged against God a lie, or there is a ginn in him ;’—nay, those who believe not in the hereafter are in the torment and in the remote error ! Have they not looked at what is before them and what is behind them of the heaven and the earth ? if we pleased we would cleave the earth open with them, or we would make to fall upon them a portion of the heaven; verily, in that is a sign to every repentant servant. [10] And we did give David grace from us, ‘O ye mountains! echo (God’s praises) with him, and ye birds!’ and we softened for him iron: ‘Make thou coats of mail and adapt the rings thereof, and do right; verily, I at what ye do do look.’ And to Solomon the wind; its morning journey was a month, and its evening journey was a month; and we made to flow for him a fountain of molten brass; and of the ginns some to work before him by the permission of his Lord; and whoso swerves amongst them from our bidding we will give him to taste the torment and the blaze; and they made for him what he pleased of chambers, and images, and dishes like troughs, and firm pots; —work, O ye family of David! thankfully; few is it of my servants who are thankful. And when we decreed for him death, naught guided them to his death save a reptile of the earth that ate his staff; and when he fell down it was made manifest to the ginns that, had they but known the unseen, they need not have tarried in the shameful torment 1. 1 The Mohammedan legend is that Solomon had employed the 132 ‘THE QUR'AN. XXXIV, 14-19- Seba had in their dwellings a sign; two gardens, on the right hand and on the left, ‘Eat from the provision of your Lord; and give thanks to Him! a good country and a forgiving Lord!’ [15] but they turned away, and we sent against them the flood of the dyke; and we changed for them their two gardens into two gardens that grew bitter fruit and tamarisk, and some few lote trees?. This did we reward them with, for that they misbelieved; and do we so reward any but misbelievers ?
2This did we reward them with, for that they misbelieved; and do we so reward any but misbelievers ? And we made between them and the cities which we had blessed:(other) cities which were evident ; and we measured out the journey: ‘Journey ye thereto nights and days in safety!’ And they said, ‘Our Lord! make a greater distance between our journeys;’ and they wronged themselves, and we made them legends ; and we tore them all to pieces; verily, in that are signs to every patient, grateful person. And. Iblis verified his suspicion concerning them, ginns to construct the temple of Jerusalem for him, and perceiving that he must die before it was completed, he prayed God to conceal his death from them lest they should relinquish the work when no longer compelled to keep to it by fear of his presence. This prayer was heard, and Solomon, who died while resting on his staff, remained in this position for a. year without his death being suspected, until a worm having eaten away his staff it broke, and the corpse fell to the ground, thus revealing the fact of his death. The shameful torment which the ginns might have avoided is their forced labour in: building: the temple. 1 The Rhamnus Nabeca of Forshal, the Rhamnus Nabeca Spina Christi of Linnzus, its fruit, which is called Nebuk, is a small round berry, in taste something like the jargonelle pear, and is a great favourite with the Bedawin. It grows freely in the Sinaitic peninsula. XXXIV, 19-26. THE CHAPTER OF SEBA. 153 and they followed him, save a. party of the believers }. [20] Yet had he no authority over them, save that we might know who it was that believed in the hereafter from him who amongst them was in doubt; for thy Lord guards everything. Say, ‘Call on those whom ye pretend beside God;’ they cannot control the weight of an atom in the heavens or in the earth; nor have they any partnership in either; nor has He amongst them any supporter; nor is intercession of any avail with Him, except for him whom He permits; so that when fright is removed from their hearts they say, ‘What is it that your Lord says?’ they say, ‘The truth; for He is the high, the great.’ Say, ‘Who provides from the heavens and the earth?’ Say, ‘God.’ And, verily, we or ye are surely in guidance or in an obvious error. Say, ‘Ye shall not be asked about what we have sent, nor shall we be asked about what ye do. [25] ‘Our Lord shall assemble us together; then He shall open between us in truth, for He is the opener who knows.’ Say, ‘Show me those whom ye have added to Him as partners; not so! nay, but He is God, the mighty, the wise!’
3[25] ‘Our Lord shall assemble us together; then He shall open between us in truth, for He is the opener who knows.’ Say, ‘Show me those whom ye have added to Him as partners; not so! nay, but He is God, the mighty, the wise!’ 1 A great trade used formerly to exist between Seba and Syria. The Mohammedan commentators suppose that the cessation of traffic, which naturally caused the gradual ruin of the intermediate towns, and the subsequent destruction of Seba or M4reb itself by the flood, was a punishment for the covetous wish of the people of the city, that the distances which traders had to pass over were longer, so that they themselves might earn more money by providing them with camels and escorts. 154 THE QuR’AN, XXXIV, 27-36. We have only sent thee to men generally as a herald of glad tidings and a warner; but most men do not know. And they say, ‘When shall this promise be, if ye do speak the truth ?’ say, ‘For you is the appointment of a day of which ye shall not keep back an hour, nor shall ye bring it on!’ [30] And those who misbelieve say, ‘We will never believe in this Qur’4n or in what is before t;’ but couldst thou see when the unjust are set before their Lord, they shall rebut each other in speech. Those who were thought weak shall say to those who were big with pride, ‘Had it not been for you we should have been believers.’ Those who were big with pride shall say to those who were thought weak, ‘Was it we who turned you away from the guidance after it came to you? nay, ye were sinners.’ And those who were thought weak shall say to those who were big with pride, ‘ Nay, but it was the plotting by night and day, when ye did bid us to disbelieve in God, and to make peers for Him!’ and they shall display repentance when they see the torment; and we will put fetters on the necks of those who misbelieved. Shall they be rewarded except for that which they have done ? We have not sent to any city a warner but the opulent thereof said, ‘We, in what ye are sent with, disbelieve.’ And they say, ‘We have more wealth and children, and we shall not be tormented.’ [35] Say, ‘Verily, my Lord extends provision to whom He pleases or doles it out, but most men do not know; but neither your wealth nor your children XXXIV, 36-44. THE CHAPTER OF SEBA, 155 is that which will bring you to a near approach to us, save him who believes and does right; these, for them is a double reward for what they have done, and they in upper rooms! shall be secure.’ And those who strive concerning our signs to frustrate them, these in the torment shall be arraigned. Verily, my Lord extends provision to whomsoever He will of His servants, or doles it out to him. And what ye expend in alms at all, He will repay it; for He is the best of providers. And on the day He will gather them all together, then He will say:to the angels, ‘Are these those who used to worship you ?’
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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