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1The Arabs of the desert to this day call them by the same name as is here used in the Qur’an, - XXXV, 33-41. THE CHAPTER OF THE ANGELS. 161 hell; it shall not be decreed for them to die, nor shall aught of the torment be lightened from them ; thus do we reward every misbeliever; and they shall shriek therein, ‘O our Lord! bring us forth, and we will do right, not what we used to do!’—‘ Did we not let you grow old enough for every one who would be mindful to be mindful ? and there came to you a warner !—[35] So taste it, for the unjust shall have none to help!’ verily, God knows the unseen things of the heavens and of the earth; verily, He knows the nature of men’s breasts, He it is who made yeu vicegerents in the earth, and he who misbelieves, his misbelief is against himself; but their misbelief shall only increase the misbelievers in hatred with their Lord; and their misbelief shall only increase the misbelievers in loss. Say, ‘Have ye considered your associates whom ye call on beside God ?’ show me what they created of the earth; have they a share in the heavens, or have we given them a book that they rest on a manifest sign.? nay, the unjust promise each other naught but guile. Verily, God holds back the heavens and the earth lest they should decline; and if they should decline there is none to hold them back after Him; verily, He is clement, forgiving. [40] They swore by God with their most strenuous oath, verily, if there come to them a warner they would be more guided than any one of the nations ; but when a warner comes to them, it only increases them in aversion, and in being big with pride in the earth, and in plotting evil; but the plotting of evil only entangles those who practise it; can they then expect aught but the course of those of yore? but [9] M 162 THE QURAN. XXXV,41-XXXVI, 9. thou shalt not find any alteration in the course of God; and they shall not find any change in the course of God. Have they not journeyed on in the land and seen what was the end of those before them who were stronger than they? but God, nothing can ever make Him helpless in the heavens or in the earth; verily, He is knowing, powerful. Were God to catch men up for what they earn, He would not leave upon the back of it! a beast; but He respites them until an appointed time. [45] When their appointed time comes, verily, God looks upon His servants. Tue CuapTer or Y.S. (XXXVI. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. Y.S. By the wise Qur'an, verily, thou art of the apostles upon a right way. The revelation of the mighty, the merciful! [5] That thou mayest warn a people whose fathers were not warned, and who themselves are heedless.
2(XXXVI. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. Y.S. By the wise Qur'an, verily, thou art of the apostles upon a right way. The revelation of the mighty, the merciful! [5] That thou mayest warn a people whose fathers were not warned, and who themselves are heedless. Now is the sentence due against most of them, for they will not believe. Verily, we will place upon their necks fetters, and they shall reach up to their chins, and they shall have their heads forced back ; and we will place before them a barrier, and behind them a barrier; and we will cover them and they shall not see; and it is all the same to them if thou 1 The earth. XXXVI, 9-21. THE CHAPTER OF Y. S. 163 dost warn them or dost warn them not, they will not believe. [10] Thou canst only warn him who follows the reminder, and fears the Merciful in the unseen ; but give him glad tidings of forgiveness and a noble hire. Verily, we quicken the dead, and write down what they have done before, and what vestiges they leave behind; and everything have we counted in a plain model }, © Strike out for them a parable: the fellows of the city when there came to it the apostles; when we sent those two and they called them both liars, and we strengthened them with a third; and they said, ‘Verily, we are sent to you.’ They said, ‘Ye are only mortals like ourselves, nor has the Merciful sent down aught; ye are naught but liars.’ [15] They said, ‘Our Lord knows that we are sent to you, and we have only our plain message to preach.’ They said, ‘Verily, we have augured concerning you, and if ye do not desist we will surely stone you, and there shall touch you from us a grievous woe.’ Said they, ‘Your augury is with you; what! if ye are reminded—? Nay, ye are an extravagant people!’ And there came from the remote part of the city a man hastening up. Said he, ‘O my people! fol- ” low the apostles ; [20] follow those who do not ask you a hire, and who are guided. What ails me that I should not worship Him who originated me, and unto whom I must return? Shall 1 take gods 1 The Umm al Kitab. See Part I, p. a, note 2. ° M2 164 THE QUR'AN. XXXVI, 21-36. beside Him? If the Merciful One desires harm for me, their intercession cannot avail me at all, nor can they rescue me. Verily, I should then be in obvious error; verily, I believe in your Lord, then listen ye to me!’ [25] It was said, ‘Enter thou into Paradise!’ said he, ‘O, would that my people did but know! for that my Lord has forgiven me, and has made me of the honoured.’ And we did send down upon his people no hosts from heaven, nor yet what we were wont to send down; it was but a single noise, and lo! they were extinct}. Alas for the servants! there comes to them no apostle but they mock at him! [30] Have they not seen how many generations we have destroyed before them? verily, they shall not return to them; but all of them shall surely altogether be arraigned.
3they were extinct}. Alas for the servants! there comes to them no apostle but they mock at him! [30] Have they not seen how many generations we have destroyed before them? verily, they shall not return to them; but all of them shall surely altogether be arraigned. And a sign for them is the dead earth which we have quickened and brought forth therefrom seed, and from it do they eat; and we made therein gardens and palms and grapes, and we have caused fountains to gush forth therein, [35] that they may eat from the fruit thereof, and of what their hands have made; will they not then give thanks ? Celebrated be the praises of Him who created 1 The legend is that Jesus sent two of His disciples to the city of Antioch, none believing them but one ‘Habfb en Naggar, that is, ‘‘Habib the carpenter,’ and all three were thrown into prison. Simon Peter was subsequently sent to their rescue; a great many were converted, and the rest were destroyed by a shout from the angel Gabriel. The shrine of ‘Habib en Nagg@r at Antioch is still a favourite place of pilgrimage for Mohammedans. XXXVI, 36-g0. THE CHAPTER OF Y. S. 165 all kinds, of what the earth brings forth, and of themselves, and what they know not of! And a sign to them is the night, from which we strip off the day, and lo! they are in the dark; and the sun runs on to a place of rest for it!; that is the ordinance of the mighty, the wise. And the moon, we have ordered for it stations, until it comes again to be like an old dry palm branch. [40] Neither is it proper for it to catch up the moon, nor for the night to outstrip the day, but each one floats on in its sky. And a sign for them is that we bear their seed in a laden ship*, and we have created for them the like thereof whereon to ride; and if we please, we drown them, and there is none for them, to appeal to; nor are they rescued, save by mercy from us, as a provision for a season. [45] And when it is said to them, ‘Fear what is before you and what is behind you, haply ye may obtain mercy®;’ and thou bringest them not any one of the signs of their Lord, but they turn away therefrom ; and when it is said to them, ‘Expend in alms of what God has bestowed upon you,’ those who misbelieve say to those who believe, ‘Shall we feed him whom, if God pleased, He would feed ? ye are only in an obvious error.’ They say, ‘When shall this promise come to pass, if ye do tell the truth?’ They await but a single noise, that shall seize them as they are contending. [50] And they shall not be able to 1 There is a various reading here, ‘and has no place of rest.’ ? Some take this to refer to Noah’s ark. & That is, the punishment of this world and the next, 166 THE QUR'AN. XXXVI, 50-68. make a bequest; nor to their people shall they return ; but the trumpet shall be blown, and, behold, from their graves unto their Lord shall they slip out! ;
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.
1The Arabs of the desert to this day call them by the same name as is here used in the Qur’an, - XXXV, 33-41. THE CHAPTER OF THE ANGELS. 161 hell; it shall not be decreed for them to die, nor shall aught of the torment be lightened from them ; thus do we reward every misbeliever; and they shall shriek therein, ‘O our Lord! bring us forth, and we will do right, not what we used to do!’—‘ Did we not let you grow old enough for every one who would be mindful to be mindful ? and there came to you a warner !—[35] So taste it, for the unjust shall have none to help!’ verily, God knows the unseen things of the heavens and of the earth; verily, He knows the nature of men’s breasts, He it is who made yeu vicegerents in the earth, and he who misbelieves, his misbelief is against himself; but their misbelief shall only increase the misbelievers in hatred with their Lord; and their misbelief shall only increase the misbelievers in loss. Say, ‘Have ye considered your associates whom ye call on beside God ?’ show me what they created of the earth; have they a share in the heavens, or have we given them a book that they rest on a manifest sign.? nay, the unjust promise each other naught but guile. Verily, God holds back the heavens and the earth lest they should decline; and if they should decline there is none to hold them back after Him; verily, He is clement, forgiving. [40] They swore by God with their most strenuous oath, verily, if there come to them a warner they would be more guided than any one of the nations ; but when a warner comes to them, it only increases them in aversion, and in being big with pride in the earth, and in plotting evil; but the plotting of evil only entangles those who practise it; can they then expect aught but the course of those of yore? but [9] M 162 THE QURAN. XXXV,41-XXXVI, 9. thou shalt not find any alteration in the course of God; and they shall not find any change in the course of God. Have they not journeyed on in the land and seen what was the end of those before them who were stronger than they? but God, nothing can ever make Him helpless in the heavens or in the earth; verily, He is knowing, powerful. Were God to catch men up for what they earn, He would not leave upon the back of it! a beast; but He respites them until an appointed time. [45] When their appointed time comes, verily, God looks upon His servants. Tue CuapTer or Y.S. (XXXVI. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. Y.S. By the wise Qur'an, verily, thou art of the apostles upon a right way. The revelation of the mighty, the merciful! [5] That thou mayest warn a people whose fathers were not warned, and who themselves are heedless.
2(XXXVI. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. Y.S. By the wise Qur'an, verily, thou art of the apostles upon a right way. The revelation of the mighty, the merciful! [5] That thou mayest warn a people whose fathers were not warned, and who themselves are heedless. Now is the sentence due against most of them, for they will not believe. Verily, we will place upon their necks fetters, and they shall reach up to their chins, and they shall have their heads forced back ; and we will place before them a barrier, and behind them a barrier; and we will cover them and they shall not see; and it is all the same to them if thou 1 The earth. XXXVI, 9-21. THE CHAPTER OF Y. S. 163 dost warn them or dost warn them not, they will not believe. [10] Thou canst only warn him who follows the reminder, and fears the Merciful in the unseen ; but give him glad tidings of forgiveness and a noble hire. Verily, we quicken the dead, and write down what they have done before, and what vestiges they leave behind; and everything have we counted in a plain model }, © Strike out for them a parable: the fellows of the city when there came to it the apostles; when we sent those two and they called them both liars, and we strengthened them with a third; and they said, ‘Verily, we are sent to you.’ They said, ‘Ye are only mortals like ourselves, nor has the Merciful sent down aught; ye are naught but liars.’ [15] They said, ‘Our Lord knows that we are sent to you, and we have only our plain message to preach.’ They said, ‘Verily, we have augured concerning you, and if ye do not desist we will surely stone you, and there shall touch you from us a grievous woe.’ Said they, ‘Your augury is with you; what! if ye are reminded—? Nay, ye are an extravagant people!’ And there came from the remote part of the city a man hastening up. Said he, ‘O my people! fol- ” low the apostles ; [20] follow those who do not ask you a hire, and who are guided. What ails me that I should not worship Him who originated me, and unto whom I must return? Shall 1 take gods 1 The Umm al Kitab. See Part I, p. a, note 2. ° M2 164 THE QUR'AN. XXXVI, 21-36. beside Him? If the Merciful One desires harm for me, their intercession cannot avail me at all, nor can they rescue me. Verily, I should then be in obvious error; verily, I believe in your Lord, then listen ye to me!’ [25] It was said, ‘Enter thou into Paradise!’ said he, ‘O, would that my people did but know! for that my Lord has forgiven me, and has made me of the honoured.’ And we did send down upon his people no hosts from heaven, nor yet what we were wont to send down; it was but a single noise, and lo! they were extinct}. Alas for the servants! there comes to them no apostle but they mock at him! [30] Have they not seen how many generations we have destroyed before them? verily, they shall not return to them; but all of them shall surely altogether be arraigned.
3they were extinct}. Alas for the servants! there comes to them no apostle but they mock at him! [30] Have they not seen how many generations we have destroyed before them? verily, they shall not return to them; but all of them shall surely altogether be arraigned. And a sign for them is the dead earth which we have quickened and brought forth therefrom seed, and from it do they eat; and we made therein gardens and palms and grapes, and we have caused fountains to gush forth therein, [35] that they may eat from the fruit thereof, and of what their hands have made; will they not then give thanks ? Celebrated be the praises of Him who created 1 The legend is that Jesus sent two of His disciples to the city of Antioch, none believing them but one ‘Habfb en Naggar, that is, ‘‘Habib the carpenter,’ and all three were thrown into prison. Simon Peter was subsequently sent to their rescue; a great many were converted, and the rest were destroyed by a shout from the angel Gabriel. The shrine of ‘Habib en Nagg@r at Antioch is still a favourite place of pilgrimage for Mohammedans. XXXVI, 36-g0. THE CHAPTER OF Y. S. 165 all kinds, of what the earth brings forth, and of themselves, and what they know not of! And a sign to them is the night, from which we strip off the day, and lo! they are in the dark; and the sun runs on to a place of rest for it!; that is the ordinance of the mighty, the wise. And the moon, we have ordered for it stations, until it comes again to be like an old dry palm branch. [40] Neither is it proper for it to catch up the moon, nor for the night to outstrip the day, but each one floats on in its sky. And a sign for them is that we bear their seed in a laden ship*, and we have created for them the like thereof whereon to ride; and if we please, we drown them, and there is none for them, to appeal to; nor are they rescued, save by mercy from us, as a provision for a season. [45] And when it is said to them, ‘Fear what is before you and what is behind you, haply ye may obtain mercy®;’ and thou bringest them not any one of the signs of their Lord, but they turn away therefrom ; and when it is said to them, ‘Expend in alms of what God has bestowed upon you,’ those who misbelieve say to those who believe, ‘Shall we feed him whom, if God pleased, He would feed ? ye are only in an obvious error.’ They say, ‘When shall this promise come to pass, if ye do tell the truth?’ They await but a single noise, that shall seize them as they are contending. [50] And they shall not be able to 1 There is a various reading here, ‘and has no place of rest.’ ? Some take this to refer to Noah’s ark. & That is, the punishment of this world and the next, 166 THE QUR'AN. XXXVI, 50-68. make a bequest; nor to their people shall they return ; but the trumpet shall be blown, and, behold, from their graves unto their Lord shall they slip out! ;
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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