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1Some 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! ; They shall say, ‘O, woe is us! who has raised us up from our sleeping-place? this is what the Merciful promised, and the apostles told the truth!’ It shall be but a single noise, and lo! they are all arraigned before us. And on that day no soul shall be wronged at all, nor shall ye be rewarded for aught but that which ye have done. [55] Verily, the fellows of Paradise upon that day shall be employed in enjoyment; they and their wives, in shade upon thrones, reclining; therein shall they have fruits, and they shall have what they may call for. ‘Peace!’—a speech from the merciful Lord! ‘Separate yourselves to-day, O ye sinners! [60] Did I not covenant with you, O children of Adam! that ye should not serve Satan? verily, he is to you an open foe; but serve ye me, this is the right way. But he led astray a numerous race of you; what! had ye then no sense? this is hell,-which ye were threatened; broil therein to-day, for that ye misbelieved !’ [65] On that day we will seal their mouths, and their hands shall speak to us, and their feet shall bear witness of what they earned. And if we please we could put out their eyes, and they would race along the road; and then how could they see ? And if we pleased we would transform them in their places, and they should not be able to go on, nor yet to return. And him to whom we grant old age, XXXVI, 68-83. THE CHAPTER OF Y. S. 167 we bow him down in his form; have they then no sense ? We have not taught him! poetry, nor was it proper for him; it is but a reminder and a plain Qur’an, [70] to warn him who is living; but the sentence is due against the misbelievers. Have they not seen that we have created for them of what our hands have made for them, cattle, and they are owners thereof? and we have tamed them for them, and of them are some to ride, and of them are what they eat, and therein have they advantages and beverages; will they not then give thanks ? But they take, beside God, gods that haply they may be helped. [75] They cannot help them; yet are they a host ready for them 2. But let not their speech grieve thee: verily, we know what they conceal and what they display. Has not man seen that we have created him from a clot? and lo! he is an open opponent; and he strikes out for us a likeness; and forgets his creation; and says, ‘Who shall quicken bones when they are rotten?’ Say, ‘He shall quicken them who produced them at first; for every creation does He know; [80] who has made for you fire out of a green tree, and lo! ye kindle therewith.’
2ye kindle therewith.’ Is not He who created the heavens and the earth able to create the like thereof? yea! He is the knowing Creator; His bidding is only, when He desires anything to say to it, ‘BE,’ and itis. Then celebrated be the praises of Him in whose hands is 1 Mohammed. 2 T.e. they are ready to defend their false gods. 168 THE QUR'AN. XXXVI, 83-XXXVII, 19. the kingdom of everything! and unto Him shall ye return. Fur CHAPTER OF THE ‘ RANGED.’ (XX XVII. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. By the (angels) ranged in ranks, and the drivers driving}, and the reciters of the reminder, ‘ Verily, your God is one, [5] the Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between the two, and the Lord of the sunrises!’. Verily, we have adorned the lower heaven with the adornment of the stars, and to preserve it from every rebellious devil, that they may. not listen to the exalted chiefs; for they are hurled at from every side?, driven off, and for them is lasting woe; [10] save such as snatches off a word, and there follows him a darting flame! Ask them * whether they are stronger by nature or (the angels) whom we have created? We have created them of sticky clay. Nay, thou dost wonder and they jest! and when they are reminded they will not remember; and when they see a sign they make a jest thereof, [15] and say, ‘This is naught but obvious sorcery. What! when we are dead, and have become earth and bones, shall we then be raised? what! and our fathers of yore ?’ Say, ‘ Yes, and ye shall shrink up, and it shall only 1 Driving the clouds or ‘scaring the devils.’ 2 See Part I, p. 50, note 2. 8 The people of Mecca. XXXVII, 19-46. THE CHAPTER OF THE RANGED. 169
3what! and our fathers of yore ?’ Say, ‘ Yes, and ye shall shrink up, and it shall only 1 Driving the clouds or ‘scaring the devils.’ 2 See Part I, p. 50, note 2. 8 The people of Mecca. XXXVII, 19-46. THE CHAPTER OF THE RANGED. 169 be one scare, and, behold, they shall look on, [20] and they shall say, ‘O, woe is us! this is the day of judgment, this is the day of decision, which ye did calla lie!’ Gather ye. together, ye who were unjust, with their mates and what they used to serve beside God, and guide them to the way of hell, and stop them; verily, they shall be questioned. [25] ‘Why do ye not help each other ?’ nay, on that day they shall resign themselves, and some shall draw near to others, to question each other, and they shall say, ‘Verily, ye came to us from the right.’ They shall say, ‘Nay, ye were not believers, nor had we any authority over you; nay, ye were an outrageous people. [30] And the sentence of our Lord shall be due for us; verily, we shall surely taste thereof ; we did seduce you—verily, we were erring too!’ therefore, verily, on that day they shall share the torment: thus it is that we will do with the sinners. Verily, when it is said to them, ‘There is no god but God,’ they get too big with pride, and say, [35] ‘What! shall we leave our gods for an infatuated poet?’ Nay, he came with the truth, and verified the apostles ; verily, ye are going to taste of grievous woe, nor shall ye be rewarded save for that which ye have done! Except God’s sincere servants,[4o]these shall have a stated provision of fruits, and they shall be honoured in the gardens of pleasure, upon couches facing each other?; they shall be served all round with a cup from a spring, [45] white and delicious to those who drink, wherein is no insidious spirit, nor shall) 1 That is, with a good omen. / 2 See Chapter XV, verse 47. // 170 THE QUR'AN. XXXVIL, 46-72. be drunk therewith; and with them damsels, restraining their looks, large eyed; as though they were a sheltered egg ; and some shall come forward to ask others; and a speaker amongst them shall say, ‘Verily, I had a mate, [50] who used to say, “Art thou verily of those who credit ? What! when we are dead, and have become earth and bones, shall we be surely judged ?”’ He will say, ‘Are ye looking down?’ and he shall look down and see him in the midst of hell. He shall say, ‘ By God, thou didst nearly ruin me! [55] And had it not been for the favour of my Lord, I should have been among the arraigned. —‘ What! shall we not die save our first death ? and shall we not be tormented ?—Verily, this is mighty bliss! for the like of this then let the -workers work.’
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.
1Some 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! ; They shall say, ‘O, woe is us! who has raised us up from our sleeping-place? this is what the Merciful promised, and the apostles told the truth!’ It shall be but a single noise, and lo! they are all arraigned before us. And on that day no soul shall be wronged at all, nor shall ye be rewarded for aught but that which ye have done. [55] Verily, the fellows of Paradise upon that day shall be employed in enjoyment; they and their wives, in shade upon thrones, reclining; therein shall they have fruits, and they shall have what they may call for. ‘Peace!’—a speech from the merciful Lord! ‘Separate yourselves to-day, O ye sinners! [60] Did I not covenant with you, O children of Adam! that ye should not serve Satan? verily, he is to you an open foe; but serve ye me, this is the right way. But he led astray a numerous race of you; what! had ye then no sense? this is hell,-which ye were threatened; broil therein to-day, for that ye misbelieved !’ [65] On that day we will seal their mouths, and their hands shall speak to us, and their feet shall bear witness of what they earned. And if we please we could put out their eyes, and they would race along the road; and then how could they see ? And if we pleased we would transform them in their places, and they should not be able to go on, nor yet to return. And him to whom we grant old age, XXXVI, 68-83. THE CHAPTER OF Y. S. 167 we bow him down in his form; have they then no sense ? We have not taught him! poetry, nor was it proper for him; it is but a reminder and a plain Qur’an, [70] to warn him who is living; but the sentence is due against the misbelievers. Have they not seen that we have created for them of what our hands have made for them, cattle, and they are owners thereof? and we have tamed them for them, and of them are some to ride, and of them are what they eat, and therein have they advantages and beverages; will they not then give thanks ? But they take, beside God, gods that haply they may be helped. [75] They cannot help them; yet are they a host ready for them 2. But let not their speech grieve thee: verily, we know what they conceal and what they display. Has not man seen that we have created him from a clot? and lo! he is an open opponent; and he strikes out for us a likeness; and forgets his creation; and says, ‘Who shall quicken bones when they are rotten?’ Say, ‘He shall quicken them who produced them at first; for every creation does He know; [80] who has made for you fire out of a green tree, and lo! ye kindle therewith.’
2ye kindle therewith.’ Is not He who created the heavens and the earth able to create the like thereof? yea! He is the knowing Creator; His bidding is only, when He desires anything to say to it, ‘BE,’ and itis. Then celebrated be the praises of Him in whose hands is 1 Mohammed. 2 T.e. they are ready to defend their false gods. 168 THE QUR'AN. XXXVI, 83-XXXVII, 19. the kingdom of everything! and unto Him shall ye return. Fur CHAPTER OF THE ‘ RANGED.’ (XX XVII. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. By the (angels) ranged in ranks, and the drivers driving}, and the reciters of the reminder, ‘ Verily, your God is one, [5] the Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between the two, and the Lord of the sunrises!’. Verily, we have adorned the lower heaven with the adornment of the stars, and to preserve it from every rebellious devil, that they may. not listen to the exalted chiefs; for they are hurled at from every side?, driven off, and for them is lasting woe; [10] save such as snatches off a word, and there follows him a darting flame! Ask them * whether they are stronger by nature or (the angels) whom we have created? We have created them of sticky clay. Nay, thou dost wonder and they jest! and when they are reminded they will not remember; and when they see a sign they make a jest thereof, [15] and say, ‘This is naught but obvious sorcery. What! when we are dead, and have become earth and bones, shall we then be raised? what! and our fathers of yore ?’ Say, ‘ Yes, and ye shall shrink up, and it shall only 1 Driving the clouds or ‘scaring the devils.’ 2 See Part I, p. 50, note 2. 8 The people of Mecca. XXXVII, 19-46. THE CHAPTER OF THE RANGED. 169
3what! and our fathers of yore ?’ Say, ‘ Yes, and ye shall shrink up, and it shall only 1 Driving the clouds or ‘scaring the devils.’ 2 See Part I, p. 50, note 2. 8 The people of Mecca. XXXVII, 19-46. THE CHAPTER OF THE RANGED. 169 be one scare, and, behold, they shall look on, [20] and they shall say, ‘O, woe is us! this is the day of judgment, this is the day of decision, which ye did calla lie!’ Gather ye. together, ye who were unjust, with their mates and what they used to serve beside God, and guide them to the way of hell, and stop them; verily, they shall be questioned. [25] ‘Why do ye not help each other ?’ nay, on that day they shall resign themselves, and some shall draw near to others, to question each other, and they shall say, ‘Verily, ye came to us from the right.’ They shall say, ‘Nay, ye were not believers, nor had we any authority over you; nay, ye were an outrageous people. [30] And the sentence of our Lord shall be due for us; verily, we shall surely taste thereof ; we did seduce you—verily, we were erring too!’ therefore, verily, on that day they shall share the torment: thus it is that we will do with the sinners. Verily, when it is said to them, ‘There is no god but God,’ they get too big with pride, and say, [35] ‘What! shall we leave our gods for an infatuated poet?’ Nay, he came with the truth, and verified the apostles ; verily, ye are going to taste of grievous woe, nor shall ye be rewarded save for that which ye have done! Except God’s sincere servants,[4o]these shall have a stated provision of fruits, and they shall be honoured in the gardens of pleasure, upon couches facing each other?; they shall be served all round with a cup from a spring, [45] white and delicious to those who drink, wherein is no insidious spirit, nor shall) 1 That is, with a good omen. / 2 See Chapter XV, verse 47. // 170 THE QUR'AN. XXXVIL, 46-72. be drunk therewith; and with them damsels, restraining their looks, large eyed; as though they were a sheltered egg ; and some shall come forward to ask others; and a speaker amongst them shall say, ‘Verily, I had a mate, [50] who used to say, “Art thou verily of those who credit ? What! when we are dead, and have become earth and bones, shall we be surely judged ?”’ He will say, ‘Are ye looking down?’ and he shall look down and see him in the midst of hell. He shall say, ‘ By God, thou didst nearly ruin me! [55] And had it not been for the favour of my Lord, I should have been among the arraigned. —‘ What! shall we not die save our first death ? and shall we not be tormented ?—Verily, this is mighty bliss! for the like of this then let the -workers work.’
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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