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11 Le. it is a duty laid down by law. 3 Or ‘to return (to the world),’ Baidzavi. [9] P 210 THE Qur’AN. XLII, 45-53. [45] And they shall have no patrons to help them beside God, and whomsoever God leads astray, there is no way for him. Assent to your Lord before the day comes of which there is no averting from God; there is no refuge for you on that day; and for you there is no denial. OS But if they turn aside, we have not sent thee to them as a guardian, thou hast only thy message to preach. And, verily, when we have made man taste of mercy from us he rejoices therein ; but if there befall them an evil for what their hands have done before— then, verily, man is ungrateful ! God’s is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, He creates what He pleases, He grants to whom He pleases females, and He grants to whom He pleases males, or He gives them in pairs, males and females; and He makes whom He pleases barren ; verily, He is knowing, powerful ! [50] It is not for any mortal that God should speak to him, except by inspiration, or from behind a veil, or by sending an apostle and inspiring, by His permission, what He pleases; verily, He is high and wise ! And thus have we inspired thee by a spirit! at our bidding ; thou didst not know what the Book was, nor the faith: but we made it a light whereby we guide whom we will of our servants. And, verily, thou shalt surely be guided into the right way,—the way of God, whose is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, Ay, to God affairs do tend! 1 Gabriel, XLII, 1-13. THE CHAPTER OF GILDING, THe CHAPTER OF GILDIN (XLIII. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassiona God. ‘H.M. By the perspicuous Book, verily, we have made it an Arabic Qur’4n; haply ye will have some sense. And it is in the Mother of the Book with us,—high and wise}, Shall we then push aside from you the Reminder, because ye are a people who are extravagant ? [5] How many prophets have we sent amongst those of yore? and there never came to them a prophet but they did mock at him; then we destroyed them—more valiant than these?; and the example of those of yore passed away. And if thou shouldst ask them who created the heavens and the earth, they will surely say, ‘ The mighty, the knowing One created them,’ who made for you the earth a couch and placed for you therein roads, haply ye may be guided: [10] and who sent down from the heaven water in due measure; and we raised up thereby a dead country; thus shall ye too be brought forth; and who has created all species; and has made for you the ships and the cattle whereon to ride that ye may settle yourselves on their backs; then remember the favour of your Lord when ye settled thereon, and say, ‘Celebrated be the praises of Him who hath‘subjected this to - us! We could not have got this ourselves; and, verily, unto our Lord shall we return!’ } See Part I, p. 2, note 2. 3 T.e. the Meccans. P 2 212 THE QuR’AN. XLIII, 14-23.
2We could not have got this ourselves; and, verily, unto our Lord shall we return!’ } See Part I, p. 2, note 2. 3 T.e. the Meccans. P 2 212 THE QuR’AN. XLIII, 14-23. Yet they make for Him of His servants offspring ; verily, man is surely obviously ungrateful. {15] Has He taken of what He creates daughters, and chosen sons for you ? Yet when the tidings! are given any one of that which he strikes out as a similitude for the Merciful One, his face grows black and he is choked. What! one brought up amongst ornaments, and who is always in contention without obvious cause ?? And have they made the angels, who are the servants of the Merciful One, females? Were they witnesses of their creation? their witness shall be written down, and they shall be questioned; and they say, ‘Had the Merciful pleased we should never have worshipped them.’ They have no knowledge of that, they only conjecture. [20] Have we given them a book? before it to which they might hold ? Nay; they say, ‘We found our fathers (agreed) upon a religion, and, verily, we are guided by their traces.’ Thus, too, did we never send before thee to a city any warner, but the affluent ones thereof said, ‘Verily, we found our fathers (agreed) upon a religion, and, verily, we are led by their traces.’ Say, ‘What! if I come to you with what is a better guide than what ye found your fathers agreed upon ?’ and they will say, ‘Verily, we in what ye are sent with disbelieve !” 1 T.e. of the birth of a daughter, see Part I, p. 256, note 2. ? T.e. what! do they assign children of this kind, viz. daughters, to God? 5 T.e. a scripture authorising the practice of their religion, such as the worship of angels and the ascribing of daughters to God. XLII, 24-35. THE CHAPTER OF GILDING. 273 Then we took vengeance on them, and see how was the end of those who called the (apostles) liars. [25] When Abraham said to his father and his people, ‘Verily, I am clear of all that ye serve, except Him who created me; for, verily, He will guide me:’ and he made it a word remaining among his posterity, that haply they might return. Nay; but I let these (Meccans) and their fathers have enjoyment until the truth came to them, and an apostle. And when the truth came to them they said, ‘This is magic, and we therein do disbelieve !’ [30] And they say, ‘Unless this Qur’4n were sent down to a man great in the two cities... .1’ Is it they who distribute the mercy of thy Lord? We distribute amongst them their livelihood in the life of this world, and we exalt some of them above others in degrees, that some may take others into subjection ; but the mercy of thy Lord is better than that which they amass.
3.1’ Is it they who distribute the mercy of thy Lord? We distribute amongst them their livelihood in the life of this world, and we exalt some of them above others in degrees, that some may take others into subjection ; but the mercy of thy Lord is better than that which they amass. And but that men would then have been one nation, we would have made for those who misbelieve in the Merciful One roofs of silver for their houses, and steps up thereto which they might mount; and to their houses doors, and bedsteads on which they might recline; and gilding,—for, verily, all that is a provision of the life of this world, but the hereafter is better with thy Lord for those who fear! [35] And whosoever turns from the reminder of the Merciful One, we will chain to him a devil, who shall 1 T.e. had it been sent down to some man of influence and importance in Mecca and 7@’if we would have received it. 214 THE QUR'AN. . XLII, 35-48. be his mate; and, verily, these shall turn them from the path while they reckon that they are guided; until when he comes to us he shall say, ‘O, would that between me and thee there were the distance of the two orients}, for an evil mate (art thou)!’ But it shall not avail you on that day, since ye were unjust ; verily, in the torment shall ye share! What! canst thou make the deaf to hear, or guide the blind, or him who is in obvious error ? [40] Whether then we take thee off we will surely take vengeance on them; or whether we show thee that which we have promised them; for, verily, we have power over them. Say, ‘Dost thou hold to what is inspired thee ?’ verily, thou art in the right way, and, verily, it is a reminder to thee and to thy people, but in the end they shall be asked. And ask those whom we have sent before thee amongst the prophets, ‘Did we make gods beside the Merciful One for them to serve ?’ [45] We did send Moses with our signs to Pharaoh and his chiefs, and he said, ‘ Verily, I am the apostle of the Lord of the worlds; but when he came to them with our signs, lo, they laughed at them !’ And we did not show them a sign, but it was greater than its fellow; and we seized them with the torment, haply they might turn. And they said, ‘O thou magician! pray for us to thy Lord, as He has engaged with thee: verily, we are guided.’ 1 Te. the east and west, though some understand it between the two solstices, XLIII, 49-61. THE CHAPTER: OF GILDING. 215 And when we removed from them the torment, behold they broke their word, [50] And Pharaoh proclaimed amongst his people ; said he, ‘O my people! is not the kingdom of Egypt mine? and these rivers that flow beneath me? What! can ye then not see? Am I better than this fellow, who is contemptible, who can hardly explain himself! ? Unless then bracelets of gold be cast upon him, or there come with him angels as his mates...!’ And he taught his people levity; and they obeyed him: verily, they were an abominable people.
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.
11 Le. it is a duty laid down by law. 3 Or ‘to return (to the world),’ Baidzavi. [9] P 210 THE Qur’AN. XLII, 45-53. [45] And they shall have no patrons to help them beside God, and whomsoever God leads astray, there is no way for him. Assent to your Lord before the day comes of which there is no averting from God; there is no refuge for you on that day; and for you there is no denial. OS But if they turn aside, we have not sent thee to them as a guardian, thou hast only thy message to preach. And, verily, when we have made man taste of mercy from us he rejoices therein ; but if there befall them an evil for what their hands have done before— then, verily, man is ungrateful ! God’s is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, He creates what He pleases, He grants to whom He pleases females, and He grants to whom He pleases males, or He gives them in pairs, males and females; and He makes whom He pleases barren ; verily, He is knowing, powerful ! [50] It is not for any mortal that God should speak to him, except by inspiration, or from behind a veil, or by sending an apostle and inspiring, by His permission, what He pleases; verily, He is high and wise ! And thus have we inspired thee by a spirit! at our bidding ; thou didst not know what the Book was, nor the faith: but we made it a light whereby we guide whom we will of our servants. And, verily, thou shalt surely be guided into the right way,—the way of God, whose is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, Ay, to God affairs do tend! 1 Gabriel, XLII, 1-13. THE CHAPTER OF GILDING, THe CHAPTER OF GILDIN (XLIII. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassiona God. ‘H.M. By the perspicuous Book, verily, we have made it an Arabic Qur’4n; haply ye will have some sense. And it is in the Mother of the Book with us,—high and wise}, Shall we then push aside from you the Reminder, because ye are a people who are extravagant ? [5] How many prophets have we sent amongst those of yore? and there never came to them a prophet but they did mock at him; then we destroyed them—more valiant than these?; and the example of those of yore passed away. And if thou shouldst ask them who created the heavens and the earth, they will surely say, ‘ The mighty, the knowing One created them,’ who made for you the earth a couch and placed for you therein roads, haply ye may be guided: [10] and who sent down from the heaven water in due measure; and we raised up thereby a dead country; thus shall ye too be brought forth; and who has created all species; and has made for you the ships and the cattle whereon to ride that ye may settle yourselves on their backs; then remember the favour of your Lord when ye settled thereon, and say, ‘Celebrated be the praises of Him who hath‘subjected this to - us! We could not have got this ourselves; and, verily, unto our Lord shall we return!’ } See Part I, p. 2, note 2. 3 T.e. the Meccans. P 2 212 THE QuR’AN. XLIII, 14-23.
2We could not have got this ourselves; and, verily, unto our Lord shall we return!’ } See Part I, p. 2, note 2. 3 T.e. the Meccans. P 2 212 THE QuR’AN. XLIII, 14-23. Yet they make for Him of His servants offspring ; verily, man is surely obviously ungrateful. {15] Has He taken of what He creates daughters, and chosen sons for you ? Yet when the tidings! are given any one of that which he strikes out as a similitude for the Merciful One, his face grows black and he is choked. What! one brought up amongst ornaments, and who is always in contention without obvious cause ?? And have they made the angels, who are the servants of the Merciful One, females? Were they witnesses of their creation? their witness shall be written down, and they shall be questioned; and they say, ‘Had the Merciful pleased we should never have worshipped them.’ They have no knowledge of that, they only conjecture. [20] Have we given them a book? before it to which they might hold ? Nay; they say, ‘We found our fathers (agreed) upon a religion, and, verily, we are guided by their traces.’ Thus, too, did we never send before thee to a city any warner, but the affluent ones thereof said, ‘Verily, we found our fathers (agreed) upon a religion, and, verily, we are led by their traces.’ Say, ‘What! if I come to you with what is a better guide than what ye found your fathers agreed upon ?’ and they will say, ‘Verily, we in what ye are sent with disbelieve !” 1 T.e. of the birth of a daughter, see Part I, p. 256, note 2. ? T.e. what! do they assign children of this kind, viz. daughters, to God? 5 T.e. a scripture authorising the practice of their religion, such as the worship of angels and the ascribing of daughters to God. XLII, 24-35. THE CHAPTER OF GILDING. 273 Then we took vengeance on them, and see how was the end of those who called the (apostles) liars. [25] When Abraham said to his father and his people, ‘Verily, I am clear of all that ye serve, except Him who created me; for, verily, He will guide me:’ and he made it a word remaining among his posterity, that haply they might return. Nay; but I let these (Meccans) and their fathers have enjoyment until the truth came to them, and an apostle. And when the truth came to them they said, ‘This is magic, and we therein do disbelieve !’ [30] And they say, ‘Unless this Qur’4n were sent down to a man great in the two cities... .1’ Is it they who distribute the mercy of thy Lord? We distribute amongst them their livelihood in the life of this world, and we exalt some of them above others in degrees, that some may take others into subjection ; but the mercy of thy Lord is better than that which they amass.
3.1’ Is it they who distribute the mercy of thy Lord? We distribute amongst them their livelihood in the life of this world, and we exalt some of them above others in degrees, that some may take others into subjection ; but the mercy of thy Lord is better than that which they amass. And but that men would then have been one nation, we would have made for those who misbelieve in the Merciful One roofs of silver for their houses, and steps up thereto which they might mount; and to their houses doors, and bedsteads on which they might recline; and gilding,—for, verily, all that is a provision of the life of this world, but the hereafter is better with thy Lord for those who fear! [35] And whosoever turns from the reminder of the Merciful One, we will chain to him a devil, who shall 1 T.e. had it been sent down to some man of influence and importance in Mecca and 7@’if we would have received it. 214 THE QUR'AN. . XLII, 35-48. be his mate; and, verily, these shall turn them from the path while they reckon that they are guided; until when he comes to us he shall say, ‘O, would that between me and thee there were the distance of the two orients}, for an evil mate (art thou)!’ But it shall not avail you on that day, since ye were unjust ; verily, in the torment shall ye share! What! canst thou make the deaf to hear, or guide the blind, or him who is in obvious error ? [40] Whether then we take thee off we will surely take vengeance on them; or whether we show thee that which we have promised them; for, verily, we have power over them. Say, ‘Dost thou hold to what is inspired thee ?’ verily, thou art in the right way, and, verily, it is a reminder to thee and to thy people, but in the end they shall be asked. And ask those whom we have sent before thee amongst the prophets, ‘Did we make gods beside the Merciful One for them to serve ?’ [45] We did send Moses with our signs to Pharaoh and his chiefs, and he said, ‘ Verily, I am the apostle of the Lord of the worlds; but when he came to them with our signs, lo, they laughed at them !’ And we did not show them a sign, but it was greater than its fellow; and we seized them with the torment, haply they might turn. And they said, ‘O thou magician! pray for us to thy Lord, as He has engaged with thee: verily, we are guided.’ 1 Te. the east and west, though some understand it between the two solstices, XLIII, 49-61. THE CHAPTER: OF GILDING. 215 And when we removed from them the torment, behold they broke their word, [50] And Pharaoh proclaimed amongst his people ; said he, ‘O my people! is not the kingdom of Egypt mine? and these rivers that flow beneath me? What! can ye then not see? Am I better than this fellow, who is contemptible, who can hardly explain himself! ? Unless then bracelets of gold be cast upon him, or there come with him angels as his mates...!’ And he taught his people levity; and they obeyed him: verily, they were an abominable people.
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