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1stir me up that I may be thankful for thy favours wherewith thou hast favoured me and my parents ; and that I may do right to please Thee ; and make it right for me in my offspring; verily, I turn repentant unto Thee, and, verily, I am of those resigned.’ {15] There are those from whom we accept the best of what they have done, and we pass over their offences—amongst the fellows of Paradise; the promise of truth which they have been promised. But he who says to his parents, ‘Fie upon you! Do ye promise me that I shall be brought forth! when generations have passed away before me ?’—then shall they both cry to God for help. Woe to thee! Believe! Verily, the promise of God is true. Then says he, ‘ This is but old folks’ tales,’ There are those against whom the sentence was due amongst the nations who have passed away before them of ginns and men; verily, they have been the losers; and for all are degrees of what they have done, so that He may repay them their works, and they shall not be wronged. And the day when those who misbelieve shall be exposed to the fire: ‘Ye made away with your good things in your worldly life, and ye enjoyed them; wherefore to-day shall ye be rewarded with the torment of disgrace, for that ye were big with 1 Le. from the grave. XLVI, 19-27. THE CHAPTER OF EL A‘HQAF, 227 pride in the earth without the right, and for that ye did abomination.’ [20] Remember too the brother of ‘Ad! when he warned his people at El A‘hq4f,—though warners have passed away before him and after him,—‘ Serve not other than God; verily, I fear for you the torment of a mighty day!’ They said, ‘Hast thou come to us to turn us from our gods? then bring us what thou dost ‘threaten us with, if thou art of those who speak the truth!’ Said he, ‘ Knowledge is only with God: but I will preach to you that which I am sent with, though I see you are a people who are ignorant.’ And when they saw a traversing cloud approaching their valleys they said, ‘This is a cloud to give us rain.’ ‘Nay, but it is what ye sought to hasten on —a wind in which is grievous torment; it will destroy everything at the order of its Lord!’ And in the morning naught was seen save their dwellings. Thus do we reward the sinful people! [25] We had established them in what we have established you?, and we made for them hearing a@and eyesight and hearts; but neither their hearing nor their eyesight nor their hearts availed them aught, since they did gainsay the signs of God, and that encompassed them whereat they had mocked. And we destroyed the cities that are around you :—and we turned about the signs that haply they might return. Why did not those help them, whom beside God they took for gods that could draw nigh to Him ? Nay! they strayed away from them; for that was their lie and what they had forged. 1 The prophet Hod. 3 T.e. the Meccans. Q2 228 THE QUR'AN, XLVI, 28-35.
2Why did not those help them, whom beside God they took for gods that could draw nigh to Him ? Nay! they strayed away from them; for that was their lie and what they had forged. 1 The prophet Hod. 3 T.e. the Meccans. Q2 228 THE QUR'AN, XLVI, 28-35. And when we turned towards thee some of the ginn listening to the Qur’4n’, and when they were present at (the reading of) it, they said, ‘ Be silent!’ and when it was over they turned back to their people, warning them. Said they, ‘O our people! verily, we have heard a book sent down after Moses, verifying what came before it, guiding to the truth, and unto the right way. [30] O our people! respond to God's crier and believe in Him, and He will pardon you your sins and will deliver you from grievous woe.’ And whoso responds not to God’s crier shall not frustrate Him in the earth, and shall not have any patrons beside Him :—these are in obvious error! Did they not see that God who created the heavens and the earth, and was not wearied with creating them, is able to quicken the dead ?—nay, verily, He is mighty over all! And the day when those who misbelieve shall be exposed to the fire,—‘Is not this the truth ?’ they shall say, ‘Yea, by our Lord!’ He shall say, ‘Then taste the torment for that ye did misbelieve !’ Then do thou? be patient, as the apostles endowed with a purpose were patient, and hasten not on (their punishment), It shall be to them, on the day they see what they are threatened with, as though they [35] had tarried but an hour of the day. A preaching this! Shall any perish but the people who work abomination ? 1 See Introduction, p. xxx. 2 Addressed to Mohammed. XLVI, 1-11. THE CHAPTER OF MOHAMMED. 229 Tue CuHartTer oF MoHAMMED, ALSO CALLED FIGHT. (XLVII. Medinah.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. Those who misbelieve and turn folk from God's way, He will make their works go wrong. But those who believe and do right and believe in what is revealed to Mohammed,—and it is the truth from their Lord,—He will cover for them their offences and set right their mind. That is because those who misbelieve follow falsehood, and those who believe follow the truth from their Lord. Thus does God set forth for men their parables. And when ye meet those who misbelieve—then striking off heads until ye have massacred them, and bind fast the bonds! [5] Then either a free grant (of liberty) or a ransom until the war shall have laid down its burdens. That!—but if God please He would conquer them—but (it is) that He may try some of you by the others. And those who are slain in God's cause, their works shall not go wrong ; He will guide them and set right their mind; and will make them enter into Paradise which He has told them of. O ye who believe! if ye help God, He will help you, and will make firm your footsteps. But as for those who misbelieve—confound them ! and He will make their works go wrong.
3O ye who believe! if ye help God, He will help you, and will make firm your footsteps. But as for those who misbelieve—confound them ! and He will make their works go wrong. [10] That is because they were averse from what God has revealed ; but their works shall be void! Have they not journeyed through the land and 230 THE QUR’AN. XLVII, 11-18. seen how was the end of those before them? God destroyed them ; and for the misbelievers is the like thereof. That is because God is the patron of those who believe, and because the misbelievers have no patron. Verily, God causes those who believe and do right to enter into gardens beneath which rivers flow; but those who misbelieve enjoy themselves and eat as the cattle eat; but the fire is the resort for them! How many a city, stronger than thy city which has driven thee out, have we destroyed, and there was none to help them! [15] Is he who rests upon a manifest sign from his Lord like him, the evil of whose works is made seemly to him, and who follow their lusts ? The similitude of Paradise which is promised to the pious,—in it are rivers of water without corruption, and rivers of milk, the taste whereof changes not, and rivers of wine delicious to those who drink; and rivers of honey clarified; and there shall they have all kinds of fruit and forgiveness from their Lord! (Is that) like him who dwells in the fire for aye? and who are given to drink boiling water that shall rend their bowels asunder ? ; Some of them there are who listen to thee, until when they go forth from thee they say to those who have been given the knowledge’, ‘What is this which” he says now ?’ These are those on whose hearts God has set a stamp and who follow their lusts. 1 To the more learned amongst the prophet’s companions, such as Ibn ‘Abbas, XLVII, 19-28. THE CHAPTER OF MOHAMMED. 231 But those who are guided, He guides them the more, and gives them the due of their piety. [20] Do they wait for aught but the Hour, that it should come to them suddenly? The conditions thereof have come already; how, when it has come on them, can they have their reminder ? Know thou that there is no god but God; and ask pardon for thy sin and for the believers, men and women; for God knows your return and your resort ! Those who misbelieve say, ‘Why has not a stirah been revealed ?’? but when a decisive sfrah is revealed and fighting is mentioned therein, thou mayest see those in whose heart is sickness! looking towards thee with the look of one fainting in death. Preferable for them were obedience and a reasonable speech! But when the matter is determined on, then if they believed God it were better for them. Would ye perhaps, if ye had turned back, have _ done evil in the land and severed the bonds of kinship ? [25] It is these whom God has cursed, and has made them deaf, and has blinded their eyesight! Do they not peruse the Qur’4n ? or are there locks upon their hearts ?
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.
1stir me up that I may be thankful for thy favours wherewith thou hast favoured me and my parents ; and that I may do right to please Thee ; and make it right for me in my offspring; verily, I turn repentant unto Thee, and, verily, I am of those resigned.’ {15] There are those from whom we accept the best of what they have done, and we pass over their offences—amongst the fellows of Paradise; the promise of truth which they have been promised. But he who says to his parents, ‘Fie upon you! Do ye promise me that I shall be brought forth! when generations have passed away before me ?’—then shall they both cry to God for help. Woe to thee! Believe! Verily, the promise of God is true. Then says he, ‘ This is but old folks’ tales,’ There are those against whom the sentence was due amongst the nations who have passed away before them of ginns and men; verily, they have been the losers; and for all are degrees of what they have done, so that He may repay them their works, and they shall not be wronged. And the day when those who misbelieve shall be exposed to the fire: ‘Ye made away with your good things in your worldly life, and ye enjoyed them; wherefore to-day shall ye be rewarded with the torment of disgrace, for that ye were big with 1 Le. from the grave. XLVI, 19-27. THE CHAPTER OF EL A‘HQAF, 227 pride in the earth without the right, and for that ye did abomination.’ [20] Remember too the brother of ‘Ad! when he warned his people at El A‘hq4f,—though warners have passed away before him and after him,—‘ Serve not other than God; verily, I fear for you the torment of a mighty day!’ They said, ‘Hast thou come to us to turn us from our gods? then bring us what thou dost ‘threaten us with, if thou art of those who speak the truth!’ Said he, ‘ Knowledge is only with God: but I will preach to you that which I am sent with, though I see you are a people who are ignorant.’ And when they saw a traversing cloud approaching their valleys they said, ‘This is a cloud to give us rain.’ ‘Nay, but it is what ye sought to hasten on —a wind in which is grievous torment; it will destroy everything at the order of its Lord!’ And in the morning naught was seen save their dwellings. Thus do we reward the sinful people! [25] We had established them in what we have established you?, and we made for them hearing a@and eyesight and hearts; but neither their hearing nor their eyesight nor their hearts availed them aught, since they did gainsay the signs of God, and that encompassed them whereat they had mocked. And we destroyed the cities that are around you :—and we turned about the signs that haply they might return. Why did not those help them, whom beside God they took for gods that could draw nigh to Him ? Nay! they strayed away from them; for that was their lie and what they had forged. 1 The prophet Hod. 3 T.e. the Meccans. Q2 228 THE QUR'AN, XLVI, 28-35.
2Why did not those help them, whom beside God they took for gods that could draw nigh to Him ? Nay! they strayed away from them; for that was their lie and what they had forged. 1 The prophet Hod. 3 T.e. the Meccans. Q2 228 THE QUR'AN, XLVI, 28-35. And when we turned towards thee some of the ginn listening to the Qur’4n’, and when they were present at (the reading of) it, they said, ‘ Be silent!’ and when it was over they turned back to their people, warning them. Said they, ‘O our people! verily, we have heard a book sent down after Moses, verifying what came before it, guiding to the truth, and unto the right way. [30] O our people! respond to God's crier and believe in Him, and He will pardon you your sins and will deliver you from grievous woe.’ And whoso responds not to God’s crier shall not frustrate Him in the earth, and shall not have any patrons beside Him :—these are in obvious error! Did they not see that God who created the heavens and the earth, and was not wearied with creating them, is able to quicken the dead ?—nay, verily, He is mighty over all! And the day when those who misbelieve shall be exposed to the fire,—‘Is not this the truth ?’ they shall say, ‘Yea, by our Lord!’ He shall say, ‘Then taste the torment for that ye did misbelieve !’ Then do thou? be patient, as the apostles endowed with a purpose were patient, and hasten not on (their punishment), It shall be to them, on the day they see what they are threatened with, as though they [35] had tarried but an hour of the day. A preaching this! Shall any perish but the people who work abomination ? 1 See Introduction, p. xxx. 2 Addressed to Mohammed. XLVI, 1-11. THE CHAPTER OF MOHAMMED. 229 Tue CuHartTer oF MoHAMMED, ALSO CALLED FIGHT. (XLVII. Medinah.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. Those who misbelieve and turn folk from God's way, He will make their works go wrong. But those who believe and do right and believe in what is revealed to Mohammed,—and it is the truth from their Lord,—He will cover for them their offences and set right their mind. That is because those who misbelieve follow falsehood, and those who believe follow the truth from their Lord. Thus does God set forth for men their parables. And when ye meet those who misbelieve—then striking off heads until ye have massacred them, and bind fast the bonds! [5] Then either a free grant (of liberty) or a ransom until the war shall have laid down its burdens. That!—but if God please He would conquer them—but (it is) that He may try some of you by the others. And those who are slain in God's cause, their works shall not go wrong ; He will guide them and set right their mind; and will make them enter into Paradise which He has told them of. O ye who believe! if ye help God, He will help you, and will make firm your footsteps. But as for those who misbelieve—confound them ! and He will make their works go wrong.
3O ye who believe! if ye help God, He will help you, and will make firm your footsteps. But as for those who misbelieve—confound them ! and He will make their works go wrong. [10] That is because they were averse from what God has revealed ; but their works shall be void! Have they not journeyed through the land and 230 THE QUR’AN. XLVII, 11-18. seen how was the end of those before them? God destroyed them ; and for the misbelievers is the like thereof. That is because God is the patron of those who believe, and because the misbelievers have no patron. Verily, God causes those who believe and do right to enter into gardens beneath which rivers flow; but those who misbelieve enjoy themselves and eat as the cattle eat; but the fire is the resort for them! How many a city, stronger than thy city which has driven thee out, have we destroyed, and there was none to help them! [15] Is he who rests upon a manifest sign from his Lord like him, the evil of whose works is made seemly to him, and who follow their lusts ? The similitude of Paradise which is promised to the pious,—in it are rivers of water without corruption, and rivers of milk, the taste whereof changes not, and rivers of wine delicious to those who drink; and rivers of honey clarified; and there shall they have all kinds of fruit and forgiveness from their Lord! (Is that) like him who dwells in the fire for aye? and who are given to drink boiling water that shall rend their bowels asunder ? ; Some of them there are who listen to thee, until when they go forth from thee they say to those who have been given the knowledge’, ‘What is this which” he says now ?’ These are those on whose hearts God has set a stamp and who follow their lusts. 1 To the more learned amongst the prophet’s companions, such as Ibn ‘Abbas, XLVII, 19-28. THE CHAPTER OF MOHAMMED. 231 But those who are guided, He guides them the more, and gives them the due of their piety. [20] Do they wait for aught but the Hour, that it should come to them suddenly? The conditions thereof have come already; how, when it has come on them, can they have their reminder ? Know thou that there is no god but God; and ask pardon for thy sin and for the believers, men and women; for God knows your return and your resort ! Those who misbelieve say, ‘Why has not a stirah been revealed ?’? but when a decisive sfrah is revealed and fighting is mentioned therein, thou mayest see those in whose heart is sickness! looking towards thee with the look of one fainting in death. Preferable for them were obedience and a reasonable speech! But when the matter is determined on, then if they believed God it were better for them. Would ye perhaps, if ye had turned back, have _ done evil in the land and severed the bonds of kinship ? [25] It is these whom God has cursed, and has made them deaf, and has blinded their eyesight! Do they not peruse the Qur’4n ? or are there locks upon their hearts ?
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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