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1_ Do not they behold the heaven above them, how we have built it and adorned it, and how it has no flaws ? And the earth, we have stretched it out and thrown thereon firm mountains, and caused to grow thereon every beautiful kind. An insight and a reminder to every servant who repents ! And we sent down from the heaven water as a blessing, and caused to grow therewith gardens and the harvest grain ! [10] And the tall palm trees having piled up spathes, for a provision to (our) servants; and we quickened thereby a dead land; thus shall the resurrection be! Before them the people of Noah and the fellows of ar Rass? and Thamdd and*‘Ad and Pharaoh called the apostles liars; and the brethren of Lot and the fellows of the Grove® and the people of Tubba’h* all called the prophets liars, and the threat was duly executed. Were we then fatigued with the first creation ? nay! but they are in obscurity concerning the new creation. [15] But we created man, and we know what his 1 Alluding to the various opinions expressed by the unbelievers with reference to the Qur’an; some calling it sorcery or divination, others poetry, and some asserting it to be ‘old folks’ tales’ or mere invention. 2 See Part II, p. 86, note 3. 5 See Part I, p. 249, note 3. * See Chapter XLIV, verse 35, p. 219, note 3. L, 15-30. THE CHAPTER OF Q. 243 soul whispers; for we are nigher to him than his jugular vein! When the two meeters meet}, sitting the one on the right and the other on the left, not a word does he utter, but a watcher is by him ready! And the agony of death shall come in truth !— ‘that is what thou didst shun !’ And the trumpet shall be blown!—that is the threatened day! [20] And every soul shall come—with it a driver and a witness! ‘Thou wert heedless of this, and we withdrew thy veil from thee, and to-day is thine eyesight keen?!’ And his mate shall say, ‘ This is what is ready for me (to attest). ‘ Throw into hell every stubborn misbeliever*!— who forbids good, a transgressor, a doubter! [25] who sets other gods with God—and throw him, ye twain, into fierce torment!’ His mate shall say, ‘Our Lord! I seduced him not, but he was in a remote error.’ , He shall say, ‘Wrangle not before me; for I sent the threat to you before. The sentence is not changed with me, nor am I unjust to my servants.’ On the day we will say to hell, ‘Art thou full ?’ and it will say, ‘Are there any more ?’ [30] And Paradise shall be brought near to the pious,—not far off. 1 The two recording angels, who accompany every man and note down his every word and action. 4 These words are supposed to be addressed by the ‘driver’ to the unbelieving soul. ' ® These words are spoken by God. R 2 244 THE QuR’AN. L, 31-43. This is what ye are promised, to every one who turns frequently (to God) and keeps His commandments : who fears the Merciful in secret and brings a repentant heart. ‘ Enter into it in peace : this is the day of eternity ! Y
2' ® These words are spoken by God. R 2 244 THE QuR’AN. L, 31-43. This is what ye are promised, to every one who turns frequently (to God) and keeps His commandments : who fears the Merciful in secret and brings a repentant heart. ‘ Enter into it in peace : this is the day of eternity ! Y They shall have what they wish therein, and increase from us! [35] How many a generation have we destroyed before them, mightier than they in prowess ! Pass through the land, is there any refuge?? Verily, in that is a reminder to whomsoever has a heart, or gives ear, and is a witness thereto. We did create the heavens and the earth and what is between the two in six days, and no weariness touched us ?. Be thou patient then of what they say, and celebrate the praises of thy Lord before the rising of the sun and before the setting. And through (some) of the night celebrate His praise and the additional adorations *. [40] And listen for the day when the crier shall cry from a near place*;—the day when they shall hear the shout® in truth—that is the day of coming forth ! Verily, we quicken and we kill, and unto us the journey is! On the day when the earth shall be cleft asunder 1 Te. from the vengeance of God. . A protest against the assertion that God rested on the seventh day. 5 Two sigdahs used at the evening prayers, but not incumbent on the worshipper. * T.e. a place from which all men may hear; generally supposed by Muslims to be the temple at Jerusalem. 5 The sound of the last trumpet. L,43-L1,18. THE CHAPTER OF THE SCATTERERS. 245 from them swiftly;—that is a gathering together which is easy to us! We know what they say; nor art thou over them one to compel. [45] Wherefore remind, by the Qur’4n, him who fears the threat. THe CHAPTER OF THE SCATTERERS. (LI. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. By the scatterers! who scatter! and by those pregnant? with their burden! and by those running on * easily! and by the distributors‘ of affairs! —[5] verily, what ye are threatened with is surely true! And, verily, the judgment will surely take place! By the heaven possessed of paths! verily, ye are at variance in what ye say! He is turned from it who is turned. [10] Slain be the liars, who are heedless in a flood (of ignorance). They will ask, ‘When is the day of judgment ?’ The day when at the fire they shall be tried. —‘Taste your trial! this is what ye wished to hasten on!’ [15] Verily, the pious are in gardens and springs, taking what their Lord brings them. Verily, they before that did well. But little of the night they slept; and at the dawn they asked forgiveness. ? The winds. 2 The clouds. 5 The ships. * Angels or winds. 246 THE Qur’AN. LI, 19-36. And in their wealth was what was due to him who asked, and him who was kept back from asking. [20] And in the earth are signs to those who are sure, and in yourselves,—what ! do ye not then see ?
3? The winds. 2 The clouds. 5 The ships. * Angels or winds. 246 THE Qur’AN. LI, 19-36. And in their wealth was what was due to him who asked, and him who was kept back from asking. [20] And in the earth are signs to those who are sure, and in yourselves,—what ! do ye not then see ? And in the heaven is your provision and that which ye are promised’. But by the Lord of the heaven and the earth! verily, it is the truth,—like that which ye do utter?! Has the tale of Abraham’s honoured guests reached thee*? [25] When they entered in unto him and said, ‘ Peace!’ he said, ‘ Peace !—a people unrecognised,’ And he went aside unto his people and fetched a fat calf, and brought it nigh unto them; said he, ‘ Will ye then not eat ?’- And he felt a secret fear of them: said they, ‘Fear not. And they gave him glad tidings of a knowing boy. And his wife approached with a noise, and smote her face, and said, ‘An old woman, barren !’ [30] Said they, ‘Thus says thy Lord, He is knowing, wise.’ Said he, ‘ And about what is your errand, O ye messengers ?’ They said, ‘Verily, we are sent unto a sinful people, to send upon them stones of clay, marked from thy Lord for the extravagant +.’ [35] And we sent out therefrom such as were in it of the believers ; but we only found therein one house of Muslims. 1 T.e. rain, which produces material sustenance, and there too is the promise of the future life. 2 I.e. unreserved and plain as ye yourselves affirm truths to each other. 8-See Part I, pp. 212-214. * See Part I, p. 214, note 1. LI, 37-49. THE CHAPTER OF THE SCATTERERS. 247 And we left therein a sign to those who fear the grievous woe. And in Moses; when we sent him to Pharaoh with obvious authority. But he turned his back towards his column ', and said, ‘A sorcerer or mad!’ [40] And we seized ‘him and his hosts and hurled them into the sea; for he was to be blamed. And in ‘Ad, when we sent against them a desolating wind, that left naught on which it came without making it ashes! And in Thamfd, when it was said to them, ‘Enjoy yourselves for a season.’ But they revolted against the bidding of their Lord; and the noise caught them as they looked on. [45] And they could not stand upright, and they were not helped! And the people of Noah of yore; verily, they were an abominable people. And the heaven—we have built it with might, and, verily, we do surely give it ample space ! And the earth—we have spread it out; and how well we lay it out! And of everything have we created pairs, haply ye may be mindful. [50] Flee then to God; verily, I am a plain warner from Him to you! And do not set with God another god; verily, I am a plain warner from Him to you! Thus there came no apostle to those before them, but they said, ‘A sorcerer, mad!’ 1 Kither Pharaoh’s forces, or one of his nobles, or something else on which he relied. See Part I, p. 214, first line, and note 1. 248 THE QUR'AN. LI, 50-LII, 9- Do they bequeath it! to each other ?
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_ Do not they behold the heaven above them, how we have built it and adorned it, and how it has no flaws ? And the earth, we have stretched it out and thrown thereon firm mountains, and caused to grow thereon every beautiful kind. An insight and a reminder to every servant who repents ! And we sent down from the heaven water as a blessing, and caused to grow therewith gardens and the harvest grain ! [10] And the tall palm trees having piled up spathes, for a provision to (our) servants; and we quickened thereby a dead land; thus shall the resurrection be! Before them the people of Noah and the fellows of ar Rass? and Thamdd and*‘Ad and Pharaoh called the apostles liars; and the brethren of Lot and the fellows of the Grove® and the people of Tubba’h* all called the prophets liars, and the threat was duly executed. Were we then fatigued with the first creation ? nay! but they are in obscurity concerning the new creation. [15] But we created man, and we know what his 1 Alluding to the various opinions expressed by the unbelievers with reference to the Qur’an; some calling it sorcery or divination, others poetry, and some asserting it to be ‘old folks’ tales’ or mere invention. 2 See Part II, p. 86, note 3. 5 See Part I, p. 249, note 3. * See Chapter XLIV, verse 35, p. 219, note 3. L, 15-30. THE CHAPTER OF Q. 243 soul whispers; for we are nigher to him than his jugular vein! When the two meeters meet}, sitting the one on the right and the other on the left, not a word does he utter, but a watcher is by him ready! And the agony of death shall come in truth !— ‘that is what thou didst shun !’ And the trumpet shall be blown!—that is the threatened day! [20] And every soul shall come—with it a driver and a witness! ‘Thou wert heedless of this, and we withdrew thy veil from thee, and to-day is thine eyesight keen?!’ And his mate shall say, ‘ This is what is ready for me (to attest). ‘ Throw into hell every stubborn misbeliever*!— who forbids good, a transgressor, a doubter! [25] who sets other gods with God—and throw him, ye twain, into fierce torment!’ His mate shall say, ‘Our Lord! I seduced him not, but he was in a remote error.’ , He shall say, ‘Wrangle not before me; for I sent the threat to you before. The sentence is not changed with me, nor am I unjust to my servants.’ On the day we will say to hell, ‘Art thou full ?’ and it will say, ‘Are there any more ?’ [30] And Paradise shall be brought near to the pious,—not far off. 1 The two recording angels, who accompany every man and note down his every word and action. 4 These words are supposed to be addressed by the ‘driver’ to the unbelieving soul. ' ® These words are spoken by God. R 2 244 THE QuR’AN. L, 31-43. This is what ye are promised, to every one who turns frequently (to God) and keeps His commandments : who fears the Merciful in secret and brings a repentant heart. ‘ Enter into it in peace : this is the day of eternity ! Y
2' ® These words are spoken by God. R 2 244 THE QuR’AN. L, 31-43. This is what ye are promised, to every one who turns frequently (to God) and keeps His commandments : who fears the Merciful in secret and brings a repentant heart. ‘ Enter into it in peace : this is the day of eternity ! Y They shall have what they wish therein, and increase from us! [35] How many a generation have we destroyed before them, mightier than they in prowess ! Pass through the land, is there any refuge?? Verily, in that is a reminder to whomsoever has a heart, or gives ear, and is a witness thereto. We did create the heavens and the earth and what is between the two in six days, and no weariness touched us ?. Be thou patient then of what they say, and celebrate the praises of thy Lord before the rising of the sun and before the setting. And through (some) of the night celebrate His praise and the additional adorations *. [40] And listen for the day when the crier shall cry from a near place*;—the day when they shall hear the shout® in truth—that is the day of coming forth ! Verily, we quicken and we kill, and unto us the journey is! On the day when the earth shall be cleft asunder 1 Te. from the vengeance of God. . A protest against the assertion that God rested on the seventh day. 5 Two sigdahs used at the evening prayers, but not incumbent on the worshipper. * T.e. a place from which all men may hear; generally supposed by Muslims to be the temple at Jerusalem. 5 The sound of the last trumpet. L,43-L1,18. THE CHAPTER OF THE SCATTERERS. 245 from them swiftly;—that is a gathering together which is easy to us! We know what they say; nor art thou over them one to compel. [45] Wherefore remind, by the Qur’4n, him who fears the threat. THe CHAPTER OF THE SCATTERERS. (LI. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. By the scatterers! who scatter! and by those pregnant? with their burden! and by those running on * easily! and by the distributors‘ of affairs! —[5] verily, what ye are threatened with is surely true! And, verily, the judgment will surely take place! By the heaven possessed of paths! verily, ye are at variance in what ye say! He is turned from it who is turned. [10] Slain be the liars, who are heedless in a flood (of ignorance). They will ask, ‘When is the day of judgment ?’ The day when at the fire they shall be tried. —‘Taste your trial! this is what ye wished to hasten on!’ [15] Verily, the pious are in gardens and springs, taking what their Lord brings them. Verily, they before that did well. But little of the night they slept; and at the dawn they asked forgiveness. ? The winds. 2 The clouds. 5 The ships. * Angels or winds. 246 THE Qur’AN. LI, 19-36. And in their wealth was what was due to him who asked, and him who was kept back from asking. [20] And in the earth are signs to those who are sure, and in yourselves,—what ! do ye not then see ?
3? The winds. 2 The clouds. 5 The ships. * Angels or winds. 246 THE Qur’AN. LI, 19-36. And in their wealth was what was due to him who asked, and him who was kept back from asking. [20] And in the earth are signs to those who are sure, and in yourselves,—what ! do ye not then see ? And in the heaven is your provision and that which ye are promised’. But by the Lord of the heaven and the earth! verily, it is the truth,—like that which ye do utter?! Has the tale of Abraham’s honoured guests reached thee*? [25] When they entered in unto him and said, ‘ Peace!’ he said, ‘ Peace !—a people unrecognised,’ And he went aside unto his people and fetched a fat calf, and brought it nigh unto them; said he, ‘ Will ye then not eat ?’- And he felt a secret fear of them: said they, ‘Fear not. And they gave him glad tidings of a knowing boy. And his wife approached with a noise, and smote her face, and said, ‘An old woman, barren !’ [30] Said they, ‘Thus says thy Lord, He is knowing, wise.’ Said he, ‘ And about what is your errand, O ye messengers ?’ They said, ‘Verily, we are sent unto a sinful people, to send upon them stones of clay, marked from thy Lord for the extravagant +.’ [35] And we sent out therefrom such as were in it of the believers ; but we only found therein one house of Muslims. 1 T.e. rain, which produces material sustenance, and there too is the promise of the future life. 2 I.e. unreserved and plain as ye yourselves affirm truths to each other. 8-See Part I, pp. 212-214. * See Part I, p. 214, note 1. LI, 37-49. THE CHAPTER OF THE SCATTERERS. 247 And we left therein a sign to those who fear the grievous woe. And in Moses; when we sent him to Pharaoh with obvious authority. But he turned his back towards his column ', and said, ‘A sorcerer or mad!’ [40] And we seized ‘him and his hosts and hurled them into the sea; for he was to be blamed. And in ‘Ad, when we sent against them a desolating wind, that left naught on which it came without making it ashes! And in Thamfd, when it was said to them, ‘Enjoy yourselves for a season.’ But they revolted against the bidding of their Lord; and the noise caught them as they looked on. [45] And they could not stand upright, and they were not helped! And the people of Noah of yore; verily, they were an abominable people. And the heaven—we have built it with might, and, verily, we do surely give it ample space ! And the earth—we have spread it out; and how well we lay it out! And of everything have we created pairs, haply ye may be mindful. [50] Flee then to God; verily, I am a plain warner from Him to you! And do not set with God another god; verily, I am a plain warner from Him to you! Thus there came no apostle to those before them, but they said, ‘A sorcerer, mad!’ 1 Kither Pharaoh’s forces, or one of his nobles, or something else on which he relied. See Part I, p. 214, first line, and note 1. 248 THE QUR'AN. LI, 50-LII, 9- Do they bequeath it! to each other ?
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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