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1Thus 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 ? Yea, they are an outrageous people! So turn thy back upon them, so thou wilt not be to blame. [55] And remind ; for, verily, the reminder shall profit the believers. And I have not created the ginn and mankind save that they may worship me. ‘I do not desire any provision from them, and I do not wish them to feed me. Verily, God, He is the provider, endowed with steady might. Verily, for those who injure (the Apostle) shall be a portion like the portion of their fellows ?, but let them not hurry Me! [60] Then woe to those who misbelieve from their day which they are threatened. Tre CHAPTER OF THE Mount. (LII. Mecca.) << the name of the merciful and compassionate God. By the mount! by the Book inscribed upon an outstretched vellum! by the frequented house*! [5] by the elevated roof‘! by the swelling sea! verily, the torment of thy Lord will come to pass ;—there is none to avert it! The day when the heavens shall reel about, 1 Le. this taunt. 2 T.e. like the fate of those who wronged the apostles of old. 8 J.e. either the Kaabah itself or the model of it, said to exist in the heavens and to be frequented by the angels, « Le. of heaven, LII, 10-27. THE CHAPTER OF THE MOUNT. 249 [10] and the mountains shall move about,—then woe upon that day to those who call (the apostles) liars, who plunge into discussion for a sport ! On the day when they shall be thrust away into the fire of hell,—‘ This is the fire, the which ye used to call a lie!—[15] Is it magic, this? or can ye not see ?—broil ye therein, and be patient thereof or be not patient, it is the same to you: ye are but rewarded for that which ye did do!’ Verily, the pious (shall be) in gardens and pleasure, enjoying what their Lord has given them; for their Lord will save them from the torment of hell. ‘Eat and drink with good digestion, for that which ye have done!’ [20] Reclining on couches in rows; and we will wed them to large-eyed maids, And those who believe and whose seed follows them in the faith, we will unite their seed with them; and we will not cheat them of their work at all ;— every man is pledged for what he earns *. And we will extend to them fruit and flesh such as they like. They shall pass to and fro therein a cup in which is neither folly nor sin. And round them shall go boys of theirs, as though they were hidden pearls. [25] And they shall accost each other and ask questions, and shall say, ‘Verily, we were before amidst our families shrinking with terror’, but God has been gracious to us and sawed us from the torment of the hot blast. _\ 1 Every man is pledged to God for his conduct, and, if he does well, redeems himself. 2 At the thought of the next life,
2_\ 1 Every man is pledged to God for his conduct, and, if he does well, redeems himself. 2 At the thought of the next life, 250 THE QuR’AN. LIT, 28-42. ‘Verily, we used to call on Him before; verily, He is the righteous, the compassionate !’ Wherefore do thou! remind them: for thou art, by the favour of thy Lord, neither a soothsayer nor mad! Will they say,‘ A poet ; we wait for him the sad accidents of fate ?’ [30] Say, ‘Wait ye then; for I too am of those who wait!’ Do their dreams bid them this? or are they an outrageous people ? Or will they say, ‘He has invented it ?’—nay, but they do not believe ! But let them bring a discourse like it, if they tell the truth ! [35] Or were they created of nothing, or were they the creators? Or did they create the heavens and the earth ?—nay, but they are not sure! Or have they the treasures of thy Lord? or are they the governors supreme ? Or have they a ladder whereon they can listen ? >— then let their listener bring obvious authority. Has He daughters, while ye have sons ? [40} Or dost thou ask them a hire, while they are borne down by debt ? Or have they the unseen, so that they write it down? Or do they desire a plot?—but those who misbelieve it is who are plotted against! 1 Addressed to Mohammed. T.e. a ladder reaching to the gates of heaven, upon which they may stand and listen to the angels discoursing, as the devils do. See Part I, pp. 50, 51, note 2. LII, 43-LIII,6. THE CHAPTER OF THE STAR. 251 Or have they a god beside God? celebrated be God’s praises above what they join with Him ! But if they should see a fragment of the sky falling down, they would say, ‘ Clouds in masses!’ [45] But leave them till they meet that day of theirs whereon they shall swoon’; the day when their plotting shall avail them naught, and they shall not be helped! And, verily, there is a torment beside that? for those who do wrong; but most of them do not know! But wait thou patiently for the judgment of thy Lord, for thou art in our eyes. And celebrate the praises of thy Lord what time thou risest, and in the night, and at the fading of the stars! Tue CHAPTER OF THE STAR. (LITI. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. By the star when it falls, your comrade errs not, nor is he deluded! nor speaks he out of lust! It is but an inspiration inspired! [5] One mighty in power® taught him, endowed with sound understanding, and appeared, he being in the loftiest tract. 1 At the sound of the last trumpet. 2 Te. beside the torment of the judgment day they shall be punished with defeat and loss here. ® The angel Gabriel, who appeared twice to Mohammed in his natural form, namely, on the occasion of the ‘Night Journey,’ to which this passage refers, and on the first revelation of the Qur'an. (See Introduction, pp. xx and xxxii.) 252 THE QuR’AN, LIII, 7-30.
3® The angel Gabriel, who appeared twice to Mohammed in his natural form, namely, on the occasion of the ‘Night Journey,’ to which this passage refers, and on the first revelation of the Qur'an. (See Introduction, pp. xx and xxxii.) 252 THE QuR’AN, LIII, 7-30. Then drew he near and hovered o'er! until he was two bows’ length off or nigher still! [10] Then he inspired his servant what he inspired him; the heart belies not what he saw! What, will ye dispute with him on what he saw ? And he saw him another time, by the lote tree none may pass; [15] near which is the garden of the Abode! When there covered the lote tree what did cover it! The sight swerved not nor wandered. ' He saw then the greatest of the signs of his Lord. Have ye considered Allat and Al ’Huzzé, [20] and Manat the other third’? Shall there be male offspring for Him and female for you? That were an unfair division! They are but names which ye have named, ye and your fathers! God has sent down no authority for them! They do but follow suspicion and what their souls lust after !'—And yet there has come to them guidance from their Lord. Shall man have what he desires ? [25] But God’s is the hereafter and the present! How many an angel in the heaven !—their intercession avails not at all, save after God has given permission to whomsoever He will and is pleased’ with ! Verily, those who believe not in the hereafter do surely name the angels with female names? !—but they have no knowledge thereof; they do but follow suspicion, and, verily, suspicion shall not avail against the truth at all! [30] But turn aside from him who turns his back upon our remembrance and desires naught but this 1 See Introduction, p. xxvii, and Part II, p. 62, note 1. 2 See Introduction, pp. xii and xiii. LIII, 30-46. THE CHAPTER OF THE STAR. 253 world’s life! This is their sum of knowledge; verily, thy Lord knows best who has erred from His way, and He knows best who is guided! God’s is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, that He may reward those who do evil for what they have done; and may reward those who do good with good! those who shun great sins and iniquities,—all but venial faults,—verily, thy Lord is of ample forgiveness ; He knows best about you, when He produced you from the earth, and when ye were embryos in the wombs of your mothers. Make not yourselves out, then, to be pure; He knows best who it is that fears. Hast thou considered him who turns his back ? who gives but little [35] and then stops!? Has he then the knowledge of the unseen, so that he can see ?
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Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1Thus 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 ? Yea, they are an outrageous people! So turn thy back upon them, so thou wilt not be to blame. [55] And remind ; for, verily, the reminder shall profit the believers. And I have not created the ginn and mankind save that they may worship me. ‘I do not desire any provision from them, and I do not wish them to feed me. Verily, God, He is the provider, endowed with steady might. Verily, for those who injure (the Apostle) shall be a portion like the portion of their fellows ?, but let them not hurry Me! [60] Then woe to those who misbelieve from their day which they are threatened. Tre CHAPTER OF THE Mount. (LII. Mecca.) << the name of the merciful and compassionate God. By the mount! by the Book inscribed upon an outstretched vellum! by the frequented house*! [5] by the elevated roof‘! by the swelling sea! verily, the torment of thy Lord will come to pass ;—there is none to avert it! The day when the heavens shall reel about, 1 Le. this taunt. 2 T.e. like the fate of those who wronged the apostles of old. 8 J.e. either the Kaabah itself or the model of it, said to exist in the heavens and to be frequented by the angels, « Le. of heaven, LII, 10-27. THE CHAPTER OF THE MOUNT. 249 [10] and the mountains shall move about,—then woe upon that day to those who call (the apostles) liars, who plunge into discussion for a sport ! On the day when they shall be thrust away into the fire of hell,—‘ This is the fire, the which ye used to call a lie!—[15] Is it magic, this? or can ye not see ?—broil ye therein, and be patient thereof or be not patient, it is the same to you: ye are but rewarded for that which ye did do!’ Verily, the pious (shall be) in gardens and pleasure, enjoying what their Lord has given them; for their Lord will save them from the torment of hell. ‘Eat and drink with good digestion, for that which ye have done!’ [20] Reclining on couches in rows; and we will wed them to large-eyed maids, And those who believe and whose seed follows them in the faith, we will unite their seed with them; and we will not cheat them of their work at all ;— every man is pledged for what he earns *. And we will extend to them fruit and flesh such as they like. They shall pass to and fro therein a cup in which is neither folly nor sin. And round them shall go boys of theirs, as though they were hidden pearls. [25] And they shall accost each other and ask questions, and shall say, ‘Verily, we were before amidst our families shrinking with terror’, but God has been gracious to us and sawed us from the torment of the hot blast. _\ 1 Every man is pledged to God for his conduct, and, if he does well, redeems himself. 2 At the thought of the next life,
2_\ 1 Every man is pledged to God for his conduct, and, if he does well, redeems himself. 2 At the thought of the next life, 250 THE QuR’AN. LIT, 28-42. ‘Verily, we used to call on Him before; verily, He is the righteous, the compassionate !’ Wherefore do thou! remind them: for thou art, by the favour of thy Lord, neither a soothsayer nor mad! Will they say,‘ A poet ; we wait for him the sad accidents of fate ?’ [30] Say, ‘Wait ye then; for I too am of those who wait!’ Do their dreams bid them this? or are they an outrageous people ? Or will they say, ‘He has invented it ?’—nay, but they do not believe ! But let them bring a discourse like it, if they tell the truth ! [35] Or were they created of nothing, or were they the creators? Or did they create the heavens and the earth ?—nay, but they are not sure! Or have they the treasures of thy Lord? or are they the governors supreme ? Or have they a ladder whereon they can listen ? >— then let their listener bring obvious authority. Has He daughters, while ye have sons ? [40} Or dost thou ask them a hire, while they are borne down by debt ? Or have they the unseen, so that they write it down? Or do they desire a plot?—but those who misbelieve it is who are plotted against! 1 Addressed to Mohammed. T.e. a ladder reaching to the gates of heaven, upon which they may stand and listen to the angels discoursing, as the devils do. See Part I, pp. 50, 51, note 2. LII, 43-LIII,6. THE CHAPTER OF THE STAR. 251 Or have they a god beside God? celebrated be God’s praises above what they join with Him ! But if they should see a fragment of the sky falling down, they would say, ‘ Clouds in masses!’ [45] But leave them till they meet that day of theirs whereon they shall swoon’; the day when their plotting shall avail them naught, and they shall not be helped! And, verily, there is a torment beside that? for those who do wrong; but most of them do not know! But wait thou patiently for the judgment of thy Lord, for thou art in our eyes. And celebrate the praises of thy Lord what time thou risest, and in the night, and at the fading of the stars! Tue CHAPTER OF THE STAR. (LITI. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. By the star when it falls, your comrade errs not, nor is he deluded! nor speaks he out of lust! It is but an inspiration inspired! [5] One mighty in power® taught him, endowed with sound understanding, and appeared, he being in the loftiest tract. 1 At the sound of the last trumpet. 2 Te. beside the torment of the judgment day they shall be punished with defeat and loss here. ® The angel Gabriel, who appeared twice to Mohammed in his natural form, namely, on the occasion of the ‘Night Journey,’ to which this passage refers, and on the first revelation of the Qur'an. (See Introduction, pp. xx and xxxii.) 252 THE QuR’AN, LIII, 7-30.
3® The angel Gabriel, who appeared twice to Mohammed in his natural form, namely, on the occasion of the ‘Night Journey,’ to which this passage refers, and on the first revelation of the Qur'an. (See Introduction, pp. xx and xxxii.) 252 THE QuR’AN, LIII, 7-30. Then drew he near and hovered o'er! until he was two bows’ length off or nigher still! [10] Then he inspired his servant what he inspired him; the heart belies not what he saw! What, will ye dispute with him on what he saw ? And he saw him another time, by the lote tree none may pass; [15] near which is the garden of the Abode! When there covered the lote tree what did cover it! The sight swerved not nor wandered. ' He saw then the greatest of the signs of his Lord. Have ye considered Allat and Al ’Huzzé, [20] and Manat the other third’? Shall there be male offspring for Him and female for you? That were an unfair division! They are but names which ye have named, ye and your fathers! God has sent down no authority for them! They do but follow suspicion and what their souls lust after !'—And yet there has come to them guidance from their Lord. Shall man have what he desires ? [25] But God’s is the hereafter and the present! How many an angel in the heaven !—their intercession avails not at all, save after God has given permission to whomsoever He will and is pleased’ with ! Verily, those who believe not in the hereafter do surely name the angels with female names? !—but they have no knowledge thereof; they do but follow suspicion, and, verily, suspicion shall not avail against the truth at all! [30] But turn aside from him who turns his back upon our remembrance and desires naught but this 1 See Introduction, p. xxvii, and Part II, p. 62, note 1. 2 See Introduction, pp. xii and xiii. LIII, 30-46. THE CHAPTER OF THE STAR. 253 world’s life! This is their sum of knowledge; verily, thy Lord knows best who has erred from His way, and He knows best who is guided! God’s is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, that He may reward those who do evil for what they have done; and may reward those who do good with good! those who shun great sins and iniquities,—all but venial faults,—verily, thy Lord is of ample forgiveness ; He knows best about you, when He produced you from the earth, and when ye were embryos in the wombs of your mothers. Make not yourselves out, then, to be pure; He knows best who it is that fears. Hast thou considered him who turns his back ? who gives but little [35] and then stops!? Has he then the knowledge of the unseen, so that he can see ?
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