The Qur'ân, Part II — Chapters XVII–CXIV — SBE Vol. 9 (trans. E. H. Palmer, Clarendon Press, 1880)
The translator’s English as printed (E. H. Palmer). The original-language text is not held; names are romanised as the translator printed them.
verily, 1 am the apostle of God to you, verifying the law that was before me and giving you glad tidings of an apostle who shall come after me, whose name shall be A‘hmed *!’—but when he did come to them with manifest signs, they said, ‘ This is manifest sorcery !’
And who is more unjust than he who forges against God a lie when called unto Islam? but God guides not the unjust people.
They desire to put out the light of God with their mouths ; but God will perfect His light, averse although the misbeliever be !
He it is who sent His Apostle with guidance and the religion of truth to set it above all religion; averse although the idolaters may be.
[10] O ye who believe! shall I lead you to a merchandise which will save you from grievous woe?
To believe in God and His Apostle, and to fight strenuously in God’s cause with your property and
1 Who fight in close and unbroken lines.
? A‘hmed is equivalent in meaning to Mohammed, and means ‘Praised,’ ‘Laudable.’ The allusion is to the promise of the Paraclete in John xvi. 7, the Muslims declaring that the word mapdxAnros has been substituted in the Greek for mepixAurés, which would mean the same as A‘hmed. See Introduction, p. xlix.
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your persons; that is better for you if ye did but know !
He will pardon you your sins, and bring you into gardens beneath which rivers flow, and goodly dwellings in gardens of Eden ; — that is the mighty bliss ! .
And other things which ye love,—help from God and victory nigh! — so do thou give the glad tidings unto the believers!
O ye who believe! be ye the helpers! of God! as Jesus son of Mary said to the apostles, ‘Who are my helpers for God?’ Said the apostles, ‘We are God's helpers ?!’
And a party of the children of Israel believed, and a party misbelieved. And we aided those who believed against their enemies, and they were on the morrow superior !
THE CHAPTER OF THE CONGREGATION.
(LXII. Medinah.)
In the name of the merciful and compassionate
God.
What is in the heavens and what is in the earth celebrates the praises of God the King, the holy, the mighty, the wise!
He it is who sent unto the Gentiles* a prophet amongst themselves to recite to them His signs and to purify them, and to teach them the Book and
1 Ansér.
8 See Part I, p. 53 (Chapter III, verse 45).
5 See Introduction, p. xlvii, and Part I, p. 156, note.
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the wisdom, although they were before in obvious error.
And others of them have not yet overtaken them'!; but He is the mighty, the wise!
That is God’s grace, He gives it to whomsoever
He will; for God is Lord of mighty grace.
[5] The likeness of those who were charged with the law and then bore it not is as the likeness of an ass bearing books: sorry is the likeness of the people who say God’s signs are lies! but God guides not an unjust people.
[5] The likeness of those who were charged with the law and then bore it not is as the likeness of an ass bearing books: sorry is the likeness of the people who say God’s signs are lies! but God guides not an unjust people.
Say, ‘O ye who are Jews! if ye pretend that ye are the clients of God, beyond other people; then wish for death if ye do speak the truth!’
But they never wish for it, through what their hands have sent before! but God knows the unjust.
Say, ‘Verily, the death from which ye flee will surely meet you ; then shall ye be sent back to Him who knows the unseen and the visible, and He will inform you of that which ye have done!’
O ye who believe! when the call to prayer is made upon the Congregation Day, then hasten to the remembrance of God, and leave off traffic; that is better for you, if ye did but know!
[10] And when prayer is performed, then disperse abroad in the land, and crave of God’s grace; and remember God much; haply ye may prosper!
But when they see merchandise or sport they flock to it and leave thee standing?! Say, ‘What is
1 T.e. by embracing Islam.
3 Friday, called before this’Harfibah. It was the day on which
Mohammed entered Medinah for the first time.
* It is said that one Friday a caravan entered the town while Mohammed was conducting the public prayers, and the congregap. 4with God is better than sport and than merchandise, for God is the best of providers!’
Tue Cyapter or THE HypocritEs?.
(LXIII. Medinah.)
In the name of the merciful and compassionate
God.
When the hypocrites come to thee, they say, ‘We bear witness that thou art surely the Apostle of God ;’ but God knows that thou art His Apostle: and God bears witness that the hypocrites are liars!
They take their faith? for a cloak, and then they turn folks from God’s way :—evil is that which they have done! That is because they believed and then disbelieved, wherefore is a stamp set on their hearts so that they do not understand!
And when thou seest them, their persons please thee*; but if they speak, thou listenest to their speech: they are like timber propped up‘: they reckon every noise against them! They are the foe, so beware of them!—God fight against them, how they lie!
tion hearing the drums beat rushed out to see the sight, with the exception of about twelve of them.
* The disaffected portion of the inhabitants of Medfnah. See Introduction, p. xxxiv.
2 Or, by a various reading, ‘their oaths.’
5 Abdallah ibn Ubai, the leader of the ‘Hypocrites’ (see Introduction, p. xxxv), was a man of fine presence and eloquent address.
* I.e. though of tall and imposing presence, they are really like mere logs.
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[5] And when it is said to them, ‘ Come, and the Apostle of God will ask forgiveness for you!’ they turn away their heads, and thou mayest see them turning away since they are so big with pride!
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[5] And when it is said to them, ‘ Come, and the Apostle of God will ask forgiveness for you!’ they turn away their heads, and thou mayest see them turning away since they are so big with pride!
It is the same to them whether thou dost ask forgiveness for them, or whether thou dost not ask forgiveness for them,—God will not forgive them; verily, God guides not a people who work abomination!
They it is who say, ‘Expend not in alms upon those who are with the Apostle of God, in order that they may desert him !’— but God’s are the treasures of the heavens and the earth; but the hypocrites have no sense!
They say, ‘If we return to el Medinah, the mightier will surely drive out the meaner there- _ from;’ but to God belongs the might, and to His Apostle and to the believers; but the hypocrites do not know!
O ye who believe! let not your property nor your children divert you from the remembrance of God,—for whosoever does that, they are those who lose!
[10] But expend in alms of what we have bestowed upon you before death come on any one of you, and he says, ‘My Lord! wouldst thou but have respited me till an appointed time nigh at hand, then would I surely give in charity and be among the righteous!’ But God will never respite a soul when its appointed time has come: and God of what ye do is well aware!
286 THE QurR’AN. LXIV, 1-9.
Tue CHAPTER OF CHEATING.
(LXIV. Place of origin doubtful.)
In the name of the merciful and compassionate
God.
What is in the heavens and what is in the earth celebrates God’s praises; His is the kingdom, and His is the praise, and He is mighty over all!
He it is who created you, and of you is (one) a misbeliever and (one) a believer ; and God on what ye do does look.
He created the heavens and the earth in truth; and has formed you and made excellent your forms ; and unto Him the j journey is!
He knows what is in the heavens and the earth,
and knows what ye conceal and what ye display; for
God knows the nature of men’s breasts!
[5] Has there not come to you the story of those who misbelieved before, and tasted the evil result of their affair, and for them was grievous woe?
That is because their apostles came to them with manifest signs, and they said, ‘Shall mortals guide us ?’ and they misbelieved and turned their backs. But God was independent of them; for God is rich and to be praised !
Those who misbelieve pretend that they shall surely not be raised: say,‘ Yea! by my Lord! ye shall surely be raised: then ye shall be informed of that which ye have done;’ for that is easy unto God.
So believe in God and His Apostle and the light which we have sent down; for God of what ye do is well aware!
On the day when he shall gather you to the day
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verily, 1 am the apostle of God to you, verifying the law that was before me and giving you glad tidings of an apostle who shall come after me, whose name shall be A‘hmed *!’—but when he did come to them with manifest signs, they said, ‘ This is manifest sorcery !’
And who is more unjust than he who forges against God a lie when called unto Islam? but God guides not the unjust people.
They desire to put out the light of God with their mouths ; but God will perfect His light, averse although the misbeliever be !
He it is who sent His Apostle with guidance and the religion of truth to set it above all religion; averse although the idolaters may be.
[10] O you who believe! shall I lead you to a merchandise which will save you from grievous woe?
To believe in God and His Apostle, and to fight strenuously in God’s cause with your property and
1 Who fight in close and unbroken lines.
? A‘hmed is equivalent in meaning to Mohammed, and means ‘Praised,’ ‘Laudable.’ The allusion is to the promise of the Paraclete in John xvi. 7, the Muslims declaring that the word mapdxAnros has been substituted in the Greek for mepixAurés, which would mean the same as A‘hmed. See Introduction, p. xlix.
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your persons; that is better for you if you did but know !
He will pardon you your sins, and bring you into gardens beneath which rivers flow, and goodly dwellings in gardens of Eden ; — that is the mighty bliss ! .
And other things which you love,—help from God and victory nigh! — so do you give the glad tidings unto the believers!
O you who believe! be you the helpers! of God! as Jesus son of Mary said to the apostles, ‘Who are my helpers for God?’ Said the apostles, ‘We are God's helpers ?!’
And a party of the children of Israel believed, and a party misbelieved. And we aided those who believed against their enemies, and they were on the morrow superior !
THE CHAPTER OF THE CONGREGATION.
(LXII. Medinah.)
In the name of the merciful and compassionate
God.
What is in the heavens and what is in the earth celebrates the praises of God the King, the holy, the mighty, the wise!
He it is who sent unto the Gentiles* a prophet amongst themselves to recite to them His signs and to purify them, and to teach them the Book and
1 Ansér.
8 See Part I, p. 53 (Chapter III, verse 45).
5 See Introduction, p. xlvii, and Part I, p. 156, note.
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the wisdom, although they were before in obvious error.
And others of them have not yet overtaken them'!; but He is the mighty, the wise!
That is God’s grace, He gives it to whomsoever
He will; for God is Lord of mighty grace.
[5] The likeness of those who were charged with the law and then bore it not is as the likeness of an ass bearing books: sorry is the likeness of the people who say God’s signs are lies! but God guides not an unjust people.
[5] The likeness of those who were charged with the law and then bore it not is as the likeness of an ass bearing books: sorry is the likeness of the people who say God’s signs are lies! but God guides not an unjust people.
Say, ‘O you who are Jews! if you pretend that you are the clients of God, beyond other people; then wish for death if you do speak the truth!’
But they never wish for it, through what their hands have sent before! but God knows the unjust.
Say, ‘Verily, the death from which you flee will surely meet you ; then shall you be sent back to Him who knows the unseen and the visible, and He will inform you of that which you have done!’
O you who believe! when the call to prayer is made upon the Congregation Day, then hasten to the remembrance of God, and leave off traffic; that is better for you, if you did but know!
[10] And when prayer is performed, then disperse abroad in the land, and crave of God’s grace; and remember God much; haply you may prosper!
But when they see merchandise or sport they flock to it and leave you standing?! Say, ‘What is
1 T.e. by embracing Islam.
3 Friday, called before this’Harfibah. It was the day on which
Mohammed entered Medinah for the first time.
* It is said that one Friday a caravan entered the town while Mohammed was conducting the public prayers, and the congregap. 4with God is better than sport and than merchandise, for God is the best of providers!’
Tue Cyapter or THE HypocritEs?.
(LXIII. Medinah.)
In the name of the merciful and compassionate
God.
When the hypocrites come to you, they say, ‘We bear witness that you are surely the Apostle of God ;’ but God knows that you are His Apostle: and God bears witness that the hypocrites are liars!
They take their faith? for a cloak, and then they turn folks from God’s way :—evil is that which they have done! That is because they believed and then disbelieved, wherefore is a stamp set on their hearts so that they do not understand!
And when you seest them, their persons please you*; but if they speak, you listenest to their speech: they are like timber propped up‘: they reckon every noise against them! They are the foe, so beware of them!—God fight against them, how they lie!
tion hearing the drums beat rushed out to see the sight, with the exception of about twelve of them.
* The disaffected portion of the inhabitants of Medfnah. See Introduction, p. xxxiv.
2 Or, by a various reading, ‘their oaths.’
5 Abdallah ibn Ubai, the leader of the ‘Hypocrites’ (see Introduction, p. xxxv), was a man of fine presence and eloquent address.
* I.e. though of tall and imposing presence, they are really like mere logs.
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[5] And when it is said to them, ‘ Come, and the Apostle of God will ask forgiveness for you!’ they turn away their heads, and you may see them turning away since they are so big with pride!
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[5] And when it is said to them, ‘ Come, and the Apostle of God will ask forgiveness for you!’ they turn away their heads, and you may see them turning away since they are so big with pride!
It is the same to them whether you do ask forgiveness for them, or whether you do not ask forgiveness for them,—God will not forgive them; verily, God guides not a people who work abomination!
They it is who say, ‘Expend not in alms upon those who are with the Apostle of God, in order that they may desert him !’— but God’s are the treasures of the heavens and the earth; but the hypocrites have no sense!
They say, ‘If we return to el Medinah, the mightier will surely drive out the meaner there- _ from;’ but to God belongs the might, and to His Apostle and to the believers; but the hypocrites do not know!
O you who believe! let not your property nor your children divert you from the remembrance of God,—for whosoever does that, they are those who lose!
[10] But expend in alms of what we have bestowed upon you before death come on any one of you, and he says, ‘My Lord! would you but have respited me till an appointed time nigh at hand, then would I surely give in charity and be among the righteous!’ But God will never respite a soul when its appointed time has come: and God of what you do is well aware!
286 THE QurR’AN. LXIV, 1-9.
Tue CHAPTER OF CHEATING.
(LXIV. Place of origin doubtful.)
In the name of the merciful and compassionate
God.
What is in the heavens and what is in the earth celebrates God’s praises; His is the kingdom, and His is the praise, and He is mighty over all!
He it is who created you, and of you is (one) a misbeliever and (one) a believer ; and God on what you do does look.
He created the heavens and the earth in truth; and has formed you and made excellent your forms ; and unto Him the j journey is!
He knows what is in the heavens and the earth,
and knows what you conceal and what you display; for
God knows the nature of men’s breasts!
[5] Has there not come to you the story of those who misbelieved before, and tasted the evil result of their affair, and for them was grievous woe?
That is because their apostles came to them with manifest signs, and they said, ‘Shall mortals guide us ?’ and they misbelieved and turned their backs. But God was independent of them; for God is rich and to be praised !
Those who misbelieve pretend that they shall surely not be raised: say,‘ Yea! by my Lord! you shall surely be raised: then you shall be informed of that which you have done;’ for that is easy unto God.
So believe in God and His Apostle and the light which we have sent down; for God of what you do is well aware!
On the day when he shall gather you to the day
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