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1Or dost thou ask them a hire for it while they are burdened with debts ? Or have they the knowledge of the unseen, so that they write ? But wait patiently for the judgment of thy Lord, and be not like the fellow of the fish 2, when he cried out as he was choking with rage. 1 An expression signifying any great calamity or battle, because the non-combatants gird up their loins to be ready for flight. 2 Jonah. 298 THE QUR'AN. —LXVIII, 49-LXIX, 11. Had it not been that grace from his Lord reached him, he would have been cast out on the naked (shore) and blamed the while! [50] But his Lord elected him, and made him of the pious. The misbelievers well-nigh upset thee with their looks when they hear the reminder, and they say, ‘Surely he is mad!’ And yet it is but a reminder to the worlds! THe CHAPTER OF THE INFALLIBLE. (LXIX. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. The Infallible, what is the Infallible 2? and what should make thee know what the Infallible is ? Thamdd and ‘Ad called the Striking’ Day a lie; [5] but as for Thamdd they perished by the shock ; and as for ‘Ad they perished with the violent cold blast of wind, which He subjected against them for seven nights and eight days consecutively. Thou mightest see the people therein prostrate as though they were palm stumps thrown down, and canst thou see any of them left? And Pharaoh and those before him of the overturned cities ? committed sins, [10] and they rebelled against the apostle of their Lord, and He seized them with an excessive punishment. Verily, we, when the water surged, bore you on 1 Cf. Chapter XIII, verse 31, Part I, p. 236. ? Sodom and Gomorrah; cf. Part I, p. 183, note 1. LXIX, 11-39. THE CHAPTER OF THE INFALLIBLE. 299 it in a sailing ship, to make it a memorial for you, and that the retentive ear might hold it. im And when the trumpet shall be blown with one blast, and the earth shall be borne away, and the mountains too, and both be crushed with one crushing ; [15] on that day shall the inevitable happen ; and the heaven on that day shall be cleft asunder, for on that day shall it wane! and the angels upon the sides thereof; and above them on that day shall eight bear the throne of thy Lord! On the day when ye shall be set forth no hidden ‘thing of yours shall be concealed. And as for him who is given his book in his right hand, he shall say, ‘Here! take and read my book. [20] Verily, I thought that I should meet my reckoning ;’ and he shall be in a pleasing life, in a lofty garden, whose fruits are nigh to cull—‘ Eat ye and drink with good digestion, for what ye did aforetime in the days that have gone by!’
2take and read my book. [20] Verily, I thought that I should meet my reckoning ;’ and he shall be in a pleasing life, in a lofty garden, whose fruits are nigh to cull—‘ Eat ye and drink with good digestion, for what ye did aforetime in the days that have gone by!’ [25] But as for him who is given his book in his left hand he shall say, ‘O, would that I had not received my book! I did not know what my account would be. O, would that it! had been an end of me! my wealth availed me not! my authority has perished from me!’ [30] ‘ Take him and fetter him, then in hell broil him! then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits force him! verily, he believed not in the mighty God, nor was he particular to feed the poor : [35] therefore he has not here to-day any warm friend, nor any food except foul ichor, which none save sinners shall eat!’ ) I need not swear by what ye see or what ye do 1 T.e. death. 300 THE QUR'AN. LXIX, 39-LXX, 4. not see, [40] verily, it is the speech of a noble apostle; and it is not the speech of a poet :—little is it ye believe! And it is not the speech of a soothsayer,—little is it that ye mind!—a revelation from the Lord of the worlds. Why if he had invented against us any sayings, [45] we would have seized him by the right hand, ' then we would have cut his jugular vein; nor could any one of you have kept us off from him. Verily, it is a memorial to the pious; and, verily, we know that there are amongst you those who say it is a lie; [50] and, verily, it is a source of sighing to the misbelievers ; and, verily, it is certain truth! Therefore celebrate the name of thy mighty Lord! Tue CHAPTER OF THE ASCENTS. (LXX. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. An asker ! asked for torment that must befall, for the unbelievers ; there is no repelling it ; from God the Lord of the ascents *, whereby ascend the angels 1 The person referred to is said to have been either Abu Gahl, who challenged Mohammed to cause a portion of the heaven to fall on them, see Chapter XXVI, verse 187, p. 97, or one Nad&r ibn el ‘H4reth, who said of Isl4m, ‘If this be the truth from Thee, then’rain down on us stones from heaven!’ 2 Fither steps by which the prayers of the righteous or the angels ascend to heaven; or the word may refer to the vatious degrees of the angels, or to the seven heavens themselves. See Introduction, p. lxx. LXX, 4-35. THE CHAPTER OF THE ASCENTS. 301 and the Spirit unto Him in a day whose length is fifty thousand years’. . [5] Wherefore be patient with fair patience; verily, they see it as afar off, but we see it nigh ! The day when the heaven shall be as molten brass, and the mountains shall be like flocks of wool; [10] when no warm friend shall question friend ; they shall gaze on each other, and the sinner would fain give as a ransom from the torment of that day his sons and his mate, and his brother and his kin who stand by him, and all who are in the earth, that yet it might rescue him!
3[15] Nay, verily, it is a flame,—dragging by the scalp! it shall call those who retreated and turned their backs and who amassed and hoarded ! Verily, man is by nature rash #! [20] when evil touches him, very impatient; when good touches him, niggardly; all save those who pray, who remain at their prayers, and in whose wealth is a reasonable due (set aside) [25] for him who asks and him who is kept from asking, and those who believe in a day of judgment, and those who shrink in terror from the torment of their Lord ;—verily, the torment of their Lord is not safe;—and those who guard their private parts, [30] except for their wives or the (slave girls) whom their right hands possess, for they are not to be blamed; but whoso craves beyond this, they are the transgressors; and those who observe their trusts and their compacts, and those who are upright in their testimonies, and those who keep their prayers, [35] these shall dwell in gardens honoured. 1 Cf. Chapter XXXII, verse 4, p. 135. 2 Cf. Chapter XVII, verse 12, p. 2. 302 THE QUR’AN. LXX, 36-LXXI, 4. What ails the misbelievers that they hurry on before thee, crowding together on the right and on the left!? Does every man of them wish to enter the garden of pleasure ? Nay, we created them of what they know! [40] And I need not swear by the Lord of the easts and the wests?; verily, we are able to change them for others better, nor are we prevented ! So leave them to plunge in discussion, and to play until they meet that day of theirs which they are threatened with, the day when they shall come forth in haste from the graves, as though they flock to a standard! with their looks abashed; meanness shall cover them! That is the day which they were promised ! Tue CuHaptTer oF NOAH. (LXXI. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. Verily, we sent Noah to his people, ‘Warn thy people before there come to them a grievous torment!’ Said he, ‘O my people! verily, I am to you an obvious warner, that ye serve God and fear Him and obey me. He will pardon you your sins, and will defer you unto an appointed time ; verily, God’s 1 Cf. pp. 262, 263. ® T.e. of the east and the west; or of the various points of the horizon at which the sun rises and sets in the course of the year. LXXI, 4-24. THE CHAPTER OF NOAH. 303 appointed time when it comes will not be deferred, did ye but know!’
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.
1Or dost thou ask them a hire for it while they are burdened with debts ? Or have they the knowledge of the unseen, so that they write ? But wait patiently for the judgment of thy Lord, and be not like the fellow of the fish 2, when he cried out as he was choking with rage. 1 An expression signifying any great calamity or battle, because the non-combatants gird up their loins to be ready for flight. 2 Jonah. 298 THE QUR'AN. —LXVIII, 49-LXIX, 11. Had it not been that grace from his Lord reached him, he would have been cast out on the naked (shore) and blamed the while! [50] But his Lord elected him, and made him of the pious. The misbelievers well-nigh upset thee with their looks when they hear the reminder, and they say, ‘Surely he is mad!’ And yet it is but a reminder to the worlds! THe CHAPTER OF THE INFALLIBLE. (LXIX. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. The Infallible, what is the Infallible 2? and what should make thee know what the Infallible is ? Thamdd and ‘Ad called the Striking’ Day a lie; [5] but as for Thamdd they perished by the shock ; and as for ‘Ad they perished with the violent cold blast of wind, which He subjected against them for seven nights and eight days consecutively. Thou mightest see the people therein prostrate as though they were palm stumps thrown down, and canst thou see any of them left? And Pharaoh and those before him of the overturned cities ? committed sins, [10] and they rebelled against the apostle of their Lord, and He seized them with an excessive punishment. Verily, we, when the water surged, bore you on 1 Cf. Chapter XIII, verse 31, Part I, p. 236. ? Sodom and Gomorrah; cf. Part I, p. 183, note 1. LXIX, 11-39. THE CHAPTER OF THE INFALLIBLE. 299 it in a sailing ship, to make it a memorial for you, and that the retentive ear might hold it. im And when the trumpet shall be blown with one blast, and the earth shall be borne away, and the mountains too, and both be crushed with one crushing ; [15] on that day shall the inevitable happen ; and the heaven on that day shall be cleft asunder, for on that day shall it wane! and the angels upon the sides thereof; and above them on that day shall eight bear the throne of thy Lord! On the day when ye shall be set forth no hidden ‘thing of yours shall be concealed. And as for him who is given his book in his right hand, he shall say, ‘Here! take and read my book. [20] Verily, I thought that I should meet my reckoning ;’ and he shall be in a pleasing life, in a lofty garden, whose fruits are nigh to cull—‘ Eat ye and drink with good digestion, for what ye did aforetime in the days that have gone by!’
2take and read my book. [20] Verily, I thought that I should meet my reckoning ;’ and he shall be in a pleasing life, in a lofty garden, whose fruits are nigh to cull—‘ Eat ye and drink with good digestion, for what ye did aforetime in the days that have gone by!’ [25] But as for him who is given his book in his left hand he shall say, ‘O, would that I had not received my book! I did not know what my account would be. O, would that it! had been an end of me! my wealth availed me not! my authority has perished from me!’ [30] ‘ Take him and fetter him, then in hell broil him! then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits force him! verily, he believed not in the mighty God, nor was he particular to feed the poor : [35] therefore he has not here to-day any warm friend, nor any food except foul ichor, which none save sinners shall eat!’ ) I need not swear by what ye see or what ye do 1 T.e. death. 300 THE QUR'AN. LXIX, 39-LXX, 4. not see, [40] verily, it is the speech of a noble apostle; and it is not the speech of a poet :—little is it ye believe! And it is not the speech of a soothsayer,—little is it that ye mind!—a revelation from the Lord of the worlds. Why if he had invented against us any sayings, [45] we would have seized him by the right hand, ' then we would have cut his jugular vein; nor could any one of you have kept us off from him. Verily, it is a memorial to the pious; and, verily, we know that there are amongst you those who say it is a lie; [50] and, verily, it is a source of sighing to the misbelievers ; and, verily, it is certain truth! Therefore celebrate the name of thy mighty Lord! Tue CHAPTER OF THE ASCENTS. (LXX. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. An asker ! asked for torment that must befall, for the unbelievers ; there is no repelling it ; from God the Lord of the ascents *, whereby ascend the angels 1 The person referred to is said to have been either Abu Gahl, who challenged Mohammed to cause a portion of the heaven to fall on them, see Chapter XXVI, verse 187, p. 97, or one Nad&r ibn el ‘H4reth, who said of Isl4m, ‘If this be the truth from Thee, then’rain down on us stones from heaven!’ 2 Fither steps by which the prayers of the righteous or the angels ascend to heaven; or the word may refer to the vatious degrees of the angels, or to the seven heavens themselves. See Introduction, p. lxx. LXX, 4-35. THE CHAPTER OF THE ASCENTS. 301 and the Spirit unto Him in a day whose length is fifty thousand years’. . [5] Wherefore be patient with fair patience; verily, they see it as afar off, but we see it nigh ! The day when the heaven shall be as molten brass, and the mountains shall be like flocks of wool; [10] when no warm friend shall question friend ; they shall gaze on each other, and the sinner would fain give as a ransom from the torment of that day his sons and his mate, and his brother and his kin who stand by him, and all who are in the earth, that yet it might rescue him!
3[15] Nay, verily, it is a flame,—dragging by the scalp! it shall call those who retreated and turned their backs and who amassed and hoarded ! Verily, man is by nature rash #! [20] when evil touches him, very impatient; when good touches him, niggardly; all save those who pray, who remain at their prayers, and in whose wealth is a reasonable due (set aside) [25] for him who asks and him who is kept from asking, and those who believe in a day of judgment, and those who shrink in terror from the torment of their Lord ;—verily, the torment of their Lord is not safe;—and those who guard their private parts, [30] except for their wives or the (slave girls) whom their right hands possess, for they are not to be blamed; but whoso craves beyond this, they are the transgressors; and those who observe their trusts and their compacts, and those who are upright in their testimonies, and those who keep their prayers, [35] these shall dwell in gardens honoured. 1 Cf. Chapter XXXII, verse 4, p. 135. 2 Cf. Chapter XVII, verse 12, p. 2. 302 THE QUR’AN. LXX, 36-LXXI, 4. What ails the misbelievers that they hurry on before thee, crowding together on the right and on the left!? Does every man of them wish to enter the garden of pleasure ? Nay, we created them of what they know! [40] And I need not swear by the Lord of the easts and the wests?; verily, we are able to change them for others better, nor are we prevented ! So leave them to plunge in discussion, and to play until they meet that day of theirs which they are threatened with, the day when they shall come forth in haste from the graves, as though they flock to a standard! with their looks abashed; meanness shall cover them! That is the day which they were promised ! Tue CuHaptTer oF NOAH. (LXXI. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. Verily, we sent Noah to his people, ‘Warn thy people before there come to them a grievous torment!’ Said he, ‘O my people! verily, I am to you an obvious warner, that ye serve God and fear Him and obey me. He will pardon you your sins, and will defer you unto an appointed time ; verily, God’s 1 Cf. pp. 262, 263. ® T.e. of the east and the west; or of the various points of the horizon at which the sun rises and sets in the course of the year. LXXI, 4-24. THE CHAPTER OF NOAH. 303 appointed time when it comes will not be deferred, did ye but know!’
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