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1pp. 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!’ [5] Said he, ‘My Lord! verily, I have called my people by night and day, and my call did but increase them in flight; and, verily, every time I called them, that Thou mightest pardon them, they placed their fingers in their ears and tried to cover themselves with their garments and persisted, and were.very big with pride. Then I called them openly ; then I published to them and I spoke to them in secret, and I said, “ Ask forgiveness of your Lord, verily, He is very forgiving. [10] He will send the rain upon you in torrents, and will extend to you wealth and children, and will make for you gardens, and will make for you rivers. What ails you that ye hope not for something serious from God, when He has created you by steps!? Do ye not see how God has created the seven heavens in stories, [15] and has set the moon therein for a light, and set the sun for a lamp ? and God has made you grow out of the earth, and then He will make you return thereto, and will make you come forth therefrom ; and God has made for you the earth a carpet that ye may walk therein in broad paths.”’ [20] Said Noah, ‘My Lord! verily, they have rebelled against me, and followed him whose wealth and children have but added to his loss, and they have plotted a great plot, and said, “Ye shall surely not leave your gods: ye shall surely neither leave Wadd, nor Suwé’h, nor Yag#itu, nor Ya’dq, nor Nasr?, and they led astray many.”’ And thou 1 See Chapter XXII, verse 5, p. 56. ® For these five idols, see Introduction, p. xii. 304, . THE QUR'AN. —_LXXI, 24-LXXII, 5. (Mohammed) wilt only increase the unjust in their error—{25] because of their sins they were drowned and made to enter into the fire, and they found no helpers against God ! And Noah said, ‘My Lord! leave not upon the earth one dweller of the misbelievers. Verily, Thou, if Thou shouldst leave them, they will lead astray Thy servants, and they will only bear for children Sinners and misbelievers. My Lord! pardon me and my two parents, and whomsoever enters my house believing, and (pardon) the believers men and women—but Thou shalt only increase the unjust in loss.’ Tue CHAPTER OF THE GINN. (LXXII. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. Say, ‘I have been inspired that there listened a company of the ginn', and they said, “We have heard a marvellous Qur’4n that guides to the right direction; and we believe therein, and we join no one with our Lord, for, verily, He—may the majesty of our Lord be exalted!—has taken to Himself neither consort nor son. ‘“ And, verily, a fool among us spake against God wide of the mark ! Ts] And we thought that men and ginn would never speak a lie against God.
2‘“ And, verily, a fool among us spake against God wide of the mark ! Ts] And we thought that men and ginn would never speak a lie against God. 1 See Introduction, pp. xiii-xiv. The occasion of Mohammed’s preaching to the ginn was on his returning from his unsuccessful errand to 74’if; see Introduction, p. xxx. LXXII, 6-17. THE CHAPTER OF THE GINN. . 305 ‘“And there are persons amongst men who seek for refuge with persons amongst the ginn!; but they increase them in their perverseness. And they thought, as ye thought, that God would not raise up any one from the dead. ‘“But we touched the heavens and found them filled with a mighty guard and shooting-stars; and we did sit in certain seats thereof to listen; but whoso of us listens now finds a shooting-star for him on guard. ‘“Tro] And, verily, we know not whether evil be meant for those who are in the earth, or if their Lord means right by them. ‘“ And of us are some who are pious, and of us are some who are otherwise: we are in separate bands. ‘“ And we thought that we could not frustrate God in the earth, and could not frustrate Him by flight. ‘“But, verily, when we heard the guidance we believed therein, and he who believes in his Lord shall fear neither diminution nor loss. ‘“ And, verily, of us are some who are Muslims, and of us some are trespassers; but those of us who are Muslims they strive after right direction ; [15] and as for the trespassers they are fuel for hell.”’ And if they? will go right upon the way, we will irrigate them with copious water to try them thereby; and whoso turns from the remembrance of his Lord He will drive him to severe torment. And (say) that the mosques are God’s, and that ye 1 The pagan Arabs when they found themselves in a lonely place, such as they supposed the ginn to haunt, used to say, ‘I take refuge in the Lord of this valley from the foolish among his people !’ * The Meccans. [9] x 306 THE QUR'AN. — LXXII,17-LXXIII, 4. should not call on any one with God, and that when God's servant! stood up to pray they? called out to him and well-nigh crowded upon him. [20] Say, ‘I only call upon my Lord, and I join no one with Him.’ Say, ‘ Verily, I cannot control for you either harm, or right direction.’ Say, ‘Verily, as for me none can protect me against God, nor do I find any refuge beside Him,— except delivering the message from God and His errands: and whoso rebels against God and His Apostle, verily, for him is the fire of hell for them to dwell therein for ever and for aye!’ : [25] Until when they see what they are threatened with, then shall they surely know who is most weak at helping and fewest in numbers! Say, ‘I know not if what ye are threatened with be nigh, or if my Lord will set for it a term. He knows the unseen, and He lets no one know His unseen, save such apostle as He is well pleased with : for, verily, He sends marching before him and behind him a guard!’
3Say, ‘I know not if what ye are threatened with be nigh, or if my Lord will set for it a term. He knows the unseen, and He lets no one know His unseen, save such apostle as He is well pleased with : for, verily, He sends marching before him and behind him a guard!’ ' That He may know that they have delivered the errands of their Lord, for He compasses. what they have, and reckons everything by number. THe CHAPTER OF THE ENWRAPPED. (LX XIII. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. O thou who art enwrapped! rise by night except a little—the half, or deduct therefrom a little, or * Mohammed. 2 The ginn. LXXIII, 4-19. THE CHAPTER OF THE ENWRAPPED. 307 add thereto, and chant the Qur’4n chanting. [5] Verily, we will cast on thee a heavy speech. Verily, the early part of the night is stronger in impressions and more upright in speech! Verily, thou hast by day a long employment; but mention the name of thy Lord and devote thyself thoroughly to Him, the Lord of the east and the west; there is no god but He; then take Him for a guardian ! [10] And endure patiently what they say, and flee from them with a decorous flight. And leave me and those who say it is a lie, who are possessed of comfort; and let them bide for a while. Verily, with us are heavy fetters and hell-fire, and food that chokes, and mighty woe! On the day when the earth and the mountains shall tremble and the earth shall be as a crumbling sand-hill! [15] Verily, we have sent unto you an apostle bearing witness against you, as we sent an apostle unto Pharaoh. But Pharaoh rebelled against the apostle, and we seized him with an overpowering punishment. Then how will ye shield yourselves if ye misbelieve from the day which shall make children greyheaded, whereon the heaven cleavés—its promise shall be fulfilled ! Verily, this is a memorial, and whoso will, let him take unto his Lord a way? 1 From verse 20 the rest of the sftrah seems from its style to belong to the Medinah period ; and there is a tradition ascribed to ‘Ayeshah that it was revealed a year later thari the earlier’ part of the chapter. X 2 308 THE .QUR’AN. LXXIII, 20-LXXIV, 9. [20] Verily, thy Lord knows that thou dost stand up to pray nearly two-thirds of the night, or the half of it or the third of it, as do part of those who are with thee; for God measures the night and the day; He knows that ye cannot calculate it, and He turns relentant towards you. So read what is easy of the Qur'an. He knows that there will be of you some who are sick and others who beat about in the earth craving the grace of God, and others who are fighting in the cause of God. Then read what is easy of it and be steadfast in prayer, and give alms, and lend to God a goodly loan, for what ye send forward for yourselves of good ye will find it with God. It is better and a greater hire; and ask ye pardon of God: verily, God is for- ‘ giving, merciful ! Tue CHAPTER OF THE ‘COVERED!’ (LXXIV. Mecca.)
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.
1pp. 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!’ [5] Said he, ‘My Lord! verily, I have called my people by night and day, and my call did but increase them in flight; and, verily, every time I called them, that Thou mightest pardon them, they placed their fingers in their ears and tried to cover themselves with their garments and persisted, and were.very big with pride. Then I called them openly ; then I published to them and I spoke to them in secret, and I said, “ Ask forgiveness of your Lord, verily, He is very forgiving. [10] He will send the rain upon you in torrents, and will extend to you wealth and children, and will make for you gardens, and will make for you rivers. What ails you that ye hope not for something serious from God, when He has created you by steps!? Do ye not see how God has created the seven heavens in stories, [15] and has set the moon therein for a light, and set the sun for a lamp ? and God has made you grow out of the earth, and then He will make you return thereto, and will make you come forth therefrom ; and God has made for you the earth a carpet that ye may walk therein in broad paths.”’ [20] Said Noah, ‘My Lord! verily, they have rebelled against me, and followed him whose wealth and children have but added to his loss, and they have plotted a great plot, and said, “Ye shall surely not leave your gods: ye shall surely neither leave Wadd, nor Suwé’h, nor Yag#itu, nor Ya’dq, nor Nasr?, and they led astray many.”’ And thou 1 See Chapter XXII, verse 5, p. 56. ® For these five idols, see Introduction, p. xii. 304, . THE QUR'AN. —_LXXI, 24-LXXII, 5. (Mohammed) wilt only increase the unjust in their error—{25] because of their sins they were drowned and made to enter into the fire, and they found no helpers against God ! And Noah said, ‘My Lord! leave not upon the earth one dweller of the misbelievers. Verily, Thou, if Thou shouldst leave them, they will lead astray Thy servants, and they will only bear for children Sinners and misbelievers. My Lord! pardon me and my two parents, and whomsoever enters my house believing, and (pardon) the believers men and women—but Thou shalt only increase the unjust in loss.’ Tue CHAPTER OF THE GINN. (LXXII. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. Say, ‘I have been inspired that there listened a company of the ginn', and they said, “We have heard a marvellous Qur’4n that guides to the right direction; and we believe therein, and we join no one with our Lord, for, verily, He—may the majesty of our Lord be exalted!—has taken to Himself neither consort nor son. ‘“ And, verily, a fool among us spake against God wide of the mark ! Ts] And we thought that men and ginn would never speak a lie against God.
2‘“ And, verily, a fool among us spake against God wide of the mark ! Ts] And we thought that men and ginn would never speak a lie against God. 1 See Introduction, pp. xiii-xiv. The occasion of Mohammed’s preaching to the ginn was on his returning from his unsuccessful errand to 74’if; see Introduction, p. xxx. LXXII, 6-17. THE CHAPTER OF THE GINN. . 305 ‘“And there are persons amongst men who seek for refuge with persons amongst the ginn!; but they increase them in their perverseness. And they thought, as ye thought, that God would not raise up any one from the dead. ‘“But we touched the heavens and found them filled with a mighty guard and shooting-stars; and we did sit in certain seats thereof to listen; but whoso of us listens now finds a shooting-star for him on guard. ‘“Tro] And, verily, we know not whether evil be meant for those who are in the earth, or if their Lord means right by them. ‘“ And of us are some who are pious, and of us are some who are otherwise: we are in separate bands. ‘“ And we thought that we could not frustrate God in the earth, and could not frustrate Him by flight. ‘“But, verily, when we heard the guidance we believed therein, and he who believes in his Lord shall fear neither diminution nor loss. ‘“ And, verily, of us are some who are Muslims, and of us some are trespassers; but those of us who are Muslims they strive after right direction ; [15] and as for the trespassers they are fuel for hell.”’ And if they? will go right upon the way, we will irrigate them with copious water to try them thereby; and whoso turns from the remembrance of his Lord He will drive him to severe torment. And (say) that the mosques are God’s, and that ye 1 The pagan Arabs when they found themselves in a lonely place, such as they supposed the ginn to haunt, used to say, ‘I take refuge in the Lord of this valley from the foolish among his people !’ * The Meccans. [9] x 306 THE QUR'AN. — LXXII,17-LXXIII, 4. should not call on any one with God, and that when God's servant! stood up to pray they? called out to him and well-nigh crowded upon him. [20] Say, ‘I only call upon my Lord, and I join no one with Him.’ Say, ‘ Verily, I cannot control for you either harm, or right direction.’ Say, ‘Verily, as for me none can protect me against God, nor do I find any refuge beside Him,— except delivering the message from God and His errands: and whoso rebels against God and His Apostle, verily, for him is the fire of hell for them to dwell therein for ever and for aye!’ : [25] Until when they see what they are threatened with, then shall they surely know who is most weak at helping and fewest in numbers! Say, ‘I know not if what ye are threatened with be nigh, or if my Lord will set for it a term. He knows the unseen, and He lets no one know His unseen, save such apostle as He is well pleased with : for, verily, He sends marching before him and behind him a guard!’
3Say, ‘I know not if what ye are threatened with be nigh, or if my Lord will set for it a term. He knows the unseen, and He lets no one know His unseen, save such apostle as He is well pleased with : for, verily, He sends marching before him and behind him a guard!’ ' That He may know that they have delivered the errands of their Lord, for He compasses. what they have, and reckons everything by number. THe CHAPTER OF THE ENWRAPPED. (LX XIII. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. O thou who art enwrapped! rise by night except a little—the half, or deduct therefrom a little, or * Mohammed. 2 The ginn. LXXIII, 4-19. THE CHAPTER OF THE ENWRAPPED. 307 add thereto, and chant the Qur’4n chanting. [5] Verily, we will cast on thee a heavy speech. Verily, the early part of the night is stronger in impressions and more upright in speech! Verily, thou hast by day a long employment; but mention the name of thy Lord and devote thyself thoroughly to Him, the Lord of the east and the west; there is no god but He; then take Him for a guardian ! [10] And endure patiently what they say, and flee from them with a decorous flight. And leave me and those who say it is a lie, who are possessed of comfort; and let them bide for a while. Verily, with us are heavy fetters and hell-fire, and food that chokes, and mighty woe! On the day when the earth and the mountains shall tremble and the earth shall be as a crumbling sand-hill! [15] Verily, we have sent unto you an apostle bearing witness against you, as we sent an apostle unto Pharaoh. But Pharaoh rebelled against the apostle, and we seized him with an overpowering punishment. Then how will ye shield yourselves if ye misbelieve from the day which shall make children greyheaded, whereon the heaven cleavés—its promise shall be fulfilled ! Verily, this is a memorial, and whoso will, let him take unto his Lord a way? 1 From verse 20 the rest of the sftrah seems from its style to belong to the Medinah period ; and there is a tradition ascribed to ‘Ayeshah that it was revealed a year later thari the earlier’ part of the chapter. X 2 308 THE .QUR’AN. LXXIII, 20-LXXIV, 9. [20] Verily, thy Lord knows that thou dost stand up to pray nearly two-thirds of the night, or the half of it or the third of it, as do part of those who are with thee; for God measures the night and the day; He knows that ye cannot calculate it, and He turns relentant towards you. So read what is easy of the Qur'an. He knows that there will be of you some who are sick and others who beat about in the earth craving the grace of God, and others who are fighting in the cause of God. Then read what is easy of it and be steadfast in prayer, and give alms, and lend to God a goodly loan, for what ye send forward for yourselves of good ye will find it with God. It is better and a greater hire; and ask ye pardon of God: verily, God is for- ‘ giving, merciful ! Tue CHAPTER OF THE ‘COVERED!’ (LXXIV. Mecca.)
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