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1Nay! verily, it is a memorial; and whoso pleases will remember it. In honoured pages exalted, purified, [15] in the hands of noble, righteous scribes! May man be killed! how ungrateful he is! Of what did He create him? Of a clot. He created him and fated him; [20] then the path He did make easy for him; then He killed him, and laid him in the tomb; then when He pleases will He raise him up again. ? One Abdallah ibn Umm Maktdm, a poor blind man, once interrupted Mohammed while the latter was in conversation with Walid ibn Mugdirah and some others of the Qurais chiefs. The prophet taking no notice of him, the blind man raised his voice and earnestly begged for religious instruction, but Mohammed, annoyed at the interruption, frowned and turned away. This passage is a reprimand to the prophet for his conduct on the occasion. Afterwards, whenever he saw the blind Abdallah, Mohammed used to say, ‘Welcome to him on whose account my Lord reproved me!’ and subsequently made him governor of Medinah. LXXX, 23-LXXXI, 5. CHAPTER OF THE FOLDING UP. 321 Nay, he has not fulfilled his bidding! But let man look unto his foods. [25] Verily, we have poured the water out in torrents : then we have cleft the earth asunder, and made to grow therefrom the grain, and the grape, and the hay, and the olive, and the palm, [30] and gardens closely planted, and fruits, and grass,—a provision for you and for your cattle ! *— But when the stunning noise shall come, on the day when man shall flee from his brother [35] and his mother and his father and his spouse and his sons! Every man among them on that day shall have a business to employ him. Faces on that day shall be bright,—laughing, joyous! [40] and faces shall have dust upon them,— darkness shall cover them! those are the wicked misbelievers ! i THE CHAPTER OF THE FoLpinc UP. (LXXXI. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. When the sun is folded up, And when the stars do fall, And when the mountains are moved, And when the she-camels ten months’ gone with young shall be neglected}, [5] And when the beasts shall be crowded together?, * Such camels being among the most valuable of an Arab’s possessions, neglect of them must imply some terribly engrossing calamity. 2 The terrors of the judgment day will drive all the wild beasts together for mutual shelter. [9] Y : 322 THE QUR'AN. LXXXI, 5-28. And when the seas shall surge up, And when souls shall be paired with bodies, And when the child who was buried alive shall be asked for what sin she was slain!, [10] And when the pages shall be spread out, And when the heaven shall be flayed, And when hell shall be set ablaze, And when Paradise shall be brought nigh, The soul shall know what it has produced ! [15] I need not swear by the stars that slink back, moving swiftly, slinking into their dens! Nor by the night when darkness draws on ! Nor by the morn when it first breathes up!
2[15] I need not swear by the stars that slink back, moving swiftly, slinking into their dens! Nor by the night when darkness draws on ! Nor by the morn when it first breathes up! Verily, it is the speech of a noble apostle, [20] mighty, standing sure with the Lord of the throne, obeyed and trusty too! Your comrade is not mad; he saw him? on the plain horizon’, nor does he grudge to communicate the unseen‘, [25] Nor is it the speech of a pelted devil®. Then whither do ye go? - It is but a reminder to the worlds, to whomsoever of you pleases to go straight :—but ye will not please, except God, the Lord of the world, should please. 1 See Part I, p. 132, note 3, and p. 256, note 2. See also Introduction, p. x. 3 Gabriel. 5 See Chapter LIII, verses 1-19, pp. 251, 252. * Some copies have a various reading, ‘ suspicious of.’ 5 See Part I, note 2, pp. 50, 51. ‘LXXXII,1-LX XXIII, 2. CHAPTER OF CLEAVING ASUNDER. 323 THE CHAPTER OF THE CLEAVING ASUNDER. (LXXXII. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. When the heaven is cleft asunder, And when the stars are scattered, And when the seas gush together, And when the tombs are turned upside down, [5] The soul shall know what it has sent on or kept back ! O man! what has seduced thee concerning thy generous Lord, who created thee, and fashioned thee, and gave thee symmetry, and in what form He pleased composed thee ? Nay, but ye call the judgment a lie! [10] but over you are guardians set',—noble, writing down! they know what ye do! Verily, the righteous are in pleasure, and, verily, the wicked are in hell; [15] they shall broil therein upon the judgment day; nor shall they be absent therefrom ! And what shall make thee know what is the judgment day ? Again, what shall make thee know what is the judgment day ? a day when no soul shall control aught for another; and the bidding on that day be- longs to God! | Tue CHAPTER OF THOSE WHO GIVE SHORT WEIGHT. (LXXXIII. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. Woe to those who give short weight! who when 1 See p. 243, note 1. Y2 324 THE QURAN, LXXXIII, 2-26. they measure against others take full measure; but when they measure to them or weigh to them, di i= Bees these think that they shall be raised again [5] at the mighty day? the day when men shall stand before the Lord of the worlds ! Nay, verily, the book of the wicked is in Siggin'; and what shall make thee know what Siggin is ?— a book inscribed ! [10] Woe on that day for those who say it is a lie! Who call the judgment day a lie! but none shall call it a lie except every sinful transgressor, who, when our signs are read to him, says, ‘Old folks’ tales !’ Nay, but that which they have gained has settled upon their hearts. = Nay, verily, [15] from their Lord on that day are they veiled ; and then, verily, they shall broil in hell; then it shall be said, ‘ This is what ye once did call a lie !’|
3= Nay, verily, [15] from their Lord on that day are they veiled ; and then, verily, they shall broil in hell; then it shall be said, ‘ This is what ye once did call a lie !’| Nay, verily, the book of the righteous is in ‘IlliyQn?; and what shall make thee know what ‘IHiydn is?—{20] a book inscribed! those nigh to God shall witness it. i Verily, the righteous shall be in pleasure; upon _ couches shall they gaze; thou mayest recognise in their faces the brightness of pleasure; [25] they shall be given to drink wine that is sealed, whose seal is musk; for that then let the aspirants aspire ! * Siggin, the ‘ prison’ of hell, whence the register of the wicked is named. ? ‘Illiyan means ‘high places.’ LXXXIII,27-LXXXIV,12. CHAPTER OF RENDING ASUNDER, 325 —and it shall be tempered with Tasnim 1,—a spring from which those nigh to God shall drink. Verily, those who sin do laugh at those who believe; [30] and when they pass by they wink at one another, and when they return to their family they return ridiculing them ; and when they see them they say, ‘Verily, these do go astray !’— but they are not sent as guardians over them! But to-day those who believe shall at the misbelievers laugh! [35] Upon couches shall they gaze; are the misbelievers rewarded for what they have done? THe CHAPTER OF THE RENDING ASUNDER. (LXXXIV. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. When the heaven is rent asunder and gives ear unto its Lord, and is dutiful ! And when the earth is stretched out and casts forth what is in it, and is empty, [5] and gives ear unto its Lord, and is dutiful ! O man! verily, thou are toiling after thy Lord, toiling ; wherefore shalt thou meet Him! And as for him who is given his book in his right hand, he shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning; and he shall go back to his family joyfully. [10] But as for him who is given his book behind his back?, he shall call out for destruction, but he 1 Name of a fountain in Paradise, so called because it is conveyed to the highest apartments there. 2 T.e. in the left hand, which will be chained behind the back, the right hand being fettered to the neck. 326 THE QUR'AN. LXXXIV,12-LXXXV,7. shall broil in a blaze! Verily, he was amongst his family joyful. Verily, he thought that he should never return to God. [15] Yea, verily, his Lord on him did look ! I need not swear by the evening glow, Or by the night, and what it drives together, _Or by the moon when it is at its full, a Ye shall be surely transferred from state to state!) “[20] What ails them that they do not believe?” and, when the Qur’an is read to them, do not adore ? Nay, those who misbelieve do say it is a lie, but God knows best the (malice) that they hide. So give them the glad tidings of grievous woe! [25] save those who believe and act aright, for them is hire that is not grudged ! Tue CHAPTER OF THE ZODIACAL SIGNS. (LXXXV. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God.
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Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1Nay! verily, it is a memorial; and whoso pleases will remember it. In honoured pages exalted, purified, [15] in the hands of noble, righteous scribes! May man be killed! how ungrateful he is! Of what did He create him? Of a clot. He created him and fated him; [20] then the path He did make easy for him; then He killed him, and laid him in the tomb; then when He pleases will He raise him up again. ? One Abdallah ibn Umm Maktdm, a poor blind man, once interrupted Mohammed while the latter was in conversation with Walid ibn Mugdirah and some others of the Qurais chiefs. The prophet taking no notice of him, the blind man raised his voice and earnestly begged for religious instruction, but Mohammed, annoyed at the interruption, frowned and turned away. This passage is a reprimand to the prophet for his conduct on the occasion. Afterwards, whenever he saw the blind Abdallah, Mohammed used to say, ‘Welcome to him on whose account my Lord reproved me!’ and subsequently made him governor of Medinah. LXXX, 23-LXXXI, 5. CHAPTER OF THE FOLDING UP. 321 Nay, he has not fulfilled his bidding! But let man look unto his foods. [25] Verily, we have poured the water out in torrents : then we have cleft the earth asunder, and made to grow therefrom the grain, and the grape, and the hay, and the olive, and the palm, [30] and gardens closely planted, and fruits, and grass,—a provision for you and for your cattle ! *— But when the stunning noise shall come, on the day when man shall flee from his brother [35] and his mother and his father and his spouse and his sons! Every man among them on that day shall have a business to employ him. Faces on that day shall be bright,—laughing, joyous! [40] and faces shall have dust upon them,— darkness shall cover them! those are the wicked misbelievers ! i THE CHAPTER OF THE FoLpinc UP. (LXXXI. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. When the sun is folded up, And when the stars do fall, And when the mountains are moved, And when the she-camels ten months’ gone with young shall be neglected}, [5] And when the beasts shall be crowded together?, * Such camels being among the most valuable of an Arab’s possessions, neglect of them must imply some terribly engrossing calamity. 2 The terrors of the judgment day will drive all the wild beasts together for mutual shelter. [9] Y : 322 THE QUR'AN. LXXXI, 5-28. And when the seas shall surge up, And when souls shall be paired with bodies, And when the child who was buried alive shall be asked for what sin she was slain!, [10] And when the pages shall be spread out, And when the heaven shall be flayed, And when hell shall be set ablaze, And when Paradise shall be brought nigh, The soul shall know what it has produced ! [15] I need not swear by the stars that slink back, moving swiftly, slinking into their dens! Nor by the night when darkness draws on ! Nor by the morn when it first breathes up!
2[15] I need not swear by the stars that slink back, moving swiftly, slinking into their dens! Nor by the night when darkness draws on ! Nor by the morn when it first breathes up! Verily, it is the speech of a noble apostle, [20] mighty, standing sure with the Lord of the throne, obeyed and trusty too! Your comrade is not mad; he saw him? on the plain horizon’, nor does he grudge to communicate the unseen‘, [25] Nor is it the speech of a pelted devil®. Then whither do ye go? - It is but a reminder to the worlds, to whomsoever of you pleases to go straight :—but ye will not please, except God, the Lord of the world, should please. 1 See Part I, p. 132, note 3, and p. 256, note 2. See also Introduction, p. x. 3 Gabriel. 5 See Chapter LIII, verses 1-19, pp. 251, 252. * Some copies have a various reading, ‘ suspicious of.’ 5 See Part I, note 2, pp. 50, 51. ‘LXXXII,1-LX XXIII, 2. CHAPTER OF CLEAVING ASUNDER. 323 THE CHAPTER OF THE CLEAVING ASUNDER. (LXXXII. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. When the heaven is cleft asunder, And when the stars are scattered, And when the seas gush together, And when the tombs are turned upside down, [5] The soul shall know what it has sent on or kept back ! O man! what has seduced thee concerning thy generous Lord, who created thee, and fashioned thee, and gave thee symmetry, and in what form He pleased composed thee ? Nay, but ye call the judgment a lie! [10] but over you are guardians set',—noble, writing down! they know what ye do! Verily, the righteous are in pleasure, and, verily, the wicked are in hell; [15] they shall broil therein upon the judgment day; nor shall they be absent therefrom ! And what shall make thee know what is the judgment day ? Again, what shall make thee know what is the judgment day ? a day when no soul shall control aught for another; and the bidding on that day be- longs to God! | Tue CHAPTER OF THOSE WHO GIVE SHORT WEIGHT. (LXXXIII. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. Woe to those who give short weight! who when 1 See p. 243, note 1. Y2 324 THE QURAN, LXXXIII, 2-26. they measure against others take full measure; but when they measure to them or weigh to them, di i= Bees these think that they shall be raised again [5] at the mighty day? the day when men shall stand before the Lord of the worlds ! Nay, verily, the book of the wicked is in Siggin'; and what shall make thee know what Siggin is ?— a book inscribed ! [10] Woe on that day for those who say it is a lie! Who call the judgment day a lie! but none shall call it a lie except every sinful transgressor, who, when our signs are read to him, says, ‘Old folks’ tales !’ Nay, but that which they have gained has settled upon their hearts. = Nay, verily, [15] from their Lord on that day are they veiled ; and then, verily, they shall broil in hell; then it shall be said, ‘ This is what ye once did call a lie !’|
3= Nay, verily, [15] from their Lord on that day are they veiled ; and then, verily, they shall broil in hell; then it shall be said, ‘ This is what ye once did call a lie !’| Nay, verily, the book of the righteous is in ‘IlliyQn?; and what shall make thee know what ‘IHiydn is?—{20] a book inscribed! those nigh to God shall witness it. i Verily, the righteous shall be in pleasure; upon _ couches shall they gaze; thou mayest recognise in their faces the brightness of pleasure; [25] they shall be given to drink wine that is sealed, whose seal is musk; for that then let the aspirants aspire ! * Siggin, the ‘ prison’ of hell, whence the register of the wicked is named. ? ‘Illiyan means ‘high places.’ LXXXIII,27-LXXXIV,12. CHAPTER OF RENDING ASUNDER, 325 —and it shall be tempered with Tasnim 1,—a spring from which those nigh to God shall drink. Verily, those who sin do laugh at those who believe; [30] and when they pass by they wink at one another, and when they return to their family they return ridiculing them ; and when they see them they say, ‘Verily, these do go astray !’— but they are not sent as guardians over them! But to-day those who believe shall at the misbelievers laugh! [35] Upon couches shall they gaze; are the misbelievers rewarded for what they have done? THe CHAPTER OF THE RENDING ASUNDER. (LXXXIV. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. When the heaven is rent asunder and gives ear unto its Lord, and is dutiful ! And when the earth is stretched out and casts forth what is in it, and is empty, [5] and gives ear unto its Lord, and is dutiful ! O man! verily, thou are toiling after thy Lord, toiling ; wherefore shalt thou meet Him! And as for him who is given his book in his right hand, he shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning; and he shall go back to his family joyfully. [10] But as for him who is given his book behind his back?, he shall call out for destruction, but he 1 Name of a fountain in Paradise, so called because it is conveyed to the highest apartments there. 2 T.e. in the left hand, which will be chained behind the back, the right hand being fettered to the neck. 326 THE QUR'AN. LXXXIV,12-LXXXV,7. shall broil in a blaze! Verily, he was amongst his family joyful. Verily, he thought that he should never return to God. [15] Yea, verily, his Lord on him did look ! I need not swear by the evening glow, Or by the night, and what it drives together, _Or by the moon when it is at its full, a Ye shall be surely transferred from state to state!) “[20] What ails them that they do not believe?” and, when the Qur’an is read to them, do not adore ? Nay, those who misbelieve do say it is a lie, but God knows best the (malice) that they hide. So give them the glad tidings of grievous woe! [25] save those who believe and act aright, for them is hire that is not grudged ! Tue CHAPTER OF THE ZODIACAL SIGNS. (LXXXV. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God.
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