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1Does he not know when the tombs are exposed, [10] and what is in the breasts is brought to light ? Verily, thy Lord upon that day indeed is well aware, Tue CHAPTER OF THE SMITING. (CI. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. The smiting! What is the smiting? And what shall make thee know what the smiting is? “ig The day when men shall be like scattered moths: and the mountains shall be like flocks of carded _wool ! Z2 340 THE QUR'AN. Cl, 5-CIII, 3. [5] And as for him whose balance is heavy, he shall be in a well-pleasing life. But as for him whose balance is light, his dwelling shall be the pit of hell}. And who shall make thee know what it is ?—a burning fire ! Tue CHAPTER OF THE CONTENTION ABOUT NUMBERS. (CII. Place of origin doubtful.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. The contention about numbers deludes you till ye visit the tombs?! Not so! In the end ye shall know! And again not so! In the end ye shall know! [5] Not so! Did ye but know with certain knowledge! Ye shall surely see hell! And again ye shall surely see it with an eye of certainty. Then ye shall surely be asked about pleasure®! THe CHAPTER OF THE AFTERNOON‘. (CIII. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. By the afternoon! verily, man is in loss! save El Hawiyeh, see Introduction, p. lxx. ? The commentators say that in one of the frequent contentions about the respective nobility of the Arab tribes, that the Abu Menaf clan disputed with that of Sahm, which was the most numerous, and the latter, having lost many men in battle, declared that their dead should be taken into account as well as the living. * That is, the pleasures of this life. * Or, ‘the age.’ CIII, 3-CV, 5| THE CHAPTER OF THE ELEPHANT. 341 those who believe and do right, and bid each other be true, and bid each other be patient. Tue CHAPTER OF THE BACKBITER. (CIV. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. Woe to every slanderous backbiter, who collects wealth and counts it. He thinks that his wealth can immortalize him. Not so! he shall be hurled into El] ‘Hu¢amah! [5] And what shall make thee understand what El ‘Huéamah! is ?—the fire of God kindled; which rises above the hearts. Verily, it is an archway over them on long-drawn columns, THe CHAPTER OF THE ELEPHANT. (CV. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. , Hast thou not seen what thy Lord did with the fellows of the elephant? ? Did He not make their stratagem lead them astray, and send down on them birds in flocks, to throw down on them stones of baked clay, [5] and make them like blades of herbage eaten down? 1 See Introduction, p. lxx.
2, Hast thou not seen what thy Lord did with the fellows of the elephant? ? Did He not make their stratagem lead them astray, and send down on them birds in flocks, to throw down on them stones of baked clay, [5] and make them like blades of herbage eaten down? 1 See Introduction, p. lxx. 2 Abrahat el Asram, an Abyssinian Christian, and viceroy of the king of Sanaa in Yemen in the year in which Mohammed was born, marched with a large army and some elephants upon Mecca, with the intention of destroying the Kaabah. He was defeated and his army destroyed in so sudden a manner as to have given rise to the 342 THE QUR'AN. CVI, 1-CVIII, 1. THE CHAPTER OF THE QurRAls. (CVI. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. . For the uniting of the Qurdais; uniting them for the caravan of winter and summer. So let them serve the Lord of this house who feeds them against hunger and makes them safe against fear?. Tue CuHapTer oF ‘ NECESSARIES. (CVII. Place of origin doubtful.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. Hast thou considered him who calls the judgment a lie? He it is who pushes the orphan away ; and urges not (others) to feed the poor. But woe to those who pray [5] and who are careless in their prayers, Who pretend and withhold necessaries ®. Tue CuHaprer or Ext KAUuTHAR. (CVIII. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. Verily, we have given thee El] Kéutuar?; legend embodied in the text. It is conjectured that small-pox broke out amongst his men. 1 See Introduction, p. xvi. Some connect the first sentence with the last chapter. 2 Or, ‘alms.’ The word might be rendered ‘resources.’ 5 The word signifies ‘abundance.’ It is also the name of a river in Paradise. ° CVIII, 2-CXI, r. THE CHAPTER OF ABU LAHEB. 343 So pray to thy Lord and slaughter (victims). Verily, he who hates thee shall be childless +. Tue CHAPTER OF MISBELIEVERS. (CIX. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. Say, ‘O ye misbelievers! I do not serve what ye serve; nor will ye serve what I serve; nor will I serve what ye serve; [5] nor will ye serve what I serve ;—ye have your religion, and I have my religion !’ THe CuHaPTerR oF HELP. (CX. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. When there comes God’s help and victory, And thou shalt see men enter into God’s religion by troops, Then celebrate the praises of thy Lord, and ask forgiveness of Him, verily, He is relentant! Tue CuHapter or Apu LAvEB?, (CXI. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. , Abu Laheb’s two hands shall perish, and he shall perish ! 1 This is directed against As ibn Wail, who, when Mohammed’s son El Qasim died, called him abtar, which means ‘ docktailed,’ i.e. childless. ? See Introduction, p. xxviii. Abu Laheb, ‘the father of the flame,’ 344 THE QUR'AN. CXI, 2—CXIII, 5. His wealth shall not avail him, nor what he has earned !
3childless. ? See Introduction, p. xxviii. Abu Laheb, ‘the father of the flame,’ 344 THE QUR'AN. CXI, 2—CXIII, 5. His wealth shall not avail him, nor what he has earned ! He shall broil in a fire that flames!, and his wife carrying faggots !—[5] on her neck a cord of palm fibres. Tue CuapTer oF Unity’. (CXII. Place of origin doubtful.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. Say, ‘He is God alone ! God the Eternal! He begets not and is not begotten ! Nor is there like unto Him any one!’ THe CHAPTER OF THE DayBREAK. (CXIII. Place of origin doubtful.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. Say, ‘I seek refuge in the Lord of the daybreak, from the evil of what He has created; and from the evil of the night when it cometh on’; and from the evil of the blowers upon knots‘; [5]and from the evil of the envious when ‘he envies.’ was the nickname of ‘Abd el ’Huzz4, uncle of Mohammed, and a bitter opponent of Islim. 1 A pun upon his name. ' 2 The chapter is generally known in Arabic by the name of El I‘hlas, ‘ clearing oneself, i.e. of belief in any but one God. 5 Or, according to a traditional explanation given by the prophet to ‘Ayeshah, ‘the moon when it is eclipsed.’ * Witches who make knots in string and blow upon them, uttering at the same time some magical formula and the name of the ‘persons they wish to injure. CXIV, 1-6. THE CHAPTER OF MEN. 345 Tue CuartTer oF MEn. (CXIV. Place of origin doubtful.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. Say, ‘I seek refuge in the Lord of men, the King of men, the God of men, from the evil of the whisperer}, who slinks off, [5] who whispers into the hearts of men!—from ginns and men!’ 1 The devil. INDEX, (al) Aar€f, bridge of, Int. p. Ixix; Part I, p. 143; Part II, p. 32 noter. Aaron, I, 38, 94, 125,152, 154, 201; II, 29 n, 36, 39, 41, 50, 51, 68, ; 86, 91, 92, 110, 172, 240N. Abbas, xxxii, xli, xlii. ‘Abd ad Dar, xvii, xviii. ‘Abdallah ibn Sa’hd ibn Abi Sar‘h, Mohammed’s secretary, Ivii; I, 126 n. ‘Abdallah ibn Ubai, xxxv, ‘Abdallah ibn Ubbai, chief of the ‘Hypocrites,’ Ixiii; II, 74 n 2, 77 1 4, 284n. Abdallahibn Umm Maktfim, II, 320n. ‘Abd al ‘Hareth, one of Adam’s sons, I, 161nt. ‘Abd al Huzza, Ix; II, 344 n. ‘Abd al Muftalib, xvii, xviii. ‘Abd ar Rahmfn ibn Auf, xxiii. ‘Abd Menff, xvii, xviii, — clan of, II, 341n. ‘Abd Shems, xviii. Abraham, xiii, xvi, xlvii, ], liii, Ixxiv; I, 17, 18, 19, 40, 40 N 3, 41, 50, 50 2, 54, 57, 58, 59, 80, 99, 94, 125, 133 NI, 137, 183, 189, 212, 213, 219, 223, 242, 247, 263; II, 30, 31, 65, 93, 120, 124, 139, 179, 206, 246, 253, 269, 278, 329. — is cast into the fiery furnace, II, 171, 172. — station of, xvi, xvii, Ixxiv. — surnamed, ‘Halfla ‘lah, the Friend of God, Ixxi. Abrahat al Asram, II, 341 n. — attacks the Kaabah, II, 341 n. Abrogation of verses, lvii. Abu’l ‘Abbas, I, 175. Abu Bekr, xix, xxiii, xxiv, xxv, xxxiii, xliv, xlvi; I, 68 n1. — hides with Mohammed in a cave, Iii; I,179 n13 TI,75 nt.
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1Does he not know when the tombs are exposed, [10] and what is in the breasts is brought to light ? Verily, thy Lord upon that day indeed is well aware, Tue CHAPTER OF THE SMITING. (CI. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. The smiting! What is the smiting? And what shall make thee know what the smiting is? “ig The day when men shall be like scattered moths: and the mountains shall be like flocks of carded _wool ! Z2 340 THE QUR'AN. Cl, 5-CIII, 3. [5] And as for him whose balance is heavy, he shall be in a well-pleasing life. But as for him whose balance is light, his dwelling shall be the pit of hell}. And who shall make thee know what it is ?—a burning fire ! Tue CHAPTER OF THE CONTENTION ABOUT NUMBERS. (CII. Place of origin doubtful.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. The contention about numbers deludes you till ye visit the tombs?! Not so! In the end ye shall know! And again not so! In the end ye shall know! [5] Not so! Did ye but know with certain knowledge! Ye shall surely see hell! And again ye shall surely see it with an eye of certainty. Then ye shall surely be asked about pleasure®! THe CHAPTER OF THE AFTERNOON‘. (CIII. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. By the afternoon! verily, man is in loss! save El Hawiyeh, see Introduction, p. lxx. ? The commentators say that in one of the frequent contentions about the respective nobility of the Arab tribes, that the Abu Menaf clan disputed with that of Sahm, which was the most numerous, and the latter, having lost many men in battle, declared that their dead should be taken into account as well as the living. * That is, the pleasures of this life. * Or, ‘the age.’ CIII, 3-CV, 5| THE CHAPTER OF THE ELEPHANT. 341 those who believe and do right, and bid each other be true, and bid each other be patient. Tue CHAPTER OF THE BACKBITER. (CIV. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. Woe to every slanderous backbiter, who collects wealth and counts it. He thinks that his wealth can immortalize him. Not so! he shall be hurled into El] ‘Hu¢amah! [5] And what shall make thee understand what El ‘Huéamah! is ?—the fire of God kindled; which rises above the hearts. Verily, it is an archway over them on long-drawn columns, THe CHAPTER OF THE ELEPHANT. (CV. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. , Hast thou not seen what thy Lord did with the fellows of the elephant? ? Did He not make their stratagem lead them astray, and send down on them birds in flocks, to throw down on them stones of baked clay, [5] and make them like blades of herbage eaten down? 1 See Introduction, p. lxx.
2, Hast thou not seen what thy Lord did with the fellows of the elephant? ? Did He not make their stratagem lead them astray, and send down on them birds in flocks, to throw down on them stones of baked clay, [5] and make them like blades of herbage eaten down? 1 See Introduction, p. lxx. 2 Abrahat el Asram, an Abyssinian Christian, and viceroy of the king of Sanaa in Yemen in the year in which Mohammed was born, marched with a large army and some elephants upon Mecca, with the intention of destroying the Kaabah. He was defeated and his army destroyed in so sudden a manner as to have given rise to the 342 THE QUR'AN. CVI, 1-CVIII, 1. THE CHAPTER OF THE QurRAls. (CVI. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. . For the uniting of the Qurdais; uniting them for the caravan of winter and summer. So let them serve the Lord of this house who feeds them against hunger and makes them safe against fear?. Tue CuHapTer oF ‘ NECESSARIES. (CVII. Place of origin doubtful.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. Hast thou considered him who calls the judgment a lie? He it is who pushes the orphan away ; and urges not (others) to feed the poor. But woe to those who pray [5] and who are careless in their prayers, Who pretend and withhold necessaries ®. Tue CuHaprer or Ext KAUuTHAR. (CVIII. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. Verily, we have given thee El] Kéutuar?; legend embodied in the text. It is conjectured that small-pox broke out amongst his men. 1 See Introduction, p. xvi. Some connect the first sentence with the last chapter. 2 Or, ‘alms.’ The word might be rendered ‘resources.’ 5 The word signifies ‘abundance.’ It is also the name of a river in Paradise. ° CVIII, 2-CXI, r. THE CHAPTER OF ABU LAHEB. 343 So pray to thy Lord and slaughter (victims). Verily, he who hates thee shall be childless +. Tue CHAPTER OF MISBELIEVERS. (CIX. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. Say, ‘O ye misbelievers! I do not serve what ye serve; nor will ye serve what I serve; nor will I serve what ye serve; [5] nor will ye serve what I serve ;—ye have your religion, and I have my religion !’ THe CuHaPTerR oF HELP. (CX. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. When there comes God’s help and victory, And thou shalt see men enter into God’s religion by troops, Then celebrate the praises of thy Lord, and ask forgiveness of Him, verily, He is relentant! Tue CuHapter or Apu LAvEB?, (CXI. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. , Abu Laheb’s two hands shall perish, and he shall perish ! 1 This is directed against As ibn Wail, who, when Mohammed’s son El Qasim died, called him abtar, which means ‘ docktailed,’ i.e. childless. ? See Introduction, p. xxviii. Abu Laheb, ‘the father of the flame,’ 344 THE QUR'AN. CXI, 2—CXIII, 5. His wealth shall not avail him, nor what he has earned !
3childless. ? See Introduction, p. xxviii. Abu Laheb, ‘the father of the flame,’ 344 THE QUR'AN. CXI, 2—CXIII, 5. His wealth shall not avail him, nor what he has earned ! He shall broil in a fire that flames!, and his wife carrying faggots !—[5] on her neck a cord of palm fibres. Tue CuapTer oF Unity’. (CXII. Place of origin doubtful.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. Say, ‘He is God alone ! God the Eternal! He begets not and is not begotten ! Nor is there like unto Him any one!’ THe CHAPTER OF THE DayBREAK. (CXIII. Place of origin doubtful.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. Say, ‘I seek refuge in the Lord of the daybreak, from the evil of what He has created; and from the evil of the night when it cometh on’; and from the evil of the blowers upon knots‘; [5]and from the evil of the envious when ‘he envies.’ was the nickname of ‘Abd el ’Huzz4, uncle of Mohammed, and a bitter opponent of Islim. 1 A pun upon his name. ' 2 The chapter is generally known in Arabic by the name of El I‘hlas, ‘ clearing oneself, i.e. of belief in any but one God. 5 Or, according to a traditional explanation given by the prophet to ‘Ayeshah, ‘the moon when it is eclipsed.’ * Witches who make knots in string and blow upon them, uttering at the same time some magical formula and the name of the ‘persons they wish to injure. CXIV, 1-6. THE CHAPTER OF MEN. 345 Tue CuartTer oF MEn. (CXIV. Place of origin doubtful.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. Say, ‘I seek refuge in the Lord of men, the King of men, the God of men, from the evil of the whisperer}, who slinks off, [5] who whispers into the hearts of men!—from ginns and men!’ 1 The devil. INDEX, (al) Aar€f, bridge of, Int. p. Ixix; Part I, p. 143; Part II, p. 32 noter. Aaron, I, 38, 94, 125,152, 154, 201; II, 29 n, 36, 39, 41, 50, 51, 68, ; 86, 91, 92, 110, 172, 240N. Abbas, xxxii, xli, xlii. ‘Abd ad Dar, xvii, xviii. ‘Abdallah ibn Sa’hd ibn Abi Sar‘h, Mohammed’s secretary, Ivii; I, 126 n. ‘Abdallah ibn Ubai, xxxv, ‘Abdallah ibn Ubbai, chief of the ‘Hypocrites,’ Ixiii; II, 74 n 2, 77 1 4, 284n. Abdallahibn Umm Maktfim, II, 320n. ‘Abd al ‘Hareth, one of Adam’s sons, I, 161nt. ‘Abd al Huzza, Ix; II, 344 n. ‘Abd al Muftalib, xvii, xviii. ‘Abd ar Rahmfn ibn Auf, xxiii. ‘Abd Menff, xvii, xviii, — clan of, II, 341n. ‘Abd Shems, xviii. Abraham, xiii, xvi, xlvii, ], liii, Ixxiv; I, 17, 18, 19, 40, 40 N 3, 41, 50, 50 2, 54, 57, 58, 59, 80, 99, 94, 125, 133 NI, 137, 183, 189, 212, 213, 219, 223, 242, 247, 263; II, 30, 31, 65, 93, 120, 124, 139, 179, 206, 246, 253, 269, 278, 329. — is cast into the fiery furnace, II, 171, 172. — station of, xvi, xvii, Ixxiv. — surnamed, ‘Halfla ‘lah, the Friend of God, Ixxi. Abrahat al Asram, II, 341 n. — attacks the Kaabah, II, 341 n. Abrogation of verses, lvii. Abu’l ‘Abbas, I, 175. Abu Bekr, xix, xxiii, xxiv, xxv, xxxiii, xliv, xlvi; I, 68 n1. — hides with Mohammed in a cave, Iii; I,179 n13 TI,75 nt.
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