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1The word translated mountains is the same as that translated rampart a little further on. I have, in rendering it mountains, followed the Mohammedan commentators, whose view is borne out by the subsequent mention of mountain sides. * The process here described for repressing the incursions of Gog and Magog is the building of a wall of pig iron across the opening between the two mountains, fusing this into a compact mass of metal, and strengthening it by pouring molten brass over the whole. ’ Gog and Magog. * On the day of judgment, or, as some think, a little before it. 26 THE QUR'AN. XVIII, 100-110. [100] And we will set forth hell on that day before the misbelievers, whose eyes were veiled from my Reminder, and who were unable to hear. What! did those who misbelieve reckon that they could take my servants for patrons beside me? Verily, we have prepared hell for the misbelievers to alight in! Say, ‘Shall we inform you of those who lose most by their works ? those who erred in their endeavours after the life of this world, and who think they are doing good deeds.’ [105] Those who misbelieve in the signs of their Lord and in meeting Him, vain are their works; and we will not give them right weight on the - resurrection day. That is their reward,—hell! for . that they misbelieved and took my signs and my apostles as a mockery. Verily, those who believe and act aright, for them are gardens of Paradise? to alight in, to dwell therein for aye, and they shall crave no change therefrom. Say, ‘Were the sea ink for the words of my Lord, the sea would surely fail before the words of my Lord fail; aye, though we brought as much ink again!’ [110] Say, ‘I am only a mortal like yourselves; I am inspired that your God is only one God. Then let him who hopes to meet his Lord act righteous acts, and join none in the service of his. Lord.’ ’ Here the Persian word Firdaus is used, which has supplied the name to the abode of the blessed in so many languages. XIX, 1-12. THE CHAPTER OF MARY. 27 Tue CuHapter oF Mary. (XIX. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. K. H. Y.‘#. Z. The mention of thy Lord’s mercy to His servant Zachariah, when he called on his Lord with a secret calling. Said he, ‘My Lord! verily, my bones are weak, and my head flares with hoariness ;—and I never was unfortunate in my prayers to Thee, my Lord! [5] But I fear my heirs after me, and my wife is barren; then grant me from Thee a successor, to be my heir and the heir of the family of Jacob, and make him, my Lord! acceptable.’ ‘O Zachariah ! verily, we give thee glad tidings of a son, whose name shall be John. We never made a namesake of his before 1.’ Said he, ‘My Lord! how can I have a son, when my wife is barren, and I have reached through old age to decrepitude ?’ [10] He said, ‘Thus says thy Lord, It is easy for Me, for I created thee at first when yet thou wast nothing.’
2We never made a namesake of his before 1.’ Said he, ‘My Lord! how can I have a son, when my wife is barren, and I have reached through old age to decrepitude ?’ [10] He said, ‘Thus says thy Lord, It is easy for Me, for I created thee at first when yet thou wast nothing.’ Said he, ‘O my Lord! make for me a sign.’ He said, ‘Thy sign is that thou shalt not speak to men for three nights (though) sound.’ Then he went forth unto his people from the 1 Cf. Luke i. 61, where, however, it is said that none of Zachariah’s kindred was ever before called by that name. Some commentators avoid the difficulty by interpreting the word samfyyun to mean ‘deserving of the name.’ 28 THE QUR’AN, XIX, 12-23. chamber, and he made signs to them: ‘Celebrate (God’s) praises morning and evening!’ ‘O John! take the Book with strength ;’ and we gave him judgment when a boy, and grace from us, and purity ; and he was pious and righteous to his parents, and was not a rebellious tyrant. [15] So peace upon him the day he was born, and the day he died, and the day he shall be raised up alive. And mention, in the Book, Mary; when she retired from her family into an eastern place; and she took a veil (to screen herself) from them; and we sent unto her our spirit; and he took for her the semblance of a well-made man. Said she, ‘Verily, I take refuge in the Merciful One from thee, if thou art pious.’ Said he, ‘I am only a messenger of thy Lord to bestow on thee a pure boy.’ [20] Said she, ‘How can I have a boy when no man has touched me, and when I am no harlot?’ He said, ‘Thus says thy Lord, It is easy for Me! and we will make him a sign unto man, and a mercy from us ; for it is a decided matter.’ So she conceived him, and she retired with him into a remote place. And the labour pains came upon her at the trunk of a palm tree, and she said, ‘O that I had died before this, and been forgotten out of mind!’ and he called! to her from beneath her, ‘Grieve not, for thy Lord has placed a stream beneath thy feet ; [25] and shake towards thee the trunk of the palm tree, it will drop upon thee fresh dates fit to 1 Either the infant himself or the angel Gabriel; or the expression ‘beneath her’ may be rendered ‘beneath it,’ and may refer to the palm tree. XIX, 25-40. THE CHAPTER OF MARY. 29 gather; so eat, and drink, and cheer thine eye ; and if thou shouldst see any mortal say, “Verily, I have vowed to the Merciful One a fast, and I will not speak to-day with a human being.” ’ Then she brought it to her people, carrying it ; said they, ‘O Mary! thou hast done an extraordinary thing! O sister of Aaron?! thy father was not a bad man, nor was thy mother a harlot!’
3thou hast done an extraordinary thing! O sister of Aaron?! thy father was not a bad man, nor was thy mother a harlot!’ [30] And she pointed to him, and they said, ‘ How are we to speak with one who is in the cradle a child?’ He said, ‘Verily, I am a servant of God; He has brought me the Book, and He has made me a prophet, and He has made me blessed wherever I be; and He has required of me prayer and almsgiving so long as I live, and piety towards my - mother, and has not made me a miserable tyrant ; \\ and peace upon me the day I was born, and the - day I die, and the day I shall be raised up alive?” [35] That is, Jesus the son of Mary,—by the word of truth whereon ye do dispute! [ God could not take to himself any son! celebrated be His praise! when He decrees a matter He only says to it, ‘BE,’ and it is; and, verily, God is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him; this is the right way. And the parties have disagreed amongst themselves, but woe to those who disbelieve, from the witnessing of the mighty day! they can hear and they can see*, on the day when they shall come to us; but the evildoers are to-day in obvious error ! [40] And warn them of the day of sighing, when 1 See Part I, note 1, p. 50. 2 See Part II, note 3, p. 16. 30 THE QUR'AN. XIX, 40-53. the matter is decreed while they are heedless, and while they do not believe. _ Verily, we will inherit the earth and all who are upon it, and unto us shall they return! And mention, in the Book, Abraham; verily, he was a confessor,—a prophet. When he said to his father, ‘O my sire! why dost thou worship what can neither hear nor see nor avail thee aught? O my sire! verily, to me has come knowledge which has not come to thee; then follow me, and I will guide thee to a level way. [45] ‘O my sire! serve not Satan; verily, Satan is ever a rebel against the Merciful. O my sire! verily, I fear that there may touch thee torment from the Merciful, and that thou mayest be a client of Satan.’ Said he, ‘What! art thou averse from my gods, O Abraham ? verily, if thou dost not desist I will certainly stone thee; but get thee gone from me for a time!’ Said he, ‘ Peace be upon thee! I will ask forgiveness for thee from my Lord; verily, He is very gracious to me: but I will part from you and what ye call on beside God, and will pray my Lord that I be not unfortunate in my prayer to my Lord.’ [50] And when he had parted from them and what they served beside God, we granted him Isaac and Jacob, and each of them we made a prophet; and we granted them of our mercy, and we made the tongue of truth lofty for them 1. And mention, in the Book, Moses; verily, he was sincere, and was an apostle,—a prophet. We called 1 That is, ‘gave them great renown.’ XIX, 53-65. THE CHAPTER OF MARY. 31 him from the right side of the mountain; and we made him draw nigh unto us to commune with him, and we granted him, of our mercy, his brother Aaron as a prophet.
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.
1The word translated mountains is the same as that translated rampart a little further on. I have, in rendering it mountains, followed the Mohammedan commentators, whose view is borne out by the subsequent mention of mountain sides. * The process here described for repressing the incursions of Gog and Magog is the building of a wall of pig iron across the opening between the two mountains, fusing this into a compact mass of metal, and strengthening it by pouring molten brass over the whole. ’ Gog and Magog. * On the day of judgment, or, as some think, a little before it. 26 THE QUR'AN. XVIII, 100-110. [100] And we will set forth hell on that day before the misbelievers, whose eyes were veiled from my Reminder, and who were unable to hear. What! did those who misbelieve reckon that they could take my servants for patrons beside me? Verily, we have prepared hell for the misbelievers to alight in! Say, ‘Shall we inform you of those who lose most by their works ? those who erred in their endeavours after the life of this world, and who think they are doing good deeds.’ [105] Those who misbelieve in the signs of their Lord and in meeting Him, vain are their works; and we will not give them right weight on the - resurrection day. That is their reward,—hell! for . that they misbelieved and took my signs and my apostles as a mockery. Verily, those who believe and act aright, for them are gardens of Paradise? to alight in, to dwell therein for aye, and they shall crave no change therefrom. Say, ‘Were the sea ink for the words of my Lord, the sea would surely fail before the words of my Lord fail; aye, though we brought as much ink again!’ [110] Say, ‘I am only a mortal like yourselves; I am inspired that your God is only one God. Then let him who hopes to meet his Lord act righteous acts, and join none in the service of his. Lord.’ ’ Here the Persian word Firdaus is used, which has supplied the name to the abode of the blessed in so many languages. XIX, 1-12. THE CHAPTER OF MARY. 27 Tue CuHapter oF Mary. (XIX. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. K. H. Y.‘#. Z. The mention of thy Lord’s mercy to His servant Zachariah, when he called on his Lord with a secret calling. Said he, ‘My Lord! verily, my bones are weak, and my head flares with hoariness ;—and I never was unfortunate in my prayers to Thee, my Lord! [5] But I fear my heirs after me, and my wife is barren; then grant me from Thee a successor, to be my heir and the heir of the family of Jacob, and make him, my Lord! acceptable.’ ‘O Zachariah ! verily, we give thee glad tidings of a son, whose name shall be John. We never made a namesake of his before 1.’ Said he, ‘My Lord! how can I have a son, when my wife is barren, and I have reached through old age to decrepitude ?’ [10] He said, ‘Thus says thy Lord, It is easy for Me, for I created thee at first when yet thou wast nothing.’
2We never made a namesake of his before 1.’ Said he, ‘My Lord! how can I have a son, when my wife is barren, and I have reached through old age to decrepitude ?’ [10] He said, ‘Thus says thy Lord, It is easy for Me, for I created thee at first when yet thou wast nothing.’ Said he, ‘O my Lord! make for me a sign.’ He said, ‘Thy sign is that thou shalt not speak to men for three nights (though) sound.’ Then he went forth unto his people from the 1 Cf. Luke i. 61, where, however, it is said that none of Zachariah’s kindred was ever before called by that name. Some commentators avoid the difficulty by interpreting the word samfyyun to mean ‘deserving of the name.’ 28 THE QUR’AN, XIX, 12-23. chamber, and he made signs to them: ‘Celebrate (God’s) praises morning and evening!’ ‘O John! take the Book with strength ;’ and we gave him judgment when a boy, and grace from us, and purity ; and he was pious and righteous to his parents, and was not a rebellious tyrant. [15] So peace upon him the day he was born, and the day he died, and the day he shall be raised up alive. And mention, in the Book, Mary; when she retired from her family into an eastern place; and she took a veil (to screen herself) from them; and we sent unto her our spirit; and he took for her the semblance of a well-made man. Said she, ‘Verily, I take refuge in the Merciful One from thee, if thou art pious.’ Said he, ‘I am only a messenger of thy Lord to bestow on thee a pure boy.’ [20] Said she, ‘How can I have a boy when no man has touched me, and when I am no harlot?’ He said, ‘Thus says thy Lord, It is easy for Me! and we will make him a sign unto man, and a mercy from us ; for it is a decided matter.’ So she conceived him, and she retired with him into a remote place. And the labour pains came upon her at the trunk of a palm tree, and she said, ‘O that I had died before this, and been forgotten out of mind!’ and he called! to her from beneath her, ‘Grieve not, for thy Lord has placed a stream beneath thy feet ; [25] and shake towards thee the trunk of the palm tree, it will drop upon thee fresh dates fit to 1 Either the infant himself or the angel Gabriel; or the expression ‘beneath her’ may be rendered ‘beneath it,’ and may refer to the palm tree. XIX, 25-40. THE CHAPTER OF MARY. 29 gather; so eat, and drink, and cheer thine eye ; and if thou shouldst see any mortal say, “Verily, I have vowed to the Merciful One a fast, and I will not speak to-day with a human being.” ’ Then she brought it to her people, carrying it ; said they, ‘O Mary! thou hast done an extraordinary thing! O sister of Aaron?! thy father was not a bad man, nor was thy mother a harlot!’
3thou hast done an extraordinary thing! O sister of Aaron?! thy father was not a bad man, nor was thy mother a harlot!’ [30] And she pointed to him, and they said, ‘ How are we to speak with one who is in the cradle a child?’ He said, ‘Verily, I am a servant of God; He has brought me the Book, and He has made me a prophet, and He has made me blessed wherever I be; and He has required of me prayer and almsgiving so long as I live, and piety towards my - mother, and has not made me a miserable tyrant ; \\ and peace upon me the day I was born, and the - day I die, and the day I shall be raised up alive?” [35] That is, Jesus the son of Mary,—by the word of truth whereon ye do dispute! [ God could not take to himself any son! celebrated be His praise! when He decrees a matter He only says to it, ‘BE,’ and it is; and, verily, God is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him; this is the right way. And the parties have disagreed amongst themselves, but woe to those who disbelieve, from the witnessing of the mighty day! they can hear and they can see*, on the day when they shall come to us; but the evildoers are to-day in obvious error ! [40] And warn them of the day of sighing, when 1 See Part I, note 1, p. 50. 2 See Part II, note 3, p. 16. 30 THE QUR'AN. XIX, 40-53. the matter is decreed while they are heedless, and while they do not believe. _ Verily, we will inherit the earth and all who are upon it, and unto us shall they return! And mention, in the Book, Abraham; verily, he was a confessor,—a prophet. When he said to his father, ‘O my sire! why dost thou worship what can neither hear nor see nor avail thee aught? O my sire! verily, to me has come knowledge which has not come to thee; then follow me, and I will guide thee to a level way. [45] ‘O my sire! serve not Satan; verily, Satan is ever a rebel against the Merciful. O my sire! verily, I fear that there may touch thee torment from the Merciful, and that thou mayest be a client of Satan.’ Said he, ‘What! art thou averse from my gods, O Abraham ? verily, if thou dost not desist I will certainly stone thee; but get thee gone from me for a time!’ Said he, ‘ Peace be upon thee! I will ask forgiveness for thee from my Lord; verily, He is very gracious to me: but I will part from you and what ye call on beside God, and will pray my Lord that I be not unfortunate in my prayer to my Lord.’ [50] And when he had parted from them and what they served beside God, we granted him Isaac and Jacob, and each of them we made a prophet; and we granted them of our mercy, and we made the tongue of truth lofty for them 1. And mention, in the Book, Moses; verily, he was sincere, and was an apostle,—a prophet. We called 1 That is, ‘gave them great renown.’ XIX, 53-65. THE CHAPTER OF MARY. 31 him from the right side of the mountain; and we made him draw nigh unto us to commune with him, and we granted him, of our mercy, his brother Aaron as a prophet.
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.
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