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1We 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. [55] And mention, in the Book, Ishmael ; verily, he was true to his promise, and was an apostle,— a prophet; and he used to bid his people prayers and almsgiving, and was acceptable in the sight of his Lord. And mention, in the Book, Idris!; verily, he was a confessor,—a prophet; and we raised him to a lofty place. These are those to whom God has been gracious, of the prophets of the seed of Adam, and of those whom we bore with Noah, and of the seed of Abraham and Israel, and of those we guided and elected; when the signs of the Merciful are read to them, they fall down adoring and weeping. [60] And successors succeeded them, who lost sight of prayer and followed lusts, but they shall at length find themselves going wrong, except such as repent and believe and act aright; for these shall enter Paradise, and shall not be wronged at all,— gardens of Eden, which the Merciful has promised to His servants in the unseen; verily, His promise _ ever comes to pass! They shall hear no empty talk therein, but only ‘peace ;’ and they shall have their provision therein, morning and evening; that is Paradise which we will give for an inheritance to those of our servants who are pious! ; [65] We do not descend? save at the bidding 1 Generally identified with Enoch. 2 Amongst various conjectures the one most usually accepted 32 THE Qur’AN. XIX, 65-75. of thy Lord; His is what is before us, and what is behind us, and what is between those; for thy Lord is never forgetful_—the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and of what is between the two; then serve Him and persevere in His service. Dost thou know a namesake of His ? Man will say, ‘What! when I have died shall I then come forth alive? Does not man then remember that we created him before when he was naught?’ And by thy Lord! we will surely gather them together, and the devils too; then we will surely bring them forward around hell, on their knees! [70] Then we will drag off from every sect whichever of them has been most bold against the Merciful. Then we know best which of them deserves most to be broiled therein. There is not one of you who will not go down to it,—that is settled and decided by thy Lord?. Then we will save those who fear us; but we will leave the evildoers therein on their knees. And when our signs are recited to them manifest, those who misbelieve say to those who believe, ‘Which of the two parties is best placed and in the best company ?’ [75] And how many generations before them by the Mohammedan commentators is, that these are the words of the angel Gabriel, in answer to Mohammed’s complaint of long intervals elapsing between the periods of revelation.
21 This is interpreted by some to mean that all souls, good and bad, must pass through hell, but that the good will not be harmed. Others think it merely refers to the passage of the bridge of el AarAf. XIX, 75-89. THE CHAPTER OF MARY. 33 have we destroyed who were better off in property and appearance ? Say, ‘Whosoever is in error, let the Merciful extend to him length of days!—until they see what they are threatened with, whether it be the torment or whether it be the Hour, then they shall know who is worse placed and weakest in forces!’ And those who are guided God will increase in guidance. And enduring good works are best with thy Lord for a reward, and best for restoration. [80] Hast thou seen him who disbelieves in our signs, and says, ‘I shall surely be given wealth and children ! ?’ Has he become acquainted with the unseen, or has he taken a compact with the Merciful? Not so! We will write down what he says, and we will extend to him a length of torment, and we will make him inherit what he says, and he shall come to us alone. They take other gods besides God to be their glory. [85] Not so! They? shall deny their worship and shall be opponents of theirs! Dost thou not see that we have sent the devils against the misbelievers, to drive them on to sin? but, be not thou hasty with them. Verily, we will number them a number (of days),—the day when we will gather the pious to the Merciful as ambassadors, and we will drive the sinners to hell like 1 ’Hasiy ibn Wail, being indebted to ‘H/abbab, refused to pay him unless he renounced Mohammed. This ‘Habbab said he would never do alive or dead, or when raised again at the last day. El ’Hasiy told him to call for his money on the last day, as he should have wealth and children then. 2 That is, the false gods. [9] D 34 THE QUR’AN. XIX, 89—XX, 5. (herds) to water! [90] They shall not possess intercession, save he who has taken a compact with the Merciful. They say, ‘The Merciful has taken to Himself a son :’—ye have brought a monstrous thing! The heavens well-nigh burst asunder thereat, and the earth is riven, and the mountains fall down broken, that they attribute to the Merciful a son! but it becomes not the Merciful to take to Himself a son! there is none in the heavens or the earth but comes to the Merciful as a servant; He counts them and numbers them by number, [95] and they are all coming to Him on the resurrection day singly. Verily, those who believe and act aright, to them the Merciful will give love. We have only made it easy for thy tongue that thou mayest thereby give glad tidings to the pious, and warn thereby a contentious people. How many a generation before them have we destroyed? Canst thou find any one of them, or hear a whisper of them ? Tue Cuapter or 7. H. (XX. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God.
3How many a generation before them have we destroyed? Canst thou find any one of them, or hear a whisper of them ? Tue Cuapter or 7. H. (XX. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. Z. H. We have not sent down this Qur’An to thee that thou shouldst be wretched; only as a reminder to him who fears—descending from Him who created the earth and the high heavens, the Merciful settled on the throne! [5] His are what XX, 5-19. THE CHAPTER OF 7, H. 35 is in the heavens, and what is in the earth, and what is between the two, and what is beneath the ground! And if thou art public in thy speech— yet, verily, he knows the secret, and more hidden still. God, there is no god but He! His are the excellent names. Has the story of Moses come to thee? When he saw the fire and said to his family, ‘ Tarry ye; verily, I perceive a fire! [10] Haply I may bring you therefrom a brand, or may find guidance by the fire’ And when he came to it he was called to, ‘O Moses! verily, I am thy Lord, so take off thy sandals; verily, thou art in the holy valley Zuvé, and I have chosen thee. So listen to what is inspired thee; verily, I am God, there is no god but Me! then serve Me, and be steadfast in prayer to remember Me. [15] ‘Verily, the hour is coming, I almost make it appear ?, that every soul may be recompensed for its efforts. ‘Let not then him who believes not therein and follows his lusts ever turn thee away therefrom, and thou be ruined. ‘What is that in thy right hand, O Moses ?’ Said he, ‘It is my staff on which I lean, and 1 The Arabs used to light fires to guide travellers to shelter and entertainment. These fires, ‘the fire of hospitality,’ ‘the fire of war,’ &c. are constantly referred to in the ancient Arabic poetry. No less than thirteen fires are enumerated by them. 2 This may be also rendered, ‘I almost conceal it (from myself) ;’ i‘Af4’un having, like many words in Arabic, two meanings directly opposite to each other. This probably arose from words being adopted into the Qurais idiom from other dialects. D2 36 THE QuR’AN. XX, 19-39. wherewith I beat down leaves for my flocks, and for which I have other uses.’ [20] Said He, ‘Throw it down, O Moses!’ and he threw it down, and behold! it was a snake that moved about. Said He, ‘Take hold of it and fear not; we will restore it to its first state. ‘But press thy hand to thy side, it shall come forth white without harm,—another sign! to show thee of our great signs! [25] ‘Go unto Pharaoh, verily, he is outrageous!’ Said he, ‘My Lord! expand for me my breast; and make what I am bidden easy to me; and loose the knot from my tongue}, that they may understand my speech ; [30] and make for me a minister ? from my people,—Aaron my brother; gird up my loins through him’, and join him with me in the affair; that we may celebrate Thy praises much and remember Thee much. [35] ‘Verily, Thou dost ever behold us!’
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.
1We 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. [55] And mention, in the Book, Ishmael ; verily, he was true to his promise, and was an apostle,— a prophet; and he used to bid his people prayers and almsgiving, and was acceptable in the sight of his Lord. And mention, in the Book, Idris!; verily, he was a confessor,—a prophet; and we raised him to a lofty place. These are those to whom God has been gracious, of the prophets of the seed of Adam, and of those whom we bore with Noah, and of the seed of Abraham and Israel, and of those we guided and elected; when the signs of the Merciful are read to them, they fall down adoring and weeping. [60] And successors succeeded them, who lost sight of prayer and followed lusts, but they shall at length find themselves going wrong, except such as repent and believe and act aright; for these shall enter Paradise, and shall not be wronged at all,— gardens of Eden, which the Merciful has promised to His servants in the unseen; verily, His promise _ ever comes to pass! They shall hear no empty talk therein, but only ‘peace ;’ and they shall have their provision therein, morning and evening; that is Paradise which we will give for an inheritance to those of our servants who are pious! ; [65] We do not descend? save at the bidding 1 Generally identified with Enoch. 2 Amongst various conjectures the one most usually accepted 32 THE Qur’AN. XIX, 65-75. of thy Lord; His is what is before us, and what is behind us, and what is between those; for thy Lord is never forgetful_—the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and of what is between the two; then serve Him and persevere in His service. Dost thou know a namesake of His ? Man will say, ‘What! when I have died shall I then come forth alive? Does not man then remember that we created him before when he was naught?’ And by thy Lord! we will surely gather them together, and the devils too; then we will surely bring them forward around hell, on their knees! [70] Then we will drag off from every sect whichever of them has been most bold against the Merciful. Then we know best which of them deserves most to be broiled therein. There is not one of you who will not go down to it,—that is settled and decided by thy Lord?. Then we will save those who fear us; but we will leave the evildoers therein on their knees. And when our signs are recited to them manifest, those who misbelieve say to those who believe, ‘Which of the two parties is best placed and in the best company ?’ [75] And how many generations before them by the Mohammedan commentators is, that these are the words of the angel Gabriel, in answer to Mohammed’s complaint of long intervals elapsing between the periods of revelation.
21 This is interpreted by some to mean that all souls, good and bad, must pass through hell, but that the good will not be harmed. Others think it merely refers to the passage of the bridge of el AarAf. XIX, 75-89. THE CHAPTER OF MARY. 33 have we destroyed who were better off in property and appearance ? Say, ‘Whosoever is in error, let the Merciful extend to him length of days!—until they see what they are threatened with, whether it be the torment or whether it be the Hour, then they shall know who is worse placed and weakest in forces!’ And those who are guided God will increase in guidance. And enduring good works are best with thy Lord for a reward, and best for restoration. [80] Hast thou seen him who disbelieves in our signs, and says, ‘I shall surely be given wealth and children ! ?’ Has he become acquainted with the unseen, or has he taken a compact with the Merciful? Not so! We will write down what he says, and we will extend to him a length of torment, and we will make him inherit what he says, and he shall come to us alone. They take other gods besides God to be their glory. [85] Not so! They? shall deny their worship and shall be opponents of theirs! Dost thou not see that we have sent the devils against the misbelievers, to drive them on to sin? but, be not thou hasty with them. Verily, we will number them a number (of days),—the day when we will gather the pious to the Merciful as ambassadors, and we will drive the sinners to hell like 1 ’Hasiy ibn Wail, being indebted to ‘H/abbab, refused to pay him unless he renounced Mohammed. This ‘Habbab said he would never do alive or dead, or when raised again at the last day. El ’Hasiy told him to call for his money on the last day, as he should have wealth and children then. 2 That is, the false gods. [9] D 34 THE QUR’AN. XIX, 89—XX, 5. (herds) to water! [90] They shall not possess intercession, save he who has taken a compact with the Merciful. They say, ‘The Merciful has taken to Himself a son :’—ye have brought a monstrous thing! The heavens well-nigh burst asunder thereat, and the earth is riven, and the mountains fall down broken, that they attribute to the Merciful a son! but it becomes not the Merciful to take to Himself a son! there is none in the heavens or the earth but comes to the Merciful as a servant; He counts them and numbers them by number, [95] and they are all coming to Him on the resurrection day singly. Verily, those who believe and act aright, to them the Merciful will give love. We have only made it easy for thy tongue that thou mayest thereby give glad tidings to the pious, and warn thereby a contentious people. How many a generation before them have we destroyed? Canst thou find any one of them, or hear a whisper of them ? Tue Cuapter or 7. H. (XX. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God.
3How many a generation before them have we destroyed? Canst thou find any one of them, or hear a whisper of them ? Tue Cuapter or 7. H. (XX. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. Z. H. We have not sent down this Qur’An to thee that thou shouldst be wretched; only as a reminder to him who fears—descending from Him who created the earth and the high heavens, the Merciful settled on the throne! [5] His are what XX, 5-19. THE CHAPTER OF 7, H. 35 is in the heavens, and what is in the earth, and what is between the two, and what is beneath the ground! And if thou art public in thy speech— yet, verily, he knows the secret, and more hidden still. God, there is no god but He! His are the excellent names. Has the story of Moses come to thee? When he saw the fire and said to his family, ‘ Tarry ye; verily, I perceive a fire! [10] Haply I may bring you therefrom a brand, or may find guidance by the fire’ And when he came to it he was called to, ‘O Moses! verily, I am thy Lord, so take off thy sandals; verily, thou art in the holy valley Zuvé, and I have chosen thee. So listen to what is inspired thee; verily, I am God, there is no god but Me! then serve Me, and be steadfast in prayer to remember Me. [15] ‘Verily, the hour is coming, I almost make it appear ?, that every soul may be recompensed for its efforts. ‘Let not then him who believes not therein and follows his lusts ever turn thee away therefrom, and thou be ruined. ‘What is that in thy right hand, O Moses ?’ Said he, ‘It is my staff on which I lean, and 1 The Arabs used to light fires to guide travellers to shelter and entertainment. These fires, ‘the fire of hospitality,’ ‘the fire of war,’ &c. are constantly referred to in the ancient Arabic poetry. No less than thirteen fires are enumerated by them. 2 This may be also rendered, ‘I almost conceal it (from myself) ;’ i‘Af4’un having, like many words in Arabic, two meanings directly opposite to each other. This probably arose from words being adopted into the Qurais idiom from other dialects. D2 36 THE QuR’AN. XX, 19-39. wherewith I beat down leaves for my flocks, and for which I have other uses.’ [20] Said He, ‘Throw it down, O Moses!’ and he threw it down, and behold! it was a snake that moved about. Said He, ‘Take hold of it and fear not; we will restore it to its first state. ‘But press thy hand to thy side, it shall come forth white without harm,—another sign! to show thee of our great signs! [25] ‘Go unto Pharaoh, verily, he is outrageous!’ Said he, ‘My Lord! expand for me my breast; and make what I am bidden easy to me; and loose the knot from my tongue}, that they may understand my speech ; [30] and make for me a minister ? from my people,—Aaron my brother; gird up my loins through him’, and join him with me in the affair; that we may celebrate Thy praises much and remember Thee much. [35] ‘Verily, Thou dost ever behold us!’
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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