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UNIVERSITY
ALCORAN
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Tranflated out of Arabique into French,
BY THE
Sieur Du Ryer, Lord of Malezair, and
Refident for the King of France, at
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EIQ Here being fe many Seéts and
; ay Herefies banded together a-
eS gainft the Truth, finding
that of Mahomet wanting to
} the Mufter, I thought good
to bring icto their Colouts,
that fo viewing thine enemies in their full
body, thou mayft the better prepare to én-
counter. and [1 hope overcome them. ft may
happily flartle che ee, co finde him fo to (peak
Englifh.,.as if he hadimadefome Conqueft
on the Nation , but thou wilt foon: reje&
that fear , if chou confider that this his
Alcoran ; (the Ground-work “of the Turkefh
A. 2 Religion)
me j
To the Chriflian Reader. a
Religion ). hath been already tranflated. in-
roaisan all Languages in Chriftendome, —
( at leaft, the moft generall, asthe Latin, Teas
lian, French, exc.) yet never gained any Pro- —
felyce, where the Sword, its: moft forcible,
and ftrongeft argument hath not prevailed :
And indeed the greateft Doétors of their Re-
ligion have never alledged any thing for
the truth thereof; but the fuccefs of their
wars, and greatnels of their Empire , then
which nothing is more fallacious: for that
which both.in former , and thefe latter Ages
hath been. common to. the bad with the~
good, cannot be a certain evidence of che ju-
flice of a Canfe, or the truthof Religion,
Thou fhalt finde it of fo rude, andime >”
congruous a compolure, fo farced with con-
tradictions, blafphemies., ob{cene {peeches,
and ridiculous fables, that fome modeft, and
more rationall Mahometans have thus exct-
fed it that their Prophet wrote an hundied: -
_and twenty thoufand fayings, whereof three
thoufand only are: good, the refidue (as the’
impofsibility of the Moones falling into:
his fleeve, the Converfionand Salvation of
the —
a — a a —
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a er ee ee Ne ee
To the Chriftian Reader.
2
the Devils, and the like) are falfe and ri-
diculous. Yet isthe whole efteemed fo fa-
cred, that upon the Cover thereof is infcri-
bed--Let none touch’ it but he who # clean. Nor
are the vulgar permitted to read it, but live
and die in an implicite faith of what theit
Priefts deliver ; which indeed ( as faith the
learned Grotius) is a manifeft argument of Grerine de
its iniquity: For that metchandife may i
juftly be fufpected , which will not be fold,
unlefs unfeen : and though all mente. not
alike petfpicacious in the knowledg, and
difcerning of things , fome by arrogancy,
and vain conceit of themfelves,others by: affe:
&ion ; Some by cuftome, being:drawn into
error: yetfhould we believe that. the way
to eternall life cannot be underftood by
them, who without any refpect of profit or
preferment, feck it, fubmitting themfelves,
withall they have , toGod, imploring his
afsiftance , we fhould fin againft his infinite
goodnefs. Therefore (Chriftian Reader )
though fome, confcious of their own in-
ftability in Religion, and of theirs (too like
A 3 Turks
=
wis
the Chriftian Raeder.
To
Turks in this) whofe profperity and opi- — s
nions they follow, were’ unwilling: this,
fhould fe the Prefs, yetam I confident , if.
thou hafibeen fo truea votary to orthodox
Religion, asto keep thy felfe untainted of —
their folies, this fhallnor hurt thee: And
as forthefe.of that Batch , having once a-
bandonel the Sun of the Gofpel, I believe
they wil wander as farre into: utter dark-
nefs, by following ftrange lights, as by this
Ignis Fatus. of the Alcoran...Such as it is, 1
prefent io thee , having taken the. pains
onlyto tanflate it out of French, not doubt-. —
ing, though it hath been a poyfon, that hath
infected a very.great , bur moft nnfound
patt of theuniverfe, it may prove an Anti-
dote, toconfirm in thee the health of Chri-
ftianity..
TF FRE
FRENCH EPISTLE
TO THE
READER
He Book is a long conferenc: of God,
R the Angels, and Mahome , which
Oey e .
Be that falfe Prophet very grofly. sm-
yy vented ; fometimes he sntroduceth
God, who fpeaketh to hin , and
teacheth him bis Law,then an Angel, anonthe Pro-
phets, and frequently maketh God to fpec-in the
plurall,in a ftile that 1 not ordinary. He diclaimeth
againft [uch as wor{hip Idols, particularly asainft the
Inhabitants of the City of Mecca, and agiinf? the
* Goreis. who were enemies to his defige. Ele * The coreis
. ° 2 S were 2 pow-
intituled this. book the Alcoran , as one uould fay, ecfuit family
the Collection of Precepts : He likewife tirmed it g Paani
El Forcan, that is , that diftinguifheth god from ‘im
evil: He dievided it into many (hapters, to which
he gave what infoription he thought good he moft
commonly intituleth them with words tht are in
their firft line, without regard to the mater they
4 treat
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4.
"To the Reader.
treat of , and fpeaketh little of their Infcription ; 4
He divided into many:fignes, or Verfes, that cons
tain bés -erdinances.and, fables. without obfer-vatt-
on either of the confequente’, or connexton of the
difcourfe, which is the caufe that thou fhalt finde in —
this Book, # multitude of incongruous pieces , and
dicvers repetitions of the fame things. It hath been |
expounded by many Mabometan Dottors ,. their exe
pofition being as ridiculous as the Text . They af-
firm the originall of the Alcoran.to be wretten up-
ona Table, kept mm Heaven, that the Angel Ga
briel brought this Copie to Mahomet , who could
neither write nor reade , and fitle him Prophet , or
Apofile, in honor. Thou fhale finde -at beginning
of fome (Chapters letters of the Arabique Alphabet,
which fome men will not expound , They fear to ut-
ter things. that may difpleafe their falfe Prophet :
Moft of their Doétors affirm thofe Letters tobe the —
firft letters of the Names of God. Thou fhalt finde —
the expofition in this cverfion. Thou wilt wonder
that Juch abjurdittes have snfected: the beft part. of
the world, and wilt avonch, that the knowledg of |
what ts contained m this Book ; will render that —
Law contemptible.
we
BEMeekss ee aoe es aes
A Summary of the Religion of
The Turks.
rang, He Turks believe one fole God, in one
& fole Perfon, Creator of heaven and
\ earth, the rewarder of the good,and
Y) punither of the wicked; whol hath cre-
% ated Paradife for the recompenfe of
of the righteous, and Hell for the laf
punifhment of crimes. They believe that Mahomet
wasa very great Prophet, whom God fent into the
world to teach men the way of falvation, and call
themfelves <rufulmans, that is to fay, recommen-
ded to God, or faved.
They believe the Decalogue of Mofes, and are ob-
liged to obferve it, they celebrate Friday as the
Chriftians Sunday. , that day they affemble in
Temples at noon, to pray.
They are obliged to pray five timesa day, v7. in
the morning, at noon, at the evening, when the Sun
fetteth, and an hour within night.
They faft the moneth, or moon, which they call
Ramazan ; during this aortet » they neither drink nor .
eat all the day, “until the Sun be fet, but inthe night
drink and eat, according to their appetites, flefh and
fifth, except the flefh of {wine, and wine, that is at all
times forbidden them; after this faft they have the
feaft. of great Bairgn; as the Chriftians Eafter after
Lent:
Lent. They are great founders of Temples, and
Hofpitals,and are obliged to give to the poor the firft
day of the year, the tithe of what they have gained
during the preceding year. Be
They believe, that after being well wafht, faying —
fome prayer appropriate to that Ceremony, they —
have alfo the foul purified from all filchinefs and fin,
which is the caufe that they wafh and bathe often,
efpecially before they pray.
They have no Sacrament, but Circumcifion; they
caufe their children to be circumcifed at the ageof } *
feven or eight years ; and when they can pronounce
thefe words, La ilha illa altha Mehemet rafoul allha,
that is, There is but one God, Mahomet 1s his Pro-
phet and Apoftle; this is their profeffion of faith,
nevertheleis there is no mention of Circumcifion in
allthe Alcoran, they {ay they obferve it in imitation
of Abraham, whofe Law is recommended to them
by Mahomet: they believe that the Alcoran was —
brought to him at feverall times by the Angel Ga-
briel, in. the City of Mecca, and that of wedina, be-
caufe the Jews and Chriftians had altered the holy
Scriptures, and the Law of God.
They are permitted to have four wives, married
at the fame time,and as many Concubines as they are
able to maintain, Si
They can put away their wives when they think firs _
“ paying chem what they promifed chem in contract |
of marriage, and mary again actheir pleafure; but the
women are bound to tarry until they are aflured chat. |
they are not with childe before they marry again,&e
their husbands are obliged to keep, and takehe care ©
re
of4
own oe ee «FD
ere ee
of the children.. The children which they haveb
their flaves are indifferently eftemed with thofe of
their wives, and are all held as legitimate.
They have Temples, Colleges, and Hofpitalls well
revenued ; they have covents of Religious, that live
exemplarily, obey.their Superiours without contra-
diétion, and dance after the found of Flutes and other
inftruments whenthey muke their prayers.
They have moreover another fort of Religious Va-
gabonds through the world, clothed like fools of
that Country; they often gonaked; and cut their
skin in many places, are heldto be holy perfons; and
live by alms, which are never refuted them, both
the one and the other fort of Religious are called
Dervis, they are known by their habit, and can retire
and marry when they pleafe.
They deny Jefus Chrift to be God, orthe Son of
God ; neither believe they in the holy Trinity : they
fay that Jefus Chrift was a great Prophet, born of
the Virgin Mary, a Virgin both before and after her
delivery ;that he was conceived by divine in{pirati-
on, or by a divine breach, withouta father, as Adam
was created without a mother ;that hewas not cr uci-
fied,that God took him into heaven,and that he fhal}
come again on earth atthe end of the world to con-
firm the Law of cAtahomet, they likewife affirm that
the Jews thinking to crucifie Jefus Chrift, crucified
amanamong them that refembled him.
They pray to God for the Dead, they invoke ther
Saints, of whom they have a large Legend, never-
theicfs they believe not Purgatory,and many among
them imagine that the foul and body remain toge-
ther
A great que=
son anong
Mabometans,
Se aarnna any annem aan a aD
ther in thegrave unil che day of Judgment.
They have <Meccaand Medina, that are two Cities
of Arabia, in great vercration, becaufe «Mahomet was”
born at cM@ecca, and buried at Medina: chey make -
thicher great pilgrimiges, and believe that Land to
be Holy : They bearlikewife fingular refpeé to the”
City of Ferufalem , for that it hath been the Birth-
place, and habitatior of many Prophets. 4
They ufeno Clociss at the hourof their prayers”
their Priefts afcend tue higheft part of a Tower, that —
isin acorner of the femple, and witha loud voyce
call the people to priyer,finging prayers, compofed —
for that purpofe. ‘
E the Confuls, Govermys , Protédters, and
Defenders of the Privikdges, Freedoms, aud
Liberties of the City of Marfeillis ;. 46 certific,
and atteft to allto whom it fhall appertain, that Mr. An-
drew duRyer, Lord of Malezait, Gentleman in-ordi-
nary of the Kings Chamber, and hiretofore Con[ul to his
Majefty in Bgypt, hath executed the charze for the fain
C hits like aman of hontfty and vonour , no complaint
having been made at any time, or his admimiftr ation, or
deportmens. during the time of his abrde there,and that he
exersifed that offs 5 Neither was any complaint ever
made of the (aid mr. du Ryer diving the time he fo-
journed at Conftantinople for the forvice of his Males;
but all the Captains and Officers of Merchant Veffets,
and of others that negotiated inthe [me parts,received of
him all favour, as in matters that cincerned them, as in
affairs thas did relate to theifervice of bis Majefty, and
the advantage of his Subjects traffique: in teftimeny of
which, We Rive drawn and figned thefe prefents, and
have put and affixed so them, the Seal, and accuftomed
Arms. of this City.
At Marfeillisthe 12.
day of Feb. 1633.
De Bourgongne, Coaful..
I, Savornin, Conful. —
Meinardet, Conful.
By thefaid Confuls Bot...
To Mr. Du Ry zr, Lord of
Malezair, Gentleman in Ordinary of the:
Kings Chamber at Gonftantinople. .
es Be =
Sir, Your moft affeétionate Servants,
the Confuls, Governors of the
City of Marfeillés.
Monthouliau, Francis Nappollon, Du Pont.
From Mar fells this 24. a
of Augujl. 1632. An
A Tranflation of the Command of
the grand Seignior,concerning Mt.Malegair.
2Liuftrieus: and Excellent. Com-
s«) manders, refuge of the greatoTi-
se) umphant, Eminent, Glorious, and
rS* Honorable Lords; endued with the
fpeciall graces, of God, Bafhaws, or. \Vice-
Roys , Beyes, or Governors, that-are upon
the roads of our moft Auguft Port to. the
the Realm of France, God perpetuate your
glory, juft Judges of the Mujulmans ; Minerals
of Vertue and Knowledg, that are upon.the
road of our moft Auguit Port to.the Realm
of France, God increale your vertues, Hono:
rable and trufty Governors,Captains of Fron-
tires and. Caftles, Captains. and Patrons of
Galleys and Veflels, Cuftomers that are upon
the road of our moft Auguft Port to the
Realm of France, God augment. your Ho-
nours and glory.) hen this molt Auguft
command fhall come to you, know, that the
Lord. of Ryer, a. Gentleman of | France ,
is fent from.us into France for many
jmpor-
ley [OT PP
Pe Ly if th, 6
Pow?
important affairs; when he fhall farrive, going |
and comming. to: the’ places’ of yout com= 7
mand, by. fea, or by landin our Ports,ourCi- 7
ties under our Caftles, and in any other place
whatfoever, I command you to receive with
all affection, and good reception, and'fuffer
no difpleafure to be done to him; direGthy; or
indireétly. You fhall caufe to be given to him
what{oever fall be neceflary for him in ay-
ing, and fhall facilitate with your whole
power his paffage, with his two fervants. his
coffers, and’ baggage ; and when he fhall have |”
performed’ in’ France what hath'been ‘com® J,
manded ‘him, and fhall ‘retutn to our molt 4¢
Auguft Port, you fhalldo in like manner and
fhhall be careful ‘not’to’ violate this ot High
command,or capitulations; Thus know him, }’;
and having feen thefé ‘my moft Augtift’com: |,
mand, you fhaf leave it in his hands, and fhal
give ful and intire’ credit to ‘this my mofil
luftrious marke. - ~, esc |
Given at‘ Conftaitinople: the Loft day of the
moneth ‘of Die) Hever; io4t. ‘Sealéd above
with the Mark,or the Seat of the grand etgmi
or, Amurat Sultaht ;’ ‘and’ Signed’ at’ Bafe-
“Hullein.
The
PECL EERE EEE gad as
A TABLE,
Chapter. Folio.
iT He Chapter of the Préface, containing [even Verfes, written
_ BR. at Mecca, : I
la. The Chapter of the Cow, Containing Two hundred four{core
j. Avid (even V or {es written at Mecca,’ ere,
3+ The Chapter of the Linéage of Joachim, containing Two
* Wandred V erfes, Written at Medina. fe)
3
es The Chapter of women, Containing One hundred and Seventy
Ver{es, Written at Medina. big ea Re, a © AF
§. The Chapter of the Table; containing One hundred and tween
ty Verfes, written at Medina, eth $3.
(6. The Chapter of Gratifications, containing One hundred fixty
and fifteen Verfes, written at Nedina, 78
The Chapter of Prifons, containing One hundred and fix
t VeFfes, writtenat Mecca, Ree ee
8, Fhe Chapter of the Spay, Containing Seventy and five
) Ve les, writter at Medina. ; 206
\9.: Fhe Chaprer df Conver fon, containing One hundred twenty
| And [even Verfes, wrstten at Medina, sac) (ae
yo The Chapter of Jonas, containing One hundered and nine
It Vek (es, written at Mecca, Se Ce RE EB
ire: Fhe Chapter of Add, containing One bandred tmenty si
g, thee Verfes, writter ut Mecca. » agit 34
Dh as Fhe Chapeer of JORph; containing One hundred and thir-
{| teh Verfes, written at Mecca. See nai Dan B49:
igi: The Chapter of Thunder , edataimne Fourty and three
Y Fetrfes, Written at Mecca, aah he a OSE
tage Fhe A baprey off ADPANGHT Containing Fs fy V er[esy Written
Mecca, 155
i 2 15. Zhe
A TAEEES “
Chapter. a — Fo
15. The (hapter of icici Seventy and [eves Fe
Writtex at Mecca.
16. The Chapter of the Bee, containing One loindrad inti
as erles, Written at Mecca. 163,
» The Chapter of the Voyage by, nights containing One hundred
pase ee Verfes, written at. Mecca: 170 fF ’;
18. The Chapter of the Cave, containing One hundred and’ a
Ver{es, written Be Mecca. : g
19 The Chapter of Mary,. containing. Four{core.and geen
“Ver/es, written at Mecca. 185
29, The L btpt er. ef Beatitude, aad of Hell; containing. Ont
cS tats and thirty Ver/es, Written, at Mecca. - gt
. The Chapter of the Prophets, containing One hundred and. |
"eh ve Verfes, written at Mecca.
wees 197 |
22, The Chapter.of Pilgrimage, CEE Ay eventy and fi even
Verfes, Written at Mecca. 9203
23. The ( hapter of. True- believers, containing One hpicndied and.
eighteen Verfes, written at Mecca, 1 209)
24. The Chapter o Lae containing Seventy and four Verfes,§ ,
written at Medi “24
25. ‘The Chapter f i Alcoran, containing Seventy und even}
“V erfes, Written at Niecea. 220
26. The Chapter of Pacts, containing One hundred. EWenty at
“even Verfet, Written ar Mecca,” ag
27. The Chavter of the Pifmire, containing Fousfiere ‘and,
thirteen Ve eres, Written at Mecca. ~_ 33F
28.' The C, hapter of Hiftory, containing Pourfcore vd eight
Vorle 5, Written at Mecca. 2
3
29° The Chapter of. he § Spiders comeing Sixty and nine V fea
“Written ne Mecca.
30. The Chapter. of the Grecians,. containing Sixty Poe
Written at Mecca,,
3¥.. The Chapter of 1. ocman, Containing T hirty and four Ferfet
* written at Mecca.
259
32. The Chapter of Wor fbip, containing Ong hundred and. shirt MD
Ve Forfes Written at ‘Mecca, oa 4
3}: cf
A TABLE,
Pecan a enn
, Chapter. Folio.
3307 be Chapter 0 of Bands, and Frroups of Souldiers, cont dining
J, © 2F onr{core and [even Ve er[es, written at Medinaw. 0) 257
034s Lhe Chapter of Saba, containing Fifty and four Ver/es,
4, 0 ¢ Written at Mecca. 263
1 psn Dhe Chapter of the. Creator, containing Fourty. and five
; i V erfes, Written at Mecca. 267
_ 36.5 T he Chapter intituled, Or man; containing Fourfcare and
! eight Verfes, Written at Mecca. 271
ff \ 37: The Chapter of Orders, containing Four/core Verfes, writ-
ten at Mecca. 275
‘ 38. The C hapter of Truth, decor 58 F eared and eight
Pe 7 erfes, written at Necca, : 280
i 39. The Chapterof Troups, containing RY eventy rane five Ferfes,
written at Mecca. 284
i 4°. The Chapter of the True believers ,. containing Eighty
‘i and five Verfes, written at Mecca. 289
"gt. The Chapter of Ex pofition,cont aining Pfs ry and fon Kerfes,
iy pa Prstten at Mecca. 295
it 42. The Chapter of Counfel; containing Fifty-and three K erfesy
*" written at Mecca. 209
" 43. The C hapter. of Ornament , containing Righty wid nine
lo) Kerfes, written at Mecca. { 303
"44. The Chapter of Smoke, containing Fifty and tive e Ver( es
written at Necca. 307
45. The C hapter of Genwflexionjer Kuee bowing, ——
Fifty and nine Verjes, Written at Mecca,
46. The (bapeer of: Hecaf, containing. Thirty and five Pp leis
i
Meritten at Mecca. p12
i Ag T he Chapter of the Combats COL AIRIA Fem foone und ight
Verfes. Written at Mecea, 1 9316
fa ~f he, Chapter. of Congue es: ibribaininng BS Spent. and nige
x Verfes, Written at Mecca. 319
1\ 49, The Chapter, of Inclofares:, containing Eighteen Ki (Kf es?
} swritten at Medina 322
yt! 50.) The Chapter of the. Thing fudged, ares Nooo
af ague sees written at Mecca. Min minige4
ies a2 Sl. Lhe
ae
pt Rs alga 5 TN
a eee:
to OR com a ay
A TABLE.
Chapter. iy
sis Tbe Chapt of the Things disperfed, sontaining Sixty)
Verfes, written at Mecca. 326 Af
52. The Chapter of the Menntnin, containing Thirty und nity
Verfesy written at Mecca. 328
53> The Chapter of the Star, containing Sixty Verfes, mri
at Meeca.
54. The Chapter of the Mon, containing Fifty and five Pel
Written at Mecca.
535. The Chapter ef the Aderciful, containing Eighteen Verh,
written at Medina. 34
$6. The (hapter of }ndgment containing? Fourfoore and Ee
+ Verfes, written at Medina.
57. The Chapter of Iton, containing Twenty aad nine Perks
Written at Medina. 338
58. The (Chapter of the Dispate, Combaining Twenty Ae ie
Verfes, Written at Medina.
59. TheChapter of Exile, containing Twenty ard four Perfo
written at Medina.
60. The Chapter of Tryal, containing Bizhrem Ver[es, written
at Mecca. 346
61. The Chapter of Array, containing Foarteen Ver[es, writer
at Mecca. 348,
62. The Chapter of rhe wAffembly, wegen’ ‘Eleven Pee
written at Medina.
63. The Chapter of the Wicked , eee Twelve Vi “ha
written at Medina,
64. The ( bapeer of Deceipt, containing Eighteen Verfes, W
ten at Mecca. 351 I
65. TheChupterof’ stctaaiactamaeess Eighteen Verfer, ef
ten.at Mecca, |
66;.-The Chapter of Prokibition, vontaining Twelve Yen,
Written at Medina. 354
67. ind Chapter of Ewspire, containing T bitty Verfes, writte
at Mecca, v4 i 56
68. Tbe (haprer of the Pry’ bape FRY ana woof,
) written at Mecca, : 358
69. 7 Th ‘il
A TABLE.
Chapter. © Folio.
65. The Chapter of Verification,comtaining Fifty and two Verfes,
Writtex at Mecca. 350
90. The Chapter of the Afcent , containing Fourty and four
Verfes, Written at Mecca. “361
9t The Chapter of Noah, containing Twenty and eight Ver/es,
written at Mecca. 363
72. TheChapter of Divels, containing Twenty and eight V eres,
written at Mecca, 3¢
73- The Chapter of the Fearful, containing Tweaty Ver, es,
writtes at Mecea. 366
74. The Chapter of the Wrapped, containing Fifty and leven
Ver[es, Written at Mecca. 367
7§. The Chapter of the Refwrrettion, containing Fourty Verfes,
Written at Mecca. 368
76: The (baprer of Man, containing Thirty. Verfes; written
at Mecca. 369
97, The Chapter of rhem that are fent, containing Fifty Verfes,
written at Mecca, 371
78. The (wuprer of News, containing Fourty Verfes, written
at Mecca. : 372
79. The Chapter of them thattake away, containing Fourty and
” fix Verfes, Written at Mecca, 374
80. The Chapter of the Blinde , containing Fourty and twe
Verfes, written at Mecca, 375
81. The Chapter of Roundnefs , containing Twenty and nine
Verfes, written at Mecca, 376
82. The Chapter of the opening of Heaven, containing Seventeen
Verfes, Written at Mecca, 377
83. Lhe (hapter of them that weigh with falfe weight’, contain
ing Thirty and fix Verfes, written at Meccas - ibid.
$4. The Chapter of the Cleft containing Twenty and five Verfes;
written at Mecca, 378
35, The Chapter: of the Signe Celeftial , containing Twenty
Verfes, written wt Mecca. 379
36. The Chapter of Star, or of the North Star, eomtaimng
Seveutten Verfes, written at Mecca. 380:
a3 87, The
Chapter.
87. The Chapter of the’ High and Mighty,
teen Ver[es, written at Mecca.
98. The Chapter of the Coverings containing — and fix
Ver{es, written at Mecca. ibid,
89. The Chapter of the Morning , containing Thirty V “eres,
Written at Mecca. 382
90. The ( hapter of the City, cont aiming Twenty, Verfesswritten
at Mecca. 383.
gis The Chapter of the Sun, containing Fifteen Vi ‘er[es, weaned
at Mecca. 384
gz. The ( hapter of Night, containing a memy: Verfes, written
at Mecca. ibid.
93. The Chapter of the Suu rifing ,,, containing..Ten.Verfes s
Written at Mecca, 385
94. The Chapter of Foy, containing Eight Verfes, written at
Mecca. ibid.
95+ The Chapter of the Fig, containing Eight-V erfessrorittenat
Mecca. aS Sens:
96. The Chapter of Blood congealed, - containing Seventeen
Verfes, Written at Mecca. ibid.
97. The (hupter of Glory or Power; containing Five. Ver(esy
written at Mecca. 387
98. Lhe Chapter of Inftratlion, containing Bight Verfes, written
-wtMedina. ~ --\ bid.
99. The Chapter of the Earthquake, containing Zipht ree
Lwritten at Medina. 38
100.. The Chapter of Horfes, containing Eleven Ke erfesy pan
at Mecca and Medina, 389
10%; The! Chapter of A (flittions, contains E learn. Kerless
written at Mecca, eae
102, The © hapter of Abundance. ‘comtuining Haale Fosse
written at Mecca, 390
103. The Chapterof the Evenings”. at \ bid,
104, The Chapter of Piscean concening ee Vexlesy rite
sten.at Mecca? Vow ae dy
105 The E ‘
105. The Chapter of Elephants,
Folio,
containing Five Ver[es, writ.
ten at Mecca, 391
106. The (hapter of Coteis, containing Four Verfes, written
at Mecca. ibid,
107. The Chapter of the Lay, containing Seven Verfes, Write
ten at Mecca. ibid,
19%. The Chapter of Affiuence, containing Three Verfes, Writ-
ten at Mecca. - 392
109. The Chapter of Infidels, containing Six Verfes, written:
at Mecca, ibid.
110. The Chapter of Proteétion, containing four Verfes, written
at Mecca, ibid.
111. The Chapter of the Cord of Palm, containing Eleven
Kerfes, Written at Mecca,
393
112. The Chapter of Salvation, containing Four Verfes, writs
ten at Mecca. ibid,
113. The Chapter of Separation, containing FPve Verfes, writ-
ten at Mecca. ibid,
114. The Chapter of the People, containing Six Verfes, Writs
ten at Meécca,
394
The Life and Death of Mahomet. 395
A needful Caveat er Admanition to the Reader,
ALCORAN
MAHOMET.
CHAP. TI.
The Chapter of the Preface, containing fevenVerfes, written at
Mecca.
N the Name of God, gracious and merciful ;
Praifed be God, gracious and merciful ; King
ofthe Day of ‘Judgment. It is thee whom
weadore ; it is from thee we require help,
Guide us in the tight way, in the way of
them that thou haft gratified ; againft whom
Ye pg
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2 Y hy OF he
ae
Y e z Ui,
thou haftnot been difpleafed, and we fhall not be mif led,
B CHAP.
CHAP. Tl.
The Chapter of the Cow, containing Two hundred fourfcore and
feven Verfes, Wwrittenat Mecca.
See Erpen- YN the Name of God, gracious and merciful. Lam the mofk —
pia wife God. There is no Error in this Book; it guideth into
“the right way; thofe that are righteous, who believe what they ~
fee not, who make their Prayers with affection, and difpence in
Alms, a part of the Goods that we have giventhem. Such as
believe the things that dre inipiredinto thee, in thofe that have
been Preached before thee, and at the end of the world are not
ignorant. they are guided by their Lord, and thalibe bleffed.
Mifery is upon unbelievers, Whether thou reprove them, ordo
not reprove them, they will norbe converted, God hath fhut up
their heart, their ears and eyes, and they fhall fatter great tor-
See the ments. Many men fay,we believe in God, and the Day of Judg= —
preped ment, and @o not believe ; they think to deceive God, and them ~
on oO . * ~ 5 . 4
Gealdin. that believe in God ; certainly they deceive themfelves,and know —
itnot. God will augment the infrmity which they have in their.
heart, and they hall undergo the rigors of an infinite pain, by —
reafon of their lying. When it was faidito them, Pollute not the |
earth, they faid, We are true obfervers of the Law of God ; |
notwith{tanding, they were they that polluted the earth, but |
they knew it not. When it was faidtothem, Believe ye asthe |
world believeth? They faid, Shall we believe as fools believe ? ©
they themfelves are fools, and know it not. Whenrhey met ~
See Gelal- with fuch as believe in God, they faid, We believe as you do’ |
ms And when they returned towards the devils, their companions, |
they faid, Webelieve asyou, and mock at thofe men: Certain.
ly God mocketh them. andcontinueth them in their Errors, to |
theirconfufion. They that have purchafed Error, for the right
way, have gained nothing in theircommerce, andare not well |
dire€ted; they are like to fuch askindled fire, and when it”
hath enlightened what isabout them, God hath deprived’ them ©
of light, and left them in darknefs, deaf, dumb, blinde, and they. |
fhall
Chap.2. The Alcoran of MAHOMET.
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thall never be converted; or as.a cloud of Heaven; full of dark-
nefs, thunder, and lightning, they ftop their cars with their fin-
gers, by reafon of the noife, and for fear of death ; but God
feeth the unbelievers, he caufed-lightning to approach, that
ravifhed from them their fight ; they have followed what appear-
ed to them , and are detained in darknefs: But if God had
pleafed, he had deprived them, both of hearing, and fight’; for
he is omnipotent. O People ! worfhip your Lord, who created
you and allthat were before you ; it may be, That you will fear
him that hath extended the Earth , that raifed the Heaven, and
caufed Rain to defcend ; that canfed the preduction of Fruitsto
enrich you. Say not, that God hath a companion equal to him,
becaufe you know thecontrary. Ifyou doubt that I have fent
my fervant, come, and bring fome Chapters like to the Alcoran,
and call to witnefs the Idols that yonadore ; if yonare good
men, if youhave not doneit. or cannot perform it; Fear the
fire of Hell prepared for Infidels, and Idolaters; and declare to
true believers; who do good works, That they hall enjoy the
immenfe pleafures of Paradife, wherein flow many Rivers ; they
fhallthere finde all forts of fair and favory Fruits, which God
hath prepared for them ; they thall confider, if they be liketo
fuch as they had before in the world: They fhail there have
wives, fair, and delicate, and fhall dwellin eternal felicity. God
isnot afhamed to compare a little * Puny to an extream Great,
nefs: Now, fo itis, that crue believers know, that it proceedeth
from their Lord. Fhe wicked demand, what God doth mean by
that comparifon ? He by this means mif-leadeth, and directeth
many men ; but mif-leadeth none, but the difobedient. Such as
pervert his Teftament, and his Promifes ; fuchasretrench his
Commandments, and defilethe Earth, aredamned. Why will
you be impious, feeing that God hath given you life after death ?
He will caufe you to dye, he will raife you again, and you hall
all return before him to be judged. He it is, that.created whatever
is upon Earth, and afcending to Heaven, hath ordained feven
Heavens, knowing all things. Rememberco inftrn& men, that
thy Lord faid to his Angels, I would: create a Vicar upon Earth ;
and when they anfwered, Wilt a there place him that fhall de-
2 file
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fileit, and fhed blood, while we exalt thy Glory, and fandtifie
thee ? I know faidhe, what youknownot. He taught Adam
the names of allthings, who difcovered them to the Angels, to
whom God faid, Declare to me the names of all things that I
have created, if you know them; they replyed, Praife is due to
thy Divine Majefty , we know nothing but what thou haft taught
us, thou alone art knowing and wife. He faid to Adam, Declare
to them the names of all things that J have created. After he had
taught them, God faid, Did I not tell you, that I knew what is
not, neither in Earth, nor Heaven ; and that I underftand what-
ever you make manifeft, and whatever you keep moft fecret ?
Remember thou, that we fiid to the Angels, Humble your felves
before Adam; they all humbled thenlfelves, except the Devil :
He was already proud, and inthe numberof thé wicked. We
faid untoe4dam, Dwellthon and thy wife in Paradife, and eat
there what thou likeft, but approach not that Tree, leaft thou
be in the number of the unjuft. The Devil made them to fin, and
depart from the Grace in which they were ; then we faidto
them, Defcend you enemies one to another, you fhallhave a
dwelling upon Earth, and goods wherewith to live for atime.
Adam begged pardon for his fault of his Lord, he pardoned him,
becanfe he is gracious and merciful, and faid, Defcend, and go
all of you out of Paradife; there thall hereafter come to you,
"a guide from me... Such as thall follow him, hall be delivered
from fear and affli@ion (at the day of Judgment ;) fuch as fhall
be impious, and conceal my Commandments,{hall burn eternally
The Alco- inthe fire of Hell. O children of Ifrael, remember the Grace
yan in the | have done you, I will fatisfie my Promifes, perform yours, fear
old and me, and believe in what I have fent from Heaven, confirming
‘ott aig what was before taught you; be not the firt impious, and for-
fake sot my Law at any rate; fear me, and cover not the Truth
witha lye, neither willingly conceal it’: Make your prayers at
the time appointed, pay Tithes, and worthip your Lord with
them chat adore him. Wil! you command people that have no
care of their fouls, todo good? Will you meditate upon Seri«
pture, without obferving it? Entreat for faccor with patience,
and with prayers they abound not, but in them that are obedient,
: that
ee ae
(hap. 2. The Alcotranof Ma H OME T, 5
that believe they fhall one day behold their Lord, and fhall re-
turn before him to be judged. O children of //rae/, call to
minde my favors. I have preferred you toallthe world ; fear
the day, wherein one Soul ‘fhall not be chaftifed for another ;
when prayer fhall not be heard, neither ranfom, fuccors nor
protection be found for the wicked. Remember, that we de-
livered you from the hands of Pharaoh, who afflicted you
through the violence of torments, who murthered your children,
abufed your wives; and that your Lord encreafed your miferies,
becaufe of the enormity of your crimes. Remember,. that we
divided the Seas to fave you, and that we drowned Pharaohs
men in your view ; neverthelefs, you worfhipped the Calf, when
we detained AZo/es with us fourty nights, inwhich you were ¢x-
treamly too blame ; after this, we pardoned you, it may be that
you will give me thanks. We gave unto A4o/es the Book, that
diftingnifheth good from evil; perhaps you will be converted.
- Remember, that AZofes faid to his people, You were too blame Gelaldin
for having adored the Calf; repent, and beconverted to your faith, the
ss ‘ innecent
Creator : Slay one another, that will be athing acceptable to 9... the
God ; he will pardon your crime, he is gracious and merciful, wicked,
You faid, O CMofes, we will not believe thee , for that
we fee not God; then. yon were {mitten with thunder,
you faw your mifery with your own. cyés : neverthelefs, We We have
raifed you after your death 5 perhaps you will give me thanks, pardoned
We covered you with the (hadow of clouds , we caufed Manna yo": fee
and Quails to fallupon you, and faid, Eat the good things we Gelaldit
havegivenyou. They did usno harm, when. they murmured ;
they afflicted themfelves. We faid, Enter into that City, and Gelsiadin
eat therein what fhall content you; enter in.at the gate, With faith, it is
humility, and fay, Remove our fins from us, 1 will pardon your Jerufalem.
offences, and encreafe the Graces of thofe that are righteous : 9°¢ Nias
then the wicked altered their words that were taught them; but rues
I fent my indignation from Heaven upon them, according to
theirdemerits, When AZofes demanded drink for his people,
we faid, Smite the Rock with thy Rod, incontinently there
{prung forth twelve Fountains, and every man knew his place,
where to drink: Eat, and drink the good things of God, and
B 3 defile
The Alcoran of MAHOMET. Chap. 2,
defile nor the Farth any more. You faid into c7o/es, we are
hot fatisfied with one fért of meat; entreat thy Lord that he
sive us what the Eatth prodaceth, Beets, Cucumbers, Garlick,
Lentils, and Onioris; he faid; Defire you to change good for
evill ? Goe downe into Agypt , you wilf there finde what you
fequite. They were beaten with difgrace, and poverty, amd res
turned into the Wrath of God? for that they difebeved his
Cotnmandements, and unjuftly flew his Prophets, for which they
were greatly toblame. Alf thofe that fhall believe Chriftians,
Jewes or Samaritans , fiich 4 thall believe in Godat the day Of |
Judgemerit, and doe good workes, fhall be recompenfed by
es Gial. theif Lord, and be free ftom feare , and affliction, at the day of
; the Reflirtection. When we received your promife,to beleeve in
the Old -Teftament, we raifed 4 mouritdifie over you; to over-
fhadow you , arid faid, Comprehend with affection , what wee
teach you, and remehiber ; perliaps you willfeare the fire of Hell,
and difobedience ; nevertheleffe, youhave gone aftray, without
the mercy of your Lord you fhall be in the number of the damned,
You know what befell thofe that obferved not the Sabboth; we
faid into them, Be ye abhorred , and defpifed as Apes; We left
this punifhment, as an advertiferient to their temporaries and |
See Kind pofteritie, and particularly, to be for af exampleto the true be-
dino, feevers. Remember thou, that A7Zo/es faid unto the people, God
commandeth you to facrificea Cow. ‘They anfwered, doeft thou
mocke us ? He replied,God defend me from being in the number
of the ignorant ; they faid, Callupon thy Lord, that he inftruét
us what. Cow that onght tobe; he faid, it muftbea Cow of a
middie age, neither young, hor old, and-doe what is command:
edyou; They faid, pray unto thy Lord, chat he thew us of what
colour irought to be. It mutt, fatd he, be of a bright, yellow
colour, that it may delight the eyes of the beholdets. They faid,
Invoke thy Lord, that he inftructus , what it’ought to refemble,
and we fhall (if it pleafehim) be obedient to his Commmandes
nents ; He faid, God anfwetech you, thatit maf bea Cow, that
never bare the yoke, to tillthe earth, either water the fields,
round, and that hath never laboured; neither hath {por upon her
body. They faid, thowhaft now fpoken truths they then facrificed ©
her,
mo
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Chap.2. The Alcoran of MAHOMET. 7
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her , and it wanted not much, but they had not done it; When
you have flaine any one, you are then fullof wrath, and become
proud; God bringeth to light whatever you conceale ; We
faid, {mite that dead body witha piece of that Cow : fo God
raifethagaine the dead *, and manifefteth to you his Miracles ;. jt * THe
may be you willcomprehend them, yet your hearts are hardned, Turksbe-
more obdurate then Rocks ;.,for Rivers flow from Rocks, when pais
they cleave and appeare, or when they fall, and overturne by,the te acain,
permiffion of his divine Majefty. God is not ignorant.of your being
actions. Doyou defire the Jewes thould beleeve you, becaufe {mite
many among them write the word of God, and.alter ic at,plea- withne ;
fure , after they have comprized it ?. When they meet with ee Cait
true beleevers, they fay, we beleeve in. God, and-being aflem- See Bulacis
bled , they fay among themfelyes , have you entertained thofe
true beleevers, forrhat God hath inftruéted you, that they may
finde no excufe againft you, at the\day of Judgement, before his ¢ 5 stale
divine Majeftie ? Undertand you.not-that. they would excufe ‘line ks
chemfelves upon what you have faidroighem ¢ Know they not —
that. God .knoweth, whatever they conceale , and what they
bring to light ? Therebe fome that know neither co reade nor
write, that.underftand.nothing.of, Scripture , but what they
have learned from the lies of their Dodtars., yet they thinke, to
be knowing men. .Miferie is upon chem that conceale the Scrip-
ture intheir hands , that alter it, and fay, that what they reade
proccedeth from God to. profit, any. thing thereby. ,Muerieis
upon them., becanfe.of whgetheir hands have written ;miferic
isupon. them, and upon, what they have gained, in blafpheming
againft God, They,have faid, we. fhall.continue in Fire but.a
ceftaine number of dayes: Say unto them,.have you capitulated
with God? He will not. a@ againft his promifess Will you fpeak
of God what youknow.not ? Stichas have gained ought , and
were entangled in the finne of their gaine , fhall for ever re-
maine inthe famesof Hell ; and.chey that have: faith in God,
and doe good workes , hall eternally enjoy, the. delights of Pa-
radife. Remember thou., that we taught the Commandements
“of the Law, and how we faidto.the children of Hrael, worlhip
oneonly God, doe,good unto your father and mother, to your
5 allies,
The Alcoran of MAHOMET. Chap. oo
allies, orphans, and the poore: fpeake mildely unto the peo-
ple, make your prayers at the time appointed , and pay
your Tithes s nevertheleffe they were difobedient, except fome
very few among them, When we received the Commandements
of God, and that we faid, fhed not your bloud, neither forfake
your houfes , you approved it, your felves are witnetles; Nes
vertheleffe you flew many , and conftrained a great number to
defert their habitation , you affifted each other in injuftice, and
impicty. If flaves have recourfe to you , you fhall redeeme
them, their deliverance is appointed you : Doe you beleeve one
part of theScripture to abjure the other ? The reward of any
of youthat fhalldo thisthing, is ignominie in this world, and
to be precipitated into the moft grievous torments of Hell
at the day of Judgement. God isnot ignorant of your ations:
Such as purchafe the life of the world, to qnit Paradife, fhall not
be cafed in their miferies , and be utterly deprived of faccours.
Certainly , we gave the Law to Mofes , and after him fent ma~
ny Prophets ; We infpited knowledge into Jefus the fonne of
Mary, and {trengthned him by the Holy Ghoft, but you arofe
againft the Prophets , that came contrary to your affections,
you belyed- one part, and flew another. The unbeleevers faid,
our heart is hardened ; It is God that hath curfed them, by reafon
of their impietie ; and few of: them wilt beleeve the Comman-
“dements of his divine Majeftic. When God‘ hath fent them
any Booke, confirming the Scriptures, which they before ap-
proved ( viz. the Old Teftament, and the Gofpel ) they de-
manded fuccours when they met withthe wicked,and being fuc-.
coured, they either underftoodit not , or would not receive it.
The curfe of God is: upon Infidels, efpecially upon them that”
have fold their foules, and through envie difobeyed his Com-
mandements: He beftoweth his grace on whom he pleafeth,
they are rerurned in the difpleafure of his Divine Majeftie, who
hath prepared for them grievous torments , becaufe of the
enormitie of their crimes. Whenit was faid to them, Beleeve
in the Commandments of God : they faid, Do we not believe in
What hath been commanded us Nevertheleffe,they have no faith
inthe: truth which God hath fent , confirming the Prophecies,
‘and
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‘
“
and the precepts that they before approved ; Say unto them, had
owheretofore flaine the Prophets, if you had beileved in his
Law ? Aofes certainly had caufed you to fee Miracles; but yee
adored the Calfe after his departure , wherefore you were great-
ly too blame. We received your promife,to obferve the Comman-
dements of the Law, and raifed a * Mountaine over you; Un-+* The
derftand with affection what we teach you, and hearken to what Turks be-
is commanded you; they anfwered, we have heard, and difo- leeve that
beyed, and inclined their heart to the adoration of the Calfe, God rail
hecaufe of their impietie. Say to them, doth your faith com- Melee
mand you to doe it, if you believe in God, and life eternall? taine over
Thinke upon death, if you be righteous; They regard. not their the Mftae-
patt errours, but God knoweth the unjutt Thon fhale finde them me tao
with diligence , and defire to live a long time ; The wicked hope verfhad=
to live athoufand yeares; but they fhall be exempt from the
punifhment to live long ; God beholdeth all their aétions. “Say
to them, who is an enemie to Gabriel? He by the permiffi-
on of God hath infpired into *thee the Alcoran, that’ con- * Male.
fimeth the ancient Scriptures , and guidech the good in the
way of, their Salvation, and declareth to them the joyes of Pa-
radife. Hethatis anenemic to God, the Angels, his Prophet,
to Gabrael and Michael, thall be rigoroufly chaltifed , God is
an enemie to Infidels. We have fént thee precepts, cleare, arid
intelligible , none will abjure them butethe wicked Some of
them have acted againft their owne promifes , and the greatefé
part is incredulous ; Many of them that have knowledge in the
written Law, have forfaken.ic , evenwhen God fent them any
Prophet to confirme the Scriptures,that they had before received,
and approved: They caft the booke of God. behinde: their
backs, as if they knew itnot, and adhered: to what. the Devils
taught in the raigne of Solomon, (yet Solomon finned: not, butthe
Devils only, that inftrnéted the people-in Magick ) and what was 4, and
taught by the two Angels, Avot and AZarot in Babylon. Before ygarot
they taught the people, they faid, We are not fedition, neither Magici-
be you improus, Fhe people learned of them,what concerneth the 495.
feparation of the man and the woman and what breedeth ha-
tred betwixtthem. They did not harme-to any by their Magick;
bet
The Jews
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ftians who
have the
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Law: See
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The Alcoranof MawomMeET. (hapa
but, through the permiffion of God, the people learned of them |
what might hurt,and not be profitable to them ; they. inftragted!
in Magick them that fold their part in Paradife,at the lofs of thei
fouls, although they knew theirerror, thatthey had before bes
leevedin God, and feared his divine Majeftie. Repentance if:
{pired by Godis exceeding profitable, ifthey underftood to know
it, 'O youthat feare God, fay not, honour us ; fay, regard us, and
hearken to what iscommanded you. To Infidels are prepared
dolorous torments; the Jews -and Chriftians defired not that
God fhould fend you-good, but God very liberrall, gratifieth
with his mercy whom he pleafeth : he-wiil not alter his Com-
mandments, neither forget them ; he will moreover teach others
more profitable, or ofthe like nature; know you not that God
is omnipotent ? underltand younot'that to Ged appertains the
Kingdom of heaven, and of earth; who except God will be your
protector ? Will youqueftion your Prophet, as 44o/es was here-
tofore queftioned ? He that thall change faith into impiety, thall
forfake the good way. Many that have knowledge in the Scrip-
ture, endeavoured to miflead you through impiety andenvie, ”
notwithflanding they are not ignorant of the Truth ; forgive
them,and beware of them,untill God hath (otherwife) difpofed,
he is Omnipotent, Make your prayers at the time appointed,and
pay your Tithes,you f{hali-finde before God the good that yon do
for your jouls;he beholdeth all your aGtions, They have faid; that
none but the Jews andChriftians thal enter intoParadifejit is their
falfe invention ; fay unto them, ifyou be good men, bring your
Reafons on the contrary, he ‘that refigneth ‘himfelfto’ God, and ;
his divine ‘Majeftie, ‘there
is a juft man, fhall berecompented by
needeth not-be any feare for him, he thall not betormented in
thefirevof bell. The J ews fay,the Chriftians are void of reafon:and
the Chriftians affirm the Jews tobe without reafon;neverthelefs
they ftudy the Scripture, {6 fpeake the ignorant’; God will de-
termine ‘their. differenceat ‘the day ofthe RefarreGion. Who is
more unjult,rhen he thac hindred, that'God ‘be remembred in
Temples,-and that ftudieth none
i ght but their deftruGion ? fuck
men cannot enter therein; ‘but withfearand terrour ; they fhafl
have-oniearth fhame bpon the forchead; and,in the ocher world,
fhall
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fhall fa@er exceeding great torments. The Eaft and VVett are
Gods, whitherfoever men turn themfelves, the face of God doth
there meete them, his Divinity extendeth through the whole
earth. They faid, beleeve you that God hatha Son/ Praifed be
God on the contrary; whatever is either in earth or heaven,
appertaineth to his Divine Majeftie, andall things obey him; he
hath created heaven and earth,and when he willeth any thing, he
faith,Be thou,and it is. fhe unbeleevers faid,if God {peak not tous,
or if thou performeft no miracles, we will not beleeve thee; thet
predeceflorshave faid as much, and their words have been like
unto their. hearts; we have caufed miracles to appear, to the
righteous, and have fent thee to preach and, inftruct the people ;
inquire not why thofe that thal defcend into hell will not believe
thee; the Jews and Chriftians will not be fatistied of thee, untill
thou follow their opinion; fay unto them, there is no better
guide in the world then God: takeheede left thou follow their
appetites, after that thou halt comprehended the knowledge
_ which we infpired into thee; who, except God, will be thy de-
fendor ? They whom we have taught the Scripture, that itudy
and read it with truth, beleeve the contents of it; and they that
do not beleeve, are damned, O children of Ifrael, call to minde
the favour that I did you ; I preferred you before all the world,
feare the day wherein one foul fhall not be able to affait another,
when a ranfome fhall not be accepted, neither excufe ; and when
the wicked. fhall not be proteéted. Remember thou, that. Adrg-
bam vequefted of the Lord an accomplifhment of his VVord ;
he faid to him,’I will eftablith thee among the people, to teach
them the myfteries of my Law: and he faid, what fhall become
of my Linage ? He anfwered, Paradife fhall not be open to
the unjult. VVe have eftablithed the Temple of AZecea for a fure
refuge of the people, in repentance ; he made his Oratorie at
eAbrahams* place; and we have commanded e4braham and * Abiahams
11
Tfmael to keep clean my houfe for them that fhall repair thither place is an
im proceffion, with humiliry and adoration. VVhen ¢e4brabam wee:
receivedthis command, he faid, Lord fortifie this City, and enrich Tenple
its people with all good things, and all the inhabitants thereof, of Mecea,
that fhal believe in thy divine Majeftic, andthe day of judgement.
God
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God faid, I will for 2 time enrich the Infidels alfo, and precipi-
tate them into the fire of hel!l,where they fhall remain to all eter —
nity. VVhen Abraham and I/mael raifed the foundations ofthe
Temple of ALecca, Abrabam faid,Lord accept our vows; thou nn |
derftandeft all, and knowelt al! things : Lord give us the graceto |
be obedient to chy Commandments, and let a people iffue from |
our loyns that may obferve thy Law: Shew usthe way we ought”
to follow, and have mercy upon us; thou art gracious and mercie |
ful: Lord fend to this thy people a Prophet of theirnation,to
preach to them thy Commandments,to inftrué them in Scriprure
and knowledg,and to purifie them,thou art omnipotent and wife. ©
No man fhall abandon the Law of Abraham, but tohis own)
damage, I have chofen him in this world, and he isin the other,
in the number of the juft. Remember thou, that his Lord faid
tohim, Be thou obedient to thy Lord, and cruft thou in him; he
faid, I refign my felf to God, Lord of the Univerfe He com-
manded faced and his children, to follow the Law of God. My |
children, God hath taught you his Law, truft you in him, -be
obedient to him, even unto death. Were you prefent when
facobwas near unto death ? and when he faid to his fons, Whom
will ye adore after me? They anfwered, We will worthip thy
God, the God of our Fathers Abraham, Ifmael, and I/zac, one
fole God; we refign our felves to his pleafure. The good that
thofe men gained, remained cothem, and the evil that yon fhall
commit, fhall beagainft you; enquire not after what they did.
They have faid, Beye either Jew, or Chriftian, you fhall follow
the right way. Say unto them, contrariwife, The law of Abra-
ham is moft juft, he was not of thé number of them that be-
lieved in many Gods. Say ye, We believe in God, in what he
infpired into Abraham, Ifmael, Ifaac, jacob, and the Tribes, in
what wae taught AZo/es, Fe/us, and all the Prophers, ‘we rely up-
onGod. If they believe as you do, they thal] not érre ; if they
abandon your fatch, they willhave a controverfie with you; but
God thall prote& you; he-underftandeth whatever they fay, 4
and what they do; he hath purified his Law, and what better
purification is there, chen that of his Divine Majefty > Say aato
them Will you difpute with us concerning God, whois yout,
and
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| oA A icbasinaiaiS chinadhaea ial OC RE
» and our Lord ?. We will anfwer with our actions, and you fhall
|. anfwer with yours; allour confidence is inhis Divine pleafure.
i, Will you fay, that e4braham, Ifaac, Pacob, andthe Tribes, were
Jews or Chriftians ? Are you more knowing then God ? Who ts
» more unjuft, then he that concealeth the miracles that he hath
: feen to proceed from God ? Heisnot ignorant of all your a¢ti-
ons, The good that thofe men have done, remain to them ; and
* the evil that they fhall commit, fhall be againft you: enquire not
, after what they did. Some ignorant among the people will fay,
' Their Prophet doth not appoint them to turn the face to that
fide, to which they turned heretofore, when they made their
* Orifons. Say untothem, The Eaft and wef? belong unto God;
» BE dire&teth in the right way whom he pleafeth, Aswe have con-
~ duéted you into the right way ; we have likewife commanded
- youtodo that which 1s juft; that you be witneffes again{t the
people attheday of judgment, and the Prophet witnefs againit See Gelal.
,, you. LThave not ordained, that you turn your face as heretofore, “’”
' when you made your Orifons, to the end, they may be known
* that follow the Prophet, from them that return to their impiety.
It willbe irkfome to the people to turn tothatfide, except to
fuch as God hath guided into the right way. God will not make
' vain your belief; he is gracious and merciful to hispeople. Tice
" that thou-lifteft wp thy face to Heaven, turn which way fhall
7 pleafe thee ; but tufn thou towards Afecca, wherefoever thou
iq att: They, to whom heretofore the knowledg of Scripture Thefe are
“was given,knew that the Truth proceeded from their Lord ; what the Jews.
they do isnot concealed from God, when thon fhalt meet them ; eee oS .
and that they will not turn themfelves, as thou, in making their ¢.tjow the
" prayers; do not thou likewife turn, as they, they carn not all the -wricten
fame way, follow not their appetites, having comprehended the Law.
knowledg that hath been infpired into thee, leaft thou fall in-
! gothe number of the unjuft. Many, to whom we have given the
knowledg of the written Law, underftand ic perfectly, as alfo
do their children; neverthelefs, they conceal the Truth, and are
not ignorant that it proceedeth from thy Lord: Be not thon
of the number of them that doubt. Turn thy felf always to-
wards AZecca. Do good wherefoever thou art, God will be
with
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with thee ; he isomnipotent. From what place foever thou goeft
forth, turn thy face towards Zecca: This is reafonable, and or
dained by thy Lord. Whatfoever you do, is not hid from God;
wherefoever you are, turn towards AZecca, that none may finde
wherewith to reprove your actions, but the unjuft ; fearnot
them, but fear me: Iwill accomplifh my Grace upon you, and
you fhall be guided through the right way. . We have fent unto
you a Prophet of your Nation, that fhall teach yon my Com.
mandments,and purifie you. He fhall inftmmét you in the Seriprure,
inknowledg, and in what you underftand not. Remember me,
Iwill remember you ; praife me, and be nor in the number of
x Sothe the wicked. Oye thatare* True believers! implore fuccor with
Turks ftile patience and prayers, Certainly, God is with fuch as are patient?)
themfelves Say not, that thofe that are flain for, the defence of their Law,
are dead, contrariwife they are-alive, but yon know it-not.. 1
willtry you, and affli you, through the lofs of your goods, and
difeafe of your perfons : Paradife fhallbe for them that fhallbe
patient, andfhallfay intheir affliction, V Ve are given up unto
God, and thall return before him to be judged ; his Grace fhall
* safvand be upon them, and they fhallnoterre. * Safa and Aeroa are
Meroa are tokens of hispower: He that fhall go on Pilgrimage to AZecca,
mountains {hall not do amifs co vifit thofe two places; he that obeyeth, (hall
meer Mecca do well, God rewardeth them that do good works, and knows
eth, all.things, 1 will lay my curfe upon’ fuch.as conceal my
Commandments, they fhallbe accurfed above whacever is in this
world ; except them that fhall be converted, that fhalldo good
works, and bring to light what they concealed, I will give them
my Grace; lam graciousand merciful. The wicked:that died in
their impiety, fhallbe eternally accurfed of God, of Angels, atid
of all: the VVerld, they fhall never be eafed in their coments,
and fhall be, withoutend, deprived of protection... Y our-God,
isone fole God ; there isnone other God, but God gracious
and merciful, The Creation of the Heavens, and the Earth, the
difference of the day and the night, the Shtp: that failech’on che
Sea for the advantage ef commerce, the Rain:chat fallech from
Heaven, to give life cothe arth afteritsdeath, che diverfity of
VVinds, andthe Clouds thatmove' between Heaven and Earth)”
are
Chap. 2; The Alcoranof MAHOMET.
are fignes of 'the unity of God, to thofe that can underftandiit.
There be, thac'adore Idols, and lovethem ; the True-believers
love but onefole God. VVhen thou fhalt fee the wicked, know,
they fhall one day fee the punifhment of other crimes. All
i ftrength and vertue proceedeth from God, moft fevere in his
chaftifements:=2¥Vhen ‘that a part of them that had embraced
the erue Law, “feBarated: themfelves front the company of True
believers, and tharany mifchief befel them, they could not re-
unite thernfelves : Then they faid, an their affiGtion, If we an-
other time meet our companions , we will feparate our felves
ry
from them, as they have feparated themfelves from’us Thus See Kitab
fhall God'give them to'underftand theirerror, with exceeding “ ‘enor.
forrow , and they fhall be eternally confined in the fire of Hell.
Oye people ! ‘cat what is good and favory in the Earth, and fol-
low not the fteps of the Divel ; he is your open enemy, he will
command you that which is evil, and filthy ; and to’ fpeak of
God what youknow not. VVhen it was faid to the Infidels,
obey the Commandments of God, they faid, VVe will follow
the {teps of our Fathers ; we will obferve, whatthey obferved :
farely their Fathers were unwife, and mif-led ; they are like to
him that cryeth, and underftandeth nothing of what is fpoken,
but the voyce ; they are deaf, dumb, blinde, and withont judg-
ment. © ye, that believe in God, eat the good things that he
hath given you, and give him thanks, if ic be him that you wor-
fhip. He forbiddeth you to eat Catrion,Blood, Swines flefh, and
whatever is not killed, in pronouncing the name of his Divine
Majelty, except it be in extreamneceffity ; and in thiscafe, it
fhall not be reputed difobedience, nor fin ; God is benigne, and
merciful: what they eat, that conceal the VVord of God, for
any profit or advantage, fhall be nothing but matter of fire in
their bowels. God. thall not fpeak to them at the day of judg-
ment, but with fury; he will not purifie them, and they fhall
fuffer rigorous torments. They that have purchafed error for
the right way, and punifhment for pardon, fhall burn inthe fire
of Hell; for that God hath fent the mroft true Book that con-
taineth his Commandments ; they that impugne what is con-
tained in that Book, are in anexceeding great error, far fromthe
truth,
The Alcoranof MAHOMET. Chap.2.
truth, It isnot juftificarion to turn the face, making your pray-
ers cowards the Eaft or Weft ; hethallbe juftified, chat {hall be-
fievein God, the day of judgment, the Angels, the Scriptures,”
and the Prophets; and that in charity fhall impart fome part of
his goods to his parents, to orphans, to the poor; to pilgrims,and
to flaves, ‘Such as believe in God, and have his fear before theit
eyes, perfevere in their prayers, pay Tithes; they fatisfie their
promifes, and are patient in their adverfities, Ove that believe!
the 7 alio is commanded youin murther, the free for the free, the
(lave for the {lave,.the woman forthe woman. But if any one
pardon theblood of his brother, he fhall profecute the male-
factor, according to what he thall fee moft advantagious, through
damages and interefts: It is a facilicy which God hath given
you, through his mercy. He that fhall do injury to the male-
factor, having received fatisfaction of him, thal faffer grievous
_ torments; at the day of judgment you fhall finde life in the
The Talio Taljo, Oyou that are wile! it may be youwill fear God: He
s@fe, commandeth yon to make your Teftament, when you approach
equa to A . r
the offence unto death; give legacies of your fubftance to your Father, and
Mother, your neer Kinred, and beftow Alms on the poor. If
any man alter your Teftament, the fin fhall be upon him, and
upon all chem that fhall alter it : God underftandeth, and know-
ethall things. If any one feareth that there is an error in the
Teftament, chat oppofeth Reafon, he {hall do wellto reconcile
the parties with afte@iion, God is graciousand bountiful. Ovye
that believe! Fafting is commanded you,as it was them that were
before you ; you fhail fear God, and Faft, particularly, a cet
rain number of days; but if any one among you is fick, or iff
travel, at the timeof Fafting, he fhall count the days that he
fafted not, and fhallfulflchem at another time. Such as are not
* rurazan OF ftrengthto Paft, fhall facisfie for Fafting, through Alms; he
is welt that fhall obey, fhall dowell: If you Fait, you thall do well
OER sn. Baltthe moneth of * Ramazan, in whichthe A/coran defcended
tinuerh tom Heaven, to guide men into the right way ; it containeth
z>days; Precepts of Divine Right, and diftinguifheth good from evih:
gee _ all thofe chat live to this month, ought to Faft. He that isfick, oF)
vee ‘*Y ina voyage, fhall accomplith the days that he falted not another
time,
oe
ee
ptvecete
Chap.2. The Alcoranof MAHOMET.
time, at his conveniencie : God willeth that his Law fhontld be
light unto you, and nota burthen ; his willis, that you obs
ferve the dayes of fafting , and that you return him thanks,
for that he hath guided you inthe right way, perhaps you will
give him thanks ; Twill be near unto my fervants, when they
fhall enquire of chee concerning the myfteries of my Law ;“I
will hear their Supplications when they invoke me, that they
may perfevere in obedience to my Commandments ; perad-
venture they will follow the right way. It is lawfull for you
to know your wives the night of falting , they are neceflarie
to you, as yourcloathes, and youare to them as neceflarie as
their garments: God knoweth, that otherwife you fhould
have betrayed your foules ; he ts bountifull co you, and hath
pardoned you, know them, and performe what God hath ap.
pointed you. Bate and drinke , untill you may diftinguith a
white thread from a black by the light of the morning , then
beginco faft untill night ; Know not your wives when you are
inthe Temple: Such are the limits preferibed of God, tranf-
greffe them not: So God manifefteth his Commandment to
the people, perhaps they will have the feare of his divine Ma-
jeftie before their eyes. Difpend not your goods unprofitable,
, ahd with vanitie, and corrupt not the Judges with gifts,
and prefents, to eate malicioufly the fubftance of another.
they will queftion you concerning the new Moone; fay yee,
. That it isthe figne of the time appointed for pilgrimages ; It
, isnot reafonabie that you fhould enter the houfe of another a
. back way, he chat feares God, doth well to enter through the
gate: Feare God, and you thall be happie ; Fight for his Law
againft them that affault you, and doe wrong to no man, he
foveth not them that are unjuft ; flie Iafidels wherefoever you
, finde them, and expell them out of the place , from which
they fhall have driven you ; Sedition is worfe then murther ;
fightnot againftthem at AZecca, untill they-affaule you; if
they therefight you, killthem, fich isthe punifhment of In-
fidels: if they feca period to their infidelitte, God willbe to
them graciousand mercifull: Fight againft them to avoid fe-
dition ; Faith proccedeth from God: If they defift front their
C impictée,
See Gelaldin.
Seethe ex
plicaticn of
Chafai.
Bedaci faith,
pafie where
Adam and
Abraham
pafied.
The Alcoranof MAHOMET. Chap, 2.
impietie, you fhall exercife no hoftilitie againft them , bat
only againft the wicked : If they fight.you in the moneth of
Mharam , you fhall fight them alfo in thar fame moneth,
and obferve a reciprocation in honours. Offend them that
fhall offend you in that moneth, in the fame manner that
they fhall have offended you. Feare God. and know that he ts
with them that fear him, difpend for his glosie, and throw not
your felves into your owne defiruction ; doe good, he loveth
thofe that doe good, accomplifh the Pilgrimage appointed , if
you be not hindred by your enemies, or have not convenienci¢ ”
to performeit; Shave not your heads, untill you arrive at the
place appointed for Sacrifices; if any of you be difeafed , or
fick in the head, he fhall,chere give fatisfaction by falting,
almes, and facrifices, when you fhall be in a place of fafety,
and fecure from your enemies. Such as fhall be hindred to ac-
complith Pilgrimage, and fuch ashave not meanes to fatishe
for the facrifices ordained , fhall faft chree dayes , during the
time of Pilgrimage, and feven dayes at their returne , which
is in.allten dayes, if they benot inhabitants at Afecca, with
their wives and Families, Fear God, and know,that he is fevere
in his punifhments ; Pilgrimage ought to be performed in a
certaine moneth,, they that fhall defire to performe it, at the
time prefcribed , fhall not know their, wives, they fhall be
humble,and fhall have no quarrel inthat yoyage;God knowcth
all your good actions ; he fhall augment your faculties, he is
a greatrewarder. Oh youthatare wile, feareme, you finne
not in demanding good fromyour Lord., and making mer-
chandize in that voyage. When you fhall depart from the
Mountaine of Avefat, remember God in that of AZoxchar, te-
member how he hath guided you, and how you were before
out of the way ; pafle through the place, through which that
people were wont to paffe, and implore pardon of God , he
is graciousand mercifull. Having tinifhed your Orifons, re
member God with affe@tion, as your Fathers remembred yous ©
There be among the people, that fay, Lord give us good in
thisworld , andhave no part inthe ocher. Others there be,
that fay, Lord beftow on usthe good of this world, Paradife
in
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Chap.2. The Alcoran of ManoMeET. 19
ers ens ns ies tastes ae ITAL
inthe other, and deliver us from che fire of Hell; They thall
all finde the good and the evill char they have done , God is
exact to keep account ; He that fhalladvance his voyage two
daves, fhall not finne, neither he that fhall retard ie, if he feare
God , Feare God, and know, that you (hall all one day ap-
peare before his Divine Majeftie to be judged. There be
men whofe {pecch will be pleafing to thee in this world, they
will call God to witneffe what is in their hearts , neverthelefle
they are very pernicious , when removed from thee, and tra-
velling upon the earth, they there commit filchineffe, and ru-
ine both Village and fruics. God loveth not diforderss
When it was faid to them, fear God, pride, with “n,pofleffed
them, but Heli fhall be their habitation. Some there be among
the people, that fell their owne perfons, ont of a great defire
to pleafe God, furely he is gracious. to them that -ferve him.
Oh yee that velievein God! be obedient to kis Command-
| ments, and purfue not the fteps of the Devill, he is your open
enemie ; if youfinne againft God , having once learned his
Commandments , know. that he is omnipotent to chaftife
you, and prudent in all his workes, .Willthe wicked expect
that God thould appeare to them in the obfcuritie of aCloud?
& Or elfe the Angels with Command to extirpate them , they
r fhall be affembled before his Divine Majeftie to be judged.
i Demand of the Children of Ifracl, how many Miracles were
, dmade, appeare to them ? He that alcereth the grace he fhall
J have received of God, fhall be feverely punifhed. The wick.
5 ed efteeme Bae life of the world , and fcorne thofe that be-
‘ Jieve in God, but fuch as believe God, fhall be above them
de the day of Judgement ; he enricheth | with: innumerable
he good things whom he pleafcth.; The world was-allof-one Res See Kitab ef
i" ligion, before impietie tooke place, :,. God fent his Prophets ‘a
toinftruct the people , to thew them their errour; and de-
* clare to them the joyes of Paradife; he fent with them, the
booke.of cnih,to. judge the differences among:men , nO * The Jews
man contradicted che-Contents of itybut* fuch as had know- and Ch iti.
ledge of the Scripture.,..and this caufed the. envie that is rifen 295.
among them; God guidedthem that oblerved his Command- See Gclat
2 ments,
be Alcoran of MaHomMET. Chap. 4
ments, and fiach, as with his permiffion , obeyed his will, 7
he direéteth inthe right way whom it pleafeth him. Doe yee |
believeto enter Paradife , unleffe that happen to you, that
befell your Predeceflors? They were touched with miferies;
and difeafes, and trembled, untill chat very infant that- che ©
Prophet faid to the crue believers that were with him; Whea
fhall divine fuccour come? notwithftanding Divine fuccout
wasnotfarre off: They thall queftion thee concerning what
they ought toexpend; Sayunto them, you fhall affift with
your goods, your father and mother , your allies ; Orphans,
the poore, and pilgrims. God will underftand all the good
youfhall do ; Fighting is enjoyned you, although it be againit
your wills it may chance that you will fhunne that which is
profitable royou, and likewife love what is pernicious to you,
God knoweth what you know not. They fhall aske of thee,
if they fhall fight in themoneth of A¢baram ; fay unto them,
great battels (hall happen in this moneth, that thal! fhut up to-
the people the way of theLaw of God ; andimpieties , that
fhallhinder the multitude to goe to Afecca. To drive the
people from (Mecca is an exceeding great finne : Sedition is
worfe then murther ; The wicked fhall not ceafe to fight you,
untill they have, if they can accomplifh it, miflead you from
your Religion. His good worksamong you, that fhall quit his
Law, and die an Infidell, fhall'be vaine in this world, and him-
felfe be confined in the fire of Hells Such as believe fn
God, that feparate themfelves from the impious, that aban-
don their houles forthe fervice of his Divine Majeftie , and
that fight for the Faith, hope for his mercie, he is gra
cious and mercifill. They will enquire of thee concerning
wine, and'games of hazard; fay unto them, that itis inthem
a very great fin, and yet of utility to men; but the evill that
they caufe, is much greater then the profit they reape. They
will demand what they ought co expend in good works ; fay
unto them, what fhall remain to you, your own affairs being
done. So God teacheth you his Commandments, peradven-
ture you will call to minde the things of earth and of heaven.
They will enquire concerning Orphans; fay unto them. if their
; fubftance
(hap2. ‘The Alcoran of MAHOMET.
fabfrance be intermingled with your own, do them no wrong,
they are your brethren in God, he knoweth them that do
good, and thofe that do evill : ifit had pleafed him, he had de-
tained much more from you, for he is Omnipotent and juft.
Marry not women that believe in many gods, untill they be-
fieve in one fole God ; a Slave that is a true believer, is of more
value then a free Infidel, notwichftanding fhe ts beautifull. In-
fidels fhall be fammoned to hell fire, and God calleth men to
Paradife, and to his mercy, through his meer good pleafure,
and declareth co them his Commandments, perhaps they will
remember them. ‘They will enquire of thee concerning the
monethly terms of women ; anfwer, that they are unclean ; fe-
parace your felves from your wives when they are menfirous,
and come not nigh them untill they be purified ; when they
fhall be clean, approach them, according to what God hath
commanded : he loveth chem chat repent oftheir errors, that
are clean and purihed ; your wives are your tillage, go to your
tillage at your pleafure, and do good for your fouls;you fhall
one day finde it, fear God and preach his Commandments
to the true believers. Your Religion doth not permit you to
{weare by God in vaine, and oftentimes to juftitie your felves;
God underftandech and knoweth all things, he wili not regard
what you fhail fpeake at randome, that fhall not be hurtiull to
any, buc he will fee what tt fhall be in your heart. He willbe
gracious and mercifull co fuch as fhall fwear, not to couch their
wives the fpace of foure moneths, if they returne to them; he is
racious and merciful; but if they defire to repudiate them, he
underftandeth, and knoweth all things. Women divorced,
fhall tarry: untillcheir Termes be paft foure times, betore they
marry againe, it isnot permitted them to conceale what God
hath created in their wombe, if they belicve.in his divine Maje-
fty, and the Day of udgement; if they flie from their husbands,
they fhall be brought againe to them, which isa thing reafon-
able. They ought to honour them, and their husbands likewife
ought to honour them, but the husbands have a degree of -ad-
vantage above them, God is Omnipotent, and moft wile in
what he ordaineth. Divorce the firlt and fecond tume, ought
C3 to
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The Alcorah of MAHOMET. (1 hap.2,.
to be performed with mildnefs, courtefie, and good deeds; ee |
is not lawfullfor youto take any thing from your wives, of
what you have given them, ifyou both feare a difabilitie of |
not fatisfying the Commandments of God; but if you both
feare ro tranfgrefsthe bounds prefcribed by God, you thall doe |
wellto accord together, fuch are the commandments of his
divine Majefty, tranfgreffe them not, farch as tranfgreffe them
are exceedingly too blame. He that fhall have repudiated his
wife thrice, fhall not refume her; untill the hath been marryed
to another that hath divorced her : then they may returne to
each other, and marry againe without Sinne, if they thinke
themfelves able to continue within the limits preferibed by
God, which he manifefteth to the wife and prudent.When you
fhall repudiate your wives, appoint them the time they mutt
tarry, before they againe marry, take them with civilitieand
modeltie, and in the like manner difmiffe them, give them pre-
fents according to your abilities, and take them not, to abufe
nor torment them; they that doe this, offend their owne Souts.
Mocke not at the Commandments of God: Remember his
favours, and how he hath taught you Scripture, knowledge,
and the myfteries of hisaw ; Feare God, and know that he
underftandeth all your actions. When you repudiate your
wives, appoint them the time they ought to tarry, before they .
marry againe, and hinder themnot to marry according to the
Commandments of God. Thefe things are preached to them
among you that believe in God, and.in the Day of Judgemene,
it ‘is requifite fo to make ufe of them. God knoweth what
youknow not. The woman fhall give fuck to their children
two years entire; if they defire to accomplith the time appoint.
ed to fuckle them,the father thal nourith and cloathe the wife;
and his children, according to his faculties ; expend not, but ac-
cording to the meafure of your goods: the father and mother
fhall noc nec fficate themfelves for their children : the heire
thal! perform what is above ordained, (he fhall entertain his
See Gélaldin. father and mother according to his abilities ; ) if the parents
defire to weane their children before two years be expired,
they may do it without offending God, ifthey both agree to
oe
(hap.2, The Alcoranof Ma OME T.
it. Ifyou caufeyour children to be nurfed by other women
then your own wives, God will not be offended, in giving
them their fallary,according to reafon and honetty : fear God;
and know that he feeth what everyou do. VViddows fhall
tarry four moneths and ten nights after the death of their
husbands, before they marry again ; this time being accomplifh-
ed, they {hall do what fhall feem good to them, according to
reafon and honefty,God knowethall your actions. ¥ ou will not
offend God in {peaking a word in fecrec to women that you re-
fearch in marriage, although you conceale in your minde your
defign toefpoufe them, he underftandeth what ever you think
of them ; know them not fecretly, untill you have pronounced
the words appointed by the Law ; and enter not the bonds of
marriage, untill the cime fet down in wricing be accomplithed,
God knoweth whatever is in your hearts : take heed unto your
felves, he is gentle and gracious to them that fear him, It is no
fin to repudiate your wives, before you have touched them;
you fhall give chem fome prefents, and do good unto them, ac-
cording to the proportion of your wealth, or poverty 5 and ci-
villy intreat them, as is the cuftome of honeft men.If you repu-
diate them before you have touched them, and have beftowed
on them any prefents of garments, movables, and other things,
they fhallhave the moity, if they releafe it not to you, or if
the husband, remitting with his own hand the tie of marriage,
doth not feave co them the whole, of courtefie : it is requifice to
gratifie chem, and to forget nothing of the benefits between
you, God beholdeth all your actions : ftand upon your gaurd,
when you make your prayers, elpecially, that at noone, and
be obedient unto God. If you fearyourenenties, and cannot
place your felves on your knees, neither perform the Ce-
remonies that are appointed you ; omit motto fay your prayers
on foot, or on horieback, and being freed from fear, remem-
ber God, and how he hath taught you, what you know not.
Such as die, fhall be good to their wives by their Teltament ;
they fhall-beftow on them wherewith to live during the-time
they mult tarry before they marry’again; drive them not
from your houfes : If they willingly depart, the fin of what
C4 they
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Ler
The Alcoran of MAHOMET. (hap.2.7
they fhall doin their own perfons, fhall not-beupon you, God ©
is omnipotent, and juft; you thall likewife do good to your
wives that you have divorced, according to your power, it isa
thing reafonable among fuch as fear God : Thus God teacheth
you his Commandments, perhaps you will learn them. Sce you
not them that departed their houfes for the fear they had of
death ? they are thonfands in number ; God hath faid ro them,
die : after this, he raifed them again: God is the Benefactor of
the people, but the greateft parc return himno thanks for his
favours. Fight for his Law, and know, that he underftandeth
and knoweth all things. Who is he that will afford him a good
turn? He willaugment him with multiplicity of increafe ; he
giveth good, and taketh it away from whom it pleafeth him ;
you fhall all return before himto be judged. Knoweft thou not,
that a company of the children of Iirael, after the death of
Mofes , faid co their Prophet, tend us a King, we with him will
fight for the Law of God > He anfwereth them, have you difo-
beyed the Commandments of God ? If they enjoyn youto
fight, you will not do it: They faid,we have no greater defire,
then to fight for the glory of his divine Majeftie ; we for this
Caufe have abandoned our houfes, and chofe of our parents ;
neverthelefs, when they were commanded to fight, they all, exe
cept fome few of them, retired; but God knowerh them that
fin againft him. Their Prophet faid cothem,God*hath fenr
Sant to beyour King; they anfwered, why thal! he be our
King? we rather deferve the royalty then he, ‘he is not rich
enongh; he replied, God hath chofen him to command you; |
he hath encreafed his knowledg, and itature, he giveth royalty’
to whomhe lilteth, heis liberall and prudent in all his a@ions,
Their Prophet faid co them, the-fign of his reign (hall be, chat
the Aik thall appear to you from God,to confirm your hearts;
wherein thall be contained the remainder of what the people
of Mofesand Aaron left,and it {hall be borne by Angels; chis’
fhall be to you the fign of hisreign, if you believe in God,
When Sané went forth with his troops to fight his enemtes,
he faid, God thall trie you by a river ; he that thall drink of
that river, ihall not be mine, unlefS he drink with his hand;they
all,
(hap. 2- The Alcoran of MAHOMET.
nc ee ee
all, except fome few of them drank at their pleafure ; andha-
ying paft that river withthe true believers, they faid, we have
not this dav ftrength fufficient to refill Goliah and his troops;
bur fuch as believed in God, and feared his divine Majefty, faid,
how often, through the permiffion of God, hatha fmall troop
_ defeated agreat armier He ts with chem that are patient :
when they faw Golizh with his troops appear ; they faid, Lord,
give us patience, confirm our fteps, and give us victory over the
Infidels. They, through the permiffion of God, vanquifhed
their enemies ; David flew Goliah, and God gave hiin the Roy-
alty, and knowledge of future things, Had not God raifed the
eople one againft the other, the whole earth had been full of
diforders; fuch are the "miracles of God,asI declare to.thee with
truth ; thou art indeed one of 'the Prophets of his divine Ma-
jefty. We have conferredour graces on the Prophets, on fome
more then on others ; many have. fpoken to their Lord, and
fome have been more elevated then others. We gave know-
ledge to Jefusthe Son of Mary, and fortified him through the
holy Spirit. Had tt pleafed God, the Prophets that came here-
tofore,had not been flain, after they had taught his Command-
ments. Men were of different opinions ; fome believed in
God. others were impious; had it pleafed God, they had not
been flain-but he doth what pleafeth him.O ye that are true be-
lievers! difpenfe in alms fome part of your wealth that we have
iven you, before the day arrive, wherein you fhall finde no
ranfom,alms,protection,nor prayers that can ficcour you. Cer-
tainly Infidels are greatly tooblame.God! Thereis but one only
God living,and eternall; think not that he dumbreth or fleep-
eth ; what ever isin heaven or in earth is his; who fhall inter-
cede for thee with his divine Maieftic unlefs by his permiftion ¢
He knoweth all the actions of men, and whatever they have
done; they know nothing, but what it hath pleafed him to
teach them. The largenefs of his Throne containeth heaven and
earth and the confervation ofboth is not troublefome to him,
he is Omnipotent & glorious, The Law ought notto be abjured,
it manifelteth the difference of faith and impiety : He that be-
fieveth not in Z.zgor, or the devill, and hath faith in God, lay-
“)
Sec Gelaldiir,
eth
That is Ne-
byot.
See Gelaldin.
ee ‘
The Alco
eth hold on the ftrongeft knot,that cannot be diffolved, broken,”
or cut afunder. God underftandeth and knoweth all things;
he aideth and affifteth them that believe in his unitie; he will
ranof MAHOMET. Chap.2)
caufe them to come out of darknefs, and will guide chem into i
light : the wicked fhall have Tagor,and the devill for their prow}
teétor ; he thall caufethemto forfake the light, and thalllead § jy
them into darkaefs: fach men fhall remain eternally in the fire § (
of hell. Confider you not his action, to whom God had F 4,
given the royalty ? When he difputed concerning God with F yj
Abraham ; -Abraham {aid to him; My Lord is he that giveth | 4
life, and death; He faid, I, even I, give life and death to my } p,
fubjeét, when I fee good: Abraham an{wered, God canfeth the} g
Sun torife in the Eaft, make thou it to arife inthe VVelt 5% },
then the Infidell was confuced, God isnot aguide tounjot ® ;
perfons. Haft thou confidered the ation of him that camein- F ,
to a Village defolate and ruined, and faid, How is ic that J ,
God can be able to give life unto this Village after its death, § ,
and reeeftablith it after fo great aruine? Then God caufed him § |
ro die, after the fpace of amhundred years raifed him again, § ,
‘and faid to him , How long halt thou continued here? he ane §
{wered ; I have fojourned here a day and a halfe ; On the con- Ff |
trary, thou haft been here an hundred years; confider thy
meat and drinke, that they are noc altered through length of
time ; and behold. thine Affe is death, fee his.bones, :that are
white ; thou fhalt become an example co all the world, and to
pofteritie; feethe bones of thine Affe; I will recollect and
reveft them with flefh: Seeing this miracle, he faid, 1 affirme
that God is omnipotent ; Remember thou, that Abraham
faid, Lord fhew me how thou sreviveft the dead; God faid,
Doeft thou not believe my omnipotencie? He anfwered, yea
Lord , but heare my prayer for the repofe of my heart; God
faid ; Take foure birds,cut them altogether in pieces,'and,carty
the pieces upon thofe mountains; this done, call them,they thall
{peedily return totheesGod knoweth all things, & ismoit pru-
dentin all his works. Theaétion of themthar.difpend their goods
for his glory,is like unto a grain-of Corne that produceth feven
eares, and every care an hundred graines : God «multiplieth
the
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(hap.2. The Alcoran of Ma HOomeET. 27
’ the wealth of whom it pleafeth him, he is liberal! and omnifci-
‘ent: Such as difpend their fabftance for his glory, without re-
pining, and reproach, fhall be recompenfed by his Divine Ma-
| jeftie, and be delivered from feare and affiiction atthe day of
) Judgement. Good wordsand pardon are preferred to almes,
followed with repentance: God is moft rich and merciful.
Ohye that believe in God ! render not your almes unprofitable
' through repining and reproach , as doethofe, that give almes
with oftentation and hypocrifie ; they believe,neither in God,
™ nor the day of Judgement, their good works are like to a
| Rocke, whereon was little earth, there fell great raine that
carried it away , and left nothing thereon: their Jabour fhall
be in vaine, and they reap nomerit , forGod loveth neither
M the hypocrites nor the impious. The aétion of fuchas do good,
{go pleate God orto fave their foules, isliketo a grain fown
| upon an high place, whereon fell great and {mall raine. that
a! caufed its fruit to multiplie : God beholdeth all your actions.
Mi Ts there any one among you that defiréth to have a garden
si enriched with palmes , and grapes, wherein flow many foun-
i gains, and rivolets , and that is tilled with all manner of fruits,
\ that old age fhould overtake him with young and in-
tt firme children , and that an het winde come , and burne
up his garden? God fo teacheth you his myfteries ; peradven-
i ture you will beare themin minde. Oh yee that believe ! di-
i fpend in pious works, and give almes of the wealth you have
© acquired, and of the fruits of theearth that God hath given
it you ; defire not wealth ill gotten,or wherewith to give almes ;
i fuch are not received but to your fhame ; And know,that God
|i ig moft rich, and worthie of praife. The Devill will canfe you
i tofeare povertie , and will command youfilthinefs , and God
G promifeth to you his grace and mercie ; he is munificenc, and
i omnifcient , he giveth knowledge to whom it pleafech him,
h andtowhom knowledge is given , onhimis beftowed an ex-
i ceeding great Treafure, which none but the wife do value ;
wv God beholdeth your almes, and vows, and the wicked fhall
be deprived of protection at the day of Judgement. If you
«i fuffer your almesto appeare, it fhallnot be amiffe ; tf you con-
i ceale
The Alcoranof MAHOMET. (hap.ty
cealethem , you fhall do well, that will cover many of your
fins; God knoweth all your actions. Yeu are not obliged
to lead men into the right way, God gnideth whom he lifteth,
the good and the almes that you performe , fhall be for your
fou'es; give not almes but for the love of God, you thall bere:
warded for the good works that you fhall do, and no injm
{tice fhall be done againft you; Be benefactors to the poore,
that are not accommodated for the fervice of God, and that
cannot labour. The ignorant believe them to be rich, by rea
fon of their probitie and goodnefs,, you fhall know them by
their Phyfiognomie, and in that they demand nothing with
importunitie ; God will know the good you fhall do towards
them; They that give almes, by day or by night , fecrecly of
publiquely,fhall be rewarded of God_; there needeth be no
feare for them, they fha!l be exempt from affiiction at the day
of Judement ; Ufurers thall rife again, like to men pofleffed
with Devils, becaufe they have faid, that trathque is like unto
ufurie ; God permitteth trathique, and prohiviteth ufuries he
to whom the word of God commeth, and who hath abandons
edufurie , what is paft, isto himiclfe, God will pardon his
fault ; but he chat fhall return to exercife ufurie , having once
abandoned it, fhall be punifhed ia che fire of Hell; God abe
horreth ufurie, he loveth them chat are almes-givers,and hateth
Infidels; Such as believe in God, that do good works, and
that make their prayersat the time appointed, and pay their
tithes, thall be rewarded by his Divine Majefty, they fhall be
delivered from feare and affiction at the day of Judgment,
O ye that believe in God! have the feare of him before your
eyes,and forfake Ufurie, if you will obey his Commandments;
if you do not this, God and his Prophet will make warre up-
on you ;if you be converted, your principall remaines. unto
you; Do injuftice to no man, it fhall not be done unto you.
If your debtors be unable to pay you, and are in want , you
fhall do well to ftay their conveniency ; if you give them
almes, you fhall do well ; feare the day when you (hall recurne
before God, and that every one fhall be payed, without in-
jultice, of what he fhall have gained. Oye that believe in
God!
fl
I
pdureeene
(hap.2. . The Alcoran of Ma HoMET.
, God, whenyou fhallcharge your felves with any debt, caufe
an aét to be drawne ; the Notarie fhall write the Contra be-
{
Ni
tween you,conformable to Jufticeand fhalf not refufe co write
it,asGod hath infim@ed him, but the debtor that! entirely
} fatise what he thall owe, and fhall have the feare of his Lord
, beforehis eyes; Ifhe that is adebtor is a foole, or ficke, and
is unable of himfelfe to difcharge it, his guardian, or he that
fhall overfce his affaires, thall give fatisfaction forhim. Call
with you two witneffes, if you cannot finde two men, one,
, with two women (hall fuffice, whofe teftimonie you fhallac-
cept; ifthe one be wanting to her duty,the other fhall caufe her
to remember; thefe witneffes fhall not refufe their teftimony,
notwithftanding they be calledin a greater number. Make no
, difficultie to write your teftimonie, whether it concerne little
or much, and limic che time wherein payment ‘ought to be
j, made ; fuch writings are juft before God, give more efficacie to
, teftimonie, and are requifite to avoide your complaints -one
of another; If your merchandize be prefent, you fhall cakeit
. between you at the fame time , then fhall.you not finne in not
\ drawing a writing, or contract. Call witneffes when you fell
, or buy ; neither the witnefles, nor the Notary fhall receive any
; dammage ; If you fhall do that which isforbidden, you fhall
. do very ill: Fear God,he will teach yowhis Commandments,he
, knoweth all chings. If youarein a journey, and cannot fin de
a Norarie, youthall giveearneft ; Hone trufteth inthe other,
| he char thall be trufted in , thall fatisfie his promife, and fear
. God his Lord; no man hall conceale his teftimonie, he that
» fhall conceale, thall finne in his heart; God knoweth all your
. aGtions. Whatfoever isin Heaven, orin Earth, ‘belonging un-
to God, whether you conceale, or reveale what is in your
mindes. he fhall require an account of you, he pardoneth, and
chaftiferh whom it pleafethhim , heis omnipotent. The Pro-
phet believed inal! that God fent to him , as. likewife all the
true believers: Such as believe in God, the Angels, and Scrip-
tures , and generally all che Prophets, without exception, fay,
We have heard and obeyed; Pardon us oh Lord! Thou art
our refuge ; God requireth of no man more then he is able to
performe;
See Kitab of
tenoir.
The Alcoran of Mano M ET. Chap
performe ;. the good that aman fhall do iq thall be for hi
and the evill that he doch fhall be likewife againit him, L
excufeus, if we have forgotten thee or finned ; Lord.cha
us not with any heavie burthen , as thou didft charge them chat
were before us; charge us not with that which we are not
able to fupport, blot out our finnes , and give us thy mercies
Thou art our Lord, give us victorie again{t the Infidels, =|
CHAP. ITT, '” a
The Chapter of the Lineage of Joachim, containing two hunarth
verfes, writtenat Medina, 4
N the name of God, graciousand merciful! ; Iam the mot
wife God. God! There is but one only God, living, ‘and!
eternall ; He hath fent.to thee the book that containeth truth,
and confirmeth the Scriptures; that were fent before it. He fent
the Old Teftament , and the Gofpel, that were heretoforé)
guides to thepeople; Hehath fent the dlcoran, that diftim|
guifheth good fromewvill; they chat believe not inthe Law of]
God, fhall be feverely chaftifed. He isomnipotent and re]
vengefull; Nothing ishid from him in Heaven, or in Earthy
It ishethat formed youin the wombes of your mothers, as it
pleafed him , there ismo God, but the omnipotent and wi,
God. He it is that fent to thee the Booke, whofe precepts-ar
neceflary , they are the originall,and foundation of the Law,
like in puritie one tothe other, and without contradi@tion
Such as in their heart incline to depart from the truth, do-often
follow their inclination, defirous of fedition , and-to unders
ftand the explication of the Alcoran; but none underftand ity
explication, but God.and fuch as are profound in learning;they
fay, we believe in God, all things proceed from his divine wi
dome , nevertheleffe none remember; but the wife. Lord caule
not our hearts to erre, after thou haft guided-us into the right
way, giveus thy mercy, thou art moft bountifull cowardsehy
creatitces. Lord thou are he that thal: affemble the world at
the
3
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Bie ee ee
ithe day of Judgement, at which day nothing fhall be found
tdoubtfull, when thou wile not goe againft thy promifes , and
when wealth and children fhall not ferve to the wicked, but to
i: kindle the fire of Hell. The Infidell lineage of Pharoah, and
% thofe that preceded him , blafphemed and abjured the Law of
God, but he farprized them in their finne ; he ts grievous in
hischaftifements. Say to the Infidels, they fhall be vanquifh-
~ed, and fhallbe gathered together into the fire of Hell, that is
prepared for them. You have an example in the two Troops
that fought for the glorie of God, they beheld with their eyes,
m Infidels become true believers, like unto themfelves ; God
ftrengthneth with his aide. whom it pleafech himthis fhall be
for example to fuch as fhall cleerly fee. The love and defire
7, of women, of children, of riches, abundance of gold, and of
, filver, of horfes, cattell, and of tillage, are pleafing to men;
y fuch are the riches of the life of this world, but che moft aflu-
y, red refuge is in God: Say untothem; Iwill declare unto you
i things much better for them,that {hal have the fear of God be-
i, fore their eyes:they fhal dwel eternally in Paradife, where flow
Many rivers, with women beautifull, and feane, and all manner
, of content. God beholdeth them that adore him, and that fay,
:, Lord we believe in thy Law, pardon our finnes , and deliver us
from the torments of fire. The patient, the perfevering, true
, believers, the obedient, the good men, fuch as beg. pardon of
, Godin the morning; the Angels, the Learned, that love Ju-
|, ftice,teftifie that there is but one only God. The Law of falva-
, tion, isa Law pleafing to his divine Majeftie ; no man contra- + The Jews
. di@eth this truth, among* fuch as know the written Law, but and Chri-
, through envie. He that (hall not obey the Commandments of ftians.
God , fhall finde his divine Majeftie very exact to call him to “8 C#aldi.
anaccompt. Ifthe impious difpute withthee; fay to them, The Jews
Tam wholy refigned tothe will of God , with all fuch as have and Chriiti-
followed me. Aske of fuch as know the written Law,and them 2".
that know itnot, ifthey refigne themfelves to God ; if they The Arabs
do , they-will follow the right way ; if they goe aftray, thon ans.
haft none ether obligation, but to preach to them;God behold- g.. pinch oy
eth them that adorehim, Declare grievous torments to thofe SPAT TANS
that
See Gelaldin.
| The Alcoran of MAHOMET. Chapte
that-conceale his Commandments, that kill che Prophets, nd
injure them that inftrua the people in Juftice ; the good works |
that they do, fhall be unprofitable to them on earth, and they
fhail be in the other world deprived-of prote@ion. Seeft thom
not a partie of them that know the written Law , how they
were called to a Le@ture of the Book of God, to the end they
might judge with equitie the differences that are among
them @ but many are returned to theirfinne : they contemned)
the Scripture, ia that they faid, che fire fhall not touch us, bat
foracertaine number of dayes; They are deceived in their}
blafphmies, what will become of them, when we thall affem-
ble them at the day of Judgement, when nothing fhall be!
doubrfall, and every one fhall be recompentfed, as he fhall have
merited? No injuftice fhall be done unto them, Say, Lord
thou pofleAeft the Kingdoms of the world, thou givelt Royal
tie to whem thou feeft g00d ; from thy hand, oh Lord , pro-
céedeth all good, thou art Omnipotent , thou caufeft day to
enter the Hight, and night the day; thou cauieft life to come
lit of death, and death out of life; thou enrichelt without
meafure whom thou feelt good. The believers fhal not obey the
unbelievers,to the exclufton of rruc believers ; he that doth this
thing, obferveth not the Law of God ; but ifyou feare yout)
enemies ,; God willeth that you feare him alfo , heis the aflur-
ed refuge of the righteous ; fay to them, whether you conceale
what isin your heart , or whether you manifeft it, God know
eth all things; he knoweth all that is either in Heaven of
Earth, he is Omnipotent ; Think on the day wherein every
one fhall finde the good and the evill that he hath done, then
fhall you defire to be cleanfed from your finnes, and thatthe
number of your good works exceed that of your evill: God |
willeth that you feare him, he is graciousto them that wot
fhip him. Say tothem, If you love God, follow me, God
fhall give you life, and pardon your fines, he is gracious and
mercifull. Saytothem, obey God and his Prophet ; If they
returne in their finae, God will very feverely panith them, he
loveth not Infidels. God ele&ted e4dam, and Noah , the line |
age Of Abraham, and the lineage of Joachim, the one soaps?
eth
Chap.3. The Alcoranof ManomeET.
eth from the other, God knoweth and underftandeth all
things. Remember thou, how the wife of foachim faid,
Lord I vow unto thee the fruit that is in my wombe, free,
and exempt from all affaires, to ferve thee in thy Temple : Ac-
cept him from me, who offer him to thee with affection : thou
underftandeft and knoweft all things : When fhe was deliver-
ed, the faid, Lord lam delivered of a Daughter, thou know-
eft thou haft given hertome ; Ihave named her AZary , T will
preferve through thine affiftance , her and her pofterity from
the malice of the Devill; accepther Lord, witha pleafing ac-
ceptation, and caufe her-to. produce good fruits. Zachary had
the care of the education of this daughter , and whenfoever
‘he went into his Oratorie , he there founda thoufand forts of
different fruits of divers feafons, He faid one day, oh AZary!
whencedo thefe good things proceed? the anfwered, they
proceed from Ged, whoenricheth without meafure whom he
pleafeth. Then Zachary prayed to the Lord, and faid, Lord
give me a progenie that may be pleafing to thee, and that may
obferve thy Commandments; Lord hear my prayers. The
Angels called him, and faid to him; I declare to thee from
' God, that thou fhalt have a fonne, called ohn , he thall affirme
the Meffias to be the word of God , that he fhallbe a great
perfon, chafte, a Prophet, and one of the juft Lord, anfwer-
ed Zachary , how fhallI have afonne, I amold, and my wife
is barren? The Angel faid to him, fo God. doth as pleafeth
him : Lord, faid Zachary, give mefome figne of the concep-
tion of my wife. The figne that I will give thee,anfwered the
Angel, fhallbe, that thou fhalt not fpeakin-three dayes, but
by fignes ; Remember thon. thy Lord often, -prayfe him even-
ing and morning. Remember ‘thou, how the Angels faid,
Oh 4ary , God hath chofen and-purified thee above all wo-
men of the world; oh A¢ary, obey thy Lord, prayfe him, and
worfhip him with them that worfhip him. I relate to thee how
the matter paft - thou wert not with the Minifters of the Tem=
ple, when they-caft in their pens tordraw lots » and «to fee
which of them fhould have'the care of the education of AZary,
neither when they entred upon this difficuley, Remember
D
thom
33
See Kjtabel
tenior.
See Gelaldin.
ee
The Alcoran of MaHOMET. Chap.3,
thou how'the Angels faid, oh AZzry, God declareth unto
thee a word, from which shall proceed the MefMfias, named Je
fus, the fonne of Aary, full‘of honour in this world. arid that
(halle in the other,’ of the number of Interceflors with his
divine. Majeftie ; he hall fpeak in the cradle , -a5 a'man betwixt
thirty and fifty years, and fhallbe inthe number of the jul;
She faid,Lord, how fhall Thave a childe;without the conch ofa |
inan? he anfwered, fe God‘doth as pleafeth him; when he ere:
ateth any thing , he faith, be thou, and iris. I will teach him the
Scriptures,the Myfteries of the Law,the Old Teftament,and the
Gofpel,and ‘he fhall be aProphet‘fent' to the children of Ira.
él. Jefus faid to the'children of ifrael,Peome to you with evis
dent figns of my miffion from your Logd,Twill make unto you
of the flime of the earth, the figure ofa Bird,I wil blow upon it,
incontinently it fhal be a Bird,and by the permiffion of God,
fhal flies I wil heal them that are borne blinde,and the leprous,
I wil raife again the dead,T wil teach you what you thal eat and
what you ought not to cates this {hall ferve you for inftruétion,
if you-believe in God; I-am come to confirm the old Teftas
ment, and what hath been taught youheretofore. Certainly it
is lawfull for you'to eat things that have been ‘heretofore for
bidden. Iam come to you with figns of my miffion, that teftte
fiethat I am truly fent from your Lord; fear God, and obey
me; God is my Lord, and your Lord, worlhiphim, this ts the
right way. VVhen Jefus knew their impiety , he faid, who
fhall fuftaine the Law of God in my abfence? The Apoftles
anfwered him, we will faftain the Law of God,we believ in his
unity ; be chou a witnefs before God,that we refign our felves
wholly co the pleafure of his divine Majeftie. Lord we believe
in what thou haft commanded, and we have followed the Pro-
phet, thy Apoftle, write usin the number of them that profels
thy: Law. The Jews confpired againft Jefus, and God caufed
their confpiracie co turn againft them, he knoweth the defigns
. of Confpirators. Remember thou, how the Lord faid, O Jefus,
Twillcanfe thee to die. Iwill elevate thee tomy felf, and 1e
move.thee farre from Infidels, and preferre thofe that have
obeyed thee, to Infidels, atthe day of Judgement: ee
ay
Chap... The Alcoranof MAHOMET.
ere LE TR eet SAR
day fhall affemble you all before: me ; Iwill judge the dif-
ferences betweenyou, and will punifhthe imptous, in this
world, and inthe other; none among them hall be of power
to protectthem , I will reward them that fhall have believed
in my Law, and have done good works; God loveth nor the
unjuft. . Irelare to theethefe myfteries, and teach thee the 4/-
corans Jefus is with God, asis Adam, God created him of the
_ Earth; he faid, bethou, andhe was: this truch proceedeth
from thy Lord, be not thou of the number of them thac doubr;
If any one difpute with thee concerning thy Do@rine, fay to
them, Come, call together your children and ours, your
. wives and ours , let.us ailemble andaddreffe our-prayers to
God; Iwilllay the curie of his divine Majgftie upon lyars.
This difcourfe is moft true, there isno God , bur God alone,
the omnipotent, and wife. If they depart from hisCommand-
ments, he fhall well: obferve the unbelievers; fay to them ,
be ye witneffes that we believe in God, Oh ye that underftand
Scripture , difputenot the Law. of e4braham , to wit, if he
obferved the Old Teftament , or the Gofpel, they were taught
afterhim, perhaps you will acknowledge your errour, Oh
4) yee that have difputed what yon knew not ! e4braham was
no Jew, nor Chriftian, he profeffed the unity of God, he was
a true believer, and notof the numberof Infidels. The peo-
le, and particularly thofethat followed him, of his time, as
alfo the Prophet 2Zahomer , and all true believers have known
the truthof his Law. Part of them, to whom heretofore
was given the knowledge of Scripture defired., feduced you
fromthe right way, but they themfelves erred, and they knew
ienot. Oh ye that know the Scripture ! do not malicioufly
conceale the Commandments of God , cover not the Truth
with a lye, neither willingly hide it, Many of them that know
the written Law, faid,from the break of day, believe in what
D 2 hath
3)
» * Oh ye that know Scripture ! come with words alike true be- * The Jews
tween youand us; Doel worfhip other then God? Ido not and Chrifti-
aflociate him with ahy one, and acknowledge none other 2"5-
. Lord but him ; but if they turnafide from the way of faith;
| God knoweth them that fhall pollute the Earth; Say to them,
See Kitab el
tenaiis
The Alcoranof MAHOMET. Chap.37
hath been taught them, that believe. in the Law of God: Ne.
verthelef, at evening, they were themfelves of the number
of Infidels, peradventure they will be converted. Believe
not, but fuch as follow your own Law ; Sayto them, The
true guide, is the guide of God. The knowledg that was
given to you, was not given to any other, but to you: If the
Infidels thall difpute againft you, before your Lord, at the day
of judgment ; faytothem, Grace proceedeth from the hand
of God; He is bountiful, and omnifcient ; he pardoneth
whom he pleafeth, and is alcogether merciful. 1f thouin-
trufteft thy wealth to the hands of many of themthat know
the written Law, they will faithfully reltoreit tothee: There
be alfo many of them that will notereftore it, if thou take
not heed ; becaufe they have faid,» They have no belief inthe
Arabians, they blafpheme againft God, and know their bla
phemies.. He that fhall fatiste what he. hath promifed,: and
thall fear God, fhall be beloved of God; she loveth fach as
have fear of him before their eyes; fuch as pervert his Com-
mandments for any profit, fhall have no part in Paradife; he
will not prote& them, neither regard, or pardon them at
the day of judgment; and they hall be rigoroufly punithed,
There be of them, that alter the Scripture in reading it; and
will make believe that what they read, isin the Scripture; ale
though it be not ; they-blafpheme, and know it well. God
gave. not to man the Scripture, knowledg, and prophecies, to
fay.tothe people, Worfhip me infteed of God ; -but indeed,
tofay, Obferve exa@ly what you havelearned in Scripture,
and what you reade. God doth not command you to adore
Angels, nor Prophets: Will he command you impiety, having
inftructed you in his Law? Remember that he received the
promife of the Prophets,to preach his Commandments without
fear, and that he hath taught you Scripture, and knowledg;
and that after this, came a Prophet, that confirmed the
Doctrine that was taught you, that you might believe his
words. Have you not approved it ? Have you not received
what was promifed unto you? We have received it; be there-
fore witnefles againft your felves, and again{t them that have
followed |
an sc Se SER
t (hap. The Alcoran of Ma thom ET. 37
I) followed you, and I will be a witnefs againft you, and againft
tt them. Such asgo aftray from the right way, fhall be wicked ;
i Defire they to obferve any other Law, then that of God?
| Whatever is in Heaven,or Earth, obeyeth him; either willing-
it) ly, or by force : And you fhall all one day appear before him,
I to bejudged: Say tothem, We beleeve inGod, in what he
i hath infpired into us, in what he infpired into e4braham,
b Z/muel, Laac, Jacob, andthe Tribes, in what was ordained by
dn Adofes,by Je/us,and generally all the Prophets from God ; and
im we are wholly refigned to his pleafure. The Sacrifices of them
iy that defire to follow other Law, then the Law of Salvation,
T fhallnot be accepted ; they fhallbein the other world, in the
iy number of the damned. God guided not thofe that followed
ini impiety, after they had profefled his Law ; and having feen,
hy and teftified that the Prophet is true, by fignes, clear and evi-
m dent, that appeared to them. God guideth not the unjuft,
ty they fhall be for ever curfed of his Divine Majefty, of Angels,
5 and of allthe world; they fhall finde no relaxation of their
, torments, and atthe day of judgment be deprived of pro-
i; te@ion; except fuch as fhall be converted,and do good works,
j; God fhallbe to them gracious and merciful. Such as fhall be See Kitab ef
g. imptous cowards Jelus, having believed the Books of AZofes, tenoir.
,, and fhall augment their impiety again A¢uhomet, {hall never
g be converted, they fhall erre eternally. Alf the treafures of
the Earth fhall not be able to fave the wicked chat die in their
, impiety, great punifhments are prepared for them, and none
' of them fhall be able to proteé& them. You thall not-be
juftified, until you have difpenfed in pious works, part of the
goods you pofiefs. God will take notice of the alms you be-
i ftow. All meats were permitted the children of JZ/rae/, ex-
4 cept what J/rzel forbad co himfelf,before the old Teftament ;
Say to them, Come, and bring the old Teftament, and con-
fider ir, it willappear ifyou fpeak the Truth. Thefe that fhall
afterwards blafpheme againft God, {hall be exceedingly too
blame. Say, God hath fpoken Truth, follow ye the Law of
Abraham, that is pleafing to him: He profeffed the unity of
_ his Divine Majefty ; he was not of them that believed in many
D 3 Gods.
ft ETE SOT EEDio3 ri
The Alcoran of MAHOMET, Chap 4,
Gods. The Temple of Vecca is the fit that God eftablifhy
ed on Earth, to be therein adored; he bleffed it; and men thal
See Kitab el there finde the inftrudtions of the tight Way , with clear and
xo, evident fignes of his omnipoteney ; to wit.* Abrahams plat
lace (ayahe He that fhall enter inté this Temple, fhall be in a placeof
Turks) isa fafety ahd privileds God hathcommanded thac Pilgtimages
Stone keptin be made thither, by fuch ds {Hall be able. He that is impior,
the Oratory muft know that God hath nor to do withhim. O ye that have
eee knowledg of the written Law, do not willingly conceal the
dnaun Commandinents of God; he knoweth all your actions ; Say
afeended, 0 ther; O ye that have the knowledg of Scriptures , divert
when he rai- not from the way of Salvation them that believe in the Lal
aac of God ; you defire to alter, and pervert it, but God is not
fae Tench ignorant of what you do. O ye that believe, if you obey
of that City: many of them that have the knowledg of the written Law,
the marks of they will mif-lead you into the number of the wicked. How
his feetare ea you be of the impious, fince yout are taught the Com-
saa this Mandments of God, and that his Prophet, and his ApofMeis
day. among you? He that refignecth himfelf to God, is in the right
way. Ovyethat fear God, die in the profeffion of his Unity,
imbrace his Law, and remember the favor he hath fhewed you;
you were all enemies of each orher ; he hath united your
hearts, and throwgh his {pecial Grace yon continued united
to cach other as good brethren: you were upon the brink of
pit of fire, from whichhe withdrew you. Thus God thanis
fefteth to you his mercies , perhaps you will follow the right
way. Some there be among you, that exhort the people to
do good ; they command to do that which is honeft, and ab.
fain from what is unreafonable ; thefe men hall be happy
Be not like them that have abandoned the Truth, and followed
lies; notwirftanding the Truth was known to them, they
fhall faffer great torment in the day wherein the vifage of
the good {hall be white, and chat of the wicked hall be black.
It fhall be faid to them that have black vifagés ; Have you
followed impiety, after you made profeffion of the Faith?
Tafte this day the tormeit due to your fin. Such as fhall have
White vifages, thall be ih the favorof God ; ih which they
fhall
ee a ee a — Oe ee a
Neen En a Te Aaa eae aeemmeenaea timer
Nh (hap... The Alcotanof Maw OMET. 39
WW fhalleternally continue. See there the Myfteries of the Law
lof God, which inftru@eth thee with Truth. God willeth
tt that no injultice be done to his people ; whatever is in Heaven,
itor in Earth, appertaineth co him, he difpofeth all chings.
bt There hath appeared no Nation on the Earth that hath follow-
ited a better way then you; forbid ye to do that which is not
t) reafonable, and believe in one onely God ; If thofethat here- The Jews
titofore had knowledg of the written Law, had believed in
«il God, they had done very well ; there be among then that be-
;ifieve what is veritable, but the greateft part are impious.
diy They fhall not hurt you, but with their tongue, and fhall finde
Zino prote@tion againft you; if they fight you, they fhall curn
si their backs ; they were beaten with fhame and ignominy,where
ov they made aftand , except, when they embraced the Law of
lyn God, and obferved the precepts that were taught the faith-
Hi ful: When they returned in the wrath of God, they were
wt beaten with poverty ; becaufe they believed not the word of
ti his Divine Majefty, but flew his Prophets without reafon, and
ti difobeyed his Commandments. They that heretofore had
it Knowledg of the written Law, are not aflalike: there be
yi among them that perfevered in obedience, and in the night
yi meditate on the miracles of God, worfhip him, and believe
int in his Divine Majefty, and the day of jadgment;preach honefty,
k( prohibice to do things difhoneft, and apply themfelves to
ig good works ; certainly, they are good men. Hide not the
tj good works which you perform , God knoweth fuch as have
pt hisfear before their eyes. Riches and children fhall be un-
ji profitable to Infidels with God, they fhall eternally dwell in
my the fire of Hell: The Alms that they givein this world, are
oi like to.awind exceedingly hot, or extreamly cold, that fell
} wponcthe tillage of them that did injury co their own fouls, and
, Wholly deftroyed it. God did no injufticeto them, they were
jj mufchtevous to themfelves through their fins. Oye that be-
4 ilievein'God, efteem no man to be elected of God, that is
i) not of yourReligion: The wicked endevored to bring you
into their diforders , malice appeared in their mouth, and
y that which their heart cherifheth, is yet greater : ‘We have
/ D4 taught
5
The Alcoran of MAH OME 7. (hap.
taught you the Commandments of God ; if you obferyé
them, you fhall prote& your felves from the malice of In
fidels, O ye | you love them, and they love not you ; you
believe generally inthe Scripcures , and they believe not what
youbelieve: Whenthey met you, they faid, We believe in
God; and when they were gone from you, they bit for anger
their fingersends; Say to them, Die with yourcholler, God
knowetk what isin your hearts. If good happen to you, they
are difpleafed; and when evil befalleth you, they rejoyce: If
you have patience, and fear God, their malice fhall not hurt
penon Sei. you; Godknoweth alltheir aGions. Remember the morn
meth. ing, when fome of thy people deferted the True-believers im
Benok Ari- the field of battle ; and when two of thy Companions. for
i fooke the fight, God was their protector: All True-believers
Bedy isa ought totruftinhim. He protected you at Beder, where you
place be- werea few men illarmed, perhaps you willfear him, and give
tween Mecca him chanks for that favor. Say tothe True-believers, Sufficeth
and Medina, . + Berea : -
where Mahv, it not, that God fuccoreth you with three thoufand of hisAn-
met gained a gels: Truly, if you have patience, and tear God, he will come
battle. to fuccor youat need , and your Lord will affift yoa with five
thoufand of his Angels fent from Heaven; he will not fend
you this affiltance but co declare to you his protection, and to
confirm your hearts. Victory. proceedeth from his Divine
Majelty : He is omnipotent, and prudent in all his works ; he
will extirpate in this world one part of the wicked, or willfo
fharply reprehend them, that they hall become defperate.
Thou halt nothing todo, whether he fhall pardon, or chaftife
them, becaufe they are wicked: Whatever is in the Earth, and
in Heaven, is his, he pardoneth ashe feeth good; he is graci-
ous and mercifulto the righteous. Oye that believe ! be not
ufurers, and fear God ; peradventure you will obey his Com-
mandments; Fear the fire of Hell prepared for Infidels. O-
bey God, and the Prophets, his Apoities, your fins fhall be for
given you; beg pardon fpeedily of your Lord. | The extent
of Paradife containeth Heaven and Barth ; ic is prepared for
the good. God loveth them that give Alms in joy, and in
affi@tion ; chat fubdue their paffion,and forgive fuch as offend
them :
ss
(Chap. 3. The Alcoran of Ma HOM ET.
them : he loveth them that do good, and chat after the com-
miffion of any fin, remember hisdivine Majefty, and implore
his pardon. Who but God forgivech fins ? Such as perfilt not
intheirerrors, and acknowledg their fins, fhall be recompen-
fed with the mercy of Cod, and enjoy his favor in Paradife.
There were heretofore Laws and Means to conduc men into
the right way; bat confider what hath been the end.of In-
Fdels. The “/coran was fent' to inftruc the world, to gnide
men in the right way, and to preach to the good, .Difhearten
not, neither affict your felves infighting ; you fhall be vittori-
ons, if you believe in God ; if youhave been wounded, the
like hurts have befaln the impious> God fo diverfifieth days
among men, to the end he may know them that are truly zeal~-
ous in his Law ; and that among you,witnefles be taken againft
the malice of Infidels. God loveth not the unjuft, he forgiveth
fins to thofe’that believe, and extirpate Infidels. Do you-be-
lieve to eriter Paradife, andthat God knoweth not them that
fought gallantly ? He knoweth them that were patient inad-
verfity, and perfevered in obedience to his Commandments.
You expected death before you met it; you faw it with your
eyes, and were victorious. 4 ertainly A¢abomet is the Prophet,
and Apoftle of God 5 there were many Prophets before him ;
when they died, or were flain,: youreturned upon your fteps
toimpiety : They that return upon their fteps, do no harm to
God ; he will reward onely fuch as acknowledg his favors ;
and men cannot die without his permiffion, and that ina time
prefcribed and predeftinate. 1 will give the good things of
this world to whom it pleafeth me, and willabundantly re-
compence them that praife me. How many Prophets, and
men with them, that were not dejected through their affictions
that befel them. in fighting forthe !aw of God? They were
not weakned, neither humbled to the Infidels. God affecteth
them that are pacient in their adverfities, and fuchas perfevere
in his Law. They faid in their affictions, Lord pardon our
fins, confirm our {teps, and protectus againft the Infidels. God
giveth them the Riches of the Earth, and the Treafures of
Heaven; he loveth chem that do good, O yethat saa in
vod,
At the battle
of Beder.
The Alcoran of MAHOMET. Chapa, i
heise hac ce
God, if you obey the wicked,they will caufe you to returneny
onyourfteps, you fhall returne to the number of the dame
ned; truly God tsyourLord, heis the beft prote@tor ; Iwill
put fear into the hearts of Infidels, becaufe they have without
reafon adored many Gods, and the fire of Hell fhall be thei
habitation. God hath made the truth of his promifes to appear
to you,when by his permiffion you flew the Infidels, untill you
were weary of fighting; neverthelefs you contradi&ed what the
Prophet ordained , youdifobeyed him, after he had caufed
you to fee what you defired with afe@tion. There be among
you that covet the goods of this world, and others that love
the good things of heaven; God hath withdrawne you from
the Infidels, to trie you, he hath pardoned your finnes, he is
bountifull to them that obferve his Commandments, When
you retreated from the Combat, and yeilded without reafon,
the Prophet recalled you, and gave youto know your errour,
with a thoufand paines ; affli@ not your felves with the loffe of
the fpoyle that efcaped you at the day of viGory, neither
with the mifchief that befell you when you were vanquithed,
God knoweth all your ations. After your labour , he fent
you great repofe, part of you flept in all fafety,and the refidne
fuffered themfelves to be carried away at their pleafures, they
had thoughts of God contrary to the truth. Think on the igno-
rant , that fay, Have we feen any of the fuccour that God
hath promifed? Saytothem, all things proceed from God,
They concealeintheir fouls what they publifh not , and fay,
had we beenfree of our own wills, we had not been flain;
fay to them , although yowhadiftayed in your honfes, and.in
yourbeds , death would have taken.away them that were ar-
rived.at the houre.of their deftinie ; God approveth whatis
imyourhearts, and knoweth what you have in your foules:
Certainly-the Devil feduced them that fed, when the two Ar.
mies were inbattell, and that, becaufe of fomefinne they:had
ecommitted.; nevertheleffe God pardoned them, he is gracl
ons and mereifull'to his.people. Oh yeethat believe ! be not
like the Infidels, chat faid , fpeaking of their-brethren, that
wereflain in the Armie ; that had ithey continued. in their
houfes,
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Te
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at. houfes . they had not dyed ; God putteth this forrow in their
ty heart , becavfe of their impietie; he giveth life and death,and
"i! beholdeth all your aGtions; if you be flain for his Law, or die
“it in his favour, it fhallbe more advantagious to you then all
le! the treafures of the world; and if you dye, or be flain, fight-
0% ing for the Faith , you fhall appeare before his divine Majeftie
nt!’ to be rewarded ; Through the grace of God thon haft rendred
Wt them docile ; although thon be fevere to them, they will
1a nor depart from thee, pardon them, pray for them. Take <.. Gelldin.
‘im their advife in occafions offered, and being refolved todo any i
atl thing, truftthou in God ; he loveth rhemthat trutt in him, he
uh proteéteth you; none thall obtaine vitory over you ; if he
,k abandon you, who fhall prote& you? All che faithfull.ought
th to refign themfelves to the will of his divine Majeftie. It is not
a Jawful for the Prophet co-deceive ; he that fhall be a deceiver,
mm Qhallappeare at the day of Judgement with his deceipt, to be
fey judged ; then fhall mén be payed with what they have gained,
a no injuftice fhall be done to rhem that hall have loved God,
nd and Hell fhall be the habitation of chem , that through deceit
kt fhall returne in the difpleafure of his divine Majeftie ; They
if fhall not be all equally entreated , God thall appoint them
ty their ranke and place, he beholdeth all their aétions, he affu-
ig redly rewarded the true believers, when he fentthem a Pro.
phet of theirown Nationto preach to them his Command-
Gi ments, and inftruct them in the A/coran; they before his com-
ij img were in a manife(t errour: When any mifchief befell
iy you, it alfobefellthe Infidels ; you have demanded, when
yi doth this mifchief come? it proceedethfrom your felves, cer-
m tainly Godis Omnipotent. What befell you when the two
Campsencountred , hapned through the permiffion of God,
iy t0 diftinguith the true believers, that difpenfe their goods with
j affection for the glory of his divine Majeftie, from them that
; abandoned the fight ; when it was faidto them, Come, fight
» fortheFaith , and anfwered, had we thought of fighting, we
; had not followed you ; then were they nearer to impietie,then
y to the Faith;neverthele(s,they had not all of themehat in their
, ‘heart, that wasin their mouth, God knoweth what they keep
d fecret ;
The Alcorsa of MaHOMET. Chapa
fecret: There be of them that faidtotheirbrethren ; Stam
and go not to the Combat ; your Companions had not.bec!
flain, had they obeyed us; fay tothem, Deliver your felvss
from death, if youcan avoid it, continuing in your honfisy
Believe not that thofe that were flain for the Faith are dead: on)
the contrary, they are alive with God; they rejoyce, for that
fuch as ran to hinder them to fight, did not meet them ; fat
not for them, they fhall rejoyce eternally in the favour of God)
he will abundantly reward them that fight for his Law. Thole
that obeyed God and the Prophet,after being overcome, that
did good works, and feared his divine Majefty, fhall receizé
08 rewards, When it wastold them, the people have cor
pired againft you, take heed to your felves ; this difcourfe it
creafed their faith ; and they faid, it fafficeth that God is our
protector, they were filled with the grace of God, no more
evill befell chem;,and they obferved the Commandments of kis
divine Majefty, He is gracious to them that obey him. The de-
vill willcanfe in you a fear of the Infidels, fear them not + butif
yoube good men, fear me. Affi not your felves to fee the
wicked runtoimpiety, they hurt not God, he will not give
them reft in the other world, where they hall be feverely chae
ftifed. I increafe the wealth of Infidels to augment their pal,
they fhallin the end feele grievious torments. God will not
leave the faithfull in the {tate that you are in; he willone diy
feparate the good from the evill; he doth not teach you whatis
to come ; he, for that effe& chufeth among the Prophets whem
he feeth good. Believe therfore in God,and his Prophets; if you
believe in God, fear to offend him, you fhall be rewarded.
Believe that fuch-as are too {paring,and avaritious of the weath
that God hath given them, do well ; onthe contrary; they do.
very ill, what they {pare without reafon, fhall itrangle chem
at the day of Judgement. The inheritance of heaven and
earth is Gods, he knoweth all things. Certainly God head
the fpeech of them that faid, God is poor, and we ate rich ; he
hath faid, I will write what they have fpoken, and keep an@
act account of the murther ‘they have unjuftly commitced* on
the perfons of the Prophets ;.I will fay to them atthe day of
Judgement, «
1 Cha 3. The Alcoranof MAHOMET.
Judgement, tafte ofthe torments of hell fire, which you have
tk deferved. God doth not lead into darknefs them that worfhip —
th him. There be that fay, God hath commanded us not to be-
bw fiey the Prophets, untill their facrifice be confumed by fire :
ul fay10 them, there came to you Prophets heretofore with mi-
rtiracles that you demanded, you had not flain them; had you
1ibeen righteous; if they bely thee, know, they belyed the Pro-
{(yphets that were before thee , that came with miracles, the
Ty: Pfaker, and the book of lights Every man fhall tafte of death,
sand your reward fhall be payed: at the day of Judgement ;
«she that fhall depart from the fire of hellssand enter into Para-
2) Gife,fhall be happy. The wealthof this world is but matter of
(x; pride,that you may be tried in your riches and perfons:Hearken
., notto the Jewsand Chriftians, that have known the written
ny Law before you, neither to them that believe in many gods,
,, they offend God through their blafphemies; if you have pati-
4 encejand fear God,you fhal make'a very good refolution.God
») hataccepted the {peech of them that know his written Law,
4; when they promifed him to preach to the people his Com-
jy Mandments, and not conceale them; neverthelefs they have
iy contemned them, and changed them for profit of little value,
and have gained nothing but mifery ; think not that fich as re-
joyce of the evill they have:done; and affe&tto be commended
for what they have not done, have efcaped the punifhment of
,, their crimes, they fhall certainly fuffer great torments. The
4, kingdom of heaven and of the earth is Gods,he is omnipotent;
the creation of heaven and earth, the difference of day & night
areevident figns of his Omnipotencie, to fuch as have judge-
~ meat. Such as have, remember God, ftanding, fitting; or lying
_ down,and confidered the creation ef heaven & earth have faid,
, Locd,thow haft not created thefe things in vain ; bleffed be thy
* Name,deliver us fromthe torments of hell fire,thou wilt render
milerable him that thou fhalt thither precipitate, & the wicked
fhall be deprived of protection at the day of Judgement. Lord,
wehave heard them that fay, believe in your Lord, we believe
in thy. unity, pardon our faults, blot out our fins, and give us
gtice.to die in the number of the juft ; beftow onus what thon
haft .
45
The Alcoranof MAHOMET. Chap.d.
haft promifed by the Prophets,and fuffer us not to be mifera
at the day of Judgement; thou doft not contradi&t what thou §
doft promife. The Lord heard them, and faid to them, I will
not fuffer your works to be loft, as well of men as of women,1
will blot out the fins of them that went out of AZecca, to fepm
rate themfelvs froni the wicked; wil cover the offences.of them
that forfook their houfes, that affembled to fight forche Faith
and were flain; Iwill open to them the gate of Paradife,wherelt
flowmany rivers,to recompence their good works. There is with
God great reward.»envie not the Infidels, whom thou fhale fer
poffefs a little wealth inthe earth, hell ts prepared co be their
habitation ; and fiich as: fear God fhall dwell eternally in.gat
dens, wherein+ur many rivers,with all manner of content. Go
isa great rewarder of the ja{t. Among them that know the
written Law, there be, that believe in God, in what wasas
fore time taught you, andin what was preached co them, fure-
ly they obey God, and forfakenot his Law: They hall receive
a great reward from God, he-is exa&t in his account. O yee that
aretrue believers, be patient in your adverfities, perfevereitg
do well, fight for the Faith,fear God, and you fhall be happy,
CHAP, IV.
The Chapter of Women, containing one hundred and fevemy
Verfes, written at Medina.
Ritab el te. sh the name of God, gracious and mercifull. O ye people,
pe fear your Lord that created you of one fole perfon, ant
* The anci. created his wife of his. rib, of whom iffued many men and
ent Arcbianswomen, Fear God, by whom-you.fwear, and fay, the belly *of
ee ale your wives, God exa&ly obferveth your aétions. Give unto
God,and the OfPhans what appertaineth rothem, and render not evil, for
belly of their. g00d ; devoure not their-fubftance, itis avery great fin. Ifyou
wives, be- fear to do injurie to Orphans, fear alfoico.do wrongto wor
yey ees men ;:matry thofe chatpleafe you, two, three, or four ;ifyall
ferility, @Pprehend you thall not be-ablero entertain them equally,
marty
‘Chap. 4. The Alcoran of ManoM ET. 47
; marry but one, ortheflaves that: you. thal have acquired; this
iis molt neceflary, to’ the end you offend nor God. Give ro
women their dowry with agood will; ifthey give to you any
a thing that is pleafing to you, receive itwith affection, and:civi-
“ tity. Beftow nov on fools the wealthithat God hath given you
i for fubfiftance ; affift Orphans, give tothem the: garmenits:that
‘i fhall be neceflary for-themy-and: entertain: chenmhoneftly 5 in-
teu them untill they have attained ro-years of difcretion; and
‘ave capable of marriage; if you believe they demean themfelves
ulwifely , reftore to them their faculties, and devourthemnot
et unjuftly before they be of age. -Hethat thall be rich, fhall’ ab-
niftain from their goods, and he that is poor, fhalltake with hor
nefty, according to the pains he fhall undergo for them: when
i you make to them reftitucion of their goods, take witnefs of
m your ation, God loveth good ‘accounts.’ The children :fhall
i have agood part of what their father,and mother,and parents
“i lereafter their deceafe, of little or of much, there appertaineth
‘i tothem a portion prefixed & limitted: When they divideitheir
it gO6ds, the’ kindred fhall have care of the poor and Orphans;
i) do good to’ them, and honeftly entertain them. Suchasfear to
leave after them a weak progeny of little children, ought to
~ fearto wrong Orphans, they muft fear God, and courteonfly
entertain them. Thofe that tnjuftly devour their fubftance,
{wallow fire into their bowels, and fhall burne'in a grearfire.
j, God recommendeth to you your children, the fon fhall have as
' much as two daughters ; if there be more then two daughters,
they fhall have two thirds of the fucceffion of the dead ; if
yy) there be but one, fhe fhall have the moity, andher kindred a See pedacis.
,, ixth part‘of what fhall be left by che dead: if there be no
» children, and the kindred be heires, the mother of the dead
\, fhall have athird ; if there be brethren, the mother fhall-have a
, fixth, after fatisfaGtion of the legacies‘ contained: in. the Tefta-
, ment, and of debts. You underftand nor to whom it is moft re-
j quifite todo good;to your children, or to your fatherand mo-
» ther, give them their portion ordained of God, The moity of
j what their wives (hall leave belongeth to-you, ifthey have no
, children ; ifthey have, you fhall have the fourth part of what
they
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they fhallleave, after payment of the legacies ad debts; they
fhall have the fourth of your fucceffion,if you have no childrens’
if you have, they fhall have the eighth portion. If a manor
woman be the heires of each other, and have neither father nor
mother, nor children, and. have a brother or filter, each of
them thal! have:a fixth part of the fucceffion ; if they. be more,
they fhall fhare the third, after payment of legacies and debi,
without fraud, following what God. hath ordained, he knov
eth all your actions, and is prudent in what he ordaineth, ith
fo ordained by his divine Majeftie. He that fhall obey him,and
his Prophet, fhall enter into Paradife, where many rivers flow,
and fhaall dwell in eternall felicity ; he that fhall difobey Got
and his Prophet, fhallbe caft headlong into the fire of hell
where he fhall.fiffer ignominious torments. If your wive
commit adultery, take four witneffes of their fault , that bed
your Religion ; if they bear witnefs, keep them prifonersin
your houfes untill death, or untill God fhall otherwife ord&in,
punith’'whoremongers, concubines, and adulterers ; ifthey t¢
pent of their fanlt,do them no harm, God ts gracious and men
cifull co them that repent.. Converfion dependeth on God, he
is mercifull tothem that commit fin ignorantly, and fpeedily
repent, he is Omnifcient, and moft wife. Pardon is not for
them that do, wickedly to the very hour of their death, we
have prepared great torments for them that fhall die impious,
O ye that believe in God ! i is not Jawfull for you to inherit
what is your wives by force, take not violently away what you
have given them, unlefs they be furprized in manifelt adultery;
feethem with civility, if youhavean avertion from them, it
may chance that you hate, a thing,-wherein- God: hath, placed
much good; but if you defire co repudiate your wives, toitakt
others, and that youhave given them any thing, take not any
thing that appertaineth to them. V Vill,you take cheir wealth
witha lie, and a manifeft fin? How hall you take it, fince you
have approached-each other, and that. you have promifed to
ufe them civilly ?. Marry not the wives of your fathers ; whatis
paft was inceft, abomination, and a wicked way, Y our-Mothers
axe forbidden you, your Daughters, Sifters, Aunts, Neices, your
Nurfes,
ay a aa LS ae or aT
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\ Chap.4. The Alcoran of MAHOMET.
Nurfes, and your fofter-fifters, the mothers of your wives, the
daughters that your wives have had by other husbands, of
whom you fhall have a particular care : The daughters of wo-
men that you fhall have known, are alfo forbidden you; if
you have not known them, it willbe no fin: the wives of your
bi fons are likewife prohibited, and two filters ; for what is patt,
ii God is graciousand merciful: Married wives are likewife for-
th biddenyou, except the women flaves, that you fhall haveac-
a, quired. God hath fo commanded you, except what is above
lit forbidden, it is lawful for you to marry at your pleafure. If
ts! _you defire women for money,and neither commit concubinage,
“nor adultery, give them their falary for ‘which you thall agree,
fo you thall not offend God, he is omnifcient, and moft wife.
i He that thall not be able to efpoufe women of free-condition,
it! fhall marry fach women or maids, that are flaves, as fhall pleafe
mt him. God knoweth the faith of the one, and other. Marry
i your wives with the permiffion of their parents, and give them
y their dowry with honelty : If women of free-condition, that
M have committed neither concubinage, nor adultery, fecretly
, nor publikely, flie into fecond nuptials , and come to commit
adultery , they fhall be doubly punifhed, more then the
i daughtersof Love. The marriage of flaves is for them that See Gelaldin,
i} fearwhoredom: If you abftain from marrying them, you
i fhall not do amifs. God is gracious and merciful ; he is wil-
# ing to teachyouhis Law, and direct youin the way of them
Mi that preceded-you; he is gracious and merciful to his peoples
i Such as follow the appetite of the wicked, decline extreamly
é from the Truth. God willeth that his Law be Light unto you ;
p for that man wascreated weak, © you that believe in God;
i devour not your fubftance among you with ufury; but if you
traffique, be peaceable in your affairs ; flay not one another,
¢ God is merciful to them that obey him: He that difobeyerh,
» through malice and injuftice, fhallburn in the fire of Hell ; it
i isan eafie thing to.God to punifh them, If you depart from
j mortalfins, L will cover your faults, and caufe you to enter
i into Paradife : covet not through envy, what God hath given
to your neighbor; men and women hall have the wealth they
i have gained ; beg Grace of God, he knoweth all things.
E Give
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Give to your affociates what appertaineth to them. We have”
ordained a portion, prefixt to the one and the other, inthe
fucceffion of your Father, Mother,and Kindred, God feeth all,
The men (hall have authority over the women ; they fhall have
them in their keeping ; they thalf have in their power the
wealth that God hill give them ; and fhall have care of
what fhall beconvenient to be expended forthem. Difereet
and obedient wives tbferve, inthe abfence of their husbands,
the Commandments of God, make remonftrances to them
that hall be difobedient, and remove them from your Bed,
chaftife them. If they obey you, feck not occafion toabule
them unjuftly. Godismoft high, and moft mighty. . If you
fear there may happen fome difference between a man and hiss
wife, fend to themfome of their Kindred, to put an. end to
theirquarrel, and reconcile them. God will give his peace
to them,he is omnifdent. Worfhip God, and fay not that
he hath a companionequalto him.; dogood to your Father,
and Mother, your Kindred, Orphans, the Poor, your Neigh
bors, Pilgrims, your Friends, and your Slaves. God lovett
not the prond. Wevhave prepared rigorous torments for
them that are avaricious, that recommend avarice to the
people, that conceal che Graces that God hath beltowed on
them, and that areimpious. Such'as difpend their wealti
with hypoerifie, believe neither in'God, nor the day of judge
ment; and thofe that fhall have the Devil for their compank
on, will bein exceeding bad company ; he thal! not approach
them, if they believein God, andthe day of judgment, and
givein Alms fome part of the riches God hath given thei
God’knoweth them, and doth no injuftice to any one, of tlt
weight of afmall Ast. If the righteous do good of the quar
tity of a Pifmire, God {hall multiply ic, and give them agrett
reward. In what condition will Infidels be at the day of
judgment ; for that we have witneffes of all Nations agaitll
theirimpiety ; andthat we willcall thee for 4 witnefs agaif
them of their deportments? That day, the Infidels thathave
difobeyed the Propact, fhall defire to be confumed, like tothe
Earth; and not tohave concealed or altered, through theif
difcourfe, the Commandments of God. O yonthat belie
make
Ki
Chap.4. The Alcoran of M anHoM eT.
"make not your prayers, being drunk, antil you know what
you fpeak ; neither likewife being polluted, unlefS in paffing
onthe way, until you be cleanfed ; if youbeinajourncy, or
fick, or go to difcharge your belly, or have known your Wives,
and finde no water to wafhyou, you fhill lay hand upon the
' fand, and wipe your face and hands. God is gracious and mer-
ciful to his Creatures. Seeft thou not how thofe that know the
" written Law, purchafe Error? how they defire to mif lead
it vouthrough their riches, and divert you from the right way ?
i! God knoweth your enemies, it is enough that he is your
i defender and proteétor. Such as Puduize, alter the word of
'' God, and fay to the Prophet , wee aave heard, and dif-
' obeyedthee, they heard without hearing ; they fay, pre-
t ferye us, have care of us ; neverthelefe do they pervert
the word of God, in reading it , and alter his Com-
mandments , they fhould doe better to fay, Lord wee
i! fave heard , and obeyed ; hearken onely to us , and re-
gard us: But God hath curfed them, and few of them
will believe in his Divine Majefty. O you that have
‘ knowledg of the Scriptures! believe in the A/coras, that
confirmeth the old and new Teftament, before that I deface
e your vifages, and caufe them to turn beainde your backs. I,
« will curfe Infidels, asT have curfed themof the'Sabbath ; the
‘oi Commandment of God is incontinently ¢xecuted ; he pardon-
6 ethnot them that affociate him with companions equal to him,
' except this , he forgiveth fins to whom it pleafeth him: He
i that faith God hath companions, blafphemeth, and mortally
! finneth, Confider not fuch as affirmthemfelves tobe good
i men; contrariwife, God maketh thofe good men that pleafe
(him; no injuftice fhall befallthemat the day of judgment.
; Confider how they blafpheme , itis fuffident that God mani-
| feftly beholdeth their fin. Seeft thou not them that have
, knowledg of the written Law, that believe in Haber and
y Tagot,\dols ; that fay to the Infidels, Behold the way of
y them that believe in;God? Certainly, God hath curfed them;
1 he, whomhe-curfech, fhall finde none to protect him. Shall
they alone have patt in the Kingdomof Heaven, without
giving Alms? They will envy their Neighbor, for the favors
Bd God
5!
He fpeaketh
to the Jews
and Chrifti-«
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The Alcoranof MAHOMET. Chap. 4. |
God hathconferred onhim. Certainly, we gave to the poftes™
rity of Abraham, the knowledg of the Scriptures, and pros
phecies ; we beftowed on them great abundance of wealth,
There were of them that believed in the Scripture, and others
that contemned it ; but they fhall be punifhed in the fire of
Hell. I willcaufethem to burn, and change their burned skin
into anew skin, that they may fuffer thé more. God is omni
potent, and prudent in what he ordainech. I will canfe thofe
that have believed in God, and have performed good works,
to enter into Gardens, wherein flow many Rivers, where
they fhall dwell eternally with moft beautiful women. I will
give them to enter the fhade of Paradife: God recommend?
eth to you, Fidelity among your felves, to render faithfully
what hath been intrufted to you; and whenyon thall judg
differences that fhall happen among the people, judg with
equity. It isa good work that he commandeth yon; he be-
holdeth, and knoweth all things: O ye that believe! obey
God, and the Prophets, and fuch as command over you} tf
you be in controverfie concerning any point, refer it to God;
and his Prophet, to underftand the Expofition ; if you believe
inGod, and the day of judgment , youfhall do well: this
will be the beft interpretation that yorcanattainto. Seelt
thou not, that they who think to believe in what hath been itt
fpiredintothee, and what hath been infpired into thy prede-
ceffors, incline to difpute before Tagot ? Neverthelefs, they
have commanded not to believe im that Idol ; the Devil labor
eth to feduce, and withdraw them from the Truth. When it
was faid to them, Gbey the Commandment of God, andhis
Prophet, they departed from thee: What will they do, whet
there fhall happen to them any punifhment of their paft fins?
They will return to thee, and {wear by the name of God, That F
they defire Peace, and to do good Works; but God knoweth
what is in their hearts, and hath abandonedthem. Ceale
not to preach tothem, and to declare to them the VVordof
God ; the Prophets, and Apoftles were not fent, but to preach
andtobeheard throngh the permiffion of his Divine good
nefs. If, when they have hurt theirfouls, they come co thee,
and demand pardon of God, thou thalt beg pardon for Sp
ey
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(hap.4. The Alcoran of MaHoMET.
| they thall finde God gracious and mercifal: They will not bes
i) lieve in his divine Majefty, until they have difpuced the differ=
‘We: @nce with thee, that is among them ;' and when they thall no
ide) more doubt of what thou fhalt have done, they will without
ey contradiction obey thee. VVe have ordained them to kill
each other, and to forfake their-houfes ; they have not done ir,
except very few of them: and although they did ir, they did
4 it not, to obey what fhould have been to them a great benefit,
and exceeding merit; we had given them a very great re-
. ward, and guided them tothe right way. He that fhall obey
God, and his Prophet, fhall be with them whom God hath
endued with his Grace: He that knoweth it, refigneth himfelf
to his divine Majefty. Oyou that are True-believers ! be up-
| on your guard, affembled to fight ftoutly for the Law of God.
There be among you that be cowardly, when any difcomfiture
, hath befaln you; they have faid, God proteéted me, that I
was not with them: And when God gave you victory , they
«ii Spake as if there had been no underftanding between them
and you. VVould to‘God I had been with them, I thould
, have acquired exceeding great merit. Fight forthe glory of
., God, againft them that prefer the life of this world, to that
; of Heaven: I will give an exceeding great reward to fuch as
, fhallfight, that fhallbe vi€torious, and to them that fhall be
, flain, fighting for the Faith. VVherefore fight you not forthe
, Law of God? for the liberty of women and children, weak
, and afflicted, that cry, Lord deliverus out of this place ; the
, people thereof are unjuft, giveus a protector, give us an affured
, tefuge. They that believe in God fight for his Law, and In-
', fidels fight for the Divel. Fight againft chem that ferve the
, Devil, his policies are weak. Confider thofeto whom it was
faid, Ceafe to imbrew your hands in the blood of Infidels, per-
' fevere in your prayers , and pay tithes. VVhen they were
, commanded to fight, part of them were afraid of the mule
, ticude, asof God, yea, more afraid of the multitude then of
God, and faid, Lord thowhaft not enjoynedusto fight, unless
' thou haft differed us toa near end, Say tothem, The wealth
of the earth is but a fmall ching, there be great riches in the
3 other
2
This place is
Mecch.
See Kitab el
texoir.
This is the
battell of
Bedey 3 the
enemies of
Mahomet
made two
bartells.
The Alcoran of MAHOMET.
other world, for him that flallhaye the fear of God before ©
his eyes. Novinjuftice thall te done to you ; wherefoever you”
are,death will meet you,notvithftanding you may be in ftrong
Gitadels. If good happen tithe Infidels, they fay it proceed.
eth from God.) if evilbefl them, they fay, that ‘cometh
fromthee. Say to.them,Aliproceedeth from God, what then
isthe will of thofe’men/2 hey cannot comprehend thisdit f
courfe: ‘Thegood that hapyenech to yon, cometh from God,
and theevil that befalleth jou, is of your felves, VVe have
fent thee to the people, tv teach them the myfteries of my
Law’; it isfafficient that I anwitnefs,;) He that obeyeth the
Prophet, the Apoltle of Gd, dbeyeth God; if they be dit
obedient, thou art not fentiobetheirtutor. They fay, They
will obey thee, and when <hey.are gone fromthee, many of
them ponder in their heartaher thingsthen they have fpoken,
but God thall write their ioughts, and abandonthem. Re
Gene thy felf to God, andoe content that he isthy protecton
VVillthey not meditare onthe Alcoran? NVereit fent from
any but from God, there vould be therein many contradict
ons, VVhen they had anyaffurance of victory, or fearedte
beovercome, they publifhel it, alchongh they had referredal
to the Prophet, to the moftknowing among them, and to them
that obeyed the Prophet,vho knew what oughtto be publith-
ed,and what tobe kept fecet. If thegrace of God had not bin
withyou , and his mercy, you had followed the Devill. Fight
for the Law of God;employ but thy perfon, and be not trom
bled, if the trne believers be without armes, the miferie of the
wicked:fhal neverend, Gol fhallaugment their calamitie, and
entcreafe the punifhment of their crimes; he that doth wel, {hil
finde well,and who doth exd,hal finde evil,God regardethall
When you are falutedsretum the falure with honor & affection
God putteth all in accomp.God ! there is but one only God,
he fhall aflemble youallatihe day of Judgment, of that chett
isno doubt. Who is moretrue in his words then God ? What
have you to do with thot wicked ones, divided into two
Troops? God ruined and deftroyed them , becanfe of their
fins; willyoudire@ intotle right way him, whom God a
made
Chap.4,
M (hap.4. The Alcoran of Ma woM eT, ae
madeto erre? He, whom he thallcaufe.toerre., fiall mot,See Kitab ef
finde the right way. They defie that you may be Infidels , as 07’
they are, obey them not, unlefle they fhallreturn. to the Law
of God ; if they forfake it, kill.chem where you finde them,
contraét no friend(hip with them , except with fuch as fhall
come to enter league with you, with forrow for what is paft ;
tofight againft Infidels with you. . Had it pleafed God, he had
given them advantage over yor, and they had beaten you, if
they depart from you, and follow your Religion, God per-
mittethnotyouto do them injurie. You fhall finde fome
that thall incline to believe you, and, theic companions, they
willturn all to confufion, and fallinto it themfelves ; if they
feparate themfelves from you, ifthey defire not peace of you,
and defift not todo you mifchief, take and killthem, where
you finde them, we have giver you abfolute power over them.
One true believer ought not to flay another true believer, un-
leffe it be through ignorance ; He that fhall flay a true believer
through ignorance, {hail redeeme from flavery a true believer,
or thal! pay damages and interefts to the kindred and Heirs
ofthe dead, ifthey through curtefie difcharge him not of them:
If he be of your enemies,and a true believer, he fhall ranfome
from captivitie a true believe: ; Ifhe be of your confederates,
he fhall pay damages and intereftsto the kindred, and heires
of the dead, and redeeme from captivitie a true believer ; If
he fhall be deftitute of meansto performe this, he fhall faft
two moneths together for a. penance appointed of God;
fei’ ~God knoweth all things, and is prudent in what he command-
ante eth. Hethapfhall killa true believer, of deltberate purpofe,
ttt fhall be chaftifed in the fire of Hell, the wrath of God, and
eguit his curfe fhall be npon him eternally. Oh ye! who are true be-
igh dievers , when you fight agairft Infidels for the Law of God,
eo caufe your felves to.be known, and fay-not to them that falute
of th yousthon art not.a trie believer 5 If you defire the good things
Goi! OF the world, God pofleffeth: riches innumerable, you were
4 i before like to them, bur God hath given.you grace, and feech
fed all your actions. The faithfll that*continué in their houles
GH without fickneffe , are not equallin merits tofinch as cmploy
sia their
See Gelaldin.
The Alcoran of MAHOMET. Chap.4,
their perfons and faculties for the Law of God ; he preferreth
by many degrees,them that fight for his Law,and employ theit
wealth and perfons for his fervice ; to thofe that remaine idle
in their houfes, he istheir protector , and hath prepared for
them afure refuge in Paradife: he gratifieth by many degrees
of favour, them that fight forhis Law, above thofe that live
at eafe in their houfes , he is gracious and mercifull. The An-
gel faid to the Infidels that they put to death, where were
you with your Religion ?. they anfwered , we were weak and
impotent in the Citie of Afecca ; they faid, was not the Earth
large enough for you to depart from the wicked ? Hell fhall
be their habitation,except the women and children that were
weak and impotent; peradventure God will pardon them;
he is gracious and mercifull; he that thall depart from the
wicked, to follow his Law; hall finde many places favoura-
ble tohim, affuredly he will recompenfe him that fhall quit
his houfe , that fhall be flain for hisglory , and to follow his §
Prophet , he is gracious and mercifull, When you thai
be in a journey , you thal} not offend God to abridge
your prayers, that the Infidels may not furprize yous
they are your declared Enemies ; when thou fhalt be neat
them, and fhalt appoint the true believers to make theif
prayers, keep about thee a partic of them fora guard, while
“the refidue make their prayers; having finifhed their Orifons,
they fhall do as the firft; take armes, and keep a guard , dir
ring the time their companions fhall make their prayers: the
Infidels defire that you quit your armes to furprize you; you
fhall not do amiffe to quit them, if raine trouble you, or you
be fick’, bute continue alwayes upon your guard, God hath §
prepared for Infidels ignominions torments : Having finifhed
your prayers, Remember God, ftanding, fitting or lying J
down, and pray when you hall be in a place of fafety; prayet
is commanded the faithful! in a prefixed and appointed time.
Be not negligent to purfiiethe Infidels, if you fufter, they fhall
fufter like you ; but you hope for that which they muft not
hope for: God knoweth all their ations , he is moft prudent
in allhis works, We have fent to thee the moft true Book, to
the
(hap. 4. The Alcoran of MAHOMET. a
the end, thou mayft judgethe differences that are among the peo-
ple,asthy Lord hath inftruéted thee. Contend not with Traitors,
and aske pardon of God,he is gracious & merciful. Difpute nor
with thofe that betray their foules,God loveth not treacherous
finners,they conceale themfelvs from the world, he is with them
when they hide in their hearts {uch things as are diipleafing to
him,he knoweth all their aétions : O yee ! you difpute forthem
in this world, who fhall difpute for them againft God at the
day of Judgement ? who fhall that day be their protector ? He
that (hall implore pardon of God, having offended him, fhall
finde him gracious and merciful;who doth evill,(hall finde evil,
God is Omnifcience, and moft wife, He that committeth @ gy ypp (,;
. USA Sais = élaldin faith
yeniall, or a mortall fin, and would excute himfelf, committeth 4 oreat and
evidently amortall fin. Many of them had endeavoured to {e- little fin,
duce thee, had{t thou not been dire@ted by the grace and mercy
ofGod. But they feduce only their own fouls, and fhall do
thee noharme ; God hath fent to thee the Book that contai-
neth his Commandments ; he hath taught thee what thou didft
not underftand, and his grace is eminently upon thee: there is
no goodin the multiplicity of their fecrets or difcourfe, except
infuchas command alms, honefty, and peace among the pco-
ple, with defire to pleafe God, they fhall receive from his di-
vine Majeftie a great reward. He that fhall contradi@ the
Prophet, having had knowledge of the right way, and fhall
follow other pathes then that of the true believers, fhall re-
lapfe into his impiety,1 will caufe him to burn in the fire of hell,
where is the habitation of the wicked. God pardoneth not * The anci-
them that fay, he hath companions, except this, he pardons ent Arabians
all things as he feeth good : he that affirmeth that God hatha ‘ut off the
companion, greatly erreth, and is eftranged from the truth. Seat
they invoke other then God, they invoke Idols, the devill, ob- pee
ftinate, and curfed of God; when he faid to him, Thou wilt not Baterdheaist
giveme power over them that worthip thee, but I will feduce their country
them from the right way,I will prolong their wicked life,to re- for explation:
tard their converfion, I will caufe them to cut off the * ears of ae bns.
eins ce Gelaldin.
beafts, they fhall difobey thy commandments, and they fhall see Kizabel
envie thy creatures. He that demandeth fuccours of the devil, eensir.
ts
Com
Chap.4.
is in manifeft perdition, be will promife to men long life, and
retard their repentance,but he promifech them buta vain glory;
helfisthe dwelling place of {uch men, out of which they thal
finde no iffue ; Such as fhall believe in God, and do good
works, fhall dwell eternally in Paradife, where flow many fi.
vers. God is moft true in what he promifeth,who is more then
God in his words? Your lies, and the lies of them that know
the written Law,do him no harm; he that fhall do ill,thali be pu
nifhed,and fhall finde no proteétor;he that thal do wel,and fhal
believe in the Law of God, fhall enter into Paradife, and thall
have no injuftice done tohim; what better law is there, then
to réefign thy felf to God, and to bean honeft man? Follow
the Law of eAbraham ; God chofe e4braham, to love him;
whatfoever is in heaven and in earth, belongeth co his divine
Majefty, he knoweth all things. They will queftion thee con-
cerning women ; fay to them, God teacheth yowin that, what
you were taught in the Scripture touching Orphans, and wo.
men. ; give to them what is appointed by the Law, and defirg
not to efpoufe them, only to poflefs their wealth s God teachs
eth you likewife to give to Orphans what appertaineth to
them, and not to injure them ; he will underftand your good
actions.If a woman fear to be ill entreated by her husband, and
that he will divorce her, they fhall do well, mutually toc.
cord, for peace.is exceeding good. If you be too obftinate,
and cannot agree together; if you do good to your wives if
divorcing them, and fear to wrong them, Ged will take notice
of yourattions. If you believe you cannot keep equalitie,and
juftice among your wives, although you apply your felves ©
it; Incline not alrogether to your own appetites, and Jeave
not your wife,as a thing left in toleration.1f you live ina good
accord, and fear to injure them, God will bé merciful to you.
If they feparate themfelves conformably to the precepts of
the Law, God will enrich them with his protection, he is
bountifull and wife , and whatever is im Heaven , and
Earth obeyeth tim. Wehave recommended to you the fear
of God, as we have heretofore, to them that had know-
ledge of the writtenLaw. If you be impious, know, that
whatever
A nn
(hap.4. The AlcoranofMau ome v.
what ever ts in Heaven and Earth is Gods ; he hath no :
of his creatures, and muft be exalted, it fufficeth thee , he is
thy protector. If he will, he can canfe yon to perifh, and pne
other creaturesin your place, forhe is Omnipotent. He that
loveth the good things of the Earth, fhall finde in God all
the wealth of this world, and of the other, he underftandeth
"and feeth all things. Oh youthat believe | be truein your te-
ftimonies, notwithftanding it be againft your felves, again{t
-, your Father and mother, and again{t your kindred, and con-
fider the rich no more then the peore, God isthe protector
of the one, and the other; follow not your appetites, to
favour the rich more then the poore , pervert noc the Truth,
be not {crupulous to teftifie what you know, God knoweth
all your actions. Oh yethat believe in God ! and his Pro-
phet, and the Book that wasfent before him; know, he that
t blafphemeth againft his divine Majeftic, ‘agatinft jhis Angels ,
Om the Scripture, the Prophets , and life eternall, greatly erreth,
A and departecth from the Truth. God pardeneth not them that
have embraced his Law, and then have forfaken it, having
believed in his divine Majeftic , and are returned again to their
impiety ; declare.to fuch men, they fhall feel heavie torments.
Such as.obey Infidels, to be great in this world, extreamly
delude themfelves ; greatnefs proceedeth from God; It is
written tn the Book that was fent toyou , that the Infidels
fhall meck you, when-they fhall hear the word of God, and
you fhall obey his Commandments ; Tarry not in their com-
pany, ifthey change. not their difcourfe , orherwife -you will
| be like to them, God will affembleinto the fre of Hell all Tn-
fidels, and wicked perfons. Some of them that obferve your
actions, faid, chey were of your partie, when any felicitie hap-
ned to you; and whenthe Infidels had advantage over you ,
they faid, they were withthem, and that they fought againft
you; Godat the day of Judgement fhall judge the difference
that is between you , and will not give advantage to Infidels,
over themthat obferve his Law. The wicked think to deccive
tt God, but Goddecciyeththem , they are negligent to make
i their prayers , they are hypocsites before the world, and +re-
Al member
The Alcoranof MAHOMET. (hap.ay
———————
The Jews.
member not his divine Majeftie, except very few of them, un”
certain. whether they fhould follow the faithfull , or the Inf-”
dels ; he whom God fhall caufe to goe aftray, fhall not finde
the right way. Oh ye that believe! obey not Infidels, to the
exclufion of true believers ; will you give God manifeft occa.
fion to chaftife you for your finnes ? The wicked fhall be in
the loweft place of Hell, and hall finde no relief, except fuch
as fhall repent , that fhalldo good works, refigne themfelves
to God, and obey his Commandments, they fhall be with the
true believers, and receive from God a very great reward,
He will not fend you miferie , if you give him thanks for his
favours, and obey him ; he accepteth the-acknowledgement of
his benefits, and knoweth all things. He willeth not that what
evilliscommitted , be publifhed; he that publifhech the evill
he doth, is very. much too blame; if you manifeft the good
you doe, or if youconceale it, and abftain from doing evil,
he will be mercifullto you, he is omnipotent. Such as blaf
pheme againft God and his Prophets, his Apoftles; fuch as
would make a diftinétion between the Commandments of his
divine Majeftie, and the precepts of his Prophets , fuch as af
firme they believe in fome of the Prophets, aad believe not in
all, andtake amiddle way between faith and impietie , ate
indeed impious, we have prepared for them ignominious tor-
ments ;_ but they who believe in God, and generally in all his
Prophets,and Apoftles, fhall be recompenfed of God , gra
cious and mercifull. They that know the written Law, will re-
quire thee to caufe to defcend from Heaven a Book, and writ-
ten Tables ; They demanded of AZo/es greater things,and faid;
Canfe us to behold God with our eyes,- then thunder furprized
them by reafon of theirimpietie : They adored the Calfe, af
ter having had the knowledge of our Commandments ;never-
thelefs, we pardoned them, and gave to CMofes an abfolute
dominion over them. We raifed the Mountain over them, fol-
lowing our promifes, and faid to them 3; Enter the gate of
the Temple with adoration and humility, and no longer tran
grefs the obfervation of the day of Rett; We for this matter
received from them a {trong promife, but they {warved from
what
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" Chap. 4. ‘The Alcoranof MaHomer. “1
Na,
the
otf
5 04
what they had promifed, and we curfedthem, becaufe of their
impietie, by reafon of the murther they committed without
reafon, on the perfons of the Prophets, and of the words they
"| uttered , viz. Our heart is hardned ; Contrariwife , God
“'@ imprinted infidelitie in their hearts , they thall never believe
l® in his Law, except very few of them, becaufe of their malice,
‘i and the blafphemies they vomited againft AZary : they faid,
mh We have flain the Meffiah, Jefus, the fonne of AZury, the
ith Prophet and Apoftleof God: Certanly they flew him not,
oil neither crucified him, they crucified one among them that re-
ork fembled him; {uch as doubt it are in-a manifeft error, and
‘ta {peak not butthrough opinion, Certainly they flew him not;
ti onthe contrary , God took himupto himfelf, he is Omni-
Kel potent and prudent in all his a€tions : Such as have the know-
neg ledge of Scripture, ought to believe in Jefus before his death,
' he fhall be a witneffe againft them of their ations at the day
i of Judgment ; We have prohibited them that Judaize , by
‘ reafon of their fin, things that were permitted them; We
| have prepared for them great torment , becaufe they miflead
‘| the world from the right way , becaufe they take Ufe that is
forbidden them, and unjuftly eat the fabftance of their neigh-
i¢,! bour. Such of themas are profound in Learning, and allthe
3) faichfull,believe in the Scriptures, both ancient, and modern ;
nal’ Twill give great rewards to them that fhall make their prayers
{,; at the time appointed, that thal! pay Tiches, and believe in the
wil) day of Judgment.We have fent thee our infpirations,as we fent
dw themto Noah, andthe Prophets after him ; as we heretofore
ai fentthemto Abrabam,1/mael,l/aac,Facob,the Tribes, to Jefus,
6 fob, fonas, Aaron , and to Solomun,and gave the Pfalter to
yi: David. Wehavetold thee who were the Prophets that pre-
, ceded thee; but wehave not fpoken to thee, concerning the
meritsof allof them. AZo/es {pake to God , as his Prophet,
and Apoftle;all declared his mercy, and preached the torments
of Hell; tothe end men might have nocaufe of excufe ; God
is Omnipotent and prudent in all his aétions: He fhall be
witneffe that the Alcoran was fent to thee with his Command-
iy ments, the Angels likewife thall teftifie it ; but it ought to se
ice.
The Chrifti.
ans.
The Alcoran of MAH OMET. (hap.4.
fice thee, that God is witnels. The Infidels thac hindred the
people to follow the Law of God, were exceedingly ertone-
ous; God will nor pardon them, he will lead them into the
path of Hell, where they thall remaine eternally, it is a thing
eafie to his divine Maieftie. Oh people! A Prophet iscometo
you, who preacheth to youthe Truth from the Lord , believe
him, you fhall do well; if you believe him not , know, that
whatever is in Earth, and in Heaven is Gods , and’ that God
knoweth whatfoever youdo. Oh ye that underftand the writ.
ten Law ! Obey the Commandments of God, and fpeak not
of his divine Majeltie but with eruth; the Meffiah, Jesus, the
Sonne of Afary, isa Prophet, and an Apoftle of God, his
Word, and his Spirit, which he fent to AZary ; believe theres
forein God, and in his Prophets, and fay not there be three
‘ Gods, put anend to that difcourfe , you fhall do well; For
there is but one God, prayfed be God, he hath no fonne; what.
ever is in Heaven, and in Earth obeyeth him, it is fuffictent that
he is witnefle. The Meffiah efteemeth it no difhonour to ¥¢
the fervant of God, neither the Angel, nor the Cherubins;
He that holdeth it a difhonour to be at his fervice,is too proud;
he thall affemble all the world at the day of Judgment,
and every one fhall receive the recompence that he thal! have
merited, he fhall augment his favours upon them that thall
have believed in his divine Majeftie, and have done good
works ; he thallchaftife them that fhall have held it a difho-
nout to be his fervants , and have been proud upon the Earth,
they (hall finde no fafe refuge but in his mercy. Oh people!
Godhath fent you a Protector , a moft ttrong argument, and
amoftcleare light ; they that fhalltruftin God, thall enjoj
his grace, and he (hall guide them into the right way. They
will enquire of thee concerning fucceffions ; fay to them, God
reacheth you touching fucceffions, asfolloweth; Ifa man de-
ceafe without iffue, and hatha fifter, the fhall have the mol
ty of what he hall! leave , and fhall inherit it, if fhe hive 0
children : If chey be two fitters, they fhall have two thirds of
what the deceafed left ; if they be many brothers, and many
fifters, the Sonne fhall have as muchas two daughters ; God
teacheth
Pe
Mecca, neitherto them that afume* Collers, neither hinder
>
Chap. 5. The Afcomn of MAHOMET. 3; |
teacheth you his Commandments, depart not from the right
way, he is Omnifcient.
CHAP. V.
The Chapter of the Table, containing an hundred and twenty
Verfes, Written at Medina.
N the name of God, gracious and merciful. Oye that be-
lieve in God ! Satisfie what you have promifed ; it is per-
mitted you to eat of the beafts that be in the world, except of
what fhallbe hereafter declared. Hunting is forbidden you,
, during the time that you thall go on Pilgrimage to Afecca.
God ordaineth what he will. O ye that believe ! fay not,
That it is permitted to do what God hath prohibited, per-
form what is commanded you, during the month of Pilgri-
mage; give no impediment to fuch as carry prefents to
a ; a * The old
Pilgrims to repair thither, to demand the Grace of God, and dyabians in
hismercies. It is lawful for youto hunt, when you fhall have devotion,put
a finifhed your pilgrimage ; beware leaft fome perfons catife the leaves
» eat Animals ftrangled,. choakt, knockt down, precipitated, the herbs of
* that are flain ftriking each other, and firch asbeatts (hall have St. fobn.
i flain; if you finde them not alive, to let out their blood, in See Metab el
; i i M d rancne
;,;, youto fin-and hinder your going to Afecca ; to oblige yon to ** branches
. ; re; of Trees up-
punifh them, repofe your confidence in the jufticé and fear of on thet :
God, and not 1n the fin and malice of yourneighbor, Fear necks, like
| God who isfevere inhis chaftifements. Tt is forbidden you to collers,as the
rt a ry . bs ° Je in
eat Carrion, Blood, Swimesfleth, and whatfoever is not kill. Pea’nts ix
; ‘ SS any places
ed in pronouncing the name of God : you are prohibited to ae Sm
4
pronouncing thename of God. You thallnot eat of beafts “72%:
) facrificed to Idols : Confule not with Southfayers or Lots, it is
a great fin. The day fhall come when they that have abandoned
your Law, fhall be defperate ; fear not them, and fear me- See Gelaldin.
The day will come, when I fhall accomplith your Law, and
my Grace hall be abundantly upon you: The Law of Salva-
tion, is the Law that I defire togive you, If any one be in
neceffity,
The Jews
and Chri-
ftians.
The Alcoranof MAH OMET. Chaps,
neceffity, and eateth of what s prohibited, without a will to
fin, God fhall be to him graciols and mercifull. They will de:
mand of thee, what is permittel them to eat ? Say to them it
is lawfull to cat all forts of bedts thatare not unclean, and
whatever hath been taught you rom God, touching beafts that
have been wounded by Lions or Dogs, eat the beaft you hall
take , and remember God in bhoding them ; fear God, he is
exa&t to take account. This dayit is lawfull that you eat what
is notunclean, and the meats +f them that know che written
Law, their meats are lawfull for you, and yours for them. You
are permitted to efpoufe maideis & women of free condition,
that are of your Religion,and naidens and women of free com
dition , that know the writtenLaw, giving them their dowsy
with civility;commit neither Concubinage,nor Adultery witl
them, neither fecretly or publiuely ; the good works of him
that fhall renounce your Law, hall be unprofitable,he fhall be
at the day of Judgment inthe aumber of the Damned. Oye
that believe in God, when you would make your prayers,
wath your faces, your hands to he elbow, and pafs your hand
over your head, and over yourfeet to the ancles. If yoube
polluted, purifie your felves ; ilfick, orina journey, or about
to difcharge your belly, or hae known women, and finden
water to wath you, lay hand «nthe fand, pafs it over yout
vifage, and wipe therewith yo hands. God enjoyneth you
nothing irkfome, but willeth yoube clean, and defireth tose
complifh his grace upon you ; yeradventure you will give hii
thanks. Oyee that believein God! call tominde his grace,
and promife he made to you, vhen you faid, We heard, and
obeyed, fear him, he knoweth dl that is in your hearts. Oye
that believe in God! obey hisCommandments, and be trueim
your Teftimonies, take heed tlat no man move you to offend
God, indiverting yon from wat is jut; render juftice toall
his fear invireth you to. it ;. lave it before your eyes , ht
knoweth all your a@tions ;_ hat promifed his grace, and great
recompenfes to the True beliwers, that fhall do good works
inthis world, and hath prepacd Hell to punith infidels. O
ye that belicve in God! remember his favor towards you,
when
Chap.5. The Alcorat of MAHOMET.
ie) eee ceirestrinieeonen aE rae ee
when fome perfons would lave extended their hands upon... Ene-
tok you, and how he deliverel you from: their malice ; Feare mie to ates
a, him, all crue believers oughtto refigne chemfelves to his will. pomet.
nk God received the promife of the Children of Jfrael to obferve
‘jw his Commandments , he eftalifhed among them twelve Cap-
i) tains, and faid tothem, Ivillbe with you when you fhall
iat; make your prayers, pay you Tithes, believe in the Prophets,
em defendthem, and hall lendto me any almes; I will cover
en, your fines , and caufe you etter Paradife, wherein flow many
nd Livers ; and he among youttat thall be an Infidel] , thall be
ree entirely erroneous from the aght path. When they fwarved
{uy from what they had promifed, we gave them out curfe , and
» hardned their heart ; they hare altered the words of the Serip-
sqfj ture, and abjured what they :ad approved. Thou hale not
‘fil Know them that hall be Trayors, except very few of them ;
{, ( forgive and depart from them God loveth them that do good.
yay, We likewife received the pnmife of thofe who call them=
A \y felves Chriftians, but they save forgotten what they pro-
fy mifed ; they have alrered whut was taught them, and we have
healt among them enmitie ani hatred, even untill the day of
{fi Judgement. That day God hall caufe themto know what-
; : ee me : * Mahomet.
re NY things of the Scripture, which you eonceale, and he like- :
HD)
* in. Certainly he that faith, that
:the Meffiah, the Sonne of Vary, is God, isimpious: Say to
him, whocan hinder God toexterminate the Meffiah, and his
. Mother, with whatfoever is it the Earth, when it thall feeme
g00d.tohim?God is King of Feaven and earth, he created with
them whatfeemed good to hin, he is Omnipetent. The Fews
and Chriftians have faid, wear the Children of God; his wel-
"beloved ; Sayto them, hall i0t God chaftife you for your
" finnes? Certainly ye are men ; He that created you, pardon-
B eth,
The Alcoranof MAHOMET. Chap, 5.
eth, and punifhed as it pleafeth him , he isthe King of all
that isin Heaven or Earth, and of whatever is between them,
he is the refuge of the righteous. Ohye that have kcowledge
in the written Law! The Prophet, the Apoftle of God &
come to inftru&t you in atime that there is none other Pro:
phet buthe onthe Earth; Will you fay that no man preached
to you the torments of Hell? Certainly the word of God is
this day preached to you, the torment of Hell, andthe Omni
potencie of his Divine Majeftie. Remember thou what Aofe
faidto his people, Oh people , call to minde the grace dj
God towards you, he hath chofen from among you Prophet
and Kings, hath conferred on you what he hath given @
none inthe world: Enter into the holy Land, as God hat
commanded, turne not your backs to your enemies, left you
be in the number of Reprobates: They anfwered, oh AZofes!
there are Gyants and Tyrantsin the Holy Land, we will not
enter into it, untill they be gone out of it, if they forfake if
we willenter into it. Thentwo men of them that were di
* the grace of God, faid to them, enter atthe gate, and fight
againft them , you fhall be vitorious, truftin God, ifyoube
lieve in his Law: They faid, oh AZofos! we will not enter
fo long as thofe Tyrants dwell therein , goe and fight againi
them with thy Lord; we will here attend. Then faid AZo
Lord, I difpofe but of mine owne,and my brothers perfon ; fe
parate us from this wicked people ; the Lord faid to him, the
entranceinto the Holy Land is prohibited to this people, the)
fhall wander forty years upon the Earth, in confufion amd
amazement, afflict not thy felfe with the deportments of the
wicked; teach them the Hiftorie of the Sonnes of Adam, how
they offered facrifices,how the facrifice of the one was accepted,
that of the other was not : he through envie menaced his bre
ther, to murther him ; his brother faid to him, God receiveth
the facrifices , and holocaufts of fichas have his feare befor
their eyes: affuredly if thou extendeft chine hand to flay mé
Iwill not ftretch forth mine to hurt thee ; I fear the Lord of
the Univerfe ; Ifthou chargeft thy felfe with the murther of
my perfon, with thy paft finnes, thou fhalt goe to hell, et
H
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mani
Se ee ree no we a Ei a TR UR oa
Ki,j the unjuft fhall be punifhed : The murther of his brother feemed
eafieand advantageous for him, he flew him, and is in the num-
ber of the Damned. God fent a Raven that made a pit inthe
{i Earth,and fhewed him the manner to bury the bodyof his bro-
n “ther: Then faid he,would to God I had been weak and impo-
m tent,that Iwere like to this Raven? I mutt bury the body of
| d my brother,and he was penitent for his offence ; by reafon of
the this murther,we ordained to the children of Ifrael,that he who
t* fhall flay a perfon innocent, fhall be punifhed,as ifhe had flain
iyi the whole world, and he chat thall give him his life, fhall be re-
oi compenfed,as ifhe had given life to the whole world. My Pro-
ph shets came to the Children of Ifrael, taught them my Com-
\® mandments,and caufed them to fee Miracles, neverthelefle ma-
bal ny of them were difobedient : the punifhment of them that op-
4 pofe the will of God, that of his Prophet,and that endeavour to
Se pollute the earth, isto be flain, hanged, to have the right foor,
Wil and the left hand,or right hand,and the left foot cut off, and to
iit be extirpated from the earth ; they fhall have in this world
tl Guame on the forehead, and fhall feele in the other, great tor-
"N' ments, except fuch as fhall be converted before their death,
iW and fhall know , that God is gracious and mercifull. Oh
ive that believe! fear.God, fight for his Law, you perhaps
a fhallbe happy. Allthe Treafures of the world fhall not be
hil able to redeeme Infidels at the day of Judgment , they
tl fhall endure exceeding great torments, they fhall defire to
t0lt soe out of the fire of Hell, but fhall dwell there eternally.
bo! Cut off che hands of thofe men and women that fteale , they
ofitt contract upon themfelves the wrath of the world, and the pu-
vet!’ nifhment that God hath prepared for the wicked : He that
‘dis Qoall curne, and do good werks, fhall be pardoned, God is
wit gracious and mercifullto the penitent. Knowelt thou not that
itt the Kingdome of Heaven, and of Earth is Gods > that he cha-
i ftifeth and pardoneth whom it pleafeth him ? and that he is
iat! Omnipotent? Oh Prophet ! affli€t not thy felfe, to behold
pl them running to impictic; that fay with the mouth, we be-
4: lieve, and have no faith ia their hearts; neither for them that
gt Judaize , and hearken to the lies of their Doétors, to relate
MI F 2 them
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themto others; they pervert rhe language of the Old Teftae™
ment, andfay; If you be inftruéted in thofe precepts, you
ought to obferve them , if they inftrué you not in them, take
heed to your felves. Such as make ufe of the name of God,
to move the people to fedition, are without faith, God will
not purifie their hearts ,. they (hall have in this world fhame
upon the forehead, and feel in the other extream torments,
They liften to blafphemies, and eat what is prohibited ; If they
repaire to thee , and fubmir themfelves to thy judgement,
judge their controvetfie with equity , converfe not with
them ; if chou depart from their company , they fhall not hurt
thee , if thou givelt judgement between them , Judge
with equitie, God foveth the Jult: How fhall they fube
mitto thy judgement, feeing they have the Old Teftament,
which containeth the Commandments of God? They will
not execute thy Judgment, neithér believe in the Old Teftay
ment, wherein isthe guide of the right ways anda light to
the Prophets, to judge the diffcrences arifing among trie~ber
lievers, among Jews; their Dodtors, and their Priefts, who
ftudy the Scripture, and are witneffes that it Containeth the
truth, fear notthe world, but dread me; fell not , neither
exchange my Commandments for any price. Such as judge not
conformably to the Law of God, are Infidels; We have or
dained the ’a/io, man-for man, an’ eye for ancye, a nole
fora nofe, aneare for aneare, a tooth foratooth, a wound
fora wound; he that fhall obferve it, thall do well, anid fuck
as fhallnot judge conformably to the Law of God are unjult
We fent after many Prophets , Jefus the Sonne of May,
who confirmed the ancient Scriptures, to him we gave te
Gofpel, full of light, to conduct the people to the right way
witha confirmation. of the Old Teftament, a guide and inftrt-
ion for therighteous. They that follow the Gofpel, ought F
to judge as it is commanded in the Gofpel; fuch as judge
not conformably to what God hath taught them, are difobe-
dient to his divine Majefty. To thee have we fent the Book
that containeth the truth, and confirmeth the ancient Sctip
tures, determine the differences that fhall arife among the
people,
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‘people, asT have infpired thee, and follow not the appetite
ti, of men that will abjure the truth which I have taught thee.
We have inftrued allof you in aLaw, and affured meanes
to lead you into the way of Salvation; you fhould alf have
been of one and the fame Religion, had it fo pleafed God ;
(ih the hoth done this to prove you ; Doe good, and know, that
om you all fhall be aifembled before him, and he fhall refolve
, the doubts that areamong you. If thou judgeft the differences
‘en thatareamong them, judge conformably to what hath been
ot) infpired into thee , and follow not their appetites; be care-
oth full they feduce thee not, and move thee to doubt. many
Jd, things that God hath taught thee ; if they difobey his Com-
; .mandments , know, he will feverely punifh them, be-
caufe of the enormity of theircrimes. The greateft part of the
yw; world areimpious; Do they affect the Judgment of the Ig-
41 norant? What better Judge for the good, is there then
ih God? Oh ye that believe! obey not the Jews, nor the
ye Chriftians, they mutually obey each other in their impietie,
.;.; he that thall obey them, thall be like untothem, God guid-
aij eth not the unjuft. Thou feeft fuch as are unftable in their
Faith, flocktothem, and fay , they feara change of times,
“ay but God fhall give advantage and victory to his Prophet, and
they fhall repent to have concealed in their mindes the Mi-
racles of his divine Majeftie. What will they alleadge for ex-
cule’, who {wore by the name of God,exaétly to obferve their
Religion, and to be with you? Their good works thall be
» unprofitable , and they in the number of the Damned. Oh
ye that believe ! if you abandon your faith, God will put
othersin your place, chat hall love him, and he them, and
thisto your great ignominie, and the advantage of converted
Infidels, that hall fight without fear,for his Law: Thus God
beftoweth his grace , as he feeth good , he is Jiberall, and Om-
nifcient. You ought certainly to obey God, and his Prophet,
his Apoftle ; they who believe in God , that make their
prayers atthe time appointed , pay tithes, and are in the pro-
teftion of God and his Prophet, fhall be beloved of his di-
vine Majeftie, and be vi€torious. Oh ye true believers ! obcy
aft F 3 fot
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roe Ee
Chaps.
not fuch as {coffe at your Religion, who have knowledge of
the written Law; obey not Infidels , and if you are good
men, fear God; obey not themthat deride your prayers, it
is the action of thofe that are unwife. Oh ye that underitand
the written Law! will you not abhorre me, if 1 belie
not in God, in what he hath infpired into me, and intochem
that preceded me? ‘The greatelt part of you.are wicked. Sayto
them, did I inftrn@ youcodo evill, whenIpreached to you
the effect of Gods mercy? Thefewhom he curfeth , againl
whom he is incenfed , whom he hath metamorphifed into
Apes, and Swine, and who haye adored Idols, {all be con.
fined in the fire of Hell,they are in.a very evill way.When th
come tothee, they willfay, they believe in the Law of Gog)
they willenter thine honfe with impiety.,.and goe forth in the
likemanner, but God knoweth what they conceale in theitlt
heart : Thou fhalt fee many of them: embrace Paganifme, fol-
low alye,, eat what is forbidden , and this to-difpleafe their
Doétors , and Priefts, who have forbidden them to fpeaklies,
and eat meats that areunclean. The Jews faid, the hand of
God is thut , contrariwife, itis cheir hand that isithut,
they fhall be accurfed by reafon of their difcourfe: certainly
the hands of God are open, and he doth good to whom ht
pleafeth : Many amongit them,through impictic,and difobed
ence, alter whatis inthe Scripture; ibut we have caftamong
them hatred, and horrar, evento the day of Judgment, God
hath extingnifhed the fire which they had kindled,to.makewat
again{t the righteous ; they endeavour to pollute theearth,but
God detelteth fuch as caufe diforder; he remitteth their finnes
that know the Scripture, believe in hisLaw, and flie impiety
they fhall enter Paradife, thatis fullof delights. They have
read the Old Teltament , the Gofpel, and all Scriptures, they
enjoyed abundance of all good things; nevertheleffe many
have difobeyed the Commandmentsof God. Oh Prophet!
preach what God hath taught thee; whether thou doft preach
it, or doelt not, he will defend thee from the malice of mem,
he abhorreth Infidels. Oh ye that know the written Law!
if youobferve not the Old Teftament, the Gofpel, and Sorip-
wuies
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tures which God hath fent you, you fhall be without merit.
. Many of them through impiety and ignorance , pervert what
, iscontained in the Scripture ; affli€tnot thy felfe with the aéti-
‘I ons of the impious. The Jews, Samaritans, Chriftians , ail
that fhall have believed in God, the Refurreétion of the dead,
and have done good works, fhall be exempt from affliction,
" thereis nothing for them to feare at the day of Judgment. See Kitab el
a NEE received of the Children of Ifraela promife, to believe im 74":
,, out Prophets, and Apottles ; Yet have they flandred many,
Ihe, andflain fuch as would not follow their appetites : they be-
lieved there was no punifhment for their crimes, and became
fc, deafe, and blinde; After this, God pardoned them, never-
theleffe, they returned in theirfinne, and are again become
deaf, and blinde ; God beholdeth all their deportments.
Certainly,they who affirme the Meffiah, the Son of AZary, to
be God,are impious ; the Meffiah commanded the Children of
Hrael to worfhip God, his and their Lord; the entrance into
Paradife is forbidden to him that fhall fay, God hath acom-
panion equall to him , Hell hall be his habitation , and
the unjuit Prall finde none to proteét them at the day of judg-
ment. Suchas affirm there are three Gods, are impious: there
i is butone God ; if they defift not from fuch difconrfe, they
idl Ghall burn in the fire of Hells if they turn, and implore pardon
ht of God, he will be to them gracious and merciful. The
mitt! Age ffiahjthe Son of AZary, isa Prophet, and Apoftie of God,
om! ike to the Prophets that came before him ; his Motheris
heel holy, and both of them dideat and drink. Confider how I
thet! mmanifeft_ my unite to Infidels; how they blafpheme, and de-
fiti® part from the Truth; fay to them, Will you werfhip inftead of
Tk God, what can neither benefir, nor hurt you ? God underftand-
pas eth and knoweth all things. O ye that have knowledg of the
dk! © written Law! fpeak of your Religion withreverence, and
sti follow not the appetites of fach as go aitray, and walk inan
dott ~«=—s evil way. . The Infidels were a curfed by the congue of David,
ie’ © and of CMeffiah, the Son of AZary, becaufe of their difobedi-
3s) ence; they abftain not from things that are not approved ;
wi they do them, and through obftinacy will continue them.
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Thou fhale fee many of the Inhabitants of AZecca adhereto
them, by reafon of the fin they conceal in their hearts. God:
affuredly will be incenfed againft them, and they hall be con-
fined eternally in the torments of Heli. If they had believed
in God, in his Prophet, and the Scriptures, they had not obey-
ed Infidels, but many of them are impious, Thou fhale finde
the Jews, and Inhabitants of AZecca, who believe in many
Gods, to be very great enemies to the faithful, and the Chre
{tians to have a great inclination, and amity towards the True- |
believers ; forthat they have Prieft:, and Religious, chat are
humble, who have eyes full of tears, when they hear mention
of the Doctrine which God hath infpired into thee, becaule of
their knowledg of the Truth, and fay, Lord, We believe in thy
Law, write us iri the number of them that profefs thy Unity,
who hindrethus to believe in God, and the Truth wherein
we have beeninftrncted? We defire with paffion, O-Lord, to:
be in the number of the juft. God fhall hearken to: their
prayer, and pardon them ; he fhall opento them the gateof
Paradife, wherein is the reward of the righteous, and the Ine
fidels fhal inhabic the abyf of Hell. Ohye whoare True
believers ! inhibit not the eating of what God hath. permits
ed, offend not God, heabhorreth them that offend him, eat
of the meats that are lawfull for you, and have his fear be.
fore your eyes, he will not chaftife you for what you have
{poken at randome, contrary to your faith, without defign
of offending him, but he fhall punifhyou for your oaths, if
-you-obferve them not ;, the fatisfaftion of an oath not accom
plithed , isto give foodtoten poore of yout Religion, and
tocloath them , orto enfranchife a flavethat is a True-be
liever ; he that is deftitute of means to perform this, thall
faft three dayes immediately fucceeding, fuch is the fatisfadtion
of a not-accomplithed oath ; keep exactly your faith, fo doth
God teach you his Commandments, you will, peradventure,
give him thanks, Ohye that believe in God ! Wine, Games of
hazard , Idols, Lots, and divinations are abominations, and
filthie practifes of the Devill, depart from him, perhaps you
wall be righteous. The Devill defireth to fow among you dif
fention,.
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Jie. aa Se See
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fention, and horrour, through wine, and games of hazard, to
choak your remembrance of God, and of praying to h'm;
abandon wine,and games of hazard, be obedient to God, and
the Prophet; his Apoftle , and take heed to your felves:;, If
you difobey God, know, that the Prophet is obliged only to
preach publiquely the word of his divine Majelty ; the True-
believers, and the rightcous have not provoked God in drink.
ing wine, and playing at games of hazard, before they were
rohibited, they will abftaine for the future, and performe
ood works,God loveth thé that do good. Oh ye that believe !
God proveth you by one thing,to wit,by hunting,whether you
take the game with yourhands, or courfing on horfe-back, to
difcerne them among you that fear him, and believe in his
Law whofeever fhall offend him, ‘fhall be feverely punifhed.
Oh ye that believe /. kill not your game, during the time of
your pilgrimage to Mecca ; wholoever fhall kill of deliberate
purpofe, fhall be judged, as if he had flain his Neighbours
bealt, he fhall be judged by one among you , and be con-
demned to offer aprefent at the Temple of AZecca, or to give
food tothe poor, or tofaft, or performe fomewhat of like
nature,for the expiation of his errour; if he have repentance in
his minde,God will pardon what is pat ; if he return in his fin,
God will be avenged on him , he is omnipotent, and aveng-
full. It is permitted that you fth, and eat of fith during your
Pilgrimages but hunting by land is abfolurely forbidden in this
voyage; fear God, you fhall all one day be affembled be-
fore him to be judged,he hath appointed the moneth of Pilgri-
mage, he hath eftablifhed the Temple of AZecca for the de-
yotion of the people , and hath forbidden to give impedi- + +). anc;
ment to fuch as bring thither oblations , and thofe that af- gras
fume * Collers, to the end, you may learne to underftand put upon :
that he knoweth all things both in Heaven, and. Earth, and theit necks
thatheisOmnipotent. Knowye, that he is grievous in his ba leaves of
chaftifements , and gracious and mercifull : The Prophet ts voi whel
obliged but to preach his Commandments, he knoweth all they aiised
that you conceale in your hearts, and whatever you make ma- at Adceca.
nifett: Evill muft not be equall to good , notwithftanding it”
be CROs
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be pleafing royou Oh ye that are wife! have the fear of
God before your eyes, peradventure you thal be happy. Oh
ye believers ! defire not the knowledge of all things, you will
affi&t y our felves ; be fot ehrions to know at what time the
eAlcoran was fent from Heaven, God pardoneth your former
cutiofity; your Predeceffours were alike eurious, amd tn the
number of unbelievers. God hath commanded nothing
* “Thefe are touching * the fhe Camell, whofe car is flit, neither that
theCeremo-
nie; of the
andent A72-
which is ac liberty in the field, neither concerning the Ewe
that hath brought forth feven Lambs, neither the Camel,
bias, which OF whom have sffaed ten Camels, but the wicked invent
Maomet re- blafphemies againtt his divine Majeftie, and are unwife ; When
it was faid tothem come, and obferve what God hath taught
his Prophet , they replyed, it fufficed them to follow what
their fathers had obferved » notwithftanding their fathers
were ignorant and erroneous, Oh ye believers | be carefull
of your felves, fachas be in errour thall norhure you.; ifyoa
nowceth,
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tentr,
follow the right way, all of you fhall one day be aflembled
before God, who thall difcover al your works, and reward
you according to your merits. Oh ye believers! make your
Teftament, when yonr death approacheth, and take two wit
nefles of your own Religion, that are honefk men ; Ifyouare
ina journey , and fickneffe furprize you, you fhall take two
Witneffes, fuch as youThalf meet with 9 to ferve your tefta:
ment, and having prayed, fhall deliver to them your will. If
you doubt their integrity, caufe them fweare to be faithfull
intheirteftimonies, and not give themfelves to be corrupted
by your kindred. Conceale not your teftimony, left you. be in
the number of finners. If you diftover thot two wichefles: to
haveerred in their teftimonie, fabftiture two other intheir
place, although they partake in your fuceeffion, and-take oath
of them to be more vericable in their difpofitions, then the
two others, otherwife they will offend God » and be noms
bred with the unjuft. Tr is’better to'fpeak Truth, then to be
in fear, left your falfhood be detectéd ; fear God, and heark-
ento his Commandments, he guideth not them thar difobey
him, He thal! one day affemble his Prophets and Apoftles,
and
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eee
and fayuntothem, what.did you anfwer , being queftioned
concenning my unity ? they fhall reply, Lord,we are ignorant,
thou alone knoweft all things. He thall.fay'to Jefus, Oh Je-
;,, fs, Sonne of AZary, remember thou my grace towards thee,
;, andthy mother , I firengthned thee with the Holy ‘Ghoft;
|, Thon{pakeft in thy Cradle, asaman of forty or fifty yeares,
yy tee did Linkteuét in Scripture and. knowledge, the Old Te-
. ftament , and the Gofpel; Thou didi forme of earth the
; figure of a Bird , didft breath upon it, and it did fie, thou
didft cure the borne-blinde , and the leprous, didft revive
" the dead , I delivered thee from the Jewes, when thou didft
, Preach to them my Commandments , and wroughtelt mira-
' cles , which the wicked affirmed porbe magick, and. inchant-
‘ ment. Remember , how thon didft command thy Apoftles
' to believe in me, and-obey my Prophet, and how chey faid,
» WC believe in one fole God, be thou witneffe that we en-
at tirely refign our felves to the will of God: Remember* thou, * O a.
“f} that the Apoltles faid, Oh JetasySonne.of ALary, .canthy Lord homer,
' fend.us from, Heaven a Table covered with meats to fatishe
‘us? Jefus anfwered themsFear-God,if you believeiinhis Law;
“Y they faid, we shave an appetite, andidefire >to eat of the
NW! food of Heaven , fortherepofe of ourhearts, and tosknow
1" if thon fpeakelt the truch, of avhich we fhall be witne(fes.
Kt! Then faid'he; Oh God:my Lord, canfe to defcend upon us from
tt Heaven a Table covered with meat, this day thail ‘be cele-
brated by usand them:that fhallfucceed , this fhall ‘be a fign
i of thy omnipotency ; enrich-uswith thy grace, thou poffefleR
m™ all treafure. God faidito him, I will canfe to defcend from
ik Heaven thefood which thowdefirett , and whofoever fhall be
impious, thall be punithed with corments, that no man yee
it hathfuffered. He thall fay-atithe day of Judgment, oh Je-
0 fis, Sonne of AZsry! didft thou enjoyne the people to wor-
a} fhip thee, and thy mother, astwo Gods ? Jefus-thall anfwer,
# prayfedbechy name; I willtake heed. .of fpeaking what is
® not,thou knoweftif I have faid it, thou art omnifcienc, thou
@ knowelt what isinmy foul,and Phave no knowledge of what
isin thee;1 delivered nothing but what thou didftcommand me
to
Gelaldin
juftifieck:
this Chap-
ter of Ani-
mals.
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see Gelaldin.
The Alcona of MAHOMET. Chap.6..
to fpeak: to wit, Worfhip God your Lord, and mine, T am ©
witneffe from the time that I was in the world, untill thou
didft caufe me to dye; thou didft obferve the deportments of
the people, thou feeft all; if thou chaftifelt men, they are
thy Creatures; if thou doft pardon them , thon art omnipo-
tentand wife. Then fhall God fay, this day half good
works be profitable tothe righteous, they fhall enter intoPa
radife, wherein flow many rivers, there fhall they dwell eter
nally , with my grace, in exceeding great felicitie ; the King-
dome of Heaven , of Earth is Gods, he is Omnipotent,
CHAP. VI.
The Chapter of Gratifications , contaising an hundred fixtie
and fifteen verfes, Written at Medina.
aes name of God, gracious and mercifull : Prayfe~be
to God the Creator of Heaven , of Earth, of darkneflg
and of light; fuchas believe notin their Lord are in erroth
He it isthat created you of the dult of the Barth, and ap.
pointed a prefixed time for your death, and refurreétion;
neyertheleffe you doubt, he is God in Heaven and in Barth,
he underftandeth the fecrets of your hearts, and whatfoevet
you make manifeft ; he knoweth the good and evill that you
commit , thac his Commandments have been tanghe the In-
habitants.of AZecca, and that they have abjured them ; they
oppofed the revealed Truth, but thall be ehaftifed for theit
contempt. They confider not how-much people we have de
ftroyed , in paft ages; we gave them places to dwell in, more
{trong and fpacious then thofe which you inhabic, fent them
about of raine, canfed fountaines to fow in the places of
their habitation ; after this did we extirpate them, by realon
of their fines , and eftablithed in their place a new “people.
We have fent to thee the Scripture, written in Vellam, the
unbelievers have handled ic with their hands, yet fay, it isevi-
dent forcerie and inchantment » that they will not: believe
therein,
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therein, unlefs they fee an Angel defcend to confirs
im! we have fent an Angél,they had perifhed by his
ttt we had fent him under the Figure of a man, li
4 cloathed as they are. They derided the Prophets,znd Ap
tii thy Predeceffors; derifion is fallen upon fich as contemned them,
lil; Say to them, go through the world, and confider the end of
rit them that abjure the Law of God ; fay to them, to whom ap-
Wel’ pertaineth whatfoever is in heaven ahd earth ? itisGods. He
thei will imploy his mercy to fave you ; doubrlefs he will affemble
et, all of you atthe day of Judgement. Neverthelefs Infidels be-
lieve notin his Unity; they confider not, that whatfoever mo-
veth by night, and by day, and whatfeever is in the world, be-
longeth to his Divine Majefly, who underftandeth and know-
eth all things. Say to them, require you other protection then
id fy that of God the Omnipotent, Creator of heaven and earth,
who nourifheth all things, is nourifhed by none ? Say to them,
I havé received a command to embrace the Law of Salva-
y@(_cion,. Be not ye in number of unbelievers ; I fear to difobey my
in’ Lord,atid fear the tormetits prepared for the wicked at the day
ve Of Judgement; he that fhall deliver himjelfthall enjoy the grace
wt of God,which is fupream felicity : 1f God wil punith you, none
tt fhal deliver you from his punifhment; ifhis Willis to do good
a to you,he is Omnipotent, always victorious, and hath all power
over his Créatures;he is moft wife and Omnifcient.Say to them,
What better ceftimony is there in the world then that of God?
itt Say to them, He fhall teftifiebetween you and me, to whom
am he hath infpired the A/coran to‘ inftru& you: VVill any a-
fy mong you that fhall learn it, fay there isany other God, but
fue ‘God; I will not fay fo; there is but one God, and I am inno-
iy cent from the fin you commit, in affociating him with a compa-
x) mionequaltohim ; many ofthem that underftand the written
r Law, have knowledge of the truth of the A/coraz ; their chil-
ye dren alfo know it, but fuch as forfake their own fouls, will not
r believein God. VVho more unjuft, then he that blafphemeth
i againft God and his Commandments? Certainly the wicked
fhail be miferable ; I will affemble all of them, and fay, where
are the gods which you did affociate with God? They ste
ave
O Mahomet.
See Gelaldin,
ce ee ae
4
, The Alcoranof MAHOMET. Chap.6.
Se
have none other excufe, but to fay, by God, Lord, we were of |
the number of Idolaters, Confider how they will fie, and dif
avow their blafphemies: fome there be among them that
hearken to thee, we have hardened their hearts, they will nor
learn the A/coran, becaufe their ears are ftopped. When they
fall hear related all the miracles of the world, and fhall fee
them with their eyes, they will not believe untill they have
difputed againft thee. The wicked fay the A/coran is butalie,
and Fable of Antiquity; they forbid the people to believe
it, and contemne it; certainly they deftroy their fouls, and
know it not ; thou fhale fee when they thall be detained in the
fire of hell, they will fay, would to GodI might return into
the world, I would obey the Commandments of his divine Ma
jeftie, and be in the number of true believers. They knew the
truth, but concealed it ; fhould they returne into the world,
they would return to their impiety, they are liars. They affirm,
there isnone other life then that of the world, neither any res
furrection ; when they thall be before God, they thall acknow-
ledge their errors, he fhall caufe them to feel the chaftifements
due to their blafphemies, Such as believe not in the refurrection,
are wretched men, they fhall be affliéted for their fins atthe
hour when ever death hall furprize them ; they fhall bear on
their back the burthen of theircrimes, and avouch the life of
this world to be but deceit and vanity, and the life of the o
therto be fullof felicity for the righteous; neverthelefs the
wicked are not converted. I know thou wilt be incenfed a
gainft fuch as fhall fay, they defire to obey thee, and fhall re-
nounce thy Doétrin; they that contemn the Commandments
of God are impious, they have belied the Prophets thy Prede-
ceflors; the Prophets endured their lies, and were patient, un-
till we deftroyed them; God declineth not what he hath pro-
mifed. Thou knoweft what the Prophets foretold: ifmen x
bandon thee, canft thou covet to continue on earth (to ine
ftru& them) and to be in heaven at the fame time, tocaule
prodigies appear (teftimonies of thy miffion.) Had it fo plea-
fed God, he had brought them all into the right way, nor had
they been in the number of the ignorant, Certainly he heareth
: the
(hap. 6. ‘The Alcoranof Ma uomer.
the pra yers of the righteous, that hearken to his word ; he will
give refurrection to the dead, and affemble them to receive
recompence according to their merits. They have faid,
we believe not in the Prophet, if he fhew not to us fome miracle
it from hisLord: fay unto them, God hath fhewed you many
» miracles, but moft of yon do not underftand them; the beafts
by that walk upon the Earth, and the birds that flie in the Aire,are
in the number of his creatures: V Ve have not omitted to write
any thing that is written in the Book kept in heaven ; all men
; fhallone day appear before. God, fuch as fhall not have believed
in, In his Law, fhall be deaf and dumb, and inhabic darknefs:
| God mifleadeth whom it pleafeth him, and guideth in the right
acy, Way Whom he feeth good. Say unto them, have you felt the pu-
y nifhment of God? Have you had knowledge of the day of
ni Judgement ? VVill you invoke any but God, if you be good
. men? If you implore him, he will deliver you from the evils
that you fear ; and ifit pleafe him, yon fhall abandon the Idols,
eny Which with unbelievers you adore. We fent our Prophets to
them that were before you, when they contemned them, we
5; fent afflictions to procure their converlion, which had not been
, done without the miferies that we brought npon them. Ne-
, verthelefs their heart is hardned, the devill caufed them to finde
:, difobedience more advantageous, and they forgat what was
4 taught them. When we opened the gate of happinefs, they ex-
, ceedingly rejoyced, and were ingratefull y but, when they:
thought leaft of it, they were chaftifed, becaine defperate, and
were extirpated for the great glory of God; Lord of the
Univerfs, fay unto them, if God rendred you deaf, blinde, and
ignorant, what other god then God hall reftore your fight,
hearing, and knowledg ? Confider how I manifelt my Unity ;
neverthelefs they will notbelieve ic: fay unto them, have you
had a fenfe of the fcourge of God fecretly and publikely ?
Hath God condemned any but the wicked ?- He fent nor the
Prophetsand Apoftles, but to proclaim the felicity of Paradife,
and preach the torments of hell: He that fhall believe, and do
good works, flaal be exempt ftom fear at the day of Judgment,
and unbelievers thal be punifhed,becaufe of their difobedience.
O Mahomet,
Say.;
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——
The poor.
See Gelaldin.
The Alcoranof MAHOMET. | Chap.6,.
Say unto them, I told you not that! had in my power all the
treafures of God, neither that [had knowledge of the future,
and paft ; nor doaffirm, that Iam an Angel, Tonly act what
hath been infpired into me ; isthe blinde like to him that feeth
clearly ? Confider what I fay. I preach not the day of Judge.
ment but to fuchas apprehend it, they fhall finde none other
then God to protect them; peradventure they will feat his
divine Majefty. Moleft not them that pray unto God evening
and morning, and that defire to fee his face, thou fhale notbe
accomptable for their ations, neither fhall they give accompt
of what thou doft; if thou difturbeft them, thou thale bein
the number of the unjuft. VVehaye proved men by one am
other ; they have faid among them with derifion, behold chof
among us, to whom God hath given his graces: doth God not
know them that acknowledg his benefits? Salute with affe@ion
true believers, when they come to vifite thee ; God loveth ci
vility, clemency, and humanity, and will pardon him among
you, that fhall offend him through ignorance, that thal! repens
ofhis error, and do good works, he is benigne and merciful
Thus doI recount the graces of God, and difcover the way of
finners; Say unto them, I am forbidden to worfhip whatyou
adore, left I fhould go aftray from the right way. I have re
ceived from God a light, which yee have contemned ; Godis
Judge of allthings, judgeth with truth, and is moft juft in his
Judgements. I cannot forthwith give youa fight of the tor
ments ofhell, neither of the chaftifement of God, which you
with fo much inftance require ; this dependeth on his divine
Majefty ; had I this power, our difference would be foonat 4
period. God knoweth the unjuft, in his power are the keyesof
the future, none knoweth but he ; he knoweth whatfoeyerisin
the earth, and the fea, the number of the leaves that fall from’
the trees, and of the atomes that are in the darknefs of the
earth, There is nothing dry or greenin the earth, that isnot
written in the Book of Light. He it. is that caufech you to die
inthe night, and knoweth the good and evill that you have
committed by day ; he thall caufe you to rife again at she day
nominated ; youall {hall appear before him, he {hall give you.
know-
| hip.6. The Alcoran of Manomer.
,; Rilowledge of your fins, and fhall chaftife you after your de~
i Merits ; he is alwayes vittorious and omnipotent. He fhall
"ij Sd to obferve your actions ; and when you {hall arrive at the
_«, Our Of death, he fhall difpatch his meffengers, who fhal! not
" gaileto €xeciite his commands; the people {hall repair to him,
i as to their Lord, he is extreamly exa&t to keep account. Say
‘* unté'them, he fhall deliver you from the darknefs of the fea,
ee of the earth ; when you fhall in fecret, or publikely invoke
Ht him; if he deliver me, I will return him thanks for his grace:
4 Say unto them, God can deliver you from darknels, and all
Mt) other affliGtions ; yet fay yon, he hath a companion affociate
On With him ; Say unto them, we can fend punifhments froin a-
Mth bove, and from below ; lie is able ro difunite, and caufe you to
% caft a thoufand miferies, which you fhall bring upon each other.
ai! Confider how Ifew them the effe@s of my Omnipotencie ;
oe! they Will petadvetitire comprehend my fayings : Thofe of th
aii Nations have rejected them, notwithftanding they are moi
erue : fay afto them, Iam not your Tutor ; every thing hath
“its time, you fhall hereafter underftand the truth. Depart from
‘Withem that fpeak of out Law with contempt, uittill he fpeak @-
vil therwife ; the devill would induce thee to forget my Com-
tut mandmients, ‘and cafe thee to fir down with the tinjult: the
;G crue believers (hall not regard their difcourfe, neither ceafe to
admonifh them, peradvencure they willbe converted. Depart
¢ chou from fuch as fport and mock at their Religion, the wealth
fit OF this world rendreth them haughty ; declare, they thall be fe-
is verely panifhied ; none'is able to proteét or hear them but God,
iu nO vanfom is able to deliverthem; they fhall finde the good
io aridsevill that they have committed, fhall drink a liquor ex-
y treamly cold, and endure grievous torments, becanfe of their
{ji imptety ; fay unto thei, fhall we worfhip inftead of God,
| what'can neither benefit nor hurt us ? Shall we return on our
gi {reps to onr fins, having been guided by his divine Majefty, like
yy unto him whom the devill hath feduced.? He left him difmaid,
jad aftonithed in the midft of his voyage, having forfaken his
4 conypanions, that fhewed him the right way. God guideth men
, to the way of falvation. I will wholly refign my {elf tothe
G pleafgre
The Alcoranof MAHOMET.
pleafure ofhis divine Majefty : Make your prayers at the time!
*The Arabi-
ans fay, Azer
is Abrahams
furname,
and that his
father was
called Terec
Axe
“you, or I? Such as believe
appointed, and pay tithes, you all fhall appear before Godat
the day of Judgment, to give account of your a@tions. Heitis
that created heaven and earth, Remember thou the day where.
in he faid, Be thou, and every thing was: he hall reign, andat
that day command an Angel to found the Trumpet, to call
to univerfall Judgment, the living and the dead. He knoweth
the future, prefent, and paft ; is moft wife,
den from him. Remember thou that eZ,
guide me to be of them that
are erronious: when he beheld the Sun rifing, he likevile
asked, if that were his God; and when he faw it fet, he faid oF
his people, I am innocent of the fin which you commit, inado.
ring many gods, I wholly: commend my {elf to his Will, who
created heaven and earth, and profefs his Unity : His people
would difpute againft him ; he faidto them, will you difpute
againft me concerning the Unity of God, who hath inftrnGel
me in the right way ? I fear not your Idols, my God doth what
pleafeth him, and knoweth all things, will you not confiderit?
How fhall I fear your Idols, fince you are not afraid to affirm,
that God hath companions equall to him, which you have no
reafon to adore ? If youunderltand the truth, who is more tflle,
in God, and hall not coverthe
truth with a lie, fhall be delivered from the torinents of hell, §
and conduted into the way of falvation. We inftru@ed Abra |
ham with reafons to difpute againft his people ; I give know-
ledge to whom I fee good, and exalt whom] pleafe. Thy
Lord, O Abraham, feeth and knoweth a]] things; we gave to
Abraham, Tfaac,and jacob his fons ; we before inftruéted Noah
and his lineage in the right way ; we Caught it David, Salomom,
Fob,
: Chap.6. The Alcoran of MAHOMET. 83
4. fob;fofeph, Mefes, Maron,Z achary,St.fohn,fefus the Son of Ma-
ie ry,Eliah,l/mael,}ofouah, jonas, & Lot; we gratified them above
the refidue of the world ; we ele&ted their Fathers, Brothers,
“”” and Progenie , and guided them inthe right way : Thus God
ay guideth whom he feeth good: Men before adored Idols, and
believed there were many gods, neverthelefs he blotted out
their pafterrors, when they were converted, “If they flander
i them that have knowledge of the Scriptures, and of Prophe-
of fies, will give power over their perfons to men that fhall mif-
Zh ' lead them with the Infidels : Thofe whom God guideth, believe
"i inthe Unity of his divine Majefty. Say unto them, I require no
eC Was
K at
reward for having preachedto you the Alveran, he teacheth
toall the world the Commandments of God. The Jews have
DH not honoured him as was their duty; they underftood not
¢ Mh his graces, when they faid, he hath inftruéted the people in no-
id thing that is profitable. Say unto them, who gave the Tables
rn unto A4o/es? who inftruéted him in the Scripture, which they
(K have “written: in Vellam, to guide and illuminate the people ?
“i They have publifhed what pleafed them, and have concealed
it much; they fhall learn in the A/coran what they know not,and
Nil, what their fathers underftood not : Say to them, God after
Hs chat left them obftinate, and amazed in their errors. VVe have
joe fent from heaven that Book full of bleffednefs, it confir-
iit. meththe Scriptures that were fent before it, to the end thou
do! maiftinftrué the people of CAecea, them that inhabit about
ot that City, and the reft of the world. Such as thall believe in the
din day of Judgment, believe in what is written in this Book, and
wi fhall pray to God to deliver them from the corments of hell -
mt WVho is more unjuft, then he that blafphemeth againft God?
that faith, God hath infpired into him what he uttereth, not-
withftanding he hath received no infpiration from his Divine
Majeftie. V Vho more unjuft,then he that faith, he will caufe to
difcend from heayen, things like to thofe which God infpired
#, into his Prophets? VVhen chou fhalt fee the wicked atthe
wg Point of death, and the Angels ftretching forth their hands to
| take their fouls: fay unto them; This day the torments of
jj hell fhall be the punifhment of the blafphemies that yee have
G 2 vomited
The Alcoranof MAHOMET: Chip.6,)
vomited. againft. God, and your.difobedience to his. Come |
mandments. God fhall fay tothem, you are come before us
without riches, and children, naked as you were created; and
have caft. behind. your, backs, the infttuétions which- we, gaye
you; Ifeenot-with youthe Idols you.adored; yoware feparae
ted from each other,aad-have forfaken, them, that yon eftemed
on,earth, fhoukfhaye been your prorectors; God feparateth,
the good \from.the, wicked, asthe corn.fyom the ear, andethe
ftone fromthe Date :, He caufeth-the living.to, {pring from the
dead, andthe dead from.the living : beholdithe works of Gods
why. will you depart from his Law,?. He divideth, the morning
from. darknefg, hath, eltablithed, night for the repofe of mem
and the, Sunand Moone,to,compute ages, years, moneths, and
feafons,; fuchare the effects of Gods. power,heis Omnipotent,
and knowethallthings,. He itis. chat created. the Stars.to-sive
you light, and guide,y ou.in the, ob{curity of the earth and ea
he gratifieth with his grace, fachyas learn his Commandments, §
Heat is that created you of one fole perfon, that gave you tht
earth.to,inhabis, and pxeferveth you in the world, he hath com
ferred his. grace, on fuch,as.have obeyed. his Commandments,
hath made raine to.defcend fromheaven, and canfed the, eauth
toproduce divers forts of herbs, green things, and corms he
hath caufed the Date to {pring forth, and.the Palme tree,with
ardens enriched with,Grapes, Olives, Pomgranets, and many
i alike, and.different. Confider. how. fruits encreafe.and
multiply; this ferveth for inftru@ion of Gods Unity, to them
that, have his fear before their eyes : the Infidels have adored
the devill, with God, who created them, and faid, that God
hath, fons and daughters, fuch.is their ignorance ; praifed’ be
God, he.created heaven, and earth ; how fhall he have a fon,
who hath:no wives? He created and knoweth all things, heis
your God,and your Lord, there is none otherGod but he;wor-
{hip. him, he conferveth al} things, he is feen.of no man, and be-
holdeth;all things, he is benigne, and nothing is concealed
from him. O people, there is come to youa light from yout
Lord.to conduct you, he that feeth clearly fhall receive ade
vantage.; and he that shall be’blinde, thall continue his —_
(hap.6. The Alcoran of MAHOMET.
Tam your Tutor, neither obferve I what you do ; Thus do
Ldeclare the myfteries of my Law , the wicked fhall in the
end confeffe that thou haft taught my Commandments to
fach as inclined to learne them. Adtwhat thy Lord hath in-
fpired into thee , there is no God but he; feparate thy. felfe
from the fociety of unbelievers ; Had it pleafed God, they
had not difobeyed his Commandments , thou art not their
Tutor, injure not them that worfhip Idols, they injure God
through malice andignorance , every man efteemeth what
he hath done, and pleafeth himfelfe in his opinion. Certainly
they (hall all be aflembled at the day of Judgment , and be
chaftifed after their demerits. They have fworne by the name
of God to fight for the faith, if fome miracle appeare to. in-
ftru&them ; miracles proceed from God, ‘they know not the
time wherein he will make them to appear ; although they
fhould feemiracles, they willnotbe converted. I will over-
turne their hearts, blinde their fight, and they thall never be
converted, I will leave them in their errors, and difobedience,
with contempt and confufion, If we fhould fend to them
Angels, fhould the dead comeand fpeak to them, and fhould
we bring about them all the witnefles of the world, they fhall
not believe,if it fo pleafe God, moft of them are ignorant ; we
have allotted an enemy to each Prophet; as the Devill is an
enemy tomen, he tempteth them with the ornament of his
difcourfes, to render them proud. If it had pleafed.chy Lord,
they had wanted that power; departthou from unbelievers,
and their blafphemies, and incline not co their will ;they thall
finde no advantage in their impiety. Doe you defire another
Judgethen God, who hath fent to you the Book that diftin-
guifheth good from evill? Such as know the Scripture are
not ignorant that this Book was fent from God ,, and con-
taineththe Truth; Be not thou in the number of them that
doube, the word of God exaétly cometh to paffe , no man
can hinder its effets , God underftandech and knoweth all
things, If thou incline torhe will of moft men, they will
feduce thee, they belicye bue their own opinions, and are
iyars. Thy Lord knoweth themthat erre, and fuch as follow
G 3 the
See Gelaldin,
The Alcoran of MAHOMET, Chap.6.
the right way. Eat what fhall be flain in pronouncing the”
name of God; they taught you what was forbidden, cate
not, unleffe conftrained through neceflity :. Many erre from
the right way , and purfue their own appetites, and igno,
rance, God beholdeth them that offend him; flie publique
and fecret finne, finners thall be feverely chaftifed; eat not
of what isnot let-blond. in pronouncing the nameof God,
left you difobey his Commandments, The Devils will tempt
them that ferve them, , they will perfwade unbelievers to dif
pute againft you; if youincline tothem, you thall be Infidels
as they: are, F raifed again many of them that were dead
through their finnes, Lconverted them » and gave them a light
to illuminate them, in the darkneffe , wherein Infidels thalf
dwellfor ever , becaufe they delight in their difobedience s
Thus will I place in every City, leaders, that fall feduce. the
wicked, and themfelves, but thal! not underftand it : When
they beheld any fign ( of the truth of the Prophet ) appeare;
they faid, they will not believe in him, unleffe he were accom:
panied with the vertues, and merits of other Prophets ; God
maketh choyce of themon whom he conferreth. the grace of
prophecie , he fhall chaftife fuch as difcourfe in that manner,
with ignominie in this world, and they (hall. feel inthe other
great torments, by reafon of their impietie. God rejoyceth
the hearts of them that heinclineth to lead into the way of
Salvation , and punifheth them that digreffe from the right
path ; his wrath fell upon the Infidels fo foon as he afcended
into Heaven, The way thon followeft is the right way ; we
have recompenfed fuch as have underftanding to profit, they
fhall be happy , God hall be their proteéor , becaufe of
their good works. Rememberthou the day wherein we thall
affemble the people , and when it thall be faid to the Devils,
Oh ye bands of Devils! wherefore are you rifen againft men?
The chiefe of thofe men that fhall have obeyed them; fhall ane
fwer, Lord, fuffer us to be revenged on each other, and let
each command in his turne; Oh Lord , teach us the prefixed
time that thou haft appointed to our miferics - The Angels
thall anfwer, Hell thall be your habitation, you fhallithere re-
maine
(Chap.6. The Alcoran of Ma Ho MET. :
maine eternally , and fo long as it thall pleafe God: Your
Lord is moft wife, and omnifcient ; the wicked fhall obey the
wicked, becaufe of their finnes. Oh ye Bands of men and
Devils / have you not feen my Prophets, and Apoftles of your
owne Nation, who have given you to fee Miracles? who have
preached my Commandments , and the day of Judgment ?
They hall anfwer, they have feen the Prophets; and Apoftles,
but that the life of the world rendred them proud, and
fhall confeffe themfelves to have been wicked. God fhall not
deftroy Afecca for the injuftice therein committed , untill he
hath fent an Apoftle tothe Inhabitants, to teach them his
Commandments; every one thall be punifhed according to
his works , thy Lord knoweth whatfoever is done in the
world. He hath no need of his people, he is altogether met-
cifull, hecan deftroy you if it pleafe him , and eftablifh in
your place another people, ashe hath eftablifhed you in the
place of your predeceflors. If you be not converted , you
fhall not efcape the torments of Hell; Say unto them, do
as youunderftand him, I will comport my felfe, as I fhall
apprehendhim ; youfhall in the end underftand who fhall
have the good part inthe other world. None fhall give fuc-
cour to Idolaters, they offer to their Idols of the fruits that
God hath created, and fay, (following their thoughts ) behold
our God! Such facrifices afeend not to God, their Idolatrie
hath induced many of them to facrifice their own’ Children
to their falfe Gods, they have deftroyed them, and were en-
fnared in their Religion ; which they had not dont, had it
fo pleafed God ; Separate thy felfe from them and their blaf-
phemies, they have faid, that the fruits of the earth, and the
benefits of God were uncleane, and would not cat of them.
God giveth food butto thofe whom he is pleafed to gratifie.
They have prohibited to ride on fome beatts that God gave
them, and flew them for food, without pronouncing the name
of his divine Majeftie , which is a great finne , but they fhall
be punifhed according to their démerits. They have-faid it is
lawfullfor mento eat what is in the bellies of beafts, and
thac ic is unlawfull for theic wives, and whem they had flain
G 4 them,
The Alcoran of MAHOMET. Chap.6,
they did eat forcom any; but God fhall chaftife them
patie difeourte he is al wife, and Omnifcient. Such
as flay their Children are wretched men, fooles and ignorant,
they have forbidden to eat the good things that God hath gi.
venthem, to blafpheme,and are gone aftray from the right
way. ItisGod who created the gardens full of fruits, and
hearbs of divers colours. with Olives, Pomegranets, and
other fruits alike, and different : Eat of the fruits of the
Earth: Pay the dues appointed when you reap, and difpente
not your fubftance lightly ; God abhorreth prodigals : Of
clean beafts, fome there be that have borne the burden » and
others that are young, and have not borne it ; Eat what
God hath given you, and follow not the foot-fteps of the
Devill, he is.your oper enemie. .Say unto them, behold
See Kitab of Cight paire. of beafts , viz. two paire of Weathers, two of
tenoir. Ewes, two of Camels, and two Ppaire of Cowes » Of which is
it permitted, or forbidden you to eat ? Is it lawfull for
you to-eat the males, or females? Whichare thofe that Gof
hath forbidden you? Who .ts more wicked then he that blafs
phemeth, to feduce from the right way the people that are
ignorant ? God guideth not the unjuft ; Say unto them, In aff
that God hath infpired into me,] finde not that itis prohibited
to cat of thofe beafts, except they die of fome difeafe , and
if they beflain without pronouncing the name of God. The
flefh of Swine is forbidden you 3 ifyoueat of it, you incutre
the wrath of God; If any one be in neceffity , and eateth
withoutdlefigne to provoke God , hethall finde God graci-
ous and mercifull. We forbad the Jews to eat of beatts
whofe feet were cloven, and of the fat of beafts , except of
fuch.as is interlarded in the flefh,the entrails and the bones, We
enjoyned this prohibition by réafon of their finne, and we are
veritablein our words, and exa@ in our promifes : If they
flander thee, Say unto them , the mercy of God is great, and
the wicked thall not avoid the punifhment of their crimes,
The Infidelshave faid , had it pleated God, we had not been
unbelievers, neither our fathers affo , and nothing had been
prohibited, Their predeceffors fpake as they, untill they fele
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the punifhment of their fins. Say unto them, Are you aflured
that God is content with your proceeding 2 Tell us, whence
arifeth this affurance ? You, inthis, follow but your opinion,
you are but lyers, Gods providence is great; he had guided
allof you in the right way, had it fo plealed him. Caufe
them come before us, qvho faid, It is unlawful to eat of
clean Beafts ; were they prefent. when God made the Prohi-
bition? If they fay they were prefent, fay not asthey, Nei-
ther follow the appetites of blaiphemous Infidels, who believe
notin the end of the word, and worlhip many Gods. Say
unto them, Come, I will inftrué& you what is by God forbid-
den to be eaten ; there is but one fole God, fay not, he hath
companions equal to him; do good to your Father and Mo-
ther, and flay not your children, in fear of dying with famine,
God fhall beftow on you and them alfo, what fhall be necef-
fary ; commit not whoredom, either privately or publikely 5
kili no man, if juftice do not command it : God requireth you
to obferve what is above (ordained) perhapsyou will confider
it, Takenot the goods of Orphans, but to fuccor them, un-
til they be of age, of difcretion,meafure,and weight,with good
weight, and juft meafure. I enjoyn no man any thing,but what
isin his power to perform. udg with equity, although it be
againft you parents and allies ; fatisfic what is above (ordain-
ed) God commandeth it, peradventure you will confider it ;
it isthe right way, which you ought to purfue + go not alide,
God commandeth it, perhaps you will fearhis divine Majefty.
Wetaught Afofes our Commandments ; itis a peculiar grace
to iuftruét the righteous, and guide the people in the right
way; it may be you will believe in the Refurreétion. O ye
Inhabitants of AZecca!We have fent to you the eA/coran,fullof
benedi@ion, perform what is ordained, fie impiety, your fins
fhallbe forgivenyou ; fay not, That God hath fent his Law
to the two Nations that preceded you ; and that it is hid from
you. Willyou fay, That had God taught you the Scripture,
you had been more obedient then they ?, Certainly he hath
taught you his Commandments, itis afpecialgrace to guide
you into the right way : Who is more unjuft, then he that blaf-
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phemeth againft his divine Majefty, and departeth from his
Commandments? Suchmen fhall be rigoroufly chaftifed in
the fire of Hell. Will they expeé& thatthe Angels came to
vifit them ? That God fhould punith, and declare to themhis
miracles? Will they look forthe day of judgment, wherein
repentance and converfion fhail be unprofitable? Such asbe
lieve in one part of the Law, and reject the other, . have no
foundation in their belief. Ged fhall make them to know
their errors, and fhall punifh them after the enormity of cheir
crimes: He that fhall do a good work, fhall have a reward
tenfold. Whofoever aéteth any wickednefs, fhall be punifhed
in like maner; neither fhall he receive injuftice. Say unto
them, God hath guided me’in the way of his Law ; fuch as pro-
fefs the Law of .4brabam, profefs the unity of God ; Abraham
was not in the number of unbelievers ; my prayers, my vows,
my life , my death fhall be confecrated to God; he hathno
companion , Iwhollycommend my felf to his divine pleafure,
Say unto them, Do I defire to worfhip other God, then ti
Lord of the Univerfe? The good that a man doth, is for him
felf and the evil that he commicteth is againfthim; youall
fhall one day appear in the prefence of God, he thall refolve
your difputes. He it isthat prolongeth your pofterity, ander
alteth fome above others,to prove you; yourLord is exactto
chaftife the wicked, and gracious and merciful to the righte-
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r The Chapter of Prifons, containing an hundred and fix Verfes,
written at Mecca,
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ya Reader, Mahomet entituled thes Chapter, the Chapter of
in| Aaraf, which w a place between Paradife and Hell, Where
E men fuffer no punifoment, See Mokari, Bedaoi, and Kitab el
ny
N the name of God, gracious and merciful: Iam God, the
et moft wife, the mofttrue. This Book was fent co thee, to
pli seach to the True-believers ; doubt not the Contents of it.
tO Say untothem, Believe in what was fent to you from your
"Lord, and worfhip none other God but him ; few there be
i among you thatconfider it. How many Cities have we de-
“ftroyed ? How often have we infli€ted our punifhment on
i" their Inhabitants by day, and by night, when they repofed ?
| Neverthelefs, they faid nothing, but that they were greatly
tht afi@ed. We will examine the people to whom we have
fent our Prophets, and require account of what they have
learned, and of whattheyhavedone. VVe will examine our
Prophets, and demand an account of fuch as have followed,and
obeyedthem. I will caufe them to remember what they have
__ done worthy of reward. We forfook not our Prophets when
they preached to them the Truth; their actions fhall: be =
weighed in the ballance of equity; the ballance of the blefled
fhall’be ponderous with good works ; and they whofe ballance
_fhallbe light of good works, fhall be damned, for having-con-
( temned our Commandments, VVe gave you your habication-
onthe Earth, and there beftowed on you what was neceflary
for your nourifhment; but few of you are grateful to me,
VVe created and formed you, and. commanded the Angels to
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worlhip Adam, which they performed, except the devil, to”
whom we faid, what hindred thee to worthip e4dam, when
we commanded thee ? He anfwered, ] am better then he, thou
haft created me of fire, and haft created man of the mire of the
earth ; then faid we to him, depart out of Paradife, it is not the
habitation ofthe proud, thou fhalt be in the number of them
that fhall be laden with ignominy; the devill anfwered, let
me alone untill the day of the Refurreétion of the dead ; where.
forehaft thou tempted me? I willfeduce men from the right
way, I will hinder them on the right hand, and on the left, and
onall fides, to believe in thy Law, and the greateft part of them
thall be ungratefull : we faid to him, be gone out of Paradife,
thou {halt be abhorred of all the world, and deprived of my
mercy ; I will fillhell with fuch as fhall follow. thee. O Adam!
dwell with thy wife in Patadife, and there eat of whatfoever
fhall pleafe thee, but approach not that Tree, left thou with
thy wife be.in the number of thé unjuft. The devill tempted
them, and difpoyled their bodies of their veftments of graces
he faid to them,-God hath forbidden you to eatof the fruigof
that Tree, that you may notbe Angels, or eternall » he fwore
that he fpake the truth, and filled them with ignominy, becanfe
of their pride. They knew their nakednefs, having eaten of that
fiit, and.to cover themfelves, took leaves of Paradife ; their
Lord called:them, and taid, Did J not forbid you'to approach
that Tree® I toid:bothof you, thatthe devill was your epen
enemy ; they faid, Lord, we have offended thee, and injured
our fouls, if thou doth not compaffionate us, we thal be inthe
number of the damned: he faid, Depart out of Paradifey ye
enemies of each other, you fhall inhabit the earthy’ untill che
time/appointeds: you! shall there live and-die; and go from
the earth to the day of Judgmenn., Q yechildren: of Adam!
we beftowed: on you veltmene of graces,fignes of our Omni
potency; paradventure-you will bearic in minde.O ye children,
of Adam\ beware-lef the devill feduce you,: ashe did yout
Fatherand Mother, when he caufed their departure out of Pa-
radile; he difpoyled them oftheir garments, and .made:them
know thei deformity she: {hall appcar to you,- with fuch a8,
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follow them,andyou thalf fee him, when you leaft think there.
on; he protedcteth the Infidels : when they commit any
faule, they fay, we follow the Law-of our Fathers; God hath fo
i commanded us, Say unto them, Doth God command you to
, offend him 2? Will youfpeak of God what you know not? he
« hath appointed you to do Jultice, to worhhip him,and embrace
von hisLaw. Many fhallrife again; as you have feen them; fome
, fhallbeinthe right way, others thal! be damned, becauf'they
., have obeyed the devill, and believed they were inthe right
way. OchildrenofiAdam; cloath your felves decently, when
_ youthalirepaireto-the Temples; eat and drink what: pi@a-
. feth you; be not-predigall; God abhorrecth them that: {pend
; their-wealth- unprofitably: Say unto: them; who made tke
_ prohibition of decent cloathing, when men go to the Temple
. toworthip God ?. Who hath forbidden tocat of the goods
' thar-God hath given you? This is lawfull for true believers:
God fhall fo expound his Gommandments at the day of
Judgement. Say unto them,.God hath forbidden you whores
. dome, private and publike, difobedience, injuftice; defite to-a=
dore any-other god but him, and to {peak of his divine Majefty
what you know not; every one hath his predeftination, and
none can advance-or retard ite O ye children of dam; did:
not the Prophets teach you my Commandments? Stichas fhall
fear me, and do good works, {hall be delivered from affiGtion
atthe day of Judgment ; and they that difobey my Com-
mandments, that arife againft the Faith, fhall dwell! eternally
inhellfiree Whois more unjuft, then he that blafphemeth a-
gainft God and his Commandments? Such fhall be punifhed:
conformably to the Scripture. Whenthe Angels of death thall
caufe-them to die, they’ fhall fay, where-be the Idols that
you adored in {tead of God ? they thall anfwer, that thofe falfe
gods have forfaken them,and fhall acknowledge their Idolatry;
but God fhall fay to them; enter into hell with the men
and devils that are condemned ; they thal! execrate the Sets
that preceded them; and being aflembled , they fhall fay,
Lord, judge them, they feduced us, augment their miferies in
hell. God thall fay, we willadd to their, and yourpains, but
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you underftand it not. They fhall fay among themfelves, we 7
are not the caufe that you wereunbelievers, you were not fuch
to pleafe us, fuffer. with us the torments that you have merited, |
I will not open the gate of heaven to fuch as difobey my
Commandments, untill a Camell pafs through the eye of a
needle, fo will I chaftife finners, hell fhall be their bed, fire (hall
be their covering ; and fuch as fhall have done good works, ac
cording to their power, fhall dwell eternally in Paradife,
will remove deceit far from their heart, rivers thall flowin
their fields with delights ; and they fhall fay, prayfed be God,
who hath brought us hither,otherwife we had been in the num-
ber of the erronious: Certainly the Prophets, Gods Meffengets,
taught us the truth, in faying, the obfervance of the Command.
ments of his divine Majefty {hould render us heires of Paradife,
Such as fhal be faved, fhal tell the damned,that they have found
* The atabo- the grace foretold them of God, and we will demand of them,
metan Do- ifthey have noc met withthe punifhment that his divine Ma
Gorsbelieve, jefty did denounce againft them; they thall fay aloud, Yeq.
that fuch a8 and that the curfe of God is upon the unjuft, that mifled men
fhailhave fom his Law, and they (hall be eternally in the number of the
aoe epee miferable. * Between the bleffed and the damned, there isa fe.
vill, and paration, and aplace called Aaraf, or Prifons, wherein ate
whofe bal- many perfons, who know the blefled and the damned by thei
eae ara countenances, they call to the bleffed and falute them, yer they
neither oa? GO BOtinto Paradife, notwithftanding their great defire to a
the fealeog ter. WVhen they turntheireyes towards the damned ; Lord,
good works, (fay they) involve us not in the number of the unjuft. Suchas
ie Daath are in that place,call ro the damned, they know them by theit
Gdie ghacé vifages, and fay, to what ferved your riches? and that ye arole
* called 4araf, againttthe Faith, and Commandments of God? Behold the
with them faithfull (whom ye contemned)-you {wore they fhould be de-
that have — prived of merey ; God hath fpoken to them, and hath faid,
=e he enter into Paradife, and fear not, you fhall for ever be exempt
oils and this ££0M affliction ; the damned fhall cry unto the blefled, Give
place is be- us of the water which you drink , and the meats that youeat;
tween hell they fhall aniwer, The drink and bread of Paradife is prohibi-
an Pr- ted to Infidels, who fported with their faith, chat were pro
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Chap.7. The Alcoran of MauwomMeET. 05 i
of the wealth of the earth, and that fcoffed at the Command-
ments of God; he hath forgotten them, becaufe they forgot the
coming of the day of Judgment, and blafphemed againft
his precepts. Weare come to the inhabitants of AZecca to in-
ftruct them in the A/coran ; we teach it unto men, to give them
knowledge of the right way, and to acquire the mercy of God,
if they believe in that Book : Shall they expect to believe un-
till they know its explication? Its explication fhall appear at
the day of Judgment ; that day, fuch as fhall have lived with-
ont faith, fhall fay, Certainly the Prophets delivered the Truth;
fhall we partake of their prayers, will they intercede for us,un-
till we return to the world to do better then we have done,
and to obey Gods Commandments? But they fhall be.dam-
_ned,becaufe of their blafphemies. God is your Lord, he created
the heaven, and the earth in fix dayes, and fitteth on his Throne;
he caufeth the night incontinently to fucceed the day ; the Sun,
the Moone, and the Stars, move at hiscommand, and all the
world obeyeth him; praifed be God, Lord of the Univerfe :
Pray to God privately and publikely, he abhorrerh the unjatt ;
pollute not the earth, after the ordure is removed; pray to
-Godto avoid his chaftifements, and obtain his mercy, which is
for the righteous. It is God that fendeth the windes to diffi-
_ pate the rain, when they carry the clonds.; we drive them
_ charged with water, into places drie, dead, and ruined, and
_canfe the rain to fall there, that they may produce herbs
_ and fruits ; fo will we caufe the dead to arife again; perhaps men
will remember the good land bringeth forth good fruits,
through the permiffion of its Lord, and the bad fand produceth
only darnell. I teach my Commandments to fuch asare not
ingratefull: Certainly we fent Noah to inftrn@ men; he faid,
Oye people, worthip one God alone; if you adore other
then him, you fhall be punifhed at the day of Judgments their
Rulers anfwered, O Noch! thou art in a great error ; He re-
plyed, lerrnot, Jama meffenger fent from God to preach his
Will; ¥ give you moft wholfome advife, God hath taught me
what you know not. Is it {trange to you, that he hath fent you
his Commandiment by the tongue of a man like your cet
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declare to-youthe torments of Hell? Fear God, he will par.
don your finties ; But they belyed Noah, we faved himiq:
the Arke, with his retinue, and drowned thofe that cotirem
ned our Law, they werealtogether blinde. We fent Hast
his brother eZad, and to his retinue, he faid, Oh ye people!
worthip one God alone, whom will ye adore, or whom
feare, but God? The Teachers anfwered , thou art in anew
tream ignorance ; we believe thee to be in the number of
lyars ; he replyed, Iam not a lyar, I am a meffenger {ent
from God, topreach his Commandments, I give good and
falutary advice, wonder not that God teacheth you his pte.
cepts by the tongue of a man, like yon, who déclareth @
youhispleafire. Remember thathe left you on Earth after
Noah , that he encreafed-you in'number, force, and power;
Call to minde his grace, you fhallbe happy. They anfwered,
are we come to this, to worfhip one God alone , aitd to relia.
quifh what our fathers adored? Shew us the truth, wheredt
thou doft preach, if thou art trne ; he faid, the wrath and
dignation of God thall fallupon you; will you difpute with
us of the names, that you and your fathers impoféd on yoil
Idols? God did not enjoyne to worthip them , neither hae
you reafon to do it ; expect your purifhment, I will expedctit
with perfeverance. Thendidwe deliver hit from their me
lice , and all the true believers that were with him, and dé
itroyed thofe Infidels, by reafon of their impiety. We fent
Satheto Temod,and his people; he faid to chei,Oh ye people!
worfhip but one God , he thall fhew'you a miracle in this
* The Turks * Camel, fuffer it to feed onthe Earth, and do to it no harme,
believe thar ‘eft you be chaftifed: Remember, how God left you on the
Salhe; Earthafter Aad, he gave youto dwell in the vallies, in the
through plaines, and mountaines; Remember God, and pollute not
es Peme- toe Earth any more. Their Captains who were proud, de-
aeacepholed manded of the poore,, ifthey believed that Salbe was indeed
arock into the Meflenger of God ? they anfwered , We believe in his
aCamel. words, and in his doGeine; Then faid thote proud men, we
abjare what ye believe, we condemne him, and they flew the
Camel of Sathein derifion, difobeyed the les
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God, and faid, Oh Salhe!.Let us now fee the punithment
that thou didft preach, if thou art of the Prophets; at the
fame time.an Earthquake, with thunder furprized them, and
they remained dead as carkaffes in their honfes. Sa/he for-
fooke them, and faid, Oh ye people! I declared to you the
willof God with fidelity, but ye deteft themthat affe& you,
and give you good counfels.Remember thou how Lor fpake to
the people, faying,will you daily defile your felves with whore-
dome? and with a filthineffe that was never yet feen in the
‘world by any your Predeceffours ? Will you love men better
then women ? willyou lovefin rather then piety ? They faid,
Let usexpell Lor and his family from our Citie, forthat they
| wil not contaminate themfelves with us,but God delivered him
jout of theirhands, and thofe of his houfe , except his wife,
who continued with them that were punifhed: We caufed a
\raine to fallupon them, that deftroyed all of them. Confi,
der the end of the wicked :. Wefent Chaib to theCountry
lof Adadian , hefaid, Oh ye people , werfhip.ene God alone,
weigh with good weights, meafure with good meafure , and
‘retaine nothing from your Neighbour: Poffefle not the high
‘wayes , to give terrour to the people, neither divert Tirne-
believers from the Law of God: Remember , that you.were
but a fmall handfull of men, and he caufed you to multiply ;
confider the end of the wicked ; If any among you embrace
the faith , and others contemne it , have patience, untill God
judge your differences, there is no better Judge then he ;
Their Teachers faid ; Oh (haib, we will banith thee from
Madian , thee and thofe that are of thy faith, if thou art. of
our Religion ; he anfwered , fhould I not abhorre your Reli-
gion, Ithould blafpheme againft God, who hath delivered
me, Iwill follow it, ifit pleafe God, he knoweth all things,
I recommend my felfe wholly to the will of his divine Ma-
jefty ; Lord judge our controverfie, thon art the beft Judge of
the world. Then faid their Teachers to the people, if you
follow Chaib,you are damned ; not long after an Earth- quake,
and Thunder furprized them, and. inthe morning they were
found dead in their honfes ; fuch as belyed Chaib, found no
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fafety in their habitations, they were wretched, he abandoned |
them , and faid, Oh ye people! Ihave preached to you the
willof God with fidelity ; I will no longer afflict my felfe
with the malice ofthe wicked. We infli&ted fickneffe and pos
verty on them that difobeyed the Prophets , whom we fent to
the Inhabitants of AZadian ; peradventure they will be, con-
verted. We proved them through difeafes and health, and
gratified them in many occurrences, yct they faid , our fathers
were afflicted with fickneffe and povertie, we fhall be as they,
but we chaftifed them for their finne , when they leaft codk
deredit. Had the Inhabitants of AZecca had our fear before
their eyes, and obeyed our Commandments, we had opened
to them the bleffing of Heaven and Earth ; we will punith
them, becaufe they are impious: Some there be, that fhall be
affli@ed in the night , when they fleep ; and-others, that {hall
be tormented by day, when they fport ; and. recreate thet
felves ; they believed God tobe adeceiver and are damned,
God guideth into the right way True-believets, and mals
them Hire of the Earth, aftertheir parents; had he fo pled
ed, he might have deftroyed all the world, he might hat
hardned the hearts of the people , and no man had harknel
* To Mecca, tohis word. Irecount what things befell that * City, malj
Prophets have been fent to its Inhabitants , and wrought mi
ny miracles, yet would they not relinquith their former int
pietie ; thus have we hardned the hearts of Infidels; they vit
fated their promifes, and we found moft of them to be wid
and difobedient. We fent AZofesto Pharaoh, and his pee
ple, he to them fhewed miracles , which through theiemalie
“they contemned , but confider the end of thofe wicked men;
Mofes {aid unto Pharaoh,lam a meflenger fent from God, the
God of the Univerfe;when I {peak of God,] deliver the Truth;
Tam come, through his command, to tell chee, thou mutt dik
miffe with me the Children of Ifrael, and no longer detaitt
them in thy dominions... Pharaoh faid, if thou comelt frot
God, andart truein thy fayings, let us fee fome miracles}
then he caft upon the ground his ftaffe , which was-chang
into a Serpent, fhewed his hand, that appeared asia
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Chap.7. The Alcoran of MAHOMET. 99
white to the eyes of the Spe&ators. The Doftors of Pharaoh Gelaldin
faid, this man is a Magician, he would have us to abandon faith Mofes
our Country , what is your opinion ? detaine him prifoner, his hand was
and his brother, and fend into your Cities, to afflemble Ma. browne.
gicians. The Magicians of Pharaoh appearing before him,
they faid , what fhall be our reward, if we thall be vi@orious ?
He replyed tothem, you thall be well rewarded, and thall
be of them that approach my perfon. They faid, oh Adofes !
wilt thou firlt caft down thy -ftaffe on the ground, orfhall we
| ours? Afofes bad them caft down. theirs, which they did , en-
| chanting the eyes of the {petators,and terrifying them with an
; extraordinary enchantment ;God infpired AZo/es to calt down
; his Rod,which devoured the ftaves of the other; and the Truth
,. appeared above falfhood,and above the vanity of their ations,
; they were vanquifhed,to their confufion, forfook their magick,
} and proftrating themfelves on the earth, uttered thefe words ;
We believe in the Lord of the Univerfe, the Lord of Mofes,
and of Aaren; Pharaoh {aid to them. , Ye believe in the God
1 OF AZofes without my permiffion ;. this is a deceit, invented
;. byyou, to drive the people out of my Dominions; but you
, fhallfoone know the punifhment that I will lay upon. you,
A will cut off your feet and hands, and command you to.be
, crucified. They anfwered » We recommend our felves wholly
~ tothe will of God, whatfoever is thy revenge on us, thou
, fhalt not hinder us to believe in the miracles that we fee, nei-
_ ther to obey the Commandments of his divine Majefty ;
_ Lord give us patience, and to dye in the number of True-be-
_ fievers. Then faid Pharaoh's Doors, difmiffe Adofes, and
_ his people, that they may goe whither they fee good, to
pollute the Earch, thar they may leave thee in quiet with
_ thy Gods; He faid, 1 will canfe their Children to be flain,
_ their wives tobe abufed , and Iwill infia@ upon them a thou-
fand torments. A4o/es {aid to his people ; Implore fuccors
of God with patience, and prayers, the whole Earth is Gods,
he giveth it to inherit , towhom he feeth good: the other
world is for the righteous. They faid, Oh Adofes 1 We, be-
fore thy coming, defired the death of our enemies ; he re-
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upon the Earth, he fhall behold your a@ions. We afflited
Pharaoh and his Subje@s with famine, perhaps unbelievers
willconfider it. When any happineffe befell them , they faid,
they well defervedit, and when they fell into mifery, they
affirmed Afofes and his people tobe the caufe of it; ItisGod
that punifhed them , but of this moft of them were ighorant,
They faid unto AZo/es , ceafe to fhew us thy miracles toin-
chant us, wewillnotobey thee: We fent upon them aDe
luge , Grafs-hoppers, Lice, Frogs, and Bloud, one after am
other ; neévertheleffe they were proud, andin che numbeté
the wicked, When our wrath felluponthem , they faid,
Mofes \ cali wpon thy Lord , that he give us what to thee kk
promifed, remove his difpleafure from us, we will belier
thee, and will difmifle with thee, the Children of Ifrael:
When we delivered them from affli@ion, they fharpned thet
“congues, murmured, and violated their promifes ; weave
oni {elves upon them , and drowned them in the Sea, for
they contemned our miracles, and we gave the Welt ai
Batt to the Children of Ifrael, who were humble before’)
we gave them our dleffing , our word was accompli(hed upm
them, becaufe of their perfeverance, and we deftroyed th:
Aginies of Pharaoh. The Children of Ifrael having paft the
Sa, meewithwnen that adored Idols, and faid, oh Malis!
qnakeunto us Gods, like to the Gods of this people; he a
fwered, ye are ignorant ; thefe men are wretched, whattht
do isbut ignorance and vanity ; thal I defire that youworlhi
other Gods, then God that preferred you to all the wo
We have delivered you from Pharaoh's people, who t
youto endure preat torments, they murthered your children,
abufed your'wives , and you fuffered heavie affii@tions fort!
punifhment of your finnes. We detained C¥o/es on th
Mountain thirey nights, and ten other nights, which 1s inal
forty nights ; when he wett up, he faid to his brother Ato,
be chou my Lieutenant, Command this people in mine abfent
ahd folidw morthe path of the wicked. When AZo/fesat the
time appointed errived at the top of the Mountain , _
;
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plyed, God will not deftroy your enemies, to leave you alone
ame a ;
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his Lord fpake to him , he faid, Lord permit me to fee thee,
he faid , thou fhalt not fee me ; behold this Mountain, if it
continue firme in this place, thou fhalt be able to fee me ;
when the Lordappeared upon the Mountain with his light ,
it was reduced to afhes, and CMo/es amazed, felf on the
ground, asdead. When he arofe again, he {aid; bleffed be the
name of God, I defireto obey him, and believe that no man
living is abletobeholdhim. He {aid to Mofes , Ihave choe
fen, and preferred thee to all the world, I have made thee a
Prophet, thouhalt calked withme, receive the grace which
, Ihave beftowed on thee, and be not ingratefull. We gave
to him the Tables, whereon was written what was neceilary
. for the falvation of men, and we faidto him, receive with
affection , what I give thee, and command thy people to ob-
ferve thecontents of thofe Tables. I will precipitate into
Hell fuch as tranfgreffe my Commandments ; I will deprive the
proud of my graces, they- will not believe in my Law, al-
» though they fee all the miracles in the world ; if they fee the
| right way, they will not follow it ; they feethe way of error,
, and purfueit ; becaufe they have abjured my Commandments,
and rejected my grace, the good works of them that difobey
me, and that believe not in the Refurre@tion , are unprofi-
, table, they fhall be chaftifed after their demerits, The peo-
| ple of AZo/es, after his departure, adored the Calfe, a bellow-
_ ing God ; fawthey not, that it fpake not to them > neither
, could conduc them into the right way ? Neverthelefle they
adored it, for which they were greatly too blame. When this
(alfe felltothe ground, and they found their errour , they
faid, if God have not pitie on us, we thall be miferable.
When /Zo/es returned , he faid to them , whom did yee obey
_ aftermy departure? You were too hafly to worthip that
Idol ; he in difpleafure caft againft the ground the Tables
that God had given him, took his brother by the head, and
dragging himtohim, faid, Sonne of my mother, how halt
thou governed this people ? I wanted power, replyed he, and
could not divert them from their evill; It wanted fittle but
they had flain me, dome no harme ; rejoyce not my enemies
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with my mifery, and account me not with thofe thatadored —
Idols: Aofes faid, Lord pardon me, and my brother, give us
thy mercy ; thou art the merciful of the merciful. The wrath
of God, and the infamy of the world, fhall fall upon them
that worlhiped the Calf,and blafphemed againft God ; he will
be pitiful to fach as fhall repent, and believe in his divine
Majefty. The difpleafare of A7Zofes being allayed, he again
took the Tables, whereon was written the way of falv
tion, for fuch as have the fear of their Lord before their
eyes; he caufed to be feparated from his people, ata time
appointed, threefcore and ten perfons, who were furprized
with ancarth-quake, and with thunder; and faid, Lord, thou
couldit have deftroyed them, before they adored the Calf;
wilt thou deftroy us all, becaufe of the fin of the ignorant
that are amongft us ? Thou haft defired to prove this people;
thon guideft, and caufeft to erre whom thou pleafeft; thouart
our Protector, pardon our fins ; for thou art altogether mett-
ful; give usthy grace in this world, and guide us to the daya@
jadgment, neer to thy divine Majelty : He faid, Twill panifi
as 1 fee good, my mercy embraceth the whole world ; it&
for fuch ashave my fear before their eyes, that pay Tithes
obey my Commandments, follow the right way, believe inthe
Prophet, * who can neither write nor read, and what is writtel
inthe old Teftament, and the Gofpel ; he fhall command them
chifigs honeft; he hall prohibit things uncivil ; he fhall teach
them what meats areclean, and forbid them to eat whatis
unclean; he fhall deliver them from Ceremonies, weighty and
troublefome, and from the chains that ftri€tly binde them:
Such as fhallbelieve in him, that fhall honor him, that fhallde
fend hitn from his enemies, and follow the light chat we fhal
fend him, fhallbehappy. Say unto the people, I am indeeda
meflenger fent from God, to whom appertaineth the King-
dom of the Heavens, and of Earth; there is but one God #
lone, he giveth life and death, as feemeth good tohim. Be
lievein God, and in his Prophet, who can neither read not
write. Such asfhall believe in God, in his word, and follow
the: Prophet, fhall not erre ; they thall follow avery good
way:
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way. There are fome of the children of Z/-ae/ that knew the
truth, and judg with equity. We divided them into twelve
Tribes, when AZo/es required drink for his people, we in-
{pired him to ftrike the rock with his rod, whence flowed
twelve fountains, and every one knew the place where he
fhould drink ; we covered them with the fhaddow of clouds ;
. we caufed Afanna and Quails to defcend upon them, and
commanded them to eat of the good things which we gave
them. They did not hurt us ( when they murmured ) but
afflicted themfelves. It was faid tothem, Dwellin this City, This is the
and eat therein what fhall pleafeyou; enter at the gate with Holy Land.
adoration, and -beg pardon of your fins. Iwill pardon you, See Gela/din.
and will augment the graces of the righteous; neverthelefs,
the wicked that were among them, altered the words that were
fpokento them, and perverted them ; and wefentupon.them
our indignation from Heaven, becaufe of their. impiety. Ask
of them concerning a village that wasupon the thore,of the
' Sea, whofe inhabitants obferved not the Sabbath, .and fithed
| onthe day of reft; they fawin that day, Serpents appear up-
, onthe water, and other days they faw none. _ Thus are tryed
them, becaufe of their difebedience : A party of them faid,
Fifth not O people, it is loft labor ; God thall deftrey and
_ chaftife them with grievons torments, then their Doétors faid,
_ They fhallimplore pardon of the Lord, perhaps they will fear
to offend him another time. WVVhen they rejected what we
' taught chem ; we faved fuch among them as abftained from
evil-doing, and grievoufly afflicted the wicked, becaufe of their
| difobedience ; when they gloried in their fin, we faid to them,
~ Be ye contemned, and abhorred,as Apes;thy Lord hall fend to
them at the day of Judgment, perfons to torment them; he
ds exact in punifhing the wicked, and merciful co the righteous.
We fent upon them good and evil, to prove them, peradyen-
ture they will beconverted. Their pofterity left 2 progeny,
heirs of their doGtrine ;_ neverthelefs, they returned to their
|
fins, and fay,the Lord thall pardon them ; they beg pardon Of $cc Geiaidin,
him, and return daily to their fin: Shall:not account be re-
quired from them, of what.is ordained inthe Scripture? To
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wit, not to fpeak of God, but with truth: They haveread]
the Truth, but have not comprehended it. Paradife is onely
for the righteous ; I will not deprive them of recompenle, |
who make their prayers at the time appointed, and obfere
what is contained in the Scriptures. Remember thou, howwe
raifed a mountain over them,to fhelter them, and how they be
fieved it would fall upon their heads; we faid to them, Lean
with affection what we teach you, and remember; perhap
you will fear difobedience. Thy Lord caufed to come outof
Adams reins, all his:pofterity ; “and asked them, faying, Am
notl your Lord ? they anfwered, yes, thou art our Lord, "we
know it well : They cannot therefore fay at the day of Judg:
ment, That they knew not his unity ; they fhall fay for exeule,
Our fathers adored many gods before us, we are their pofteri:
ty ; wilt thou deftroy us, becaufe of their iniquity > Thus do
T difcover my myfteriesto men ; tt may be they will be com
verted. Relate tothem the hiftory of him that faw our mire
cles ; he was difpoiled of his underftanding, the Devil follow
edit, and he was inthe number of the wretched. Had web
pleafed, we had-exalted him through the knowledg of ot
wonders , among the ‘Doétors ; but he ‘crouched to tk
ground, and followed his own appetite, like to achafed dogyi
thou chafe him with choller,he putteth forth his conguesif thol
leave him atreft, he will {till put forth his tongues like othe
Infidels,that contemn our inftru€tions ; if chou recount co them
“our miracles, ordo not recount, perhaps they will be convett-
ed, perhaps they will not be converted; and thall be like fich
as have abjured our Commandments, and injured their own
fouls. - He whom God guideth, is well guided ; and he whom
God mif-leadeth, isin the number of the miferable. Weave
created Héllto punith Devils and men; ~they have hearts, afd
comprehend not the truth; they have eyes, and fee it not;
¢ars have they, and hear it not; they are like to beafts, and
worle then beafts ; they are altogether ignorant. The mol
beautiful names of the world appertain to God : Befeech
him-by the beauty of his name, and depart from them that de-
patt fromthe truth, through the names that they impofe on
theit
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their Idols; they thall be chaftifed after their demerits. Some
there be that follow thetruth, and. judg withequity, I will
by degrees punifh them that fhall reject our Commandments,
when they fhall think thereon. I will defer their punifhment
fome time, ‘becaufe my wrath is violent ; Remember they.nor,
that they faid, AZahomet is poffeft.of the Devil? On the con-
trary, he declareth the joyes of Paradife, and preacheth the
torments of Hell. - Confider they not the Kingdom of Hea-
ven and of Earth, which God hath created of nothing? The
fear of death fhall arrive before they. have. acknowledged their
fins ; in whatwill they believe, if they have not faith in the
Alcoran? Ke whom God -ihall mif-lead, {hall finde none to
guide him ; he (hall leave Infidelsconfounded in their difobe-
dience. They fhall enquire of thee concerning the hour and day
of Judgment. Say,unto them, No man knoweth it bueGod.;
but the greateft part of the world believeit not. I have.not
powerto do either good orevil of my felf, if God do not
permit it; if Iknewthe future, Ifhould provide, wealth to
preferve me from poverty : Iam fent onely to declare the
joyes of Paradife,-and preach the torments.of Hell to them
that believe in God; he it.isthatcreated you of oneifole per-
fon, and created his: fpoufe of his rib, to. dwell with hers
VVhen fhe doubted of being with childe, fheceafed not to
travel as fhe was wont ; but when her conception rendre¢
her heavy, they both befought God, their Lord, and faid,
Lord give an happy progeny, to the end we may be inthe
number of them that return thee thanks for thy favors. VVhen
God gavethem a fon, a righteous man, they affociated him in
what he had given them; and all of themexalted the glory of:
his divine Majefty, above the Idols of the Infidels, that adored
things which could create nothing, that are things created,
and can do neither good norharm. If you call Idolaters to
the right way, they will not followyon ; if ye invoke Idols,
mifery fhall be upon you; willyou bemute, to profefsthe
unity of God? will you worthip the Creatures, inftead of the
Creator 2 Go, adore your Idols, and may they heat your
prayers, if you believe them tobe Gods: Have they feet to
Sear walk,
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The Alcoranof MaHOMET. (hap.8,
watk, hands'to touch, eyes'to fee, and eares to heat ? Sayunto —
them, ifye mvoke your Idols, atid confpire againft me, you
fhall finde noneto protect you, God ts my protector, hehath
cauted the Alcorun to defcend from Heaven, he is the defendor
of the righteous, what ye adore, can neither benefit nor hurt |
you; If thou invokeft Idols , they flaall not ‘hear thee , they
(hall look upon thee, and thall not fee thee; do what is hw
full to be done, command things honeft , and depart fromtte
ignorant ; if the Devill would feducethee, traft.in God, fe
heareth and knowethall chines ; fuch as fear him, remember his
shercies and chaltifements when they are tempted ofthe Devil
Although Infidels know the Truth, the Devill ceafeth not to
continue thein in their Go,they alwayes follow their impiety;
If thou goelt'te chem to tnftraé them, they fay, thou ‘fingelt
an oldfong, fayantothem , Ido what my Lord infpired to
tome, what I'teach you, isthe light of faith, the rightiway,
and ‘the grace of ‘God for them that believe in his divine Ma
jeftie s for fuch as hear the Alcoran, and ftudy it, perhaps
God will give you hismercy. Remember thon God in thy
foul, worlhip in’publique and private, pray unto him ‘even
ing, and morning, and be not inthe number of the ignorant
The Angels that are near to thy Lord, negleé& norto worlhip
him , they prayfe and adore ‘him with humility.
CHAP. VIIT
gee ie The Chapter of the pojle, containing feventy and five vee,
cencernin: written at Meditia.
divifion of
the fpoyle, 1 the taine of God, gracious and mercifull. They willde
which they “Amand of thee, to whom appertaineth the fpoyle 2 Say-am-
Joni of ze~'t© thei, ‘the fpoyleappertainech’to'God , and his Prophet;
der, Mabo- Fear’ God , ‘live with mutual amity, sandobey his:divine Ma-
wet divided Jelty, and his Proptiec-, if you'believe’in his: Law, Suelits
itamong “féar when théy hear mention of God, who augment their
them. (it cA ; z - {b
ae Gelaldin. faith, when-they have-heard-relation ‘of hisumiracles., “
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truft in him, who perfevere in their prayers, and difpend in
pious works fome part of their wealth , believe in the uni.
ty of his divine Majefty ; they have the degrce of their habi-
tation in Paradife, fhall receive from their Lord pardon of
theirfinnes , and exceeding great treafare. When thy Lord
caufed thee to goc out of thine houfe to goeagainft the Infi-
dels, aparty of the true believers had a great averfion to
' fighting, they difputed with thee the neceflity of Combats,
having feen and known that their enemies led themto acer~
'rainedeath ; Callto minde, thatGod promifed you, thata
\ party of the Army of the Enemies fhould obey you, Defire
“you other thing then the glory and honour of vitory ? God
‘ confirmeth the Truth by his words,and deftroyeth the wicked,
"he ratifieth the Truth , and deftroyeth falfhood , although it
be contrary to the will of theimpious. Remember,that your
'Lord heard you, when you of him implored fuccors, and
that heaffifted you with a thoufand of his Angels fent from
‘Heaven; God fent you this aide, only to let you know his
' grace, andteconfirm yourhearts ; vi€tory proceedeth from
'God , heis omnipotent, and moft prudent: Remember that
i God covered you with a fecure fleep , and caufed water to de-
i{cend from Heaven, to wath, purifie, and deliver you from
the malice of the Devill. Plant in yourheart generofity, and
patience , and goe on with affurance. God hath faid‘to his
Angels, Iwillbe with you, confirm the fteps of the True-
believers ;- I will caft feare into the heart of the wicked , firike
them on the head , fmite them on the fingers, and feet, becaufe
they have contradi&ted my will, and that of the Prophet.
God feverely chaftifeth fuch as difobey his Commandments,
and oppofe the will of his Prophet ; the unbelievershave here.
jtofore tafted.of his punifhments in this world,and fhall in the
jend feele the paives of the fire of Hell. Oh ye who believe
,in God! turne not the back to the wicked , as vanquifhed,
, when they approach to fight you, he that fhallturne the back,
hall returne in the wrath of God, and be throwne headlon
into the fire of Hell. You flew not the Infidels at the fight of See Gelaldin,
Beder , God himfelfe flew them, *Thon didft not caft ftones * OF ae,
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againft them, God did caft them to advantage the True-bes § |
bie lievers; he underftandeth whatfoever they fay, and knoweth |
it all their a@ions: certainly, he will augment the affiiGion of
ig" the wicked. When ye required vitory, it was given you; if
you relinquifh your impiety, you fhall dowell; if youréeturn 9 |
to fight againft the Prophet, knew, that he will protethim 9 /
againftyou; your men of war fhall advantage you in nothing, §
notwithftanding they be numerous; for that Godis withthe § |
True-believers. Ovye that believe, obey God and his Prophet,
depart not from him, fince ye have heard the Commandment J !
of his divine Majefty ,. be not as. thofe’ that fay, We have § !
heard, and were deafand dumb. Theignominy and miley §
mT that God layeth onbeafts, is to be deaf and dumb, and to
Se. want the ufe of reafon : Had God feen any good incline
te ’ : tion in the Infidels, he had not left them in their deafnefs;
Bee i bit although they had heard clearly, they fhould have always
ee! | departed from his Law, and have been obftinate. Ovye that
believe in God! obey God and the Prophet , demand i
eternallin your prayers, and know that God will feparate §
the Gall from the Liver; he will feparate the Infidell from §
the True-believer; and you all fhall appear before him, tobe
recompenfed and chaftifed for your works ; fear the punifh:
ment that {hall be infli€ted , efpecially on the feditious , and
ingratefull , God is fevere in his chaftifements ; Remember
that in the territory of CVecca ye werebut an handfillgf
weak men, and with fear of being taken , and deftroyed by
the unbelievers; God faved , proteéted , and enriched yol
with all manner of good things, peradventure ye will give him
thanks, Oh ye that believe ! betray not: God, nor the Pre
phet, neither fach as confide in you, and have entrufted theit
wealth in your hands, otherwife your riches, and children {hall
again{t thee, to punith and flay thee, or drive thee from AZe-
ca; but God hath rendred their confpitacy ineffectual;
he
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tno aes On
he knoweth all the defigns of com{pirators. “When his mira-
cles were related to them, and his Commandments tausht
them, they faid, we haye heard them, we had faid the like
things, had we foinclined; it isbut a fong, and a fable of
; oldmen: Remember thou, how they faid, my God, if what
| Mahomet deciareth be true ; caufe a fhower of flint-ftones to
} falluponus, and rigoronfly chaftife us ; He thall not chaftife
} them , when thou art with them, neither when they beg par-
don of him; Who ishe that is ableto hinder God to punith
, them ? They are not in his grace, when they hinder True-be-
lievers to enter the Temple of Aecca;he protetteth only fich
as have his fear before his eyes , but moft of them underftand
, ignot. Their prayers are very light , they goe hand in hand
. inthe Temple, but fhall one day fee! the punifhment of God,
becaufe of their impiety. The unbelievers that expend their
wealth, toturne the people from the Law of God, thall have
forrow for their expence, they fhall be infamous, and precipi-
tated inco the fire of Hell. God fhall feparate the good from
the wicked , he fhall caft the wicked head- long into Hell fire,
and they fhall be in the number of the damned : ifthey repent,
he will remit what is paft, and if they return to fight againft
_ the Prophet, they fhall be entreated asthe firlt : kill them, to
avoyd fedition, that there may be no law inthe world, but
' the Law of God ; If they forfake their impiety , God thall
_ behold their ations, ifthey depart from the faith, know,thac
God alone is your Lord, and protector. The fifth part of the
| fpoyle that youthall gaine from your enemies, appertain-
eth to God, the Prophet, ‘his parents, orphans, the poore,
and to Pilgrims that are in want ; obferve what is above or-
dained, if ye believe in God , in what we have infpired into
our* Servant, and in the'day, wherein the diftinGtion of the | “some.
‘ aay The day of
good and the bad was known at the encounter of the* two the battell of
Camps: God is omnipotent, ye were in an high place, the poder.
neareftto Afedina , your enemies were afarre off, by the val- See Gelaldin,
ley , andthe enemies Cavalry below you; ‘had ye promifed
to give battell, ye had tranfgreffed your promife, by reafon
of the great number of Infidels; but what God will, is oes
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dily executed, he fhall deftroy fuch as are wicked , haying
feen that bacrell, an evident figne of the true miffion of the
Prophet, and (hall give life to True. believers ; he underftand.
ethand knoweth all things, he caufed youto fee in a dream
your enemies ina fmall number, had he made them to appear
numerous, ye had feared to fight , buthe delivered you from
fear , he knoweth what is in the hearts of men: When he
caufed you co appear in their view, he made you feem few
in number, to accomplith his will, all chings depend on God
Oh ye that believe ! make an Hale, when youare in view of
your enemies Troops, and pray to God with affection , per
haps you fhill be happy, obey God, and the Prophet, his Apo- 5
fle ; if diforder and terror furprife you, you fhall loofe your
reputation ; perfevere, God is with them that continue todo}
well. Benoclike them that went out of their honfeswitt
diflembled joy. and hypocrifie, and turn the people from
the right way , God knoweth all their actions ; The Deri
caufed them to finde pleafure in their doings , faying to them,
none fhall chisday obtain victory over you, I will be wit
you ; and when they beheld the two Camps in battalia, ht
returned onhis fteps, fled, and faid, I am innocent of th
*The Turks evill that you commit , 1 * fee what you fee not , I fear th
believe, that omnipotent God , he is fevere in his punifhments. The
the Devill wicked, and fuch as were weak in their faith, {peaking of
ae Oe ee the True believers, faid, Thefe men glory in their Law : Itwas
vicboeer, rePlyed to them, he that relyeth on God, fhall finde him to
* be more powerfull then his enemies , and that he is moft prt
dentin whatfoever he doth. Thou faweft the Angels that
flew the Infidels, they did beat chem behinde and betore,and
faid to them , talte the torments of the fire which you hive
merited, God is not unjuft to his Creatures. The people of
Pharach were Infidels, and thofe that preceded them,¢0l-
temned the miracles and Commandments of God, but he
rigoroufly chaftifed them , he is omnipotent, and moft fevert
in his punifhments, he fhall deftroy them that alter the grace
he hath given to the people, untill they have altered the gract
he hath conferred on themfelves. Pharaohs people ws io
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fidels, their Predeceffors difobeyed the Commandments of
thy Lord ; but we deftroyed them becaufe of their finne , we See Kisab el
_ drowned them for that they were unjuft ; The wicked are like ‘noir.
_ to bealts, they fhall never believein God. Such as promifed
| not to affilt the unbelievers, and violated their promife , had
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not the feare of God before their eyes ; if thou meet them in
a journey , feparate thy felfe from them, their punifhment
purfueth them, peradventure they will confider it. If-you
' fear that any one will betray you , and be wanting to their
‘ word, receive no promife from him, neither promife him
. any thing, God abhorreth Traytors : Believe not that Infi-
' Gels efcape the punifhment of God, returne with your whole
ftrength to fight againft them; the halters of your horfesthall
terrifie the enemies of God , and of you, and of other per-
» fons who ye know not, but God knoweth them all. Your
' expence for his fervice, fhallbe payed you, and no injuftice
fhall be done to you ; If thine enemies incline to peace , thou
' fhalt do illto incline, as they, truftin God, he underftandeth
what they fay, and knoweth whatfoever they do; if they de-
fire to be betray thee , God hall prote@ thee ; and all True-
| believers endeavour to unite their hearts ; but although thou
' fhouldft expend all che riches of the world, thon fhalt not be
i ableto unite them , God fhallone day unite them, he is om-
SS ae
i nipotent,and prudent in all his works. Oh Prophet! the pro-
tection of God fufficeth thee, and the righteous that follow
thee. Exhort the True-believers to fight againft Infidels ; If
ye be ewenty affembled with refolution and perfeverance, ye
fhall vanquifh two hundred Infidels ; if ye be an hundred,
ye fhall overthrow a thoufand, the unbelievers are ignorant ;
ut God will lighten your. burden, he knoweth your weak-
neffe ; if ye be an hundred true believers, ye fhall defeat two
hundred Infidels ; if ye bea thonfand, you fhall fubdue two
thoufand by the permiffion of God, he aideth fach as expe
his fuccors with perfeverance. The Prophet cannot be a pri-
foner , he thall eftablith himfelf on earth with advantage ,
over unbelievers ; Ye defire the wealth of the earth, and God
will give yon the treafures of Heaven , he is omnipotent =
wife.
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aah
wife. If Godhad not taught you his Commandments, ye
fhould have faffered great torments; ¢at of clean beafts that
he hath permitted you to eat, and fear God, he is gracious and
mercifull to them that have his fear before their eyes. Oh
Prophet | fay to them that fhall be grifoners in thy hands,
God knoweth what is in your hearts, he fhall reward youfor |
what ye fhall have loft, and fhall pardon your finnes ; if you
be converted, he is gracious and mercifull. If they betray
t
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"" thee, they betrayed God before thee , feparate them from J -
Ey the True-believers, God knoweth all things,and is moftpm |
ae ae dent in what he-ordaineth. Such as have believed in God, |
a ashave departed from the wicked , as have employed theit
f wealth, and perfons to fight for the Law of God , fuch a
at have protected the Prophet, and defended him, are all pro
ene teGtors, and friends to each other ; you fhail have no cont
Bet, deration of the alliance of che True-believers , chat defer
pets! not the company of Infidels, untill they be feparated from
them. Ifthey require of you fuccors touching Religion, yo §
are obliged to protect them, except againit fuch as have com &
federacie with you, God feeth all your aGions. The Infidel § |
[piss - proteé each other , if you obey them:, great difordess thal §
ate eee enfue, and many feditions inthe earth, Such as have believil
piety See, in God, as have deferted the wicked , as have fought for the
Law of God, ashave eftablifhed che Prophet , and defended
a him againft his enemies, are indeed faithfull and Trne-belie
; vers , they (hall receive from God pardon of their finnes,
exceeding great treafures. Such as having believed in G
have departed from the wicked , and have fought with you
are yours , they fhall be the Heirs of their patents, G
fo appointed it, he knoweth all things.
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CHAP. .IX.
The Chapter of Converfion , containing an hundred twenty and
Seven Ver{es, written at Medina.
Reader, this Chapter beginneth not as the reft, with thefe
words, Inthe name of God, gracious and mercifull ; becaufe
thee are Words of peace and falvation , and for that in this Chap-
ter, Mahomet commandeth to break, Truce With his enemies,
and toaffauit them. Many Mahometan Dottors have entituled
| this the Chapter of punifoment,or paine, See the Expofition of
Gelaldin, and that of Bedaoi, und eltenoir.
Letter Patent from God, and his Prophet, to the unbe-
lievers, with whom ye have made truce. Travell in fafe-
ty the fpace of foure moneths, know, ye fhall not render
God impotent, and that he will lay fhame upon your fore-
‘head. Advice for the people, at the day of great Pilgri-
| mage, from God, and his Prophet : God approveth not the
: action of them that adore Idols, his Prophet is innocent from
‘that finne; If ye repent, ye fhalldo well , ifye'abandon the
Law of God, know, ye fhall not efcape the punifhment of
| your crime ; preach to the unbelievers , chat they fhall fatter
| grievous torments, except thofe with whom ye have made
Truce, who fall not from what they have promifed , and that
| protect none againft you. Obferve exaGly untill the prefixed
, time, what you have promifed them, God loveth them that
fear him: Whenthe moneth of Heram fhall be paft, kill
them where you fhall meet them, take them flaves , detaine
them prifoners, and obferve where they paffe to lay ambufh
for them ; ifthey be converted , if they pray at the time ap-
pointed, and pay tithes, leave them in quiet, God is merci-
full cothem that repent. If the Infidels demand quarter of
you,give them quarter ,to the end they may learn the word of
Ged ; teach them his Commandments, for they arc goat
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How fhould they have Truce with God and hs Prophet? If
they believe neither in the one ; nor the othe , except them §
with whom youentred Truce in the Temple of (Mecca? If
they obferve their promifeto you, obferve wiatye promifed
to them, God loveth fuch as have his feare before their
eyes: How (hall they have truce with you @ f they have ad.
vantage over you, they will refpeét neither ycur alliance nor
confederacy; They will fpeak well of you, atd contemne you
in their heart, the greacelt part. of them ar: impious , thy
have preferred the riches of this world ro the Commandinents
of God, and have hindered the people to folow his Law ya
if they knew trot what they did; they beare to refpect to the
True-believers, wherein they are exeeedingl too blame, TE
they turne , and make their prayers at the tine appointed, if
they pay Tithes,they {hall be your brethren ir God. - I teach”
the myfteriesof faith to fuchashave underfanding to com
prehend them , ifthey break their promife, «nd difturb chem
of your Religion, kill cheir Captains, as perfons without faith,
they will perhaps put an endto their impiety. Slay fuch efpe
cially that renounce their faith , who havc endeavoured t0
drive the Prophet from AZecoa, and have begun to flay you,
will youfear them ? willyebe terrified byshem? It is te
fonable that ye fear God ; if ye believe in hi Law, fight them,
God fhail chaftife them by your hands, he (hall renderthem
difhonourable , and protect you againit then , he fhall forti-
fie the hearts of True believers, and expe! melancholy, he
pardoneth whom he feeth good , knowethull things, and is
moft prudent in what he ordaineth, Thinkyeto be forfaken
of God, anid that he difcerneth not them thit have fought gil-
lantly forhisLaw , from fuch as have adored Idols, aud difo-
beyed his Prophet? The Trne-beltevers bandon not their
Religion anocher time to profeffe it: God kmoweth dh
your actions, Infidels muft not enter into tle Temple of Me-
ca, knowing that they are Infidels, the good works which
they fhall do in this world {hall be unprofinble, and they thall
dwell eternally in the fire of Hell. They tlat believe in God,
and the day of Judgment,that make their prayers at the time
appointee,
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appointed , payTithes, and worfhip one God alone, thall vi-
ficthe Temples of his divine Majefty, and fuch as fear the crea-
tures more thenthe Creator erre from the right way ; We have
ordained that fichas fhall bear frefh water to Pilgrims, and
them that fhallvifit che Temple of AZecea, fhall be in the
number of then that believe in God, and the day of Judg-
ment. Such as ight for the faith are not all equall in graces,
and merits beftre God, he guideth not the najuft. Such as
have believed inGod, as have departed from the wicked, and
employed their wealth and perfons to fight for his Law, fhall
have a particula degree, and a particular place near to his
divine Majeftie, they fhall be the more happy. God through
his goodneffe diclareth to them, that they fhall enter into
delicious garders, where they fhall remain eternally, there is
with God a very great reward. Ohyethat believe! obey not
your fathers , nor your brothers, that love rather to follow
impiety, then tle faith. Suchas fhall obey them, thal! offend
exceedingly ; ifyour father , your children, your brothers,
your wives, you parents, your friends, the wealth that you
have gained, thi fear of loofing your riches, and apprehenfion
of poverty, havg more of power over you then God and. his
Prophet, and hnder yeu te fight for the faith, the Command-
ment of God flall be executed againft you, he gnideth nor
the wicked , an! hath protected you in many occafions, ».Re-
memberihe day of battell of Hanin, when ye rejoyeed: in
the multitude of your men, it did not advantage you, fear
made you finde the place too narrow for fight, and ye turned
the back as vanmifhed: Remember that God, at that time,
put his Prophet, and the True-believers: ind place of fafety,
and fent invifibl Troops to chaftife the Infidels, he pardoneth
finges asfeemetl good to-him, he is gracious and merciful.
Oh ye that believe in God ! Unbelievers are unclean, permit
not that they-enier into the Temple of Afecca afcer this year,
if ye have appresenfion of want., God fhallenrich you. with
his grace, if irpkafe him, he is omnifcienrand moft prudent.
Fisht againft thm that believenotin God mor the day of
Judgment , tha forbid novto.act whar God. hath prohibired,
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and his Prophet hath forbidden, and that judge not according
to the Law of truth, wherein they were inftructed, who here.
tofore received the written Law: they chufe rather'to pay”
Tribute, then to be converted , therefore are they con- |
temptible. The Pews have faid, that the Son of God is moft
powerfull ; the Chriftians, that the A4e/fiah is the Sen of God,
their words are like co the words of the Infidels that preceded
them, but God fhall lay upon them his curfe. Confider how
they blafpheme ; they adore their Doctors, and Priefts, and the
Meffiah alfo, the Son of Afary; who commanded them to
wor(hip one God alone, there is but one fole God : praifedbe
God, thereig nothing equall to him; they would extingulth
the light of God with their mouth, buthe fhall not fuffer them;
he fhall caufe it appear, notwithftanding it be vexatious tothe
Infidels, He hath fent his Prophet to conduc men into the
right way, to preach the Law of Truth, and to make it eminent”
above all other Laws of the world, againft the will of Idol
ters. O ye that truly believe | many of the Doéors and Pries
eate unprofitably the fubftance of the people, and divert them
from the Law of God:declare to fuch as treafure up,and expend
nothing in pious works, they fhall faffer great torments at the
day when the fire of hel! fhall be kindled upon them, it fhall”
burn their forehead, fides, and back; it fhall be faid to them, |
behold the wealth which ye have treafured up for your foul
taft the fruits of your treaftires which ye have amaffed. When
God created the heaven and the earth, he ordained the year of
twelve moneths, amongft which four are priviledged. Offend
not God, efpecially in thofe moneths ; fight at all times againtt
unbelievers, asthey will fight againft you, and know that
is with them that have his fear before their eyes. Sloath and
forgetfulnefs abound in impiety; God mifleadeth througl
negligence the unbelievers, that prefer one moneth to another,
in imitation of what is commanded : they permit to dowhit
God hath forbidden, and delight in the malice of their ations
buc God is not the guide of the ‘wicked. O ye that believe! |
wherefore have ye inclined to the earth? Why did ye prefer
the wealth of this world to that of Paradife; when you Wee
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eeec ee ee a oe
commanded to go forth of your honfes to fight for the Law of
God ? The riches of chis world are contemptible, if you con-
fider thofe of heaven ; if you leave not your houses to fight with
the Prophet, God thal! feverely punifh you, and put other per-
fons in your places; you fhall not protect the Prophet, God
alone is his proteétor ; he protected him whenhe went out of
Mecca; he, with his Companion, they being both ina cave,
he faid to his Companion, affliét not thy felf, God is with us;
He hath defended, and fuccoured us by invifible troops ;*he
hath debafed the word of unbelievers, and exalted that of true
believers ; he is Omnipotent and wife. Fight according to your
power for the Law of God, you thall do well if you have
knowledge to underftand it ; if you require the wealth of this
world, honour, and reputation, they are not far from you,
they follow you at hand, but the punifhment of crimes and mi-
fery are as yet far remote-of Infidels; they fweare by the Name
of God, thar they were unable to go out of AZecca withthe
. Prophet, in which they deftroy their fouls, for God knoweth
. themro be lyars: excufe them not, that thon knoweft not them
_ that {poke truth, and thofe that were lyars. True believers
will not excufe themfelves from fighting, or employing
their wealth and perfons for the Law of God; he
knoweth fuch as fear him. They that believe not in
God, neither the day of Judgment, refufe to go with thee,
they doubt the myfteries of Faith, but fhall continue in
their doubt, to their confufion; had they inclined to go out
againft the enemy, they had arms to perform it; God con-
temned their going our, rendred them negligent, and caufed
therm to remain with the fick, rhe women, and children; had
they gone forth with you, they had brought with them more
of diforder then affection to the f€rvice of his divine Majeftie ;
they hate you, neverthelefs you hearken to them: God know-
eth them that are too blame, they hated thee heretofore, accu-
fed chee of all their mifchief, untill, through the permiffion of
God, the truth appeared againft their will: many of them faid,
excufe us, and fcandalize us not, and they fell themfelves into
fcandall and impiety:but hell is the habitation of thofe wicked
13 perfons;
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rfons; if good happen to you, they are difcontented; if |
Pill befall eos they ay, Renton heed co themfelves, and
forfaw it, and depart from you with joy ;fay unto them, no.
thing befell us, bur what God had ordained, he is Our Lord; aff
See Geluldin, true believers are refigned tothe will of his divine Majettie;
fay unto them, will ye expect, that one of the two graces ( ¢i.
ther victory, or martyrdom) befallus? we will expe wih
you, untill God hath chaftifed you by our hands; expect, ie
will expe& with you: fay unto them, expend through force
aftection for the glory of God; your works thal not be accepted
of him, becaufe you are Infidels, your alms fhal! be unprofita-
ble, for that you believe not in God, nor inhis Prophet ; ye
praife not God, but with negligence, and with regret for whit
you {pend for his fervice.Be not then amazed at the quantity of
their treafures, neither the number of their children ; God fhalf
make ufe of them to punifh them in this world, and thallde
ftroy them with their wickednefs. They {wear by the nameof
God, that they are yours, and are not, and fear to be difcoye.
red ; if they meet with any Den, Cave, or Houfe, whereintp
hide them, they fpeedily repaire thither. There be of them shit
fay, it is ignominious to give alms ; if they give alms, it is wih
choler ; ifthey gave them for the love of God and his Prophet,
they would fay, God is. our benefactor; he will givets
through his grace, and to the Prophet, whatfoever thall bene:
ceflary, ourhope isin him. Alms are appointed for thepoot,
for them that recommend themfelves to God, to redeem
Slaves, for fich as are in debt, and neceffirous, God knoweth
all things, and is moft prudent in what he ordaineth. There be
among them, who deprave the Prophet, and fay, he fhall am
derftand what we fay ; fay unto them, fhould it be to yous
great advantage to hear well? The Prophet believeth in God,
and teacheth trne believers the Truth; the mercy of God is
tor them that believe in his divine Majefty ; Such as detrat
From the Propher, fhall feel grievous torments ; they {wear by
the Name of God, that they defire to content God, and his
Prophet ; it is reafonable that they content them, iftheybe
good men; know they nor, that fuch as tranfgrefs the " of
Got,
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God, and that of his Prophet, fhall be eternally damned ? The
wicked fear left God fhould difcover to the righteous the ma-
lice that they conceal in their fouls, and that they contemne
them ;: Say unto them, ye fhall be contemned, for God bring-
_ ethto light what you feare. Ifyou queftion them concerning
what they fay, they will anfwer for excufe, that they had no e-
, villintent, and that they but jeaft ; fay unto them, will you jeaft
_ with God, with his Commandments, and his Prophets ?- There
, is none excufe for you, ye are truly impious ; if God pardon
' any one of you, he fhall tigoroufly punith fach as perfift to: of-
_ fend him. The wicked teach among them impiety to their po-
| Mterity, they depart from the truth ; they go hand in hand, and
agree to difobey God ; they forget God, and God forgetteth
| them; hehath prepared hell for them, where they fhall remain
, eternally ; he hath curfed them, and they thall feel the torment
_ of infinite pains. The wicked that were before you, fhall unders
. go them like you, they were more powerfull then you, they
" pofleffed ftore of wealth, and had many children, they poffef-
' fed part of their fubftance, and ye poffefsyours, asdid your
( prea ; ye were plunged in impiety, as they were plun-
' ged; but the good works that they have done in this world,
‘ thall be to them unprofitable, and at the day of Judgment,
: they fhall be inthe number of the miferable. Have they not
' known the Hiftory of their Predeceffors, the Hiftory of the
| people of Noah, of Aad, of Temod,of Abraham, and the cities
that were fubverted? The Prophets preached to them the
| Commadments of God, who did to them no injuftice ; they
| drew affli€tion on themfelves, through the enormity of their
- crimes. The true believers mutually obey each other; they
command to do what things are honeft, prohibit to a& what
_ isnot approved ; they make their prayers at the time appoint-
ed, diftribute tithes, obey God and his Prophet ; God fhall
_ remit to them their fins, he is Omnipotent, and hath promifed
to them gardens, wherein flow many rivers, and an habitation
fall of content in Eden; he hath promifed’ them his grace,
which isthe perfection of felicity. O Prophet ! fight againit the
Infidels, fortifie thy felf againft them, hell thall be their habi-
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tation; they thall fwear by the Name of God, that they haye |
not traduced thee; neverthelefs theythave detracted and utte-
‘ red words full of impiety : they have denied tohave been em
riched through the grace of God; and of his Propher ; if they
turn, they fhalldo well ; ifthey abandon the Faith, God hall
punith them in this world, and in the other, with grievous tor
ments, and on earth they hall finde no protector ; there be of
them, who have inclined to capitulate. with God, andhave
faid, if God doth good tous, we will believe in him; whemhe
did good rothem, they:were'niggards, and avaritious; they
have erred, and difobeyed his Commandments, but-he ci-
ftifed them, becaufe of their impicty ; he hath imprinted it in
their hearts untill the day of Judgment; forthavthey havedi-
obeyed him, becaife chey violated their promifes, and bywea-
{on of their lies; know they not that God underftandeth what
they conceale in their hearts? and that he knoweth. what is
tru¢ believers, that give alms according to their power; God
fhall deride them, and they fhallfeel the rigour of evernall
pains ; implore pardon for them, or implore it not, when thou
thalt beg fixty and tentimes pardon forthem, God fhallnot
pardon them, becaufe they are ingratefull cowards him, and
his, Prophet, God doth not guide them that difobey him; they
rejoyced to be left behinde the Prophet, when he went cofight
for the Service of God, they had an averfion to fight, andem
ploy their perfons and goods for the Service of his divine Mi
jeftie ; they faid, we will not go out of our honfes with this
heat; fay tothem, hell ismuch more hot, could you compre
hend ; they fhall Jaugh a little in this world, and thall weep
much inthe other, for a punifhment of their fins. Ifrhow meet
them, and they demand permiffion to go out with thee,to fight
for the Faith ; fay to them, you thal! nor go out, neither fhall
ye ever fight againft the enemy with me; ye were florhfull and
cowards the firt time, remain with the unbelievers ; pray nut
for. them after their death, and ftay-not at their Tombs, be
caufe they believed neither in God, nor his Prophet, and died
in their wickednefs. Be thon not aftonithed, neither. at the
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abundance of their wealth, nor the number of their children,
God will make ufe of them, to chaftife them in this world, and
will deftroy themin their impiety. © When ‘command was fent
to them to believe in God, and fight with his Prophet, the moft
powerfull among them defired thee ro exenfe them, and faid,
leave us with themithat continue in their houfes,; and defire to
remain with the fick, the women; and little children: God
hardened their hearts, and they fhallnever learn the truth? THe
Prophet and. crue believersthat were withthem, and fought;
and employed their perfons,and goods for the Service of God;
fhall be blefled ; he hath prepared:for them gardens, wherein
flow many rivers, with perfeftion of felicity: Some of the
Arabians came to excufe themfelves of going to’ the war,’ and
firch as renounced God and the Prophet, remained in their
houfes, but they fhall refcent grievous torments, becaufe’ of
their wickednefs ; the fick, the impotent, and thofe that want
means to be prefent.at the war, offend not God in abiding in
their houfes, provided they be faithfull to his divine Majeitie,
and his Prophet. The righteous are not obliged: to do but
what is in their power, God fhall betothem gracious and mer-
cifull. Such as repaired to thee to fight, and whom chow didft Benou, Mo-
difmifs for want of occafion,did nor offend God;they retarhed crea.
to their houfes with tears in theireyes, with difcontent, to
have wanted means to.employ inthe Service of his divine Ma-
jefty ; the war is appointed to: fuch as intreat thee to’exempt
them that are rich, and have wealth to fubfift,they require leave
to remain with their wives and children, God hath hardned
their hearts, and they know it not; they fhall cometo exenfe
themfelves, when thou fhalt meet them ; Say unto them, ‘excufe
not your felves, I do not believe you, God hath given us to. un-
derftand your news, heand his Prophet likewife hath rendred
your good works vaine and unprofitable’; ye fhall one day ap-
pear before him that knoweth what is paft, prefent, and fre
ture, he fhall caufe you to remember whatfoever' you have
done, and fhall punith you according to yourdemerits. They
fhall conjure-you by the name: cf God, when you approach
them, to depart from them; depart from them, they are te
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of uncleanefs, hell thall be their habitation, where ther thallbe
tormented for theircrimes. They fhall befeech yor to love
them ; if you lovethem, know,that God abhorreth them that
difobey him >». The e4rabians; who obferve not the precepys
which God hath fent.co his Prophet ; are ye more impious and
ingratefull ? God knoweth all things, and is moft prudeng,
There be perfons among the Arabians, who-account ¢ loft mo.
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ney that they expend forthe Service of God, ‘and protrat
their departure, to retard yours, and make you to atend; the
wheel ef mifery is upon them, God underltandeth what ever
they fay, and knoweth all their actions ; there be among them
who believe in God, and the day of Judgment ; they efteem
that their expence for the Serviceof God draweth them nigh
to his divine Majeftic, and they invite the Prophet to pray for
them, God hall give them his mercy, he is gracious ad merce
full to them that obey him. They that firlt arrived at Medina
the firft of them that went out of Adecca; to depart from th:
wicked; fich as were at the battell of Beder,and ftch a: imitatet
them in well.doing, fhall injoy the graceof God, hehath pre.
pared for them gardens, wherein flow many rivers, with fie
preme felicitic. There be Arabians about you, and in ALeding,
they affect impietie ; you know them not, but iknow them all,
I will chaftife them twice on earth, (co wit, throughignominy
and-death)) and they fhall feel inthe other world exceeding
great torments. Others there be, that confefs -heir fins,
and who do good and evill works; peradvenure God
will pardon them, he is altogether gracious ind met
cifull; take of their fubftance for. almes, thou thie rendét
them, righteous, and hale purifie them , pray for them,
thy prayexs thal! procure them the mercy of God, he undet-
ftandeth and knoweth all things... Know they not, that
God accepteth.the, converfion of his Creatures , that their
almes are pleafing tohim, and that he is gracious and merd-
full? Say unto them, do what: thal] pleafe you ; God, his
Prophet, and the ‘True-believers thal! fee what yordo, yout
fhall one day appearbefore him, who knoweth th prefent,
pait, and future ; hethall make you to know whatloever ye
have
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have dont, and fhall chaftife you after your demerits. There
be othersthat attend the pleafure of God, either his grace, or
his wrath his punifhment, or hismercy , God underftandeth
what isin their foules , and is moft wife. They that efteemed,
that the T:mple built by unbelievers, to feduce the righteous,
to diftingiith the wicked from the good , and to obferve fuch
as had before fought againft God, and aguinft his Prophet, is
the Tempe of his divine Majeftie, fweare that they defire to
do well, ind that their intention is moft honeft , but they are
lyars,and God {hal be witneffe of their falfhood;make not thy
Prayers inthat Femple,make thy prayers in the Temple found-
ed onthe car of God, thatis reafonable ; there be perfons
in that Tenple who defire to be purified , God loveth fuch as
have aclein foul; Who ishe that buildeth beft,he that found-
eth his buiding upon the fear of God, erhe who layeth the
" foundation of his building upon the brink of a ditch of
* fand , whth falleth, and ruineth it fedf> They who efteem
the Temp! built by unbelievers, to feduce the people, to be
* the Templ: of God , fhall be with chat Temple, and with the
! Infidels thit built ic, burnt in the fre of Hell; God guideth
"not the ujoft-, their building thall ferve only to torment
‘ them, Gol knoweth their delign, and is moft wife; he pur-
" chafeth of True-believers their fouls and goods , and giveth
* them Paralife ; if they be flain , or if they flay when they
t fhall fight‘or the faith , they fhall have what he hath pro-
! mifed co them in the Old Teftament, the Gofpel, and in the
‘| Alcoran : Who better fatisfieth what he hath promifed, then
! God? Delare to them, that they have made a good purchafe,
6 they have gained the height..of felicity. Such as are firme in
s their faith who pray, honour, and worfhip God, who ob-
t ferve his Commandments, and all True- believers, thal! enjoy
| the delighs of Paradife, with all manner of content. The
| Prophet, and True- believers ought not.to ask pardon: of
; God for Infidels , notwithftanding they be their parents, ha-
, ving had kiowledge that they are damned , becanfe of their
\jnfidelity, cAbrabam prayed not forhis father, untill he had
: promiled hmtoadore one God alone; . when he wa he
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father to beanenemie to God, he declared himfelfe an éne. ©
my.to his finne , he ceafed praying for him, although he Me
exceeding charitable, and patient in his affirftions. God
mifleadeth not them that he hath put into theright way, hag
giveth them to underftand what they ought to-do, he knoweth
them that deferve to be feduced,and fuch as merit to be pride
through the right way. The Kingdome of Heaven and Ea
is Gods, he giveth life and death to whom he feeth goody ®
Who except God fhall prote@ you? he hath given his grate
to the Prophet , and to fuch as followed him in his afili@ion
qe teal although it wanted but a little, that the hearts of manor |
en them inclined not to the party of the unbelievers, but he pat
donedthem; he hath been gracious and merciful to ‘thite
perfons who deferted the Prophet, and were forry for theif
pe ay error, they knew there was no fure refuge, but in God, «
ag ’ xiab bin Ma- he pardoned them, whenthey were converted , he is gtath
ai lik, belal bin ougand mercifull to fuch asrepent. Obvye that believe ! feat
dent — God, be righteous ; the Inhabitants of AZedina and th
vayhe b1n Ka-
hia eArabians, that dwell about that City, ought not to cot
tradic the will of the Prophet of God, neither diflike whi
he approveth, becaufe they have endured neither thirft, not
= Saath paine, nor anguith for the fervice of his divine Majefty ; they
pig | ete have not been trampled under foot by their enemies, they:
Pietelarh fhallirritate the Infidels, and thall receive no difpleafure ; of
Hy Ee the contrary , they fhallacquite merit , and perform a good
work. Goddothnot deprive them of recompenfe that do
well,he thall write down their expence for his fervice,and the
number of the Idolsthat they fhall deftroy, for reward of their
good works. Itis not neceMary that all the faithfall goe t
the warre,, it is fufficient, that of every lineage, and of evety
Nation there goe a party ,-while the reft thall learm the
Lawes and myfteries of faith, to inftru& their Companions,
when they fhall return from their voyage , perhaps they. will
fear the chaftifement of God. Oh’ ye that believe in God!
fight againft them. that would caufe youto be defiled im im-
; piety, be valiant, and know thac God is wich them chat have!
; hisfear before their eyes, When God caufed todefeend from:
e Heaven. |
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Heaven, any Chapter of the 4/coran , fome of them fads
through difdain, that will encreafe the faith of this people.
Certainly it augmenteth the faith of True-believers , it re~
joyceth them, and enflameth the wrath of his divine Maje-
* {ty upon Infidels, who perfift in their pollutions, and dye in
| their wickednefs. They know not that Godtryeth the good,
\ once, or twice ayear, they will not be converted , it is Joft
| time to preachto them. When God fent from Heaven any
Chapter of the A/coran , they beheld each others, and faid,
i doth any one fee us? They. returned in their impiety , and
t God turned their heart from the right way, for thac they
't would not learn the Truth. God hath fent you a Prophet of
i) your own Nation, who, with paffion, defireth to deliver
w you from your obftinacy , and isextreamly affected to inftrug
(| youin the way of Salvation, God is milde , and pitifull to-
‘(wards True-believers. If they abandon the faith, fay unto
| them, God is my protector , there is but one fole God, Ire-
d commend my felfe to the will of his divine Majefty, he isthe
»\ Lord of the Majeftique Throne.
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i The Chapter of Jonas, containing an hundred and nite ver[es y
‘| written at Mecca.
i gE the name of God, gracious and mercifull; I am God
i Uthe mercifull. The precepts contained in this Book pro-
red from the Omnipotent : Doth rhe people wonder that we
veinfpired a manto preach tothe wicked the torments of
{, and to declare to True believers, that they thall finde
‘what their Lord to them hath promifed? The wicked
yo that it isbut forcery and enchantment. Certainly God is
your Lord , who created Heaven and Earth in fix dayes, and
fitceth on his Throne, difpofing all things ; no man intercedeth
for his Neighbor without his permiffion, heis your God and
your Lord,worfhip him alone,will ye not confider it ? vor .
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fhall be one day affembled before him;he promifed with truth,
chat he will caufe men to dye,and raife them again, torecom- |
nee fuch as have believed in his Law, and done goad works: |
The unbelievers fhall drink a boyling drinke , and fhall en
dure ereat torments,becaufe of their impiety. He st is that
gave light to the Sunne, and brightnefs co the Moone, that
created the fignes to know the number of years, the account
of moneths, and of whatfoever he hath created, thefe dhings
reach with truth, the miracles of his divine Majefty,,. co foch
as have knowledge to underftand them ; the difference of
day and of night, and what God hath created in Heaven and
in Earth, are marks of his sanity to them that have his fear
before their eyes. They who believe there is no sefurrection,
fach as place their content 1n the wealth of this world, the
that truft in their riches , and that are ignorant of the com
mandments of God, fhall be precipitated into the fire of Hel,
becaufe of their finnes and the True-believers thall be co
duéted by his divine Majefty into delicious gardens , -whertt
flow many rivers , they fhall there finde whatfoever the ysllall
defire, and (hall fay at the beginning of their prayers, prayled
be God ; afterwards they fiall fay, Salvation be to God ; ant
at the end of their prayers, prayfe be to God, Lord of the
Univerfe. Although God doth fometimes fuddenly chaftie F
men , he alwayes attendeth the time of their Deftiny. » Iuil
jeave them that fhal! not believe in the Refurreétion , inher
errors, to their confufion ; When man is afflicted, he invoketh
us ftanding, fitting, lying, and in all poftures, and whem We
have delivered him from his affiiction, he perfiftech in hiswith
ednefs. it feemeth good to the wicked co do in this manneiwe
deftroyed their Predeceflors when they believed not in the
Prophers, neither obeyed the precepts chat we fent them, a
have eftablifhed you on the Earth in their place after them, 0
fee your deportments. When thou ceacheft our commandmells
ro them that believe notin the Refurrection 5 they fay , that the
precepts of the ed/coran: ate altogether coritrary t0 what J
thou preacheft, and that-thou hat altered them ; Say 0
them, Thave no will to alter them of my felfe, Ido but what
is.
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is infpired into me of God , I fear to be punithed at the day
of Judgment , fhonld I difobey his divine Majefty ; Say unto
them, Had it pleafed God, I had neither read , nor taught
you his Commandments, I fojourned a long time with you,
before Itanght you, will younot learn’them ? Who is more
unjuft thea-he that blafphemeth ? God doth not aid the In-
| fidels that worlhip what can neither benefit nor hurt them,and
‘ fay, their Idols fhall intercede for them ; will you inftru@
God in any thing that he knoweth not , of what is in Heaven
j orin Earth? Praifedbe God, he hathno companion. Men
« were allof one Religion before Infidelity teok place , and
| ifGod had not faid that he would deferre the punifhment of
j the wicked untill the day of Judgment, he had already de-
| ftroyed them inthis world, becaufe of their impiety ; They
x fay , we will not believe in the Prophet , if God “make
| not fome miracles to appear in him; Say unto them, God
; knoweth what fhall be; expect, I will expe@ with you : when
im WE gave them to tafte of content after their aMliGion, they haé
yj fabtilty upon our Commandments: Say unto them, God is
.) more fubtile then you, his Meffengers fhall write your fubtil-
Gi tesshe it is that made men to travell upon the earth and fea 5 It
, she that fendeth them a favourable winde to rejoyce them in
i, their thips ; when tempeft farprifeth them, they believe that the
waves will overwhelm them, then they invoke God, with de-
_ fire to embrace his Law, and fay, if God doth deliver us from
\ this danger , we will believe in his Unity, and returne him
f thanks for thismercy ; and being delivered from perill, perfift
0 their wickednefs, O people! you draw mifchief on your
. felves, you require nothing but the wealth of this world,
“ you all {ball appear before usto be judged according to your
"works; the life of the world is like to the rain » Which we
, caufe to defcend from Heaven, it canfeth with mixture all
forts of herbage to fpring forth, for the nourifhment of men,
and beafts. When the Earth is adorned with flowers, and
- enriched with its fruits, the Inhabitants oftentimes believe
they have the power to caufe their production ; then fend we
» our chaftifements day and night upon the Earth, and render it
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as mown, and as if the lay before it had brought no fruit,
Thus do I difcover myfteies to fuch as have knowledge to
comprehend them. They leg their falvation of God; he fave "
and putteth in the way >f falvation whom it pleafeth him,
He (hall not cover the wage of them: that have done good |
works, they fhall appar without fhame, and dwell in
Paradife, where they fhill remain eternally ; and fuch ag
fhall have done evill fhalloe punifhed after their demerits,they
{hall be covered with fhane, and none fhall be able to protet |
them, they fhall be as ifa great part of the obfcurity of the
nisht had covered their ountenance, they fhall be condemned
ro the fire of hell, wherethey fhall dwellecernally. Thinkon
the day, wherein we wil aflemble all the world, and willfay
tothe Infidels, hell thal be your habitation ; where be the
Idols you adored ?_ we save feparated you from each other,
Their Idols thall fay tothem, you have not worthipped i,
God is witnefs ; was tere any thing between us and yoy
that rendred us ignorantof yout adorations ? That day {hil
every one fee what he hth done, and know that God is Tati
it felf; their Idols fhall te feparated far from them, and the
fhall underftand their bafphemies. Say unto them, whoelr
richeth you with the weilth ofheaven and earth ? Who cauleth
lifeto come out of deah, and death out of life 2. Who difpo-
feth all things in the world ? They fhall an{wer,it is God : Say
unto them, why have jou not therefore his fear before yout
eyes? God is indeed yur Lord; what is there after the Truth
bur falthood ? How wil you depart from his Law ? his Worl
fhall be accomplifhed igainft Infidels. Say unto them, Bare
your Idols the’power tc caufe men to die, and to make tem
rifeagain ? God caufeu them todie, and_to rife again; how
(hall they be able to bh{pheme after thefe reafons? Say mmte
them, Are yout Idols dle to conduét you into the right way?
God guideth the peopt into the way of Salvation; who ought
rather co be followed, he thac guideth the people into the
right way, orhe thac nifleadeth them? What reafon have Jt
to follow the evill way? The g reateft part of them foilow but
their own opinion, buttheir opinion is not conformable to the
Truth, |
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‘Truth ;God knowethall their actions, there'is' no falthood th
the e Z/coran, it contirmeth the ancient Scriptures, and perfpi-
cuonfly explaineth them ; there is no doubr, but it proceedeth
fromthe Lord of the Univers. They fay AZahomer hath inyen-
ted this Book; fay unto them, comeand bring any thing that
refembleth it in Dodtrine and Eloquence, and call the Idols
which ye adore, we hall fee if yow ar? fincere;on the contrary,
they have-blafphemed, and have talked of what they under.
ftood not, when they heard the expofition of the A/coran -
Thus did their Predeceflours; but coafider’ what is the end of
the unjuft; There be among them, who will believe in this
“ Book, and others that willnot believe; Thy Lord knoweth
them that defile the earth ; if they flander thee, {ay uhto them,
T will anfwer with my ations, and ye fhall anfwer with
yours, ye are innocent of what I a@, and I am innocent of
what yeedo. Therebe perfons among them that have incli-
nation to heare thee, but are thou able to caufe the deafe to
heare? Should they not be deafe they would fearne no-
thing; Others there be, who. look towards thee, but art thou
able to guide the blinde = fhould they fee clearly, they would
| not follow the right way; God dothno injuftice to men, they
\ do injury to themfelvs through the enormity of their offences.
) Twill caufe them to rife again at the day of Judgment,as if they
j had remained but one hour of a dayin the grave; they thall
know each other, and the wicked who have not believed in
} the Refurrection, fhallbe damned: 1] will thew thee many of
; them whom I will chaftife ; 1 will aufe thee to die before
they be chaftifed, and they all fhallappeat'before meto be
judged; God is witnefs-of their a@tions,he thal punith them ac-
cording to their demerits ; every Nationof the world hath had
a Prophet fent from God, who hath judged with reafon, and
without injuftice, the differences thatwere among them touch-
| ing Religion: They have faid, at what time fhall the wrath of
God appear? Say unto them, J, of ny felf, can neither pro:
, cure good norevill,if God doth not permit it ; every one hath
_ his dettiny, when the time of their deftiny artiveth, they can
. neither retard, or advance it one hour, Have yee confidered
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che puniflameat: which God heretofore feat, by day, and by
night againftthe wicked? Whenye felnit, ye believed it, an
fellinto,it headlong. It fhall be faid to che wicked at the day
of Judgment, taft cternallcorments; thal: younos be-pnnithed
according to your demerits? They will aske of thee, if the
pains denounced, againk the wicked, and if che Refurredion
‘he matters of truth ? Say. untothem, yes, my Lord ismoliaiag
in his words, and allthe treafases. of the world thall nother
ble ro redeem one fowl. They fhall repent of cheir (ims, when
they thall feel che punifhment of their offences, but thallbe
condemned without injultice;, whatfoever is in heaven and in
earth appertaineth ro. God, he is exa& in hispromife, yet the
greatelt pact of the world do not know hun, Heat sswhp
caufeth to die, and given life, and fhallaflemble-meniat th
day of Judgment. O people ! God hath fent you inftrugiom
and remedies for-your infirmities; he hath fent a guide to.cen
du@ true believers into the way ofhis mercy ; it fhall bew
them of more-advantage, then the treafures that they accum
late: Have ye confidered the good things which he hath creat
for you? Ye haye appointed one part to beeaten, and iit
prohibited toate of another: Hath God. permitted yout
blafpheme again{t him? The opinion of {uch as blafpheme again
God:fhall be-but mifery at the day of Judgment;God ts fullst
goodnefs for the people, bur molt of them. are ingratefull, It
whatfoever place thou. art, whetherthouteach what is conti
nedin the Alcorav,or whether thou labour,I am alwaysprefen
nothing is concealed from thy Lord, of whatfoever is in heat
and earth; be it great or little, allis written inthe intelligible
Book,that explaineth all things. There needeth no fear foriith
as recommend themfelves to Ged, they thall be exemptitom
the pains ofhell. The true believers who have his fear befor
their eyes, (hall fuffer no torments in the orher world; it §
declased to them on earth, that they thall have all.contem
the word of God admits of no alteration ; they fhall enjoy
perfection of felicity in Paradife. AMié not thy felb for the
words of the impious, verte procedeth from God, he
ftandeth, and.knoweth alichings; whatfoever is, in-heavea and
in
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_ in-earth appertaineth to him - They who worfhip Idols, fob
low bur their opinion, and ate lyars; God hath ereated che
' might for repofe, and the day for labour; fuch as hear tis
' Word, finde therein marks of his omnipotencie. They have
, faid, do ye believe that God hatha Son? Praifed be God, ‘he
"is moft rich, and hath no need of any perfon, he poffeffeth
" whatfoever is in heaven, and earth; youhave fo reafon in
| what'ye alledge ; will you fpeak of God what ye know not ?
® God doth not aide in this world ‘them that blafpheme againft
* him, he thall caufe them to feel after their death great tor-
S ments, becanfe of theirimpietie : Inftruét them in the Hiftory
‘| of Doub, how he fpake'to his people, and faid, O people / if my
! abode with you, and the preaching of the Commandments of
Ki God be irkfom to you, know, that all my fupport tsin God ;
affemble your Doctors, with yourIdols, ard conceal not what
ft ye do; go whither you'will, ye thall finde none to protect you ;
i if ye contemne my inftru@ions, I require not of you a reward
“for my pains ; I defire to receive of none other then God the
“Omnipotent, and recommend my felf to-the will of his divine
iMMajefty. They flandered Noah, then did we fave him in’ the
diArke, and them that were with him; we prolonged their
iipofteritie on eatth, and drowned the wicked; confidet
lithe end of fich as heard the word of God, and-contem-
itnedit. We fent to them other Prophets after Noah, they
made them to fee miracles, and gave them moft fahitary in-
w ftruGtions ; but they didnot believe in what they had no will
sibeforetobelieve. Thas I harden the heart of the wicked. We
wafter thetn,fent AZofés to Pharaoh, and his fubje@s, with our
umitackes, they arofe againft our Commandments, when the
trath was preached to them, and faid, it was but Magick and
; enchantment. AZo/es faid tothem, will you fay that the Truth
y is Sorcery 2? God doth not affilt Magicians and Sorcerers; they
\ faid, Axt thou, with thy brother, come to divert us from the
. Religion of our Fathers, and to be efteemed on earth? We will
| believe m thy words. Then’ Pharoah commanded to fammon
. the mot skilfall of his Magicians ; they being afembled, AZo/es
{aid to them, eaft down what ye have'a will to calt down
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faid to them,know ye none other thing but Magick?God fhall ©
render it vain, and unprofitable; he abhorreth fuch as defile the
earth he confirmeth the Truth through his Word although itbg :
againit che-will of the wicked. Few men believed in Mofes, be.
caufe of their fear to difpleafe Pharoah, and his Minifters, Pg.
roah was powerfull on earth, and in the number of the
wicked. AZofes faid,O people { if ye believe. in God, tefign
your felves to his will; they anfwered, All our confidence isin
God; Lord, do not thou abandon us to the malice of the
unjuft. deliver us through thy mercy from the hands of Infidel,
We infpired AZofes and his brother to dwell fome time it
&¢ypt with their people, and to make Oratories in their honfes
therein’to make their,prayers, and preach to true believers
Lord, faid AZo/es, thou haft enriched Pharoah and his peoplein
this world ; they. go aftray from the way of thy Law ;.con
found their riches, and harden your hearts, they will not be
lieve untill. they fee thy judgements, and feel the effet of th
wrath ; he faid, I have heard the prayers of you-both ; be faith
full in your Embaffic, and follow nor the way of che ignoratt
Wegave paflage through the fea to the children of J/raed; Phir
roah purfued them with hatred and envy, untill his people were
drowned. Then faid Pharaoh,I believe there is none otherGod,
but the God of the children of Z/rae/, and I wholly recommend
my felf to his Will. Thou doft now believe in God,O Phaahl
and wert before difobedient to his Commandements, fil-
ling the earth with thy enormities, I have delivered chee from
this perill, that thou maift be an example to pofterity; fot
many among the people are ignorant of my: omnipotency.
We gave the Children of Ifrael to dwell in places full of de
lights ,. and enriched them with the good things of the Barth;
they knew the differences that arofe among them touching Re
ligion, thy Lord hall judge them at the day of Judgment
If thou doubteft what we ‘have taught thee, repair to them
that have read the Scripture before thee ; what thy Lord hath
taught thee is moft true; be not thou of them that doubs
neither of fuch asderogate from.the Commandments of Got
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Chap.10. The Alcoran of Mano MET.
thou fhalt be in the number of. the wretched. Thofe whom
God will chaftife, fhall not believe in his divine Majefty,
fhould they behold all the miracles of the world, untill they
fee the torments of Hell. The faith isexceeding profitable to
the Cities that have received it; whenthe Inhabitants of the
City of foxas embraceed it, we delivered themfrom out pu-
nifhment, we delivered them from ignominy , and enriched
them, untill the time appointed ; if it pleafed thy Lord, all the
. world fhould believe in him ; wilt thou abhorre the people
untill they believe in God?No man can embrace the faith with-
~ out his permiffion,he fendeth his indignation againft them that
, difobey his Commandments : Say unto them, Confider all that
, isin Heayen and Magtfy: miracles and preaching are of noufe
to fuch as will now bblieve; fhall they expect what their Prede-
. ceflors expected ? Say unto them, expect, Iwill expe& with
‘ you. I will deliver my Prophets, and. the True-believers,
' from the torments of Hell, it is reafonablé that I deliver
, them that obey my Commandments. Oh people ! who
caufeth you to doubt of the Law whichI teach you? I will
not worfhip the Idols that you adore, I worfhip one God
" alone,who fhall caufe you all to dye ;1 willembrace his Law,
pksts conmgagyth to profefs his Unity, 1 am not of them that
Y fay, heh
| neither benefit nor hurt thee, if thou do it, thou fhalt be in the
! number of the unjnft. If God will affli@ thee, none can de-
a companion equalltohim. Adore not what can
liver thee from affidtion , if God willdo good to thee, none
can deprive thee of his grace , he hath given it to whom
i feemeth good to himfelfe, he is gracious and’ mercifull. Oh
people ! God teacheth you the truth ; whofoever thall follow
). the right way, fhall fave his fonle , and whofoever thall goe
aftray, thall deftroy it. Iam notyonr Tutor, I do bur what
) isinfpiredintome ; I have patience in my perfeverance , I
will expect the Judgment of God’, there isno better Judge
“ thenhe,
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CHAP. XI.
The Chapter of Hod, containing an hundred twenty and thy”
Verfes, writtemat Neecca.
N the name of God, gracious and mercifull. I am the me
Laer God. The fignes contained in this Book are mol
true , they proceed from the moft wife, who knoweth al
things. Worthip yee but one God alone, I preach to you
from him the torments of Hell, and declare the joyes of Pa-
radife, that ye may implore pardon of ‘hisdivine Majelty, and
beconverted ; he fhallgive youan happychife in the world,
untill the time appointed, and thall reward every one accord:
ing to his works. - 1 fear, left you thould be chaftifed at the
dayof Judgment 5 if you forfake the right way, you all {hal
be affembled before God to: be judged. The heart of the
impious inclined to’ hatred of the Prophet, and they woul
have concealed themfelves for fome time from God ; the
are covered with their garments, that they may not be knows,
but Godiknoweth what is. in their foules ,-he underftandeth
whatfoever they conceale , and’ whatfoever they make mani
feft. All the Creatures of the world live of hi*pvace, he
knoweth the place of their repair , and the place where they
mutt dye, all is written iman intelligible book, ‘thavexplain-
ethall things. -Heitis that created Heaven and Barth in fix
dayes, his Throne was before upon the waters. (the Al-
coran .) exhorteth you to wel-doing. ‘Hf thon fait to the
wicked, that they {hall rife again after their death , they will
fay, it ts but witchoraft and forcery ; if'we ‘retard fome time
to chaftife them, ithey fay, there is no punifhment for theit
crimes; but they thall notavoid it jin the day when it {hall
appear, and they thall feel the rigour of the paines which they
contemne. Ifwe conferre riches, and health on the impious,
and deprive them of them, they difpair in their impiety ; ifwe
give them good after their evill , they fay , mifery hath for-
faken theax, they rejoyce, and become arrogant, Such as a
humble
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humble and patient in their affli@ions , and do good works,
fhall obtain pardon of their finnes, and a very great reward.
Perhaps thou wile forget tcoteach fomething of what I have
infpired into thee, and be afflicted, becaufe they fay, that what
thou fpeakeft fhall bring thee to profic. Certainly, thou art
fent only to reprove them of their fin, thy Lordis omnipo-
tent, and thall chaftife chem after their demerits. Affuredly,
ten Chapters of your invention, like to the A/oran in inftru-
étion and Eloquence, and call to your atd the Idols that ye
' adore s ifyou be righteous, if they hear not your prayers,
neither afford you fuccours, know then, that the Adcoran
defcended from Heaven, through Gods permiffion, and that
there is butone fole God, will ye not truftin him? I will
". beftow the riches and honours of the Earth; on many petfons
that affe@& them, andinthe end they fhallbe confined in the
fire of Hell, andthe good works that they fhall do in this
world, thallbe unprofitable in the other. They who obferye
what God hath ordained ; ftudy the A/coran, and believe that
"it proceedeth from his divine Majefty, to teach the right way,
and to obtain his mercy, asbeforeit , wasthe book of AZe-
fes. Such asthall believe in the Alcoran, thal be happy ,doubr-
leffe the fire of Hell is prepared for the Infidels who-will not
believe therein, but the greateft part of the world is’ inere-
dulous : who is more impious then they that blafpheme againft
God? Such men fhall not fee his face; the Angels fhall fay,
“ay the day of Judgment, behold them that have been impious,
a curfe isuponthem, andupon the unjuft that have miflead
the people from the right way , they were indeed Infidels.
Such men thal not efcape the punifhment of their crimes on
Earth, they fhall findenone that is able to proreét them but
God, he fhall augment their paines, becaufe they would not
abandon their wickednefs, neither receive thelight of faith.
Such are miferable men, their Idols thall not afford them furc-
cors, they doubrlefs: fhall be eternally damned; and fuch
as fhall believe in God, do good works, and be converted,
K 4 fall
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» they will fay, thou halt * forged'the ¢4/coram, and that itis * Contrové
, of thy invention; Say unto them, come and bring with you /#r¢.
The Alcoranof MAHOMET. : Chap.11,
(hall dwell for ever in Paradife. The wicked are as deaf, and
blinde, and the True-believers are like thofe who have good
fight and perfect hearing ; thall they be in paralellto each
other 2 will ye never confider it ?. We fent 2oah to reproye
men for their finnes , he faid to them , worthip but one God
alone, otherwife I fear ye fhall. be chaftifed at the day of
Judgment; The Doéors of the Infidels anfwered him, we fee
thee tobe aman, like us, and that fuch as follow theeae
poore people, blinde, and without counfell ; we perceivenot
that thou haft any grace , that ought co preterre thee to ts;
contrariwife, we believe thee tobe alyar ; he faid , oh peo-
ple! knowye not that God hath caught me what I preach
toyou, thathe hath given me the grace of Prophecie, and
deprived you of it? fhall I exhort yon to acknowledge his
grace, feeing ye abhetrehim? Oh peoole! I require no te
compenfe of youfor my paines, God will reward me largely.
I defire not to banifh True-believers from my company, thy
fhall one day appear before their Lord, but perceive thi
yeeareignorant. Ohpeople ! who fhall hinder God to ph
nith me, if I abufe True-believers ? Will ye not confider it?
I fay not that I poffeffe the treafires of God, I know not whit
fhallbe ; I fay not that Iam an Angel, I'fay-not to them whom
youcontemne, that God fhall-enrich them, God knoweth
what is.in their fouls ;fhould I ntaintain fuch difcourfe,1 fhould
have great blame. They faid, oh Noah! we have a longtime
difputed together ; ifthou arc fincere, let us fee che paints
which thou preacheft to us ; God, faid he, when it fhall pleat
him, fhall caufeyou to fee them, you fhall not efcape them)
my inftructions {hall be to you unprofitable ; if God will
prove you, he is your Lord, and you fhallone day be affem-
bled before him to be judged. Will the unbelievers fay , that
thou haft forged the Alcoran,and that it is of thine invention?
Say unto them, if I haveinvented: it, finne will be upon me,
and I am innocent of your blafphemies. God infpired into
Noah, that none fhould believe inhis words, but fuch ashad
already believed in him : He faid unto him, build an Arke con-
formable to the infpiration that we have fent thee, but {peak
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no more tome of the unjuft, they fhall be drowned ; the pat
fengers derided htm and his Arke ; he faidto them, ye {coffe
at me; I willdangh at you, and we fhall fee them that fhall be&
underftand ;he whom,;God fhall chaftife, fhall be covered with
fhame, and perpetually tormented. When: our will was to
deftroy that people , and the light of the morning appeared,
and the water boyled in Noah's pot, wecommanded himto
charge his Arke with two beafts of every kinde and Species ;
all creatures were deftroyed , except thofe, of which we be-
fore made-mention , as well fuchas believed, as them that did
net believe; and that but afew :. Noah faid unto them, afcend
the Arke inthename of God,’ who fhall caufe it to fwimme,
and toanchor; theLord is gracious and mercifull towards us.
When the Arke began to flote , like toa Mountain, Noah
called to one of his fonnes who ftayed on the Earth, and faid
? * Gelaldin
my * fonne, come up into the Arke with us, and remaine not i; thar fe
with the Infidels ; he anfwered , I will afcend an high moun- was called
tain, that fhall {ave me from the waters; Noah faid to him, Kina.
none isable this day to deliver thee fromthe punifhment of
God , ifit be not through his mercy ; The waters being rifen,
he was inthe number of them that were drowned : God com:
manded the Earth to drinke its water, and the Heavens to
poure down no more raine ; the water diminifhed upon the
Farth, after the people were drowned, and the Arke refted
upon the Mountain called Gioudy ; thus were the unjuft extir-
pated ; Noah prayed to his Lord, and faid, Lord, my fon that
remainedin the waters was of my lineage, thou didft pro-
mife me to fave my family, thou doft exatly perform thy pro-
mife, thou art true in thy words, and moft juft in thine 24i-
ons: Oh Noah ! anfwered God, that fonne is not of thy li
neage, he hath offended me, and difobeyed my Command-
ments, do not enquire of me concerning that which thou
oughteft not to know , otherwife thou thale be in the number
ef theignorant: Lord, faid Noah, Lwilltake heed, through
thine affiftance, to enquire of thee what I ought not to know,
if thou haft not pitie on me, I thall be inthe namber of the
miferable. God faid, oh Noah | defeend from the Arke with
Salvation,
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Salvation, and bleffing upon thee, and upon a part of them
that are with thee; I will enrich the other part with the wealth
of this world, to: punifh them moft feverely at’ the day of
Judgment. I teach what thall be, what neither: thou , nor
thy people have not yet known’; be patient in ‘thine afflid.
ons, Patadife is for them that have my fear before their eyes,
We fent Hod to the people of Aad, his brother ; he faid mn
tothem, oh people! adorebut one-God alone, otherwile
ye fhall be in the number. of Infidels , Trequire: of you'no
recompenfe forthe paines I take in preaching to'you , he that
created me, fhall reward me ; will ye never be wife? implote
pardon of God, beconverted, and obey his divine will, he
{hall fend you raine from Heaven , and fhall encreafe yout
ftrength, and riches, be not in the number of the wicked;
they anfwered, oh Hod | thou (heweft us no reafons'to prove
thy fayings, thy words fhall not make us to quit our Gods, we
give no credit rothy difcourfe, and tell thee , that fome ont
of our Gods thall feverely chaftife thee ; He faid , take Got
and your felves co witneffe that £ am innocent of the finne thit
yor commit, in adoting Idols; if you confpire againft mk,
none fhall be able to prote& you at the day of Judgment,]
recommend my felfe tothe will of God, mine and yourLon,
he conferveth all thecreaturesef the Earth, and loveththem
that follow che right way. I have difcharged my dary and
commiffion, [have taught you what God commanded me, if
you goe altray, he fhall eftablifh another people in yout
place, you do him no harme through your impiety, he exadly
obferveth whatfoever is done inthe world. When we de
{troyed that people, we by out efpeciall grace delivered: Hod
from theirmalice , and all the True-believers that were wilt
him, we delivered them from great affi@ion. The peepk
of ead contemned the Commandments of God, and dild-
beyed his Prophets, they followed the will of the obftinate,
were curfed in this world , and thall be accurfed at the day of
Judgment, becaufe they difobeyed his divine -Majelty, with
defigne roextirpate the people of Hod, his brother. We fettt
alte to Temod, his brother, and his people ; he faid'to ee
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oh people }. worfhip.one God alone, he itis who hath created
youof theduft of the Earth , and filled it with many forts of
frvits, that you might inhabitit; beg pardon of him, and be
converted, he hearkneth to histreatures 5 and heareth their
prayers : they anfwered', oh Sa/be | it was hoped thou
would{t have been our'Captain', before the prohibition was
made , to adore the Gods of our fathers ,"we exceedingly
doubt of what thou preacheft ;."Oh people ! faid Satbe,know
ye northat ‘God taught me what toyou I preach, and that
he hath given me his grace ? who fhall protect me if] difobey
, him? You can but angmenc my pain, thould I believe you.
. O people! this Camell; which» God for you hath created,
' thal be to you a miracle, and inftrnGion, fuffer it to feed, and
_ dow no harm, left you be fuddenty chaftifed. They through ate Turks
_ contempt, wounded the Camel. Then faid he unto them, ye > ae
fhail live in your honfes forthe {pace of three dayes before ye ged a rock
’ be deftroyed; what is forctoldco you, is no Fi€tion’ when we intoaCa- —*
deftroyed them,we, through out efpecial grace faved Sadbe,and mell.
the true believers that were with him; thunder furprized thofe
Infidels, and in the morning they were found in their houfes
' dead; extended ascarkates: Thus did Temod and this people
* contemne the Commandments of God, to their difadvantage!
" Our Meffengers that came'to Abrahams houfe, declared to
' him the birth of 7/aac, Pacob, and theirpofterity ; they mutual-
ly faluted, when they entred into his houfe, he caufed rolted
! flefty co be brought co them to eate, and perceiving that they
did not eate, contemned them in himfelfand was terrified with
their comming ; ‘they ‘faid ‘unto him, fear not, we are fentte’
Lot, to extirpate'the inhabirants of his City; Abrahams wife
being prefent, began to laugh,when they foretold the birth of
‘ Ifaac,facob, and their pokterity; the faid,ah God! thalld bear
afon, I, who.am old,and have an husbatid extremly aged ? this
wottld be amiravle; they anfwered, are ye aftonifhed at thé
power of God? Oye of the family of Abraham | ‘God hath
| given yeu his bleffing, praife and glory are due‘to him in ‘all
places. When Abraham was freed from hisfear,and they having
announced the birthiof hischildren, he difputed with’ them a
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hid
Chapt.
jong time, touching the inhabicants of the City of Lor; e es i
ofa milde difpofition, and frequently repeated the praifes of —
God. The Meffengers faid unto him, O Abraham \ putan end
to thy queftions, the hour is come, wherein God hath com.
manded to deftroy them, they fhall undergo inevitable tor.
ments. When they arrived in Lots houfe, he was grieved, in
that he wasnot ableto fecure them from the infolencte ofthe
people ; he faid, behold here a day extremly difficult to pal;
The inhabitans of the City having knowledge of their arrivall,
sepaired to Lors houfe to continue their filthinefs : Lor faidin-
tothem, O people! I have twodaughters, whom I will give
sou, fear God, trouble me not, abufe not my guefts; is there
none among you to fhew you your error? They anfwered,
thou well knoweft that we have nothing to do with thy daugh-
ters, thou knoweft what we require ; he faid, were I of fuftc-
ent power, I would dwell in a fortified place to avoid the af
faults of your malice : Then faid the Meflengers of God unm
him, O Lor | we are Angels fent from God, thofe villains thal
not approach thee, go this night out of the City with thy fam
ly, none fhall look back but thy wife, fhe thal! feel the punifle
ment prepared for the wicked, they fhall be punifhed earlyi
the morning ; be gone fpeedily, the day approacheth ; when we
deftroyed them, we turned the City upfide down, and canfedit
£0 raine upon them ftones,marked with fire,to confound them
Such chaftifement is not far from the Infidels/ that are in Aer
ca.) We fent (haib into the Countryof AZadian;he {aid,O peo
ple ! worfhip one God alone ; weigh wich good weights, and
meafure with good meafure ; detain nothing from your neigh:
bour, and defile not the earth, if ye believe in God, otherwilt
I fear you may be punifhedat the day of Judgment ; the fittle
that fhall remain, fhall bring you more of conrent, chen all chat
yee can purloin, in, weighing with falfe weights, and meafuring
withfalle meafure., l.amnot fentto be your Tutor, but only
to declare the word of God : they faid, O Chaib, doth thy Law
enjoyn usto abandon the gods of our Fathers, arid hinder ust0
make of our goods what {hall feem good tous? thon art not of
an hamour good enough to be our Direétor.) He faid, O
- people!
Chap.11. ~The Alcoran of MAHOMET.
people ! fee ye not that God hath taught me what preach ?
He hath given me wealth for fubfiftance : I contradict you in
nething but what is forbidden you, I will do nothing but what
is reafonable, and conform the moft I fhall be able to Juftice ;
“ my whole fupport is in God, I recommend my felf to the will
of his divine Majeftie, before which I muft ope day appear, O
people! take heed leaft ye become criminall, if ye forfake the
company of the righteons, and left that befall you, that hapned
to them who would not believe Noah, Hod,Salhe,and Lor; the
punifhment of God is not far from you ; beg pardon of him,
and be converted, he is mereifull and amiable. They faid, O
Chuib | we underftand not all that thou fayeft ; we fee thee a-
mong{t us without force and power ; wert thou not accompa-
nied, we would ftone thee ; thou fhalt have no dominion over
us. He faid, O people ! efteem ye my company, and fear ye it
more then God ? Have ye turned the back towards him ? He
knoweth all your actions, live after your own manner, I will
Jive after mine,you fhall hereafter know yourerror ; he whom
» God will chaftife, fhall remainin perpetual! mifery, you fhall
foone underftand who fhall be the lyar, you orl; expec the
uw iffue, 1 will expec with you : when we commanded to deftroy
them,we(through our efpeciall grace) preferved (haib,and the
true believers that were with him; thunder furprized thofé
wicked ones,and they in the morning remained dead, extended
as carkafes intheir houfes. Thus were the Inhabitants of AZaz-
dian chattifed like the people of Temad. We fent AZo/es to
Pharoah and his Do€tors, with Miracles, with Arguments and
Reafons moft clear and intelligible ; but thofe Doctors follow-
ed his will, and obeyed his commandments, notwith{tanding
they were contrary to reafon ; they fhall follow him at the day
of Judgment, as they followed him upon earth ; thac day fhall
they be accurfed, and hall finde none that fhall be able to pro-
tectchem ; the punifhment of Mecca fhall be like to that I re-
late to thee; there be ofits Inhabitants who fubfift, and that
do not fubfiit, and are no more; we have done them no in-
juftice, they have drawn mifchief on themfelyes, and their Idols
have been of no ufe.co them, but to augment their apn
when
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when God hath commanded to detroy them : Thushath God
farprized the inhabitants of Zeca, he hath chaftifed them,
becaufe they were unjuft ; this thal ferve for Sora to them
that fear the day of Judgment ; all men (hall there be gathered
together, all the world fhall fee i:; 1 will retard it untill the
time appointed, that day fhall noman {peak without myper
miffion ; there be that fhallbe'miftrable, and othets who thaff
be happy;the miferable {hall dwell inthe fire ofhell, they thall
cry and complain fo tong as the earth-and the heavens {hall en-
dure, and fo long as it fhall pleafeGod, who doth as feemeth
good to himfelf. The happy fhall enjoy Paradife, where they
fhafl abide eternally, fo long as cath and ‘heaven thafl endure,
and fo long as it fhall pleafe God, Doubt not what the unbe.
lievers worfhip, they adore but te Idols which their Fathers
worfhipped; affliredly Iwill chaftie them as their Fathers wett
chaftifed. AZo/es preached the dd Teftament, yer did th
wicked contradi& his Precepts; hid not God faid that he will
hot punifh them,until the day of Judgment,he had already de
ftroyed them, becaufe they are iran exceeding great erry
thy Lord fhall reward every one atcording to his works, ft
knoweth all their actions. Obfe-ve exactly what hath beet
commanded you, withthem that sre converted; tranfgref not
the Law of God, he beholdeth wintfoever you do. Inclinenot
to the affections of rhe unjuft, left the fire of hell furprife you,
and yonbe deprived of proteGiot. Pray to God evening and
morning, ahd apart of the night; prayers blot our fins; itis
the doétrine of Preachers ; be patent, and perfevere, Godwill
not deprive the righteous of theirreward : He prohibited yort
Predece(fors and their pofterity to defile the earth ; nevertheles
there were few among them tha: abftained ; the unjuft aed
whatever pleafed them, and were guilty before’'God + He {hill
not deftroy Adzecca, ifthe Inhabrants thereof obey his Com-
mandments; and if it pleafed hin, the whole world fhould be
of one Religion; they to whom fe giveth his grate, tranigtels
hot his Will, his Word fhall be atcomplifhed, and hell fhallbe
filled with devills, and the wickrd ofall Nations. They have
recounted to thee, and thon undstftandeft wharfoever things
are
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are neceffary for them, and what the Prephets have heretofore
taught; thine heart hath bern ftrengthened, they containe the
truth, and they fhall be fora leffon to true believers. Say unto
Infidels, do on your part-as yee thalfunderftand, we will do
on our part as\we underftaid, and’attend'the iffne, we-will at-
tend it with you; whatfoev:r is in heaven, and in earth apper-
tainsto God, all men fhallbe affembled before him, worlhip
him, refign your felves to hs Will, he knoweth whatfoever-the
people doth.
CHAP. XIT.
The Chapter of Jofeph, containing an hundred and thirteen
Verfes, written at Mecca.
N the Name of God, gracious and merciful. I am the mer-
cifullGod, Thefefigns are the figns of the Book which di-
«| finguifheth good'from evil. We have canfed to defcend from
tk
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heaven the Alcoraz, written in the edrabique tongue, perad-
venture ye will learn it. ¥ deliver unto thee in the Alcoran, one
of the beft things that I have infpired into thee, Thou wert
4 before the comming thereef, in the number of the ignorant,
, Remember thou, that foferh {aid to his father, My father, T
t
2%
I faw in a dream eleven Stas, the Sun, and the Moone, I faw
them adoring me. My fos, faid his father, difcover not thy
dream to thy brothers, they will confpire againft thee, the de-
vill isan open:enemy to nen, thou fhale be eletted of the
, Lord in this world, he fhul teach thee the explication of
Dreams, he fhall accomplih his grace upon thee, and upon
, the lineage of facod, as he ad accomplifh it upon thy fathers,
Abraham, and Ifuac ;the Lord knoweth all things, and is moft
wife. The Hiftory of Fo/epi thall ferve for example to pofte+
rity; remember thon, how his brothers faid, our father loveth
_ our brother Fofeph more then all us together, he is in an excee-
ding great error, Jet us kill lofepb, and calt him into fome fe-
cret place remote from us, his abfencewilt render the face of
our
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out father more gentle towards us; after his death we will be
converted. One of them faid, you fhal! not do well to kill him, }
bur caft himinto the well, fome paffengers willtakehim, and 7
carry him into an unknown Country : They fatd to their fie
ther ; father, wherefore doft thou not fend 7o/eph into the
fields with us? we willbe very.carefull, he thall {port and te-
create himfelf; I fear, faid he, thac ye will neglect to preferve
him ; doft chou fear (faid they) that a wolfe fhould devoure
him in our prefence, and that we want ftrength to defend him?
In the morning they led him with them, and caft him into a
Well. We infpired himto prophefie to them what fhould be.
fall them for the mifchief they a&ted, but they wanted know.
iedge to comprehend it ; they in the evening returned to theit
fathers houfe, with eyes full of diffembled teares, and faid unto
him, father, we fported, and ran who fhould run the belt, Jo
feph-remained with our baggage, a wolfe came that devourel
aa ' him ; thou wilt not believe us although we {peak the truth,
i then they fhewed him his fhirt, which they had fprinkled wit
blood ; it is youthat hath done it, faid he, you hall anfwetk
before God, he is my proteétor, and was patient, without
* the Levare Menting. There paft that day *a Caravan near co that Well
tias well; a Who defiring to draw vvater to drink, let down a buckets, it
Caravan,a yvhich Fofeph took hold to get out; they gave him cloathes,
ths number of Jed himaway fecretly, and fold him at a good rate foready
Bees Li | peas oe money ; they vvould not kill him, in vvhich they wvere honelt
veh men. He that bought him in Lpypr, commanded his wile to
E have care of him, that he might one day be ufefull for theit fers
vice, and be to them inftead of afon. Thus did we eftablih
Fofephin the Country of Egypt, and taught him che expofition
Bee of dreams, thy Lord is Omnipotent, but few men know hits
when 7o/eph came to the age of manhood, wve gave him know,
Jedge and prudence; thus do we reward the righteous. His
Maiters wife became amorous of his beauty, fhe one day fit
him into her chamber, and folicited him wvith love ; Godde-
fend me (faid he) to betray my Mafter, and be unchalte (he
vvas in the suimber of the righteous ) and fled to the door; his
Miftxifs ran after him, and to flay him, tore hisfhirt chro
the
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the back : fhe met her husband behind the door, to whom fhe
faid, vvhat other thing doth he merit, vvho vvould difhonour
thine houfe,then to be imprifoned,and feverely chaftifed?Lord,
faid 7ofeph,the follicited me, that infane which is in the cradle,
and of thy parentage fhall be vvitnefs: Then the infant in the
cradle faid, if fofephs thirt be torne before, the hath fpoken
truth, and ofeph is a lyar ; if the fhirt be rent behind,
fofeph hath delivered the truth, and fhe a lye: then her hut
_ band beheld 70/ephs thirt torne behind, and knew that it vyas
' extream malice, and {aid to fofeph, take heed to thy felf, and
beware this a&t be not divulged : do thon, speaking to his wife,
. implore pardon for thy fault, thou art truly guilty. The women
of the City, faid among themfelves, that the rich mans wife
* was amorous of his Slave, and that the had follicited his love,
x. © Ss
es
it
and had erred from the right way, vvhich the underftanding,
" made them an exceeding fair feaft, and caufed 7o eph to enter
‘the Parlour vvhere they fate; vwvhile they carved their meat,
they were fo furprifed, and entangled with o/ephs beauty,
‘that they in ftead of carving their meat, cut their fingers. O
0
God ! faid they, this isnot a man, but an Angel; then faid fhe
unto them, behold him whom I loved with fo much paffion :
“fhe another time importuned him, to fatisfie her defire, and
" perceiving that he would not condefcend to her will, menaced
him with the prifon, and to make him miferable : O God ! faid
' Jofeph, Vhad rather bea prifoner, then do what the defireth,
| deliver me from her malice, defend me from inclining to her
lubricity, and from being in the number of the wicked: his
' Lord heard his prayer, he underftandeth and knowcth all
| things. This woman {eeing Pa/ephs refolution, judged it requifite
to imprifon him for fome time; he was put prifoner with two
- men, one of which told him that he had dreamed that he preft
Brapes to make wine ;the other {aid,that he deamed that he car-
_ ried bread upon his head, which the birds did eate;they deman-
ded of himthe interpretation of theirdreams,becaufe he feemed
to them to bea good man;he faid ro them, before ye break fuft,
I will interpret your dreams. I vvil firkt tell you what God hath
taught me,and how I quit,and abandon the law span and
embrace
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embrace the Law of our fathers, Abraham, Ifaac, and Yacob,yye |
ought not to vvorfhip many gods; fuch as believe in the unity
of God, are endued vwvith his grace, but few men give hin’
thanks. O Prifoners! vvho hath more power, Idols, oronefole
God, who is omnipotent ? The gods which ve adore are bur
Idols, vvhom ye and your fathers call by fuch a name, asfeem:
eth good to you.ye hive no reafon to worfhip them; God dorh |
norenjoyn you this,he commandeth you to vvorthip himalore.
this is the right vvay, but the greateft part of the vvorld ofthis
are ignorant. O prifoners! the one of you fhall give vvine to
drink to his Master, the other fhall be hanged, the birds thall
feed on his head, the interpretation that ye ha¥e required thal
be accomplifhed. He befought him that fhould be faved, tore
member him when he fhould be near tohis Mafter;but the del
caufed him to lofe the remembrance of 7ofepb, vvho remain
prifoner the fpace of nine years: At that time the Kingi
Ec ypt fawin a dream feven fat kine,vhich feven Jeane kinete
voured ; and feven green earcs of corne, vvith feven drie ear
of which he required the interpretation of his Dodtors sii
anfwered, that the dream vwvas very obfcure, and thapiij
knew not the interpretation; the’ prifoner that had beenitit
liberty, faid, that he vvould forthwith give the interpretaitl
of the dream, remembred fo/eph, and calling him untohit
faid, O righteous man! explain untous wvhat is the fignifitt
tion of feven fat kine, devoured by feven Jeanc,and seven greet
eares of corne, and as many dry, peradventure I {hall return
to the King and his people, and they fhall underftand the it
terpretation of thisdream. 7ofeph {aid to him, yee fhalllow
the earth feyen years following, wvhich (hall abound imiits,
preferve your Harveft in the eares,and rake only vvhatiullbe
neceflary for life; after this, there fhall came feven yeats Di
ren, and unfruitfull, in vvhich the people fhall faffer much, Tht
King of Egypt having learned the interpretation of this dieit
commanded to call 7ofeph ; the Meflenger faid unto him, 0
fofeph! return to thy Mafter, and require of him the meaiili
of the vvemen who did cut theif fingers,he hath knowledge)
their malice, hath caufed them toaffemble, and deinantte
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(hap.i2. The Alcoran of Ma womMeET. 147
ven his particular grace, he is gracious and mercifull to vvhom
' feemeth good to him. The King having talked wvith 7a/eph,
entred him into the number ef his domefticks, and made him
‘\faperintendent of his * revenews,becanfe he knew him to be a * All the re-
®man of {pirit, faithfull, and thrifty, We, by our efpeciall grace, venews of
ieftablithed Fofeph in the Country of Egypt, where he did what the Crows.
feemed good tohim. I deprive not the righteous of their: re-
Wtward on earth, the recompence of the other world is yet gréa-
Kiter for them that believe in my Law, and have my fear before
nitheir yes. The brethren of 7ofeph returned to buy corne ; he
difaid to them, vvhen ye fhall come again, bring vvith you your
yong brother by the father, youfhall finde 1 vvillmake you
good meafure, and lodge vvell my gueits; ifyou bring him
timot, there fhall be no corne foryou, approach not this king-
xdom without him : They anfwered, Lord, his father loveth him
inexceedingly, neverthelefs we fhall endeavour to perform what
thou enjoyneft us; he commanded his fervants to put their
i, money for corne in the bottoms of his brethrens facks, per-
. haps, faid he, they-will return, or acknowledge this favour
, vvhen they fhall come into their Country. When they arrt-
, ved-at their father, they faid,iather, there isno more corne for
yy vs, if our young brother go not wvithus, if he go thither vve
{hal have good meafure,and we will be careful of him. You wall
, be careful, faid he, as you vvere heretofore of your brother
t, Pofeph; God vvill detend him better then you, he is the merci-
sul of the merciful. When they poured forch their corne,; they
|, found their money at the bottoms of their facks, and faid; out
4 father,what thal we defire more, our mony is reftored tous, and
w We have bread for our family, permitthat our brother go with _
,,us, we fhall have better meafure, that is afmall thing to the
q Li 2 King
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King of Egypt ; 1 will not fend him with you, unlefs ye all
{weare before God to bring him back again, ifthere be no
great impediment. They fwore to fulfill bis will; then faid
he, Itake God to be witnefsofyour oath: Omy fons. } enter
not all together into the city, but go in at feverall gates,to the
end the people may not be jealous of you; God commandeth
what to him feemeth good, I rely on him, all true believers
ought to refign themfelves to his divine will ; chey entered the
a City as their father enjoyned them, to content him; beingat-
Bi rived before Pofeph, he took his little brother by the hand, and
t “al faid to him, trouble not thy felf for what fhall become of
thy brethren; having filled their facks, he caufed a Cup adorned
with precious ftones tobe putinto the fack of his litle bro.
ther; caufed it to be given out, that they of the (vravan bad
ftolne the Kings Cup; and fent men after them to fearch ;thole
ftrangers protefted they faw it not,and that they came not into
eal \u Egypt to fteal, that they were fureties for each other, and tht
pe iS he who had ftolne it, deferved punifhment. The Cup was foul
+ in the fack of his young brother; he caufed himto beg:
prehended, and accufed themaall of theft ; Lord, {aid they, fis,
father is old, he will be extreamly afflicted for his abfence, tilt
one of usin his place, thou fhalt in the end finde us co be hi
neft men : God forbid, faid he, that I(hould detain other them
him who was found guilcy of theft, that would be injultice
finding themfelves out of hope to free their brother, they fae
ved themfelves in a fecret place remote from the City; whet
the eldeft faid to his brethren, you know the oath we tooket
our departure, and how heretofore we intreated Fo/eph, Iwill
not go out of E gypt without my fathers permiffion,Godis molt
juft, he fhall difpofe of me and my brother as fhall pleafe him,
returnto your father, and fay unto him,thy fon was taken 0
theft,we faw him,and endeavored to our power to deliver him,
they of the Caravan thal be witnefles. Facod {aid at their retlls
they were the caufe of that accident,that did not difpleafe you
and he took patience, faying ; God’ perhaps will favour my
fons toreturn in health; he knoweth in what condition! am,
he is moft prudent in what he ordaineth. He retited from
' { among
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Chap.12. The Alcoran of MAHOMET.
among his fons extreamly afflicted, and bewayléed che lof of
his fon Po/eph; had his eyes continually covered with tears,
and he bore in hisheart great forrow. His fons faid unto him,
Doft thou yet remember fo/eph, to adde to thy grief, and
haften thine eid? Iam (faid he) extreamly defolate, I leave
all to the willof Ged ; he hath raught me what ye know not.
My fons return into Egypt, and enquire tidings of your two
brethren; difpair not of the Spirit of God, none difpair of
Gods Spirit, but the wicked. When they came unto fofeph,
they faid unto him, The famine that isin out Country,hath ex-
treamly afflicted us, it hath often conftrained us to come to
buy Corn ; thou, of thy favor, haft made us good meafiire ;
thou haft caufed our money tobe reftored for alms, God will
reward thee, he recompénceth fitch as are Alnis-givers.
He faid unto them , Yé remember what ye didtinto your broe
ther Pofeph : They féplyed, Certainly thot art not Fofeph.
d Tam Pofeph, faidhe, and behold my brother Bewjamin. God
hath given us his gracé ; he rewardeth him that hath his fear
V beforehis eyes, and is patient inhisafiitions; hedepriveth
' not the righteous of recompente. God, faid they, hath pour-
: ed his favors npon us in faving thee, whom we have exceeding
ly offended. Be not (faid he) afhamed, God this day pardon
| eth you that fin, he is gracious and merciful; return to your
Father, and bear to him this fhirt, caft it upon his fate, he (hall
recover fight, and return hither with him, arid with your
whole family. The Cavavan was then half way upon réturn,
when Zacob faid to them that attended him, I finell the odor
of my fon Pofeph; you detide me, bur what I speak i mioft
true: They told him, that he was ftilfin his old error ; fome
days following, one of his fons arrived withtidings of Fo/eph,
and caft the fhirt that he had given him, upon hit; and iscoh*
tifently he recovered his fight, atid faid, Did not always tell
vou, that I knew what ye knéw hot; they fad, Our Father
pardon us, and ask thé forgivenefs of God for iis; whorhave
exceedingly offended him: He anfwered, I will beg pardon
of God for you; he is gracious and merciful. When they ar-
tived before Fofeph, he took his Father by the hand, faying,
L
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148
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The Alcorinof MAHOMET. Chap.i2r
King of Eyype ; 1 will not fend him with you, unlefs ye all
{weare betore God to bring him back again, ifthere be no
great impediment. They fwore to fulfill his will; then faid
he, Itake God to be witnefsofyour oath: Omy fons ! enter
not all together into the city, but go in at feverall gates,to the
end the people may not be jealous of you; God commandeth
what to him feemeth good, I rely on him, all true believers
ought to refign themfelves to his divine will; they entced the
City as their father enjoyned them, to content him; beingar
rived before Fofeph, he took his little brother by the hand, and
faid co him, trouble not thy felf for what fhall become of
thy brethren; having filled their facks, he caufed a Cup adorned
with precious ftones tobe putintothe fack of his liccle bro.
ther; caufed it to be given out, that they of the (zravas had
fiolne the Kings Cup; and fent men after them to fearch ;thole
ftrangers protefted they faw it not,and that they came not into
Egypt to fteal, that they were fureties for each other, and that
he who had ftolne it, deferved punifhment. The Cup was found
in the fack of his young brother; he caufed him-to bep.
prehended, and accufed themall of theft ; Lord, faid they, his,
father is old, he will be extreamly affliéted for his abfence, take
one of usin his place, thou halt in the end finde us to be ho |
neft men : God forbid, faid he, that Ifhould detain other then
him who was found guilty of theft, chat would be injuftice;
finding themfelves out of hope to free their brother, they
ved themfelves in a fecret place remote from the City; where
the eldeft faid to his brethren, you know the oath we tookat
out departure, and how heretofore we intreated Jofeph, Iwill
not go out of Egypt without my fathers permiffion,Godismo
juft, he fhall difpofe of me and my brother as fhall pleafe him,
returnto your father, and fay unto him,thy fon was taken i
theft,we faw him,and endeavored to our power to deliver him,
they of the Caravan thal be wienefles. Zacob (aid at their retuims
they were the caufe of that accident,that did not difpleafe yous
and he took patienee, faying, God perhaps will favour my
fonstoreturnin health; he knoweth in what condition! am,
he is moft prudent in what he ordaineth, He retired from
among
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bays yar Weerece
Chap.12. The Alcotan of MAHOMET. 149
among his fons extreamly afflicted, and bewayled the fofs of
his fon fo/eph ; had his eyes continually covered with tears,
and he bore in his heart great forrow. His fons faid unto him,
Doft thou yet remember 7o/eph, to adde to thy grief, and
haften thine eid? Tam (faid he) extreamly defolate, I leave
all to the willof Ged ; he hath taught me what ye know not.
My fons return into Egypt, aid enquire tidings of your two
brethren; difpairnot of the Spirit of God, none difpair of
Gods Spirit, but the wicked. When they came unto 7o/eph,
they faid unto him, The famine that isin out Country,hath ex-
treamly afflictedus, it hath often conftrained us to come to
buy Corn ; thou, of thy favor, haft made us good meafiire ;
thou haft caufed our money tobe reftored for alms, God will
reward thee, he recompenceth fuich as are Alis- givers.
He faid unto them , Yé remember what ye didiinto your brot
ther Jofeph : They téplyed, Certainly thot art not Fofeph.
Tam Pofeph, faidhe, and behold my brother Bexjamin. God
hath given us his gracé; he rewardeth him that hath his féar
beforehiseyes, andis patient inhisafilitions; hedepriveth
not the righteous of recompente. God, faid they, hath pour-
ai ed his favors npon us in faving thee, whom we have exceeding
iy offended. Be not (faid he) athamed, God this day pardon+
i eth you that fin, he is gracious and merciful; réturn toyour
# Father, and bear to him this fhirt, caft it upon his fate, he (hail
recover fight, and return hither with him, anid with your
5 whole family. The Caravan wasthen half way upon return,
when Facob faid to them that attended him, I fineil the odor
4 of my fon Fofeph; you detide me, but what I speak ® moft
» true: They toldhim, that he was ftilfit his old error ; fome
, days following, one of his fons artived with tidings of Po/ceph,
and caft the fhirt that hé had given hint, upon hit; and iacoh*
tinently he recovered his fight, afd faid, Did T not always tell
vou, that I knew what ye knew hot; they fd, Our Father
pardon us, aad ask thé forgivetiels of God for us, whorhave
exceedingly offendedhim: He anfwered, I willbeg pardon
of God for you; he is gracious and merciful. When they ar-
rived before Pofeph, he took his Father by the hand, faying,
9 Enter
The Alcortnof MAHOMET. (hap.iz,
Enter without fearinto Egypr, caufed him to fit down, and
his brethren fell proftrate before him. My Father, fatd he, be.
hold there the interpretation of mine old dream, God hath
rendred it true, he hath favored me, in delivering me from
prifon, and conducting youhither; he hath put an endto the
jealoufie which the devil: had procured between me and iny
brethren. The Lord is liberal to whom feemeth good to him;
he knoweth what is neceflary for his people, and ts moft pm
dent in whache ordaineth. Lord, thou haft given me wealth,
and knowledg to interpret dreams. Creator of Heaven and
Earth, thou art my protector, give me the grace to die inthy
Law, and place me in the number of the righteous. Thisy
He fpeaketh Hiftory of Pofeph, isan ancient Hiftory which! relate to thee.
to Mahomet. Thou wert not with his brethren when they confpired againit
him; neyerthelefs, the greateft part of the people are incre-
dulous. Demand no reward of them for having preached the
Alcoran, it inftruéteth onely the wife. How many fignesbe
there in Heaven and Earth, of the unity of God? yer th
people believe not therein, and moft of them adore Idols;
affaredly God fhall punifii them at an unexpeCted hour, and
inatime which they know not. Say unto them, Beholdthe |
right way, I callto the way of Salvation and Light, fuch asfok
low me. I returnthanks to God, for that 1am not inthe num
ber of unbelievers. We fent aforetime none but men 0
inftru@ the people; will not men confider what hath been the
end of the wicked that were before them ? Paradife is for them
that are righteous ; will ye not be converted ? They cauled
the Prophets to Idofe all hopes of their Converfion, and be
lieved them tobe lyars; but we protected them, and deliver
ed from their malice fuch as feemed good tous. Nothing hall
exempt the wicked from the punifhment of their pains; they
fhallferve for,example to men of fpirit. The <A/coran con
taineth no blafphemies, it confirmeth the ancient Scriptures,
and teacheth True- believers the way of Salvation,
CHAP.
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151
CHAP... XIII
The Chapter of Thunder , containing fourty three Verfes, writ-
ten at Mecca.
iB thename of God, gracious and merciful; I am the moft
wife and merciful God. Thefe precepts are the precepts of
the Book: fent tothee from thy Lord; itis a thing moft true,
but few men incline co believe it. It is fent from God, who
raifed Heaven without a prop, and witha column, that appear-
eth, and ficteth onhis throne, difpofing all things. He caufeth
the Sun and'Moonto move, until the day appointed; he dif-
pofeth all things at his will, and manifefteth to men the fignes
of his omnipotency. Peradventure you will believe in the
Refurre@ion of the fleth. He it és that hath extended the Earth,
raifed the Mouncains, caufed the Rivers to flow, who created of
all forts of Fruits, the Male and Female, and covereth the day
with the ob{curity of the night. Thefe things are fignes of his
unity to fuch as confiderthem. Hehathcreated many fields of
divers forts, and Gardens filled with Grapes, and many differ-
ent Fruits; he created Date-trees, thick as Groves, and For-
efts, and others that are fcatcered through the fields; fome
are moyftened with waters, and others have a more’pleafing
tafte. Thefe things are fignes of his unity to fuch as confider
them: Thou art amazed at the lies of Infidels, be aftonifhed at
their difcourfes ; when they deny the Refurredtion, and fay,
What, thall God yet once again create usof the duft of the
Earth? when we fhall be Earth, thallwe be anew people?
They are impious, they fhall have Oaks upon their necks, and
fhall remain eternally in the firé of Hell; they precip:cate
themfelves into eternal pains, and contemn the mercy of God,
fo did their predeceffors ; but God is gracious to fuch as. con-
vert. Chaftife feverely the obftinate Infidels. They have faid,
We will not believe in the Prophet, unlefswe fee fome miracle
to appear. Say unto them, I am not fent but to preach the
word of God, He hath fent perfons to every Nation, to teach
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and Bedaoi.
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The Alcoran of Man o™M E 7. Chap.
them the right way ; nothing ts hid from him in the world; he
knoweth what women bearin their womb; he knoweth the
time and period of every thing, the prefnt, paft, and future;
he is great and omnipotent. He underftandeth what you keep
fecret, and what ye make manifeft ; he knoweth where they
be who covet themfelves with the obfeurity of night, and them
that travel in the clearnefs of day; every one hath his guardian
by his commandment, who obferveth what he doth, apd de-
ae priveth none of grace, that hath not ofended his diyine Ma-
i jefty, and none can hinder him to purifh whom it feemeth
ae oe goodto him. He it is, who giveth you to {ee the lightning
Which terrifieth men, and nourifheth hisCreatures by the rain
which he caufeth to fall ; he created theclouds charged with
moyfture, caufeth thunder to make 1 noife, darteth the
Tbunder-bolt, and ftriketh whom it ple:feth him ; the Angels
tremble in his prefence, yet do the wicked difpute his omat
i} potency. He it is who ought to be inplored; the prayers
th of them who implore another God art ineffectual, they are
like to fuch asare yery thirfty, and ftretch forth the hand to;
wards a Fountain, to which they cannot reach ;. the prayers
of the wicked are impiety; Wiharfocyer ia in Heaven, andin
+e the Earth, the fhadow of the morning, the ob{curity of te
evening humble themfelves before God, through force ot
affe@tion. Sayuntothem, Who is the-Lord of Heaven and
Earth, but God? who, except God fkallprote& you ? yout
Idols can neither benefit, nor hurt you: Is the blinde like nto
him chat feeth cleerly ?. isdarkne{s. likeunto light? fhall they
adore the Creatures inftead of the Creator 2. God hath created
all things, and is omnipotent ; he caufeth rain to defcend from
Heayen, and Rivers covered with Foim, to flow inthe Val
feys. The Gold, the Silver, and Meitals which ye melt to
adorn and enrich your felves, are like unto froth; Thus doth
God teach what is profitable, and wha unprofitable; froth
faddenly vanitheth, and is of no utilityto men: So falfhood
vanifheth before truth, Thus doth Gol fpeak througha pate
ble, to them that obey him,and giveth ticm Paradife, Allthe
riches.of the Earth, and as much again, cannot ranfom the Ia-
Sy
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(hap.1z.. The AYcoran of M4 HOM ET.
fidels, they hall br eternally cormented in the fire of Hell.
Who knoweth, tha:che truth contained in this Book, was net
fent to thee from God? He that doubreth js blinde ; men of
Spiritdo not doubt They who fatishe what they promife to
God, ,who tranf{grfs not his Commandments, who. have his
fear before their eyes, who apprehend the day of judgment,
who are patient in:heir afflictions for love of his divine Ma-
jefty, who make their prayers at the time appointed, who
give alms privatelyand publikely , and blot out thein offences
with good works, hall be blefled. They fhall enter into.the
Garden of &dex wth their father, their wives, and families ;
the Angels (hall vift them, (hall falyrethem, and fay, Behold
the recampence of your perfeverance, behold eternal grace.
Such as fhall fwarte from their promife, and difobey. the
Commandments of God, and pollute the Earth, {hall be ac-
curfed of God, ant feverely chaftifed ; he giveth, and depri-
ved of wealth, as femeth good to him. The unbelievers re-
joyce in the riches & the carth; but thoferiches areof little
value, if they con(der them of the other world. They fay,
Tf Mahomet doth not make fome miracle to appear from
God, we will not telieve him. Say natothem; God guideth,
and mifleadeth whom it pleafeth him ; he confirmeththe hearts
of them that have faith in his Law; the Remembrance of
God confirmeth the hearts of True believers; Sueh as fhali
do good works, fhillbe happy. We haye fent thee, aswedid
fend other Prophets. to them that preceded thee... Teach the
people what we jaye infpired into thee : Whea.they fhall
difobey thee, fay tito them, God is my Lord, there.is but one
God alone, I am yholly refigned to his divine wall, my refage
is inhis goodnefs, If the e4/corau fhould make Mountains ¢o
go, fhould it cave the Earth to open, and-the dead to arife,
all would proceed from God. True.believers ought not to
difpair of any thug, God flhall guide all the world into, the
right way when itfhall pleafe him; and-unbelievess fhall not
efcape the puniflment of their crimes. Thou fhale dwell
with them until he word of God be fulfilled: He fwarveth
not from what hepromifeth ; they derided che Prophets that
came
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The Alcoran of Manome rt. (hap.ty.
came before thee, I prolonged the time of their purifhment ,
and inthe end rigoroufly chaitifed them ; and with what af-
fictions ? Doth not God behold the aétions of every man?
They have faid,God hath companions,to whom they have given
names after their fancy ; will you inftrué@ God in any thing?
The wicked take delight in their wickednefs, and are gone a”
{tray from the right way. He whom God fhall miflead, (hall 4
finde none to guide him, he fhall be affliéted in this world, and
yet more in the other.None fhall be able to fave him but God;
Paradife is promifed to them that have his fear before their
eyes; they fhalfenjoy eternally all maner of content, fachis
the end of the righteous ; and Hell is prepared for Infidels,
They, to whom we have given the knowledg of Scriptures,
rejoyce ia the doctrine which we have fent thee ; there be that
abjure one part ; fay unto them, I recommend unto you only
the worfhip of one fole God, who is the affured refuge of the
righteous, We have fent the Alcoran in the Arubique tongue,
tothe end the e-4rabians may comprehend it: Mf thou dof
follow the will of unbelievers, having had the knowledg of the
unity of God, who thall be able ro fave or proteé thee ? We
fent Prophets before thee,commanded them to marry,and they
had children. Prophets cannot perform miracles without the
permiffion of God, and the end of every thing is writtenin
his Book ; he blotteth ont,and feaveth permanent what feemeth
good tohim, he cannot alter. I perceive that fome of the
wicked havea defign to murther thee ; thon art obliged only
to preach to them, I will keep an accompt of their finsto
punifh them. See they not chat their Countries and poffefiions
diminith daily chrongh thy conquefts > God coiimandeth what
pleafeth him, no man can efcape his judgments, he is moft exaa
uvhis account’: theit predecetlors ufed fubtilties as they, but
God is more fabtile then they ; be well knoweth the good and
evil which every one doth: they (hall one day underftand who
matt have Paradife, They fay cthonare no Prophet, fay unto
them, It is fufficient that God is witnefs of the truth between
you and me; who is he thar knoweth what is written in the
Sook of his divine Majefty 2 ; ;
CHAP.
(hapi4. The Rlcoran of MAHOMET. 155
CHAP..XI1V.
The Chapter of Abraham, containing fifty verfes, Written at
Mecca.
N:the name of God; gracious and mercfull; I am the
LichGod. That Booke ! We have fent it to thee to
bring the people out of darknefs, to guide them co the light,
, abd the way. of thy Lord, alwayes victorious and glorious ;
Whatfoever isin Heaven, and in Earth, is Gods; mifery is
upon unbelievers, they (hall undergoe at theend of the world
exceeding great torments. They who preferre the wealth of
this world to that of Heaven, who goeaftray from the way
of the Law, and would pervert it; areina great error, farre
“ from truth; The Prophets fpake the language of them to
whom they were fent to inftruét them, God guideth and mif-
deadeth whomto him feemeth good, heis omnipotent and
prudent, We fent A¢o/es with prodigies,to bring the children
of Ifrael out of darknefs, and to conduct them to light, he
taught them the Commandments of the Law, to ferve for
inftruction to fuch as fhall perfevere todo well, and thall not
be ingratefull for the favours they have received. AZofes fpake
tohis people, and faid, remember the grace of God to-
ls wards you , he delivered you fromthe men of Pharach , who
mt §— caufed you to fuffer great affi@tions, who murthered your
® Children , abufed your wives, and layed upon you great
evills ¢ fent from God, becanfe of your finnes..) The Lord
hath faid , ifye be not ingratefull, I willaugment my graces
pon you; ifyebe impious, you fhall be affli@ed. Adofes
i) ~—- faid to his people; if you and all men be impious, know, that
God will be alwayes glorious, and hath no need of you.
) Know ye not what befell (before you) the people of Noah,
p Aad, Temod, and their pofterity, that none had knowledge
of but God, becanfe of their great number? He fent them
his Commandments by his Prophets, they bit their fingers for
anger, and faid unto them , we renounce, and condemne your
Doétrine :
of Manomer. (Chapid.
Doétrine: The Prophets faid asto them, is there any doube
in the beliefe of the unity of God ; Creator of Heaven, and
Earth? he calleth you to remit your fins, and deferreth your
purithment untill che day appointed + They atifwered, ye ate
men like unto us, will you hinder usto adore the Gods of our
fathers? Produce arguments of {trength fufficient to prove what |
you preach; the Prophet replyed, We are men as you are, but
God givetli his grace to whom feemeth good to him ; we are
come to you through his permiffion, the trhé- believers onght
to ttuft in him ; wherefore fhould we not be tefigted tothe
willofGod, who hath guided ns into the right way ? wewill
continue in wel-doing,the righteous truft mn his divirie Majelty,
Then faid the Infidels unto chem, we will banith you from our
Country, if you be not of ont Religion ; but God infpired into
them , thar the Infidels fhould perith, and that rhey thould in-
Habit the Land after them; that he would proted fach as (hould
hive his fear before theireyes, and fear the paines chat are
prepared for the wicked. The Prophets were proteted of
God, andthe obftinate wicked were deftroyed : they {hall
be precipitated into Hell, and drink of water full of corap.
tior’, uritie atid blowd ,. death thallappear otrall fides befor
their eyes, before they have fwallowed that dritk; they
fall not dye in that mifetie , they fhall fuffer yee great
éf piiries. The good works which the wicked have dont,
aré-hke to daft carryed away by aft itipetuous wittle,
they fhallbe unprofitable to them, and they fhall be extit
pated; becatfe they depart froti the trtith: See they not that
God hath created Heaven atid Earth? chat He can deftroy
them , and create in'their place ariew people, if it feente good
tohim? This is nor difficult to God, all things are known
tohim. The more imporetic of thei thar have followed the
Wicked , thall fay at the day of Judgment, we obeyed you,
will you chis day deliver us from the putiifiment of God?
They hall anfwer, had'God gnided usinto the rigtt way, We
had conducted you thither, wé aré- alike milerable with you,
weety and lamenc it-our miferié, bat finde neither réfiize
Hor protettion. The Devill thal! fay unro then, what'Godhath
promife
Chan.14. The Atcoran of M au OMET.
promifed to youis infallible, I foretold it to you, I caufed:yon
to tranfgrefle his Commandments through my tentations, I
had none other power over you, but to tempt you, you did
me noharme whenyee hearknedto me, you drew mifchiet
on yourfelves, Lam not your Tutor, neither age you: mine; T
was impious, when heretofore | fuffered y outo adore me ; Hell
is prepared:for you, andor allunbelievers, there fhali they
endure great torments, andthe righteous hall enter into Pa-
radife, wherein fow many rivers, where they {hall dwell eter-
nally, with all manner of bleffednefs and content; Seeft
thou not how God fpeaketh by a parable? A good word: is
like to a good tree that hath taken root in the Barth, and hath
raifed its branches to Heaven, and produceth its fruit in due
time, through the permiffion of his divine Majefty ; he teach-
eththe people his parables, perhaps they will be mindfull:
An evill word is like to abad tree, thathath beemtorne: from
the Earth, there is.nothing to fuftaine it, and it is without
root, or fruit: God fortifieth the True beltevers through his
word inthis world, and in the other, andcaufeth: the unjult
coerre, he doth what to: him feemeth: good: Seeft thou not
them that have changedhis grace into impiety, and have made
fuch as have followed: them to dwell in the honfe of) perditi-
on? They thall abide eternally in the fire of Hell. They fay,
that God hatha companion equallto him, anderre from the
way of his Law ; Say unto them, ye fhall have wealth in this
world, but Hell is your Rendezvous. Say to the True be-
lievers, who make their prayers at the time appointed , and
give almesin private, or in publique, that the day fhall come
wherein they fall neither buy nor. fell, and where every one
fhall be recompenfed for his works. Say unto them, God hath
created the Earth, andthe Heavens, he maketh the ratne to
defcend from Heaven, which caufeth to fpring forth all forts
of fruits to enrich you, he created the fhip, that through his
permiffion failech on the Sea, he created the rivers, the Sun
andthe Moone, which move continually , he created the day
and the night, and beftoweth on you whatfoever yee defire,
his favours towards youcan neither be numbred, nor nee
€ ?
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The Alcotsef Ma HomM ET. (hap.r4.
ed, neverthelefs the Inhabitants of AZecea are alwayes impi-
ousand wicked ; Abraham faid, Lord protect this City , and
make it to be the refuge of the world ; Keep meand my Chil-
dren fromthe worfhip of Idols, they have feduceda part of
the people ; he that fhall follow me, and profeffe thy unity,
fhallbe mine ; if any one difobeyme, thou art gracious and
mercifull: Lord, one part of my Lineage inhabiteth Acces,
ina place unfruitfull , give them the grace to perfevere in thy
fervice, incline the hearts of mento afteé& them, enrich them
with the fruits of the Earth, peradventure they will thanke
thee ; thou knoweft whatfoever is in the world,I know it not;
nothing that is in Heaven , or in Earth is hid from thee;
prayfed be God, who hath given me J/mael and Z/aacin mine
old age, he heareth prayers when it pleafeth him ; Lord, give
me and my pofterity the grace to perfevere in well doing,
hear my prayers, pardon me, and pardon my father, and all
rue believers at the day of Judgment. | Think not that
od isignorant of the ations of Infidels, he deferreth the ,
punifhment of their crimes untill the day that all men thaff
have their eyes opened : that day fhall they behold their fins
before theireyes, and their hearts {hall be full of defolation;
If thou preachelt to the people the day of Judgment, ‘hath
God (will the wicked fay ) preferved us to this prefent time,
to do what thon doft appoint us? Say unto them, have yé nor
fworne heretofore , that there is no. refurre@ion >? Ye have
dwelt with the unjuft, ye have feen how they have been cha
ftifed, and how we have fpoken to you in parables. Certain
ly they confpire, but God knoweth their confpiracy, theirpo-
licie is to cempt the Prophet, to fee if he will make the Motte
tains tomoyve.. Think not that God will violate what he
hath promifed co the Prophets, he is omnipotent, and avenge-
full. Confider the day wherein the Earth and Heavens {hall
change their face, and’all people thall rife again; that day
{hall one fole God omnipotent, command men co come olt
of their Monuments ; Thou fhale chat day fee the wicked
bound in their chaines, theirgarments hall be full of pitch,
and gnitran, their faces fhallbe covered with fire, that i
° fha
Chap.15. The AlcoranofMa Homer. 159
fhall he recompente and chaftife every one according to his
works . he isexactto keep account; This Book was fent to
inftrné& the people, and teach them that there is but one
God; the wife will remember.
\ CHAP. xv,
} “ +4 rane thas ; OP | 71p4 Feel g
The Chapter of Hegir , containing Seventy and feven Verfes,
Written at Mecca,
7 N the name of God, gracious and merciful, I ain the mer- | ek
| A cifull God. The fignes are the fignes of the Alcoran, which Valley near
diftinguitheth good from evill. How may the Infidels hope See Kitab el
what the True-believers hope for? depart from them, let’ tenvir,
», themeat the fubftance of the poore, let them become rich,
ri and content themfelves in their hopes, they fhall fee one day
j1,. What their end fhall be ; We have deftroyed no City untill the
\}, time deftined to its ruine was expired, there is no nation that
eanadvance or retard its deftiny. The wicked have faid, oh
man ! who believeft that the A/coran wasfent to thee, we
will affirme that thou art a Sorcerer , untill che Angels do
aflure us that thou arttrue: The Angelsthall not defcend ro
the earth, unlefs ro chaftife them, and they fhall not be able to
i retard the time of their punifhment; we certainly have fent the
, Aécoran upon earth,and will preferve it without alteration; we
heretofore fent Prophets one after another,the wicked feorned
and contemned them; thus 1 imprint impiety in the hearts of
the wicked, they fhall not believe in the Prophet, and thall in.
"curr the punifhment of their predeceffors: thould we open the
_ entrance ofheayen, and fhould they behold the Angels go in,
and go out at the thadow of the gate, they would yet fay,
i theif eyes were inchanted, and that they were bewitched : we
® created figns in heaven, and adorned them with Stars,to con-
cent the minds of them that confider them ; we fhelrered them 2
‘from the affaults of the devill, but the Burterflie followeth
/ every thing that fhineth, and believeth it to bea Star; we ex-
tended
!
160
The Alcortfiof MAHOMET. Chap.ts.
tended the earth, and raifed the mountains with proportion ;
we have made it to produce all forts of frutts to fattain and en-
rich you; we have referved in our power the keyes of the
treafures thereof, to diftributeto them by meafure what fhall
be neceflary, we caufed a freth winde to arife, and fent rainto
water them ; it is not you that caufed the fruits thereof to
fpring forth ; it is we who give life and death, and difpofe
of all things in the world. We know who they were that did
precede you, and who they fhall be that fhall fucceed you; I
will affemble all at the end of the world to be judged ; wecre.
ated man of the flime ofthe earth, and before him the devil,
of fire, without fmoak. Remember thou, that God faid to his
Angels, I will create man of the flime of the earth, I will
breathe upon him, to give him life ; proftrate your felves be-
fore him; the Angels adored him, except the devill ; God faid
unto him, wherefore doft thou not adore.man? He replied,|
will not adore him, thou haft created me of fire,and him of the
mire of the earth : He faid, get thee out of Paradife, thou fhalt
be banifhed,and accurfed untill the day of Judgment.Lord,faid
the devil,lay not chy curfe upon me until the day of Judgmenk
he faid, thou fhalt be accuried untill the day nominated; Lot,
{aid the devill, I will tempt allthe creatures, becaufe thouhal
tempted me; I will caufe them to difobey thy Commandments,
except fuch as thall truftin thee,and recommend themielvesto
thy divine Will. God faid, this isthe right way, thou haftno
power over the righteous who follow my Law, but only ovet
the Infidels, for whom hell is prepared. Hell hath feven gates,
and every gate hath its particular work; the righteous (hall
dwell in gardens, adorned with fair fountains, we will free
them from all rancour ; they fhall repofe upon beds likebre-
thren, with refpect, and affection, and fhall be in eternall fe-
licity : Declare to them that worfhip me, that I am graciols
and mercifull, and my chaftifements are fevere and rigotols.
Preach unto them the Hiftory of the Guelts of e-¢brabam, they
faluced hina when they entred his honfe ; Abraham was tetti-
fied at cheir comming : they faid co him, fear not us, we are the
$5
Meffengers‘of God ; we declare to thee that thou {halt haves
08,
’
Chap.i5. The' Alcoran of MAHOMET.
fon, who fhall bea great perfonage : Do you tell me (faidhe)
that I fhall’have a fon in mine old'age ? why fpeak yee in that
tafiner?’ We'rell thee the truthj‘defpatre not of the grace of
Géd.none but the wicked defpaire’: O Meflengers of God |
(faid Abraham )what do ye require? We are fent to. deftroy the
Infidels, and to preferve the whole family of Lor, except his
wife, fhe thal! remain-with them that flaall be pnnifheds When
thefe Meffengers came'to Lérs houfe; he told them; he knew
them not; they’faid to him, we are: cometo thee; to cleare
this people of their doubt of Gods Omnipotencie ; what we
{peak unto thee is moft true; canfe thy family this night to go
out of the City, and follow their fteps, that noneamong you
took behind him,and go whither you hall be commanded;the
wicked fhall in the morning be'deftroyed. The Inhabitants
of the Cicy came to Lots houfe to fee thofe ftrangers; Lot faid
unto them, I befeeeh you defile net your felves with. my
Guefts, fear God, and difhonour not your felyesy behold my
daughters, take them; They faid; we donot hinder thee to
lodg thy guefts,and remained confounded in their drankennefs.
In the morning thunder furprifed them;we overthrew the City
upfide down, and caufed ic to rain ftones with fre, that utterly
deftroyed it, This fhalferve forexample to.paflcngers that fhal
feé thofe rnines, and for a-marke ofthe Omnipotency of God,
ro them that fhall believe in his divine Majefty. They that inha-
bited the wood neerto Medina wereimpious, but weavenged
us on them, they ferved for example topolterity, .as did the
péople of the’City of Lot. They that dwell inthe Valley. of
Hegir; have: defamed the Prophersi; we gave them to fee our
Miracles, and taught them our Commandments; they eontem:
nedthem, but they repofed: ity the'morning»in' their houfes
built upon the mountains, and in their fortreffes; when thunder
furprifed them, their treafures did not fave them, and they
were all deftroyed. We created the heavens and the earth tobe
figns of che Truth,and of our Unity: Phe hour of Judgmentap- Thar is rhe
proacheth ; abfenr thy felf fromthy people wich mildnefs, chy Pret
Lord who creatéd.all chings, knoweth. alls Ve taught thee 1 alcoran,
feven figns, andthe moft precious Aécoran. Tariy not to con: -
fide
containing
feven verfess
r
le creat ana ee Lt%
162 The AltOran of M AHOM ET, Chap.r6. 4
(der the divers forts of riches whieh, the wicked poffels; aia |
not thy-felf, ifthey perfift in their impiety 3) Say-unto thems]
‘preach none-other: thing but. the ward of God, andthe pains —
of hell. VVe will chaltife: the wwicked., as we chaftifedithem
that divided the A/coran, Who. approved one part, and rejeded
theother. Iam thy Lord, I wall require of them an account
oftheir'actions, preach vvhat hath been, commanded) thee, and
depart from Infidels, vve wilh preferve thee. fronnehem: tha
fall feorn thee; as likewifefrom fach asadore Fdels ; 1 know
that thou wilt be grieved at their. difeourfe, but praife and a
dore the Lord untill death. :
‘CHAP. XVI.
The Chapter of the Bee, containing an hundred and eight Verfes,
written at Mecca!’
See Gelaldin. FNthe Nameof God, gracious and mercifull, The chaftife
‘Mi ment of God is:nor farremiote ; defire ic not before itsitimg
praifed be Godyhehathno companion , he canfeth theép
els.to. defeend:, and fendeth his infpirations to whombit
pleafeth:him; «preach: his. power, and. the pains of Hell
to’ unbeleevers.; there:is riox God but he, feare him he
createdthe earth and the heavens; he is more powerfullthe
your Idols, and created» mam~of the mire of the earth, never
thelefs he is obftinate in his pride ; he created cleane bealtsfor
your ufe, you draw:( fromehem:) great-emoloment; andad-
vantage, to cloth and: nouri(h your felves, ye fee theirbemty
when’ they feeds.and when-they lead them-to: pafture, they
beare the burthen,and whatfoever ye will fend: ince: Cities
what yecannot carry without them, bue with exceeding grett
travell; God's gractous. and: mercifulh cowards you; he ere
ted horfes, and mules, atid affesito beare you ; he created’many
glorious things, of which you have:not knowledge; “He reac
eth them the right way,. who obferve his Commandments; —
hadit pleafedbim, he had'guided all into che way offs Law.
He
ith
(hap.16. The Alcotanof MAHOMET.
He fendeth you water from Heaven to take away thirft, and
caufeth plans to bring’ forth, “and trees that nourifh your
flocks; he maketh the Olive trees to produce, the Date trees;
Vines, anid all forts of fruits. Thefe things arée arguments of his
Unity , to fch as ¢onlider them; he created the: night, the day,
the Sunne, the Moonie and the Starrs, that move at his plea-
fare, thefe thitigs are figns of his Omnipotency tothemethat
are Wife; He created whatfoever is on Earth of diverfe co-
Jonrs,kinde, and {pecies; he created the fea,which affordeth you
fith, pearles, and other precious ftones to adore you; thou
feeft how the fhips faile upon the waters, and divide the waves
for the advantage of commerce, peradventure you will give
God thanks for his favours. He yatfed the mountaines to
make firm the Earth, and to hinder it to move, he created. the
rivers, and eftablifhed wayes to guide you ; he made the Srars
to conduct you by night upon the fea, and the mountains to
dite& you in your way by day: who but he could have created
what he Kath made? will you never confidef it ? Tt is not’in
) your power to keep accotint ofhis mercies, he is altogether
\ gracious and merciful, and knoweth the fecret of your fouls:
the Idolsthat yee adore can create nothing, but até things
dead, without motion, and know not in what time the world
fhall rife again ; your God is one folé God ; fuch as believe not
the end of thé worid,fuch as deny his Unity, atid boalt of their
falfe beliefe, are abhorred of his divine Majefty; when they are
interrogated concerning what God hath infpired into AZabo-
met ; they anfwered, that he preacheth Fables of anciquity,but
they fhall bear their burthen at the day of Judgments: who
have fédiiced them from the right way, and have not known
it. They that werd before them were deccivers, God over-
threw their habitations, the ruins fell uponthem, and he cha-
ftifed them, when they Iéaft thought of ft ; he fhall make them
afhamed at the day of Judgment, and fhalldemand of them;
where be the Idols for which they ‘difputed againft true be-
lievers> Such as have Knowledge of Gods Commandments,
affure that fhame fhall bé upon the foréheadsof Tntidels; and
that the Afigels fhalf caufe them to die, becanfe of the enor-
M 2 mity
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~The Alcormh of Mau o™ E T. Chap.r6,
mity oftheir fins ; They will fay-at the hour of death; that they,
believelin God; and are penitent for their faults, God know... —
eth what they have done; he fhall command them to énterins
to fiell, where is the abode. of the proud: He fhall command —
thein who: have-his fear before their eyes to enter thehoufe —
of Eternity, and the.gardens of Eden, wherem flow many ti-
vers, there -fhall they.dwell eternally with che height of their -
defire: Shall the wicked continue in their fin, untill the Angels
caufeithem ‘to die, -or until the day of Judgment? Thus did
their predeceflors, God-was not unjult. cowards them, they
drew mifehief on themfelves through their miquity ; they were
chaftifed,, and felt, che! punifhment, which they, had defpifedy
they have faid, had it fo;pleafed God, our fathers and we ‘had,
adored him-alone;-fo {pake their predeceftors.. The Prophets
arenot obliged, but,to preach.and inftruétthe people. We
fent-a Prophet to.every Nation, toinfirudtic, and cocommand
_ the worthip of one fole God, and to quit the adoration of,
The Jews
and Chrifti-
ans,
Tagot, androf Idols; God guided fome into the right way,and
others were feduced; contider what is the end of the wicked;
if thou indeayoureft-to put them into the right path, thou fhale
lofe thy time, God guideth not them that delire toerr, they
fall be deprived of protection at the day of Judgment; they
have fworn by their faith, that God willnot make the dead to
rifeagain, but:he fhall caufe them to rife again, to chaftife them
according to his promifes ; but the greateft part of men donot
know it, did chey know it, they would acknowledg their et-
rors,. and. the impious would acknowledg their, blafphemies.
When we willed any thing, we faid, be thou, and it wass
They that depart from the wicked for the love of cheir Lord;
and fhall convert themfelves, fhall be rewarded in this worlds
and yet more in the other, had they knowledge to underitand
it. Such.as patiently endure the injuries of unbelievers, an
truftin cheir Lord, thall be recompenfed: when they leaftshink
of it... We heretofore fent but mén co preach our Law; ask of
them that have knowledg-of che written Law, if it benottme?
We have fene to them the 4/coran, to the end. thou mailt in-
firu& men in our Commandments, peradventure they will
confides.
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confider it. The earth fhall produce nothing to. them, that
) fthallconfpire againft che Prophet, they thall be chaftifed: when
m they leaft chink of ic; God fhall afi chem in their commerce,
they fhall not efcape his punifhment, and their fubftance thal!
diminith by little and little before their. eyes ; God is grace.
ous.and mercifull to them only that honour him: See they, not
«i the fhadow of that which God hath created, fometimes ac
wh the right hand, fometimes. at the left, to adore his divine Ma-
jetty, they certainly are contemptible; whatfoeveris:on the
ij carth,and in the heavens, beaft, and Angels, worfhip God with
humilicy, fear their Lord, and obey hisCommandments. God
hath commanded them to worhip and ro fear.one God alone,
|, towhom obedience is due eternally ; whom will ye fear but
God ? who but God thall protect you? when evill befalleth
you, youhaye recourfe to his divine goodnefs; being delivered,
fome of you give him thanks, and yer belieye not.in his Law -
You feek only the riches of the earth, but you fhall fee what
fhall be your end ; they fay. that.their wealth proceedeth from
their Idols : by God! an.account of their blafphemies fhall be
requirediofthem ; they affirm that God hath daughters ;. affu-
fo they deceive themfelves, and are not well-fatished, when
it is faid co them, that a. daughter is born to.them ; they fy
fuch as declare to them the punifhment of their fins, God.thall
leave them in ignominy, and they fhallbe contemned asthe
earth which they trample under their feet; becawfe they believe
not in, the day of Judgment, mifery thall perpetually purfie
them ;. God fhall command for ever, and be eternally power-
' ful and yittorious,. Should God chaftife men, when they of-
it! fend, he fhould leave no living creature upon the earth, he de-
i ferreth their puni(hment untill the time appointed, they can
i neither, advance.nor retard.it.; they affirm God co have that
6 _ which themfelves are not fatishied to have ; they lyc, when they
i@ fay thatparadife,is for,them,doubrlef they are erroneous, and
fh = Qball. berprecipitated into, the fire.of hell. By God! we haye
i) . dent heretofore Prophets to. the people, the devill feduced
i! 6=omen, and wasemafter of che wicked inthis world, but in the
v6 . other. they, hall sefcent greattorments,; .Wee.-have fent
i M 3 thee
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thee ‘the eficoran, to clear to men the doubts’ tonch-
ing Religion, and to guide true believers into the right
way. God fendeth raine from heaven to refreth the earth, this
ig an evident figne of his omnipotency, to them that hear
his word ; yee have yet a token of his omnipotency in the
beafts that give you milke , to nourifh you, and another ”
marke in the fruits of the earth, in the fruits of Date trees,
and the Vines, from which you extra wine, and receive pro»
fit. ‘Thefé things are fignes of his omnipotency , to fach
‘as comprehend them. The Lord infpired the Bee to
dwellinthe fields, tolodgein trees; in Hives, and to eat of
all forts of fruits, irtproducech honey of divers colours, that
{erveth for'a remedy to the difeafes of men; thefe things are
fignes of Gods omnipotency to them that confider them, God
hath created you , and fhallcanfe youto dye; There be per-
fons among you that fhall be full of ignominy in thei fife,
tothe end they may underftand that God is omaiporent, con-
ferreth benefits onfome more then on others: Slaves have 10
part inthe faculties of chetr Malters , neither are they alloc
atewith them, (neverthele(s they affociate to God anotht
God equall to him, and blafpheme againit his grace.) Got
hath created you men, and women, and hath given you Chit
dren, and Children to your Children, he hath enriched you
with the riches of the earth; Wéallyon after this grace be-
lieve in your Idols ; which are things inanimate, vaine, and
unproficable> Will ye be ingracefull for the benefits of God?
Will yee worfhip what can neither benefit nor hurt you? Be-
lieve not that there is another God companion’and affociate
with God; He knoweth what ye know not, he reacheth
you a Parable: Aflave that is poor cannot give almes, and
he who is rich giveth almes fecretly and publiquely, as he
feeth good ; are they both alike? Oughe they to be putin pr
ralell? Praife beto God : Certainly, the greateft part of men
know not his graces, heteacheth you a parable ; Behold! two
“men; the one was borne deaf, and dumb, and given in charge
to his Guardian’, ‘he knoweth hot how to imploy him, he
capable neither of doing , nor fpeaking well , is he like to him
that
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that fpeaketh, that underftandeth, teacheth men Juftice , and
followeth the right way ? Whatfoever is in Heaven, or on
Earth appertaineth to God, when he commandeth any thing,
it is performed in the twinkling of an eye, yea fooner, he is
omnipotent: Heit is that canfeth youto come out of the
wombeof your mother, that giveth you hearing, fight ; and
fenfe , perhaps ye will returne him thanks; See ye not the
birds that flye in the Aire; who fuftaineth them but God? Ie
is an evident figne of his omnipotency for the True believers,
he hath given you houfesto inhabir, and the skins and:furres
of beafts to cover you, he hath given you their haire , and
wooll,to furnifh your honfes,and. enrich you ; he created trees
and clouds to overfhadow you, made the Mountaines and
Caves to cover you from rain, created garments to defend you
from the heat of the Sun, and the rigour of cold, he hath-ac-
complifhed his grace upon you, peradventure you will refigne
m your felves to the will of his divine Majefty , and profeife his
: Unity. If theunbelievers depart from the way of the Law,
jill thouvart obliged only to: preach to them intelligibly ; they
w know the grace of God, and contemne it, forthat the grea-
| teft part of them are impious;preach unto them the day, where
i inJ will raife again all the Nations of the world, and the Pro-
y phets and Apoftles who have preached to them my Com-
; mandments, there fhall be no excufe for Infidels, neither thall
n they finde protection, or relaxation of their miferies +: When
they fhall behold their Idols, they thall confe{s that they were
miflead , they thallunderftand the unity of thy Lord, and that
their Idols are nor able to intercede for them. God ‘hath
, added to the punifhment of Infidels ; hath fent them evil! up-
onevill, becaufe they hinder the world to follow his Law:
all the Nations of the world, with the Prophet who preached
, Preach unto them the day, wherein I will caufe to tife again
™ tothem, to be witnefs of their actions ; I will be witnefs
y) againftthem of thy Nation; Ihave fent thee the Booke that
4 Uofoldeth the myfteries of my Law , to guide the people into
,, the right way, andto-déclare the joyes of Paradife'to fuch ag
» Profels my unity, God commandeth you to do only that
M 4 which
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which is t@afonable, he commandeth you to give almes; and
to do good to your parents, he forbiddeth whoredom, difo.
bediénce, and injuftice, enjoyneth yon to do good ; perhaps
ou will confider it.. Perfoim what ye have promifed co God,
break not promifed faith, ye call God to be witnefs of your
promifes, he knoweth all your aétions. Do not like the
woman who {pun athred, foulded it, and afterwards entang:
\ed and fpoyled st; believé not that there is deceit and efror
in your Law; If theunbelievers be mote in numbers then you,
God pérmitteth it; to prove you ; he fhall clear to you at the
day of Judgment the doubts that be among you; had it fo
pleafed him, you all had obferved one and the fame Law ; he
guideth, mifleadeth whom it pleafeth him, and will exadlly
require of you an.accompt of your actions... Believe not that
there is ee in your Law; take heed. of ftumbling ; ha-
ving once confirmed your fteps.,, ye fall: be féverely ‘cha:
ftifed, if ye feduce the people from the tight way ; de not vio:
late what ye have promifed to God , for afy price, his grat
is of more advantage to you then thewealth of the earth, hal §
ye knowledge to underftand it; your wealth is perifhable, and
the riches of heaven are eterhall;he fhall recompenife chem thi
perfevere in wel-doing, and whofvever fhall do good worl,
fhall be bieffed in this world; andin the other. When thon
fhaleread the coran, implore God'to deliver thee frome
malice of the Devill, abominable to all the Creatures, he hath
no power over them that truft-in his divine Majeltie,his power
extendeth over fuch as goe aftray,who obey hot him,andadore
many Gods, When we alter any precepts(God wellknow-
eth what he ordaineth ) they fay chow art a dyar, bue the
greateft part of themare ignorant ; Say unto them, that-allu
redly the Holy Ghoft hath tanght it from thy Lord, to cor
firme believers in their faith, and to guide into the right way
them that profeffe his unity, and to anounce to them the
joyes of Paradife. I know, that they will fay that a man hath
raughe him the A/coran. He whom they iprefume to have
taught him, is a Perfian by Nation, and {peaketh che Language
of the Perfians, and the A/coran ts in the edrabique cones
fu
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full of inftru@ion and eloquence. They who will not believe
\ in God, fhall fnffer great torments ; fuch as renounce his Come
® — mandments, blafpheme againft his divine Majefty ; thofe that
X-geje@ his Law , after having profeffed it ; fhallfeel the effec
‘of hiswrath, and be punifhed for preferring the wealth of
“the earth tothe riches of Heaven ; God guideth for unbe-
st Yievers. They in whofe hearts he hath imprinted difobedi-
hence, thofe whom he hath deprived of hearing, and fight, are
ht jgnorant, they doubrieffe fhallbe at the end of the world in
"0 thenumber of the damned ; he is mercifullto them that con.
ju vert , and repent to have miflead the people from the right
i way, and perfevere inobedience to his Commandments. Be
vi! thou mindfull of the day, wherein man fhall difpute apainft
ti ~—himfelfe, and every one fhall be rewarded according to his
bs = works without injuftice. God teacheth youa Parable;Behold a
wy’ ~~ free and priviledged City,on the which God poureth his graces
mt’ §=— on all fides with abundance, and is ingratefull for his bene-
vg fits ; but he fent upon it milery, famine, and fear, becaufe of
wi ts ingratitude. God hath fent to the Inhabitanes thereof 4
wi, Prophet of their Nation, they ‘have flandered himjand
ete «© were chaftifed , becaufe of their finne. Eate of what God
wi! hath given you, and give him thanks for his grace ; if it behe
Ye whom ye worfhip, he forbiddeth you toeat of Carbion, of
pet = Blond, and Swines-ficth, and wharfoever is not {laine in pro-
0 ©« MOUNCcing the name-of ‘God ; he:will be gracious and merciful
ich to them who fhall eat throughneceffity, without defigneto
‘q¢ «= Offend him. Lye not, infaying , Behold that which is per-
mitted'to beedten | blafpheme notagainit God; fuch asblat-
pheme againft him, {hall not profper.in this world, and in the
other fhall fuffer grievous torments. We did heretofore pro-
hibit the Jews to eat of what we have recounted to thee, we
i didto them no injiftice , they drew ‘mifchief on themifelves
throngh their finne; thy Lord is gracious and mercifull to
them that ignorantly offend him, who converr, and'de good
works. © Abraham was obedient to God, and profeffied his
tinity, he adored not Idols , and gave thanks to God for ‘his
mercies; God ele&ted, and guided him into the right way,he
gave
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gave him wealth in this world, and placed him in the other, in
the number of the bleffed. We have infpired thee to follow
the Law of e4braham, he profeffed the unity of God, ant
adored not Idols, he eftablifhed the Sabbath among the Jews,
of which they difpute ; God thal! judge their difference at the
day of Judgment. Cal the people to the Law of God with pru-
dence, and preachings, and difpute againft them with good ar-
guments, God knoweth them that depart from the right way;
if they evilly intreat. you, intreat them as they fhall intreat
you; ifye bepatient , patienceis advantagious to them that
take it willingly , have patience for the love of God, and af
fic not -your {elves with the deportments and malice of the
wicked, God is with the righteous, who have his fear before
their eyes.
CHAP. XVII.
The (Chapter of the Voyage by Night , coutaining an hundres
and eleven Verfes, written at Mecca.
Reader, Zhe Turks believe that this night of the Voyage
Mahomet afcended into Heaven with the eAngel Gabriel;
he was mounted on a white Burac, Which ts a beaft partly Mule,
partly Affe, and partly Horfe. Hefaw all the Prophets that pre:
ceded him, allthe wonders of Paradife, and [aw God, who fate
on his Throne. See Kitab el cenoir, Tesfiir anf Giauhoit, ad
the expofition of Gelaldin. The Bedaoi intituleth thus Chapter
the Chapter of the Children of Ifrael.
N the Name of God, gracious and mercifull. Praife be to
him, that caufed his fervant to goe in one night from the
Temple of Afecca, to the Temple of Peru/alem ; we have
bleffed that Temple, and whatfoever is aboutir, in token of
our omnipetency. Wegaveto Azofes the Old Teftament, t0
inftru@ the Children of Irael, and to deterre them from the
worlhip
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worthip of any other God, but of me; to forbid them to
adore the lineage of Noah, or the lineage of them that we
preferved in his Ark. Woah is my creature, and my fervant,
acknowledging my benefits; we prohibited in Scripture the To quit their
children of J/rael, to defile twice the Earth, left they kindled faith, and re-
roo great afire ; when that befel.you, we ftirred up. our fer- turn to it
vants againft you, and they entred by force into the midft bap
of yourhoufes’; this was as foon executed aspromifed, In ete s
the end, we gave you advantage over your enemics; we
ie gave you. wealth, and children ‘to fuccor you, ‘and ye
it were more numerous then the Infidels; the good and the evil
ui’ that you fhall do, hall be for your fouls. We ftirred up the
it! wicked againft you, becaufe of your fins, to affict you through
the murther, and bondage of your perfons ; and they deitroy-
ed the Temple of ferufalem, as they had, ruined it. the.firtt
time. Your Lord fhall pardon you, if you convert, we have
eftablifhed Hell for a perpetual prifon of Infidels.. The 4/-
coras guideth the righteous: into the right way , it declareth
ww to them.agreat reward , preacheth to the wicked the torments
of Hell ;>and exhorteth men-to-wel- doing, although they are
inclining to evil, and prompt tofin,.. We created, the day and
the night, they aretwo fignes of our omnipotency,-.. we.caufed
the night to pafs away, and the day to appearfor labor; and
to the end ye might know the number of. ages, of moneths,
and of yeers: we explained our myfteries without obfcurity,
and have enjoyned every one to bear the burden of his iniqui-
ties at the day of judgment ; that day will we make menco
"fee the accompt of their fins, they fhall be recompenfed and
i” chaftifed according to the good and the evil that they thall
have committed, and none fhall bear the burden of his neigh-
bor ; we fent to the people Prophets and Apoltles to preach
to them our Commandments,, before they were chaftifed, be-
fore the deftruction of a City: we advertifed the principal
inhabitants thereof ; when they difobeyed us , we chaftifed
them according to our word, and deltroyed.them. How
many Cities have we ruined fince. Noahs flood? The fins of
the people are known to their Lord ; he giyeththe riches ot
this
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172 The Alcoran of MAH OME T. Chap.v7.
this world to them that defire them, to caufe them to fall
head-long into Hell, where they fhall repent of their inigui-
ties, and be deprived of mercy. He who fhall labor to ac. 7
quite the riches of Heaven, fhall be protected of thy Lord in —
this world, and enriched withthe Treafures of Heaven inthe ~
other. Confider, how we prefer our Creatures one to an.
other ; the reward of Heaven is much greater then that of
the Earth. Believe not that there be two Gods, otherwile
. you fhall repent of it, and be deprived of proce@tion atthe
bid day of judgment. ‘Thy Lord hath erdainedto worthiphim
oan alone, and to honor your father and mother,’ efpecially in
their old age, and fay nothing to them that may afflict them,
neither vexthem; fpeak to them with refpedty do notcon
temn them, pray to God to compaffionate them,-as they have
pittied you, when they brought you up in your infancy, God
knoweth whatfoever isin yourfouls; he willbe ‘mercifal to
you, if ye obey him. Give toyour parents what appertaineth
tothem, do good to the poor, and to pilgrims, be not pro-
digal, the prodigal are brethren of the Devil, ingrateful for
the favors of their Lord. Contemn not the poor, sf ye defire
to obtain the mercy of God, fpeak to them with mildnefs, and
endevor to content them; do not entirely fhut your hands
neither alcogether extend them ; if yedo otherwife, ye thallof
fend. Thy Lord giveth, and taketh away his gtaces,as feemeth
goodtohim; he knoweth his people, and underftandethall
their ations. Slay not your children for fear of snecefftty, 1
will give whatfoever thall’beneceffary for them ; the murthet .
of children is an exceeding great fin, flie whoredom, itis2
thing unclean, kil ne man without reafon s we have com-
manded to ‘purfie him that fhall have flain his neighbor, bit
Jet not ‘the heir fin maticioufly, profecuting the innocent fot
the gnilty. “ The‘innocent is in Gods prote@ion : take not
the goods of Orphans, and be careful-of them, untilthey be
in yeers of diferetion ; fatishie your promifes, an accompt
fhall be required of ‘you ; ‘meafire with good meafare, and
‘weigh with juft weights, Bufe your félves not with that whidl _
You ought inottoknow, There fhall be required-of you an
accompt
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te accompt of thefins ye have committed, in fecing, hearing, and
bi thinking. Be not proud, ye fhallnever be fo long asthe Earth,
bat neither fo high asthe Mountains ; fich fists are exceeding ‘great
\ beforethy Lord: It is one part of what he hath infpired into
thee, to preach to his people: ~ Say not, there be two Gods:
‘ttt, left thon be, confined to the fire of Hell! “Your Lord’ hath
‘titi ele&ted you, with all thofe men and women that obey his Com:
4,0? mandments, for his fons akd daughters, as the Angelss “yet
uw fay noc that God’ hath children.” We made mention in the
intl Adcoran of whatfoever isnéceffary tobe preached tothe peo-
tht ple ; fay unto them, If there’be a God with God, as ye affirm,
aift invoke him that hath his Throne in Heiyen's” praifed’ be'God,
in he hath no Companion; he'is moft high and gteat! ‘The fever
» Heavens praife him, and alf thatis on Eatth ptorifie him, buc
yj ye comprehend tt mot, he is gracious and mercffuf, We will
a feparate thee from the wicked ; we willhardén their'heatts,
gj and [top theirears: When thou faalt tead the’ Alcoran, and
»fay, There is but one God; they will turn the back, and déridé
i\thee, I know what they defire to hear; they’ wonld have the
\people to hearken’ to the words of the unjult; who fay, That
jthou art a Sorcerer, anda Magician; confider to whom they
ycompare thee ; they certainly are in ertor, and ate not ablé ro”
(finde the right way. What !"'we ate (fay they ) Bones and’
md flefh, thall ‘we rife again, and become ‘new Creatures? who
jewfhall caufe us to rife again ? Say unto them, Although yebe
yitone, iron, bones, and fleth, he who firft creared you, {hall
.qitaife you again. They fhall fhake the head at thee, and ask of
‘jg thee, In what time ‘they fhall rife again? fay unto then, Per-
ay adventure it fhall be fuddenly. © When ‘ye thall be ealfed ‘out
4, Of the graves’ by the Commandment 6f God, ye will believe
MY that ye have remained but very little time in the world ; then
mF fhall the Infidels confefs, that ‘the Devil hath deceived them,
m and that heis their open enemy. ©’ Your Lord knowerh you all,
_, He will'pardon, ‘or chaftife-you, 4s feemeth good to'hiin : VVe
, Have not fent-thee ‘tobe their guardian ; thy Lord knoweth
im whatfoever is in’'Heaven and'in Earth, Certainly, ‘we ‘gave
graces to fome:Prophets,. which we gave not to others; and
‘ we
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we gave the Plalter to David;Say unto the infidels, invoke the:
Tdols which you adore, and fec if they are of power todeliveh
youfrom affliction. They that implore God, delire to benighie
to him ; who are they that (hal neereft approach his divine Ma
jdtic they who- hope inhis mercy, or fuch as fear his panith.
ment ? Certainly his punifhment ough molt to be feared. We
will deftroy all the Cities of the world before the day of Judg-
ment, and chaftife the wicked with rigorous torments ; this is
written upon the Tables kept in heaven; nothing hath hindred’
us to manifelt the miracles which the inhabitants of Mecca
defire to fee, but the contempt fhewed by their predeceflots.
Temod {aw the miracles of the Camell, and contemned it; 1
will no more fhew miracles, but to make the people to appre
hend the torments of hell. Remember, thou, that we
have faid to thee, that thy Lord knoweth all that the
world doth; that which we gaye thee to fee (in the voy-
age by night) is to prove fe people as the. curfed tite,
which is fpoken ofinthe e4/coran ; there be perfons that wil
believe it, others that will not believe; buc { will trie them?
augment their confufion ; Remember thou, that we colt
manded the Angels to humble themfelves before Adam ant
tha they did humble themilelves, except the devil; who fi,
(hall I adore him. whom.thou haft created of the earth? who's
he whom thou halt preferredto me? Certainly, if thou tit
untill the day of Judgment, | will deftroy his race, except that
fmall number that {hall be under chy protection, Thy Lotd
faid unto him, get thee hence, hell thail be thy punifhment, and
the puhifhment of them that {hall follow thee ; decent
fpeeches them whom thon fhalt be able.to deceive, feduee
whom thou canft feduce with the wealth of the. earth, ca
them to exercife Ufury, and commit thefin of whoredom ;
tell chem, there is neither Refurrection nor Judgment; what.
foever thou fhale promife them fhall, be bye. vanity, a
falfhood; thou fhaft have no, power oyer,them that fhall wor
fhip me, I will protect them againft thee.J¢ ts your Lord,who
canfeth the fhip to travell upon the waters, for the advantage
of traffique ; when the tempelt chargeth you, your Idols te
» Cbhap.rx. The Alcoran f¢ Man due. 15
h fake you, healone is able! to: protedt you, neveithelefswhen
it behath caufed-pou.to arriverat the Rort; youdeny his Unity,.
vii and follow.your impieoy!; beliéve yethat hevbithanochet time
Wy make:the fea calm to you?and that he will fend youwa'favorable
i) wande, if yon domot acknowledge him your proteétor? Be-
lieve ye to wetuem agaist toi the:fea? He fiall fend you ati isti~-
petuouswinde, that fhatl overwhelm you; wich your ineplecie,
and ye fhalk inde, nehene protect you dgainft him. : We have
conferred jon'menmany favours, Wwe have condaéted the mon
rs¢ the, earch, and fea, engiched with alb forts of riches} arid:grati-
,. fied chem: above alk éneatnres of the earth 3° Pteach:to them the
day, wherein-£ will affemble: before meiall che Nations ‘of tle
,; ‘World, withthe Prophet! chat that! have preacheded chem.
M Ble to.whom fhalbbe given: the Book of: the Accompt. Of ‘his
lt works m_his right hand, fhabhread ‘his accOmpt entitély,, no
n, injuttice thall be done to him, and he fhaltbe happy. He that
fall be blinde ia-this world, thal becfo in. che other,-and fall
nop fee, the right, way. ‘They: wouldidiverd thee from perfor-
ming. what we have ‘infpired into. thee; to Lindace: thee!to
, blafpheme: againft. me. Jf thow do it, thou fhalcbé of their
iN <friends; were-it not-fon the ftrenpth thatwe have given thee,
A®, they. would. make thee to incline. torheir impiety; hadft thou
" done.it, we had. given, thee to: tafte ofigteataffiGions: in: this
ll world,and in theothes; thon hadit found noxte to! protedtthee
yl" againtt us ;, igwantedines. much; bie they haduaftiig heed thee
Sat Medina; to. canfe; thee te goouvotit 3! had theydviven thee
ih’ thence, they--hademiot: continued there long:afterchee. We -
uti) heretofore fent.our Prophets to inftiru@ the people in our Law,
te’ thou fhale finde therein nothing.to changeyomake thy ptayers
uw when the SunJhg|T fee; anche beginning, and:auche end ofthe
ie’ night, and at the dawning of day,che Angelsthalibe witneffes
of of thine orifons; (pend ‘one partof the night in ‘prayer, chis
jj {hall-be.an augmentation of merit, thy Lord fhalbeftablith thee
iin the place! of, his. glory::, Say, Lordyineo hat foever place
iw J go,,.makeme to.enters-and go forth with truth; giveme thy
ot) Protection; Say that’truth is come, and chat vanity is vanithed; See Gelaldin,
i this Book thail heal the people of theirerror, ir Mail bring
ot) them
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theminto’ the way of mercy,' and encreafe'the mifery ofunbe.
lievets: We ‘have exhorted <men to abandon their impiety,
othey*havenot done it, and defpaired when they were touched
with afflitiion ; Say unto them, ‘each of' us’ doth after his will,
and-God knoweth him that) followeth the°right way’; they
fhall demand of theé concerning the Soul’: Say unto them, the
foul is. an effect.of God,:he hath given!you very little know.
ledge ;/afuredly, had it fo pleafed him; he‘could have deprived
you ofthe knowledge: he hath given you," you {Kall findeno-
thing that is able to protect you but his mercy :' Sayunto
them, if the devils, and men ‘were all aflembled againit ‘me,
they fhould not be |able to compofeia Book like the Altoran,
V Ye have.tanghtin the A/coran whatloever isneceffary: forthe
{alvation of: mens srieverthélefs'the greatelt part of the people
depatt from the Truth, and fay, we will not believe thee, um
lefs chou caufe fountains cofpring out of the earth,and makeif
- this place a garden, beantified with Date trees,and Vines, wit
rivers flowing in the midft, orunlefs we fee defcend from he
vena part of the pains which thou preacheft swe wil not belite
thee, unlefs;\God and the-Angels come to thy affiftance, ttt
lef thy, houfe beof:fice'gold, and that we feethe Booka
Trach fent from heaven;.we will nor believe in-thy Parchment,
unlefs we fee. defcendfronvfieaven -a Book ' which we may ht
able to-reade: Say: untothem; praifed:be my Lord jamTany
thing but a man fentfromchim what hindveth rien cobelieve,
fince there/hath been fent co them a Pilot to conductthem into
the way ‘of falvation’? They fay; that thom ‘art/a’ ian, af
notian,Angel¢ Say-unto them, fhould che Angels have inhib
ted the earch, Godywould have fentan Angelo infteuct them
it faficethsthat-heis; che witnefs of mineiations between Vol,
and me; he knowethand fecth all things he whioin God guilt
eth, is well guided; and fch: as God thall caufe to ert, (hall
finde’nohe to ‘prit them imito theriaht: way 3 he wilbatemble
all of them an.theadaybeé Judgmenr, they-thall be infatots,
deaf, muyse, and bhiade, ahd condemmed toorhe Mies Of hell,
becauie they, are wicked, and have faid through derifion; that
they are’ bones; andifichh, and that they fhall rife again asneW
Creatures 5 |
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im creatures; fee they not that God hath created heaven, and
in earth ? that hecan create yet more, and hath eftablifhed a de.
ftinyindubitable,and infallible? The unbelievers are exceedingly
ius too blame:Say unto them, (hould you poffefgall the treafures of
. the world, yet would yee fear to make expence for the fervice
me of God; manis too avaricious ; we gave to AZo/es nine marks
ii) OF our Omnipotencie, known to the children of Ifrael; Pha- His hand,his
lie vroab told him that he was a Magician; affuredly, ‘faid AZofes, ftaffe,the de-
ii thefe figns and miracles that thou feeft, proceed from God, Sal graf
8 Ss oppers.lice,
. Lord of heavenandearth ; I believe, O Pharoah! that thou frogs, blood
ee forfakeft the Truth: Then would Pharoah have driven him Out fear, and fa.
., of Egypt, but we drowned all thofe that were with him, and mine.
‘ commanded the children of J/rae/to inhabit the land ; we wif} S¢¢ Bedzoi.
ry, aflemble them at the end of the world, to reward them after
see their works: We have indeed fent thee the e4/coran from
_heayen, to proclaim the joys of Paradife, and to preach the
si® corments of hell; we have fent it, to the end thou maift teach
{fon tt to the people; we have fent it clear, and intelligible, that it
‘may be underftood , according to occurrences, Say unto
"y,, them, believe, or believe itnot; when thofe that have know-
it dge in the written Law heard it read, they proftrated them-
tt Fel ves onthe ground with humility, and faid, praifed be God,
yt what he promifeth,is infallible, & incontinently is his command
het executed ; they wept, proftrating the face towards the earth,
lott and the reading of the e4/coram augmented their devotion;
gk Say unto them, implore God, call God mercifull, all his Ac-
nit tributes are moft glorious, Make it not appear to the world
i! how often thou fhalt pray, neither how often thou thalt read
OY the Alcoran, and fear not to pray to God, and to read (the
© Alcoran) follow in this the middle path, and fay, praifed be
i” God, he hath no Son, hehath no companion, neither prote-
iis’ Kor to preferve him from contempt, his greatnefs is perfect
le" and compleat,
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CHAP. XVIII,
The Chapter of the Cave, containing an hundred and ten Verfes,
Written at Mecca.
N the name of God, gracious and mereifal, Praifebeto
I God, who hath fent the A/coraz to his fervant. There is no
contradi@tion in this Book ; it teacheth the right way; it
preacheth to the wicked, thar they thall fuffer great torments,
and proclaimeth to the righteous, that they fhall enjoy anetet.
nal felicity ; it preacheth the torments of Hell, principallyto
fuch as affirm, That God hatha Son; they are tgnorant, like
to their predeceffors ; they are arrogant in their difcourfeand
utter nothing but blafphemies : Wilt thou deftroy thy felf in
i following their footfteps ? If they believe not in the Alcor,
4 they thall one day have forrow, and fhall repent it. We
adorned the Earth,with whatfoever isupon it, forthe advan
age of men. One part thereof is happy and plentiful ; amv
the 6ther unfruitful, and defart. Do ye not believe that the
fleepers that entred the Cave, and the Paper wherein thet
names were written, be our miracles? When rhofe men entred
ears fo the'Cave, they faid, Lord, give us thy mercy, and guide usinto
ee theright way: Then did-we caufe them to fleep forthe fpace
of fome yeers, and awaked them , having continued fome
time in that Cave, to make it appear which of thetwoRe
ligions was the moft jnft. I will relate to thee their Hiltory
with truth ; they were young men, who had che fear of thee
Lord before their eyes ; we ftrengthned them, and encred(ed
their faith » when they were with the Infidels, they faid, Out
God is Lord of Heaven and Earth, we will never worthip bit
one God, otherwife we fhall feparate our felves from the
truth: This people have adored Idols without reafon; whots
more unjuft then he, who blafphemeth againft God? When
they deferted the Infidels, they worfhipped one God alone.
Enter into the Cave, God fhall make his mercy towards you
to appear, and fhall guide you through a path, fmooth and
pleafant.
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pleafant. When the Sun arofe, he caft his rayes on the right
fide of their Cave, and on the left, at his going down ; they in
the mean time were inthe moft fpacious place of this Cave.
Thisis oneof Gods miracles ; he whom he guideth, is well
) guided ; and whom he mifleadeth, thall finde none to give
him fuccor, orto guidehim. Believe ye that they fhould be
awake ? Affuredly they flepr and turned themfelves, fometimes
to one fide, fometimes to another: Confider how their Dog
‘Tk extended his feet before that old habitation of ftone;if any one
itt had entred towards them,he would have canfed them to fite, &
wt! - had affrighted them. In the end we awaked them, and they mu-
tually enquired of each other in what place they were, & how
long they had there continued ; one of them replyed, That they
had been there a day ortwo; then they all faid, God knoweth
the time that we have abode here, fend one of us to the City
with money to buy bread and meat ; fet him not be fearful,
neither make himfelf known toany; if we be known, they
will murther, or conftrain us to follow their Religion, in
fet —which we fhall be eternally miferable. Thus did we ftir up the
(gi people againft them, to theend they might know that thy
jit Lord is trae; when he faid, He will canfe the dead to arife
ra again,the Refurre@tion is indubitable; neverthelefs unbelievers
iy difpute among them, concerning the Hiftory of the Stcepers,
wg and fay, That they built a fecret place to retire themfelyes,
ka God knoweth the Truth. The True- believers believe that they
made no building ; the Infidels fay they were five, and that
their dog was the fixth, they fpeak by opinion ;_ but the True-
believers affirm them to be feven, and their dog to be the
bi eighth. Say untothem, My Lord knoweth how many they
i were ; few perfons, except God, know theirnumber : Doubr
no more the Hiftory of the Sleepers, the matter is averred and
known; difpute no more withthe Jews, and fay not, I will
do this to morrow, without faying, Ifit pleafe God. Call
God to minde, after thou haftforgot him, and fay, The Lord
thal! guideme, and ceach me the Hiftory of the Sleepers, WhO go Goigidin
remained im the Cave three hundred yeers ; there be who af- :
firm they continued there nine hundred yeers. Say unto them,
N 2 God
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Chap.18,
God knoweth the time of their abode there, he knoweth
whatfoever is in Heaven,and Earth,he underftandeth and feet
all things, he alone difpofeth every thing, and hath no compas
nion ; Preach what thy Lord hath infpired into thee, his word
admitteth of no alteration, there is no fafer refuge then in
him; dwell! with thofe that invoke him morning and evening,
and defire to fee his face ; depart not from their company, if
thou defireft to have content of life in this world; obey not
thofe whofe heart we have hardned, and are unmindfull of
us; follow not theirimpiety, whatfoever they do , isbutof.
fence and finne. Say unto them, thetruth proceedeth from
your Lord; who fhall defire [it ] (hall be True- believers, and
who fhall not defire[_it ] thall be an Infidell, we have prepared
Hell to chaftife the impious, and prifons wherein to detaine
them. They hall implore ficcors again{t the melting pit,
into which they fhall be plunged, as into waters, it fhall rof
their faces, and fhall be their drink ; I wiJl.not fruftrate of t¢
ward them that fhall have done well , they thall enjoy ae
delights of the gardens of Ede, wherein flow many river
they fhall have bracelets of fine Gold, they fhall be cloathed
with green, with Scarlet, with fhining colours , and fhall ft 7
on thrones,with an eternall felicity. Declare to them this pare
ble ; there were two men ,I gave to the one of them gardens,
wherein was ftore of fruirs,he in contempt told his companion,
that he was more wealthy and powerfullchen he, and entred
into his gardens, being an Infidell, and an Idolater, and faid 1
do not think thefe {hall ever have anend, they hall endurea
long time without withering : His companion: faid to him;
If thou doft not acknowledge this to proceed from God, and
if thou be ingratefull towards him that created thee of dul,
and made thee aman, thoufhalt foone finde thy gardens ru-
ined; this cometh from God my Lord, who hath no comp2-
nion ; all ftrength, and truth proceedeth from his divine Me
jelty ; If Ihave leffe of fubftance then thou » God can give
me fruits more faire then thofe of thy gardens, or fend thun-
der that fhall deftroy them, he fhall fll them with water of
raine, that fhall encompaffe them, and hinder thee to approach
[ them
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[them] Inthe morning this Infidell found his gardens de-
ftroyed tothe very roots, he was extreamly perplexed, by
_ reafon ofthe expence he had made to plant them eayenly ; and
‘hy he faid,would to God I had not adored Idols:.He fhall finde
ig! none that is able to proteét him at the day Judgment , but
ah God, all prote&tion and grace iffueth from his divine bounty,
mn and the end of the righteous fhallbehappy. Speak unto them
li, this parable, the life of the world is like unto raine fallen from
ont Heaven, that refrefhed and revived the hearbs of the Earth,
),)) | andin the morning were drie as chafte, carryed away by the
dey Winde ; Godis omnipotent: Riches and children are the or-
icy += RaMents Of this life , but good works are eternall , they are
see acceptable to God, and giveus hope of his grace. Be thou
,, mindful of the day when the mountains fhall walke, and thou
fhalt fee the Earth to be plain ; that day we affemble the good
nto de
i and the wicked, and will not faile of my word to any perfon ;
i that day fhall the Infidels befeech the Lord to fave them, he
‘nie fD2!L fay unto them , youcame unto us naked, as when we at
5 . firftcreated you , and ye believed on Earth, that there was
MM no refurre&tion ; Then fhall he give to every one the Book,
if ; wherein (hall be written the accompt of their finnes; Thou
i’ hale fee the wicked trembling with fear, faying, behold here
whe out deftruétion | What is there in this Book ? It containeth
tein g
their veniall and mortallfinnes, and deteCteth their offences,
ist they fhall finde the number of their crimes before their eyes :
= Thy Lord is unjuft ro none ; Remember thou that we com-
it! manded the Angels to proftrate themfelvesbefore Adam, and
‘fil! — that they humbled theméelves, except the Devill, who was in
wit thenumber of Angels, he difobeyed his Lord ; neverthelefs
ot’ ©=— Adam and his pofterity have obeyed him, although he is their
dt «= open enemy , and particularly of the Infidels. Confider
the yemot that God created Heaven and Earth, that he made
iy’ = you, and hath no need to be aided of you? Be thou minde-
ji?‘ fullofthe day, when it thall be faid to Idolaters , call pon
Gi’ your Idols that ye have worfhiped, for remiffion of your
ge = firnes_; they fhall implore them, but nome fhall hear their
wit’ Prayers, we have ruined them ; the wicked fhall behold the
i : 3 fire,
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firé , ito which they fhall fall , and;finde none to faye
them. Wetanght men in the .4/coran, many patables, yet do
the wicked abound in queftion, and difpute too much ; What
hindreth men to believe, fince there is come to them a guide,
tocondu& them into che right way? Ifthey beg not pardon
of God, what hapned to their predeceffors, and at Beder,
fall befall them, they fhall be vifibly punifled; I fend Pros
phets only to anounce the joyes of Paradife, andto preach the
torments of Hell; the unbelievers difpute vainly, to obfeure
the truth, they deride my -Commandments, and the fire of
Hell ; who is more unjuft then he who knoweth the Com-
mandments of his Lord, and difobeyeth him, and forgetteth
his paft finnes? We have hardned their hearts, they fhall not
underftand the Scripture; we have {topped their eares , they
fhallhear nothing ; if thou-calleft chem to the right way, they
fhall not follow thee, thy Lord is gracious and mercifull;
fhould he chaftife them after their demerits, he fhould forth.
with deftroy chem , he carrieth untill the time that he hath
promifed to punifh them, and they {hall finde none of power
to protect them. Wee have deftroyed Cities, when their inhi
birants have offended, and weprefixed the day of their rnine,
Remember thou that A4o/es faidto his fervant , 1 will travel
inceflancly, untill 1 fee a place where two feas meet , although
Itravéllan Age. Whenhe came to that place, he and his{er-
vant forgot theirfifh, he had taken his way through the Sea:
Having continued their voyage fome time , AZo/es was.an hin-
gry, and demanded fomewhat to eat of his fervant, who
faidro him, Saweft thou what hapned at the Rock? I have
forgotten our fifh,the Devill made me ro forget it,he miradl-
loufly toek his way through the Sea; that Rock is the place
which we feek: they both returned on their fteps, difcourling
together, uncill they came tothat Rock,where they found one
of our fervants,on whom we had conferred our graces, and
infpired knowledge ; AZofes faid unto him, permit me to fol-
low thee, that thou mayft teach. me knowledge, and inftrud
me; He replyed, thou wilt not be able to abide patiently
with me; how wilt thou patiently endure to hear a thing
which
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which fone in the world everknew? A4ofes faid, thou fhalt
finde me exceeding patient, and I will not difobey thee ; He
anfwered, ifchou follow me, enquire nothing of me, and hear
only what I (hall fay to thee. They went rogether,and they be-
ing ina boat, he brake a planck; Mofes faidto him, thou haft
broken this veflell, to drown us, itisa ftrange thing ; He an-
{wered,Did not I tell thee,that thou wilt not be able patiently
to abide with me ? Ao/es replied,excufe me,and afflict me not,
Thad forgotten what thon didft enjoyn me ; They went onto-
gether until they met with achild,whom he flew; Ado/es faid to
him, thou haft flain aninnocent, that hath not flain any one ;
thon haft done a thing without reafon, and that ought not. to
be approved: He anfwered, did Inot fay, thon wilt not be able
patiently to abide with me? (Mofes faid to him, excufe me
this time alfo, if I demand ought elfe of thee, abandon me.
They continued their way unto a Village,where the inhabitants
refufed them bread ; at that time they found a wall ruined,
which he raifed again ; C7Zo/es faid to him, thou fhouldit have
been payed for repairing this wall, if thou wouldeft: He an-
{wered, now behold the place of our feparation, neverthelefs I
will explain to thee what thou wert impatient to learn. That
boat belongeth to two poor men, who labour on the fea to
gain their fubfiftance, 1 would have pierced it, to preferve it
to thofe poor men, becaufe there was an Infidell Prince, who
by force feized on the good veffels for his fervice. That infant
which I flew was an Idolater, the fon of a true believer, a
righteous man ; we feared he might caufe his father to fin, and
feduce him into his error, and infidelity; the Lord throngh his
goodnefs would have him to be deftroyed, to deliver his father
from his malice. The wall appertaineth to two infant Orphans
of this City,there isunder it atreafure that belongeth to them,
their father was a righteous man, Ged throngh his goodnefs
willeth that the tfafure be preferved for them, untill they at-
tain to years of difcretion ; he likewife willed me to do what
I have done = behold the expofition of what thou wert impati-
ent co leatn. If any one enquire of thee concerning ¢e4/exan-
der the great, relate to them his Hiftery : we gave him on earth
N 4 what
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what he defired, he went'as far as the Welt, where he found a
fountain guarded by a man, who faidto him, O Alexander!
chaftife men through the murther of their perfons, bondage,
and ranfome ; he anfwered, I will put to death unbelievers in
this world, and the Lord fhall punifh them inhell, andthe
righteous fhall enjoy the glory of Paradife; I will tellthe
wicked, that God hath given us what we have defired. After
this, he continued his way untill he came toa place, where the
Sun rifeth; he found that it rifeth in a countrey,where they have
nothing to fhelter them from its heat,the thing is fo: we taught
Alexander how to fhelcer himfelf ; he followed his way, until
he arrived between two mountains, inhabited of a Nation
that {pake a Language, which he could hardly underftand ; they
faidto him, O Alexander ! Fagog,and Magog defile the earth,
canft thou put between themand us an obftacle, to hinder
thatthey may not come to us? God, faid Alexander, hath
not given me means to do it; but affift me with your power,
Iwill put between them and you a ftrong feparation ; give me
iron that can cut ftones, that I may build betwixt the two
mountains, and that1 may fortifie the way that deviderh them
blow when the iron firiketh the ftones, to kindle fire,and poure
on molten brafs to joyn the ftones and iron together; if they
come,they cannot pierce through the mountains, neither findea
way to come to you, thisis a favour which God conferreth on
you, his promifesare infallible ; when the hour arriveth, heis
true in what he promifeth; we will permit them co mixeeath
with other; we will affemble allof them when the Trampet
fhall found; then we will open Hell to the wicked, and tosich,
as would neither fee, norhear the Alcoran ; Do they imagine
them that worfhip me to be their gods? we have prepared hell
to punifhthem. Say unto them, thall I relate unto thee what
fhall befall the damned, their works fhafl be unprofitable ia
this world, although they think to do wéll ; good worksare
unprofitable to them that contemn the Commandments of
their Lord, and believe not in the refurreétion, they thall
not want ballance at they day of Judgment; hell fhalf be their
habitation, becaufe they deride our Commandments, and out
Apoftles,
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Apofties, and Prophets : The righteous fhall enjoy eternally
the delight of Paradife without difcontinuation. If the fea were
inke,to write the wondrous works of my Lord, it will fooner
have anend, then his miracles: Say unto the Infidels, Iam a
man like you, God hath taught me that there isbut one God;
he that believeth in the Refurreétion, ftudieth to do good
works worthip but one God, who is without a companion.
ee as
CHAP.-XIX.
The Chapter of Mary, containing four{core and eighteen Fer[es,
Written at Mecca.
nk JN the Name of God, gracious and merciful : God is the re-
ads warder, conductor, (of the righteous ) liberall, wife, true :
ops Zachary, the fervant of thy Lord remembred his grace, when
eit he in fecret prayed to his Lord, and faid, Lord, my bones are
thet become feeble, and mine head is white with old age; Lord, I
‘eh was never rejected in my prayers, hear my petition, give mea
reat) fon to facceed me, that may be mine heir, heir of the lineage of
dest Pacob,and be pleating to thee.O Zachary \I declare unto thee,
nt) that thou fhalt havea fon, named John, no man hath yet been
ony called by that name ; he faid, Lord, how fhall [have a fon,
wig my wife is barren, andI amtoo old? It wasanfwered him,
ae the ching (hall be as I have faid unto thee, it is eafie to thy
rte? Lord, who created thee ; he faid, Lord give me fome figne of
ei tthe conception of my wife; he faid to him, thon fhalt not
nie fpeak for three nights. Then went he out of his Oratory,
an) and made fignes to the people, to make their prayers evening
ai and morning. Oh John! learn the Scripture with affeRtion 5 co kcrab of
4 vo fA €
pt We from his infancie gave him knowledge , clemeficy, chatt- jpyo;,.
nis Ya Piety, aftection towards his father and mother , and mot
tll violence and difobedience. We bleffed the day of his naffvi-
ah 2 the day that he fhall dye, and the day that he fhall rife a-
gain. Remember thon what is written of Adary, fhe retired -
i % : .
a towards the Eaft, into a place farre remote from her kindred,
Ny
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The Alcoran of MAHOMET. (hapag.
and took a vaile tocover her , we fent her otir Spiricin forme
of aman; fhe was afraid, and faid, God will preferve me
from thee , if thou have his fear before thine eyes; he faid, oh
Mary \ Lam the Meffenger of God thy Lord, who fhall give
thee a fonne, active, and prudent : She anfwered, how fhall]
have a fonne without the touch of man? I defirenorto be ua.
chafte ; he faid, The thing (hall be as I have told chee, itis fy
cile to thy Lord ; thy fonne thall be a token of the omnipo.
fies | tency of God , and of his fpeciall grace towards fuch as {hall
i believe in his divine Majefty ; She became with child, and re-
be ‘bee tired fome time, into a place remote from people , where fhe
fuftained the doloursof Child-birth, at the foot of a Date:
tree, and faid, why am I nor dead ? wherefore am I not in
the number of perfons forgotten? The Angel faid to her,
affli& not thy felfe; God hath placed a brook under thee,
fhake the foot of this Palme, and the Dates fhall fall , gather
Reh them up, eatand drink, and wath thine eyes, fay unto them
ig i i that thou fhale meet, that thou fafteft, and halt made a vow
| 5 Sea not to {peak to any one, untill chy faft be accomplithed. Her
parents met her while the bare her Infant , and faid unto her,
oh AZary | behold a ftrange thing ; oh filter of Aaron! thy
father did not command thee to do evill, neither was thy
mother unchafte ; She made fignes to her infant to anfwer
them ; they (aid, how thall the infant in the Cradle fpeak?
Then her infant fpake, and faid, Tam the fervant of God, he
hath taught me the Scripture,hath made me a Prophet, bleffed
me inal! places, and commanded meto pray unto him; ‘he
hath recommended to me purity through che whole courleof
my life, and to honor my father and mother ; he hath fot
made me either violent or malicious, prayfed (hall be theday
of my birth, the day that I fhall dye, andthe day of my'refar-
rection. Thus fpake Jefus, the fonne of Mary, with truth, of
whichye doubt: God approveth not the difcourfe of ‘then
that fay he hath afonne ; praifed be God, when he wifléth ily
thing, he faith, be thou, anditis ; heis mine and your Lord ,
worthip him, this is the right Way
; ign 3 there be perfons , who in
this regard have been of different opinion, but mifery is upon
A the
ide
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the incrednions, they fhall be miferable at the day of Judg-
ment. The Infidels are manifeftly erroneous from the right
way; Ifthou preach to themthe torments of Hell and their
ignorance, they will not hear thee. Weare Lords of what-
foever is on Earth, and difpofe of every thing at our pleafure,
they thall be one day affembled before us to be judged. Re-
member thou what is written of Abraham, he was a righteous
man, anda Prophet, he faid to his father, adore not what
neither feeth, nor underftandeth any thing, and that cannot
be profitable ;1 know what ye know not,follow me,and I will
condué you into the right way ; worfhip not the Devill, he is
difobediemt unto God ; otherwife 1 fear that God may cha-
ftife you, and you may be in the number of the damned. He
anfwered, oh Abraham \ doft thou abborre my Gods? unleffe
thou change thy difcourfe, 1 will ftone thee, depart from
me for a long time; he faid, May God infpire you, I
will pray for-you, he is exceeding good , and will hear my
prayers; Whom will ye adore, when I fhall be gone from
you ? Worfhip God my Lord,and your prayers fhall be heard;
he departed from them, and worfhipped one God : We gave
himtwo fonnes , Z/zae and Pacob, both Prophets, we confer-
red our grace upon him, with an eloquent and true tongue,
Remember thou what is written of Afofes, he wasa righte~
ous man, our Prophet and Meffenger ; we called hun on the
right fide of the Mount Siwai, drew him near unto us, and
taught him ourfecrets ; We through fpeciall grace gave him
a brother, named Aaron. Remember thou what is written
of J/mael, he exa&tly obferved what he promifed, was-a Pro-
phet, andan Apoftle of the Lord, preached purity, and re-
commended to men to make their prayers often, and was
pleafing to his Lord. Remember thou what is written of
Enoch, he was a juft man,and a Prophet , and we tooke him
up to anexceeding high place. God gave his grace to thefe
men, among the Prophets of the lineage of Adam, among
them whom we eaufed to embarke with Noah, ameng thole
of the lineage of Abraham , and I/rael, and among thofe
that we affembled and guided into the right way. When the
MAtracies
The ofanof MAHOMET. Chap.ig.
miracles of the mercifull wererelated to them, they fell pro.
ftrate, and adored him with tares in their eyes; their pofte.
rity forfook their footlteps , aandoned the Law, and fol
flowed their own appetites ; yut they fhall be precipitated
into Hell, except fuch as fhal be converted, and do good
works, they fhall enter into Jaradife , and no injuftice hall
bedoneto them, they (hall erter into the garden of Eden;
what the mercifull [God] doth promile, is infallible ; they
fhall heare nothing fpoken ia Paradife chat fhall difpleafe
them,they fhall hear the falutaiion of Angels,and morning and
evening fhall have what they defire ; fuchis Paradife, which
God giveth to his creatures that have his fear before theje
*Gelaldin eyes. 1* defcend not from Hraven, but by the permiffion of
faith that thy Lord, he is mafter of our ations in Heaven and Earth, and
Mabomet — of whatfoever is between thm, he hath not forgot thee,
ae And worfhip him, and perfevere in thy adoration , knowedt thon
Gabriel for / @0Y perfon that is named, lik him? Man faith, what, thalll
having been dye and rife again ? He confideeth not that God hath created
folong 4b- him of nothing;! will one day «femble the Infidels,and Devil
pie: from J will caufe them to appear the gate of Hell upon thei
Pe knees, and will caft upon ther all manner of mifery, becauf
they have encreafed their imptty towards their Lord. I know
fuch as deferve to burne in Hel , they fhall be thrown thither
headlong, this is a moft juft fertence pronounced by the Lord,
I will fave the righteous , and forbid Infidels to fall ontheir
knees before Idols: when the unbelievers , and many of the
faithfull heard my Commandnents preached,they faid among
themfelves , that they were ina better way then their neigh-
bour; how many have we ditroyed before them, in paft
Ages, more rich then they , ard hypocrites like unto themt
Say unto them, God prolongeh the life of the erroneous, that
they may know their errors , aid learn the knowledge of the
paines prepared for them, thy thall underftand who {hall
be the moft miferable; and vho thal! have been moft weak
in their faich, and leaft affe@ioiace to the fervice of his divine
Majefty ; God fhall encreafe tleiy faith, who thall follow the
right way ; and fuch as be oledient to him, thall enjoy his
grace.
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(hap.19. The Alcoraof MAHOMET.
grace. Haft thou confidere: the ation of the wicked? They
demand, if they fhall have rches andchildren after their Re-
furreétion? Would you knov what fhall be ? would you capi-
ulate with the merciful? I vill not doit; T will write all thae
they fay, and will adde toneir miferies;. I will give to them
in this world, what they equire, and they fhall rife again
naked (without treafure, ad children.) They adored Idols,
to have their prote@tion. Certainly theyerred inthat adora-
tion; they fhall renounce hem, and be their enensies at the
day of judgment. Seelt thounot, how we have fent the Devils
againft unbelievers, to fedue them ? Be not impatient to fee
. them punifhed, they fhallb: judged at the day appointed. Be
_ thou mindful of the day, when I fhall affemble all the righte:
ous in the prefence of God, and precipitate all the wicked in-
, to Hell; their prayers fhalliot be heard, except fuch as have
; accomplithed their promifesmade to the merciful. They have
, faid, Do ye believe thar Gol hatha Son ? Youutter aftrange
. thing; ‘ic wanteth not much, but chat Heaven and Earth open
, themfelves, and that the Mountains fall, with their utter de~
. ftruétion. Theycall God, God the Son; Godhath not todo
; with'aSon; whatfoever is n Heaven and Earth, adore him;
. he knoweth the accompt ad number of all things of the
world : Men hall appear b:fore him at the day of judgment,
and the True-believers that {hall do good works, fhall be be-
loved of his divine Majefty. We have fent thee the Alcoran,
written in thine own Languge, that thou mayft proclaim the
delights of Paradife, to then that fear me, and preach the tor-
ments of Hell to fuch as d{pute with obftinancy againft the
Faith. How many of the wicked have .we deftroyed in paft
ages ® Haft thouheard fpex of them? Haft thou heard men»
tion of their memory 2
CHAP,
189
See Gelaldin,
CHAP. XX.
The Chapter of Beatitude, and of Hell, containing an hundred ant
thirty Ver{es, written at Mecca.
Reader, the Mahometans have entituled this Chapter Tthé,
Which # two letters of the Arabique Alphaber , to wit, Tt and
He ; where in this place, Tt fignifieth Thouba, that is to fay,
Beatitude; and é Waoihé, that rs tofay, Hell. See the glofs,
and interpretation of Gelaldin, and Bedaoi; they have intituled
this Chapter of Beatitude, and of Hell,
le the name of God gracious and merciful. We have not
given thee the A/ceran to torment thee, but to inftud
therein the righteous. It was fent thee by him that created
the Heavens and the Earth; the merciful fitceth on his Throne;
whatfoever is in Heaven and Earth, whatfoever is between
them, and beneath the Earth, appertaineth tohim. Heknow
eth thy thoughts, he underftandeth what thou keepeft fect
and what thou makeft manifeft. God ! there is but oné Gol,
all the glorious names of the world are due unto him. “Kaoir
eft thou the Hiftory of Afo/es ?. VVhen he beheld the fire, ie
faid co his family; Stay yehere, I fee a great fire, I will bring
to you a fpark, and you fhall finde in it the right way. WYben
he approached, it was faid unto him, O AZofes.) fam thy Lord,
put off thy fhooes, thou art in the holy Valley of Tos, Thavt
elected thee among my people, hear my’ word, and receive
mine infpirations ; I am God, there is none other Godbut},
worfhip me alonc,and make thy prayers as it is ordained ; The
hour unknéwn to the world approacheth, wherein I willtt
compence and chaftife every one after his works: Take heed
feft the wicked feduce thee from the right way; ifthou follow
their appetite, thou fhalrbe deftfoyed ; Is it not what thol
haft fworn to me? he anfwered, Lord, I will apply my felf
unte thee, and will lean upon my {taff; I will beat the
oe
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(hap.20. The AlcoranofMa HOMET.
of the Trees to make them fall upon my flocks ; Ihave yet an=
other maner tonourifh my fheep with this ftaff; I will make
ufe of it to defend, and preferve them from mifchief ; God
faid unto him, O AZo/es | caft that ftaffe to the ground, behold
a Serpent, it creepeth, take it, and be not afraid, I will caufe it
to return to its former condition ; draw back thine hand, and
put it under thy arm it fhal become white and fhining without
harm, and pain, icfhall be a molt certain fign of my Unity, I
will give theeto {ce the miracles of my Omnipotencie; go to
Pharoah, he is in an exceeding great error, and feduced from
the right way : AZofes faid, Lord, rejoyce my heart, and facili-
tate my commiffion, unleofe the knot of my tongue, that they
may underftand my fpeech , give me Aaron to affilt me in this
bufinels, that I may praife thee, and highly exalt thy glory,thon
only art our protector, God faid, thy prayer isheard,we were
favorable to thee another time, when we infpired thy mother
| to put thee into a coffer, and expofe thee to the river of Nile’
the water drove thee to the fhore, whence Pharoah took thee;
« Tcaufed thee to be beloved of him,to have care of my people;
| when thy fifter fought tidings of what was become of thee,
the faid, who will guide us where he is ? who will conduét ns
tohim that keepeth him? we fent thee back to thy mother, to
ftop her tears, and put an end to her affliction. Thou fleweft a
man, we have delivered thee from the hands of thine enemiés,
and have approved thy perfeverance; thou haft continued fome
time with the inhabitants of Wadian; after this we fent thee
to preach our Commandments ; I have made choife of thee,go
with thy brother to Pharoah, and lie not in {peaking of me,
he is gone aftray fromthe right way; fpeak to him both of
of you,ywith mildnefs, peradventure he will hearken to you,
and will fear the fire of hell ; they anfwered, Lord, we fear that
he may torment, and rife up againft us ; he faid, fear nothing,
I will be with you, hear what he will fay, confider his aétions ;
addrefs your felves to him, and fay, we are the Meffengers of
the Omnipotent God ; difmifs withus thechildren of Z/rael,
and no more torment them, we,are come hither by the Com-
mandment of God, thy Lord, Salvation is for fuch as follow
' the
191
192
The Alcoran of MAHOMET. (hapao,
the right. way ; damnation for them that blafpheme againk his
Law, and depart from his Commandments ; Pharoah faid unto
them, who is your God? A4ofes faid,my God is he that created
the world, and guideth men into the right way. Phoroah faid,
what law did your predeceffors obferve ? what is become of
them? AZofes anfwered,God knoweth in what condition they
are;nothing is concealed from God,he extended the earth and
eftablifhed the wayes; he caufeth rain to defcend from heayen,
and maketh to.fgring forth the plants, herbs, and fruits which
ye eate, and that nourifh your flocks. Thefe things are figns of
his Omnipoteny to them that underftand them. We created
you of earth, and to earth will we make you toreturn, and will
caufe you to come out of it once again; we fhewed miracles to
Pharoab,but he was incredulous, concemned them, and faid,0
Mofes \ Art thou come to drive us out of our Dominions with
thy Magick 2? I will fhew thee [Magick ] like to thine ; letus
meet at a place, and day prefixed between thee and me,to
come together ; AZo/es faid unto him, let us make choifeo
the day of your feaft; if it feem good to you, the people
may aflemble at the Sunrifing: After this difcourfe, Pharoah
withdrew, recolleéted all his fubtilties, and at the day and homt
prefixed, came with his people to the place appointed, whete
Adofes was, who faid unto them, mifery is upon you, bat
phem not againft God, he will punith you, and deftroy them
that blafpheme againfthim ; The people of Phoroah differed
in opinion what they fhould do, kept their defign fecret, and
faid to Pharoah, thefe two men are Magicians, they woul
chafe youfrom your Countrey, through rheir Magick, andle-
duce your fubjects from your Religion ; recolle& yout fibti\-
ties and power, and chufe perfons capable co difpute again
them, thisday fhall be happy co him chat hall be viétorious.
They faid to Adgefes, wilt thou firkt caft thy ftaffe on the
ground, or fhall we ours ? Their cordsand ftaves arofe agai
AMofes through their Magick, and crawled : AMofes {pake low,
between his teeth ; we faid unto him, fear nothing, thou fhale
be victorious, caft thy ftaffe in thy right hand on the ground, it
fhall devoure what they have done, it is but witchcraft and
magick;
hae
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magick, that produceth neither Profit nor Content. Then
fell the Magicians of Pharooh proftrate onthe ground, and
faid, We believe inthe God of Aaron and ALofes ; Pharoah
faid unto them, believe ye in him without my permiffion ?
Mofesis your mafter,1 wil cut off your right feet,and your left
hands; or your left feet, and youir tight hands, and caufe you to
be hanged on Palme trees, that ye may know who is the more
fevere in his chaftifements, I, or the God of Afofes ; They
faid,the miraclesthat thou haft feen,have they not touched thee?
He that created us, doth things which are notin thy powét
to performe ; thy power extendeth only in this world, we be-
lieve in God our Lord, who will pardon our fins ; thou art the
caufe that he abhorreth us with our magick, he is more pow-
erfull then thou, and eternal; Hellis prepared for Tabdels,
they fhall finde repofe neither in their life nor death, and the
righteous that fhall do good works, fhall eternally enjoy
the pleafures of the gardens of Eden, wherein flow many de-
licious rivers, fuch is the reward of them that are purged
from their fins. We faid unto AZsfes, go out by night with
my peopie, and make them a drie path through the Sea, fear
not that thine enemies may overtake thee, neither be afraid of
being drowned, Pharoah thall follow them with his troops; !
will overwhelm inthe fea, and will miflead him with his peo-
ple, he fhall not follow the right way. O: children of J/rae/t
we delivered you from your enemies, and conducted you
towards the mountains of Sizai: we caufed Manna and Quailes
to defcend upon you, and faid, cate ye of the good things. that
we have given you, and be not ungrateful, otherwife my wrath
fhall fall upon you; he upon vvhom mine indignation fhail fall,
fhall be thrown headlong into the fire of hell; } vvill be mer-
ciful.to fuch asfhall convert, do good works, and follow the
right way. O AZofes ! who preffed thee to abfent thy felf from
thy people ? He anfwered, behold he that followeth my fteps,
Tamcomeup to receive thy Commandments. We after thy
departure eftranged thy people from thee, and Samery feduced
them from the righc way;.he returned upon his fieps to his peo-
ple, in great difpleafure, and faid, Oye people ! did not God
Oo promife
of MAHOMET. Chap.20.
promife to you all manner of content? he protracted theef
fe of his promifes, becaufe of your fins, will you that his
wrath fall upon you ? wherefore have ye tranfgrefled what ye
promifed to me? They faid, we have not tranfgreffed out
promifes of our own accord ; we took the moft weighty orna-
ments of the people, and caft them into the fire, Samery him=
felf did caft themin; he made the body of a bellowing Calfe,
and faid, with his followers, behold there your God, the God
of AZofes whom he hath forgotten; Saw they not that this
Calffpake not to them, and that it had not power to do good
or evill? ¢Zaron had faid unto them, before the comming of
Mofes; O ye people { you have been feduced by this Calfe;
the mercifull is your God, and your Lord, follow and obey
me : They faid, fhall' we abide here untill 270/es return ? Mo/es’
at his return faidunto e4aroz, whatehindred thee to follow
me, when thou faweft them to turn afide from the Law of God?
wherefore haft thon difobeyed me? O fon of my mother!
(faid Aaron) drag me not by the beard, and haire, I feared to
difpleafe thee, 1f I forfook the children of Z/rae/, and difobey
thy Commandments ; Afofes faid unto Samery, what we
thy defign? he anfwered, I faw what this people feeth not,!
took an handfull of the earth of che footfteps of the Meflenger
of God,and made the Figure of a Calfe,the faireft that I could;
(Mofes faid unto him, go, get thee from amongus, thou fhalt
fly the prefence ofmen all the dayes of thy life ; thou fhalt fay
unto them, come not nigh me, touch me not, the time of thy
punifhment ts appointed; thou fhalt not efcape it, behold thy
falfe god, beliold the Calfe which thon haft adored, I will caule
it to burn, and will caft the afhes therereofinto the fea ; your
God is one God, and there is none other God, but the God
that Knoweth all things: Thusdo I relate rarhee things palt 5
we have fent thee the A/coran, fuch as fhall abjure it, fhall bear
their burthen at the day of Judgment, and be eternally tor-
mented ; I will one day require an account of their burden,
and will affemble them with all their fubtilties ; when the
Trumpet fhallfound, they fhall demand of each other, how
long they have continued in the world? they thall fay,
they
Chap..0: The Alcoran of MAHOMET.
they have remained there but ten, dayes and ten nights, 1
know all that they will fay; the moft prudent among them
fhall fay, that they have been but one day. They. fhall en-
uire of thee concerning the Mountains; Say unto them, Ged
fhall teare themup, and fevell them with the Earth, thou
fhalt fee them levelled and beaten down: then fhall ; men
without retardment follow him that fhall fummon them to
univerfall Judgment , they fhall humble themfelves before
God , thou fhale chat day hear low and humble voyces, that
day fhall prayers be ineffe@tuall, except of them that fhallbe
pleafing to God, whom he will permit to fpeak.. He know-
eth whatfoever men do inthis world, and what mutt, befall
them in the other, and they know it not, they fhall humble
themfelves,and hang down the head before the living and eter.
nall Lord ; all Infidels thall be damned, and the righteons of
True-believers that have done good works, fhall not fear inju-
fice. We have fent the A/coranin the Arabique tongue, it teachs
eth men.our Commandments, peradventure they will. fear
impiety ; it-teacheth them what they ought to know; Exale
the glory of God, King of the world, he is trach it felfe ;
prefle not thy felfe to read the Adcorau, untill thou haft well
underftood it. Say, Lord encreafe my knowledge ; We
heretofore prohibited Adam to eat of the forbidden fruic,
he wasunmindfull of our Commandment, J foundin him no
perfeverance. Remember thou that we.commanded the An-
els to humble themfelves before him, they humbled them-
felves, except the Devill, who refufed to do it. Remember
that we faid, Adam, the Devill is thine enemy,.and the enemy
of thy wife, he will, endeavour to. make. you muferable, to
caufe you both to goe, onc of ;Paradife , where thou fuffereft
neither hunger nof thirft, norcold, nor heats The Devill
tempted them, and faid, oh Adam I will conduct thee to
the tree of eternity, a creature that fhall never perifh , they
did botheat of the froit of that tree , then knew they their
flchinefle, and took the leaves of treesto cover their naked.
nefle; Adam difobeyed his Lord, and became miferable, ne-
vertheleffe he heard, and pardoned-him, and fhewed him the
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195
right way; he faid , defcend from Paradife, ye enemies of
each other, I willhereafter fend you a guide, he that thalj
followhim, fhall not erre, and fhail be bleffed ; He that thal
goe aftray, and will not believe in me, fhall be miferable in the
world, and blinde at the day of Judgment ; that day hall he
fay, Lord, wherefore haft thou made me blinde ?- had good
fight when was in the world: I did this day forget thee,
as thou didft forget my Commandments ; thus do I intreat In
fidels. Thetorments of the other world are more grievous
then thofe of the Earth, and of longer continuance ; do not
unbelievers tremble, when they confider how many men npon
Earth we have deftroyed in paft Ages? Their mifery thall fetve
for example to them that are wife; Had not thy Lord fad,
that he will deferre the punifhment of the wicked untill the
time appointed , he had already deftroyed them. Be path
tient, and endure their difeourfe, praife thy Lord before tk
Sunne arife, before it ferceth, an houre before night, anda
the end of day thou fhalt doa thing acceptable to hime The
fife of the world is feet to terapt you, but the richesof thy
Lord are better, and-eternall. Command the people to make
their prayers at the time appointed , and be not impatient to
wards them ; I require no riches of thee, I will enrich thee,and
in the end Paradife fhall be for the righteous. The unbekeves
have faid , if AZzbomer theweth not fome miracle from God,
and knoweth not the expofition of the books of ont prede-
ceffors, we will not believe inhim ; VVe before his coming
deftroyed many wicked perfons, who faid, Lord , hadft thou
fent usa Prophet, we had obferved thy Commandments, be
fore we became infamous, and laden with ignorninie; Say
nnto them, every one: expecteth his end, expect ye , and yee
thal! one day:know themthat follow the right way, and have
hot erred,
CHAD.
Chap.21. The Alcoranof MAHOMET.
CHAP, XXI.
The (hapter of the Prophets, containing an hundred andtwelve
Verfes, written at Mecca.
N the Name of God, gracious and mercifull. The day ap-
| eae , wherein the people fhall render an accompt of
their ations, butthey confider itnot, and depart from the
Commandments of God ; if they hear them, they laugh, they
underftand them not , and keep fecret their evill intentions.
Isnot Adahomet aman like to you? VVill yee fay that he is a
Magician ? you fee the contrary ; God heareth whatfoever
is fpoken , both in Heaven and Earth , and knoweth all
things. They fay,certainly A¢chomet hath dreamed what he
fpeaketh, he hath invented it, and is a Poet , we will not be-
lieve him, unlefs he thew fome miracle, as did the Prophets
that were before him. VVe have layed watfte many Cities,
becaufe their inhabitants were incredulous 3 we fent before
thee but men who were infpired of us; Enquire of them, to
whom heretofore was given the knowledge of the written
Law, if ye know itnot ; they were men that did eat and drink,
and were mortall ; we effected what we promifed ‘to them,
we preferved them with fuch as believed, and deftroyed the
incredulous ; VVe have fent you a Book to inftru@ you, will
ye underftand it > How many infidell Cities have we made de-
folate? How many new people have we eftablifhed in their
place? When they felt our punifhment, they fled ; fly nor,
and returne to what hath delighted you, returne inte your
houfes, peradyenture-ye will-yet-covet the riches of the Earth;
They faid, mifery is upon us, we are too blame ; Thus did they
talke, uncill they were deftroyed. We have not created
Heaven and Earth, and whatfoever is between them, to fport
with; had it been our will-that they fhould have fcoffed on
Earth , they fhould (coffe likewife in Heaven. On the con-
trary, LT oppofethe truth to falfehood, to confound it, and
in effect it.doth confound it, Mifery fhall beupon you, be-
O 3 caufe
The Alcoranof MatmomeT. (Chapar:
caufe of your blafphemies ; whatfoever is in Heaven and
Earth, is Gods ; the Angels.ate not afhamed to worhip him,
they prayfe him day and night, and exalt his glory without
biafphemic. The Infidels worfhip Gods: made of Earth;
Have they power to create any thing? W ere there in Heaven,
and on Farth another God ,they would not accord 5 praifed
be God, Lord of the: Univerfe; what the Infidels velate, is un-
fruc. He asketln no counfell when he will do any thing, asdo
men 5 wilkthey worlhip any other God but him ? Say unto
them, prodiice yonr arguments, behold what we have to-fpeak
unto you; behold our reafons, and thofe of our predecet
fors ; Certainly, the greateft part of them are ignorant of
the truth, andigoe aftray. We infpired into all the Prophets
which wefent, that there was but one God that ought to be
worthipped. They faid; believe yee that the Angels are the
fonnes of God? Prayfed be God ; on the contrary, they
are his cteatwres, he loveth them, they fpeak not but. after
hint, and obey what he commandeth them, he knoweth al)
their actions paft, and future, they pray for no man bit
through’his permiffion,and fear to difpleafe him. Who among
them: will fay 1am God, inftead of God? he thall be cat
headlong into the fire of Hell; thus do I intreat unbelievers:
Know they not that the Heavensand the Earth were fhut up?
We opened’ them, and gave lifero every thing , throngh the
raine whichwe made to defcend ; willthey not belteve mmy
unity? We created the Mountains to hinder the Earth to
move, we made therein wayes large and fpacious for our Crea-
tures, we covered it withthe Heaven, and have exemptedit
from falling, nevertheleffe they defpife our Commandments,
Iris the Lord who created day and night , the Moon and the
Sunne, all things praife and exalt him in Heaven; we ere
ated no. perfonto dwell for ever on Earth ; afl men fhall tafte
of death, I will prove you with good and evill, and ye {hall
appear before me to give accompt of your actions: The In
fidels feoffeat you, when they fee you, and fay, behold them
that derideour Gods.! They obey not the Commandments
of God; hecreated man of duft, and thall thew you the .
: e fects
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fects of his omanipotency , be not impaticnt to fee the punith-
ment of the wicked, whofay, when (hall-be the -way of Judg-
ment? did they know.it, they wonld remove-the fire from
theinbacks and vifages ; that day fhallfurprize them , it thal
aftonifh them when they think leaft of ic, they cannot retard
it, and {hall be deprived of protection, (Certainly:they fcor-
ned the Prophets that-were fent before thee, but shey were
punifhedafter. their demerits. Say unto them, who but «the
merciful [.God] preferveth you.day and-night ? neverthe-
lefsye reje& his Commandments; Havethey any other-God
butume, that is ablecofave them? Their.Gods cannot defend
themfelves : I will not protect them, yet willd enrichthem, as
I enrichedtheir fathers, and will prolong their life, to:punith
themon Earth; Know they not. that their eftates diminith
on all fides through thy Conquelts ? Isit fo,thanthey arevicto-
rious ? Say unto them, I preach to.youwhat God hath vinfpi- —
red into.me, but the deaf'hear not when they are exhorted ;
When they are a little.touched with the .chaftifements of
God, they fay, oh mifery | VVearetoo blame, and areun-
juft ; I will weigh their works at the day of Judgment, :that
I may do;injuftice to noperfon, of the weight of a -grain of
muftard-feed , and will moft exa&tly accompt, ..V Vegave-te
Mofesand eAMuron the Book that diftinguifheth good from
evill, andcommanded them topreach our-Commandments
to them. that .had.our fear before their. eyes. That:Beok
is blefled, and was fent from us; neverthelefs unbelievers»re-
jeGtand condemneit. WVe heretofore inftruéted e4brabam
in the right way , and knew thathe was arighceous man.:Re-
member thou that he faid to his father, and hispeople , what
Idols do. yeadore ? They faid, we finde that our Pathers.ado-
red them; he faid unto them, your fathers. and:you were ex-
ceedingly erroneous: they faid, doft thou {peak the truch,
or-doft thowjeaft ? He faid, Certainly your Lord is the Lord
of Heavenand Earth , Lfwear to you thathecreated them;
Having convinced thofe Idolaters he faid, By God , I will
make warreupon your Idols, he broke them with.an hatchet
in their abfence, exceprthe greatelt Idoll, on which he aes
O 4 is
The Ateefanof MAHOMET. Chapat.
hishatchet, and faid, peradventure they will accufe him to
have broken the other : Seeing attheir returne their Idols
broken,they faid, who hath in this manner handled our Gods?
He isimpious; we heard itis a young man, named Abraham,
who derideth them ,. bring him before the eyes of the people,
perhaps they fhall finde witneffes of his a@ion, They faid
unto him, oh Abraham | it is thou that halt fo abuled our
Gods, he faid on the contrary, it is that great Idol ; The
enquired of each other if thofe Idols {pake , and if they had
motion; afterwards they returned to themfelves » and faid to
the people, ye are too blame to adore thofe Idols: he threw
them headlong againft the ground, and they faid, oh Abra.
ham \ thou well kneweft that they fpake not at all; hean-
fwered , why therefore do ye worthip what can neither bene.
fit, nor hurt you? You.defile your felves in adoring them
inftead of God, do yee not know him? Then they faid,
burne e4braham , and letus defend our Gods, if ye are righ
teous men; but we commanded the fire to lofe its heat, to
preferve Abraham; They would have tormented him, and we
deftroyed them, we. faved him , as we preferved- Lor, we
conducted him into the Land of bleffing , gave him J/aag
and 7acob, and the Children of their Children » Tighteous
men, and True-believers, to inftru@ the people in the way of
Salvation ; we infpired themto do good works, to pray at
the time appointed , to pay Tithes, and to worthip us; We
gave to.Lor prudence and. knowledge , and delivered him
from the Inhabitants of the City, who were the: moft vicious
upon Earth, we weregracioustohim, becaufe he was righ-
teous. Remember Noah, and that he heretofore invoked US;
we heard his prayer, and delivered him from great danger,
and all that were with him in the Arke;we delivered him from
the hand of the wicked, whom we drowned. Remember Dae
vid, anid Salomow, who rendred Juftice in the field, whereinto
the flocks of the village entred by night without Shepheards ;
we are witnefle of their Judgments, we inftruéted Salo.
mon in Jultice, we gave him prudence and knowledg;
the Mountains adored us with David , and with him
the.
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the Birds praifed us; we were with them: when they
praifed us. We taught you the maner of fowing [ feed }
to preferve you from neceffity ; peradventure ye will be
thankfultome, Wecommanded the windsto obey Salomon,
and knowall that he did. The Devils obeyed him, they dived
into the Sea, to fifh for Gems for him, and travelled alfoin
other matters ; and wehindred them to att mifchief again(t
/ men. Remember ob, who prayed to his Lord, and faid, lam
in exceeding great affii@ion ; thou art the merciful of the
merciful: VVeheard him, and delivered him from his afficti-
on; gave tohim our grace, and to his family, and to them
that were with him, who had patience, and trufted in me.
Remember J/mael, Enoch, * Delcafel, and Zachary , they * Delcafel is
perfevered in wel doing ; we gave them our grace, becaufe £/.
they were righteous. Remember Ponas, who forfook his peo- See the Book
ple in difpleafure ; he believed I could do nothing againft ohn ay
. him; but.hecryed inthedark, and faid, There is no God be-
fides thee, praifed be thy name ; I am too blame for having
offended thee: We heard him, and delivered him from his
difafter. Thus do I protect True-believers, when they invoke
me. Remember Zachary, who made his prayer, and faid, Lord,
I know there is no better Heir in the world then thy felf; yet
let menot dy without iffue : We heard his requeft, gave him
a fon, named Joh», and rendred his wife fruitful. All thefe
Prophets went on with alacrity to do well, and invoked us
with humility, with defire to obtain our grace, and with fear
of the torments of Hell... Remember. A4ary, whofe womb I
bleffed ; we infpired into her our Spirit, and gave her a Son, a
miracle in the world. Your Law is.oneonely Law, and I am
one onely God, worfhip me, and be not impious ; ye all
thall appear before me tobe judged. I will prore& the True-
believers that fhall have done good works, and will write
what they fhall do for their reward. Milery is upon the
Cities that we have ruined; their inhabitants fhallnot return
into the world, until the paffage be opened to Pagog and
Magog, and they come running from the eminent places of
the earth ; then fhall the day of Judgment approach ; the
promifed
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promifed Truth thallnotbefaroff, it (hall trouble thefight of
the wicked : Who fhall fay, O mifery! We are miferable,
we did fot forefee this difafter ; we have been exceedingly too
blame for having offended God. It thall be faid unto them,
Ye worthipped inftead of God, the firebrantds-of ‘Hell , into
which ye fhall becaft headlong: Had your Idols beenGods,
asye believed, they fhould not have entred Hell |; they, and
thofe thathave adored them, fhall be eternally damned; they
fhall groan, complain, and fhall not beheard: Such asthallbe
in Paradife, fhall be far remote from them ; they fhall-nor
hear their howlings, and thall enjoyeternally what they-thall
defire; theciyes of the damned ‘fhuall not affliéthems the
Angels{halimeet them when they:come ourof their graves,
and fhall fay, Behold now the day chat was foretold yonin
the world ; a day, wherein we will pen the'Heavens, and
the Book of the accompvof alimen, aswe promifed coyout
predeceffors, We exaétly perform what we promife ; we
Have ‘writtenin ‘the Old Teftament, and afterwards *in “the
Alcoran, That the righteous fhall inherit the Earth : This
Book fhail teach the way of Paradife tothem ‘that thall wor
fhipme : Wehad not fent thee, but in favor of men ; fay unto
them, God hath always infpired into me, that your Gedisone
God, willye not obey him? If they goaftray, I have taught
youhow they muft be intreated. Say untothem, I knownot
whether the punifhment denounced to you thall be fpeedy, or
tardy. ‘God knoweth what is known, and unknown inthe
world ; I know’ not whether he will try you, or deferhis
punifhment until the time appointed - Heis a moft jut Judg,
and moft merciful ; ‘heis not fuchasyefpeak him.
(hap.22, The Aleoran of MAHOMET.
CHAP. XXII.
The Chapter of Pilgrimage , containing feverty and [even
Verles, written atMecca.
pis the name of God, gracious and merciful. Oye people /
fear God. The Earthquake that thalt happen at the day of
Judgment fhall be wonderful ; ye hall thar day fee mothers
forget their children,and every one fhall bear his own burden ;
ye fhall fee men drunk, not with wine, but amazed and 4-
ftonifhed at the great judgments of God. ‘There be, who
difpute of the Deity with ignorance, and'follow the willof
the Devil, voluntary, and obftinate: Tt is written, he thall fe-
duce them that obey him, and fhall condu@ them into Hell. O
yepeople | if ye doube of the Refurreétion, confider how we
created you of the duft of the Earth ; with a litrle water
fprinkled upon the duft, with congealed blood, and’ a little
fiefh intirely, and not intirely formed. I formin the wombs of
women, what feemeth good to me, at the time appointed. I
caufe you to come forth children, then T give You life, and
make you to arriveto the age of virility; fome die young, and
others live to extremity of age, tothe end they may learn to
live ‘well. Confider the Earth, dry, dead, and barren ; when
we fhall caufe rain to fall, it thall change the face, thal pro-
duce and noutith its fruits of all forts, fair, and pleafing: Be~
caufe God is truth it felf, he raifeth again the dead, and is
Omnipotent. There is no doubt but the day of Judgment
approacheth , and that God willcaufe the dead co rife again.
There be men that difpute of God without knowledg, without
realon, without authority, and go aftray from the way of his
Law ; they thall be full of ignominy and thame in this world,
and fhall feel inthe other, the pains of Hell, God doth no
injuftice tohis people. There be who adore him with feruple ;
if good befal them, they perfevere to adore him ; if evil’
they return to their impiety, and lofe the riches of Earth, and
the riches of Heaven: Thele two lofies are exceeding great ;
they
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The Alcoranof MAHOMET. Chap.22.
they invoke Idols inftead of God ; they invoke what can
neither benefit, nor hurt them + Such, prayers are by-ways,
far remote from the Commandments of God; they worthip
that which doth rather mifchief, nor advantagethem. Cer.
tainly, God (hall make the True-believers,that do good works,
to enter into Gardens, wherein flow many Rivers ; he doth
what feemeth goodto him. He that is angry, that God giveth
fuccor, and protection to Adahomet in this world, and. inthe
other, let him tye a cord toa beam of his houfe, and hang him
felf ; he fhall fee if his choller willbeallayed. God hath fent
the Alcoran, as heretofore he fent the other Scriptures; it
containeth his Commandments , clear and intelligible; it
guideth into the right way whom it pleafeth him: Heat the
day of Judgment (hall judg the differences that are between
the faithful, and Infidels; between the Samaritans, the Chi.
ftians, and Idolaters ; he isomnifcient, Seeft thou nottht
all that is in Heaven, and on Earth, the Sun, the Moon, the
Stars, the Mountains, Trees, and Beafts, adore him? Man
worthip him with zeal,but many likewife merit to be la
None hall efteem him, whom God fhall defpife ; hedothas
feemeth good tohim. Thefe two contrary parties, the Be.
ijevers and the Infidels, have difputed of the Deity 5 bute
Infidels hall be encompafled with flames of Hell, they hall
have fhirts of fire, boyling water fhall flow in upoa theit
heads; the fire fhallburn what is in their bellies, and thall
roaft their skin, they fhall be beaten with clubs of iron; when
they think to go out of this fire, they fhall enter further into
it, and be eternally tormented. God thall caufe the True-
believers, that have done good works, to go into Gardens,
wherein flow many Rivers ; they fhall be adorned with brace-
lets of Gold, and Pearls ; they thal be clothed with Silk, and
enjoy eternal felicity, becaule they have profeffed his Unity;
and the Infidels hall faffer great torments, for that they have
hindred the people to imbrace the Faith, and vifit the Temple
of Mecca, which God hath eftablifhed to be therein adore
of all the world: He that hall be foliciced to vifit it, a0
fhallenter it, with defign to return to his impiety, {hall
feverely
(hap.22. The AlcoranofM aH OMET.
feverely punifhed. Remember, that we fhewedto Abraham
the place ro build the Temple of Adecca; that we commanded
him to adore me alone, and topurge my Temple from Idols,
for the fatisfaction of them that {hould there make proccflions.
Men hall come thither to vilic thee from all parts,on foot, and
on horfe-back ; they thall receive profit, they fhalkthere make
their prayers at the times appointed, and the days nominated ;
they {hall thank the Lord for his benefics towards them, \ and
the riches which he hath given them; and fhall make likewife
proceffions at the old Temple. He that fhall reverence it,thall
do exceeding well, and fhall be recompenced of his Lord. Jr
is lawful for you to eat of all clean Beafts; except of fuch as
have been heretofore prohibited : Depart from the pollution
of Idols; beware of bearing falfe witnefs, and be obedient
to God. He that faith, God hath a Companion, is like to
him that fell head-long from Heaven, whom the Birds de-
voured, and the wind caft into a remote place, full of miferies.
He that fhall reyerence thefignes of the power of God, will
not doubt of his Law, and fhall be rewarded for his good
works-at the time appointed, if he vifit the old Temple of
Mecca. Wehave given to.abl Nations of the world alaw.to
' offer thei Sacrifices, and toreturm thanks to theis Lord, for
having given them advantage above all fortsof Beafts. Your
God is one God, obey his Commandments, proclaim a great
reward-to.them that are obedient to him, to them that tremble
with fear, when they hear mention of his mame ; that are pati-
entin their adverficy, that pray at the cime appointed, and
difpence iralms fome part of the wealth thae we have given
them. We havecreated the female. Cameél for.afign of our
unity, fhe fhall be profitable to you in this world. Remember
to. pronounce the name of God, when ye fhall faczifice her,
ftanding on her feet ; when the fhall fall dead cn the ground,
eat of her fichh, if it like you, and give to eat to fuch as
fhall require it. We have made her fubje@ cogou; perad-
venture ye will bethankful to me for this grace. God pro-
moteth before him, neither the fleth of this Bealt, nor the
blogd, but onely the good works that ye perform, Ke hath
thils
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The Alcoran of MAHOMET. (hapa.
thus fubjected it, That ye may exaltit,and give him thanks for
having guided you into the right way. Proclaim to the righ.
teous, That God will remove far from them the malice of the
wicked ; he abhorreth Traycors, and theingrateful: Declare
to fuch as fight againft Infidels, to repair the injury they haye
done them ; that.God is fufficiently powerful to protet
them. When they were driven from their houfes withou
reafon ; they faid, God is our Lord ; Had not God ftirred up
the people againft cach other, the Covents of the Religious,
the Churches of the Chriftians, the Synagogues of the Jews,
and the Temples of the Believers, had been ruined, (through
the multitude of the wicked, and their malice. ) Thettame of
God is exalted in the Temples of believers, and therein ish
Law defended and proteéted. God is moft ftrong ; he hathal
power over his people. Thofe whom God hath eftablithe
on Earth, with victory overtheir enemies, make their prayes
in the maner ordained ; pay Tithes, and enjoy todo whats
honeft and civil; forbid todo what is prohibited of vd,
who knoweth the end of all things. If thé Infidels tradag
thee, their predeceflors traduced Noah, Aad, Chaib, Abram,
and Lor, they alfo flandered AZofes: God for a time deferted
their punifhment, but intheend moft feverely ehaftifed them
How many Cities have we deftroyed,becaufe of their impiety?
We have overthrown, and made them defart, chrough the
death of their inhabitants. Shall thofe of Aecea walk for
ever upon Earth, with an hard heart, without refledting upon
what hath herecofore befaln the Infidels > Their eyes are not
blinde, but their hearts are blinde, and hardned: Theywill te-
quire thee to caufe the wicked tobe fpeedily chaftiled; Got
will not go againit what hehath promifed: One day before
thy Lord, is as a thoufand yeers before men. Howorfren hath
the punifhments of impious Cities been deferred, that in the
end were deftroyed ?> The whole world fhall one day be
ailemb ted before me, tobe recompenced after theif merits
Say unto them, O people 17 preach unto you publikely the
torments of Hell ; fach-as thal} believe, and do good works,
fhall receive pardon of their fins, and 4 precious treafare;
they
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. they that fhall endevor to make voyd the faith, thall be damn-
t ed. We fent our Prophet to reade only our Commandments
« tothepeople; the unbelievers reade many things that are not
) inthe Alcoran ; but God hath made vain whatthe Devil had
there inferted, and confirmed the precepts of his Law: What
| the Devil there inferted, ferveth for edition to themthat are
«, weak in their faith, and have an hard heart, The Infidels arein
i; an exceeding great error, and are far fromthe Truth. Such as
have the knowledg of Scripture, know that the A/coran is
r truth it felf, which proceedeth from thy Lord : They believe
init, and humble their heart in reading ir, God guideth into
r,the right way {uch as believe in the truth : The Infidels thall bé
,,in doubt, until they be furprized of the day of Judgment.
What day fhall they be rigoronfly chaftifed , that day thalf God
ommand, and judg the good and the bad ; the righteous that
,, nall have believed, and done good works, thall enter into de-
,,icious Gardens ; and the Infidels that fhall have difobeyed
is Commandments, thal] faffer exceeding great torments,
bandon the fociety of unbelievers, and wereflain, or died of
'icknefs, fhall be rewarded of his divine Majefty.. God. is the
“sreateft benefactor in the world ; he fhall give them toenter
“where they fhall defire ; he is omnifcient, and moft merciful,
"The believers that hall take revenge of the injury that the
‘unbelievers have done them, thall be protected of God: He
is gracious and merciful towards his people ; he maketh day to
enter into night, and night into day ; he heareth the prayers
‘of True-believers, and feeth whatfoever they do ; and will
protect them, becaufehe is cruth ic felf. Idols are but vanity ;
‘and God is moft high, and omnipotent. Doft thou not con-
fider that God fendeth the rain from Heaven, and thac
the Earth becometh green > He is benign to his people ,
and knoweth all [ things ;7} whatfoever is in Heaven and
Barth, is his ; he hath no need of his people, and onghe
to be exalted. Seeft thou not that God hath fabjedted to
you all the beafts that are upon the earth? Secit thou not
that the {hip runneth npon the fea, through his command, to
tran{pore
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‘The Alcoran of MaHOMET. Chap..2*
tranfport you and your fubftance ? Seeft thou not, thathe
hindreth heaven to fall upon the earth? certainly he is benign,
and merciful-He it is that hath given you life and death , he
fhall make you todie, and-fhall raife you again, neverthelels
man is ingrateful for his favors. We have given a lawtoall
the Nations of the world, to guide them into the right way ; if
they obferveit, they will not difpute againft thee. Invoke thy
Lord, thouart in the right way ; if they difpure againft thee;
Say unto them, God knoweth all your aétions, he {hall judge
your differences.at the day of Judgment: knowelt thou not that
God knoweth whatfoever is in heaven or in earth? Allis
written, and this is molt eafie to his divine Majefty. Idolaen
adore without reafon, Idols that underftand not whether thy
be gods or no, that fhall be without protection: at the days
Judgment ; when they preach to men my Commandments,
they know by their countenance thofe that are impious, and it
grateful for my graces; they would with wrath fall upon then
that inftruétthem. Say unto them, Ideclare unto you chig
more grievous: God hath prepared the fire of hell to callie
Infidels. O people ! Aparable is related to you, hear it All
the Idols that ye adore cannot create a flie; when they fhil
be affembled to doit, ifthe flies corrupt any thing thatisir
fered to them, they havenotthe power to drive themawa,
becaufe of their impotencie, andthe weaknefs of them thats.
dore them : They praife not God in that manner asis jultand
reafonable,he is moft ftrong,and moft powerfulshe hath cholen
meffengers to bear and execute his Commandments. =
Angels and men; he heareth. whatfoever they fay, lseholdeti
whatfoever they do, he knoweth whatfoever they fave done,
and.all things obey him. O ye that believe / honor and wor
{hip your Lord, and do good, perhaps ye. fhall bebleffed:
Fight forthe eftablifhmenc of his Law with affe@tion, he hath
chofen youto follow it; he hach not given you a baw heavy,
and troublefom, Je; is. the Law of edbrahim your fatheh he
hath flited you the Refigned-to God, before the comiti of tht
Alccran: Yhe Prophet thall teltitie againft yowar the di of
Judgment, and ye thall ceftifie againit che people; i
Propatt
Chap.23. The Alcoranof M aHomeT.
Prophet hath preached to them the right way ; perfevere in
your prayers, pay tithes, and truft in God, he is your Lord,and
your Protector.
CHAP. XXIII.
The Chapter of True Believers, containing an hundred and eigh-
teenVerfes, written at Mecca.
the Name of God, gracious and mercifull, Certainly the
i believers fhall be bleffed, that make ‘their prayers with
tfimility ; they abftain from reviling, they pay tithes, they
commit not whoredom, they touch not other women then
their own, and their flaves ; fuch as covet other, tranfgrefs the
bounds of reafon; they that faithfully preferve what hath been
entrufted to them; they that effect what they have promi-
fed, and that make their prayers at the. time appointed, fhall
be heirs of Paradife, where they fhall dwell eternally. We for-
med man of the duft of the earth, with mire, blood congealed,
with a little flefh and bones, which we ‘invefted. with
skin; we-another time created him, when we breathed in-
to him-the foul in the body, and bleffed him, as‘one of our
faireft ornaments. O men ! ye all fhall die, and hall rife again See Geladin.
at the day of Judgment ; wecreated above you feven heavens,
and have care of the confervation of all people that are be-
neath ; we fend water from heaven to fatistie: your neceffities ;
we make it tofall upon the earth, and have powerto caufé to
pafs away and deprive you [ of it. | Wehave created, and
made gardens-to: bring forth Date-trees, Grapes, and many
other fruits, by which ye live ; we created trees'in the moun-
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tain of Sina, that produce oyl,and* tinétore; ye receive great * Or dying
advantage by: beatts, they fultain you with milk, and afford colours,
you many other profits, ye mount them; and fhips alfo to car-
ri¢-you whither ye defireto go. We. fent Noah, who fpake to
the people, and faid, worfhip one God alone, what other god
will ye implore but him? Willye not fear to. worfhip ais
P ther ?
anof MAHOMET. Chapay.
ther? The chief among: the people that were Idolaters,
iid to their adherents, This man is 4 man like your felyes,
he would appear, and be efteemed more then yous if God
would be adored alone, as he (faith, he would caufe an Angel to
defcend, that fhould bring his Commandments ; we haye not
heard fpoken to our predeceffors, what he faith; he is a man
poffeffed of the devill, tarry, and ye fhall fee what will be-
come of him : Then Woah faid, Lord, procec me againk them,
and defend me from their blafphemies ; we commanded him
to build an Ark, when our Commandment was given to de-
{troy the wicked, and when the water of his caldron boyled,
we commanded him to enter into the Ark, with two deafts of
every kinde, and fpecies; all men we deftroyed, ‘except them
of whom we have before fpoken, (we faid unto him) fpeak not
to me for Infidels, they (hall be drowned, when thou fhale have
taken.order for every thing that mult enter into the Ark with
thee. . Say, praife be to God, who hath delivered us fromthe
malice of the wicked, Lord, give us to defcend in ablefled
place, thou art the beft Pilotin the world. It was a fign of my
omnipotency to prove the people of Noah + we created afte
them another people, to whom we fent an Apoftle, to infttit
themto worfhip one God ; and he faid, what God willie
adore other thea God)? will ye not fear his wrath? Theit
Doctors that were impious,who denied the Refarrection of the
fieth, and on whom we had conferred the wealth of theeatth,
faid, he isa. man,he eateth and drinketh like you,if ye obey not
a man like to your felves,thall ye be deftroyed?doth hepromile
yato return into the world, after having been: bonesand
doft ?O abufe!O abufe ! ye are abufed in what he promileth,
he is a man like others, he isa lyar, we will not believe him:
That Apoftle faid, Lord, preferve me from their blalphemits,
they {hall repent faddenly of their impiety; chen rhunder far-
prifed them, anddeftroyed them, as they deferved; we made
the landdry and barren withone fruit, and created other pet
fons in their place. Man cannot die before his hour, and none
can retard it; we fent our Apoftles, and our Prophets to in-
fteudt the people, but they were flain one after another, every
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Chap.23. The Alcoran of Ma HOME T.
Nation traduced the Prophet that we fent tothem, and we
made them ferve for examples to pofterity, and deftroyed the
wicked: We fent CVo/er and his brother e4aron to Pharoah,
and his Doétors, with our miracles, and with mroft intelligible
reafons; they arofé againft the Faith, they tormented che
children of I/rwel, and faid, fhall we believe im a man like to
our felves. of themthat obey us? They flandred both of them,
and were inthe number of the damned. We gave'to AZo/er the
Book of the Law, peradventure it will guide the childretr of
T/rael inco the right way ; wecreaved Pe/vs: and’ Afary his mo>
ther, they arefigns of our Unity ; we eftablifhed them in an
eminent place, where they ftayednere a fountain: O Apoftles
and Prephets! cat of the fruits of the earth, and do good, I
know whatfoever ye do; your Lawis one Law, and Talone am
our Lord; take heed to your felves, follow not the law of
the Infidels, every one liketh wharhe doth, depart from che
wicked, and leave theminttheir errors, anaccompt fhall be re-
quired'of them of the:riches, and of the children. that we have’
given them, but they know it not. Such'as fear the punifhment
of their Lord, that obey hisCommardinents, profefs his Unity,
give alms of the fubftance that he hathigiven them, and fear in
their heart, that they are not acceptable torthemt, fhall appear
inthis prefence ;: fuch. asfhall obey him, fhall enjoy his grace’;
he'requireth not of any man'what he is unable to perform: We
have abookthardeclarerhitl . cruchy no injuftice thall’be done
to him thar thalbdowhat heisable’; certainly che Infidels are
in ignoranceof the Alcoram, they at what is quite contrary,
to that which is commanded truebelievers ; but we have pu-
nifhed the chief among them in their profperity. Be nor this
day refolite, yee fhall not be protected of us. Our Com-
mandments are taught you, neverthelefs ye are returned upon
yourfteps, and are rifer againft the Faith, and in difcourfing
by night, withdrew your felves from the righteous. Confider
they notthe words [of the Alcoran 2] Doth it contain any
thing that hath not been ordained to’ their predeceffors?
Know they not the Prophet that God hath fent to them ?
VVherefore will they not acknowledg him? VVill they fay
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that he is poffeffed of the devill? On the contrary, he teacheth
them the truth,neverthelefs the greateft part of them deteft him;
if their will had place, heaven and earth, and whatfoever is be.
twixt them fhould be confounded ; we have inftruéted them in
the Law which they ought to obferve,but they have renounced
it; Doft thou require of them any recompence for thy inftra-
tions? Thy Lord fhall reward thee, there is none that is of
power to recompence thee better then He. Call chem to the
right way; fuch as (hall not believe the Refurre@tion, fhalf
err. Ifwe pardon and deliver them from affliion, chey will
{till continue in their errors, to their confufion ; we heretofore
chaftifed them, neverthelefs they humble not themfelyes, nei-
ther implored their Lord ; and when we opened upon them the
gate of our Judgments, they. became defperate. God hath
given you fight, hearing, and fenfe, but few among you return
hun thanks ; he it isthat hath created you of carth, ye thall one
day be affembled before him to be judged ; he it is that giveth
life and death, and maketh the difference of day and night,
~willyou not honor him, neither confider ? On the contrary,
they have faid, as did their predeceffors, wherefore
fhallwe die? our bones fhall beduft, and thall we tife
again? This was heretofore promifed to our fathers, and
tous, certainly it is bucan old fong ; Say unto them, to whom
appertaineth the earth, and whatfoever is in the earth, j co
know [ itsCreator and King 7] “They will fay, it is Gods;
Say unto them, know ye not then, that he that created youcan
raife you again? VVho is Lord of the feven heavens? who
poflefleth the throne of heaven ? They will fay, it is God ; fay
unto them, will ye not, fear then to worthip any other God
but him ? Say unto them, who is King ofall things ? who fu-
{taineth them, and is fuftained of none ? They wall fay, thatit
is God ; Say unto them, why then do ye deceive your felves ?
we have taught them the cruch, but they have rejeéted it, and
faid, that God had a fon ; were there another God with God,
the one wonld undo. what che other hath done, and they
would rife the one againft the other. Praifed -be Ged, what
they affirm is not true, God knoweth that is palt,, the:
. prefent, |
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(hap.23. ‘The Alcoran of MAHOMET.
prefent, and the future, he hath no companion; Say, Lord,
give me to fee the effe@ of all that thou haft promifed to them,
and put me not among the unjuft, deliver us from evill, and
do good to us, I know their impiety; Lord deliver me from the
temptations of the devill, deliver me from their malice ;
when any one among them dieth, he faith, Lord, permit me to
return into the world,I will do better then I have done; there
isno return, it is to fpeak in vain, there is an obftacle behinde
them, that detaineth them untillthe day ot Judgment; when
the Trumpet hall found, nothing hall retard them, they fhall
not glory, nor difcourfe with each other; the ballance of the
bleffed fhall be heavy with good works, and the ballance of
the curfed thall be light of good works. Have not my Com-
mandments been preached unto you, wherefore did ye con-
cemn them ? They fhall fay, Lord, our mifery prevailed over
us, we were miflead, Lord deliver us from this mifery, the con-
trary was promifed to us, truly we are exceedingly too blame.
It fhall be faid unto them, depart into the fire,and never {peak
tocome out. Many of them that worfhip me, fay, Lord, we
believe in thee, ‘pardon ourfins, thou art merciful. Yehave:
derided them, O ye wicked! and have defpifed my Com-
mandments, but I will reward them for their perfeverance,and
they fhallbe bleffed. It fhall be faidto thofe that rife again,
how many yearshave ye remained in the earth? they thall
anfwer, we have been there a day, or fome dayes; ask of the
Angelsappointed to keep the accompt, ye have been there but
a little time, did ye know-it,do-you believe that 1 havecreated,
and affembled you before me in vain? Praife and exalt God,
King of Truth, there is no God buthe, he is king of heaven ;
he is void of reafon that invoketh another god with Him, he
fhall give accompt of his a¢tions, and the Infidels fhall be mi-
ferable : Say, Lord, pardon the fins of the righteous, thou art
the great merciful.
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lawfully:
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Icon of MAHOMET. (hp.24:
CHAP, XXIV.
The Chapter of Light , containing feventy and foure Verfes,
Written at Medina.
N the Name of God, gracious and mercifull, Wehwe fene
this Chapter containing our Commandments clearind in-
telligible, peradventure ye will learn them. The * Cata-
mite and the Concubine fhall be whipt with an lundred
ftripes; take heed Jeft clemency caufe you to forget he pre-
cepts of the Law of God , believe in his divine Majefy, and
the day of Judgment; Some of the True-believers hall be
witnefles of their punifhment ; The Catamite lying with a
Concubine, or an Infidell, the Concubine lying with: Cat
mite or Infidell, thefe things are forbidden the Trne-be-
lievers. He that fhallaccufe an honeft woman of alultery,
fhall be whipt with twenty four ftripes, unlefs he pove his
accufation by four witneffes, and fhall never be. cretited i
teftimony. They that do fuch things, are without the obedi-
ence of God, except thofe that repent, and fatisfie wiat they
owe, God fhallbe to them graciousand mercifull. They chat
fhall accufe their wives of adultery , and have no wenefles,
fhall fwear four times that they fpeak the truth, and hall che
fifth time call for the curfe of Godto be upon them, if they
be lyars. The wife fhall be exempt from punifhmen, if fhe
{wear foure times that her husband isa lyar, and if he fifth
time fhe pray chat the wrath and indignation of Godmay be
upon her, if what her husband hath faid be true ; In this
manner doth God gratifie you, that ye may underftnd the
truth, he is moft gracious and moft wife, That Troup che made
defection from the True-believers withalye,.and fale tefti-
mony, did youno harme; onthe contrary , they didadvan-
tage you; every one thall bearthe burden of his fines, the
moft malicious among them fhall be thrown headimg into
the torments of Hell; It wasanhappinefs that ye hard the
fenfe of the Believers from their own mouth, when tly faid,
that
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that thofe men lyed impudently ; if they had not prefented
thofefoure witneffes, they had found none other, they are One of aa
lyars, without the grace and mercy of God, they fhould shia
have ilready felt great torments in this world, and in the o- of adultery
ther, becaufe of that impofture - When they fpake of what with safoitan,
they were ignorant , ye deemed it to be nothing ; but it is an by Mahomers
exceeding great fin before God , if when ye heard it, yee Snemes.
faid, hat to {peak of thofe things did not concerne you , ye
knew it to be an impofture, God forbiddeth you to relapfe, if
ve bdieve in his Law , he thus declareth to you his pleafure,
he is pmni(cient and moft prudent ; Such as defire to caft ob-
loquie among the True. believers, hall be rigoroufly chaftifed
in ths world, and in the other, God knoweth that of which
ye are ignorant: Had not God been favourable to you, he
had chaftifed youin burning fury, he is gracious and mets
cifull Oh ye that are True-believers! follow not the foot-
ftepsof the Devill, he will enjoyne you vice and fin; had
not God gratified you with his mercy, not any among you
fhould have been purged fromthat impofture, but God puri-
fiethwhom he feeth good, he heareth all, and knoweth all
yourintentions. The moft rich , and powerfull among you
havenot fworne to dono good to their parents, the poore,
or tc them that fight for the Law of God , neverthelefs they
doitnot tothem, and flie them ; defire they not that God
fhould pardon them ? He is neither gentle nor pitiful! but to-
wards True-believers. They that accufe of immodefty , wo-
menchafte , innocent, and faichfull, hall be accurfed in this
word, and hall faffer great torments at the day , when their
tongues, their hands, and their feet fhall teftifie againft them ;
at the fame time thall God pay to them what fhall be due unto
then without injuftice , and they fhall know that God ts truth
it felfe, The wicked women fhall {peak as the wicked men,
andthe wicked men as the wicked women: The good [wo-
met] fhall fpeak as the good {_ men ‘] and the good [men ]
as tic good women ; the good are innocent of the impofture
of the wicked, they fhallenjoy the grace of God , and the
treiures of Paradife, Obye that are True-belicvers ! enter
P4 not
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The
not into anothers houfe without permiffion , if ye falute
them that dwell there, ye fhalldo well; peradventure ye wil}
be mindfull ; if ye finde none of the houfe, enter not with-
out permiffion ; if they fpeak toyou toreturn, ye fhall re-
turn , it is better (then to ftay at the doore) God beholdeth
allthat ye do, ye fhall not offendGod to enterinto houfes
inhabited , if ye have affaires there, God knoweth all your
intentions. Speak unto the True-believers, that they containe
their fight, that chey be chafte, that they do good, and that
God knoweth all their a@tions. Speak unto the true- believe.
ing women, that they containe their fight, and that they be
chafte , that they fuffer nothing of their beauty tobe feen, but
what ought to be feen, that they cover their bofome, andtheir
vifage, that they permit them not to be feen, but by theirhul-
di bands , their Children, the Children of their husbands , their
brothers, their nephews, their fitters, their women, and
i their daughters, maid-fervants, and flaves by their. dome-
i . ftiques, that are not capable of marriage, by children that re-
iG i i gard not the beauty of women , and that they move not theif
u° feet, to fhew they are well fhod. Implore pardon of God,
peradventure ye thall be happy ; many maidens of your own
Religion, the daughters of the righteous, or your flaves, if they
bepoore, God fhall enrich them with his grace , he is moft
; liberalland omnifeient. Such as have not means to many,
i fhall live chaftly, untill God hath given them means : Such as :
" have defire tomarry their flaves, fall have power to pafle a
Contract of marriage , if they know them to be wife, and
fhall give them part of the wealth that God hath beftowed on
them, defpife not your wives that are chafte,to commit whore-
dome ; ifye defire good in this world , if yee contemne them,
God thall be cothem propitious and mercifull ;. We have fent
to youthefeprecepts, clear and intelligible, like to hem that
were taught your Predeceffors, to be preached to the righte-
ous ; God riluminateth the Heaven and the Earth » as the
Lamp that isin the Lanthorne of Chryftall, fed with oyle of
the bleffed Olive ; It Semeth to bea Star full of light, which
gocth neither to the Welt, nor the Eaft, and yeildeth bagi
; ne
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nefs upon brightnefs ; God guideth by his light whom it plea-
feth him, he teacheth his people parables , and is omnifcient,
he permitreth you to prayfe him in your houfes, there to be
mindful! of his name, and to exalt him evening and morning.
Oh ye men! your affaires ought not to hinder your remem-
brance ofthis divine Majefty, to make your prayers at the time
appointed neither to pay Tithes. Fear the day when the hearts
of men fhall be perplexed, and their fight troubled, when God
Thall reward and chaftife every one after his works , and fhalf
augment his grace upon the good ; he enricheth with his innu-
merable benefits whom to him feemeth good. The good works
of the wicked are like to:mifts in a {pacions plain, they feeme to
be water, when afar off,and being approached, nothing isto be
there found ; They thal! finde before God the Book, wherein is
written whatfoever they have done, he fhall punifh them accor-
ding ro their demerits , he is exact to keep accompt. Their
ations are moreover like to the darkne(s that is in the bottom
of the fea, that iscovered with'wave upon wave, obfcurity
and darknefs upon one another, he that is in this darknefs can-
not fee his hand ; he that fhall not be illuminated by God,
fhall not fee ajot : Seeft thou not , that wharfoever ts in Hea-
ven and Earth exalteth the glory of God? The Birds extend
their wings beforehim to praife hin, he heareth the prayers
of allhiscreatures, and underftandeth the prayfes that they
givehim, he knoweth all that they do, he is King of Heaven
and Earth, the refuge of allthe world: Seeft thou not how
he affembleth the clouds? how he placeth them one upon an-
other? Confidereft thou not. how the rain faileth through
their pores? and that God caufeth frefh water to defcend
from the mountains? He hath given it to whom feemeth good
ro him, he canfeth the brightnefs of lightning to approach men,
which blindeth their fight , and overwhelmeth the day with
night ; Thefe things are fignes of his omnipotency,to them that
confidesthem : He created ofa little water, all forts of living
Creatures ; fome creep upon the Earth, others walk tpon two
feet, and others upon four; he created what pleafed him, he is
omnipotent. Certainly, he hath fent a Law clear and intelli-
gible,
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218
The Alcoran of Man omET. (haprg.
gible, to conduét into the right way whom it fhall feem good
tohim. The Infidels fay, We believe in God,and his Prophet ;
neverthelefs a party among them abandon his Law, and be.
lieve not in his divine Majefty: When they are called before
God, and before the Prophet, to judg their differences, many
among them refufe to come ; if they come, it ts with con- ~
tempt. Theyare greatly affli€ted at heart, do they fear that
God and his Prophet will do them injuftice ? On the contrary,
they themfelves are unjult. When the True-believers are called
before God, and the Prophet, to be judged; they fay, We
have heard and obeyed, they are not ignorant. Thofe that
fhall obey God, and his Prophet, fhall be bleffed. Many
{wear to fight gallantly for the Faith, when they fhall be com-
manded to march againftthe enemy ; fay unto them, Sweat
not, your obedience to the Prophet fhall be preferred to yout
oaths, God knoweth whatfoever ye do ; fay unto them, Obey
God, and his Prophet ; if they be difobedienr, they fhall beat
their burden, and ye fhall bear your own ; if ye obey,ye thal
follow theright way. The Prophet is obliged onely to preadh
intelligibly ; God promifeth to the True-believers, that {hall
do good works , that they fhall live long upon earth, ashe
promifed to them that were before them, that they might
eftablith the Law that he gave them ; he fhall change their feat
into aflurance ;_ he fhall deliver them from terror, aes |
may adore him alone,without Companion. He that ts wicked,
will depart from the obedience which he oweth to God:
Make your prayers at the time appointed, pay Tithes,and obey
the Prophet , God fhall give you hismercy. Believenot that
the Infidels are more powerful on Earth then we ; they {hall
be precipitated into the fire of Hell. O ye that are True-be-
lievers ! your flaves:and your fervants of free-condition {hall
require leave of you, to.enter where'ye fhall be thrice, vi
Before the prayer at break of day, after noon, and after
fupper ; they thal not offend in entring without leave, where
ye {hall be at another time; they enter there to ferve you. In
this maner doth God teach
eth : you his Commandments, he know-
th the humor of his Creatures, and is moft prudent in all
that
aR
(hap.r4. Tr Alcoran of MAHOMET.
that he ordaineth. It is ordained to your children, when
they fhall be atage of difcretion, to demand of you permiffi-
onto do what they fhall defire , as did your predeceffors:
Thus doth God teach you his Commandments.;. he is gracious
and merciful. The old and decrepit women, {hall not offend
God, to quit their vails, and difcover their faces ; provided
it be without vanity, and defign to thew. theirornaments: If
they abftain, they fhall do well, God heareth whatfoever ye
219
fay, and knoweth all that isinyourhearts. The blinde, the See Kitab ef
lame, the fick, and yonalfo, fhall.not fin, to eatin the houfe of tenoir.
yourchildren; at the houfe of your father and mother, bro-
thers, fifters, uncles, aunts, friends; .andin thehhoufe of your
fervants ; ye {hall not offend God, if ye eat together, or apart.
VVhen ye fhall enter into any houfe, falute each other from
God, with bleffing and affection, Thus doth God, teach you
his Commandments, peradyenture you will learn them. V Vhen
thofe that believed in God, and his Prophet, repaired to the
Prophet, they retired not without his. permiffion. .. Such as
required leave (to depart) believe inGod,, and his Prophet ;
if they require leave of thee for any bufinefs, licence whem
fhall feem good to thee, and pray to God forthem; he is See Kjzab of
gracious and merciful, Call not the Prophet,. asye-cadlione tanoir.
another among you: God knoweth fuch as fhamefully depart
out of the Temple, and the Trench. Suchasdifobey his Com-
mandments, ought to take heed, left fome mifchief befal them,
and that they fufler not great torments ; Whatfoever is in the
Heavens, or on Barth, is Gods ; he knowethif ye are zealous Sce Gelaldin,
in your faith, or-behypocrites; he knoweth the day wherein
all che world fhall be affembied before him [to be judged. } In
thet day fliall men fee what they have done ;_ he knoweth all
t ings,
CHAP.
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anof MAHOMET. ~ ap.2s
CHAP. XXV.
The Chapter of the Alcoran, containing [eventy and feven Verfer,
Written at Mecca.
ik the name of God, gracious and merciful: Praifed be he
that fent thee d/coran to his fervant to inftru@ the world ;
he is King of the Heavens and Earth; he hath no Son, nor
Companion in his reign ; he created and ordained every thing,
The Infidels worfhip Gods that can create nothing, and are
things @eated ; they can neither do them good nor evil, they
can give neither life nor death,neither ciate them to rife again.
They fay that the-e4/coran is but afable of thine invention,
invented with the affiftance of fome other perfon ; but they
lye and blafpheme. They fay that it is but an old Song, anda
fable of the Ancients that thou writeft, and that thou ftudiel
morning and evening. Say unto them, It was fent by hin
that knoweth all things in Heaven and Earth, altogether or@
ciousand merciful. They faid, Who is this Prophet? He eat
eth bread and meat, and walketh through the ftreets; we
will'not believe him, unlefs an Angel defcend from Heavento
preach to us with him; unlefs that Angel enrichhim, and that
he have a Garden full of good and favory fruits ; heis bura
wizard, or one poffeffed of the Devil. Confider to what they
compare thee ; certainly they are in error, and cannot finde
the right way. Praifeé and blefshim that is able co beRtowon
thee a greater good, when it fhall féem good to thee, to wit,
Gardens, wherein flow many Rivers, and houfes of pleafure.
They have denyed the certainty of Univerfal Judgment, and
we have prepared the fire of Hell to punifh them ; wraththall
carry them away with terrible cryes: when they fhall behold
the place of the affembly of Judgment ;_ when chey (hall there
appear, they fhall be defperate, and hall cry, O mifery! Cry
not Omifery, cry O miferies | (in the Plural) Askof them
which is better, and more advantageous, that, or Paradile,
whichis prepared for the recompence of the ri ghteous, where
they
| Chap.25. The Alcoran of MAHOMET. 221
they fhall dwell eternally with all manner of felicity 3 This is
it that God hath promifed, and that which was impetrated
of his Divine Majefty, (for them thar have his fear before
" their eyes ) I will one day affemble Idolaters,with their Idols ;
God fhall fay unto them, you are they who have feduced my
creatures from the right way; They fhall fay, proifed be thy
“Y name ; we ought to have worfhipped none but thy divine
“\ Majefty , but the wealth that thou gavelt to our Magiftrates,
™ and their fife, which chou didft prolong , caufed’ them to for-
tf get thy Commandments; they were pernicious men, in that
b! they abjured thy Law, they cannot thisday be exempt from
'® che punifhment of our crimes, neither proteé us againft thy
im wrath, The Idolaters (hall be rigoroufly punifhed ; The Pro-
i phets that we fent before thee, did eat bread and meat , and
x: walked through the ftreets ; we prove them one after ano-
wither: Perfevere, God beholdeth them that are patient.
wiht Thofe that believe not in the Refurre@tion , have faid,
hThe Angels arenot defcended from Heaven , we have not
inyfeen God; they. are become proud , and are fallen into
Han exceeding great error, but the wicked thall one day
re) be without comfort ; when they fee the Angels, they fhall cry,
te help, help! We will fet before their eyes all ‘the fins that
a; they have ‘committed ; the good works which they hall
, think to have done, fhall be like to duft, which the winde
» cattyeth away ; and the bleffed thall enjoy a moft certaine
good , they fhallhear of nothing but what contenteth them.
When the Heaven and the aire fhall divide themfelves , and
the Angels fhall defcend ; then fhall che truth appear, and the
mercifull fhall raign ; that day fhall be tedious ro Infidels,they
fhall bite their fingers; and fay, would to God Thad followed
# the Prophet and his Apoitle ! Oh mifery ! would to God I
had not contratted amity with fuch an Infidell, Hie feduced me
from the right way , he hindred me to believe in the 4/coran
which God fent; certainly the Devil! hath tempted men ;
f Then fhall the Prophet fay, Lord, fuch as have ‘followed me,
have obeyed what is written in the « 4/coran , and the Infidels
have rejected it. We have appointed an enemy among the
wicked,
The Alcoran of M aH OM EF. Chap.r5.
ins si aap ee
wicked, to every Prophet. of them that were before thee, bue
it fafficeth thee that. God guideth and. protedteth thee. The
Infidels have demanded, if the A/coran was fent allat once’;
Thave fo done to confirme the truth in thy heart, I have ft
it piece by piece , they fhall not fhew thee any thing like unto
it; Ihave inftructed thee inthe truth, clear and intelligible ;
the incredulous fhall be confined in the fire of Hell, and be
mott miferable. Certainly , We gave to: Adofes the bookof ¥
the Law,, we fene with him his brother Aaron to. aff him,
and faid unto. them, Goe both of you, preach unto: Infidels,
we will deftroy them, unlefs. they be converted. VVhen the |
people of Neahdefpifed our Commandment, we drowned) |
them, and made them. ferve for example to pofterity , and
prepared great torments for the impious. Remember Aa, ”
Temod, and thofe thar dwelt nigh unto the well, a longtime
after them; we fpake to them in parables, and deftreyed them,
Oh ye wicked | cenfider the mifery of the City , upon: whit
fellthat mifchievons rain, that deftroyed, them, becanfe tr
Inhabitants believed not in the RefurreGion.. When. thedie
fidels faw.thee appear, theyrderided thee, and faid, This Pro
phet would. faduce us , and. make us to, abandon our God;
We had patience, and, deferred our punifhmenc : ‘they thal
know. at the day of Judgment. them that ‘have been’ feducedy
Haft chou confideredithe actioniof£ him’ that fpake off/hisGod!
after his fantafie 2 Wert thow: his, Tucor, to hinder him te
fpeak’. Doft chou believe that. the greateft part of thewicked
hear, and.underftand whar:thoufpeakeftitothem? They are
like. beafts , and. worfe; Seeft. thon how’ thy! Lond thed-
deth.the Rofe ? were ithis will, itfhould he permanent, the
Sunne hath canfed.it:to-melt,and arcraéteth it’ gently to: bitn
felfe. He it is chat oreated.the night for repofe; anditheday
for labour, He it is that fendeth, the winds by his-fpectall
grace,he maketh raine to defcend from, Heaven, to: refreth the?
Earth,to give iclifs, to warerthe beafts, and for thecontent
ment.of men; we have divided.it among them, that they may
be mindful! of our grace,neverthelefs,the greareft part of them
areungraceful.. Had we fo pleafed,wehad fen to every Gity #
preacher,
PidyE PoE Psa aera
223
| Chap.25. The Alcoran of -Manuo™MeET.
\ preacher;to preach unto the Inhabitants the torments of hell,
: obey not Infidels, preach co them frequently what is written
in the Adcoran. It is God thac hath fweetned the water of
Euphrates, thatjoyned the two feas, that made them falt, and
\ spur berween them a feparation, to hinder them to mix? ‘He
» created man and:woman of a little water, to increafe and mul-
\ tiply cogether ; thy Lord can do wharfoever him pleafeth, yet
dothe Infidels adore what canneitherbenefit nor hurt them,
of and affift the devill their mafter totemprthe world; We fent
m) thee only to preach the torments of hell, and to proclaim the
| joyes of Paradife:Say untothem,I require not of youa reward
for my preaching, he that hall be acceptable to God, will!
ly Follow-the way of his Law : Praife and exalt thy Lord, trultin
my him, he knoweth all the fins of men ; he created the heavens,
jy and the earch in fixdayes, and ficceth on his Throne ; learn this
ye Of him that knoweth ir, When it was faidto the Infidels,
mp; WOrthipthe merciful LGod; ] they faid, what merciful ? thall
aie WE Worthip what ye appoint us? and they added to their im-
siypiety. Blefledbe he that created the figns of heaven, chat cre-
jyated the Sun, and the Moone, full of brightnefs and i
(and hath made the dayesto facceed each other, to returmhim
_,, thanks forhis graces. The fervants of the merciful, thacwalk
.,, with humility, chat falute the ignorant when they fpeak to
| them;Such as pray to, and worthip God day and night; fitch as
* fay,Lord, deliver us from the torments of hell: thofe thar fear
" God, that-arenot. prodigall, nor covetons, that follow the
" middie way, betwixt ptodigality and avaricé, ‘thofe that wor-
® fhip one God, that killino man bur with reafon, and following
!’ the Commandments of God, and that are not laxurions, (hall
t enjoyeternally the grace of God ; fuch as do the contrary (hall
” be chaftifed, their pufifhment thall be atigmented at thé day of
! Judgment, and they thall be damned for ever, excepe him
i chat thall-be’ converted, and fhall have’ done good’ works,
® God: thall give him pardon. of his fins,-he is gracious
and merciful, They; who do good works and: Yepent,
i” who make no falfe ‘oath, who are humbfe, and’are not
pe (wilfully) deafand dinibe when ‘theyheate the Alcordn a
i an
iy
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pe
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Mofes flew
an Egyptian.
The nof MAHOMET. (hap26,
and fay, Lord, give us and our pofterity children; that may be
the light of our eyes, and be obedient to thee ; workinusa
fear to difobey thy Commandments; fich perfons fhall enjoy
eternally the delights of Paradife, for reward of their perfeye.
rance; they fhall chere finde falucations, and benedi¢tions, with
immenfe graces. Say unto the wicked, God will notenlighten
vou, neither hearken to yous prayers, becaufe yee have trae
duced his Prophet; the time of the punifhment of your
crimes fhall fuddenly arrive.
—
Aicora
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CHAP. XXVI,
The (Chapter of Poets , containing an hundred and twenty fever
Verfes, written at Mecca.
iB the Name of God, gracious and merciful: God is mot }
pure, he underftandeth all things, he ismoft wife. Thee
figns are the figns of the book that diftinguifhech truth ftom
falfhood ; wilt thou deftroy thy felf,becaufe men are impiow)
If Iwill, I cancanfe my judgments to difcend upon theme
fhall humble them, they difpife my Commandments; they
fcoffe, but fhall be.rigoroufly punifhed ; See they, nothow
many fruits we have made to {pring out of the earth? It isa!
token of our omnipotencie, neverthelefs the greateft part of
them believe not that thy Lord is the omnipotent, and the met-
ciful. Inftruét chem how thy Lord {aid unto ~Vofes, thou fhalt
be my meffenger to the Infidels, and the peopleof Pharoaly
that they may have. my fear before their-eyes.. Mofes faid,
Lord, I fear they may traduce me, and that my congie can
not be loofed; fend with me my brother Aaron, they know
the fault I have committed, and will put me to death,
The Lord {aid to. him, they, fhall. not pur.cheerodeath, go
both whither Icommand. .you,-I will be with, you, and wil
hear what they fay ; fay to Pharoah, that yeare the Meflen-
gers of che Lord of the world, and let him difmifs with you
the children of Z/rael; Pharoah faid unto Mofes, have I
not feen thee within this houfe a little childe2 Didlt thou
not dwell withus many years? Didi thou..nos-kill a ae
ou
— Chap.26. The Alcoran of MaHoMET. 225
thou art impious. AZofes faid, I did what I did, I was in
the number of the feduced, 1 fled when I feared you; fince
that time God hath given me knowledg, and placed me in
the number of his Prophets and Apoftles, he hath fent me
‘ anfwered, itis the Lord of heaven, and earth, and of what.
foever isbetween them. Pharoah faid to them that were aboug
him, Hear ye not what he faith ? AZo/es continued his [{peech}
and faid, my Lord isyour God, the God of your fathers, and
of your predeceffors.§ Pharoah faid, this Prophet that.is fent to
youisafool ; AZo/es faid, I am indeed the Meffenger of the
Lord of the Weft and Eaft, if ye had underftanding to know
him: Pharoah faid, ifthou worfhip any other God but me, I
will caufe thee to be put unto the bottom of a pit; AZo/es
faid to him, wilt thou do it, feeing I amcome to thee with
reafons fo ftrong, and arguments fo infallible ? Pharoah {aid
unto him, bring thy reafonsif thouarttrue: Then he catt his
{tafe on the ground, and it was changed intoa Serpent, he
jt drew hishand ont of his bofom, it appeared white, and fhining
to the eyes of the fpeGators, Then faid Pharoah to them that
were about him, certainly, behold here a skilful Magician, he
would drive you from your Countrey through his magick,
what fay ye? They anfwered, he, with his brether muft be tere
rified, and men muftbe fent into all thy Cities, to affemblethe
moft knowing Magicians of all thy Dominions ; when they
came together at the day appointed, it was demanded of
them, if they were called to follow. the magick of Afofes, and |
of Aaron ? They faid, what fhall be our reward if we be vi@o-
rious ? Pharoah {aid unto them, yes, ye fhall be rewarded, and
be among them that approach my perfon. Mofes faid unto
) them, will you calt your ftaves on the ground, or fhall 1 firkt
g caft mine ? They calt their cords and their faves firlt, faying,
with the affiftance of Pharoab we fhall be vitorious ; then
Mofes calt his rod onthe ground, which devoured their cords
and {taves ; when they beheld this: miracle,they fell proftrate,
and
fh
The Alcoran of MAHOMET. Chap.26.
and faid, we believe in the Lord ofthe world, God of Mofes
and Aaron; Pharoah Said to them, if ye believe in Aofes
without my permiffion, ye fhall fee what fhall befall you;
heis your Mafter, he underftandeth magick better then you; I
will caufe your right feet and left hands, or your right hands
and left feet to becut off, and canfe you allto be hanged;
they faid, this fhall do us none harm, we fhall return before
God our Lord, we hope that he will remit ourfins, becaufe
we thall be the firt converts. We faid unto A4ofes, go with
the children of Z/rae/, my fervants, and fear not the people of
Pharooh that fhall follow thee : Pharoah fent his Com.
miffioners through his Dominions to affemble the people, and
faid, (fpeaking of the children of J/rae/) thofe men are few
in number, they have difpleafed me, but 1 will well awake
them. We moved Pharoah and his people to depart out of
Egypt, to purfue the children of //rae/; we caufed them to quit
their gardens, fountains, and houfes of pleafure, and made the
children of //rae/ heirs of their treafure ; they farprized chem
at the rifing of the Sun ; when the children of //rael beheld
them, they faid, we are overtaken : Mofes anfwered, no, my
Lord is with’me, he thall guide me; then we infpired Ad
to firike the fea with his rod, incontinently it divided it felfon
both fides, like two mountains ; we faved him, and albthat
were’ with him, and drowned the men of Pharoah; which
fhall ferve for'an example to the incredulous and obftinate,
thy Lord is omnipotent and merciful. Relate to unbelievers
the Hiftory of Abrabam, when he faid to his father and his
people, whom do yeadore? they anfwered, we adore our
Idols; he faid unto them, do they hear you when ye invoke
them? do they good unto you when ye worfhip them, of
mifchiefwhen ye negleé& them ? they anfwered, we finde that
our fathers worfhipped them as we do; Abraham faid unto
them, you and your fathers worfhip vain things, y¢ adore
only Idols, mine enemies ; I will not worfhip them, I will
worfhip the Lord of the world, who created, guideth, and
nourifheth me, who giveth me health when I amfick, who
maketh me to live, and will caufe me to die, and from whom
hope.
Lee. Tn Te
Chap.r6. The Alcoran of MAHOMET. 227
| hope for pardon of my fins at the day of Judgment : Lord
ik give me the knowledg of thy will, grant that my tongue and
words may be credited as true, by pofterity ; put me into the
ym, number of the heirs of Paradife ; pardon my father, who hath
ty beeninthe number of the erroneous,and make me not afhamed
atthe day of the Refurreétion; at the day, when riches and
ay Children fhall beunprofitable, except to fuch as thall have an
heart eftranged from impiety; God thal! make the righteous
to approach to Paradife, and the wicked to fee hell - they
fhall fay, can the Idols that ye adore fave you? can they fave
y themfelves ? They thall be, with you, their adherents, and the
devils, thrown headlong into the fire of hell: The Idolaters
fhall defpute in hell, with them whom they have worthipped,
and fhall fay, by God, we were abufed when we adored you,
», the wicked feduced us, we have none this day to intercede for
rus, neither friend to protect us ; could we return into the
world, we would believe in the Law of God ; this difcourfe
, fhall be for example to the wicked that believe not that thy
jy) Lord is the Omnipotent and mercifull. The people of
4 Woabs time flandered the Apoftles and Prophets that were
', fent tothem ; Noah their brother faid unto them, fear God, I
am his Meffenger, fent to preach unto you: fear God, and
obey him, I require no recompenfe for my inftruétions, God
1. the fole Lord of the world fhall reward my labours, fear and
"— obey him; They faid, (hall we believe in thee,and thy followers,
who are infamous ? He faid, I know not what they do, my
Lord keepeth accompt of their ations; if ye knew the right
* way, ye would not worthip Idols ; I drive not true believers
"from. my fociety, I am fent only to. preach the torments of
hell, They faid, O Nosh !. if thon quit: not this difcourfe
m thon fhalt be ftoned ; Noah faid, Lord, this people is impi-
® ous; judge our difference, deliver me from “their malice,
* and alletue believers thar are with me; We preferved him,
sf and thofe that were with him in the Ark, and dritroyed
them that remained on the earth: This is an evidence of
our Omnipotencie, yet the greateft part of Infidels believe
s* not that God is omnipotent. and merciful. The people
2 of
ies Bs
The Atcoran of Ma HOME T- Chap.26.
of Aads time traduced the Apoftles and Prophets that
were fent unto them; Hod his brother faid unto them, fear
God, I am his Meflenger, fent co. preach unto you with
fidelity. ‘Fear God and obey him,. I require of you no
recompenfe of my preaching, the Lord of the Univyerfe
fhall abundantly. reward me; Will ye build Towers, and
{ofty Palaces, as if ye fhould dwell eternally in the world?
Willye be cruell, without compaffion on your felves? Fear
- God and obey him; fear him who giveth you his grace, be-
i ftoweth on you wealth, children, gardens, and fountains; I
fear that ve (hall faffer grievous pains at the day of Judg-
ment: They faid unto him, art thou. come to be preached
unto, or to preach to us? Thou relateft to us old mens
Fables; They flandered him, and we deftroyed them: this
Ba isa token of our Omnipotencie, neverthelefs the greatett
Be a | part of Infidels*believe not thy Lord to be Omnipotent and
en merciful. The people of Temed belyed the Prophets that
i ; were fent unto them; his brother Satbe faid unto’ them,
fear God, I am a Meffenger fent from God to preach i
you, fear God and obey him; | require.of you no recompeile
for my preaching, the Lord of the Univerfe fhall recempenle
my labours, ; will ye forfake eternall riches, to cleave to the
wealth of this world, to put your truft in your gardens, your
fountains, your tillages, your dates, and fruits ? fhall-yebe
efteemed prudent ifye build houfes of pleafure in the moun-
tains? fear God, obey his Commandments, and obey not the
wicked, that defilethe earth, and do no good. They faid unto
him, thon art a Magician, and an Inchanter, thou art but a
man like unto us, fhew us fome miracle, if thou be indeed a
Prophet fent from God; he faid, behold therea Camel, he
hath a place to-drink at a day appointed, ye likewifehave it to
dtink as he, do him no harm, otherwife fhall ye be punithe
The Twks atthe day of Judgment. They did hurt this Camel through
oh a contempt, but had caufeto repent it, and were feverely pu-
enpgetin. nifhed. This is an example for pofterity ; neverthelels the
coarockby greatelt part of Infidels believe not that thy Lord is altoge:
Salhe. ther gracious and merciful, The Citizens of Lot eras
the
: Se
Chap.26. ‘The Alcoran of Ma Homer. 229
EN ICID ve metre penn re Renee cme ee
the Prophets that were fent unto them; Let their brother
S = faid, fear God, I ama faithfull Meffenger fent from him,
te preach to you, fear God, and obey him, I require of
‘i you no reward for my pains, God will reward me ;. will
tye cleave tothe werld, to reje@ thar glory that he hath crea-
i ted for you? ye forfake good to imbrace “evil, They faid,
i © Lot! if thon change not this difcourfe, we will banith
te thee from our City ; he faid, perhaps I am one of thofe
whom ye abhorr; Lord deliver me,with my family, from their
it hands, We fayed him with all his family, except his wife,
ji Who remained with the inhabitants of the City, we caufed
% to fall upon them a raine that deftroyed them, This is an
example for pofterity, neverthelefs the greateft part of In-
fidels believe not that thy Lord is Omnipotent and merciful,
They that inhabit the * Forreft, flandred the Prophets that * A Forreft
@ ‘Were fent unto them ; Chai faid to them, fear God, 1 am. a near to Ma.
is faithful meffenger fent from him, to preach unto youthe tor- cp valilin
i ments of hell; fear God. and obey him, I require no. re- :
| ward of you for my preachings the Lord of the Uniyerfe fhall
| recompence me: Meafure with good meature, and weigh with
wt good weights, detain nothing from, your neighbour, defile
x) Mot. the earth, fear him that created you, and all thofe chat
a -wete before you: They faid unto him, thou art a Sorcerer; thou
) art but aman like us, we. believe thee to be. a-lyar; if thou
art indeed fent from God, caufe a part of heaven-to fall
j, Upon us; he anfwered, God knoweth that of which yee are
yy ignorant; they traduced him, bue were chaftifed, being cove-
!
red with a cloud that rained upon them a fheweroffire; and
, they were burned, as ifit had been. the day .of Judgment : this
,, 18a token of my power, but the greateft part of Infidels be-
Ai¢venot that thy Lord is Omnipotent and merciful. Cer-
@ tainly the e4/coran was fent by the Lord of the world, the
faithfall Spirit infpired it into thine heart, that thow mayft
preach to the people the pains of hell in the Arabique
jj tongue ; the Scriptures heretofore made mention [of it ;"} if
, the Infidels of Adecea are ignorant of it, the Do@ors of the
« children of J/rael have Knowledg to underftand ir, although
Q 3 that
Sco Ebter'?y
‘and Kitab el
denoir.
The Alcoranof MA HOME T. (hap.26:
that we have not fent it in the language of the Perfians, yet
ceafe not to inftrué them in that which they know not; we
have imprinted a lye in the hearts of the wicked, they thall
not believe what is written in the Alcoran, untill they fee
the punifhment prepared for Infidels at the day of Judgment;
that day {hall come at unawares, of which they are ignorant,
They fay, let us tarry, and not believe as yet, im what is
contained in that book ; are they impatient untill they fee
their punifhment? Halt thou feen how they have fome years
deferred it, and how, intheend, that which we promifed be-
fell them ? their riches were to them unprofitable. Wehave
not deftroyed Cities without having forewarned them of
their deftrn€tion, we are unjuft to none.. The devils did not
bring the :Alcoran it was to them of none advantage,they could
not compofe it, they are remote [from the Angels] and cannot
heaftheir fpeech ; fay not there is another God with God;
if chou fay it, thou fhale be chaftifed ; preach the torments of
hell to them that thall follow thee; be humble and civilli
true believers 5 ifthey difobey thee, fay unto them, I am. immd:
centviof what ye do, and am refigned to the Will of Gos,
omnipotent and-merciful : He beholdéth thee when thou dott
pray, and worhip -him ; he heareth and knoweth all chings.
Shall tell ye to whom the devils addrefs themfelves ? they ap-
ly ‘themfelves to lyars, they’ cell to them what they have
heard fpoken, butthey al! lye. The erronious imitate the Poets;
they are confated in their difcourfe, and fay, they have done
what they have not, except thofe that believe in God, that
do good works, who often think of his divine Majefty, and
that have been protected againtt the injuftice of Infidels ,the
unjuftfhall know, that they thall one day rife again.
CHAP,
c -— ; ae 4
- — (hap.x7- The Alcoran of MAHOMET. 231
CHAP. XXVII.
The Chapter of the Pifmire, containing fourefcore and thirteen
Verfes, Written at Mecca.
N the name of God, gracious and mercifull. God is: moft
{ Hata underftandeth all. Thefe myfteries are the myfte-
ries of the e4/coran , which diftinguifheth the truch froma
lye, it conducteth men into the right way, and: proclaimeth
ft! the joyes of Paradife to fuch as believe. in the Law of
| God, who make their prayers at the time appointed , pay
- Tithes, and have knowledg of their end. They. that believe
it~ not in the day of Judgment , like well of what they do, and
areinconfufion , they fhall in the end be in the number of the
damned. The e4/coran was conveyed to thee from the moft
prudent, that knoweth all things. Remember thou that 7£o-
Ses faid to his family, I fee a fire, [goetoit, I will bring you
tydings , Iwill bring you a fparke, peradventure you thall
be warmed; When he drew néar to the fire; he heard a-voyce
that faidto him, oh AZo/es! that which is in: this fire 5 and
whatfoever is about it, is bleffed ; praife is -due to God,
Lord of the Univerfe ; Tam God omnipotent, and eternal] ;
Caft thy ftaffe on the ground: When AZo/es beheld his ftafte
Wi + tomove, as ithad beenalive, he went back very forrowfull,
ii’ andreturnedno more; Fear not that ftaffe, my meffenger
yi and my Prophets have no fear in my prefence, he that thall
be converted, (hall finde me gracious and mercifull. Put thine
) hand into thy pocket,it thall come forth white,without harme,
af it fhall be One of the nine marks of my omnipotency. Phas
roah, and his Minifters were altogether erroneous ; when they
faw my Miracles, they faid that they were but forcery ; they -
defpifed them, and encreafed their impiety ; Confider what
is the end of the wicked, and how they have been deftroyed 2
We gave knowledg to David and to Solomon; they faid,
God, who hath gratified us above many of his fervants that
have believed in his omnipotency ; Solomon was Davids heire,
Q.4 and
RE eee
The stéoran of MAHOMET. Chapaz,
and faid to the people , we underftand the Language of
birds, we know whatfoever can be known, it isan exceedin
great grace. Solomons Army being one day affembled before
him, compofed of men, Devils, and birds, he lead them to
the valley of Pifmires ; a Pifmire, cheir Queen, eryed ont,
oh Pifmires / enter into your houfes, leaft Solomon and his
tfoups trample you under foot, without knowledge of it,
Solamon hearing thefe words , remained fome time without
{peaking , and.in the end began to. laugh, faying, Lord affik
me, that I may give thee thanks for the benefits, and graces
which.thou didft conferre upon my father; If Ido well, thou
wilt accept it, place me through thy mercy in the number of
* ABird fo them that exalt thy glory ; He called for the * #hoope, and
galled. faid wherefore fee I not the Whoope ? is fhe in the number of
the abfent ? I will punifh and put her to death, if fhe have
nota Jawfulkexcufe; not long after, fhe humbled her felle
a before Salamon, who asked her whence the came ? fhe anfwer
ed, Icome from feeing what thou feeft nor, I come from the
f Kingdome of Saba, whence i bring certain tidings ; I hay
found a woman, their Queen, who hath whatfoever is mecth
f.- fary fora King ; fhe hath a great and magnificent Throne]
have found that fhe with her Subjects adore the Sunne, the De
vill,canfed them to delight in this their action, he hath fe
duced them from the right way, and they {hall be im error
untill they worhip one God, who fendeth rain from Hea-
ven, and maketh the Earth to produce plants and fruits, who
knoweth whatfoever isin the hearts of men, and what they
utter; God! There is but one God, Lord of the Univerle.
Solomon {aid , 1 hall foone fee if thou fpeak truth, of wht-
ther thou be in the number of the lyars; goe, beat to het
this letter , and obferve what fhe and her people fhall an-
be fwer ; Ather arrivall, che Queen faid to her Miniftersy Oh
ye that are raifed.todignity in my dominions! a Letter is g
ven me from Solomon, of thistenour, Inthe nameof God
gracious and mercifull, rife not up againft me, and obey me
Give me counfell, what T ought to-do, I will do noching with
ont yout advice , and what you-fee not with youreyes: They
anfwered,
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anfwered, Our welfare and mifery depend on thee, command
whatfoever fhall feemgood to thee, and we wil! obey thee
os She faid, VVhen Kings enter a City, they introduce many
, diforders; they abafe, and humble the chief of the Inhabitants,
and the moft eminent; if Solomon and his people come hither,
they will ufe [us] in thelikemaner. I think it requifite to
fend tohim an Ambaflador with {ome prefents, perhaps he
willtakea refolution toreturn. VVhen the Ambaffador ar-
iN rived in Solomons prefence, he faid unto him, Do ye bring me
ii| prefents? God hath beftowed on me more niches then on you,
Mt prefents rejoyce you, becawle ye love them: Retarn to them
‘it that fent you, lwillgo vifit them: with forces fo great, that
“s — they fhall not be able to refift ; 1 will drive chem out of their
dominions, and they fhall be miferable, if they obey me not :
ih Then he faid to his people, Sirs, who will bring to me the
dis Royal Seat of that woman, before the and her fubjeets
kai obey me ? One of the Devils faid unto him, I, T will
‘fos bring ic before thou arife from thy place : Tam rong Golaldin faith
s;\t enough to bear ir, I will carry it carefully. One of them he knew the
«st that attended Solomon, who knew the Scriptores, faid, I will name of
‘lw bring it to thee inthe twinkling of an eye : When Solomoy S0d-
wt! beheld this Throne before him, he faid, Behold here 4
1.) favor of God, totry if Iwould acknowledg his benefits. He
yl) that returneth thanks to God for his graces, performeth his
yy «= duty ;_ he reje@teth him chat is ingrateful. I willtry if the
yw followeth the right way, or whether the bein the number of
y, the feduced. They changed fomething in her Royal feat, to This Queen
fy try if the would know it, when fhe arrived itt Solomons Pre- was called
te fence, At her arrival, they fhewed it her, and asked if it re- Balkis.
fembled her own ; the replyed, It refembleth it, asif it were Se¢ Gelaldin,
the fame: She had Knowledg of the right way; bne that
i which the people, and the adored, infteed of God; had feduced
y themfrom the obedience of his divine Majefty. They fpake
ns to her to enter into a gallery ; when the beheld the pavement,
the believed ic tobe water ; and in lifting up her cobe,fearing
to wet it, difcovered her leg.. Sodomon told her, that the pave.
ment was of pollithed glafs, and exhorted her to embrace the
f Law
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Law of God. Then fhe faid, Lord, I am too blame, in having
offended thee; I am obedient with Solomon, to the Com-
mand ments of the God of the Univerfe. We fent Salheto
Temod, and his people, to exhort them to worfhip one God :
He faid unto them, O people! flie to the merty of God ;
if ye implore pardon of him, ye fhall be pardoned. They
faid, Wouldft thou draw us into thine error ? and into the error
of them that are with thee ? He faid,God fhall chaftife you, ye
are feditious. They were nine perfons in the City. that defiled
the earth, and did no good; they faid among them, Let us this
night kill the Prophet, and his adherents: VVe will fay to
them that feek him, That we faw him not, neither them that
flew him; and will {wear that we fpeak truth-: They were
cunning, but we were more fubtile then they, and they knew
it not. Confider what wasthe iffue of their ftratagems ; we
deftroyed them with-their followers ; and their honfes are be
come defart, becaufe of their impiety. . This thall ferve for ex
ample to them that have knowledg of our Omnipotency:
We ferved the Prophet, and all the Trne-believersthat were
withhim: . Remember thou the Hiftory ef Lor, who faid@
his Citizens, V Villye alway defile your felves in uncleannef,in
each others view ? will ye love men more then women ? fe
areignorant. They replyed, Let us drive Lor and his family
out of our City ; they defile not themfelves like us, VVe pre-
ferved him, with all his family, except his wife ; the remained
among them that were chaftifed. VVe gaufed ir to rainupon
them, arain that gave them to know the feverity of out cha-
Rtifements. Say unto them, Praifed be God, chat deftroyeth
the wicked, and falvation to all thofe who he hath chofen;
are they not more happy, ‘then fuch as believe there arematy
Gods ? VVho created the Heavens and the Earth? VVho
caufed rain to fall from Heaven? VVho hath made many de-
licious gardens to bring forth > You have not the power to
caufe the plants to {pring forth, without the affiftance of God.
Certainly unbelievers do erre from the right way. VVhohath
eftablifhed the Earth, and made the rivers to flow 2 VVho hath
made heavy the Mountains? VVho but God hath put fepara-
tion
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tion that is between the Seas? The greateft part’of the world
know itnot. Who rendrech men miferable ? who delivers
eth them from affi@ion when they invoke him ? who hath
caufed youto multiply ; and leave your poftericy on Earth,
but God? Neverthelefs few men give him thanks... Who gui-
deth in. the darknefs of the Earth and Sea? who but God
fendeth the windes, the forerunners of raine > he is moft high,
and moft powerfull , but the wicked wil! not confider the ef.
fects of his omnipotency. . Who formeth men? who maketh
them to live, dye, and rife again? who enricheth them with
the wealth of Heaven, and of Earth, but God ? Say unto
them, produce your reafons, bring your arguments , if what
ye alleadg betrue; Say unto them, none but God knoweth
what is in‘ Heaven and Earth, no man knoweth the fature,
prefent and paft ; do men know the day of the Refurre@ion 2
Contrariwife they doubt, and areblinde. The wicked have
faid, what? we fhall be duft, as are our fathers , and fhall
come forth out of our graves ! This washeretofore promi-
fedto our fathers, and to us, this*is but a fable of old men:
Tell them, that they confider not what was heretofore the
end of the wicked ; afi not thy felfe, for that they confpire
again&t thee, and that they demand at what time they thal!
fee the punifhent that is foretold them : Say unto them , it is
not farre from you, ye throw your felves headlong into it, but
God ‘is pitifull towards his people, nevertheléfs the grea-
teft part give him no thanks for his grace, thy Lord knoweth
what isin their heart, and whatfoever they {peak ; there ‘is
nothing in Heaven or Earth, chat is not written in a moft in-
telligible Book; the A/coran explaineth to the Children of
Mfracl the greateft part of their difficulties » It will guide
them into the right way , and deliver from Hell them that
fhallbelieve thee , thy Lord fhall judge them at the day of
Judgment, he is omnipotent and wife; Truft thou in God,
thou art in the way of truth ; the dead and deaf thall not hear
thee, and unbelievers’ thal! depart from thee penfive and
aftonifhed , thou oughteft not to guide the blinde , neither
to make the deaf to hear, except fuch as (hall beticve in the
Alcoran
* Mecca,
See-Gelaldin-
The Alcoran of MAHOMET. (hap.27,
Alcoran, and be obedient, when the time of the punifhment
that is denounced againft them fhallbecome; we will caule
a Beaft to come from under the Earth , that fhall fpeak unto
them, and fhall fay, The people believe not in the Law of
God , they know not his wondrous works. Be thou mindfull
of the day , whenI will aflemble a multitude of all Nations
that have difobeyed my Commandments, to give accompt of
their actions: 1 will fay unto them, ye have traduced my Pro-
phets, ye know not what ye faid, what have ye done ? Then
{hall they be punifhed for their finnes, and be inexcufable,they
fhall not fpeak a word. Do not Infidels fee that we have
created the night for reft, and the day for travell?* this is
fign of my omnipotency; Be thou mindfull of the day
wherein the Angell hall found the Trumpet, and whatfoever
is in Heaven and Earth, thal! tremble with fear, except fach
-as (hall be in the favour of God ; that day fhale thou fee the
Mountains fufpended, to move like thé Clouds, this thall be
a work of God, who created all things, and knoweth chet
end; He that fhallhave done good works, fhall be rewardét
he fhall be without fear; and they that had done evill,thall t
main in the fire of Hell ; Ic fhall be faid unto them, are ye not
chaltifed according to your demerits? Say unto the people;!
command you to worfhip the Lord of this priviledged * G-
ty, allthings appertain cohim; I command you ro believe
inthe unity of his divine Majefty, and to ftudy the Alcoran ;
who fo doth good, fhall finde good. Say unto them that fhall
be feduced, I am fent only to preach the torments of Hell;
Say to True-believers, prayfed be God that hath given you
to fee his Miracles, and hath given you knowledg of the
tight way ; thy Lord isnotignorant of what they do.
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RR eee ai a a
CHAP. XXVIII.
The (Chapter, of Hiftory , containing fourefcore and eight
Verfes, Written at Mecca.
N the Name of God, gracious and mercifull. Godis moft
te ; he underftandeth all things, and is moft wile. Thefe
mylteries are the myfteries of the Book that diftinguifheth the
truth fromatie. T relate to thee the hiftory of Afofes, and
of Pharoah with truth ; for the contentment of True-belie-
vers. Pharoah was powerfull on Earth, he entreated his
Subjeéts as feemed good co him, he tormented one party, and
murthered their Children , he abufed their wives, and was of
them that defiled the Earth ; 1 gave my grace to them that
were affi@ed on Earth, Imade them fuccetfors of. Pharoahs
_ Kingdome , I eftablithed them in his dominions ; I made
| Pharoah , Haman, and their Army to fee what they moft
' feared ; we faid to the mother of Mofes, give fuck to thy
' Childe ; if thou feareft that they will mifchief him > caft him
upon Wile, fear not, neither afi thy felf, I will reftore
him to thee between thine armes, and place him in the num-
ber of Prophets. The domeftiques of Pharoah found him
upon the water, and faved him, to be one day their enemy,
andto torment them, becaufe Pharoah , Haman , and their
people were Infidels. Pharoahs wif
thee not to faffer this Infant to be flain, mine eves rejoyce
to feehim, he fhall one day be profitable for ont fervice >.a$
refrain to let them know that fhe was his mother ; we caufed
her to have patience , and the had faith in our promifes 3 She
fpake tohisfifter to follow him ftep by ftep , the followed
afar off, without intimation that the was his fifter, orthat the
regarded him We had before prohibited Adofes to fuck the
milk of any other nurfe » then that of his mother ; his fitter
faid
8 The Alcoran of MAHOMET. Chap.28.
{aid to Pharoahs fervant , will ye that I provide youa nurfe,
and people that fhall carefully nourifh him ? ‘We caufed him
to be reftored to his mother,to nurfe him ; the ceafed from her
fadnefs, when fhe knew, and faw that God was fincere in what
he had promifed, but the sreateft part of the people know it
not. When AZofes was aged, about thirty three years,we gave
him knowledg and wifdom ; thus dol reward the righte- |
ous; ~ Wofes entring one day into the City, met two met
that fought; the one was of the Children of Ifrael , and the
other was an Egyptian, and of his enemies, whom he als
faulted, and flew ; after this he faid, the Devill cempted me,
he is the open enemy of men 5 Lord, I have offended thee,
pardon.me ; he pardoned, him, he .is gracious and merciful;
Lord, fince thou haft been fo gracious.co me, 1 will never
give aid or fuccour to Infidels; He continued in the City
with fear, and kept himfelf upon his guard ; onthe mortoli
he again met bim,, whom the day before he had defended,
who fought likewife with another Egyptian ,..and requued
his affitance ; (Mofesfaid unto him , thou art feditious si
replyed, oh A4Zofes wilt thou flay me, asthou didft flay: fi
yelterday 2. Wilt thou be amurtherer of all men, or ajith
man2.. Not long after aman came {_ in haft] to him frommaie
utmoft part of the City,, who faid unto him , oh J4a/es 1 the
Officers of Pharoah have confpired againit thee, they defire
to put theeto.death ; fave thy felfe, and follow my counfell;
He departed from the City with: fear), keeping himfelfe up-
on his guard, befeeching his Lord to deliver him from the
hands of Infidels; he wentrowards Adadian, and faid, Lord
faffer-me not to follow-anvevill way.5; He met a great number
of perfons that made their flocks, to drink , he’ with. them
found two maids that cond not.water. their Cattell, he faid
unto them, whatdo ye two,achere?,, We have not rengt
to. draw water to give our beafts: to, drink. , We tatty for
the Shepheard , our tatheris cop old to draw. fit.J. He drew
water. out.of the well'to.wate: their. Cattell, and. withdrew
toa, fhade . becaufe of the heat-of the Sunne, faying’s Lord
Tamdeprived.of all the graceswhich heretofore chou of
contet
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Chap.28. The Alcoranof ManHoMmerT. °* 239
confer on me, I am now poor and neceffitous. One of
thofe maidens cameto feek him, and ‘bathfully faid unto him,
my father‘calleth thee, to recompenfe thee for the pains thou
haft taken in watering our cattell; When he was inthe old
mans prefence, he related what hadbefaln him. The old
man faid, fear nothing, I will deliver thee from the hands of
the wicked; one of his daughters faid to her fifter, sive to
this man toeate, and reward his pains, he affifted us with af,
fection ; their father faid unto him, I will marry thee to
one of my two daughters, on condition, that thou wilt have a
care of my flocks the fpace.of cight years ; ten years if it pleafe
thee, faid AZo/es ; 1 willnot forfake thee, thou fhatt finde me
an honeft man, I will ferve thee the two termes, either eight or
ten years, as fhall feem good to thee, God is witne{s of what I
fay. After the terme expired, AMofes forfook the houle of
_ his father in law ; withdrawing with his wife, he beheld afar
Off a great fire on the fide of the mountain, and faid to his wife,
tarry here, Ufee the fire of the Omnipotent, I will {peedily re-
turn, Lwillbring you a fpark; peradventure you fhall be war.
med: when he drew near to this fire, they cried unto him from
the right fide of the valley, from an eminent place, and from a
buth, O Afofes! 1 am God, Lord of the Univerfe, caft thy
ftaffe on the ground ; when he beheld his ftaffe to move; as it
had been alive, he fled for fear, and returned no more : O AZo
fes | draw near, and fear not, thowart ina phice of fafety, pot
thine hand into thy pocket, it thall come out white and fhining,
without harm ; draw back thine arm into thy fleeve, it thall
return to its former condition ; thy ftaffe and thine hand thall
be two figns of my Omnipotency to Phareah and his Minifters,
who difobey my Commandments; Mofes faid, Lord, I have
flain an FE Eypttan, Yam afraid they will take away my life,
command ¢470n, who is eloquent, to go with me, to aid me,
and to confirm what I thal! fay, I fear they will traduce me; 1
will give thee thy brother for thine affiftant, Iwilf give to you
both ftrengthto defend your {elves from theit malice ; go, do
what is commanded you, ye “fhall be victorious, and all thofe
that thal! follow you: when A4ofescame to Pharoah, he made
him
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him to fee my miracles,and preached my Commandmentsto his
Minifters ;they faid, this is but magick and witchcraft, we haye
not heard thefe things to have becn fpoken to our predecef-
fors. AZofes faid, the Lord knoweth him that teacheth the
right way, and him that ought to have part in Paradife, Infidels
fhall be moft miferable. Pharoah {aid to his Minitters, do ye
know any other God but me? O Haman \ Net me offer facri-
fices, and build a Temple, fhall I deceive my felf with the God
‘of Mofes? 1 believe him to be in the number of lyars. He
became proud on earth, with his Minifters, and they believed
that they fhould ever be aflembled before me to be judged ;
we furprized him with his people, and canfed him to perth in
the Sea ; confider what is the end of unbelievers ; we abandon.
edthem, and they are in the number of the condemned to
the fire of hell. They fhall finde none to protect them at the
day of Judgment ; we curfed them on catch, and at the dayof
the Refurrection they hall be abominable to all the world,
We taught Ado/es our Commandments, after the deftrudion
of many Infidels before his coming. We gave him the Book, }
to be a light to the people, to condud them into che fight
way, and acquire our grace, peradventure they will remem:
ber. Thon wert not with. Wo/es when we {pake to him; we
created another age after him, thou didft not at that time
dwell with the Inhabitants of A4adian, neither didft thon |
teach them our Commandments ; it is we that have inftracted
thee in the Hiftory of paft ages;thou wert not on the mountain
when we fpake to.1Zo/es;we fent thee through our fpecial grace,
to preach to, men the torments of hell; they havenotyet hada
preacher like unto thee, perhaps they will confider it, when
they felt any punifhment for their fins, they faid, Lord, hadlt
thou fent us an Apoftle to inftrudt us, we fhould have obeyed
thy Commandments, and have believed in thy Law: and when
on our part they, were inftruéted in the Truth, they faid, doth
Mahomet work miracles like AZofes >? -do they not traduct
what A4o/es did, when they fay, that 2Z0/es and AZabomet at,
two apparent Sorcerers? and when they faid that they believed
neither. Prophet, nor. Scripture ? Say unto them, a
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Chap.28, The Alcoranof MaHowmeET. 241
book from God , that better ceacheth the right way then the
Old Teftament , and more favingly thenthe Alcoran, 1 will
followit, if ye fpeak thetruth: If theybenot heard when
they fhall require this book, know, that they follow only
their own appetites, and their impiety ; who is more erro-
ncous then he that followeth but his own paffion, and is not
guided of God ? he guideth not. Infidels; Certainly we
have fent them the eA/coran , peradventure they will believe
init ;they, to whom we heretofore fent this book believe in
the contents thereof; when they hear it read, they fay, we
believe in thofe words, it isthe very truth that proceedeth
from God ; we believe in the unity of his divine Majelty,
they fhallbe doubly rewarded, becaufe they have perfevered
in well-doing; they have overcome ev:ll through their good
deeds, and have expended in good works part of the wealth
that we gave them. When they heard the faith evill {poken of,
; they withdrew themfelves,took leave of the company,and faid,
ye thall anfwer for your, and we for our a@ions. Regard not
the ignorant, thou fhalt not convert all them char thou fhale
defire to convert ; God converteth, and guideth into the
right way whom he pleafeth , and knoweth fuch as ferve
him. They faid , if I follow with thee the right way, T muft
forfake my Country. Shall not 1 eftablith them in q place of
fafety,where they thal finde all forts of fruits to enrich them 2
but che greateft part of the people know it not. How many Ci-
ties have we deftroyed,that took pleafure in their evill life? No
man inhabited them any more, except very few, and we became
heirs.of their riches. God thall not deftroy Afecca, untill he
have fent an Apoftle to inftru@ the Inhabicants thereof in
the right way: God deftroyeth not a City, if the Inhabirants
be not unjult, and difobey not his Commandiments cane
wealth of this world which ye poffeffe, pleafeth you, but the
riches of Heaven are much better, and eternal! ; will ye not
underftand it ? Have we not kept promife with them to
whom we promifed Paradife? aad withthem.to whom we
promifed the riches ot this world, and inthe end were inthe
number of the damned? Be thou mindfull of the day when
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The Alcoranof MAHOMET. Chap.28
thy Lord fhall call them , and fay unto them, where are yout
Idols, whichye believed to be my Companions ? the chief
of them hall fay , Lord, behold thofe that were feduced like
us. we are innocent of their Idolatry , they adored not us;
they fhall fpeak that day to the Idolaters to invoke theif
Idols , but they fhall not hear them, they fhalf be vifibly cha- -
fifed on Earth: © Be thou mindful of the day when thy Lord
fhall call them, and fay unto them, wherefore have ye not
believed my Apoftlesand my Prophets? they fhall be con-
founded, and remain dumb. He that fhall be converted,
and do good works, fhall be happy. Thy Lord createth what
pleafeth him, and maketh choyce of what feemeth to him
good. Praifedbe God, he hath no companion, he knoweth
what is inthe hearts of men, andwhat they make manifet;
he is God, there isno God but he, prayfe is due to him in the
beginning , and inthe end, he commandeth over all things,
and all people fhall one day be affembled before him to be
judged ;-Say unto them , Had God given a continual! night
even untillthe day of Judgment, what other God is chee
that is able to give you light ? will ye not hear me ? Aid
God given you a continuall day untill the day of Judgment,
what other God could have given the night to refrefh yout
will ye not confider his benefits and his grace? he hath cre-
ated the night for repofe, and the day for labour y peradven-
ture-ye will give him thanks. Be thou mindfull of the day,
__ when thy Lord fhall calf the Infidels , and fhall fay unto them,
where arethe Idols that ye worfhipped ? We will calla wit-
nefs of every Nation, and will fay to the Idolaters, Bring your
arguments that may prove the plurality of Gods; Ye thall
this day know your blafphemies, and that there is but one
God. (aren wasof the people of AZv/es , he was proud, be-
canfe of his riches ; we gave him fo great treafures, what many
men were burthened when they conveyed away the Keyes.
Remember how his people faid unto him, Rejoyce not above
meafure in thy great wealth, God abhorreth them that re
joyce without reafon; Beg fof him Paradife; with thy: riches
forget not todo good in this world, give almes of i
anee
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{tance which God hath given thee, be not difobedient to him
on Earth, he abhorreth thofe that difobey him ; thefe riches
were given thee, becaufe thou didft inftru@ the people in the
Old Teftament ; knoweft thou not that God (deftroyed in
times paft many rich and opulent perfons? Who is more
ftrong, more powerfull, more rich then God? He will not
enquire of the wicked the number of their finnes, he knoweth
all, and the accompt. Carex one day went forth in publique,
with all his retinue; They that affe@ted the wealth of this
world, faid , Would to God we had as much wealth as (4
ron; he is happy | but the more knowing among them faid,
yeare unhappy , the grace of God is more advantageous to
them that believe in his Law, and do good works, then all the
treafures of Caron ; none fhall receive his grace but {uch as
fhall obey him, and perfevere, in obedience to his Command-
ments. We deprived Caron of all his treafures, and none was
able to protect him againft us; then they thar’ had coveted
his riches, faid, oh miracle ! God giveth to, and depriveth of
wealth whom to him feemeth good ; Had not God given us
his grace, we had been neceffitous ; certainly the wicked thall
be miferable ; I will beftow Paradife on them that hate vanity
and diforder on the Earth, and thall have my fear before
their eyes ; whofoever thall do good, hall finde good ; who
doth evill, thal! be chaltifed after his demerits. He that hath
taught thee the Adcoran-, thall caufe thee to return to the
* place that thou defireft: Tell the Inhabitants of thar place, * Mecca,
thas God knoweth them that teach the right way, and. fuch as See Gelaidin,
gocaitray. Thou didft not expe@ the Alcoran, it is a {peci-
ali grace of thy Lord; affift notthe Infidels , and take heed
left they feduce thee, after having learnt what hath been
tanght thee; Preach to the people the unity of God, Be not
in the number of them that believe many Deities, adore God
alone, there is no God but he ; all things fhall have end , ex-
cept his face, he commandeth over every thing, and all men
fall one day appear before himto be judged.
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BS St rie =
The Alcoranof MAHOMET. Chapag.
CHAP. XX1%.
The Chapter of the Spider, containing fixty mne Verfes, Write
ten at Mecca.
Nthe name of God , gracious and merciful: I am God
moft wife. Menhave believed that it is fuffictent to fay,
webelievein God, and that they benor proved : Certainly
God proved their predeceffors , atid knew fich as were zea-
fous in his Law, and them that were Infidels. Do they who
have done evill, think to efcape the punifhment of their
crimes, and not to be judged? Such as hope to fee God,
(hall behold him at the time appointed by his divine Majelty;
he underftandeth and knoweth all things. He chat fighteth
forthe faith, fighteth for his foul ; certainly God hath to
need of men, their fines fhalfbe pardoned who fhall beliere
in his divine Majefty, and thall do good works. We enjoyned
the children of Ifraclto honour their facher and mother, and
todo good to them; if they prefs thee to worfhip muy
Gods, thou fhalt be damned, if thou give ear to them; obey
them not in this matter, ye fhall be aflembled before me, I
willferbefore you allthat ye have done, I will reward you
according to your works , and place {ich as fliall have ob-
ferved my Law in the number of the bicffed. : There be
men who affirm, that theybelieve in God, and are impatient
when evill befalleth them from God to prove them: If God
give victory to the True-believers , they fay, that they are om
theirfide, but doth not God know what is in their heart?
He knoweth chem that believe in his Law , and thofe that atc
impious, The Infidels faid tothe’ True-believers , do like us,
follow our way, we will bear your finnes; They will not
bear them, they arelyars, they fhall bear their own burdens ;
fkallnot an accomptof their finnes be required ofthem atthe
day of Judgmengs We ent Noah to inftrué men , he lived
upon the Earth nifie hundred and fifty years. The Flood fur
prized, and deftroyed the people of his time , becaufe they
welt
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were unjuft, and we faved Noah, and thofe chat were with him
ia the Ark ; this ought to ferve for example.to all the world.
Remember Abraham, who faid to his people, Adore one
God , and fear him, ye fhall do well, if ye have knowledge
tocomprehendit; ye worthip but Idols, and are but lyars,
thofe whom ye worfhip cannot benefit you ; implore fuc-
cor ef God, worfhip him, and give him thanks for his
graces, ye fhall one day appear before him, if ye traduce me;
thofe that were before you traduced the Prophets, Gods
Meflengers: Meffengers are obliged only to difcharge their
meflage ; areye ignorant chat God caufeth men to dye, and
fall raife them again ? it is a thing eafie to God : Walk
through the Earth , and confider how God hath extirpated
your predeceffors, and created after them another people,
certainly he is omipotent. Heypunifherh and pardoneth as
he feeth good, youall thallone day be affembled before him
tobe judged ; you fhall not render him impotent , either an
Earth, or in the Heavens, ye thall finde none of power to
protec, or defend you againft his divine (Majefty ; fuch as
obey not hisCommandments, who believe not the reforredti-
on, and difpair-ofhis mercy , (hall fuffer great torments ; The
peopleanfwered, kill Abraham, and burn him ; but God deli-
vered him from the fire that they had kindled ,which fhall ferve
for example to True-believers, Hefaidunto them,ye adore on-
ly Idols, becaufe of your loveto.the wealth of the world 3 ye
fhall defpife and curfe each other at the day of Judgment, Hell
fhall be your habitation, and ye fhall be deprived of protedti-
on, Lot believed in his words, and faid, I willretire to the
place which my Lord fhallappoint me ; he alone is omnipo-
tent, and molt wife, We pave to e4brahamtwo fons, D/aae
and Fucob; wecaufed Prophets to beborn of his race, and
taught his progeny the Scripture ; we rewarded himin this
world, and he fhall be at the day of judgment in the number
of the bleffed.. Remember Lor, who faid to his people, Ye
defile your-felyes with filthinefs, unknown to any before you;
ye incline te the love of men, ye tob upon the high ways, and
defile one another. - This people anfwered, “Let us {ee the
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judgments of God,if what thou fpeakeft be true. Then he faid,
Lord prote@ me: againft unbelievers.. When our Meffengets
came towatds Abraham, to declare to him that he fhould have
children ; they faid unto him, VVe will ruine Lots City, and
deftroy all the inhabitants thereof, becaufe theyare impious.
Abraham antwered, Lot dwelleth in that’ City ¥ they faid,
We know all that iswithin it, and we will preferve him, with
ail his family, except his wife, the fhall bein the number of
them that fhall be punifhed. WVhen our Meffengets arrived
at Lots houfe, he wastroubled, in that he had not ftrength
fufficient to defend them from the malice of the people; they
faid unto him, Fear nothing, neither afflict thy felf” We will
preferve thee, and all thy family, except thy wife; fhe fhall
abide among them that (hall be deftroyed ; we will caufe the
indignation of God to fall upon this City, becaufe of their
impiety ; it fhall ferve for example to pofterity. Wee fent
Chaib to his brethren; the inhabitants of Adadian ; he faid
unto them, VVorfhip one God, fearthe day of Judgment,
and defile not the Earth. . They impudently traduced him
but were furprized by an Earthquake, and remained dead im
their houfes, as carkales. VVe deftroyed Aad, and Temm,
their ruine is yetapparent in the places of théir habitations;
the Deviltempted and feduced them from the right way, not-
withftanding they knew their error. We deftroyed Carm,
Pharaoh, and Haman ; Mofes preached to them my Com-
mandments ; they contemned them, and became proud inthe
Earth, but efcaped not the punifhment of their crimes. We
chaftifed fome by an impetuous«wind , and other were fur-
prized by thunder ; we deprived them of their «riches, and
they were drowned. God was not unjuft cowards them, they
drew mifchief on themfelves through their impiety. They
that worlhip Idols are like to the Spider; the buildeth her
hanfe of her cob-web, that cannot defend from heat or cold.
They would not adore Idols, did they underftand what they
do; God feeth what they. worfhip, he is omnipotent and
wife. I teach the people thefe parables, and none but the
wife underftand them. Truly God created Heaven and Earth,
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itis afign of his Omnipotency to: True-believers... Inftrust
them in the Book that is infpired into thee; make thy prayers
at the time appointed, prayers divert. men from'fin; to be
mindful of God ts the beft work thou canft perform, he know-
eth all che actions of men. Difpute with mildnefs againit
them that have knowledg of the written Law, except again{t
the wicked thatare among them. Say unto them, We believe
in what hath been taaght you, and in what hath been taught
us: Your God, and our God is one God ; we are tefignedto
his divine will. _We have fent thee the A/coran, aswe fent to
them the Old Teftament.: Such as underftand the Old Tefta-
ment, believe in the Truth of the Alcoran, Thou haft-nor
written it with thine own hand; hadft thou written it, thou
hadft caufed them to doubt, who defire to make it void : Cer-
tainly it containeth, and teacheth intelligibly the Command-
ments of the Law ;_ none but Infidels reje@ it. They have faid,
We will not believe in this Book, unlefs God work init fome
miracle. Say untothem, Miracles. proceed from God, I am
fent only to preach the torments of Hell. Is it not fafficient,
that we have fent thee the 4/coran toinftru@& them ? It con-
taineth the effects of my mercy and precepts,neceflary for their
falvation. Say unto them, it fufficeth that God is witnefs of
mine actions, betwixt you and me ; he knoweth whatfoever is
in Heaven, and in Earth » They that believe in Idols,and have
not faithin God, are damned. They urge thee to make them
feethe punifhment of theircrimes; if the time were come,
they fhould foon feel it; they fhall refcent it, when they leaft
think of it, but they know it not; they thall prefs thee to
make them fee it. Say untothem, Hellis prepared for Infidels,
When they thall be plunged in torments over their heads, and
under their feet, it thall be faid unto them, Tafte the punifh-
ment which ye have deferved. Oye people that believe ! The
Earth isfufficiently large and {pacious for you, to feparate your
felves from the wicked ; worfhip me alone, all Creatures fhall
die, and be affembled before me to bejudged. The True-
believers that fhall have done good works, fhall inhabit Para.
difc, wherein flow many rivers ; wherein isthe reward of the
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righteous, of them that perfevere to do good, and are pati.
ent in their affiGion ; and truftimtheir Lord. How many
beafts be there thar have nct wherewith to live ? God nourifhe
eth them, and you alfo ; he underftandeth and knoweth all
things. If thou ask of the Infidels, who created Heaven and
Barth, the Sun, and che Moon? they will fay, IvisGod. Where
fore then do they deny his Unity ? God enricheth and im-
poverifherh whom pleafeth him, he is omnifcient. If thou de
mand of them, who caufeth the rain to fall from Peaven, to
give life tothe Earth, after the death thereof ? they will fay,
ItisGod, Say unto them, Praifed be God,that ye avonehic ;
neverthelefs, the greateft part of men underftand it not. The
life of this world is but iport and vanity, life isin Paradife,
had they knowledg to comprehend. When they enter into a
fhip, and fee the vempeft, they call upom God, and proreft to
profefs his Law : And whenhehath preferved them on the
Land, they: are imgratefch for his grace, and return co their
Idolatry, they fhall too lave underitand theirerror. Know
they mot that we have eftablithed in Azecca all fafery and fig
dom ? and:that mem are taken away by violence to be’ flan,
and made flaves? believe they in things unprofitable ? fhull
they be mgrateful for che graces of God ? who is more im-
pions chen he that blafphemeth againft God, and impugneth
the known Truch? 1s there no place in Hell for the wicked ?
Iwill guide into the right way thes that fhall fight for the
Faith; God is with then that do good.
CHAP. XXX.
The ay of the Grecians, containing fixty Verfes, Written
at Mecca,
i ie the name of God; graciousand merciful. I am the mot
B wifeGod. The Grecians were vanquifhedupon the frontier
ef vhe Per/ims, but fhal-be vittorions beforethe endiof feven
yeers. God difpofeth allthings from the beginning to the en
Whenthey thallbe victorious, the True-believers fhall rejoyet
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in the victory that God thall givethem; he proteéteth whoin
tohim feemeth good; he is emnpotent and merciful. He
hath promifed them vitory, and departeth not from his pro-
mifes; of which the greateft pare of men areignorant ; they
afteét the life of this world, and confider not their end: Wii!
they not confider that God hath created the heavensand the
earth, and all that is in them? and hath appointed to every
thing a limited and prefixed tim:? Certainly the greatest
part of the people believe not in the Refurre@ion : Will
they not confider the end of their predeceflors, who were
more powerfulland wealthy then they? Ged hath fent to
allan Apoftle to teach themhis Law, he hath done to them no
injuftice, they have drawn mifchixf on themftyes through
their iniquity ; the end. ofthe wieled hall be like to their
works, they defpife the Commandnents of God, and deride
them, but God fhall canfe them to lie, and rife again, and all
thall be aflembled before him at the day of Judgement ;that
day (hallthey be defperate, their Idols thal! not intercede for
them, they fhall forfake them, and they thall be feparated
from the true-believers. Such as believe in God. and do good
works, (hall enjoy the delights of Paradife,andithe wicked thal
be chaftifed according totheirdemeits, Praife God,pray unto
him evening and morning. praife is dueto him in heaven and
earth ; pray unto him before the Sin fer. andat the hour of
noon ; he maketh the deadto come cut of the living, and the
living out of the dead ; he caufeth the barren earth to revive,
and grow green after its death; in ike manner will he caufe
you to arife again,and come out of your fepulchres: itis a fign
of his Omnipotency,ro have created you of earth,to have given
you flefh and bones,andto have created the woman (of the rib
of the man } to dwell with him; he hath commanded you to
love mutually, and to exercife charity among you, thefe things
are figns of his Omnipotency to them that confider his graces.
The creation of heaven and earth; th: diverfity oftongues, the
differences of your vifages, and of yeur-colour, the might crea-
ted for repofe, andthe day. for travell, che lightning that terri-
fieth the people, and which throngh-rain caufeth the carth’a-
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gain to flourifh, are figns of his Omnipotency : It isa token of
his Omnipotency to {uftain the heaven, and the earth ; ye fhall
come out of your fepulchres when he fhall call you, whatfoever
is in heaven and earth obey him ; he caufech men to die, and to
rife again, he alone is God in heaven and earth he is Omnipo-
tent, and knoweth all things. He fpeaketh to youin a parable,
drawn from your felves, your flaves ; are they your Compant-
nions ?. do they equally partake with you in the goods which
God hath given you? How then will ye fay that God hath a
companion equal to him ? Thus do T unfold his my fteries to
perfons that have knowledg to comprehend them ; certainly
the wicked have followed their appetites with ignorance ; who
fhall guide him whom God fhall canfe to err ? he thall
finde no protector ; embrace the law of Salvation, God hath
eftablithed it, that men may obferve it; it admitceth no altera.
tion,but the greateft part of the world are ignorant of it : Fear
God, make your prayers at the time appointed ; be not liketo
them that fay,God hath a companion; neither like to them thit
are at prefent inthe number of Heretiques, and were befor
as ye are ; every Sect is pleafed in-its opinions, when any evil
befalleth chem that call upon God, and are converted ; never
thelefs fome of them returnto their Idolatry ; after the receptie
on of his grace, they are ingrateful, they fhall awhile betole-
rated,and in the end they fhall, roo late,underftand theirerrore
Have we taught them reafons and arguments, that prove that I
have a companion? The people rejoyced when we enlarged
to them our graces; and became defperate, when evill befel
them ; feethey not that I give, and cake away wealth, asto me
feemeth geod ? This is -atoken of my Unity to fuchas obey
my Commandments. Give to your neighbour what appet-
taineth to him,and particularly to the poor, and true believers,
if ye defire to fee the face of God ; fuch as {hall do it, fhall be
blefied. The money which ye put to Usury encrealech in the
hands of men, God thall nor {uffer it to profper; the alms
whic hye give fhall make you to fee the face of his divine Ma
jefty, and {hail be doubly reftored to you. God hath created
you, he enricheth you, and caufeth you to die and rife agait,
cafl
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can your Idols do as much? Praifed be God, he hath no com:
panion ; diforder appeared in the earth, and in the fea, becaufe
of theiniquities of men ; peradventure they will be converted,
when they fhall feel the punifhment of their crimes: Say unto
them, go throughout the earth, and confider the end of your
predeceffors, the greateft part of them were Idolaters; embrace
the true Law before the day cometh, when none (hall be heard ;
that day fhall the wicked be feparated from the good, the in.
pious fhall give an accompt of their impiety, and fuch as thall
have lived well, thal! enjoy the joyes of Paradife, the grace of
God fhall be their recompenfe, God abhorreth Infidele, It is
afign ofhis Omnipotency, to fend the winds to bring you
rain, and make you to tafte the fruits of his grace ; the fhip
runneth upon the water through his permiffion, for the adyan-
tage of your commerce ; will ye not be thankful to him for his
benefits ? We fent to every Nation Prophets and Apoftles
before thee, they came with moft intelligible precepts, and
4 with many miracles ; we chaftifed thofe that flandred them,and
' protected the faithful. God fendeth the winds that elevate the
clouds, and extendeth them in the air in many pieces-at his
pleafure ; he canfeth the rain to fall where he liftech, and re-
; Joyceth whomte him feemeth good of them that expect it
with impatience ; confider the effedts of his bounty ; he caufech
the dry and barren earth to flourith again, and reftoreth the
dead to life, he is Omnipotent. We fent the winds to aflemble ,
the clouds that covered men with their thaddow, neverthelefs
they are returned to their impiety ; the dead hall not under.
ftand thee, neither likewife the dumbe, thou art not obliged
to lead the blinde, none thal! hearken to thee but fitch as thal]
believe in my Law, and be obedient : Say unto them, God
created you impotent, he hath given you ftrength, and after,
having reduced you to the weaknefe of oldage, doth what to
| him feemeth good; he knoweth mens fecrets, and doth what
; Pleafeth him ; the wicked fhal| fwear-at the day of Judg-
ment, that they have remained but an hour in their fepuléhred;
_ they lye in like manner, when they deny the Refurreétion ;
the true believers, that know the truth, thall fay unto them, ye
have
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haveremained there che time appointed in the Book of God,
to wit, untillthe day of Refurredtion ; behold the day of Re
farreétion | ye Knew not at what time it fhould arrive-sthis day
excufes (hall be unprofitable to Infidels, they fhalt-be deprived
of protection. We have taught in the Alcoramall that is prof
table for the falvation of men; if thou reacheft them hy Com-
mandments, unbelievers will fay, thou bringeft nothing but
diforder ; thus God hardneth the hearts of the ignorant. Be
patient, and perfevere; what God promifeth is infallible; be-
ware left unbelievers fhake thy perfeverance.
ee
CHAP. XXXII.
The Chapter of Locman, containing thirty four Verfes, writtes
at Mecca.
The ruts YFNthe Naime of God, gracious & merciful: am the moft wik
fay,that Loe & God. Thefeiprecepts are the precepts of the book filled with
manwas a do@rin,it guideth into the way of falvation; the righteous wi
great Dodtor pwateirhieir prayers atthe time appointed, that pay tithes, atl
in Davids
time.
believe in the day of Judgment, they are guided by thet
Lord, and fhallbe bleffed. There be who deride this Book,
they ignorantly depart from the Law of God, and have delp
fedit, -but fhall‘one day’be feverely punifhed - When they ate
taught the Commandments of God, they turn the back
with difdain, they will not hear, and have ears ftopped ; Say
unto them, you fhallin the end fuffer infinit ‘pains: Such as
believe in the Law’of God, and do'good works, {hall eternally
enjoy the delights of Paradife; what'God promileth, isinfal-
lible, he is Omnipotent, and alcogether wife, he created ‘the
heaven, and faftaineth it witHoue a pillar, appeating to yout
eyes ; he lifted up the mountains upon the earth, to faften at
hinder it'to move; he’ hath thereon difperfed many beafts, an
fent rain fromheaven, which caufeth plants to fpring forth,
and herbs of divers forts. Behold phere} what God hatherer
ted! fhew me what your Idols have created ; affurcdly Mdolt
ters are taanifetly feduced‘from the right way. We infpire
knowledg into Locman, and fpake unto him to give "I
chanks;
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thanks s he that returneth thanks to God for his graces, doth
good for his foul ; God rejeéteth the ingratefull, and praife is
due to him in all places.- Remember thou that Locmsax faid un-
to his fon, O my fon ! believe not thou that God hath a com-
panion,it isan exceeding great fin : we have commanded man
to honour his father and mother ; his mother beareth him with
grief upon grief, and weaneth him at the age of two years’; be
thou not ingratefill for Gods benefits ; honor father and mos
ther, thon fhalt be one day before God to be judged. If thy
parents prefs thee to believe that God hath companions, obey
them not, follow the way of them that obey him, all men fhall
be-one day affembled before him, tobe rewarded accordin
to their works. O my fon ! if thou doft evill, of the weight o
a grain of Muftardfeed, or of the weight ofa rock, or of the
greatnefs of heaven and earth, God will know it, and pntit in
accompt, he isexa& and Omnifcient, O my fon! maketh
) Prayersat the time appointed, do what ishonett and civill, fly
" what is not approved, and be patient, in thy adverfities ; re-
» gard not the world, difordered through pride; conyerfe not
™ with the proud, God detefteth the haughty; obferve chy fteps,
" walk with modefty, fpeak gently, they be perfons that bray
® like Affes when they fpeak ; feeft thou not that God hath crea-
* ged for men all that isin heaven and earth, and conferreth on
» them his graces in general, and particular. . There be ignorant
- [perfons chat difpute of the Diety without reafon; when itis
faid unto them, dowhat God hath appointed, they anfwer,
we willdo what we faw done by ont fathers. They confider
not that the devill calleth them and their fathers to the pains
of hell. He that obeyeth God, and doth good works, faftneth
him to the ftrongeft knot, and will have a care ofhim at the
hour of his end. The impiety of the wicked ought not to afi
- thee, they fhall be one day affembled in our prefence, to be
’ chaftifed ; I will fhew them all thar they have done, I know
| what isin the hearts of men, I will Prolong awhile their pu-
} nifhment upon earth, and precipitate them in the other world,
} into the fre ofhell. Haft thou not demanded of them who
ercated heaven and earth? they faid, iris God; fay unto oc.
if there=
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therefore praifed be God ; neverthelefs the greatelt part of
them are ignorant. Whatfoever is in heaven and earth is
Gods, he hath no want of the world, praife is due unto himin
all that he doth ; if all the trees of the world were pens, and
the fea inke, they could not comprehend the effe& of his Om-
nipotency, he is Omnipotent,and knoweth all things. Hecre-
ated,and fhall make youto rife again with one word,heunder-
ftandeth & feethall things. Confider they not that God canfeth
the night to enter into the day,and the day into the night;that
he created the Sun and the Moon,that move in the heaven,un-
til the day appointed, he knoweth whatfoever ye do, becaule
he is truly God ; they that invoke other then him, invoke
things vain and unprofitable ;God alone is moft high, and molt
mighty: Sceeft thou not’ how the fhip runneth upon the wa-
ter,for a token of his Omnipotency,to fuch as acknowledg his
graces ? When the wars arofe againft the Infidels, many called
upon God, with refolution to follow his Law; when he faved
them on the land, fome perfevered to do well, and others i
turned to their impiety ; none but deceivers and ingratdil
[perfons] defpife his Commandments. O people ! fear Goi,
and the day when the father fhall not be able to faccour his
childe, neither the child ferve his father , Gods promifes are
infallible; -be not proud of your riches, neither that God
tolerateth and fuffereth you, he knoweth the time when ye
fhall be chaftifed, the hour that the rain fhall fall upon’ the
eatth ; he knoweth what is in the wombs of women, whether
it be male or female; none but God knoweth what thou
wilt do to morrow; none but he knoweth the place where
thou fhalt die; he knoweth all, he knoweth all.
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CHAP. XXXII.
The Chapter of Worthip, containing an hundred and thirty
Ver (es, Written at Mecca.
N the name of God, gracious and mercifull, I am:the moft
[vie God, Doubtlefs this Book was fent by the Lord of the
Univerfe; willthe wicked fay that chou haft invented it? On
the contrary, it isthe truth it felf, which proceedeth from thy
Lord, to preach to them that heretofore had none to inftruét
them ;. peradventure they will follow the sight way. God
created heaven and earth, and all that isbetween them, in fix
dayes, and fitteth on his Throne; who fhall prote& you?
who fhall hear your prayers but he? will you never con-
" fider it ? He difpofeth all things in heaven and earth, all men
i fall one day be affembled before him to be judged ;a thou-
t fand years are but one day before his divine Majeltie » he
i. knoweth what is pat, prefent, and future; he is Omnipotent
y and merciful, he hath created every thing for his people, he
it formed man of the dirt, and duftof the earth, he infpired the
it. foul into his body ; he giveth you hearing, fight, and fenfe, but
¢ few men return him thanks for his graces ; they fay, whar,
fhall we die, and return tobe a new people ? Certainly they
believe not in the Refurrection. Say unto them, the Angel of
death hall caufe you to die, and ye thall return before God
to be judged. Thou fhalt then fee how the Infidel will hang
down the head before their Lord, and fay, Lord, we now fee
the certainty ofthe Refurre@tion ; we this day know the truth
of thy words, permit us co return into.the world, we will be
righteous, we now underftand what is profitable and heceflary
for us; We could have given a guide to every perfonmy word
is moft true, I will fillhel! with the wicked, and Paradife with
the righteous; thus thal! men be rewarded and chaltifed ac
cording to their works. Tafte (O ye wicked !) the pains that
ye have deferved, inrefufing to believe in. this day which ye
have found; we leave you in the miferies due to your incredu-
lity ; tafte the eternall torments that ye have merited throngh
your
The Alcoran of MAHOMET. (hepa.
your impiety. Such as believe in the myfteries of my Law are
humble, they worfhip me alone, and praife me when they
here mention of me; they are not proud, rebell not againt
my Commandments : they arife from their bed to make theit
rayers with fear and hope, and imploy in ptous works fome
part of the wealth that we have given them. No man hath
either feen.or knoweth what God referveth to recompente the
righteous for their perfeverance. The believers and unbe-
lievers fhall not be alike entreated ; the believers that have
done good works, fhall enjoy Paradife, as the reward of theit
fabours,and the unbelievers thal be precipitated into the fire of
hell, che more they fhall labour to get out,the further thal they
enter into it ; it fhall be faid ro them, tafte the pains of eternal
flames, which ye would not believe. I will make the wicked
to tafte ofthe torments of the world, and the pains of hell,if
they be not converted: Who is more unjuft, chen he tht
knoweth the Commandments of his Lord, and difobeyet
them? we will be avenged on his impiety: we gave aii
true Book to AZofes,to inftru& the children of Z/rael ; wepit
into the right way thofe among them that perfevered inet
faith, and obeyed our Commandments. Thy Lord thal judge
the difficulties of the Infidels at the day of Judgment ; feethey
not how much people we deftroyed in times paft, that repoled
[confidence] in theit houfes ? it is a token of our Omnipotency,
will they never underftand it ? See they not how! theuftforch
water in defart and barren lands? that I caufe herbsto {pring
forth for the nourifhment of men and beafts 2. will they never
confiderit? They demand, when will the day of Judgment
come? Say untothem, that day fhall not bring contentment
to Infidels, and they thal! be without protection. Depatt
thou far from them ; prefevere, and attend; they wait an occi-
fion to mifchief thee, but thou thale fee them chaltifed.
CHAP.
CHAP. XX XIII.
The Chapter of Bands, and T roups of Souldiers , containing
7 four/core and {even Verfes, Written at Medina.
' N the name of God, gracious and mercifull. Oh Prophet !
i fear God, and obey not unbelievers , Ged knoweth all
jj, things, and is moft prudent in what he ordaineth ; obferve
/ what thy Lord hath taught thee, he knoweth the a@ions of
4 men;recommend thy felfe to God, it ought to fuffice thee,that
» heproteéteth thee. He hath not given two hearts unto men,
he hath not enjoyned us to call your wives your mothers ;
thofe which you calf your Children, are not all your Chil.
x; dren, ye fpeak it only with the mouth, but God alwayes
y §peaketh the crutch , and gnideth men into the way of falvati-
4, on. Call your neighbour by the name of his father, this a@ti-
ae ONfhall be acceptable to God, provided »that ye have no
, evil defigne in the heart ; if ye know not his name , call him
», your brother in God, or Sir, God is gracious and merciful,
\, The Prophet is obeyed of them that believein God , and ho-
. nour his wives, astheir mothers. Kinfmen are heirs of each
, other, it is fo appointed by his divine Majefty to the Believers
| that went out of AZecca to follow the Prophet: It is or-
dained in Scripture todo good to your parents. Remember
thou that we received the promile of the Prophets of thee,
of Noah, of chbraham, of Afofes, and of Jefus the Soune of
dary, ( to worthip but one God ) we received a {trong pro-
mife :_ An accompt (hall be required of their a@tions, and the
wicked fhall feel the rigour of infinite paines. Oh ye that
believe in God! remember his favour towardsyou; when ye
were charged by troups of enemies, he. fent againft them an
impetuous winde, and troups invifible to your eyes, to fight
them , he feeth all that ye do; thofe invifible troups came
from the Eafk, and from the Weft, from above, and below,
when your fight wastronbled , and your hearts failed you, be-
caule of the great number of your enemies; ye had already
S conceived
oy The: Alcoran of MaHOMET- Chap.33.
conceived a very bad opinion of the Law of God; then were
the Trne-believers tryed , they trembled with fear; The
wicked, and fuch as were weak in their faith, faid, that what-
foever God and his Prophet had promifed them , was but
abufe and vanity ; Remember thon how a party of them faid
ro the Inhabitants of the Territory of (Medina, there is no
fafety for you with Adabomer , return into your hotles. ;
Remember thou how many among them required dif
miffion, and faid,-that, their houfes were forfaken : Their
houfes were not forfaken, but they had a defifne to flye; had
they returned to their houfes, they had on all fides perfwa-
ded them to follow impiety , they fhould not there have
made long abode , becanfe they before had promifed God not
to fly ; he would have required an accompt of cheir promifes:
Say unto them, flight fhall be to you unprofitable, if ye fie
death, for that ye ought no longer to continue in the world;
Say unto them, who is able to prote& you againft Gol,
when he fhall refolve to deftroy you? take none other prott
@or but him; he knoweth them that were diffwaded to git
tothe battell to fpare their wealth and perfons. They caftan
eye upon thee , when they are furprized with fear , they
tutn their eyes into the head , asa man that dyeth, and when
they are delivered from fear , they traduce thee, becaule of
their extreme avarice. Such men believe not in God, he ren-
dreth all their. works unfrnitfull, ic is a thing eafie to his dis
vine Majefty, The Troups of the Infidels believed they were
invincible, and when they faw the troups of the True-be-
lievers, they defired to flye. The Infidels defired to draw the -
- eArabians to their party , and have intelligence to know in
what condition youare ; had they been of your party, few of
them had been flain; the adhering to the Prophet of God
ferveth to you asa Cittadell, it ferveth asa Bulwark to them
that apprehend the day.of Judgment, and think often on his
divine Majelty. When the’ believers faid- ; behold! what
God and his Prophet promifed us , they are fincere in theif
promifes; the fight of their enemies encreafed theit faith, am
zeale rowards God and his Prophet. There be perfons ye
the
VETTES RE
Chap.33. The Alcoran of MAHOMET.
the True-believers who have performed what they promifed
to God; many of them are dead in obedience to the Com-
mandments of his divine Majefty, others attend the fame
thing, and fwarve not from what they have promifed ; God
fhall recompenfe them for their zeale, and chaltife the Infidels,
or pardon them if it fo pleafe him, heis gracious and mer-
cifull. God thall deftroy the unbelievers with their wrath
againit the believers;he protecteth True-believers in combats,
he is {trong and omnipotent. The Jews defcended from their
Fortrefs,to give aid to the Infidels,but God caft fear into their
hearts ; a party of them were flain, and the reft taken flaves ;
they by their death made you heires of their lands, their
houfes ; their riches, and fortrefles which you were not able
to conquer; God is omnipotent. Oh Prophet ! if thy wives
be too ambitious of the wealth of the earth, and of garments
too fumptuous ; Call them, Say unto them, that thou wile
deal well wich them, and wilt repudiate them with mildneffe
and civility. Ifthey loveGod and his Prophet, if they ave
vertuous, his divine Majefty will give them an exceeding great
reward: Ohye wives of the Prophet ! fach of you as frail be
unchafte, fhalkbe punifhed doubly, more then other women,
this isathing eafie to God ; fuch among you as fhall obey
God and his Prophet, and fhall do good works, fhall be re-
warded more then other women, an exceeding great reward
is prepared for you. Oh ye wives of the Prophet ! ye are.not
like other women of the world ; feac God, and believe not in
the difcourfe of fuch as have defign to feduce you, {peak with
civility, abide in your houfes ; goe not forth to make your
beauty appear, and to make a fhew, asdid the ignorant of
old ; pray to God with affection, give almes, obey God and
his Prophet, God will deliver you from his wrath ; and
will purifie you ; be mindfull of the Law that is taught you in
your houfes, he is mercifull to them that honour him, he know-
eth all the a@ions of the Prophet , he hath promifed his
mercy; and an exceeding great reward to thofe ( men and
women ) that fhall obey his Commandments. Thofe men
and women that believe in his unity, that refign themfelves
32 to
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~ Heis not
160 TreAlcoran of MAHOMET. Chap.33.
to his divine pleafure . that are patient and humbl
fpeak the truth, that faft, give snes and are chafte ; eabih
men and women that obferve his Law, ought not to controll
his ations, neither thofe of his Prophet, nor fay, thar th
could do better then they, if they would endeavour Cit. ] a
that difobeyeth God and his Prophet, erreth from the i ht
way; Remember. what thou didft fay to him whom God
favoured , to receive him into his Law , and who i
didft gratifie with liberty, that faidft, divorce not che fe
Mabomer and fear God ; thou concealeft in thy mind a defi ‘ hich
pee ig God thall difcover, thowfeareft the people, bur ine rs
ae tyto fear God alone. When Zeid did repudiate hie tl
replete dae married theeto her, tothe end there might remain no
him torepu- €ffor among the True-believers ; when they fhall tepudi
diate her, to their wives, they fhall obferve in repudiating chem vhat God
ey es, hath ordained. The Prophet finneth not indole vitae Gol
ieee: hath permitted ; the Law of God was in this manner ob-
ferved by cur predeceffors, and the command of his divi
Majefty is executed without delay. Suchas preach ine va
of God, his Apottles and Prophets , fear re but his divi
Majefty, it fufficech them that they arein his stotcdign pe
the father of homet isnot your father, he is the Apoftle of God nd 4
Zeid, to laft of all the Prophets, God knoweth all things h re tall
efpoulethe motcome another Prophet after him. Ohye Ss cnes
EW Gama ‘t him. Oh yee that believein
fe get-away. + think frequently on his divine Majefty prayle him
See Tef fir anf SLi evening , he fhall give yon his merey ; the An-
Joatir. ge Prep iit Pg oo , that he may deliver from darknels;
; to True-believers; the Angels fhall falute
them on his behalfe at the day of Jud ment he hath d
forthem-an exceeding great rew Bh Pr oka hae
EXC g great reward. Oh Prophet! we have fent
thee to be witnefs of the deportments of the eople, and as 4
light to condu& them into the right way oct .
True-believers that they fhall Cake a De all
foie rele ES re = ae of thy Lord an excee-
not their malice.and cruft in God chek nick ere
ath protecteth thee. O ye that believe? Fs be
: ies pugs ieve / it is =
or you to-abufe your wives; if you repudiate them before
ye
ye have known them, deal well withthem, and difnif them
with mildnefs and civility. O Prophet | we permit thee to
" know the women to whom thou haft given dowry,the women-
“ flaves which God hath given thee, the daughters of thine
Uneles, and of thine Aunts, that have abandoned with thee
the company of the wicked ; and the trae- believing wife that
fhail-be given thee, if thou wilt marry her, and that fhe be not
the wife ofa true-believer. We know what-we have com-
manded true-believers, touching their wives and their flaves;
we have inftructed thee therein, to the end thou offend not
God, he is gracious and merciful to fuch as obey -him. Thou
‘s fhale retain whom of thy wives thou thalt-defireco retain,
in amd (hallrepudiate fuch as thou fhalt defire to repudiate, and
thale lye with them that thall pleafe thee; itis better that thou
i + Tepudiate them without oftendingGod then to fee them male-
fe| Contented, and fad ; they fhall be.contented with the good
, thatthoufhaltdoto them, in divorcing them; God knoweth
what isin your hearts, he is Omnifcient, and moft merciful, It
is not Jawful for thee to know other women then thine own, Wbamerhad
) itisnot lawful for thee to exchange them, although the beauty Bits ves
, Of others pleafe thee,except thy flaves; God regardeth all, .O See Gelaidin.
|, ye that believe! enter not into the houfes of the Prophet
without permiffion, except at the hourof repaft, and that by
chance, and without defign ; if ye are inyited, enter with free-
dom; when ye thall have taken your repaft, depart out of the
houfe, and tarry not to difcourte one with another, this mo-
lefteth the Prophet,he is afhamed to bid yoube gone,but God
is not afhamed co tell you the truth. The wives.of the Prophet
fhall have the face covered when ye (hall {peak unto them,
thisbetter refented of purity bothin themand in you. You
ought not to importune the Prophet of God, neither to know
his wives; this would be a moft enormous fin; if ye conceal any
defign, ordifcover it, know that God knoweth all, They fhall
not offend God in fuffering themfelves to be feen of their fa-
thers, their children, their brethren, their nephews, their maid- | ea
fervants, and their the-flaves, they hall fear God, he feeth all; Proshe =
* God and the angels * pray for He Prophet.O ye that belicvel See ‘Gelaldin,
: 2 3 Pray
The Alcoran of MAHOMET. (hap.33.
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pray for the Proplier , and’ obey him: He that fhall dif-
leafe God and “his Prophet, fhall be accurfed in this world
and hall feel rigorous pains in the other; fuch as do injurie
without reafon, to thofe (men and women) that believe in
God: commit an exceeding great fin. O Prophet ! {peak to
thy’ wives, andothyidaughters, and: the wives of true-believers,
that they cover themfelves with’ vailes, they {hall be more ho-
nored; and fhatkreceive no difpleature, God ‘is gracious and
merciful, If the wicked, the whormongers,and thofe of Medi-
ya, that are weak in their faith, quit not their impiety , 1 will
give’ thee’ ‘abfolute power over them ; few among them will
refpe@ thee, but take thou them; and flay them, wherefoever
rhoufhale meet themjGod fo commanded thofe that were be-
fore thee ; thou ¢halt finde no alteration in the Law of God,
. The people will enquire of thee, when fhall be the day of
ea gt Judgment ? Sayunto them, that God alone knoweth it, and
Bt) Ta Bh that thou knowelt not if it (hall be very fpeedily;but chat God
i hath prepared for Infidels an exceeding great fire;wherein they
(hall burn eternally, they thallfinde no protection, they thal
hed be cat headlong into the fire, and {hall fay): would to God tt
Be had obeyed his divine Majeltic, and the Prophet his Apoflly
H they thallfay, Lord, we obeyed our Mafters and Supefiors,
they feduced us from: the right way ; Lord, chaftife them
doubly,’and give them: thy curfe, O ye that believe d.be not
tike chem that difpleafed Afo/er, he was innocent of the crimes
that they laid upon him, he was infpired of God; fear God,
and {peak with civility, your works {hall be acceptable tohim,
and he fhall pardon your fins ; He that thall obey God, and his
Apoftle; hall be happy; fidelity’ and obedienceare pleafing to
Hi in heaven and‘in earth; and upor the smountains. Such 2s
depart far [from him’ ].as did e4dam, do injury:to themfelves,
andare ignorant, ‘he thall“chaftife thofe (men and women)
that fhall be difobedient: and impious ; *he will give his grace
co thofe (men-and women’) that fhall believe in his Law, hets
eracious and merciful to them that obey him.
‘GHA?
(hap.44. TheAlcoran of Mato ET.
CHAP. XXXIV.
The Chapter of * Saba; containing fifty four Verfes, Written at
Mecca.
N the Name of God, gracious,and\merciful. Praifed be God,
RP atieversin heaven, and in the earth appertaineth: to
him; praife is due nnco him, he is moft wife and Omnifcient:
he knoweth whatfoever entreth into the earth, and cometh ont
of it, whatfoever afcendeth to heaven, and defcendeth, he. is
gracious and merciful to his.creatures. . The wicked demand if
they fhall feethe day of Judgment ; Say unto them, yes, and
that thy Lord knoweth the time; he knoweth what is .paft,
prefent, and future, and all chat is in heaven and in the earth,
even to the weight of an Atome;what is yet lefs,and what ts yet
greater then an Atome, is written in a book that difcovereth
every thing ; he (hall reward che truesbelievers that have done
good works ; -he-thall. give them. his mercy; and enrich them
with precious treafures : {uch as have endeavoured to fupprefs
his Law, fhall feel the effects. of his indignation. They that un-
derftand the Scripture, know that God hath taught thee che
very truth,to guide the people into the right way, into the path
of honour and vertue;but the wicked faid among them, will ye
believe.a'man, who affirmeth, that after your death ye fhall rife
again, and be new creatures ? he lyeth impudently, he is. pof-
fefled of thedevill. Certainly they that believe not in the Re-
furrection,are in an exceeding great error, and hall fatter moft
grievousipains ; fee they not what.is above, and what is below
them? Confiderthey net the heaven and the earth ? If I will,
Tcan render it barren, and caufe a piece of the heaven to. fall
upon them for afign of my Omnipocency. We gave our grace
to David, and {pake to the mountains, birds, and mettals with
him, to praife me;,.we commanded him to makescuirafles,
sy
On
we
* Saba is a
Province of
Liemen.
See Gelaldin
and iron was foftin his hand,as wax, O lineage of Davial be
not ingrateful, 1 feewhatfoever ye do... We made the winds
fabject to Solomon, he commanded them evehing and morning,
S$ 4 from
264
*Depein pied,
* An Indian
Date.
See Gelaldin,
The Alcoranof MAHOMET. Chapa.
fromthe Eaft to the Welt; we gave hima fountain, and 4
brook of diffolved brafs ; the devils, through our permiffion,
wrought it to hisminde, and we punifhed in the fire of hell
fuch as refufed to obey him. They buile for him lofty palaces,
and * {pacious houfes ; they formed bafons for water, chanels,
and pools : we faid unto him, O lineage of David! benot in-
grateful for my graces, for that few perfons do acknowledg
{them, 7} When he dyed, through our Commandment,
nothing difcovered his death to the devils, but the wormes
that had eaten the end of his ftaffe whereon he leaned ; when
the devils faw him fall, they perceived, that had they known
the future, and what was hid from them, they fhould not have
laboured fo fong a time in his fervice. The Inhabitants of
Saba have a mark of my Omnipotency in their Countrey, viz.
two gardens, the one on the North fide,and the other towards
the South, (it was faid unto them )-eat of the good things that
your Lord hath given you, and recurn him thanks ; their Coun-
try is delicious, God hath been merciful towards them, never-
thelefS they are ingrateful and impious; we fent the river of
Arem that overflowed their gardens; we changed them into
two gardens of thornes of (ypris, and a little * Tamarindes
thus did we punith them, becaufe of their impiety. We efta-
blifhed a way with many cities,for facility of commerce among
them, and the City which we bleffed, and fpake unto the peo-
pleto follow that way night and day with fafety and without
fear: They faid, God deftroyeth us through the length of this
way ; they returned to their impiety, and we difperfed them
upon the earth, to ferve for example to pofterity, and inftru-
tion to fuch as perfevere in my Law, and acknowledg my
graces. The devill caufedthemto believe his opinion, they
followed him, ‘except fome of the rrue- believers that were a-
mong them; he had no power over them, but to know them
that believed in the Refurreétion, and fiuch as doubt. Thy
Lord obferveth and regardeth all, Say unto them, invoke
your Idols, they have not power of the bignefs of an Atome,
neither in heaven, nor earth, God hath no companion, they
thall finde none to proteét them at the day of Judgment, pe
na
Chap.34, ‘The Alcoranof MaHomer.
fhall intercede for them without the permiffion of his divine
Majeftie ; ifthey receiveany relaxation in their fear, they en-
quire of each other what God fpake, and anfwer, that he fpake
the truth ; that he is moft high, and moft mighty; Say unto
them, who enricheth you withthe good things of heaven and
earthathey will fay that ic is God. Say unto them, who of you,
or of us followeth the right way ? Or who of you, or of usis fe-
duced ? Enquire not after our fins, we are not curious to knew
what ye do. God fhall affemble us at the day of Judgment,
and (hall judge our differences with equity, he is an exceeding
great Judge; fay untothem, let us fee the Idols that ye have
worthipped ; certainly there is but one God, omnipotent and
wife. We have not fent thee but to declare to men the joyes
of Paradife, and to preach to them the pains of hell , but the
reateft part knoweth it not; they aske in what time they
fall fee the punifhment that is preached co them ;. and if chou
fpcakeft the truth ; fay untothem, when the time thereof is
come,ye fhal{ not be able to retard, or advance an hour: they
have faid, that they will not believe in the A/coram, but thou
fhalt fee them one day affembled in the prefence of thy Lord,
thon fhalt fee that they fhall aceufe one another ; the poor fhall
fay unto the rich, you have hindred usto obey the Command-
ments of God; they fhall anfwer, have we feduced you from
the way that was taught you? Onthe contrary, you were
wicked and malicious: they fhall fay, on the contrary, you
employed night and day your Artifices to render us ingrateful
for the graces of God, and to induce usto believe that he
hath companions equall tohim; they fhall repent-of their fins,
when they thall fee their punifhment ; we will lay chains upon
their necks, and they fhall be chaftifed after their demerits, The
chief Inhabitants of the Cities, faid to the Prophets that we
fent to them to preach the torments of hell, that they believe
not their words. We have (faid they) more riches, and more
children then thofe that believe in their difcourfe, we fhall not
be damned,asthey affirm ; Say unto them, my Lordigiveth and
taketh away tiches as feemeth good to him, bur the greatelt
past of the people know it not; your wealth and your oe
1a
The Aicoran of MAHOMET. (hapg.
fhall not give you accefsto God ; fuch as fhall perform good
works, fhall be rewarded, and fhall live eternally inthe de-
lights of Paradife ; they chat fhall endeavour to fupprefs-our
Law, fhall be caft headlong into the fire of hell ; Sayunto
them, my Lord giveth, and taketh away wealth as to. him
feemeth good; he maketh vain the alms which ye thall give,
if ye obferve not his Law ; he isthe rich of the rich: Bethon
mindful of the day, when I fhall affemble the Idolaters, and
fhallfay to the Angels, behold them who have adored you:
they fhall fay, praifed be God, thou alone art our mafter and
proteftor; they adored not us, they worfhipped the devil ;
the greateft part of them believed in his word, this day they are
not able to benefit, or hurt one another ; they willfay tothe
unjuft, cafte the torments ofhell fire, which ye would not be-
lieve. They faid.when thon didft preach unto them our Com-
mandments,. this man’ would hinder us to worlhip the gods of
our fathers, he is a blafphemer. They have faid,that the A/cora
is but Sorcery and Magick, and reade not the books that we
have fent untothem. Their predeceffors did like them ; they
traduced our Apoftles, and hindred them to preach the tenth
part of what we had infpired into them ; they traduced them,
but how were they chaltifed ? Say unto them, 1 preach toyou
to pray to. God. twe by two, or alone, or in company; ye thall
know one day, that your friend AZahomet is not,poflefled of
the deyill, and chat he preacheth to you the pains of hell; I re-
quire no reward of you for mine exhortations, God hall re-
ward me, he feeth all. Say unto them, God teacheth hisPro-
phets the truth, and what is to come; the cruth appeared, and
falthood was difcovered, and the lyars were deprived of his
mercy ; if J wilfully goaltray, or if 1 a& what God hath en-
joyned me, this fhail be for my foul, God heareth, and is pre;
fent at allthings. Thon fhalc fee the Infidels filled with fear,
and affrighted. when they fhall. come out of their fe-
pulchres, they fhall not efeape the punifhment of their inere-
dulity; they fhall then fay, that they, believe in the Alcor,
but I willfhew to them’ from far the Jaw which they have
deipifed in the world ; they fhall be precipitated with their ig-
norarice,
(hap35. ‘The Alcoran of MaHOoMeET.
norance,’ into a place remote from mercy and pardon : they
fhall be feparated from the true-believers, becaufe they have
doubted the Commandments of the Law of God.
* | CHAP. XXXV.
The Chapter of the Creator, containing fourty and five Verfes,
written at Mecca.
This Chapter is intituled the Chapter of Angels; in the Book.
Teffir anf Joahir, which treateth of the Expofition of the Ai-
coran in Turkifh.
N the name of God, gracious and mercifull. Praifebe
to God, Creator of Heayen and Earth, who vereated the
Angels, the Meflengers of his Commandments ; they have
wings,two, three, and four ; he maketh of his Creature what
feemeth goodtohim, he is omnipotent ; none can compre-
Rend the grace that he hath given to_his people, it is incom-
prehenfible, he is omipotent and moft wife.. Oh peopled re-
member the grace of God, is there a Creator beide him?
he enricheth you. with the riches of Heayen and: Earth, there
isno God befide him. . How can the wicked blafpheme againgt
his divine Majefty? If.they traduce thee , certainly they
traducea the Prophets that were.fent before thee, they. thall
be onc day affembled before God.to be judged. Oh ye peo-
ple !.what God hath, promifed is infallible ; glory not inthe
wealth of the Earth , beware left the. Devillfeduce you,.and
render youproud , becaufe that God doth awhile defer the
punifhment of your crimes, The. Devill is your enemy, be ye
his enemies, he leadeth them that follow him inco the fre of
Hell, where they, (hall fufter the rigors of infinite paines 5
their fins fhall be remicted that believe inGod , and do good
works; Oftentimes, he that delightethin what auiest ? a
ieveth
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lieveth he doth well; God mifleadeth and gutdeth. Whom it
pleafeth him; be not unwilling to pa from the wicked,
God knoweth all their actions. He fendeth the winds thar
drive the clouds unto barren and drie places, to refreth the
Earth, and caufe it to revive after its death; im like manner
willhe raifeagain the dead. He that affecteth greatnels, fhall
finde in God all manner of greatnef ; good fpeeches aleend
evento his divine Majefty , and our good works are accepta-
ble tohim. Such ascon{pire again the Prophet , fhall en-
dure great torments, and their confpiracy become yain and
unprofitable. God hath created you of duft and mire, he cre-
ated you men and women; the woman neither conceiverh,
nor bringeth forth, but through bis permiffion; mo man can
either prolong or fhorten his life , but following what is
written in the book [kept in Heaven ] thefe things are eafie
to God. Thofetwo Seas are not like to Exphrates, whol
water is fweet, and pleafancto drink ; che water of the Sea is
cold, and falt, neverthelefsyeeat of the fith of the one, and
the other; Ye fith out of the Sea, gemmes ,to adorne you;
you fee the Ship to run upon the waters, and cleave the waves,
for the advantage of your commerce , peradventure you will
return thanks to God for hisgraces. He caufeth the night
to enter into the day, and the day intothe night ; he created
the Sun and the’Moon , that runin the Heaven till phe da
appointed. That God who created thefe things, is your Lord,
the Empire of the worldishis ; the Idols that ye worfhip
haveno more powerthen the skin of an «4/msand ; if ye in-
voke them, they fhallnot hear you, they fhall deny you atthe
day of Judgment, and are not of power to let you know ¢i-
ther the joyes of Paradife, or the torments of Hell. Oh yee
people) yeare poor and neceffitous, ye have need of Gods
affiftance, and-God ‘hath no want of you; praife is duc to
himin every place ; he-will deftroy you, if it feeme good to
him, and create another new people in your place; none
fhall bear the burden of another , be it never fo light of
heavie,no,not when they are neer of kin. Preach thon the tor-
ments of Hell to fuchasfeartheir Lord, without feeing uy,
an
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and make their prayers at the time appointed. He that
taketh heed of offending him, laboureth for himfelf: all the
world fhallbe one day affembled before himto be judged;
The blinde are not like to fuch as fee clear; darknefs is nor
like to light , the fhade and coolnefs are not like to the heat
of the Sums the living arenot like the dead; God caufeth
himfelf to be underftood of whom he pleafeth , thou canft
hot make the Commandments of God tobe underftood by
them that are in their Sepulchers; we have fent only to
Preach the paines of Hell, and the joyes of Paradife, there is
no place in the world where they have not been preached ;
If the lefidels traduce thee, their predeceffors likewife tra.
duced them whom we fent heretofore, to preach to them the
myfteries of faith, and the Scriptures; they were furprized
in their fins, were rigoroufly chaftifed. Seeft thou not how
thy Lord caufed rain to fall from Heaven, to make the Earth
produce many fruits of fundry forts, and to nourith in the
Mountains the Goats, the Stags, and Hinds ? to nourith the
Crowes and Ravens, the men, and beaft of divers kinds and
forme ? God. gratifieth his creatures that atknowledge his
benefits , he is omnipotent and. mercifull, They: who de-
voutly read the book of God, who make their prayers at the
time appointed , and beftow in pious works, feeretly or pub-
liquely, part of the wealth that we have given them, have hope
of a recompenfe that hal! never perith; God -thall recom-
penfe and augment his graces upon them, he is mercifalf to~
wards the good , and accepteth the acknowledgment ‘of his
graces. The book that we have fent thee containeth the truth,
it confirmeth the ancient Scriptures, God knoweth and feeth
all things. Wehave given the underftanding of the A/coran
to fuch as we have chofen among our creatures; there be
fome who have il! difcharged what we taught them; fome
have performed what was enjoyned them, and others have
taught it with affection and diligence through Gods permiffi-
on. This isa great grace , they fhall enter into the garden
of Eden, where they thall remain eternally ; they thal! be
adorned with collars of gold, enriched with precious fiones,
they
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they fhal be cloathed with fine filk,and fhal fay,praifed be God,
who hath delivered us from affliGion, he is moft mercifull, and
accepteth the thanks of his creatures ; fuch as through his fpe-
ciall grace fhall enjoy the honfe of eternity, fhall be free from
all pain, and the Infidels fhall be caft headlong into the fire
of Hell. They thall not dye in thofe torments , ‘andtheirtor-
ture thall never be afflwaged ; thus fhall the wicked be cha-
ftifed, they fhall in vain implore fuccor of God, and fay, Lord
deliver us from thefe paines, we will do better then we haye
done heretofore; I willno more prolong your life on Earth,
Ihave fent you my Prophets and Apoftles, They preached
unto you my Commandments, you would not hear them,tafte
now the paines of Hell, which ye have merited, the wicked
fhall his day be deprived of prote@ion. Certainly God know-
eth whatfoever is in Heaven and Earth, he knoweth all that
is inthe hearts of men. Heit is that hath made you to mul.
tiply on Earth, impiety fhall rife againft the impious, it (hall
render them abominable before God, and put them into the
number of the damned; Say unto them, have ye well conf
dered the Idols that ye have worfhiped? Tellme, what hav
they created on Earth? Were they Gods companions inthe
Greation of the Heavens? Hath God fent to thema Book,
and reafons, to authorize cheir impiety ? Certainly the wicked
inftruG& one another only in pride and arroganey:; God
fuftaineth the Heavens and the Earth, he alone is able to falta
them,he is gracious and merciful. The wicked fworeto fight for
the encreafe of the faith, if there fhould come to them a Preach-
er to inftru® them ; and when hecame , they augmented ‘theit
wickednefs, became proud in the Earth, and confpired againtt
the Trne-believers ; their confpiracie fell upon themfelves, and
they can expect none other things then what ‘was ordained
againft their predeceffors, the Law of God admitteth none
alteration. Confider they not what wasthe endof their Pre-
deceflors ? who were more wealthy and powerfull then
they ? Nothing isimpoffible to God; he knowerh all things
andis omnipotent, Should God punith the people when they
offend him, he fhould leave no living creature on the Earth,he
deferreth
er
(hap.36. The Alcoranof MAHOMET. 271
deferreth the chaftifement of the. wicked untill the time ap-
pointed ; when their time fhall-be come, he will punith them
according to their demerits, hefeeth all.
} CHAP. XXXVI.
The (hapter intituled, O Man , containing fourelcore and eight
Verfes, Written at Mecca,
Reader,ehe Mahometans have entituled thas Chapter with tio
letters of the eArabique Alphabet, 1,8. The Bedaot faith, that
1 fignifiethia, that is to fay o Particula Vocativa » and $, is ax
abreviation, that fignifieth infan, [ie ‘] Man, and that the An-
gel Speaking to Mahomet, began this Chapter in this noanner ;
i, O man\ I [wear by the Alcoran, &c, See Teflir, Kitab el
. tenoir.
Nthename of God, gracious and mercifull, Oh man ! I
tf by the A/coran, full of Do@tine, that thou art a Pro-
phet, fent to teach the people the right way. This Book was
fent by the Omnipotent and mercifull, that thou mayft in-
ftru&men in that which was not taught their predeceffors ;
Certainly, what was faid istrue, viz. That the greatelt part
of them is incredulous ; We will puta chain upon their neck,
and binde their hands to the very chin ; they fhall lift up the
head tocomplaine, but we will Place before and behind them
a great obftacle, we will cover their fight with darknef, and
they hall nor fee a jor. Mifety is upon them ; whether thou
doft reprove , ornot reprovethem, they thal! not be con.
verted. If thou preacheft to them that believe in the Aico-
ran, and to fuch as believe in What they have feen , proclaim
to them a generall pardon of their finnes, anda very great re-
ward. Imake the dead to arife again, and write exaétly in
a book the good and the evill that men commit. Relate to
them the Parable of thofe of the City ; whither thy Lord ee
is
i
Sa
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re
peewee ac heatipeiteiiamamel cai EDAD ee ee
his Prophets; we fent unto them two Prophets, they flan-
dered both of them; we fuccored them by a third; they all
three faid to the Inhabitants of this City, we are fent from
God to preach to you his Commandments. They anfwered,
ye are but men like us, God hath not fent us ‘4 figne to make
you known, ye are lyats. Theyfaid, certainly God knoweth
that he fent us to you; weare obliged only to preach to-you
his Commandments; They anfwered , would ye make us Inf.
dels like your felves? If ye. end not this difcourfe , we will
{tone you, and make you to fuffer heavie torments, They
faid, be your evill with you , who hath heretofore fo iff inftra-
&ed you? Certainly youare wicked ; Then é* niiaiicame ron-
ning from the utmoft part of the City, who faid unto them,
oh people !.obey the Apoftles of God, obey them that re-
quire no reward from you for the paines which they take in
teaching you,,and who are in the right way. Wherefore
fhallnotI worthip him that created me, and before whom
yeall fhall be affembled to be judged 2? Will ye worfhip ano-
ther befide him? If it be his willto chaftife me, your ddols
cannot faye me, I fhould be extremely erroneous, thould!
believe inyour Gods; hear and underftand what I fay unto
you. { Neverthelefs they flew him ] and faid unto him, ge,
enter into Paradife ; He faid, in dying, would to God this
people knew the:graces that his divine Majefty hath conferred
on me, he placed me in the number of the bleffed ; After his
death we did not fend Angelsfrom Heaven to chaltife the
wicked ;1 will fend them but once to deftroy them ; they fhall
one day be dumb, forfhame that they have not followed che
True-believers, and of bemng mocked by them that I fent to
preach unro chem my. Commandments ; Will they not con-
fider how much people we have deftroyed intimes paft, who
are not returned, and thatfhall be one day affembled before
me to be judged ¢ The Earth, .drie, dead, and barren, as aligne
of my omnipotency forthe wicked ; we made st revive, #n
became green again, and co bring forth fruits, with which
they were fatiate ; we there created Gardens, Date-trees, 48
Vines, we caufed Fountains to flow ; they eat of the feos
Z which
;
, berewarded, and chattifed after hisworks: Such as fhall-goe:
f T
Chap.36. The Alcoranof Manomer,
which are not the works of their hands; will they not ae
knowledg the works of their Lord:? Praife isduetohim that
created the male and che female of all plants that the Barth
produceth, who created man and woman , and. many other
things, of which they haveno knowledg. Tt isa fign of my
omnipotency,to feparate the day fromthe night, and to make
the Sunne to run to his appointed place. We have appointed
to the Moon her fignes , fhe goeth and cometh alwayes
through her old way ; the Surv neither haftneth, nor retard=
eth his courfe at any time, neither doth joyn himfelf by
night to the Moon; the night cometh not untill the end of
the day. Andall, towit, the Moon, the Suni, andthe Stars
exalt my glory in the Heaven: It is a mark of mine omni-
potency, to have born their fathers upon the waters:in the
Ark, and to-have givet them veffels like the Ark to bear
them; had it pleafed me , I'had‘caufed them tobe drowned,
without fuccor and falvation ; I faved them through my ‘{peci-
all grace, untillthe time appointed. The wicked: defpife the
fignes of Gods omnipotency, and feoffed, when ‘they were re=
quired: to: fear the wrath of his divine Majefty, prefent’,
and tocome, and that theif iniquities (hall be forgiver: them:
When it was faid unto them , givealmes of the wealth that
God hath given you, they anfwered; thall I give'himto eat;
to whom God (hall give bread when it fliall pleafe hint? They
are ina-very greaterror, They will enquire of you when the
day of Judgment fhallbe; and ifyebelieveit , cell chenrcthae
they muft expe@ but’one fole voyce, that hall furprife’ them,
they-thail quarrell, they fhall not be ablecomaketheir Teftae
ment , neither return co fee their parents; in’ the end che
thall goe out‘of their Sepulchtes, and prefent themfelves be-
fore God, when the Trampet:thalt found’; Then’ thal! they
fay, weare moft miferable, to have departed from our graves,
behold what'God:hath promifed us!- The Prophets fpake co"
usthe Truth, viz, That theworld ought ro‘expe but one”
voyce; Thisday thalball men beaflembled before their Lord)
no injuftice thall be done to:any perfon', and°every’ one’ (hall
into
The Alcoran of MauHo MET. Chap.36.
i a ane
into Paradife , fhall be in exceeding great repofe , with all
manner of contentment , they and their wives fhall be fafe
from allevils, lying on delicious beds , they fhall have all
fortsof fruits , and whatfoever they hall defire , they thall
be faluted on the behalf of the Lord, gracious and mercifull,
God fhall fay to the wicked at the day of Judgment, De-
part yee this day from the company of the good; did Tnot
forbid you to worlhip the Devill, your open enemy , but to
worthip me alone , and that it was the right way ¢ Did I noe
tell you that the Devill feduced a multitude of the people ?
Ye would not believe it, behold Hell, that is prepared foryou,
through your incredulity. I will (hut their month, their hand
fhall {peak , and their feet fhall be witnefles of their crimes;
If we will, wecan make che Jafidels blinde, they {hall finde
no way , they thallnot be able to goe or come, and fhall be
faccored of none ; had it been our pleafure we could have
transformed them in. their houfes, and they had nor been able
to goe forth; Iwill caft their head againft the round, and
will render them infamous, whofe life I fhall prolong , afi
they hall not know theirerrors. We have not made chem
to underftand the myfteries of the «4/coran , but that wis
not neceffary ;, itis but topreach to the living, who compte:
hend what is {poken to them, it is moft true, that the wicked
thall be punifhed: See they not that we alone have created all
the bealts of the Earth, over which they command? We
have made them fubjeG& to. them; Some ferve them to ride
on, and others for their nourifhment , will they be ingrate-
full? Neverthelefs they have worlhipped Idols, they adored
what could not deliver them. fromthe paines of Hell. Af-
flict not thy. felf at their difcourfe , Iknow whatfoever they
fay , andail that they keep fecret in their fouls; Doth not
man confider- that we created him of duft ? And. that
he istoo arrogant ? God hath taught us how he formed
his Creatures, neverthelefs the wicked have faid, who ishe
that can give life to bones that are rotten? Say unto them,
he itisthat created you at firft, and that knoweth what he
created ; he maketh fire to come. out of the green pee
whic
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(hap.37. The Alcoran of MAHOMET,
which ye burn , and created the Heaven and the Earth; can-
not he create other creatures like unto you ? yes, without
doubt, he createth what pleafeth him, he knoweth all things ;
when he willeth any thing, he faith, be thou, and ir is ;
praifed be he, to whom all things appertain,and before whom
youall fhall return [to be judged.
CHAP. XXXVII.
The Chapter of Orders, containing fourefcore Verfes, Written
at Mecca.
rs thename of God, gracious and merciful. I fwear by
the orders of Angels that worthip God, and attend his
commands, by themthat hinder men to obey the Devill’,
and by them that read and meditate on the eAlcoran, that
your God is one fole God, Lord of the Heaven » and the
Earth’, and’of all that is between them, heis Lord of the
Wett, and of the Eaft. We adorned the Heaven and the
Earth with Planets, and have kept them fafe from the ma-
lice of the Devils ; they cannot hear what: is fpoken in the
Firmament , they are fhamefully driven away on ail fides,
and thall be eternally tormented ; if they hear any thing
fpoken; they hear it greedily, and follow [it] fpeedily, but
the fhining Planet purfueth them,[ and deteéteth their malice.
The wicked have demanded if we created any thing more
illuftrious then they ; Certainly we created them all of the duft
of the Earth: Thou art amazed at their blafphemies,they deride
thy amazement, and fhall never be converted. When they fhal
fee Miracles, they (hall {coffe, and fay, that it is but evident ma-
gickto believe that they thal dye.and after,being earth,bones,
and duft, they fhall rife again with their fathers and predecef-
fors : Say unto them, that they fhall rife again, and that they
are feduced from the right way ; that the world fhill’be but
once deftroyed , and they fhall fee what will befalfthem at
the day of Judgment: They thall hat day fay, they are wret-
ched, and the Angel fhall fay unto them, behold the day of
Judgment, behold the day that the godly thallbe feparated
ts from
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~The Alcoran of Ma nomeT. Chap.37.
trom the wicked ; behold the day which ye would not beleeve;
It fhall be faid to the Angels, gather them together, affemble
their wives, and their Idols, put them into the way of hell,
and ftay them, to give accompt of their deporrments, and why
their Idols do not fuccour them, Certainly they fhall defire to
be inthe number of them that have obeyed Gods Command-
ments: they thal! quarrell among them, and fhall fay, irisyou
that have feduced us from theright way, through your oaths ;
ye {wore that ye fellowed the Law of God, and obferved his
Commandments : they hall anfwer on the contrary, we have
no power over you, you your felves were in manifelt error,
the word of God fhall be accomplifhed againft us, and we
(hall for company fuffer che torments of hell ; if we feduced
you, we were likewife feduced, and we fhall this day be your
companionsin punifhment. That day fhallthe wicked bein
this maner afflicted : they become infolent on earth, whenit is
told them there is but one God, and fay, (hall weebandon our.
gods for a foolith and lying Poet? on the contrary, he teach
eth you the truth, as did the Prophets that were before him;
ye fhall be chaftifed, and intreated. according to your deme-
tits. Such as fhall obey Gods Commandments, fhall havea
place of fafety wherein to reft, with all forts of fruits, in
yieao ardens, fitting orderly on delicious beds,with glafles
ull of a drink, pleafing to the tafte, which (half noe make them
drunk. Their wives white as frefheggs, {hall not calt an eye
upon any but upon them; they fhall talk together, and one a-
mong them fhall fay, I had on earth a com anion, who asked
me if I believed in the Refarre@tion.; and if after being redu-
ced toearth, bones, and duft, we thall rife again? come with
me, let us go fee what he doth ; he thalf {ee him-in thebottom
of hell, and fhall fay untohim, by God, it wanted litcle but
that thou hadft feduced me, without. the grace ofGod 1 had
been damned, as thou art, we are not in thenumber of the.
dead, we {hall not faffer any pain; onthe contrary, we ate
in exceeding great happinefs: thus are the righteous rewarded;
who are the more happy ? they who are in our felicitie, OF
fuch as are neer to Zacow, the tree of hell? This tree cometh
out
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out of the botom of hell,it rifech high, and the branches them-
felves refemble the heads of devils; the damned thall eate of
the fruit thereof, they fhall drink boyling water, and hell thalf
betheplace of their habitation; their fathers were Infidels,
they followed their footfteps, and the way of them that were
{educed before them; we fent unto them Preachers,whom they
refufed to hear, but confider whatis the end of the righteous,
and that of the wicked. We faved Noah, and gave grace to
fach as obeyed him, we delivered him with his family from a
great danger, and perpetuated his progeny ; he thal be praifed
of all chem that thall come after him, becanfe we gave him our
blefting ; thus do I recompenfe the righteous, he was in the
number of them that obeyed my Commandments; we faved
him, and them that followed him, and drowned the Infidels.
Remember Abraham, God gave him an heart free from im-
pictie and malice ; he faid to his father and his people, where-
fore worlhip ye falfe gods in ftead.of the true God ? think ye
to efcape the punifhment of your crimes?. Then he hada vifion
in heaven, and faid, I am fick-of your Idolatry, they departed
from him with purpofe to be converted, and empty the Tem-
ples of Idols of their treafures ; he {aid to the Idols, wherefore
cat ye not the facrifices that are before yow? wherefore fpeak
yenot? and gave them a great blow with his right hand: che
people came together with wrath, becaufe he had ftricken their
gods ;, he faid unto them, will ye worfhip the works of your
hands ? know ye not that it is God.that created you ? then they
faid among them, letus build a great pile, and put fire to it,and
caft Abraham into the fire ; they confpired againft him, but we
rendred them afhamed and confounded, Abraham faid unto
them, I go towards my Lord, he’fhall guide me into the way
oF falvation ; Lord give mea fon that.may be in che number of
the righteous; we declared to him that he thould havea fon,
exceeding wife, when he arrived to years of difcretion;-he
faid unto him, my fon, I dreamed this night chat J molt facti-
fice thee, what wilt thon that Ido? he replied, my father, do
what is commanded you, ye thall finde me full of patience ;
when his father laid him on the ground, and put the knife nigh
sa 3 3 unto
The Alcoranof MAHOMET. Chapa.
unto his throat ; we faid unto him, O Abraham ! itis enough,
thou haft fatisfied thy dream; thusdo I entreat the righteous,
thiis were we wont to prove them. We redeemed his fon
with a fair Ram ; he fhall be praifed of pofterity, and thofe
that fhall come after him, fhall blefs hismemory. Thus do I
reward the righteous, he was in the number of them that obe
my Commandments. We declared to him chat he fhould
have a fon, called J/zac, from whom {fhould iffue many belie.
vers, andunbelievers. Certainly we gave our graceto AZo/es
and e4aron ; we delivered them with their followers from
an evident peril, we protected them, and they were in the
number of the vitorious ; we gave them the book full of light,
and conducted them into the right way ; they hall be praifed
in ages tocome, and pofterity fhall blefs their memory. Thus
do I. recompente the righteous, they were in the number of
them that obeyed my Commandments : Eljas is in the
number of my Prophets and Apoftles ; he faid unto the people,
wherefore fear ye not God? wherefore worlhip ye the Idol
Balan, and forfake the Creator of the world? God isyout
Lord, and the Lord of your predeceflors ; they traduced-him,
and were condemned to the fire of hell, except fuch among
them as obeyed my Commandments. We left his memory happy
co pofterity; thus I reward the righteous;he was in the number
of them that obeyed my Commandments. Zot was in the num-
ber of my Prophets and Apoftles: Remember thou,how we de-
livered him and his family from evident perill, except his wife,
who remained among them that were chaftifed; having faved
him, we deftroyed the wicked; they faw in the morning the
foorfteps of the ruine that befell chem the night before; will
yenot underftand this miracle ? ?onas was in the number of
the Prophets. Remember thou, that-he fled in athip, and was
the caufe of evill to the Saylors, he was fwallowed of a Whale;
had he not repented of his fault, he thould have continued
in the belly of that fith until the day of Judgment ; we caft
him on the fhore extreamly feeble, we covered him with leaves
of Filbert, and fent him to preach to more then an hundred
thoufand perfons, that we reconverted, whofe deceafe we -
: ferre
ferred until the time appointed. The Infidels have demanded
if thy Lord hath daughters,as they have fons? did we create the
Angels male and female in their prefence ? They lye, when
they fay, thac God hatha fon; hath he defired to have daugh-
ters rather then fons ? how canyou thus blafpheme? Con-
fider yenot that he is God alone, without children ? have ye
any reafon or authority to fpeak inthis maner?. bring your
arguments, produce your reafon, if ye aretrue. The Infidels
have faid, that the Amgels were of the lineage of God, but
the Angels well know that the Infidels fhall be damned, be-
caufe of their blafphemies. Praifed be God, he hath neither
fon nor daughter, other then the righteous that worfhip him,
and obey hisCommandments. You, with your Idols cannot
efcape the punifhment of your fins, ye fhall be condemned to
thefire of hell. There is none among the Angels that know-
eth not his place, and his order in Paradife, to praifeand wor-
fhip his divine Majeftie. If the Infidels fay, we obferve: the
Religion of our predeceflors, we arein the right way; Say
unto them, that if they believe not in the Alcoran, they thail
in fine know their incredulity. Wehave promifed prote@ion
to believers, and Prophets, they thall be proteéted and vi@to-
rious ; depart for atime from the wicked, confider how God
punifheth them, they fhall feel the punifhment oftheir impie-
tie; will they caft themfelves headlong into the torments of
hell? affuredly they will be aftonifhed when they hall feel
them ; depart from their company, and confider that they
fhall not be able to efcape the pnnifhment of their crimes:
Praife thy Lord, the Lord of power and greatnefs, above the
wicked ; falvation be to the Prophets, and eternall praife co
the God of the Univerfe.
T4 CHAP.
Coranof MAHOMET. (hap38.
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CHAP. XXXVIII,
The Chapter of Truth, containing feur{core and eight Verfes,
written at. Mecca.
Reader, Mahomet intituled vhis Chapter With the Letter
named inthe Arabique Alphabet, Sfad, which fignifieth inthis
place, Sidk, that zs to fay, Truth, See the Glols of Geladin,
Kitab el tenoir. They have intituled it the Chapter of
Truth.
N the name of God, pions and merciful, I fwearby the
c4iceran, that this Book teacheth the way of Salvation ;
neverthelefs, the Infidels refift the Faith, and are among them:
felvesof a different opinion. How many have we deltroyed
im times paft, thar. were like unto them? They cryed, and te:
quired Auccors, but'they were no longer to be faccored, The
Infidels wonder, that a man like themfelves fhould be fengt
inftru&them ; they fay, That he isa Magician, and alyar @
preach one fole God. Itisaftrange thing | Their Dotors
forfook their Affemblies, they went to preach throught
City; and faid , Perfift to adore your Gods ; we abjure the
belief-of the unity of God, the laft Se& did or preach
it; it is af evident lic: VVas <Aéchomet chofen among
us to receive alone the e4/corua defcended from Heaven?
Certainly they doube the Alcorwa, they fhall know thetruth,
when they fhall be in the fire of Hell. Have they intheir
power the Treafures of the merey of thy Lord, omnipotent
and bountiful? Poffefsthey the Kingdom of the Heavens an
Earth, and whatfoever is betwixt them > If itbefo, let them
afcend into Heaven with their forces; affuredly, they fhall be
fhamefully beaten in alfplaces. The wicked heretofore de-
famed Noah, Aad,Pharoah, the maker of Charmes,and Tema,
the Inhabitants of the City of Lor; thofe that dwelt inthe
Foreft, and their companions, traduced the Prophets, and
were punifhed after their demerits ; neverthelef, the Infidels
: contider
(hap.38. “The Alcoran of M AHOMET. 81
confider not that they fhall be chaftifed, when the trumpet
Maal found at the day of Judgment, and that they thall no
more return on earth to be converted. They fay in {corn,Lord
give us to fee the Book of the Accompr of our fins, before
the day of Judgment. Perfevere, and be patient,be not trou-
bled at their difcourfe; and call te minde our fervant David,
ftout and zealous in my Law ; the Mountains and the Birds
praifed me with him:; they affembled im his prefence, and
obeyed him; we gave foree to his reign, and endued him with
knowledg. and eloquence. Haft thou learnt Davids quarrel,
when they hindred him to enter into the Temple? and how
he feared his enemies ? Whenithey entred towards him, they
faidunto him, Be not afraid, we have a difpure among: ts,
judg our difference with equity, andteach us the right: way.
This man is my brother, he hath fourfcore and nineteen theep;
Thad bur one, which he hath ravithed from me, ‘becaufe he was
ftronger then I. David faid, He hath done thee wrong, art
thou troubled for one Ew ? Thegreateft part 6f'men arofe
againit their neighbor, except fuch: as believe in the Law of
God, and obferve his Commandments, which ate few in.
number. Then Duvid knew that we had tryed him, he im-
plored pardon of hisfin, he humbled himfelf, worthiped us,
and was converted, We gave him pardon of his faule, we drew
him near unto us, and lodged him ina place of content, I faid
unto-him, O David ! we have eftablifhed thee on Barth,to de-
termine the differences that fhall arife among the people ,
follow not thine own appetite, it will feduce thee fromthe
way of Salvation ; fach as thall erre from my Law, thall faffer
grievous pains at the day of Judgment. WWVe have not in
vain created the Heaven, and the arth, as the wicked affirm 3
mifery thall befal them, they hall be caft headlong, and burnt
inthe fire of Hell. Shall Lalike entreat the believers, and uns
believers? therighteous and the wicked ? This Book! We
have fentit to thee, and bleffed it, tothe end the people may
meditate the myfteries thereof; and the wife reap advantage
for their falvation. We gave Solomon to our fervant David,
he was extreantly zealous in our fervice. Remember =
horfes,
The Alcoranof MAHOMET. Chap 38.
horfes, ready and vigorous, were prefented to him about even-
ing ; that he forgot to make-his prayer at the hour of Vefpers;
and faid, VVhat?. Have I preferred the loveof the wealth
of the Earth, to the remembrance of God, even until the Sun-
fer? He canfed them tobe led back again, andfacrificed fome
See Teffir of them (for expiation of his fault.) He caufel their legs and
anf Joabir in neck to be cut off. Wetryed Solomon, we cauked a {uppofiti-
Turki, gious perfon to fit on his Throne, and afterwards reftored him 7
to his dominions. He faid, Lord, give me thy nercy; give me
fo happy areign, that the like hath not beenfeen; thonart
liberal towards thy creatures. WVe made fubje& tohimthe
winds, which blowed at hiscommand, where t pleafed him.
VVemade the Devils fubje& to him; fome built his Palaces,
others dived into the Seas,to bring him Pearls, znd-others were
bound and chained to attend his commands; he retained and
difmiffed whom he lifted, with rendring an tccompt. We
drew him neer unto us, and lodged himina plae of content.
Remember our fervant 70h, that he prayed to his Lord, and
faid, That the Devil had heaped mifery and affliction upon
him, It was faid unto him, Strike the Earchwith thy foot;
thou fhalt fee water {pring forth to wath thee, and co drinks
VVe reftored to him his children, and his riche, through out
fpecial grace, tobe anexampleto pofterity. It was faidunto
him, when his wife would have made himto musmur, Take
rods in thine hand, {trike thy wife, and fwarvenot from what
thou haft promifed. VVe found him patient, and zealous in
obedience to ovr Commandments, Remember our fervant
Abraham, Ifaac, Jacob, afteQionate and zealous in our Laws
we faved, and chofe them, among the righteous. Such as have
my fear before their eyes, fhall enjoy thedelightsof the
Garden of Eden ; where they thall tepofe upon mott
glorious beds; they fhall there have all forts of fruits, and
delicious drink ; and cheir wives fha!l not ook on any but on
them. Behold, what is promiféd to them at tie day of Judg-
ment, and thefe pleafures fhall never end. The wicked and
Infidels thall be precipitated into the fire of Hell, they fhall
drink boyling water in abundance, and waterextreamly COs
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fall of aj maner of noyfom fmells ; they thall be precipicared
into the flames, and fhall fay to them that have obeyed them
upon Earth, May yebe perpetually tormented, you have fe-
duced and mifled us: On-the.contrary, may your felvesbe
tormented, youhave been the caufe of our milery, and thal be
damned withus Then fhal! they fay, Lord encreafe the punifh-
ment of himthit isthe caufe of our mifery : Shall wenot be
able to fee then whom we believed on Earth tobe Infidels >
and whom we derided ? cannot our eyes fee? Thus fhall the
damned quarrel Say (tothe people) Iam fent only to preach
unco you the Unity of God, the Omnipotent Creator of Hea-
ven and Earth, and of all that is between them, Behold, the
beft Sermon thit Ican make unto you; neverthelefs you de-
fpife it. I know not what happened in Heaven when the An-
gelsquarrelled. God hath infpired it into me, and I am fent
but to inftruct you, and to preach publikely the pains of Hell,
Remember thor that God faid to his Angels, I will create man
of the. mire of the Earth; when I have formed him, I will
breathe againft him, and infpire my,Spirit into his body ; .pro-
ftrate your felves before him with humility. The Angels there
proftrated themelves, except the Devil ; he was proud, and
already in the number of the wicked, Thy Lord-faid unto him,
Wherefore doft thou sot humble thy felf before the work of
my hands ? Thcu art in the number of the proud ; he replied,
I am better thenman, thow haft made me of fire,and halt creat-
ed him of the dift of the Earth. Then thy Lord faid unto him,
Get thee hence,thou fhalt be chaftifed on all fides,and my curfe
be upon thee uniil the day of Judgment. He anfwered, Lord,
defer my puniflment until the day of the Refurre@tion ; he
faid, Twill deferit until the day appointed. He replied,through
thy permiffion | will tempt all the world, except fich as ‘hall
be zealous in tly Law, and thal! obey thy Commandments.
He faid, I rell thee true I reli thee crue, I will fil Hell with thee;
and thofe that flail follow thee.Say unto the people,| require
of you no recompenfe for my inftru@ions, 1 am not importu-
nate. Certainly this Book is fent only to inftruét men, you thall
one day know tke truth of what it containeth,
CHAP.
The Alcoran of MA OM ET. Chap.z9.
CHAP. XXXIX.
Lhe Chapter of Tromps, containing Seventy five Verfes, Written
at Mecca.
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N the name of God, gracious and merciful. ‘This book was
Vien by God, the Omnipotent and wife. We fent it to thee,
the contents thereof are moft true : worfhip one God alone,
and obey his Commandments ; faith proceedeth from him a-
fone: Such as worfhip any other but him, wogrfhip Idols.
They have faid, we would not invoke our Idols, had they not
power to draw us near to God: Certainly God thall jndg
| ase one day the difference that is between the believers, and un.
rf believers; he guideth not him that is a lyar and impious. If
he would have a fon, he would make choife of one ofhis
creatures, that fhould be pleafing co him ; praifed be God,there
is but one God, alwayes victorious, he created the heavensatid
the earth with proportion ; le maketh the night to ented mio
the day, and the day into the night ; he created-the Sumand
the Moon, which perform their courfe in heaven, until theday
appointed, he is omnipotent and merciful: He hath ereated
all of you of one foleman, of whom hecreated his wife's’ he
hath given you clean beafts; male and female ; he formed you
in the wombs of your mothers, form upon form: he brought
*Theob. youout of three * ob(curities, he alone is yourGod, and your
fcarity of Lord, the kingdom of che world appercaineth tohimy ohere is
ood no God but he.’ How’ can the Infidel depare fromhistervice?
aad ae If ye will not worthip him, he hath norhing to dowah you, he
the skin thar Gcfireth not that his creatuzes thould be impious; his Will ts,
infold you that they praife him; chisishis pleafure, and none fhall beat
in thewomb. the burthen of his teighbour, ye all (hall be aflembled before
See Gelaldin. him, he will fhew ye what you have done, he kioweth whats
in the hearts of men: When man is couched with any aiitt-
on,he invoketh God, and turneth ; and whemhe. is inprofpe
rity, he forgettech his vows: he hath faid that God hatha
companion equall to him, and erreth fromthe way of his y
ay:
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(hap.39. The Alcoranof Mattom er. 285
Say unto him, thou fhalt be awhile tollerated, in the end thou
fhalt be caft headlong into the fire of hell;and he that thal pray
to God day and night, ere, proftrate, or on the knee, with
fear of the torments of hell, fhall enjoy the mercy of his divine
Majefty. Are fuch as labour tobe compared to them that
are idle? They that have judgement will underftand this dif-
courfe.say unto them,oh ye people that believe in your Lord !
have his fear before your eyes ; Such asthall do good works in
this world, thall enjoy abundantly the riches of the earth, God
will innumerably reward themthat perfevere in obedience to
his Commandments. Say unto them, 1 am commanded to wor-
thip one God, to. profef his Unity, andto be obedient to
him. Say unto them, I apprehend the day of Judgment, if I
difobey God my Lord. Say unto them, Twill worthip but one
God, worthip ye others, whom ye will. Such as thall defpife
the Law of God, thal lof their fouls,and families,at the day-of
Judgment. Thefe are two great loffes, and molecertain they be
involved in eternall fire. Thus God Preacheth to true-believers;
Omy creatures! {peak unto them that have my fear before
their eyes, that they adore not Idols, and that if they turn to
their Lord, they fhall enjoy the delights of Paradife. Proclaim
to them that hear my “Word, and obey my Cothmandments,
that they are in the right way, and well advifed; canft thoi
deliver from’ the fire of hell ‘him. that (haf! be condemned?
Certainly fuch.as obey God, thall enjoy the pleatures of Para-
dif, wherein flow many rivers, and there (hall they dwell eter.
nally. This is the promife of God, he fwerveth not from that
which he promifeth. Seeft thou not that God fendeth tain
fromheaven, andmaketh the rivers to run upon the earth, he
caufeth ‘plants to {pring forth, and herbs of divers colours;
thou feelt them become yellow, and then altogether drie ;
this is a fign of his Omnipotencie. Hath net he to whom God
hath given the light of faith, received a great gtace from his di.
vine Majeltie?Mifery is upon them that have an heart hard-
ned, and forget his Law, they are manifeltly feduced ; he hath
ent an excellentbook for the inftrudtion of men, his precepts
axe alike in purity, and withont contradi@tion : They vas
ear
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fear God, tremble when:hey hear mention of this book, and
finde their reft inthe wod of his divine Majeftie. This book
is the guide of the righteais,Ged by it guideth whom pleafeth
him... He: whom.God. flall feduce, fhall finde none to guide
him, he fall be precipiteed into the fire ofhell.at the day of
Judgment; it, fhall befaid chat.day.co the wicked, tafte the
corments that ye have mirited ; their predeceffors defamed the
Prophets, and were pmifhed when they leaft thought of it,
God: rendred them ignaninious in this world; and they {hall
feel in the other, torneats much more grievous, and they
know it not... We hav taught: in chis book whatisneceflary
for the falvation of the p:ople, peradventure they will learn it;
it is in the Arabique toigue, without falfhood and, contradi-
&ion, perhaps the peope will fly: from impiety ; God teach:
ethyouaparable : Twomen are affociates in their craffique,
the one is. wicked, the other an,honeft man, are they alike?
Praife is due to.one fole Sod ; the greatelt part of the Infidel
underftand it not.. Tha fhalt die, allmen fhall die, ‘and ye
fhall be affembled at theday of Judgment, when ye fhallat
pute together; Who ismore unjuft, then he that blafphemett
againft. God, and agaidt the known truth 2? Shall not the
wicked be damned? Suh, as fhal believe the Prophet, and fly
impiety,(hal obtain fron God what they defires fuch is the 1e-
compenfe of the: rightons,-God flail, pardon their fins, ,and
reward them for theirgood works: doth! not he protect his
fervant ? They will cerifie thee with the Idols which they
adore; but he whom God hall miflead, fhall:findenone able
to guide him, and none fhall beable;to feducehim whom he
fhall guide, isnot he cheomniporent and revenging?: Hf thou
ask of the Infidels, wh» created heaven and earth? theyll
fay itis God ; Say,untcithem, have ye therefore confidered
the Idols which ye ador:, can they exempt you fromthe wrath
of God, when. it-thall be his pleature ro chaftife you? Shall
they. be. able,.to -hincer-his; grace i wheniit (hall ibe -his
will» co pardon.you#;Say, anco. chem, my, refuge is God,
I am refigned to fiis Vell, the wile craft in;his divine Ma
jefty, Say unto them, oh people !.doasyou underftand him
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(hap.39. The AlcoranofM a Ho™ ET, 287
Iwilldo as I underftand him; ye thall. know in the end, thar
whofoever fhall be condemned,. thallbe afhamed, and be pre-
cipitated into eternall torments, We have fent unto chee the
moft true Book, to inftru& the people; He that thall follow
the right way, fhall. meet with nothing but good; and he that
fhall go aftray, fhall meet with nothing bur evill ; thowart noc
the guardian of the wicked; God caneth men to die whenthe
hour of their death isarrived ; he deferreth the death of many
during their fleep, and remitteththat of others to the time ap-
pointed, this is a fign of his omnipotencie,to.fuchas confider it.
Willye worthip any but. God ?. Say unto them, how fhall your
Idols be able to intercede for you,fincethey want power?know
you not this ? Say unto them, we-ougat to invoke one God a»
lone, King of the heaven.and earth; you all thall one day af-
fembled before him to be judged. The Infidels tremble with
fear, when they hear mention of one fole God, and rejoyce,
when they hear {peak of their Idols ;Say unto them,God isCre-
_ ator of the heavens and the earth,he knoweth the paft, prefenp,
and future ; (Lords) thou thalt one day judge the differences...
of thy creatures: Should the Infidels poffefs all the riches oF
the earth, and yetasmuch more, they would. not be able to
efcape the fire of hell at the day of Jidgment ; they fhallbe
punifhed more grievoufly then they imagine,their fins fhall be
fet before them, and they flial! feel the rigors.of the torments
which they defpife : man calleth upon as whew he is in affi@i-
on, and when we give him our grace, he faith, he meriteth it:
onthe contrary, this isto prove him, but moft of thera are ig-
horant of it ; their predeceffors {pake as they ; the good that
they have done, hath. profited them nothing ; and the mifery
that they haye merited,is faln upon them, they fhall notefcape
the punifhment of their crimes. Knowthey not. that ‘God gi-
veth and taketh away wealth from whom pleafeth him 2
This is afign of his omnipotency for the righteous, Say unto
them, oh people ! they who have offended God, ought not to
difpaire of his grace, he is gracious.and merciful ; be ye con-
verted, and recommend your {elves to his will before y¢ be
condemned, otherwife ye fhall remain without protections;
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follow the isftru@ion that God hath fent to you, before ye
be chaftifed, ihe punifhment of your crimes thall furprife you,
ye know notthe time ; the wicked fhall be affliéted, for that
they have not obeyed Gods Commandments, they thall know
their damnaton,and the-fin that they have committed, in {cor-
ning the true-believers : They fhalf fay, had God guidedme
into the righ: way, [had had his fear before mine eyes: When
they fhall fechell, they fhall fay could I return into the world,
Lwould be nthe number of the righteous ; on the contrary,
my Commandments were tanght you, but yebecame proud,
and difpifedthem. Thou fhalt fee that day how the vifages of
Infidels (hallbe blackned : Is there not’a place imhell prepared
for the prowl? God loveth, and putteth into a place offelici.
tie them thitfearhim, they thall not be touched, either with
difpleafure or affliction; God hath created’ all things, and
difpofeth al at hispleafure ; he hath in his power the keyes of
heaven andtarth, fuchas difobey him are damned. Say unto
them, oh ignorant [men] will ye enjoyn me to worthip ato-
ther-god, tefides God? It hath been preached to you, and
your predeeffors, that all your good works {hall ‘be unprofi-
table, if ye adore many gods, and that you thal! bein the
number of the damned: there is but one God, worfhiphim,
and be mirdful ofhis graces. The. Infidels have mot praifed
Godashe ought to be praifed, they have no knowledg of kis
power; hefhall make'the earth to tremble; and gather toge-
ther the havens by the ftrengeh of his right hand at the day of
Judgment praifed -be God, he hath no companion, When
the Trumpet thal! found the firlt time, he fhalkcaufe to die,
whomr he vill have to die in the heavens and earch’; the fecond
time all the: world fhall rife again, and attend his Command:
ments;the tarch fhall'be full of the light of the Lord’thereof,te
thal bring his book,wherein (hai be written what the-Prophets
and Marty'shave canghe, he fhalljudge the world withrequitys
and hall rot doinjuftice co any; every one fhall be rewarde
and chaitifed for his works;he Knowerh:all thatthey have done,
lie thal! ferd the Infidels into the fire of hell, inrtroopss
they fhall be arrived at the gate, it fhall open before chem eyes
it
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Chap.40. The Alcoranof M aHOMET. res
it (hall be faid unto them, behold Hell, which ye faye merited ;
were there not Prophets and Apoftles. to tech you the
Commandments of God, and to preach unto yiu on Earth
the coming of this rigorous day ? They fhall fay, es, but the
word of God thall be accomplithed againft the wicked Te
fhall be faiduinco them, goe, enter into Hell, yethall abide
there eternally , itische habitation of the proul. Such as
fhall have the fear of God before their eyes, fhill be con-
ducted in troups to the gate of Paradife , the gat thall open
before thetr eyes ; it fhall be faid unto then > behold
What ye have gained, the peace of God is with yor, ye have
not been ignorant, enter into Paradife, ye fhail dveli therein
eternally. They fhail (ay, praifed be God , for tlat we be-
lieved in his Law ; and becaufe we are heirs of hs grace, we
will goe into-Paradife, inte what place thall feere good to
us, God giveth his bleffing to the righteous. Thi thale fee
the Angels about che throne of thy Lord, who fhallpraife and
exalt his glory; they fhall fay, God hath judget his crea-
tures with equity, praifeis due to the Lord of the Univerfe,
Ree Sf Bs ony a ity ee ee ee
CHAP. XL,
The Chapter of the True-believer, containin g eighty ive Ver[es,
Written at Mecca.
Reader, Gelaldin entituleth this C hapter, Of the Pitfull.
ip the name of God, gracious and mercifull. God is pru-
-Adentand wife, This Book is fent by the omnipornt , who
knowethall things, who pardoneth (innes, and accipteth the
convertion of his Creatures, he is fevere in his chafifements,
and indulgent to hispeople, there isno God but he, and_ all
the world fhall. one day be affembled before his divne Maje-
fty [ to be judged] No man difputeth againft theprecepts
of the A/coran, but the wicked ; be not thon difcortented if
they live on earth with fome felicity ; the people »f Neahs
V time
pial : —
The Alcoran of Ma HOME T. Chap.go,
eee, as a
time conremned his inftrudions, their pofterity did like them,
and évery Nation hath coifpired the death of them whom
God fent ro inftru@ them ; they difputed to obfcure the truth
through their lyes, butthe were punifhed ; and after what
manner? Sois the word of God accomplifhed againft the
wicked , they all fhallbe amned. The Angels thatareabout |
the throne of God, and nofe that bear him, prayfe and ex-
alt his divine Majefty, the believe in his unity, and beg par.
don of hith for the True- bilievers; Lord, thy mercy extend.
éth through the whole wo id, nothing is hid from thee, either
«a Heaven or Earth , parcon their fins that convert, and em-
. brace thy holy Law; deliver them from the fireof Hell, open
ab to them the gate of thepardens of Eden, which thou halt
Bae prepared for them, their fthers, wives, and children, and them
Ba of their lineage that fhalldo good works,thou art omnipotent
and-wife. Depart fromin, he that fhall depart [ fromit]
eR ii fuatl relent the effe@s o! Gods mercy at the day of Judg.
Ati ment, and fhall enjoy erenall felicity ; The Infidels fhallbe |
ie hated of God, his hatrel ts infinitely more dangerous thn |!
i yours ; willye be Infidel after being called to the obfervation
ie F of the Law of Salvation? They faid, Lord, wilt thou cauleus :
to dye twice ? and (hallve twice rife again? But they {hall
fay at theday of Judgnent, Lord, we confefs we have of-
fended thee, we acknovledg our finne, in, having fenounce
the belief of thine unitr; Shall we never goe ont of Hell,
: to obferve thy Law, aid follow the way of Salvation? No,
4 ye thallfuffer ‘in the ‘fir of Hell, becaufe that ye have be-
lieved them that adored Idols, and becaufe ye have faid, that
God’hath companions :quall'to him. All things obey one
fole'God omnipotent, te itis that made you to fee is Mi-
tiles, andfendeth you he riches of Heaven and Earth ; none
confider it, barfitchasae converted. Pray to God, and ob-
ferve'his Law, ‘alrhoughir be against the willof the wicked;
te elevarethhis creature to what desree he fifteth , he h
cteatedhis throne, anc fent his mfpiracions to whom he fect
good , to‘preach the “dy of Judgment ; ‘that day fhall the
‘pedple comeout of thir Monuments, ‘and none (hall beable
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to hide himfelfe from his divine Majefty. fho (hall command.
that day ? It fhall be God alone, victorious ; that day thall he
recompenfe every one after his works, without injuftice , he is
exact to make accompt. If thou preach to the wicked the da
of Judgment, their heart will lift trem up, and they fhall be
full of afflidtion , their prayers hall not be heard, and none
fhall intercede for them : God knoweththem that have eyes
of treachery , and feeth all that is in the hearts of men » he
judgeth of every thing with truth; the Idels which they wor-
fhip are without power, God alone underftandeth all things,
and is omnipotent.Confider they not what was the end of their
predeceflors? who were more powerfull, and more wealthy
then they? God furprized them in their finnes, there: was
none of power to faye them, for that they difpifed the Pro-
phets of his divine Majefty, they contemned his Law,and were
impious, but he feverely chaftifed them, he is omnipotent,
and molt fevere. We fent Mofes with miracles , with rea-
fons clear and intelligible to Pharoah, to Haman, and.(aron ;
they faid that Adofes was a Sorcerer, and a lyar; and when
he preached to them the truth on our hehalf, they faid, kill him,
with all thofe that believe him,and make their wives infamous :
but their confpiracie was but impiety : Pharoah faid, hinder
me not to kill AZ0/es, let him invoke his God to fave him ;
I fear that he may alter your Law, and introduce fome difor-
derintheLand ; AZo/es faid, God, nine and your Lord, fhalf
defend me from the malice of the proud, that believe not
theday of Judgment : Then a man of the domeftiques of
Pharoah , that fecretly profeffed the true Law » faid, will ye
flay a man that declareth that God is his Lord? and that hath
made you to fee miracles? if he bea lyar, his lye thall be
againft him, but ifhe {peak the truth, fomething of what he
hath preached fhall befall you,God guidech neither the wicked
nor lyats. Ohpeople! you this daycommand on Earth -with
Pr who fhall defend us from the wrath of God; if it
all upon us ? Pharoah faid, I {peak nothing to you , but
what I have told you heretofore, andI will guide-youall into
the right way ; He of his Domettiques, that fecretly aaa
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the true Law, faid, oh people 11 fear left ye be chaftifed,
as have been your predeceflors, as were the people of Noah,
Aad,T emod, aad thofe that were afterthem ; God will not do
injuftice to men, T fear for you the day of Judgment, a day
when ye fhal rife again with terror, to render accompt of your
a@ions,he whom God (hal feduce thal find none to guide him,
Certainly Fafeph came heretofore with inftruGions, clear and
intelligible: neverthelefs ye doubted , even untill his death
and (aid, that after him God (hall not fend a Prophet like nite
tohim thus doth God.feduce the wicked, that doubt of his
Law ; he hateth fuch as difpute without reafon , they are ab.
horred of them that believe in his divine Majefty; Thus God
Bp ii ardneth the heart of the proud, and, tyrarits. Pharoah {aid
ey * Hamanwas to * Haman, build me an high Palace, peradventure 1 half
Be i Pharoabs —_ arrive at the Heavens, and as high as the God of Adofes, 1
mee i kj Bocail believe himto bealyar. Thus Pharoah delighted in his wicked
We P| Sec Gelaldin. actions , he erred from the right way, and his confpiracy was
aa 1 | ; but his deftruétion. He of his family that was a True believer,
faid, oh people ! follow me, Iwill guide you into ‘the night
of Heaven are eternall; he that doch evill fhall finde evill;
who doth good, manor woman, believing in God, fhall en-
ter into Paradife., where he hall be enriched innumerably,
with all manner of riches. Wherefore invite you me to pre-
cipitate my felf into the fire of Hell, fince I exhort youtoyout
: Salvation? Yeinvite me.to be wicked , and to believe that
Ch Bae God hath companions, and I know itis not fo ; I callyou to
ae the omnipotent: and: mercifull [.God, ] doubtlefs 1 will not
worfhip your Idols,they cannot hear you,cither in this world,
or in the other ; we all fhall be one day affembled before
God, who will condemn Infidels co the Gre of Hell; confidet
vers hereafter what to youl have preached; Tam refigned tothe
ate willof God, he beholdeth all the a¢tions of his creatures,
he fhall chaftife them for the evill chat they fhall commit, and
for their wicked defignes. He fent his puniflment ppom the
lineage of Pharoah, they deferved to be precipitated into the
fire of Hell, they fhall burn evening and morning. It 7
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ae ‘i E way, the riches of the Earth pals away lightly, and thesiches
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befaid to them at the day of Judgment , oh people of Pha-
roah! goe;-enter into the fire of Hell. The Infidels thall
quarrell in Hell, the poor thal! fay unto the rich; We fol-
lowed you, are ye able thisday to deliver us from eternal!
flames ? they thallanfwer,.we allare damned with you, God
isamoft juft Judge. The damned fhall fay to the Minifters
of Hell, Pray to your Lord, that he may aflwage thefe cor-
ments for one day ; they fhall anfwer, had ye not on Earth
the Prophets and Apoftles of God to inftru@ you ? They thall
fay, yes ; pray thercfore to God your felves ; the wicked love
nothing butimpiety ; I will proteé on Earth my Prophets,
and them that obferve my Law, and particularly at the day of
Judgment; that day the wicked fhall have no excufe that thall
advantage them, my curfe fhall fallupon them , and they all
fhallbe damned. We taught AZ0/es the way of Salvation, and
made the Children of Ifrael heirs of his inftructions, to in-
ftrnét them that fhall underftand them. Perfevere and be
patient,the promife of God is infallible ; implore’ pardon! of
thy finnes, and exalt the praife of thy Lord evening and. mor-
ning. They that difpure againft the Commandments of God
are without reafon , and have nought in their foules but pride
and ignorance: Implore fuccor of God, he underftandeth
and feeth all things , the Creation of the Heavens, and of the
Earth, is greater chen the Creation of men,but the greateft part
of men know it not; che-blinde is not like to him that feeth
clearly; he that doth good, is not liketo him that doth evill,
neither is obfcurity fuch as the light , but few men confider
it. Doubtlefsthe day of Judgment thall come, neverthe-
lefS the greateft part of men will not believe it: Your Lord
hath faid, callupon me, I will hear you; Such as thall refit
my Law, fhall goe into Hell, and be eternally feduced. God
hath created thenight for repofe, and the day for travell, he
is bountifull cowards his creatures , but-the greateft part of
the people.are ingratefull; God is your Lord , Creator of
allthings, there isno.God buthe. How canthe wicked blaf.
pheme ? Sodo they blafpheme that. are ingratefull for the
graces of God; he hath eftablifhed -you on Earth, he hath
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covered you with the Heavens, he hath formed you, enriched
yous he is your God, your Lord, bleffed be God, Lord of
the Uuniverfe, heir is that giveth and depriveth you of life,
there is no God but he, be obedient to him, and obferve his
Law; Praifed be God, Lord of the Univerfe, who hath created
you of mire. Say unto the Infidels. 1am forbidden to wore
fhip the Idolsthat ye adore ; God hath taught me his unity;
Thave received command to worfhip none but the Lord of
the Univerfe; he created you of duft, mire, and congealed
blood, hecaufeth you to be born little Infants, he maketh
you to arrive to the age of difcretion, to virilitie, and old.
age; many dye before that age, and all ateain to the time of
their deftiny , peradventure ye (hall underftand his unity ; he
it isthat maketh you'to liveandtodye, and when he willeth
any thing, he faith, bethou, anditis. See ye not, that they
thar difpuce againtt his Commandiments,depart from his Law?
Such as reje@& our Commandiments, and what we enjoyed
our Prophets to preach to men, (hall finde theiretrors , wher
rhey fhall fee chaines on their necks, and fetters on their fet;
they (hall be dragged and burned in Hell ; then fhall it befad
anto them, where ate thofe Idols that yee adored upon
Barth? they fhall anfwer, they are departed from us, cet
tainly they are without power ; thus God feduceth Infidels,
cotheirconfuGon. Jt fhall be faid unto them , thele paines
befall you, for that ye were proud and mfolent without 16a
fons enter within the gates of Hell , which is che habitatron
of the proud, ye fhall dwell there eternally. Be patient.and
perfevere , the word of God isinfallible ; I will make thee
tofee apart of what I have promifed to men, I will canfe
thee todye, and thou fhalt behold them all affembled to be
judged.- Certainly we fent Prophets before thee, we have
fpoken to thee of one part of our Apoftles, and the reft are
concealed from thee ; neither Prophet nor Apoltles oi
preach any thing withour Gods permiffion ; hrechattifeck the
wicked when he pleafeth , he fhall judge the differences that
are between them and the Prophets, and fhall deftroy *
wiibelievers, God hathcreared the beatts for your ule 550m
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ye eat, and othersferve you to ride on, [ from them] ye reap
profit, they bear the burden, as likewife do the thips for the
advantage of your commerce ; God manifeftech toyou his
graces: And what graces! Willye defpifethem? Do not
unbelievers confider the end of them that were before them,
who were more powerful and rich then they ? Their Treafures
did not fave them, they derided the Prophets and Apoftles
that preached tothem ; andin the end felt the pains that they
had defpifed. When they hall fear the torments of Hell,
they fhall fay, We believe in one God alone, and renounce
Idols. This profeffion of Faith fhall be unprofitable to them
in Hell; they fhall incur the rigor of the Law of God, that
was obferved againft their predeceffors, and all unbelievers
fhall be damned.
CHAP, XLI.
i The Chapter of Expofition, containing fifty and four Verfes,
| Written at Mecca.
Reader, Gelaldin entituleth this Chapter, Of eAdoration
N thename of God, gracious and merciful. The A/coran
was fent by thegracious and merciful God. It explaineth
divine Myfteries inthe Arabique tongue, to them that have
knowledg to underftand them ; it proclaimeth to the good, the
delights of Paradife, and preacheth to the wicked the torments
of Hell; neverthelefs, the greateft partof the world depart
from the Faith, and hear not thy words: They fay, We have
obdurate hearts, we Cannot comprehend what thou preachelt,
ourears are ftopped, we are too remote to hear what thou
fayeft, Obferve thy Law, we will live after our own. Say unte
them, Tam.a man like you, your God is one fole. God, be
obedient tohim, and beg pardon of him for your Gas: Mifery
is upon unbelievers, that pay not Tithes, and believe notin the
day of Judgment. The believers that thall do good works.
V 4 fhall aoe
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thallenjoy aninfinite reward. Say unto them, How, will ye
Mundey and be wicked towards him that created the Earth in two.days?
he how can you fay that he hath a Companion equal tohim ? He
mee OUMGIT. «ote Lord of the Univerfe ; he raifed the Mountains, bleffed
the Earth, and gave to every Region the particulars thereof
in’ four days, for them that fhall have need: After this he
afcended into Heaven, that was like unto fmoke, and faid unto 7
Heaven and Earth, Ye fhall obey me, either through force or
affeétion : They anfwered, Lord, we will be obedient to thy
Thurfday Commandments. He created feven Heavens in two days, and
oe Briday. difpofed every Heaven after his own will; he adorned them
See Gelaldin. With Stars, and preferveth them from the maliee of the Devil.
This is an effeét of his Omnipotency ; he is omnipotent, and
knoweth allthings. If the unbelievers depart from the Faith,
fay unto them, I have threatened you, as heretofore thunder
did the people of Aad and Temod, when the Prophets taught ’
them the Law of the ancient True believers, to wit, To wot
fhip but one God ; They faid, Were it Gods pleafure to altet
our Law, he would have fent us Angels to preach untomy
we will not believe in thy miffion. Thepeople of ad waxed
prond onthe Earth without reafon, and faid, Who ismote
powerful-then we ? will they not confider, that he that
created them, is more powerful and wealthy then they?
Neverthelef they defpifed our Commandments: We ‘ent
againft them a cold and impetuous wind, in an unhappy time,
that made them to fuffer on Earth fhame and ignominy, be-
eaufeof their crimes: He fhall canfe them to feel the pains of
Hellyrhat are much greater then thofe of the Earth, and they
thall be eternally deprived of prote@ion. We inftméted the
men of Temod in the right way ; they preferred blindnefs to
light-, and impiety to Salvation ; they were farprized by
thunder,:and fuffered great affli@ions, becaufe of their fins,
We faved none of them, but the believers, whohad our feat
before theireyes: . Be thou mindful: of the day ‘that the ene
mies of God fhall be affembled in Hell ; they (hall defend
their caufe before the Judg, until teftimony be brought againlt
chem; their ears, their eyes, and their skin thal be witnels
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Also aL eh ee cs ee
of theiriniquities: They thall fay, VVherefore do ye witnefs
againft us ? They: thall anfwer, He that made us to fpeak,
giveth fpeech to every thing ; heit isthat created you, and ye
are this day affembled before him to be judged. Ye did nor
well conceal your felves, when ye offended him ; your ears,
your eyes; your skin are witnefles againft you;. ye believed
that God: fhould not fee your fins, this was your opinion:
Certainly he fhall chaftife you, and yowall fhall bein the num-
ber of the damned.. Perfevere, and be thou patient, the fire
of Hell fhall be their habitation ; they thall not beable to
pleafe God inthe flames. VVe have given them the Devils
for their Companions, who caufed them to delight infin, The
word of God thall be accomplifhed againft them, as it was ac-
complifhed againft their predeceffors ; as-well men as Devils,
that are condemned. The.unbelievers have faid, Hear not that
Alcoran, itisfull of error; peradventure ye thall be feduced.
I will canfe them to fuffer grievous pains, and will chaftife
them after their demerits ; fuch isthe reward of Gods enemies.
They fhall remain eternally in the fire of Hell, becanfe they.
defpife his Commandments. The wicked hall fay. at the day
of. Judgment , Lord, let us feethe Devils, andthe men that
feduced us ; we willtrample them under our feet, and precis
pitate them tothe bottom of Hell. . Such as fhall have pro-
fefled the Law.of God, asthall have obeyed his Command.
ments , fhall be vifited by the Angels, and thall that day be
free from fear and affli@ion, They fhall fay unto them,..Re-
Joyce yein Paradife, that is prepared foryou; ye fhafl there
finde all the contentments that ye fhall defire ; they have been
Prepared for youby the gracious and merciful. There is no-
thing better then to pray to God, then to do good works, and
to profefs hisunity. .Good and evil are.notalike : Expel evil
withthy good works. Thereis an exceeding great antipathy
between Faith and Impiety : Faith is given to {uch as perfevere
todowell, and to;them that are endued with the-grace of
God. The Devilwilitempt thee, but implore affiftance from
Ged; he heareth and knoweth all things, The night and the
day, the Sun and the Moon, arefignes of his .Omnipotency :
Adore
The Alcoran of Man OME T. (Chap.gn.
‘Adore neither the:Stin, nor the Moon, worthip God that
created'them. If the Infidels refift the Faith, the Angels thar
arein Paradife defift not, notwithftanding, to-exalrthe glory
of his divine Majefty, day and night, without intermuffion. It
isa fign of his Omnipotency , to fee che barren and dry Barth
to‘change the face,and become green; when it is watered with
rain. He that maketh the plantstorevive, ishe thatmakerh
every thing to live and die, he isOmnipotent. Such asdepart
from our Commandments, cannot hide themfelves fromus;
Shall he that fhall be precipitated into Hell, be better lodged
themhe that fhall be faved at the day of Judgment? Dowhae
fhall pleafe you, your Lord beholdeth all your ations, Twill
chaftile them that traduce the A/coran, it is a precious Book,
it is approved by the ancient and modern Scriptures, itisfent
from the glorious and merciful. None other thing fhallbe
fpoken to thee, then what hath been fpoken to the Prophets
that preceded thee; thy Lord is merciful and juft. Had we
fentthe Alcoranin the Perfian tongue, toa Prophet, an Aw
bian by Nation, the wicked would have faid, That rhe divine
Myfteries are nor well explained.Say unto them, It isthe guide
of Believers, and aremedy to their ignorance. Infidels have
deaf ears, they are blinde, and hear not, asthofe thatare
called too far off : Certainly, we gave the Book andtheLaw
to Afofes, Unbelieversdoubt, but if thy Lordihadnot faidy
That he would defer their puni(hment until che day of Judge
ment’, he had already chaftifed themvin'this world, because
they doubr of the truth. VVhofoever thall do good; thal
finde good ; and the evil that a man commicteth, fhall be
againfthim. Thy Lord doth no injuftice to his Creatures ¢
None bur he knoweth the day of judgment’; no fiuignot
flower fpringeth out of the Earth, and woman neither cons
ceiveth. nor bringeth-forth, but by his permiffion. Be thou
mindful of the-day that thy Lord fhall'call Idolaters, and‘de-
mand of them, where be theirIdols?’ They fhall*fay, Lord,
we acknowledg thy Unity ; noneof us'will hereafter adore
thofe falfe gods. They that worfhipped one God, departed
from Idolaters ; they know that the punifiment of theixfit
4s
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is tnfallible, Man never ceafeth to require riches, and is
troubled when evill befalleth him ; if we vive him good after
his affliction, he fairh; that he forewit, and hath no thoughre
of thecoming of the day of Judgment ; if he be:converted,
thy Lord openéth to ‘hii’ the gare of Paradife. I will make
the wicked:to know their wickednefs, and will moftfeverely
punifh them , when we'beftow weaich on man, he followeth
his Idolatry and his fin, and when he is touched in afiiction,he
aboundeth in prayer : Say unto them, know ye not chat che
Alcoran proceedeth from God ? neverthelefs ye have renouti-
ced it, who is méte impious then he that impugneth the known
truth ? T will catife them to fee my miracles, evento the nts
moft parts of heaven and earth, and in their own perfots, to
the end they may know the trath of the e#/eoran. Sufficeth
it not them that thy Lord feeth all things ? neverthelefs, they
atein doubt ofthe Refurre@ion, and of being affembled be-
fore him to be jndged, certainly God is onmifcient:
‘
CHAP. XLII.
The Chapter of Counfelt, containing fifty and three Ve erfes, Writ~
ten at Mecca.
qx the Name of God, gracious and mer¢ifal. God is pra-
dent, wife, majeftique s he underftandeth all things, andis
omnipotent ; God hath fent thee the fame in{pirations that he
fent to them that did precede thee; he is omnipotent and wif,
whatfoever isin heaverrand in éarth appertaineth to him; he is
omnipotent, and knoweth all things ; the heavens Open at his
command, the Angels exalt his glory, and implore his pardon
for them that are on earth 3 heis merciful, he beholdeth them
that invoke Idols, and knoweth them all, but thou art fot
their Tutor, Wehave infpired into thee the e4/voran inthe
Arabiqueé tongue, to preach to the Inhabitants of Atecca, and
fuchas dwelkabout that City ; we have fent thee to preach
unto them the day of Judgment ; theré is: no doubt thar one
part
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part of men fhall be faved, and the other fhall be damned ;
had it pleafed God, he had created them of one and the fame
Religion, he giveth his grace to whom he lifteth, and Infidels
fhall be deprived of fuccour, becaufe they have required the
protection of Idols; but. God is the true protector of the
warld : he reviveth the dead, and is omnipotent, he thal] one
day judge all the difficulties, and refolve all your doubts in
your Religion, he ismy Lord, I recommend my felfto his
divine Will; he created your wife of your felves, he created
all beafts male and female, and caufed you to multiply; there
isnot any thing like anto him, he keepeth the keyes of the
treafures of heaven and earth, and taketh away, and giveth
wealth as pleafeth him. The Law that I gave to Noah, Abra-
bam, Mofes, and Fe/ws, is that which I commanded thee to ob-
ferve, viz. to believe in one God. The Infidels are angry when
thou preacheft to them the unity of God, he ceacheth it whom
he pleafech, and guideth into the right way them.that obey
him ; the wicked approve fome points of his Law, and rejed
the reft, although they have knowledg of his Unity, and tht
throughthe envy thatis rifen among them ; if thy Lord hal
not heretofore faid that he would defer their punifhment until
the day of Judgment, he had already deftroyed them, many
of thofe, who after them fhall have knowledg of the Scriptures
fhall doubt of his Law ; but follow thouthe wayehatis ap-
pointed thee, and follow not their appetites ; Say unto them,
I believe in the Book that God hath fent, Ihave received
commandment to preach unto you, that God is your, and our
Lord; ye fhall anfwer for your actions, and we thallaniwer
for ours ; it isnot neceflary to difpute againft us,God will one
day affemble us in his prefence to judge our differences, he is
our refuge ; fuch as difpute againft che faith, after knowledg of
the truth, are without reafon ; their arguments fhall be vain
with God, they thall be the obje@ of his wrath, and fhall fuffer
exceeding great pains. God hath fent the 4/coras with truth
and ballance; he will not inftru@ thee when the, day.of
Judgment fhall be: Such ashave ne faith in him, ask whenit
. thallcome, and they that believe him, fear the coming chareal
ani
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(hap.42.. The Alcoranof Matouer.
and know itto be infallible ; fuch as doubt, are erroneous from
the right way. God is merciful to his people, and enricheth
whom he pleafeth, he is &rong and omnipotent, he increafeth
the graces of him that defireth the riches of heaven’; he giveth
the wealth of the earth to them thar affe@ it: and depriveth
them of the riches of heaven = Are thére wicked ones amohg
men that teach them a falfe Religion prohibited of God? God
hath not revéaled it to chem; had he not deferred their punifh-
ment until the day of Judgment, he had already deitroyed
them; they fhallin the end feel grievous torments, ye fhall fee
them fear their own deportments, ye thall feethem chattifed
after their demerits; and the believers that do good works,
fhall enjoy! the delights of Paradife, whee they fhall ‘finde
whatfoever they fhall defire; this: is the great grace'of Gods
this is that which he hath proclaimed to the faithful that be-
lieved, and have done good works ; Say untorhem, I require
none other recompentfe for the pains that I take in preaching
i; toyou, then.to leye my kindred ; he that fhall do any good
work,fhall be rewarded, Gods merciful, and good works are
Pleafing to him. Will they fay that thon haft blafphemed a-
» gaint God? Ifix pleafe God, he thall hinder thee to hear this
difcourfe, or will imprint patience in thine heart she abolitheth
lies, and confirmeth the truth through his words ; he knoweth
Whatfoever is in che hearts of men; he accepteth the converfion
of his creatures, he pardoneth their fins, and-knoweth all their
actions ; he heareth the prayers of the faithful, that do good
works, and augmenteth his grace upon them ; but Infidels faall
undergo the rigours of eternal pains. Had God equally en-
tiched allhiscreatures, they had been in confaGion upon earth ;
he enricheth whom he pleafeth ; he feeth and knoweth all; he
fendech rain when men defpaire of his grace, he is the pro-
teCtor of believers, and praife is due to him eternally : the crea-
tion of the heavens, and ofthe earth, and of all that moveth
between them, is.a fign of thine omnipotency : Ifevill befall
you, believe chat ye have deferved it, neverthelefs he pardo-
neth you many. things; ye cannot efcape his punifhment on
earth, and none is able to: protea you againft bim. The _
that
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The Alcoranof MAHOMET. — Chap.g2.
that runneth upon the water, big asa mountain, is.a token of
his omnipotency, to them that perfevere in his Law, and ace
knowledg his graces. He fhall reprove the wicked for their
fins, and fhall pardon many: They that difpute againit his
Commandments, cannot efcape their punifhment ; the riches
that ye poffefs are the riches of the earth; the siches that God
beftoweth on them that truft in him, are eternal: Theythat
depart from mortall fins, that repent to have commited them,
that beg of Godto be heard, and perfevere in their fupplica-
tions ; they that take councel, and confult among them what
they ought to do,that employ in good works part of thewealth
that God hath given them, that implore his help in thete affit-
&ions ; fachas do good, and fiuch ascommit evil, fhall be re-
compenfed, and punifhed according to ‘their works. God ab-
horrech Infidels; ye haye no power over them that implore his
affiftance in their afli@ion,and repent ; your power extendeth
over them that do injuftice tothe people,and difobey on earth
the Commandments of his divine Majefty, they {hall fuffer
great torments. Suchasperfevere in well-doing, and pardo
their neighbour, do what God hath Commanded. He whom
God fhall miflead, thall finde none to guide him. Thou halt
fee that the Infidels fhall ask if they may return into the world,
when they fhall behold the fire of hell ; thou fhalt fee them fie
with extream fear of eternalignominy ; they fhall lookawry
upon hell , and the believers hall ee chat the wicked,chat have
loft their fouls, that have mifled their family,and all che impious,
fhall be ‘eternally damned, none thall beable to fave them ;
and he that God fhall miflead, thall not finde the sight way:
Say unto them, beg pardon of God before the day come, that
ye thall finde no way to return into the world, nor excule for
your fins, . If they difobey thee, we have not fent thet? be
their Tucor; thou art.fent only to preach unco them. When
we give to man-any profperity he rejoyceth, and when affil-
@ion befallethhim, -he is ingrateful -for the grace of his Lord,
King of the heavens. andearth. God-giveth children, fonsam
daughtersto whom he pleafeth, he knoweth: all things, and is
Omnipotent she fpeaketh not to man but sby infpiration,
paral;
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parable,without being feen ; he fendeth his Prophets and Apo-
ftles, into whom he infpireth what pleafeth him, he knoweth
all things, andis omnipotent ; Thus have we fent thee our
fpirit to teach thee our Commandments; thou knowelt not
before what was written in the A/coran, neitherthe myfteries
of faith, wehavefent it to thee tobea light to the world ;
1 will guide into the way of Salvation whom I pleafe, I will
guide him into the way of the Lord , to whom belongeth
all that is in Heaven ‘and Earth, and who difpofeth of all
things.
CHAP. XLIII.
The Chapter of Ornament , containing eighty and nine Verfes,
written at Mecca.
Exteri intituled This Chapter, the Chapter of Gold.
ip the name of ‘God, gracious and mercifull ! God is pru-
dent and wife. I {wear by the Book that teacheth to: do
well, that we have fent it inthe Arabique tongue, peradven-
ture ye fhall underftand the tAlcoran ; it is written in our
original! Book, majeftiquéland myfterious. Shall I conceal
from you the Book of Safvation, if ye be wicked ? How ma-
ny Prophets and Apoftles have we fent in paft Ages ,.whom
unbelievers have difpifed? We deftroyed the moft powerfull
among them, and all have incurred the pain of their prede-
ceflors. Ifthou ask of them who created Heaven and Earth,
they will fay, that itis the omnipotent who knoweth all
things. Whohath extendeth the Earth under you? Who
eftablithed the Wayes to guideyou? Itis God, ‘he canfeth the
rain to defcendfrom Heaven in your neceffity ; he maketh
the dead, drie, and barren fields to revive; in like manner
thal! the dead come out of their Sepulchers, Heit isthat cre-
ated whatfoever is in the world, of divers kinds and fpecies,
and created the Ships, and beaft, to carry you. - mentee
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the grace of your Lord ; fay, praifed be he thac created for us
thefe things; we! had not the power to create them, They
all fhall reeurn before the Lord tobe judged. The Infidels
have divided God into many parts, Certainly he that faith
a that there are many Gods, is impious ; hath he appointed you
ro fay; that the Angels which he hath created are his daugh-
ters. iceing thathe giveth you fonnes?, When it is declared
to fome Iniidels that a daughter is born to him, he is not fa-
tisfied, (he defireth to have a fon) willthey fay that God
adorneth himfelf, and taketh ornaments to beautifie him
like their Idols? Itisa manifeft error they fay, that the An-
gels that worfhip God, are the daughters of his divine Ma-
jefty ; Iwill write what they fay , and will require of them
an accompt of their difcourfe at the day of Judgment. They
a have faid, had it pleafed God, we had not adored the Angels;
ijl They know not what they fay, and ignorantly: blafpheme ; do
ee ae they obferve any Sertpeure that hath been tanghe them here-
ee tofore 2 Onthe contrary, they fay that their fathers lived in
like manner, and that they follow their fteps; they have frid
ae as much to all the: Prophetsthat were fentunto them When
Hi em thou fpakeft to them to obferve what iscontainedin the Al
. coran , and to abandon the Idols which their fathers Wot
fhipped , they anfwered, that, they believed neither im thet,
norinthy miffion; but we avenged our felves upon them ;
Confider what is the end of blafphemers ; Remember thou,
that eo Fbraham {aid to. his father, and his people, I am in-
nocent of the finne that you commit, in adoring idols, I wor-
fhip him alone.that created me, he thall gu de me into the
way of Salvation, and hath left his words. to, pofterity 5 per
haps the infidels fhall be converted, 1 deferred heretotore
; * lid bin ;
fa ck Maguirke » the’ punifhment of Idolaters., uncill they had learned the
Wades and dvoua truth and that a Prophet came to inftru@ them; When he
bin Mefroud, preached unto them the truth , they faid, that it is but witch
oA iar craft, and that they would give no faith to it. Had the Al
confidence, 274" been fent toa man,.* Mafter and Lord of two Cities,
See Kitab ef OF Villages, they: had efteemed and approved it. Would they
tenvir. difpofe of the graces of God? He hath divided the riches f
the
Chap.43. The Alcoranof Manomer, — 305
the world among men; Some there be that are more emi.
nent, and {corn each other, but the mercy of God is more
advantageous then the riches of the Earth, which they accu.
mulate : Although all the people be not of the fame Religion, ee
Wweceafe not to beftow on the wicked houfes adorned with
feelings, enchafed with filver, ftaires, doares, and beds of (iI.
ver and gold; Thefe things are the riches of the Earth , and
Paradife is for them that are righteous, I will canfe to fall
headlong with the Devils , fuch as thall reje@ the Law of the
merciful] ; the Devils thall be their companions, they fhall fe-
duce them from the way of Salvation , and they fhall not
know it. When we fhall come to judge the Univerfe, they
thall fay, would to God we-had been as remote from you,
as the Weft isfromthe Eaft. Oh what company for you !
This day your repentance and your hopes fhall be vain; ye
, Were Infidels for company, ye thall be companions in the fire
;, Of Hell. Wilethou make the blinde to fee, and the deaf to
| hear? Wile thou guide them that wilfully erre? If they dye
* before being punithed on Earth, I will be avenged on them
', inthe other world. Shall J thew thee during thy life, the pus
’ nifhment that we have prepared for them > We can doit, bue
" do thou only what hath been commanded thee, thou arc in the
_ Way of falvation , inftru@ men therein 3; aN accompt of thy
miffion fhall be required of thee. I will require an accompe
of their miffion that we fent heretofore to inf rid the peo-
ple, we will demand of them, if we appointed them to wor-
thip any other God but us. We fent Mofes to Pharoahand
his Minifters, he caufed them to fee our Miracles,and preached
tothem our Commandments; he told them that he was the
Me(fenger_of the God of the Univerfe » heverthelefs they
-{eoffed, I fhewed them no greater Miracle then that of AZo/es
his fifter, and we chaitifed them, becaufe of their incredulity.
| They faidunto Afofes, oh Magician ! pray unto thy Lord, that
he deliver us from thefe evils , and we will be converted ;
when they were delivered, they violated their promifes; and
Pharoah taid tohis people, am notI King of egypt, doth
noc the River Ni/ws flow under my obedience? Know ye
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not that Iam more powerfull then that poore wretch AZo/es,
* pharoah that knowes not what he fayes ?¢ Give him * Bracelets of
react of Gold. ; wewill fee if the Angels, and thofe that follow his
suilded Iron DOGrine, will ceftifie che truth of his words. He terrified
tobe given, his Subjects, they obeyed him, for they were Infidels, but we
with Colles, were avenged onthem when they provoked'us; we drowned
sy er ay, them, and made them ferve for example to pofterity, like
a « . thofe that preceded them in impiety. The people would not
through the hearkento the Sonne of JZary, when he fpake by parable ;
City. —__ they faid, our Godsare more profitable to us then his lyes,
See Gelaldin. and queftions. On the contrary, they were refractory ; “he
ae iia? js our fervant, we conferred on him-our grace; and made him
abtenir. ee co the other Prophets of the Children of Ifrael+ Had it
pleafed me, I had created Angels on Earth in your place ; the
comming of Jefus, the Son of Adary fhall be a fign of the
certainty of the day of Judgment, doubt not concerning that
day. He faid unto.men,follow me, it is the right way, beware
left the Devill feduce you, he is your open enemy. I comet
teach you the Commandments.of Ged, to refolve the doubis,
and judge the differences that are among you ; Fear God, and
obey him, he ts your Lord and mine, worthip him, i is the
right way; The people doubted his Do@trine , but mifery
fhall be upon the wicked, they fhall fuffer great torments at
the day of Judgment ; will they expect that day for their con-
verfion ? it fhall furprize them, and they know it not; that
day thall they be enemies one of another, God fhall fay to
the righteous, fear not, yefhall not this day refent any af-
fliGtion ; The believers that have obeyed my Comandments,
fhall enter into Paradife, you and your wives fhal{ there re-
joyce, ye fhall drink in cups of fine gold. ye fhall there finde
whatfoever ye fhail defire, and all that can content the minde,
and delight the eyes, and-ye fhall dwell erernally in fapreme
felicity ; behold the Paradile that ye have gained by your 09
life | itis enriched with abundance: of fruses, which ye Shall
eat with contentment ; and the wicked fhall remain erernally
inthe fire of Hell, they fhall not be eafed in their miferies,
and fhall be dumb with difpair; we dono injuftice to a
they.
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they draw mifchief on themfelves , through their difobedi-
ence; They thall demand of the Keeper of the fire, will thy
Lord nevér deliver us ftom thefe paines ? He fhall anfwer
them, ye fhall abide there eternally ; We have taught men
the truth, but the greaceft part of them would not believe it.
The wicked have confpired againft thee, and we confpired
againft them; think they that I know not their fecrets, and
whatfoever they utter ? The Angels our Meflengers keep ac-
compt ; Say unto them, if God have a Son, who hall we firlt
adore? Praifed be God, King of the Heavens and of the
Earth ; the matter is not as the Infidels deliver it - Leave them
implunged in their impiety , let them laugh and rejoyce , un-
till the day of their punifhment arrive : One God alone ought
to be worfhiped in Heaven and Earth » he is moft wife and
omnifcient, Praifed be heto whom appertaineth the King-
dome of the Heavens and Earth, and whatfoever is between
them. He knoweth the hour and the day, that all the world
fhall be affembled before him to be judged. The Idols that
the Infidels adore, {hall not be able to intercede for them ;
the good intercede for them that have knowledg of the
truth; If thou ask of men , who created them? they will
fay, it is God ; How can they then depart from his Command.
ments ? Lord, this people is incredulous ; Depart thou far from
their company , they hall in the end, too late, acknowledg
their errors.
CHAP. XLITTI,
The Chapter of Smoke, containing fifty nine Verfes > Ypritten
at Mecca.
G thename of God, gracious and merciful, God ispri-
dent and wife. I fwear by the book that diftineuifheth
good from evill, chav'we fent it the night of bleffing, toteach
the people the torments of Hell; This book explaineth our
Commandments, and-allthacwe heretofore commanded the
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The Micoran of MAHOMET. Chapa.
Prophets; thisisa fpeciall grace of thy Lord, he heareth and
knoweth all things , he is Lord of Heaven and Earth, and of
all that is between them, believe in his omnipotency. There
isno God but he, he giveth life and death to whom he lifteth,
he is your Lord, the Lord of your fathers and predeceffors;
the wicked deride this difcourfe, but the day of Judgment at-
tends them; that day the Heaven fhall refemble fmoak, that
(hall cover the world; that day (hall the people fay, behold
here grievous torments ; Lord deliver us from this mifery, we
willbelievein thy Law: Their convertion thal! be in vain, be-
cauife when the Prophet preached to them, they {corned his
words, and faid, that he wasa foolifh Teacher ; and when they
were comforted on Earth, they returned co their impiety:
Remember thou the day when they were vanquifhed , and
taken by force, and that we were revenged on their impiety;
We heretofore tryed the people of Pharoah; my beloved
Prophet preached to them my Commandments, and faid,
Come follow me, oh ye fervants of God! Tam a faith
Meffenger of his divine Majefty ; refift not his Law ; 1 will
teach you his Commandments, he fhall defend me from
your malice, he fhall preferve me from being ftoned;
but if ye will.not believe me, depart far from me, He
prayed to his Lord, when he knew, that that people was
unbelieving, and impious. God faid unto him, goe forth by
night out of the City with my fervants ; ifthe men of Pharoah
purfue thee, enter into the Sea, through a path large and {pa-
cious, thine enemies that fhall follow thee fhall be drowned.
How many Gardens, Fountains, and places of pleafure,wheré-
in they took delight, did they forfake? They fell into the
power of another with all their treafures, and none lamented
them, either in Heaven or Earth, they expected not that pu
nifhment. We delivered the Children of Ifrael from Phe
roabs tyranny,he was powerfull, and a great finner. We elected
them through our certain knowledg among all the world,
and tryed them through our Miracles, and Commandments.
The wicked fay, we fhall dye and not rife again ; ifthe Refit
reCtion be true, caufe our fathers to revive, to evidence tht
t
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Chap.44. The Alcoran of M AHOMET,
truth of thy words; Are they more powerfull then their pre-
deceflors, whom we defttoyed , becaufe of their impiety ?
We have not created in yainthe Heaven and the Earth, and
whatfoever is between them; we creared them for certain
fignes of our unity, the greateft part of the world underftand
itnot ; the day of Judgmentis the time appointed for their
punifhment, that day none fhall be able to fave his neighbour,
Or parent, or friend; nor fhall any be faved, but thofe to
whom God fhiall give his mercy , he is omnipotent and merci-
full. The fruit of the Tree of Hell, called Zacon, fhall ferve
for food to the wicked, it thall boyle in their bellies like pitch,
or water. They fhall cry, take the wicked, drag them into the
fire of Hell, poure upon their heads all manner of torments,
Ie fhall be faid unto them, tafte the paines of Hell; ye
believed [ your felves] to be the omnipotent and precious on
Earth, behold the punifhment, of: which ye doubted! The
righteous fhall be in delicious places , in Gardens adorned
with Fountains; they thall be clothed with purple, they thall
behold each other face to face. ; wewillaflemble them with
women, pure and clean, who fhall have moft veautifull eyes,
they fhall have fruits, favorie and delicious, of all feafons ; they
fhall never dye, and fhall be delivered from the torments of
Hell, through the fpeciall grace of thy Lord, behold fupreme
felicity ! Certainly, Wwe have fént the A/coran in thy tongue,
peradvencure the Arabians will learn it ; they covet thy ru-
ine, but perfevere thou, and expect the time of the punifhment
of their crimes.
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CHAP. XLY.
The Chapter of Genuflexion, or Kuce-bowing , containing fifty
nine Verfes, written at Mecca.
ie the Name of God, gracious and merciful. God ismoft
prudent and wife. This Book is fent by the Oninipotent
and wife. The Heavens‘and the Barth are moft certain fignes of
Scag his Unity, to fuch as believein his Law ; your Creation, and
pete the Creation of all'Creatures, are marks of his greatnels to
them that have his fear before their eyes; the difference of the
night, and the day ; the rain that he fendeth from Heaven, to
caufe fruits to fpring out of the Barth, and to revive it aftér
its death, and the diverficy of winds, are fignes of his Omni-
tency to thenrthat have knowledg to comprehendit. Ite |
ha eh te to thee the wonders of God with truth ; in whac will Inf.
ee | 3 delsbetieve, if they believe not in the word of his divine Me
ea jefly > Mifery is upon them that heat the Commandmenitrot
Ha i} God, and become proud,as if.they had not heard them. Preach
unto fach men, that they fhall faffer the rigors of infinite pati
i | They deride che Faith when they are fpoken to = Certamly,
4 be they thall be punifhed in the fire of Hell, their riches thalfnot
vet be able to favethem, neither the Idols which they adore;
they fhalbbeeternally damned. This Book guideth men into
the way of falvation; they that fhall not believe in the Law
of God, fhall feel the effeéts of his fury. He created the
Seas that bear the Ships for the advantage of your commerce,
iis peradventure ye will acknowledg this grace: He hath created
a for yon, all that is in Heaven and on Barth; itis afign of -his:
goodnefs to fuch asconfider it. Speak unto them that believe
in the Law of Salvation, that they pardon thofe that have not
the fear of God before their eyes. God thallchaftife them
after their demerits. VVhofoever thall do good, (hall finde
good ; and ye (hall be affembled before his divine Majelty, to
be judged. Certainly we inftruéted the children of Tfraclio
the Scripture, and our Commandments; we taught them
: pre knowledg,
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knowledg, and gave them the grace of Prophefie; we enriched
themwithall forts of riches,& preferred them to all the world,
We taught them our Law, none defputed againft our Com:
} mandments, but fuch as had knowledg, and:that through the
| envie that arofe among them; but thy Lord hall judge their
differences at the day of Judgment. We have fent thee our
/ Law, obferve it, and follow not.the appetites of the ignorant,
» they fhall not be ableto deliver thee from eternal! pains. The
: Infidels obey each other, and the true-believers obey God.
This bookis the light of the world, it guidethinto the way of
falyation, and the mercy of God, themthat believe im his di+
vine Majefty. Do the wicked imagine they thall be entreated
like the godly in their life anddeath,and that they thall not be
judged ? God hath created heaven and earth for a mark of his
power, he fhall judge every one according to their works,
,, and fhall do injuftice to none: Confider how they worthip
what cometh: into. their fancy,God hath feduced them fom his
certain knowledg, he-hath rendred them deaf, hath hardned
iy their heart, and blinded them ; who hall guide, if God feduce
them ? Dorhey not confider it? They fay, ourRefurre@ion
fhall be like the life of this world, fome die, others are born;
length of years canfe us to die, they know not what they fay;
and {peak but by opinion. When they are preached unto,
they have no other difcourfe to utters but make our fathers to
revive, if what ye fay be true. Say unto them; God canfeth
youto live and die, and thal! aflemble you at the day of Judg=
ment ; there is no.doubt in: this, but the greateft part of the
people know.it not. God isthe King of the heavens and earth,
and of the day of Judgment;that day thal he affemble the Infi-
delssthou fhalt fee all Seéts; and all Religions affembled before
him upontheir knees,every Seé hall fee their fins written ina
particular book, and fhall be all-chaftifed after their demerits.
Ic fhall be faid unto them, behold the book that fpeakerh againft
, you, wehave exactly written what you have done; God fhall
* — give his.mercy to. the. righteous, that is, fupream felicity. . It
# thal be faid to the wicked, have not the Commandments of
God been preached to you? Yebecame proud and were in-
x credulous ;
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credulous ; when it was told you that the promifes of God,
and the day of Judgment were indubitable:; ye faid that it was
but an opinion, and that ye-believe it nor ;. in the end ye fhall
acknowledg your offence, and fhall foffer the pains that ye de-
fpifed ; God fhall fay unto them at theday of Judgment, f
have this day forgotten you, as yeforgot the coming of this
day, the fire of hell {hall be your habitation, none fhall deliver
you, becaufe ye derided my Law, and waxed proud with the
riches ofthe earth. They fhall never get out of thisfire, nei-
ther be able to repent. Praife be to God, Lord of the heavens
and earth: glory ts due to him inall places, he is omnipotent
and wife,
CHAP. XLVI.
The Chapter of Hecaf , containing thirty five Ver[es, Written at
Mecca.
Hecatis a Valley in the Country of Liemen, upon the fronties
of Arabia. See Gelaldin, and the Book intituled, Kitab él
Tenoir.
Nethe name of God, gracious and merciful : Godis mok-
prudent and wife. This Book was fent by the Omnipotent
and wife. Wecreated the heavens and the earth, andall that
is between them, for a fign.of our Omnipotency and Unity.and
appointed to every thing a prefixed and limited time. If the
Infidels depart from that which hath been preached to them,
Say unto them, have ye confidered the Idols -thatyeadore?
{lew me what they have created on earth, are they Gods com-
panions in the creation of the heavens 2 bring me a Book
fent from heaven before the Alcoran, that-containeth like it,
what remained of the de@rine of our Predeceffors,we fhall fee
ifye betrue: who is morefeduced then he that wor(hippeth :
things that-can neither hearhis prayers, nor prorect him at the
day of Judgment ? That day thall. the InGdels be cnc
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each other, and the Idols fhall not acknowledg them that have
worfhipped them. When, they heard the A/coran read, they
affirmed it to contain the truth; and when they were com-
manded to obferve it, they faid, thar it isbut magick. Will
they fay. that thou haft invented it ? Say unto them,if I have
invented it, ye cannor deliver me from the punifhment of
God, he knoweth:all chat is in this book, it is fufficient that he
is witnefs between you and me, he is gracious and merciful -
Say unto them, Iam not the firft Prophet, nor the firft Apoftle
that God hath fent, I know not what God fhall determine of
you and me, I do but what he hath infpired into me,. and am
fent to preach the torments of hell; have ye confidered in
what condition ye fhall be, if the e4/ceran be fent from God ?
Ye have renounced it, but one ofthechildren of J/raed is wit-
nefs that it is- fent from-God, -and hath believed in his divine
Majeftie. neverthelefs ye are become proud: God guideth not
the proud. The Infidels fay to the believers, «if the Alcoran
were any good thing, you fhould not exceed us in obferving it,
it guideth not into the way of falvation, itis but an old Fable;
The book of AZofes that came before it teacheth the right way,
and the Will of God : Say unto them, the A/coran confirmeth
the Scriptures fent heretofore to them that preceded us, it is in
the Arabique tongue ; he preacheth the pains of hell ro unbe-
lievers, and declareth the joyes of Paradife to the righteous.
Such as fhall believe that God: is their Lord, and thall obey
him, ought to fear nothing, they thall fuffer none affi@ion at
the day of Judgment, they fhallenjoy Paradife for the reward
oftheir g00d works. We have recommended to man, to ho-
nor father and mother, and todo good to them; his mother
beareth him with pain, the bringeth forth with dolour, the =
giveth him fuck,and weaneth him at the end of thirty. moneths;
fhe hath care (of him] until he be ina condition to govern
himfelf, and hath attained to age of difcretion. Then he faith, -
Lord, infpire me to be grateful for the grace that thou halt
given to my father and mother ; if I do well thou wilt accept
it, take care of my polterity, I cruft in thee, and defire to obey»
thy Commandments : Their prayer thall be heard, their fins .
fhall
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thal! be pardoned, and they hall enjoy the joyes of Paradife,
prepared for che righteous. He that.fhall {peak to his father
and mother incivility; and fhall fay unto them in derifion, will
ye bring me yet once more into the world after my death? will
ye revive. me. from my grave ? many are dead heretofore, that
arenotreturned : he fhall be punifhediof God, his fatherand
mother hall require help of his. divine Majefty, andihall fay
unto him, my fon, mifery is with thee, believe in God, andin
the Refurreétion, the Word of Godis: infallible; ifhe reply
that it is an old Fable, he fhall feel the punifhment of God, the
word of his divine Majeftie fhall be accomplifhed againft him,
as it hath been accomplifhed againft them tha didprecede him
in impiety, as well devilsas men, they fhall be damned; they
{hall be in fundry degrees of pains, he fhall chaftife them after
their demerits, and no injuftice. fhall be done tothem. It fhall
be faid to the wicked that would depart out. of hell fire, ye ex-
pelled your felicity, when ye livedin the world; your punifh-
ment was deferred until this prefent, ye fhall this day be pm
nifhed in this fire,becaufe of your pride.and crimes. Remembiet
thon the brother of ad, who preached the torments of hellin
the valley of Hecaf, his words was heard inhistime, and are
come to.pofterity, v=. worthip but one God alone; ifyoude
otherwife, I apprehend: for youthe day of Judgment ¢they
anfwered him, art thou.come to hinder us to adore our gods?
let us feethe torments that thou preacheft tous, ifthou art
true : he faid, God knoweth.in what time he will chaltife you;
[preach to you what hath been appointed me to preach, but 1
fee that ye are obftinate. When they beheld a black cloud
appear, which approached the place of their habitation, they
faid; behold.acloud that fhall give us.rain; on the contrary, tt
is the punifhment that ye have demanded, it is. full of am 1m-
petuous winde that fhall deftroy you through the Command-
ment of God; inthe morning their houfes were found empty
of inhabitants : Thus God chaftifechhe wicked ; ye dwell im
the places which they inhabited; they had hearts, eyes, amd
ears, but their hearts, eyes, and ears were to them unprofitable;
theevill which they.defpifed befell chem, when they negletted
a to
Chap.46. The Alcoranof Mauome Y.
; NS AE GORI ORR aa IS
X to obfervethe Commandments of God. We have deftroyed
whatfoever is round abéyt AZerea, and have made the effeds
i of our omnipotency to appear; peradventure the inhabitants
thereof will be converted. . The Idols that they worfhipped,
and thofe to whom they facrificed, did not fave them; onthe
contrary,they forfook them, becaufe of their blafphemies. Re-
al member thon,that we-fent co thee devils, that defired to hear a
| LeGture of the e4lcoran; when they heard thee, they faid,
Heark,he begins ; and when thou madeft an end,they returned
with exceeding great fear, and faid to their companions, we
have heard a Lecture of a Book fent from heaven. after the
book of AZo/fes, it confirmeth the ancient Scriptures, teacheth
hi the trath, and gnidech the people inro the way:of falvacion. O
het people /hearhim that calleth you tothe Law of God, and to
ul the obfervance of his Commandments ; betieve him, God fhaill
i pardon your fins, and deliver you from thepairis of hell : fiach
up as thall not hearken to’ him, thall not efcape the punifhment
ye Of their crimes, and (hall be deprived of protection at the day
me Of Judgment ; fuchmen are feduced from the way of falvation.
vi) Confider they not that God, who created heaven and earth,
p@ did not labour in creating them ? thar heis able to give life
.) and death; and is omnipotent? Be thou mindful of thé day
~ that che Infidels thal! defire'to get out of the fire of hell; it fhall
be faid unto them, are not the pains that were preached to you
W true? they fhalk fay, yes Lordsit thall be faid co them,taite then
the torments which ye have merited through your impiety.
i Perfevere thou, asthe Prophets thy predeceffors perfevered.
} Be not: impatient,'till thou fee the: punifhment-of of Infidels .
they fhall fee it when they fhall rife again,and {hall believe chat
they have been but an: hour in their fepulchres: Thisisthat
y: Which God hath commanded to pieach, he thal! deftroy thofe
only that difobey his Commandments.
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CHAP.
a
Mecch.
The Adebran of MAHOMET. (Chap.47.
CHAP. XLVII.
The Chapter of the Combat , containing fourefcore and eight
Verfes, Written at Mecca.
Is the name of God, gracious and mercifull. Good works
are vain and unprofitable to the wicked, and to them that
hinder their neighbour to follow the Law of God; hepar-
doneth their finnes, who believe in what AZahomet hath
preached ; itisthe very truch that proceedeth from his'divine
Majefty, but the Infidels have followed vanity , and the be.
lievers have embraced the truth fent from their Lord; Thus
God fpeaketh to the people in parables, When ye fhall meet
the Infidels in time of warre, cut their necks, purfue them
untill ye take themyprifoners, then binde them; after this, ye
fhall either give them liberty, or put them co ranfome , untill
their party fhall lay down armes. If God pleafed, he could
give you victory without fighting, but his willis to prove you
he guidech into Paradife, them that are flain forthe defence
of his Law, and giveth them his grace. Ohye that believeim
God.! If ye protect the Law of God, God will proteé you,
he will confirm yourfteps, and deftroy the Infidels, becaule
they have contemned his Commandments, & their good works
fhall be to them unprofitable;confider they not whathathbeen
the end of the impious that were before them , and that God
hath deftroyed them ? He (hal deftroy rhem in like manner, be-
caufe he proteéteth the Believers, and Infidels are deprived of
his proteétion; he maketh the righteous to-enter into Paradife,
into Gardens, wherein flow many rivers, The punifhment of
the wicked is fometimes deferred in this world, they live like
beafts, but the fire of Hell is prepared for their punifhment.
How many Cities, ftronger, and more opulent then that which
they caufed cheé to abandon, have we deltroyed ? They foun
no protection. Are fuch as embrace the Law of God like
to themthat follow their own appetites? God hath pto-
mifed Paradife to them that have his fear before their x
- here
by
Chap.47. The Alcoranof Mauow ET.
there be in Paradife rivers of water, that receiveth no altera-
tion; there be rivers of milk that never corrupteth , rivers
of wine, favory and delicious to the tafte ; rivers of honey,
pure and clean ; fruits of all forts, and the grace of God for
them that hall obey his Commandments ; the wieked thal! re-
main eternally in the fire of Hell, where they thall drink a
boyling liquor,that thaltburn their entrails, There be per-
fons among the Infidels , that hear what thou doft’ preach;
when they are gone from thee, their Doors demand of them
what thou haft faid concerning the day of Judgment? God
hath hardned the hearts of {ach men , and they thal! never
follow but their own paffions. God enereafeth thé graces of
them that obey his Commandments » and fortifieth them ‘in
their perfeverance Shall the Infidels tarry untill the day of
Judgment furprizeth them? The fignes of that day hath al-
ready appeared, that day fhall repentance be in vain ; there
isno God but God, implore from him pardon of thy finne;
and for thefe men and women , that believe in his Law » he
knoweth what they do.day and-night; If the Chapter of the
place where Juftice is rendred, had not been fent, and had nor
made mention ef Combats, thou hadft not: feen ‘them that
doubt of the Law , look upon thee with eyes troubled , be-
caufe of their fears of dying. Teach them obedience ; and
{peak to them with civility. Had they believed, and obeyed,
fall canfe them to dye 2 they fhall beat them before and be-
hind, becaufe they have incurred the wrath of God , and ‘de-
{pifed his Commandments 3 their good works fhall be unpro-
profitable ;
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318
The-wicoran of MAHOMET. .Chapi47,
fitable ; think they that God will never make manifelt their
malice? If thouwilet, I will make it appear, thoufhale know
them by their countenance, thou fhalt difcover them by their
voyce, and fpeech, Say unto them , God knoweth all your
actions ; he hall prove you, to difcover the believers, and the
unbelievers,, The wicked, who hinder the people to follow
the way of Salvation, that contradi& the Prophet, after they
have had knowledg of the Law of God, hurt not his divine
Majelty, their actions are vain and unprofitable. Ohye that
believe! obey God, and his Prophet, and render not your
good works ineffectual through difobedience} he pardoneth
not the wicked , whe feduce the people from the way of Sal-
vation, and dyein their impiety ;: Be mot faint-hearted and
flothfull , ye fhall be vi€torious, God is with you. He will
not deprive you of reward; the life of this world is but foo-
lifh a and delufion; if ye believe in God, and have his
fear before your eyes, he will xecompenfe youfor-your good
works , he requireth not an accompt of your riches ; if hed
require[it ] of you,it is to hinder youto be avaricious, andto
banith ufury from among them that believe in his Law + Oh
people | ye are commanded to make fome expence for the
fove of God; He that fhallbe aniggard , and avaricious in
this occurrence , hall be avaricious, and a niggard tohimlelf
GOdis rich, and yeare poor ; if ye defpife his Law; he will
create in your place other perfons, that thal! not do like
you,
CHAP.
a
1 Chap.48.. The Alcoranof MaHomerT 319
rn
ty CHAP XLEVIII.
The Chapter of Conquef? , containing twenty nine Verfes »
written at Mecca.
Thises the Chapter, O f the taking of the City of Mecca,
N the name of God, gracious and mercifull. We have
given thee a manifeft vi€tory. God pardoneth the finne that
thou didft commit, when thon wert too prompt, and when
thou wert too tardy, [ to fight for his Law; ] he thall'accom-
plith his grace upon thee, he fhall guide thee into the riphe
way , and thall powerfully prote@ thee; he hath delivered
the hearts of the believers from fear, to augment their faith ;
he difpofech the forces of the Heavens and Earth, he knoweth
all, and ismoft prudent. He fhall make them that (hall obey
his Commandments, to dwell in Gardens, wherein flow ma-
ny rivers, and fhall remit to them their offences , this: is “fie
preme felicity ; The Infidels, the wicked; the difobedient, and
unjuft, that have evil! thoughts of God, thall- be aceurfed of his
divine Majefty, mifery thal alwayes purfue.chem, and his wrath
be eternally upon them; he hath prepared*for chem the
if pains of Hell. God difpofeth the powers’ of the ‘Hea-
ji vens and Earth 5 he is omnipotent and wife. We have
fent thee to be witnefs of the deportments of thofe of
thy Nation , to proclaim to them the joyes of Paradife,
and to preach to them the pains of hell, ro the end they
may believe in God , and in his Prophet, that they may
praife him, honour bim, and exale his glory evening and
morning: Such as fhalf obey thee, obey God; the hand of
God is ft onger then the hand of men ; he that fhal! fin, thall
offend againit hisown foul; and he that performed what he
hath promifed to God, (hall have an exceeding great reward.
UV Such of the e4rabiins as have no inclination re follow thee,
fay, thou imployeft our wealth and perfons to go with thee,
implore therefore pardon of God fer us ; but they fpeak _
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li
with the mouth,what they have in the heart ; Say unto them,
who but Godis able todo ought foryou? ifit be his will to
bring good or evillupon you, he is omnipotent, and knoweth
all that you do. Ye believed that the Prophet and True-
believers fhould be flain when they fought for the Law of
God; ye believed that they fhould never return to their
hones. This opinion rejoyced your heart, but you were de-
ceived, and were your felves deftroyed with them that believed
not in God,nor his Prophets; Ged hath prepared the fire of
hell for Infidels ; the kingdom of the heavens and earth apper-
taineth to him, he punifheth and chaftifech whom he lifteth, he
is gracious and merciful. When ye thall go tothe fpoil, fuch
as refufed before tofollow you to the fight,wil fay,permit us to
go with you ; they would pervert the Word of God. Say unto
them, ye fhall not follow us in this occafion, God hath not
heretofore ordainedit; they will reply, certainly ye are envi-
ae A ous againft us ; onthe contrary, they underftand not the Law
Maar 3 of God, except very few among them. Say tothe Arabia,
that refufed to follow thee, ye fthall be called to fight
Heke againft miferable men, yee fhall fight them, _nevet-
Wet thelefS they fhall ftill be obedient to God; if yee
HE obey and fight for the Faith, he will largely reward you;
iB if ; if ye defert his fervice, as heretofore ye have done, he fhall fe-
ut verely chaftife you. The blinde, the lame, and the fick,are not
obliged to gotothe war. He that fhall obey God and his
Prophet, fhall dwell eternally in gardens, wherein flow many
rivers ; and he that fhall difobey Gods Commandments, fhall
be punithed for his difobedience. God accepted theit action
eet that repaired to thee under the tree,he knew what they had in
ee their hearts, their confirmed he fteps, and gave them victory,
he is omnipotent and wife. God had promifed you great
fpoil, he gave it you, and delivered you from the hands of the
people ; this fhall ferve for a fign of hisomnipotency to the
true- believers, he will condu@ you into the right way ; none
but you could have atchieved that conquelt, he well knew that
that was fornone other, he is omnipotent : if the wicked fight
you, they fhall fly, they fhail turn the back, and finde none to
prove
coranof MAHOMET. (Chap.4d.
Chap.58. The Alcoran of MAHOMET.
proteét them. Obferve the Law of God again{t chem, do as
was heretofore commanded you; the Lawof God admits no
alteration ; God hath delivered you from their hands, and de.
livered them into yours in the midft of Afecca, having given
you victory overthem ; he beholdeth all their aétions, they
have defpifed the Commandments of his divine Majefty, and
hindred youheretofore to. go to the Temple of (Mecca; they
are at prefent prifoners; without the affiftance of the true-
believers that were within che city with you,ye had not known
them, yehad trampled them uader foot without diftin@ion,
and had offended God without knowledg of your fin. God
beftoweth his mercy on whom he pleafeth ; had ye been fepa-
rated from the unbelievers, we had feverely punithed them:
When they were faccoured of the ignorant, and had fome ad-
vantage , God put his Prophet, and all the believers in a place
of fafety, they had recourfe to the word of force and vertue ,
wherein they did better then the Infidels, God knoweth all.
Affugedly the dredm of the Prophet of God was true, when he
dreamed thatye were in the Temple of AZeccawithout fear,your
hair thaven, and beards crimed ; fear nothing, God knoweth
what you know not; in lieu of this dream, he hath given youa
great victory ; he it is that hath fenr you his Propher, to
teach you his Law, more falutary then allother Laws of the
world. It is fufficient, that. God is witnefs that ALahomet is
his Prophet, and Apoftle ; it fufficeth that the true- believers,
who are with him, beare teftimony. God encreafeth his mercy
towards thofe Infidels that convert;thou (halt fee them wothip
God, humble themflves before his divine Majefty, and im-
Plore his grace ; thou thale know therm by theirafped, they
thall haye in their countenance thé marks of their zeal’; it is fo
written in the old Teftament and the Gofpel ; they are like a
plant that produceth its leaves, that grows ftrong by little
and little, and becometh big; afterwards it taketh {trength
upon its roots, becometha great tree, and the wood thereof
ferveth to make war againft Infidels. God hath promifed his
mercy, and an exceeding great reward to the Infidels chat fhall
be converted, that fhall believe ih his Law,and do good works.
Y CHAP.
Aicoran of MAHOMET. Chap.49.
CHAP. XLIX,
The Chapter of Inclofures, containing eighteen Ve erfes, Written at
Medina.
Exteri entituleth this Chapter, The Chapter of Walls.
ji the name of God, gracious-and merciful. Oyethat be-
lieve! perfer not what ye have done, to what God and
his Prophet hath performed, and fear God, he heareth whatfo-
ever ye fay, and feeth all chat you do.O ye that believe | when
ye fhall {peak to the Prophet, fpeak not louder then he; cry
not, as when ye talk among your felves, leaftye render your
good works vain and unprofitable, and know it not; God
hath tried the vertue of them that {peak low in the prefence of.
the Prophet, he fhall pardom their fins, and givethem ‘an &
ceeding great reward. They that call thee behinde the Indlo-
fures, know not what they do ; had they attended untilthon
hadft. been towards them, they had done very well, Godis
gracious andmerciful. O ye that believe! ifany Infidelde-
fireth to preach to you, diftinguith the truth froma lye; ifye
give credit to the ignorant, ye fhall repent you. Know that
the Apoftle of Godis.among you ; ye.fhall offend God, if ye
obey unbelievers in many things ; God willeth thar ye embrace
his Law, it fhall rejoyce your hearts, and make ye to abhor
difobedience and impiety : fuch as abhor it, are ftedfaft im theit
faith, through his fpeciall grace, he knoweth them, and is molt
wife. If two Nations,or two Provinces, of fuch as believe in
God areiat odds, reconcile them; ifthe one do injury to the o-
ther, fight againft him that is nnjuft, until he repairewhat
God hath ordained ; if he make reparation, reconcile them
with equity ; be juft, God loveth them that do juftice to
his people: all thofe that believe in his Law, are brethren ; |
make peace among your brethren, and fear God, he fhall give
you hismercy. Oye that believe! {corm nor your neighbour,
peradventure ‘that he fhall one day be of better value then
your
(hap.49. The-Alcoran of M Awo'm B ~— 3
you, Ovyewomen ! fcorn not others, perhaps they thall one
day be more worth then you. “Utter no reproaches, and give
no name to your neighbour that may difpleafehim ; call him
by his name, otherwife ye will difobey God: fich as repent
not, are exceedingly tooblame. Oye thatbelieve in God |
take heed of evil thoughts, thefe are oftentimes in the number
of fins; do no difpleafure to your neighbour, and {peak to
each other nothing that may difpleafe : who among you would
eat the flefh of his dead brother ? ye fhall abhor it; fear there-
fore God, who is gracious and mercifnl to fich as have his fear
before their eyes. O people! wecreated you male andsfe-
male ;, we have caufed to iffue out of your loyns: people and
Nations ; ye know each other, but your greateft honour is, to
fear God, he knoweth you, and underftandeth all your fecrets.
Some among the Arabians have faid, we believe; Say unto
them, fay not we believe, but fay, we are obedient, otherwife
faith fhall not enter into your hearts; if ye obey God. and his
Frophet, ye hall be recompenced for your good. works, God
is gracious and merciful to them that obey. his: Command.
ments. Such as are beloved of God, believe imhis Unity, and
inhis Prophet, they doubt not ofhis Law, and imploy their
perfonsand wealth for the propagation of the faith. Say un-
to them, know ye nat that your Law, proceedeth from God?
he knoweth whatfoever is in the heayens and earth, he know-
ethall. They think todotheea pleafurein faving them, Say
unto them, believe not that ye pleafure me, for it is God that
guideth you into the way of falvation ; ye ought fo to believe
its» God knowethvall chat is in the heavens and earth, and be-
holdeth whatfoever ye do, .
Y2 | <CHAP,
23
324 He coranof MAHOMET. Chap.5o.
CHAP. L.
The Chapter of the Thing fudged, containing fourty five Verfes,
Written at Mecca.
Mahomet bath intituled this Chapter With the letter Kaf of
the Arabique Alphabet,which fignifieth in this place,Kdael'mer,
shat is to fay, the thing judged; See Gelaldin, aud Bedaoi, who
have intituled this the (hapter of }udgment, or the thing judged.
‘Many Mahometans fay likewi[e, that Kaf 1 a mountain that
environeth the World, and that Mahomet fwore by that moun-
tain.
N the name of God, gracious and merciful. I {wear by_the
Alcoran, worthy of praife, that the inhabitants of Aecca
wonder that 2’man‘of their Nation teacheth them the tor-
ments of hell; chey fay, that he fpeaketh ftrange things. Whur,
fay they, fhall we die? ‘hall we be earth, and return into the
world? Behold a very ftrong return! We know affuredly
what the earth will do withus, we have a book, whereinall
is written; they impugne the known truth, and areina great
confufion: | See they notheaven above them, how we have
built it ? how we have adorned it? and how there iso defect?
‘We have extended the earth, raifed the mountains, and canfed
all forts of fruits to {pring forth, fora fign of our omnipoten-
cie. We have fent the bleffed rain from heaven, made gat-
dens to produce grain, pleafing tq the Reapers, and Date trees,
exceeding each other in height, to enrich our creatures. We
have given life to the dead, drie, and barren earth ; fothall the
dead come out of their fepulchres. The people of Woabs
time, thofe that inhabited neer the Well, TZ emod, Pharoah, ~
the fellow-citizens of Lor; they that dwele in the Forrelt,
in and people of ‘Kixg Teba, did heretofore traduce. our Pro-
Kids ofr; Phets, and felt the punifhment denounced againft Infidels.
mech. Was it acrouble to us to create men at. firft-? neverthelefs they
. $cc, Bedaoi. are indoubt ifthey thallrifeagain. We created man without |
is oot difticulty,
}
Chap.50. The Alcoran of ManomeET,
7
difficulty, we know the motions of his foul, and penetrate into
his heart, asthe blond into the veins. of his body.. Oman !
think upon the day chatthou thalt fee thy good and evil Angel
near thee, at the right hand, and omethy feft, they have obfer-
ved and written all that thou haft dome reprefent-co. thy elf
death before thine eyes, it isinevitable :?> Think on the Angel
that fhal! found the Trumpet atthe day of the Refurre@ion ;
that day fhall the wicked behold what was promifed them,
and all men fhall come before\Ged to be judged. | Dheir guac-
dian Angels hall conduct them, and be the witneffes of their
deportments : It (hall he faid to the Infidels, behold the day
of which ye would have no thoughts; we have now opened
your eyes, ye fhall fee this day more hard then iron ; their
guardian Angels fhall fay unto them, behold here before your
eyes all that ye have done ; caft into hell thofe obftinate Infi-
dels that have hindred their neighbour to de good, that have
offended in doubting of Gods Law, and have affirmed there
was another god with God; caft them into the moft grievous
torments. Then. fhall the devil fay to them, Lord,Jdid:not
feduce them, they feduced themfelves ; God fhall fay, difpute
not before me, what-was heretofore promifed you-is infalli-
ble, my Word admitteth no alteration, and di will do. im-
juftice tonone. God. (hall ask at che day of Judgment, if hell
be full? it thall anfwer, is there any-more ? Paradife is
prepared for the righteous,who fhall have the fear of God-be-
fore their eyes, it is ptomifed to them that. (hall be converted,
that (hall obey the Commandinents of his divine Majeftie, and
perfevere. in their obedience. It thall befaid co them, enter
ySinto Paradife, exempt fromall evil; behold the cternal-day,
yc thall have all chat.ye hall defire,and‘more... How'rich and
powerfull Cities have we in times paftideltroyed ? cheit inha-
bitants fought in theff Countries places of retreat, and efeaped
hot the punifhment of their crimes ; this ought to: fervefor ex-
ample to them that comprehend. it, to them that hear it; and
to fuch that faw ic. Certainly we created in fimdayes, without
diffticulry; the heaven'and earth,.and:all that is betweenchem.
‘Porfevere ;: be not impatieht forothe words:of unbelievers,
¥ 3 exalt
35)
| ae 7 coranof MAHOMET. Chap.51.
Gelaldin and
Falkredin in.
title this
the Chapter
of things
that difperfe.
exalt the elory-of thy Lord before the Sun go down,and before
it rife; pray to thy Lord at the entrance of the night, the laft
of all-thall be worthip.. Hearken when the Angel fhall call
thee to generall Judgment ; that day fhall all che world hear
the Trumpet; the people fhall come out of their.fepulchres,
and earth (hall open‘ before the eyes of men. I give life and
death, and all the world hall be affembled before meto be
judged. This affemble is eafie for me to accomplith ; I know
what the wicked fay, thoufhalt nor caufe them by force to em-
brace my Law ; teach it thofe that fear the torments prepared
for Infidels.
CHAP.’ LI.
The Chapter of Things difperfed, containing fixtyVerfes, writ-
ten.at Mecca.
N the Name of God, gracious and merciful. 1 fwearby
the: winds that difperfe the duft, by the clouds charged
with rain, by the fhip that runneth upon the waters, and by
them that divide the wealth of the earth ; that what hath been
promifed to youistrue, and that the day-of Judgment isinfal:
lible. I fwear by.heaven, and the ftars thereof, thatye are inan
exceeding great error; God expelleth lyars far from him, he
curfeth them chat blafpheme,and fuch as believe not in the Re-
furrection : They ask, when fhall be the day of Judgment? That
day {hall they be punifhed in the fre-ofhell. Ir {hall be faid
unto them, tafte the rorments that ye have with impatience de-
manded.. They. who had the fear of God before their eyes,
fall bein gardens, adorned with fountains, they thall‘enjoy
the pleafures ‘prepared for them by. God) becaufe they. are
righteous ;’ they fleep very little by night, implore pardon of
Godat the dawning of the day, and give alms to the poor that
begjand the poor thatare bafhful. -God manifefteth on the
earth, and in your perfons the figns of his omnipotency ; con-
fider ye not that ‘what is promifed.to you is written in heaven?
God .
Chap.5*. The Alcoranof MaHomeE tT
Godis Lord of heaven and earth, he is truth ic felf, will ye nor
confefs him ? did the Angels conveigh to thee the books of 4-
braham >? When they entred into his houfe, they faluted him;
he likewife faluted them, made figns to hisfervants to bring a
fat calfe roafted, which he prefented to them; he faid unto
them, wherefore do ye not eat? and was afraid in his minde,
of their coming : They faid, fear not, we are the Meffengers of
God; they declared to him that he fhould have a fon, that
fhould be a great perfonage. Then his wife drew near, crying
witha loud voyce, and fmicing her face, faid,one that is barren
beareth no childe; they faid,che thing fhall come to pafsas we
have fpoken, thy Lord ordaineth what pleafeth him, and
knoweth all. Abraham faid unto them, O ye Meffengers of
God! what is your defign? they replied, we are fent from God
to deftroy the Cities inhabited by the wicked, and caft upon
them {tones of fire, whereon are infcribed the names of them
that they fhall {trike : we will caufe all the righteous to de-
part:from among them; if we findethere but onc family of
righteous,we will there Jeave an example to pofterity for them
that fear the torments ofhell. AZo/es is a fign of our omnipo-
tency 3 we fent him to Pharoah with reafons clear and intelli-
gible, he defpifed my Commandments, and faid, that AZo/es
wasa Magician, and poffeffed of the devil, bur we furprifed
him,and drowned his people, to his great difpleafure ; Aad is
an example of ouromnipotency : we fent an impetuous winde
againft thofe wicked people that deftroyed them. Zemod is
an example of our omnipotency, with his Nation ; they waxed
proud, and refifted the Commandments of their Lord’; when it
was faid to them, that che punifhment of the wicked was de-
ferred to another time, but thuader furprifed them, they faw it,
~ they had not the power to ftand on their feet, and were de-
prived of protection, The people of Noabs time are an ex-
ample of our omnipotency, we deftroyed them, becaufe they
were impious : we built heaven with ftrength and vertue; Fam
he that giveth power and ftrength ; we extended the earth,and
created of every thing, male and female; perhaps ye will con-
fiderit, Say anto them, turn ye to God ; Tam fent from him
to
he coran of MAHOMET. Chap.52.
to preach to you the pains of hell: ‘believe'not chat God hath
another God with him; the wicked faid heretofore, that the
Prophets and Apoftles whom he fent, were Magicians,and of.
feffed of the devil: have they recommended co their potterity
to do the like ¢ Certainly they are in a great error. Separate
thy felffar from their company, and be not troubled at what
they fay ; preach the 4/coran, wtis profitable coche righteous ;
Tdid not create the devils and men but to worfhip me, Say
mato them, I require nothing of unbelievers for inftru@ting
them ; T require not that chey nowrifh me,God enricheth whom
he pleafeth, he is omnipotent ; the wicked fhalf be chaftifed as
heretofore have been their predeceffors, in their malice, their
time fhall come, and mifery thalt befall them at the day of
Judgment.
CHAP, LIT.
The, (bapter of the AtLountain, containing thirty nine Verfes,
writtenat Megca,
N the name of God, gracious and mercifull. Efwear by the
} Mountain, upon, which God fpake to AZo/es, by what is
contained in the book writcen in parchment, by the firft Tem-
pleof Adecea, by the arches of the heavens, and by the fea full
of water, that God is enefole God, and the punifhment pro-
mifed to unbelievers is infallible, they thall nor. be able to ef
cape it inthe day when the heaven fhal tremble and the moun-
tains thall walk ; that day-fhall be unhappy to the incredulous,
they fhall be Precipitated inthe fire of hell; it thall be (aid to
them, behold the flames that ye defpifed ; is this Magick? See
ye ik not’ enter, have patience, of y¢will defpaire; ye thal
be chaltifed after your demetits, They that thall have the
fear of God before their eyes, thal be in delicious gardens,
which Ciod hath prepared for them, and halt be delivered.
from the paias of hell; It thall be faid unro them, drink
4nd cate at your pleafuse, for recompenfe of your good
works;
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: works ; they fhalf repofe upon beds well ordered pe iia an:
: will marty them’ to wives thae fhall have fair eyes, they
i fhalt be attended of their family, amd-be largely rewarded for
their good works; every good action flhallbeto them a de-
ereeof happinefs 5 We wilt give them fuch frnits and: Vines
as they fhalfdefire ; they fhall prefent to each other the cup
to drink, they fhall not fpeak an evill word, and fhall not
fin ; they fhall have pages about them for thei fervice,
ly = heantifall as pollithed pearls, they thall difeourle among
ig them, concerning what they did before on Earth, and fy,
We were in the world, we and our families, with a great ap-
prehenfien of the pains of hell, but God hath gratified us, he
hath delivered us from eternall. flames. They fhal fay morever,
we worthipped in the world but one God, moft juft, and moft
mercifull, Remember thon to preach. the Alcarax ;, thou ast
not ingratefull for the grace of God, thou art not poffefled of
the Devill ; willthey fay that thou art a Poet, a Rimere that
nothing muft be expeéted from thee but fables of paft Ages?
Say unto them, ye expeéthe game of my deliuncion,. but I
with you, expeét the time of your Eruine. } Do their faperi-
ors command them to fpeak in this manner ? Wilk they be
obftinate in theirerrors? Will they fay, that 24sbomer hath
f invented the e4/coran ® Cextainly they ave inexedulous , let
ia them bring any difcourfe like to thisbook, in Dectsine apd
d Eloquence, if what they affirm be true. Were they ereated
t of any thing ? have they exeated any thing’? have they created
themfelyes ? have they created the Heavens andche arch ?
Certainly they are incredulous: Have they tm their power the
treafures of thy Lord ? arethey Gyants® Mave they a.ladder,
ii that may raife them to hear what is fpokem in Heaven? Let
r them produce fome reafor of their opinions; Believe ye. that
{ Godhath daughters, and that ye have fonnes.?. Will ye re=
quire of him a Salary for obeying his. Law ? Ishe your debtor?
The wicked are lyars ; do they know what fhall be? do they
write it ? Defire they co confpire againft chee The wicked
often. confpire againft the righteous, that worthip but. one
God : Prailed be God; he hath-no. companion ; Lf the infidels
fhould
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fhould fee a piece of the Heaven to fall, they would fay, it is
acloud driven by the windes ; leave them in their obftinacy,
untill they come to the day of their death, chat day thal! their
confpiracy be vain, and they deprived of protection: They
likewife fhall be punifhed before their death, but the grea-
teft part know itnot. Have patience , and expect the Judg-
ment of God, thou fhalefoon fee it ; 1 will protect thee, and
thou fhale not want help; Praife thy Lord, exalt his glory
when thon (hale rife, praife him in the night, and before the
Stars difappear.
Neen eee ee UE UUTnEnnETEnnnDSSEyEIES a SIESnEEDSnSINESInSStE nanan aang
CHAP. LIil
The Chapter of the Starre, containing fixty Verfes , Written at
Mecca.
TS the name of God, gracious and mercifull, I fwear by
the Star that difappeareth, thatyour friend A4ahomet er-
reth not, he fpeaketh nothing of hisown , he fpeaketh but
what hath been infpired into him by the omnipotent,and moft
bountifull God. ‘The Angell approached him in the highelt
place of Heaven, within the length of two bowes, and fome-
what nearer; God hath infpired inco him, what he hath in-
fpired into his fervant, who altered nothing of what hath
been infpired into‘him. He hath fpoken what he hath feen,
ape ond and in what form the Angel was. Difpute not again{t him,
there isan concerning what he faw ; “he another time faw the Angel in
Appletree ar heaven, nearto the Tree that is at che right fide of Gods
the right fide throne; and alchough that tree was covered with chat which
“ee ree covered him, his fight was not dazed, and he is not im ¢t-
Cat wees for. Certainly he hath feen the great wonders of his Lord :
can afcend Have ye confidered «4/at, Ax, and Menat, thofe three Idols ?
higher then - Wil! ye {wear that God hath daughters, and that ye have
its branches, fonnes? Ye will make a falfe oath, and fhall be in a manifelt
gprs error; ThofeIdols have nothing but the names which yout
Scr Selaldin, fathers and you have given them, God hath noc commande
al
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youto worfhip them, yefollow only your paffions, remote
from thetruth, God teacheth-you the way of Salvation by
the mouth of his Prophet ; doth man obtain from Idols what
he required of them? God is Godin the beginning, and the
end; Howmany Angels be there in Heaven, whole prayers
are unprofitable, if God doth not accept them? They that
believe not in the day of Judgment, fay, that Angels are mai-
dens, they underftand not what they fay ; they {peak through
"S| opinion, and chat opnion isnot conformed to truth. Depart,
thou farre from them that reject our Law, and defire only the
- goods of the Earth, and are ignorant of all other things.
Thy Lord knoweth them that go aftray from. the right way,
and fuch as follow the path of Salvation; all. that is in the
Heavens, and Earth, is Gods, he fhall chaftife the wicked, and
reward the juft. He pardoneth their veniall fines ,- who flie See Gelaldin
finnes mortall, he is exceeding mercifull. He knoweth that he Greatand —
| hath created you of Earth, and that he formed you in your fmall fins,
mothers womb. Extoll not your felves, he knoweth fach as
m have his fear before their eyes. Haft hou feen him that aban=
ki doned the faith? a little wealth was. given him, and nothing:
=e more; doth he know what muft befall him? hath he know-
ledg of what isto come? will he not learn what is written
in the books of AZo/es, and Abraham ? to wit, that none fhall
bear the burden of another ;_ man thall have but what he thall
have gained ; he fhall inthe end fee his. labour be. rewarded
after his works , and all thall appear.in the prefence of thy
Lord. He itis that canfeth co. laugh and mourn , to live and
todye ; he created the male and female of every thing, he
giveth and taketh away mans foul, when he lifteth ; he is moit
rich, and hath no want of any perfon. He is the Lord of the
Planet, which men adored. He deftroyed e4ad, and Temod;
i drowned the people of Noah, who were moft erroncousand:
» —-unjult, overthrew the City of Lor, and covered it with bur-
ning ftone._ In whom will they believe, if they believe not
in thy Lord? This Prophet is fent to preach to you. the
pains of hell, as did the other Prophets that were. before
you; The day of Judgment approacheth, and none re asd
now
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knoweth when it will come ; wonder ye at thi: difcourfe?
Ye fcofte, and lament not when ye are fpoken co, bat ye thall
be farprizedin your fin, if ye humble not your {elves ‘before
God, neither worfhip him.
CHAP. LIV.
The Chapter of the Moon, containing fifty five Verles, Written
at Mecca.
N the name of God, gracious and metcifall. The day of
Judgment approacheth, the Moon was divided into two
parts, meverthelefs Infidels believe not miracles when they
fee them ; they fay that this is Magick, they lie, and follow
but their paffion, but alliswritten. The hiftory of paft Ages,
full of falutory counfels, was preached to them; neverthe-
lefs Preachers were to them unprofitable ; Depirt thou fit
from them, when they fhall be called to the univerfall Judg-
ment , which they will not believe; that day thal their eyes
be troubled with fear; they thall:come out of th: Earth, di-
{perfed, like frighted grafs-hoppers , they fhall flock to him
that fhall fummon them to Judgment, and fhall fay , behold
here a day, unhappy for the wicked. The people heretofore
belyed Noah, and faid, that he was poffeffed ‘of the Devill,
Noahexhorted them , and invoked his Lord's in -he end, he
faid, that his ftrength was gone, and that he wis overcome
through the malice of men, then was hé powerful'y fuccored ;
we opened the gates of the Heavens, and canfedan extraot-
inary tain to fall,» we caufed Fountains to iffue forth from
under the: Earth; the water of Heaven and Earth were g4-
thered together ; and overwhelmed the Infidels , becaufe of
their fins We faved Wash in the Ark, well tinned, and
chaulked , it floated upon the waters through our permiflion,
to ferve for a toketiof ont omnipotency ; will any of cheln-
believers. of this: time confider this?’ will they tonfider the
punithment of ‘theit crimes; and thé pains of Heil We ie
made
popeger
madethe Acoran eafietobe underftood, will there be an
that ftudy it? The wicked that traduced «4d were chaftifed
but with whit chaftifement ? We fent again{t them an impe-
tuous wind, na day to them unfortunate, that caufed men to
fall like pales rooted up, confider what was their punifh-
ment; We have rendred the A/coraz intelligible, will there
be any one tiat will ftudie it? Temod and his people tra-
duced the Prophets, and contemned their exhortations; they
faid, there isa man among us, who would feduce us from the
right, way, fye follow him, he will lead you into Hell ; was
he alone eleded among us to receive the infpirations of God?
No, heisan{mpofter ; butin the end, they knew them that
were wickedand lyars.. We fent the Camell to prove the In-
fidels ; their Prophet obferved what they did, and was patient,
the water was divided for them, and for the Camell, and each
at his day feund to drink, neverthelefs they called their com-
panions, andflew the Camell of Sa/he, but in what manner
were they chiftifed ? I darted thunder againft them, which
made themdrie as chaffe; We have made the A/coran eafie
to be underfbod, will there be any to ftudy it? Lors Citi-
zens traducec him, and defpifed his inftructions; VVe fent
againft them in hot winde,with burning ftones,that deftroyed
them, and ve in the morning faved Lor, with his family,
through our peciall grace ; thus do I recompenfe them that
acknowledg ny benefits. Zorhad preached to them the pains
of hell, we arprized them, when they difputed againit his
exhortations, they faw his guefts enter into the City, in the
figure of met; we blinded their fight, and faid, Tate oh*ye
wicked! the punifhment of your crimes; In the morning
they were chatifed with a perpetuall chaftifement,becanfe they
defpifed the words of Zot. WVehave made the e4/coran in-
telligible, will there be any that willftudy it? Certainly the
men of Phanah were preached unto ; they would not obey
my Law, anddefpifed my miracles, but we furprized them in
their finnes,; Are the Infidels that are among you of more
value then thofe that preceded them? Finde ye any Salva-
tion for then in the Scripture ? Will they fay they fhall
: : obtain. .
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obtain victory over the believers? Onthe contrary, they are
vanquithed, and turn the back. Certainly the hour of their
punifhment fhall fpecdily come, their time approacheth, and
their pain in Hell fhall be greater thenthat of the Earth, they
are wholy feduced from the way of Salvation , and fhall be
dragged, and caft headlong into eternall fames.. We have
created all things by our fole power; we fpake but one word,
and inthe twinckling of an eye the thing was ; we heretofore
deftroyed a great number of Infidels like unto them, will
there be any that confidereth ic? All the good, and the evill
that they have done is exa&tly written. The righteous thall
dwell in pleafant gardens, they fhall drinkin eternall rivers,
they fhall not {peak a lye in their affemblies , and fhall dwell
eternally near to the moft majeftique and omnipotent God.
CHAP. LV.
The. (Chapter of the Mercifull, containing eighteen Verfes, Written
at. Medina.
N the name of God, gracious and mercifull. The mercifull
hath taught the 4/coran ; he hath created man, and given
himthe ufe of reafon; he created the Sun and the Moon to
count feafons, the Stars and Trees adore him; he hath eleva-
ted the Heavens, eftablifhed Juftice; and commanded to
weigh with good weights ; he hath created the Earth for the
habitation of men, with all forts of fruits, grain, and leaves ;
hecreated the winds and tempefts : Oh men and Devils | what
Lord do ye blafpheme, but your own Lord > He created man
of Earth, like a pot, and the Devils of the flame of fire;
what Lord do ye blafpheme, but your own Lord? Heis the
Lord of both the VVetts, and both the Eafts, what -Lord do
you blafpheme, but your own Lord ? He makeththe freth wa-
terto mingle with the falt, and the one cafily mingleth with
the other; what Lord do ye blafpheme, bur your own Lord?
he bringeth Pearls, and Corrall out of the Séa; that an
0
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(hap.55, The AlcoranofM aH oM EY.
do ye blafpheme, but your own Lord ? he hath created the
Ships that float upon the Sea, big asMountains ; what Lord
doye blafpheme, but your own Lord? All things thall have
end, andthe majeftique and glorious face of thy Lord thall
be permanent ; what Lord do ye blafpheme, but your own
Lord ? VVhatfoever is in Heaven andin Earth, imploreth his
grace, he is ever himfelf; what Lord do. ye blafpheme, but
your own Lord ? Oh ye men and Devils ! I will require an ac-
compt of your actions ; what Lord will ye blafpheme, but
yourown Lord? Ohyemenand Devils! pafs the exeremt-
ties of Heavenand Earth, goc beyond them if ye can, ye have
not the power; what Lord do ye blafpheme, but. your.own
Lord ? If he fend againft you flames without fmoak, and {moak
without fire , ye cannot defend your felves ; what Lord do
you blafpheme, but your own Lord ? When the heaven open-
eth, it refembletha rofe, or a crimfon-coloured skin ; what
Lord do ye blafpheme, but your own Lord ? The time will
come,when an accompt fhall be required from men and Devils
of their finnes ; what Lord do yeblafpheme, but your Lord ?
The wicked fhall be known by their countenance, an accompt
fhall be required of their readinefs and negligence ; what
Lord do ye blafpheme, but your own Lord? Behold: hell!
which the wicked would not believe; they thall turn round
about, and round about, in boyling water, of which they thal]
drink ; what Lord do ye blafpheme, but your own Lord?
Such as have had the fear of God before theireyes, fhall enter
into gardens, where the trees are covered with branches and
leaves, adorned with Rivers and Fountains, with abundance
of all forts of fruits; what Lord do ye blafpheme, but your
own Lord 7. They fhall repofe upon fair beds,lined with Crim-
fon; what Lord do ye blafpheme, but your own Lord ? They
thall gather the fruits of this garden, to their contentment 5
what Lord do ye blafpheme, bur your own Lord ? They thall
there have wives, who fhall not cafta look, but upon them,
and whom no perion, man, or Angel thall touch before them ;
what Lord do ye blafpheme, but your Lord? They fhail refem-
ble Corralland Rubies ; what Lord do ye blafpheme, but your
a own
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own Lord ? Good deeds are recompenfed with good deeds ;
what Lord ‘do ye blafpheme, but your own Lord? There be
yet other Gardens, wherein are herbs exceeding green, Ri-
vers, Dates, Pomegranets, and all forts of fruits; what Lord
do ye blafpheme, but your own Lord ? There be in thefe Gar-
dens women , who have eyes exceeding black, and bodies ex-
ceeding white , they are covered with pavillions, and none, ei-
ther men, or Angels fhall touch them before their husbands ;
what Lord do ye blafpheme, but your own Lord? They fhall
repofe upon green Carpets, near rivolets, bordered with flow-
ers ; what Lord do ye blafpheme, but your own Lord ? Praifed
be the name of God thy Lord, honor and glory are due to
him eternally.
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CHAP. LV sa
The Chapter of fudgment, containing foure/core and nineteen
Verfes, written at Medina.
N the name of God, gracious and mercifull. The day
of Judgment willcome, nonecan deny it. That day thall
many be afflicted and humbled, and many thall be elated, and
rejoyced ; the Earth fhall tremble, the Mountain open, and
be difperfed like duft carryed away by the winde; ye'fhall be
* Thele are prefent at that day, ina threefold manner ; * Some fhall have
the Bleffed. fn their right hand the book, wherein (hall be written all their
* Thefeare attions. * Orhers (hallhave itin their left hand, and * fuch
the Damned. 45 preceded them in wel doing , thall be the neareft to his-di-
Sie Pro- vine Majefty, and the highelt in Paradife ; there fhall bea
-cpaate great number of the firft Ages, and few of the latter; they
fhall repofe upon beds, adorned with gold, and precious
ftones, they fhall look upon each other ; young boyes thall
goe about them with veflels, Cups , and Goblets, full of de-
licious drink , that fhal!l not offend the head, neither intoxt-
catethem ; they fhall have allthe fruits that they can covets
and fuch vyands as they fhall defire ; they fhall have i
- wit
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Chap.56. The Alcoranof Mato ET, 337
R86 ARANETA aS chee eee eee Eee
with black eyes,and who fhall be white as polithed pearls, for
recompenfe of their good works ; they fhall not hear an evil
word fpoken, they¢hall not fin, and fhall hear perpetually the
voyce of them that blefs them’; They that fhall hold their book
in their right hand, fhall be nearto an Apple-tree, freth and
without thorne, and near the Tree of * Mufe,under a pleafant * Mule isa
fhadow, by flowing water, with {tore of fruits, of all feafons ; fruit com-
they fhall ufe [them’] with freedome,lying on delicious beds, ™° in
We have created the daughters of Paradife Virgins, and affes 74)?
ctionate to their husbands, for the content of them that thalf
have in their right hands., the book of the accompt of
their actions, and of many of thofe that were in the firft
Ages, and of many ‘of fuch as fhailbe in ‘the latter: Thofe
that fhall have their book of accompt in the-lefthand, thall
be tormented with an exceeding hot winde, ‘they ‘thal drink
boyling water, they fhall bein ablack; hot, and fale fmoak,
for that they were luxurious in the world, for that they were
negligent to obferve the Commandments of ‘God, and con=
tinued in the enormity of their fins. The Infidels fay,»what4
after death we fhall be earth, and duft, and thall we rife again
with our fathers aud predeceffors ? Say unto them, you, your
Préedeceffors , and pofterity, fhall all be affembled before
God tobe judged; Then, ohwicked Impofters ! thall ye eat
of the fruit of the Tree* Zucon; ye fhall fill your belly , ye * zacyn is
fhall drink boyling water, and be daily altered; behold your the tree of
condition at theday of Judgment. Wecreatedallof you; Hel.
if ye believe it not; confides the wealth ye poffeffe; did you See Gelaidin
your felves create it? We haveappointed that ye fhall dye; “
wecan if we pleafe, put other creatures like unto you in your
place, and metamorphize you into another forme ,: which ye
know not ; we cauled the foul to enter into the body.; if ye
confider not this, think upon your-tillage; do-ye-make the
earth to bring forth fruits? or do I caufe them to {pring forth?
If J wall, Ecan renderyour fields drie asfttaw, without grain,
neverthelefS are ye proud ; Ye fay, what I:thall our grain
that we have fown be loft ? No, we will preferve it; Confider
the water that ye drinks, have ye made it to fall from the
Z clonds ?
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clouds ?. or did we canfe.itto defeend ¢ if wepleafe, we can
render it fo fale, that ye fall not be ableto.drink it, if ye ac
knowledg not this grace, confider. the fire that ye kindle;
did. ye create the wood that burneth ? We createdit, to. put
you in mind of. the fire of hell, and forthe profit of the peo,
ple. Exalethenameof God moftmighty. 1 {wear by him
that maketh the Stats to fall, ( thisis a greatoath, if ye une
derftandit,)) that the e4/caran isa, book worthy of. praile,.
all: therein is. written in. good.order, no perfon, thall handle
it, thatis-not.ckeahand purified; itis fent from God, Lord of
the Univerfe ; if ye renounce what is written in, this book, ye
Gall be inthe number of Infidels, and {hall know the truth,
when the foul hall, forfake. your. body; 1 know this better
then. you, buryedo nor conliderit ; ifye believe not to rife
again, caufe your foul to returninto your. bedy, when it
fall be upon yonrdips ; when a righteous man dyeth, he fall
finde reft,, and all manner of. contentmene in, the. delights of
Paradife, ihe be of them-that hold the book of the acCompt
of their works in. the right-hand, and hall be free trometer
nail paines :. fhe be,in the number of, Infidels, and. feduced,.
he thalk-be, precipitated.nco. helk;, thisis.a molt. ceccain.ceuth,
Exalt the. name of thy-Lord omnipotent, ,
ae
GHAP. LV Li
‘The. Chapter of Iron, containing twenty-nine Ver[es, Written at:
Medina.
i the nameof Godygracious and mercifull, Adl that isin:
fiche heavens and earth, exalceth cheglory of God, heis om,
nipotent and wife; the Kingdomsof the heayens and-earthis
his, he. giveth life and death to whonvhe pleafeth, he. is with:
out’ beginning, and:without end, he kaoweth, all: thatunen:
make manifelt, ahdwhatfoever theykeep fecret, he kaowerh,
albthings. -Heitis that/created the earch, andthe, -heavensin.
fx'dayes,’andfitceth on:his:throne., he. knoweth. whaslonst
ge ehtret!
i
ii
te
Chap.57. The Alcoran of MAv0™M ET. 339
a
entreth into the earth, and all that cometh out, He knoweth
whatfoever defcendeth from heaven, and wharfoever Afcen.
deth , he is with yonin whatfoever place ye are; and feech all
your actions ; the Kingdom of the heavens arid ¢arth i8 his,
atid aff things obey him ; He maketh the night to enter the
day, and knoweth what i$ in the Heart of mén. ° Believe ig
God, and his Prophet, expend ih pidus works fone part of
the weaith chat he hath given you, he {half give you mote.
Do good abundangly to them that bélieve in his Law ¢ where-
fore will ye not believe in God, and his Apoftlé , who
teacheth you the Commandments of your Lord? Ye have
promifed him to embrace his Law ; he hath inipired his Com-
matidments into his fervant , to bring you out of darknefé,
atid guide youinto light, he is gracious and mercifull. Who
hindreth'youto make any expenice for his glory ? The inheri-
tance of the heavens anid earth ishis: Such as for his fervice
have expended any thing before thé taking of Afecca, are not
equallin merit to chem that fought to conquer that City ;
they are far above them that fought HOt; and fhall be prote-
ted of his divine Majefty ; he promifeth Paradife to the righ-
teous, and knoweth all your a@tions. Who is he that thall
lend to him any alms? He (hall enereate his fubftance, and give
a great reward: Be thou mindfull of the day, when thou
fhalt fee thofé men and worhtn that have obeyed my Com-
mandments, with a light, that (hall goe before them; it fhall be
faid to them , this day it is declared to You, that you fhallen-
ter into, and dwell eternally in Gardens, wherein flow many
Rivers, and where ye fhall finde fupreme felicity. Be thou
mindful! of the day that the wicked (hall fay co the True-be-
lievers, Behold us, caft your eye to our fide, that we May par-
take a little of your light. They fhall fay unto chem, return
upon your fteps to demand light. There is a place, betwixt
them, that hath a fecret gate, full of grace, and repofe for
the ee as and without environed with milery for the
wicked ; they fhall call upon the righteous , and fay , were
hot we of your Religion ? they fhall reply , yes, but ye be-
trayed your fouls, through difobédience ; ye doubted of the
Z 2 Law
340 Oise of MaHoMeET.. Chap.57.
Law.of God, your blafphemies,rendred you infolent, untill
the hour of your death ; the Devill made you proud, and mo-
ved. you to rife againft the Commandments of. his divine
Majelty ; this day chere is neither ranfome, nor favor for you;
the fire of hell is the habiration of the wicked. - Oh what an
habitation! Such as believe in God think it no trouble to
humble theirhearts at the remembrance of the e/coran, and
the truth that it containeth ; they are not like them that
heretofore had the knowledg of the written Law, they have
beena long time without Prophets, thetr hearts_are hardned,
and the greateft part of them haye beenimptous. Know,that
God reftoreth life to the earth after: the death thereof ; we
have taught you the myfteries of faith, peradventure ye will
comprehend them ; God fhall multiply the benefits that. the
righteous fhall lend to him, and {half return them a great re-
ward ; Such as believe in God, and his Propher , are righte-
Gis; Martyrs. thall be recompenfed of God, they. fhall be
covered with light, and the wicked that difobey his Com.
mandments fhall bé damned eternally ; the life of this world
is but vanity, fport, and delufion, it is but pride; the abun-
dance of. wealth, and children, is like to the, rain, the wicked
wonder at the plants chatic produceth; in the end they, wi-
ther, become yellow, and then are altogether drie ; The im-
- pious. fhall fuffer great. torments, and the good fhall enjoy
the.-mercy of God ; the life of this world is but matter
of pride , implore pardon of God ; Paradife, large as
heayen and earth; is prepared for them that. fhall be-
lieve inhis divine Majeftie, and his Prophet, this is an immenfe
grace;which he conferreth on whom he pleaferh, All the evil
that ye fiffer on earth, in your goods and perfons, is written
in a book, before it befall you ; it. is an éafie thing to God ; to,
the end that ye affliG not. your felves extraordinarily in your,
difpleafures, and that ye rejoyce not over-muchin your con-
tentments ; God loveth not the prond, he hathnot to do with
the covetous, who recommend avarice to the people, and who,
neglect their duty. Praife is due to him, praifeisdue to him
in all places; Certainly we fent our Meffengers with out,
- Commandments,
oe
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a a ee
bide Si ESSE
(hap.58. de Alcoran of MAHOMET. 341
Commandments, we fent with them their Scriptures, and Bal.
lance, that people might weigh with good weights. We gave
iron to men,it caufeth great evils, and great good in the world,
God knoweth them that fight with zeal for hisLaw and his
Prophet, without feeing him, he is {trong and omnipotent. We
fent Noah and «4braham to inftruct the people ; we. inftru-
ted their progeny in the Scripture ;, fome followed the right
way, and many difobeyed our Commandments; We {ent af-
ter themour Prophets and Apoftles ; we fent 7e/m the fon-of
Mary;we taught him the Gofpel;we put civility ,clemencie,and
chafticy into the hearts of.them that followed him; we did not
command.them to keep virginity,they kept it oftheirown ac-
cord, becaufe of their defire they had to pleafe God; they have
not obferved their Law as they ought, many have been difo-
bedient, but we have rewarded thofe among them that be-
lieved. Oye that believein 7e/ss! fear God, and believe in
his’ Prophet, ye fhall have double the reward of Gods mercy,
he thall pardon your fins, he is gracious and merciful: I teach
you thefe things, to the end that fuch as. have heretofore recei-
ved the written Law, may know,that they have no power over
the grace of God,he giveth it to whom he liftech, certainly it is
immenfe,
CHAP. LVILI.
&
The Chapter of the Difpute,~ containing twenty two Ver[es.,
Written at Medina.
ib the name of God,gracious and merciful. God hath heard
the fpeech of her that difputed with thee, concerning the
ation of her husband ; the exhibited to himher complaints,
he heareth all your difcourfes, he heareth and feeth all.. No
perfon among you fhall fwear never to touch his wife no more
then: his mother ; your wives are not your mothers ; your mo-
thers. are thofe that conceived and brought you forth; they
that {peak in that maner, fpeak uncivilly, but God is gracious,
Sey and
ZAcoranof MAHOMET. Chap.58.
and merciful. He that (hall have {worn to touch no more his
wife, and (hall defire (afterwards) to know her, fhall give lie
bety toa flave,for fatisfa@tion of his oath, before he touch her;
this is commanded you, God knowethall your actions: if he
have not the power to free aflave, he fhall faft two moneths
together, before touching her; if he cannot faft, he fhall give
tofifty poor : thus ought ye to do, ifye believe in God and his
Prophet, God fo appointed it, and hath prepared great tor-
ments for them that tranferefs his Commandments. They
that thall difobey him and the Prophet, fhall be covered
with fhame and ignominy, as were their predeceffors im impie-
ty ; God hath fenthis Commandments‘on earth, thofe who
fhall rejeé chem thaft be feverely tormented at the day that he
fhall revive them, he fhall declare co them all that they have
done, he hath kept accompt, and they’ have forgotren [it,
he feeth afl. Seeft thou not thar alf that isin the heaven and
eatth is Gods? If ye bethree fecretly met together, be isthe
fourth; if ye be five, he is the fixch ; if ye be more or Iefs, he isal-
wayes with you wherefoever you are. He fhall relate to men
at the day of Judgment all that chey have done, he knoweth all
things. Seeft thou not the actions of them.to whom private
meetings were prohibited? they return to their fin, and do
what was forbidden them; they affemble fecretly with malice
toconfpire againft thee, and to difobey thee; and when they
come towards thee, they fay, that thou haft{poken things that
God hath not infpired theeto utter, they know in their fouls
that God will chaftife them for their difcourfe, and that they
all fhall go into hell, where their Rendezyousis: Ohye that
believe | make no private meetings to offend God, to con-
{pire againft his Prophet, and to difobcy him ; affemble ye to
perform a@s of vertue, and to fervé God, have his fear before
your eyes, ye hall one day appeare before his divine Majeltie
to be udged. Private affemblies proceed from the devil, for
the aff'iction of the righteous: he bringeth no evilupon them,
but through Gods permiffion; and all believersought tote
fign chemfelves to his divine Will. Oye rhat believe | when -
ye fhall be affembled with your Prophet, andiare entreated 10
. _ inlarge
ee ee ee
SE arate aS SS ea
Chap.58. The Aleoran of MAHOMET.
inlarge your felves, inlarge ye your felves, God thal! inlarge
to youhis grace. When ye are bid to rife, rife, God thall raife
up all the crue-believers that are among you, and place the
learned fome degrees above others, he knoweth your actions.
O ye that believe / when ye (hall be difpofed to deliver any fe-
cret to the Prophet, {peak to him with truth, good fhall befall
you, and[he’] thall purifie you: ifye fear to impart to him
your fecret, God will not give you his grace. Make your prayers
at the time appointed, diftribure tithes, obey God aud his
Prophet, God krioweth what ye do: Seeft thou'nor them
that have abandoned his Law? the wrath of his divine Majefty
is fainupon them, they are of different opinion in theit lye,
and Know not that they lye, but he hath prepared for them a
great punifhment, becaufe of their blafphemies; they have con-
cealed their faith, and are feduced ;° Certainly he Hath prepa-
red for them grievous pains, their wealth and their children
fhall not be able ro deliver thém from his indignation, they
fhall bé precipitated into the fire of hell, where they thal! abide
eternally. Be thot mindfell of the day, whenhe' willcanfe
them to revive; they fhall fwear, as they fweat before thee,
that they believed in his Law ; they affitt they do-good; and
are lyars, the devil hath prepoffeffed them, and hath made them
forget the word of God; finch as follow him aredamaed.
They that cranfgrefs che wil of God,and that of his Prophet,are
overcome of the devil: God hath fatd in the Seriptures,thou
thalt not obtain victory over me, ticither over my Prophet, he
is omnipotent, and alway vi@torious ; thou fhale finde none of
them that believe in his Law, and the day of Judgment, that
doth not exattly obferve the Commandments of his divine’Ma-
jefty, and thofe of his Prophet, although their fathers, their
children, theirbrethren, and companions oppofe them. God
hath imprinted faith in thetr hearts, he hath ftrengehened them
through his Spirit, and fhallcaufe them to enter into gardens,
wherein flow many rivers, where they fhall abide eternally = he
fhall be fatisfied with their obedience, and they fhall be con-
tent with his grace. Such as fhallobey his Commandments fhall-
be happy.
c happy 24 CHAP.
345
a
344
ean
TL Alcoran of MAHOMET. Chap.so,
See Kitab el
tenor,
CHAP, .LIX.
The Chapter, of Exile, containing twenty four Verfes,oritten at
Medina.
: pee name of God, gracious and merciful: Whatfoever
is inthe heavens and earth, exalteth the glory of God, he is
omnipotent and wife; he it isthat hath exiled the wicked from
among them that have knowledg of the written Law ; when he
the firft time exiled them, ye believed not that they thould de-
part from their houfes; ye believed that their cittadels would
defend them from his punifhment,. but he furprized them, and
did .cafrerrour into ‘their hearts, and. they deftroyed their
dwelling, places .with their own hands, co affift the truc-belie-
yers.O ye that are wife! confider their end.If God had not ap-
pointed them to quit their Countrey,) he had chaftifed them in
fome.other maner ; they in the end fhall fuffer the pains.of hell
fire, becaufe they have difobeyed his Commandments, and his
Prophet; he that thall difobey him,thall be feverely chaftifed :
ye cut not Palm trees, and leave none ftanding, but through
Gods permiffion ; he covereth. with fhame and infamy them
that difobey him. He commandeth you to give to the Prophet
apart of the fpoy! that ye fhall gain from your enemiesas well
of Horfes and Camels, as of other {poils;he endueth him with
power and authority over whom he pleafeth, he is omnipotent.
He enjoyneth, you to give co the Prophet.a part of what ye
fhall conquer over them of the City of AZecca; he commandeth
what pleafeth him.Give a thare to God,to the Prophet,his Pax
tents,Orphans,the poor,and pilgrims, that no diforder may a-
rife among you that are rich ; perform what the Prophet fhall
command you,abftain from what he thal prohibit you,and fear
God, heis feverein his chaftifements: dd good to the poor,
that have forfaken their faculties and houfes, and feparated
themfelves from the wicked, for the fervice of God, and to de-
fend his Law and his Prophet. They chat before them forfook
their houfes for the fervice of God, affec thofe that have ea
fowe
eee
lowed them, they bear them no malice for the wealth they
poffefs, although they themfelves are neceflitous, They that
are not avaritious, fhallbe happy ;_ fich as thal! fuceeed them,
fhall pray for them, and fay, Lord, pardon our fins, and our
brethren,that were our predeceffors in the obfervance of thy
Commandments ; infufe no malice into ‘our hearts againft
them that follow thy Law, thou art gracious and merciful :
Seeft thou not.that the wicked fay to their brethren, wicked as
themfelves, had ye not fo foon left A7edina, wehad gone out
with you, and had never obeyed him whom ye have obeyed ;
had ye fought, we had defended you; God feeth that they are
impious ; had they delayed to go forth, they fhould not have
gone forth with them ; had they fought, they would not have
{uccoured them, they had turned the back, and had found no
protection ; they fear men more then God, becaule they are ig-
norant. [The Jews] fhall not fight againft you together, un-
JefS in their fortreffes, and behind walls ; the war among them
is cruel, but think not that. they may affemble and unitethem- .
felves, their hearts are divided becaufe they are ignorant, they
are like their predeceflors, who were chaftifed and flain, and
fhall fuffer great torments at the day of Judgment; they are
like to him whom thedevil hath fedueed, and faid to him, lam
innocent of thine impiety, I fear God, Lord of the Univerfe;
the end of both is to be caft headlong: into the fire of hell,
where they fhall abide eternally ; fuchis the reward of the
wicked. Oyethat believe! fearGod, and confider what ye
fhal do at the day of Judgment; fear God, he knoweth whatfo-
ever ye do;benot like to thofe that forget his Commandments,
he forgetteth them, and they continue in the number of the
damned, they thall be moft miferable ; and fuch as fhall go in-
to Paradife hall be bleffed. If we fhould make the-e4/coran
to defcend upon a mountain, it will open it felf, with the fear
it will have of the Word of God. Thus do I fpeak in parables
tothe people, peradventuré they will be converted. There is
but one only God, who knoweth what is prefent. foture, and
paft, he is gracious and merciful; there is but one God,King of
all things: He is holy, the deliverer, true, the punifher,ftrong,
powerful,
.
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A a ae es ema ee
lcoran of MAHOMET. (hap. 60
powerful, glorious. Praifed be God, he hath no companion,
he is God the Creator, who hath formed whatfoever ts in the
world, all glorious attributes are due to him ; whatfoever is in
heaven and earth, exalt his glory, he is omnipotent and
wife.
CHAP, LX.
The Chapter of Trial, containing eighteen Verfes, Written at
Mecca.
Some Mahometan Dottors have intituled this the Chapter of
Vocation, becan/eit entreateth of Women that forfook their huf-
bands, to follow the Law of Mahomet, Who appointed to try their
hearts, intention, and to know their Vocation.
Nhe name of God, gracious and meaciful: Oye chatbe-
lieve ! obey not mine, nor your enemies; ye thew kindnels
to them'when ye meegsthem ; neverthelefs they rejed the
truth that hath been fent unto them, and chafe away the Pro-
phet and you alfo, and thar, becanfe ye believe in God your
ord; Seek not their friendfhip ; when ye fight againft them
for my Law, I know what ye ought to fear, and ye know it
not; he that fhall do what is here above prohibited, follow-
_ eth an evil way; ifthey have advantage over you, they will be
your enemies, they will ftretch forch their hands and rongnes
againit you, they will revile you, and defire that ye may te-
nounce your faith; ifye do it, ye thall have no content in .
your wives or'children at the day of Judgment, ye thallbe fe-
parated from them, and God fhall behold all your ations : ye
have afairexample in Abraham, and them that were with him,
when they faid to the people, we are innocent of the fin
thac ye commit, in’ worfhipping any other God but God;
brabam {aid to his father. I will not implore pardon of God
for thee, I amnot able co deliver thee from his a if
"thou
RE en re a —
Chap.60. The Alcoranof Mauourr 7
a a nee ears castes gn a
thou art an Idolater ; Lord,all our confidence is in thee, our ree
“fuge isin thy mercy ; proteé not unbelievers againft us, pardon
our fins, thou art merciful and wife; ye have in them a fair ex-
ample for them that fear God, and apprehend the day of
Judgment. God hath not to do with them that obey Infi-
dels, neither hath he nged of any perfon, and praife is due to
him in all places ; peradventure he will eftablith for the fa.
ture great amity between you and them that ye hate, he is om-
nipotent, gracious, and mercifil ; he doth prohibite you the
converlation of them that fight novasaintt you for his faith:
and that expel you not from your houfes, he doth net forbid
you to do them juftice, be loveth che ats He forbiddeth you
to converfe with them that fight againit your faith, thar drive
you from your houfes, and aide to expell you ; he prohibiceth
youto obey them, and to contrad amity with them; fuch as
obey them, thal] be exceedingly too blame, O ye that beleeve
inGod ! when the wives of your enemies (hall throw chem-
felves into your party, trie their confcience ; if ye know then
to be faithful, and co believe in the Law of God, reftore thera
notto the incredubons Infidels, it is not lawfull forthem te
know them, neither for the women to teach them ; give chem
fubfiftance, ye fhall not fin in efponfing them: marry them not
after the laws of unbelievers ; demand of them what dowry
they require ; they thall demand of you what ye are willing to
beftow on them ; continue in accord, God fo commandeth, he
thall be,your Judg at the day of Judgment, he knoweth all
your actions, andis moft wife. If your wives revolt to the
Party of unbelievers, and ye fuffer’ any damage, ye fhall re-
Paire that damage to him that fufereth, out of the booty that
ye hall conquer; fear God, and believe in the Law of his di-
vine Majefty. © Prophet ! when women thal! deGrero ems
brace thy Religion, with firm purpofe to believe in one only
God, not to fteal, neither to commit adultery, neither to mur-
ther their children, to lye, blafpheme, or be difobeiiient, re
€cive them, implore pardon of God for them;he is gracious
and merciful. O ye that believe ’ obey not them againft
whom Godisangry, they defpaixe of their falvation, as -
wicke
348
Theticoran of MaHomer. (hap.61.
wicked difpaired ; that died heretofore in their im-
piety.
CHAP. LXI.
The Chapter of Array , containing fourteen Verfes , Writtex at
Mecca. :
N the nameof God, gracious and merciful. Praife God
ail that is in heaven and earth, he is omnipotent and wife.
Oye that believe! fay not that ye do that which ye do not,
God abhorreth chem that fay they do what they donot, and
Joveth them that fight in rank and file for his Law, like toa
{trong wall. Remember thou that AZo/es faid to his people,
ye fhall do meno harm, yefhall know inthe end that | amthe
Meffenger of God; but God feduced them from the right way,
when they departed from obedience'to his Commandments,
he guideth not the wicked. Remember thou that 7e/m, the
fon of Mary, faid to the children of J/rae/, I am the Meflenger
of God, he hath fent me toconfirm the old Teftament, andto
declare to you that there fhall come a Prophet after me, whole
name. (hall be CA¢Zzhomet. When he came with miracles,rea
fons moft intelligible, and arguments infallible, they faid that
he was a Magician ; who is more impious then he that blaf-
phemeth againft God? The Infidels woufd extinguifh with
their mouth the light of faith, but God fhall make it manifett
again{t their will; he hath fent his Prophet to guide the peo-
ple into the way of falvation, to teach them the cruth of his
Law,'and make it more evident then all other Laws of the
world, againft the wittof-Infidels. O yethat believe! Will
yethat I reach you one thing, that fhall deliver you from the
pains of heli? Believe in God, and in his Prophet; imploy
your wealth and perfons in fighting for his Law; ye {hall do ex-
ceeding well, if ye have knowledg counderftand it, God fhall
pardon your offences, he thal! caufe you to enter into gardens,
wherein flow many rivers ;.he fhallcaufe you to go into the
beautiful
nti i ld
bea Pebvasd
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> sR Re, aaa
(hap.62.. The Alcoranof Mauome rt. pie
beautifull Palaces of Eden, where is fupreme felicity; he thalt
confér upon you yet another,grace, which ye defire:, 22.2 {yj-
Cory over your enemies, Oh ye that. believe ! maintain the
Law of God ; Jefus, the Son. of Mary, {aid to-his Apoftles,
who willmaintain the Law of God-with me? he thall-be fnp-
ported, and. protected, of God. . The Apoftles aniwered,. we
will maintain it ;. One part of the Children-of Hrael: believed
in Jeftis, and another rejeéted. -his Law ; ‘we gave fuccor to
them that believed againft their enemies,and they were vidto-
rious.
CHAP. LXII.
The Chapter of the Affembly, containing eleven Verfes, Written
at Medina. »
Bi name of God, gracious and merciful; Praife God
all that is heaven and earth, praife the King , holy; maje-
ftique, and omnipotent, who hath fent his Prophet, an’ Aras
tian by Nation , to preach his Commandments to the \Arabi-
ans, to-purifie them , to teach them the Sckiptiires, andimyfte:
Ries of faith, they were before feduced fromi.the right sway).!
They that fhall come after them, fhall-not fee.a Prophet equal
to him, thisisa fpeciall grace.of God; the-omnipotengiandu
wife ; he conferreth ir on whomhe lifteth , and, his gracesiare’’
immenfe. They that preach the,old Teftament,and iperform nor)!
what it enjoynéth, are like co:an, As charged: with: books
Such are they that. difobey the Commandments of God; he
guideth nor the impious. Ohye Jews |: believe not yourfelyes
to be the beloved of God, expectdeath, ye thall underftand
yourerror ; they believe not. that they fhallibe-chaltifed:for
their fins, bur God beholdeth all the unjufts, jySay tinco them, «:
y¢fhalffinde one day the death that ye flie ;. ye befenc. back ©
before God,who knoweth what is prefent,paft, and ro come ;
he hall fet before you all that ye have done, to be judged-
Oh ye that believe / when ye are called to. the sg hie
riday,
TheAlcoran of MAB OMET. Chap.63.
Friday, to maké your prayers, pray, and ‘quit your trade;
thisthalh be. agood a, if ye wnderttad it 5 when you thalf
have finifhed your prayers, feparate your felves, goe whither
you pleafe , arid beg of God his grace, call frequently t6
minde his divine Majefty, and ye fhall be happy. When the
Infidels faw any thing of proficy or any divertifement, they
forfook thee, and went our from the Sérimon ;:Say wate them,
how great riches and delights are there with God? he ig the
Rich of the rich:
CHAP, LXIII.
The (Chapter of the Wicked , containing twelve Verfes, writ-
tenar Medina. — *
ib the name of God , Ptacious and merciful. When the
wicked fiiall come vo: vile thee; they willfay, chat they dre
witheffes , chat thou art a Prophet ent from God ; He well
knoweth that thou art his Prophet, he feech chat they diffent
ble ,. and fell their faith toenjoy wealth in'the world, whetein
they'corimit evill; they fay with the motith, we believe in the
Law of God, atid'are’ impious in their foiils, impiety is in-
ptinted in theit: hearts, arid they will not learn che myfteries
of faiths, The beauty of their bodies thall not difpleafe thee,
when thou fhale-fee them ; they ere@ themfelves when they
{peaksiand refemble apiece of wood fet ip againft a wall;
they fear all rumors that flie abroad , atid afé yout ehemies,
Beware of them; doubtlefs Godwill defttoy them ; how can
they blafpheme apaint his Law ?: When it was faid to them,
Come to the Prophet, he fhallbee pardon of God for your
fins, they fhookthe head; and withdrew with pride ; siféry
isupon thems: whether thou iniplore pardon for them, or
doitnorimploreic, God will’ not pardon them, he abhor-
reth the wicked” They fay ; do tio good ro them that
follow that Prophtt’ of Ged; nheifi they abandon him;
the creafares:of heaven and eatch ate Gods, but chéy com-
prehend
»
Chap.64. The Alcoran of Mano Mr.
prehenditnot; They fay, if we return to the City. of Ahedj.
ma, wewill drive thence fhame and infamie, and will these
cftablith greatnefs and honor; on she contrasy, greatness
power, and victory proceed’ frou God , his Propher , and
them that believe in his Law, but Infidels underfand ir NOt.
Obye that believein God! your riches, and, your children
Sught not to fedace you frombts fervice;: fuch as. thal! forfake
tt,fhall be inthe numberof the damped ; give alms of the
wealththat he hath given you, before the hour of your, death
arrive; Then (hallthe wicked fay, Lord, i thon hadi nor fo
foon caufed metodie, I had embraeed thy Law; God re.
tardethinotthe day of any-one, when the hour. is come; be
tnoweth allithat-ye.do.
CHAP. LXTY,
The Chapter of Deceipt., contaming eighteen Venfes., Writtep
at Mecca, :
Nithe name of God, gracious and’ mescifull. Pnaife God
whatfoeveris-in heaven and-earth, he is King. of all things,
praife is duetohim, he isomnipotent:; Heit is char hath cre~
atedyou; Some obferveihis Commandments, and others. ace
unbelievers, Ke beholdethall your) agtions, He.created. the
heavens. anditheearth, heiformedyon, and ye thalkbe oneiday
affembled. before ‘him to-be. judged:; -he-knoweth all-that is
in heaven and-¢arth, he undesftandech your fecrets, and what
ye publifh, he is not ignorant of whapisin.the-heasts of men.
Have yenot heard-whit did heretofore. befall the wicked >
They were punifhed, they dyed in their mifery , and ‘in the
end fhall {offer grievons ‘torments , becaufe God hath fent
them Prophets to inftrut them, and they faid, what ! fhall
a man like our felves teach us the right way ? They defpifed.
them, and forfook the Law of God ; he hath not todo
with them, neither hath he need of the world, praife is
due to him inall places; do the wicked believe that they nt
392
See Kitab el
benotr .
re Alcotan of MaHoMET. (hap.64.
not rife again ?Contrariwife, God fhallimakethem: tore
vive , and fhall declare'to them all chat they have dene; this
thing is eafie to his divine Majefty: ;) Believe :in 2God), : his
Prophet, and the light chat he: hath fent you, he knoweth.all
your actions. Remember thou the day., when he fhall fam-
thon allto Judgment; ‘this fhall'be the day of Deceipt ; they
fhall be known that have deceived themfelves, andi thofe that
have deluded their neighbours. That day their fins fhallibe par-
doned, 'that'fha! have believed in his unity, & have done good
works, they fhall dwell eternally in Gardens, wherein flow
many Rivers ; the Infidels that defpife his Commafdments
fhall be precipitated into hell, where they thall burneternally.
No evill befalleth you, but through Gods: permiffion ; he
giveth patience to him that believeth in his divine Majefty, and
knoweth all, Obey God and his Prophet; ifye obey himnot,
know, that the Prophet of God is obliged only to preach
the truth of faith; there is bur one God, all True-believers
refign themfelves to his divine will, Ob yee that believe /
rehave children, and wives, that are your enemies, beware
oftheir malice, if ye pardon them ; if ye depart from them,
God thall be to you gracious and merciful. Wealth, and chil-
dren do oftenhinder you to obey God; but know,’ that he
rewardeth abundantly the righteous; fear him with all your
power, hearken.to his Commandments, obey him, give alms,
he that is not avaricious thall be bleffed ; if yelend any thing
to God, “he fhall caufe ic to multtply, he fhallpardon yout
fins, he accepteth the acknowledgment of his benefits , and is
moftmercifull. He knoweth what isprefent, paft, and fucure,
is omnipotent and wife.
CHAP.
Chap.65. The Alcoran of MauHomer. 353
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CHAP. LXV.
The Chapter of Divorce, containing eighteen Verfes, written at
Mecca.
ie the Name of God, gracious and merciful. Oh Prophet !
When ye repudiate your wives, repudiate them, following
the ordinances and Lawes, and reckon the time that they ought
to tarrie before they marry again ; Fear God your Lord, caufe
them not to depart their houfes, neither expell them before
the time appointed, if they benot taken in adultery ; Such are
the Ordinances of God, he that thal! tranfgrefs them, fhall do
injurie to himfelf , - peradventure God will enjoyn fomething
concerning them,of which ye are ignorant.When the time that
they ought to tarrie thal! be finifhed; retain, or difmiffe them
with civility ; ye thall cake perfons of your Religion, honeft
men, that thal be witnefles of your actions, depofe with truth
what ye have feen ; itis fo appointed to them that believe in
God,and the day of Judgment. God thal! deliver from affii-
ction him that thal have his fear before his eyes,and thal enrich
him,when he leaft thinks of it 3 He that thall croft in him, fhall
not be deceived, he doth what he pleafeth, and hath appointed
a prefixed time to everything. If the women hope:no more
to have their moncths, and doubt that they are mifreckoned,
they hall tarrie three moneths, before they marry again, if
they be nor Nurfes ; if they be with child, ye thall abftain till
their delivery; whofoever feareth God, rejoyceth.in the ob-
fervance of his Commandments, What is above;is ordained of
God ; he thall pardon their fins, that have:his fear before their
eyes, and give them an exceeding great reward. . Caufe them
that ye repudiate, tosdwell. in your houfs, or near to you,
abufe them nor; It they be with childe allow them what fhal be
neceflary for them,untill they thall be delivered 3 it they defire
to nurfe their. children, ye {hall give chem an honeft falaric,
and entreat them with civilicy and curcelie ; if ye like not this,
ye thall caufe them to be nurfed by another, whofe pains ye
Aa fhall
Alcoran of MAHOMET. Chap.66.
thallreward. Ifye be not wealthy,you fhall allow according
toyour power; God doth not enjoyn any oneto expend
more then his abilicy permitteth; he fhall give you good after
evill; how many have been the Cities that have heretofore dif-
obeyed the Commandments of God, and of his Prophets ?
We have kept an exact accompt of their fins, their Inhabitants
have been chaftifed, and fhallbe inthe end, inthe number of
the damned ; God hath prepared for them grievous torments.
Oh yethat are wife ! fear God, he hath fent you the Alcoran;
he hath fent youa Prophet, to teach you the myfteries of his
Law, to lead you out of darknefs, and to guide into light
them that (hall believe in him, and do good works : he fhall
open to them the Gate‘of Paradife, wherein flow many Ri-
vers, where they hall dwell eternally, with all manner of
content. God! Heit is, that created the feven heavens, and
as much of earth, and ordaineth among them what pleaf-
eth him, to the end yemay know that he ts omnipotent, and
knoweth all things.
a
CHAP. LXVI.
The Chapter of Prohibition, containing twelve Verles, Written
at Medina.
ih the Name of God, gracious and mercifull, Ob Prophet!
prohibit not for the contentment of thy wives, to do that
which God hath permitted thee,he is gracious and merciful;he
hath appointed to do what is permitted by your Law,he is your
Lord,is omnifcient and moft wife. When the Prophet went to
vifit one of his wives, God revealed cohim, what the defired
to fay tohim, he approved one part, and rejected the other
whenhe told his wife what was in her will tofpeak to him,
fhe demanded of him, whohad revealed itto him; He that
knoweth all things hath revealed it co me,that ye may becon-
verted, your hearts ate inclined to do what is forbidden ; if
ye act any thing againft the Prophet, know , that God is his
protector,
Chap.66. The AlcoranofM auow ET. 355
protector, the Angel Gabriel, and all the believers will de-
fend him, the Angels thall protect him again{t you. If it be
his will to repudiate you , God thal! give him for the future,
other wives in your place, that fhall be obedient ; True be-
lievers, humble, fairhfull, devout, contented , milde , clean,
virgins , and not virgins: Oh ye that believe in God !
ftrengthen your felves, youand your families, in obedience to
his Commandmants ; the Idolaters hall burnin the fire of
hell, with their Idols ; the Angels deputed to torment them,
difobey not God , they execute whatfoever is commanded
them.. Ohye that are Infidels! there is no excafe for you,
ye thall be chaftifed after your demerits. Oh ye that believe !
turnto God with affection, he hall pardon your fins, and
make youto enter into Gardens, wherein flow many rivers ;
the light of faith thall goe before the Prophet , and them
that have followed him ; When God thal! recompenfe them,
they fhall fay, Lord, give us thy light, pardon our fins, thou -
art omnipotent. Oh Prophet | fi he againft the Infidels , and
the wicked, fortifie thy felf saint them , hell thall be their
habitation. God teacheth unbelievers a parable, and faith,
the wives of Noah, and the wives of Lot were under the
power of my two fervants, righteous men ; they betrayed
them, but did not efcape the punifhment of their Gn. Tt was
faid unto them, enter into the fire of hell with them that goe
into it. God teacheththem a parable, that follow his Law ;
Take example by the wife of Pharoah, the prayed to God,
and faid, Lord build me an houfe in Paradife, deliver me from
Pharoah , from his works, and unjuft men, Mary the daugh-
ter of fofaphat preferved her virginity ; we infpired into her
our Spirit, the believed the words of her Lord, and the Scrip-
tures; fhe wasin the number of them that obey,
,
}
Aa 22>, ep CHAP.
coranof MAHOMET. Chap.67.
CHAP, LXVIL
The Chapter of Empire , containing thirty Verfes , Written at
Mecca.
N the name of God, gracious and mercifyll. Praifed
be he to whom belongech the Empire of the world, whois
omnipotent, and hath created life and death, to let you know
which is the better; he is omnipotent and mereifull. He hath
created feven heavens, one upon another ; thou feelt nothing
of what he hath created, that is not proportioned ; raife yet
thy fight to heaven , thou thal notthere fee any thing defe-
ive ; behold it twice, or more often , thou fhalt not per-
ceive therein any thing vain, or imperfe&t. We have adore
ned the heaven, and the world with Stars, we expelled thence
the Devils, we prepared for them a great fire, and the tor
ments of hell for unbelievers.. They fhall hear horribleand
terribble voyces, that proceed from defpair and wrath ; when
they fhall be caft thither headlong , when they fhall enter
into hell by troups, the Overfeer of the torments fall fay un
to them, had younoneon earth that preached to you the
pains of hell? yes, fhall they reply, they were preached to
us; but we traduced our preachers, we faid, that God did not
command to do what they declared, that they were lyars,
and feduced fremthe right way ; Had’ we heard them, and
had we been. wife, we fhould not this -day have been in the.
number of the damned; they fhall confefs their fins in the
bottome of hell. Such as fear God, without’ feeing him, (hall
receive pardon of their offences, and an exceeding. great re-
ward. Speak fecretly, or publiquely, God knoweth whatfo-
ever ye have in your hearts, fince the time of your creation,
he is bleffed and omnifcient. He hath eftablifhed wayes upon”
the earth, goe on all fides, and live of his good things: ye all
fliall revive, and be one day affembled before him to be
judged. Believe ye that he who is in heaven , cannot render
the earth drie and barren, and canfe it to tremble? Believe
“ye
a a9
(hap.67.. The Alcoran of Mau 6 MET, 357 ‘
ye, that he who is in heaven is not able to fend again{t you
an impetuous winde, to deftroy you? Ye thal| hereafter feel
what are the torments of hell. Your predeceffors would not
believe them , and were chaftifed for their incredulity. Cong.
der ye not the birds that flie over your heads, how they ex-
tend,and (hue their wings ? nothing fupporteth them,bur that
mercy that beholdeth allthings. -Who but God thal protect
you in your miferies ? The Infidels are proud: Who thall
enrich you, if God reftraineth his grace ? neverthelefs ye per-
feverein yourlins , and flie the truth; Is he that creepeth on
his face, like co him that goeth on his feet in the. right way 2
Sav unto them, God hath created you; he hath given you
fight , hearing -and fenfe , but few among you return him
~ thanks for his graces: Say unto them , he created you of
earth, and ye fhall one day be affembled before him, to ren.
der accompt of your a@ions. The wicked demand when the
day of Judgment (hall be; Say unto them,God knowes, I
arn scat only co preach to you the pains ofhell ; Their vifages
thall become black, when they fhall fee the punifhment of
their fins approach. . Itthallbe faid to them, behold that -
which yehave demanded with fo much impatience ! Say unto
them, did you fee that God deftroyed me,and them that were
with me? No, he gave ushis grace. Who thall deliver the
Infidels from the torments of hell > Say unto them, God is
mercifull ; webelievein him, and weare refigned to the will
of his divine Majefty , ye fhall know hereafter them that
fhallbe feduced. Ifthe water that watereth your flocks enter
under the earth, who thall give you other water, or another
Fountain to fupply you? ;
‘Aa 3 CHAP.
Se ERA nRnns eran
A \coran of Max OMET. Chap.68.
CHAP. LXVITI. ;
The Chapter of the Pen, containing fifty two Verfes , written
at Mecca.
Bedaoi entitwlerh this the Chapter of the Letter Noun, n, and
faith, that it % as mach as to fay, Whale, or great Fifh; Some
other Dottors fay ; that Noun, n, 1 the name of the Ink, or
Table , on Which the Angels Write the (Commandments of
God’; Others affirm ir, to fignifie the Ink-hora , but many of
the Mahometan Dettors. intitle this the Chapter of the
Pen. )
N the name of God, gracious and mercifull. 1 fwear by
the Pen ,and by alf that is written, tha¢.thou art not pol
felled of the Devill’; through the’grace of thy Lord, thou
fhalthave an infinite reward ; God hath created thee, with a
creation high,and moft illgftrious. Thou fhale hereafter know, *
and the Infidels: likewife fhall know one day , them among R
you that are ignorant. Certainly thy Lord knowéth them
that'are feduced, and them that follow the right way. Obey :
not the wicked; they defire thee to be more indulgent to- 4
wardsthem, and themfelves more milde towards thee ; Obey |
not thofe infamous lyars, thofe bablers, finners, feducers, and
wicked perfons, full of treafures and. children ; When the i,
Myfteties of faith are related to them, they fay, thatthey are 9)
but fables of antiquitie ; we will put upon theirnofes ‘a mark
of fhame, and ignominy; wehave tryed them, as Gardenets,
when they have refolved in the evening to cut off the mote
ning following fome fruits of their garden, for their refetie @
on, and have not faid, ifit pleafe God ; By night,while they
flept, God fenr fire into their gardens, that confumed them;
inthe morning they called [ each other } and faid, come to@)
put order to your garden, if ye defire to gather the fruits, they |
believed the poor would enter, they ran [to drive them away]
and found their fruits black, and their gardens blafted: a |
. they #
=
meee ree Bees. na eee
Se NC iS
Chap.68. - The Alcoran SMAwOM Et. 359
od, we are great finners ; they approached each Other , and
complained among themielyes ; They faid | mifety i pon us ;
We were in a great error, Peradventure God wil] Bive us here.
after more then the value of what we have loft, we muft be
his grace ; thusGod chaftifeth on earth, whom he pleafeth, but
manded to:' wo hip God » but they thall not be able to behold
him, their eyes thal] be troubled with fear, and theirfight co
yered with fhame, hey are enjoyned in the world to wor-
thip his divine Majefty, but they refuie to Perform it's I wif
isgrace, Hethould never have: come Opon earth; when he
epented of his fin, his Lord pardoned, and placed him in the
amber of ‘the righteous. The unbelievers labour ‘to fhake
hee through their looks, and that through enyie sthey affirm,
lat thou art poffeifed of the Devill , when they hear thee
tad the Allcorams Tt was nor fent but to inftru@ the
world,
Aa4 CHAP, i
Cg Fe ee
360 The Alcoran of MAHOMET. Chap.69.
CHAP. .LXIX.
The Chapter of Verification, containing fifty twoVer[es, Written j
at Mecca. ;
Ekteriintituler this the Chapter of Judgment, becaufe that |
day all foall be verified. i
ie the name of God,, gracious and merciful. Verification |
approacheth, Verification approacheth; God hath not told
thee in what time fhall be the day of Verification ; T emod,and
‘Aad would not believe him that preached to them the day of
aMi@ion and forrow, but Tensod was deftroyed by an extraor
dinary noife,and ead by an impetuous winde that God fent
againft them feven nights, and eight dayes together ; they were
overthrown, {tretched out like palms faln upon the earth: di
any one among them fave himfelf ? Pharoah, and hisprede- |
cefors,with the Inhabitants of the Cities that were overthrown ;
becaufe of their fins, difobeyed the, Prophets and Apottles of
God, and were rudely chaftifed. We preferved youn Noahs,
Ark, when the waters fwelled, to ferve for example of out
omniporency to them that faw it, and to fuchas thal hear it
mentioned. . Be thou mindful of the day when the Angel hall)
found the Trumpet, when the earth fhall fifcit felf up, and the)
mountains tremble; then what muft come to pals, (hall come:
to pals ; heaven with weaknefs (hall open, and the Angel that
fhall bear the throne of God, thall be upon the border of the
heaven. Then fhall eight Angels prefent the books, where
fhall be writren.che fins of men, and nothing (hall be concea
led. Such as fhall cake inche right hand the book of the 46
compt of their a¢tions, fhall fay, we finde what we believedt
be true, we know withcertain knowledg the coming oft
day,and the felicity of life is in Paradife: It fhall be faid 0
them, eatand drink of the good things of Paradife at volt
pleafure. They that fhall take the book of accompt of the
actions in their left hand, fhall fay, would to God seit ',
0%
(hap.70. The Alcoran of M we T.
8 a ORIEL RUT 7 8 AES SAS Rae ase pe Ero TRS Te EOL
book had been loft,I know not what is.this accompr; would to
God that I had beeneternally buried in, the earth, the riches,
authority, and treafures of the world are to me unprofitable :
It fhallbe faid to the devils, take them, binde them, and
throw them headlong into hell, put chains feventy cubits long
upon their arms, and caft them into fire; they would not be-
lieve in the Unity of God the-Omnipotent; they have eaten
the bread of the poor, they are this day without protection,
and want bread, and fhall finde nothing but the pains of hell
prepared for the wicked. 1 {wear, although ye fee, . and al-
though ye donot fee the A/coran,it is the word of the Prophet,
the Apoftle of God, it is not the word of a Poet,but few. per-
fons will believe it. Ic isnot the word of one that is wicked,
but few men remember it; it is fent from God, Lord of the
Univerfs. The Infidels fay, oh Prophet lif thou fpeak, we will
not hear thee, thy fpeech fhall not enter into our hearts : Say
unto them, there is none among you able to deliver you from
the punifhment of your crimes; the Alcoran inftru€teth in the
way of falvation them that believe in his divine Majefty ; 1
know that there are lyars among you, whom God fhal put into
the number of Infidels ; the Alcoranis truthitfelf. Praifed be
the name of God Omnipotent, and Majeftique.
CHAP. LXxX.
The Chapter of the Afcent, containing forty four Verfes, Written
at Mecca.
N the name of God, gracious and merciful, Some perfons
have demanded when (hall be the day of Judgment, andin
what time the wicked thal be chaftifed?none but God is able to
deliver men from the torments ofhell; he is Lord of the way
that-afcendeth to heaven, the Angels and Spirits fhall afcend
towardshim atthe day of Judgment ; that day fhall feem to
the wicked to endure fifty thoufand years ; expect with pati-
ence; the wicked imagine they are far from that day, but nae
BERG
362 The Avgoran of MAHOMET. Chap.70.
fhalt fee it fpeedily s that day fhall the heaven refemble dif. .
folved mettall; the mountains thafl'be like to carded woof,
which bendeth downwards ;none hall ask his neighbour who
he is, and they fhall look one upon another ; the unbelievers ;
thall defire to redeem themfélves from thefe pains,through the j
tofs of their children, their wives, their brethren, their com- .
panions, their neighbours, and the lofs of all that is on earth,
The flame of fire thall rife upon them, and hall burn the skin
of ‘their head; chey thall call upon thofe chat are behinde
them, that have, like themlelves » abandoned the Law of God ;
and the covetots, ‘that thall have heaped up treafures. Man Was
created timerous, he is afraid whén evill befalleth him, and is
arrogant when good hapneth to him; except the believers, who
are ftable in their faith, that perfevere in their prayers,thar give
alms to the poor that beg, and thofe that are ba ful, that be-
lieve inthe day of Judgment, fear the punithment of God,and
know none otherwomen but their own, and their flaves, they
fhall be exempt from affi@ion ar the day of Judgment ; thofé
that thalf a@ the contrary,thall be in the number of the unjuft,
They who'effe what they have promifed, and preferve faith-
filly what co thein hach been entrufted, who fpeak che tinh i
reflimony, and who make their prayers at the time appointed,
thal! be honoured in Paradife. Wherefore is it that the Inf.
dels,who are aboue thee, caft their eyes to the tight hand, and
Fo rt left, with pride? do they require to enter into Paradife,
and be faved? We have created them as other men. J fwear
by the Lord of the Eaft and Wet, chat weare able to change
them into a people, better chen they, and that it isa thing tafie
forus to perform ; leave rhem in their errors, until they be
Come to the day when-they sre Promifed to be chaftifed, “and
that they thal! come out of their fepulchtes to’repaire rovupt-
rerfall Judgment; ehey hall repair thitherterrified, and thers
fight (hall be cévered with fhame y this is the day that hach
been heretofore preached to thein.
CHAP,
Chap.71.. The Alcoranof Manouny 363
ee aa a aa Nah a
CHAP. LXXI.
The (Chapter of Noah , containing twenty eight Verfes, \erittin
at Mecca.
N'the name of God; gracions and merciful. Before men
» were chaftifed, we fent Noah to preach to them the pains of
hell; he faid unto them, O ye people! I preach to you the
pains of hell, worfhip one-only God, and fear him, obey me,
he fhall pardon your fins, he deferreth your punifhment until
the day appointed, and fhall not retard it; when his hour (hall
be come,did ye know ir,ye would be converted-A frerward he
faid, Lord,! have exhorted this people night and day,but mine
exhortations have been very much in vain, they have ftrength-
ned themfelves in their impiety, and when I preached to them,
they put their fingers into their eargfand covered their’ heads
with their garments, that they might not hear; they continue
in their impiety, and become proud: have preached to them
publikely, T lifted up my voyce, I have expounded to them the:
myfteries of thy Law; I faid unto them, implore pardon of
God, he is moft merciful ; he thall fend you abundance of rain
to water the earth ; he fhall give you {tore of wealth, and many
children ; he thall give you gardens embellithed with fountains,
and rivers ; who hindreth youto honour God ? He it is chat
hath created you in the condition wherein you are = ‘confider
ye not that he hath created feven heavens, the one upon the o-
ther? that he created the Moon with her brightnefs, and the
Sun with his fight ? he hath caufed the earth to bring forth all
forts of plants; he will canfe you all to return to earth, and ro.
revive ; he hath extended it, tothe end ye may walk in the
wayes thereof, large and fpacious. | ord, {aid Noah, thispeo-
ple hath difobeyed me, they have followed that which can give
them neither pofterity nor profit, but rather a moft certain
damage; they have con{pired again{t me, and faid among them-
felves, forfake not yout gods, forfake not-Od, Sea, 1¢omt, 7400; T ne(e ate T-
and Nefar, they err from the right way ; Lord, add to their dois.
confulion.
364
aed, ranof MAHOMET. (hap.72.
confufion. Then were they drowned becaufe of their fins,
they thall be caft headlong into the fire, whence none but God
is able to deliver them, Noah faid, Lord, leave not a wicked
man upon the earth, they will feduce thy creatures from the
right way,they wil leave children,lyars,and improns like them~
felves;pardon my fins,pardon the fins of my father,my lineage,
and thofe that fhall believe in thy Law, and deftroy the unjuft,
ee ee
CHAP, LXXII.
The (hapter of Devils , containing twenty eight Verfes, writ-
ten at Mecca,
Some Mahometans intitle this the Chapter of Spirits,
iB thename of God gracious and mercifull. Say to the
people, I have received an infpiration, which fome devils
heard of me when I read the Alcoran, and that they faid, we
have heard the miraculous A/coran read, it teacheth the right
way ; we believe in what ic contains; we believe not that
God hath companions ; we believe there is buc one God, we
believe not that he hath wives, orchildren, our ignorant per-
fons blafpheme againft his divine Majefty , neverchelefs we
imagin that they could not doit. There are who require aid of
the devils,and augment their confafion, becaufe they fay, that
God willnot canfe any to rife again;fome devils have faid, we
have been.as high as heaven, and found it furnifhed with
guardsand ftars,we ftaied in a place a little diftane, to hear;
there is one ftar that watcheth them that hearken,& drivesthem
away; we know notif God hateth the men that are upon
earth, or if he will teach them the right way; but we are now in
the namber of them chat believe in.che unity of hisdivine Ma-
jefty: theyfaid,oh ye people / we were before in the way of er-
ror;we heretofore believedthat God did nor operate on earth,
but no perfon, in whatfoever place he be, can avoid obeying
his Will; we heard the book read that teacheth the right way;
we
(hap.72: The Alcoran f Manomer.
we believe in what it contains ; he that believeth in God, will
not fear any mifery or injuftice : there be of us that are good,
and that truft in God; others there are, who are wicked and
impious: fuch as obey the Commandments of God, follow
the right way, and the wicked thall be precipitated into the
fire of hell. Had the Infidels followed the right way, we
had fent them from heaven abundance of rain, and given them
our grace, I will try them, and fuch as thal! defpife the A/coran
fhall.be punithed. The Temples belong to God, invoke one
fole God in the Temples ; when his fervant rifeth,he worthip-
peth his divine Majefty .; it wanted not much, but ‘thefe devils
had publifhed the plurality of Deities - Say unto the people,
thortttp God myLord; I believe in one God, who hath no
companion, I can neither guide nor feduce you,but through his
Permiffion; IfT difobey him none fhall be ableto fave me,and
Ifhall want prote@ion at the day of Judgment. } can’do no
more for-you, then to preach to youhis Law; thisis the fubje®
Halle mbadic:, Hewho (hall difobey God and his Prophee
fhall be damned, and fhall remain eternally in the fire of hell,
The wicked Thal! know fuch a¢ hall be deprived of faccour and
Protection, when they hall behold the pains prepared for’
them. “Say untothem, I know not whether what is promifed
to you, fhall incontinently happen, or whether God will de-
ferit fome time; none kaoweth what isto come but God ,
and thofe whom he hath elected to be Prophets and Mef
fengers of his Will; he infpireth into them his Command-
ments, to preach.to men ; he upholdeth all the a@ions of men,
and keepeth an exa@ accompt of every thing.
CHAP.
$$
See Gelaldin.
= Alcoran of MAHOMET. Chap.73.
CHA. LXXIIL
The (Chapter of the Fearful, containing twenty Verfes, Written
at Mecca.
The Arabians have intituled this the Chapter of the Fearful;
when the eAngel Gabriel brought this Chapter to Mahomet, he
was afraid of the [plendor of his light,and covered himfelf with his
garmentswhich gave occafion to the Angel to call him,and fay, oh
fearful! and not, oh Prophet! as he Was wont.
iB the name of God, gracious and mercifull. O thou Fear-
ful! Arife by night, pray to God at midnight, until two
third parts ofthe night, and more. Read the Alcoran, and
meditate thereon, obferve what it contains; althoughit bete-
dious to thee, thou wilt beft comprehend it after thy fir
fleep, becaufe thou in the day haft affairs chat divert thee. Re-
member thou the name of God, forfake the world co worlhip
him, he is Lord of the Weft, and Eaft, there is no god but God,
take him for thy protector:be not impatient at what the wicked
fay ; feparate thy felf fromtheir fociety, without fear, leave me
to punith them ; is there any one that isable to defend them ?
their punifhment is deferred, bur I have chains of iron, bread
full of chorns, and great torments to infli@ on them, at the day
when the earth fhall tremble, and the mountains fhall be dif-
folved into duft.. Oyepeople ! we: have fent to youa Pro-
phet, our Apoftle, to inftruc& you,as we did to Pharoah; he
was difobedient and obftinate, and we feverely chaftifed him.
How will ye fecure your felves from the torments of hell, if ye
be inthe number of the wicked ? What will je do atthe day
when Infants fha!i be men, and heaven thal! be opened ? What
God promifeth is infallible; thefe things are for the inftru-
tion of them that defire to follow the way of falvation, Thy
Lord knoweth that thou wilt arife about the third part of the
night, or at midnight, as likewife a part of thofe that are with
thee;he reckoneth the hours and the minuts of night and day,he
knoweth
—
——
Chap.74. The Alcoranof Mano m |
ET. 367
knoweth that thou canftnot reckon them exadtly;he pardoneth
thee , if chou rifeft a little fooner, ora little later; read during
this time what thou fhalt be able to read of the Alcoras s God
knoweth that there will be perfons among you that will be
fickly, others that will bein travel for their affairs, and fome
that will fight for the faith; thefe perfons thall be excufed :
Read what ye fhall be able of the Alcoram, lift up your pray-
ers to God, pay tithes, lendto God fomebenefr, ye thallone
day finde the good that you hall have done, anda very good
reward ; beg pardon of God, he is gracious and merciful,
CHAP. LXXIV.
The Chapter of the Wrapped, containing fifty feven Ve er [es Writ Mabonetwas
ten at Mecca. wrapt in his
garments : i
N the name of God, gracious and merciful, O thou wrap. When the
ped! Arife, and preach to the people the torments.of hell, mse hi
thy Lord is more powerful then the Idols, make clean thy gare hie & hs a
ments , be thou mindful of the pains prepared for unbelievers; ter.
feparate thy felf from their company ; lend nothing to Ufury ;
the day that the Trumpet fhall found, thall be extreamly irks
fome tothe wicked; that day, let me-chaftife him whom I creas
ted, and to whom I gave riches, and children, and whom I pla-
ced in plenty ; neverthelefs he demandeth more, andis obftiz
hate, to difobey my Commandments ; I will add to his pains,
becaufe he blafphemeth againft the Alcoran ; wherefore doth
he blafphem ? he maketh his countenance forrowful, covered
with hypocrifie ; when-he beholdeth the people, with his eyes
melancholique, and eftranged from the way of falvation, he is
proud, fcorneth-to follow the Prophet ; faith, that the A/coran
is but Magick, and but the word of man; he fhall be precipi-
tated into the bottom of hell, nothing remains to him bur to
be burned; nintcen Spirits thall be appointed co torment |
the wicked ; they chat punifh the damned are Spirits, We
have mentioned this number of nineteen,te feduce the pn
an
—
OER SA (sets |
708 > Yt Alcoran of MAHOMET. (hap.75-
SS —— — a
and confirm thetruth, and the True-believers in their faith.
They whom God inftrué@teth in the Scripture , and who be-
lieve in his Law, are not in doubt of thefe Spirits; buc fuch
as have evill in the heart; who doubt of his Law; and
the wicked fay, that he by this number . meaneth God;
Thus God feduceth and guideth whom he pleafeth; no
perfon knoweth the number of his Angels, but God. 1
{wear by the entrance of the night , and the morning,
that heil is an exceeding great punifhment , prepared for
the impious: The believers , and unbelievers, the good
and the bad, fhall anfwer for their actions ; and fich
as fhall have their book of accompt in the tight hand,
fhall goe into Paradife ; they (hall enquire of the dam-
ned, and fay to them, who did caft yon into hell? They
fhallanfwer, we did not pray to God at the time appointed ;
we gave not to the poor co cat ; we believed there was nei-
ther Refurretion, nor Judgment, untill death furprized us,
the prayers of them that pray for them, fhall be. in vain.
Wherefore is it that unbelievers depart from the Law of God?
They are like to the wilde Afs, which flyeth as far as hecan,
when he feeth the Lion approach him ; every one of them
would. particularly fee a book to inftrué them, and appre-
hendeth not the day of Judgment; Certainly che e-flcoran
teacheth them the Lawof God, that readeit ; none fhallun-
derftand ir, but he that fhall be pleafing to God, who {hall
have his fear before his eyes, and fhall implore pardon of
his fins of his divine Majefty.
—_ _ ere re 2 ee
CHAP. LXXV.
The Chapter of the Refurrettion, containing forty Ve erfes, Write
ten at Mccca ce
EN the name of God, gracious and merciful. 1 fweat
hac ic is molt true, that: men (hall rife: again. I |
fear, that the wicked fhall sender an accompt of thett |
actions; —
Chap.76. The Alcoran of Matowm E +, 269
ations; think they'that I cannot recolle@ their bones #.J
will recolle@ all of them after they thall be corrupted; J
ai able to recolle& their fingers, as they had them in th, ir
youth. Certainly man is prone to blafpheme , before the
coming of the day of Judgment , and enquireth’ when that
day willbe. When his fight fhall be troubled , aud the Sun
and Moon gathered together, then (hall he fay, whether thal!
Iflye ? It thall be faid tohim, thou thale have none other re.
fuge but in God ; he hall be furprized , and all his offences
thal! be commemorated to him , and he thall witnefs againft
himfelf: Speak not then in aword, ifhe will excufe him-
felf, be not thou impatient ; I know all that is in his heart, I
know what thou hatt taught him; Idid reade with him, chac
read to thee the A/coran, and made thee to underitand ics
Man prefleth himfelf to goe to his difhonor, and confidereth
hot hisiend , he thall raife the head, with’ acounteiance con-
tentto feeGod, but atthe fame inftant thaf| have the face
covered with affliction , and thall know , that he is in the
heightof all miferies; His foul hall be conduéted towards
God, when it fhall be feparate from his body ; If it ree
nounce the Law of God , it thall go0e towards the dam-
ned > towards them that extend their armes through difpair,
It fhall be faid to him, God alone, whom thou would nor
obey’, was thy Lord and prote@or. Doth man think to be
forfaken ,. and that no aceompt {hail be requited of his a@i-
ons ? Was not hecreated through our fpecial| grace, of mire,
and of congealed blood ? Did we hot create him male,and fee
male ? He that hath done this, cannot he revive the dead ?
SEL PEPE ererecees aren al a Sh See Se A
CHAP, LX XVI,
The Chapter of Adan > Containing thirty Verfes , Written at
Mecca.
N thenameef Ged, gracious and mereifivi!. Man conti-
nued a while, without havingin him any thing ‘memora-
Bb ble ‘
ee
See Exteris
ble; We created his pofterity of his feed, mingled with that
of the woman; we gave him fight and hearing, and taught
him the way of Salvation. Some have embraced the faith, and
others have been Infidels; we have prepared for them chains,
and bonds,to drag them intothe fire of hell, The juft thall
drink of wine, that thall iffue out of a fair Pountain; all the
fervants of God fhall drink E thereof] and fhall caufe it to
flow, as fhall feeme good tothem. God will deliver from
the painsof hell, fuch as fhall fatisfie their vowes, as fhall ap-
prehend the day of Judgment, as fhall give alms to the
poor, to orphans, and prifoners, without hope of thanks, or
recompenfe, but only for the love of his divine Majefty, be-
caufe of the fear they have of the torments of the day, grie-
vous and irkfome to behold. Ged fhall rejoyce, and reward
them for their good works, he thal! open ro them the gate of
Paradife ; they fhall be cloathed: with filk, repofed on {ately
beds, and fhall not be troubled either with the heat of the
Sun,orthe cold of the Moon; they fhall be under the tha
dow of the Trees of Paradife , there fhallthey gatherfrutts,
as they ftand, fit, and lie down. Veffels of filver thall be
brought about them, and round Cups full of a delicious:
drink, as much as they fhall defire, mingled with ginger, that
fhalliffue out of aclear fountain, and {hall be encompafled
with young pages to ferve them, who hall refemble polithed
pearls ;, when thou fhalt behold them, thou fhalt fee a grace
that cannot beexpreft; they thall be cloathed with purple,
and green fhining filk,-and fhall have bracelets of Silver ;
God fhall give them-a drink, clear and molt pure, theft de-
lights hall be the reward of their perfeverance. We have fent
thee the Adcoran to inftru& the people ; attend the Judgment
of thy Lord againft them that feoffe , and obey not the
wicked; Remember thou the name of God, morning and
eyening, worfhip him by night, praife him a long time ; the
Infidels affect the world, and think not ongheir end, neither
the day of Judgment; wecreated them, we have given them
ftrength to walk, and if it be our pleafire,*we will’elta-
blith other perfons in their place. He that hall defire to
follow
hap.7z7. The Alcoran of MAHOMET. 371
follow the Law of God, thall follow it;but none thall f i
. . . . . > * ? . I
if it pleafe his divine Majefty ; he knoweth all , and paphirs
wife, he giveth his grace to whom he pleafeth, and hath pre-
pared grievous torments for the unjuft,
in cee
CHAP. LXXVII.
The Chapter of them that are Sent, containing fif Verfes,
Written at Mecca, Pras
ie the name of God, gracious and mercifull.. I fwear by
the Angels that followed [ each other ] thick as the hair
of the foretop of horfes, when God fendeth them to exe.
cutehis commands; by the Angels which he fendeth to pu-
nifhthem whom he willdeftroy ; by the winds which he fen.
deth,to make the rain to fall where he lifteth ; by the Alcoran,
that diftinguifheth good from evill ; and by the Angels that
in{pire intomen the fear of the pains of heil, and implore
pardon of his divine Majefty , that the punifhment promifed
to the wicked, is infallible. Then (half net the Stars appear
any more; the heaven {hall open, the Mountains (hall walk,
the Prophets and Apoftles of God fhall affemble, to bear
teftimony againft them that have defpifed ‘their inftru-
Ctions ; the good, and the wicked , the believers and unbe. -
lievers fhall be feparated. I will not tell thee when this day
fhall be, it thall be unhappy for the wicked, Have not Ihere-
tofore deftroyed the impious with their blafphemies ? Have
not they left a pofterity , wicked as they, whom I likewife
have deftroyed ? Thus will hereafter deftroy the Infidelsy and
mifery fhall be upon them eternally : Have we not created
you of weak feed, retained in the womb of your mothers,
untill the time appointed ?. This is a grace that we have con-
ferredon you: Mifery fhall be upon the Infidels at the day of
Judgment. Haye we not created the earth, to affemble the
living and the dead ? Have we not raifed the Mountains ?
Have we not given you freth waterto drink? Mifery fhall
Bb2z be
ie a
wAlcoran of MAHOMET. Chap.78.
be upon the wicked at the day of Judgment; It fhall be
{aid uuto them, goe into the fire of hell, which ye would
not believe, goc into the fmoak,. divided into three parts, no-
thing fhallfree you from the heat thereof, and firghe fhall not
deliver you fromthat fire; it fhall caft forth black flames,
that fhall rife higher then the higheft buildings of the earth,
and like to large coverlets of beds, extremely black. . The
day of Judgment fhall be unhappy cto Infidels: It fhall be
faid to them, behold the day of the feparation ofthe good
from thé bad ; exercife your flights, if yecan, to deliver you
fromthe pains of hell; the day of Judgment fhall be unhap-
py to Infidels. The good; who’ fhall have had the fear of
God before their eyes, fhall be under the fhadow of the
trees of Paradife, nigh to delicicus fountains, with all forts
of fruits, thar'they fhalldefire. It fhallbe'faid to them, eat
and drink at your pleafure, in reward of your good works;
thus are the righteous rewarded. The day of Judgment fhall
be unhappy for Infidels. Oh ye Infidels! five in the world,
ye {hall be there faffered fome time; ye are wicked’, but yee
fhallbe miferable at the day of Judgment. The wicked deride
them that exhort them'to pray to God, they thall be mifera-
ble at the day of Judgment. In what will they believe, if
they believe. not in the ‘ed/coran ¢
CHAP. LXXVIII.
a Chapter of News , containing forty Verfes , Written at
aCcca,
Nttename of God, gracious and mercifull, What do
the wicked enquire of each other, touching the great news,
of which they are indifferent opinion ?° They thal learn it,
they thal tearn ir; Have not I created,and extended the earth ¢
have not I raifed the Mountains to eftablifh it?’ Have not
we created you,. male and female ? Have not we created fleep,
and
SiMe ee
(hap.78. The Alcoran of ManHomE T
and thenight forrepofe, and the day of labour > have we
not built over you feven heavens, and the Sun fall of light 2
have we not caufed rain to defend from the clouds , to caufe
the earth to produce its plants, and gardens of divers fafhi-
ons? The day of Judgment thall be a day of joy, and for-
row. When the Angel thal! found the Trumpet , all the
world thall come in troups to univerfal| Judgment ; Hea-
ven fhall open its gates , the Mountains fhall walk, and hell
is the place prepared for the feduced » there thall they re-
main eternally. They fhall finde there no reft , reither
drink, but of boyling, and moft {tinking water, a reward
conformed to their works; the Infidels believe not that they
moft render an accompt of their ations, and blafpheme, but
we keep accompr, and write exactly what they do. It will
be faid tothemat the day of Judgment, Tafte this day the
punifhment that ye have merited , your pains thall be aug
mented, and pains upon Pains. They who thall have had
the fear of God before their eyes, thall bein a place of fe-
licity , in the gardens of amoft fertile Land, enriched with
stapes, and Pomegranats ; they fhall drink in Cups full of a
delicious liquor, and thall hear no vain fpeeches, nor lying ;
fach is the recompenfe of them that obey the Command-
ments of God; He is Lord of the heavens andearth, none
fhall dare to fpeak when the Spirits and Angels hall be af.
fembled before him, none thall be able to fpeak or pray for
another, without his permiffion, This day thall be the day
of truch ; they thar thall be acceptable to him, fhall retire to-
wards his divine Majefty. We have preached unto you, that
the punifhment of God thal! {peedily come upon you; eve-
ry one fhall fee allchat he fhall have done, and the wicked
thall fay at the day of Judgment, wouldto God that I had
been earch and duff,
B b3 CHAP.
373
374 | 0 of MAHOMET. Chap.79.
Gela'din en-
tituleth this,
the Chapter
of them that
draw forth
the foul,
CHAP. LXX1X.
The Chapter of Them that take away, Containing forty fix
Verfes, written at Mecca.
N thename of God, gracious and merciful. I fiwear by
the Angels that take away the fouls from the bodies of
Infidels, and the wicked ; By the Angels that accompany the
fouls of believers s By the Angels that exalt the glory of
God: By the Angels that guide the fouls of the righteous,
when they goe into Paradife, and by the Angels that are
appointed for the affairs of the world, thatall people thal
rife again atthe day of Judgment; that day the earth hall
tremble, and the hearts of men fhall tremble at the firft rime
that the Trumpet fhall found ; at the fecond, their fight hall
be troubled with fear, and they fhall fay, Behold ! we, we are
returned upon earth, tothe place whence we departed ; our
bones were rotten, and our return tothe world fhall bring
uponus only mifery ; thisfecond found of the Trumpet isa
fign of the wrathof God; Then fhall they be out of their
fepulchers, revived upon the earth. Haft thou learned the
hiltory.of AdZefes, and how God his Lord called him im he
holy valley , called Toi, and howhe faid, goe cowards Pha-
roah , he is feduced fromthe right way, and is ina great er-
ror; Sayunto him, I called thee to the way of Salvation, I
will purifieand guide thee into the way of the Law of God,”
to the end thou mayft have his fear before thine eyes. Azofes
made Pharoah to fee one of his great miracles , nevertheless
hecontemned A4o/es , difobeyed him, and departed from she
right way ;' he caufed his people to affemble , and made pro-
clamation, that he was their (od, bur God rigoroufly cha-
ftifed him, becanfe of his blafphemies; thisis an example of
his omnipotency to them that are righteous. Oh ye wicked!
were ye more difficule to create then heaven ?'God hath raifed
the roof thereof, and proportioned it; he hath made the
night odfcure, and the day full of fplendor, he hath ftretched
forth
Se: ee |
Chap.80. The Alcoran of Ma now £7. 375
forth the earth, haeh made fountains to {pring forth, to wa-
ter the plants,and to give drink to beafts; he hath elevated and
eftablifhed the Mountains for you, and for your flocks. Men
fhall call tominde the good and the evill that they have done,
j at the fecond found of the Trumpet, and hell thafl appear open
before their eyes. The wicked, thar have followed their own
appetites‘on earth, fhall be precipitated into hell, and fuch as
have had the fear of God before theireyes, and have fubdued
i) their paffions in this world, fhall goe into Paradife. The
: wicked will ask of thee, when the day of Judgment thai
be? none knowethit but thy Lord: Thou art not fent bucto
preach the pains of hell tothem that fear that day, as if they
{aw it prefent before their eyes ; they thal imagine that they
have not remained in the tomb, but from evening untill
morning, when they rife again.
: CHAP. LXXX,
The Chapter of the Blinde, containing forty two Verfes, Written
at Mecca.
, iB the nane of God, gracionsand merciful. The Prophet
j frowned, hada furly countenance, and withdrew himfelf |
4 when the blinde came towards’him. He will not tell thee , if :
! he'will believe in God , and if he will profefs thy preaching ;
, depart thou from him that thal! deparc from the Law of God,
y thon art obliged only'to preach ro him, and notte make him
# tobelieve ; but forfake not them ‘thatthall come to fee thee
* to be inftru@ted, and fhall fear God. The eZ/coran is fent
"forthe inftru@ion of men ; it was‘copied upon the book that
‘is keptinheaven, to which honor and praite is due erernally.
' Wherefore isman impious’? Is it becaule ‘he is created of a
little water, retained in the womb of his mother, untill ce
tithe appointed ? and becaufe he found-the way to ees
forth ? isitfor that God caufeth him todye, and co revive
when it feems good to him? He performeth not what God
Bb4 commandeth,
376
* The Ara-
bians burted
their aaugh-
ters alive,
when they
had done a
fault.
He Alcoranof MAHOMET. Chap.81.
commandeth, neither confidereth the good things that nou-
rifh him ; We have fent rain, we opened the treafures of the
earth, we made all forts of grain to {pring forth ; Blites,
Olives, Dates, Gardens, and fields full of fruits, and herbs
to nourifh you, and your flocks. When the Angel fhall found
the Trumpet the fecond time ; Man fhallflte his brother, his
mother, wife, and children; every one fhalltake thought for
himfelf; that day fhall the wicked have countenances covered
with affliction ; the countenance of the good fhall be joyfull,
and fuch ashave fought the way between faith and impiety,
fhall have the countenance covered with earth, and daft.
CHAP. LXXXI.
The Chapter of Roundze/s , containing twenty nine Verfes, Writ-
ten at Mecca.
Nthe Name of God, gracious and merciful. When the
& Roundnefs of the Sun fhall appear, the Stars fall, the
Mountains walk, the Camel be without burden , and without
keeper ; when the beaft fhali be gathered together, the Sea
covered with fire, Soulsreturn into bodies, the * Daughter
demand why they put herto death; when the book of good
and evill thall open, when heaven fhall caft off its ornaments,
the fire of hell appear, and Paradife be opened ; then {hall
fouls know the good and the evill chat they have commicted.
I {wear by the Planets, by the obfcurity of night, and by the
brightnefs of day , that the words of the Alcoran are the;
words of the Prophet, beloved of God, powerfull with his
divine Majefty ; ye ought to obey him, he is a faichfuloblerver
of what iscommanded him, he is not poffeffed of the Devill,
as yee have imagined, he hath feen the Angel clearly , and
withont riddle, and is not perplexed for what isto come ; the
words of the Alcoran are not the words of the Devill; on
whatfoever fide ye turnyoy, it is only for the inftrudtion of
men, and fich among you , as@will follow the right we
ot
ee. Seal
(hap.82. ‘The Alcoran of MAHOMET. 382
bat ye fhall have no inclination ro follow it, ifit pleafe God,
the Lord of the Univerfe.
eo
CHAP. LXXXII.
The Chapter of the opening of Heaven, containing feventeen Ver-
[es, Written at Mecca.
N the name of God, gracious and merciful. The fouls thall
ne the good and the evil that they have done, when the
heavens fhall open, the ftars fall, the feas be gathered to»
gether, and the fepulchres be opened. Oman! what maketh
the fo proud, as to rife againft God, who hath created thee,
who hath formed and proportioned thee after what manner he
pleafed? O ye wicked ! ye will not believe the day of Judg-
ment : there are Angels that obferve your ations, and are obe=
dient toGod, The juft thall go into Paradife, and the unjuft
be precipitated into the fire of hell, whence they (hall never
return. I willnot tell when the day of Judgment fhall be; that
day none fhall be able to fuccour his neighbour, and God a-
lone fhall command.
CHAP. LXEXIth
whe Chapter of Them that weigh with Salle weights, containing
thirty fix Verfes , written at Mecca,
N the name of God, gracious and merciful, They that
+ wéigh with falfe weights, and meafure with falfe meafures,
believe not to rife again, at the day when all the world fhall
appear before God to be judged.. Certainly the book wherein
the fins of the wicked are written,iskeptinhell. Mifery thall
be upon Infidels at the day of Judgment; none doubteth the
coming of this day but the wicked ; when they hear the Cam-
mandments of God preached, they fay, thatit is but an old fable,
impiety
The Alcoran of ManomMeT. Chap.84.
impiety retaineth them inthis error, and Mmdnceth them to a-
bandon the Law of his divine Majefty, but they fhall be caft
headlong into the flames of hell. it fhall be faid unto them,
behold rhe punifhment which ye would not believe. The book
wherein the good works of the righteous are written, isrefer-
ved in heaven; the Angels are witneffes, how the jutt fhall en-
joy the delights of Paradife, they fhall fee the emenfe gracts'of
God, repofed on delicious beds, their countenarice fhall be co-
vered with. joy, and content ; they fhall drink of purified wine,
moft favory, that fhall have the odour‘ of Musk, preferved in
bottels, that none but themfelves fhall open, and it fhalfbe
mixt with the water of the fountain of Paradife, where the
Cherubins do drink. The Infidels deride the true believers
that would inftruG them, neverthelefs when they return co
their companions, they admire theirdo@trine, and fay, when
they fee them, behold the feduced, but chey are not fent to be
their tutors, The Infidels chat (hall be converted, and believe
inthe day of Judgment, fhall go into Paradife, they fhall enjoy
the grace of God, they thall behold the grievous tormentsof
the damned, ‘thatfhall ‘be punifhed after their demerits, and
fhall finde ‘in the ‘other world what they have done on
earth.
CHAP. LXX XTV.
The Chapter of the (left,containing twenty five Verfes, Written”
at Mecca. ¢
JN the name ‘of God, gracious ‘and ‘merciful, The day of
Judgmene fhall appear,when the heaven thal! cleave afender,
and the earth caftinen ouc of cheir fepulchres by the Com-
mandment of God. “Oman !'thou goeft daily cowards death,
and (hale finde in'the end ‘the good and evil! that-thoufhale
have done: he to whom fhall bé given the book of accompt
of his actions in the right hand, fhall be blefled, ‘he fall go
with his companionsinto Paradife, where he fhall enjoy oF
na
Chap.85. The Alcoranof Mau ow E T. 379
hall felicity: fe to whem thall be given the accompt of his
actions in the left hand, fhall be damned, he thal! be cait head-
Jong into the fire of het, becaufe of the unlawful Pleafures that
he hath taken in che woi ld and for thathe believed not in the
Refurrection : God beholdeth allthat he doth, and keepeth
accompt. J {wear by the rednefs that appeareth in the Air,
when the Sun fetteth, by the ob{curity of the night, and the
brightnefS of the Moon, that you all {hall change being and
potture, and fhail revive after your death. Whereforeis it thar
the wicked believe not in God? why do they ot humble
themfelves when they hear the Alcoran read? they blafphem
againft God, but he knows all their a¢tions ; declare to them
that they fhal be chaftifed,and that fuch as believe in his Unity,
and do good works, fhall receive an infinite reward,
CHAP, LXXX¥V.
The Chapter of § igus ( eleftiall, Containing twenty Feefes, Writ:
fen at Mecca,
Many Mahometane Dattors intitle this. the Chapter of
Ca Res,
N the name of God gracious and merciful.1 fewar by heaven,
adorned with figns,and by the day of Judsment, by the An-
gelsand men, that they who have made pits filled with fire to
burn the true-believers, fhafl be witnels of their own: malice;
andfhalf avonch, that the fire burned themfelves, to. make them
know the unity of God, and the truth of his Law.,; God.is
Omnipotent, and alwayés virions, he is the King of
the heavens and earth, he beholdeth aif. They that tor-
ment true- believers, and fhall not repent, fhall bedamned,
they fhall burn eternally in the fire of hell ; and fach as thall be-
lieve in God, and do good works, thall dwell im pleafant gar-
dens, wherein flow many rivers, where they fhall for ever en-
joy fupream felicity. The wrath of God is ftrong, he nakee
nis
(hap.86-
his creaturesto die, and rife again when he pleafeth ; he is mer-
ciful cowards them that repent of cheirfins, and loveth chem
that fervehim. He hath created his throne, to which praife is
due eternally; he raifech np whom he lifteth , and nothing isto
him impoffible. Haft thou heard the Hiftory of the people
of Pharoah and Temod? God thall chaftife in like manner
them that fhall not believe inhis Law, he knoweth them ail.
Certainly the precious A/coran is written in the book thatis
referved in heaven.
‘Theticoran of MAHOMET.
CHAP. LXXXVI.
The Chapter of the Star, or of the North Star, containing
Seventeen Verfes, Written at Mecca.
N the name of God, gracious and merciful. I {wear by
Heaven, and the Star that teacheth men the way. 1 wilfnot
tell thee by what ftar; by the ftar full of brightnefs; that every
perfon hath a guardian (which obferveth the good and the
evil that ic aéteth, ) Doth not man confider of what he iscrea-
ted? He is made ofa little fprinkled; water that iffuech out of
the body of man and woman; God thall make him to rife a-
gain at the day of Judgment, and none fhall be able to protect
or defend him from the wrath of his divine Majefty. I fwear
by heaven that returneth the rain, by the earth that opencth it
felf, and receiveth it,to prodacé its fruits, that the e Z/coran di-
ftinguifheth good from evil, and that it was not fent in vain.
The unbelievers confpite againft the Prophet, but God thall
turn their confpiraci¢ again{t them, and they fhall not knowiit.
Be thou patient, and awhile endure the Infidels,
ee BS a
yee ha: <r
Chap.87. The Alcoran of Mia ‘tt om Eg F¥. 381
ST
CHAP. EXXX VIL
The Chapter of the High and Mighty, cont aning [eventeen
Verfes, Written at Mecca.
EF the name of God, gracious and metcifiil. Exalt the
name of thy Lord high and mighty ,who hath Proportioned
all that he hath created he ordaineth what he fifteth; and
guideth into the righc way them that are pleating to him ; he
caufeth herbs to {pring ont of che earth createrh them green,
rendreth them dry, and altereth them asto him feems good. I
wil read to thee the A/coran;forget nothing of what thou thal
itthall be profitable to him chat fhall have rhe fear of God be-
fore his eyes: fuch as thall defpife. it, fhall be miferable, they
fhall be precipitated into the fire of hell, where they thal. not
be able, either to live , ordie ; and hethat fhall embrace the
Law of God, and thall be mindful of his name, thal be bleffed,
Pray to God at the time appointed. Certainly the righteous
fhall be heirs of the good things ofthe earth, and thoft of heg-
ven that are exceeding great, and eternall; this iswrittem in
the ancient books of e- 4orabam and Mofes,
|
CHAP. LXXXVIII.
The Chapter of the C avering , containing twenty fix Verfes, Writs:
ten at Mecca,
Gelaldin intituleth this,the Chapter of fudgment becanfe that
day the damned fhal be covered With fire andfear.. See Exteri,
N the name of God, gracious and. merciful; Haft thou
heard mention of the covering ? That day fhall the connie
. nance
2$2 "AeA lcoran of MAHOMET. Chap.89.
nance of the wicked be covered wich afiction, they fhall enter
into fire that is extreamly hot; they {hall drink of boyling wa?
ter, they fhall eat nothing but bryers aud thorns; they thall
be extreamly Jean, and famine fhall not deliver them from an
infinite number of other miferies. That day, fhall the good be
filled with content , they thall be recompented for their la-
bours ; ia Paradife they fhall hear nothing fpoken that may
difpleafe them ; they fhall {ee fountains flow, lying upon high
beds, they fhall drink in fair glaffes, fixed on diamons, upon
pillows well difpofed, and upon pallets will adorned; will
not the wicked confider the miracle of the fhe Camel? how it
was created ? how heaven was elevated ? how the mountains
were difpofed, how the-earth was extended ? Preach tothe
wicked the pains of hell, chow are fent to preach to them, and
not to conftrain them, God will chaftife with his great chaftife-
ment him that fhall abandon his Law, and traduce the Alconans
All men fhajl be one day affembled before his divine Majeftie,
to give accompt of their actions.
CHAP. EXXXIX.
The Chapter of the Morning, containing thirty Verfes, Written
at Mecca.
Sce Kitab el 1 N thename of God, gracious and merciful, I {wear by
tenoir. the Morning, by the tenth night of the moneth, by even
Ye thal there and odd, and by the coming of night, that the wicked fhall be
ke chaftifed. Is there any thing in confideration of this oath, that
paflage, Cat move men to fly uncleannefs ? Confidereft thou not how
z, God entreated Aad the Sun of Arvem, that dwelt in pavillions
fupported by columns, fo big, that there were none like to
them in his Countrey ? Knoweft thou not how he ufed Temod,
wie hewed {tones and rocks to inhabit the Valley? Knowelt
thow-not how he entreated Pharoah, who pierced with pins the
feet and hands of uch as he gaveupto punifhment ? Knowelt
thou not how he entreated them that heretofore erred from
the
_ >= Sree ay
)| Chap.go. = The Alcoran of MAHOMET. 383
the right way in their own Countreys, and that increafed their
pollution? he poured upon them divers torments; he obfer.
vethallthat men do; he givech ftore of goods to them that
i) hedoth nottry, and taketh them away from fuch as he pro-
My veth, The wicked will not give honour to Orphans, they will
not abftain from eating the bread of the poer ; they thal! give
an accompt, they too much affect riches; when the earth fha!!
tremble, and fhall overthrow all the buildings, when the An-
y gels fhalldefcend in order, by the command of thy Lord, then
i fhall hell be open to the wicked, they fhallcall co minde what
Wt was preached to them inthe world, and fay, why did not I ob-
fs ferve the Commandments of God during my life > they fhalf
it be punifhed more then ever any hath been, and hall be more
i ftraitly bound then ever any hath been bound. Ir thalfbe faid
i to the bleffed, O thou foul ! that halt obferved with cou-
tage, and without fear the Commandments of God, return'ro
thy Lord with content; enter into the fociety of the bleffed, en-
ter into Paradife.
CHAP. XC,
The Chapter of the City, containing twenty Verfes, Wwrittenae
Mecca,
Many have entituled this, the Chapter of Night.
N the name of God, gracious and merciful. I {wear by that
k City which is permitted thee to conquer ; I fwear by the “esa.
father and the childe,that we ereated man in mifery.; thinketh
fhe that there is none ftronger then he ? He faith, that he hath
@ —_- expended great wealth; doth he think that none hath feen what He declams
i he hath done ? Have we not given him two eyes, a tongue, cwo againft co-
lips ? Have we not given him to fee the way of good and of Sec Geuiee
evil? he fhall be feverely chaftifed, buc I will not tell thee with ~* °° “4”
what kindof chaftifement. Wherfore doth he not deliver flaves?
Wherefore doth he. not-give to eate to them that are hungry,
to Orphans,.and his kindred that are. in necefity,. and to ne
poor?
F¢ Alcoran of. MAHOMET. (hap.g1-
oc nnn mani mectareatt tacts iam se RE TAT EOE MABE OPA Gi an
poor? Patience and charity are recommended-among true-be,
feevers, they thall be feaced at the right hand ; and fach as
impugn the Myfteries of our Law, fhail be at the left hand, they
fhali be {hut up in the fire of heil. ae
CRPAP, OT,
The Chapter of the Sun, containing fifteen Verfes, written at
Mecca. g
Nithe Name of God, gracious and mercifull. Ifwear by
the Sun, and his light, by the Moone and her fplendour,
bythe fire, and its elevation, by the night, and its obicurity,
by Heaven, and the Starres thereof, by* che earth, and its
plaines, by the creation of the foule, by the knowledge of
vertue and vice, that hethat fhallbe puritied from his finnes,
fhalibe moft happy, ‘and that he who defileth himfelf with
vice, thallbe moft miferable. The people of Temod craduced
their Prophet, becaufe of their obftinacy ; but certainly they
were chaftifed. The Apoftle and Prophet of God faid unto
them, Behold the Camel.of God, fuffer it to deink; they deti-
ded him, and flew that Camel, God feverely punifhed them, he
fpared not his chaftifement againft them.
CHAP. XCII.
ao Chapter of Night, containing twenty Verfes, written at
€cea.
“ies the-Name ‘of God, gracious and mercifill T4weat by
the: obfcurity’ of Night, by the brightnefle of Day, by ahe
creation of man and woman, that your actions are very dite
ferent. de thatfhalliyeild to God.the obediencesthat iste
to him, and.believech in his Unity, thall go dato Paradife; and
wholocver {halinovpraite his divine Majelty, and. will got be
con
an ta
ree
Chap.93. The Alcoran of Mauomer, 385
converted, fhall go into hell, his riches fhall not fave him, and
he fhal! be caft headlong into eternall flames. Ic is we that guide
the people, we difpofe the beginning and end of every thing ;
Ipreach to you the torments of hell, none fhallenter there,
but the wretches that have blafphemed, and departed far from
the way of falvation; he that hath the fear of God before his
eyes, and giveth almes, fhall be delivered from the fire of hell,
every one fhall be recompenfed for what he hath.done for the
love of God; he fhall be fatished and contented
CHAP. XCIITI.
The Chapter of the Sun rifing, containing ten Verfes, Written at
Mecca.
IN the name of God, gracious and mercifull. J fwear by the atahomos
brightneffe of the rifing of the Sun, and by the darkneffe of complains
Night, chat thy Lord hath not forfaken thee: He doth not hare t© the An-
thee, his delay fhall be to thee advantage, and in the end thou on
fhalt be content; Did he not well lodge thee, when thou Lea
wert an Orphan? Didhe not well guide thee, when thou wert refrained to
feduced? Did not he enrich thee when thon wert poor? Do vifit him,
noinjury to Orphans, devoare not the poore, and recount
the graces that God hath conferred on thee.
CHAP. XCIV.
The Chapter of Joy, containing eight Verfes, Writtes at
Mecca.
N the name of God, gracious and mercifull. Have not I
rejoyced thine heart ?- have not we delivered thee from the
burden that was heavy on thy fhoulders? we have raifed chy
name and reputation, affli@tion is followed of content; when
thou fhalt have finifhed thy pines Pi and love a ae
CHAP. XY.
The Chapter of the. Figge, containing eight Verfes, written at
Mecca.
5 A Aewein of MAHOMET. Chap.95.
| Oa name of God, gracionsand merciful. Lfwearby the
Figs and Olives, by Mount Sivai, and by the fafery and
freedom that is in this City [of Zecca’) that we ereated man
with proportion, afterwards we rendred him contemptible,
except the true believers that do good works; they thall receive
an infinite reward. After this,-(o wicked man) what maketh
thee to blafpheme againft the Faith? is not.God the ludge of
Tudges 2
NE Ae
CHAP. X€VI
The Chapter of Blood congealed, containing feventeen Verfessrtite
ten at Mecca,
Bedaoi and Gelaldin call this the Chapter. of Reading.
TS the name of God, gracious and -mercifull, Read the
Alcoran, and begin through the name of God, who eres
ted all, who made man of a little congealed blood. Read the
¢Aicoran,and exalt the glory of thy Lord, who hath inftruéed
man in the Scriptures, who taught him what he knew note ne-
vertheleffe, he is im a great errour, he will not confider that
hefhall return. before God, Haft thou. confidered him that
would have hindred one of the fervants of God to make his
ae
prayers * haft thou underftocd if he were in the way of falvati.
on? haft thou en if fe blafphemed ? if he hath abandoned)
the. faith > knoweth he nor thar God forfaketh him? If he
defift not, he thali be dragged’by the haire into the fire of hell,
with the wicked ; he fhall quit’ the place where they affemble,
to difpuce again{t the faith, and the devils flialf caft'them ‘head-
long .
i
Kivi
Qap.97- The Alcoran f Mantome& x.
lotig into flames-eternall. Difobey not. the :commandments.of
God, perfevere in thy prayers, worlhip God alwayes; obe-
dience to’ his commandments fhall-draw thee near to his di-
vine Majefty.
CHAP. XCVII.
The Chapter of Glory er Power, containing five Verfes, written
at Mecca.
]N the name of God, gracious and mercifull. Wefent the
Alcoran inthe night of Glory and Power, I have not taught
thee the graces of this hight of glory and vertue; The,prayers
and good works that'are done that night, ‘have more: of merit
‘and efficacy, then thofe'that have been performed ina thonfand
months. The Angels defcended that night to.the earth, tho-
rough the permiffionof their Lord, and falute.thecrue belie-
vers, untill the dawning ofthe-day. '
——
CHAP. XCVIIL
The Chapter of Inftruttion, containing eight Verfes, Written at
Medina.
N the name of God, gracious and mercifull. They that
underftand the Scripture, and believe in many gods, will
not relinquith their idolatry, untill they have heard the inftru-
Gtion of the Prophet of God; he fhallread untothem a book
¢léahiarid pure, wherein are written the precepts of the right
way. They that know the Scripture, are not divided, untill they
have learned this inftru@tion. It commandeth to worfhip one
only God, to make their prayers at the time appointed, and to
pay tithes, this isthe right way. The unbeleivers that know the
Scriptures,and adore many Gods, fhall remain eternally in the
fire of hell; and fhall be moft miferable. They that believe in
Cc 2 - one
387
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Fe
cf
: - Alcoran of M AHOMET. Chap.99.
one God, and performe good works, (hall be moft happy, they
fhall be recompenfed of their Lordin the garden of Eden, —
wherein flow many rivers, where they fhall dwelleternally. |,
God fhall be fatisfied with their obedience , and fhall give |
them his bleffing, prepared forthem that fear him,
SAA
CHAP, XCIX,
eal ae J
The Chapter of the Earthquake, containing eight Verfes, Written ,
at Medina. he
y
c ° . <N7 24 oy dl
[N the name of God, gracious and mercifull. When th
earth fhall tremble; and thal! calt bodies out of their fepul
chers, man fhall demand what ic willdo; they fhall cell him _
news, to wit, that God hath commanded it to do fo. Tae A
fhall men come out of fepulchers from divers places, and hall —
fee the good and the evil that they have done; he that hath
committed evil, of the weight ofan atome, fhall be chaftifed; _
and he that fhal have done good, of the weight of am atome, —
fhall be rewarded. I
(hap.100. The Alcoran of MAHOMET.
CHAP. €,
The Chapter of \Horfes; containing eleven Verfes, Written at
Mecca, avd Medina.
Some Arabians have called this the Chapter of Revern, or
of them that return.
[N the Name of God, gracious. and meicifull, I fwear by the
Horfes, andthe noyfe that they make with their feet , when
they return to war, and by the fire: which they make to arife,
when they ftrike their feet againft {tones , that run lightly
through jealoufie , and raife the duft inthe midit of enemies,
that man is ingratefull for the graces of his Lord, he himfelf
is witnefs of his ingratitude, and too much affedtcth the riches
of the Earth; knoweth he not that.God>wilf make all the
world co revive ? that he will bring to light whatfoever is
moft fecret in the hearts of. menidvand ithat he knoweth all
that they. have done? ,
CHAP, GI.
The Chapter of ef flittion, containing eleven Verfes, Written at
Mecca,
ou name of God, gracious and merciful. When the exe
treme affli@ion thall appear , I will not telkthee in what
time this fhall be, then fhall all men be aflembled, ftretched
out, like Quilts, and the mountains fhallbe like carded wool.
Such whofe. ballance fhall be weightie with good works, fhall
einto Paradife; and they whofe ballance fhall be light of
Bo works, {hall goe into hell, they thall goe into.a fire fo
hot, that 1 am not able to expreffe the heat.
Ce3 CHAP.
389
See Gelaldin.
aN
Tee The Alcoran of MAHOMET. Chap.102.
Bah 5:0, aa NN MBE
CHAP, CIL
The Chapter of -Abuudauce, containing eight Verfer, Writer,
at Mecca,
NulieName of God, graciqus.and merciful. Certainly
all your cdre,even to the grave, isin the abundance: of your
wealth; but ye thall hereafter learn , ye thall hereafter jearn
the truth; If-ye had knowledg., ye Would: meditarelon the
torments of hell, youfhall fee one day, that they are indubi+
table, then thall ye ask whereis Paradife?
SS
CHAP: GP:
The; hapter of the E vening:
N the.name of God, gtacious:and ‘mereifull,
a aba I ereif I fwear by
4 on Ate the hour of the Evening, that men are inelined to theirde-
hometaysto ftruction, except fuch as believe in God, that do good works,
pray. and have in efteeme truth and perfeverance,
ES eee
CHAP. ClITE
The Chapter of Perfecution, contatring feven Verles , written dt
Mecca. :
‘PNithe nameiof God, Sbacious.and mercifedl, Mifery’ is ups
on him that. perfecuteth: his Neighbour ;- perfecutien hash
its Counter-perfecurioh. . Hethat heapech: up treafures’; and
is bufied to connt:them,, thioketh they willimake. hia-immore
tail, but they thall-precipicate him into hic mifery.;- 1 wiltnoe
tell thee into what miferyybut the fire of hell is alwayes kinds
led coburn the heart of the wicked 3 they fhall be overwhel-
med in fames,and bound to great pillars,
CHAP.
Chap.t05, The Alcoran SMatouer 4
Sa RR ee a ce,
CHAP, Cy,
The Chapter of E lephants , containing five Vér/es > Written af
Mecca,
N thestame of God, gracious and merciful. Confideret
I thoy not how thy Lord entreated chem thac came mounted
upon Blephants, to rnine the Temple ef Afecca ? Was not
their confpiracie their own deftruion > God fent. againft
them flying troups, that threw upon them ftones , whereon
Were imprinted their names; he made them like to corn
fown in fields, devoured by bealts,
CHAP, CVI,
The Chapter of Cores , containing foure Verfes, written at
Mecca, :
IN the name of God, gracious and’ merciful’ Copeis Had
no humanity for them ;. the people come every winter;
and évery fummer, to worfhip the God of the Temple of
Mecca, which nouritheth and: délivereth them from famine
and fear,
ete Pe ee
CHAP. CVI.
The Chapter of the Law, containing feven Verfes., \oritrex-at
Mecca.
N the name of God, gracious and mercifull, Saweit thou
him that bla(phemed againft the Law ? He it is that de-
voureth the fubfance of Orphans, and the bread ofthe poor:
ifery is upon them that are not attentive. to their prayers,
at are-hypocrites, and eee to do well, —e
392
el
Te Alcoran of MAHOMET. (hap.s08,
CHAP, CVTIT
The Chapter of eAffluence, containing three Ver[es , written at
Mecca.
N the name of God, gracious and mercifull. ‘We have gi-
ven thee a great affluence of our graces. Pray to thy Lord,
lift up thiaehands ; he chat hateth thee, fhall be accurfed.
CHAP, CIX.
The Chapter of Infidels , containing fix Verfes, Written at
Mecca, :
ib the name of God, gracious and merciful. Oh Infidels,
Idolaters! I worhip not what ye worthip, and.ye worthip
not what I worthip ; I will not worthip chat which ye wor-
fhip, and ye will not worfkip that which I worthip ; you ob-
ferve your Law,, andI mine.
CHAP. CX,
The Chapter of Protettion, containing foure Ver[es , written at
Mecca.
aa
i he the name of God, ‘gracious and mercifull. A great ~
number of people embrace. the Law of God, when he prot 7
tecteth the True-believers, and giveth them victory, Exalt 7
his glory, and implore pardon of him, he is moft mercifull.
. CHAP: .
Chapa. The Alcoranof Ma Hows. — 393
CHAP. CXI,
The Chapter of the Cord of Palme , containing eleven Verfes,
Written at Mecca,
Gelaldin entituleth this the Chapter of Lofs,
Nthe name of God, gracious and mercifull. Abtheb \ok The wife of
his hand; God chaftifed him, his riches fhall not fave Him, 42/2cb did
: ; A c : ihtionee
he fhall burn in eternall fames, with his wife that carricth snggh aaa
wood upon her neck, bound withacord of Palme. way, in cons
tempt.
Sce Bedadi.
CHAP. CXII.
The Chapter of Salvation, containing foure Verfes, Written at
Mecca.
jt the name of God , gracious and mercifull. Say unto
unbelievers, God is eternall, he neither begerteth, nor is
begotten, and hath no companion,
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CHAP, CXIII.
The (Chapter of Separation, containing five Verfes, written at
Mecca.
N the name of God , gracions and mercifull. Say unto
them , God, who hath feparated light from darknefs , fhall
defend me from ail the evills that he hath created, from dan-
ger, darknefs, from them that blow againft the knot of the
firing, from Sorcerers, and the envious.
CHA?
Ibe Alcoran of MAHOMET. Chaprig.
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CHAP. CXTIY,
The Chapter of the People , containing fix Verfes, Written at
Mecca. Carey
tT the Name of God , gracions and mercifall,
A them, I will beware of the temptations of the D.
the malice of the people, through the affiftance of the Lord,
and King of the people.
THE
LIFE AND DEATH
O'F
MAHOMET,
PROPHET of the Turks , and-Author
OF THE
AL COR A N
: aig Wabig Lie]
a, lef: him to his unckle Abdal Mutdlib, the town of
: b
, and unable ta give him SP,
ignorance and irreligion Of have him to
teen years, abandoned os . ae oe
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10 fortune, or after the burbarous cuftome of the Ayabi-
ans, fold him to the Limalite —werchants, who i
y
fing himete fale in the Markets , he was putchafed
Abdemonople , 4 wealthy Merchant, He after fome
obfervation , and experience of his wit and taduftry,
withdrew him from the common drudgery of aflave , to
employ hime with his other factors im Commerce , and
finding him apt for thofe affaires, gave him the condutt
of his Camels into Syria, egypt, Perfia, and elfe-
where. By which, in a hort time, he became fo expert
in his Trade, that as he encreafed the wealth and pro-
fit of his Mafter, fo he gained hw good will , and affe-
(tion.
At that time Heraclius being Emperor of the Eaff,
and the feamlefs coat of the Church torn by variety of |
Seéts, and Herefies, the Bifhops. and Governors in Cone
ftantinople jujtly fearing divine vengeance , by rea-
fon of the Neftorian herefie, which with that of the
Monothelites ,/ began afrefh to infcé# their Clergie, de-
liberated on fome Ecclefiaftical cenfure againft them :
When Sergius a Monke, and Sectarie of Neftorius, con-
{cious of bis error, and dreading the pun:{hment , fled
. fecretly into Arabia, and found retreat and entertain- ©
ment with. Abdemonople , the majfer of Mahomet, .. ©
where finding lender hopes of propgating his infetti-
ous Herefie (the family being Pagans). and lefs of over-
throwing his oppofites im Religions, he refolved totake
revenge on Chriftianity it felf , and to that effect be-
gan to prastifeon Mahomet , 45 a.Subject prepared to
receive the imprefsion of his defign. .
Inthe meane time , Abdemonople dyed , his riches.
being augmented through the care and induftrieof Ma-
homet,-
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homet, who having before infinuated into the favor
of his Miftris Aijfla, by prefents. of rare toyes , frocurtd
in nis Travels, by them, or through Sorcery ( of which
he was held guilty,and taboureth 10 purze him(elf in his
Alecoran) (ocharmed her affection, that of hiv flave, he
was advanced to be Lord both of her perfo2,and forinnes.
Being thus grown opulent, he fumetime coatined his
trade. but then willing to take eafe, as he hid, during
his voyages through feverall Countries, been a Seeker;
andanquifitive concerning the diverfity of Religions
projeljed through the univerfe, fo now ( though ir-
refolute which to fallow) he rejected all, asvain, and
foolifh except Fudalme. and Chrillianitie, and Ap-
proving the latter as the beff , accordingly framed his
Life, afjuming a (pecious forme of Sanétimony , which
bred admiration in them that copfidered his. former
education, and gave hime a repute above his expectation.
But this hafly frit was [oon corrupted , und with the
touch of Ambition ( Lke the Apples of Sodome) foon
vanifhed into ftinke and filthine|s.
For Sergius , as fubtile, as malicious , obferving
his difpofition , and withall, after fome difcourfe concer=
wing thetwo Religions, of bothwhich he found him ex-*
cellently ignorant , feeing itno difficulty to d-[till into
him the poyfon of his Herefie , eafily perfwaded him,
That lefus Chrift was but man fimply, that for the me-
rit of his vertues he was held as Deified : that the fuf-
ferings of his death were but humane inventions, that
he was tran(ported from this life to an immortall , and
glorious , by another way then that of Death :. That
there is but one God, in one Perfon, {0 that the Faith
of the Chriftians is vain, and invented, and that of ihe
Jews.
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cy. That the Arabians being a dull and ienbpunt peo-
ple, inclining neither tothe one nor the other, but all
(as many as had been tonched withthe fame of bis wew
fanttity ) admiring his perfections 5 The Jews and
‘Chriftians being Iskewife enemics to each other, and the
Chriftians at variance among themfelves. He might
in that juncture of affaires , affume the title of a Pro-
phet fent from God, to difabufe the\one , and the other,
and fave the world by another Law. This Counfell of
Sergius took the defired effect , and Mahomets
thoughts; before enflamed-with his new-gotten wealth,
and fame, now entertained more ardent defires of being
eftecmed a Prophet, looking upon all other attributes of
Religton, and {anttity, as vile and abject.
To this effect, on afuddenheretires to a folitary Cave,
wot far diftant. from Mecca, while Sergius proclaimed
the vain perfections of bis life, and filledthe earsof
the people with the noife of his ‘deferwings. The terme
of two years expired, Mahonict again: appears to the
world , and as if newly returned from the Oracles of
Heaven, flileth himfelf a Prophet fent from God , ‘whi
“willing through his mercy, towithdraw hinfrom that
precipice of hi éverlafting ruime, and admonifh Biss o
hu error, affiscted bis body with the falling-ficknefs,
which Mahomet, inftead of repenting , ‘wade anvad-
vantage to premove ha. wicked defign. Bor bis wife
lamenting tofee ber felfe yoaked to one fo A:feafed , and
tormented with an hideous iAfirmity, “he excnfed rt, sand
calily wrought in her va -belicfe.,- thar being conftrainta
frequently to converfe with the Angel Gabtiel ; 06
fraile body, ‘unable to abidé-the fplendor-of his heademy
—— prefence,
LLL ALLL LLL LL OL
Jews too loofe, and lean, through theiy own obftrmas
SS:
The Life and Death of M AH O M ELT,
prefence, fell:into that diflemper and at the departure of
the Divine Ambalfador , recovered its former condity-
on. His wife believing this,was not wanting to divulge
the rare qualities.of her husband, his admirable an-
ity, and frequent converfe with. the Angel , which
gained himthe efteeme of a Prophetin hes own houfe, and
reverenceamong his Neighbours:
That this Infant-repute of his Holine[s might be the
better firengthned, Mahomet thought it reyuifite to
promulcate fome- Chapters of his Alcoran Casa Re-
monfirance of his Commifsion ) which as he fam oca-
fiow, he fhaped ( though 1ll-favouredly) to-his defignes,
giving ont that he receivedthem from the Angel Ga-
briel , a the Counfel and precepts of God: who for
that he hadnt faved men, either by the Law of Moles,
the Pfalmes of David, or the Gofpelof Fetus Chritt,
did now promife them infallible Salvation by the means
of the Alcoran, which though rudely , yer cunmingly:
contrived , as complying with the loofe: humor of the
Arabians , enjoyning nothing {rich or burthenfome,
but leaving all to liberty ; as the [ole means to- allure
them to a belief of it, induced firfh the Parents and ale
lies of his wife , then the more: tenorant. and méaner fort
toem' “ace it, and: effeeme Mahomet as the Mefenger
of God fent to guide them into eternall felicity, and the
emjoyment of Paradife , which the eafier to enfnare
them, he fained to be full of (uch pleafures as fall um:
der fenfe, anda plentifull fruition of thofe delights, that
inthofe sore barren and defert parts of Arabia they ex-
ccedingly wanted,
Having thus drawn to his devotionsa numerous,thoigh
vulear party of the people, who in opinion of Lis Pr opie
pheticall
0 at sa
400 Efe Life and Deathof MaH OMET.
ticall Fundtion were prompt to his obedience; he thought
it altogether as eafie to obtain a Kingdom, as he had
found st not difficult to attain to the title of a Prophets
and to effect this, having before, under pretence of Refor-
mation of Religion gained many followers, while more
flood as lookers on, not at all regarding that Decoy , be
refolved to youk to it that ether concomitant in popular
difturbances, Liberty, proclaiming it to be the will of God,
that all men fhould enjoy it, and that the Edi might be
firft obeyed in his own family, enfranchixed his Slave,
called Leidi.
This baite, as it inhaunced his fame, {0 it added to hus
retinue, for as multitudes, affecting novelty, and a mite
tation of condition, daily added themfelves te his party,
fo flaves from all parts of Arabia for{ook their Mafters,
and fled to him as their Redeemer,and embraced his Law,
as the means of their falvation. The{e through a fond
conceit of his, piety, ready to [arifice their lives at his
command, he divided intotroops, ‘and [ent to rob the Ca-
ravans of “Marchants that travelled through the de-
farts , and by this. means, having added to his treafure by
fpoils, and bisretinue daily encreafing by a multitude of
Fugitives and Vagabonds, who by reafon of this liberty,
to act any villanny, reforted to him; he at length took
up ihoughts of imploying them inthe confirmation of his
Law, which he knew ta be the ready way to his eftablifh-
ment, tn that power to which he alpired.
To this purpofe, he marcheth with his, troups towards
Medina | the place of his Birth and Buriall ) to preach in
a Synagogue of Fews there inhabiting. Thefe lefs fiupid
then the Arabians, could not-endure his impofiures, ain
infiecd of beleving,did hand{omly beat him, and i
bis
The Life and Death of Ma 4 OME T. 401
his train from the town. This repulfle rather. irritating
then terrifying him, he drew all his force into the field,
and affailed the Jews in two [everall conflicts . ix one
of which, by a wound on the face with a fword, that broke
out his fore teeth: He figned the Articles of his Lay
with his blood, and continued a long time as dead ina
ditch , but being refcued by his Slaves, andrecovcred of
his wound, he again fought and vanquifhed them, and
converted their Synagogue into aTemple, for his owa
Hye.
The fame of his exploits increafing with the number of
his Sectaries (to whom fome Princes, and eminent perjous
of the Country beganto encline, giving him the:r daugh-
ters in mariage) awakned the Nobles of Mecca, pariicu-
larly the family of Coreis, who wifely judging anew
form of Religion, propagated by anew Way, force of arms,
mufl inevitably introduce a new Government, of which
Mahomet, of bafe and obfiure beginnings would be
chief, as the Author, oppofed themfelves to bis defigns,
expelled all fuch as feemed 10 favour him out of the
City, and feverall times gave him battell, in which he
fovaltantly deported himfelf, that though he was {ome-
times putto the worft, yet he more often prevailed , and
giving freedom to fuch prifoners as would embarce his
Law , cncorporated them imtobis Army , flrengthning
himfelf, and weatning his enemies. Being in fine acom-
pleat Conqueror in the field , he affaulted the City of
Mecca, took st, and after fome flaughter of the Nobi-
lity, his enemies, proclaimed impun:ty to all that wonld
acknowledg hima Prophet of God, by whofe favor (as
8 ‘ f
he affiymed and apporntment, not by his owa valour, he
gt anca
had attained to that honor. After this proclamation,
Dd = WARY
402 Lifeand Death of Manomert,
many for fear of prefent dancer , and apprehenfion of
furnre bivdage, more out of ignorance, embraced his
belief: 5 and he enjoyed the vain felicity , to fee
himfelfe Generall of an Army, Lord of a vaft Coun-
try, and to be efteemed, and reverenced ws a Pro-
peer. ! |
About that time Heraclius the Emperor , difpofing
himfelf rather to improve the Herefie of the Mono-
thelites, thew to defend the Confines of the Empire,
no! only permitted Mahomet to dominecve in Arabia,
but zave advantage te Cofsoes the Perfian King, to
invade his dominions : but at length awakened by the
alarmes of fo puifjant an. Enemy , levied a [trong Are
‘save hee MP and fummoned the * Saracens (a people fo,called
nifcsin [10 their inhabiting the Defart) .t0 his afeiftance the
theit tongue Perfian wamyuifhed, and the Savacens ex, ecting the
re aa falarie of their labors , and with Jome importumity de-
habit. _ manding it, were anfwered, that the Emperor had not
aga fuffictent Treafure to pay the Chriftian 7; roops . and
"therefore thofe Heathen Dogs muft attend the conveni-
enty of thetr Prince. lncenfed by this contempt , they
retired , and marched by the way of Afirick , where
finding Mahomet bafie to enlarge his Pomer , he ag-
gravated their difcontents , affirming it to be the will
of God, thatall men fhould enjay their Liberty , that
Ged was offended ax their oppre{iions , and willéd them
to oppofe the tyranpy 0; the Chriftians, aud that who-
foever dyed 11 that holy. Warre , bis fowl fhould be in-
fiantly tranfported to Paradife. Thefe motives raifed
them toa refolution of making defettien’. [o that they
officers
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The Life and Death of Mauo wer.
Officers (who were flaimin demanding it) of their lives;
After this att, the whole Province, with that of Egypr,
revolted , and the people generally efleeming the fic-
cefs of Mahomets armes (which he was diligent to
employ) as a [ure te(timony of the goodnels of brs Canife,
embraced his Religion.
Heraclius having neglected to firangle thw rebellion
in its birth , enteavoured to extinguilh it , being now
growne to confiderable firength ; and to that end fent an
Army under the conduct of Theodofius hi Favorite:;
his Army was twiceoverthrown , the Gentrall lain; and
the Mahometans purfiuing their vittories, took from
the Greeks , the Countries of Egypt, Syria, and other
Provinees of Affrica, where Mahomet encreafed his
Triumphs and erected his Trophies.
Being now grown impotent, rather thraugh his inor-
dinate life, then burthen of years, he retired full of glo-
ry , as. a King and Prophet, to Mecca, where he refolved
toend his dayes, having affirmed it in the Alcoran
to be the moft holy City of the world : as that where~
in flood the Temple o Abraham , built miraculoufly
by Angels, to be the Sanctuary of allthat repair tht-
ther in Pilgrimage. And. therefore it was, that when
he had by his Armies taken the City of Antioch , he
durft not enter into it im perfor, left by the delight full
aud fervile [cituationof it , he fhould have heen enticed
todefert Mecca , and contradict his owm Prophecie.
His life now drawing to a period, a Plurifie furpriwed
him, On the feventh day, for Crifis of his difeale, he
became frantique, ‘aly, ave of hes fuccefjors. aftonsfht
at his diftemper and frenzie, not efteeming it one af the
are qualitie Prophet, and Redcemer (a he filed
rare qualities of a _—, onfelf
403
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Te Life and Death of MaHomer. '
himfelfe) of fo much people, derided him, yet willing to
continue his Lav , that he might inherit his Pomer,
carefuily concealed it, and according to his commands
( yer living ) watched his body after his deceafe, For he
told his followers that he fhould rife again the. thirdday,
and afcendto Heaven. They obferued this, and guard-
ing his Corps four days entire, with impaticat expecta-
tion of his Refurrection, were at length compelled, by rea-
fon of its putrifaction , totake him up, and bury him at
Medina , where bis Reliques are annually vifited by the
{uperftitious Pilgrims of his Religion,
Thus Mahomet, the Prophet of the Turks , and An-
thor of the Alcoran, dyed on the twelfe day of the
Moneth™ Rabes, in the great climatericall year of bis
Age, having abufed men with his horrible impoffures,
fulta3. years, dwelling in the eftcena of a Prophet;
ten at Mecca, and thirteen at Medina. Hs coming was
fome years after the year of our Saviour 600. Hera-
clius being Emperor at Conftantinople, Sadinion Bi-
fhopof Rome, Clotaire King of France , Viterie of
Spain, and Edbald of England, He was of fature not
tall, large finnews, brown colour , and broad face, bis
head disproportioned to his Body : yet may we well ima-
gine the beauty of: bis body to furpaffe that of his minde,
which was full of deceit, vicious and cruell,never [paring
any thing to advance his Luft ( in which he equalled him-
[elf to forty men) or to procure his revenge. He was (as
himfelf confelfcd) altogether iltiterate,and though by na-
ture fubtile, and quick-witted, yet often pufled for the in-
vention of delufive Miracles , to confirm the Arabians
intheir Belicf. For he continually preached to them,that
God hat fent him to confirm his Law by force of te +
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and not by Miracles y yet the people inflantly demanding
them, as figns of bis Mifion , he was confiraincd firft 10
tell them of a certain voyage to Heaven , which was
briefly thus. The Angel Gabriel, with threefcore and
ten pair of wings, came toh.m bynight, ashe was in
bed with his wife Aifla, told him God had ent for him,
he going down with this Angel, found at his-doore an
Heterogeneous Beaft, called Elborach, half Affe, half
Mule, but much fwifter then either :( for it would koe as
far at one flep as the moft quick-fighted could fee) this
Beaft, or believer of the Alcoran, would. not let Maho-
met moxnt him, unle[s he would firft promife to pray for
him , which the charitable Prophet did, and was in the
tminckling of an eye brought by him to Jerufalem ,
wherethe Angel Gabriel tyed the Beaft with his girdle
to arock, and taking Mahomet on his fhoulders, carri-
ed him to Heaven-gate. They knocked , and-the Porter
underftanding Mahomet to be there, inftantly opened,
and bade hims welcome ; In this firft Heaven he (aw An-
gels, of divers and monftrous fbapes , fome compaled of
fire and fnow, others of fire alone, every of them d-vir-
ly fhaped , among the reft, one with the head of a Cock,
whofe feet touched one Heaven, and head ancther'( each
Heaven being diftant fromthe. other , a voyage of fve
hundred years) and when he crowes (which w bes lane
guage) he moves the Cocks of the Earth to crow: This
Angel recommended him to another, he to athird, and
[0 oxeto another, untill he came tothe Heaven , where
God kept his refidence. God curteoufly received him >
asked him how his people did , how they entertained Ags»
Law , and familtarly laid his hand “pee his fhoulder ,
which was fo cold, that it pierced to the marrow of his
Dd 3 back-
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back-bone. God had foon done with him,only telling him
how often his people fhould make their prayers , which
mere fo many, that as he was returning, i the fourth
Heaven , Motes advifed him to gee back to God > and
catreat him that fewer prayers might ferve his turn > fr
his people were not able to make fo many; which he did,
and after many returns, brought the number to five.
This done, he went back to his Elborach , which in a
moment brought him to his houfe in Mecca, where he
went to bed again to his wife, [he not once dreaming her
husband would leave Heaven for her company , or
thinking he had been there 5 all this he performed in the
tenth part of a night. The Turks at this day fondly be-
- Lievethis as ateuth, but the Arabians of his. time re-
quiring him to do as much in their view, he (unwilling
totake again fo long a journey) replyed, Praifed be God, 1
am man, and an Apoftle. He had other fights, which
in fight of the people, by Art or § orcery he performed, and
they flupidly believed, and entertained a, miracles: as
4 Pigecn being by him tan cht to come and pick a Peale out
of bis ear, he told them it was the Holy Ghoft that came to
tel bim what God would have him do; foan Ox brought
him a Chapter of the Aleoran “pon bis horns,in a full a-
feably, He likewife perfwaded them, that being at din-
ner at the houfe of one that pretended ta be his friend (who
had an intent to porfon him, or he at leaft was [0 infor-
med) a fboulder of mution ferved in to the T able forewar-
ned him that be foould not eat efit. and thaugh many
mere pr efent,none byt he heard or underftoad the language
Of themurton, sy 2¢ he perm:tred one of his deareft friends
t0¢ateof it, and.die im oyfoned. Such. and many of the
Like nature mere-hjs miracles: As the bowing of trees,
fhaken
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fraken by fome fudden guft of winde, the howling of
Wolves,and bi aying of Alfes which ts the r language, de-
firing Mahomet to pray for them; and he. Prop! eticalty
underfianding, as religioufly performed. Hts cuftom was
oftento inculcate into the ears of his Auditors, that God
gave him comm: {ion tafulfil his owndefires in all things.
and to that purpofe introduceth God {peaking to him. To
thee, O Prophet! It w permitted to lye with all women
that are given thee, or thou doft purchafe, thy Aunts and
kindred, and all good women that freely defire thy com-
pany, and this s lawfull for thee alone. His iffue was one
only Son, called Caflim, who died before him, and many
daughters, Fatione the eldeft ( inhigh efteem at this day
among the Arabians , and honoured as the royall root of
AbenAlabecy\was wife to Haly.Zeinebthe fecond,was
married to O{men, after fonte Mahuvias,and perhaps to
both {uccelfively for they both fucceeded inthe Empire of
Arabia;to her ¢: attributed the original of the other family
of Aben Humeia. Imiaultim and Naphifle are diver (ly
mentioned by the moft faithful Hiftorians-fome delivering
them as his daughters, others as his near kindred. onthe
Seal which he ufed,were engraven thefe words, Mahomet,
Meffenger of God. Heaven ordained him to be a feourge
forthe punifhment of Chriftians, who in multitudes at
that time had forfaken the truth, to follow the Sects and
Herefies of the Arrians, Donatifts, Neftorians, and o-
thers. The diy of his death was no les prodigious, then the
courfe of his life, a Comet, refembling aword, appearing
at high noon, pointing frem South to North, whew it was
beheld the [pace of thirty dayes, which that age interpre-
ted to portend the fatall rifing and {pendor of the Axa-
big Empire.
‘ FINIS.
or Admonition
for them who defire to know what ufé
may be made of, or if there be danger in
reading the Alcoran, by Alexander Rofs,
AWN 90d Reader, the great Arabian Tonpoffor HOW ak
RS laft after a thoxfand years. by the way of France
S «rived in england, his Aleoran,or galimmaufry
Sof Errors Brows deformed as the Parent, avd
S as fooll of herefies, as his (call heed wax of fenvffe)
hath learned +0 jpeak, Englith, Suppofe this pitce ts expofed by
the Tranflator to the public R view, no orberwile then (ome Abie
fler bronght out of Aftica, for people to gaee, wot to dere RDOR
dnd \as the fight of a Monfter or milbeper creature Soordldadnce
the beholder to praife God, Who huth wot masle digs och; fo foowlbet
the reatling of this Alcoran excite us both to ble|s Gods pooelie/>
towards ns tn this Land, who enjoy the ploriows Light of the Gofpel,
ated behold the truth in the beanty of holinefs ; xs allo to admire
Giods Pudgments, who faffers fa wendy Cornbreys tobe blinded and
tAflaved with this, mifpapen affue: of Mahomers brain, being
brought forth by the helpofne. asler Adel wifty then of a Pow aii
aNeltorian making afe of tame Pigeon (which he budrangln to
Prk corm otet-of his Burs) in fread of the boty Ghofamd cavifing
ily people. to betiowes-hect tne tis fallin fiokswe]s (v0 Whit he Wiss
wiuchfeebyect,). dve boed conference Yeith ve wee! Gabriel. ee
: Theo the poblifiring uf tbe loot may ibe Wo Yori? danier dis
sind {Gnmdntowsdangerotes bo the Reuter, emmibsiborn Yo the big ber
Ee powers,
powers, who notwithftanding have cleared themfelves by d:fliking
the pablifhing, and queftioning the publifhers thereof-; but for
thedanger,I Will deliver in thefe en[usng Propofitions my opinion,
yet with fubmiffion to Wwifer judgments.
t. Though it may be dangerous to {uch a Tike reedes are
foaken, and like empty clouds carried about with every winde of
dottrin, yet to ftaid and folid Chriftians, the reading of Mahomets
Herefies will be no more dangerous, then the reading of thofe er-
rors Which are recorded in Scripture, for in them are mentioned
many damnable errors and abominations of the Egyptians, Cana-
nites, Hittites, Sidonians, axd other Gentiles,and of the Hebtews
themfelves , of the Sadduces Who denied Spirits, Angels, and the
Refurrettion.
2. Is there more danger in reading the Aleotan,then in reading
the Errors of ancient and modern Hereticks? furely Tertuliian
Ireneus, Epiphanius, Aultin, asd other Fathers were not of this
opinion,who have left upon record to pofterity ,thedamnable herefies
of Arians, Eutychians,Neftorians,Macedontans, and others + and”
in the Alcoran there are not [uch dangerous errors as amongthe
Tetratheites; Angelites, aed. Cheodofians, whoheld there Were
four Gods,or.the Tritheitesswho affirmed there were three, or the
Gnofticks, Manicheans, Cerdonians, Marcionites, whe main-
tained there were twocontrary gods, the one good, the orher bad,
whereas the Alcoran fets downthere is but one. trueGod; and al=
though it denieth With Arius, the Divinity of Chrifty yerit holds
himagreat Prophet; nor doth it (peak. fo blalphemonfly of Chrift
as theSimonians; who held Simon Magus, or the Ophites, and
Manicheans, Who (aid, the Serpent was.Chrift, or Menander, whe
affirmed bimfelf to.be Chrift, aad the. Saviour of the world. Be
fides sare not the damnable Herefies of the modern Familitts, who
deny Chrifts Divinity, making as many Chrifts as there be ill
minatea ldersin their Congregations ? are not alfo the Herefie
of the Socinians, Antitrinitarians, Adamites, Servetians, Anti-
fabbatarians, and many ethers expofedto the view of alk that wil
read them? why then may not the Alcoran? Befides, are mende>
barred from reading the Greek and Latine Poets? nay, are nit
many of thens sranflated into ovr Englifs tongue?.as alfo the =
ern
: tense Petetiveshed BAF ;
peccinnnnasiata tities I ae oti
dern Hifterses of the Baft- and Weft Indies, wherein aremore dam.
nable.tenets then any,in the Alcoran, and they who have read. the
Jewith Talmud, and Cabala, will finde themas ridiculons pieces
as the Alcoran.
3 Ifthere were any loveline/s, beauty, excellency, orany thing
el[e in the Alcoran that might Yin the minde, and draw the afe
fection after it, I foould»hold the redding of it dangerous, but
whereas st u [uch a mifbapen and deformed piece, I think the rea-
ding of it will confirm us in the truth, and caufe us love the § crip-
ture [o mach the more: for as a beautifull body 1s never. more love-
ly then when fhe ts. placed neer a. Black. More, neither ts truih
more amiable. then When it 1s befet With Errors. Oppotita uxta fe
pofita clarius elucefcunt, the Gem receives luftre from the fuile,
the ftars from the night,c fire is moft-[corchin ig in Froft,even{o by
an Antiperiftafis truth i fortified by error Who can think.that the
Sight of a Hob-Goblin, or deformed vizard phould draw the childe
from the Nur{e or breft of the Mother to embrace it, Whereas the
fight thereof will rather canfe the child hold fafter by the mother.
The wife Spattans oft-times brought drunkards into the room.
where their fons Were, not that they fhould be induced thereby to
love, but to abbor drunkenne{s, which they could not have. done,
had they not feen the unfeemly.and rude carria ge, the undecent be-
haviour, and uncompofed geftures of the drunkard. When Zifca
bad deftroyed the Adamits of Bohemia hepreferved two alive that
they might reveal to the World the Wicked errors of that Sel. Who
2 fo mad as to prefer the embracements of a. filthy Baboon, to. his
beautifull Miftre{s, or the bra iying of an wA/stoa( onfort of
Mufick.? he deferves the ears. of Midas that will prefer the
Cuckges fong to the (weet notes of the Nightingale,
4+ Though the Alcoran be received among many Nations, yet
this reception proceeds uot from any love they bear to it or any love-
line{sthey finde in it, bur partly out of fear, being forced by the
Sword, partly out of a prepofterous defire of liberty and preferment,
and partly out of ignorance, as not being {uff ered to read the Scrip -
tures. nor to hear Philofophy, by which the errors shereof may be
detetled, nor to enquire into the ab(urditces thereof, or to, difpute
and queftion any thing in it : for Which caufe alfa it 1 not fuffer 4
; Best
to be Pritited, wor are leiffiaus permitted to enter into Mecca,
leaf their abfierdities and impieties of their Religion Prould be
manifefted, and thus are vhofe fiky fouls kept in blindnels and ig.
norance, and therefore I never read that any Nation did volunty-
riby receive the Nicoran excepe the rheevs/® Saracens of Arabia,
becanfe it Wasa friend boely to thei theevery and! lechery, as
permitting mealriplicity of Wives ana C’ oncubins, and « reward
for thofe.that fhall murther and rob. )
5. Lhe Alcoran % tranflured into French aed erber wuloay
Tongues, and the chief heads thereof by Punchas in hes Pilgrimage,
by Helin in bs Geography, and by others into onr own tongue
Without ferple or exception ; and Ppray you, why 2s the Rrabick
tongue, the languageof that falfe Prophet, unt in which he writ
bis Alcoran, (o much learned-and tancht in Schools and Chriftian
Fniverfities, bur that by it we may come. tothe knowledeof Mas
homets Laws and Religion ? and how fhould we know rhistitele
born in Daniel rhar/pake high and'proud things acainft the Als
mighty, if We read-not bis life and dottrine ?
6. There 13 a kindo of neceffity We Prould know evilasWerar
good, falfhoodas wellas truth, that Wwe may avoidtheone, and’ fe
much more love rhe other 3 he- that bath fmelled'a Pinking weede
will (mell with moredelitht the [weer Rofe; he that reades rhe AY
coran Will finde: it {mellWwor/e then Mahomets carka/? did, which
after hts death lay putrifying upon the ground, which his dilciples
permitted for many dayes together, hoping he would have been as.
good as bis word, who made them u promife thar hevonldrife a
gain thethird day ; butat laft finding-he had forgot. himfelf, and
that his. body (melled nor fo /weeras Alexanders did after his
death, they were forced'ta bury it; or otherwayes the dogs Who were
beginning to bury himin their guts had (aved thema labour ;
though Suger be {Wweet in st (elf, yet it is much more [meet to him
that hath tafted eAlloes, and though Valy init [elf be a delicious
Conntrey, and garden of the World; yer it 1s much maredelightful,
pleafant, and beautifull, to him Who hath palfed over the mounta- -
nous, cragoy, andrugged Alpes : Didnot the Prodigal love the
bread of his fathers houfe evermore the better after he had been
fedion tasks With jmine? donbtle(s We foal finde, that after We ~
have
ee) ied Menem oes
have fed a While upon the courfe bushs of the Alcoran, with rhe
Arabian (wine, We Ball with much more eagerne/s cavet after the
plenty of our Fathers houfe, exhibited to us in his Word, Where We
Seal finde the hidden ‘Manna, the bread of Life, that came down
from heaven.
7» Books of Palmifiry, Phyfoguomy, judicial! Aftrologie, Ne-
cromancy, and other (uperftitious and impious Arts have been per-
mitted to come abroad, that men might fee the vanity of rho/e
Arts, theknavery and wickedne/s of the Artiffs, the foolsPne/s of
credi:lous people, who fuffer themfelves to be deluded by them,
and the malice of Satan the arch enemy of mankinde, Whofe de.
hight .to.abufe, delude, and deftroy meu : why then may not rhe
Alcoran be read, that mun may [ec the vanity, impiety, and foo.
lifenels of it, bywhich the World hath been (o many years cheated
and abufed ?
8) They that learn Arts ‘and Sciences, defire the knowledg,
not only of the good things,bur of the evil things alfo,and the abufes
of them, to the end they may avoid them ; therefore Logick [peaks
as Well. of fophifticall and fallacious [ylogifmes, as of demoujjra-
tive and topical’, Ethics treats of vices as Well as of vertues ;
Natural Philofophy handleth the natures, not onty of n[cfisl and
beneficial creatures, but alfo of hurtful and.venomous, as of Ser-
pents; Phy/ick peaks, of poyfans as Well as of cures ; Hifforians
defcribe both the vertuens and vicious attions of Princess in
Divinity We learn,pot only what God and good Angels are,but al-
[what Sathan is and his wicked Angels; in Navigation we muft
know, uot only what places are Navigable, but alfo whiat are not;
how foal. we avoid Rocks, Quick. fands and Shelves ifwe know
them not? even fo.Chriftian Religion permits not only the reading :
of Scripture, but alfo of heretical and hearhenifh books, as is [aid,
that We may know What to embrace, what to fun ; therefore if
jou Would know What. be the. damnable errors to be avoided by
Chriftians, readthe M\coran, and you foall finde in it the finke of
all, or moft part of ancient herefies. :
9. Inreading of the Alcoran, though it be,, as Caro [aid of the
three Roman Embuffadors, that were to go to Antiochus, .
headle(s, heartle{s, and footlefs, the fess being maimed in his ee
e 3 :
ee
?
the feconda fool, and. the third lame in his feet, fay, though it
he without head or tail, asweufeto [peak being immethodicall -
and confufed, contradsttory in many things, written ina rade
Language. the Author himfelf being no Linguift or Scholer, nay,
not able to read or write, thoxgh alfo it confift of lyes and [enfle(s
follies, yet this benefit we may reap ; I fay, in reading of it, that
we fall be forced te admire and praife the goodne[s of God towards
#8 Chriftians.who having (uffered a greatpart of the world to fit in
the valley of the foadow of death, to be oppreffed with Cimmerian,
yea more then palpable Egyptian darkne/s, hath placed us in the
Temple, where Wwe have the golden Candleftick of his Word, and a
slearer and more durable Lamp then that of salomons Temple,
yea eventhe Sun of righteou{nes foining upow us in the land of
Gothan, Whil/? 4 great part of the World doth followthe Antin
chriftian beaft, we follow the Lamb upon mount Sion ; While they
hear the voyce of Satyres, Oftrages, and Schrich-Owls, We hear
the voice of the Turtle, and the Songs of Sion in our own Land:
whilft they feed on husks with (Wine, and drink, the corrupted pide
dles of Mahomets inventions, we are fed With Angels foodand eat
celeftiall Manna, and drink of the pure river of life. clear as
cryftall : Again, we may tremble at the reading of this Aleoran,
When We confider the feversty of Gods Judgments, and the fierce
nes of his anger, Who for the contempt of his Gafpel, inthofe
Countries Where Mahomet worfhipped, hath [uffered fo many
millions of people to be deluded, blinded, abufed. andinflaved by
that falfe Prophet, to believe his les, and by loathing the {weet
Evangelical Manna, to devour greedily the porfonable quailes of
hes dottrine, and with it the wrath of God which hath faln on
them, whilf? the flefh 1s between their teeth, fo that they muft
needs perifh everlaftingly. Who would have thought that thofe
Countreys which Were honored by Gods own prefence, by the Ora
cles of the Prophets, by the prefence, miracles, and preaching of
Chrift, by the planting of the Apoftles, by the blood of fo many
Martyrs, foould be thus befotted, and enflaved by the tyranny of
this grand Impoftor? hen we think.on thofe things, let us work,
ost our falvation with fear and trembling, andlet hiss who thinks
he flandeth take heed leaft he fal : they Were got greater finners
; thew
;
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then we; therefore donbtle[s except we repent We foall all likewi(e
perifh ; the remiffnes of Heraclius Government, his falling into
the herefie_of the Monothelites, the contempt of the Go/pel, the
flighting of the Paftors, the Wickedne/s of the people, the continual
Schifmsyrents, jars, and divsfions of their Churches, were both
the cat[es and occafions of thefe miferies Which have fala upon
them ; let xs take heed then we be not partakers of their fins, leaft
we alfo partakeof their plagues. '
10, The reading of the Alcoran Will enable us to beat Maho-
met with his own. Weapons, to cut off the head of this Goliah with
his own {word, and to Wound this unclean bird with quils pickt out
of bis own Wings, for even unwittingly and unwillingly he is
forced to acknowledg many truths of Chriftian Religion, in affir-
ming there is but one true God the Creator of all things, and
though he goeth about to overthrow the dottrine of the Trinity, yet
he doth plainly confirme it ; when he [peaks of God of the Word,and
of the Spirit, Which three indeed are one in effence, though diftintt
in [ubjiftence;though he laboureth to overthrow the Gofpel, yet he
confirms it, when hecallsit good,fullyzight, alight, and a guide
to (alwation. for +f it be full, good, &c. what need was then of his
Alcoran ? and though he indeavoreth to overthrow Chrifts Divi-
nity with Arius and Neftorius, andthe Jews his ghoftly fathers,
yet he affirms it, in-calling (rift the Word ; for as the internal
Word of the minde is coeternal With the minde, fo is Chrift the
Word of his Father, coeternal with the Father ; he eftablifbeth
alfo the Article of (brifts (Conception and Nativity, affirming
bim to be conceived by the hely Ghoff, and born of theVirgin
Mary, whom-heconfeffeth to have been a pure Virgin, both before
and after Chrifts birth: fo he confirms the Article of Chrifts
afcention into heaven, and divers other points of Chriftianity, te
whom we are more beholding for bis reverend efteem of Chrift,
then the Fews who revile and blafpheme bim.
11, In reading the Alcoran, thongh We finde much dung, yet in
3 We foall mect with [ome gold, as Vitgildid in reading of Ennius
his Verfes, Efops Cock. found a precious flone in a. dunghill §
where ts much drofs fome pure mettal will be found: even [>in the
dirt of the Alcotan yor. frall finde some jewels of Clarifier
UEVEHES
apeadt Mm belasete soba bese
Ee
aniewed : andindeed if Chriftians will bat ditigently rend thd ob-
ferve the Lites and Fijfortes of the Mahiometans, they may
‘bluf> to [ee bow xealoms they are ta the Works oF devotion, piety,
and charity, bow devout, cleanly and reverend in their Mo/gnes,
how obedient to their Priefts, rhat even the great T; ark bimfelf
will attempt nothing without confulting bis Mufti, how tare-
ful are they to obferve their hours of prayer five times a day Where
ever they are, or however *imployed ¢ bow conjtantly do they ob-
ferve their Fafts from morning till night a Whole moxeth toge-
ther?how loving and charitable the Muflemans ure to each other,
and how carefull of firangers, may be [een by their Holpitals, both
for the poor and for travellers : if we obferve their jujtite, compe
vance, and other morall vertues, we may truly blah at our on
coldnels, both in devotion and charity, at oar injajPice. tnrempe-
runce,and oppreffion, dowble/s thefe men Will ¥i/c up vn judgement
againft ts; and farely their devotion, piety, andl works of mercy
are waine Caufes of the growth of Anbomnrifin, and onthe con
trary, our weglect of Religion, and loofe/s of conver{ation, it
tmaime bittdrdnce ro the tn-renfe of Chripianity — ot 40h Dame
that they oould read over their Alcoran onte every month, and
We fearce read over the Bible in all onr life ? that they fhall give
Such reverence to rheir Alcotan, 4s to honor the very Camel thar
carried it to Mecca, andl to Tay ap for holy relignes the napkins and
handlkerchichs that rubbed off the /went from his sRin;und we fall
prefer lalcsorons Potms, and witnton Billads to the [atred word of
eAlimghry Coa: do we nor rake our elves wiewmerehy of fuuch an
ineftimsuble rrekfure ?
12. The Tirks a2 ‘owe weiyhbors, ana their "T vritorits bor-
ier wport the dominions of Cbriftendom : there have been contin
all Weis, nd Will be frill Bers cow te, T conbepnerh every Chri-
tite who takes confctente of brs walyes to eRamine the caufe,
and to look into the eromnds OF rhis ekr, wherher they be juft or
Hot, WhICh canoe be Lawn bur by veulliay Phe AYcorah, in which
we fee the Mahothetins to be rhe theDries of the CPo/s of Chril,
Swaen ink bit Deiith wa of bi? Dvvinity Alfotn thar they deny bis
GoiitNa: te PVF MMe To many Pall ndes ‘da it Repro nant to, and
Weiies Of CWARG Ds Phew ub att Pivitow Princes are
boun
i)
"pPranes tr ipeqegupeaveiiey ce Qebepeny eprgesiayy
ncn
bound.to oppole the enemies thereof; after the example of Eujth, invit
thofe glorious Eusperors, Conftantine, who made war againjt Coll. 1.9,
the Freatherm.Princes, Maxentius, Maximinus and Licinitis;
of Theodofius. the elder. againft the Tyrant Eugenius the
worfhipper of Hercules, of Theodofius the yenger againf? the
9. Hift,
Theodl.§.0.%%.
Sacrat.l.c.7,18
Aug, l, 5.de
Saracens, of Honorius againft the Goths, a4 exemies of Ute deiceng,
Chrift, by whofe affiftance they got notable -vittories, and glo.
rious. triumphs. uae ers
13. We sannot do better fervice to our Countrimen, nor
offer a greater affront to the Mahometans, then to bring out
to the open view of all, the blinde Sampfons of their Alcoran,
which bath maftered fo many Nations, that we may laugh at
#t,0f Which even their own Wife men.are albamed, and are ferry
it fhould be tranflated into any other language, for they are
unwilling that their grand Hypocrite fhould be unmasked, or
that the vifard of his pretended holine[s fhould be taken off,
whofe filthy nakedne[s muft appear When he is devefted : they
know that Words and werksof darkne[s cannot enddre the
“ighty-Ereprsamg; imimiio lumine Manes, the infernal
Ghofis tremble at any glimpfe of light ; andthe wilde beafts
return to their dens, faith David, when the. morning ap-
pears , not daring to feek their prey but in the dark night
of ignorance ; ‘this great thief Mahomet hath ° deffroy-
ed many thoufands, and under the Lyons skiny this vfs
hath righted hes beaftly minded Saracens, therefore let ns
take away the ring from this. Giges, by which he hath made
himfelf invifible, and let us with Hercules, pull out this thee-
ving Cacus out of his dark, den where he ufeth to hide and
Shelter himfelf, and. expofe his deformed carkafs to the ‘pub-
heck view, that we may. wonder at it : and in detetting hes er-
rors, We follow the pratlife of (brist, who difcovered to the
world the damnable Tenets of the Scribes, Pharifees, Hypo
‘ orites,
Cone
wt: The Turks gre pr epop rv ei in Ng ay tag for the
Pfal 10; 4.
Vt jugulent
homines [ure
gunt de notte
latvones,
Mat. 43+
5
fe.
be
Rey;.20
converfien, or perverfion rather, ¢ \f Chriftians to their irreli.
gions Religion, they pray heartily, and euery day in their
Temples, that. Chriftsans. may imbarce .the Alcoran, and
become their Profolytes, in effetting of Which they leave no
means unaffaied by, fear and flattery , by punifiments and’
rewards; no, % ity fitting that they ip charity andixeaf
foould exceed us? Weare bound to pray, andindénvorheursily
for their converfion, from dirkune’s to light from error to
truth, dar how. thall we do this, if we, know not the dan-
gerous and damsable eftate theyarein, which We cannot know
but byreading their Alcoran ?
15. Inreading the Alcoran we hall [ee what i the force
of uperftition, and with What vielénce men. are carried bead
long, in. the defence. and maintenance even of the mot abjird:
and impious opinions; what, Hecuba is. more. deformed ‘thew
the Alcoxan ? yet bow, do the Tarks fight and firuggle, toil
and care; hazard life. and liberty, effates andall for ity as if
it Were the moft beautiful Releria in’ che world) thele mem
caunot endure the Image of Chriff, or ofa Saint inthe
Temples, calling this Idolatry, and yet. they are, the greatel
Hdolaters in the world themf{elves, for uever was thtre [ach
an.Idal_ as the Alcoran,. 2a, max miefttouch it, till fir[t he be-
walbed,.and that being done, he mnft not touch it. With bis naked
bands, but Vvith a clean linen cloth; the Prieff mufi-Rifs. ity
and bow tait.; he mult when he reads in it hold it up om high,
for it w afin to hold it lower then his girdle: Every pitce of:
paperthat a Turk fizdes be muft fe reverendly, because the
Alcoran. 4. Written in_ paper, the Adule that carries it t¢
Mecca +s beld in great vexeration, fothat he or- fhe 15 fanthified
all the. year after that can but touch him, and that hasdkare
chief which wipeth off bis [wears a holy reliqne : thus da they
frrain at a gnat and [wallow a Camel.
16. In reading the Alcoran c& Turkith Story,We all [ee whe
were Gog and Magog that made war again/t the Saints, ge?
thet
d Gog,
becuufe they mere bid-and unknown a tong time, idvid the ar.
facens, who Were a knownpeople, andthe OPth enemies of the
Church, therefore called Magog 3 théfe treache, ately cans
bined together, oppreffed fir the Perfians, and atterWard the
Greek Empire, With the famous. Ghurches of Alia, Cite ece,
and Eeypt; Wwe jrall alla finde that bythe Star Which fel
from Leaven,. and opened the bottomle/s pit, Whofe fmoke
darkued-the Sun, and -out of which came the Locafts , whefe
terror is de/cribed £9: St. J obn, is measit Mahomet shat great
efireyer, as his xame fgnifieth , vnfwering. to: the-nanie
Appolly on, and Abaddon:. for weveromas there fuch a de-
Jtroyer, Who by bis peftilent doblrine path defiroyed
Souls, and by the ford of ‘his Locufishath defiroyed
bodies and ruinated [o-many goodly. Countries.
fo many
jo Diny
17. Uf you will take a brief view of the Alcoran you fLall
finde ita hodg-podge made up of thefe four ingredients, 1 OF
Ccntraditivonse2.-OF Blafphemie. 3.Of Yidiewlous Fables,
4 Of Lyes : firft, of Contraditlsons he derh ordinarily fay,
and unfay the fame thing ;.one while. he tells us, that he was
the firft that ever entred-inte Paradife, and elfewhere ‘ye
Sayes he found menand women there 3 fometimes he affirms that
Jews aud-Chriftians foal be faved-hy their own Keligion, and
Sometimes again that none. canbe faved Khoembrace aot his
Alcoran ; Jz oxe place folloming. the Opimon of Origen, or
rather of the Orizenils he affirmed thar all the devils Phalt
be faved; in another place he faithonly thofe devils pail be Sa-
ved ho hearken to » and obey his Mcoran: Secondly , of
Blafphemy, for he blafphemeth Godd,in Saying that he prayeth
for Makmer, intimating hereby that he isinfericr to thut God
he prayeth to; he makes God allo {wear by Flies, worms,
and [uch baje creatures, astf bewere their iaferiour, Whereas’
God haviug none creater then brmfelf, {wears only by \himfelf;
He blalphemes the Father, in fayinge he cannot havea Son, be-"
Caufehe is not married, as if there were weother generation
F £ 2 but
ee
the Turks:an obfcure peaple.of Scythia, therefore calle
5 alapurarer=
but What is carnal; be bla/phemes the Son With Arivs,in deny-
ing. his Divinity; be bla[phemes the holy Ghoft with Macedoni-
usa firming him to'be the Creature of acreatureshe blasphemes
God alfo, in makjng him the Author of his Aleoran, bragging
that his name is written upon the Throne of God, in that he is
the greateft of the Prophets, who hath more kyowledg then ull
the men and Angels of the world : and many other brarging
words be uttereth of himfelf, by which We may fee he is that
little horn: which [purng up among the jten horns of the great-
and terrible beaft of the Roman Empire, deftroying three of
the Roman. horus, towit, the Afians, Grecians; and Bgyp-
tians ; this is the horn that bath many eyes, as being crafty and
vigilant, but his mouth {peaks proud things, in blaspheming and
bragging, as we have heard. Thirdly, of ridiculous Stories, ana
Which are more unfavery then the Golden Legend, or Lucians
true Narrations ; hetels us that he divided once the Moon, one
half whereof fellinto-his lap, ( this was not then the Man inthe
Moon, but the Moon in the Man) the other on the ground 3
thele tivo pieces he fouldred again... Perhaps in memory of this
Lying miracle,the Turksufe yer the half Moon for their Arms:
He tels us of a great army of men and Angels raifed by Salo
mon,bat much hindred in their march by an army of Flies,~wbich
Salomon rebuked, where we have awitlefs conference between
Salomon and the Fly she tels you ftrange Story of Noahs Ark,
how there the Hog was generated of the Elephants dung, and a
Rat of the Hogs dung, which gnawing-ahole in the Ark. at
which Noah was affrighted;he touching the Lienon theforehead,
out of Whole. brains leaped out a Cat, (as Minerva did ont of
Jupicers) which caufed the Rat torun away: this 18 Philofophy
indeed for a Hog Fourthly, of Eyes, for he belyeth God, in
making him author of his impietie and herefies ; We belyes
( brift, in faying be Wasconceived by the (nell of a Rofe: he be:
Leth theholy Ghof?, in afir ming that he inspired Mahomet
towrite the Alcoran 3 be belyeth the Virem Mary, calling ber
the daughter of Amram, and fifter of Moles, confounding her
With Mariam, whereas there were fo weany generations between ;
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hebelyeth the Gosfel, in Saying it is corrupted by Chriftians
hebelyeth Chriftians, when he faith they Wor {hip many gods, and
that they giveto God a companion; when they acknowledg the
Divimty of Chriftyhe belyeth the Jews in faying they make E-
leazer a god ; he belyes the Patriarchs, in faying that Noah, A-
} braham, lfaac, and Jacob believed his Alcoran, being (0 many
thenfand yearssbefore he mwas born, or his Alcoran had Any ex-
iftance ; he belyes alfo. the Apoftles, in making them his Schol-
lers, who lived neer fix hundred years before he Yeas born : by
all which we may fee WwhoWwas the Compiler of this Alcoran, not
ti the God of Truth; but the Father of Lyes; not Chrift and his
eApufiles, Whofe weapons in propagating the. Gospel, Were
powerfull preaching miracles, and patience in (uffering; not the
Sword,the chief means that Mahomet ufeth to force his Alcoran,
an tofirument forbid by Chrift, but ufed by him who hath been a
murtherer from the beginning 5 but Iwill not take upon me the
taskof refuting the Alcoran, being already refuted by. Canta-
cuzenus, Richardus rhe Atonk, Cula the Cardinal, WW oodman-
ftadius,Savanorota and others, I only thought eood, upon in-
treaty of fome learned and religious men, to prefix this brief Ca-
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| weat, that the Reader might bethe better armed. to encounter
with any rub or difficulty. he foall meet With in’ the reading
thereof. But before I end, give me leave taclear my (elf a-
Lain in thy point ; that it is not my meaning all fhould have-the
liberty to read the Alcoran promijcuoufly. I know with the
Apoftle, that though all things be lawfull, yet all things are not
expedient, there are children as well as men in under ftanding ;
_ othe Nurfe may-ufethat knife which the childe may not, and that
é [Word which may without danger be handled by a Jober man,cam
not Without danger be touched by a madman ; there are as
Well queafie as Strong flomacks, and hat is meat to the one ma
be venome to the otber ; though Mithridates could Without hurt
eat poyfon, otbers may not prejume to efcape fo; it ts LaYefull for
any to look upon a monjler, but it ts wot expedient for concei-
Ving women; that iron which mn Oftrich candigeft, may de-
firey the flomack of other creatures ; how many have been de-
Ef 3 ceived
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ceived in gathering Hemlock for Parfly? It tnor for every
manto meddle with Apothecaries drugs, he may chance mect
with poyfow as.foon as an antidote ; ifall men were likeBees,to |
fuckshoney even out of Henbane, there might be wo danger in
reading the Alcoran,but moft men are like Spiders Suck securely /
poyfan even out of the fweereft Rofes;therefore they only my fare.
ly c& Without danger read the Alcoranjmho are intelligent, jddi-
cious, learned, and throughly grounded in\piety, and principles
of Chriftianity, but weak,, ignerant, intoufantyand difaffetted
mindes to the truth, muft not venture to meddle withthis un-
hallowed piece left they be polluted with the touch phereof, as they
Were who camencer toa leprous body; and if we Wilh not vena
ture to gointo an infected houfe Without prefervatives, much
le{s foould any dare to reade the Alcoran, that is not fufficient.
ly arysed With grace, firength, andknoWledg againft all tenta-
tions, God gravt we may walk inthe light of the Gofpet, whileft
We have it ,that we may not be overwhelmed with the difmall
night of Mahometane darkve/s,. which God may juftly infiithwup-
pon ; us fer our fins,rents.and divifionsare no leffer then thofe
were of the Greek, and Afatick (Churches. and doubrlefs except
me repent We {hall all. perish With them, who for despsfing Gods
facred Oracles,arenow taught to reverence every piece of paper
they findewhich they.are made believe hal be put under thefeles
of their feet when theymalkever the burning grate totheir fools
Paradife, as Busbequius in his Epiftle tellsus, who lived long
among{t them, andiveas well acquainted With their opiaionts
but What have-written here concerning the \\coranye] fabmit
tothe judgment and Yvi{dom-of ‘thofewho fitutthe Stern, ana
can fee morethenthe Paffengers.
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