Part 23
There
was but one shout from Gabriel, and lo! they were extinct.
Oh! the misery that rests upon my servants! No apostle cometh to
them but they laugh him to scorn.
36:30 See they not how many generations we
have destroyed before them?
Not to
false gods is it that they shall be brought back,
But
all, gathered together, shall be set before Us.
Moreover,
the dead earth is a sign to them: we quicken
it and bring forth the grain from it, and they eat thereof:
And we
make in it gardens of the date and vine; and we cause springs to gush forth in
it;
That
they may eat of its fruits and of the labour of their hands. Will they not
therefore be thankful?
Glory be to Him, who hath created all the sexual pairs of such
things as Earth produceth, and of mankind themselves; and of things beyond
their ken!
A sign
to them also is the Night. We withdraw the day from it, and lo! they are plunged in darkness;
And
the Sun hasteneth to her place of rest,. This, the
ordinance of the Mighty, the Knowing!
And as
for the Moon, We have decreed stations for it, till it change
like an old and crooked palm branch.
36:40 To the Sun it is not given to overtake
the Moon, nor doth the night outstrip the day; but each in its own sphere doth
journey one.
It is
also a sign to them that we bare their posterity in the full-laden
And
that we have made for them vessels like it on which they embark;
And if
we please, we drown them, and there is none to help them, and they are not
rescued,
Unless
through our mercy, and that they may enjoy themselves for yet awhile.
And
when it is said to them, Fear what is before you and what is behind you, that
you may obtain mercy. . . .
Aye,
not one sign from among the signs of their Lord dost thou bring them, but they
turn away from it!
And
when it is said to them, Give alms of what God hath
bestowed on you, they who believe not say to the believers, "Shall we feed
him whom God can feed if He will? Truly you are in no other than a plain
error."
And
they said, "When will this promise be fulfilled, if what you say be
true?"
They await but a single blast: as
they are wrangling shall it assail them:
36:50 And not a
bequest shall they be able to make, nor to their families shall they return.
And
the trumpet shall be blown, and, lo! they shall speed
out of their sepulchres to their Lord:
They
shall say, "Oh! woe is us! who
hath roused us from our sleeping place? 'Tis what the God of Mercy promised;
and the Apostles spake the truth."
But
one blast shall there be, and, lo! they shall be
assembled before us, all together.
And on
that day shall no soul be wronged in the least:
neither shall you be rewarded but as you shall have wrought.
But
joyous on that day shall be the inmates of
In
shades, on bridal couches reclining, they and their spouses:
Therein
shall they have fruits, and shall have whatever they require --
"Peace!"
shall be the word on the part of a merciful Lord.
"But
be you separated this day, O you sinners!
36:60 Did I not
enjoin on you, O sons of Adam, 'Worship not Satan, for that he is your declared
foe.'
But
'Worship Me: this is a right path'?
But
now hath he led a vast host of you astray. Did you not then comprehend?
This
is Hell with which you were threatened:
Endure
its heat this day, for that you believed not."
On
that day will we set a seal upon their mouths; yet shall their hands speak unto
us, and their feet shall bear witness of that which they shall have done.
And,
if we pleased, we would surely put out their eyes:
yet even then would they speed on with rivalry in their path: but how should they see?
And,
if we pleased, we would surely transform them as they stand, and they would not
be able to move onward, or to return.
Him cause
we to stoop through age whose days we lengthen. Will they not understand?
We
have not taught him (Muhammad) poetry, nor would it beseem him. This Book is no
other than a warning and a clear Koran.
36:70 To warn
whosoever liveth; and, that against the Infidels sentence may be justly given.
See they not that we have created for them among the things
which our hands have wrought, the animals of which they are masters?
And
that we have subjected them unto them? And on some they ride, and of others
they eat;
And
they find in them profitable uses and beverages:
Yet
have they taken other gods beside God that they might be helpful to them.
No power have they to succour them:
yet are their votaries an army at their service.
Let
not their speech grieve thee: We know what
they hide and what they bring to light.
Doth not
man perceive that we have created him of the moist germs of life? Yet lot! is he an open caviller.
And he
meeteth us with arguments, and forgetteth his creation:
"Who," saith he, "shall give life to
bones when they are rotten?"
Say: He shall given life to
them who gave them being at the first, for in all creation is he skilled:
36:80 Who even out
of the green tree hath given you fire, and lo! you
kindle flame from it.
What! must not He who hath created the Heavens and the Earth be
mighty enough to create your likes? Yes! and He is the
skilful creator.
His
command when He willeth aught, is but to say to it, BE,
and IT IS.
So
glory be to Him in whose hand is sway over all things!
And to Him shall you be brought back.
Sura XXXVII (37)
The Ranks
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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
37:1 By the angels ranged in order for
Songs of Praise,
And by
those who repel demons,
And by
those who recite the Koran for warning,
Truly
your God is but one,
Lord
of the Heavens and of the Earth, and of all that is between them, and Lord of
the East.
We
have adorned the lower heaven with the adornment of the stars.
They
serve also as a guard against every rebellious Satan,
That
they overhear not what passeth in the assembly on high, for they are darted at
from every side,
Driven
off and consigned to a lasting torment;
37:10 While, if one steal a word by stealth,
a glistening flame pursueth him.
Ask
the Meccans then, Are they, or the angels whom we have made, the stronger
creation? Aye, of coarse clay have we created them.
But
while thou marvellest they mock;
When
they are warned, no warning do they take;
And
when they see a sign, they fall to mocking,
And
say, "This is no other than clear sorcery:
What!
when dead, and turned to dust and bones, shall we indeed be raised?
Our
sires also of olden times?"
Say,
Yes; and you shall be covered with disgrace.
For,
one blast only, and lo! they shall gaze around them,
37:20 And shall say, "Oh! woe to us!
this is the day of reckoning;
This
is the day of decision which you gainsaid as an untruth."
Gather
together those who have acted unjustly, and their consorts, and the gods whom
they adored
Beside
God; and guide them to the road for Hell.
Set
them forth: they shall be questioned.
"How
now, that you help not one another?"
But on
this day they shall submit themselves to God,
And
shall address one another with mutual reproaches.
They
shall say, "In sooth, you came to us in well-omened sort:"
But
they will answer, "Nay, it was you who would not believe; and we had no
power whatever over you. Nay, you were people given to transgress;
37:30 Just, therefore, is the doom which are
Lord hath passed upon us. We shall surely taste it:
We
made you err, for we had erred ourselves."
Partners
therefore shall be in punishment on that day.
Truly,
thus will we deal with the wicked,
Because
when it was said to them, There is no God but God, they swelled with pride,
And
said, "Shall we then abandon our gods for a crazed poet?"
Nay,
he cometh with truth and confirmeth the Sent Ones of old.
You
shall surely taste the painful punishment,
And
you shall not be rewarded but as you have wrought,
Save
the sincere servants of God!
37:40 A stated banquet shall they have
Of
fruits; and honoured shall they be
In the
gardens of delight,
Upon
couches face to face.
A cup
shall be borne round among them from a fountain,
Limpid,
delicious to those who drink;
It
shall not oppress the sense, nor shall they therewith be drunken.
And
with them are the large-eyed ones with modest refraining glances, fair like the
sheltered egg.
And
they shall address one another with mutual questions.
Saith
one of them, "I truly had a bosom friend,
37:50 Who said, 'Art thou of those who
credit it?
What!
when we shall have died, and become dust and bones, shall we indeed be
judged?'"
He
shall say to those around him, "Will you look?"
And he
shall look and see him in the midst of Hell.
And he
shall say to him, "By God, thou hadst almost caused me to perish;
And,
but for the favour of my Lord, I had surely been of those who have been brought
with thee into torment."
"But
do we not die," say the blessed,
"Any
other than our first death? and have we escaped the torment?"
This
truly is the great felicity!
For
the like of this should the travailers travail!
37:60 Is this the better repast or the tree
Ez-zakkoum?
Verily,
we have made it for a subject of discord to the wicked.
It is a
tree which cometh up from the bottom of hell;
Its
fruits is as it were the heads of Satans;
And,
lo! the damned shall surely eat of it and fill their bellies with it:
Then
shall they have, thereon, a mixture of boiling water:
Then
shall they return to hell.
They
found their fathers erring,
And
they hastened on in their footsteps.
Also
before them the greater number of the ancients had erred,
37:70 Though we had sent warners among them.
But
see what was the end of these warned one,
Except
of God's true servants.
Noah
call on us of old, and right prompt were we to hear him,
And we
saved him and his family out of the great distress,
And we
made his offspring the survivors;
And we
left for him with posterity,
"Peace
be on Noah throughout the worlds!"
Thus
do we reward the well-doers,
For he
was one of our believing servants; --
37:80 And the rest we drowned.
And
truly, of his faith, was Abraham,
When
he brought to his Lord a perfect heart,
When
he said to his father and to his people, "What is this you worship?
Prefer
you with falsehood gods to God?
And
what deem you of the Lord of the worlds?"
So
gazing he gazed towards the starts,
And
said, "In sooth I am ill:
And
they turned their back on him and departed.
He
went aside to their gods and said, "Do you not eat?
37:90 What aileth you that you do not
speak?"
He
broke out upon them, with the right hand striking:
When
his tribesmen came back to him with hasty steps --
He
said, "Worship you what you carve,
When
God hath created you, and that you make?"
They
said, "Build up a pyre for him and cast him into the glowing flame."
Fain
would they plot against him, but we brought them low.
And he
said, "Verily, I repair to my Lord who will guide me:
O Lord
give me a son, of the righteous."
We
announced to him a youth of meekness.
37:100 And when he became a full-grown youth,
His
father said to him, "My son, I have seen in a dream that I should
sacrifice thee; therefore, consider what thou seest right."
He
said, "My father, do what thou art bidden; of the patient, if God please,
shalt thou find me."
And
when they had surrendered them to the will of God, he laid him down upon his
forehead:
We
cried unto him, "O Abraham!
Now
hast thou satisfied the vision,." See how we recompense the righteous.
This
was indeed a decisive test.
And we
ransomed his son with a costly victim,
And we
left this for him among posterity,
"Peace
be on Abraham!"
37-110 Thus do we reward the
well-doers,
For he
was of our believing servants.
And we
announced Isaac to him -- a righteous Prophet --
And on
him and on Isaac we bestowed our blessing. And among their offspring were
well-doers, and others, to their own hurt undoubted sinners.
And of
old, to Moses and to Aaron shewed we favours:
And
both of them, and their people, we rescued from the great distress:
And we
succoured them, and they became the conquerors:
And we
gave them (Moses and Aaron) each the lucid book:
And we
guided them each into the right way:
And we
left this for each among posterity,
37:120 "Peace be on Moses and
Aaron."
Thus
do we reward the well-doers,
For
they were two of our believing servants.
And
Elias truly was of our Sent Ones,
When
he said to his people, "Fear you not God?
Invoke
you Baal and forsake you the most skilful Creator?
God is
your Lord, and the Lord of your sires of old?"
But
they treated him as a liar, and shall therefore be consigned to punishment,
Except
God's faithful servants.
And we
left this for him among posterity,
37:130 "Peace be on Eliasin!"
Thus
do we reward the well-doers.
For he
was one of our believing servants.
And
Lot truly was of our Sent Ones,
When
we rescued him and all his family,
Save
an aged woman among those who tarried.
Afterward
we destroyed the others.
And
you indeed pass by their ruined dwellings at morn
And
night: will you not then reflect?
Jonas,
too, was one of the Apostles,
37:140 When he fled into the laden ship,
And
lots were cast, and he was doomed,
And
the fish swallowed him, for he was blameworthy.
But
had he not been of those who praise Us,
In its
belly had he surely remained, till the day of resurrection.
And we
cast him on the bare shore -- and he was sick; --
And we
caused a gourd-plant to grow up over him,
And we
sent him to a hundred thousand persons, or even more,
And
because they believed, we continued their enjoyments for a season.
Inquire
then of the Meccans whether thy Lord hath daughters, and they, sons?
37:150 Have we created the angels females?
and did they witness it?
Is it
not a falsehood of their own devising, when they say,,
"God
hath begotten"? They are indeed liars.
Would
he have preferred daughters to sons?
What
reason have you for thus judging?
Will
you not then receive this warning?
Have
you a clear proof for them?
Produce
your Book if you speak truth.
And
they make him to be of kin with the Djinn: but
the Djinn have long known that these idolaters shall be brought up before God.
Far be
the glory of God from what they impute to him.
37:160 "His faithful servants do not
thus.
Moreover,
you and what you worship
Shall
not stir up any against God,
Save
him who shall burn in Hell.
And
verily each one of us hath his appointed place,
And we
range ourselves in order,
And we
celebrate His praises."
And if
those infidels say,
"Had
we a revelation transmitted to us from those of old,
We had
surely been God's faithful servants."
37:170 Yet they believe not the Koran. But
they shall know its truth at last.
Our
word came of old to our servants the apostles,
That
they should surely be the succoured,
And
that our armies should procure the victory for them.
Turn
aside therefore from them for a time,
And
behold them, for they too shall in the end behold their doom.
Would
they then hasten our vengeance?
But
when it shall come down into their courts, an evil morning shall it be to those
who have had their warning.
Turn
aside from them therefore for a time.
And
behold; for they too shall in the end behold their doom.
37:180 Far be the glory of thy Lord, the Lord
of all greatness, from what they impute to him,
And
peace be on his Apostles!
And
praise be to God the Lord of the worlds.
Sura XXXVIII (38)
Sad
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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
38:1 Sad. By the Koran full of warning! In
sooth the Infidels are absorbed in pride, in contention with thee.
How
many generations have we destroyed before them! And they cried for mercy but no
time was it of escape!
And
they marvel that a warner from among themselves hath come to them; and the
Infidels say, "This is a sorcerer, a liar:
Maketh
he the gods to be but one god? A strange thing forsooth is this!"
And
their chiefs took themselves off. "Go, said they, and cleave steadfastly
to your gods. You see the thing aimed at.
We
heard not of this in the previous creed. It is but an imposture:
To him
alone of us all hath a book of warning been sent down?" Yes! they are in
doubt as to my warnings, for they have not yet tasted my vengeance.
Are
the treasures of the mercy of thy Lord, the Mighty, the bounteous, in their
hands?
Is the
kingdom of the heavens and of the earth and of all that is between them theirs?
Then let them mount up by cords!
38:10 Any army of the confederates shall
here be routed.
Before
them the people of Noah and Ad and Pharaoh the impaler treated their prophets
as impostors;
And
Themoud, and the people of
Nought
did they all but charge the apostles with falsehood:
Just, therefore, the retribution.
And
these (Meccans) await but one single trumpet blast -- There shall be no
delaying it --
Yet
they dare to say, "O our Lord! hasten our lot to us, before the day of
reckoning."
Put
thou up with what they say: and remember our
servant David, a man strong of hand, one who turned him to Us in penitence;
We
constrained the mountains to join with him in lauds at even and at sunrise;
And the
birds which flocked to him, and would all return to him oft;
And we
stablished his kingdom: and wisdom, and skill
to pronounce clear decisions, did we bestow on him.
38-20 Hath the story of the
two pleaders reached thee, O Muhammad, when they mounted the walls of his
closet?
When
they entered in upon David, and he was frightened at them, they said, "Be
not afraid; we are two opposing parties: one
of us hath wronged the other. Judge therefore with truth between us, and be not
unjust, but guide us to the right way.
Now
this my brother had ninety and nine ewes, and I had but a single ewe; and he
said, make me her keeper. And he over-persuaded me in the dispute."
He
said, "Certainly he hath wronged thee in asking for thine ewe to add her
to his own ewes: and truly many associates do
one another wrong -- except those who believe and do the things that are right;
and few indeed are they!" And David perceived that we had tried him; so he
asked pardon of his Lord, and fell down and bowed himself and repented.
So we
forgave him that his sin; and truly he shall have a high rank with Us, and an
excellent retreat in Paradise.
O
David! verily we have made thee our vicegerent upon earth. Judge therefore
between men with truth, and follow not thy passions, lest they cause thee to
err from the way of God. For they who err from the way of God shall meet with a
grievous chastisement, for that they have forgotten the day of reckoning.
We
have not created the heaven and the earth and what is between them for nought.
That is the thought of infidels; but woe to the infidels because of the fire!
Shall
we treat those who believe and do the things that are right like those who
propagate evil on earth? Shall we treat the God-fearing like the impious?
A
blessed Book have we sent down to thee, that men may meditate its verses, and
that those endued with understanding may bear it in mind.
And
Solomon gave we unto David. An excellent servant, for he loved to turn him
Godward.
38:30 Remember when at eventide the prancing
chargers were displayed before him,
And he
said, "Truly I have loved the love of earthly goods above the remembrance
of my Lord, till the sun hath been hidden by the veil of darkness.
Bring
them back to me," And he began to sever the legs and necks.
We also
made trial of Solomon, and placed a phantom on his throne: whereupon he returned to Us (in penitence).
He
said, O my Lord! pardon me, and give me a dominion that may not be to any one
beside me, for thou art the liberal giver.
So we
subjected the wind to him; it ran softly at his bidding, whithersoever he
directed it:
And
the Satans -- every builder and diver --
And
others bound in chains:
"This,"
said we, "is our gift: be bounteous then,
or withhold thy favours; no account shalt thou render."
And
his rank also is high with Us, and an excellent retreat.
38:40 And remember our servant Job when he
cried to his Lord, "Verily, Satan hath laid on me disease and pain."
"Stamp,"
said we, "with thy foot. This is to wash with; cool, and to drink."
And we
gave him back his family, and as many more with them in our mercy; for a
monition to men of judgment.
And we
said, "Take in thine hand a rod, and strike with it, nor break thine
oath." Verily, we found him patient!
How
excellent a servant, one who turned to Us was he!
And
remember our servants Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, men of might and vision.
With
this cleansing did we cleanse them -- the remembrance of the abode of Paradise.
And
verily, they were, in our sight, of the elect and of the good.
And
remember Ishmael and Elisha and Dhoulkefl, for all these were of the just.
This
is a monition: and verily, the pious shall
have a goodly retreat:
38:50 Gardens of Eden, whose portals shall
stand open to them:
Therein
reclining, they shall there call for many a fruit and drink:
And
with them shall be virgins of their own age, with modest retiring glances:
"This
is what you were promised at the day of reckoning."
"Yes!
this is our provision: it shall never
fail."
Even
so. But for the evil doers is a wretched home --
Hell
-- wherein they shall be burned: how wretched
a bed!
Even
so. Let them then taste it -- boiling water and gore,
And
other things of kindred sort!
To
their leaders it shall be said, "This company shall be thrown in headlong
with you. No greetings shall await them, for they shall be burned in the
fire."
38:60 They shall say:
"But you, too! there shall ble no welcome for you. It was you who prepared
this for us, and wretched is the abode!"
They
will say: "O our Lord! increase twofold
in the fire, the punishment of him who hath brought this upon us."
And
they will say: "Why see we not the men
whom we numbered among the wicked --
Whom
we used to treat with scorn? Have they escaped our eyes?:"
Verily
this is truth -- the wrangling together of the people of the fire.
Say: I am but a warner; and there is no God but God the
One, the Almighty!
Lord
of the Heavens and of the Earth, and of all that is between them, the Potent,
the Forgiving!
Say: this is a weighty message,
From
which you turn aside!
Yet
had I no knowledge of what passed among the celestial chiefs when they
disputed,
38:70 -- Verily, it hath been revealed to me
only because I am a public preacher --
When
thy Lord said to the angels, "I am about to make man of clay,
And
when I have formed him and breathed my spirit into him, then worshipping fall
down before him."
And
the angels prostrated themselves, all of them with one accord,
Save
Eblis. He swelled with pride, and became an unbeliever.
"O
Eblis," said God, "what hindereth thee from prostrating thyself
before him whom my hands have made?
Is it
that thou are puffed up with pride? or art thou a being of lofty merit?"
He
said, "I am more excellent than he; me hast thou created of fire: of clay hast thou created him."
He
said: "Begone then hence: thou art accursed,
And
lo! my ban shall be on thee till the day of the reckoning."
38:80 He said:
"O my Lord! respite me till the day of Resurrection."
He
said, "One then of the respited shalt thou be,
Till
the day of the time appointed."
He
said: "I swear by thy might then that all
of them will I seduce,
Save
thy sincere servants among them."
He
said: "It is truth, and the truth I
speak. From thee will I surely fill Hell, and with such of them as shall follow
thee, one and all.
Say: I ask no wage of you for this, nor am I one who
intermeddleth.
Of a
truth the Koran is no other than a warning to all creatures.
And
after a time shall you surely know its message.
Sura XXXIX (39)
The Troops
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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
39:1 The Book sent down from God, the
Mighty, the Wise!
We
have sent down the Book to thee with the truth:
serve thou God then, and be sincere in thy worship:
Is not
a sincere worship due to God?
But
they who take others beside him as lords saying, "We serve them only that
they may bring us near to God." -- God will judge between them and the
faithful, concerning that wherein they are at variance.
Verily
God will not guide him who is a liar, an infidel.
Had
God desired to have had a son, he had surely chosen what he pleased out of his
own creation,. But praise be to Him! He is God, the One, the Almighty.
For
truth hath he created the Heavens and the Earth:
It is of Him that the night returneth upon the day and that the day returneth
upon the night: and He controlleth the sun and
the moon so that each speedeth to an appointed goal. Is He not the Mighty, the
Gracious?
He
created you all of one man, from whom He afterwards formed his wife; and of
cattle He hath sent down to you four pairs. In the wombs of your mothers did He
create you by creation upon creation in triple darkness. it is He who is God
your Lord: the kingdom is His: There is no God but He. How then are you so turned
aside from Him?
Suppose
you render him no thanks! yet forsooth is God rich without you: but He is not pleased with thanklessness in His
servants: yet if you be thankful He will be
pleased with you. The soul burdened with its own works shall not be burdened
with the burden of another: hereafter shall
you return to your Lord, and he will tell you of all your works,
39:10 For he knoweth the very secrets of
your breasts.
When some
trouble toucheth a man, he turneth to his Lord and calleth on him: yet no sooner hath He enriched him with his favour
than he forgetteth Him on whom he before had called, and setteth up peers with
God, that he may beguile others from His way. Say:
Enjoy thou thyself yet a little in thine ingratitude! but thou shalt surely be
one of the inmates of the fire.
Shall
he observeth the hours of the night, prostrate or standing in devotion, heedful
of the life to come, and hoping for the mercy of his Lord...? Say: Shall they who have knowledge and they who have it
not, be treated alike? In sooth, men of understanding only will take the
warning.
Say: O my believing servants, fear your Lord. For those
who do good in this world there is good:L and
broad is God's earth -- verily those who endure with patience shall be repaid: their reward shall not be by measure.
Say: I am bidden to serve God with a sincere worship: and I am bidden to be the firsst of those who
surrender themselves to him (Muslims).
Say: Verily I fear if I rebel against my Lord the
punishment of a great day.
Say: God will I serve, presenting him with a sincere
worship:
And
serve you what you choose beside Him. Say: The
losers truly will they be who shall lose their own souls and their families on
the day of resurrection: Is not this the clear
ruin?
Canopies
of fire shall be over them, and floors of fire beneath them. With this doth God
alarm his servants: Fear you me, then, O my
servants!
But
good tidings are there for those who shun the worship of Thagout and are tuxned
to God. Cheer them with good tidings those my servants who hearken to my word
and follow its excellence. These are they whom God guideth, and these are men
of insight.
39:20 Him then on whom the sentence of
punishment hath justly lighted -- him who is doomed to the fire canst thou
rescue?
But
for those who fear their Lord are storied pavilions beneath which shall the
rivers flow: it is the promise of God, and God
will not fail in his promise.
Seest
thou not that God sendeth down water from heaven, and guideth it along so as to
form springs in the earth -- then bringeth forth by it corn of varied sorts --
then causeth he it to wither, and thou seest it become yellow -- then crumbleth
it away? Lo! herein is teaching for men of insight.
Shall
he then whose breast God hath opened to Islam, and who hath light from his
Lord..." But woe to those whose hearts are hardened against the
remembrance of God! They plainly err.
The
best of recitals hath God sent down -- a book in unison with itself, and
teaching by iteration. The very skins of those who fear their Lord do creep at
it! Then do their skins and their hearts soften at the remembrance of their
Lord! This is God's guidance: by it will He
guide whom He pleaseth; and, whom God shall mislead, no guide shall there be
for him.
Shall
he who shall have nought but his own face to shelter him with from the torment
of the punishment on the day of the resurrection...? Aye, to the evil doers it
shall be said, "Taste you what you have earned."
They
who were before them said it was a lie; but a punishment came upon them whence
they looked not for it:
And
God made them taste humiliation in this present life:
but greater surely will be the punishment of the life to come. Did they but
know it!
Now
have we set before man in this Koran every kind of parable for their warning:
An
Arabic Koran, free from tortuous wording, to the intent that they may fear God.
39:30 God setteth forth the comparison of a
man with associates at variance among themselves, and of a man devoted wholly
to a man. Are these to be held alike? No, praise be to God! But the greater
part of them understand not.
Thou
truly shall die, O Muhammad, and they too shall die: