were in the grace of God said to them enter at the Gate and fight against them you shall be Victorious trust in God if you believe in his Law They said O Moses we will not enter so long as those Tyrants dwell therein go and fight against them with thy Lord we will here attend Then said Moses Lord I dispose but of mine own and my Brothers person separate us from this wicked people the Lord said to him the entrance into the Holy Land is prohibited to this people they shall wander forty years upon the Earth in confusion and amazement afflict not thy self with the Deportments of the wicked teach them the History of the Sons of Adam how they offered Sacrifices how the Sacrifice of the one was accepted that of the other was not he through envy menaced his Brother to murther him his Brother said to him God receiveth the Sacrifices and Holocausts of such as have his fear before their eyes assuredly if thou extendest thine hand to slay me I will not stretch forth mine to hurt thee I fear the Lord of the Universe If thou chargest thy self with the murther of my Person with thy past sins thou shalt go to Hell where the unjust shall be punished The murther of his Brother seemed easie and advantagious for him he slew him and is in the number of the Damned God sent a Raven that made a Pit in the Earth and shewed him the manner to bury the Body of his Brother Then said he would to God I had been weak and impotent that I were like to this Raven I must bury the Body of my Brother and he was penitent for his offence by reason of this murther we ordained to the Children of Israel that he who shall slay a Person innocent shall be punished as if he had slain the whole World and he that shall give him his Life shall be recompensed as if he had given Life to the whole World. My Prophets came to the Children of Israel taught them my Commandments and caused them to see Miracles nevertheless many of them were disobedient the punishment of them that oppose the Will of God that of his Prophet and that endeavour to pollute the Earth is to be slain hanged to have the right foot and the left hand or right hand and the left foot cut off and to be extirpated from the Earth they shall have in this World shame on the Forehead and shall feel in the other great torments except such as shall be converted before their death and shall know that God is gracious and merciful O ye that believe fear God fight for his Law you perhaps shall be happy All the Treasures of the World shall not be able to redeem Infidels at the Day of Judgment they shall endure exceeding great torments they shall desire to go out of the fire of Hell but shall dwell there eternally Cut off the hands of those Men and Women that steal they contract upon themselves the wrath of the World and the punishment that God hath prepared for the wicked He that shall turn and do good works shall be pardoned God is gracious and merciful to the penitent Knowest thou not that the Kingdom of Heaven and of Earth is Gods that he chastiseth and pardoneth whom it pleaseth him and that he is Omnipotent O Prophet afflict not thy self to behold them running to impiety that say with the mouth we believe and have no Faith in their hearts neither for them that Iudaize and hearken to the lies of their Doctors to relate them to others they pervert the Language of the Old Testament and say If you be instructed in those Precepts you ought to observe them if they instruct you not in them take heed to your selves Such as make use of the name of God to move the people to Sedition are without Faith God will not purifie their hearts they shall have in this World shame upon the Forehead and feel in the other extream torments They listen to blasphemies and eat what is prohibited If they repair to thee and submit themselves to thy Judgment judge their Controversie with Equity converse not with them if thou depart from their Company they shall not hurt thee if thou givest judgment between them judge with Equity God loveth the Just How shall they submit to thy judgment seeing they have the Old Testament which containeth the Commandments of God They will not execute thy Judgment neither believe in the Old Testament wherein is the guide of the right way and a light to the Prophets to judge the differences arising among true Believers among Iews their Doctors and their Priests who study the Scripture and are Witnesses that it containeth the truth fear not the World but dread me sell not neither exchange my Commandments for any price Such as judge not conformably to the Law of God are Infidels We have ordained the Talio man for man an eye for an eye a nose for a nose an ear for an ear a tooth for a tooth a wound for a wound he that shall observe it shall do well and such as shall not judge conformably to the Law of God are unjust We sent after many Prophets Jesus the Son of Mary who confirmed the ancient Scriptures to him we gave the Gospel full of light to conduct the people to the right way with a confirmation of the Old Testament a guide and instruction for the righteous They that follow the Gospel ought to judge as it is commanded in the Gospel such as judge not conformably to what God hath taught them are disobedient to his Divine Majesty To thee have we sent the Book that containeth the truth and confirmeth the ancient Scritures determine the differences that shall arise among the people as I have inspired thee and follow not the Appetite of men that will abjure the truth which I have taught thee We have instructed all of you in a Law and assured means to lead you into the way of Salvation you should all have been of one and the same Religion had it so pleased God he hath done this to prove you Do good and know that you all shall be assembled before him and he shall resolve the doubts that are among you If thou judgest the differences that are among them judge conformably to what hath been inspired into thee and follow not their Appetites be careful they seduce thee not and move thee to doubt many things that God hath taught thee if they disobey his Commandments know he will severely punish them because of the Enormity of their Crimes The greatest part of the World are impious Do they affect the Judgment of the Ignorant What better Judge for the good is there than God O ye that believe obey not the Iews nor the Christians they mutually obey each other in their impiety he that shall obey them shall be like unto them God guideth not the unjust Thou seest such as are unstable in their Faith flock
that believe in God if you obey the wicked they will cause you to return upon your steps you shall return to the number of the damned truly God is your Lord he is the best Protector I will put fear into the hearts of Infidels because they have without reason adored many Gods and the fire of Hell shall be their habitation God hath made the truth of his Promises to appear to you when by his permission you slew the Infidels until you were weary of fighting nevertheless you contradicted what the Prophet ordained you disobeyed him after he had caused you to see what you desired with affection There be among you that covet the Goods of this World and others that love the good things of Heaven God hath withdrawn you from the Infidels to try you he hath pardoned your sins he is bountiful to them that observe his Commandments When you retreated from the Combat and yielded without reason the Prophet recalled you and gave you to know your Errour with a thousand pains afflict not your selves with the loss of the spoil that escaped you at the day of Victory neither with the mischief that befel you when you were vanquished God knoweth all your Actions After your Labour he sent you great repose part of you slept in all safety and the residue suffered themselves to be carried away at their Pleasures they had thoughts of God contrary to the truth Think on the ignorant that say Have we seen any of the succour that God hath promised Say to them all things proceed from God. They conceal in their Souls what they publish not and say had we been free of our own Wills we had not been slain say to them although you had stayed in your Houses and in your Bâ—…ds death would have taken away them that were arrived at the hour of their Destiny God approveth what is in your hearts and knoweth what you have in your Souls Certainly the Devil seduced them that fled when the two Armies were in Battel and that because of some sin they had committed nevertheless God pardoned them he is gracious and merciful to his people O ye that believe be not like the Infidels that said speaking of their Brethren that were slain in the Army that had they continued in their Houses they had not dyed God putteth this sorrow in their heart because of their impiety he giveth life and death and beholdeth all your Actions if you be slain for his Law or die in his favour it shall be more advantagious to you than all the Treasures of the World and if you dye or be slain fighting for the Faith you shall appear before his Divine Majesty to be rewarded Through the grace of God thou hast rendred them docile although thou be severe to them they will not depart from thee pardon them pray for them Take their Advice in occasions offered and being resolved to do any thing trust thou in God he loveth them that trust in him he protecteth you none shall obtain Victory over you if he abandon you who shall protect you All the faithful ought to resign themselves to the Will of his Divine Majesty It is not Lawful for the Prophet to deceive he that shall be a deceiver shall appear at the Day of Judgment with his deceit to be judged then shall men be payed with what they have gained no injustice shall be done to them that shall have loved God and Hell shall be the habitation of them that through deceit shall return in the displeasure of his Divine Majesty They shall not be all equally entreated God shall appoint them their Rank and place he beholdeth all their Actions he assuredly rewarded the true Believers when he sent them a Prophet of their own Nation to preach to them his Commandments and instruct them in the Alcoran they before his coming were in a manifest Errour When any mischief befel you it also befel the Infidels you have demanded when doth this mischief come it proceedeth from your selves certainly God is Omnipotent What befel you when the two Camps encountred hapned through the permission of God to distinguish the true Believers that dispense their Goods with affection for the glory of his Divine Majesty from them that abandoned the fight when it was said to them Come fight for the Faith and answered had we thought of fighting we had not followed you then were they nearer to impiety than to the Faith nevertheless they had not all of them that in their heart that was in their mouth God knoweth what they keep secret There be of them that said to their Brethren Stay and go not to the Combat your Companions had not been slain had they obeyed us say to them Deliver your selves from death if you can avoid it continuing in your Houses Believe not that those that were slain for the Faith are dead on the contrary they are alive with God they rejoyce for that such as ran to hinder them to fight did not meet them fear not for them they shall rejoyce eternally in the favour of God he will abundantly reward them that fight for his Law. Those that obeyed God and the Prophet after being overcome that did good works and feared his Divine Majesty shall receive great rewards When it was told them the people have conspired against you take heed to your selves this Discourse increased their Faith and they said it sufficeth that God is our Protector they were filled with the grace of God no more evil befel them and they observed the Commandments of his Divine Majesty He is gracious to them that obey him The Devil will cause in you a fear of the Infidels fear them not but if you be good men fear me Afflict not your selves to see the wicked run to impiety they hurt not God he will not give them rest in the other World where they shall be severely chastised I increase the wealth of Infidels to augment their pain they shall in the end feel grievous torments God will not leave the faithful in the state that you are in he will one day separate the good from the evil he doth not teach you what is to come he for that effect chuseth among the Prophets whom he seeth good Believe therefore in God and his Prophets if you believe in God fear to offend him you shall be rewarded Believe that such as are too sparing and avaritious of the wealth that God hath given them do well on the contrary they do very ill what they spare without reason shall strangle them at the day of Judgment The inheritance of Heaven and Earth is Gods he knoweth all things Certainly God heard the Speech of them that said God is poor and we are rich he hath said I will write what they have spoken and keep an exact account of the Murther they have unjustly committed on the Persons of the Prophets I will say to them at the day of Judgment taste of the torments of
it confirmeth the ancient Scriptures and teacheth True believers the way of Salvation CHAP. XIII The Chapter of Thunder containing forty three Verses written at Mecca IN the Name of God gracious and merciful I am the most wise and merciful God. These Precepts are the Precepts of the Book sent to thee from thy Lord it is a thing most true but few Men incline to believe it It is sent from God who raised Heaven without a Prop and with a Column that appeareth and sitteth on his Throne disposing all things He causeth the Sun and Moon to move until the day appointed he disposeth all things at his will and manifesteth to Men the signs of his Omnipotency Peradventure you will believe in the Resurrection of the flesh He it is that hath extended the Earth raised the Mountains caused the Rivers to flow who created of all sorts of Fruits the Male and Female and covereth the Day with the obscurity of the Night These things are signs of his unity to such as consider them He hath created many Fields of divers sorts and Gardens filled with Grapes and many different Fruits he created Date Trees thick as Groves and Forests and others that are scattered through the Fields some are moistened with Waters and others have a more pleasing taste These things are signs of his unity to such as consider them Thou art amazed at the lies of Infidels be astonished at their discourses when they deny the Resurrection and say What shall God yet once again create us of the dust of the Earth When we shall be Earth shall we be a new people They are impious they shall have Oaks upon their Necks and shall remain eternally in the fire of Hell they precipitate themselves into eternal pains and contemn the mercy of God so did their predecessors but God is gracious to such as convert Chastise severely the obstinate Infidels They have said We will not believe in the Prophet unless we see some miracle to appear Say unto them I am not sent but to preach the word of God. He hath sent persons to every Nation to teach them the right way nothing is hid from him in the World he knoweth what Women bear in their Womb he knoweth the time and period of every thing the present past and future he is great and Omnipotent He understandeth what you keep secret and what ye make manifest he knoweth where they be who cover themselves with the obscurity of Night and them that travel in the clearness of Day every one hath his guardian by his commandment who observeth what he doth and depriveth none of grace that hath not offended his Divine Majesty and none can hinder him to punish whom it seemeth good to him He it is who giveth you to see the lightning which terrifieth Men and nourisheth his Creatures by the Rain which he causeth to fall he created the Clouds charged with moysture causeth Thunder to make a noise darteth the Thunderbolt and striketh whom it pleaseth him the Angels tremble in his Presence yet do the wicked dispute his Omnipotency He it is who ought to be implored the prayers of them who implore another God are ineffectual they are like to such as are very thirsty and stretch forth the hand towards a Fountain to which they cannot reach the prayers of the wicked are impiety Whatsoever is in Heaven and in the Earth the shadow of the Morning the obscurity of the Evening humble themselves before God through force or affection Say unto them Who is the Lord of Heaven and Earth but God Who except God shall protect you your Idols can neither benefit nor hurt you Is the blind like unto him that seeth clearly Is darkness like unto light Shall they adore the Creatures instead of the Creator God hath created all things and is Omnipotent he causeth Rain to descend from Heaven and Rivers covered with Foam to flow in the Valleys The Gold the Silver and Metals which ye melt to adorn and enrich your selves are like unto Froth Thus doth God teach what is profitable and what unprofitable Froth suddenly vanisheth and is of no utility to Men So falshood vanisheth before Truth Thus doth God speak through a Parable to them that obey him and giveth them Paradise All the riches of the Earth and as much again cannot ransom the Infidels they shall be eternally tormented in the fire of Hell. Who knoweth that the truth contained in this Book was not sent to thee from God He that doubteth is blind Men of Spirit do not doubt They who satisfie what they promise to God who transgress not his Commandments who have his fear before their eyes who apprehend the Day of Judgment who are patient in their afflictions for love of his Divine Majesty who make their prayers at the time appointed who give alms privately and publickly and blot out their offences with good works shall be blessed They shall enter into the Garden of Eden with their Father their Wives and Families the Angels shall visit them shall salute them and say Behold the recompence of your perseverance behold eternal grace Such as shall swerve from their promise and disobey the Commandments of God and pollute the Earth shall be accursed of God and severely chastised he giveth and depriveth of wealth as seemeth good to him The unbelievers rejoyce in the riches of the Earth but those riches are of little value if they consider them of the other World. They say If Mahomet doth not make some miracle to appear from God we will not believe him Say unto them God guideth and mis-leadeth whom it pleaseth him he confirmeth the hearts of them that have faith in his Law the remembrance of God confirmeth the hearts of True Believers Such as shall do good works shall be happy We have sent thee as we did send other Prophets to them that preceded thee Teach the people what we have inspired into thee When they shall disobey thee say unto them God is my Lord there is but one God alone I am wholly resigned to his Divine Will my refuge is in his goodness If the Alcoran should make Mountains to go should it cause the Earth to open and the Dead to arise all would proceed from God. True Believers ought not to despair of any thing God shall guide all the World into the right way when it shall please him and unbelievers shall not escape the punishment of their crimes Thou shalt dwell with them until the word of God be fulfilled He swerveth not from what he promiseth they derided the Prophets that came before thee I prolonged the time of their punishment and in the end rigorously chastised them and with what afflictions Doth not God behold the actions of every Man They have said God hath Companions to whom they have given names after their fancy will you instruct God in any thing The wicked take delight in their wickedness and are gone astray from the right way He whom
that should there make processions Men shall come thither to visit thee from all parts on foot and on Horse-back they shall receive profit they shall there make their prayers at the times appointed and the days nominated they shall thank the Lord for his benefits towards them and the Riches which he hath given them and shall make likewise processions at the old Temple He that shall reverence it shall do exceeding well and shall be recompenced of his Lord. It is lawful for you to eat of all clean Beasts except of such as have been heretofore prohibited Depart from the pollution of Idols beware of bearing false witness and be obedient to God. He that saith God hath a Companion is like to him that fell headlong from Heaven whom the Birds devoured and the wind cast into a remote place full of miseries He that shall reverence the signs of the power of God will not doubt of his Law and shall be rewarded for his good works at the time appointed if he visit the old Temple of Mecca We have given to all Nations of the World a Law to offer their Sacrifices and to return thanks to their Lord for having given them advantage above all sorts of Beasts 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 name that are patient in their adversity that pray at the time appointed and dispence in alms some part of the wealth that we have given them We have created the female Camel for a sign of our unity she shall be profitable to you in this World. Remember to pronounce the Name of God when ye shall sacrifice her standing on her feet when she shall fall dead on the ground eat of her flesh if it like you and give to eat to such as shall require it We have made her subject to you peradventure ye will be thankful to me for this grace God promoteth before him neither the flesh of this Beast nor the blood but onely the good works that ye perform He hath thus subjected it That ye may exalt it and give him thanks for having guided you into the right way Proclaim to the righteous That God will remove far from them the malice of the wicked he abhorreth Traytors and the ingrateful Declare to such as fight against Infidels to repair the injury they have done them that God is sufficiently powerful to protect them When they were driven from their houses without reason they said God is our Lord Had not God stirred up the people against each other the Covents of the Religious the Churches of the Christians the Synagogues of the Jews and the Temples of the Believers had been ruined through the multitude of the wicked and their malice The name of God is exalted in the Temples of believers and therein is his Law defended and protected God is most strong he hath all power over his people Those whom God hath established on Earth with victory over their enemies make their prayers in the manner ordained pay Tithes and enjoin to do what is honest and civil forbid to do what is prohibited of God who knoweth the end of all things If the Infidels traduce thee their predecessors traduced Noah Aad Chaib Abraham and Lot they also slandered Moses God for a time deferred their punishment but in the end most severely chastised them How many Cities have we destroyed because of their impiety We have overthrown and made them desart through the death of their inhabitants Shall those of Mecca walk for ever upon Earth with an hard heart without reflecting upon what hath heretofore befaln the Infidels Their eyes are not blind but their hearts are blind and hardned They will require thee to cause the wicked to be speedily chastised God will not go against what he hath promised One day before thy Lord is as a thousand years before men How often hath the punishments of impâ—…ous Cities been deferred that in the end were destroyed The whole world shall one day be assembled before me to be recompenced after their merits Say unto them O people I preach unto you publickly the torments of Hell such as shall believe and do good works shall receive pardon of their sins and a precious treasure they that shall endeavour to make void the faith shall be damned We sent our Prophet to read only our Commandments to the people the unbelievers read many things that are not in the Alcoran but God hath made vain what the Devil had there inserted and confirmed the precepts of his Law What the Devil there inserted serveth for sâ—…dition to them that are weak in their faith and have an hard heart The Infidels are in an exceeding great error and are far from the Truth Such as have the knowledge of Scripture know that the Alcoran is truth it self which proceedeth from thy Lord They believe in it and humble their heart in reading it God guideth into the right way such as believe in the truth The Infidels shall be in doubt until they be surprized of the day of Judgment That day shall they be rigorously chastised that day shall God command and judg the good and the bad the righteous that shall have believed and done good works shall enter into delicious Gardens and the Infidels that shall have disobeyed his Commandments shall suffer exceeding great torments They that departed from Mecca and went to Medina to abandon the society of unbelievers and were slain or died of sickness shall be rewarded of his divine Majesty God is the greatest benefactor in the world he shall give them to enter where they shall desire he is omniscient and most merciful The believers that shall take revenge of the injury that the unbelievers have done them shall 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 seeth whatsoever they do and will protect them because he is truth it self Idols are but vanity and God is most high and omnipotent Dost thou not consider that God sendeth the rain from Heaven and that the Earth becometh green He is benign to his people and knoweth all things whatsoever is in Heaven and Earth is his he hath no need of his people and ought to be exalted Seest thou not that God hath subjected to you all the beasts that are upon the earth Seest thou not that the ship runneth upon the sea through his command to transport you and your substance Seest thou not that he hindreth Heaven to fall upon the Earth certainly he is benign and merciful He it is that hath given you life and death he shall make you to die and shall raise you again nevertheless man is ingrateful for his favours We have given a law to all the Nations of the World to guide them into the right
he will conduct you into the right way none but you could have atchieved that conquest he well knew that that was for none other he is omnipotent if the wicked fight you they shall fly they shall turn the back and find none to protect them Observe the Law of God against them do as was heretofore commanded you the Law of God admits no alteration God hath delivered you from their hands and delivered them into yours in the midst of Mecca having given you victory over them he beholdeth all their actions they have despised the Commandments of his Divine Majesty and hindred you heretofore to go to the Temple of Mecca they are at present prisoners without the assistance of the True believers that were within the City with you ye had not known them ye had trampled them under foot without distinction and had offended God without knowledg of your sin God bestoweth his mercy on whom he pleaseth had ye been separated from the unbelievers we had severely punished them When they were succoured of the ignorant and had some advantage God put his Prophet and all the believers in a place of safety they had recourse to the word of force and virtue wherein they did better than the Infidels God knoweth all Assuredly the Dream of the Prophet of God was true when he dreamed that ye were in the Temple of Mecca without fear your hair shaven and beards trimed fear nothing God knoweth what you know not in lieu of this Dream he hath given you a great victory he it is that hath sent you his Prophet to teach you his Law more salutary than all other Laws of the world It is sufficient that God is witness that Mahomet is his Prophet and Apostle it sufficeth that the True-believers who are with him bear testimony God encreaseth his mercy towards those Infidels that convert thou shalt see them worship God humble themselves before his Divine Majesty and implore his grace thou shalt know them by their aspect they shall have in their countenance the marks of their zeal it is so written in the Old Testament and the Gospel they are like a Plant that produceth its leaves that grows strong by little and little and becometh big afterwards it taketh strength upon its roots becometh a great Tree and the wood thereof serveth to make war against Infidels God hath promised his mercy and an exceeding great reward to the Infidels that shall be converted that shall believe in his Law and do good works CHAP. XLIX The Chapter of Inclosures containing Eighteen Verses written at Medina Exteri entituleth this Chapter The Chapter of Walls IN the Name of God gracious and merciful O ye that believe prefer not what ye have done to what God and his Prophet hath performed and fear God he heareth whatsoever ye say and seeth all that you do O ye that believe when ye shall speak to the Prophet speak not louder than he cry not as when ye talk among your selves lest ye render your good works vam and unprofitable and know it not God hath tried the vertue of them that speak low in the presence of the Prophet he shall pardon their sins and give them an exceeding great reward They that call thee behind the Inclosures know not what they do had they attended until thou hadst been towards them they had done very well God is gracious and merciful O ye that believe if any Infidel desireth to â—…reach to you distinguish the truth from a lye if ye give credit to the ignerant ye shall repent you Know that the Apostle of God is among you ye shall offend God if ye obey unbelievers in many things God willeth that ye embrace his Law it shall rejoyce your hearts and make you to abhor disobedience and impiety Such as abhor it are stedfast in their faith through his special grace he knoweth them and is most wise If two Nations or two Provinces of such as believe in God are at odds reconcile them if the one do injury to the other fight against him that is unjust until he repair what God hath ordained if he make reparation reconcile them with equity be just God loveth them that do justice to his people All those that believe in his Law are brethren make peace among your brethren and fear God he shall give you his mercy O ye that believe scorn not your neighbour peradventure that he shall one day be of better value than you O ye women scorn not others perhaps they shall one day be more worth than you Utter no reproaches and give no name to your neighbour that may displease him call him by his name otherwise ye will disobey God Such as repent not are exceedingly too blame O ye that believe in God! take heed of evil thoughts these are oftentimes in the number of sins do no displeasure to your Neighbour and speak to each other nothing that may displease Who among you would eat the flesh of his dead Brother ye shall abhor it fear therefore God who is gracious and merciful to such as have his fear before their eyes O people we created you Male and Female we have caused to issue out of your Loyns People and Nations ye know each other but your greatest honour is to fear God he knoweth you and understandeth all your secrets Some among the Arabians have said We believe say unto them Say not we believe but say We are obedient otherwise faith shall not enter into your hearts if ye obey God and his Prophet ye shall be recompenced for your good works God is gracious and merciful to them that obey his Commandments Such as are beloved of God believe in his Unity and in his Prophet they doubt not of his Law and imploy their persons and wealth for the propagation of the faith Say unto them Know ye not that your Law proceedeth from God He knoweth whatsoever is in the Heavens and Earth he knoweth all They think to do thee a pleasure in saving them Say unto them Believe not that ye pleasure me for it is God that guideth you into the way of Salvation ye ought so to believe it God knoweth all that is in the Heavens and Earth and beholdeth whatsoever ye do CHAP. L. The Chapter of the Thing Iudged containing Forty five Verses written at Mecca Mahomet hath intituled this Chapter with the Letter Kaf of the Arabique Alphabet which signifieth in this place Kada el mer that is to say the thing judged See Gelaldin and Bedaoi who have intituled this The Chapter of Iudgment or the thing judged Many Mahometans say likewise that Kaf is a Mountain that environeth the World and that Mahomet swâ—…re by that Mountain IN the Name of God gracious and merciful I swear by the Alcoran worthy of praise that the inhabitants of Mecca wonder that a man of their Nation teacheth them the torments of Hell they say that he speaketh strange things What say they Shall we die Shall we be
we sent our Messengers with our Commandments we sent with them their Scriptures and Ballance that People might weigh with good weights We gave Iron to men it causeth great evils and great good in the World God knoweth them that fight with zeal for his Law and his Prophet without seeing him he is Strong and Omnipotent We sent Noah and Abraham to instruct the People we instructed their Progeny in the Scripture some followed the right way and many disobeyed our Commandments we sent after them our Prophets and Apostles we sent Iesus the Son of Mary we taught him the Gospel we put civility clemency and chastity into the hearts of them that followed him we did not command them to keep Virginity they kept it of their own accord because of their desire they had to please God they have not observed their Law as they ought many have been disobedient but we have rewarded those among them that believed O ye that believe in Iesus fear God and believe in his Prophet ye shall have double the reward of God's mercy he shall pardon your sins he is gracious and merciful I teach you these things to the end that such as have heretofore received the written Law may know that they have no power over the grace of God he giveth it to whom he listeth certainly it is immense CHAP. LVIII The Chapter of the Dispute containing Twenty two Verses written at Medina IN the Name of God gracious and merciful God hath heard the speech of her that disputed with thee concerning the action of her Husband she exhibited to him her complaints he heareth all your discourses he heareth and seeth all No person among you shall swear never to touch his Wife no more than his Mother your wives are not your mothers your Mothers are those that conceiyed and brought you forth they that speak in that manner speak uncivilly but God is gracious and merciful He that shall have sworn to touch no more his Wife and shall desire afterwards to know her shall give liberty to a Slave for satisfaction of his Oath before he touch her this is commanded you God knoweth all your actions if he have not the power to free a Slave he shall fast two Months together before touching her if he cannot fast he shall give to Fifty poor Thus ought ye to do if ye believe in God and his Prophet God so appointed it and hath prepared great torments for them that transgress his Commandments They that shall disobey him and the Prophet shall be covered with shame and ignominy as were their Predecessors in impiety God hath sent his Commandments on Earth those who shall reject them shall be severely tormented at the day that he shall revive them he shall declare to them all that they have done he hath kept account and they have forgotten it he seeth all Seest thou not that all that is in the Heaven and Earth is Gods If ye be Three secretly met together he is the Fourth if ye be Five he is the Sixth if ye be more or less he is always with you wheresoever you are He shall relate to men at the Day of Judgment all that they have done he knoweth all things Seest thou not the actions of them to whom private meetings were prohibited They return to their sin and do what was forbidden them they assemble secretly with malice to conspire against thee and to disobey thee and when they come towards thee they say that thou hast spoken things that God hath not inspired thee to utter they know in their Souls that God will chastise them for their discourse and that they all shall go into Hell where their Rendezvous is Oh ye that believe make no private meetings to offend God to conspire against his Prophet and to disobey him assemble ye to perform acts of Virtue and to serve God have his fear before your eyes ye shall once appear before his Divine Majesty to be judged Private assemblies proceed from the Devil for the affliction of the Righteous He bringeth no evil upon them but through God's permission and all believers ought to resign themselves to his Divine Will. O ye that believe when ye shall be assembled with your Prophet and are entreated to inlarge your selves inlarge ye your selves God shall inlarge to you his grace When ye are bid to rise rise God shall raise up all the True believers that are among you and place the learned some degrees above others he knoweth your actions O ye that believe when ye shall be disposed to deliver any secret to the prophet speak to him with truth good shall befal you and he shall purifie you If ye fear to impart to him your secret God will not give you his grace Make your prayers at the time appointed distribute Tithes obey God and his Prophet God knoweth what ye do Seest thou not them that have abandoned his Law The wrath of his Divine Majesty is faln upon them they are of different opinion in their lye and know not that they lye but he hath prepared for them a great punishment because of their blasphemies they have concealed their Faith and are seduced certainly he hath prepared for them grievous pains their Wealth and their Children shall not be able to deliver them from his Indignation they shall be precipitated into the Fire of Hell where they shall abide eternally Be thou mindful of the day when he will cause them to revive they shall swear as they swear before thee that they believed in his Law they affirm they do good and are Lyars the Devil hath prepossessed them and hath made them forget the word of God such as follow him are damned They that transgress the will of God and that of his Prophet are overcome of the Devil God hath said in the Scriptures thou shalt not obtain victory over me neither over my Prophet he is Omnipotent and alway victorious thou shalt find none of them that believe in his Law and the Day of Judgment that doth not exactly observe the Commandments of his Divine Majesty and those of his Prophet although their Fathers their Children their Brethren and companions oppose them God hath imprinted Faith in their hearts he hath strengthened them through his Spirit and shall cause them to enter into gardens wherein flow many Rivers where they shall abide eternally He shall be satisfied with their obedience and they shall be content with his grace Such as shall obey his Commandments shall be happy CHAP. LIX The Chapter of Exile containing Twenty four Verses written at Medina IN the Name of God gracious and merciful Whatsoever is in the Heavens and Earth exalteth the glory of God he is Omnipotent and Wise he it is that hath exiled the wicked from among them that have knowledge of the written Law when he the first time exiled them ye believed not that they should depart from their Houses ye believed that their Cittadels would defend them from his
sin in espousing them marry them not after the laws of unbelievers demand of them what dowry they require they shall demand of you what ye are willing to bestow on them continue in accord God so commandeth he shall be your judg at the day of Judgment he knoweth all your actions and is most wise If your wives revolt to the party of unbelievers and ye suffer any damage ye shall repair that damage to him that suffereth out of the booty that ye shall conquer fear God and believe in the Law of his divine Majesty O Prophet when women shall desire to embrace thy Religion with firm purpose to believe in one only God not to steal neither to commit adultery neither to murther their children to lye blaspheme or be disobedient receive them implore pardon of God for them he is gracious and merciful O ye that believe obey not them against whom God is angry they despair of their salvation as the wicked despaired that died heretofore in their impiety CHAP LXI The Chapter of Array containng fourteen Verses written at Mecca IN the name of God gracious and merciful Praise God all that is in heaven and earth he is omnipotent and wise O ye that believe say not that ye do that which ye do not God abhorreth them that say they do what they do not and loveth them that fight in rank and file for his Law like to a strong wall Remember thou that Mâ—…ses said to his people Ye shall do me no harm ye shall know in the end that I am the Messenger of God but God seduced them from the right way when they departed from obedience to his Commandments he guideth not the wicked Remember thou that Iesus the son of Mary said to the children of Israel I am the Messenger of God he hath sent me to confirm the old Testament and to declare to you that there shall come a Prophet after me whose name shall be Mahomet When he came with miracles reasons most intelligible and arguments infallible they said that he was a Magician who is more impious than he that blasphemeth against God The Infidels would extinguish with their mouth the light of faith but God shall make it manifest against their will he hath sent his Prophet to guide the people into the way of salvation to teach them the truth of his Law and make it more evident than all other Laws of the world against the will of Infidels O ye that believe Will ye that I teach you one thing that shall deliver you from the pains of hell Believe in God and in his Prophet imploy your wealth and persons in fighting for his Law ye shall do exceeding well if ye have knowledg to understand it God shall pardon your offences he shall cause you to enter into gardens wherein flow many rivers he shall cause you to go into the beautiful Palaces of Eden where is supreme felicity he shall confer upon you yet another grace which ye desire viz. victory over your enemies Oh ye that believâ—… maintain the Law of God Jesus the Son of Mary said to his Apostles Who will maintain the Law of God with me he shall be supported and protected of God. The Apostles answered We will maintain it One part of the Children of Israel believed in Jesus and another rejected his Law we gave succor to them that believed against their enemies and they were victorious CHAP. LXII The Chapter of the Assembly containing eleven Verses written at Medina IN the Name of God gracious and merciful Praise God all that is in heaven and earth praise the King holy majestique and omnipotent who hath sent his Prophet an Arabian by Nation to preach his Commandments to the Arabians to purifie them to teach them the Scriptures and mysteries of faith they were before seduced from the right way They that shall come after them shall not see a Prophet equal to him this is a special grace of God the omnipotent and wise he conferreth it on whom he listeth and his graces are immense They that preach the old Testament and perform not what it enjoyneth are like to an Ass charged with books Such are they that disobey the Commandments of God he guideth not the impious Oh ye Jews believe not your selves to be the beloved of God expect death ye shall understand your error they believe not that they shall be chastised for their sins but God beholdeth all the unjust Say unto them Ye shall find one day the death that ye flie ye be sent back before God who knoweth what is present past and to come he shall set before you all that ye have done to be judged Oh ye that believe when ye are called to the assembly of Friday to make your prayers pray and quit your trade this shall be a good act if ye understand it when you shall have finished your Prayers separate your selves go whither you please and beg of God his grace call frequently to mind his divine Majesty and ye shall be happy When the Infidels saw any thing of profit or any divertisement they forsook thee and went out from the Sermon Say unto them how great riches and delights are there with God He is the Rich of the Rich. CHAP. LXIII The Chapter of the Wicked containing Twelve Verses written at Medina IN the Name of God gracious and merciful When the wicked shall come to visit thee they will say That they are witnesses that thou art a Prophet sent from God he well knoweth that thou art his Prophet he seeth that they dissemble and sell their Faith to enjoy wealth in the World wherein they commit evil they say with the mouth We believe in the Law of God and are impious in their Souls impiety is imprinted in their hearts and they will not learn the Mysteries of Faith the beauty of their bodies shall not displease thee when thou shalt see them they erect themselves when they speak and resemble a piece of wood set up against a wall they fear all rumors that fly abroad and are your enemies Beware of them doubtless God will destroy them how can they blaspheme against his Law When it was said to them Come to the Prophet he shall beg pardon of God for your sins they shook the head and withdrew with pride misery is upon them whether thou implore pardon for them or dost not implore it God will not pardon them he abhorreth the wicked They say Do no good to them that follow that Prophet of God until they abandon him the treasures of Heaven and Earth are Gods but they comprehend it not they say If we return to the City of Medina we will drive thence shame and infamy and will there establish Greatness and Honour on the contrary Greatness Power and Victory proceed from God his Prophet and them that believe in his Law but Infidels understand it not Oh ye that believe in God! your Riches and your Children ought not to seduce you
and his Prophet shall be damned and shall remain eternally in the fire of hell The wicked shall know such as shall be deprived of succour and protection when they shall behold the pains prepared for them Say unto them I know not whether what is promised to you shall incontinently happen or whether God will defer it some time none knoweth what is to come but God and those whom he hath elected to be Prophets and Messengers of his Will he inspireth into them his Commandments to preach to men he upholdeth all the actions of men and keepeth an exact account of every thing CHAP. LXXIII The Chapter of the Fearful containing Twenty Verses writen at Mecca The Arabians have intituled this The Chapter of the Fearful when the Angel Gabriel brought this Chapter to Mahomet he was afraid of the splendour of his light and covered himself with his garments which gave occasion to the Angel to call him and say Oh fearful and not oh prophet as he was wont IN the name of God gracious and merciful O thou Fearful Arise by night pray to God at midnight until two third parts of the night and more Read the Alcoran and meditate thereon observe what it contains although it be tedious to thee thou wilt best comprehend it after thy first sleep because thou in the day hast affairs that divert thee Remember thou the name of God forsake the world to worship him he is Lord of the West and East there is no God but God take him for thy protector be not impatient at what the wicked say separate thy self from their society without fear leave me to punish them is there any one that is able to defend them their punishment is deferred but I have chains of iron bread full of thorns and great torments to inflict on them at the day when the earth shall tremble and the mountains shall be dissolved into dust O ye people we have sent to you a Prophet our Apostle to instruct you as we did to Pharoah he was disobedient and obstinate and we severely chastised him How will ye secure your selves from the torments of hell if ye be in the number of the wicked What will ye do at the day when Infants shall be men and heaven shall be opened What God promiseth is infallible these things are for the instruction of them that desire to follow the way of salvation Thy Lord knoweth that thou wilt arise about the third part of the night or at midnight as likewise a part of those that are with thee he reckoneth the hours and the minutes of night and day he knoweth that thou canst not reckon them exactly he pardoneth thee if thou risest a little sooner or a little later read during this time what thou shalt be able to read of the Alcoran God knoweth that there will be persons among you that will be sickly others that will be in travel for their affairs and some that will fight for the faith these persons shall be excused Read what ye shall be able of the Alcoran lift up your prayers to God pay tithes lend to God some benefit ye shall one day find the good that ye shall have done and a very good reward beg pardon of God he is gracious and merciful CHAP. LXXIV The Chapter of the Wrapped containing fifty seven Verses written at Mecca IN the name of God gracious and merciful O thou wrapped Arise and preach to the people the torments of hell thy Lord is more powerful than the Idols make clean thy garments be thou mindful of the pains prepared for unbelievers separate thy self from their company lend nothing to Usury the day that the Trumpet shall sound shall be extreamly irksome to the wicked that day let me chastise him whom I created and to whom I gave riches and children and whom I placed in plenty nevertheless he demandeth more and is obstinate to disobey my Commandments I will add to his pains because he blasphemeth against the Alcoran wherefore doth he blaspheme he maketh his countenance sorrowful covered with hypocrisie when he beholdeth the people with his eyes melancholique and estranged from the way of salvation he is proud scorneth to follow the Prophet saith that the Alcoran is but Magick and but the word of man he shall be precipitated into the bottom of hell nothing remains to him but to be burned nineteen Spirits shall be appointed to torment the wicked they that punish the damned are Spirits We have mentioned this number of nineteen to seduce the Infidels and confirm the truth and the True believers in their faith They whom God instructeth in the Scripture and who believe in his Law are not in doubt of these Spirits but such as have evil in the heart who doubt of his Law and the wicked say that he by his number meaneth God Thus God seduceth and guideth whom he pleaseth no person knoweth the number of his Angels but God. I swear by the entrance of the night and the morning that hell is an exceeding great punishment prepared for the impious The believers and unbelievers the good and the bad shall answer for their actions and such as shall have their book of account in the right hand shall go into Paradise they shall enquire of the damned and say to them Who did cast you into hell They shall answer We dâ—…d not pray to God at the time appointed we gave not to the poor to eat we believed there was neither Resurrection nor Judgment until death surprized us the prayers of them that pray for them shall be in vain Wherefore is it that unbelievers depart from the Law of God They are like to the wild Ass which flyeth as far as he can when he seeth the Lion approach him every one of them would particularly see a book to instruct them and apprehendeth not the day of Judgment Certainly the Alcoran teacheth them the Law of God that read it none shall understand it but he that shall be pleasing to God who shall have his fear before his eyes and shall implore pardon of his sins of his divine Majesty CHAP. LXXV The Chapter of the Resurrection containing forty Verses written at Mecca IN the name of God gracious and merciful I swear that it is most true That men shall rise again I swear that the wicked shall render an account of their actions think they that I cannot recollect their bones I will recollect all of them after they shall be corrupted I am able to recollect their fingers as they had them in their youth Certainly man is prone to blaspheme before the coming of the day of Judgment and enquireth when that day will be When his sight shall be troubled and the Sun and Moon gathered together then shall he say Whither shall I flye It shall be said to him Thou shalt have none other refuge but in God he shall be surprized and all his offences shall be commemorated to him and he shall witness against
Merciful containing Eighteen Verses written at Medina Folio 433 Chapter 56. The Chapter of Iudgment containing Fourscore and nineteen Verses written at Medina Folio 435 Chapter 57. The Chapter of Iron containing Twenty and nine Verses written at Medina Folio 438 Chapter 58. The Chapter of the Dispute containing Twenty and two Verses written at Medina Folio 442 Chapter 59. The Chapter of Exile containing Twenty and four Verses written at Medina Folio 445 Chapter 60. The Chapter of Tryal containing Eighteen Verses written at Mecca Folio 448 Chapter 61. The Chapter of Array containing Fourteen Verses written at Mecca Folio 450 Chapter 62. The Chapter of the Assembly containing Eleven Verses written at Medina Folio 451 Chapter 63. The Chapter of the Wicked containing Twelve Verses written at Medina Folio 453 Chapter 64. The Chapter of Deceit containing Eighteen Verses written at Mecca Folio 454 Chapter 65. The Chapter of Divorce containing Eighteen Verses written at Mecca Folio 456 Chapter 66. The Chapter of Prohibition containing Twelve Verses written at Medina Folio 458 Chapter 67. The Chapter of Empire containing Thirty Verses written at Mecca Folio 460 Chapter 68. The Chapter of the Pen containing Fifty and two Verses written at Mecca Folio 462 Chapter 69. The Chapter of Verification containing Fifty and two Verses written at Mecca Folio 465 Chapter 70. The Chapter of the Ascent containing Forty and four Verses written at Mecca Folio 467 Chapter 71 The Chapter of Noah containing Twenty and eight Verses written at Mecca Folio 469 Chapter 72. The Chapter of Devils containing Twenty and eight Verses written at Mecca Folio 470 Chapter 73. The Chapter of the Fearful containing Twenty Verses written at Mecca Folio 472 Chapter 74. The Chapter of the Wrapped containing Fifty and seven Verses written at Mecca Folio 474 Chapter 75. The Chapter of the Resurrection containing Forty Verses written at Mecca Folio 476 Chapter 76. The Chapter of Man containing Thirty Verses written at Mecca Folio 477 Chapter 77. The Chapter of them that are sent containing Fifty Verses written at Mecca Folio 479 Chapter 78. The Chapter of News containing Forty Verses written at Mecca Folio 481 Chapter 79. The Chapter of them that take away containing Forty and six Verses written at Mecca Folio 482 Chapter 80. The Chapter of the Blind containing Forty and two Verses written at Mecca Folio 484 Chapter 81. The Chapter of Roundness containing Twenty and nine Verses written at Mecca Folio 485 Chapter 82. The Chapter of the opening of Heaven containing Seventeen Verses written at Mecca Folio 486 Chapter 83. The Chapter of them that weigh with false weights containing Thirty and Six Verses written at Mecca Folio 487 Chapter 84. The Chapter of the Cleft containing Twenty and five Verses written at Mecca Folio 488 Chapter 85. The Chapter of the Sign Celestial containing Twenty Verses written at Mecca Folio 489 Chapter 86. The Chapter of Star or of the North Star containing Seventeen Verses written at Mecca Folio 490 Chapter 87. The Chapter of the High and Mighty containing Seventeen Verses written at Mecca Folio 491 Chapter 88. The Chapter of the Covering containing Twenty and six Verses written at Mecca Folio 492 Chapter 89. The Chapter of the Morning containing Thirty Verses written at Mecca Folio 493 Chapter 90. The Chapter of the City containing Twenty Verses written at Mecca Folio 495 Chapter 91. The Chapter of the Sun Containing Fifteen Verses written at Mecca Folio 496 Chapter 92. The Chapter of Night containing Twenty Verses written at Mecca Folio ibid. Chapter 93. The Chapter of the Sun rising containing Ten Verses written at Mecca Folio 498 Chapter 94. The Chapter of Ioy containing Eight Verses written at Mecca Folio 499 Chapter 95. The Chapter of the Fig containing Eight Verses written at Mecca Folio ibid. Chapter 96. The Chapter of Blood congealed containing Seventeen Verses written at Mecca Folio 500 Chapter 97. The Chapter of Glory or Power containing Five Verses written at Mecca Folio 501 Chapter 98. The Chapter of Instruction containing Eight Verses written at Medina Folio 502 Chapter 99. The Chapter of the Earthquake containing Eight Verses written at Medina Folio 503 Chapter 100. The Chapter of Horses containing Eleven Verses written at Mecca and Medina Folio ibid. Chapter 101. The Chapter of Affliction containing Eleven Verses written at Mecca Folio 504 Chapter 102. The Chapter of Abundance containing Eight Verses written at Mecca Folio 505 Chapter 103. The Chapter of the Evening Folio ibid. Chapter 104. The Chapter of Persecution containing Seven Verses written at Mecca Folio 506 Chapter 105. The Chapter of Elephants containing Five Verses written at Mecca Folio ibid. Chapter 106. The Chapter of Coreis containing Four Verses written at Mecca Folio 507 Chapter 107. The Chapter of the Law containing Seven Verses written at Mecca Folio ibid. Chapter 108. The Chapter of Affluence containing Three Verses written at Mecca Folio 508 Chapter 109. The Chapter of Infidels containing Six Verses written at Mecca Folio ibid. Chapter 110. The Chapter of Protection containing four Verses written at Mecca Folio 509 Chapter 111. The Chapter of the Cord of Palm containing Eleven Verses written at Mecca Folio ibid. Chapter 112. The Chapter of Salvation containing Four Verses written at Mecca Folio 510 Chapter 113. The Chapter of Separation containing Five Verses written at Mecca Folio ibid. Chapter 114. The Chapter of the People containing Six Verses written at Mecca Folio 511 THE ALCORAN OF MAHOMET CHAP. I. The Chapter of the Preface containing seven Verses written at Mecca IN the Name of God gracious and merciful Praised be God gracious and merciful King of the Day of Judgment It is thee whom we adore it is from thee we require help Guide us in the right way in the way of them that thou hast gratified against whom thou hast not been displeased and we shall not be mis-led CHAP. II. The Chapter of the Cow containing Two hundred fourscore and seven Verses written at Mecca IN the Name of God Gracious and merciful I am the most wise God. There is no Error in this Book it guideth into the right way those that are righteous who believe what they see not who make their Prayers with affection and dispense in Alms a part of the Goods that we have given them Such as believe the things that are inspired into thee in those that have been Preached before thee and at the end of the world are not ignorant theâ—… are guided by their Lord and shall be blessed Misery is upon unbelievers Whether thou reprove them or do not reprove them they will not be converted God hath shut up their heart their ears and eyes and they shall suffer greâ—… torments Many men say we believe in God and the Day of Judgment and do not believe they think to deceive God and them that believe in God certainly they deceive themselves and know it not God will augment the infiâ—…mity which they have in their heart and they shall undergo the rigours of
is God that hath cursed them by reason of their impiety and few of them will believe the Commandments of his Divine Majesty When God hath sent them any Book confirming the Scriptures which they before approved viz. the Old Testament and the Gospel they demanded succours when they met with the wicked and being succoured they either understood it not or would not receive it â—… The curse of God is upon Infidels especially upon them that have sold their Souls and through Envy disobeyed his Commandments He bestoweth his grace on whom he pleaseth they are returned in the displeasure of his Divine Majesty who hath prepared for them grievous torments because of the Enormity of their Crimes When it was said to them Believe in the Commandments of God they said Do we not believe in what hath been commanded us Nevertheless they have no faith in the truth which God hath sent confirming the Prophecies and the Precepts that they before approved Say unto them had you heretofore slain the Prophets if you had believed in his Law Moses certainly had caused you to see Miracles but ye adored the Calf after his departure wherefore you were greatly to blame We received your Promise to observe the Commandments of the Law and raised a Mountain over you Understand with affection what we teach you and hearken to what is commanded you they answered we have heard and disobeyed and inclined their heart to the adoration of the Calf because of their impiety Say to them doth your faith command you to do it if you believe in God and life eternal Think upon death if you be righteous They regard not their past errours but God knoweth the unjust Thou shalt find them with diligence and desire to live a long time The wicked hope to live a thousand years but they shall be exempt from the Punishment to live long God beholdeth all their Actions Say to them who is an Enemy to Gabriel He by the permission of God hath inspired into thee the Alcoran that confirmeth the ancient Scriptures and guideth the good in the way of their Salvation and declareth to them the joys of Paradise He that is an Enemy to God the Angels his Prophet to Gabriel and Michael shall be rigorously chastised God is an Enemy to Infidels We have sent thee Precepts clear and intelligible none will abjure them but the wicked Some of them have acted against their own Promises and the greatest part is incredulous Many of them that have knowledge in the written Law have forsaken it even when God sent them any Prophet to confirm the Scriptures that they had before received and approved They cast the Book of God behind their Backs as if they knew it not and adhered to what the Devils taught in the Reign of Solomon yet Solomon sinned not but the Devils only that instructed the People in Magick and what was taught by the two Angels Arot and Marot in Babylon Before they taught the people they said We are not sedition neither be you impious The people learned of them what concerneth the Separation of the Man and the Woman and what breedeth hatred betwixt them They did not harm to any by their Magick but through the permission of God the people learned of them what might hurt and not be profitable to them they instructed in Magick them that sold their part in Paradise at the loss of their Souls although they knew their errour that they had before believed in God and feared his Divine Majesty Repentance inspired by God is exceeding profitable if they understood to know it O you that fear God say not honour us say regard us and hearken to what is commanded you To Infidels are prepared dolorous torments the Iews and Christians desired not that God should send you good but God very liberal gratifieth with his mercy whom he pleaseth he will not alter his Commandments neither forget them he will moreover teach others more profitable or of the like nature know you not that God is Omnipotent understand you not that to God appertains the Kingdom of Heaven and of Earth who except God will be your Protector Will you question your Prophet as Moses was heretofore questioned He that shall change faithinto impiety shall forsake the good way Many that have knowledge in the Scripture endeavoured to mislead you through impiety and Envy notwithstanding they are not ignorant of the Truth forgive them and beware of them untill God hath otherwise disposed he is Omnipotent Make your Prayers at the time appointed and pay your Tithes you shall find before God the good that you do for your Souls he beholdeth all your Actions They have said that none but the Iews and Christians shall enter into Paradise it is their false invention say unto them if you be good Men bring your Reasons on the contrary he that resigneth himself to God and is a just Man shall be recompensed by his Divine Majesty there needeth not be any fear for him he shall not be tormented in the fire of Hell. The Iews say the Christians are void of reason and the Christians affirm the Iews to be without reason nevertheless they study the Scripture so speak the ignorant God will determine their difference at the day of the Resurrection Who is more unjust than he that hindred that God be remembred in Temples and that studieth nought but their destruction Such men cannot enter therein but with fear and terrour they shall have on Earth shame upon the Forehead and in the other World shall suffer exceeding great torments The East and West are Gods whithersoever men turn themselves the Face of God doth there meet them his Divinity extendeth through the whole Earth They said believe you that God hath a Son Praised be God on the contrary whatever is either in Earth or Heaven appertaineth to his Divine Majesty and all things obey him he hath created Heaven and Earth and when he willeth any thing he saith Be thou and it is The unbelievers said if God speak not to us or if thou performest no Miracles we will not believe thee their Predecessors have said as much and their words have been like unto their hearts we have caused Miracles to appear to the righteous and have sent thee to preach and instruct the people inquire not why those that shall descend into Hell will not believe thee the Iews and Christians will not be satisfied of thee until thou follow their opinion say unto them there is no better guide in the World than God take heed lest thou follow their Appetites after that thou hast comprehended the knowledge which we inspired into thee who except God will be thy defender They whom we have taught the Scripture that study and read it with truth believe the contents of it and they that do not believe are damned O Children of Israel call to mind the favour that I did you I preferred you before all the World
length of time and behold thine Ass is dead see his bones that are white thou shalt become an example to all the World and to Posterity see the bones of thine Ass I will recollect and revest them with flesh Seeing this Miracle he said I affirm that God is Omnipotent Remember thou that Abraham said Lord shew me how thou revivest the dead God said Doest thou not believe my Omnipotency He answered yea Lord but hear my Prayer for the repose of my heart God said Take four Birds cut them altogether in pieces and carry the pieces upon those Mountains this done call them they shall speedily return to thee God knoweth all things and is most prudent in all his works The action of them that dispend their Goods for his glory is like unto a Grain of Corn that produceth seven ears and every ear an hundred Grains God multiplieth the wealth of whom it pleaseth him he is liberal and omniscient Such as dispend their substance for his glory without repining and reproach shall be recompensed by his Divine Majesty and be delivered from fear and affliction at the day of Judgment Good words and pardon are preferred to Almes followed with repentance God is most rich and merciful Oh ye that believe in God! render not your Alms unprofitable through repining and reproach as do those that give Alms with Ostentation and hypocrisie they believe neither in God nor the day of Judgment their good works are like to a Rock whereon was little Earth there fell great Rain that carried it away and left nothing thereon their Labour shall be in vain and they reap no merit for God loveth neither the Hypocrites nor the impious The action of such as do good to please God or to save their Souls is like to a Grain sown upon an high place whereon fell great and small Rain that caused it's Fruit to multiply God beholdeth all your Actions Is there any one among you that desireth to have a Garden enriched with Palms and Grapes wherein flow many Fountains and Rivolets and that is filled with all manner of Fruits that old Age should overtake him with young and infirm Children and that an hot wind come and burn up his Garden God so teacheth you his Mysteries peradventure you will bear them in mind Oh ye that believe dispend in pious works and give Alms of the wealth you have acquired and of the Fruits of the Earth that God hath given you desire not wealth ill gotten or wherewith to give Alms such are not received but to your shame And know that God is most rich and worthy of praise The Devil will cause you to fear Poverty and will command you filthiness and God promiseth to you his Grace and Mercy he is munificent and omniscient he giveth knowledge to whom it pleaseth him and to whom knowledge is given on him is bestowed an exceeding great Treasure which none but the wise do value God beholdeth your alms and vows and the wicked shall be deprived of protection at the day of Judgment If you suffer your alms to appear it shall not be amiss if you conceal them you shall do well that will cover many of your sins God knoweth all your actions You are not obliged to lead Men into the right way God guideth whom he listeth the good and the alms that you perform shall be for your Souls give not alms but for the love of God you shall be rewarded for the good works that you shall do and no injustice shall be done against you Be benefactors to the poor that are not accommodated for the service of God and that cannot labour The ignorant believe them to be rich by reason of their probity and goodness you shall know them by their Physiognomy and in that they demand nothing with importunity God will know the good you shall do towards them They that give alms by day or by night secretly or publickly shall be rewarded of God there needeth be no fear for them they shall be exempt from affliction at the day of Judgment Usurers shall rise again like to Men possessed with Devils because they have said that traffick is like unto Usury God permitteth traffick and prohibiteth usury he to whom the word of God cometh and who hath abandoned Usury what is past is to himself God will pardon his fault but he that shall return to exercise Usury having once abandoned it shall be punished in the fire of Hell God abhorreth Usury he loveth them that are alms-givers and hateth Infidels Such as believe in God that do good works and that make their prayers at the time appointed and pay their Tyths shall be rewarded by his Divine Majesty they shall be delivered from fear and affliction at the day of Judgment O ye that believe in God! have the fear of him before your eyes and forsake Usury if you will obey his Commandments if you do not this God and his Prophet will make War upon you if you be converted your principal remains unto you Do injustice to no Man it shall not be done unto you If your debtors be unable to pay you and are in want you shall do well to stay their conveniency if you give them alms you shall do well fear the day when you shall return before God and that every one shall be payed without injustice of what he shall have gained O ye that believe in God! when you shall charge your selves with any debt cause an act to be drawn the Notary shall write the Contract between you conformable to Justice and shall not refuse to write it as God hath instructed him but the debtor shall entirely satisfie what he shall owe and shall have the fear of his Lord before his eyes if he that is a debtor is a fool or sick and is unable of himself to discharge it his Guardian or he that shall oversee his affairs shall give satisfaction for him Call with you two witnesses if you cannot find two Men one with two Women shall suffice whose testimony you shall accept if the one be wanting to her duty the other shall cause her to remember these witnesses shall not refuse their testimony notwithstanding they be called in a great number Make no difficulty to write your testimony whether it concern little or much and limit the time wherein payment ought to be made such writings are just before God give more efficacy to testimony and are requisite to avoid your complaints one of another If your merchandize be present you shall take it between you at the same time then shall you not sin in not drawing a writing or contract Call witnesses when you sell or buy neither the witnesses nor the Notary shall receive any damage If you shall do that which is forbidden you shall do very ill Fear God he will teach you his Commandments he knoweth all things If you are in a journey and cannot find a Notary you shall give earnest If one trusteth in the
other he that shall be trusted in shall satisfie his promise and fear God his Lord no Man shall conceal his testimony he that shall conceal shall sin in his heart God knoweth all your actions Whatsoever is in Heaven or in Earth belonging unto God whether you conceal or reveal what is in your minds he shall require an account of you he pardoneth and chastiseth whom it pleaseth him he is Omnipotent The Prophet believed in all that God sent to him as likewise all the true believers Such as believe in God the Angels and Scriptures and generally all the Prophets without exception say We have heard and obeyed Pardon us O Lord Thou art our refuge God requireth of no Man more than he is able to perform the good that a Man shall do shall be for himself and the evil that he doth shall be likewise against him Lord excuse us if we have forgotten thee or sinned Lord charge us not with any heavy burthen as thou didst charge them that were before us charge us not with that which we are not able to support blot out our sins and give us thy mercy Thou art our Lord give us victory against the Infidels CHAP. III. The Chapter of the Lineage of Joachim containing two hundred Verses written at Medina IN the name of God gracious and merciful I am the most wise God. God! There is but one only God living and eternal He hath sent to thee the Book that containeth truth and confirmeth the Scriptures that were sent before it He sent the Old Testament and the Gospel that were heretofore guides to the People He hath sent the Alcoran that distinguisheth good from evil they that believe not in the Law of God shall be severely chastised He is Omnipotent and revengeful Nothing is hid from him in Heaven or in Earth It is he that formed you in the Wombs of your Mothers as it pleased him there is no God but the Omnipotent and Wise God. He it is that sent to thee the Book whose precepts are necessary they are the original and foundation of the Law like in purity one to the other and without contradiction Such as in their heart incline to depart from the truth do often follow their inclination desirous of Sedition and to understand the explication of the Alcoran but none understand it's explication but God and such as are profound in learning they say we believe in God all things proceed from his Divine Wisdom nevertheless none remember but the wise Lord cause not our hearts to erre after thou hast guided us into the right way give us thy mercy thou art most bountiful towards thy Creatures Lord thou art he that shalt assemble the World at the Day of Judgment at which day nothing shall be found doubtful when thou wilt not go against thy Promises and when wealth and Children shall not serve to the wicked but to kindle the fire of Hell. The Infidel Lineage of Pharoah and those that preceded him blasphemed and abjured the Law of God but he surprized them in their sin he is grievous in his Chastisements Say to the Infidels they shall be vanquished and shall be gathered together into the fire of Hell that is prepared for them You have an example in the two Troops that fought for the glory of God they beheld with their eyes Infidels become true Believers like unto themselves God strengtheneth with his Aid whom it pleaseth him this shall be for example to such as shall clearly see The love and desire of Women of Children of Riches abundance of Gold and of Silver of Horses Cattel and of Tillage are pleasing to Men such are the Riches of the life of this World but the most assured refuge is in God. Say unto them I will declare unto you things much better for them that shall have the fear of God before their eyes they shall dwell eternally in Paradise where flow many Rivers with Women beautiful and Lean and all manner of Content God beholdeth them that adore him and that say Lord we believe in thy Law pardon our sins and deliver us from the torments of Fire The Patient the persevering true Believers the obedient the good Men such as beg Pardon of God in the Morning the Angels the Learned that love Justice testifie that there is but one only God. The Law of Salvation is a Law pleasing to his Divine Majesty no man contradicteth this Truth among such as know the written Law but through Envy He that shall not obey the Commandments of God shall find his Divine Majesty very exact to call him to an Account If the impious dispute with thee say to them I am wholly resigned to the Will of God with all such as have followed me Ask of such as know the written Law and them that know it not if they resign themselves to God if they do they will follow the right way if they go astray thou hast none other Obligation but to preach to them God beholdeth them that adore him Declare grievous torments to those that conceal his Commandments that kill the Prophets and injure them that instruct the people in Justice the good Works that they do shall be unprofitable to them on Earth and they shall be in the other World deprived of protection Seest thou not a party of them that know the written Law how they were called to a Lecture of the Book of God to the end they might judge with Equity the differences that are among them but many are returned to their sin they contemned the Scripture in that they said the fire shall not touch us but for a certain number of days They are deceived in their blasphemies what will become of them when we shall assemble them at the day of Judgment when nothing shall be doubtful and every one shall be recompensed as he shall have merited No injustice shall be done unto them Say Lord thou possessest the Kingdoms of the World thou givest Royalty to whom thou seest good from thy hand O Lord proceedeth all good thou art Omnipotent thou causest day to enter the night and night the day thou causest life to come out of death and death out of life thou enrichest without measure whom thou seest good The Believers shall not obey the unbelievers to the exclusion of true Believers he that doth this thing observeth not the law of God but if you fear your Enemies God willeth that you fear him also he is the assured refuge of the righteous say to them whether you conceal what is in your heart or whether you manifest iâ—… God knoweth all things he knoweth all that is either in Heaven or Earth he is Omnipotent think on the day wherein every one shall find the good and the evil that he hath done then shall you desire to be cleansed from your sins and that the number of your good works exceed that of your evil God willeth that you fear him he is
It shall be said to them that have black visages Have you followed impiety after you made profession of the Faith Taste this day the torment due to your sin Such as shall have white visages shall be in the favour of God in which they shall eternally continue See there the Mysteries of the Law of God which instructeth thee with Truth God willeth that no injustice be done to his People whatever is in Heaven or in Earth appertaineth to him he disposeth all things There hath appeared no Nation on the Earth that hath followed a better way than you forbid ye to do that which is not reasonable and believe in one only God If those that heretofore had knowledge of the written Law had believed in God they had done very well there be among them that believe what is veritable but the greatest part are impious They shall not hurt you but with their tongue and shall find no protection against you if they fight you they shall turn their backs they were beaten with shame and ignominy where they made a stand except when they embraced the Law of God and observed the precepts that were taught the faithful When they returned in the wrath of God they were beaten with poverty because they believed not the word of his Divine Majesty but slew his Prophets without reason and disobeyed his Commandments They that heretofore had knowledge of the written Law are not all alike there be among them that persevered in obedience and in the night meditate on the miracles of God worship him and believe in his Divine Majesty and the Day of Judgment preach honesty prohibit to do things dishonest and apply themselves to good works certainly they are good Men. Hide not the good works which you perform God knoweth such as have his fear before their eyes Riches and Children shall be unprofitable to Infidels with God they shall eternally dwell in the fire of Hell The Alms that they give in this World are like to a Wind exceeding hot or extreamly cold that fell upon the Tillage of them that did injury to their own Souls and wholly destroyed it God did no injustice to them they were mischievous to themselves through their sins O ye that believe in God esteem no man to be elected of God that is not of your Religion The wicked endeavoured to bring you into their disorders malice appeared in their mouth and that which their heart cherisheth is yet greater We have taught you the Commandments of God if you observe them you shall protect your selves from the malice of Infidels O ye you love them and they love not you you believe generally in the Scriptures and they believe not what you believe When they met you they said We believe in God and when they were gone from you they bit for anger their Fingers ends Say to them Die with your Choler God knoweth what is in your hearts If good happen to you they are displeased and when evil befalleth you they rejoyce If you have patience and fear God their malice shall not hurt you God knoweth all their Actions Remember the morning when some of thy people deserted the true Believers in the Field of battel and when two of thy Companions forsook the fight God was their Protector All true Believers ought to trust in him He protected you at Beder where you were a few Men ill armed perhaps you will fear him and give him thanks for that favour Say to the true Believers sufficeth it not that God succoureth you with three thousand of his Angels Truly if you have patience and fear God he will come to succour you at need and your Lord will assist you with five thousand of his Angels sent from Heaven he will not send you this assistance but to declare to you his Protection and to confirm your hearts Victory proceedeth from his Divine Majesty He is Omnipotent and prudent in all his works he will extirpate in this World one part of the wicked or will so sharply reprehend them that they shall become desperate Thou hast nothing to do whether he shall pardon or chastise them because they are wicked Whatever is in the Earth and in Heaven is his he pardoneth as he seeth good he is gracious and merciful to the righteous O ye that believe be not Usurers and fear God peradventure you will obey his Commandments Fear the fire of Hell prepared for Infidels Obey God and the Prophets his Apostles your sins shall be forgiven you beg pardon speedily of your Lord. The extent of Paradise containeth Heaven and Earth it is prepared for the good God loveth them that give Alms in joy and in affliction that subdue their Passion and forgive such as offend them he loveth them that do good and that after the Commission of any sin remember his Divine Majesty and implore his Pardon Who but God forgiveth sins Such as persist not in their Errours and acknowledge their sins shall be recompensed with the mercy of God and enjoy his favour in Paradise There were heretofore Laws and Means to conduct men into the right way but consider what hath been the end of Infidels The Alcoran was sent to instruct the World to guide men in the right way and to preach to the good Dishearten not neither afflict your selves in fighting you shall be Victorious if you believe in God if you have been wounded the like hurts have befaln the impious God so diversifieth days among men to the end he may know them that are truly zealous in his Law and that among you Witnesses be taken against the malice of Infidels God loveth not the unjust he forgiveth sins to those that believe and extirpate Infidels Do you believe to enter Paradise and that God knoweth not them that fought gallantly He knoweth them that were patient in adveâ—…sity and persevered in obedience to his Commandments You expected death before you met it you saw it with your Eyes and were Victorious Certainly Mahomet is the Prophet and Apostle of God there were many Prophets before him when they died or were slain you returned upon your steps to impiety They that return upon their steps do no harm to God he will reward only such as acknowledge his favours and men cannot die without his permission and that in a time prescribed and predestinate I will give the good things of this World to whom it pleaseth me and will abundantly recompence them that praise me How many Prophets and men with them that were not dejected through their afflictions that befel them in fighting for the Law of God They were not weakned neither humbled to the Infidels God affecteth them that are patient in their adversities and such as persevere in his Law. They said in their afflictions Lord pardon our sins confirm our steps and protect us against the Infidels God giveth them the Riches of the Earth and the Treasures of Heaven he loveth them that do good O ye
to Mecca neither to them that assume Collers neither hinder Pilgrims to repair thither to demand the Grace of God and his mercies It is lawful for you to hunt when you shall have finished your Pilgrimage beware lest some persons cause you to sin and hinder your going to Mecca to oblige you to punish them repose your confidence in the justice and fear of God and not in the sin and malice of your neighbour Fear God who is severe in his chastisements It is forbidden you to eat Carrion Blood Swines Flesh and whatsoever is not killed in pronouncing the name of God you are prohibited to eat Animals strangled choakt knockt down precipitated that are slain striking each other and such as beasts shall have slain if you find them not alive to let out their Blood in pronouncing the name of God. You shall not eat of Beasts sacrificed to Idols Consult not with Southsayers or Lots it is a great sin The day shall come when they that have abandoned your Law shall be desperate fear not them and fear me The day will come when I shall accomplish your Law and my Grace shall be abundantly upon you The Law of Salvation is the Law that I desire to give you If any one be in necessity and eateth of what is prohibited without a will to sin God shall be to him gracious and merciful They will demand of thee what is permitted them to eat Say to them it is lawful to eat all sorts of Beasts that are not unclean and whatever hath been taught you from God touching Beasts that have been wounded by Lions or Dogs eat the Beast you shall take and remember God in blooding them fear God he is exact to take account This day it is lawful that you eat what is not unclean and the meats of them that know the written Law their meats are lawful for you and yours for them You are permitted to espouse Maidens and Women of free Condition that are of your Religion and Maidens and Women of free Condition that know the written Law giving them their Dowry with civility commit neither Concubinage nor Adultery with them neither secretly or publickly the good works of him that shall renounce your Law shall be unprofitable he shall be at the Day of Judgment in the number of the Damned O ye that believe in God when you would make your Prayers wash your Faces your Hands to the Elbow and pass your hand over your head and over your feet to the ancles If you be polluted purifie your selves if sick or in a Journey or about to discharge your Belly or have known Women and find no water to wash you lay hand on the Sand pass it over your Visage and wipe therewith your hands God enjoyneth you nothing irksome but willeth you be clean and desireth to accomplish his Grace upon you peradventure you will give him thanks O ye that believe in God! call to mind his Grace and promise he made to you when you said We heard and obeyed fear him he knoweth all that is in your hearts O ye that believe in God! obey his Commandments and be true in your Testimonies take heed that no man move you to offend God in diverting you from what is just render justice to all his fear inviteth you to it have it before your eyes he knoweth all your Actions hath promised his grace and great recompences to the true Believers that shall do good works in this World and hath prepared Hell to punish Infidels O ye that believe in God! remember his favour towards you when some Persons would have extended their hands upon you and how he delivered you from their Malice Fear him all true Believers ought to resign themselves to his Will. God received the Promise of the Children of Israel to observe his Commandments he established among them twelve Captains and said to them I will be with you when you shall make your Prayers pay your Tithes believe in the Prophets deâ—…end them and shall lend to me any Alms I will cover your sins and cause you to enter Paradise wherein flow many Rivers and he among you that shall be an Infidel shall be entirely erroneous from the right path When they swerved from what they had promised we gave them our Curse and hardned their heart they have altered the words of the Scripture and abjured what they had approved Thou shalt not know them that shall be Traytors except very few of them forgive and depart from them God loveth them that do good We likewise received the Promise of those who call themselves Christians but they have forgotten what they promised they have altered what was taught them and we have cast among them Enmity and hatred even until the Day of Judgment That day God shall cause them to know whatever they have done for their punishment O ye that know the written Law our Prophet is come to bring to light many things of the Scripture which you conceal and he likewise leaveth in silence many things that it is not time to make manifest God hath sent you a Book full of light to conduct into the way of Salvation them that love him to bring them out of darkness and by his special Grace to lead them into the way of Salvation Certainly he that saith that the Messiah the Son of Mary is God is impious Say to him who can hinder God to exterminate the Messiah and his Mother with whatsoever is in the Earth when it shall seem good to him God is King of Heaven and Earth he created with them what seemed good to him he is Omnipotent The Iews and Christians have said we are the Children of God his well beloved Say to them shall not God chastise you for your sins Certainly ye are men He that created you pardoneth and punisheth as it pleaseth him he is the King of all that is in Heaven or Earth and of whatever is between them he is the refuge of the righteous O ye that have knowledge in the written Law The Prophet the Apostle of God is come to instruct you in a time that there is none other Prophet but he on the Earth Will you say 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 and the Omnipotency of his Divine Majesty Remember thou what Moses said to his people O people call to mind the grace of God towards you he hath chosen from among you Prophets and Kings hath conferred on you what he hath given to none in the World Enter into the Holy Land as God hath commanded turn not your Backs to your Enemies lest you be in the number of Reprobates They answered O Moses there are Gyants and Tyrants in the Holy Land we will not enter into it until they be gone out of it if they forsake it we will enter into it Then two men of them that
to them and say they fear a change of times but God shall give advantage and Victory to his Prophet and they shall repent to have concealed in their minds the Miracles of his Divine Majesty What will they alledge for excuse who swore by the name of God exactly to observe their Religion and to be with you Their good works shall be unprofitable and they in the number of the Damned O ye that believe if you abandon your Faith God will put others in your place that shall love him and he them and this to your great ignominy and the advantage of converted Infidels that shall fight without fear for his Law Thus God bestoweth his grace as he seeth good he is liberal and Omniscient You ought certainly to obey God and his Prophet his Apostle they who believe in God that make their Prayers at the time appointed pay Tithes and are in the Protection of God and his Prophet shall be beloved of his Divine Majesty and be Victorious O ye true Believers obey not such as scoff at your Religion who have knowledge of the written Law obey not Infidels and if you are good men fear God obey not them that deride your Prayers it is the action of those that are unwise O ye that understand the written Law will you not abhor me if I believe not in God in what he hath inspired into me and into them that preceded me The greatest part of you are wicked Say to them did I instruct you to do evil when I preached to you the effect of Gods mercy Those whom he curseth against whom he is incensed whom he hath Metamorphosed into Apes and Swine and who have adored Idols shall be confined in the fire of Hell they are in a very evil way When they come to thee they will say they believe in the Law of God they will enter thine House with impiety and go forth in the like manner but God knoweth what they conceal in their heart Thou shalt see many of them embrace Paganism follow a lye eat what is forbidden and this to displease their Doctors and Priests who have forbidden them to speak lies and eat meats that are unclean The Iews said The hand of God is shut contrariwise it is their hand that is shut and they shall be accursed by reason of their discourse certainly the hands of God are open and he doth good to whom he pleaseth Many amongst them through impiety and disobedience alter what is in the Scripture but we have cast among them hatred and horror even to the Day of Judgment God hath extinguished the fire which they had kindled to make War against the righteous they endeavour to pollute the Earth but God detesteth such as cause disorder he remitteth their sins that know the Scripture believe in his Law and flie impiety they shall enter Paradise that is full of delights They have read the Old Testament the Gospel and all Scriptures they enjoy abundance of all good things nevertheless many have disobeyed the Commandments of God. O Prophet preach what God hath taught thee whether thou dost preach it or doest not he will defend thee from the malice of men he abhorreth Infidels O ye that know the written Law if you observe not the Old Testament the Gospel and Scriptures which God hath sent you you shall be without merit Many of them through impiety and ignorance pervert what is contained in the Scripture afflict not thy self with the actions of the impious The Jews Samaritans Christians all that shall have believed in God the Resurrection of the Dead and have done good works shall be exempt from affliction there is nothing for them to fear at the day of Judgment We received of the Children of Israel a promise to believe in our Prophets and Apostles Yet have they slandred many and slain such as would not follow their appetites they believed there was no punishment for their crimes and became deaf and blind After this God pardoned them nevertheless they returned in their sin and are again become deaf and blind God beholdeth all their deportments Certainly they who affirm the Messiah the Son of Mary to be God are impious the Messiah commanded the Children of Israel to worship God his and their Lord the entrance into Paradise is forbidden to him that shall say God hath a Companion equal to him Hell shall be his habitation and the unjust shall find none to protect them at the Day of Judgment Such as affirm there are three Gods are impious there is but one God if they desist not from such discourse they shall burn in the fire of Hell if they turn and implore pardon of God he will be to them gracious and merciful The Messiah the Son of Mary is a Prophet and Apostle of God like to the Prophets that came before him his Mother is holy and both of them did eat and drink Consider how I manifest my unity to Infidels how they blaspheme and depart from the Truth say to them Will you worship instead of God what can neither benefit nor hurt you God understandeth and knoweth all things O ye that have knowledge of the written Law speak of your Religion with reverence and follow not the appetites of such as go astray and walk in an evil way The Infidels were accursed by the Tongue of David and of Messiah the Son of Mary because of their disobedience they abstain not from things that are not approved they do them and through obstinacy will continue them Thou shalt see many of the Inhabitants of Mecca adhere to them by reason of the sin they conceal in their hearts God assuredly will be incensed against them and they shall be confined eternally in the torments of Hell. If they had believed in God in his Prophet and the Scriptures they had not obeyed Infidels but many of them are impious Thou shalt find the Iews and Inhabitants of Mecca who believe in many Gods to be very great enemies to the faithful and the Christians to have a great inclination and amity towards the true believers for that they have Priests and Religious that are humble who have eyes full of tears when they hear mention of the Doctrine which God hath inspired into thee because of their knowledge of the Truth and say Lord We believe in thy Law write us in the number of them that prosess thy Unity who hindreth us to believe in God and the Truth wherein we have been instructed We desire with passion O Lord to be in the number of the just God shall hearken to their Prayers and pardon them he shall open to them the Gate of Paradise wherein is the reward of the righteous and the Infidels shall inhabit the abyss of Hell. O ye who are true believers inhibit not the eating of what God hath permitted offend not God he abhorreth them that offend him eat of the meats that are lawful for you and have his fear before your
eyes he will not chastise you for what you have spoken at random contrary to your faith without design of offending him but he shall punish you for your Oaths if you observe them not the satisfaction of an Oath not accomplished is to give food to ten poor of your Religion and to cloath them or to enfranchise a Slave that is a true believer he thâ—…t is destitute of means to perform this shall fast three days immediately succeeding such is the satisfaction of a not accomplished Oath keep exactly your faith so doth God teach you his Commandments you will peradventure give him thanks O ye that believe in God! Wine Games of hazard Idols Lots and divinations are abominations and filthy practises of the Devil depart from him perhaps you will be righteous The Devil desireth to sow among you dissention and horror through Wine and Games of hazard to choak your remembrance of God and of praying to him abandon Wine and Games of hazard be obedient to God and the Prophet his Apostle and take heed to your selves If you disobey God know that the Prophet is obliged only to preach publickly the word of his Divine Majesty the true Believers and the righteous have not provoked God in drinking Wine and playing at Games of Hazard before they were prohibited they will abstain for the future and perform good works God loveth them that do good O ye that believe God proveth you by one thing to wit by hunting whether you take the Game with your hands or coursing on Horse-back to discern them among you that fear him and believe in his Law whosoever shall offend him shall be severely punished O ye that believe kill not your Game during the time of your Pilgrimage to Mecca whosoever shall kill of deliberate purpose shall be judged as if he had slain his Neighbours beast he shall be judged by one among you and be condemned to offer a Present at the Temple of Mecca or to give Food to the Poor or to fast or to perform somewhat of like Nature for the expiation of his Errour if he have repentance in his mind God will pardon what is past if he return in his sin God will be avenged on him he is Omnipotent and avengeful It is permitted that you fish and eat of fish during your Pilgrimage but hunting by Land is absolutely forbidden in this Voyage fear God you shall all one day be assembled before him to be judged he hath appointed the month of Pilgrimage he hath established the Temple of Mecca for the Devotion of the people and hath forbidden to give impediment to such as bring thither oblations and those that assume Collers to the end you may learn to understand that he knoweth all things both in Heaven and Earth and that he is Omnipotent Know ye that he is grievous in his Chastisements and gracious and merciful The Prophet is obliged but to preach his Commandments he knoweth all that you conceal in your hearts and whatever you make manifest Evil must not be equal to good notwithstanding it be pleasing to you O ye that are wise have the fear of God before your eyes peradventure you shall be happy O ye Believers desire not the knowledge of all things you will afflict your selves be not curious to know at what time the Alcoran was sent from Heaven God pardoneth your former curiosity your Predecessours were alike curious and in the number of unbelievers God hath commanded nothing touching the she Camel whose ear is slit neither that which is at liberty in the Field neither concerning the Ewe that hath brought forth seven Lambs neither the Camel of whom have issued ten Camels but the wicked invent blasphemies against his Divine Majesty and are unwise When it was said to them come and observe what God hath taught his Prophet they replyed it sufficed them to follow what their Fathers had observed notwithstanding their Fathers were ignorant and erroneous O ye Believers be careful of your selves such as be in errour shall not hurt you if you follow the right way all of you shall one day be assembled before God who shall discover all your works and reward you according to your merits O ye Believers make your Testament when your death approacheth and take two Witnesses of your own Religion that are honest men If you are in a journey and sickness surprize you you shall take two witnesses such as you shall meet with to serve your Testament and having prayed shall deliver to them your Will. If you doubt their integrity cause them to swear to be faithful in their testimonies and not give themselves to be corrupted by your Kindred Conceal not your testimony lest you be in the numof sinners If you discover those two witnesses to have erred in their testimony substitute two other in their place although they partake in your succession and take Oath of them to be more veritable in their dispositions than the two others otherwise they will offend God and be numbred with the unjust It is better to speak Truth than to be in fear lest your fashood be detected fear God and hearken to his Commandments he guideth not them that disobey him He shall one day assemble his Prophets and Apostles and say unto them what did you answer being questioned concerning my unity they shall reply Lord we are ignorant thou alone knowest all things He shall say to Jesus O Jesus Son of Mary remember thou my grace towards thee and thy Mother I strengthned thee with the Holy Ghost Thou spakest in thy Cradle as a Man of forty or fifty years thee did I instruct in Scripture and knowledge the Old Testament and the Gospel Thou didst form of Earth the figure of a Bird didst breath upon it and it did flie thou didst cure the Born blind and the leprous didst revive the Dead I delivered thee from the Iews when thou didst preach to them my Commandments and wroughtest Miracles which the wicked affirmed to be Magick and inchantment Remember how thou didst command thy Apostles to believe in me and obey my Prophet and how they said we believe in one sole God be thou Witness that we entirely resign our selves to the Will of God. Remember thou that the Apostles said O Jesus Son of Mary can thy Lord send us from Heaven a Table covered with meats to satisfie us Jesus answered them Fear God if you believe in his Law they said we have an Appetite and desire to eat of the Food of Heaven for the repose of our hearts and to know if thou speakest the truth of which we shall be Witnesses Then said he O God my Lord cause to descend upon us from Heaven a Table covered with meat this day shall be celebrated by us and them that shall succeed this shall be a sign of thy Omnipotency enrich us with thy grace thou possessest all Treasure God said to him I will cause to descend from Heaven the
Food which thou desirest and whosoever shall be â—…mpious shall be punished with torments that no man yet hath suffered He shall say at the Day of Judgment O Jesus Son of Mary didst thou enjoyn the people to worship thee and thy Mother as two Gods Jesus shall answer praised be thy name I will take heed of speaking what is not thou knowest if I have said it thou art Omniscient thou knowest what is in my Soul and I have no knowledge of what is in thee I delivered nothing but what thou didst command me to speak to wit Worship God your Lord and mine I am Witness from the time that I was in the World until thou didst cause me to dye thou didst observe the Deportments of the people thou feest all if thou chastisest Men they are thy Creatures if thou dost pardon them thou art Omnipotent and Wise. Then shall God say this day shall good works be profitable to the righteous they shall enter into Paradise wherein flow many Rivers there shall they dwell eternally with my grace in exceeding great felicity the Kingdom of heaven of Earth is Gods he is Omnipotent CHAP. VI. The Chapter of Gratifications containing an hundred sixty and fifteen Verses written at Medina IN the name of God gracious and merciful Praise be to God the Creator of Heaven of Earth of darkness and of light such as believe not in their Lord are in error He it is that created you of the dust of the Earth and appointed a prefixed time for your death and resurrection nevertheless you doubt he is God in Heaven and in Earth he understandeth the secrets of your hearts and whatsoever you make manifest he knoweth the good and evil that you commit that his Commandments have been taught the Inhabitants of Mecca and that they have abjured them they opposed the revealed Truth but shall be chastised for their contempt They consider not how much People we have destroyed in past ages we gave them places to dwell in more strong and spacious than those which you inhabit sent them about of rain caused Fountains flow in the places of their habitation after this did we extirpate them by reason of their sins and established in their place a new People We have sent to thee the Scripture written in Vellum the unbelievers have handled it with their hands yet say it is evident sorcery and inchantment that they will not believe therein unless they see an Angel descend to confirm it Should we have sent an Angel they had perished by his presence unless we had sent him under the figure of a Man like unto them and cloathed as they are They derided the Prophets and Apostles thy Predecessors derision is fallen upon such as contemned them Say to them go through the World and consider the end of them that abjure the Law of God say to them to whom appertaineth whatsoever is in Heaven and Earth it is Gods. He will imploy his mercy to save you doubtless he will assemble all of you at the Day of Judgment Nevertheless Infidels believe not in his Unity they consider not that whatsoever moveth by night and by day and whatsoever is in the World belongeth to his Divine Majesty who understandeth and knoweth all things Say to them require you other protection than that of God the Omnipotent Creator of Heaven and Earth who nourisheth all things is nourished by none Say to them I have received a command to embrace the Law of Salvation Be not ye in number of unbelievers I fear to disobey my Lord and fear the torments prepared for the wicked at the day of Judgment he that shall deliver himself shall enjoy the grace of God which is supream felicity If God will punish you none shall deliver you from his punishment if his Will is to do good to you he is Omnipotent always victorious and hath all power over his Creatures he is most wise and Omniscient Say to them What better testimony is there in the World than that of God Say to them He shall testifie between you and me to whom he hath inspired the Alcoran to instruct you Will any among you that shall learn it say there is any other God but God I will not say so there is but one God and I am innocent from the sin you commit in associating him with a companion equal to him many of them that understand the written Law have knowledge of the truth of the Alcoran their Children also know it but such as forsake their own Souls will not believe in God. Who more unjust than he that blasphemeth against God and his Commandments Certainly the wicked shall be miserable I will assemble all of them and say Where are the gods which you did associate with God They shall have none other excuse but to say by God Lord we were of the number of Idolaters Consider how they will lie and disavow their blasphemies some there be among them that hearken to thee we have hardened their hearts they will not learn the Alcoran because their ears are stopped When they shall hear related all the miracles of the World and shall see them with their eyes they will not believe until they have disputed against thee The wicked say the Alcoran is but a lie and â—…able of Antiquity they forbid the People to believe it and contemn it certainly they destroy their Souls and know it not thou shalt see when they shall be detained in the fire of Hell they will say Would to God I might return into the World I would obey the Commandments of his Divine Majesty and be in the number of true believers They knew the truth but concealed it should they return into the World they would return to their impiety they are liars They affirm there is none other life than that of the World neither any resurrection when they shall be before God they shall acknowledge their errors he shall cause them to feel the chastisements due to their blasphemies Such as believe not in the Resurrection are wretched Men they shall be afflicted for their sins at the hour when ever death shall surprize them they shall bear on their back the burthen of their crimes and avouch the life of this world to be but deceit and vanity and the life of the other to be full of felicity for the righteous nevertheless the wicked are not converted I know thou wilt be incensed against such as shall say they desire to obey thee and shall renounce thy Doctrine they that contemn the Commandments of God are impious they have belied the Prophets thy Predecessors the Prophets endured their lies and were patient until we destroyed them God declineth not what he hath promised Thou knowest what the Prophets foretold if Men abandon thee canst thou coveâ—… to continue on earth to instruct them and to be in Heaven at the same time to cause prodigies appear testimonies of thy mission Had it so pleased God he had
people if you follow Chaib you are damned not long after an Earthquake and Thunder surprized them and in the Morning they were found dead in their Houses such as belyed Chaib found no safety in their Habitations they were wretched he abandoned them and said O ye people I have preached to you the Will of God with fidelity I will no longer afflict my self with the Malice of the wicked We inflicted Sickness and Poverty on them that disobeyed the Prophets whom we sent to the Inhabitants of Madian peradventure they will be converted We proved them through Diseases and Health and gratified them in many Occurrences yet they said our Fathers were afflicted with Sickness and Poverty we shall be as they but we chastised them for their sin when they least considered it Had the Inhabitants of Mecca had our fear before their eyes and obeyed our Commandments we had opened to them the blessing of Heaven and Earth we will punish them because they are impious Some there be that shall be afflicted in the Night when they sleep and others that shall be toâ—…mented by day when they sport and recreate themselves they believed God to be a dâ—…ceiver and are damned God guideth into the right way true Believers and makes them Heirs of the Earth after their Parents had he so pleased he might have destroyed all the World he might have hardned the hearts of the people and no man had hearkned to his word I recount what things befel that City many Prophets have been sent to its Inhabitants and wrought many Miracles yet would they not relinquish their former impiety thus have we hardned the hearts of Infidels they violated their Promises and we found most of them to be wicked and disobedient We sent Moses to Pharaoh and his people he to them shewed Miracles which through their Malice they contemned but consider the end of those wicked men Moses said unto Pharaoh I am a Messenger sent from God the God of the Universe when I speak of God I deliver the Truth I am come through his Command to tell thee thou must dismiss with me the Children of Israel and no longer detain them in thy Dominions Pharaoh said if thou comest from God and art true in thy sayings let us see some Miracles then he cast upon the ground his Staffe which was changed into a Serpent shewed his hand that appeared exceeding white to the eyes of the Spectators The Doctors of Pharaoh said this Man is a Magician he would have us to abandon our Countrey what is your opinion detain him Prisoner and his Brother and send into your Cities to assemble Magicians The Magicians of Pharaoh appearing before him they said what shall be our reward if we shall be Victorious He replyed to them you shall be well rewarded and shall be of them that approach my Person They said O Moses wilt thou first cast down thy Staffe on the ground or shall we ours Moses bad them cast down theirs which they did enchanting the eyes of the Spectators and terrifying them with an extraordinary enchantment God inspired Moses to cast down his Rod which devoured the Staves of the other and the Truth appeared above falshood and above the Vanity of their Actions they were vanquished to their confusion forsook their Magick and prostrating themselves on the Earth uttered these words We believe in the Lord of the Universe the Lord of Moses and of Aaron Pharaoh said to them Ye believe in the God of Moses without my permission this is a deceit invented by you to drive the people out of my Dominions but you shall soon know the punishment that I will lay upon you I will cut off your feet and hands and command you to be crucified They answered We recommend our selves wholly to the Will of God whatsoever is thy revenge on us thou shalt not hinder us to believe in the Miracles that we see neither to obey the Commandments of his Divine Majesty Lord give us patience and to die in the number of true Believers Then said Pharaoh's Doctors dismiss Moses and his people that they may go whither they see good to pollute the Earth that they may leave thee in quiet with thy Gods He said I will cause their Children to be slain their Wives to be abused and I will inflict upon them a thousand torments Moses said to his people Implore succours of God with patience and Prayers the whole Earth is Gods he giveth it to inherit to whom he seeth good the other World is for the rightâ—…ous They said O Moses We before thy coming desired the death of our Enemies he replyed God will not destroy your Enemies to leave you alone upon the Earth he shall behold your Actions We afflicted Pharaoh and his Subjects with Famine perhaps unbelievers will consider it When any happiness befel them they said they well deserved it and when they fell into Misery they affirmed Moses and his people to be the cause of it It is God that punished them but of this most of them were ignorant They said unto Moses cease to shew us thy Miracles to inchant us we will not obey thee We sent upon them a Deluge Grass-hoppers Lice Frogs and Blood one after another nevertheless they were proud and in the number of the wicked When our wrath fell upon them they said O Moses call upon thy Lord that he give us what to thee he promised remove his displeasure from us we will believe thee and will dismiss with thee the Children of Israel When we delivered them from affliction they sharpned their Tongues murmured and violated their Promises we avenged our selves upon them and drowned them in the Sea for that they contemned our Miracles and we gave the West and East to the Children of Israel who were humble before us we gave them our blessing our word was accomplished upon them because of their perseverance and we destroyed the Armies of Pharaoh The Children of Israel having past the Sea met with Men that adored Idols and said O Moses make unto us Gods like to the Gods of this people he answered ye are ignorant these Men are wretched what they do is but ignorance and Vanity shall I desire that you worship other Gods than God that preferred you to all the World We have delivered you from Pharaoh's people who caused you to endure great torments they murthered your Children abused your Wives and you suffer heavy afflictions for the punishment of your sins We detained Moses on the Mountain thirty Nights and ten other Nights which is in all forty Nights when he went up he said to his Brother Aaron be thou my Lieutenant command this people in mine absence and follow not the path of the wicked When Moses at the time appointed arrived at the top of the Mountain and that his Lord spake to him he said Lord permit me to see thee he said thou shalt not see me behold this Mountain if it continue firm
Quarter of you give them Quarter to the end they may learn the word of God teach them his Commandments for they are ignorant How should they have Truce with God and his Prophet If they believe neither in the one nor the other except them with whom you entred Truce in the Temple of Mecca If they observe their promise to you observe what ye promised to them God loveth such as have his fear before their eyes How shall they have Truce with you If they have advantage over you they will respect neither your alliance nor confederacy They will speak well of you and contemn you in their heart the greatest part of them are impious they have preferred the riches of this World to the Commandments of God and have hindred the People to follow his Law as if they knew not what they did they bear no respect to the True believers wherein they are exceedingly to blame If they turn and make their prayers at the time appointed if they pay Tithes they shall be your Brethren in God. I teach the mysteries of faith to such as have understanding to comprehend them if they break their promise and disturb them of your Religion kill their Captains as persons without faith they will perhaps put an end to their impiety Slay such especially that renounce their faith who have endeavoured to drive the Prophet from Mecca and have begun to slay you will you fear them Will ye be terrified by them It is reasonable that ye fear God if ye believe in his Law fight them God shall chastise them by your hands he shall render them dishonourable and protect you against them he shall fortifie the hearts of True believers and expel melancholy he pardoneth whom he seeth good knoweth all things and is most prudent in what he ordaineth Think ye to be forsaken of God and that he discerneth not them that have fought gallantly for his Law from such as have adored Idols and disobeyed his Prophet The True believers abandon not their Religion another time to profess it God knoweth all your actions Infidels must not enter into the Temple of Mecca knowing that they are Infidels the good works which they shall do in this World shall be unprofitable and they shall dwell eternally in the fire of Hell. They that believe in God and the Day of Judgment that make their prayers at the time appointed pay Tithes and worship one God alone shall visit the Temples of his Divine Majesty and such as fear the Creatures more than the Creator err from the right way We have ordained that such as shall bear fresh Water to Pilgrims and them that shall visit the Temple of Mecca shall be in the number of them that believe in God and the Day of Judgment Such as fight for the faith are not all equal in graces and merits before God he guideth not the unjust Such as have believed in God as have departed from the wicked and employed their wealth and persons to fight for his Law shall have a particular degree and a particular place near to his Divine Majesty they shall be the more happy God through his goodness declareth to them that they shall enter into delicious Gardens where they shall remain eternally there is with God a very great reward O ye that believe obey not your Fathers nor your Brothers that love rather to follow impiety than the faith Such as shall obey them shall offend exceedingly if your Father your Children your Brothers your Wives your Parents your friends the wealth that you have gained the fear of losing your riches and apprehension of poverty have more of power over you than God and his Prophet and hinder you to fight for the faith the Commandment of God shall be executed against you he guideth not the wicked and hath protected you in many occasions Remember the day of Battle of Hanin when ye rejoyced in the multitude of your Men it did not advantage you fear made you find the place too narrow for flight and ye turned the Back as vanquished Remember that God at that time put his Prophet and the true Believers in a place of safety and sent invisible Troops to chastise the Infidels he pardoneth sins as seemeth good to him he is gracious and merciful O ye that believe in God! Unbelievers are unclean permit not that they enter into the Temple of Mecca after this year if ye have apprehension of want God shall enrich you with his Grace if it please him he is Omniscient and most prudent Fight against them that believe not in God nor the Day of Judgment that forbid not to act what God hath prohibited and his Prophet hath forbidden and that judge not according to the Law of truth wherein they were instructed who heretofore received the written Law they chuse rather to pay Tribute than to be converted therefore are they contemptible The Iews have said that the Son of God is most powerful the Christians that the Messiah is the Son of God their words are like to the words of the Infidels that preceded them but God shall lay upon them his Curse Consider how they blaspheme they adore their Doctors and Priests and the Messiah also the Son of Mary who commanded them to worship one God alone there is but one 〈◊〉 God praised be God there is nothing equal to him they would extinguish the light of God with their mouth but he shall not suffer them he shall cause it to appear notwithstanding it be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to the Infidels He hath sent his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Men into the right way to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Law of Truth and to make it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 all other Laws of the World 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Will of Idolaters O ye that truly 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 many of the Doctors and Priests eaâ—… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the substance of the people 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 them from the Law of God 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as â—…reasure up and expend nothing 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—…s works they shall suffer great torments at the day when the fire of Hell shall be kindled upon them it shall burn their Forehead sides and back it shall be said to them behold the wealth which ye have treasured up for your Souls taste the Fruits of your Treasures which ye have amassed When God created the Heaven and the Earth he ordained the year of twelve Months amongst which four are priviledged Offend not God especially in those Months fight at all times against Unbelievers as they will fight against you and know that God is with them that have his fear before their eyes Sloth and forgetfulness abound in impiety God misâ—…eadeth through negligence the Unbelievers that prefer one Month to another in imitation of what is commanded they permit to do what God hath forbidden and delight in the Malice of their Actions but 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 Paradise when you
nevertheless they have detracted and uttered words full of impiety they have denied to have been enriched through the grace of God and of his Prophet if they turn they shall do well if they abandon the Faith God shall punish them in this World and in the other with grievous torments and on Earth they shall find no Protector there be of them who have inclined to capitulate with God and have said if God doth good to us we will believe in him when he did good to them they were Niggards and avaritious they have erred and disobeyed his Commandments but he chastised them because of their impiety he hath imprinted it in their hearts until the Day of Judgment for that they have disobeyed him because they violated their Promises and by reason of their Lies know they not that God understandeth what they conceal in their hearts and that he knoweth what is present past and future There be of them who deride the true Believers that give Alms according to their power God shall deride them and they shall feel the rigour of eternal pains implore pardon for them or implore it not when thou shalt beg sixty and ten times pardon for them God shall not pardon them because they are ingrateful towards him and his Prophet God doth not guide them that disobey him they rejoyced to be left behind the Prophet when he went to fight for the Service of God they had an aversion to sight and employ their Persons and Goods for the Service of his Divine Majesty they said we will not go out of our Houses with this heat say to them Hell is much more hot could you comprehend they shall laugh a little in this World and shall weep much in the other for a punishment of their sins If thou meet them and they demand permission to go out with thee to fight for the Faith say unto them you shall not go out neither shall ye ever fight against the Enemy with me ye were slothful and Cowards the first time remain with the Unbelievers pray not for them after their Death and stay not at their Tombs because they believed neither in God nor his Prophet and died in their wickedness Be thou not astonished neither at the abundance of their wealth nor the number of their Children God will make use of them to chastise them in this World and will destroy them in their impiety When command was sent to them to believe in God and fight with his Prophet the most powerful among them desired thee to excuse them and said leave us with them that continue in their Houses and desire to remain with the sick the Women and little Children God hardened their hearts and they shall never learn the truth The Prophet and true Believers that were with them and fought and employed their Persons and goods for the Service of God shall be blessed he hath prepared for them Gardens wherein flow many Rivers with perfection of felicity Some of the Arabians came to excuse themselves of going to the War and such as renounced God and the Prophet remained in their Houses but they shall resent grievous torments because of their wickedness the sick the impotent and those that want means to be present at the War offend not God in abiding in their Houses provided they be faithful to his Divine Majesty and his Prophet The righteous are not obliged to do but what is in their power God shall be to them gracious and merciful Such as repaired to thee to fight and whom thou didst dismiss for want of occasion did not offend God they returned to their Houses with tears in their eyes with discontent to have wanted means to employ in the Service of his Divine Majesty the War is appointed to such as intreat thee to exempt them that are rich and have wealth to subsist they require leave to remain with their Wives and Children God hath hardned their hearts and they know it not they shall come to excuse themselves when thou shalt meet them Say unto them excuse not your selves I do not believe you God hath given us to understand your News he and his Prophet likewise hath rendred your good works vain and unprofitable ye shall one day appear before him that knoweth what is past present and future he shall cause you to remember whatsoever you have done and shall punish you according to your demerits They shall conjure you by the Name of God when you approach them to depart from them depart from them they are full of uncleanness Hell shall be their Habitation where they shall be tormented for their Crimes They shall beseech you to love them if you love them know that God abhorreth them that disobey him The Arabians who observe not the Precepts which God hath sent to his Prophet are ye more impious and ingrateful God knoweth all things and is most prudent There be Persons among the Arabians who account it lost Money that they expend for the Service of God and protract their departure to retard yours and make you to attend the Wheel of misery is upon them God understandeth whatever they say and knoweth all their Actions there be among them who believe in God and the Day of Judgment they esteem that their expence for the Service of God draweth them nigh to his Divine Majesty and they invite the Prophet to pray for them God shall give them his mercy he is gracious and merciful to them that obey him They that first arrived at Medina the first of them that went out of Mecca to depart from the wicked such as were at the Battel of Beder and such as imitated them in well doing shall injoy the Grace of God he hath prepared for them Gardens wherein flow many Rivers with supreme felicity There be Arabians about you and in Medina they affect impiety you know them not but I know them all I will chastise them twice on Earth to wit through Ignominy and death and they shall feel in the other World exceeding great torments Others there be that confess their sins and who do good and evil works peradventure God will pardon them he is altogether gracious and merciful take of their substance for Alms thou shalt render them righteous and shalt purifie them pray for them thy Prayers shall procure them the mercy of God he understandeth and knoweth all things Know they not that God accepteth the conversion of his Creatures that their Alms are pleasing to him and that he is gracious and merciful Say unto them do what shall please you God his Prophet and the true Believers shall see what you do you shall one day appear before him who knoweth the present past and future he shall make you to know whatsoever ye have done and shall chastise you after your demerits There be others that attend the pleasure of God either his grace or his wrath his punishment or his mercy God understandeth what is in their Souls and is
am innocent of what ye do There be persons among them that have inclination to hear thee but art thou able to cause the deaf to hear Should they not be deaf they would learn nothing Others there be who look toward thee but art thou able to guide the blind should they see clearly they would not follow the right way God doth no injustice to Men they do injury to themselves through the enormity of their offences I will cause them to rise again at the Day of Judgment as if they had remained but one hour of a day in the Grave they shall know each other and the wicked who have not believed in the Resurrection shall be damned I will shew thee many of them whom I will chastise I will cause thee to die before they be chastised and they all shall appear before me to be judged God is witness of their actions he shall punish them according to their demerits every Nation of the World hath had a Prophet sent from God who hath judged with reason and without injustice the differences that were among them touching Religion They have said at what time shall the wrath of God appear Say unto them I of my self can neither procure good nor evil if God doth not permit it every one hath his destiny when the time of their destiny arriveth they can neither retard or advance it one hour Have ye considered the punishment which God heretofore sent by day and by night against the wicked When ye felt it ye believed it and fell into it headlong It shall be said to the wicked at the Day of Judgment taste eternal torments shall you not be punished according to your demerits They will ask of thee if the pains denounced against the wicked and if the Resurrection be matters of Truth Say unto them yes my Lord is most exact in his words and all the Treasures of the World shall not be able to redeem one Soul. They shall repent of their sins when they shall feel the punishment of their offences but shall be condemned without injustice whatsoever is in Heaven and in Earth appertaineth to God he is exact in his Promise yet the greatest part of the World do not know him He it is who causeth to die and giveth life and shall assemble Men at the Day of Judgment O People God hath sent you instructions and remedies for your infirmities he hath sent a guide to conduct true believers into the way of his mercy it shall be to them of more advantage than the treasures that they accumulate Have ye considered the good things which he hath created for you Ye have appointed one part to be eaten and have prohibited to eat of another Hath God permitted you to blaspheme against him The opinion of such as blaspheme against God shall be but misery at the Day of Judgment God is full of goodness for the people but most of them are ingrateful In whatsoever place thou art whether thou teach what is contained in the Alcoran or whether thou labour I am always present nothing is concealed from thy Lord of whatsoever is in Heaven and Earth be it great or little all is written in the intelligible Book that explaineth all things There needeth no fear for such as recommend themselves to God they shall be exempt from the pains of Hell. The true believers who have his fear before their eyes shall suffer no torments in the other World it is declared to them on Earth that they shall have all content the word of God admits of no alteration they shall enjoy perfection of felicity in Paradise Afflict not thy self for the words of the impious vertue proceedeth from God he understandeth and knoweth all things whatsoever is in Heaven and in Earth appertaineth to him They who worship Idols follow but their opinion and are lyars God hath created the night for repose and the day for labour such as hear his Word find therein marks of his Omnipotency They have said Do ye believe that God hath a Son Praised be God he is most rich and hath no need of any person he possesseth whatsoeever is in Heaven and Earth you have no reason in what ye alledge will you speak of God what ye know not God doth not aid in this World them that blaspheme against him he shall cause them to feel after their death great torments because of their impiety Instruct them in the History of Noah how he spâ—…ke to his People and said O People if my abode with you and the preaching of the Commandments of God be irksom to you know that all my support is in God assemble your Doctors with your Idols and conceal not what ye do go whither you will ye shall find none to protect you if ye contemn my instructions I require not of you a reward for my pains I desire to receive of none other than God the Omnipotent and recommend my self to the will of his Divine Majesty They slandered Noah then did we save him in the Ark and them that were with him we prolonged their posterity on Earth and drowned the wicked consider the end of such as heard the Word of God and contemned it We sent to them other Prophets after Noah they made them to see Miracles and gave them most salutary instructions but they did not believe in what they had no will before to believe Thus I harden the heart of the wicked We after them sent Moses to Pharaoh and his Subjects with our miracles they arose against our Commandments when the truth was preached to them and said it was but Magick and Enchantment Moses said to them Will you say that the Truth is Sorcery God doth not assist Magicians and Sorcerers they said Art thou with thy Brother come to divert us from the Religion of our Fathers and to be esteemed on Earth We will believe in thy words Then Pharaoh commanded to summon the most skilful of his Magicians they being assembled Moses said to them cast down what ye have a will to cast down on the ground having cast down their Cords and Staves Moses said to them know ye none other thing but Magick God shall render it vain and unprofitable he abhoreth such as defile the Earth he confirmeth the Truth through his Word although it be against the will of the wicked Few Men believed in Moses because of their fear to displease Pharaoh and his Ministers Pharaoh was powerful on Earth and in the number of the wicked Moses said O People if ye believe in God resign your selves to his will they answered All our confidence is in God Lord do not thou abandon us to the malice of the unjust deliver us through thy mercy from the hands of Infidels We inspired Moses and his Brother to dwell some time in Egypt with their people and to make Oratories in their Houses therein to make their prayers and preach to true believers Lord said Moses thou hast enriched Pharaoh and
Seest thou not how he assembleth the clouds how he placeth them one upon another Considerest thou not how the rain falleth through their pores and that God causeth fresh water to descend from the mountains He hath given it to whom seemeth good to him he causeth the brightness of lightning to approach men which blindeth their sight and over whelmeth the day with night These things are signs of his omnipotency to them that consider them He created of a little water all sorts of living Creatures some creep upon the Earth others walk upon two feet and others upon four he created what pleased him he is omnipotent Certainly he hath senâ—… a Law clear and intelligible to conduct into the right way whom it shall seem good to him The Infidels say We believe in God and his Prophet nevertheless a party among them abandon his Law and believe not in his divine Majesty When they are called before God and before the Prophet to judge their differences many among them refuse to come if they come it is with contempt They are greatly afflicted at heart do they fear that God and his Prophet will do them injustice On the contrary they themselves are unjust When the True believers are called before God and the Prophet to be judged they say We have heard and obeyed they are not ignorant Those that shall obey God and his Prophet shall be blessed Many swear to fight gallantly for the Faith when they shall be commanded to march against the enemy say unto them Swear not your obedience to the Prophet shall be preferred to your oaths God knoweth whatsoever ye do say unto them Obey God and his Prophet if they be disobedient they shall bear their burden and ye shall bear your own if ye obey ye shall follow the right way The Prophet is obliged onely to preach intelligibly God promiseth to the True believers that shall do good works that they shall live long upon Earth as he promised to them that were before them that they might establish the Law that he gave them he shall change their fear into assurance he shall deliver them from terror that they may adore him alone without Companion He that is 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 shall give you his mercy Believe not that the Infidels are more powerful on Earth than we they shall be precipitated into the fire of Hell. O ye that are True believers your Slaves and your Servants of free-condition shall require leave of you to enter where ye shall be thrice viz. Before the Prayer at break of Day after Noon and after Supper they shall not offend in entring without leave where ye shall be at another time they enter there to serve you In this manner doth God teach you his Commandments he knoweth the humor of his Creatures and is most prudent in all that he ordaineth It is ordained to your Children when they shall be at age of discretion to demand of you permission to do what they shall desire as did your Predecessors Thus doth God teach you his Commandments he is gracious and merciful The old and decrepit Women shall not offend God to quit their vails and discover their faces provided it be without vanity and design to shew their Ornaments If they abstain they shall do well God heareth whatsoever ye say and knoweth all that is in your hearts The Blind the Lame the Sick and you also shall not sin to eat in the House of your Children at the House of your Father and Mother Brothers Sisters Uncles Aunts Friends and in the House of your Servants ye shall not offend God if ye eat together or apart When ye shall enter into any House salute each other from God with blessing and affection Thus doth God teach you his Commandments peradventure you will learn them When those that believed in God and his Prophet repaired to the Prophet they retired not without his permission Such as required leave to depart believe in God and his Prophet if they require leave of thee for any business licence whom shall seem good to thee and pray to God for them he is gracious and merciful Call not the Prophet as ye call one another among you God knoweth such as shamefully depart out of the Temple and the Trench Such as disobey his Commandments ought to take heed lest some mischief befal them and that they suffer not great torments Whatsoever is in the Heavens or on Earth is Gods he knoweth if ye are zealous in your faith or be hypocrites he knoweth the Day wherein all the World shall be assembled before him to be judged In that day shall men see what they have done he knoweth all things CHAP. XXV The Chapter of the Alcoran containing Seventy and seven Verses written at Mecca IN the Name of God gracious and merciful Praised be he that sent the Alcoran to his Servant to instruct 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 worship Gods that can create nothing and are things created they can neither do them good nor evil they can give neither Life nor Death neither cause them to rise again They say that the Alcoran is but a fable of thine invention invented with the assistance of some other Person but they lye and blaspheme They say that it is but an old Song and a fable of the Ancients that thou writest and that thou studiest Morning and Evening Say unto them It was sent by him that knoweth all things in Heaven and Earth altogether gracious and merciful They said Who is this Prophet He eateth Bread and Meat and walketh through the streets we will not believe him unless that an Angel descend from Heaven to preach to us with him unless that Angel enrich him and that he have a Garden full of good and savory fruits he is but a Wizard or one possessed of the Devil Consider to what they compare thee certainly they are in error and cannot find the right way Praise and bless him that is able to bestow on thee a greater good when it shall seem good to thee to wit Gardens wherein flow many Rivers and Houses of pleasure They have denyed the certainty of Universal Judgment and we have prepared the Fire of Hell to punish them wrath shall carry them away with terrible crys when they shall behold the place of the assembly of Judgment when they shall there appear they shall be desperate and shall cry O misery Cry not O misery cry O miseries in the Plural Ask of them which is better and more advantageous that or Paradise which is prepared for the recompence of the righteous where they shall dwell eternally with all manner of felicity this is it that God hath promised and that which was impetrated of
with you their adherents and the devils thrown headlong into the fire of hell the Idolaters shall dispute in hell with them whom they have worshipped and shall say By God we were abused when we adored you the wicked seduced us we have none this day to intercede for us neither friend to protect us could we return into the world we would believe in the Law of God this discourse shall be for example to the wicked that believe not that thy Lord is the Omnipotent and merciful The people of Noahs time slandered the Apostles and Prophets that were sent to them Noah their brother said unto them Fear God I am his Messenger sent to preach unto you fear God and obey him I require no recompence for my instructions God the sole Lord of the world shall reward my labours fear and obey him They said shall we believe in thee and thy followers who are infamous He said I know not what they do my Lord keepeth accompt of their actions if ye knew the right way ye would not worship Idols I drive not true believers from my society I am sent only to preach the torments of Hell. They said O Noah if thou quit not this discourse thou shalt be stoned Noah said Lord this people is impious judge our difference deliver me from their malice and all true believers that are with me We preserved him and those that were with him in the Ark and destroyed them that remained on the earth This is an evidence of our Omnipotency yet the greatest part of Infidels believe not that God is omnipotent and merciful The people of Aads time traduced the Apostles and Prophets that were sent unto them Hod his brother said unto them fear God I am his Messenger sent to preach unto you with fidelity Fear God and obey him I require of you no recompence of my preaching the Lord of the Universe shall abundantly reward me Will ye Build sowers and lofty Palaces as if ye would dwell eternally in the world Will ye be cruel without compassion on your selves Fear God and obey him fear him who giveth you his grace bestoweth on you wealth children gardens and fountains I fear that ye shall suffer grievous pains at the day of Judgment They said unto him Art thou come to be preached unto or to preach to us Thou relatest to us old mens Fables They slandered him and we destroyed them this is a token of our Omnipotency nevertheless the greatest part of Infidels believe not thy Lord to be Omnipotent and merciful The people of Temod belyed the Prophets that were sent unto them his brother Salhe said unto them fear God I am a messenger sent from God to preach to you fear God and obey him I require of you no recompence for my preaching the Lord of the Universe shall recompence my labours will ye forsake eternal riches to cleave to the wealth of this world to put your trust in your gardens your fountains your tillages your dates and fruits shall ye be esteemed prudent if ye build houses of pleasure in the mountains fear God obey his Commandments and obey not the wicked that defile the earth and do no good They said unto him thou art a Magician and an Inchanter thou art but a man like unto us shew us some miracle if thou be indeed a Prophet sent from God he said behold there a Camel he hath a place to drink at a day appointed ye likewise have it to drink as he do him no harm otherwise shall ye be punished at the day of Judgment They did hurt this Camel through contempt but had cause to repent it and were severely punished This is an example for posterity nevertheless the greatest part of Infidels believe not that thy Lord is altogether gracious and merciful The Citizens of Lot traduced the Prophets that were sent unto them Lot their brother said fear God I am a faithful Messenger sent from him to preach to you fear God and obey him I require of you no reward for my pains God will reward me will ye cleave to the world to reject that glory that he hath created for you ye forsake good to embrace evil They said O Lot if thou change not this discourse we will banish thee from our City he said perhaps I am one of those whom ye abhor Lord deliver me with my family from their hands We saved him with all his family except his wife who remained with the inhabitants of the City we caused to fall upon them a rain that destroyed them This is an example for posterity nevertheless the greatest part of Infidels believe not that thy Lord is Omnipotent and merciful They that inhabit the Forest slandered the Prophets that were sent unto them Chaib said to them fear God I am a faithful messenger sent from him to preach unto you the torments of hell fear God and obey him I require no reward of you for my preaching the Lord of the Universe shall recompence me Measure with good measure and weigh with good weights detain nothing from your neighbour defile not the earth fear him that created you and all those that were before you They said unto him thou art a Sorcerer thou art but a man like us we believe thee to be a lyar if thou art indeed sent from God cause a part of heaven to fall upon us he answered God knoweth that of which ye are ignorant they traduced him but were chastised being covered with a cloud that rained upon them a shewer of fire and they were burned as if it had been the day of Judgment this is a token of my Power but the greatest part of Infidels believe not that thy Lord is Omnipotent and merciful Certainly the Alcoran was sent by the Lord of the world the faithful Spirit inspired it into thine heart that thou mayst preach to the people the pains of Hell in the Arabique tongue the Scriptures heretofore made mention of it if the Infidels of Mecca are ignorant of it the Doctors of the children of Israel have knowledg to understand it although that we have not sent it in the language of the Persians yet cease not to instruct them in that which they know not we have imprinted a lye in the hearts of the wicked they shall not believe what is written in the Alcoran until they see the punishment prepared for Infidels at the day of Judgment that day shall come at unawares of which they are ignorant They say let us tarry and not believe as yet in what is contained in that book are they impatient until they see their punishment Hast thou seen how they have some years deferred it and how in the end that which we promised befel them their riches were to them unprofitatable We have not destroyed Cities without having forewarned them of their destruction we are unjust to none The devils did not bring the Alcoran it was to them of none advantage they could not compose
into publick with all his 〈◊〉 they that affected the wealth of this World said Would to God we had as much wealth as 〈◊〉 he is happy but the more knowing among them said Ye are unhappy the grace of God is more advantageous to them that believe in his Law and do good works than all the Treasures of â—…ron none shall receive his grace but such as shall obey him and persevere in 〈◊〉 to his Commandments We deprived Caron of all his Treasures and none was able to 〈◊〉 him against us then they that had 〈◊〉 his 〈◊〉 said oh Miracle God giveth to and 〈◊〉 of wealth whom to him seemeth good 〈◊〉 not God given us his Grace we had been 〈◊〉 cerâ—… the wicked shall be miserable I will bestow Paradise on them that hate Vanity and disorder upon the Earth and shall have my fear before their eyes whosoever shall do good shall find good who doth evil shall be chastised after his demerits He that hath taught thee the Alcoran shall cause thee to return to the place that thou desirest Tell the inhabitants of that place that God knoweth them that teach the right way and such as go astray Thou didst not expect the Alcoran it is a special grace of thy Lord assist not the Infidels and take heed lest they seduce thee after having learnt what hath been taught 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 shall have an end except his Face he commandeth over every thing and all men shall one day appear before him to be judged CHAP. XXIX The Chapter of the Spider containing Sixty nine Verses written at Mecca IN the Name of God gracious and merciful I am God most Wise. Men have believed that it is sufficient to say We believe in God and that they be not proved Certainly God proved their Predecessors and knew such as were zealous in his Law and them that were Infidels Do they who have done evil think to escape the punishment of their Crimes and not to be judged Such as hope to see God shall behold him at the time appointed by his divine Majesty he understandeth and knoweth all things He that fighteth for the faith fighteth for his soul certainly God hath no need of men their sins shall be pardoned who shall believe in his divine Majesty and shall do good works We enjoyned the children of Israel to honour their father and mother and to do good to them if they press thee to worship many Gods thou shalt be damned if thou give ear to them obey them not in this matter ye shall be assembled before me I will set before you all that ye have done I will reward you according to your works and place such as shall have observed my Law in the number of the blessed There be men who affirm that they believe in God and are impatient when evil befalleth them from God to prove them If God give victory to the True believers they say that they are on their side but doth not God know what is in their heart He knoweth them that believe in his Law and those that are impious The Infidels said to the True believers do like us follow our way we will bear your sins They will not bear them they are lyars they shall bear their own burdens shall not an account of their sins be required of them at the day of Judgment We sent Noah to instruct men he lived upon the Earth nine hundred and fifty years The Flood surprized and destroyed the people of his time because they were unjust and we saved Noah and those that were with him in the Ark this ought to serve for example to all the world Remember Abraham who said to his people Adore one God and fear him ye shall do well if ye have knowledge to comprehend it ye worship but Idols and are but lyars those whom ye worship cannot benefit you implore succor of God worship him and give him thanks for his graces ye shall one day appear before him if ye traduce me those that were before you traduced the Prophets Gods Messengers Messengers are obliged only to discharge their message are ye ignorant that God causeth men to dye and shall raise them again it is a thing easie to God Walk through the Earth and consider how God hath extirpated your predecessors and created after them another people certainly he is omnipotent He punisheth and pardoneth as he seeth good you all shall one day be assembled before him to be judged you shall not render him impotent either in Earth or in the Heavens ye shall find none of power to protect or defend you against his divine Majesty such as obey not his Commandments who believe not the resurrection and despair of his mercy shall suffer great torments The people answered kill Abraham and burn him but God delivered him from the fire that they had kindled which shall serve for example to True believers He said unto them ye adore only Idols because of your love to the wealth of the world ye shall despise and curse each other at the day of Judgment Hell shall be your habitation and ye shall be deprived of protection Lot believed in his words and said I will retire to the place which my Lord shall appoint me he alone is omnipotent and most wise We gave to Abraham two sons Isaac and Iacob we caused Prophets to be be born of his race and taught his progeny the Scripture we rewarded him in this world and he shall be at the day of judgment in the number of the blessed Remember Lot who said to his people Ye defile your selves with filthiness unknown to any before you ye incline to the love of men ye rob upon the high ways and defile one another This people answered Let us see the judgments of God if what thou speakest be true Then he said Lord protect me against unbelievers When our Messengers came towards Abraham to declare to him that he should have children they said unto him We will ruine Lots City and destroy all the inhabitants thereof because they are impious Abraham answered Lot dwelleth in that City they said We know all that is within it and we will preserve him with all his family except his wife she shall be in the number of them that shall be punished When our Messengers arived at Lots house he was troubled in that he had not strength sufficient to defend them from the malice of the people they said unto him Fear nothing neither afflict thy self We will preserve thee and all thy family except thy wife she shall abide among them that shall be destroyed we will cause the indignation of God to fall upon this City because of their impiety it shall serve for example to posterity We sent Chaib ro his brethren the inhabitants of Madian he said unto them Worship
the Wealth that we have given them No man hath either seen or knoweth what God reserveth to recompence the Righteous for their perseverance The believers and unbelievers shall not be alike entreated the believers that have done good works shall enjoy Paradise as the reward of their labours and the unbelievers shall be precipitated into the Fire of Hell the more they shall labour to get out the further shall they enter into it it shall be said to them Taste the pains of eternal flames which ye would not believe I will make the wicked to taste of the torments of the World and the pains of Hell if they be not converted Who is more unjust than he that knoweth the Commandments of his Lord and disobeyeth them We will be avenged on his impiety We gave a most true Book to Moses to instruct the Children of Israel we put into the right way those among them that persevered in their Faith and obeyed our Commandments Thy Lord shall judge the difficulties of the Infidels at the Day of Judgment see they not how much People we destroyed in times past that reposed confidence in their Houses It is a token of our Omnipotency will they never understand it See they not how I thrust forth Water in desart and barren Lands That I cause Herbs to spring forth for the nourishment of men and beasts Will they never consider it They demand when will the Day of Judgment come Say unto them that Day shall not bring contentment to Infidels and they shall be without protection Depart thou far from them persevere and attend they wait an occasion to mischief thee but thou shalt see them chastised CHAP. XXXIII The Chapter of Bands and Troops of Souldiers containing fourscore and seven Verses writttn at Medina IN the name of God gracious and merciful Oh Prophet fear God and obey not unbelievers God knoweth all things and is most prudent in what he ordaineth observe what thy Lord hath taught thee he knoweth the actions of men recommend thy self to God it ought to suffice thee that he protecteth thee He hath not given two hearts unto men he hath not enjoyned us to call your wives your mothers those which you call your children are not all your Children ye speak it only with the mouth but God always speaketh the truth and guideth men into the way of salvation Call your neighbour by the name of his father this action shall be acceptable to God provided that ye have no evil design 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 believe in God and honour his wives as their mothers Kinsmen are heirs of each other it is so appointed by his divine Majesty to the Believers that went out of Mecca to follow the Prophet It is ordained in Scripture to do good to your parents Remember thou that we received the promise of the Prophets of thee of Noah of Abraham of Moses and of Jesus the Son of Mary to worship but one God we received a strong promise An accompt shall be required of their actions and the wicked shall feel the rigour of infinite pains Oh ye that believe in God! remember his favour towards you when ye were charged by troups of enemies he sent against them an impetuous wind and troups invisible to your eyes to fight them he seeth all that ye do those invisible troups came from the East and from the West from above and below when your sight was troubled and your hearts failed you because of the great number of your â—…nemies ye had already conceived a very bad opinion of the Law of God then were the True believers tryed they trembled with â—…ear The wicked and such as were weak in their faith said that whatsoever God and his Prophet had promised them was but abuse and vaâ—…ity 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 how a party of them said to the 〈◊〉 of the Territory of Medina there is no 〈◊〉 for you with Mahomet reâ—… 〈◊〉 your houses Remember thou how many among them required dismission and said that theâ—… houses were forsaken Their houses were not forsaken but they had a design to â—…ly had they 〈◊〉 to their houses they had on all â—…des perswaâ—…d them to follow imâ—… they shoâ—… not there have made long abode because they before had promised God not to fly he would have required an accompt of their promises Say unto them flight shall be to you unprofitable if ye flie death for that ye ought no longer to contiâ—…e in the world Say unto them who is able to protect you against God when 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to destroy you take none other 〈◊〉 but him he knoweth them that were diâ—…waded to go to the battel to spare their wealth and persons They cast an eye upon thee when they are surprised with fear they turn their eyes into the head as a man that dyeth and when they are delivered from fear they traduce thee because of their extreme avarice Such men believe not in God he rendreth all their works unfruitful it is a thing easie to his divine Majstey The Troups of the Infidels believed they were invincible and when they saw the troups of the True believers they desired to flye The Infidels desired to draw the Arabians to their party and have intelligence to know in what condition you are had they been of your party few of them had been slain the adhering to the Prophet of God serveth to you as a Cittadel it serveth as a Bulwark to them that apprehend the day of Judgment and think often on his divine Majesty When the believers said behold what God and his Prophet promised us they are sincere in their promises the sight of their enemies encreased their faith and zeal towards God and his Prophet There be persons among the True believers who have performed what they promised to God many of them are dead in obedience to the Commandments of his divine Majesty others attend the same thing and swerve not from what they have promised God shall recompence them for their zeal and chastise the Infidels or pardon them if it so please him he is gracious and merciful God shall destroy the unbelievers with their wrath against the believers he protecteth True believers in combats he is strong and omnipotent The Jews descended from their Fortress to give aid to the Infidels but God cast fear into their hearts a party of them were slain and the rest taken slaves they by their death made you heirs of their lands their houses their riches and fortresses 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 sumptuous Call them Say unto them that thou wilt deal well with them and wilt repudiate them with mildness and civility If they love God and his Prophet if they are virtuous his divine Majesty will
their sins there was none of power to save them for that they despised the Prophets of his Divine Majesty they contemned his Law and were impious but he severely chastised them he is Omnipotent and most severe We sent Moses with Miracles with Reasons clear and intelligible to Pharaoh to Haman and Caron they said that Moses was a Sorcerer and a lyar and when he preached to them the truth on our behalf they said kill him with all those that believe him and make their wives infamous but their conspiracy was but impiety Pharaoh said hinder me not to kill Moses let him invoke his God to save him I fear that he may alter your Law and introduce some disorder in the Land Moses said God mine and your Lord shall defend me from the malice of the proud that believe not the Day of Judgment Then a man of the domestiques of Pharaoh that secretly professed the true Law said will ye slay a man that declareth that God is his Lord And that hath made you to see Miracles If he be a Lyar his lye shall be against him but if he speak the truth something of what he hath preached shall befal you God guideth neither the wicked nor lyars Oh People you this day command on Earth with splendor who shall defend us from the wrath of God if it fall upon us Pharaoh said I speak nothing to you but what I have told you heretofore and I will guide you all into the right way he of his Domestiques that secretly professed the true Law said Oh people I fear lest ye be chastised as have been your predecessors as were the people of Noah Aad Temod and those that were after them God will not do injustice to men I fear for you the Day of Judgment a day when ye shall rise again with terror to render account of your actions he whom God shall seduce shall find none to guide him Certainly Ioseph came heretofore with instructions clear and intelligible Nevertheless ye doubted even until his death and said that after him God shall not send a Prophet like unto him thus doth God seduce the wicked that doubt of his Law he hateth such as dispute without reason they are abhorred of them that believe in his Divine Majesty thus God hardneth the heart of the proud and Tyrants Pharaoh said to * Haman build me an high Palace peradventure I shall arrive at the Heavens and as high as the God of Moses I believe him to be a Lyar. Thus Pharaoh delighted in his wicked actions he erred from the right way and his conspiracy was but his destruction He of his Family that was a True believer said Oh people follow me I will guide you into the right way the riches of the Earth pass away lightly and the riches of Heaven are Eternal he that doth evil shall find evil who doth good man or woman believing in God shall enter into Paradise where he shall be enriched innumerably with all manner of riches Wherefore invite you me to precipitate my self into the Fire of Hell since I exhort you to your Salvation Ye invite me to be wicked and to believe that God hath companions and I know it is not so I call you to the Omnipotent and merciful God doubtless I will not worship your Idols they cannot hear you either in this World or in the other we all shall be one day assembled before God who will condemn Infidels to the Fire of Hell consider hereafter what to you I have preached I am resigned to the will of God he beholdeth all the actions of his creatures he shall chastise them for the evil that they shall commit and for their wicked designs He sent his punishment upon the Lineage of Pharaoh they deserved to be precipitated into the Fire of Hell they shall burn Evening and Morning It shall be said to them at the Day of Judgment oh People of Pharaoh go enter into the Fire of Hell. The Infidels shall quarrel in Hell the poor shall say unto the rich We followed you are ye able this day to deliver us from Eternal flames They shall answer we all are damned with you God is a most just Judg. The damned shall say to the Ministers of Hell Pray to your Lord that he may asswage these torments for one day they shall answer had ye not on Earth the Prophets and Apostles of God to instruct you They shall say Yes pray therefore to God your selves the wicked love nothing but impiety I will protect on Earth my Prophets and them that observe my Law and particularly at the Day of Judgment that day the wicked shall have no excuse that shall advantage them my curse shall fall upon them and they all shall be damned We taught Moses the way of Salvation and made the Children of Israel heirs of his instructions to instruct them that shall understand them Persevere and be patient the promise of God is infallible implore pardon of thy sins and exalt the praise of thy Lord Evening and Morning They that dispute against the Commandments of God are without reason and have nought in their Souls but pride and ignorance Implore succor of God he understandeth and seeth all things the Creation of the Heavens and of the Earth is greater than the Creation of men but the greatest part of men know it not the Blind is not like to him that seeth clearly he that doth good is not like to him that doth evil neither is obscurity such as the light but few men consider it Doubtless the Day of Judgment shall come nevertheless the greatest part of men will not believe it Your Lord hath said Call upon me I will hear you such as shall resist my Law shall go into Hell and be Eternally seduced God hath created the Night for repose and the day for travel he is bountiful towards his creatures but the greatest part of the people are ingrateful God is your Lord Creator of all things there is no God but he How can the wicked Blaspheme So do they blaspheme that are ingrateful for the graces of God he hath established you on Earth he hath covered you with the Heavens he hath formed you enriched you he is your God your Lord blessed be God Lord of the Universe he it is that giveth and depriveth you of life there is no God but he be obedient to him and observe his Law praised be God Lord of the Universe who hath created you of mire Say unto the Infidels I am forbidden to worship the Idols that ye adore God hath taught me his unity I have received command to worship none but the Lord of the Universe he created you of dust and mire and congealed Blood he causeth you to be born little Infants he maketh you to arrive to the age of discretion to virility and old age many die before that age and all attain to the time of their destiny peradventure ye shall understand his Unity he it
graces of them that obey his Commandments and fortifieth them in their perseverance Shall the Infidels tarry until the day of Judgment surprizeth them The signs of that day hath already appeared that day shall repentance be in vain There is no God but God implore from him parden of thy sin and for these men and women that believe in his Law he knoweth what they do day and night If the Chapter of the place where Justice is rendred had not been sent and had not made mention of Combats thou hadst not seen them that doubt of the Law look upon thee with eyes troubled because of their fears of dying Teach them obedience and speak to them with civility Had they believed and obeyed when they were appointed to fight they had performed a good work Have ye disobeyed Have ye abandoned the Law of God to defile the Earth and to deprive your selves of his mercy God rendreth them whom he curseth and who comprehend not the truth of the Alcoran deaf and blind Have they a firm heart Such as have returned to their impiety after having known the right way were tempted of the Devil and particularly when they told the Infidels that they would obey them in any thing God knoweth all their secrets what will become of them when the Angels shall cause them to die they shall beat them before and behind because they have incurred the wrath of God and despised his Commandments their good works shall be unprofitable think they that God will never make manifest their malice If thou wilt I will make it appear thou shalt know them by their countenance thou shalt discover them by their voice and speech Say unto them God knoweth all your actions he shall prove you to discover the believers and the unbelievers The wicked who hinder the people to follow the way of Salvation that contradict the Prophet after they have had knowledg of the Law of God hurt not his Divine Majesty their actions are vain and unprofitable Oh ye that believe obey God and his Prophet and render not your good works ineffectual through disobedience he pardoneth not the wicked who seduce the people from the way of Salvation and die in their impiety Be not faint-hearted and flothful ye shall be victorious God is with you He will not deprive you of reward the life of this world is but foolish pastime and delusion if ye believe in God and have his fear before your eyes he will recompence you for your good works he requireth not an account of your riches if he do require it of you it is to hinder you to be avaricious and to banish usury from among them that believe in his Law Oh people ye are commanded to make some expence for the love of God He that shall be a niggard and avaricious in this occurrence shall be avaricious and a niggard to himself God is rich and ye are poor if ye despise his Law he will create in your place other persons that shall not do like you CHAP. XLVIII The Chapter of Conquest containing twenty nine Verses written at Mecca This is the Chapter Of the taking of the City of Mecca IN the name of God gracious and merciful We have given thee a manifest victory God pardoneth the sin that thou didst commit when thou wert too prompt and when thou wert too tardy to fight for his Law he shall accomplish his grace upon thee he shall guide thee into the right way and shall powerfully protect thee he hath delivered the hearts of the believers from fear to augment their faith he disposeth the forces of the Heavens and Earth he knoweth all and is most prudent He shall make them that shall obey his Commandments to dwell in Gardens wherein flow many rivers and shall remit to them their offences this is supreme felicity The Infidels the wicked the disobedient and unjust that have evil thoughts of God shall be accursed of his Divine Majesty misery shall always pursue them and his wrath be eternally upon them he hath prepared for them the pains of Hell. God disposeth the powers of the Heavens and Earth he is omnipotent and wise We have sent thee to be witness of the deportments of those of thy Nation to proclaim to them the joys of Paradise and to preach to them the pains of Hell to the end they may believe in God and in his Prophet that they may praise him honour him and exalt his glory evening and morning Such as shall obey thee obey God the hand of God is stronger than the hand of men he that shall sin shall offend against his own soul and he that performed what he hath promised to God shall have an exceeding great reward Such of the Arabians as have no inclination to follow thee say thou imployest our wealth and persons to go with thee implore therefore pardon of God for us but they speak not with the mouth what they have in the heart Say unto them who but God is able to do ought for you if it be his will to bring good or evil upon you he is omnipotent and knoweth all that you do Ye believed that the Prophet and True believers should be slain when they fought for the Law of God ye believed that they should never return to their houses This opinion rejoiced your heart but you were deceived and were your selves destroyed with them that believed not in God nor his Prophets God hath prepared the fire of Hell for Infidels the Kingdom of the Heavens and Earth appertaineth to him he punisheth and chastiseth whom he listeth he is gracious and merciful When ye shall go to the spoil such as refused before to follow you to the fight will say Permit us to go with you they would pervert the Word of God. Say unto them Ye shall not follow us in this occasion God hath not heretofore ordained it they will reply Certainly ye are envious against us on the contrary they understand not the Law of God except very few among them Say to the Arabians that refused to follow thee Ye shall be called to fight against miserable men ye shall fight them nevertheless they shall still be obedient to God if ye obey and fight for the Faith he will largely reward you if ye desert his service as heretofore ye have done he shall severely chastise you The blind the lame and the sick are not obliged to go to the war. He that shall obey God and his Prophet shall dwell eternally in Gardens wherein flow many rivers and he that shall disobey Gods Commandments shall be punished for his disobedience God accepted their action that repaired to thee under the tree he knew what they had in their hearts he confirmed their steps and gave them victory he is omnipotent and wise God had promised you great spoil he gave it you and delivered you from the hands of the people this shall serve for a sign of his omnipotency to the true believers
form which ye know not we caused the soul to enter into the body if ye consider not this think upon your tillage do ye make the earth to bring forth fruits or do I cause them to spring forth If I will I can render your fields drie as straw without grain nevertheless are ye proud Ye say what shall our grain that we have sown be lost No we will preserve it Consider the water that ye drink have ye made it to fall from the Clouds or did we cause it to descend if we please we can render it so salt that ye shall not be able to drink it if ye acknowledg not this grace consider the fire that ye kindle did ye create the wood that burneth We created it to put you in mind of the fire of Hell and for the profit of the people Exalt the name of God most mighty I swear by him that maketh the Stars to fall this is a great oath if ye understand it that the Alcoran is a book worthy of praise all therein is written in good order no person shall handle it that is not clean and purified it is sent from God Lord of the Universe If ye renounce what is written in this book ye shall be in the number of Infidels and shall know the truth when the soul shall forsake your body I know this better than you but ye do not consider it if ye believe not to rise again cause your soul to return into your body when it shall be upon your lips when a righteous man dyeth he shall find rest and all manner of contentment in the delights of Paradise if he be of them that hold the book of the account of their works in the right hand and shall be free from eternal pains If he be in the number of Infidels and seduced he shall be precipitated into hell this is a most certain truth Exalt the name of thy Lord Omnipotent CHAP. LVII The Chapter of Iron containing twenty nine Verses written at Medina IN the name of God gracious and merciful All that is in the heavens and earth exalteth the glory of God he is omnipotent and wise the Kingdom of the Heavens and Earth is his he giveth life and death to whom he pleaseth he is without beginning and without end he knoweth all that men make manifest and whatsoever they keep secret he knoweth all things He it is that created the earth and the heavens in six days and â—…itteth on his throne he knoweth whatsoever entreth into the earth and all that cometh out he knoweth whatsoever descendeth from heaven and whatsoever ascendeth he is with you in whatsoever place ye are and seeth all your actions the Kingdom of the heavens and earth is his and all things obey him He maketh the night to enter the day and knoweth what is in the heart of men Believe in God and his Prophet expend in pious works some part of the wealth that he hath given you he shall give you more Do good abundantly to them that believe in his Law wherefore will ye not believe in God and his Apostle who teacheth you the Commandments of your Lord Ye have promised him to embrace his Law he hath inspired his Commandments into his servant to bring you out of darkness and guide you into light he is gracious and merciful Who hindreth you to make any expence for his glory The inheritance of the heavens and earth is his Such as for his service have expended any thing before the taking of Mecca are not equal in merit to them that fought to conquer that City they are far above them that fought not and shall be protected of his divine Majesty he promiseth Paradise to the righteous and knoweth all your actions Who is he that shall lend to him any alms he shall encrease his substance and give a great reward Be thou mindful of the day when thou shalt see those men and women that have obeyed my Commandments with a light that shall go before them it shall be said to them this day it is declared to you that you shall enter into and dwell eternally in Gardens wherein flow many Rivers and where ye shall find supreme felicity Be thou mindful of the day that the wicked shall say to the True believers Behold us cast your eye to our side that we may partake a little of your light They shall say unto them Return upon your steps to demand light There is a place betwixt them that hath a secret gate full of grace and repâ—…se for the righteous and without environed with misery for the wicked they shall call upon the righteous and say Were not we of your Religion they shall reply Yes but ye betrayed your souls through disobedience ye doubted of the Law of God your blasphemies rendred you insolent until the hour of your death the Devil made you proud and moved you to rise against the Commandments of his divine Majesty this day there is neither ransome nor favour for you the fire of hell is the habitation of the wicked Oh what an habitation Such as believe in God think it no trouble to humble their hearts at the remembrance of the Alcoran and the truth that it containeth they are not like them that heretofore had the knowledg of the written Law they have been a long time without Prophets their hearts are hardned and the greatest part of them have been impious Know that God restoreth life to the earth after the death thereof we have taught you the mysteries of faith peradventure ye will comprehend them God shall multiply the benefits that the righteous shall lend to him and shall return them a great reward Such as believe in God and his Prophet are righteous Martyrs shall be recompenced of God they shall be covered with light and the wicked that disobey his Commandments shall be damned eternally the life of this world is but vanity sport and delusion it is but pride the abundance of wealth and children is like to the rain the wicked wonder at the plants that it produceth in the end they wither become yellow and then are altogether dry the impious shall suffer great torments and the good shall enjoy the mercy of God the life of this world is but matter of pride implore pardon of God Paradise large as heaven and earth is prepared for them that shall believe in his divine Majesty and his Prophet this is an immense grace which he conferreth on whom he pleaseth All the evil that ye suffer on earth in your goods and persons is written in a Book before it befal you it is an easie thing to God to the end that ye afflict not your selves extraordinarily in your displeasures and that ye rejoyce not over-much in your contentments God loveth not the proud he hath not to do with the covetous who recommend avarice to the People and who neglect their duty Praise is due to him praise is due to him in all places certainly
will put upon their noses a mark of shame and igâ—…ominy we have tried them as Gardeners when â—…hey have resolved in the evening to cut off the morâ—…ing followng some fruits of their garden for â—…heir refection and have not said if it please God By night while they slept God sent fire â—…nto their gardens that consumed them in the morning they called each other and said Come â—…o put order to your garden if ye desire to gaâ—…her the fruits they believed the poor would enâ—…er they ran to drive them away and found their â—…ruits black and their gardens blasted Then they â—…aid We are seduced we are sinners one of them â—…aid that it was requisite to praise God then they â—…aid Praised be God we are great sinners they â—…pproached each other and complained among â—…hemselves they said misery is upon us we were â—…n a great error peradventure God will give us â—…ereafter more than the value of what we have lost we must beg his grace thus God chastiseth on earth whom he pleaseth but the torments of the other world are much more grievous They that have â—…his fear before their eyes shall dwell in gardens full of delights Shall I entreat the good like the wicked How can ye judg it have ye a book wherein you read what pleaseth you have we promised to you any content at the day of Judgment Shall you have that day what ye have promised to your selves Ask of them who will be surety for their belief will their Idols and companions be their surety Let them cause them to come if they be true Be thou mindful of the day when sins shall be detected and the wicked shall be commanded to worship God but they shall not be able to behold him their eyes shall be troubled with fear and their sight covered with shame They are enjoyned in the world to worship his divine Majesty but they refuse to perform it I will punish them by little and little when they shall least think of it I will defer the punishments of their crimes because my wrath is strong Dosâ—… thou demand of men any reeompence for thy preaching are they charged with any expence Have they in their power the book wherein is the future to write therein what they affirm Attend the Judgment of thy Lord and be not like him that was swallowed of the Whale He invoked his Lord in his affliction if his Lord had not sent him his grace he should never have come upon earth when he repented of his sin his Lord pardoned and placed him in the number of the righteous The unbelievers labour to shake thee througâ—… their looks and that through envy they affirm that thou art possessed of the Devil when the hear thee read the Alcoran It was not sent but tâ—… instruct the world CHAP. LXIX The Chapter of Verification containing Fifty two Verses written at Mecca Exteri intituleth this The Chapter of Iudgment because that day all shall be verified IN the Name of God gracious and merciful Verification approacheth Verification approacheth God hath not told thee in what time shall be the day of Verification Temod and Aad would not believe him that preached to them the day of affliction and sorrow but Temod was destroyed by an extraordinary noise and Aad by an impetuous wind that God sent against them Seven nights and eight days together they were overthrown stretched out like Palms faln upon the Earth Did any one among them save himself Pharaoh and his predecessors with the Inhabitants of the Cities that were overthrown because of their sins disobeyed the Prophets and Apostles of God and were rudely chastised We preserved you in Noah's Ark when the waters swelled to serve for example of our Omnipotency to them that saw it and to such as shall hear it mentioned Be thou mindful of the day when the Angel shall sound the Trumpet when the Earth shall lift it self up and the Mountains tremble then what must come to pass shall come to pass Heaven with Weakness shall open and the Angel that shall bear the Throne of God shall be upon the border of the Heaven Then shall Eight Angels present the books wherein shall be written the sins of Men and nothing shall be concealed Such as shall take in the right hand the Book of the account of their actions shall say We find what we believed to be true we know with certain knowledg the coming of this day and the felicity of Life is in Paradise It shall be said to them Eat and drink of the good things of Paradise at your pleasure They that shall take the Book of account of their actions in their left Hand shall say Would to God that this Book had been lost I know not what is this account would to God that I had been eternally buried in the Earth the Riches Authority and Treasures of the World are to me unprofitable It shall be said to the Devils Take them bind them and throw them headlong in to Hell put Chains seventy Cubits long upon their arms and cast them into fire they would not believe 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 shall find nothing but the pains of Hell prepared for the wicked I swear Although ye see and although ye do not see the Alcoran it is the word of the Prophet the Apostle of God it is not the word of a Poet but few persons will believe it It is not the word of one that is wicked but few men remember it it is sent from God Lord of the Universe The Infidels say Oh Prophet if thou speak we will not hear thee thy speech shall not enter into our hearts Say unto them There is none among you able to deliver you from the punishment of your crimes the Alcoran instructeth in the way of Salvation them that believe in his Divine Majesty I know that there are Lyars among you whom God shall put into the number of Infidels The Alcoran is truth it self Praised be the Name of God Omnipotent and Majestick CHAP. LXX The Chapter of the Ascent containing Forty four Verses written at Mecca IN the Name of God gracious and merciful Some persons have demanded when shall be the Day of Judgment and in what time the wicked shall be chastised None but God is able to deliver men from the torments of Hell he is Lord of the way that ascendeth to Heaven the Angels and Spirits shall ascend towards him at the Day of Judgment that day shall seem to the wicked to endure Fifty thousand years expect with patience the wicked imagine they are far from that day but thou shalt see it speedily that day shall the Heaven resemble dissolved Metal the Mountains shall be like to carded Wool which bendeth downwards none shall ask his Neighbour who he is and they shall look one upon another the unbelievers shall desire to redeem
punishment but he surprized them and did cast terror into their hearts and they destroyed their dwelling places with their own hands to assist the True believers O ye that are wise consider their end If God had not appointed them to quit their Countrey he had chastised them in some other manner they in the end shall suffer the pains of Hell fire because they have disobeyed his Commandments and his Prophet he that shall disobey him shall be severely chastised ye cut not Palm-trees and leave none standing but through Gods permission he covereth with shame and infamy them that disobey him He commandeth you to give to the Prophet a part of the spoil that ye shall gain from your enemies as well of Horses and Camels as of other spoils he endueth him with power and authority over whom he pleaseth he is Omnipotent He enjoineth you to give to the Prophet a part of what ye shall conquer over them of the City of Mecca he commandeth what pleaseth him Give a share to God to the Prophet his Parents Orphaus the poor and Pilgrims that no disorder may arise among you that are rich perform what the Prophet shall command you abstain from what he shall prohibit you and fear God he is severe in his chastisements Do good to the poor that have forsaken their faculties and houses and separated themselves from the wicked for the Service of God and to defend his Law and Prophet They that before them forsook their houses for the Service of God affect those that have followed them they bear them no malice for the wealth they possess although themselves are necessitous They that are not avaricious shall be happy such as shall succeed them shall pray for them and say Lord pardon our sins and our brethren that were our Predecessors in the observance of thy Commandments infuse no malice into our hearts against them that follow thy Law thou art gracious and merciful Seest thou not that the wicked say to their brethren wicked as themselves Had ye not so soon left Medina we had gone out with you and had never obeyed him whom ye have obeyed had ye fought we had defended you God seeth that they are impious had they delayed to go forth they should not have gone forth with them had they fought they would not have succoured them they had turned the back and had found no protection they fear men more than God because they are ignorant The Iews shall not fight against you together unless in their Fortresâ—…es and behind Walls the War among them is cruel but think not that they may assemble and unite themselves their hearts are divided because they are ignorant they are like their Predecessors who were chastised and slain and shall suffer great torments at the Day of Judgment they are like to him whom the Devil hath seduced and said to him I am innocent of thine impiety I fear God Lord of the Universe the end of both is to be cast headlong into the fire of Hell where they shall abide Eternally such is the reward of the wicked O ye that believe fear God and consider what ye shall do at the Day of Judgment fear God he knoweth whatsoever ye do be not like to those that forget his Commandments he forgetteth them and they continue in the number of the damned they shall be most miserable and such as shall go into Paradise shall be blessed If we should make the Alcoran to descend upon a Mountain it will open it self with the fear it will have of the Word of God. Thus do I speak in Parables to the People peradventure they will be converted There is but One only God who knoweth what is present future and past he is gracious and merciful there is but one God King of all things He is holy the delieverer true the punisher strong powerful glorious Praised be God he bath no companion he is God the Creator who hath formed whatsoever is in the World all glorious Attributes are due to him whatsoever is in Heaven and Earth exalt his glory he is Omnipotent and Wise. CHAP. LX. The Chapter of Tryal containing Eighteen Verses written at Mecca Some Mahometan Doctors have intituled this the Chapter of Vocation because it entreateth of Women that forsook thrir Husbands to follow the Law of Mahomet who appointed to try their hearts intention and to know their Vocation IN the Name of God gracious and merciful O ye that believe obey not mine nor your enemies ye shew kindness to them when ye meet them nevertheless they reject the truth that hath been sent unto them and chase away the Prophet and you also and that because ye believe in God your Lord seek not their friendship when ye fight against them for my Law I know what ye ought to fear and ye know it not he that shall do what is here above prohibited followeth an evil way if they have advantage over you they will be your enemies they will stretch forth their hands and Tongues against you they will revile you and desire that you may renounce your faith if ye do it ye shall have no content in your Wives or Children at the Day of Judgment ye shall be separated from them and God shall behold all your actions Ye have a fair example in Abraham and them that were with him when they said to the People we are innocent of the sin that ye commit in worshipping any other God but God Abraham said to his Father I will not implore pardon of God for thee I am not able to deliver thee from his punishment if thou art an Idolater Lord all our confidence is in thee our refuge is in thy mercy protect not unbelievers against us pardon our sins thou art merciful and wise ye have in them a fair example for them that fear God and apprehend the day of Judgment God hath not to do with them that obey Infidels neither hath he need of any person and praise is due to him in all places peradventure he will establish for the future great amity between you and them that ye hate he is omnipotent gracious and merciful he doth prohibit you the conversation of them that fight not against you for his faith and that expel you not from your houses he doth not forbid you to do them justice he loveth the just He forbiddeth you to converse with them that fight against your faith that drive you from your houses and aid to expel you he prohibiteth you to obey them and to contract amity with them such as obey them shall be exceedingly too blame O ye that believe in God! when the wives of your enemies shall throw themselves into your party try their conscience if ye know them to be faithful and to believe in the Law of God restore them not to the incredulous Infidels it is not lawful for them to know them neither for the women to teach them give them subsistence ye shall not