Part 27
Said
he, "And what, O messengers, is your errand?"
They
said, "To a wicked people are we sent,
To
hurl upon them stones of clay,
Destined
by thy Lord for men guilty of excesses."
And we
brought forth the believers who were in the city:
But we
found not in it but one family of Muslims.
And
signs we left in it for those who dread the afflictive chastisement, --
And in
Moses: when we sent him to Pharaoh with
manifest power:
But
relying on his forces he turned his back and said, "Sorcerer, or
Possessed."
51:40 So we seized
him and his hosts and cast them into the sea; for of all blame was he worthy.
And in
Ad: when we sent against them the desolating
blast:
It
touched not aught over which it came, but it turned it to dust.
And in
Themoud: when it was said to them, "Enjoy
yourselves for yet a while."
But they
rebelled against their Lord's command: so the
tempest took them as they watched its coming.
They
were not able to stand upright, and could not help themselves.
And we
destroyed the people of Noah, before them; for an impious people were they.
And the
Heaven -- with our hands have we built it up, and given it its expanse;
And
the Earth -- we have stretched it out like a carpet; and how smoothly have we
spread it forth!
And of
everything have we created pairs: that haply
you may reflect.
51:50 Fly then to God: I come to you from him a plain warner.
And
set not up another god with God: I come to you
from him a plain warner.
Even
thus came there no apostle to those who flourished before them, but they
exclaimed, "Sorcerer, or Possessed."
Have
they made a legacy to one another of this scoff? Yes, they are a rebel people.
Turn
away, then, from them, and thou shalt not incur reproach:
Yet
warn them, for, in truth, warning will profit the believers.
I have
not created Djinn and men, but that they worship me:
I
require not sustenance from them, neither require I that they feed me:
Verily,
God is the sole sustainer: possessed of might: the unshaken!
Therefore
to those who injure thee shall be a fate like the fate
of their fellows of old. Let them not challenge me to hasten it.
51:60 Woe then to
the infidels, because of their threatened day.
Sura LII (52)
The Mountain
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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
By the
mountain,
And by
the Book written
On an
outspread roll,
And by
the frequented fane,
And by
the lofty vault,
And by
the swollen sea,
Verily,
a chastisement from thy Lord is imminent,
And
none shall put it back.
Reeling
on that day the Heaven shall reel,
52:10 And stirring shall the mountains stir.
And
woe, on that day, to those who called the apostles liars,
Who
plunged for pastime into vain disputes --
On
that day shall they be trust with thrusting to the fire of Hell: --
"This
is the fire which you treated as a lie.
What!
is this magic, then? or, do you not see it?
Burn
you therein: bear it patiently or impatiently
'twill be the same to you: for you shall assuredly
receive the reward of your doings."
But
mid gardens and delights shall they dwell who have feared God,
Rejoicing
in what their Lord have given them; and that from the pain of hell-fire hath
their Lord preserved them.
"Eat
and drink with healthy enjoyment, in recompense for your deeds."
52:20 On couches ranged in rows shall they
recline; and to the damsels with large dark eyes will we wed them.
And to
those who have believed, whose offspring have followed them in the faith, will
we again unite their offspring; nor of the meed of their works will we in the
least defraud them. Pledged to God is every man for his actions and their
desert.
And
fruits in abundance will we give them, and flesh as they shall desire:
Therein
shall they pass to one another the cup which shall engender no light discourse,
no motive to sin:
And
youths shall go round among them beautiful as imbedded pearls:
And
shall accost one another and ask mutual questions.
"A
time indeed there was," will they say, "when we were full of care as
to the future lot of our families;
But
kind hath God been to us, and from the pestilential torment hath he preserved
us;
For,
heretofore we called upon Him -- and He is the Beneficent, the Merciful."
Warn
thou, then. Four thou by the favour of thy Lord art neither soothsayer nor
possessed.
52:30 Will they say, "A poet! let us
await some adverse turn of his fortune?"
Say,
wait you, and in sooth I too will wait with you.
Is it
their dreams which inspire them with then? or is it that they are a perverse
people?
Will
they say, "He hath forged it (the Koran) himself?" Nay, rather it is
that they believed not.
Let
them then produce a discourse like it, if they speak the Truth.
Were
they created by nothing? or were they the creators of themselves?
Created
they the Heavens and the Earth? Nay, rather, they have no faith.
Hold
they thy Lord's treasures? Bear they the rule supreme?
Have
they a ladder for hearing the angels? Let any one who hath heard them bring a
clear proof of it.
52:40 Asked thou pay of them? they are
themselves weighed down with debts.
Have
they such a knowledge of the secret things that they can write them down?
Desire
they to lay snares for thee? But the snared ones shall be they who do not
believe.
Have
they any God beside God? Glory be to God above what they join with Him.
And
should they see a fragment of the heaven falling down, they would say, "It
is only a dense cloud."
Leave
them then until they come face to face with the day when they shall swoon away:
A day in
which their snares shall not at all avail them, neither shall they be helped.
And
verily, beside this is there a punishment for the evil-doers: but most of them know it not.
Wait
thou patiently the judgment of thy Lord, for thou art in our eye; and celebrate
the praise of thy Lord when thou risest up,
And in
the night-season: Praise him when the stars
are setting.
Sura LIII (53)
The Star
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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
By the
star when it setteth,
Your
compatriot erreth not, nor is he led astray,
Neither
speaketh he from mere impulse.
The
Koran is no other than a revelation revealed to him:
One
terrible in power taught it him,
Endued
with wisdom. With even balance stood he
In the
highest part of the horizon:
Then
came he nearer and approached,
And
was at the distance of two bows, or even closer, --
53:10 And he revealed to his servant what he
revealed.
His
heart falsified not what he saw.
What!
will you then dispute with him as to what he saw?
He had
seen him also another time,
Near
the Sidra-tree, which marks the boundary.
Near
which is the garden of respose.
When
the Sidrah-tree was covered with what covered it,
His eye
turned not aside, nor did it warner:
For he
saw the greatest of the signs of his Lord.
Do you
see At-Lat and Al-Ozza,
53:20 And Manat the third idol besides?
What?
shall you have male progeny and God female?
This
were indeed an unfair partition!
These
are mere names: you and your fathers named
them thus: God hath not sent down any warranty
in their regard. A mere conceit and their own impulses do they follow. Yet hath
"the guidance" from their Lord come to them.
Shall
man have whatever he wisheth?
The
future and the present are in the hand of God:
And
many as our the Angels in the Heavens, their intercession shall be of no avail
Until
God hath permitted it to whom he shall please and will accept.
Verily,
it is they who believe not in the life to come, who name the angels with names
of females:
But
herein they have no knowledge: they follow a
mere conceit: and mere conceit can never take
the place of truth.
53:30 Withdraw then from him who turneth his
back on our warning and desireth only this present life.
This
is the sum of their knowledge. Truly thy Lord best knoweth him who erreth from
his way, and He best knoweth him who hath received guidance.
And
whatever is in the Heavens and in the Earth is God's, that he may reward those
who do evil according to their deeds: and
those who do good will He reward with good things.
To
those who avoid great crimes and scandals but commit only lighter faults,
verily, thy Lord will be diffuse of mercy. He well knew you when he produced
you out of the earth, and when you were embryos in your mother's womb. Assert
not then your own purity. He best knoweth who feareth him.
Hast
thou considered him who turned his back?
Who
giveth little and is covetous?
Is it
that he hath the knowledge and vision of the secret things?
Hath
he not been told of what is in the pages of Moses?
And of
Abraham faithful to his pledge?
That
no burdened soul shall bear the burdens of another,
53:40 And that nothing shall be reckoned to
a man but that for which he hath made efforts:
And
that his efforts shall at last be seen in their true light:
Then
then he shall be recompensed with a most exact recompense,
And
that unto thy Lord is the term of all things,
And
that it is He who causeth to laugh and to weep,
And that
He causeth to die and maketh alive,
And
that He hath created the sexes, male and female,
From
the diffused germs of life,
And
that He enricheth and causeth to possess,
53:50 And that He is the Lord of Sirius,
And
that it was He who destroyed the ancient Adines,
And
the people of Themoud and left not one survivor,
And
before them the people of Noah who were most wicked and most perverse.
And it
was He who destroyed the cities that were overthrown.
So
that that which covered them covered them.
Which
then of thy Lord's benefits wilt thou make a matter of doubt?
He who
warneth you is one of the warners of old.
The
day that must draw night, draweth nigh already:
and yet none but God can reveal its time.
Is it
at these sayings that you marvel?
53:60 And that you laugh and weep not?
And
that you are triflers?
Prostrate
yourselves then to God and worship.
Sura LIV (54)
The Moon
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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
The hour
hath approached and the moon hath been cleft:
But
whenever they see a miracle they turn aside and say, This is well-devised
magic.
And
they have treated the prophets as impostors, and follow their own lusts; but
everything is unalterably fixed.
A message
of prohibition had come to them --
Consummate
wisdom -- but warners profit them not.
Quit
them then. On the day when the summoner shall summon to a stern business,
With
downcast eyes shall they come forth from their graves, as if they were scattered
locusts,
Hastening
to the summoner. "This," shall the infidels say, "is the
distressful day."
Before
them the people of Noah treated the truth as a lie. Our servant did they charge
with falsehood, and said, "Demoniac!" and he was rejected.
54:10 Then cried he to his Lord,
"Verily, they prevail against me; come thou therefore to my succour."
So we
opened the gates of Heaven with water which fell in torrents,
And we
caused the earth to break forth with springs, and their waters met by settled
decree.
And we
bare him on a vessel made with planks and nails.
Under
our eyes it floated on: a recompence to him
who had been rejected with unbelief.
And we
left it a sign: but, is there any one who
receives the warning?
And
how great was my vengeance and my menace!
Easy
for warning have we made the Koran -- but, is there any one who receives the
warning?
The
Adites called the truth a lie: but how great
was my vengeance and my menace;
For we
sent against them a roaring wind in a day of continued distress:
54:20 It tore men away as though they were
uprooted palm stumps.
And
how great was my vengeance and my menace!
Easy
for warning have we made the Koran -- but, is there any one who receives the
warning?
The
tribe of Themoud treated the hreatenings as lies:
And
they said, "Shall we follow a single man from among ourselves? Then verily
should we be in error and in folly.
To him
alone among us is the office of warning entrusted? No! he is an impostor, an
insolent person."
To-morrow
shall they learn who is the impostor, the insolent.
"For
we will send the she-camel to prove them: do
thou mark them well, O Saleh, and be patient:
And
fortell them that their waters shall be divided between themselves and her, and
that every draught shall come by turns to them."
But
they called to their comrade, and he took a knife and ham-strung her.
54:30 And how great was my vengeance and my
menace!
We
sent against them a single shout; and they became like the dry sticks of the
fold-builders.
Easy
have we made the Koran for warning -- but, is there any one who receives the
warning?
The
people of Lot treated his warning as a lie;
But we
sent a stone-charged wind against them all, except the family of Lot, whom at
daybreak we delivered,
By our
special grace -- for thus we reward the thankful.
He,
indeed, had warned them of our severity, but of that warning they doubted.
Even
this guess did they demand: therefore we
deprived them of sight,
And
said, "Taste you my vengeance and my menace;"
And in
the morning a relentless punishment overtook them.
54:40 Easy have we made the Koran for
warning -- but, is there any one who receives the warning?
To the
peoples of Pharaoh also came the threatenings:
All
our miracles did they treat as impostures. Therefore seized we them as he only
can seize, who is the Mighty, the Strong.
Are
your infidels, O Meccans, better men that these? Is there an exemption for you
in the sacred Books?
Will
they say, "We are a host that lend one another aid?"
The
host shall be routed, and they shall turn them back.
But,
that Hour is their threatened time, and that Hour shall be most severe and
bitter.
Verily,
the wicked are sunk in bewilderment and folly.
On
that day they shall be dragged into the fire on their faces. "Taste you
the touch of Hell."
All
things have we created after a fixed decree:
54:50 Our command was but one word, swift as
the twinkling of an eye,
Of
old, too, have we destroyed the like of you -- yet is any one warned?
And
everything that they do is in the Books;
Each
action, both small and great, is written down.
Verily,
amid gardens and rivers shall the pious dwell.
In the
seat of truth, in the presence of the potent King.
Sura
The Merciful
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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
The
God of Mercy hath taught the Koran,
Hath
created man,
Hath
taught him the Bayan. (articulate speech)
The
Sun and the Moon have each their times,
And
the plants and the trees bend in adoration.
And
the Heaven, He hath reared it on high, and hath appointed the balance;
That
in the balance you should not transgress.
Weigh
therefore with fairness, and scant not the balance.
And
the Earth, He hath prepared it for the living tribes:
55:10 Therein on fruits, and the palms with
sheathed clusters,
And
the grain with its husk, and the fragrant plants.
Which
then of the bounties of your Lord will you twain deny?
He
created man of clay like that of the potter.
And He
created the djinn of pure fire:
Which
then of the bounties, etc.
He is
the Lord of the East,
He is
the Lord of the West:
Which,
etc.
He
hath let loose the two seas which meet each other:
55:20 Yet between them is a barrier which they
overpass not;
Which,
etc.
From
each he bringeth up pearls both great and small:
Which,
etc.
And
His are the ships towering up at sea like mountains:
Which,
etc.
All on
the earth shall pass away,
But
the face of thy Lord shall abide resplendent with majesty and glory:
Which,
etc.
To Him
maketh suit all that is in the Heaven and the Earth. Every day doth some new
work employ Him:
55:30 Which, etc.
We
will find leisure to judge you, O you men and djinn:
Which,
etc.
O
company of djinn and men, if you can overpass the bounds of the Heavens and the
Earth, then overpass them. But by our leave only shall you overpass them:
Which,
etc.
A
bright flash of fire shall be hurled at you both, and molten brass, and you
shall not defend yourselves from it:
Which,
etc.
When
the Heaven shall be cleft asunder, and become rose red, like stained leather:
Which,
etc.
On
that day shall neither man nor djinn be asked of his sin:
55:40 Which, etc.
By
their tokens shall the sinners be known, and they shall be seized by their
forelocks and their feet:
Which,
etc.
"This
is Hell which sinners treated as a lie."
To and
fro shall they pass between it and the boiling water:
Which,
etc.
But
for those who dread the majesty of their Lord shall be two gardens:
Which,
etc.
These
Gardens are of Afnans: (branches)
Which,
etc.
55:50 In each two fountains flowing:
Which,
etc.
In
each two kinds of every fruit:
Which,
etc.
On
couches with linings of brocade shall they recline, and the fruit of the two
gardens shall be within easy reach:
Which,
etc.
Therein
shall be the damsels with retiring glances, whom nor man nor djinn hath touched
before them:
Which,
etc.
Like
jacynths and pearls:
Which,
etc.
55:60 Shall the reward of good be aught but
good?
Which,
etc.
And
beside these shall be two other gardens:
Which,
etc.
Of a
dark green:
Which,
etc.
With
gushing fountains in each:
Which,
etc.
In
each fruits and the palm and the pomegranate:
Which,
etc.
55:70 In each, the fair, the beauteous ones:
Which,
etc.
With
large dark eyeballs, kept close in their pavilions:
Which,
etc.
Whom
man hath never touched,nor any djinn:
Which,
etc.
Their
spouses on soft green cushions and on beautiful carpets shall recline:
Which,
etc.
Blessed
be the name of thy Lord, full of majesty and glory.
Sura LVI (56)
The Inevitable
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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
When
the day that must come shall have come suddenly,
None
shall treat that sudden coming as a lie:
Day
that shall abase! Day that shall exalt!
When
the earth shall be shaken with a shock,
And
the mountains shall be crumbled with a crumbling,
And
shall become scattered dust,
And
into three bands shall you be divided:
Then
the people of the right hand -- Oh! how happy shall be the people of the right
hand!
And
the people of the left hand -- Oh! how wretched shall be the people of the left
hand!
56:10 And they who were foremost on earth --
the foremost still.
These
are they who shall be brought nigh to God,
In
gardens of delight;
A
crown of the former
And
few of the latter generations;
On
inwrought couches
Reclining
on them face to face:
Aye-blooming
youths go round about to them
With goblets
and ewers and a cup of flowing wine;
Their
brows ache not from it, nor fails the sense:
56:20 And with such fruits as shall please
them best,
And
with flesh of such birds, as they shall long for:
And
theirs shall be the Houris, with large dark eyes, like pearls hidden in their
shells,
In
recompense of their labours past.
No
vain discourse shall they hear therein, nor charge of sin,
But
only the cry, "Peace! Peace!"
And
the people of the right hand -- oh! how happy shall be the people of the right
hand!
Amid
thornless sidrahs
And
talh trees clad with fruit,
And in
extended shade,
56:30 And by flowing waters,
And
with abundant fruits,
Unfailing,
unforbidden,
And on
lofty couches.
Of a
rare creation have we created the Houris,
And we
have made them ever virgins,
Dear
to their spouses, of equal age with them,
For
the people of the right hand,
A
crowd of the former,
And a
crowd of the latter generations.
56:40 But the people of the left hand -- oh!
how wretched shall be the people of the left hand!
Amid
pestilential winds and in scalding water,
And in
the shadow of a black smoke,
Not
cool, and horrid to behold.
For
they truly, ere this, were blessed with worldly goods,
But
persisted in heinous sin,
And
were wont to say,
"What!
after we have died, and become dust and bones, shall we be raised?
And
our fathers, the men of yore?"
Say: Aye, the former and the latter:
56:50 Gathered shall they all be for the
time of a known day.
Then
you, O you the erring, the gainsaying,
Shall surely
eat of the tree Ez-zakkoum,
And
fill your bellies with it,
And
thereupon shall you drink boiling water,
And
you shall drink as the thirst camel drinketh.
This
shall be their repast in the day of reckoning!
We
created you, will you not credit us?
What
think you? The germs of life --
Is it
you who create them? or are we their creator?
56:60 It is we who have decreed that death
should be among you;
Yet
are we not thereby hindered from replacing you with others, your likes, or from
producing you again in a form which you know not!
You
have known the first creation: will you not
then reflect?
What
think you? That which you sow --
Is it
you who cause its upgrowth, or do we cause it to spring forth?
If we
pleased we could so make your harvest dry and brittle that you would ever
marvel and say,
"Truly
we have been at cost, you are we forbidden harvest."
What
think you of the water you drink?
Is it
you who send it down from the clouds, or send we it down?
Brackish
could we make it, if we pleased: will you not
then be thankful?
56:70 What think you? The fire which you
obtain by friction --
Is it
you who rear its tree, or do we rear it?
It is
we who have made it for a memorial and a benefit to the wayfarers of the
desert,
Praise
therefore the name of thy Lord, the Great.
It
needs not that I swear by the setting of the stars,
And it
is a great oath, if you knew it,
That
this is the honourable Koran,
Written
in the preserved Book:
Let
none touch it but the purified,
It is
a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.
56:80 Such tidings as these will you
disdain?
Will
you make it your daily bread to gainsay them?
Why,
at the momwent when the soul of a dying man shall come up into his throat,
And
when you are gazing at him,
Though
we are nearer to him that you, although you see us not:
--
Why do
you not, if you are to escape the judgment,
Cause
that soul to return? Tell me, if you speak the truth.
But as
to him who shall enjoy near access to God,
His
shall be repose, and pleasure, and a garden of delights.
Yea,
for him who shall be of the people of the right hand,
56:90 Shall be the greeting from the people
of the right hand -- "Peace be to thee."
But
for him who shall be of those who treat the prophets as deceivers,
And of
the erring,
His
entertainment shall be of scalding water,
And
the broiling of hell-fire.
Verily
this is a certain truth:
Praise
therefore the name of thy Lord, the Great.
Sura LVII (57)
Iron
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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
All
that is in the Heavens and in the Earth praiseth God, and He is the Mighty, the
Wise!
His
the Kingdom of the Heavens and of the Earth; He maketh alive and killeth; and
He hath power over all things!
He is
the first and the last; the Seen and the Hidden; and He knoweth all things!
It is
He who in six days created the Heavens and the Earth, then ascended His throne.
He knoweth that which entereth the earth, and that which goeth forth from it,
and what cometh down from Heaven, and what mounteth up to it; and wherever you
are, He is with you; and God beholdeth all your actions!
His is
the kingdom of the Heavens and the Earth; and to God shall all things return!
He
causeth the night to pass into the day, and He causeth the day to pass into the
night: and He knoweth the very secrets of the
bosom!
Believe
in God and his apostle, and bestow in alms of that whereof God hath made you
heirs: for whoever among you believe and give
alms -- their's shall be a great recompense.
What
hath come to you that you believe not in God, although the apostle exhorteth
you to believe in your Lord, and He hath accepted your alliance -- if you are
true believers?
He it
is who hath sent down clear tokens upon His servant, that He may bring you out
of darkness into light; and truly, Kind, Merciful to you is God.
57:10 And what hath come to you that you
expend not for the cause of God? since the heritage of the Heavens and of the
Earth is God's only! Those among you who contributed before the victory, and
fought, shall be differently treated from certain others among you! Such shall
have a nobler grade than those who contributed and fought after it. But a
goodly recompense hath God promised to all; and God is fully informed of your
actions.
Who is
he that will lend a generous loan to God? So will He double it to him, and he
shall have a noble reward.
One
day thou shalt see the believers, men and women, with their light running
before them, and on their right hand. The angels shall say to them, "Good
tidings for you this day of gardens beneath whose shades the rivers flow, in
which you shall abide for ever!" This the great bliss!
On
that day the hypocrites, both men and women, shall say to those who believe,
"Tarry for us, that we may kindle our light at yours." It shall be
said, "Return you back, and seek light for yourselves." But between
them shall be set a wall with a gateway, within which shall be the Mercy, and
in front, without it, the Torment. They shall cry to them, "Were we not
with you?" They shall say, "Yes! but you led yourselves into
temptation, and you delayed, and you doubted, and the good things you craved
deceived you, till the doom of God arrived: --
and the deceiver deceived you in regard to God."
On
that day, therefore, no ransom shall be taken from you or from those who
believe not: -- your abode the fire! -- This
shall be your master! and wretched the journey thither!
Hath
not the time come, for those who believe, to humble their hearts at the warning
of God and at the truth which he hath sent down? and that they be not as those
to whom the Scriptures were given heretofore, whose lifetime was prolonged, but
whose hearts were hardened, and many of them were perverse?
Know
that God quickeneth the earth after its death! Now have we made these signs
clear to you, that you may understand.
Verily,
they who give alms, both men and women, and they who lend a generous loan to
God, -- doubled shall it be to them -- and they shall have a noble recompense.
And
they who believed in God and his apostle are the men of truth, and the
witnesses in the presence of their Lord. They shall have their recompense and
their light: But as for the infidels, and
those who give the lie to our signs, these shall be the inmates of Hell.
Know
you that this world's life is only a sport, and pastime, and show, and a cause
of vainglory among among you! And the multiplying of riches and children is
like the plants which spring up after rain -- Their growth rejoiceth the
husbandman; then they wither away, and thou seest them all yellow; then they
become stubble. And in the next life is a severe chastisement,
57:20 Or else pardon from God and His
satisfaction: and this world's life is but a
cheating fruition.
Vie in
hasting after pardon from your Lord, and Paradise -- whose outspread is as the
outspread of the Heaven and of the Earth:
Prepared is it for those who believe in God and His apostles: Such is the bounty of God:
to whom He will He giveth it: and of immense
bounty is God!
No
mischance chanceth either on earth or in your own persons, but ere we created
them, it was in the Book; -- for easy is this to God --
Lest
you distress yourselves if good things escape you, and be over joyous for what
falleth to your share. God loveth not the presumptuous, the boaster,
Who
are covetous themselves and incite others to covetousness. But whoso turneth
away from almsgiving -- Ah! God is the Rich, the Praiseworthy.
We
have sent our apostles with the clear tokens, and we have caused the Book and
the balance to descend with them, that men might observe fairness. And we have
sent down iron. Dire evil resideth in it, as well as advantage, to mankind! God
would know who will assist Him and his apostle in secret. Verily, God is
Powerful, Strong.
And of
old sent we Noah and Abraham, and on their seed conferred the gift of prophecy,
and the Book; and some of them we guided aright; but many were evil doers.
Then
we caused our apostles to follow in their footsteps; and we caused Jesus the
son of Mary to follow them; and we gave him the Evangel, and we put into the
hearts of those who followed him kindness and compassion: but as to the monastic life, they invented it themselves. The
desire only of pleasing God did we prescribe to them, and this they observed
not as it ought to have been observed: but to
such of them as believed gave we their reward, though many of them were
perverse.
O you
who believe! fear God and believe in his apostle:
two portions of his mercy will He give you. He will bestow on you light to walk
in, and He will forgive you: for God is
Forgiving, Merciful;
That
the people of the Book may know that they have no control over aught of the
favours of God, and that these gifts of grace are in the hands of God, and that
He vouchsafeth them to whom he will; for God is of immense bounty.