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\par }{\f36\fs20\insrsid14382261 Translated into English from the Original Arabic,}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
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\par }{\i\f36\fs20\insrsid14382261 WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES TAKEN FROM THE MOST
\par APPROVED COMMENTATORS}{\f36\fs20\insrsid14382261 .
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\par A PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE,
\par 
\par BY GEORGE SALE.
\par }{\f36\fs20\insrsid14382261 \page TO THE
\par RIGHT HON. JOHN LORD CARTERET.
\par 
\par ONE OF THE LORDS OF HIS MAJESTY\rquote S MOST HONOURABLE PRIVY COUNCIL.
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\par 
\par 
\par ____________
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\par NOTWITHSTANDING the great honour and respect generally and deservedly paid to the memories of those who have founded states, or obliged a p
eople by the institution of laws which have made them prosperous and considerable in the world, yet the legislator of the Arabs has been treated in so very different a manner by all who acknowledge not his claim to a divine mission, and by Christians espe
cially, that were not your lordship\rquote s just discernment sufficiently known, I should think myself under a necessity of making an apology for presenting the following translation.
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\par    The remembrance of the calamities brought on so many nations by the conques
ts of the Arabians may possibly raise some indignation against him who formed them to empire; but this being equally applicable to all conquerors, could not, of itself, occasion all the detestation with which the name of Mohammed is loaded.  He has given 
a
 new system of religion, which has had still greater success than the arms of his followers, and to establish this religion made use of an imposture; and on this account it is supposed that he must of necessity have been a most abandoned villain, and his 
memory is become infamous.  But as Mohammed gave his Arabs the best religion he could, as well as the best laws, preferable. at least, to those of the ancient pagan lawgivers, I confess I cannot see why he deserves not equal respect\endash 
though not with Moses or Jesus Christ, whose laws came really from Heaven, yet, with Minos or Numa, notwithstanding the distinction of a learned writer, who seems to think it a greater crime to make use of an imposture to set up a }{
\i\f36\fs20\insrsid14382261 new}{\f36\fs20\insrsid14382261  religion, founded on the acknowledgment of on
e true God, and to destroy idolatry, than to use the same means to gain reception to rules and regulations for the more orderly practice of heathenism already established.
\par 
\par    To be acquainted with the various laws and constitutions of civilized nations, e
specially of those who flourish in our own time, is, perhaps, the most useful part of knowledge: wherein though your lordship, who shines with so much distinction in the noblest assembly in the world, peculiarly excels; yet as the law of Mohammed, by reas
on of the odium it lies under, and the strangeness of the language in which it is written, has been so much neglected.  I flatter myself some things in the following sheets may be new even to a person of your lordship\rquote 
s extensive learning; and if what I have written may be any way entertaining or acceptable to your lordship, I shall not regret the pains it has cost me.
\par 
\par    I join with the general voice in wishing your lordship all the honour and happiness your known virtues and merit deserve, and am with perfect respect,
\par 
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab MY LORD,
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab Your lordship\rquote s most humble
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab And most obedient servant,
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab GEORGE SALE.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
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\par OF the life of GEORGE SALE, a man of extensive learning, and considerable literary talen
t, very few particulars have been transmitted to us by his contemporaries.  He is said to have been born in the county of Kent, and the time of his birth must have been not long previous to the close of the seventeenth century.  His education he received 
at the King\rquote s School, Canterbury.  Voltaire, who bestows high praise on the version of the Kor\'e2
n, asserts him to have spent five-and-twenty years in Arabia, and to have acquired in that country his profound knowledge of the Arabic language and customs.  On 
what authority this is asserted it would now be fruitless to endeavour to ascertain.  But that the assertion is an erroneous one, there can be no reason to doubt; it being opposed by the stubborn evidence of dates and facts.  It is almost certain that Sal
e
 was brought up to the law, and that he practised it for many years, if not till the end of his career.  He is said, by a co-existing writer, to have quitted his legal pursuits, for the purpose of applying himself to the study of the eastern and other lan
guages, both ancient and modern.  His guide through the labyrinth of the oriental dialects was Mr. Dadichi, the king\rquote 
s interpreter.  If it be true that he ever relinquished the practice of the law, it would appear that he must have resumed it before his decease; for, in his address to the reader, prefixed to the Kor\'e2
n, he pleads, as an apology for the delay which had occurred in publishing the volume, that the work \'93was carried on at leisure times only, and amidst the necessary avocations of a troublesome profession.\'94
  This alone would suffice to show that Voltaire was in error.  But to this must be added, that the existence of Sale was terminated at an early period, and that, in at least his latter years, he was engaged in literary labours of no trifling mag
nitude.  The story of his having, during a quarter of a century, resided in Arabia, becomes, therefore, an obvious impossibility, and must be dismissed to take its place among those fictions by which biography has often been encumbered and disgraced.

\par    Among the few productions of which Sale is known to be the author is a part of \'93The General Dictionary,\'94
 in ten volumes, folio.  To the translation of Bayle, which is incorporated with this voluminous work, he is stated to have been a large contributor.
\par    W
hen the plan of the Universal History was arranged, Sale was one of those who were selected to carry it into execution.  His coadjutors were Swinton, eminent as an antiquary, and remarkable for absence of mind; Shelvocke, originally a naval officer; the w
ell informed, intelligent, and laborious Campbell; that singular character, George Psalmanazar; and Archibald Bower, who afterwards became an object of unenviable notoriety.  The portion of the history which was supplied by Sale comprises \'93
The Introduction, containing the Cosmogony, or Creation of the World;\'94
 and the whole, or nearly the whole, of the succeeding chapter, which traces the narrative of events from the creation to the flood.  In the performance of his task, he displays a thorough acquaintance w
ith his subject; and his style, though not polished into elegance, is neat and perspicuous.  In a French biographical dictionary, of anti-liberal principles, a writer accuses him of having adopted a system hostile to tradition and the Scriptures, and comp
o
sed his account of the Cosmogony with the view of giving currency to his heretical opinions.  Either the accuser never read the article which he censures, or he has wilfully misrepresented it; for it affords the fullest contradiction to the charge, as doe
s also the sequent chapter; and he must, therefore, be contented to choose between the demerit of being a slanderer through blundering and reckless ignorance, or through sheer malignity of heart.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261    Though his share in these publications affords proof of th
e erudition and ability of Sale, it probably would not alone have been sufficient to preserve his name from oblivion.  His claim to be remembered rests principally on his version of the Kor\'e2
n, which appeared in November, 1734, in a quarto volume, and was i
nscribed to Lord Carteret.  The dedicator does not disgrace himself by descending to that fulsome adulatory style which was then too frequently employed in addressing the great.  As a translator, he had the field almost entirely to himself; there being at
 
that time no English translation of the Mohammedan civil and spiritual code, except a bad copy of the despicable one by Du Ryer.  His performance was universally and justly approved of, still still remains in repute, and is not likely to be superseded by 
a
ny other of the kind.  It may, perhaps, be regretted, that he did not preserve the division into verses, as Savary has since done, instead of connecting them into a continuous narrative.  Some of the poetical spirit is unavoidably lost by the change.  But
 
this is all that can be objected to him.  It is, I believe, admitted, that he is in no common degree faithful to his original; and his numerous notes, and Preliminary Discourse, manifest such a perfect knowledge of Eastern habits, manners, traditions, and
 laws, as could have been acquired only by an acute mind, capable of submitting to years of patient toil.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261    But, though his work passed safely through the ordeal of criticism, it has been made the pretext for a calumny against him.  It has been declared, t
hat he puts the Christian religion on the same footing with the Muhammedan; and some charitable persons have even supposed him to have been a disguised professor of the latter.  The origin of this slander we may trace back to the strange obliquity of prin
c
iples, and the blind merciless rage which are characteristic of bigotry.  Sale was not one of those who imagine that the end sanctifies the means, and that the best interests of mankind can be advanced by violence, by railing, or by deviating form the law
s
 of truth, in order to blacken an adversary.  He enters into the consideration of the character of Mohammed with a calm philosophic spirit; repeatedly censuring his imposture, touching upon his subterfuges and inventions, but doing justice to him on those
 
points on which the pretended prophet is really worthy of praise.  The rules which, in his address to the reader, he lays down for the conversion of Mohammedans, are dictated by sound sense and amiable feelings.  They are, however, not calculated to satis
fy those who think the sword and the fagot to be the only proper instruments for the extirpation of heresy.  That he places Islamism on an equality with Christianity is a gross falsehood.  \'93As Mohammed,\'94 says he, \'93
gave his Arabs the best religion he could, 
preferable, at least, to those of the ancient pagan lawgivers, I confess I cannot see why he deserves not equal respect, though not with Moses or Jesus Christ, whose laws came really from heaven, yet with Minos or Numa, notwithstanding the distinction of 
a learned writer, who seems to think it a greater crime to make use of an imposture to set up a }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 new}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 religion, founded on the acknowledgment of one true God, and to destroy idolatry, than to use the same means to gain reception to rules and regulations for the more orderly practice of heathenism already established.\'94  This, and no more, is \'93
the very head and front of his offending;\'94 and from this it would, I think, be difficult to extract any proof of his belief in the divine mission of Mohammed.  If the char
ge brought against him be not groundless, he must have added to his other sins that of being a consummate hypocrite, and that, too, without any obvious necessity; he having been, till the period of his decease, a member of the Society for the Promoting of
 Christian Knowledge.
\par    In 1736 a society was established for the encouragement of learning.  It comprehended many noblemen, and some of the most eminent literary men of that day.  Sale was one of the founders of it, and was appointed on the first committe
e.  The meetings were held weekly, and the committee decided upon what works should be printed at the expense of the society, or with its assistance, and what should be the price of them.  When the cost of printing was repaid, the property of the work rev
erted to the author.  This establishment did not, I Imagine, exist for any length of time.  The attention of the public has been recently called to a plan of a similar kind.
\par    Sale did not long survive the carrying of this scheme into effect.  He died of a
 fever, on the 13th of November, 1736, at his house in Surrey-street, Strand, after an illness of only eight days, and was buried at St. Clement Danes.  He was under the age of forty when he was thus suddenly snatched from his family, which consisted of a
 wife and five children.  Of his sons, one was educated at New College, Oxford, of which he became Fellow, and he was subsequently elected to a Fellow-ship in Winchester College.  Sale is described as having had \'93
a healthy constitution, and a communicative mind in a comely person.\'94
  His library was valuable, and contained many rare and beautiful manuscripts in the Persian, Turkish, Arabic, and other languages; a circumstance which seems to show that poverty, so often the lot of men whose lives are devoted to
 literary pursuits, was not one of the evils with which he was compelled to encounter.
\par 
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab R. A. DAVENPORT.
\par 
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\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 INTRODUCTION
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\par THERE is surely no need to-day to insist on the importance of a close study of the Kor\'e2n for all who would
 comprehend the many vital problems connected with the Islamic World; and yet few of us, I imagine, among the many who possess translations of this book have been at pains to read it through.  It must, however, be borne in mind that the Kor\'e2
n plays a far greater r\'f4le among the Muhammadans than does the Bible in Christianity in that it provides not only the canon of their faith, but also the text-book of their ritual and the principles of their Civil Law.
\par \tab It was the Great Crusades that first brought the Wes
t into close touch with Islam, but between the years 1096 and 1270 we only hear of one attempt to make known to Europe the Sacred Book of the Moslems, namely, the Latin version made in 1143, by Robert of Retina (who, Sale tells us, was an Englishman), and
 Hermann of Dalmatia, on the initiative of Petrus Venerabilis, the Abbot of Clugny, which version was ultimately printed by T. Bibliander in Basel in 1543, nearly a hundred years after the fall of Constantinople.
\par \tab During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, several translations appeared both in Latin and in French, and one of the latter, by Andr\'e9
 du Ryer, was translated into English by Alexander Ross in 1649.  But by far the most important work on the Kor\'e2n was that of Luigi Marracci which was published in Padua in 1698.
\par \tab George Sale\rquote s translation first appeared in November, 1734, in a quarto volume; in 1764 it was first printed in medium octavo, and the reprint of 1825 contained the sketch of Sale\rquote s life by Richard Alfred Davenant which has been utilize
d in the article on Sale in the }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 Dictionary of National Bibliography}{\f36\insrsid14382261 .  The Chandos Classics edition in crown octavo was first issued in 1877.
\par \tab Soon after the death of the Prophet, early Muhammadan theologians began to discuss, not only the correct reading o
f the text itself, but also to work out on the basis of first-hand reports the story connected with the revelation of each chapter.  As the book at present stands in its original form the chapters are arranged more or less according to their respective le
n
gth, beginning with the longest; except in the case of the opening chapter, which holds a place by itself, not only in the sacred book of Islam, corresponding as it does in a manner to our Pater Noster, but also in its important ceremonial usages.  The pr
e
sumed order in which the various chapters were revealed is given in the tabular list of Contents, but it may be mentioned that neither Muhammadan theologians, nor, in more recent times, European scholars, are in entire agreement upon the exact chronologic
al position of all the chapters.
\par \tab It is well for all who study the Kor\'e2n to realize that the actual text is never the composition of the Prophet, but is the word of God addressed to the Prophet; and that in quoting the Kor\'e2n the formula is \'93He (may he be exalted) said\'94
 or some such phrase.  The Prophet himself is of course quoted by Muhammadan theologians, but such quotations refer to his traditional sayings known as \'93Had\'ees,\'94 which have been handed down from mouth to mouth with the strictest regard to geneal
ogical continuity.
\par \tab It would probably be impossible for any Arabic scholar to produce a translation of the Kor\'e2n which would defy criticism, but this much may be said of Sale\rquote s version: just as, when it first appeared, it had no rival in the field, it may 
be fairly claimed to-day that it has been superseded by no subsequent translations.  Equally remarkable with his translation is the famous }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 Preliminary Discourse}{\f36\insrsid14382261  which constitutes a }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 
tour de force}{\f36\insrsid14382261  when we consider how little critical work had been done in his day in the field of Islamic research.  Practically the only works of first-class importance were Dr. Pocock\rquote s }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 
Specimen Histori\'9c Arabum}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , to which, in his original Address to the Reader, Sale acknowledges his great indebtedness, and Maracci\rquote s Kor\'e2n.
\par \tab In spite of the vast number of eminent scholars who have worked in the same field since the days of George Sale, his }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 Preliminary Discourse}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 still remains the best Introduction in any European language to the study of the religion promulgated by the Prophet of Arabia; but as Wherry says: \'93Whilst reading the }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 Preliminary Discourse}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 as a most masterly, and on the whole reliable, presentation of the peculiar doctrines, rites, ceremonies, customs, and institutions of Islam, we recognize the fact that modern research has
 brought to light many things concerning the history of the ancient Arabs which greatly modify the statements made in the early paragraphs.\'94
\par \tab For many centuries the acquaintance which the majority of Europeans possessed of Muhammadanism was based almost en
tirely on distorted reports of fanatical Christians which led to the dissemination of a multitude of gross calumnies.  What was good in Muhammadanism was entirely ignored, and what was not good, in the eyes of Europe, was exaggerated or misinterpreted.

\par \tab It
 must not, however, be forgotten that the central doctrine preached by Muhammad to his contemporaries in Arabia, who worshipped the Stars; to the Persians, who acknowledged Ormuz and Ahriman; the Indians, who worshipped idols; and the Turks, who had no pa
rticular worship, was the unity of God, and that the simplicity of his creed was probably a more potent factor in the spread of Islam than the sword of the Ghazis.
\par \tab Islam, although seriously affecting the Christian world, brought a spiritual religion to one
 half of Asia, and it is an amazing circumstance that the Turks, who on several occasions let loose their Central Asian hordes over India, and the Middle East, though irresistible in the onslaught of their arms, were all conquered in their turn by the Fai
th of Islam, and founded Muhammadan dynasties.
\par \tab The Mongols of the thirteenth century did their best to wipe out all traces of Islam when they sacked Baghdad, but though the Caliphate was relegated to obscurity in Egypt the newly founded Empires quickly bec
ame Muhammadan states, until finally it was a Turk who took the title of Caliph which has been held by the house of Othman ever since.
\par \tab Thus through all the vicissitudes of thirteen hundred years the Kor\'e2n has remained the sacred book of all the Turks and 
Persians and of nearly a quarter of the population of India.  Surely such a book as this deserves to be widely read in the West, more especially in these days when space and time have been almost annihilated by modern invention, and when public interest e
mbraces the whole world.
\par \tab It is difficult to decide to what extent Sale\rquote s citations in the notes represent first-hand use of the Arabic commentators, but I fear that the result of a close inquiry only points to very little original research on his part.  He
 says himself in his Address to the Reader: \'93As I have no opportunity of consulting public libraries, the manuscripts of which I have made use throughout the whole work have been such as I had in my own study, except only the Commentary of Al Baidh\'e2
wi\'94 . . . which \'93belongs to the library of the Dutch Church in Austin Friars.\'94
\par \tab Now with regard to these manuscripts which Sale had in his \'93own study\'94 we happen to possess first-hand information, for a list of them was printed by the executor of his will under the following title: \'93
A choice collection of most curious and inestimable manuscripts in the Turkish, Arabic and Persian languages from the library of the late learned and ingenious Mr. George Sale.  Which books are now in the possession of Mr. William Hamme
rton Merchant in Lothbury where they may be seen on Wednesdays and Fridays till either they are sold or sent abroad.  N.B. These MSS. are to be sold together and not separately.\'94
  They were purchased in the first instance by the Rev. Thomas Hunt of Oxford for the Radcliffe Library, and they are now permanently housed in the Bodleian Library.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 \tab 
The British Museum possesses a copy of this list which is drawn up in English and French on opposite pages and comprises eighty-six works in all.  The list contains ve
ry few Arabic works of first-rate importance, but is rich in Turkish and Persian Histories.  What is most significant, however, is the fact that it contains hardly any of the Arabic works and }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 none}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 of the Commentaries which are referred to on every page of Sale\rquote s translation of the Kor\'e2n.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 \tab I have therefore been forced to the conclusion that with the exception of Al-Baidh\'e2wi, Sale\rquote 
s sources were all consulted at second hand; and an examination of Marracci\rquote s great work makes the whole matter perfectly clear.  Sale says of Marracci\rquote s translation that it is \'93
generally speaking very exact; but adheres to the Arabic idiom too literally to be easily understood . . . by those who are not versed in the Muhammadan learning.  The notes he has added are indeed of great u
se; but his refutations, which swell the work to a large volume, are of little or none at all, being often unsatisfactory, and sometimes impertinent.  The work, however, with all its faults is very valuable, and I should be guilty of ingratitude, did I no
t acknowledge myself much obliged thereto; but still being in Latin it can be of no use to those who understand not that tongue.\'94
\par \tab Such is Sale\rquote s own confession of his obligation to Marracci\endash but it does not go nearly far enough.  A comparison of the two versions shows that so much had been achieved by Marracci that Sale\rquote 
s work might almost have been performed with a knowledge of Latin alone, as far as regards the quotations from Arabic authors.  I do not wish to imply that Sale did not know Arabic, but I do 
maintain that his work as it stands gives a misleading estimate of his original researches, and that his tribute to Marracci falls far short of his actual indebtedness.
\par \tab It must be mentioned that Marracci not only reproduced the whole of the Arabic text of the Kor\'e2
n but furthermore gives the original text and the translation of all his quotations from Arabic writers.  It is indeed a profoundly learned work and has never received the recognition it deserves.  Marracci had at his disposal rich collections of 
MSS. belonging to the Libraries of Italy.  How he learnt his Arabic we do not know.  Voltaire says he was never in the East.  He was confessor to Pope Innocent XI, and his work which appeared in Padua in 1698 is dedicated to the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold
 I.  By way of Introduction to his Kor\'e2n Marracci published a companion folio volume called }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 Prodromus}{\f36\insrsid14382261  which contains practically all that was known in his day regarding Muhammad and the Religion of Islam.

\par \tab It may in any case be claimed that the present work presents to the Western student all the essentials of a preliminary study of Islam: for Sale\rquote 
s translation and footnotes will give him as clear an idea as can be obtained, without laborious years of study in Arabic, of what is regarded by so many millions
 of men from Fez to the Far East as the revealed word of God and the unshakable basis of their faith.
\par \tab George Sale was born about 1697 and died in 1736.  Every biography calls attention to the statement made by Voltaire in his }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 Dictionnaire Philosophique}{\f36\insrsid14382261  to
 the effect that Sale spent over twenty years among the Arabs.  I think this must have been a }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 lapsus calami}{\f36\insrsid14382261  on Voltaire\rquote 
s part, because it is unlikely that he would have invented such a story.  Sale must also have been well versed in Hebrew, both biblical and post-biblical, as his numerous allusions to Rabbinical writings testify.
\par \tab Two years after the publication of his great work Sale died in Surrey Street, Strand, his age being then under forty.  In 1720 he had been admitted a student of the Inner Temple\endash son of Samuel Sale, citizen and merchant of London\endash 
and the same year the Patriarch of Antioch had sent Solomon Negri (Suleiman Alsadi) to London from Damascus to urge the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, then established in the Middle Temple, to 
issue an Arabic New Testament for the Syrian Christians.  It is surmised that Negri was Sale\rquote s first instructor in Arabic, though Dadichi, the King\rquote s Interpreter, a learned Greek of Aleppo, guided him, we are told, \'93
through the labyrinth of oriental dialects.\'94
\par \tab Whatever Sale may have known before\endash and he certainly had the gift of languages\endash it is on the Society\rquote 
s records that on August 30, 1726, he offered his services as one of the correctors of the Arabic New Testament and soon became the chief worker on it, besides being the Society\rquote 
s solicitor and holding other honorary offices.  That translation of the New Testament into Arabic was followed by the translation of the Kor\'e2n into English.
\par \tab In this edition the proper names have been left for the most part as in the original, but the reader must understand that in Sale\rquote 
s day there was a freedom in regard to oriental orthography that allowed of many variations.  In spite, however, of the want of a scientific system, Sale\rquote s transcription is on the whole clear, an
d far less confusing than those adopted by contemporary Anglo-Indian scholars, who utterly distorted Muhammadan names\endash including place names in India\endash by rendering the short }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\insrsid14382261  by }{
\i\f36\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and so forth.  As a few examples of names spelled in more than one way, the correct modern way being given first, we have Al-Qor\rquote \'e1n, Coran, Kor\'e2
n, etc.; Muhammad, Mohammed, Mahomet, etc.; Al-Baidh\'e2wi, Al-Beid\'e2wi; Muttalib, Motalleb, Motaleb, etc.; Jal\'e2l ud-D\'een, Jall\'e2lo\rquote dd\'een; Anas, Ans; Khal\'eefa, Caliph, Khalif, etc.
\par \tab It is only within quite recent times that scholars have troubled to render each letter of the Arabic alphabet by an equivalent and distinct letter of the Roman alphabet\endash 
and although no particular system has been universally adopted by European orientalists, every writer 
has some system by which any reader with a knowledge of Arabic is able to turn back every name into the original script.  The chief advantage of any such system is that a distinction is made between the two varieties of }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 s}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 , }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , and }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , and the presence of the illusive Arabic letter }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 \lquote ayn}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 is always indicated.
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\par Sir Edward Denison Ross
\par C.I.E., Ph.D., ETC.
\par 
\par [Written apparently sometime after 1877]
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\par I IMAGINE it almost needless either to make an apology for publishing
 the following translation, or to go about to prove it a work of use as well as curiosity.  They must have a mean opinion of the Christian religion, or be but ill grounded therein, who can apprehend any danger from so manifest a forgery: and if the religi
o
us and civil institutions of foreign nations are worth our knowledge, those of Mohammed, the lawgiver of the Arabians, and founder of an empire which in less than a century spread itself over a greater part of the world than the Romans were ever masters o
f
, must needs be so; whether we consider their extensive obtaining, or our frequent intercourse with those who are governed thereby.  I shall not here inquire into the reasons why the law of Mohammed has met with so unexampled a reception in the world (for
 
they are greatly deceived who imagine it to have been propagated by the sword alone), or by what means it came to be embraced by nations which never felt the force of the Mohammedan arms, and even by those which stripped the Arabians of their conquests, a
nd put an end to the sovereignty and very being of their Khal\'eefs: yet it seems as if there was something more than what is vulgarly imagined in a religion which has made so surprising a progress.  But whatever use an impartial version of the Kor\'e2
n may be of
 in other respects, it is absolutely necessary to undeceive those who, from the ignorant or unfair translations which have appeared, have entertained too favourable an opinion of the original, and also to enable us effectually to expose the imposture; non
e
 of those who have hitherto undertaken that province, not excepting Dr. Prideaux himself, having succeeded to the satisfaction of the judicious, for want of being complete masters of the controversy.  The writers of the Romish communion, in particular, ar
e
 so far from having done any service in their refutations of Mohammedism, that by endeavouring to defend their idolatry and other superstitions, they have rather contributed to the increase of that aversion which the Mohammedans in general have to the Chr
istian religion, and given them great advantages in the dispute.  The Protestants alone are able to attack the Kor\'e2
n with success; and for them, I trust, Providence has reserved the glory of its overthrow.  In the meantime, if I might presume to lay down rules to be observed by those who attempt the conversion of the Mohammedans, they should be the
\par \page 
\par same which the learned and worthy Bishop Kidder* has prescribed for the conversion of the Jews, and which may, }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 mutatis mutandis}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , be equally applied to the forme
r, notwithstanding the despicable opinion that writer, for want of being better acquainted with them, entertained of those people, judging them scarce fit to be argued with.  The first of these rules is, To avoid compulsion; which, though it be not in our
 
power to employ at present, I hope will not be made use of when it is.  The second is, To avoid teaching doctrines against common sense; the Mohammedans not being such fools (whatever we may think of them) as to be gained over in this case.  The worshippi
n
g of images and the doctrine of transubstantiation are great stumbling-blocks to the Mohammedans, and the Church which teacheth them is very unfit to bring those people over.  The third is, To avoid weak arguments: for the Mohammedans are not to be conver
t
ed with these, or hard words.  We must use them with humanity, and dispute against them with arguments that are proper and cogent.  It is certain that many Christians, who have written against them, have been very defective this way: many have used argume
n
ts that have no force, and advanced propositions that are void of truth.  This method is so far from convincing, that it rather serves to harden them.  The Mohammedans will be apt to conclude we have little to say, when we urge them with arguments that ar
e
 trifling or untrue.  We do but lose ground when we do this; and instead of gaining them, we expose ourselves and our cause also.  We must not give them ill words neither; but must avoid all reproachful language, all that is sarcastical and biting: this n
e
ver did good from pulpit or press.  The softest words will make the deepest impression; and if we think it a fault in them to give ill language, we cannot be excused when we imitate them.  The fourth rule is, Not to quit any article of the Christian faith
 
to gain the Mohammedans.  It is a fond conceit of the Socinians, that we shall upon their principles be most like to prevail upon the Mohammedans: it is not true in matter of fact.  We must not give up any article to gain them: but then the Church of Rome
 
ought to part with many practices and some doctrines.  We are not to design to gain the Mohammedans over to a system of dogma, but to the ancient and primitive faith.  I believe nobody will deny but that the rules here laid down are just: the latter part 
of the third, which alone my design has given me occasion to practise, I think so reasonable, that I have not, in speaking of Mohammed or his Kor\'e2
n, allowed myself to use those opprobrious appellations, and unmannerly expressions, which seem to be the stron
gest arguments of several who have written against them.  On the contrary, I have thought myself to treat both with common decency, and even to approve such
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab *  In his Demonstr. of the Messias, Part III. chap. 2.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 particulars as seemed to me to deserv
e approbation: for how criminal soever Mohammed may have been in imposing a false religion on mankind, the praises due to his real virtues ought not to be denied him; nor can I do otherwise than applaud the candour of the pious and learned Spanhemius, who
,
 though he owned him to have been a wicked impostor, yet acknowledged him to have been richly furnished with natural endowments, beautiful in his person, of a subtle wit, agreeable behaviour, showing liberality to the poor, courtesy to every one, fortitud
e
 against his enemies, and above all a high reverence for the name of GOD; severe against the perjured, adulterers, murderers, slanderers, prodigals, covetous, false witnesses, &c., a great preacher of patience, charity, mercy, beneficence, gratitude, hono
uring of parents and superiors, and a frequent celebrator of the divine praises.*
\par \tab Of the several translations of the Kor\'e2n now extant, there is but one which tolerably represents the sense of the original; and that being in Latin, a new version became nece
ssary, at least to an English reader.  What Bibliander published for a Latin translation of that book deserves not the name of a translation; the unaccountable liberties therein taken and the numberless faults, both of omission and commission, leaving sca
r
ce any resemblance of the original.  It was made near six hundred years ago, being finished in 1143, by Robertus Retenensis, an English-man, with the assistance of Hermannus Dalmata, at the request of Peter, Abbot of Clugny, who paid them well for their p
ains.
\par \tab From this Latin version was taken the Italian of Andrea Arrivabene, notwithstanding the pretences in his dedication of its being done immediately from the Arabic;\'86
 wherefore it is no wonder if the transcript be yet more faulty and absurd than the copy.\'87
\par \tab About the end of the fifteenth century, Johannes Andreas, a native of Xativa in the kingdom of Valencia, who from a Mohammedan doctor became a Christian priest, translated not only the Kor\'e2
n, but also its glosses, and the seven books of the Sonna, out of Arabic into the Arragonian tongue, at the command of Martin Garcia,\'a7
 Bishop of Barcelona and Inquisitor of Arragon.  Whether this translation were ever published or not I am wholly ignorant: but it may be presumed to have been the better done for being the work of one bred up in the 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 \tab *  Id certum, naturalibus egregi\'e8 dotibus instructum Muhammedera, forma pr\'e6stanti, ingenio calido, moribus facetis, ac pr\'e6
 se ferentem liberalitatem in egenos. comitatem in singulos, fortitudinem in hostes, ac pr\'e6 c\'e6teris reverentiam divini nominis.\endash 
Severus fuit in perjuros, adulteros, homicidas, obtrectatores, prodigos, avaros, falsos testes, &c.  Magnus idem patienti\'e6, charitatis, misericordi\'e6, beneficenti\'e6, gratitudinis, honoris in parentes ac superiores pr\'e6co, ut et di
vinarum laudum.  Hist. Eccles. Sec. VII. c. 7, lem. 5 and 7.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 \tab \'86  His words are: Questo libro, che gi\'e0 havevo \'e0 commune utilit\'e0
 di molti fatto dal proprio testo Arabo tradurre nella nostra volgar lingua Italiana, &c.  And afterwards; Questo \'e8 l\rquote Alcorano di Macometto, il quale, come ho gia detto, ho fatto dal suo idioma tradurre, &c.
\par \tab \'87  Vide Jos. Scalig. Epist. 361 et 362; et Selden. de Success. ad Leges Ebr\'e6or. p. 9.
\par \tab \'a7  J. Andreas, in Pr\'e6f. ad Tractat. suum de Confusione Sect\'e6 Mahometan\'e6.
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 Mohammedan religion and learning; though his refutation of that religion, which has had several editions, gives no great idea of his abilities.
\par \tab Some years within the last century, Andrew du Ryer, who had been consul of the French nation in Egypt, and was tolerably skilled in the Turkish and Arabic languages, took the pains to translate the Kor\'e2
n into his own tongue: but his performance, though it be beyond comparison preferable to that of Retenensis, is far from being a just translation; there being mistakes in every pag
e, besides frequent transpositions, omissions, and additions,* faults unpardonable in a work of this nature.  And what renders it still more incomplete is, the want of Notes to explain a vast number of passages, some of which are difficult, and others imp
ossible to be understood, without proper explications, were they translated ever so exactly; which the author is so sensible of that he often refers his reader to the Arabic commentators.
\par \tab The English version is no other than a translation of Du Ryer\rquote s, and
 that a very bad one; for Alexander Ross, who did it, being utterly unacquainted with the Arabic, and no great master of the French, has added a number of fresh mistakes of his own to those of Du Ryer; not to mention the meanness of his language, which wo
uld make a better book ridiculous.
\par \tab In 1698, a Latin translation of the Kor\'e2n, made by Father Lewis Marracci, who had been confessor to Pope Innocent XI., was published at Padua, together with the original text, accompanied by explanatory notes and a refuta
tion.  This translation of Marracci\rquote 
s, generally speaking, is very exact; but adheres to the Arabic idiom too literally to be easily understood, unless I am much deceived, by those who are not versed in the Mohammedan learning.  The notes he has added are 
indeed of great use; but his refutations, which swell the work to a large volume, are of little or none at all, being often unsatisfactory, and sometimes impertinent.  The work, however, with all its faults, is very valuable, and I should be guilty of ing
ratitude, did I not acknowledge myself much obliged thereto; but still, being in Latin, it can be of no use to those who understand not that tongue.
\par \tab Having therefore undertaken a new translation, I have endeavoured to do the original impartial justice; not
 having, to the best of my knowledge, represented it, in any one instance, either better or worse than it really is.  I have thought myself obliged, indeed, in a piece which pretends to be the Word of GOD, to keep somewhat scrupulously close to the text; 
by which means the language may, in some places, seem to express the Arabic a little too literally to be elegant English: but this, I hope, has not happened often; and I flatter myself that the
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 *  Vide Windet. de Vit\'e2 Functorum statu, Sect. IX.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 style I h
ave made use of will not only give a more genuine idea of the original than if I had taken more liberty (which would have been much more for my ease), but will soon become familiar: for we must not expect to read a version of so extraordinary a book with 
the same ease and pleasure as a modern composition.
\par \tab In the Notes my view has been briefly to explain the text, and especially the difficult and obscure passages, from the most approved commentators, and that generally in their own words, for whose opinions
 or expressions, where liable to censure, I am not answerable; my province being only fairly to represent their expositions, and the little I have added of my own, or from European writers, being easily discernible.  Where I met with any circumstance whic
h I imagined might be curious or entertaining, I have not failed to produce it.
\par \tab The Preliminary Discourse will acquaint the reader with the most material particulars proper to be known previously to the entering on the Kor\'e2n itself, and which could not so 
conveniently have been thrown into the Notes.  And I have taken care, both in the Preliminary Discourse and the Notes, constantly to quote my authorities and the writers to whom I have been beholden; but to none have I been more so than to the learned Dr.
 Pocock, whose Specimen Histori\'e6 Arabum is the most useful and accurate work that has been hitherto published concerning the antiquities of that nation, and ought to be read by every curious inquirer into them.
\par \tab As I have had no opportunity of consulting public libraries, the manuscripts of which I have made use throughout the whole work have been such as I had in my own study, except only the Commentary of al Beid\'e2
wi and the Gospel of St. Barnabas.  The first belongs to the library of the Dutch church in Au
stin Friars, and for the use of it I have been chiefly indebted to the Reverend Dr. Bolten, one of the ministers of that church: the other was very obligingly lent me by the Reverend Dr. Holme, Rector of Hedley in Hampshire; and I take this opportunity of
 returning both those gentlemen my thanks for their favours.  The merit of al Beid\'e2wi\rquote 
s commentary will appear from the frequent quotations I have made thence; but of the Gospel of St. Barnabas (which I had not seen when the little I have said of it in the 
Preliminary Discourse,* and the extract I had borrowed from M. de la Monnoye and M. Toland,\'86 were printed off), I must beg leave to give some further account.
\par \tab The book is a moderate quarto, in Spanish, written in a very legible hand, but a little damaged towards the latter end.  It contains two hundred and twenty-two chapters of unequal length, and four hundred
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab *  Sect. IV. p. 58.\tab \tab \'86  In not. ad cap. 3, p. 38}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par and twenty pages; and is said, in the front, to be translated from the Italian, by an Arrago
nian Moslem, named Mostafa de Aranda.  There is a preface prefixed to it, wherein the discoverer of the original MS., who was a Christian monk, called Fra Marino, tells us that having accidentally met with a writing of Iren\'e6
us (among others), wherein he sp
eaks against St. Paul, alleging, for his authority, the Gospel of St. Barnabas, he became exceeding desirous to find this gospel; and that GOD, of His mercy, having made him very intimate with Pope Sixtus V., one day, as they were together in that Pope
\rquote s l
ibrary, his Holiness fell asleep, and he, to employ himself, reaching down a book to read, the first he laid his hand on proved to be the very gospel he wanted: overjoyed at the discovery, he scrupled not to hide his prize in his sleeve, and on the Pope
\rquote s awaking, took leave of him, carrying with him that celestial treasure, by reading of which he became a convert to Mohammedism.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 \tab This Gospel of Barnabas contains a complete history of Jesus Christ from His birth to His ascension; and most of the circumstanc
es in the four real Gospels are to be found therein, but many of them turned, and some artfully enough, to favour the Mohammedan system.  From the design of the whole, and the frequent interpolations of stories and passages wherein Mohammed is spoken of a
n
d foretold by name, as the messenger of God, and the great prophet who was to perfect the dispensation of Jesus, it appears to be a most barefaced forgery.  One particular I observe therein induces me to believe it to have been dressed up by a renegade Ch
r
istian, slightly instructed in his new religion, and not educated a Mohammedan (unless the fault be imputed to the Spanish, or perhaps the Italian translator, and not to the original compiler); I mean the giving to Mohammed the title of Messiah, and that 
not once or twice only, but in several places; whereas the title of the Messiah, or, as the Arabs write it, al Mas\'eeh, }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , Christ, is appropriated to Jesus in the Kor\'e2
n, and is constantly applied by the Mohammedans to Him, and never to their own prophet.  The passages produced from the Italian MS. by M. de la Monnoye are to be seen in this Spanish version almost word for word.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 \tab But to return to the following work.  Though I have freely censured the former translations of the Kor\'e2n, I would not therefore be 
suspected of a design to make my own pass as free from faults: I am very sensible it is not; and I make no doubt that the few who are able to discern them, and know the difficulty of the undertaking, will give me fair quarter.  I likewise flatter myself t
hat they, and all considerate persons, will excuse the delay which has happened in the publication of this work, when they are informed that it was carried on at leisure times only, and amidst the necessary avocations of a troublesome profession.
\par 
\par 
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Of the State of Christianity, particularly of the Eastern Churches, and of
\par }\pard\plain \s20\qj \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\tldot\tx7200\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 \f38\fs24\cf1\lang1024\langfe1024\cgrid\noproof\langnp1033\langfenp1033 }}\pard\plain \s20\qj \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar
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\par \tab by him for the establishing his Religion, and the circumstances which
\par \tab concurred thereto\tab 25
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\'e2n itself, the Peculiarities of that Book; the manner of its being
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}{\fldrslt {\cs27\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IV.\endash Of the Doctrines and positive Precepts of the Kor\'e2n which relate to Faith and
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\cs27\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 VI.\endash Of the Institutions of the Kor\'e2n in Civil Affairs\tab 103
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Of the principal Sects among the Mohammedans; and of those who have pre-
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48. Entitled, The Victory}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 29 verses\tab 377
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49. Entitled, The Inner Apartments}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 18 verse\tab 381
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52. Entitled, The Mountain}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 48 verses\tab 387
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55. Entitled, The Merciful}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 78 verses\tab 394
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56. Entitled, The Inevitable}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 99 verses\tab 396
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58. Entitled, She who disputed}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 22 verses\tab 402
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59. Entitled, The Emigration}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 24 verses\tab 404
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60. Entitled, She who is tried}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 13 verses\tab 407
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61. Entitled, Battle Array}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 14 verses\tab 409
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62. Entitled, The Assembly}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 11 verses\tab 410
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64. Entitled, Mutual Deceit}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; contianing 18 verses\tab 413
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66. Entitled, Prohibition}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 12 verses\tab 415
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67. Entitled, The Kingdom}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 30 verses\tab 418
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69. Entitled, The Infallible}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 52 verses\tab 421
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70. Entitled, The Steps}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 44 verses\tab 423
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72. Entitled, The Genii}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 28 verses\tab 426
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74. Entitled, The Covered}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 55 verses\tab 429
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75. Entitled, The Resurrection}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 40 verses\tab 431
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77. Entitled, Those which are sent}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 50 verses\tab 434
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79. Entitled, Those who tear forth}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 46 verses\tab 436
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80. Entitled, He Frowned}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 42 verses\tab 437
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81. Entitled, The Folding up}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 29 verses\tab 438
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82. Entitled, The Cleaving in Sunder}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 19 verses\tab 439
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83. Entitled, Those who give Short Measure or Weight}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 36 verses\tab 440
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84. Entitled, The Rending in Sunder}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 23 verses\tab 441
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85. Entitled, The Celestial Signs}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 22 verses\tab 442
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86. Entitled, The Star which appeareth by Night}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 17 verses\tab 443
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Striking}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 10 verses\tab 453
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102. Entitled, The Emulous Desire of Multiplying}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 8 verses\tab 454
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103. Entitled, The Afternoon}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 3 verses\tab 454
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105. Entitled, The Elephant}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 5 verses\tab 455
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107. Entitled, Necessaries}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 7 verses\tab 457
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108. Entitled, Al Cawthar}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 3 verses\tab 457
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109. Entitled, The Unbelievers}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 6 verses\tab 458
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110. Entitled, Assistance}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 3 verses\tab 458
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111. Entitled, Abu Laheb}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 5 verses\tab 459
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112. Entitled, The Declaration of God's Unity}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 4 verses\tab 459
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113. Entitled, The Daybreak}}}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; containing 5 verses\tab 460
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\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs36\insrsid14382261 PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE}{\f36\up12\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 
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\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 SECTION I.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par {\*\bkmkstart OF_THE_ARABS_BEFORE_MOHAMMED__O}OF THE ARABS BEFORE MOHAMMED; OR, AS THEY EXPRESS IT, IN THE TIME
\par        OF IGNORANCE; THEIR HISTORY, RELIGION, LEARNING, AND CUSTOMS
\par {\*\bkmkend OF_THE_ARABS_BEFORE_MOHAMMED__O}
\par \line THE Arabs, and the country they inhabit, which themselves call Jez\'eerat al Arab, or the Peninsula of the Arabians, but we Arabia, were so named from Araba, a small territory in the province of Teh\'e2ma;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  to which Yarab the son of Kaht\'e2n, the father of the ancient Arabs, gave his name, a
nd where, some ages after, dwelt Ismael the son of Abraham by Hagar.  The Christian writers for several centuries speak of them under the appellation of Saracens; the most certain derivation of which word is from }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 shark, the east}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 , where the descendants of Joctan, the Kaht\'e2n of the Arabs, are placed by Moses,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and in which quarter they dwelt in respect to the Jews.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The name of Arabia (used in a more extensive sense) sometimes comprehends all that large tract of land bounded by the river Euphrates, the Per
sian Gulf, the Sindian, Indian, and Red Seas, and part of the Mediterranean: above two-thirds of which country, that is, Arabia properly so called, the Arabs have possessed almost from the Flood; and have made themselves masters of the rest, either by set
tlements or continual incursions; for which reason the Turks and Persians at this day call the whole Arabist\'e2n, or the country of the Arabs.
\par    But the limits of Arabia, in its more usual and proper sense, are much narrower, as reaching no farther northward than the Isthmus, which runs from Aila to the head of the Persian Gulf, and the borders of the territory of C\'fb
fa; which tract of land the Greeks nearly comprehended under the name of Arabia the Happy.  The eastern geographers make Arabia Petr\'e6a to belong partly to Egypt, and partly to Sh\'e2m or Syria, and the desert Arabia they call the deserts of Syria.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Proper Arabia is by the oriental writers generally divided into five provinces,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261  viz., Yaman, Hej\'e2z, Teh\'e2ma, Najd, and Yam\'e2ma; to which
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    1  Pocock, Specim. Hist. Arab. 33. \tab 2  Gen. x. 30.\tab 3  See Pocock, Specim. 33, 34.\tab \tab 4  Golius ad Alfragan. 78, 79.
\par 5  Strabo says Arabia Felix was in his time divided into five kingdoms, l. 16, p. 1129.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 some add Bahrein, as a sixth, but this province the more exact make part of Ir\'e1k;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261  others reduce them all to two, Yaman and Hej\'e2
z, the last including the three other provinces of Teh\'e2ma, Najd, and Yam\'e2ma.
\par    The province of Yaman, so called either from its situation to the right hand, or south of the temple of Mecca, 
or else from the happiness and verdure of its soil, extends itself along the Indian Ocean from Aden to Cape Rasalgat; part of the Red Sea bounds it on the west and south sides, and the province of Hej\'e2z on the north.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   It is subdivided into several lesser provinces, as Hadramaut, Shihr, Om\'e2n, Najr\'e2n, &c., of which Shihr alone produces the frankincense.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  The metropolis of Yaman is Sanaa, a very ancient city, in former times called Ozal, and much celebrated for its delightful situation; but the prince at pre
sent resides about five leagues northward from thence, at a place no less pleasant, called Hisn almaw\'e2heb, or the Castle of delights.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    This country has been famous from all antiquity for the happiness of its climate, its fertility and riches,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261  which ind
uced Alexander the Great, after his return from his Indian expedition, to form a design of conquering it, and fixing there his royal seat; but his death, which happened soon after, prevented the execution of this project.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   Yet, in reality, great part of t
he riches which the ancients imagined were the produce of Arabia, came really from the Indies and the coasts of Africa; for the Egyptians, who had engrossed that trade, which was then carried on by way of the Red Sea, to themselves, industriously conceale
d
 the truth of the matter, and kept their ports shut to prevent foreigners penetrating into those countries, or receiving any information thence; and this precaution of theirs on the one side, and the deserts, unpassable to strangers, on the other, were th
e
 reason why Arabia was so little known to the Greeks and Romans.  The delightfulness and plenty of Yaman are owing to its mountains; for all that part which lies along the Red Sea is a dry, barren desert, in some places ten or twelve leagues over, but in 
r
eturn bounded by those mountains, which being well watered, enjoy an almost continual spring, and, besides coffee, the peculiar produce of this country, yield great plenty and variety of fruits, and in particular excellent corn, grapes, and spices.  There
 are no rivers of note in this country, for the streams which at certain times of the year descend from the mountains, seldom reach the sea, being for the most part drunk up and lost in the burning sands of that coast.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The soil of the other provinces is
 much more barren than that of Yaman; the greater part of their territories being covered with dry sands, or rising into rocks, interspersed here and there with some fruitful spots, which receive their greatest advantages from their water and palm trees.

\par    The province of Hej\'e2z, so named because it divides Najd from Teh\'e2ma, is bounded on the south by Yaman and Teh\'e2ma, on the west by the Red Sea, on the north by the deserts of Syria, and on the east by the province of Najd.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261   This province is famous for its two chief cities, Mecca and Medina, one of which is celebrated for its temple, and having given birth to Mohammed; and the other for being the 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    6  Gol. ad Alfragan. 79.\tab 1  La Roque, Voyage de l\rquote Arab, heur. 121.\tab 2  Gol. ad Alfragan. 79, 87.\tab \tab 3  Voyage de l\rquote 
Arab, heur. 232.\tab 4  Vide Dionys. Perieges. v. 927, &c.\tab 5  Strabo, l. 16, p. 1132.  Arrian, 161.\tab \tab 1  Voy. de l\rquote Arab. heur. 121, 123, 153.\tab 2  Vide Gol. ad Alfrag. 98.  Abulfeda Descr. Arab. p. 5.
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 place of his residence for the last ten years of his life, and of his interment.
\par    Mecca, sometimes also called Becca, which words are synonymous, and signify a place of great concourse, is certainly one of the most ancient cities of the world: it is by some}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 thought to be the Mesa of the scripture,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261  a name not unknown to the Arabians, and supposed to be taken form one of Ismael\rquote s sons.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  It is seated in a stony and barren valley, surrounded on all sides with mountains.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The length of Mecca from south to north is about two miles, and its breadth from the foot
 of the mountain Ajyad, to the top of another called Koaika\'e2n, about a mile.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261   In the midst of this space stands the city, built of stone cut from the neighbouring mountains.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261   There being no springs at Mecca,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261  at least none but what are bitter and unfit to drink,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 except only the well Zemzem, the water of which, though far the best, yet cannot be drank of any continuance, being brackish, and causing eruptions in those who drink plentifully of it,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 11}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 the inhabitants are obliged to use rain-water which they catch in cisterns.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  But this not being sufficient, several attempts were made to bring water thither from other places by aqueducts; and particularly about Mohammed\rquote s time, Zobair, one of the principal men of the tribe of Koreish, endeavoured at a great e
xpense to supply the city with water from Mount Arafat, but without success; yet this was effected not many years ago, being begun at the charge of a wife of Solim\'e2n the Turkish emperor.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  But long before this, another aqueduct had been made from a spring at a considerable distance, which was, after several years\rquote  labour, finished by the Khal\'eef al Moktader.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The soil about Mecca is so very barren as to produce no fruits but what are common in the deserts, though the prince or Shar\'eef has a garden well pla
nted at his castle of Marbaa, about three miles westward from the city, where he usually resides.  Having therefore no corn or grain of their own growth, they are obliged to fetch it from other places;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and Hashem, Mohammed\rquote s great-grandfather, then prince of his tribe, the more effectually to supply them with provisions, appointed two caravans to set out yearly for that purpose, the one in summer, and the other in winter: }{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261  these caravans of purveyors are mentioned in the Kor\'e2n.  The provisions brought by 
them were distributed also twice a year, viz., in the month of Rajeb, and at the arrival of the pilgrims.  They are supplied with dates in great plenty from the adjacent country, and with grapes from Tayef, about sixty miles distant, very few growing at M
e
cca.  The inhabitants of this city are generally very rich, being considerable gainers by the prodigious concourse of people of almost all nations at the yearly pilgrimage, at which time there is a great fair or mart for all kinds of merchandise.  They ha
ve also great numbers of cattle, and particularly of camels: however, the poorer sort cannot but live very indifferently in a place where almost every necessary of life must be purchased with money.  Notwithstanding this great sterility 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    3  R.  Saadias in version.  Arab. Pentat. Sefer Juchasin. 135. b.\tab 4  Gen. x. 30.\tab 5  Gol. ad Alfrag. 82  See Gen. xxv. 15.
\par 6  Gol. ib. 98.  See Pitts\rquote  Account of the religion and manners of the Mohammedans, p. 96.\tab \tab 7  Sharif al Edrisi apud Poc. Specim. 122.\tab 8  Ibid.\tab \tab 9  Gol. ad Alfragan. 99.\tab 10  Sharif al Edrisi ubi supra, 124.\tab 
11  Ibid. and Pitts ubi supra, p. 107.\tab \tab 1  Gol. ad Alfrag. 99.\tab 2  Ibid.\tab \tab 3  Sharif al Edrisi ubi supra.\tab \tab 4  Idem ib.
\par 5  Poc. Spec. 51
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 near Mecca, yet you are no sooner out of its territory than yo
u meet on all sides with plenty of good springs and streams of running water, with a great many gardens and cultivated lands.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The temple of Mecca, and the reputed holiness of this territory, will be treated of in a more proper place.
\par    Medina, which till Mohammed\rquote s retreat thither was called Yathreb, is a walled city about half as big as Mecca,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 built in a plain, salt in many places, yet tolerably fruitful, particularly in dates, but more especially near the mountains, two of which, Ohod on the north, and Air on the south, are about two leagues distant.  Here lies Mohammed interred}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261  in a magnificent building, covered with a cupola, and adjoining to the east side of the great temple, which is built in the midst of the city.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261    The province of Teh\'e2ma was so named from the vehement heat of its sandy soil, and is also called Gaur from its low situation; it is bounded on the west by the Red Sea, and on the other sides by Hej\'e2
z and Yaman, extending almost from Mecca to Aden.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The province of Najd, which word signifies a rising country, lies between those of Yam\'e2ma, Yaman, and Hej\'e2z, and is bounded on the east by Irak.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261    The province of Yam\'e2ma, also called Ar\'fbd from its oblique situation, in respect of Yaman, is surrounded by the provinces of Najd, Teh\'e2ma, Bahrein, Om\'e2n, Shihr, Hadramaut, and Saba.  The chief city is Yam\'e2
ma, which gives name to the province: it was anciently called Jaw, and is particularly famous for being the residence of Mohammed\rquote s competitor, the false prophet Moseilama.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The Arabians, the inhabitants of this spacious country, which they have possessed from the most remote antiquity, are distinguished by their own writers into two classes, viz., the old lost Arabians, and the present.
\par    The former were very numerous, and divided into several tribes, which are now all destroyed, or else lost and swallowed up among the other tribes, nor are any certain memoirs or records extant concerning them;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  though the memory of some very remarkable events and the catastrophe of some tribes have been preserved by tradition, and since confirmed by the authority of the Kor\'e2n.
\par    The most famous tribes amongst these ancient Arabians were Ad, Tham\'fbd, Tasm, Jad\'ees, the former Jorham, and Amalek.
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    6  Sharif al Edrisi ubi supra, 125.\tab 7  Id. Vulg\'f2 Geogr. Nubiensis, 5.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    1  Though the notion of Mohammed\rquote 
s being buried at Mecca has been so long exploded, yet several modern writers, whether through ignorance or negligence I will not determine, have fallen into it.  It shall here take notice only of two; one is
 Dr. Smith, who having lived some time in Turkey, seems to be inexcusable: that gentleman in his Epistles }{\i\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 de Moribus ac Institutis Turcarum}{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 
, no less than thrice mentions the Mohammedans visiting the tomb of their prophet at Mecca, and once his being born at Medina\endash 
the reverse of which is true (see Ep. I, p. 22, Ep. 2, p. 63 and 64).  The other is the publisher of the last edition of Sir J. Mandevile\rquote s Travels, who on his author\rquote s saying very truly (p. 50) that the said tomb was at Methone, }{
\i\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 i.e.,}{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261  Medina, und
ertakes to correct the name of the town, which is something corrupted, by putting at the bottom of the page, Mecca.  The Abbot de Vertot, in his History of the Order of Malta (vol. i. p. 410, ed. 8vo.), seems also to have confounded these two cities toget
her, though he had before mentioned Mohammed\rquote 
s sepulchre at Medina.  However, he is certainly mistaken, when he says that one point of the religion, both of the Christians and Mohammedans, was to visit, at least once in their lives, the tomb of the author o
f their respective faith.  Whatever may be the opinion of some Christians, I am well assured the Mohammedans think themselves under no manner of obligation in that respect.
\par 2  Gol. ad Alfragan. 97, Abulfeda Descr. Arab. p. 40.\tab 3  Gol. ubi sup. 95.\tab \tab 4  Ibid. 94.\tab 5  Ibid. 95.
\par 6  Abulfarag, p. 159.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par    The tribe of Ad were descended from Ad, the son of Aws,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261  the son of Aram,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 the son of Sem, the son of Noah, who, after the confusion of tongues, settled in al Ahk\'e2f, or the winding sands in the province of Hadramaut, where his posterity greatly multiplied.  Their first king was Shed\'e2
d the son of Ad, of whom the eastern writers deliver many fabulous things, particularly that he finished the magnificent city his father had begun, wherein he built a fine palace, ad
orned with delicious gardens, to embellish which he spared neither cost nor labour, proposing thereby to create in his subjects a superstitious veneration of himself as a god.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  This garden or paradise was called the garden of Irem, and is mentioned in the Kor\'e2n,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and often alluded to by the oriental writers.  The city, they tell us, is still standing in the deserts of Aden, being preserved by providence as a monument of divine justice, though it be invisible, unless very rarely, when GOD permits it to be s
een, a favour one Colabah pretended to have received in the reign of the Khal\'eef Mo\'e2
wiyah, who sending for him to know the truth of the matter, Colabah related his whole adventure; that as he was seeking a camel he had lost, he found himself on a sudden at 
the gates of this city, and entering it saw not one inhabitant, at which, being terrified, he stayed no longer than to take with him some fine stones which he showed the Khal\'eef.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The descendants of Ad in process of time falling from the worship of the true God into idolatry, GOD sent the prophet H\'fbd (who is generally agreed to be Heber}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
) to preach to and reclaim them.  But they refusing to acknowledge his mission, or to obey him, GOD sent a hot and suffocating wind, which blew seven nights and eight days together, and entering at their nostrils passed through their bodies.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and destroyed them all, a very few only excepted, who had believed in H\'fbd and retired with him to another place.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  That prophet afterwards returned into Hadramaut, and was buried near Hasec, where there is a small town now standing called Kabr H\'fbd, or the sepulchre of H\'fb
d.  Before the Adites were thus severely punished, GOD, to humble them, and incline them to hearken to the preaching of his prophet, afflicted them with a drought for fo
ur years, so that all their cattle perished, and themselves were very near it; upon which they sent Lokm\'e2n (different from one of the same name who lived in David\rquote s time) with sixty others to Mecca to beg rain, which they not obtaining, Lokm\'e2
n with some of his company stayed at Mecca, and thereby escaped destruction, giving rise to a tribe called the latter Ad, who were afterward changed into monkeys.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Some commentators on the Kor\'e2n}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  tell us these old Adites were of prodigious stature, the largest being 
100 cubits high, and the least 60; which extraordinary size they pretend to prove by the testimony of the Kor\'e2n.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The tribe of Tham\'fbd were the posterity of Tham\'fbd the son of Gather}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261  the son of Aram, who falling into idolatry, the prophet S\'e2leh was sent 
to bring them back to the worship of the true GOD.  This prophet lived between the time of H\'fbd and of Abraham, and therefore cannot be the
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    1  Or Uz.  Gen. x. 22, 23.\tab \tab 2  Vide Kor. c. 89.  Some make Ad the son of Amalek, the son of Ham; but the other is the received opinion.  See D\rquote Herbel. 51.\tab 3  Vide Eund. 498.\tab \tab 4  Cap. 89.\tab 
5  D\rquote Herbel. 51.\tab 6  The Jews acknowledge Heber to have been a great prophet.  Seder Olam. p. 2.\tab \tab 7  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab 8  Poc. Spec. 35, &c.\tab 1  Ibid, 36.\tab \tab 2  Jall\'e2lo\rquote ddin et Zamakhshari.\tab 3  Kor. c. 7.\tab 
4  Or Gether, vide Gen. x. 23.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par same with the patriarch S\'e2leh, as Mr. d\rquote Herbelot imagines.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The learned Bochart with more probability takes him to be Phaleg.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  A small number of the people of Tham\'fbd hearkened to the remonstrances of S\'e2leh, bu
t the rest requiring, as a proof of his mission, that he should cause a she-camel big with young to come out of a rock in their presence, he accordingly obtained it of GOD, and the camel was immediately delivered of a young one ready weaned; but they, ins
tead of believing, cut the hamstrings of the camel and killed her; at which act of impiety GOD, being highly displeased, three days after struck them dead in their houses by an earthquake and a terrible noise from heaven, which, some}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261  say, was the voice of Gabriel the archangel crying aloud, \'93Die, all of you.\'94  S\'e2
leh, with those who were reformed by him, were saved from this destruction; the prophet going into Palestine, and from thence to Mecca,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261  where he ended his days.
\par    This tribe first dwelt in Yaman, but being expelled thence by Hamyar the son of S\'e2ba,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261  they settled in the territory of Hejr in the province of Hej\'e2
z, where their habitations cut out of the rocks, mentioned in the Kor\'e2n,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\insrsid14382261  are still to be seen, and also the crack of the rock whence the camel issued, which, as an eye-witness}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 11}{\f36\insrsid14382261  hath declared, is 60 cubits wide.  These houses of the Tham\'fb
dites being of the ordinary proportion, are used as an argument to convince those of a mistake who who this people to have been of a gigantic stature.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 12}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The tragical destructions of these two potent tribes are often insisted on in the Kor\'e2n, as instances of GOD\rquote S judgment on obstinate unbelievers.
\par    The tribe of Tasm were the posterity of L\'fbd the son of Sem, and Jad\'ees of the descendants of Jether.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261   These 
two tribes dwelt promiscuously together under the government of Tasm, till a certain tyrant made a law that no maid of the tribe of Jad\'ees should marry unless first defloured by him;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 which the Jadisians not enduring, formed a conspiracy, and inviting the k
ing and chiefs of Tasm to an entertainment, privately hid their swords in the sand, and in the midst of their mirth fell on them and slew them all, and extirpated the greatest part of that tribe; however, the few who escaped obtaining aid of the king of Y
aman, then (as is said) Dhu Habsh\'e2n Ebn Akr\'e2n,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  assaulted the Jad\'ees and utterly destroyed them, there being scarce any mention made from that time of either of these tribes.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The former tribe of Jorham (whose ancestor some pretend was one of the eighty persons saved in the ark of Noah, according to a Mohammedan tradition}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 ) was contemporary with Ad, and utterly perished.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The tribe of Amalek were descended from Amalek the son of Eliphaz the son of Esau}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261  7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , though some of the oriental authors say Amalek was
 the son of Ham the son of Noah,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and others the son of Azd the son of Sem.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The posterity of this person rendered themselves very powerful,}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and before the time of Joseph conquered the lower Egypt under
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    5  D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. 740.\tab 6  Bochart Geogr. Sac.\tab 7  See D\rquote Herbel. 366.\tab 8  Ebn Shohnah\tab 
\par 9  Poc. Spec. 57.\tab \tab 10  Kor. c. 15.\tab 11  Abu Musa al Ashari.\tab 12.  Vide Poc. Spec. 37.\tab 1  Abulfeda.
\par 2  A like custom is said to have been i n some manors in England, and also in Scotland, where it was called \'93culliage,\'94 having been established by K. Ewen, and abolished by Malcolm III.  See Bayle\rquote s Dict. Art. Sixte IV., Rem. H.\tab \tab 
3  Poc. Spec. 60.\tab 4  Ibid. 37, &c.\tab 5  Ibid. p. 38.\tab 6  Ebn Shohnah.\tab \tab 7  Gen. xxxvi. 12.\tab \tab 8  Vide D\rquote Herbelot, p. 110.
\par 9  Ebn Shohnah\tab \tab 10  Vide Numb. xxiv. 20.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par their king Wal\'eed, the first who took the name of Pharaoh, as the eastern writers tell us;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 11}{\f36\insrsid14382261  seeming by these Amalekites to mean the same people which the Egyptian histories call Phoenician shepherds.}
{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 12}{\f36\insrsid14382261   But after they had possessed the throne of Egypt for some descents, they were expelled by the natives, and at length totally destroyed by the Israelites.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 13}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The present Arabians, according to their own historians, are sprung from two stocks, Kaht\'e2n, the same with Joctan the son of Eber,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 14}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and Adn\'e2
n descended in a direct line from Ismael the son of Abraham and Hagar; the posterity of the former they call al Arab al Ariba,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 15}{\f36\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 i.e.,}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 the genuine or pure Arabs, and those of the latter al Arab al most\'e1reba, }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 i.e.,}{\f36\insrsid14382261  naturalized or institious Arab
s, though some reckon the ancient lost tribes to have been the only pure Arabians, and therefore call the posterity of Kaht\'e2n also M\'f3tareba, which word likewise signifies insititious Arabs, though in a nearer degree than Most\'e1
reba; the descendants of Ismael being the more distant graff.
\par    The posterity of Ismael have no claim to be admitted as pure Arabs, their ancestor being by origin and language an Hebrew; but having made an alliance with the Jorhamites, by marrying a daughter of Modad, and accustomed h
imself to their manner of living and language, his descendants became blended with them into one nation.  The uncertainty of the descents between Ismael and Adn\'e2
n is the reason why they seldom trace their genealogies higher than the latter, whom they acknowledge as father of their tribes, the descents from him downwards being pretty certain and uncontroverted.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 

\par    The genealogy of these tribes being of great use to illustrate the Arabian history, I have taken the pains to form a genealogical table from their most approved authors, to which I refer the curious.
\par    Besides these tribes of Arabs mentioned by their own authors, who were all descended from the race of Sem, others of them were the posterity of Ham by his son Cush, which name is in scripture consta
ntly given to the Arabs and their country, though our version renders it Ethiopia; but strictly speaking, the Cushites did not inhabit Arabia properly so called, but the banks of the Euphrates and the Persian Gulf, whither they came form Chuzest\'e2
n or Susiana, the original settlement of their father.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261   They might probably mix themselves in process of time with the Arabs of the other race, but the eastern writers take little or no notice of them.

\par    The Arabians were for some centuries under the government of the descendants of K\'e2htan; Y\'e1rab, one of his sons, founding the kingdom of Yaman, and Jorham, another of them, that of Hej\'e2z.
\par    The province of Yaman, or the better part of it, particularly the provinces of Saba and Hadramaut, was governed by princes of the tribe of Hamyar, though at length the kingdom was translated to the descendants of Cahl\'e2
n, his brother, who yet retained the title of king of Hamyar, and had all of them the general title of Tobba, which signifies successor, and was affected to this race of princes, as that of
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    11  Mir\'e2t Ca\'efn\'e2t.\tab \tab 12  Vide Joseph. cont. Apion. l. i.\tab 13  Vide Exod. xvii. 18, &c.; I Sam. xv. 2, &c.; ibid. xxvii. 8, 9; I Chron. iv. 43.\tab 
14  R. Saad. in vers. Arab. Pentat. Gen. x. 25.  Some writers make Kaht\'e2n a descendant of Ismael, but against the current of oriental historians.  See Poc. Spec. 39.\tab \tab 15  An expression something like that of St. Paul, who calls himself \'93
an Hebrew of the Hebrews,\'94 Philip. iii. 5.\tab \tab 1  Poc. Spec. p. 40.\tab 2  Vide Hyde Hist. Rel. veter. Persar. p. 37, &c.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par 
\par \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 C\'e6sar was to the Roman emperors, and Khal\'ee
f to the successors of Mohammed.  There were several lesser princes who reigned in other parts of Yaman, and were mostly, if not altogether, subject to the king of Hamyar, whom they called the great k
ing, but of these history has recorded nothing remarkable or that may be depended upon.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The first great calamity that befell the tribes settled in Yaman was the inundation of Aram, which happened soon after the time of Alexander the Great, and is famou
s in the Arabian history.  No less than eight tribes were forced to abandon their dwellings upon this occasion, some of which gave rise to the two kingdoms of Ghass\'e2
n and Hira.  And this was probably the time of the migration of those tribes or colonies which were led into Mesopotamia by three chiefs,Becr, Modar, and Rab\'ee
a, from whom the three provinces of that country are still named Diyar Becr, Diyar Modar, and Diyar Rab\'eea.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Abdshems, surnamed Saba, having built the city from him called Saba, and afterwa
rds Mareb, made a vast mound, or dam,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 to serve as a basin or reservoir to receive the water which came down from the mountains, not only for the use of the inhabitants, and watering their lands, but also to keep the country they had subjected in greater a
we by being masters of the water.  This building stood like a mountain above their city, and was by them esteemed so strong that they were in no apprehension of its ever failing.  The water rose to the height of almost twenty fathoms, and was kept in on e
v
ery side by a work so solid, that many of the inhabitants had their houses built upon it.  Every family had a certain portion of this water, distributed by aqueducts.  But at length, GOD, being highly displeased at their great pride and insolence, and res
olving to humble and disperse them, sent a mighty flood, which broke down the mound by night while the inhabitants were asleep, and carried away the whole city, with the neighbouring towns and people.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 

\par    The tribes which remained in Yaman after this terrib
le devastation still continued under the obedience of the former princes, till about seventy years before Mohammed, when the king of Ethiopia sent over forces to assist the Christians of Yaman against the cruel persecution of their king, Dhu Now\'e2
s, a bigoted Jew, whom they drove to that extremity that he forced his horse into the sea, and so lost his life and crown,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 after which the country was governed by four Ethiopian princes successively, till Selif, the son of Dhu Yazan, of the tribe of Hamyar, obtaining succours from Khosr\'fb Anushirw\'e2
n, king of Persia, which had been denied him by the emperor Heraclius, recovered the throne and drove out the Ethiopians, but was himself slain by some of them who were left behind.  The Persians appointed the succeeding pr
inces till Yaman fell into the hands of Mohammed, to whom Bazan, or rather Badh\'e2n, the last of them, submitted, and embraced this new religion.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    This kingdom of the Hammyarites is said to have lasted 2,020 years,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  or as others say above 3,000;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  the leng
th of the reign of each prince being very uncertain.
\par    It has been already observed that two kingdoms were founded by those who left their country on occasion of the inundation of Aram:
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    1  Poc. Spec. p. 65, 66.\tab \tab 2  Vide Gol. ad Alfrag. p. 232.\tab 3  Poc. Spec. p. 57.\tab 4  Geogr. Nubiens. p. 52.\tab 
\par 5  See Prideaux\rquote s Life of Mahomet, p. 61.\tab 1  Poc. Spec. p. 63, 64.\tab 2  Abulfeda.\tab 3  Al Jann\'e2bi and Ahmed Ebn Yusef.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 they were both out of the proper limits of Arabia.  One of them was the kingdom of Ghass\'e2n.  The founders of this kingdom were of the tribe of Azd, who, settling in Syria Damascena near a water called Ghass\'e2
n, thence took their name, and drove out (the Dajaamian Arabs of the tribe of Sal\'eeh, who before possessed the country;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261  where they maintained thei
r kingdom 400 years, as others say 600, or as Abulfeda more exactly computes, 616.  Five of these princes were named H\'e2
reth, which the Greeks write Aretas: and one of them it was whose governor ordered the gates of Damascus to be watched to take St. Paul.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  This tribe were Christians, their last king being Jabalah the son of al Ayham, who on the Arabs\rquote  successes in Syria professed Mohammedism under the Khal\'ee
f Omar; but receiving a disgust from him, returned to his former faith, and retired to Constantinople.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The other kingdom was that of Hira, which was founded by Malec, of the descendants of Cahl\'e2n}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261  in Chaldea or Ir\'e2
k; but after three descents the throne came by marriage to the Lakhmians, called also the Mondars (the general name of those princes), who preserved their dominion, notwithstanding some small interruption by the Persians, till the Khal\'ee
fat of Abubecr, when al Mondar al Maghr\'fbr, the last of them, lost his life and crown by the arms of Khaled Ebn al Wal\'eed.  This kingdom lasted 622 years eight months.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  Its princes were under the protection of the kings of Persia, whose lieutenants they were over the Arabs of Ir\'e2k, as the kings of Ghass\'e2n were for the Roman emperors over those of Syria.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Jorham the son of Kaht\'e2n reigned in Hej\'e2z, where his pos
terity kept the throne till the time of Ismael; but on his marrying the daughter of Modad, by whom he had twelve sons, Kidar, one of them, had the crown resigned to him by his uncles the Jorhamites,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 though others say the descendants of Ismael expelled that tribe, who retiring to Johainah, were, after various fortune, at last all destroyed by an inundation.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Of the kings of Hamyar, Hira, Ghass\'e2n, and Jorham, Dr. Pocock has given us catalogues tolerably exact, to which I refer the curious.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    After the expulsion of the Jorhamites, the government of Hej\'e2
z seems not to have continued for many centuries in the hands of one prince, but to have been divided among the heads of tribes, almost in the same manner as the Arabs of the desert are governed at this day
.  At Mecca an aristocracy prevailed, where the chief management of affairs till the time of Mohammed was in the tribe of Koreish, especially after they had gotten the custody of the Caaba from the tribe of Khoz\'e2ah.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Besides the kingdoms which have been taken notice of, there were some other tribes which in latter times had princes of their own, and formed states of lesser note, particularly the tribe of Kenda:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 but as I am not writing a just history of the Arabs, and an account of them would be of no great use ot my present purpose, I shall waive any further mention of them.
\par    After the time of Mohammed, Arabia was for about three centuries under the Khal\'eefs his successors.  But in the year 325 of the Hejra,
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    4  Poc. Spec. p. 76.\tab 5  2 Cor. xi. 32; Acts ix. 24.\tab 6  Vide Ockley\rquote s History of the Saracens, vol. i. p. 174.\tab 
7  Poc. Spec. p. 66.
\par 8  Ibid. p. 74.\tab 9  Ibid. and Procop. in Pers. apud Photium. p. 71, &c.\tab \tab 1  Poc. Spec. p. 45.\tab 2  Ibid. p. 79.
\par 3  Ibid. p. 55, seq.\tab 4  Vide ibid. p. 41, and Prideaux\rquote s Life of Mahomet, p. 2.\tab \tab 5  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 79, &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 great part of that country was in the hands of the Karmatians,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261  a new sect who had committed great outrages and disorders even in Mecca, and to whom the Khal\'ee
fs were obliged to pay tribute, that the
 pilgrimage thither might be performed: of this sect I may have occasion to speak in another place.  Afterwards Yaman was governed by the house of Thabateba, descended from Ali the son-in-law of Mohammed, whose sovereignty in Arabia some place so high as 
t
he time of Charlemagne.  However, it was the posterity of Ali, or pretenders to be such, who reigned in Yaman and Egypt so early as the tenth century.  The present reigning family in Yaman is probably that of Ayub, a branch of which reigned there in the t
hirteenth century, and took the title of Khal\'eef and Im\'e2m, which they still retain.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261   They are not possessed of the whole province of Yaman,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 there being several other independent kingdoms there, particularly that of Fartach.  The crown of Yaman descends not
 regularly from father to son, but the prince of the blood royal who is most in favour with the great ones, or has the strongest interest, generally succeeds.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The governors of Mecca and Medina, who have always been of the race of Mohammed, also threw off their subjection to the Khal\'ee
fs, since which time four principal families, all descended from Hassan the son of Ali, have reigned there under the title of Shar\'eef, which signifies }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 noble}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
, as they reckon themselves to be on account of their descent.  These are Banu K\'e2der, Banu M\'fbsa Thani, Banu Hashem, and Banu Kit\'e2da;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 which last family now is, or lately was, in the throne of Mecca, where they have reigned above 500 years.  The reigning family at Medina are the Banu Hashem, who also reigned at Mecca before those of Kit\'e2da.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The kings of Yaman, as well as the princes of Mecca and Medina, are alsolutely independent}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and not at all subject to the Turk, as some late authors have imagined.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   These princes often making cruel wars among themselves, gave an opportunity to Selim I. and his son Solim\'e2
n, to make themselves masters of the coasts of Arabia on the Red Sea, and of part of Yaman, by means of a fleet built at Sues: but their successors have not been able to maintain their conquests; for, except the port of
 Jodda, where they have a Basha whose authority is very small, they possess nothing considerable in Arabia.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Thus have the Arabs preserved their liberty, of which few nations can produce so ancient monuments, with very little interruption, from the very
 Deluge; for though very great armies have been sent against them, all attempts to subdue them were unsuccessful.  The Assyrian or Median empires never got footing among them.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  The Persian monarchs, though they were their friends, and so far respected by them as to have an annual present of frankincense,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261  yet could never make them tributary;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  and were so far from being their masters, that Cambyses, on his expedition against Egypt, was obliged to ask their leave to pass through their territories;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and when 
Alexander had subdued that mighty empire, yet the Arabians had so little apprehension of him, that they alone, of
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    6  Vide Elmacin. in vita al R\'e2di.\tab 7  Voyage de l-Arab. heur. p. 255. \tab \tab 8  Ibid. 153, 273.\tab \tab 9  Ibid. 254.\tab 1  Ibid. 143.
\tab 2  Ibid. 145.\tab 3  Ibid. 143, 148.\tab \tab 4  Vide D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. p. 477.\tab 5  Voy. de l\rquote Arab. heur. p. 148.\tab \tab 6  Diodor. Sic. 1. 2, p. 131.\tab \tab 7  Herodot. 1  3, c. 97.\tab \tab 
8  Idem ib. c. 91.  Diodor. ubi sup.\tab \tab 9  Herodot. 1. 3, c. 8 and 98.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 all the neighbouring nations, sent no ambassadors to him, either first or last; which, with a desire of possessing so rich a country, made him form a design against it, and had he not died before he could put it in execution,}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\insrsid14382261  this people might possibly have convinced him that he was not invincible: and I do not find that any of his successors, either in Asia or Egypt, ever made any attempt against them.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The Romans never conquered any part of Arabia properly so called; the most they did was to make some tribes in Syria tributary to them, as Pompey did one commanded by Sampsiceramus or Shams\rquote alker
\'e2m, who reigned at Hems or Emesa;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  but none of the Romans, or any other nations that we know of, ever penetrated so far into Arabia as \'c6lius Gallus under Augustus C\'e6sar;}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  yet he was so far from subduing it, as some authors pretend,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 that he was soon obliged to return without effecting anything considerable, having lost the best part of his army by sickness and other accidents.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  This ill success probably discouraged the Romans from attacking them any 
more; for Trajan, notwithstanding the flatteries of the historians and orators of his time, and the medals struck by him, did not subdue the Arabs; the province of Arabia, which it is said he added to the Roman empire, scarce reaching farther than Arabia 
Petr\'e6a, or the very skirts of the country.  And we are told by one author,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 that this prince, marching against the Agarens who had revolted, met with such a reception that he was obliged to return without doing anything.
\par    The religion of the Arabs before Mohammed, which they call the state of ignorance, in opposition to the knowledge of GOD\rquote 
S true worship revealed to them by their prophet, was chiefly gross idolatry; the Sabian religion having almost overrun the whole nation, though there were also great numbers of Christians, Jews, and Magians among them.
\par    I shall not here transcribe what Dr. Prideaux}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 has written of the original of the Sabian religion; but instead thereof insert a brief account of the tenets and worship of that sect.  They do not only b
elieve one GOD, but produce many strong arguments for His unity, though they also pay an adoration to the stars, or the angels and intelligences which they suppose reside in them, and govern the world under the Supreme Deity.  They endeavour to perfect th
emselves in the four intellectual virtues, and believe the souls of the wicked men will be punished for nine thousand ages, but will afterwards be received to mercy.  They are obliged to pray three times}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  a day; the first, half an hour or less before sunrise, ordering it so that they may, just as the sun rises, finish eight adorations, each containing three prostrations;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 the second prayer they end at noon, when the sun begins to decline, in saying which they perform five such adorations as the former: and i
n the same they do the third time, ending just as the sun sets.  They fast three times a year, the first time thirty days, the next nine days, and the last seven.  They offer many sacrifices, but eat no part of them, burning them all.  They abstain from b
eans, garlic, and some other pulse and vegetables.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261   As
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    10  Strabo, l. 16, p. 1076, 1132.\tab \tab 1  Vide Diodor. Sic. ubi supra.\tab 2  Strabo, l. 16, p. 1092.\tab \tab 
3  Dion Cassius, l. 53, p. m. 516\tab \tab 4  Huet, Hist. du Commerce et de la Navigation des Anciens, c. 50.\tab \tab 5  See the whole expedition described at large by Strabo, l. 16, p. 1126, &c.\tab \tab 6  Xiphilin. epit.\tab \tab }{
\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 7  Connect. of the Hist. of the Old and New Test. p. 1, bk. 3.\tab \tab 8  Some say seven.  See D\rquote Herbelot, p. 726, and Hyde de Rel. Vet. Pers. p. 128
\par 9  Others say they use no incurvations or prostrations at all; vide Hyde ibid.\tab \tab 1  Abulfarag, Hist. Dynast. p. 281, &c.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 \page 
\par to the Sabian Kebla, or part to which they turn their faces in praying, authors greatly differ; one will have it to be the north,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  another the sout
h, a third Mecca, and a fourth the star to which they pay their devotions:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and perhaps there may be some variety in their practice in this respect.  They go on pilgrimage to a place near the city of Harran in Mesopotamia, where great numbers of them dwell
, and they have also a great respect for the temple of Mecca, and the pyramids of Egypt;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 fancying these last to be the sepulchres of Seth, and of Enoch and Sabi his two sons, whom they look on as the first propagators of their religion; at these structures they sacrifice a cock and a black calf, and offer up incense.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Besides the book of Psalms, the only true scripture they read, they have other books which they esteem equally sacred, particularly one in the Chaldee tongue which they call the book of Seth
, and is full of moral discourses.  This sect say they took the name of Sabians from the above-mentioned Sabi, though it seems rather to be derived from }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 Saba}{\f36\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  or the }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 host of heaven}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , which they worship.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Travellers commonly call them Christians of St. Joh
n the Baptist, whose disciples also they pretend to be, using a kind of baptism, which is the greatest mark they bear of Christianity.  This is one of the religions, the practice of which Mohammed tolerated (on paying tribute), and the professors of it ar
e often included in that expression of the Kor\'e2n, \'93those to whom the scriptures have been given,\'94 or literally, }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 the people of the book}{\f36\insrsid14382261 .
\par    The idolatry of the Arabs then, as Sabians, chiefly consisted in worshipping the fixed stars and planets, and the ange
ls and their images, which they honoured as inferior deities, and whose intercession they begged, as their mediators with GOD.  For the Arabs acknowledged one supreme GOD, the Creator and LORD of the universe, whom they called Allah Ta\'e2
la, the most high GOD; and their other deities, who were subordinate to him, they called simply al Ilah\'e2t, }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
, the goddesses; which words the Grecians not understanding, and it being their constant custom to resolve the religion of every other nation into their own, and find out gods of their to match the others\rquote 
, they pretend that the Arabs worshipped only two deities, Orotalt and Alilat, as those names are corruptly written, whom they will have to be the same with Bacchus and Urania; pitching on the former as one of the gr
eatest of their own gods, and educated in Arabia, and on the other, because of the veneration shown by the Arabs to the stars.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    That they acknowledged one supreme GOD, appears, to omit other proof, from their usual form of addressing themselves to him, which was this, \'93
I dedicate myself to thy service, O GOD!  Thou hast no companion, except thy companion of whom thou art absolute master, and of whatever is his.\'94}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261   So that they supposed the idols not to be }{
\i\f36\insrsid14382261 sui juris}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , though they offered sacrifices and oth
er offerings to them, as well as to GOD, who was also often put off with the least portion, as Mohammed upbraids them.  Thus when they planted fruit trees, or sowed a field, they divided it by a line into two parts, setting one apart
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    2  Idem ibid.\tab \tab 3  Hyde ubi supr. p. 124, &c.\tab \tab 4  D\rquote Herbel. ubi supr.\tab 5  See Greaves\rquote  Pyramidogr. p. 6, 7.\tab \tab 6  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 138.\tab \tab 
7  Thabet Ebn Korrah, a famous astronomer, and himself a Sabian, wrote a treatise in Syriac concerning the doctrines, rites, and ceremonies
 of this sect; from which, if it could be recovered, we might expect much better information than any taken from the Arabian writers; vide Abulfarag, ubi sup.\tab \tab 1  Vide Herodot. 1. 3, c. 8; Arrian, p. 161, 162, and Strab. l. 16.\tab \tab 
2  Al Shahrestani.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 for their idols, and the other for GOD; if any of the fruits happened to fall from the idol\rquote s part into GOD\rquote S, they made restitution; but if from GOD\rquote S part into the idol\rquote 
s, they made no restitution.  So when they watered the idol\rquote s grounds, if the water broke over the channels made for that purpose, and ran on GOD\rquote 
S part, they damned it up again; but if the contrary, they let it run on, saying, they wanted what was GOD\rquote S, but he wanted nothing.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  In the same manner, if the offering designed for GOD happened to be better than that designed for the idol, they made an exchange, but not otherwise.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    It was from this gross idolatry, or the worship of inferior deities, or companions of GOD, as the Arabs continue to call them, that Mohammed reclaimed his countrymen,
 establishing the sole worship of the true GOD among them; so that how much soever the Mohammedans are to blame in other points, they are far from being idolaters, as some ignorant writers have pretended.
\par    The worship of the stars the Arabs might easily be led into, from their observing the changes of weather to happen at the rising and setting of certain of them,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 which after a long course of experience induced them to ascribe a divine power to those stars, and to think themselves indebted to them for their rains, a very great benefit and refreshment to their parched country: this superstition the Kor\'e2
n particularly takes notice of.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The ancient Arabians and Indians, between which two nations was a great conformity of religions, had seven celebrated temples, dedicated to the seven planets; one of which in particular, called Beit Ghomd\'e2
n, was built in Sanaa, the metropolis of Yaman, by Dahac, to the honour of al Zoharah or the planet Venus, and was demolished by the Khal\'eef Othman;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  by whose murder was fu
lfilled the prophetical inscription set, as is reported, over this temple, viz., \'93Ghomd\'e2n, he who destroyeth thee shall be slain.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  The temple of Mecca is also said to have been consecrated to Zohal, or Saturn.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Though these deities were generally reverenced by the whole nation, yet each tribe chose some one as the more peculiar object of their worship.
\par    Thus as to the stars and planets, the tribe of Hamyar chiefly worshipped the sun; Misam,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261  al Debar\'e2n, or the Bull\rquote s-eye; Lakhm and Jod\'e2m, al Moshtari,
 or Jupiter; Tay, Sohail, or Canopus; Kais, Sirius, or the Dog-star; and Asad, Ot\'e2red, or Mercury.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  Among the worshippers of Sirius, one Abu Cabsha was very famous; some will have him to be the same with Waheb, Mohammed\rquote s grandfather by the mother, but others say he was of the tribe of Khoz\'e2
ah.  This man used his utmost endeavours to persuade the Koreish to leave their images and worship this star; for which reason Mohammed, who endeavoured also to make them leave their images, was by them nicknamed the son of Abu Cabsha.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The worship of this star is particularly hinted at in the Kor\'e2n.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Of the angels or intelligences which they worshipped, the Kor\'e2n,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261  makes mention only of three, which were worshipped under female names;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  Allat, al Uzza, and Manah.  These were by them called
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    3  Nodhm al dorr.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 5  Vide Post.\tab 1  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 163.\tab \tab 2  Shahrestani.\tab \tab }{
\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 3  Al Jann\'e2bi.\tab \tab 4  Shahrestani.\tab 5  This name seems to be corrupted, there being no such among the Arab tribes.  Poc. Spec. p. 130.\tab \tab 6  Abulfarag, p. 160.\tab 7  Poc. Spec. p. 132.\tab 8  Cap. 53.
\par 9  Ibid.\tab \tab 10  Ibid.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 \page 
\par goddesses, and the daughters of GOD; an appellation they gave not only to the angels, but also to their images, which they either believed to be inspired with life by GOD, or els
e to become the tabernacles of the angels, and to be animated by them; and they gave them divine worship, because they imagined they interceded for them with GOD.
\par    All\'e2t was the idol of the tribe of Thak\'eef who dwelt at Tayef, and had a temple consecrated to her in a place called Nakhlah.  This idol al Mogheirah destroyed by Mohammed\rquote s order, who sent him and Abu Sofi\'e2
n on that commission in the ninth year of the Hejra.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The inhabitants of Tayef, especially the women, bitterly lamented the loss of this th
eir deity, which they were so fond of, that they begged of Mohammed as a condition of peace, that it might not be destroyed for three years, and not obtaining that, asked only a month\rquote s respite; but he absolutely denied it.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261   There are several derivations of this word which the curious may learn from Dr. Pocock:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  it seems most probably to be derived from the same root with 
}{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 Allah}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , to which it may be a feminine, and will then signify }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 the goddess}{\f36\insrsid14382261 .
\par    Al Uzza, as some affirm, was the idol of the tribes of Koreish and Ken\'e2nah,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and part of the tribe of Salim:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261  others}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
6}{\f36\insrsid14382261  tell us it was a tree called the Egyptian thorn, or acacia, worshipped by the tribe of Ghatf\'e2n, first consecrated by one Dh\'e2lem, who built a chapel over it, called Boss, so contrived as to give a so
und when any person entered.  Kh\'e2led Ebn Wal\'ee
d being sent by Mohammed in the eighth year of the Hejra to destroy this idol, demolished the chapel, and cutting down this tree or image, burnt it: he also slew the priestess, who ran out with her hair dishevel
led, and her hands on her head as a suppliant.  Yet the author who relates this, in another place says, the chapel was pulled down, and Dh\'e2
lem himself killed by one Zohair, because he consecrated this chapel with design to draw the pilgrims thither from Mecca, and lessen the reputation of the Caaba.  The name of this deity is derived from the root }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 azza}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 , and signifies }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 the most mighty}{\f36\insrsid14382261 .
\par    Manah was the object of worship of the tribes of Hodhail and Khaz\'e2ah,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261  who dwelt between Mecca and Medina, and, as some say,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 of the tribes of Aws, Khazraj, and Thak\'eef also.  This idol was a large stone,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 demolished by one Saad, in the eighth year of the Hejra, a year so fatal to the idols of Arabia.  The name seems derived from }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 mana}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 to flow}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
, from the flowing of the blood of the victims sacrificed to the deity; whence the valley of Mina,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\insrsid14382261  near Mecca, had also its name, where the pilgrims at this day slay their sacrifices.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Before we proceed to the other idols, let us take notice of five more, which with the former three are all the Kor\'e2n mentions by name, and they are Wadd, Saw\'e2, Yagh\'fbth, Y\'e4\'fb
k, and Nasr.  These are said to have been antediluvian idols, which Noah preached against, and were afterwards taken by the Arabs for gods, having been men of great merit and piety in their time, whose statues they reverenced at first with a 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    1  Dr. Prideaux mentions this expedition, but names only Abu Sofi\'e2
n, and mistaking the name of the idol for an appellative, supposes he went only to disarm the Tayefians of their weapons and instruments of war.  See his Life of Mahomet, p. 98.\tab 
\par 2  Abulfeda, Vit Moham. p. 127\tab \tab 3  Spec. p. 90\tab \tab 4  Al Jauhari, apud eund. p. 91.\tab \tab 5  Al Shahrestani, ibid.\tab 6  Al Firauzab\'e2di, ibid.\tab \tab 7  Al Jauhari.\tab 8  Al Shahrestani, Abulfeda, &c.\tab 9  Al Beid\'e2wi, al Zamak
hshari.\tab 10  Poc. Spec. 91, &c.\tab 1  Ibid.
\par 
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 civil honour only, which in process of time became heightened to a divine worship.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Wadd was supposed to be the heaven, and was worshipped under the form of a man by the tribe of Calb in Daumat al Jandal.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Saw\'e2 was adored under the shape of a woman by the tribe of Hamadan, or, as others}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 write, of Hodhail in Rohat.  This idol lying under water for some time after the Deluge, was at length, it is said, discovered by the devil, and was worshipped by those of Hodhail, who instituted pilgrimages to it.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Yagh\'fbth was an idol in the shape of a lion, and was the deity of the tribe of Madhaj and others who dwelt in Yaman.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Its name seems to be derived from }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 ghatha}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 , which signifies }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 to help}{\f36\insrsid14382261 .
\par    Y\'e4\'fbk was worshipped by the tribe of Mor\'e2d, or, according to others, by that of Hamadan,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 under the figure of a horse.  It is said he was a man of great piety, and his death much regretted; whereupon the devil appeared to his friends in a human form, and undertaking to represent 
him to the life, persuaded them, by way of comfort, to place his effigies in their temples, that they might have it in view when at their devotions.  This was done, and seven others of extraordinary merit had the same honours shown them, till at length th
eir posterity made idols of them in earnest.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The name Y\'e4\'fbk probably comes from the verb }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 \'e2ka}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 to prevent}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  or }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 avert}{\f36\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Nasr was a deity adored by the tribe of Hamyar, or at Dh\'fb\rquote l Khalaah in their territories, under the image of an eagle, which the name signifies.
\par    There are, or were, two statues at Bamiy\'e2n, a city of Cabul in the Indies, 50 cubits high, which some writers suppose to be the same with Yagh\'fbth and Y\'e4\'fbk, or else with Manah and All\'e2
t; and they also speak of a third standing near the others, but something less, in the shape of an old woman, called Nesrem or Nesr.  These statues were hollow within, for the secret giving of oracles;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 but they seem to have been different from the Arabian idols.  There was also an idol at S\'fbmenat in the Indies, called L\'e2t or al L\'e2
t, whose statue was 50 fathoms high, of a single stone, and placed in the midst of a temple supported by 56 pillars of massy gold: this idol Mahm\'fbd Ebn Sebecteghin, who conquered that part of India, broke to pieces with his own hands.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Besides the idols we have mentioned, the Arabs also worshipped great numbers of others, which would take up too much time to have distinct accounts given of them; and not being named in the Kor\'e2
n, are not so much to our present purpose: for besides that every housekeeper had his household god or gods, which he last took leave of and first saluted at his going abroad and returning home,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 there were no less than 360 idols,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  equalling in number the days of their year, in and about the Caaba of Mecca; the chief of whom was Hobal,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 brought from Belka in Syria into Arabia by Amru Ebn Lohai, pretending it would procure them rain when they wanted it.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  It was the statue of a man, made of agate, which having by some accident lost a hand, the
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    2  Kor. c. 71.   Comment. Persic.   Vide Hyde de Rel. Vet. Pers. p. 133.\tab \tab 3  Al Jauhari, al Sharestani.\tab \tab 4  Idem, al Firauzab\'e2di, and Safio\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 5  Al Firauzab.\tab \tab 
6  Shahrestani.\tab \tab 7  Al Jauhari.
\par 8  Al Firauzab.\tab \tab 9  Poc. Spec. 94.\tab \tab 10  See Hyde de Rel. Vet. Pers. p. 132.\tab \tab 1  D\rquote Herbelot, Bibl. Orient. p. 512.\tab \tab 2  Al Mostatraf.\tab \tab 3  Al Jann\'e2b.\tab \tab 4  Abulfed, Shahrest. &c.
\par 5  Poc. Spec. 95.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par Koreish repaired it with one of gold: he held in his hand seven arrows without heads or feathers, such as the Arabs used in divination.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261   This i
dol is supposed to have been the same with the image of Abraham,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261  found and destroyed by Mohammed in the Caaba, on his entering it, in the eighth year of the Hejra, when he took Mecca,}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and surrounded with a great number of angels and prophets, as inferior deities; among whom, as some say, was Ismael, with divining arrows in his hand also.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    As\'e2f and Nayelah, the former the image of a man, the latter of a woman, were also two idols brought with Hobal from Syria, and placed the one on Mount Saf\'e2, and the other on Mount Merwa.  They tell us As\'e2
f was the son of Amru, and Nayelah the daughter of Sah\'e2l, both of the tribe of Jorham, who committing whoredom together in the Caaba, were by GOD converted into stone,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and afterwards worshipped by the Koreish, and so much reverenced by them, that though this superstition was condemned by Mohammed, yet he was forced to allow them to visit those mountains as monuments of divine justice.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 11}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    I shall mention but one idol more of this nation, and that was a lump of dough worshipped by the tribe of Han\'eefa, who used it with more respect than the Papists do theirs, presuming not to eat it till they were compelled to it by famine.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 12}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Several of their idols, as Manah in particular, were no more than large rude stones, the wor
ship of which the posterity of Ismael first introduced; for as they multiplied, and the territory of Mecca grew too strait for them, great numbers were obliged to seek new abodes; and on such migrations it was usual for them to take with them some of the 
s
tones of that reputed holy land, and set them up in the places where they fixed; and these stones they at first only compassed out of devotion, as they had accustomed to do the Caaba.  But this at last ended in rank idolatry, the Ismaelites forgetting the
 religion left them by their father so far as to pay divine worship to any fine stone they met with.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Some of the pagan Arabs believed neither a creation past, nor a resurrection to come, attributing the origin of things to nature, and their dissolution 
to age.  Others believed both, among whom were those who, when they died, had their camel tied by their sepulchre, and so left, without meat or drink, to perish, and accompany them to the other world, lest they should be obliged, at the resurrection, to g
o on foot, which was reckoned very scandalous.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Some believed a metem-psychosis, and that of the blood near the dead person\rquote s brain was formed a bird named H\'e2
mah, which once in a hundred years visited the sepulchre; though others say this bird is animated by the soul of him that is unjustly slain, and continually cries, }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 Osc\'fbni, Osc\'fbni}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , }{
\i\f36\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , \'93give me to drink\'94\endash meaning of the murderer\rquote s blood\endash till his death be revenged, and then it flies away.  This was forbidden by the Kor\'e2n to be believed.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    I might here mention several superstitious rites and customs of the ancient Arabs, some of which were abolished and others retained by Mohammed; but I apprehend it will be more convenient to take notice 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    6  Safio\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 7  Poc. Spec. 97.\tab \tab 8  Abulfeda.\tab \tab 9  Ebn al Athir. al Jannab. &c.
\par 10  Poc. Spec. 98.\tab \tab 11  Kor. c. 2.\tab \tab 12  Al Mostatraf, al Jauhari.\tab \tab 1  Al Mostatraf, al Jann\'e2bi.
\par 2  Abulfarag, p. 160.\tab 3  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 135.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par of them, hereafter occasionally, as the negative or positive precepts of the Kor\'e2n, forbidding or allowing such practices, shall be considered.
\par    Let us now turn our view from the idolatrous Arabs, to those among them who had embraced more rational religions.
\par    The Persians had, by their vicinity and frequent intercourse with the Arabians, introduced the Magian religion among some of their tribes, particularly that of Tamim,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 a long time before Mohammed, who was so far from being unacquainted with that religion, that he borrowed many of his own institutions from it, as will be observed in th
e progress of this work.  I refer those who are desirous to have some notion of Magism, to Dr. Hyde\rquote s curious account of it,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 a succinct abridgment of which may be read with much pleasure in another learned performance.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The Jews, who fled in great numbers into Arabia from the fearful destruction of their country by the Romans, made proselytes of several tribes, those of Ken\'e2nah, al Hareth Ebn Caaba, and Kendah}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 in particular, and in time became very powerful, and possessed of several towns and fortresses there.  But the Jewish religion was not unknown to the Arabs, at least above a century before; Abu Carb Asad, taken notice of in the Kor\'e2n,}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  who was king of Yaman, about 700 years before Mohammed, is said to have introduced Judaism among the idolatrous H
amyarites.  Some of his successors also embraced the same religion, one of whom, Yusef, surnamed Dhu Now\'e2s,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 was remarkable for his zeal and terrible persecution of all who would not turn Jews, putting them to death by various tortures, the most common of 
which was throwing them into a glowing pit of fire, whence he had the opprobrious appellation of the Lord of the Pit.  This persecution is also mentioned in the Kor\'e2n.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Christianity had likewise made a very great progress among this nation before Mohammed.  Whether St. Paul preached in any part of Arabia, properly so called,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 is uncertain; but the persecutions and disorders which happened in the eastern church soon after the beginning of the third century, obliged great numbers of Christians to seek for 
shelter in that country of liberty, who, being for the most part of the Jacobite communion, that sect generally prevailed among the Arabs.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  The principal tribes that embraced Christianity were Hamyar, Ghass\'e2n, Rabi\'e2, Taghlab, Bahr\'e2, Ton\'fbch,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261  part of the tribes of Tay and Kod\'e2a, the inhabitants of Najr\'e2
n, and the Arabs of Hira.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261   As to the two last, it may be observed that those of Najr\'e2n became Christians in the time of Dhu Now\'e2s,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and very probably, if the story be true, were some of those who were conver
ted on the following occasion, which happened about that time, or not long before.  The Jews of Hamyar challenged some neighbouring Christians to a public disputation, which was held }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 sub dio}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 for three days before the king and his nobility and all the people, the disputants being Gregentius, bishop of Tephra (which I take to be Dhaf\'e2r) for the Christians, and Herbanus for the Jews.  On the third day, Herbanus, to end the dispute, de-

\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    4  Al Mostatraf.\tab \tab 5  In his Hist. Relig. Vet. Persar.\tab \tab 6  Dr. Prideaux\rquote s Connect. of the Hist. of the Old and New Test. part i. book 4.\tab \tab 1  Al Mostatraf.\tab \tab 2  Chap. 50.\tab \tab 
3  See before, p. 8, and Baronii annal. ad sec. vi.\tab \tab 4  Chap. 85.\tab \tab 5  See Galat. i. 17.\tab \tab 6  Abulfarag, p. 149.\tab 7  Al Mostatraf.\tab \tab 8  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 137.\tab \tab 9  Al Jannab, apud Poc. Spec. p. 63.}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par \page 
\par manded that Jesus of Nazareth, if he were really living and in heaven, and could hear the prayers of his worshippers, should appear from heaven in their sight, and they would then believe in him; the Jews crying out with one voice, \'93
Show us your Christ, alas! and we will become Christians.\'94  Whereupon, after a terrible storm of thunder and lightning, Jesus Christ appeared in the air, surrounded with rays of glory, walking on a purple cloud, having a sword in his hand, 
and an inestimable diadem on his head, and spake these words over the heads of the assembly: \'93Behold I appear to you in your sight, I, who was crucified by your fathers.\'94
  After which the cloud received him from their sight.  The Christians cried out, \'93}{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 Kyrie eleeson}{\f36\insrsid14382261 ,\'94 }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , \'93Lord, have mercy upon us;\'94
 but the Jews were stricken blind, and recovered not till they were all baptized.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The Christians at Hira received a great accession by several tribes, who fled thither for refuge from the persecution of Dhu Now\'e2s.  Al Nooman, surnamed Abu Kab\'fbs, king of Hira, who was slain a few months before Mohammed\rquote 
s birth, professed himself a Christian on the following occasion.  This prince, in a drunken fit, ordered two of his intimate companions, who overcame with liq
uor had fallen asleep, to be buried alive.  When he came to himself, he was extremely concerned at what he had done, and to expiate his crime, not only raised a monument to the memory of his friends, but set apart two days, one of which he called the unfo
r
tunate, and the other the fortunate day; making it a perpetual rule to himself, that whoever met him on the former day should be slain, and his blood sprinkled on the monument, but he that met him on the other day should be dismissed in safety, with magni
f
icent gifts.  On one of those unfortunate days there came before him accidentally an Arab, of the tribe of Tay, who had once entertained this king, when fatigued with hunting, and separated from his attendants.  The king, who could neither discharge him, 
contrary to the order of the day, nor put him to death, against the laws of hospitality, which the Arabians religiously observe, proposed, as an expedient, to give the unhappy man a year\rquote 
s respite, and to send him home with rich gifts for the support of his family, on condition that he found a surety for his returning at the year\rquote s end to suffer death.  One of the prince\rquote 
s court, out of compassion, offered himself as his surety, and the Arab was discharged.  When the last day of the term came, and no news of the Arab, the king, not at all displeased to save his host\rquote 
s life, ordered the surety to prepare himself to die.  Those who were by represented to the king that the day was not yet expired, and therefore he ought to have patience till the evening: but in 
the middle of their discourse the Arab appeared.  The king, admiring the man\rquote 
s generosity, in offering himself to certain death, which he might have avoided by letting his surety suffer, asked him what was his motive for his so doing? to which he answered,
 that he had been taught to act in that manner by the religion he professed; and al Nooman demanding what religion that was, he replied, the Christian.  Whereupon the king desiring to have the doctrines of Christianity explained to him, was baptized, he a
nd his subjects; and not only pardoned the man and his surety, but 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 1  Vide Gregentii disput. cum Herbano Jud\'e6o.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261  abolished his barbarous custom.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  This prince, however, was not the first king of Hira who embraced Christianity; al Mondar, his grandfather, having also professed the same faith, and built large churches in his capital.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Since Christianity had made so great a progress in Arabia, we may consequently suppose they had bishops in several parts, for the more orderly governing of the churches.  A bishop of Dhaf\'e2r has been already named, and we are told that Najr\'e2
n was also a bishop\rquote s see.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The Jacobites (of which sect we have observed the Arabs generally were) had two bishops of the Arabs subject to their Mafri\'e2n, or metropolitan of the east; on
e was called the bishop of the Arabs absolutely, whose seat was for the most part at Akula, which some others make the same with C\'fbfa,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261  others a different town near Baghd\'e2d.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The other had the title of bishop of the Scenite Arabs, of the tribe of Thaalab 
in Hira, or Hirta, as the Syrians call it, whose seat was in that city.  The Nestorians ahd but one bishop, who presided over both these dioceses of Hira and Akula, and was immediately subject to their patriarch.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    These were the principal religions whic
h obtained among the ancient Arabs; but as freedom of thought was the natural consequence of their political liberty and independence, some of them fell into other different opinions.  The Koreish, in particular, were infected with Zendicism,}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261  an error sup
posed to have very near affinity with that of the Sadducees among the Jews, and, perhaps, not greatly different from Deism; for there were several of that tribe, even before the time of Mohammed, who worshipped one GOD, and were free from idolatry,}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and yet embraced none of the other religions of the country.
\par    The Arabians before Mohammed were, as they yet are, divided into two sorts, those who dwell in cities and towns, and those who dwell in tents.  The former lived by tillage, the cultivation of palm t
rees, breeding and feeding of cattle, and the exercise of all sorts of trades,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261  particularly merchandising,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 wherein they were very eminent, even in the time of Jacob.  The tribe of Koreish were much addicted to commerce, and Mohammed, in his younger years
, was brought up to the same business; it being customary for the Arabians to exercise the same trade that their parents did.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  The Arabs who dwelt in tents, employed themselves in pasturage, and sometimes in pillaging of passengers; they lived chiefly on 
the milk and flesh of camels; they often changed their habitations, as the convenience of water and of pasture for their cattle invited them, staying in a place no longer than that lasted, and then removing in search of other.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
4}{\f36\insrsid14382261   They generally wintered in Ir\'e2k and the confines of Syria.  This way of life is what the greater part of Ismael\rquote 
s posterity have used, as more agreeable to the temper and way of life of their father; and is so well described by a late author,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261  that I cannot do better than refer the reader to his account of them.

\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    1  Al Meidani and Ahmed Ebn Yusef, apud Poc. Spec. p. 72.\tab \tab 2  Abulfeda ap. eund. p. 74.\tab \tab 3  Safio\rquote 
ddin apud Poc. Spec. p. 137.\tab \tab 4  Abulfarag in Chron. Syriac, MS.\tab \tab 5  Abulfeda in descr. Irac\'e6.\tab \tab 6  Vide Assemani Bibl. Orient. T. 2. in Dissert. de Monophysitis, and p. 459.\tab \tab 7  Al Mostatraf, apud Poc. Spec. p. 136.\tab 

\par 8  Vide Reland. de Relig. Moham. p. 270, and Millium de Mohammedismo ante Moham. p. 311.\tab \tab 1  These seem to be the same whom M. La Roque calls Moors.  Voy. dans la Palestine, p 110.\tab \tab 2  See Prideaux\rquote s Life of Mahomet, p. 6.\tab \tab 
3  Strabo, l. 16, p. 1129.\tab \tab 4  Idem ibid. p. 1084.\tab \tab 5  La Roque, Voy. dans la Palestine, p. 109, &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par    The Arabic language is undoubtedly one of the most ancient in the world, and arose soon
 after, if not at, the confusion of Babel.  There were several dialects of it, very different from each other: the most remarkable were that spoken by the tribes of Hammyar and the other genuine Arabs, and that of the Koreish.  The Hamyaritic seems to hav
e
 approached nearer ot the purity of the Syriac, than the dialect of any other tribe; for the Arabs acknowledge their father Yarab to have been the first whose tongue deviated from the Syriac (which was his mother tongue, and is almost generally acknowledg
ed by the Asiatics to be the most ancient) to the Arabic.  The dialect of the Koreish is usually termed the pure Arabic, or, as the Kor\'e2
n, which is written in this dialect, calls it, the perspicuous and clear Arabic; perhaps, says Dr. Pocock, because Ismael
, their father, brought the Arabic he had learned of the Jorhamites nearer to the original Hebrew.  But the politeness and elegance of the dialect of the Koreish, is rather to be attributed to their having the custody of the Caaba, and dwelling in Mecca, 
t
he centre of Arabia, as well more remote from intercourse with foreigners, who might corrupt their language, as frequented by the Arabs from the country all around, not only on a religious account, but also for the composing of their differences, from who
s
e discourse and verses they took whatever words or phrases they judged more pure and elegant; by which means the beauties of the whole tongue became transfused into this dialect.  The Arabians are full of the commendations of their language, and not altog
e
ther without reason; for it claims the preference of most others in many respects, as being very harmonious and expressive, and withal so copious, that they say no man without inspiration can be a perfect master of it in its utmost extent; and yet they te
ll us, at the same time, that the greatest part of it has been lost; which will not be thought strange, if we consider how late the art of writing was practised among them.  For though it was known to Job,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  their countryman, and also the Hamyarites (who use
d a perplexed character called al Mosnad, wherein the letters were not distinctly separate, and which was neither publicly taught, nor suffered to be used without permission first obtained) many centuries before Mohammed, as appears from some ancient monu
ments, said to be remaining in their character; yet the other Arabs, and those of Mecca in particular, were, for many ages, perfectly ignorant of it, unless such of them as were Jews or Christians:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  Mor
\'e2mer Ebn Morra of Anbar, a city of Ir\'e2k, who lived not 
many years before Mohammed, was the inventor of the Arabic character, which Bashar the Kendian is said to have learned from those of Anbar, and to have introduced at Mecca but a little while before the institution of Mohammedism.  These letters of Mar\'e2
mer were different from the Hamyaritic; and though they were very rude, being either the same with, or very much like the Cufic,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 which character is still found in inscriptions and some ancient books, yet they were those which the Arabs used for many years, the Kor\'e2
n itself being at first written therein; for the beautiful character they now use was first formed from the Cufic by Ebn Moklah, Wazir (or Visir) to the Khal\'eefs al Moktader, al K\'e2her, and al R\'e2di, who lived
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    1  Job xix. 23, 24.\tab \tab 2  See Prideaux\rquote s Life of Mahomet, p. 29, 30.\tab \tab 
3  A specimen of the Cufic character may be seen in Sir J. Chardin\rquote s Travels, vol. iii, p. 119.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 about three hundred years after Mohammed, and was brought to great perfection by Ali Ebn Bow\'e2b,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261  who flourished in the followin
g century, and whose name is yet famous among them on that account; yet, it is said, the person who completed it, and reduced it to its present form, was Yak\'fbt al Most\'e1semi, secretary to al Most\'e1sem, the last of the Khal\'ee
fs of the family of Abb\'e2s, for which reason he was surnamed al Khatt\'e2t, or the Scribe.
\par    The accomplishments the Arabs valued themselves chiefly on, were, 1. Eloquence, and a perfect skill in their own tongue; 2. Expertness in the use of arms, and horsemanship; and 3. Hospitality.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  The fi
rst they exercised themselves in, by composing of orations and poems.  Their orations were of two sorts, metrical, or prosaic, the one being compared to pearls strung, and the other to loose ones.  They endeavoured to excel in both, and whoever was able, 
in an assembly, to persuade the people to a great enterprise, or dissuade them from a dangerous one, or gave them other wholesome advice, was honoured with the title of Kh\'e2
teb, or orator, which is now given to the Mohammedan preachers.  They pursued a metho
d very different from that of the Greek and Roman orators; their sentences being like loose gems, without connection, so that this sort of composition struck the audience chiefly by the fulness of the periods, the elegance of the expression, and the acute
n
ess of the proverbial sayings; and so persuaded were they of their excelling in this way, that they would not allow any nation to understand the art of speaking in public, except themselves and the Persians; which last were reckoned much inferior in that 
respect to the Arabians.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Poetry was in so great esteem among them, that it was a great accomplishment, and a proof of ingenuous extraction, to be able to express one\rquote 
s self in verse with ease and elegance, on any extraordinary occurrence; and even in thei
r common discourse they made frequent applications to celebrated passages of their famous poets.  In their poems were preserved the distinction of descents, the rights of tribes, the memory of great actions, and the propriety of their language; for which 
r
easons an excellent poet reflected an honour on his tribe, so that as soon as any one began to be admired for his performances of this kind in a tribe, the other tribes sent publicly to congratulate them on the occasion, and themselves made entertainments
,
 at which the women assisted, dressed in their nuptial ornaments, singing to the sound of timbrels the happiness of their tribe, who had now one to protect their honour, to preserve their genealogies and the purity of their language, and to transmit their
 actions to posterity;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 for this was all performed by their poems, to which they were solely obliged for their knowledge and instructions, moral and economical, and to which they had recourse, as to an oracle, in all doubts and differences.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   No wonder, the
n, that a public congratulation was made on this account, which honour they yet were so far from making cheap, that they never did it but on one of these three occasions, which were reckoned great points of felicity, viz., on the birth of a boy, the rise 
of a poet, and the
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    4  Ebn Khalic\'e2n.  Yet others attribute the honour of the invention of this character to Ebn Moklah\rquote s brother, Abdallah al Hasan; and the perfecting of it to Ebn Am\'eed al K\'e2
teb, after it had been reduced to near the present form by Abd\rquote alham\'eed.  Vide D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. p. 590, 108, and 194.\tab \tab 1  Poc. Orat. ante Carmen Tograi, p. 10.\tab \tab 2  Poc. Spec. 161.\tab \tab 
3  Ebn Rashik, apud Poc. Spec. 160.\tab 1  Poc. Orat. pr\'e6fix. Carm. Tograi, ubi supra.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 fall of a foal of generous breed.  To keep up an emulation among their poets, the tribes had, once a year, a general assembly at Ocadh,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 a place famous on this account, and where they kept a weekly mart or fair, which was held on our Sunday.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261   This annual meeting lasted a whole month, during which tim
e they employed themselves, not only in trading, but in repeating their poetical compositions, contending an vieing with each other for the prize; whence the place, it is said, took its name.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  The poems that were judged to excel, were laid up in their kings\rquote  treasuries, as were the seven celebrated poems, thence called al Moallak\'e2
t, rather than from their being hung upon the Caaba, which honour they also had by public order, being written on Egyptian silk, and inn letters of gold; for which reason they had also the name of al Modhahab\'e2t, or the golden verses.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The fair and assembly at Ocadh were suppressed by Mohammed, in whose time, and for some years after, poetry seems to have been in some degree neglected by the Arabs, who were then employed in their
 conquests; which being completed, and themselves at peace, not only this study was revived,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 but almost all sorts of learning were encouraged and greatly improved by them.  This interruption, however, occasioned the loss of most of their ancient pieces of
 poetry, which were then chiefly preserved in memory; the use of writing being rare among them, in their time of ignorance.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  Though the Arabs were so early acquainted with poetry, they did not at first use to write poems of a just length, but only expressed themselves in verse occasionally; nor was their prosody digested into rules, till some time after Mohammed;}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261  for this was done, as it is said, by al Khal\'eel Ahmed al Far\'e2h\'eedi, who lived in the reign of the Khal\'eef Har\'fbn al Rash\'eed.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The exercise of arms
 and horsemanship they were in a manner obliged to practise and encourage, by reason of the independence of their tribes, whose frequent jarrings made wars almost continual; and they chiefly ended their disputes in field battles, it being a usual saying a
mong them that GOD had bestowed four peculiar things on the Arabs\endash that their turbans should be to them instead of diadems, their tents instead of walls and houses, their swords instead of entrenchments, and their poems instead of written laws.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Hospitality was so habitual to them, and so much esteemed, that the examples of this kind among them exceed whatever can be produced from other nations.  Hatem, of the tribe of Tay,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and Hasn, of that of Fez\'e2rah,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  were particularly famous on this account; and the c
ontrary vice was so much in contempt, that a certain poet upbraids the inhabitants of Waset, as with the greatest reproach, that none of their men ad the heart to give, nor their women to deny.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    2  Idem, Spec. p. 159.\tab \tab 3  Geogr. Nub. p. 51.\tab \tab 4  Poc. Spec. 159.\tab \tab 5  Ibid, and p. 381.  Et in calce Notar. in Carmen Tograi, p. 233.\tab \tab 6  Jallalo\rquote ddin al Soy\'fb
ti, apud Poc. Spec. p. 159, &c.\tab \tab 7  Ibid. 160.
\par 8  Ibid. 161.  Al Safadi confirms this by a story of a grammarian named Abu Jaafar, who sitting by the Mikya
s or Nilometer in Egypt, in a year when the Nile did not rise to its usual height, so that a famine was apprehended, and dividing a piece of poetry into its parts or feet, to examine them by the rules of art, some who passed by not understanding him, imag
ined he was uttering a charm to hinder the rise of the river, and pushed him into the water, where he lost his life.\tab \tab 9  Vide Clericum de Prosod. Arab. p. 2.\tab 
\par 1  Pocock, in calce Notar. ad Carmen Tograi.\tab \tab 2  Vide. Gentii Notas in Gulistan Sheikh Sadi, p. 486, &c.\tab 3  Poc. Spec. p. 48.\tab 4  Ebn al Hobeirah, apud Poc. in not. ad Carmen Tograi, p. 107.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261    Nor were the Arabs less propense to liberality after the coming of Mohammed than their ancestors had been.  I could produce many remarkable instances of this commendable quality among them,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  but shall content myself with the following.  Three men were disputing in the court of the Caaba, which was the most liberal person among the Arabs.  One gave the preference to Abdallah, the son of Jaafar, the uncle of Moha
mmed; another to Kais Ebn Saad Ebn Ob\'e2dah; and the third gave it to Ar\'e2
bah, of the tribe of Aws.  After much debate, one that was present, to end the dispute, proposed that each of them should go to his friend and ask his assistance, that they might see wh
at every one gave, and form a judgment accordingly.  This was agreed to; and Abdallah\rquote s friend, going to him, found him with his foot in the stirrup, just mounting his camel for a journey, and thus accosted him: \'93
Son of the uncle of the apostle of GOD, I am travelling and in necessity.\'94
  Upon which Abdallah alighted, and bid him take the camel with all that was upon her, but desired him not to part with a sword which happened to be fixed to the saddle, because it had belonged to Ali, the son of Abut\'e2leb.  S
o he took the camel, and found on her some vests of silk and 4,000 pieces of gold; but the thing of greatest value was the sword.  The second went to Kais Ebn Saad, whose servant told him that his master was asleep, and desired to know his business.  The 
friend answered that he came to ask Kais\rquote 
s assistance, being in want on the road.  Whereupon the servant said that he had rather supply his necessity than wake his master, and gave him a purse of 7,000 pieces of gold, assuring him that it was all the money 
then in the house.  He also directed him to go to those who had the charge of the camels, with a certain token, and take a camel and a slave, and return home with them.  When Kais awoke, and his servant informed him of what he had done, he gave him his fr
eedom, and asked him why he did not call him, \'93For,\'94 says he, \'93I would have given him more.\'94  The third man went to Ar\'e2
bah, and met him coming out of his house in order to go to prayers, and leaning on two slaves, because his eyesight failed him.  The friend no sooner made known his case, but Ar\'e2
bah let go the slaves, and clapping his hands together, loudly lamented his misfortune in having no money, but desired him to take the two slaves, which the man refused to do, till Ar\'e2bah protested that if he would n
ot accept of them he gave them their liberty, and leaving the slaves, groped his way along by the wall.  On the return of the adventurers, judgment was unanimously, and with great justice, given by all who were present, that Ar\'e2
bah was the most generous of the three.
\par    Nor were these the only good qualities of the Arabs; they are commended by the ancients for being most exact to their words,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and respectful to their kindred.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   And they have always been celebrated for their quickness of apprehension and penetration, and the vivacity of their wit, especially those of the desert.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    As the Arabs have their excellencies, so have they, like other nations, their defects and vices.  Their own writers acknowledge that they have
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    5  Several may be found in D\rquote Herbelot\rquote 
s Bibl. Orient., particularly in the articles of Hasan the son of Ali, Maan, Fadhel, and Ebn Yahya.\tab \tab 1  Herodot. l.3, c. 8.\tab \tab 2  Strabo, l. 16, p. 1129.\tab \tab 3  Vide D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. p. 121.
\par 
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 a natural disposition to war, bloodshed, cruelty, and 
rapine, being so much addicted to bear malice that they scarce ever forget an old grudge; which vindictive temper some physicians say is occasioned by their frequent feeding on camel\rquote 
s flesh (the ordinary diet of the Arabs of the desert, who are therefore observed to be most inclined to these vices), that creature being most malicious and tenacious of anger,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 which account suggests a good reason for a distinction of meats.
\par    The frequent robberies committed by these people on merchants and travellers have 
rendered the name of an Arab almost infamous in Europe; this they are sensible of, and endeavour to excuse themselves by alleging the hard usage of their father Ismael, who, being turned out of doors by Abraham, had the open plains and deserts given him b
y
 GOD for his patrimony, with permission to take whatever he could find there; and on this account they think they may, with a safe conscience, indemnify themselves as well as they can, not only on the posterity of Isaac, but also on everybody else, always
 supposing a sort of kindred between themselves and those they plunder.  And in relating their adventures of this kind, they think it sufficient to change the expression, and instead of \'93I robbed a man of such or such a thing,\'94 to say, \'93
I gained it.\'94}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261   We m
ust not, however, imagine that they are the less honest for this among themselves, or towards those whom they receive as friends; on the contrary, the strictest probity is observed in their camp, where everything is open and nothing ever known to be stole
n.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The sciences the Arabians chiefly cultivated before Mohammedism, were three; that of their genealogies and history, such a knowledge of the stars as to foretell the changes of weather, and the interpretation of dreams.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   They used to value themselves
 excessively on account of the nobility of their families, and so many disputes happened on that occasion, that it is no wonder if they took great pains in settling their descents.  What knowledge they had of the stars was gathered from long experience, a
nd not from any regular study, or astronomical rules.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  The Arabians, as the Indians also did, chiefly applied themselves to observe the fixed stars, contrary to other nations, whose observations were almost confined to the planets, and they foretold their 
effects from their influences, not their nature; and hence, as has been said, arose the difference of the idolatry of the Greeks and Chaldeans, who chiefly worshipped the planets, and that of the Indians, who worshipped the fixed star.  The stars or aster
isms they most usually foretold the weather by, were those they called Anw\'e2, or the houses of the moon.  These are 28 in number, and divide the zodiac into as many parts, through one of which the moon passes every night;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  as some of them set in the morning,
 others rise opposite to them, which happens every thirteenth night; and from their rising and setting, the Arabs, by long experience, observed what changes happened in the air, and at length, as has been said, came to ascribe divine power to them; saying
, that their rain was from such or such a star: which expression Mohammed condemned, and absolutely forbade them to use it in the old sense;
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    4  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 87, Bochart, Hierozoic. l. 2, c. I.\tab \tab 1  Voyage dans la Palest. p. 220, &c.\tab \tab 2  Ibid. p. 213, &c.\tab \tab 
3  Al Shahrestani, apud Pocock Orat. ubi sup. p. 9, and Spec. 164.\tab \tab 4  Abulfarag, p. 161.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 5  Vide Hyde, in not. ad Tabulas stellar. fixar. Ulugh Beigh, p. 5.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 unless they meant no more by it, than that GOD had so ordered the seasons, that when the moon was in such or such a mansion or house, or at the rising or setting of such and such a star, it should rain or be windy, hot or cold.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The old Arabians therefore seem to have made no further progress in astronomy, which science they afterwards cu
ltivated with so much success and applause, than to observe the influence of the stars on the weather, and to give them names; and this it was obvious for them to do, by reason of their pastoral way of life, lying night and day in the open plains.  The na
m
es they imposed on the stars generally alluded to cattle and flocks, and they were so nice in distinguishing them, that no language has so many names of stars and asterisms as the Arabic; for though they have since borrowed the names of several constellat
i
ons from the Greeks, yet the far greater part are of their own growth, and much more ancient, particularly those of the more conspicuous stars, dispersed in several constellations, and those of the lesser constellations which are contained within the grea
ter, and were not observed or named by the Greeks.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Thus have I given the most succinct account I have been able, of the state of the ancient Arabians before Mohammed, or, to use their expression, in the time of ignorance.  I shall now proceed briefly to
 consider the state of religion in the east, and of the two great empires which divided that part of the world between them, at the time of Mohammed\rquote 
s setting up for a prophet, and what were the conducive circumstances and accidents that favoured his success.
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par _______
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 SECTION II.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par {\*\bkmkstart OF_THE_STATE_OF_CHRISTIANITY__P}OF THE STATE OF CHRISTIANITY, PARTICULARLY OF THE EASTERN
\par \tab CHURCHES, AND OF JUDAISM, AT THE TIME OF MOHAMMED\rquote S
\par \tab APPEARANCE; AND OF THE METHODS TAKEN BY HIM FOR THE
\par \tab ESTABLISHING OF HIS RELIGION, AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH
\par \tab CONCURRED THERETO.
\par {\*\bkmkend OF_THE_STATE_OF_CHRISTIANITY__P}
\par IF WE look into the ecclesiastical historians even from the third century, we shall find the Christian world to have then had a very different aspect from what some authors have represented; and so far from being endued with active graces,
 zeal, and devotion, and established within itself with purity of doctrine, union, and firm profession of the faith,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 that on the contrary, what by the ambition of the clergy, and what by drawing the abstrusest niceties into controversy, and dividing and s
ubdividing about them into endless schisms and contentions, they had so destroyed that peace, love, and charity from among
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    1  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 163, &c.\tab \tab 2  Vide Hyde ubi sup. p. 4.\tab \tab 1  Ricaut\rquote s State of the Ottoman Empire, p. 187.
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par them, which the
 Gospel was given to promote; and instead thereof continually provoked each other to that malice, rancour, and every evil work; that they had lost the whole substance of their religion, while they thus eagerly contended for their own imaginations concerni
ng it; and in a manner quite drove Christianity out of the world by those very controversies in which they disputed with each other about it.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  In these dark ages it was that most of those superstitions and corruptions we now justly abhor in the church of R
ome were not only broached, but established; which gave great advantages to the propagation of Mohammedism.  The worship of saints and images, in particular, was then arrived at such a scandalous pitch that it even surpassed whatever is now practised amon
g the Romanists.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    After the Nicene council, the eastern church was engaged in perpetual controversies, and torn to pieces by the disputes of the Arians, Sabellians, Nestorians, and Eutychians: the heresies of the two last of which have been shown to have
 consisted more in the words and form of expression than in the doctrines themselves;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and were rather the pretences than real motives of those frequent councils to and from which the contentious prelates were continually riding post, that they might bring everything to their own will and pleasure.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   And to support themselves by dependants and bribery, the clergy in any credit at court undertook the protection of some officer in the army, under the colour of which justice was publicly sold, and all corruption encouraged.
\par    In the western church Damasus and Ursicinus carried their contests at Rome for the episcopal seat so high, that they came to open violence and murder, which Viventius the governor not being able to suppress, he retired into the country, a
nd left them to themselves, till Damasus prevailed.  It is said that on this occasion, in the church of Sicininus, there were no less than 137 found killed in one day.  And no wonder they were so fond of these seats, when they became by that means enriche
d
 by the presents of matrons, and went abroad in their chariots and sedans in great state, feasting sumptuously even beyond the luxury of princes, quite contrary to the way of living of the country prelates, who alone seemed to have some temperance and mod
esty left.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    These dissensions were greatly owing to the emperors, and particularly to Constantius, who, confounding the pure and simple Christian religion with anile superstitions, and perplexing it with intricate questions, instead of reconciling differ
ent opinions, excited many disputes, which he fomented as they proceeded with infinite altercations.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  This grew worse in the time of Justinian, who, not to be behind the bishops to the fifth and sixth centuries in zeal, thought it no crime to condemn to death a man of a different persuasion from his own.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    This corruption of doctrine and morals in the princes and clergy, was necessarily followed by a general depravity of the people;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 those of all conditions making it their sole business to get money by any means,
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    2  Prideaux\rquote s preface to his Life of Mahomet.\tab \tab 3  Vide La Vie de Mahommed, par Boulainvilliers, p. 219, &c.\tab 
\par 4  Vide Simon, Hist. Crit. de la Cr\'e9ance, &c. des Nations du Levant.\tab \tab 1  Ammian. Marcellin. l. 2I.  Vide etiam Euseb. Hist. Eccles. l. 8, c. I.  Sozom. l. I, c. 114, &c.  Hilar. and Sulpic. Sever. in Hist. Sacr. p. 112, &c.\tab \tab 
2  Ammian.  Marcellin. lib. 27.
\par 3  Idem, l. 2I.\tab \tab 4  Procop. in Anecd. p. 60.\tab \tab 5  See an instance of the wickedness of the Christian army, even when they were under the terror of the Saracens, in Ockley\rquote s Hist. of the Sarac., vol. i. p. 239.
\par 
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 and then to squander it away when they had got it in luxury and debauchery.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    But, to be more particular as to the nation we are now writing of, Arabia was of old famous for heresies;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 which might be in some measure attributed to the liberty and independency of the tribes.  Some of the Christians of that nation believed the soul died with the body, and was to be raised again with it at the last day:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  these Origen is said to have convinced.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Among the Arabs it was that the heresies of Ebion, Beryllus, and the Nazar\'e6ns,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and also that of the Collyridians, were broached, or at least propagated; the latter introduced the Virgin Mary for GOD, or worshipped her as such, offering her a sort of twisted cake called }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 collyris}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
, whence the sect had its name.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    This notion of the divinity of the Virgin Mary was also believed by some at the council of Nice, who said there were two gods besides the Father, viz., Christ and the Virgin Mary, and were thence named Mariamites.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   Others imagined her to be exempt from humanity, and deified; which goes but little beyond the Popish superstition in calling her the complement of the Trinity, as if it were imperfect without her.  This foolish imaginatio
n is justly condemned in the Kor\'e2n}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261  as idolatrous, and gave a handle to Mohammed to attack the Trinity itself.
\par    Other sects there were of many denominations within the borders of Arabia, which took refuge there from the proscriptions of the imperial edicts; several of whose notions Mohammed incorporated with his religion, as may be observed hereafter.
\par    Though the Jews were an inconsiderable and despised people in other parts of the world, yet in Arabia, whither many of them fled from the destruction of 
Jerusalem, they grew very powerful, several tribes and princes embracing their religion; which made Mohammed at first show great regard to them, adopting many of their opinions, doctrines, and customs; thereby to draw them, if possible, into his interest.
 
 But that people, agreeably to their wonted obstinacy, were so far from being his proselytes, that they were some of the bitterest enemies he had, waging continual war with him, so that their reduction cost him infinite trouble and danger, and at last his
 life.  This aversion of theirs created at length as great a one in him to them, so that he used them, for the latter part of his life, much worse than he did the Christians, and frequently exclaims against them in his Kor\'e2
n; his followers to this day observe the same difference between them and the Christians, treating the former as the most abject and contemptible people on earth.
\par    It has been observed by a great politician,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261  that it is impossible a person should make himself a prince and found a state w
ithout opportunities.  If the distracted state of religion favoured the designs of Mohammed on that side, the weakness of the Roman and Persian monarchies might flatter him with no less hopes in any attempt on those once formidable empires, either of whic
h, had they been in their full vigour, must have crushed Mohammedism in its birth; whereas nothing nourished it more than the success the Arabians met with in
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    6  Vide Boulainvill. Vie de Mahom. ubi sup.\tab \tab 7  Vide Sozomen. Hist. Eccles. l. r, c. 16, 17. Sulpic. Sever. ubi supra.
\par 1  Euseb. Hist. Eccles. l. 6, c. 33.\tab \tab \tab 2  Idem ibid. c. 37.\tab \tab 3  Epiphan. de H\'e6resi. l, I; H\'e6r. 40.
\par 4  Idem ibid. l. 3; H\'e6res. 75, 79.\tab \tab \tab 5  Elmacin.  Eutych.\tab \tab \tab 6  Cap. 5.\tab 
\par 7  Machiavelli, Princ. c. 6, p. 19.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\super\insrsid14382261 \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 their enterprises against those powers, which success they failed not to attribute to their new religion and the divine assistance thereof.
\par    The Roman empire declined apace after Constantine, whose successors were for the generality remarkable for their ill qualities, especially cowardice and cruelty.  By Mohammed\rquote 
s time, the western half of the empire was overrun by the Goths; and the eastern so reduced by the Huns on the one side, and the Persians on the other, that it was not in a capacity of stemming the violence of a powe
rful invasion.  The emperor Maurice paid tribute to the Khag\'e2
n or king of the Huns; and after Phocas had murdered his master, such lamentable havoc there was among the soldiers, that when Heraclius came, not above seven years after, to muster the army, the
re were only two soldiers left alive, of all those who had borne arms when Phocas first usurped the empire.  And though Heraclius was a prince of admirable courage and conduct, and had done what possibly could be done to restore the discipline of the army
,
 and had had great success against the Persians, so as to drive them not only out of his own dominions, but even out of part of their own; yet still the very vitals of the empire seemed to be mortally wounded; that there could no time have happened more f
atal to the empire or more favourable to the enterprises of the Arabs, who seem to have been raised up on purpose by GOD, to be a scourge to the Christian church, for not living answerably to that most holy religion which they had received.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261    The general 
luxury and degeneracy of manners into which the Grecians were sunk, also contributed not a little to the enervating their forces, which were still further drained by those two great destroyers, monachism and persecution.
\par    The Persians had also been in a 
declining condition for some time before Mohammed, occasioned chiefly by their intestine broils and dissensions; great part of which arose from the devilish doctrines of Manes and Mazdak.  The opinions of the former are tolerably well known: the latter li
ved in the reign of Khosru Kob\'e2
d, and pretended himself a prophet sent from GOD to preach a community of women and possessions, since all men were brothers and descended from the same common parents.  This he imagined would put an end to all feuds and quarr
els among men, which generally arose on account of one of the two.  Kob\'e2d himself embraced the opinions of this impostor, to whom he gave leave, according to his new doctrine, to lie with the queen his wife; which permission Anushirw\'e2
n, his son, with much difficulty prevailed on Mazdak not to make use of.  These sects had certainly been the immediate ruin of the Persian empire, had not Anushirw\'e2
n, as soon as he succeeded his father, put Mazdek to death with all his followers, and the Manicheans also, restoring the ancient Magian religion.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    In the reign of this prince, deservedly surnamed the Just, Mohammed was born.  He was the last king of Persia who deserved the throne, which after him was almost perpetually contended for, till subverted by the Arabs.  His son Horm\'fb
z lost the love of his subjects by his excessive cruelty; having had his eyes put out by his wife\rquote s brothers, he was
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Ockley\rquote s Hist. of the Saracens, vol. i. p. 19, &c.\tab 2  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 70.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par obliged to resign the crown to his son Khosr\'fb Parv\'eez, who at the instigation of Bahr\'e2m Chub\'een had rebelled against him, and was afterwards strangled.  Parv\'eez was soon obliged to quit the throne to Bahr\'e2
m; but obtaining succours of the Greek emperor Maurice, he recovered the crown: yet towards the
 latter end of a long reign he grew so tyrannical and hateful to his subjects, that they held private correspondence with the Arabs; and he was at length deposed, imprisoned, and slain by his son Shir\'fbyeh.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   After Parv\'eez no less than six princes possessed 
the throne in less than six years.  These domestic broils effectually brought ruin upon the Persians; for though they did rather by the weakness of the Greeks, than their own force, ravage Syria, and sack Jerusalem and Damascus under Khosr\'fb Parv\'ee
z; and, wh
ile the Arabs were divided and independent, had some power in the province of Yaman, where they set up the four last kings before Mohammed; yet when attacked by the Greeks under Heraclius, they not only lost their new conquests, but part of their own domi
nions; and no sooner were the Arabs united by Mohammedism, than they beat them in every battle, and in a few years totally subdued them.
\par    As these empires were weak and declining, so Arabia, at Mohammed\rquote s setting up, was strong and flourishing; having bee
n peopled at the expense of the Grecian empire, whence the violent proceedings of the domineering sects forced many to seek refuge in a free country, as Arabia then was, where they who could not enjoy tranquility and their conscience at home, found a secu
r
e retreat.  The Arabians were not only a populous nation, but unacquainted with the luxury and delicacies of the Greeks and Persians, and inured to hardships of all sorts; living in a most parsimonious manner, seldom eating any flesh, drinking no wine, an
d
 sitting on the ground.  Their political government was also such as favoured the designs of Mohammed; for the division and independency of their tribes were so necessary to the first propagation of his religion, and the foundation of his power, that it w
o
uld have been scarce possible for him to have effected either, had the Arabs been united in one society.  But when they had embraced his religion, the consequent union of their tribes was no less necessary and conducive to their future conquests and grand
eur.
\par    This posture of public affairs in the eastern world, both as to its religious and political state, it is more than probably Mohammed was well acquainted with; he having had sufficient opportunities of informing himself in those particulars, in his t
ravels as a merchant in his younger years: and though it is not to be supposed his views at first were so extensive as afterwards, when they were enlarged by his good fortune, yet he might reasonably promise himself success in his first attempts from then
ce.  As he was a man of extraordinary parts and address, he knew how to make the best of every incident, and turn what might seem dangerous to another, to his own advantage.
\par    Mohammed came into the world under some disadvantages, which he soon surmounted.  His father Abd\rquote allah was a younger son}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  of Abd\rquote almotalleb, and dying very young and in his father
\rquote s lifetime, left
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    1  Vide Teixeira, Relaciones de los Reyes de Persia, p. 195, &c.\tab \tab 2  He was not his eldest son, as Dr. Prideaux tells us, whose reflect
ions built on that foundation must necessarily fail (see his Life of Mahomet, p. 9); nor yet his youngest son, as M. De Boulainvilliers (Vie de Mahommed, p. 182, &c) supposes; for Hamza and al Abb\'e2s were both younger than Abd\rquote allah.\line }{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 his widow and infant son in very mean circumstances, his whole substance consisting but of five camels and one Ethiopian she-slave.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Abd\rquote 
almotalleb was therefore obliged to take care of his grandchild Mohammed, which he not only did during his life, but at his death enjoined his eldest son Abu T\'e2leb, who was brother to Abd\rquote 
allah by the same mother, to provide for him for the future; which he very affectionately did, and instructed him in the business of a merchant, which he followed; and to that end he took him with him into 
Syria when he was but thirteen, and afterward recommended him to Khad\'eejah, a noble and rich widow, for her factor, in whose service he behaved himself so well, that by making him her husband she soon raised him to an equality with the richest in Mecca.

\par    
After he began by this advantageous match to live at his ease, it was that he formed the scheme of establishing a new religion, or, as he expressed it, of replanting the only true and ancient one, professed by Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and all th
e prophets,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 by destroying the gross idolatry into which the generality of his countrymen had fallen, and weeding out the corruptions and superstitions which the latter Jews and Christians had, as he thought, introduced into their religion, and reducing it 
to its original purity, which consisted chiefly in the worship of the one only GOD.
\par    Whether this was the effect of enthusiasm, or only a design to raise himself to the supreme government of his country, I will not pretend to determine.  The latter is th
e general opinion of the Christian writers, who agree that ambition, and the desire of satisfying his sensuality, were the motives of his undertaking.  It may be so; yet his first views, perhaps, were not so interested.  His original design of bringing th
e pagan Arabs to the knowledge of the true GOD, was certainly noble, and highly to be commended; for I cannot possibly subscribe to the assertion of a late learned writer,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 that he made the nation exchange their idolatry for another religion altogether as b
ad.  Mohammed was no doubt fully satisfied in his conscience of the truth of his grand point, the unity of GOD, which was what he chiefly attended to; all his other doctrines and institutions being rather accidental and unavoidable, than premeditated and 
designed.
\par    Since then Mohammed was certainly himself persuaded of his grand article of faith, which, in his opinion, was violated by all the rest of the world; not only by the idolaters, but by the Christians, as well those who rightly worshipped Jesus as
 GOD, as those who superstitiously adored the Virgin Mary, saints, and images; and also by the Jews, who are accused in the Kor\'e2n of taking Ezra for the son of GOD;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 it is easy to conceive that he might think it a meritorious work to rescue the world from such ignorance and superstition; and by degrees, with the help of a warm imagination, which an Arab seldom wants,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  to suppose himself destined by providence for the effecting that great reformation.  And this fancy of his might take still deeper root in hi
s mind, during the solitude he thereupon affected, usually retiring for a month in the year to a cave in Mount Hara, near Mecca.  One thing which may be probably urged against the enthusiasm of this prophet of
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    1  Abulfeda, Vit. Moham. p. 2.\tab \tab 2  See Kor. c. 2.\tab \tab 3  Prideaux\rquote s Life of Mahomet, p. 76.\tab \tab 4  Kor. c. 9.\tab \tab 5  See Casaub. of Enthusiasm, p. 148.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par \page 
\par the Arabs, is the wise conduct and great prudence he all along showed in pursuing his design, which seem inconsistent with the wild notions of a hot-bra
ined religionist.  But though all enthusiasts or madmen do not behave with the same gravity and circumspection that he did, yet he will not be the first instance, by several, of a person who has been out of the way only }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 quoad hoc}
{\f36\insrsid14382261 , and in all other respects acted with the greatest decency and precaution.
\par    The terrible destruction of the eastern churches, once so glorious and flourishing, by the sudden spreading of Mohammedism, and the great successes of its professors against the Christians, necessarily in
spire a horror of that religion in those to whom it has been so fatal; and no wonder if they endeavour to set the character of its founder, and its doctrines, in the most infamous light.  But the damage done by Mohammed to Christianity seems to have been 
r
ather owing to his ignorance than malice; for his great misfortune was, his not having a competent knowledge of the real and pure doctrines of the Christian religion, which was in his time so abominably corrupted, that it is not surprising if he went too 
far, and resolved to abolish what he might think incapable of reformation.
\par    It is scarce to be doubted but that Mohammed had a violent desire of being reckoned an extraordinary person, which he could attain to by no means more effectually, than by pretend
ing to be a messenger sent from GOD, to inform mankind of his will.  This might be at first his utmost ambition; and had his fellow-citizens treated him less injuriously, and not obliged him by their persecutions to seek refuge elsewhere, and to take up a
r
ms against them in his own defence, he had perhaps continued a private person, and contented himself with the veneration and respect due to his prophetical office; but being once got at the head of a little army, and encouraged by success, it is no wonder
 if he raised his thoughts to attempt what had never before entered his imagination.
\par    That Mohammed was, as the Arabs are by complexion,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261  a great lover of women, we are assured by his own confession; and he is constantly upbraided with it by the controver
sial writers, who fail not to urge the number of women with whom he had to do, as a demonstrative argument of his sensuality, which they think sufficiently proves him to have been a wicked man, and consequently an impostor.  But it must be considered that
 polygamy, though it be forbidden by the Christian religion, was in Mohammed\rquote 
s time frequently practised in Arabia and other parts of the east, and was not counted an immorality, nor was a man worse esteemed on that account; for which reason Mohammed permit
ted the plurality of wives, with certain limitations, among his own followers, who argue for the lawfulness of it from several reasons, and particularly from the examples of persons allowed on all hands to have been good men; some of  whom have been honou
red with the divine correspondence.  The several laws relating to marriages and divorces, and the peculiar privileges granted to Mohammed in his Kor\'e2
n, were almost all taken by him from the Jewish decisions, as will appear hereafter; and therefore he might think those
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 1  Ammian.  Marcell. l. 14, c. 4.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par institutions the more just and reasonable, as he found them practised or approved by the professors of a religion which was confessedly of divine original.
\par    But whatever were his motives, Mohammed had cer
tainly the personal qualifications which were necessary to accomplish his undertaking.  The Mohammedan authors are excessive in their commendations of him, and speak much of his religious and moral virtues; as his piety, veracity, justice, liberality, cle
m
ency, humility, and abstinence.  His charity, in particular, they say, was so conspicuous, that he had seldom any money in his house, keeping no more for his own use than was just sufficient to maintain his family; and he frequently spared even some part 
of his own provisions to supply the necessities of the poor; so that before the year\rquote s end he had generally little or nothing left:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261  \'93GOD,\'94 says al Bokh\'e2ri, \'93
offered him the keys of the treasures of the earth, but he would not accept them.\'94  Though the eulo
gies of these writers are justly to be suspected of partiality, yet thus much, I think, may be inferred from thence, that for an Arab who had been educated in Paganism, and had but a very imperfect knowledge of his duty, he was a man of at least tolerable
 
morals, and not such a monster of wickedness as he is usually represented.  And indeed it is scarce possible to conceive, that a wretch of so profligate a character should ever have succeeded in an enterprise of this nature; a little hypocrisy and saving 
of appearances, at least, must have been absolutely necessary; and the sincerity of his intentions is what I pretend not to inquire into.
\par    He had indisputably a very piercing and sagacious wit, and was thoroughly versed in all the arts of insinuation.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261   T
he eastern historians describe him to have been a man of an excellent judgment, and a happy memory; and these natural parts were improved by a great experience and knowledge of men, and the observations he had made in his travels.  They say he was a perso
n of few words, of an equal cheerful temper, pleasant and familiar in conversation, of inoffensive behaviour towards his friends, and of great condescension towards his inferiors.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  To all which were joined a comely agreeable person, and a polite address; accomplishments of no small service in preventing those in his favour whom he attempted to persuade.
\par    As to acquired learning, it is confessed he had none at all; having had no other education than what was customary in his tribe, who neglected, and perha
ps despised, what we call literature; esteeming no language in comparison with their own, their skill in which they gained by use and not by books, and contenting themselves with improving their private experience by committing to memory such passages of 
t
heir poets as they judged might be of use to them in life.  This defect was so far from being prejudicial or putting a stop to his design, that he made the greatest use of it; insisting that the writings which he produced as revelations from GOD, could no
t possibly be a forgery of his own; because it was not conceivable that a person who could neither write nor read should be able to compose a book of such excellent doctrine, and in so elegant a style; and thereby obviating
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    1  Vide Abulfeda Vit. Moham. p. 144, &c.\tab \tab 2  Vide Prid. Life of Mahomet, p. 105.\tab \tab \tab 3  Vide Abulfed. ubi sup.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par an objection that might have carried a great deal of weight.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261   And for this reason his followers, instead of being ashamed of their master\rquote s ignorance, glory in it, as an evi
dent proof of his divine mission, and scruple not to call him (as he is indeed called in the Kor\'e2n itself}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 ) the \'93illiterate prophet.\'94
\par    The scheme of religion which Mohammed framed, and the design and artful contrivance of those written revelations (as he pretended them to be) which compose his Kor\'e2
n, shall be the subject of the following sections: I shall therefore in the remainder of this relate, as briefly as possible, the steps he took towards the effecting of his enterprise, and the accidents which concurred to his success therein.
\par    Before he made any attempt abroad, he rightly judged that it was necessary for him to begin by the conversion of his own household.  Having therefore retired with his family, as he had done several times before, to the ab
ove-mentioned cave in Mount Hara, he there opened the secret of his mission to his wife Khad\'ee
jah; and acquainted her that the angel Gabriel had just before appeared to him, and told him that he was appointed the apostle of GOD: he also repeated to her a passage}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 which he pretended had been revealed to him by the ministry of the angel, with those other circumstances of his first appearance, which are related by the Mohammedan writers.  Khad\'eejah received the news with great joy,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  swearing by him in whose hand
s her soul was, that she trusted he would be the prophet of his nation, and immediately communicated what she had heard to her cousin, Warakah Ebn Nawfal, who, being a Christian, could write in the Hebrew character, and was tolerably well versed in the sc
riptures;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and he as readily came into her opinion, assuring her that the same angel who had formerly appeared unto Moses was now sent to Mohammed.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  This first overture the prophet made in the month of Ramad\'e2n, in the fortieth year of his age, which is therefore usually called the year of his mission.
\par    Encouraged by so good a beginning, he resolved to proceed, and try for some time what he could do by private persuasion, not daring to hazard the whole affair by exposing it too suddenly to the public.  He 
soon made proselytes of those under his own roof, viz., his wife Khad\'eejah, his servant Zeid Ebn H\'e2retha (to whom he gave his freedom}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 on that occasion, which afterwards became a rule to his followers), and his cousin and pupil Ali, the son of Abu T\'e2leb, though then very young: but this last, making no account of the other two, used to style himself the \'93first of believers.\'94
  The next person Mohammed applied to was Abdallah Ebn Abi Koh\'e2fa, surnamed Abu Becr, a man of great authority among the Koreish, and on
e whose interest he well knew would be of great service to him, as it soon appeared, for Abu Becr being gained over, prevailed also on Othm\'e2n Ebn Aff\'e2n, Abd\rquote alrahm\'e2n Ebn Awf, Saad Ebn Abi Wakk\'e2s, al Zobeir Ebn al Aw\'e2
m, and Telha Ebn Obeid\rquote allah, all principal men in Mecca, to follow his example.
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    1  See Kor. c. 29.  Prid. Life of Mahomet, p. 28, &c.\tab \tab 2  Chap. 7.\tab \tab 
3  This passage is generally agreed to be the first five verses of the 96th chapter.\tab \tab \tab 1  I do not remember to have read in any eastern author, that Khad\'eejah ever rejected her husband\rquote 
s pretences as delusions, or suspected him of any imposture.  Yet see Prideaux\rquote s Life of Mahomet, p. 11, &c.\tab \tab 2  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 157.\tab \tab \tab 3  Vide Abulfed.  Vit. Moham. p. 16, where the learned translator has mistak
en the meaning of this passage.\tab \tab 4  For he was his purchased slave, as Abulfeda expressly tells us, and not his cousin-german, as M. de Boulainvill. asserts (Vie de Mah. p. 273).
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 These men were the six chief companions, who, with a few more, were conve
rted in the space of three years, at the end of which, Mohammed having, as he hoped, a sufficient interest to support him, made his mission no longer a secret, but gave out that GOD had commanded him to admonish his near relations;}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and in order to do it with more convenience and prospect of success, he directed Ali to prepare an entertainment, and invite the sons and descendants of Abd\rquote 
almotalleb, intending then to open his mind to them; this was done, and about forty of them came; but Abu Laheb, one of hi
s uncles, making the company break up before Mohammed had an opportunity of speaking, obliged him to give them a second invitation the next day; and when they were come, he made them the following speech: \'93
I know no man in all Arabia who can offer his kind
red a more excellent thing than I now do you.  I offer you happiness, both in this life and in that which is to come.  GOD Almighty hath commanded me to call you unto him; who therefore among you will be assisting to me herein, and become my brother and m
y vicegerent?\'94
  All of them hesitating, and declining the matter, Ali at length rose up and declared that he would be his assistant, and vehemently threatened those who should oppose him.  Mohammed upon this embraced Ali with great demonstrations of affecti
on, and desired all who were present to hearken to and obey him as his deputy, at which the company broke out into great laughter, telling Abu T\'e2leb that he must now pay obedience to his son.
\par    This repulse however was so far from discouraging Mohammed, t
hat he began to preach in public to the people, who heard him with some patience, till he came to upbraid them with the idolatry, obstinacy, and perverseness of themselves and their fathers, which so highly provoked them that they declared themselves his 
enemies, and would soon have procured his ruin had he not been protected by Abu T\'e2
leb.  The chief of the Koreish warmly solicited this person to desert his nephew, making frequent remonstrances against the innovations he was attempting, which proving ineffe
ctual, they at length threatened him with an open rupture if he did not prevail on Mohammed to desist.  At this, Abu T\'e2
leb was so far moved that he earnestly dissuaded his nephew from pursuing the affair any farther, representing the great danger he and his friends must otherwise run.  But Mohammed was not to be intimidated, telling his uncle plainly \'93
that if they set the sun against him on his right hand, and the moon on his left, he would not leave his enterprise;\'94 and Abu T\'e2leb, seeing him so firmly reso
lved to proceed, used no further arguments, but promised to stand by him against all his enemies.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The Koreish, finding they could prevail neither by fair words nor menaces, tried what they could do by force and ill-treatment, using Mohammed\rquote s followers
 so very injuriously that it was not safe for them to continue at Mecca any longer: whereupon Mohammed gave leave to such of them as had not friends to protect them, to seek for refuge elsewhere.  And accordingly, in the fifth year of the prophet\rquote 
s mission, sixteen of them, four of whom were women, fled into Ethiopia; and among them Othm\'e2n Ebn Aff\'e2n and his wife Rak\'eeah, Mohammed\rquote s
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 5  Kor. c. 74.  See the notes thereon.\tab \tab 6  Abulfeda ubi supra.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par daughter.  This was the first flight; but afterwards several others followed them, retiring one after another, to the number of eighty-three men and eighteen women, besides children.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  These refugees were kindly received by the Naj\'e2shi,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  or king of Ethiopia, who refused to deliver them up to those whom the Koreish 
sent to demand them, and, as the Arab writers unanimously attest, even professed the Mohammedan religion.
\par    In the sixth year of his mission}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  Mohammed had the pleasure of seeing his party strengthened by the conversion of his uncle Hamza, a man of great valour and merit, and of Omar Ebn al Khatt\'e2
b, a person highly esteemed, and once a violent opposer of the prophet.  As persecution generally advances rather than obstructs the spreading of a religion, Islamism made so great a progress among the Arab tribes,
 that the Koreish, to suppress it effectually, if possible, in the seventh year of Mohammed\rquote s mission,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 made a solemn league or covenant against the Hashemites and the family of al Motalleb, engaging themselves to contract no marriages with any of them, an
d to have no communication with them; and to give it the greater sanction, reduced it into writing, and laid it up in the Caaba.  Upon this the tribe became divided into two factions; and the family of Hashem all repaired to Abu T\'e2
leb, as their head; except only Abd\rquote al Uzza, surnamed Abu Laheb, who, out of his inveterate hatred to his nephew and his doctrine, went over to the opposite party, whose chief was Abu Sofi\'e2n Ebn Harb, of the family of Ommeya.
\par    The families continued thus at variance for three years; but in the tenth year of his mission, Mohammed told his uncle Abu T\'e2
leb that GOD had manifestly showed his disapprobation of the league which the Koreish had made against them, by sending a worm to eat out every word of the instrument except the name 
of GOD.  Of this accident Mohammed had probably some private notice; for Abu T\'e2
leb went immediately to the Koreish and acquainted them with it; offering, if it proved false, to deliver his nephew up to them; but in case it were true, he insisted that they 
ought to lay aside their animosity, and annul the league they had made against the Hashemites.  To this they acquiesced, and going to inspect the writing, to their great astonishment found it to be as Abu T\'e2
leb had said; and the league was thereupon declared void.
\par    In the same year Abu T\'e2leb died, at the age of above fourscore; and it is the general opinion that he died an infidel, though others say that when he was at the point of death he embraced Mohammedism, and produce some passages out of his poetic
al compositions to confirm their assertion.  About a month, or as some write, three days after the death of this great benefactor and patron, Mohammed had the additional mortification to lose his wife Khad\'ee
jah, who had so generously made his fortune.  For which reason this year is called the year of mourning.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    On the death of these two persons the Koreish began to be more troublesome than ever to their prophet, and especially some who had formerly been his intimate friends; insomuch that he found himself
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    1  Idem, Ebn Shohnah.\tab \tab 2  Dr. Prideaux seems to take this word for a proper name, but it is only the title the Arabs give to every king of this country.  See his Life of Mahomet, p. 55\tab \tab 3  Ebn Shohnah
\tab \tab 4  Al Jann\'e2bi.
\par 1  Abulfed. p. 28.  Ebn Shohnah.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par \page 
\par obliged to seek for shelter elsewhere, and first pitched upon T\'e2
yet, about sixty miles east from Mecca, for the place of his retreat.  Thither therefore he went, accompanied by his servant Zeid, and applied himself to two of the chief of the tribe of Thak\'ee
f, who were the inhabitants of that place; but they received him very coldly.  However, he stayed there a month; and some of the more considerate and better sort of men treated him with a little respect: but the slaves and inferior people at length rose 
against him, and bringing him to the wall of the city, obliged him to depart and return to Mecca, where he put himself under the protection of al Mot\'e1am Ebn Adi.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261    This repulse greatly discouraged his followers: however, Mohammed was not wanting to himse
lf, but boldly continued to preach to the public assemblies at the pilgrimage, and gained several proselytes, and among them six of the inhabitants of Yathreb of the Jewish tribe of Khazraj, who on their return home failed not to speak much in commendatio
n of their new religion, and exhorted their fellow-citizens to embrace the same.
\par    In the twelfth year of his mission it was that Mohammed gave out that he he had made his night journey from Mecca to Jerusalem and thence to heaven,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  so much spoken of by al
l that write of him.  Dr. Prideaux}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 thinks he invented it either to answer the expectations of those who demanded some miracle as a proof of his mission, or else, by pretending to have conversed with GOD, to establish the authority of whatever he should th
ink fit to leave behind by way of oral tradition, and make his sayings to serve the same purpose as the oral law of the Jews.  But I do not find that Mohammed himself ever expected so great a regard should be paid to his sayings, as his followers have sin
c
e done; and seeing he all along disclaimed any power of performing miracles, it seems rather to have been a fetch of policy to raise his reputation, by pretending to have actually conversing with GOD in heaven, as Moses had heretofore done in the mount, a
nd to have received several institutions immediately from him, whereas before he contented himself with persuading them that he had all by the ministry of Gabriel.
\par    However, this story seemed so absurd and incredible, that several of his followers left hi
m upon it, and it had probably ruined the whole design, had not Abu Becr vouched for his veracity, and declared that if Mohammed affirmed it to be true, he verily believed the whole.  Which happy incident not only retrieved the prophet\rquote 
s credit, but increa
sed it to such a degree, that he was secure of being able to make his disciples swallow whatever he pleased to impose on them for the future.  And I am apt to think this fiction, notwithstanding its extravagance, was one of the most artful contrivances Mo
hammed ever put in practice, and what chiefly contributed to the raising of his reputation to that great height to which it afterwards arrived.
\par    In this year, called by the Mohammedans the accepted year, twelve men of Yathreb or Medina, of whom ten were o
f the tribe of Khazraj, and the other two of that of Aws, came to Mecca, and took an oath of fidelity to Mohammed at al Akaba, a hill on the north of that city.  This oath was called the women\rquote s oath, not that any women were pre-
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    2  Ebn Shohnah.\tab \tab 3  See the notes on the 17th chapter of the Kor\'e2n.\tab \tab 4  Life o Mahomet, p. 41, 51, &c.
\par 
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 
sent at this time, but because a man was not thereby obliged to take up arms in defence of Mohammed or his religion; it being the same oath that was afterwards exacted of the women, the form of which we have in the Kor\'e2n,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}
{\f36\insrsid14382261  and is to this effect, viz.: \'93That they should renounce all idolatry; that they should not steal, nor commit fornication, nor kill their children (as the pagan Arabs used to do when they apprehended they s
hould not be able to maintain them}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 ), nor forge calumnies; and that they should obey the prophet in all things that were reasonable.\'94
  When they had solemnly engaged to do all this, Mohammed sent one of his disciples, named Mas\'e1b Ebn Omair, home with them, to instruct them more fully in the grounds and ceremonies of his new religion.
\par    Mas\'e1b, being arrived at Medina, by the assistance of those who had been formerly converted, gained several proselytes, particularly Osaid Ebn Hodeira, a chief man of the city, and Saad Ebn Mo\'e2
dh, prince of the tribe of Aws; Mohammedism spreading so fast, that there was scarce a house wherein there were not some who had embraced it.
\par    The next year, being the thirteenth of Mohammed\rquote s mission, Mas\'e1h returned to Mecca, accompan
ied by seventy-three men and two women of Medina, who had professed Islamism, besides some others who were as yet unbelievers.  On their arrival, they immediately sent to Mohammed, and offered him their assistance, of which he was now in great need, for h
i
s adversaries were by this time grown so powerful in Mecca, that he could not stay there much longer without imminent danger.  Wherefore he accepted their proposal, and met them one night, by appointment, at al Akaba above mentioned, attended by his uncle
 
al Abbas, who, though he was not then a believer, wished his nephew well, and made a speech to those of Medina, wherein he told them, that as Mohammed was obliged to quit his native city, and seek an asylum elsewhere, and they had offered him their protec
t
ion, they would do well not to deceive him; and that if they were not firmly resolved to defend and not betray him, they had better declare their minds, and let him provide for his safety in some other manner.  Upon their protesting their sincerity, Moham
m
ed swore to be faithful to them, on condition that they should protect him against all insults, as heartily as they would their own wives and families.  They then asked him what recompense they were to expect if they should happen to be killed in his quar
rel; he answered, Paradise.  Whereupon they pledged their faith to him, and so returned home;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 after Mohammed had chosen twelve out of their number, who were to have the same authority among them as the twelve apostles of Christ had among his disciples.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par   
 Hitherto Mohammed had propagated his religion by fair means, so that the whole success of his enterprise, before his flight to Medina, must be attributed to persuasion only, and not to compulsion.  For before this second oath of fealty or inauguration at
 al Akaba, he had no permission to use any force at all; and in several places of the Kor\'e2n, which he pretended were revealed during his stay at Mecca,
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    1  Cap. 60.\tab \tab 2  Vide Kor. c. 6.\tab \tab 3  Abulfeda.  Vit. Moham. p. 40, &c.\tab \tab 4  Ebn Ish\'e2k.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 he declares h
is business was only to preach and admonish; that he had no authority to compel any person to embrace his religion; and that whether people believed, or not, was none of his concern, but belonged solely unto GOD.  And he was so far from allowing his follo
w
ers to use force, that he exhorted them to bear patiently those injuries which were offered them on account of their faith; and when persecuted himself, chose rather to quit the place of his birth and retire to Medina, than to make any resistance.  But th
i
s great passiveness and moderation seems entirely owing to his want of power, and the great superiority of his opposers for the first twelve years of his mission; for no sooner was he enabled, by the assistance of those of Medina, to make head against his
 
enemies, than he gave out, that GOD had allowed him and his followers to defend themselves against the infidels; and at length as his forces increased, he pretended to have the divine leave even to attack them, and to destroy idolatry, and set up the true
 
faith by the sword; finding by experience that his designs would otherwise proceed very slowly, if they were not utterly overthrown, and knowing on the other hand that innovators, when they depend solely on their own strength, and can compel, seldom run a
n
y risk; from whence, the politician observes, it follows, that all the armed prophets have succeeded, and the unarmed ones have failed.  Moses, Cyrus, Theseus, and Romulus would not have been able to establish the observance of their institutions for any 
length of time had they not been armed.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The first passage of the Kor\'e2
n which gave Mohammed the permission of defending himself by arms, is said to have been that in the twenty-second chapter; after which a great number to the same purpose were revealed.
\par  
  That Mohammed had a right to take up arms for his own defence against his unjust persecutors, may perhaps be allowed; but whether he ought afterwards to have made use of that means for the establishing of his religion is a question I will not here deter
m
ine.  How far the secular power may or ought to interpose in affairs of this nature, mankind are not agreed.  The method of converting by the sword, gives no very favourable idea of the faith which is so propagated, and is disallowed by everybody in those
 
of another religion, though the same persons are willing to admit of it for the advancement of their own; supposing that though a false religion ought not to be established by authority, yet a true one may; and accordingly force is almost as constantly em
p
loyed in these cases by those who have the power in their hands, as it is constantly complained of by those who suffer the violence.  It is certainly one of the most convincing proofs that Mohammedism was no other than human invention, that it owed its pr
o
gress and establishment almost entirely to the sword; and it is one of the strongest demonstrations of the divine original of Christianity, that it prevailed against all the forces and powers of the world by the mere dint of its own truth, after having st
ood the assaults of all manner of persecutions, as well as other oppositions, for 300 years together and at length made the Roman emperors themselves submit thereto;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 after which time, indeed, this proof seems to fail, Christianity being
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261  \tab   1  Machiavelli, Princ. c. 6.\tab \tab \tab 2  See Prideaux\rquote s Letter to the Deists, p. 220, &c.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par \page 
\par then established and Paganism abolished by public authority, which has had great influence in the propagation of the one and destruction of the other ever since.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261   But to return.
\par    Mo
hammed having provided for the security of his companions as well as his own, by the league offensive and defensive which he had now concluded with those of Medina, directed them to repair thither, which they accordingly did; but himself with Abu Becr and
 Ali stayed behind, having not yet received the divine permission, as he pretended, to leave Mecca.  The Koreish, fearing the consequence of this new alliance, began to think it absolutely necessary to prevent Mohammed\rquote 
s escape to Medina, and having held a 
council thereon, after several milder expedients had been rejected, they came to a resolution that he should be killed; and agreed that a man should be chosen out of every tribe for the execution of this design, and that each man should have a blow at him
 with his sword, that the guilt of his blood might fall equally on all the tribes, to whose united power the Hashemites were much inferior, and therefore durst not attempt to revenge their kinsman\rquote s death.
\par    This conspiracy was scarce formed when by some m
eans or other it came to Mohammed knowledge, and he gave out that it was revealed to him the angel Gabriel, who had now ordered him to retire to Medina.  Whereupon, to amuse his enemies, he directed Ali to lie down in his place and wrap himself up in his 
green cloak, which he did, and Mohammed escape miraculously, as they pretend,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  to Abu Becr\rquote s house, unperceived by the conspirators, who had already assembled at the prophet\rquote 
s door.  They in the meantime, looking through the crevice and seeing Ali, whom they took to be Mohammed himself, asleep, continued watching there till morning, when Ali arose, and they found themselves deceived.
\par    From Abu Becr\rquote s house Mohammed and he went to a cave in Mount Thur, to the south-east of Mecca, accompanied only by Amer Ebn Foheirah, Abu Becr\rquote s servant, and Abd\rquote 
allah Ebn Oreikat, an idolater, whom they had hired for a guide.  In this cave they lay hid three days to avoid the search of their enemies, which they very narrowly escaped, and not without the assistance of more mi
racles than one; for some say that the Koreish were struck with blindness, so that they could not find the cave; others, that after Mohammed and his companions were got in, two pigeons laid their eggs at the entrance, and a spider covered the mouth of the
 cave with her web,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  which made them look no farther.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  Abu Becr, seeing the prophet in such imminent danger, became very sorrowful, whereupon Mohammed comforted him with these words, recorded in the Kor\'e2n:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261  \'93Be not grieved, for GOD is with us.\'94
  Their enemies being retired, they left the cave and set out for Medina, by a by-road, and having fortunately, or as the Mohammedans tell us, miraculously, escaped some who were sent to pursue them,
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    1  See Bayle\rquote s Dict. Hist. Art. Mahomet, Rem. O.\tab \tab 2  See the notes to chap. 8 and 36.\tab \tab \tab 
3  It is observable that the Jews have a like tradition concerning David, when he fled from Saul into the cave; and the Targum paraphrases these words of the second verse of Psalm lvii., which was composed on occasion of that deliverance: \'93
I will pray before the most high GOD that performeth all things for me, in this manner; I will pray before the most high GOD, who called a spider to weave a web for my sake in the mouth of the cave.\'94\tab \tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi in Kor. c. 9.  Vide D
\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient p. 445.\tab \tab 5  Cap. 9. }{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par arrived safely at that city; whither Ali followed them in three days, after he had settled some affairs at Mecca.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The first thing Mohammed did after his arrival at Medina, was to build a temple for his religious worshi
p, and a house for himself, which he did on a parcel of ground which had before served to put camels in, or as others tell us, for a burying-ground, and belonged to Sahal and Soheil the sons of Amru, who were orphans.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   This action Dr. Prideaux exclaims against, representing it as a flagrant instance of injustice, for that, says he, he violently dispossessed these poor orphans, the sons of an inferior artificer (whom the author he quotes}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261  calls a carpenter) of this ground, and so founded the first fabric of his worship with the like wickedness as he did his religion.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  But to say nothing of the improbability that Mohammed should act in so impolitic a manner at his first coming, the mohammedan writers set this affair ina quite different light; one tells us th
at he treated with the lads about the price of the ground, but they desired he would accept it asa present;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261  however, as historians of good credit assure us, he actually bought it,}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and the money was paid by Abu Becr.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Besides, had Mohammed accepted it as
 a present, the orphans were in circumstances sufficient to have afforded it; for they were of a very good family, of the tribe of Najj\'e2r, one of the most illustrious among the Arabs, and not the sons of a carpenter, as Dr. Prideaux\rquote 
s author writes, who took the word Najj\'e2r, which signifies a }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 carpenter}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , for an appellative, whereas it is a proper name.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Mohammed being securely settled at Medina, and able not only to defend himself against the insults of his enemies, but to attack them, began to send out s
mall parties to make reprisals on the Koreish; the first party consisting of no more than nine men, who intercepted and plundered a caravan belonging to that tribe, and in the action took two prisoners.  But what established his affairs very much, and was
 the foundation on which he built all his succeeding greatness, was the gaining of the battle of Bedr, which was fought in the second year of the Hejra, and is so famous in the Mohammedan history.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  As my design is not to write the life of Mohammed, but onl
y to describe the manner in which he carried on his enterprise, I shall not enter into any detail of his subsequent battles and expeditions, which amounted to a considerable number.  Some reckon no less than twenty-seven expeditions wherein Mohammed was p
ersonally present, in nine of which he gave battle, besides several other expeditions in which he was not present:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 some of them, however, will be necessarily taken notice of in explaining several passages of the Kor\'e2n.  His forces he maintained partly by the contributions of his followers for this purpose, which he called by the name of }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 
Zac\'e2t}{\f36\insrsid14382261  or }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 alms}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , and the paying of which he very artfully made one main article of his religion; and partly by ordering a fifth part of the plunder to be brought into the publ
ic treasury for that purpose, in which manner he likewise pretended to act by the divine direction.
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    4  Abulfeda.  Vit. Moh. p. 50, &c.  Ebn Shohnah.\tab \tab 5  Abulfeda, ib. p. 52, 53.\tab \tab 6  Disputatio Christiani contra Saracen. c. 4.\tab 
\tab \tab 7  Prideaux\rquote s Life of Mahomet, p. 58.\tab \tab \tab 8  Al Bokh\'e2ri in Sonna.
\par 9  Al Jann\'e2bi\tab \tab 1  Ahmed Ebn Yusef.\tab \tab 2  Vide Gagnier, not. in Abulfed. de Vit. Moh. p. 52, 53.
\par 3  See the notes on the Kor\'e2n, chap. 3.\tab \tab \tab 4  Vide Abulfed. Vit. Moh. p. 158.
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261    In a few years by the success of his arm
s (notwithstanding he sometimes came off by the worst) he considerably raised his credit and power.  In the sixth year of the Hejra he set out with 1,400 men to visit the temple of Mecca, not with any intent of committing hostilities, but in a peaceable m
a
nner.  However, when he came to al Hodeibiya, which is situate partly within and partly without the sacred territory, the Koreish sent to let him know that they would not permit him to enter Mecca, unless he forced his way; whereupon he called his troops 
about him, and they all took a solemn oath of fealty or homage to him, and he resolved to attack the city; but those of Mecca sending Araw Ebn Mas\'fad, prince of the tribe of Thak\'ee
f, as their ambassador to desire peace, a truce was concluded between them for ten years, by which any person was allowed to enter into league either with Mohammed or with the Koreish as he thought fit.
\par    It may not be improper, to show the inconceivable veneration and respect the Mohammedans by this time had for their prophet, to m
ention the account which the above-mentioned ambassador gave the Koreish, at his return, of their behaviour.  He said he had been at the courts both of the Roman emperor and of the king of Persia, and never saw any prince so highly respected by his subjec
t
s as Mohammed was by his companions; for whenever he made the ablution, in order to say his prayers, they ran and catched the water that he had used; and whenever he spit, they immediately licked it up, and gathered up every hair that fell from him with g
reat superstition.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    In the seventh year of the Hejra, Mohammed began to think of propagating his religion beyond the bounds of Arabia, and sent messengers to the neighbouring princes with letters to invite them to Mohammedism.  Nor was this project witho
ut some success.  Khosr\'fb Parv\'eez, then king of Persia, received his letter with great disdain, and tore it in a passion, sending away the messenger very abruptly; which when Mohammed heard, he said, \'93GOD shall tear his kingdom.\'94
  And soon after a messenger came to Mohammed from Badh\'e2n, king of Yaman, who was a dependant on the Persians,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  to acquaint him that he had received orders to send him to Khosr\'fb
.  Mohammed put off his answer till the next morning, and then told the messenger it had been revealed to him that night that Khosr\'fb was slain by his son Shir\'fb
yeh; adding that he was well assured his new religion and empire should rise to as great a height as that of Khosr\'fb; and therefore bid him advise his master to embrace Mohammedism.  The messenger being returned, Badh\'e2
n in a few days received a letter from Shir\'fbyeh informing him of his father\rquote s death, and ordering him to give the prophet no further disturbance.  Whereupon Badh\'e2n and the Persians with him turned Mohammedans.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The emperor Heraclius, as the Arabian historians assure us, received Mohammed\rquote 
s letter with great respect, laying it on his pillow, and dismissed the bearer honourably.  And some pretend that he would have professed this new faith, had he not been afraid of losing his crown.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 

\par    Mohammed wrote to the same effect to the king of Ethiopia, though he had been converted before, according to the Arab writers; and to
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    1  Abulfeda Vit. Moh. p. 85.\tab \tab 2  See before, p. 8.\tab \tab 3  Abulfeda, Vit. Moh. p. 92, &c.\tab 4  Al Jann\'e2bi.
\par 
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 Mokawkas, governor o
f Egypt, who gave the messenger a very favourable reception, and sent several valuable presents to Mohammed, and among the rest two girls, one of which, named Mary,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 became a great favourite with him.  He also sent letters of the like purport to several Arab princes, particularly one to al Hareth Ebn Abi Shamer,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  king of Ghass\'e2
n, who, returning for answer that he would go to Mohammed himself, the prophet said, \'93May his kingdom perish;\'94 another to Hawdha Ebn Ali, king of Yam\'e2ma, who was a Christian, and havi
ng some time before professed Islamism, had lately returned to his former faith; this prince sent back a very rough answer, upon which Mohammed cursing him, he died soon after; and a third to al Mondar Ebn S\'e2
wa, king of Bahrein, who embraced Mohammedism, and all the Arabs of that country followed his example.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The eighth year of the Hejra was a very fortunate year to Mohammed.  In the beginning of it Kh\'e2led Ebn al Wal\'eed and Amru Ebn al As, both excellent soldiers, the first of whom afterwards conquered S
yria and other countries, and the latter Egypt, became proselytes of Mohammedism.  And soon after the prophet sent 3,000 men against the Grecian forces, to revenge the death of one of his ambassadors, who being sent to the governor of Bosra on the same er
rand as those who went to the above-mentioned princes, was slain by an Arab of the tribe of Ghass\'e2n at M\'fbta, a town in the territory of Balk\'e2 in Syria, about three days\rquote 
 journey eastward from Jerusalem, near which town they encountered.  The Grecians being 
vastly superior in number (for, including the auxiliary Arabs, they had an army of 100,000 men), the Mohammedans were repulsed in the first attack, and lost successively three of their general, viz., Zeid Ebn H\'e2retha, Mohammed\rquote 
s freedman, Jaafar, the son of Abu T\'e2leb, and Abd\'e2llah Ebn Raw\'e2ha; but Kh\'e2led Ebn al Wal\'eed, succeeding to the command, overthrew the Greeks with a great slaughter, and brought away abundance of rich spoil;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  on occasion of which action Mohammed gave him the honourable title of Seif min soy\'fbf Allah, One of the Swords of GOD.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    In this year also Mohammed took the city of Mecca, the inhabitants whereof had broken the truce concluded on two years before.  For the tribe of Becr, who were confederates of the Koreish, attacking those of Khoz\'e2
ah, who were allies of Mohammed, killed several of them, being supported in the action by a party of the Koreish themselves.  The consequence of this violation was soon apprehended, and Abu Sofi\'e2
n himself made a journey to Medina on purpose to heal the breach and renew the truce,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 but in vain, for Mohammed, glad of this opportunity, refused to see him; whereupon he applied to Abu Becr and Ali, but they giving him no answer, he was obliged to return to Mecca as he came.
\par    Mohammed immediately gave orders for preparations to be made, that he might surprise the Meccans while they were unprovided to receive him; in a little time he began his march thither, and by the
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    1  It is, however, a different name from that of the Virgin Mary, which the Orientals always write Maryam, or Miriam\endash whereas this is written M\'e2riya.\tab \tab 2  This prince is omitted in Dr. Pocock\rquote 
s list of the kings of Ghass\'e2n, Spec. p. 77.
\par 3  Abulfeda, bui sup. p. 94, &c.\tab \tab 4  Idem ib. p. 99, 100, &c.\tab \tab 5  Al Bokh\'e2ri in Sonna.
\par 6  This circumstance is a plain proof that the Koreish had actually broken the truce, and that it was not a mere pretence of Mohammed\rquote s as Dr. Prideaux insinuates.  Life of Mahomet, p. 94.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 time he came near the city his forces were increased to 10,000 men.  Those of Mecca being not in a condition to defend themselves against so formidable an army, surrendered at discretion, and Abu Sofi\'e2
n saved his life by turning Mohammedan.  About twenty-eight of the idolaters were killed by a party under the command of Kh\'e2led; but this happened contrary to Mohammed\rquote 
s orders, who, when he entered the town, pardoned all the Koreish on their submission, except only six men and four women, who were more obnoxious than ordinary (some of them having apostatized), and were solemnly proscribed by the
 prophet himself; but of these no more than three men and one woman were put to death, the rest obtaining pardon on their embracing Mohammedism, and one of the women making her escape.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The remainder of this year Mohammed employed in destroying the idols in and round about Mecca, sending several of his generals on expeditions for that purpose, and to invite the Arabs to Islamism: wherein it is no wonder if they now met with success.

\par    The next year, being the ninth of the Hejra, the Mohammedans call \'93the year of embassies,\'94 for the Arabs had been hitherto expecting the issue of the war between Mohammed and the Koreish; but so soon as that tribe\endash 
the principal of the whole nation, and the genuine descendants of Ismael, whose prerogatives none offered to dispute\endash 
had submitted, they were satisfied that it was not in their power to oppose Mohammed, and therefore began to come in to him in great numbers, and to send embassies to make their submissions to him, both to Mecca, while he stayed there, and also to Me
dina, whither he returned this year.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Among the rest, five kings of the tribe of Hamyar professed Mohammedism, and sent ambassadors to notify the same.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    In the tenth year Ali was sent into Yaman to propagate the Mohammedan faith there, and as it is said, converted the whole tribe of Hamd\'e2
n in one day.  Their example was quickly followed by all the inhabitants of that province, except only those of Najr\'e2n, who, being Christians, chose rather to pay tribute.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Thus was Mohammedism established and idolatry rooted out, even in Mohammed\rquote s lifetime (for he died the next year), throughout all Arabia, except only Yam\'e2ma, where Moseilama, who set up also for a prophet as Mohammed\rquote 
s competitor, had a great party, and was not reduced till the Khal\'eefat of Abu Becr
.  And the Arabs being then united in one faith and under one prince, found themselves in a condition of making those conquests which extended the Mohammedan faith over so great a part of the world.
\par 
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\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    1  Vide Abulfed. ubi sup. c. 51, 52.\tab \tab \tab \tab 2  Vide Gagnier, not. ad Abulfed. p. 121.
\par 3  Abulfed. ubi sup. p. 128.\tab \tab \tab \tab 4  Ibid. p. 129.
\par 
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 SECTION III
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par {\*\bkmkstart OF_THE_KORAN_ITSELF__THE_PECULI}OF THE KORAN ITSELF, THE PECULIARITIES OF THAT BOOK; THE MANNER OF
\par        ITS BEING WRITTEN AND PUBLISHED, AND THE GENERAL DESIGN OF IT.
\par {\*\bkmkend OF_THE_KORAN_ITSELF__THE_PECULI}
\par THE word Kor\'e2n, derived from the verb }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 karaa, to read}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , signifies properly in Arabic, \'93the reading,\'94 or rather, \'93that which ought to be read;\'94
 by which name Mohammedans denote not only the entire book or volume of the Kor\'e2n, but also any particular chapter or section of it: just as the Jews call either the whole scripture or any part of it by the name of Kar\'e2h, or Mikra,}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261  words of the same origin and import; which observation seems to overthrow the opinion of some learned Arabians, who would have the Kor\'e2n so named b
ecause it is a collection of the loose chapters or sheets which compose it\endash the verb }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 karaa}{\f36\insrsid14382261  signifying also }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 to gather}{\f36\insrsid14382261  or }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 collect}
{\f36\insrsid14382261 :}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and may also, by the way, serve as an answer to those who object}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  that the Kor\'e2
n must be a book forged at once, and could not possibly be revealed by parcels at different times during the course of several years, as the Mohammedans affirm, because the Kor\'e2
n is often mentioned and called by that name in the very book  itself.  It may not be amiss to observe, that the syllable }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 Al}{\f36\insrsid14382261  in the word }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 Alkoran}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 is only the Arabic article, signifying }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 the}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , and therefore ought to be omitted when the English article is prefixed.
\par    Beside this peculiar name, the Kor\'e2n is also honoured with several appellations, common to other books of scripture: as, }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 al Fork\'e2n}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , from the verb }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 faraka, to divide}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  or }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 distinguish}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
; not, as the Mohammedan doctor say, because those books are divided into chapters or sections, or distinguish between good and evil; but in the same notion that the Jews use the word }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 Perek}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , or }{
\i\f36\insrsid14382261 Pirka}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , from the same root, to denote a section or portion of scripture.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261   It is also called }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 al Moshaf, the volume}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 , and }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 al Kitab, the book}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , by way of eminence, which answers to the Biblia of the Greeks; and }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 al Dhikr, the admonition}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
, which name is also given to the Pentateuch and Gospel.
\par    The Kor\'e2n is divided into 114 larger portions of very unequal length, which we call chapters, but the Arabians }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 Sowar}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , in the singular }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 S\'fbra}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
, a word rarely used on any other occasion, and properly signifying a row, order, or regular series; as a course of bricks in building, or a rank of soldiers in an army; and is the same in use and import with the }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 S\'fbra}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 , or }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 Tora}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , of the jews, who also call the fifty-three sections of the Pentateuch }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 Sed\'e2rim}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , a word of the same signification.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    These chapters are not in the manuscript copies distinguished by their numerical order, though for the reader\rquote s ease they are numbered
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    1  This name was at first given to the Pentateuch only, Nehem. viii.  Vide Simon. hist. Crit. du Vieux Test. l. r, c. 9.\tab 
2  Vide Erpen. not. ad Hist. Joseph. p. 3.\tab \tab 3  Marracc. de Alcor. p. 41.\tab \tab 4  Vide Gol. in append. ad Gram. Arab. Erpen. 175.  A chapter or subdivision of the Massictoth of the Mishna is also called Perek.  Maimon. pr\'e6
f. in Seder Zeraim, p. 57.
\par 5  Vide Gol. ubi sup. 177.  Each of the six grand divisions of the Mishna is also called Seder.  Maimon. ubi sup. p. 55.
\par 
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 in this edition, but by particular titles, which (except that of the first, which is the initial chapter, or introduction to the rest, and
 by the one Latin translator not numbered among the chapters) are taken sometimes from a particular matter of, or person mentioned therein; but usually from the first word of note, exactly in the same manner as the Jews have named their Sed\'e2
rim: though the
 words from which some chapters are denominated be very far distant, towards the middle, or perhaps the end of the chapter; which seems ridiculous.  But the occasion of this seems to have been, that the verse or passage wherein such word occurs, was, in p
o
int of time, revealed and committed to writing before the other verses of the same chapter which precede it in order: and the title being given to the chapter before it was completed, or the passages reduced to their present order, the verse from whence s
uch title was taken did not always happen to begin the chapter.  Some chapters have two or more titles, occasioned by the difference of the copies.
\par    Some of the chapters having been revealed at Mecca, and others at Medina, the noting this difference makes
 a part of the title; but the reader will observe that several of the chapters are said to have been revealed partly at Mecca, and partly at Medina; and as to others, it is yet a dispute among the commentators to which place of the two they belong.
\par    Every chapter is subdivided into smaller portions, of very unequal length also, which we customarily call verses; but the Arabic word is }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 Ay\'e2t}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , the same with the Hebrew }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 Ototh}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 , and signifies signs, or wonders; such as are the secrets of GOD, his attributes, work
s, judgments, and ordinances, delivered in those verses; many of which have their particular titles also, imposed in the same manner as those of the chapters.
\par    Notwithstanding this subdivision is common and well known, yet I have never yet seen any manus
cript wherein the verses in each chapter is set down after the title, which we have therefore added in the table of the chapters.  And the Mohammedans seem to have some scruple in making an actual distinction in their copies, because the chief disagreemen
t between their several editions of the Kor\'e2n, consists in the division and number of the verses: and for this reason I have not taken upon me to make any such division.
\par    Having mentioned the different editions of the Kor\'e2n, it may not be amiss here to ac
quaint the reader, that there are seven principal editions, if I may so call them, or ancient copies of that book; two of which were published and used at Medina, a third at Mecca, a fourth at Cufa, a fifth at Basra, a sixth in Syria, and a seventh called
 
the common or vulgar edition.  Of these editions, the first of Medina makes the whole number of the verses 6,000; the second and fifth, 6,214; the third, 6,219; the fourth, 6,236; the sixth, 6,226; and the last, 6,225.  But they are all said to contain th
e same number of words, namely, 77,639;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and the same number of letters, viz., 323,015:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 for the Mohammedans have in this also imitated the Jews, that they have superstitiously numbered the very words and letters of their law; nay, they have
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    1  Or as others reckon them, 99, 464.  Reland. de Rel. Moh. p. 25.\tab \tab 
2  Or according to another computation, 330,113.  Ibid.  Vide Gol. ubi sup. p. 178.  D\rquote Herbelot, Bibl. Orient. p. 87.
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 taken the pains to compute (how exactly I know not) the number of times each particular letter of the alphabet is contained in the Kor\'e2n.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Besides these unequal divisions of chapter and verse, the Mohammedans have also divided their Kor\'e2n into sixty equal portions, which they call }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 Ahz\'e2b}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , in the singular }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 Hizb}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 , each subdivided into four equal parts; which is also an imitation of the Jews, who have an ancient division of their Mishna into sixty portions, called }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 Massictoth}{\f36\insrsid14382261 :}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  but the Kor\'e2n is more usually divided into thirty sections only, named Ajz\'e2, from the singular }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 Joz}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , each of twic
e the length of the former, and in the like manner subdivided into four parts.  These divisions are for the use of the readers of the Kor\'e2
n in the royal temples, or in the adjoining chapels where the emperors and great men are interred.  There are thirty of these readers belonging to every chapel, and each reads his section every day, so that the whole Kor\'e2n is read over once a day.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261   I have seen several copies divided in this manner, and bound up in as many volumes; and have thought it proper to mark these divisions in the margin of this translation by numeral letters.
\par    Next after the title, at the head of every chapter, except only the ninth, is prefixed the following solemn form, by the Mohammedans called the Bismillah, \'93In the name of the most merciful GOD;\'94
 which form they constantly place at the beginning of all their books and writings in general, as a peculiar mark or distinguishing characteristic of their religion, it being counted a sort of impiety to omit it.  The Jews for the same purpose make u
se of the form, \'93In the name of the LORD,\'94 or, \'93In the name of the great GOD:\'94 and the eastern Christians, that of \'93In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.\'94
  But I am apt to believe Mohammed really took this form, as he did many other things, from the Persian Magi, who used to begin their books in these words, }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 Ben\'e2m Yezd\'e2n bakhsha\'efshgher d\'e2d\'e2r;}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 that is, \'93In the name of the most merciful, just GOD.\'94}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    This auspicatory form, and also the titles of the chapters, are by the generalit
y of the doctors and commentators believed to be of divine original, no less than the text itself; but the more moderate are of opinion they are only human additions, and not the very word of GOD.
\par    There are twenty-nine chapters of the Kor\'e2n, which have this peculiarity, that they begin with certain letters of the alphabet, some with a single one, others with more.  These letters the Mohammedans believe to be the peculiar marks of the Kor\'e2
n, and to conceal several profound mysteries, the certain understan
ding of which, the more intelligent confess, has not been communicated to any mortal, their prophet only excepted.  Notwithstanding which, some will take the liberty of guessing at their meaning by that species of Cabbala called by the jews, Notarikon,}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261  an
d suppose the letters to stand for as many words expressing the names and attributes of GOD, his works, ordinances, and decrees; and therefore these mysterious letters, as well as the verses themselves, seem in the Kor\'e2
n to be called signs.  Others explain the intent of these letters from their nature or organ, or else from their value in numbers, according to another species of the Jewish Cabbala
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    1  Vide Reland. de Relig. oh. p. 25.\tab \tab \tab 2  Vide Gol. ubi sup. p. 178.  Maimon. pr\'e6f. in Seder Zeraim, p. 57.
\par 3  Vide Smith, de Moribus et Instit. Turcar. p. 58.\tab \tab 4  Hyde, His. Rel. Vet. Pers. p. 14.\tab \tab 1  Vide Buxtorf. Lexicon Rabbin.
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 called Gematria;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 the uncertainty of which conjectures sufficiently appears from their disagreement.  Thus, for example, five chapters, one of which is the second, begin with these letters, A.L.M., which some imagine to stand for }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 Allah lat\'ee
f mag\'eed}{\f36\insrsid14382261 ; \'93GOD is gracious and to be glorified;\'94 or, }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 Ana li minni}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , \'93to me and from me,\'94 viz., belongs all perfection, and proceeds all good; or else for }{
\i\f36\insrsid14382261 Ana Allah \'e2lam}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , \'93I am the most wise GOD,\'94 taking the first letter to mark the beginning of the first word, the second the middle of the second word, and the third the last of the third word: or for 
\'93Allah, Gabriel, Mohammed,\'94 the author, revealer, and preacher of the Kor\'e2
n.  Others say that as the letter A belongs to the lower part of the throat, the first of the organs of speech; L to the palate, the middle organ; and M to the lips, which are the last organs; so these letters signify that GOD is the
 beginning, middle, and end, or ought to be praised in the beginning, middle, and end of all our words and actions: or, as the total value of those three letters in numbers is seventy-one, they signify that in the space of so many years, the religion prea
ched in the Kor\'e2n should be fully established.  The conjecture of a learned Christian}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  is, at least, as certain as any of the former, who supposes those letters were set there by the amanuensis, for }
{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 Amar li Mohammed, i.e.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , \'93at the command of Mohammed,\'94 as the five letters prefixed to the nineteenth chapter seem to be there written by a Jewish scribe, for }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 Cob yaas, i.e.,}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  \'93thus he commanded.\'94
\par    The Kor\'e2n is universally allowed to be written with the utmost elegance and purity of language, in the dialect of th
e tribe of Koreish, the most noble and polite of all the Arabians, but with some mixture, though very rarely, or other dialects.  It is confessedly the standard of the Arabic tongue, and as the more orthodox believe, and are taught by the book itself, ini
mitable by any human pen (though some sectaries have been of another opinion),}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and therefore insisted on as a permanent miracle, greater than that of raising the dead,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  and alone sufficient to convince the world of its divine original.
\par    And to this mirac
le did Mohammed himself chiefly appeal for the confirmation of his mission, publicly challenging the most eloquent men in Arabia, which was at that time stocked with thousands whose sole study and ambition it was to excel in elegance of style and composit
ion,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  to produce even a single chapter that might be compared with it.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  I will mention but one instance out of several, to show that this book was really admired for the beauty of its composure by those who must be allowed to have been competent judges.  A poem of Lab\'eed Ebn Rab\'ee
a, one of the greatest wits in Arabia in Mohammed\rquote s time, being fixed up on the gate of the temple of Mecca, an honour allowed to none but the most esteemed performances, none of the other poets durst offer anything of their own in c
ompetition with it.  But the second chapter of the Kor\'e2n being fixed up by it soon after, Lab\'eed
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    2  Vide Ibid.  See also Schickardi Bechinat happerushim, p. 62, &c.\tab \tab 3  Golius in append. ad Gram. Erp. p. 182.
\par 1  See after.\tab \tab 2  Ahmed Abd\rquote alhalim, apud Marracc. de Alc. p. 43.\tab \tab \tab 
3  A noble writer therefore mistakes the question when he says these eastern religionists leave their sacred writ the sole standard of literate performance by extinguishing all true learning.  For though they were destitute of what 
we call learning, yet they were far from being ignorant, or unable to compose elegantly in their own tongue.  See L. Shaftesbury\rquote s Characteristics, vol. iii. p. 235.\tab \tab 4  Al Ghaz\'e2
li, apud Poc. Spec. 191.  See Kor. c. 17, and also c. 2, p. 3, and c. II, &c.
\par 
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 
himself (then an idolater) on reading the first verses only, was struck with admiration, and immediately professed the religion taught thereby, declaring that such words could proceed from an inspired person only.  This Lab\'ee
d was afterwards of great service to Mohammed, in writing answers to the satires and invectives that were made on him and his religion by the infidels, and particularly by Amri al Kais,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 prince of the tribe of Asad,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and author of one of those seven famous poems called al Moallak\'e2t.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The style of the Kor\'e2
n is generally beautiful and fluent, especially where it imitates the prophetic manner and scripture phrases.  It is concise and often obscure, adorned with bold figures after the eastern taste, enlivened with florid and sententious
 expressions, and in many places, especially where the majesty and attributes of GOD are described, sublime and magnificent; of which the reader cannot but observe several instances, though he must not imagine the translation comes up to the original, not
withstanding my endeavours to do it justice.
\par    Though it be written in prose, yet the sentences generally conclude in a long continued rhyme, for the sake of which the sense is often interrupted, and unnecessary repetitions too frequently made, which appea
r still more ridiculous in a translation, where the ornament, such as it is, for whose sake they were made, cannot be perceived.  However, the Arabians are so mightily delighted with this jingling, that they employ it in their most elaborate compositions,
 which they also embellish with frequent passages of, and allusions to, the Kor\'e2n, so that it is next to impossible to understand them without being well versed in this book.
\par    It is probable the harmony of expression which the Arabians find in the Kor\'e2n m
ight contribute not a little to make them relish the doctrine therein taught, and give an efficacy to arguments which, had they been nakedly proposed without this rhetorical dress, might not have so easily prevailed.  Very extraordinary effects are relate
d of the power of words well chosen and artfully placed, which are no less powerful either to ravish or amaze than music itself; wherefore as much has been ascribed by the best orators to this part of rhetoric as to any other.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
1}{\f36\insrsid14382261   He must have a very bad ear 
who is not uncommonly moved with the very cadence of a well-turned sentence; and Mohammed seems not to have been ignorant of the enthusiastic operation of rhetoric on the minds of men; for which reason he has not only employed his utmost skill in these hi
s
 pretended revelations, to preserve the dignity and sublimity of style, which might seem not unworthy of the majesty of that Being, whom he gave out to be the author of them; and to imitate the prophetic manner of the Old Testament; but he has not neglect
ed even the other arts of oratory; wherein he succeeded so well, and so strangely captivated the minds of his audience, that several of his opponents thought it the effect of witchcraft and enchantment, as he sometimes complains.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    \'93The general design of the Kor\'e2n\'94 (to use the words of a very learned person) \'93seems to be this.  To unite the professors of the
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    5  D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. p. 512, &c.\tab \tab 6  Poc. Spec. p. 80.\tab \tab 7  See before, p. 22.\tab \tab 1  See Casaubon, of Enthusiasm, c. 4.\tab \tab 2  Kor. c. 15, 21, &c.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par three different religions then followed in the populous country of Arabia, who for the most part lived promiscuously, and wandered without guides, the far greater number being idolaters, and the rest Jews and Christians, mostly of erroneous and heterodo
x belief, in the knowledge and worship of one eternal, invisible GOD, by whose power all things were made, and those which are not, may be, the supreme Governor, Judge, and absolute Lord of the creation; established under the sanction of certain laws, and
 
the outward signs of certain ceremonies, partly of ancient and partly of novel institution, and enforced by setting before them rewards and punishments, both temporal and eternal; and to bring them all to the obedience of Mohammed, as the prophet and amba
ssador of GOD, who after the repeated admonitions, promises, and threats of former ages, was at last to establish and propagate GOD\rquote 
S religion on earth by force of arms, and to be acknowledged chief pontiff in spiritual matters, as well as supreme prince in temporal.\'94}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The great doctrine then of the Kor\'e2n is the unity of GOD; to restore which point Mohammed pretended was the chief end of his mission; it being laid down by him as a fundamental truth, that there never was nor ever can be more than one true 
orthodox religion.  For though the particular laws or ceremonies are only temporary, and subject to alteration according to the divine direction, yet the substance of it being eternal truth, is not liable to change, but continues immutably the same.  And 
h
e taught that whenever this religion became neglected, or corrupted in essentials, GOD had the goodness to re-inform and re-admonish mankind thereof, by several prophets, of whom Moses and Jesus were the most distinguished, till the appearance of Mohammed
, who is their seal, no other being to be expected after him.  And the more effectually to engage people hearken to him, great part of the Kor\'e2
n is employed in relating examples of dreadful punishments formerly inflicted by God on those who rejected and abu
sed his messengers; several of which stories of some circumstances of them are taken from the Old and New Testament, but many more from the apocryphal books and traditions of the Jews and Christians of those ages, set up in the Kor\'e2
n as truths in opposition to the scriptures, which the Jews and Christians are charged with having altered; and I am apt to believe that few or none of the relations or circumstances in the Kor\'e2
n were invented by Mohammed, as is generally supposed, it being easy to trace the greater part of them much higher, as the rest might be, were more of the books extant, and it was worth while to make the inquiry.
\par    The other part of the Kor\'e2n is taken up in giving necessary laws and directions, in frequent admonitions to moral and divine v
irtues, and above all to the worshipping and reverencing of the only true GOD, and resignation to his will; among which are many excellent things intermixed not unworthy even a Christian\rquote s perusal.
\par    But besides these, there are a great number of passages which are occasional, and relate to particular emergencies.  For whenever anything happened which perplexed and gravelled Mohammed, and
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 1  Golius. in appen. ad Gram. Erp. p. 176.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par which he could not otherwise get over, he had constant recourse to a new
 revelation, as an infallible expedient in all nice cases; and he found the success of this method answer his expectation.  It was certainly an admirable and politic contrivance of his to bring down the whole Kor\'e2
n at once to the lowest heaven only, and no
t to the earth, as a bungling prophet would probably have done; for if the whole had been published at once, innumerable objections might have been made, which it would have been very hard, if not impossible, for him to solve: but as he pretended to have 
r
eceived it by parcels, as GOD saw proper that they should be published for the conversion and instruction of the people, he had a sure way to answer all emergencies, and to extricate himself with honour from any difficulty which might occur.  If any objec
tion be hence made to that eternity of the Kor\'e2
n, which the Mohammedans are taught to believe, they easily answer it by their doctrine of absolute predestination; according to which all the accidents for the sake of which these occasional passages were reve
aled, were predetermined by GOD from all eternity.
\par    That Mohammed was really the author and chief contriver of the Kor\'e2n is beyond dispute; though it be highly probably that he had no small assistance in his design from others, as his countrymen failed not to object to him;}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261  however, they differed so much in their conjectures as to the particular persons who gave him such assistance,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 that they were not able, it seems, to prove the charge; Mohammed, it is to be presumed, having taken his measures too well to be discovered.  Dr. Prideaux}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 has given the most probably account of this matter, though chiefly from Christian writers, who generally mix such ridiculous fables with what they deliver, that they deserve not much credit.
\par    However, it be, the Mohammedans absolutely deny the Kor\'e2
n was composed by their prophet himself, or any other for him; it being their general and orthodox belief that it is of divine original, any, that it is eternal and uncreated, remaining, as some express it, in the very essence o
f GOD; that the first transcript has been from everlasting by GOD\rquote 
S throne, written on a tablet of vast bigness, called the preserved table, in which are also recorded the divine decrees past and future: that a copy from this table, in one volume on paper,
 was by the ministry of the angel Gabriel sent down to the lowest heaven, in the month of Ramad\'e2n, on the night of power;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 from whence Gabriel revealed it to Mohammed by parcels, some at Mecca, and some at Medina, at different times, during the space of tw
enty-three years, as the exigency of affairs required; giving him, however, the consolation to show him the whole (which they tell us was bound in silk, and adorned with gold and precious stones of paradise) once a year; but in the last year of his life h
e had the favour to see it twice.  They say that few chapters were delivered entire, the most part being revealed piecemeal, and written down form time to time by the prophet\rquote 
s amanuenses in such or such a part of such or such a chapter till they were completed, according to the directions of the angel.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The first parcel that was
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    1  Vide Kor. c. 16, and c. 25.\tab \tab 2  See the notes on those passages.\tab \tab 3  Life of Mahomet, p. 31, &c.\tab 
\par 4  Vide Kor. c. 97, and note ibid.\tab \tab 1  Therefore it is a mistake of Dr. Pri
deaux to say it was brought him chapter by chapter.  Life of Mahomet, p. 6.  The Jews also say the Law was given to Moses by parcels.  Vide Millium, de Mohammedismo ante Moham. p. 365.
\par 
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 revealed, is generally agreed to have ben the first five verses of the ninety-sixth chapter.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    After the new revealed passages had been from the prophet\rquote s mouth taken down in writing by his scribe, they were published to his followers, several of whom took copies for their private use, but the far greater number got them
 by heart.  The originals when returned were put promiscuously into a chest, observing no order of time, for which reason it is uncertain when many passages were revealed.
\par    When Mohammed died, he left his revelations in the same disorder I have mentioned
, and not digest into the method, such as it is, which we now find them in.  This was the work of his successor, Abu Becr, who considering that a great number of passages were committed to the memory of Mohammed\rquote 
s followers, many of whom were slain in thei
r wars, ordered the whole to be collected, not only from the palm-leaves and skins on which they had been written, and which were kept between two boards or covers, but also from the mouths of such as had gotten them by heart.  And this transcript when co
mpleted he committed to the custody of Hafsa the daughter of Omar, one of the prophet\rquote s widows.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    From this relation it is generally imagined that Abu Becr was really the compiler of the Kor\'e2n; though for aught appears to the contrary, Mohammed left the c
hapters complete as we now have them, excepting such passages as his successor might add or correct from those who had gotten them by heart; what Abu Becr did else being perhaps no more than to range the chapters in their present order, which he seems to 
have done without any regard to time, having generally placed the longest first.
\par    However, in the thirtieth year of the Hejra, Othm\'e2n being then Khal\'eef, and observing the great disagreement in the copies of the Kor\'e2n in the several provinces of the empire\endash 
those of Irak, for example, following the reading of Abu Musa al Ashari, and the Syrians that of Macd\'e2d Ebn Aswad\endash he, by advice of the companions, ordered a great number of copies to be transcribed from that of Abu Becr, in Hafsa\rquote 
s care, under the inspection of Zeid Ebn Thabet, Abd\rquote allah Ebn Zobair, Sa\'efd Ebn al As, and Abd\rquote alrahm\'e2n Ebn al H\'e2
reth, the Makhzumite; whom he directed that wherever they disagreed about any word, they should write it in the dialect of the Koreish, in which it was first delivered.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  These copies when made were dispersed in the several provinces of the empire, and the old ones burnt and suppressed.  Though many things in Hafsa\rquote 
s copy were corrected by the above-mentioned supervisors, yet some various readings still occur; the most material of which will be taken notice of in their proper places.
\par    The want of vowels}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  in the Arabic character made Mokr\'ees, or readers whose peculiar study and profession it was to read the Kor\'e2n with its proper vowels, absolutely necessary.  But these di
ffering in their
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    2  Not the whole chapter, as Golius says.  Append. ad Gr. Erp. p. 180.\tab \tab 3  Elmacin. in Vita Abu Becr.  Abulfeda.\tab 
\par 1  Abulfeda, in Vitis Abubecr and Othm\'e2n.\tab \tab 2  The characters or marks of the Arabic vowels were not used till several years after Mohammed.  Some ascribe the invention of them to Yahya Ebn Y\'e2
mer, some to Nasr Ebn Asam, surnamed al Leithi, and others to Abu\rquote laswad al D\'eeli\endash all three of whom were doctors of Basra, and immediately succeeded the companions.  See D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. p. 87.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par manner of reading, occasioned still further variations in the copies of the Kor\'e2n, as they are now written with the vowels; and herein consist much the greater part of the various readings throughout the book.  The readers whose authority t
he commentators chiefly allege, in admitting these various readings, are seven in number.
\par    There being some passages in the Kor\'e2n which are contradictory, the Mohammedan doctors obviate any objection from thence by the doctrine of abrogation; for they say, that GOD in the Kor\'e2
n commanded several things which were for good reasons afterwards revoked and abrogated.
\par    Passages abrogated are distinguished into three kinds: the first where the letter and the sense are both abrogated; the second, where the let
ter only is abrogated, but the sense remains; and the third, where the sense is abrogated, though the letter remains.
\par    Of the first kind were several verses, which, by the tradition of Malec Ebn Ans, were in the prophet\rquote s lifetime read in the chapter of Repentance, but are not now extant, one of which, being all he remembered of them, was the following: \'93
If a son of Adam had two rivers of gold, he would covet yet a third; and if he had three, he would covet yet a fourth (to be added) unto them; neither shall the belly of a son of Adam be filled, but with dust.  GOD will turn unto him who shall repent.\'94
  Another instance of this kind we have from the tradition of Abd\rquote allah Ebn Mas\'fbd, who reported that the prophet gave him a verse to read which he wrote down
; but the next morning looking in his book, he found it was vanished, and the leaf blank: this he acquainted Mohammed with, who assured him the verse was revoked the same night.
\par    Of the second kind is a verse called the verse of stoning, which, according to the tradition of Omar, afterwards Khal\'eef, was extant while Mohammed was living, though it be not now to be found.  The words are these: \'93
Abhor not your parents, for this would be ingratitude in you.  If a man and woman of reputation commit adultery, ye shall stone them both; it is a punishment ordained by GOD; for GOD is mighty and wise.\'94
\par    Of the last kind are observed several verses in sixty-three different chapters, to the number of 225.  Such as the precepts of turning in prayer to Jerusalem; fasti
ng after the old custom; forbearance towards idolaters; avoiding the ignorant, and the like.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  The passages of this sort have been carefully collected by several writers, and are most of them remarked in their proper places.
\par    Though it is the belief of the Sonnites or orthodox that the Kor\'e2n is uncreated and eternal, subsisting in the very essence of GOD, and Mohammed himself is said to have pronounced him an infidel who asserted the contrary,}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  yet several have been of a different opinion; particularly the sect of the M\'f3tazalites,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and the followers of Isa Ebn Sobeih Abu Musa, surnamed al Mozd\'e2r, who struck not to accuse those who held the Kor\'e2n to be uncreated of infidelity, as asserters of two eternal beings.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    This point was controverted with so much heat that it occasioned
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    1  Abu Hashem Hebatallah, apud Marracc. de Alc. p. 42.\tab \tab 2  Apud Poc. Spec. 220.\tab \tab 3  See after, in Sect. VIII.\tab \tab 
4  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 219, &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\super\insrsid14382261 \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 many calamities under some of the Khal\'eefs of the family of Abb\'e2s, al Mam\'fbn}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261  making a public edict declaring the Kor\'e2
n to be created, which was confirmed by his successors Al M\'f3tasem}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and Al W\'e2thek,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 who whipped, imprisoned, and put to death those of the contrary opinion.  But at length Al Motawakkel,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261  who succeeded Al W\'e2thek, put an end t
o these persecutions, by revoking the former edicts, releasing those that were imprisoned on that account, and leaving every man at liberty as to his belief in this point.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Al Ghaz\'e2li seems to have tolerably reconciled both opinions, saying, that the Kor\'e2n is read and pronounced with the tongue, written in books, and kept in memory; and is yet eternal, subsisting in GOD\rquote 
S essence, and not possible to be separated thence by any transmission into men\rquote s memories or the leaves of books;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  by which he seems to mean no more than that the original idea of the Kor\'e2
n only is really in GOD, and consequently co-essential and co-eternal with him, but that the copies are created and the work of man.
\par    The opinion of Al Jahedh, chief of a sect bearing his name, touching the Kor\'e2n, is too remarkable to be omitted: he used to say it was a body, which might sometimes be turned into a man,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and sometimes into a beast;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261  which seems to agree with the notion of those who assert the Kor\'e2n to have two faces, one of a man, the other of a beast;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  thereby, as I conceive, intimating the double interpretation it will admit of, according to the letter or the spirit.
\par    As some have held the Kor\'e2n to be created, so there have not been wanting those who have asserted that there is nothin
g miraculous in that book in respect to style or composition, excepting only the prophetical relations of things past, and predictions of things to come; and that had GOD left men to their natural liberty, and not restrained them in that particular, the A
rabians could have composed something not only equal, but superior to the Kor\'e2n in eloquence, method, and purity of language.  This was another opinion of the M\'f3tazalites, and in particular of al Mozd\'e2r, above mentioned, and al Nodh\'e2m.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The Kor\'e2n being the Mohammedans\rquote  rule of faith and practice, it is no wonder its expositors and commentators are so very numerous.  And it may not be amiss to take notice of the rules they observe in expounding it.
\par    One of the most learned commentators}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261  distinguishes the contents of the Kor\'e2
n into allegorical and literal.  The former comprehends the more obscure, parabolical, and enigmatical passages, and such as
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    5  Anno Hej. 218.  Abulfarag, p. 245, v. etiam Elmacin. in Vita al Mam\'fbn.\tab \tab 6  In the time of al M\'f3tasem, a doctor named Abu Har\'fb
n Ebn al Baca found out a distinction to screen himself, by affirming that the Kor\'e2n was ordained, because it is said in that book, \'93And I have ordained thee the Kor\'e2n.\'94  He went still farther to allow that what was ordained was creat
ed, and yet he denied it thence followed that the Kor\'e2n was created.  Abulfarag, p. 253.\tab \tab 7  Ibid. p. 257.\tab \tab 1  Anno Hej. 242.\tab \tab 2  Abulfarag, p. 262.\tab 3  Al Ghaz\'e2li, in prof. fid.\tab \tab 4  The Khal\'eef al Wal\'ee
d Ebn Yaz\'eed, who was the eleventh of the race of Emmeya,
 and is looked on by the Mohammedans as a reprobate, and one of no religion, seems to have treated this book as a rational creature; for, dipping into it one day, the first words he met with were these: \'93
Every rebellious perverse person shall not prosper.\'94  Whereupon he stuck it on a lance, and shot it to pieces with arrows, repeating these verses: \'93
Dost thou rebuke every rebellious perverse person?  Behold, I am that rebellious, perverse person.  When thou appearest before thy LORD on the day of resurrection, say, O LORD, al Wal\'eed has torn me thus.\'94  Ebn Shohnah. v. Poc. Spec. p. 223.
\par 5  Poc. Spec. p. 222.\tab \tab 6  Herbelot, p. 87.\tab \tab 7  Abulfeda, Shahrestani, &c. apud Poc. Spec. p. 222, et Marracc. de Kor. p. 44.\tab \tab 1  Al Kamakhshari.  Vide Kor. c. 3. }{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 are repealed or abrogated; the latter those which are plain, perspicuous, liable to no doubt, and in full force.
\par    To explain these severally in a right manner, it is necessary from tradition and study to know the time when each passage was revealed, its circumstan
ces, state, and history, and the reasons or particular emergencies for the sake of which it was revealed.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  Or, more explicitly, whether the passage was revealed at Mecca, or at Medina; whether it be abrogated, or does itself abrogate any other passage; wh
ether it be anticipated in order of time, or postponed; whether it be distinct from the context, or depends thereon; whether it be particular or general; and, lastly, whether it be implicit by intention, or explicit in words.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3
}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    By what has been said the reader may easily believe this book is in the greatest reverence and esteem among the Mohammedans.  They dare not so much as touch it without being first washed or legally purified;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  which, lest they should do by inadvertence, they write these words on the cover or label, \'93Let none touch it but they who are clean.\'94
  They read it with great care and respect, never holding it below their girdles.  They swear by it, consult it in their weighty occasions,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261  carry it with them to war, write sentences of it on the
ir banners, adorn it with gold and precious stones, and knowingly suffer it not to be in the possession of any of a different persuasion.
\par    The Mohammedans, far from thinking the Kor\'e2n to be profaned by a translation, as some authors have written,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261  have t
aken care to have their scriptures translated not only into the Persian tongue, but into several others, particularly the Javan and Malayan,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 though out of respect to the original Arabic, these versions are generally (if not always) intermediary.
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 ______
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 SECTION IV.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par {\*\bkmkstart OF_THE_DOCTRINES_AND_POSITIVE_P}OF THE DOCTRINES AND POSITIVE PRECEPTS OF THE KORAN, WHICH
\par \tab            \tab  RELATE TO FAITH AND RELIGIOUS DUTIES.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par {\*\bkmkend OF_THE_DOCTRINES_AND_POSITIVE_P}
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 IT has been already observed more than once, that the fundamental position on which Mohammed erected the superstructure of his r
eligion was, that from the beginning to the end of the world there has been, and for ever will be, but one true orthodox belief; consisting, as to matter of faith, in the acknowledging of the only true GOD, and the believing in and obeying such messengers
 or prophets as he should from time to time send, with proper credential, to reveal his will to 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    2  Ahmed Ebn Moh. al Thalebi, in Princip. Expos. Alc.\tab \tab 3  Yahya Ebn al Sal\'e2m al Basri, in Princep. Expos. Alc.
\par 4  The Jews have the same veneration for their law; not daring to touch it with unwashed hands, nor then neither without a cover.  Vide Millium, de Mohammedismo ante Moh. p. 366.\tab \tab 
5  This they do by dipping into it, and taking an omen from the words which they first light on: which practise they also learned of the Jews, who do the same with the scriptures.  Vide Millium, ubi sup.
\par 6  Sionita, de Urb. Orient. p. 41, et Marracc. de Alc. p. 33.\tab \tab 7  Reland. de Rel. Moh. p. 265.
\par 
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 mankind; and as to matter of practice, in the observance of the immutable a
nd eternal laws of right and wrong, together with such other precepts and ceremonies as GOD should think fit to order for the time being, according to the different dispensations in different ages of the world: for these last he allowed were things indiff
erent in their own nature, and became obligatory by GOD\rquote S positive precept only; and were therefore temporary, and subject to alteration according to his will and pleasure.  And to this religion he gives the name of Isl\'e2
m, which word signifies resignation, or submission to the service and commands of GOD;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and is used as the proper name of the Mohammedan religion, which they will also have to be the same at bottom with that of all the prophets from Adam.
\par    Under pretext that this eternal religion was in his
 time corrupted, and professed in its purity by no one sect of men, Mohammed pretended to be a prophet sent by GOD to reform those abuses which had crept into it, and to reduce it to its primitive simplicity; with the addition, however, of peculiar laws a
n
d ceremonies, some of which had been used in former times, and others were now first instituted.  And he comprehended the whole substance of his doctrine under these two propositions, or articles of faith; viz., that there is but one GOD, and that himself
 was the apostle of GOD; in consequence of which latter article, all such ordinances and institutions as he thought fit to establish must be received as obligatory and of divine authority.
\par    The Mohammedans divide their religion, which, as I just now said, they call Isl\'e2m, into two distinct parts: Im\'e2n, }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , faith, or theory, and D\'een, }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 , religion, or practice; and teach that it is built on five fundamental points, one belonging to faith, and the other four to practice.
\par    The first is that confession of faith which I have already mentioned; that \'93there is no god but the true GOD; and that Mohammed is his apostle.\'94
  Under which they comprehend six distinct branches; viz., 1.  Belief in GOD; 2.  In his angels; 3.  In his scriptures; 4.  In his prophets; 5.  In the resurrection and day of judgment; and, 6.  In GOD\rquote 
S absolute decree and predetermination both of good and evil.
\par    The four points relating to practice are: 1.  Prayer, under which are comprehended those washings or purifications which are necessa
ry preparations required before prayer; 2.  Alms; 3.  Fasting; and, 4.  The pilgrimage to Mecca.  Of each of these I shall speak in their order.
\par    That both Mohammed and those among his followers who are reckoned orthodox, had and continue to have just and true notions of GOD and his attributes (always excepting their obstinate and impious rejecting of the Trinity), appears so plain from the Kor
\'e2n itself and all the Mohammedan divines, that it would be loss of time to refute those who suppose the GOD of Mohammed to be different from the true GOD, and only a fictitious deity or idol of his own creation.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   Nor shall I enter into any of the Mohammedan controversies concerning the divine nature and attributes, because I shall have a more proper opportunity of doing it elsewhere.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 

\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    1  The root Salama, from whence Isl\'e2
m is formed, in the first and fourth conjugations, signifies also to be saved, or to enter into a state of salvation; according to which, Isl\'e2m may be translated the religion or state of salvation
: but the other sense is more approved by the Mohammedans, and alluded to in the Kor\'e2n itself.  See c. 2 and c. 3.
\par    2  Marracc. in Alc. p. 102.\tab \tab 3  Sect VIII.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261    The existence of angels and their purity are absolutely required to be believed in the Kor\'e2n; and he is reckoned an infidel who denies there are such beings, or hates any of them,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  or asserts any distinction of sexes among them.  They believe them to have pure and subtle bodies, created of fire;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261  that they neither eat nor drink, nor propagate 
their species; that they have various forms and offices; some adoring GOD in different postures, others singing praises to him, or interceding for mankind.  They hold that some of them are employed in writing down the actions of men; others in carrying th
e throne of GOD and other services.
\par    The four angels whom they look on as more eminently in GOD\rquote S favour, and often mention on account of the offices assigned them, are Gabriel, to whom they give several titles, particularly those of the holy spirit,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  and the angel of revelations,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  supposing him to be honoured by GOD with a greater confidence than any other, and to be employed in writing down the divine decrees;}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  Michael, the friend and protector of the Jews;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261  Azra\'ebl, the angel of death, who separates men\rquote s souls from their bodies;}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and Israf\'eel, whose office it will be to sound the trumpet at the resurrection.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  The Mohammedans also believe that two guardian angels attend on every man, to observe and write down his actions,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261  being changed every day, and therefore called al Moakkib\'e2
t, or the angels who continually succeed one another.
\par    This whole doctrine concerning angels Mohammed and his disciples have borrowed from the Jews, who learned the names and offices of those beings from the Persians, as themselves confess.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  The ancient Persians firmly believed the ministry of angels, and their superintendence over the affairs of this world (as the Magians still do), and therefore assigned them distinct charges and provinces, giving their names to their months an
d the days of their months.  Gabriel they called Sor\'fbsh and Rev\'e2n bakhsh, or the }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 giver of souls}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
, in opposition to the contrary office of the angel of death, to whom among other names they gave that of Mord\'e2d, or the }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 giver of death;}{\f36\insrsid14382261  Michael they called Besh
ter, who according to them provides sustenance for mankind.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The Jews teach that the angels were created of fire;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 10 }{\f36\insrsid14382261 that they have several offices;}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 11}{\f36\insrsid14382261  that they intercede for men,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 12}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and attend them.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 13}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The angel of death they name D\'fb
ma, and say he calls dying persons by their respective names at their last hour.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 14}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The devil, whom Mohammed names Ebl\'ees from his }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 despair}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , was once one of those angels who are nearest to GOD\rquote S presence, called Azaz\'eel,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 15}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and fell, according to the doctrine of the Kor\'e2n, for refusing to pay homage to Adam at the command of GOD.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 16}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Besides angels and devils, the Mohammedans are taught by the
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    4  Kor. c. 2, p. 13.\tab \tab 5  Ibid. c. 7 and 38.\tab \tab 1  Ibid. c. 2, p. 12.\tab \tab 2  See the notes, Ibid, p. 13.\tab 
\par 3  Vide Hyde, Hist. Rel. Vet. Pers. p. 262.\tab \tab 4  Vide Ibid. p. 271, and not. in Kor. p. 13.\tab \tab 5  Vide not. Ibid. p. 4.\tab \tab 
6  Kor. c. 6, 13, and 86.  The offices of these four angels are described almost in the same manner in the apocryphal gospel of Barnabas, where it is said that Gabriel revea
ls the secrets of GOD, Michael combats against his enemies, Raphael receives the souls of those who die, and Uriel is to call every one to judgment on the last day.  See the Menagiana, tom. iv. p. 333.
\par 7  Kor. c. 10.\tab \tab 8  Talmud Hieros. in Rosh hashan.\tab \tab \tab 9  Vide Hyde, ubi sup. c. 19 and 20.
\par 10  Gemar. in Hagig. and Bereshit rabbah, &c.  Vide Psalm civ. 4.\tab \tab 11  Yalkut hadash.\tab \tab 12  Gemar. in Shebet, and Bava Bathra, &c.\tab \tab 13  Midrash, Yalkut Shem\'fbni.\tab \tab 14  Gemar.  Berachoth.\tab \tab 
15  Vide Reland. de Rel. Moh. p. 189, &c.\tab \tab 16  Kor. c. 2.  See also c.7, 38, &c.
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 Kor\'e2n to believe an intermediate order of creatures, which they call Jin or Genii, created also of fire,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 17}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  but of a grosser fabric than angels; since they eat and drink, and propagate their species, and are subject to death.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  Some of these are supposed to be good, and others bad, and capable of future salvation or damnation, as men are; whence Mohammed pretended to be sent for the conversion of genii as well as men.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  The orientals pretend that these genii inhabited the world for many ages before Adam was created, under the government of several successive princes, who all bore the common name of Solomon; but falling at length into an almost general corruption, Ebl
\'ees was sent to drive them into a remote part of the earth, there to be confined: that some of that generation still remaining, were by Tahm\'fb
rath, one of the ancient kings of Persia, who waged war against them, forced to retreat into the famous mountains of K\'e2f.  Of which successions and wars they have 
many fabulous and romantic stories.  They also make different ranks and degrees among these beings (if they be not rather supposed to be of a different species), some being called absolutely Jin, some Peri or fairies, some Div or giants, others Tacw\'ee
ns or fates.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The Mohammedan notions concerning these genii agree almost exactly with what the Jews write of a sort of demons, called Shed\'eem, whom some fancy to have been begotten by two angels named Aza and Aza\'ebl, on Naamah the daughter of Lamech, before the
 Flood.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261   However, the Shed\'ee
m, they tell us, agree in three things with the ministering angels; for that, like them, they have wings, and fly from one end of the world to the other, and have some knowledge of futurity; and in three things they agree with m
en, like whom they eat and drink, are propagated, and die.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261   They also say that some of them believe in the law of Moses, and are consequently good, and that others of them are infidels and reprobates.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    As to the scriptures, the Mohammedans are taught by the Kor\'e2
n that GOD, in divers ages of the world, gave revelations of his will in writing to several prophets, the whole and every word of which it is absolutely necessary for a good Moslem to believe.  The number of these sacred books were, according to 
them, 104.  Of which ten were given to Adam, fifty to Seth, thirty to Edr\'ees or Enoch, ten to Abraham; and the other four, being the Pentateuch, the Psalms, the Gospel, and the Kor\'e2
n, were successively delivered to Moses, David, Jesus, and Mohammed; which l
ast being the seal of the prophets, those revelations are now closed, and no more are to be expected.  All these divine books, except the four last, they agree to be now entirely lost, and their contents unknown; though the Sabians have several books whic
h
 they attribute to some of the antediluvian prophets.  And of those four the Pentateuch, Psalms, and Gospel, they say, have undergone so many alterations and corruptions, that though there may possibly be some part of the true word of GOD therein, yet no 
credit is to be given to the present copies in the hands of the Jews and Christians.  The Jews in particular are frequently reflected on in the Kor\'e2n for falsifying and corrupting their copies of their law; and some instances of such pre-
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    17  Kor. c. 55.  See the notes there.\tab \tab 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin, in Kor. c. 2 and 18.\tab \tab 2  Vide Kor. c. 55, 72, and 74.
\par 3  See D\rquote Herbelot, Bibl. Orient. p. 369, 820, &c.\tab \tab 4  In libro Zohar.\tab \tab 5  Gemara, in Hagiga.\tab 
\par 6  Igrat Baale hayyim. c. 15.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 \page 
\par tended corruptions, both in that b
ook and the two others, are produced by Mohammedan writers, wherein they merely follow their own prejudices, and the fabulous accounts of spurious legends.  Whether they have any copy of the Pentateuch among them different from that of the Jews or not, I 
am not entirely satisfied, since a person who travelled into the east was told that they had the books of Moses, though very much corrupted;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 but I know nobody that has ever seen them.  However, they certainly have and privately read a book which they call the Psalms of David, in Arabic and Persian, to which are added some prayers of Moses, Jonas, and others.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   This Mr. Reland supposes to be a translation from our copies (though no doubt falsified in more places than one); but M. D\rquote Herbelot says it contains 
not the same Psalms which are in our Psalter, being no more than an extract from thence mixed with other very different pieces.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  The easiest way to reconcile these two learned gentlemen, is to presume that they speak of different copies.  The Mohammedans 
have also a Gospel in Arabic, attributed to St. Barnabas, wherein the history of Jesus Christ is related in a manner very different from what we find in the true Gospels, and correspondent to those traditions which Mohammed has followed in his Kor\'e2
n.  Of this Gospel the Moriscoes in Africa have a translation in Spanish;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and there is in the library of Prince Eugene of Savoy, a manuscript of some antiquity, containing an Italian translation of the same Gospel,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261  made, it is to be supposed, for the use of rene
gades.  This book appears to be no original forgery of the Mohammedans, though they have no doubt interpolated and altered it since, the better to serve their purpose; and in particular, instead of the Paraclete or Comforter,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6
}{\f36\insrsid14382261  they have in this apocryphal gospel inserted the word Periclyte, that is, the }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 famous}{\f36\insrsid14382261  or }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 illustrious}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
, by which they pretend their prophet was foretold by name, that being the signification of Mohammed in Arabic:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and this they say to justify that passage of the Kor\'e2n,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  where Jesus Chri
st is formally asserted to have foretold his coming, under his other name of Ahmed; which is derived from the same root as Mohammed, and of the same import.  From these or some other forgeries of the same stamp it is that the Mohammedans quote several pas
s
ages, of which there are not the least footsteps in the New Testament.  But after all we must not hence infer that the Mohammedans, much less all of them, hold these copies of theirs to be the ancient and genuine scriptures themselves.  If any argue, from
 the corruption which they insist has happened to the Pentateuch and Gospel, that the Kor\'e2n may possibly be corrupted also; they answer, that GOD has promised that he will take care of the latter, and preserve it from any addition or diminution;}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  but that he left the two other to the care of men.  However, they confess there are some various readings in the Kor\'e2n,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261  as has been observed.

\par    Besides the books above mentioned, the Mohammedans also take notice of the writings of Daniel and several other prophets, and even
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    1  Terry\rquote s Voyage to the East Indies, p. 277.\tab \tab 2  De Rel. Moham. p. 23.\tab \tab 
3  A copy of this kind, he tells us, is in the library of the Duke of Tuscany, Bibl. Orient. p. 924.\tab \tab 4  Reland, ubi sup.\tab 5  Menagian, tom. iv. p. 321, &c.\tab \tab 6  John xiv. 16, 26, xv. 26, and xvi.\tab \tab 
7 , compared with Luke  xxiv. 49.\tab \tab 1  See Toland\rquote s Nazarenus, the first eight chapters.\tab \tab \tab 2  Cap. 61.\tab \tab 3  Kor. c. 15.\tab 
\par 4  Reland, ubi sup. p. 24, 27.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\super\insrsid14382261 \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 make quotations thence; but these they do not believe to be divine scripture, or of any authority in matters of religion.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The number of the prophets, which have been from time to time sent by GOD into the world, amounts to no less than 224,000, according to one Mohammedan tradition, or to 124,000, according to another; among w
hom 313 were apostles, sent with special commissions to reclaim mankind from infidelity and superstition; and six of them brought new laws or dispensations, which successively abrogated the preceding: these were Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Moha
mmed.  All the prophets in general the Mohammedans believe to have been free from great sins and errors of consequence, and professors of one and the same religion, that is Isl\'e2
m, notwithstanding the different laws and institutions which they observed.  They allow of degrees among them, and hold some of them to be more excellent and honourable than others.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  The first place they give to the revealers and establishers of new dispensations, and the next to the apostles.
\par    In this great number of prophets, they not only reckon divers patriarchs and persons named in scripture, but not recorded to have been prophets (wherein the Jewish and Christian writers have sometimes led the way}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 ), as Adam, Seth, Lot, Ismael, Nun, Joshua, &c., and introduce some of them under different names, as Enoch, Heber, and Jethro, who are called in the Kor\'e2n, Edr\'ees, H\'fb
d, and Shoaib; but several others whose very names do not appear in scripture (though they endeavour to find some persons there to fix them on), as Saleh, Khedr, Dhu\rquote lkef
l, &c.  Several of their fabulous traditions concerning these prophets we shall occasionally mention in the notes on the Kor\'e2n.
\par    As Mohammed acknowledged the divine authority of the Pentateuch, Psalms, and Gospel, he often appeals to the consonancy of the Kor\'e2
n with those writings, and to the prophecies which he pretended were therein concerning himself, as proofs of his mission; and he frequently charges the Jews and Christians with stifling the passages which bear witness to him.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
2}{\f36\insrsid14382261   His followers also fail not to produce several texts even from our present copies of the Old and New Testament, to support their master\rquote s cause.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The next article of faith required by the Kor\'e2n is the belief of a general resurrection and a future judgment.  But before we co
nsider the Mohammedan tenets in those points, it will be proper to mention what they are taught to believe concerning the intermediate state, both of the body and of the soul, after death.
\par    When a corpse is laid in the grave, they say he is received by an angel, who gives him notice of the coming of the two examiners; who are two black livid angels, of a terrible appearance, named Monker and Nak\'ee
r.  These order the dead person to sit upright, and examine him concerning his faith, as to the unity of GOD, a
nd the mission of Mohammed: if he answer rightly, they suffer the body to rest in peace, and it is refreshed by the air of paradise; but if not, they beat him on the temples with iron maces, till he roars out for anguish so loud, that
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    5  Idem, ibid. p. 41.\tab \tab 6  Kor. c 2, p. 27, &c.\tab \tab 
1  Thus Heber is said to have been a prophet by the Jews (Seder Olam. p. 2), and Adam by Epiphanius (Adv. H\'e6res. p. 6).  See also Joseph. Ant. l. I, c. 2.\tab \tab 2  Kor. c. 2, p. 5, 10, 16; c. 3, &c.\tab \tab 3  Some of these texts are pro
duced by Dr. Prideaux at the end of his Life of Mahomet, and more by Marracci in Alcor. p. 26, &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 he is heard by all from east to west, except men and genii.  Then they press the earth on the corpse, which is gnawed and stung till the resurrection by n
inety-nine dragons, with seven heads each; or as others say, their sins will become venomous beasts, the grievous ones stinging like dragons, the smaller like scorpions, and the others like serpents: circumstances which some understand in a figurative sen
se.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The examination of the sepulchre is not only founded on an express tradition of Mohammed, but is also plainly hinted at, though not directly taught, in the Kor\'e2n,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 as the commentators agree.  It is therefore believed by the orthodox Mohammedans in general, who take care to have their graves made hollow, that they may sit up with more ease while they are examined by the angels;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  but is utterly rejected by the sect of the M\'f3tazalites, and perhaps by some others.
\par    These notions Mohammed certainly borrowed from the Jews, among whom they were very anciently received.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  They say that the angel of death coming and sitting on the grave, the soul immediately enters the body and raises it on its feet; that he then examines the departed person, and strikes him
 with a chain half of iron and half of fire; at the first blow all his limbs are loosened, at the second his bones are scattered, which are gathered together again by the angels, and the third stroke reduces the body to dust and ashes, and it returns into
 the grave.  This rack or torture they call }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 Hibb\'fbt hakkeber}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , or the }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 beating of the sepulchre}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
, and pretend that all men in general must undergo it, except only those who die on the evening of the sabbath, or have dwelt in the land of Israel.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    It it be obj
ected to the Mohammedans that the cry of the persons under such examination has been never heard; or if they be asked how those can undergo it whose bodies are burnt or devoured by beasts or birds, or otherwise consumed without burial; they answer, that i
t is very possible notwithstanding, since men are not able to perceive what is transacted on the other side the grave; and that it is sufficient to restore to life any part of the body which is capable of understanding the questions put by the angels.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    As to the soul, they hold that when it is separated from the body by the angel of death, who performs his office with ease and gentleness towards the good, and with violence towards the wicked,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 it enters into that state which they call }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 Al Berzakh}{\f36\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261  or }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 the interval}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 between death and the resurrection.  If the departed person was a believer, they say two angels meet it, who convey it to heaven, that its place there may be assigned, according to its merit and degree.  For they distinguish the souls of the faith
ful into three classes: the first of prophets, whose souls are admitted into paradise immediately; the second of martyrs; whose spirits, according to a tradition of Mohammed, rest in the crops of green birds which eat of the fruits and drink of the rivers
 
of paradise; and the third of other believers, concerning the state of whose souls before the resurrection there are various opinions.  For, I.  Some say they stay near the sepulchres, with liberty, however, of going wherever they please; which they confi
rm with Mohammed\rquote s manner of saluting
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    4  Al Ghaz\'e2li.  Vide Poc. not. in Port. Mosis, p. 241, &c.\tab \tab 1  Cap. 8 and 47, &c.\tab \tab 2  Smith, de Morib. et Instit. Turcar. Ep. 2, p. 57.\tab \tab 3  Vide Hyde, in Notisad Bobov. de Visit. \'c6
grot. p. 19.\tab \tab 4  R. Elias, in Tishbi.  See also Buxtorf. Synag. Judaic. and Lexic. Talmud.\tab \tab 5  Vide Poc. ubi sup.\tab \tab 6  Kor. c. 79.  The Jews say the same, in Nishmat bayim. f. 77.\tab \tab 7  Vide Kor. c. 23, and not. ib.}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 them at their graves, and his affirming that the dead heard those salutatio
ns as well as the living, though they could not answer.  Whence perhaps proceeded the custom of visiting the tombs of relations, so common among the Mohammedans.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  2.  Others imagine they are with Adam, in the lowest heaven; and also support their opinion 
by the authority of their prophet, who gave out that in his return from the upper heavens in his pretended night journey, he saw there the souls of those who were destined to paradise on the right hand of Adam, and of those who were condemned to hell on h
is left.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261   3.  Others fancy the souls of believers remain in the well Zemzem, and those of infidels in a certain well in the province of Hadramaut, called Borh\'fb
t; but this opinion is branded as heretical.  4.  Others say they stay near the graves for  seven
 days; but that whither they go afterwards is uncertain.  5.  Others that they are all in the trumpet whose sound is to raise the dead.  And, 6.  Others that the souls of the good dwell in the forms of white birds, under the throne of GOD.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261   As to the cond
ition of the souls of the wicked, besides the opinions that have been already mentioned, the more orthodox hold that they are offered by the angels to heaven, from whence being repulsed as stinking and filthy, they are offered to the earth, and being also
 refused a place there, are carried down to the seventh earth, and being also refused a place there, are carried down to the seventh earth, and thrown into a dungeon, which they call Saj\'ee
n, under a green rock, or according to a tradition of Mohammed, under the devil\rquote s jaw,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261  to be there tormented, till they are called up to be joined again to their bodies.
\par    Though some among the Mohammedans have thought that the resurrection will be merely spiritual, and no more than the returning of the soul to the place whence it first came (an opinion defended by Ebn Sina,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  and called by some the }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 opinion of the philosophers}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
); and others, who allow man to consist of body only, that it will be merely corporeal; the received opinion is, that both body and soul will be raise
d, and their doctors argue strenuously for the possibility of the resurrection of the body, and dispute with great subtlety concerning the manner of it.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  But Mohammed has taken care to preserve one part of the body, whatever becomes of the rest, to serve for a basis of the future edifice, or rather a leaven for the mass which is to be joined to it.  For he taught that a man\rquote 
s body was entirely consumed by the earth, except only the bone called al Ajb, which we name the }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 os coccygis}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , or rump-bone; and that a
s it was the first formed in the human body, it will also remain uncorrupted till the last day, as a seed from whence the whole is to be renewed: and this he said would be effected by a forty days\rquote 
 rain which GOD should send, and which would cover the earth to the height of twelve cubits, and cause the bodies to sprout forth like plants.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  Herein also is Mohammed also beholden to the Jews, who say the same things of the bone Luz,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  excepting that what he attributes to a great rain, will be effected according
 to them by a dew, impregnating the dust of the earth.
\par    The time of the resurrection the Mohammedans allow to be a perfect
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    1  Poc. ubi sup. p. 247.\tab \tab 2  Ibid. p. 248.  Consonant hereto are the Jewish notions of the souls of the just being on high, und
er the throne of glory.  Vide ibid. p. 156.\tab \tab 3  Ibid. p. 250.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.  Vide Poc. ubi sup. p. 252.\tab 
\par 5  Or, as we corruptly name him, Avicenna.\tab \tab 6  Kenz al afr\'e2r.\tab \tab 7  Vide Poc. ubi sup. p. 254.\tab 
\par 1  Idem, ibid. p. 255, &c.\tab \tab 2  Bereshit. rabbah, &c.  Vide Poc. ubi sup. p. 117, &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 secret to all but GOD alone: the angel Gabriel himself acknowledging his ignorance on this point when Mohammed asked him about it.  However, they say the approach of that day may be known from certain signs which are to pr
ecede it.  These signs they distinguish into two sorts\endash the lesser and the greater\endash which I shall briefly enumerate after Dr. Pocock.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The lesser signs are: I.  They decay of faith among men.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261   2.  The advancing of the meanest persons to eminent dignity. 
 3.  That a maid-servant shall become the mother of her mistress (or master); by which is meant either that towards the end of the world men shall be much given to sensuality, or that the Mohammedans shall then take many captives.  4.  Tumults and seditio
ns.  5.  A war with the Turks.  6.  Great distress in the world, so that a man when he passes by another\rquote s grave shall say \'93Would to GOD I were in his place.\'94  7.  That the provinces of Ir\'e2
k and Syria shall refuse to pay their tribute.  And, 8.  That the buildings of Medina shall reach to Ah\'e2b, or Yah\'e2b.
\par    The greater signs are:
\par    1.  The sun\rquote s rising in the west: which some have imagined it originally did.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    2.  The appearance of the beast, which shall rise out of the earth, in the temple of Mecca, or on Mount Saf\'e2, or in the territory of T\'e2
yef, or some other place.  This beast they say is to be sixty cubits high: though others, not satisfied with so small a size, will have her reach to the clouds and to heaven when her head only is out; and that she wil
l appear for three days, but show only a third part of her body.  They describe this monster, as to her form, to be a compound of various species, having the head of a bull, the eyes of a hog, the ears of an elephant, the horns of a stag, the neck of an o
s
trich, the breast of a lion, the colour of a tiger, the back of a cat, the tail of a ram, the legs of a camel, and the voice of an ass.  Some say this beast is to appear three times in several places, and that she will bring with her the rod of Moses and 
the seal of Solomon; and being so swift that none can overtake or escape her, will with the first strike all the believers on the face and mark them with the word M\'fbmen, }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
, believer; and with the latter will mark the unbelievers, on the face likewise, with the word C\'e2fer, }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
, infidel, that every person may be known for what he really is.  They add that the same beast is to demonstrate the vanity of all religions except Isl\'e2m, and to speak Arabic.  All this stuff seems to be the result of a confused idea
 of the beast in the Revelations.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    3.  War with the Greeks, and the taking of Constantinople by 70,000 of the posterity of Isaac, who shall not win that city by force of arms, but the walls shall fall down while they cry out, \'93There is no god but GOD: GOD is most great!\'94
  As they are dividing the spoil, news will come to them of the appearance of the Antichrist, whereupon they shall leave all, and return back.
\par    4.  The coming of Antichrist, whom the Mohammedans call al Mas\'eeh al Dajj\'e2l, }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , the false or lying Christ, and simply al Dajj\'e2
l.  He is to be one-eyed, and marked on the forehead with the letters C.F.R., signifying C\'e2fer, or infidel.  They say that the Jews give him the name of Messiah
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    3  Ibid. p. 258, &c.\tab \tab 4  See Luke xviii. 8.\tab \tab 5  See Whiston\rquote s Theory of the Earth, bk. ii. p. 98, &c.\tab 
\par 6  Chap. xiii.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 Ben David, and pretend he is to come in the last days and to be lord both of land and sea, and that he will restore the kingdom to them.  According to the traditions of Mohammed, he is to appear first between Ir\'e2
k and Syria, or according to others, in the province of Khoras\'e2n; they add that he is to ride on an ass, that he will be followed by 70,000 Jews of Ispah\'e2n, and continue on earth forty days, of which one will be equal in length to a ye
ar, another to a month, another to a week, and the rest will be common days; that he is to lay waste all places, but will not enter Mecca or Medina, which are to be guarded by angels; and that at length he will be slain by Jesus, who is to encounter him a
t the gate of Lud.  It is said that Mohammed foretold several Anti-christs, to the number of about thirty, but one of greater note than the rest.
\par    5.  The descent of Jesus on earth.  They pretend that he is to descend near the white tower to the east of D
amascus, when the people are returned from the taking of Constantinople; that he is to embrace the Mohammedan religion, marry a wife, get children, kill Antichrist, and at length die after forty years\rquote , or, according to others, twenty-four years
\rquote ,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261  continu
ance on earth.  Under him they say there will be great security and plenty in the world, all hatred and malice being laid aside; when lions and camels, bears and sheep, shall live in peace, and a child shall play with serpents unhurt.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    6.  War with the Jews; of whom the Mohammedans are to make a religious slaughter, the very trees and stones discovering such of them as hide themselves, except only the tree called Gharkad, which is the tree of the Jews.
\par    7.  The eruption of Gog and Magog, or, as they are called in the east, Y\'e2j\'fbj and M\'e2j\'fbj; of whom many things are related in the Kor\'e2n,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and the traditions of Mohammed.  These barbarians, they tell us, having passed the lake of Tiberias, which the vanguard of their vast army will drink dry, will come to Je
rusalem, and there greatly distress Jesus and his companions; till at his request GOD will destroy them, and fill the earth with their carcasses, which after some time GOD will send birds to carry away, at the prayers of Jesus and his followers.  Their bo
ws, arrows, and quivers the Moslems will burn for seven years together;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and at last GOD will send a rain to cleanse the earth, and to make it fertile.
\par    8.  A smoke, which shall fill the whole earth.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    9.  An eclipse of the moon.  Mohammed is reported to have said that there would be three eclipses before the last hour; one to be seen in the east, another in the west, and the third in Arabia.
\par    10.  The returning of the Arabs to the worship of All\'e2t and al Uzza, and the rest of their ancient idols; afte
r the decrease of every one in whose heart there was faith equal to the grain of mustard-seed, none but the very worst of men being left alive.  For GOD, they say, will send a cold odoriferous wind, blowing from Syria Damascena, which shall sweep away the
 souls of all the faithful, and the Kor\'e2n itself, so that men will remain in the grossest ignorance for a hundred years.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    1  Al Thalabi, in Kor. c. 4. \tab \tab 2  See Isaiah xi. 6, &c.\tab \tab 3  Cap. 18 and 21.\tab 4  See Ezek. xxxix. 9; Rev. xx. 8.\tab \tab 5  See Kor. c. 44, a
nd the notes thereon.  Compare also Joel ii. 30, and Rev. ix. 2.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par    11.  The discovery of a vast heap of gold and silver by the retreating of the Euphrates, which will be the destruction of many.
\par    12.  The demolition of the Caaba, or temple of Mecca, by the Ethiopians.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    13.  The speaking of beasts and inanimate things.
\par    14.  The breaking out of fire in the province of Hej\'e2z; or, according to others, in Yaman.
\par    15.  The appearance of a man of the descendants of Kaht\'e2n, who shall drive men before him with his staff.
\par    16.  The coming of the Mohdi, or director; concerning whom Mohammed prophesied that the world should not have an end till one of his own family should govern the Arabians, whose name should be the same with his own name, and whose father\rquote 
s name should also be the same with his father\rquote 
s name; and who should fill the earth with righteousness.  This person the Shiites believe to be now alive, and concealed in some secret place, till the time of his manifestation; for they suppose him to be no other than the last of the twelve Im\'e2
ms, named Mohammed Abu\rquote lkasem, as their prophet was, and the son of Hassan al Askeri, the eleventh of that succession.  He was born at Sermanrai in the 255th year of the Hejra.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  From this tradition, it is to be presumed, an opinion pretty current among the Christians took its rise, that the Mohammedans are in expectation of their prophet\rquote s return.
\par    17.  A wind which shall sweep away the souls of all who have but a grain of faith in their hearts, as has been mentioned under the tenth sign.
\par    These are the greater signs, which, according to their doctrine, are to precede the resurrection, but still leave the hour of it uncertain: for the immediate sign of its being come will be the first blast of the trumpet; which
 they believe will be sounded three times.  The first they call the }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 blast of consternation;}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 at the hearing of which all creatures in heaven and earth shall be struck with terror, except those whom GOD shall please to exempt from it.  The effects attributed
 to this first sound of the trumpet are very wonderful: for they say the earth will be shaken, and not only all buildings, but the very mountains levelled; that the heavens shall melt, the sun be darkened, the stars fall, on the death of the angels, who, 
as some imagine, hold them suspended between heaven and earth, and the sea shall be troubled and dried up, or, according ot others, turned into flames, the sun, moon, and stars being thrown into it: the Kor\'e2
n, to express the greatness of the terror of that 
day, adds that women who give suck shall abandon the care of their infants, and even the she-camels which have gone ten months with young (a most valuable part of the substance of that nation) shall be utterly neglected.  A farther effect of this blast wi
ll be that concourse of beasts mentioned in the Kor\'e2n,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 though some doubt whether it be to precede the resurrection or not.  They who suppose it will precede, think that ll kinds of animals, forgetting their respective natural fierceness and timidity, will 
run together into one place, being terrified by the sound of the trumpet and the sudden shock of nature.
\par 
\par \page 
\par    The Mohammedans believe that this first blast will be followed by a second, which they call the }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 blast of examination}{\f36\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  when all creatures, both i
n heaven and earth, shall die or be annihilated, except those which GOD shall please to exempt from the common fate;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and this, they say, shall happen in the twinkling of an eye, nay, in an instant; nothing surviving except GOD alone, with paradise and hell, and the inhabitants of those two places, and throne of glory.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   The last who shall die will be the angel of death.
\par    Forty years after this will be heard the }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 blast of resurrection}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , when the trumpet shall be sounded the third time by Israf\'eel, who, toget
her with Gabriel and Michael, will be previously restored to life, and standing on the rock of the temple of Jerusalem,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261  shall, at GOD\rquote 
S command, call together all the dry and rotten bones, and other dispersed parts of the bodies, and the very hairs, to ju
dgment.  This angel having, by the divine order, set the trumpet to his mouth, and called together all the souls from all parts, will throw them into his trumpet, from whence, on his giving the last sound, at the command of GOD, they will fly forth like b
e
es, and fill the whole space between heaven and earth, and then repair to their respective bodies, which the opening earth will suffer to arise; and the first who shall so arise, according to a tradition of Mohammed, will be himself.  For this birth the e
arth will be prepared by the rain above mentioned, which is to fall continually for forty years,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and will resemble the seed of a man, and be supplied from the water under the throne of GOD, which is called living water; by the efficacy and virtue of which the dead bodies shall spring forth from their graves, as they did in their mother\rquote 
s womb, or as corn sprouts forth by common rain, till they become perfect; after which breath will be breathed into them, and they will sleep in their sepulchres till they are raised to life at the last trump.
\par    As to the length of the last day of judgment the Kor\'e2n in one place tells us that it will last 1,000 years,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and in another 50,000.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  To reconcile this apparent contradiction, the commentators use several shifts: some
 saying they know not what measure of time GOD intends in those passages; others, that these forms of speaking are figurative and not to be strictly taken, and were designed only to express the terribleness of that day, it being usual for the Arabs to des
c
ribe what they dislike as of long continuance, and what they like, as the contrary; and others suppose them spoken only in reference to the difficulty of the business of the day, which, if GOD should commit to any of his creatures, they would not be able 
to go through it in so many thousand years; to omit some other opinions which we may take notice of elsewhere.
\par    Having said so much in relation to the time of the resurrection, let us now see who are to be raised from the dead, in what manner and
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    2  Several writers, however, make no distinction between this blast and the first, supposing the trumpet will sound but twice.  See the notes to Kor. c. 39.\tab \tab 3  Kor. c 39.\tab \tab 
4  To these some add the spirit who bears the waters on which the throne is placed, the
 preserved table, wherein the decrees of GOD are registered, and the pen wherewith they are written; all which things the Mohammedans imagine were created before the world.\tab \tab 
5  In this circum-cumstance the Mohammedans follow the Jews, who also agree that the trumpet will sound more than once.  Vide R. Bechai in Biur hattorah, and Otioth shel R. Akiba.\tab \tab 
6  Elsewhere (see before p. 61) this rain is said to continue only forty days; but it rather seems that it is to fall during the whole interval between the second and third blasts.\tab \tab 1  Kor. c. 32.\tab \tab 2  Ibid. c. 70.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 

\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 form they shall be raised, in what place they shall be assembled, and to what end, according to the doctrine of the Mohammedans.
\par    That the resurrection will be general, and extend to all creatures both angels, genii, men, and animals, is the received opinion, which they support by the authority of the Kor\'e2
n, though that passage which is produced to prove the resurrection of brutes be otherwise interpreted by some.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The manner of their resurrec
tion will be very different.  Those who are destined to be partakers of eternal happiness will arise in honour and security; and those who are doomed to misery, in disgrace and under dismal apprehensions.  As to mankind, they say that they will be raised 
perfect in all their parts and members, and in the same state as they came out of their mother\rquote 
s wombs, that is, barefooted, naked, and uncircumcised; which circumstances when Mohammed was telling his wife Ayesha, she, fearing the rules of modesty might be 
thereby violated, objected that it would be very indecent for men and women to look upon one another in that condition; but he answered her, that the business of the day would be too weighty and serious to allow them the making use of that liberty.  Other
s, however, allege the authority of their prophet for a contrary opinion as to their nakedness, and pretend he asserted that the dead should arise dressed in the same clothes in which they died;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 unless we interpret these words, as some do, not so much of t
he outward dress of the body, as the inward clothing of the mind; and understand thereby that every person will rise again in the same state as to his faith or infidelity, his knowledge or ignorance, his good or bad works.  Mohammed is also said to have f
a
rther taught, by another tradition, that mankind shall be assembled at the last day, distinguished into three classes.  The first, of those who go on foot; the second, of those who ride; and the third, of those who creep groveling with their faces on the 
g
round.  The first class is to consist of those believers whose good works have been few; the second of those who are in greater honour with GOD, and more acceptable to him; whence Ali affirmed that the pious when they come forth from their sepulchres, sha
ll find ready prepared for them white-winged camels, with saddles of gold; wherein are to be observed some footsteps of the doctrine of the ancient Arabians;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and the third class, they say, will be composed of the infidels, whom GOD shall cause to make thei
r appearance with their faces on the earth, blind, dumb, and deaf.  But the ungodly will not be thus only distinguished; for, according to a tradition of the prophet, there will be ten sorts of wicked men on whom GOD shall on that day fix certain discreto
r
y marks.  The first will appear in the form of apes; these are the professors of Zendicism: the second in that of swine; these are they who have been greedy of filthy lucre, and enriched themselves by public oppression: the third will be brought with thei
r heads reversed and their feet distorted; these are the usurers: the fourth will wander about blind; these are unjust judges: the fifth will be deaf, dumb, and blind, understanding nothing; these are they
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    3 See the notes to Kor. c. 81, and the preceding page.\tab \tab 
1  In this also they follow their old guides, the Jews, who say that if the wheat which is sown naked rise clothed, it is no wonder the pious who are buried in their clothes should rise with them.  Gemar.  Sanhedr. fol. 90.\tab \tab 2  See before, Sect. I
. p. 16.
\par 
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 
who glory in their own works: the sixth will gnaw their tongues, which will hang down upon their breasts, corrupted blood flowing from their mouths like spittle, so that everybody shall detest them; these are the learned men and doctors, whose 
actions contradict their sayings: the seventh will have their hands and feet cut off; these are they who have injured their neighbours: the eighth will be fixed to the trunks of palm trees or stakes of wood; these are the false accusers and informers: the
 
ninth will stink worse than a corrupted corpse; these are they who have indulged their passions and voluptuous appetites, but refused GOD such part of their wealth as was due to him: the tenth will be clothed with garments daubed with pitch; and these are
 the proud, the vainglorious, and the arrogant.
\par    As to the place where they are to be assembled to judgment, the Kor\'e2n and the traditions of Mohammed agree that it will be on the earth, but in what part of the earth it is not agreed.  Some say their proph
et mentioned Syria for the place; others, a white and even tract of land, without inhabitants or any signs of buildings.  Al Ghaz\'e2
li imagines it will be a second earth, which he supposes to be of silver; and others, an earth which has nothing in common wit
h ours but the name; having, it is possible, heard something of the new heavens and new earth mentioned in scripture: whence the Kor\'e2n has this expression, \'93on the day wherein the earth shall be changed into another earth.\'94}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The end of the resurrection the Mohammedans declare to be, that they who are so raised may give an account of their actions, and receive the reward thereof.  And they believe that not only mankind, but the genii and irrational animals also,}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  shall be judged on this great day; when the unarmed cattle shall take vengeance on the horned, till entire satisfaction shall be given to the injured.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 

\par    As to mankind, they hold that when they are all assembled together, they will not be immediately brought to judgment, but the angels will keep 
them in their ranks and order while they attend for that purpose; and this attendance some say is to last forty years, others seventy, others 300, nay, some say no less than 50,000 years, each of them vouching their prophet\rquote 
s authority.  During this space 
they will stand looking up to heaven, but without receiving any information or orders thence, and are to suffer grievous torments, both the just and the unjust, though with manifest difference.  For the limbs of the former, particularly those parts which 
t
hey used to wash in making the ceremonial ablution before prayer, shall shine gloriously, and their sufferings shall be light in comparison, and shall last no longer than the time necessary to say the appointed prayers; but the latter will have their face
s obscured with blackness, and disfigured with all the marks of sorrow and deformity.  What will then occasion not the least of their
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    1  Cap. 14.\tab \tab 2  Kor. c. 6.  Vide Maimonid. More Nev. part iii. c. 17.\tab \tab 3  This opinion the learned Greaves supposed to 
have taken its rise from the following words of Ezekiel, wrongly understood: \'93
And as for ye, O my flock thus saith the LORD GOD, Behold I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle, and between the lean cattle; because ye have thrust with side and with sho
ulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad; therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey, and I will judge between cattle and cattle,\'94
 &c.  Ezek. xxxiv. 17, 20, 21, 22.  Much might be said concerning brutes deserving future reward and punishment.  See Bayle, Dict. Hist. Art. Rorarius, Rem. D. &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\super\insrsid14382261 \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 pain, is a wonderful and incredible sweat, which will even stop their mouths, and in which they will be immersed in various degrees according to the
ir demerits, some to the ankles only, some to the knees, some to the middle, some so high as their mouth, and others as their ears.  And this sweat, they say, will be provoked not only by that vast concourse of all sorts of creatures mutually pressing and
 treading on one another\rquote 
s feet, but by the near and unusual approach of the sun, which will be then no farther from them than the distance of a mile, or, as some translate the word, the signification of which is ambiguous, than the length of a bodkin.  So 
that their skulls will boil like a pot,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and they will be all bathed in sweat.  From this inconvenience, however, the good will be protected by the shade of GOD\rquote 
S throne; but the wicked will be so miserably tormented with it, and also with hunger, and thirst, and a stifling air, that they will cry out, \'93Lord, deliver us from this anguish, though thou send us into hell fire.\'94}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   What they fable of the extraordinary heat of the sun on this occasion, the Mohammedans certainly borrowed from the Jews, who say, th
at for the punishment of the wicked on the last day, that planet shall be drawn from its sheath, in which it is now put up, lest it should destroy all things by its excessive heat.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    When those who have risen shall have waited the limited time, the Moham
medans believe GOD will at length appear to judge them; Mohammed undertaking the office of intercessor, after it shall have been declined by Adam, Noah, Abraham, and Jesus, who shall beg deliverance only for their own souls.  They say that on this solemn 
occasion GOD will come in the clouds, surrounded by angels, and will produce the books wherein the actions of every person are recorded by their guardian angels,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and will command the prophets to bear witness against those to whom they have been respectivel
y sent.  Then every one will be examined concerning all his words and actions, uttered and done by him in this life; not as if GOD needed any information in those respects, but to oblige the person to make public confession and acknowledgment of GOD
\rquote S justice.  The particulars of which they shall give an account, as Mohammed himself enumerated them, are\endash 
of their time, how they spent it; of their wealth, by what means they acquired it, and how they employed it; of their bodies, wherein they exercised them; o
f their knowledge and learning, what use they made of them.  It is said, however, that Mohammed has affirmed that no less than 70,000 of his followers should be permitted to enter paradise without any previous examination, which seems to be contradictory 
t
o what is said above.  To the questions we have mentioned each person shall answer, and make his defence in the best manner he can, endeavouring to excuse himself by casting the blame of his evil deeds on others, so that a dispute shall arise even between
 the soul and the body, to which of them their guilt ought to be imputed, the soul saying, \'93
O Lord, my body I received from thee; for thou createdst me without a hand to lay hold with, a foot to walk with, an eye to see with, or an understanding to apprehen
d with, till I came and entered into this body; therefore, punish it eternally, but deliver me.\'94  The body , on the other
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    1  Al Ghaz\'e2li.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Vide Pocock, not. in Port. Mosis, p. 277.\tab \tab 4  See before, p. 56.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 side, will make this apology:\endash \'94O
 Lord, thou createdst me like a stock of wood, having neither hand that I could lay hold with, nor foot that I could walk with, till this soul, like a ray of light, entered into me, and my tongue began to speak, my eye to see, and my foot to walk; therefo
re, punish it eternally, but deliver me.\'94  But GOD will propound to them the following parable of the blind man and the lame man, which, as well as the preceding dispute, was borrowed by the Mohammedans from the Jews:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  A certain king, having a pleasant gard
en, in which were ripe fruits, set two persons to keep it, one of whom was blind and the other lame, the former not being able to see the fruit nor the latter to gather it; the lame man, however, seeing the fruit, persuaded the blind man to take him upon 
h
is shoulders; and by that means he easily gathered the fruit, which they divided between them.  The lord of the garden, coming some time after, and inquiring after his fruit, each began to excuse himself; the blind man said he had no eyes to see with, and
 
the lame man that he had no feet to approach the trees.  But the king, ordering the lame man to be set on the blind, passed sentence on and punished them both.  And in the same manner will GOD deal with the body and the soul.  As these apologies will not 
avail on that day, so will it also be in vain for any one to deny his evil actions, since men and angels and his own members, nay, the very earth itself, will be ready to bear witness against him.
\par    Though the Mohammedans assign so long a space for the att
endance of the resuscitated before their trial, yet they tell us the trial itself will be over in much less time, and, according to an expression of Mohammed, familiar enough to the Arabs, will last no longer than while one may milk an ewe, or than the sp
ace between the two milkings of a she-camel.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Some, explaining those words so frequently used in the Kor\'e2n, \'93GOD will be swift in taking an account,\'94
 say that he will judge all creatures in the space of half a day, and others that it will be done in less time than the twinkling of an eye.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    At this examination they also believe that each person will have the book, wherein all the actions of his life are written, delivered to him; which books the righteous will receive in their right hand, and read with gr
eat pleasure and satisfaction; but the ungodly will be obliged to take them against their wills in their left,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  which will be bound behind their backs, their right hand being tied up to their necks.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    To show the exact justice which will be observed on t
his great day of trial, the next thing they describe is the balance, wherein all things shall be weighted.  They say it will be held by Gabriel, and that it is of so vast a size, that its two scales, one of which hangs over paradise, and the other over he
ll, are capacious enough to contain both heaven and earth.  Though some are willing to understand what is said in the Kor\'e2n concerning this balance, allegorically, and only as a figurative representation of GOD\rquote 
S equity, yet the more ancient and orthodox opinion is that it is to be taken literally; and since words and actions, being mere accidents, are not capable of being themselves
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    5  Gemara, Sanhed. c. II.  R. Jos. Albo, Serm. iv. c. 33.  See also Epiphan. in Ancorat. sect. 89.\tab \tab 1  The Arabs use, afte
r they have drawn some milk from the camel, to wait a while and let her young one suck a little, that she may give down her milk more plentifully at the second milking.\tab \tab 2  Pocock, not. in Port. Mosis, p. 278-282.  See also Kor. c. 2, p. 21.\tab 

\par 3  Kor. c. 17, 18, 69, and 84.\tab \tab 4  Jallalo\rquote ddin.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 weighed, they say that the books wherein they are written will be thrown into the scales, and according as those wherein the good or the evil actions are recorded shall preponderate, sentence will be given; those whos
e balance laden with their good works shall be heavy, will be saved, but those whose balances are light will be condemned.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  Nor will any one have cause to complain that GOD suffers any good action to pass unrewarded, because the wicked for the good they do have their reward in this life, and therefore can expect no favour in the next.
\par    The old Jewish writers make mention as well of the books to be produced at the last day, wherein men\rquote s actions are registered,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261  as of the balance wherein they shall be weighed;}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and the scripture itself seems to have given the first notion of both.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  But what the Persian Magi believe of the balance comes nearest to the Mohammedan opinion.  They hold that on the day of judgment two angels, named Mihr and Sor\'fbsh, will stand o
n the bridge we shall describe by-and-bye, to examine every person as he passes; that the former, who represents the divine mercy, will hold a balance in his hand, to weigh the actions of men; that according to the report he shall make thereof to GOD, sen
t
ence will be pronounced, and those whose good works are found more ponderous, if they turn the scale but by the weight of a hair, will be permitted to pass forward to paradise; but those whose good works shall be found light, will be by the other angel, w
ho represents GOD\rquote S justice, precipitated from the bridge into hell.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    This examination being passed, and every one\rquote s works weighed in a just balance, that mutual retaliation will follow, according to which every creature will take vengeance one of anothe
r, or have satisfaction made them for the injuries which they have suffered.  And since there will then be no other way of returning like for like, the manner of giving this satisfaction will be by taking away a proportionable part of the good works of hi
m who offered the injury, and adding it to those of him who suffered it.  Which being done, if the angels (by whose ministry this is to be performed) say, \'93Lord, we have given to every one his due; and there remaineth of this person\rquote 
s good works so much as equalleth the weight of an ant,\'94
 GOD will of his mercy cause it to be doubled unto him, that he may be admitted into paradise; but if, on the contrary, his good works be exhausted, and there remain evil works only, and there be any who have not yet receive
d satisfaction from him, GOD will order that an equal weight of their sins be added unto his, that he may be punished for them in their stead, and he will be sent to hell laden with both.  This will be the method of GOD\rquote 
S dealing with mankind.  As to brutes, after they shall have likewise taken vengeance of one another, as we have mentioned above, he will command them to be changed into dust;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 wicked men being reserved to more grievous punishment: so that they shall cry out, on hearing this sentence passed on the brutes, \'93Would to GOD that we were dust also.\'94
  As to the genii, many Mohammedans are of opinion that such of them as are true believers will undergo the same fate as the irrational animals, and
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    5  Kor. c. 23, 7, &c.\tab \tab 6  Midrash, Yalkut Shemuni, f. 153, c. 3.\tab \tab 7  Gemar. Sanhedr. f. 91, &c.\tab 
\par 8  Exod. xxxii. 32, 33, Dan. vii. 10, Revel. xx. 12, &c., and Dan. v. 27.\tab \tab 1  Hyde, de Rel. Vet. Pers. p. 245, 401, &c.
\par 2  Yet they say the dog of the seven sleepers, and Ezra\rquote s ass, which was raised to life, will, by peculiar favour, be admitted into paradise.  See Kor. c. 18, and c. 3.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 have no other reward than the favour of being converted into dust; and for this they quote the authority of their prophet.  But this, however, is judged not so very reasonab
le, since the genii, being capable of putting themselves in the state of believers as well as men, must consequently deserve, as it seems, to be rewarded for their faith, as well as to be punished for infidelity.  Wherefore some entertain a more favourabl
e
 opinion, and assign the believing genii a place near the confines of paradise, where they will enjoy sufficient felicity, though they be not admitted into that delightful mansion.  But the unbelieving genii, it is universally agreed, will be punished ete
rnally, and be thrown into hell with the infidels of mortal race.  It may not be improper to observe, that under the denomination of unbelieving genii, the Mohammedans comprehend also the devil and his companions.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The trials being over and the assembly 
dissolved, the Mohammedans hold that those who are to be admitted into paradise will take the right-hand way, and those who are destined to hell fire will take the left; but both of them must first pass the bridge, called in Arabic al Sir\'e2
t, which they say
 is laid over the midst of hell, and described to be finer than a hair, and sharper than the edge of a sword: so that it seems very difficult to conceive how any one shall be able to stand upon it: for which reason most of the sect of the M\'f3
tazalites rejec
t it as a fable, though the orthodox think it a sufficient proof of the truth of this article, that it was seriously affirmed by him who never asserted a falsehood, meaning their prophet; who to add to the difficulty of the passage, has likewise declared 
t
hat this bridge is beset on each side with briars and hooked thorns; which will, however, be no impediment to the good, for they shall pass with wonderful ease and swiftness, like lightning or the wind, Mohammed and his Moslems leading the way; whereas th
e
 wicked, what with the slipperiness and extreme narrowness of the path, the entangling of the thorns, and the extinction of the light, which directed the former to paradise, will soon miss their footing, and fall down headlong into hell, which is gaping b
eneath them.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    This circumstance Mohammed seems also to have borrowed from the Magians, who teach that on the last day all mankind will be obliged to pass a bridge which they call P\'fbl Ch\'eenavad, or Ch\'eenavar, that is, }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 
the straight bridge}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , leading directly i
nto the other world; on the midst of which they suppose the angels, appointed by GOD to perform that office, will stand, who will require of every one a strict account of his actions, and weigh them in the manner we have already mentioned.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261   It is true the
 Jews speak likewise of the bridge of hell, which they say is no broader than a thread; but then they do not tell us that any shall be obliged to pass it, except the idolaters, who will fall thence into perdition.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    As to the punishment of the wicked, the Mohammedans are taught that hell is divided into seven stories, or apartments, one below another, designed for the reception of as many distinct classes of the damned.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   The first which they call Jehennam, they say, will be the receptacle of those who acknowledged one GOD, that is, the wicked Mohammedans,
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    1  Vide Kor. c. 18.\tab \tab 2  Pocock. ubi sup. p. 282-289.\tab \tab 3  Hyde, de Rel. Vet. Pers. p. 245, 402, &c.\tab 
\par 1  Midrash, Yalkut Reubeni. \'a7 Gehinnom.\tab \tab 2  Kor. c. 15.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 who after having there been punished according to their demerits, will at length be released.  The second, uamed Ladh\'e2, they assign to the Jews; the third, named al Hotama, to the Christians; the fourth named al S\'e4
ir, to the Sabians; the fifth, named Sakar, to the Magians; the sixth, named al Jah\'eem, to the idolaters; and the seventh, which is the lowest and worst of all, and is called al H\'e2
wiyat, to the hypocrites, or those who outwardly professed some religion, but in their hearts were of none.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Over each of these apartments they believe there will be set a guard of angels,}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261  nineteen in number;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 to whom the damned will confess the just judgment of GOD, and beg them to intercede with him for some alleviation of their pain, or that they may be delivered by being annihilated.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Mohammed has, in his Kor\'e2
n and traditions, been very exact in describing the various torments of hell, which, according to him, the wicked will suffer both from intense heat and excessive cold.  We shall, however, enter into no detail of them here, but only observe that the
 degrees of these pains will also vary, in proportion to the crimes of the sufferer, and the apartment he is condemned to; and that he who is punished the most lightly of all will be shod with shoes of fire, the fervour of which will cause his skull to bo
i
l like a cauldron.  The condition of these unhappy wretches, as the same prophet teaches, cannot be properly called either life or death; and their misery will be greatly increased by their despair of being ever delivered from that place, since, according
 to that frequent expression in the Kor\'e2n, \'93they must remain therein for ever.\'94
  It must be remarked, however, that the infidels alone will be liable to eternity of damnation, for the Moslems, or those who have embraced the true religion, and have been guil
ty of heinous sins, will be delivered thence after they shall have expiated their crimes by their sufferings.  The contrary of either of these opinions is reckoned heretical; for it is the constant orthodox doctrine of the Mohammedans that no unbeliever o
r
 idolater will ever be released, nor any person who in his lifetime professed an believed the unity of GOD be condemned to eternal punishment.  As to the time and manner of the deliverance of those believers whose evil actions shall outweigh their good, t
h
ere is a tradition of Mohammed that they shall be released after they shall have been scorched and their skins burnt black, and shall afterwards be admitted into paradise; and when the inhabitants of that place shall, in contempt, call them infernals, GOD
 
will, on their prayers, take from them that opprobrious appellation.  Others say he taught that while they continue in hell they shall be deprived of life, or (as his words are otherwise interpreted) be cast into a most profound sleep, that they may be th
e less sensible of their torments; and that they shall afterwards be received into paradise, and there revive on their being washed with the water of life; though some suppose they will
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    3  Others fill these apartments with different company.  Some place
 in the second, the idolaters; in the third, Gog and Magog, &c.; in the fourth, the devils; in the fifth, those who neglect alms and prayers; and crowd the Jews, Christians, and Magians together in the sixth.  Some, again, will have the first to be prepar
e
d for the Dahrians, or those who deny the creation, and believe the eternity of the world; the second, for the Dualists, or Manichees, and the idolatrous Arabs; the third, for the Bramins of the Indies; the fourth, for the Jews; the fifth, for the Christi
ans; and the sixth, for the Magians.  But all agree in assigning the seventh to the hypocrites.  Vide Millium, de Mohammedismo ante Moham. p. 412; D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. p. 368, &c.\tab \tab 4  Kor. c. 40, 43, 74, &c.\tab 
\par 5  Ibid. c. 74.\tab \tab 6  Ibid. c. 40, 43.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par \page 
\par be re
stored to life before they come forth from their place of punishment, that at their bidding farewell to their pains, they may have some little taste of them.  The time which these believers shall be detained there, according to a tradition handed down fro
m
 their prophet, will not be less than 900 years, nor more than 7,000.  And as to the manner of their delivery, they say that they shall be distinguished by the marks of prostration on those parts of their bodies with which they used to touch the ground in
 
prayer, and over which the fire will, therefore, have no power; and that being known by this characteristic, they will be relieved by the mercy of GOD, at the intercession of Mohammed and the blessed; whereupon those who shall have been dead will be resto
red to life, as has been said; and those whose bodies shall have contracted any sootiness or filth from the flames and smoke of hell, will be immersed in one of the rivers of paradise, called the river of life, which will wash them whiter than pearls.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    For most of these circumstances relating to hell and the state of the damned, Mohammed was likewise, in all probability, indebted to the Jews, and in part to the Magians; both of whom agree in making seven distinct apartments in hell,}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  though they vary in o
ther particulars.  The former place an angel as a guard over each of these infernal apartments, and suppose he will intercede for the miserable wretches there imprisoned, who will openly acknowledge the justice of GOD in their condemnation.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261   They also teach that the wicked will suffer a diversity of punishments, and that by intolerable cold}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 as well as heat, and that their faces shall become black;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and believe those of their own religion shall also be punished in hell hereafter, according to their crimes 
(for they hold that few or none will be found so exactly righteous as to deserve no punishment at all), but will soon be delivered thence, when they shall be sufficiently purged from their sins, by their father Abraham, or at the intercession of him or so
me other of the prophets.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The Magians allow but one angel to preside over all the seven hells, who is named by them Van\'e1nd Yez\'e1
d, and, as they teach, assigns punishments proportionate to each person\rquote s crimes, restraining also the tyranny and excessive cruelty of the devil, who would, if left to himself, torment the damned beyond their sentence.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
5}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Those of this religion do also mention and describe various kinds of torments, wherewith the wicked will be punished in the next life; among which though they rec
kon extreme cold to be one, yet they do not admit fire, out of respect, as it seems, to that element, which they take to be the representation of the divine nature; and, therefore, they rather choose to describe the damned souls as suffering by other kind
s of punishments: such as an intolerable stink, the stinging and biting of serpents and wild beasts, the cutting and tearing of the flesh by the devils, excessive hunger and thirst, and the like.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Before we proceed to a description of the Mohammedan paradise, we must not forget to say something of the wall or partition which they imagine to be between that place and hell, and seems to be copied
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    1  Poc. not. in Port. Mosis, p. 289-291.\tab \tab 2  Nishmat hayim, f. 32; Gemar. in Arubin, f. 19; Zohar. ad Exod. xxvi. 2, &c.; and Hyde, de Rel. Vet. Pers. p. 245.\tab \tab 1  Midrash, Yalkut Shemuni, part II, f. 116.
\tab 2  Zohar. ad Exod. xix.\tab 
\par 3  Yalkut Shemuni, ubi sup. f. 86.\tab \tab 4  Nishmat hayim, f. 83; Gemar. Arubin, f. 19.  Vide Kor. c. 2, p. 10, and 3, p. 34, and notes there.\tab \tab 5  Hyde, de Rel. Vet. Pers. p. 182.\tab 6  Vide Eundem, ibid. p. }{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 from the great gulf of separation mentioned in scripture.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261   They call it al Orf, and more frequently in the plural, al Ar\'e2f, a word derived from the verb }{
\i\f36\insrsid14382261 arafa}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , which signifies to }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 distinguish}{\f36\insrsid14382261  between things, or to }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 part}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 them; though some commentators give another reason for the imposition of this name, because, they say, those who stand on this partition will know and distinguish the blessed from the damned, by their respective marks or characteristics:}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and others say the word properly intends anything that is high raised or elevated, as such a wall of separation must be supposed to be.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  The Mohammedan writers greatly differ as to the persons who are to be found on al Ar\'e2f.  Some imagine 
it to be a sort of limbo for the patriarchs and prophets, or for the martyrs and those who have been most eminent for sanctity, among whom, they say, there will be also angels in the form of men.  Others place here such whose good and evil works are so eq
u
al that they exactly counterpoise each other, and, therefore, deserve neither reward nor punishment; and these, they say, will, on the last day, be admitted into paradise, after they shall have performed an act of adoration, which will be imputed to them 
as a merit, and will make the scale of their good works to overbalance.  Others suppose this intermediate space will be a receptacle for those who have gone to war without their parents\rquote 
 leave, and therein suffered martyrdom; being excluded paradise for the
ir disobedience, and escaping hell because they are martyrs.  The breadth of this partition wall cannot be supposed to be exceeding great, since not only those who shall stand thereon will hold conference with the inhabitants both of paradise and of hell,
 but the blessed and the damned themselves will also be able to talk to one another.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    If Mohammed did not take his notions of the partition we have been describing from scripture, he must at least have borrowed it at second-hand from the Jews, who mention a thin wall dividing paradise form hell.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The righteous, as the Mohammedans are taught to believe, having surmounted the difficulties, and passed the sharp bridge above mentioned, before they enter paradise will be refreshed by drinking at the pond of
 their prophet, who describes it to be an exact square, of a month\rquote 
s journey in compass: its water, which is supplied by two pipes from al Cawthar, one of the rivers of paradise, being whiter than milk or silver and more odoriferous than musk, with as many
 cups set around it as there are stars in the firmament, of which water, whoever drinks will thirst no more for ever.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  This is the first taste which the blessed will have of their future and now near-approaching felicity.
\par    Though paradise be so very frequently mentioned in the Kor\'e2n, yet it is a dispute among Mohammedans whether it be already created, or be to be created hereafter: the M\'f3
tazalites and some other sectaries asserting that there is not at present any such place in nature, and that the parad
ise which the righteous will inhabit in the next life, will be different form that form which Adam was expelled.  However, the orthodox profess the contrary, maintaining that it was created even
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    7  Luke xvi. 26.\tab \tab 8  Jallalo\rquote ddin.  Vide Kor. c.7.\tab \tab 9  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 1  Kor. ubi sup  Vide D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. p. 121, &c.\tab \tab 2 Midrash. Yalkut Sioni. f. II.\tab \tab 
3  Al Ghaz\'e2li.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par \page 
\par before the world, and describe it, from their prophet\rquote s traditions, in the following manner.
\par    They say it is situate above the seven 
heavens (or in the seventh heaven) and next under the throne of GOD: and to express the amenity of the place, tell us that the earth of it is of the finest wheat flour, or of the purest musk, or, as others will have it, of saffron; that its stones are pea
rls and jacinths, the walls of its buildings enriched with gold and silver, and that the trunks of all its trees are of gold, among which the most remarkable is the tree called T\'fb
ba, or the tree of happiness.  Concerning this tree they fable that it stands in the palace of Mohammed, though a breach of it will reach to the house of every true believer;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 that it will be laden with pomegranates, grapes, dates, and other fruits of surprising bigness, and of tastes unknown to mortals.  So that if a man desire to 
eat of any particular kind of fruit, it will immediately be presented him, or if he choose flesh, birds ready dressed will be set before him according to his wish.  They add that the boughs of this tree will spontaneously bend down to the hand of the pers
o
n who would gather of its fruits, and that it will supply the blessed not only with food, but also with silken garments, and beasts to ride on ready saddled and bridled, and adorned with rich trappings, which will burst forth from its fruits; and that thi
s tree is so large, that a person mounted on the fleetest horse would not be able to gallop from one end of its shade to the other in a hundred years.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    As plenty of water is one of the greatest additions to the pleasantness of any place, the Kor\'e2n often 
speaks of the rivers of paradise as a principal ornament thereof; some of these rivers, they say, flow with water, some with milk, some with wine, and others with honey, all taking their rise from the roof of the tree T\'fb
ba: two of which rivers, named al Ca
wthar and the river of life, we have already mentioned.  And lest these should not be sufficient, we are told this garden is also watered by a great number of lesser springs and fountains, whose pebbles are rubies and emeralds, their earth of camphire, th
eir beds of musk, and their sides of saffron, the most remarkable among them being Salsab\'eel and Tasn\'eem.
\par    But all these glories will be eclipsed by the resplendent and ravishing girls of paradise, called, from their large black eyes, H\'fbr al oy\'fbn, the enjoy
ment of whose company will be a principal felicity of the faithful.  These, they say, are created not of clay, as mortal women are, but of pure musk: being, as their prophet often affirms in his Kor\'e2
n, free from all natural impurities, defects, and inconve
niences incident to the sex, of the strictest modesty, and secluded from public view in pavilions of hollow pearls, so large, that, as some traditions have it, one of them will be no less than four parasangs (or, as others say, sixty miles) long, and as m
any broad.
\par    The name which the Mohammedans usually give to this happy mansion, is al Jannat, or the garden; and sometimes they call it, with an addition, Jannat al Ferdaws, the garden of paradise, Jannet Aden, the garden of Eden (though they generally int
erpret the word Eden, not according to its acceptation in Hebrew, but according to its meaning in their
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 1  Yahya, in Kor.c. 13.\tab \tab \tab \tab 2  Jallal\rquote oddin, ibid.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 own tongue, wherein it signifies a settled or perpetual habitation), Jannat al M\'e1wa, the garden of abode, Jannat al Na\'ef
m, the garden of pleasure, and the like; by which several appellations some understand so many different gardens, or at least places of different degrees of felicity (for they reckon no less than a hundred such in all), the very mean
est whereof will afford its inhabitants so many pleasures and delights, that one would conclude they must even sink under them, had not Mohammed declared, that in order to qualify the blessed for a full enjoyment of them, GOD will give to every one the ab
ilities of a hundred men.
\par    We have already described Mohammed\rquote s pond, whereof the righteous are to drink before their admission into this delicious seat; besides which some authors}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 mention two fountains, springing from under a certain tree near the gate 
of paradise, and say, that the blessed will also drink of one of them, to purge their bodies and carry off all excrementitious dregs, and will wash themselves in the other.  When they are arrived at the gate itself, each person will there be met and salut
e
d by the beautiful youths appointed to serve and wait upon him, one of them running before, to carry the news of his arrival to the wives destined for him; and also by two angels, bearing the presents sent him by GOD, one of whom will invest him with a ga
r
ment of paradise, and the other will put a ring on each of his fingers, with inscriptions on them alluding to the happiness of his condition.  By which of the eight gates (for so many they suppose paradise to have) they are respectively to enter, is not w
orth inquiry; but it must be observed that Mohammed has declared that no person\rquote 
s good works will gain him admittance, and that even himself shall be saved, not by his merits, but merely by the mercy of GOD.  It is, however, the constant doctrine of the Kor\'e2
n, that the felicity of each person will be proportioned to this deserts, and that there will be abodes of different degrees of happiness; the most eminent degree being reserved for the prophets, the second for the doctors and teachers of God\rquote 
s worship, t
he next for the martyrs, and the lower for the rest of the righteous, according to their several merits.  There will also some distinction be made in respect to the time of their admission; Mohammed (to whom, if you will believe him, the gates will first 
b
e opened) having affirmed, that the poor will enter paradise five hundred years before the rich: nor is this the only privilege which they will enjoy in the next life; since the same prophet has also declared, that when he took a view of paradise, he saw 
the majority of its inhabitants to be the poor, and when he looked down into hell, he saw the greater part of the wretches confined there to be women.
\par    For the first entertainment of the blessed on their admission, they fable that the whole earth will then be as one loaf of bread, which GOD will reach to them with his hand, holding it like a cake; and that for meat they will have the ox Bal\'e2
m, and the fish N\'fbn, the lobs of whose livers will suffice 70,000 men, being, as some imagine to be set before the principal guests, viz., those who, to that number, will be admitted into paradise without examination;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  though others suppose that a definite number is here put for an indefinite, and that
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 1  Al Ghaz\'e2li, Kenz al Afr\'e2r\tab \tab \tab \tab 2  See before, p. 68.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 nothing more is meant thereby, than to express a great multitude of people.
\par    From this feast every one will be dismissed to the mansion designed for him, where (as has been said) he will enjoy such a share of felicity as will be proportioned to his merits, but va
stly exceed comprehension or expectation; since the very meanest in paradise (as he who, it is pretended, must know best, has declared) will have eighty thousand servants, seventy-two wives of the girls of paradise, besides the wives he had in this world,
 
and a tent erected for him of pearls, jacinths, and emeralds, of a very large extent; and, according to another tradition, will be waited on by three hundred attendants while he eats, will be served in dishes of gold, whereof three hundred shall be set be
f
ore him at once, containing each a different kind of food, the last morsel of which will be as grateful as the first; and will also be supplied with as many sorts of liquors in vessels of the same metal: and, to complete the entertainment, there will be n
o
 want of wine, which, though forbidden in this life, will yet be freely allowed to be drunk in the next, and without danger, since the wine of paradise will not inebriate, as that we drink here.  The flavour of this wine we may conceive to be delicious wi
thout a description, since the water of Tasn\'ee
m and the other fountains which will be used to dilute it, is said to be wonderfully sweet and fragrant.  If any object to these pleasures, as an impudent Jew did to Mohammed, that so much eating and drinking mus
t necessarily require proper evacuations, we answer, as the prophets did, that the inhabitants of paradise will not need to ease themselves, nor even to blow their nose, for that all superfluities will be discharged and carried off by perspiration, or a s
weat as odoriferous as musk, after which their appetite shall return afresh.
\par    The magnificence of the garments and furniture promised by the Kor\'e2n to the godly in the next life, is answerable to the delicacy of their diet.  For they are to be clothed in t
he richest of silks and brocades, chiefly of green, which will burst forth from the fruits of paradise, and will be also supplied by the leaves of the tree T\'fb
ba; they will be adorned with bracelets of gold and silver, and crowns set with pearls of incompar
able lustre; and will make use of silken carpets, litters of a prodigious size, couches, pillows, and other rich furniture embroidered with gold and precious stones.
\par    That we may the more readily believe what has been mentioned of the extraordinary abili
ties of the inhabitants of paradise to taste these pleasures in their height, it is said they will enjoy a perpetual youth; that in whatever age they happen to die, they will be raised in their prime and vigour, that is, of about thirty years of age, whic
h
 age they will never exceed (and the same they say of the damned); and that when they enter paradise they will be of the same stature with Adam, who, as they fable, was no less than sixty cubits high.  And to this age and stature their children, if they s
hall desire any (for otherwise their wives will not conceive), shall immediately attain; according to that saying of their prophet, \'93
If any of the faithful in paradise be desirous of issue, it shall be conceived, born, and grown up within the space of an hour.\'94  And in the same manner, if any one shall have a fancy to employ himself in agriculture (which rustic pleasure may suit

\par 
\par \page 
\par the wanton fancy of some), what he shall sow will spring up and come to maturity in a moment.
\par    Lest any of the senses should want their proper delight, we are told the ear will there be entertained, not only with the ravishing songs of the angel Israf\'eel, who has the most melodious voice of all GOD\rquote 
S creatures, and of the daughters of paradise; but even the trees themselves will c
elebrate the divine praises with a harmony exceeding whatever mortals have heard; to which will be joined the sound of the bells hanging on the trees, which will be put in motion by the wind proceeding from the throne of GOD, so often as the blessed wish 
for music: nay, the very clashing of the golden-bodied trees, whose fruits are pearls and emeralds, will surpass human imagination; so that the pleasures of this sense will not be the least of the enjoyments of paradise.
\par    The delights we have hitherto tak
en a view of, it is said, will be common to all the inhabitants of paradise, even those of the lowest order.  What then, think we, must they enjoy who shall obtain a superior degree of honour and felicity?  To these, they say, there are prepared, besides 
all this, \'93such things as eye hath not seen, nor hath ear heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive;\'94 an expression most certainly borrowed from scripture.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  That we may know wherein the felicity of those who shall attain the highest degr
ee will consist, Mohammed is reported to have said, that the meanest of the inhabitants of paradise will see his gardens, wives, servants, furniture, and other possessions take up the space of a thousand years\rquote 
 journey (for so far and farther will the blessed see in the next life); but that he will be in the highest honour with GOD, who shall behold his face morning and evening: and this favour al Ghaz\'e2
li supposes to be that additional or superabundant recompense, promised in the Kor\'e2n,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  which will give suc
h exquisite delight, that in respect thereof all the other pleasures of paradise will be forgotten and lightly esteemed; and not without reason, since, as the same author says, every other enjoyment is equally tasted by the very brute beast who is turned 
loose into luxuriant pasture.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  The reader will observe, by the way, that this is a full confutation of those who pretend that the Mohammedans admit of no spiritual pleasure in the next life, but make the happiness of the blessed to consist wholly in corporeal enjoyments.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Whence Mohammed took the greatest part of his paradise it is easy to show.  The Jews constantly describe the future mansion of the just as a delicious garden, and make it also reach to the seventh heaven.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   They also say it has three gates,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261  or, as others will have it, two,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and four rivers (which last circumstance they copied, to be sure, from those of the garden of Eden}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261 ), flowing with milk, wine, balsam, and honey.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  Their Behemoth and Leviathan, which they pretend will be slain for the entertainment of the blessed,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  are so apparently the Bal\'e2m and N\'fb
n of Mohammed, that his followers themselves confess he is obliged to them for both.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The Rabbins likewise mention seven different
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    1  Isaiah lxiv. 4; I Cor. ii. 9.\tab \tab 2  Cap. 10, &c.\tab \tab 3  Vide Poc. in not. ad Port. Mosis, p. 305.
\par 4  Vide Reland, de Rel. Moh. l. 2, \'a7 17.\tab \tab 5  Vide Gemar. T\'e2nith, f. 25, Beracoth, f. 34, and Midrash sabboth, f. 37.
\par 6  Megillah, Amkoth, p. 78.\tab \tab \tab 7  Midrash, Yalkut Shemuni.\tab \tab 8  Gen. ii. 10, &c.
\par 1  Midrash, Yalk. Shem.\tab \tab 2  Gemar. Bava Bathra. f. 78; Rashi, in Job i.\tab \tab 3  Vide Poc. not. in Port. Mosis, p. 298.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 degrees of felicity,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and say that the highest will be of those who perpetually contemplate the face of GOD.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  The Persian Magi had also an idea of the future happy estate of the good, very little different from that of Mohammed.  Paradise they called Behisht, and M\'eenu, which signifies }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 crystal}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
, where they believe the righteous shall enjoy all manner of delights, and particularly the company of the Hur\'e2ni behisht, or black-eyed nymphs of paradise,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 the care of whom, they say, committed to the angel Zamiy\'e2d;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and hence Mohammed seems to have taken the first hint of his paradisiacal ladies.
\par    It is not improbable, however, but that he might have been obliged, i
n some respect, to the Christian accounts of the felicity of the good in the next life.  As it is scarce possible to convey, especially to the apprehensions of the generality of mankind, an idea of spiritual pleasures without introducing sensible objects,
 
the scriptures have been obliged to represent the celestial enjoyments by corporeal images; and to describe the mansion of the blessed as a glorious and magnificent city, built of gold and precious stones, with twelve gates; through the streets of which t
here runs a river of water of life, and having on either side the tree of life, which bears twelve sorts of fruits, and leaves of a healing virtue.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  Our Saviour likewise speaks of the future state of the blessed as of a kingdom where they shall eat and drink at his table.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261   But then these descriptions have none of those puerile imaginations}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\insrsid14382261  which reign throughout that of Mohammed, much less any the most distant intimation of sensual delights, which he was so fond of; on the contrary, we are expressly assured, that \'93
in the resurrection they will neither marry nor be given in marriage, but will be as the angels of GOD in heaven.\'94}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 11}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  Mohammed, however, to enhance the value of paradise with his Arabians, chose rather to imitate the indecency of the Magians tha
n the modesty of the Christians in this particular, and lest his beatified Moslems should complain that anything was wanting, bestows on them wives, as well as the other comforts of life; judging, it is to be presumed, from his own inclinations, that like
 Panurgus\rquote s ass,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261  they would think all the other enjoyments not worth their acceptance if they were to be debarred from this.
\par    Had Mohammed, after all, intimated to his followers, that what he had told them of paradise was to be taken, not literally, but in a metaphorical sense (as it is said the Magians do the description of Zoroaster\rquote s}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 ), this might, perhaps make some atonement; but the contrary is so evident from the whole tenour of the Kor\'e2n, that although some
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    4  Nishmat hayim, f. 32.\tab \tab 5  Midrash, Tehillim, fl. II.\tab \tab 6  Sadder, porta 5.\tab \tab 7 Hyde, de Rel. Vet. Pers. p. 265.\tab \tab 
8  Rev. xxi. 10, &c., and xxii. I, 2.\tab \tab 9  Luke xxii. 29, 30, &c.
\par 10  I would not, however, undertake to defend all the Christian writers in this particular; witness that one passage of Iren\'e6us, wherein he introduces a tradition of St. John that our LORD should say, \'93
The days shall come, in which there shall be vines, which shall have each ten thousand branches, and every of those branches shall have ten thousand lesser branches, an
d every of these branches shall have ten thousand twigs, and every one of these twigs shall have ten thousand clusters of grapes, and in every one of these clusters there shall be ten thousand grapes, and every one of these grapes being pressed shall yiel
d two hundred and seventy-five gallons of wine; and when a man shall take hold of one of these sacred bunches, another bunch shall cry out, I am a better bunch: take me, and bless the LORD by me,\'94 &c.  Iren. l. 5, c. 33.\tab \tab 11  Matth. xxii. 30.
\tab \tab 1  Vide Rabelais, Pantagr. l. 5, c. 7.  A better authority than this might, however, be alleged in favour of Mohammed\rquote 
s judgment in this respect; I mean that of Plato, who is said to have proposed, in his ideal commonwealth, as the reward of valiant men and consummate soldiers, the kisses of boys and beauteous damsels.  Vide Gell. Noct. Att. l. 18, c. 2.\tab \tab 
2  Vide Hyde. de Rel. Vet. Pers. p. 266.
\par 
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 Mohammedans, whose understandings are too refined to admit such gross conceptions, look on their prophet\rquote s descriptions as 
parabolical, and are willing to receive them in an allegorical or spiritual acceptation,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 yet the general and orthodox doctrine is, that the whole is to be strictly believed in the obvious and literal acceptation; to prove which I need only urge the oath t
hey exact from Christians (who they know abhor such fancies) when they would bind them in the most strong and sacred manner; for in such a case they make them swear that if they falsify their engagement, they will affirm that there will be black-eyed girl
s in the next world, and corporeal pleasures.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Before we quite this subject it may not be improper to observe the falsehood of a vulgar imputation on the Mohammedans, who are by several writers}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 reported to hold that women have no souls, or, if they have
, that they will perish, like those of brute beasts, and will not be rewarded in the next life.  But whatever may be the opinion of some ignorant people among them, it is certain that Mohammed had too great a respect for the fair sex to teach such a doctr
ine; and there are several passages in the Kor\'e2
n which affirm that women, in the next life, will not only be punished for their evil actions, but will also receive the rewards of their good deeds, as well as the men, and that in this case GOD will make no distinction of sexes.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  It is true, the general notion is, that they will not be admitted into the same abode as the men are, because their places will be supplied by the paradisiacal females (though some allow that a man will there also have the company of
 those who were his wives in this world, or at least such of them as he shall desire}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 ); but that good women will go into a separate place of happiness, where they will enjoy all sorts of delights;}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  but whether one of those delights will be the enjoyment of
 agreeable paramours created for them, to complete the economy of the Mohammedan system, is what I have nowhere found decided.  One circumstance relating to these beatified females, conformable to what he had asserted of the men, he acquainted his followe
r
s with in the answer he returned to an old woman, who, desiring him to intercede with GOD that she might be admitted into paradise, he told her that no old woman would enter that place; which setting the poor woman a-crying, he explained himself by saying
 that GOD would then make her young again.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The sixth great point of faith, which the Mohammedans are taught by the Kor\'e2n to believe, is GOD\rquote S absolute decree, and predestination both of good and evil.  For the orthodox doctrine is, that whether it be ba
d, proceedeth entirely from the divine will, and is irrevocably fixed and recorded from all eternity in the preserved table;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 GOD having secretly predetermined not only the adverse and prosperous fortune of every person in this world, in the most minute particulars, but also his faith or infidelity, his obedience or disobedience, and con
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    3  Vide Eund. in not. ad Bobov. Lit. Turcar. p. 21.\tab \tab 4  Poc. ad Port. Mos. P. 305.\tab \tab \tab 
5  Hornbek, Sum. Contr. p. 16.  Grelot, Voyage de Constant. p. 275.  Ricaut\rquote s Present State of the Ottoman Empire, l. 2, c. 21.
\par 6  See Kor. c. 3, p. 52, c. 4, p. 67; and also c. 13, 16, 40, 48, 57, &c.  Vide etiam Reland. de Rel. Moh. l. 2, \'a7 18; and Hyde, in not. ad Bobov. de Visit. \'e6gr. p. 21.\tab \tab 1  See before, p. 77.\tab \tab 2  Vide Chardin, V
oy. tom. ii. p. 328, and Bayle, Dict. Hist. Art. Mahomet, Rem. Q.\tab \tab 3  See Kor. c. 56, and the notes there; and Gagnier. not. in Abulfeda Vit. Moh p. 145.\tab 
\par 4  See before, p. 50.
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 sequently his everlasting happiness or misery after death; which fate or predestination it is not possible, by any foresight or wisdom, to avoid.
\par    Of this doctrine Mohammed makes great use in his Kor\'e2n for the advancement of his designs; encouraging his followers to fight without fear, and even desperately, for the propagation of
 their faith, by representing to them that all their caution could not avert their inevitable destiny, or prolong their lives for a moment;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and deterring them from disobeying or rejecting him as an impostor, by setting before them the danger they might th
ereby incur of being, by the just judgment of GOD, abandoned to seduction, hardness of heart, and a reprobate mind, as a punishment for their obstinacy.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    As this doctrine of absolute election and reprobation has been thought by many of the Mohammedan di
vines to be derogatory to the goodness and justice of GOD, and to make GOD the author of evil, several subtle distinctions have been invented, and disputes raised, to explicate or soften it; and different sects have been formed, according to their several
 opinions or methods of explaining this point: some of them going so far as even to hold the direct contrary position of absolute free will in man, as we shall see hereafter.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Of the four fundamental points of religious practice required by the Kor\'e2n, the first is prayer, under which, as has been said, are also comprehended those legal washings or purifications which are necessary preparations thereto.
\par    Of these purifications there are two degrees, one called Ghosl, being a total immersion or bathing of the body in water; and the other called Wod\'fb
 (by the Persians, Abdest), which is the washing of their faces, hands, and feet, after a certain manner.  The first is required in some extraordinary cases only, as after having lain with a woman, or been pollu
ted by emission of seed, or by approaching a dead body; women also being obliged to it after their courses or childbirth.  The latter is the ordinary ablution in common cases and before prayer, and must necessarily be used by every person before he can en
ter upon that duty.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261   It is performed with certain formal ceremonies, which have been described by some writers, but are much easier apprehended by seeing them done than by the best description.
\par    These purifications were perhaps borrowed by Mohammed of the Jews; at least they agree in a great measure with those used by that nation,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 who in process of time burdened the precepts of Moses in this point, with so many traditionary ceremonies, that whole books have been written about them, and who were so exact and superstitious therein, even in our Saviour\rquote 
s time, that they are often reproved by him for it.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261   But as it is certain that the pagan Arabs used lustrations of this kind}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 long before the time of Mohammed, as most nations did, and still do in the east, w
here the warmth of the climate requires a greater nicety and degree of cleanliness than these colder parts; perhaps Mohammed only recalled his countrymen to a more strict observance of those purifying rites, which had been probably neglected by them, or a
t least performed in a careless and perfunctory manner.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    5  Kor. c. 3, c. 4, &c.\tab \tab 6  Ibid. c. 4, c. 2, &c. passim.\tab \tab 1  Sect. VIII.\tab \tab 2  Kor. c. 4, and c. 5 Vide Reland. de Rel. Moh. l. i., c. 8.\tab \tab 3  Poc. not in Port. Mosis, p. 356, &c.\tab \tab 
4  Mark vii. 3, &c.\tab 
\par 5  Vide Herodot. l. 3, c. 198.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par The Mohammedans, however, will have it that they are as ancient as Abraham,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 who, they say, was enjoined by GOD to observe them, and was shown the manner of making the ablution by the angel Gabriel, in the form of a beautiful youth.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  Nay, some deduce the matter higher, and imagine that these ceremonies were taught our first parents by the angels.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    That his followers might be the more punctual in this duty, Mohammed is said to have declared, that \'93the practice of religion is founded on cleanliness,\'94
 which is the one-half of the faith, and the key of prayer, without which it will not be heard by GOD.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261   That these expressions may be the better understood, al Ghaz\'e2
li reckons four degrees of purification; of which the first
 is, the cleansing of the body from all pollution, filth, and excrements; the second, the cleansing of the members of the body from all wickedness and unjust actions; the third, the cleansing of the heart from all blamable inclinations and odious vices; a
nd the fourth, the purging a man\rquote 
s secret thoughts from all affections which may divert their attendance on GOD: adding, that the body is but as the outward shell in respect to the heart, which is as the kernel.  And for this reason he highly complains of t
hose who are superstitiously solicitous in exterior purifications, avoiding those persons as unclean who are not so scrupulously nice as themselves, and at the same time have their minds lying waste, and overrun with pride, ignorance, and hypocrisy.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Whence it plainly appears with how little foundation the Mohammedans have been charged, by some writers,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 with teaching or imagining that these formal washings alone cleanse them for their sins.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Lest so necessary a preparation to their devotions should be omitted, either where water cannot be had, or when it may be of prejudice to a person\rquote s health, they are allowed in such cases to make use of fine sand or dust in lieu of it;}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and then they perform this duty by clapping their open hands on the sand, and pa
ssing them over the parts, in the same manner as if they were dipped in water.  But for this expedient Mohammed was not so much indebted to his own cunning,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 as to the example of the Jews, or perhaps that of the Persian Magi, almost as scrupulous as the Jews themselves in their lustrations, who both of them prescribe the same method in cases of necessity;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and there is a famous instance, in ecclesiastical history, of sand being used, for the same reason, instead of water, in the administration of the Christian sacrament of baptism, many years before Mohammed\rquote s time.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Neither are the Mohammedans contented with bare washing, but
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    1  Al Jann\'e2bi in Vita Abrah.  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 303.
\par    2  Herewith agrees the spurious Gospel of St. Barnabas, the Spanish translation of which (cap. 29) has these words: }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Dixo}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  Abraham, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Que har\'e8
 yo para servir al Dios de los sanctos y prophetas?  Respondi\'f2 el angel, Ve e aquella fuente y lavate, porque Dios quiere hablar contigo.  Dixo}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  Abraham, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Come tengo de lavarme?  Luego el a
ngel se le appareci\'f2 como uno bello mancebo, y se lav\'f2 en la fuente, y le dixo, }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Abraham, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 haz como yo}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Y}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 Abraham }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 se lav\'f2}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    3  Al Kess\'e2\'ef.  Vide Reland. de Rel. Mohamm. p. 81.\tab \tab 4  Al Ghaz\'e2li, Ebn al Ath\'eer.\tab \tab 5  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 302, &c.
\tab 
\par 6  Barthol. Edessen, Confut. Hagaren. p. 360.  G. Sionita and J. Hesronita, in Tract. de Urb. and Morib. Orient. ad Calcem Geogr. Nubiens. c. 15.  Du Ryer, dans le Sommaire de la Rel. des Turcs, mis \'e0 la t\'eate de sa version de l\rquote 
Alcor.  St. Olon, Descr. du Royaume de Maroc, c. 2.  Hyde, in not. ad Bobov. de Prec. Moh. p. I; Smith, de Morib. et Instit. Turcar. Ep. I, p. 32.\tab \tab 7  Vide Reland. de Rel. Moh. l. 2, c. II.\tab \tab 8  Kor. c. 3, p. 59 and 5, p. 74.\tab \tab 
1  Vide Smith, ubi sup.\tab \tab 2  Gemar.  Berachoth. c 2. Vide Poc. not. ad Port Mosis, p. 380.  Sadder, porta 84.\tab \tab 3  Cedren. p. 250.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 think themselves obliged to several other necessary points of cleanliness, which they make also parts of this duty; such as combing the hair, cutting the beard, paring the nails, pulling out the 
hairs of their armpits, shaving their private parts, and circumcision;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261  of which last I will add a word or two, lest I should not find a more proper place.
\par    Circumcision, though it be not so much as once mentioned in the Kor\'e2n, is yet held by the Mohammedans to be an ancient divine institution, confirmed by the religion of Isl\'e2
m, and though not so absolutely necessary but that it may be dispensed with in some cases,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261  yet highly proper and expedient.  The Arabs used this rite for many ages before Mohammed,
 having probably learned it from Ismael, though not only his descendants, but the Hamyarites,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and other tribes, practised the same.  The Ismaelites, we are told,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  used to circumcise their children, not on the eighth day, as is the custom of the Jews, but when about twelve or thirteen years old, at which age their father underwent that operation:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  and the Mohammedans imitate them so far as not to circumcise children before they be able, at least, distinctly to pronounce that profession of their faith, \'93There is no GOD but GOD, Mohammed is the apostle of GOD;\'94}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261  but pitch on what age they please for the purpose, between six and sixteen or thereabouts.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  Though the Moslem doctors are generally of opinion, conformably to the scripture, that this precept was ori
ginally given to Abraham, yet some have imagined that Adam was taught it by the angel Gabriel, to satisfy an oath he had made to cut off that flesh which, after his fall, had rebelled against his spirit; whence an odd argument has been drawn for the unive
rsal obligation of circumcision.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  Though I cannot say the Jews led the Mohammedans the way here, yet they seem so unwilling to believe any of the principal patriarchs or prophets before Abraham were really uncircumcised, that they pretend several of them, 
as well as some holy men who lived after his time, were born ready circumcised, or without a foreskin, and that Adam, in particular, was so created;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 whence the Mohammedans affirm the same thing of their prophet.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Prayer was by Mohammed thought so necessary a duty, that he used to call it the pillar of religion and the key of paradise; and when the Thakifites, who dwelt at T\'e2
yef, sending in the ninth year of the Hejra to make their submission to that prophet, after the keeping of their favourite idol had been denied them,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 begged, at least, that they might be dispensed with as to their saying of the appointed prayers, he answered, \'93That there could be no good in that religion wherein was no prayer.\'94}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    4  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 303.\tab \tab 5  Vide Bobov. de Circumcis. p. 22.\tab \tab \tab 6  Philostorg. Hist. Eccl. l. 3.
\par 7  Joseph. Ant. l. I, c. 23.\tab \tab 8  Gen. xvii. 25.\tab \tab 9  Vide Bobov. ubi sup. and Poc. Spec. p. 319.\tab 
\par 10  Vide Reland. de Rel. Moh. l. I, p. 75.
\par    1  This is the substance of the following passage of the Gospel of Barnabas (cap. 23), viz.,}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Entonces dixo }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Jesus; Adam}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  el primer hombre aviendo comido por e\'f1
gano del demonio la comida prohibida por Dios en el parayso, se le rebel\'f2 su carne \'e0 su espiritu; por lo qual jur\'f2 diziendo, Por Dios que yo te quiero cortar; y rompiendo una piedra tom\'f2
 su carne para cortarla con el corte de la piedra.  Por loqual fue reprehendido del angel }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Gabriel}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , y el le dixo; Yo he jurado por Dios que lo he de cortar, y mentiroso no lo ser\'e8
 jamas.  Ala hora el angel le ense\'f1o la superfluidad de su earne, y a quella cort\'f2.  De manera que ansi como todo hombre toma carne de }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Adam, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ansi esta obligado a complir aquello que }{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Adam }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 con juramento prometi\'f2}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 . \tab \tab 2  Shalshel. hakkabala.  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 320; Gagnier not. in Abulfed. Vit. Moh. p. 2.\tab \tab 3  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 304.
\tab \tab 4  See before, p. 14.\tab \tab 5  Abulfed. Vit. Moh. p. 127
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 \page 
\par    That so important a duty, therefore, might not be neglected, Mohammed obliged his followers to pray five times every twenty-four hours, at certain state times; viz., I.  In the mor
ning, before sunrise; 2.  When noon is past, and the sun begins to decline form the meridian; 3.  In the afternoon, before sunset; 4.  In the evening, after sunset, and before day be shut in; and 5.  After the day is shut in, and before the first watch of
 the night.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  For this institution he pretended to have received the divine command from the throne of GOD himself, when he took his night journey to heaven; and the observing of the stated times of prayer is frequently insisted on in the Kor\'e2n, though they
 be not particularly prescribed therein.  Accordingly, at the aforesaid times, of which public notice is given by the Muedhdhins, or Criers, from the steeples of their mosques (for they use no bell), every conscientious Moslem prepares himself for prayer,
 
which he performs either in the mosque or any other place, provided it be clean, after a prescribed form, and with a certain number of phrases or ejaculations (which the more scrupulous count by a string of beads) and using certain postures of worship; al
l which have been particularly set down and described, though with some few mistakes, by other writers,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and ought not to be abridged, unless in some special cases; as on a journey, on preparing for battle, &c.
\par    For the regular performance of the duty of prayer among the Mohammedans, besides the particulars above mentioned, it is also requisite that they turn their faces, while they pray, towards the temple of Mecca;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  the quarter where the same is situate being, for that reason, pointed out within their mosques by a niche, which they call al Mehr\'e2
b, and without, by the situation of the doors opening into the galleries of the steeples: there are also tables calculated for the ready finding out their Kebla, or part towards which they ought to pray, in places where they have no other direction.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    But what is principally to be regarded in the discharge of this duty, say the Moslem doctors, is the inward disposition of the heart, which is the life and spirit of prayer;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 the most punctual observance of the external rites and ceremonies before mentioned being of little or no avail, if performed without due attention, reverence, devotion, and hope:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 so that we must not think the Mohammedans, or the considerate part of them at least, content themselves with the mere }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 opu. operatum}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , or imagine their whole religion to be placed therein.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    I had like to have omitted two things which in my mind deserve mention on this head, and may, perhaps, be better defended than our contrary practice.  One is, that the Mohammedans ne
ver address themselves to GOD in sumptuous apparel, though they are obliged to be decently clothed; but lay aside their costly habits and pompous ornaments, if they wear any, when they approach the divine presence, lest they should seem proud and arrogant
.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The other is, that they admit not their women to pray with them in public; that sex being
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    6  Vide Ibid. p. 38, 39.\tab \tab 1  Vide Hotting. Hist. Eccles. tom. viii. p. 470-529; Bobov. in Liturg. Turcic p. I, &c.; Grelot, Voyage de Constant. p. 253-264; Cha
rdin, Voy. de Perse, tom. ii. p. 388, &c.; and Smith, de Moribus ac Instit. Turcar. Ep. I, p. 33, &c.
\par 2  Kor. c. 2, p. 16.  See the notes there.\tab \tab 3  Vide Hyde, de Rel. Vet. Pers. p. 8, 9, and 126.\tab \tab 4  Al Ghaz\'e2li.
\par 5  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 305.\tab \tab 6  Vide Smith, ubi sup. p. 40.\tab \tab 7  Reland. de Rel. Moh. p. 96.  See Kor. c.7. p. 107.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par obliged to perform their devotions at home, or if they visit the mosques, it must be at a time when the men are not there: for the Moslems are of opinion that their presence inspires 
a different kind of devotion from that which is requisite in a place dedicated to the worship of GOD.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The greater part of the particulars comprised in the Mohammedan institution of prayer, their prophet seems to have copied from others, and especially the Jews; exceeding their institutions only in the number of daily prayer.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The Jews are directed to pray three times a day,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  in the morning, in the evening, and within night; in imitation of Abraham,}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  Isaac,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and Jacob;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and the practice was as early, at least, as the time of Daniel.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  The several postures used by the Mohammedans in their prayers are also the same with those prescribed by the Jewish Rabbins, and particularly the most solemn act of adoration, by prostrating themselves so as to touch the ground with their forehead;}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261  notwithstanding, the latter pretend the practice of the former, in this respect, to be a relic of their ancient manner of paying their devotions to Baal-Peor.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   The Jews likewise constantly pray with their faces turned towards the temple of Jerusalem,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261  which has been their Kebla from the time it was first dedicated by Solomon;}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\insrsid14382261  for which reason Daniel, praying in Chaldea, had the windows of his chamber open towards that city:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 11}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and the same was the Kebla of Mohammed and his followers for six or seven months,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 12}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and till he found himself obliged to change it for the Caaba.  The Jews, moreover, are obliged by the precepts of their religion to be careful that the place they pray in, and the garments they have on when they perform their duty, be clean:}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 13}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 the men and women also among them pray apart (in which particular they were imitated by the eastern Christians); and several other conformities might be remarked between the Jewish public worship and that of the Mohammedans.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
14}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The ne
xt point of the Mohammedan religion is the giving of alms, which are of two sorts, legal and voluntary.  The legal alms are of indispensable obligation, being commanded by the law, which directs and determines both the portion which is to be given, and of
 what things it ought to be given; but the voluntary alms are left to every one\rquote s liberty, to give more or less, as he shall see fit.  The former kind of alms some think to be properly called Zac\'e2t, and the latter Sadakat;
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    8  A Moor, named Ahmed Ebn Abd
alla, in a Latin epistle by him, written to Maurice, Prince of Orange, and Emanuel, Prince of Portugal, containing a censure of the Christian religion (a copy of which, once belonging to Mr. Selden, who has thence transcribed a considerable passage in his
 treatise De Synedriis vett. Ebr\'e6or. l. I, c. 12, is now in the Bodleian Library), finds great fault with the unedifying manner in which mass is said among the Roman Catholics, for this very reason, among others.  His words are: }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Ubicunque congregantur simul viri et f\'9cmin\'9c, ibi mens non est intenta et devota: nam inter celebrandum missam et sacrificia, f\'9cmin\'9c
 et viri mutuis aspectibus, signis, ac nutibus accendunt pravorum appetitum, et desideriorum suorum ignes: et quando hoc non fieret, saltem humana fragilitas delectatur mutuo et reciproco aspectu; et ita non potest esse mens quieta, attenta, et devota}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261     1  The Sabians, according to some, exceed the Mohammedans in this point, praying seven times a day.  See before, p. 11.\tab 
\par 2  Gemar. Berachoth.\tab \tab 3  Gen. xix. 27.\tab \tab 4  Gen. xxiv. 63.\tab \tab 5  Gen. xxviii. II, &c.\tab 
\par 6  Dan. vi. 10.\tab \tab 7  Vide Millium, de Mohammedismo ante Moham. p. 427, &c., and Hyde, de Rel. Vet. Pers. p. 5, &c.
\par 8  Maimonid. in Epist. ad Proselyt. Relig. Vide Poc. Spec. p. 306.\tab \tab 9  Gemar. Bava Bathra, and Berachoth.\tab 
\par 10  I Kings viii. 29, &c.\tab \tab 11  Dan. vi. 10.\tab \tab 12  Some say eighteen months.  Vide Abulfed. Vit. Moh. p. 54.
\par 13  Maimon. in Halachoth Tephilla, c.9, \'a7 8, 9.  Menura hammeor, fol. 28, 2.\tab \tab 14  Vide Millium, ubi supra, p. 424, et seq.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 though this name be also frequently given to the legal alms.  They are called Zac\'e2t, either because they increase a man\rquote s store, by drawing down a blessing thereon, and produce in his soul the virtue of liberality,}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261  or because they purify the remaining part of one\rquote s substance from pollution, and the soul from the filth of avarice;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and Sadakat, because they are a proof of a man\rquote s sincerity in the worship of GOD.  Some writers have called the legal alms tithes, but improperly, since in some cases they fall short, and in others exceed that proportion.
\par    The giving of alms is frequently commanded in the Kor\'e2n, and often recommended therein jointly with prayer; the former being held of great efficacy in causing the latter to be heard of GOD: for which reason the Khal\'eef Omar Ebn Abd\rquote 
alaziz used to say, \'93that prayer and alms carries us half-way to GOD, fasting brings us to the door of his palace, and alms procures us admission.\'94}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  The Mohammedans, therefore, esteem almsdeeds to be highly meritorious, and many of them ha
ve been illustrious for the exercise thereof.  Hasan, the son of Ali, and grandson of Mohammed, in particular is related to have thrice in his life divided his substance equally between himself and the poor, and twice to have given away all he had:}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and the generality are so addicted to the doing of good, that they extend their charity even to brutes.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Alms, according to the prescriptions of the Mohammedan law, are to be given of five things\endash I.  Of cattle, that is to say, of camels, kine, and sheep.  2. 
Of money.  3. Of corn.  4. Of fruits, viz., dates and raisins. And 5. Of wares sold.  Of each of these a certain portion is to be given in alms, usually one part in forty, or two and a half per cent of the value.  But no alms are due for them, unless they
 
amount to a certain quantity or number; nor until a man has been in possession of them eleven months, he not being obliged to give alms thereout before the twelfth month is begun: nor are alms due for cattle employed in tilling the ground, or in carrying 
of burdens.  In some cases a much larger portion than the before-mentioned is reckoned due for alms: thus of what is gotten out of mines, or the sea, or by any art or profession over and above what is sufficient for the reasonable support of a man\rquote 
s family, and especially where there is a mixture or suspicion of unjust gain, a fifth part ought to be given in alms.  Moreover, at the end of the fast of Ramad\'e2
n, every Moslem is obliged to give in alms for himself and for every one of his family, if he has any, a measure}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261  of wheat, barley, dates, raisins, rice, or other provisions commonly eaten.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The legal alms were at first collected by Mohammed himself, who employed them as he thought fit, in the relief of his poor relations and followers, but chiefly appli
ed them to the maintenance of those who served in his wars, and fought, as he termed it, in the way of GOD.  His successors continued to do the same, till, in the process of time, other taxes and tributes being imposed for the support of the government,

\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    1  Al Beid\'e2wi.  See Kor. c. 2, p. 29.\tab \tab 2  Idem.  Compare this with what our Saviour says (Luke xi. 41), \'93
Give alms of such things as ye have; and behold, all things are clean unto you.\'94\tab \tab \tab 3  D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. p. 5.\tab \tab 4  Ibid. p. 422.\tab \tab 5  Vide Busbeq
. Epist. 3, p. 178.  Smith, de Morib. Turc. Ep. I, p. 66, &c.  Compare Eccles. xi. I. and Prov. xii. 10.
\par 1  This measure is a Sa\'e1, and contains about six or seven pounds weight.\tab \tab 2  Vide Reland. de Rel. Mahommed. lib. i., p. 99, &c.  Chardin, Voy. de Perse. tom. 2, p. 415, &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 they seem to have been weary of acting as almoners to their subjects, and to have left the paying them to their consciences.
\par    In the foregoing rules concerning alms, we may observe also footsteps of what the Jews taught and practised in respect thereto.  Alms, which they also call Sedaka, }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 i.e.,}{\f36\insrsid14382261  justice, or righteousness,}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  are greatly recommended by their Rabbins, and preferred even to sacrifices;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 as a duty, the frequent exercise whereof will effectually free a man from hell fire,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and merit everlasting life:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 wherefore, besides the corners of the field, and the gleanings of their harvest and vineyard, commanded to be left for the poor and the stranger by the law of Moses,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 a certain portion of their corn and fruits is directed to be set apart for their relief, which portion is called the tithes of the poor.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  The Jews likewise were formerly very conspicuous for their charity.  Zaccheus gave the half of his goods to the poor;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and we are told that some gave their whole substance: so
 that their doctors, at length, decreed that no man should give above a fifth part of his goods in alms.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  There were also persons publicly appointed in every synagogue to collect and distribute the people\rquote s contributions.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 11}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The third point of religious practice is fasting; a duty of so great moment, that Mohammed used to say it was \'93the gate of religion,\'94 and that \'93the odour of the mouth of him who fasteth is more grateful to GOD than that of musk;\'94
 and al Ghaz\'e2li reckons fasting one-fourth part of the
 faith.  According to the Mohammedan divines, there are three degrees of fasting: I. The restraining the belly and other parts of the body from satisfying their lusts; 2. The restraining the ears, eyes, tongue, hands, feet, and other members from sin; and
 3. The fasting of the heart from worldly cares, and refraining the thoughts from everything besides GOD.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The Mohammedans are obliged, by the express command of the Kor\'e2n, to fast the whole month of Ramad\'e2n, from the time the new moon first appears, til
l the appearance of the next new moon; during which time they must abstain from eating, drinking, and women, from daybreak till night,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 or sunset.  And this injunction they observe so strictly, that while they fast they suffer nothing to enter their mouths
, or other parts of their body, esteeming the fast broken and null if they smell perfumes, take a clyster or injection, bathe, or even purposely swallow their spittle; some being so cautious that they will not open their mouths to speak, lest they should 
breathe the air too freely:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 the fast is also deemed void if a man kiss or touch a woman, or if he vomit designedly.  But after sunset they are allowed to refresh themselves, and to eat and drink, and enjoy the company of their wives till daybreak;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    3  Hence alms are in the New Testament termed [Greek text]. Matth. vi. I (Ed. Steph.), and 2 Cor. ix. 10.\tab \tab 4  Gemar. in Bava Bathra.\tab 
\tab 5  Ibid. in Gittin.\tab \tab 6  Ibid. in Rosh hashana.\tab \tab 7  Levit. xix. 9, 10; Deut. xxiv. 19, &c.\tab \tab 8  Vide Gemar. Hierosol. in Peah, and Maimon. in Halachoth matanoth Aniyyim. c.6.  Confer Pirke Avoth, v. 9.
\par 9  Luke xix. 8.\tab \tab 10  Vide Reland. Ant. Sacr. Vet. Hebr. p. 402.\tab \tab 11  Vide Ibid. p. 138.\tab 
\par 1  Al Ghaz\'e2li, Al Mostatraf.\tab \tab 2  Kor. c. 2, p. 19, 20.\tab 3  Hence we read that the Virgin Mary
, to avoid answering the reflections cast on her for bringing home a child, was advised by the angel Gabriel to feign she had vowed a fast, and therefore she ought not to speak.  See Kor. c. 19.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    4  The words of the Kor\'e2n (cap. 2, p. 20) are: \'93Until ye can distinguish a white thread from a black thread by the daybreak\'94\endash 
a form of speaking borrowed by Mohammed from the Jews, who determine the time when they are to begin their morning lesson, to be so soon as a man can discern blue form white, }{\i\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 i.e.,}{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261  the blue
 threads from the white threads in the fringes of their garments.  But this explication the commentators do not approve, pretending that by the white}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 though the more rigid begin the fast again at midnight.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261   This fast is extremely rigorous and mortifying when the month of Ramad\'e2
n happens to fall in summer, for the Arabian year being lunar,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 each month runs through all the different seasons in the course of thirty-three years, the length and heat of the days making the observance of it much more difficult and uneasy then than in winter.
\par    The reason given why the month of Ramad\'e2n was pitched on for this purpose is, that on the month the Kor\'e2n was sent down from heaven.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  Some pretend that Abraham, Moses, and Jesus received their respective revelations in the same month.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    From the fast of Ramad\'e2n none are excused, except only travellers and sick persons (under which last denomination the doctors comprehend all whose health would manifestly be injured by their keeping the fast; as women with child and givi
ng suck, ancient people, and young children); but then they are obliged, as soon as the impediment is removed, to fast an equal number of other days: and the breaking the fast is ordered to be expiated by giving alms to the poor.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Mohammed seems to have
 followed the guidance of the Jews in his ordinances concerning fasting, no less than in the former particulars.  That nation, when they fast, abstain not only from eating and drinking, but from women, and from anointing themselves,}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261  from daybreak until sunset, and the stars begin to appear;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261  spending the night in taking what refreshments they please.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   And they allow women with child and giving suck, old persons, and young children to be exempted from keeping most of the public fasts.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Though my design here be briefly to treat of those points only which are of indispensable obligation on a Moslem, and expressly required by the Kor\'e2
n, without entering into their practice as to voluntary and supererogatory works; yet to show how closely Mohammed\rquote s institut
ions follow the Jewish, I shall add a word or two of the voluntary fasts of the Mohammedans.  These are such as have been recommended either by the example or approbation of their prophet; and especially certain days of those months which they esteem sacr
ed: there being a tradition that he used to say, That a fast of one day in a sacred month was better than a fast of thirty days in another month; and that the fast of one day in Ramad\'e2n was more meritorious than a fast of thirty days in a sacred month.
}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Among the more commendable days is that of Ash\'fbra, the tenth of Moharram; which, though some writers tell us it was observed by the Arabs, and particularly the tribe of Koreish, before Mohammed
\rquote s time,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261  yet, as others assure us, that prophet borrowed both the name and the fast from the Jews; it being with them the tenth of
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
thread and the black thread are to be understood the light and dark streaks of the daybreak; and they say the passage was at first revealed without the words \'93of the daybreak;\'94 but Mohammed\rquote 
s followers, taking the expression in the first sense, regulated their practice accordingly, and continued eating and drinking till they could distinguish a white thread from a black thread, as they lay before them\endash 
to prevent which for the future, the words \'93of the daybreak\'94 were added as explanatory of the former.  Al Beid\'e2wi.  Vide Pocock. not. in Carmen Tograi, p. 89, &c.  Chardin, Voy. de Perse, tom. 2, p. 423.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    5  Vide Chardin, ib. p. 421, &c.  Reland. de Relig. Moh. p. 109, &c.\tab \tab 6  See hereafter, Sect. VI.\tab \tab 
1  Kor. c. 2, p. 19.  See also c. 97.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi, ex Trad. Mohammedis.\tab \tab 3  See Kor. c. 2, p. 20.\tab 
\par 4  Siphra, f. 252, 2.\tab \tab 5  Tosephoth ad Gemar. Yoma, f. 34.\tab \tab 6  Vide Gemar. Yoma, f. 40, and maimon. in Halachoth T\'e1nioth, c. 5, \'a7 5.\tab \tab 7  Vide Gemar. T\'e1nith, f. 12, and Yoma, f. 83, and Es Hayim, T\'e1nith, c. I.\tab \tab 
8  Al Ghaz\'e2li.\tab \tab 9  Al B\'e2rezi in Comment. ad Orat. Ebn Nob\'e2t\'e6.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 the seventh month, or Tisri, and the great day of expiation commanded to be kept by the law of Moses.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Al Kazw\'eeni relates th
at when Mohammed came to Medina, and found the Jews there fasted on the day of Ash\'fb
ra, he asked them the reason of it; and they told him it was because on that day Pharaoh and his people were drowned, Moses and those who were with him escaping: whereupon h
e said that he bore a nearer relation to Moses than they, and ordered his followers to fast on that day.  However, it seems afterwards he was not so well pleased in having imitated the Jews herein; and therefore declared that, if he lived another year, he
 would alter the day, and fast on the ninth, abhorring so near an agreement with them.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The pilgrimage to Mecca is so necessary a point of practice that, according to a tradition of Mohammed, he who dies without performing it, may as well die a Jew or a Christian;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and the same is expressly commanded in the Kor\'e2n.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  Before I speak of the time and manner of performing this pilgrimage, it may be proper to give a short account of the temple of Mecca, the chief scene of the Mohammedan worship; in doing which 
I need be the less prolix, because that edifice has been already described by several writers,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 though they, following different relations, have been led into some mistakes, and agree not with one another in several particulars: nor, indeed, do the Arab authors agree in all things, one great reason whereof is their speaking of different times.

\par    The temple of Mecca stands in the midst of the city, and is honoured with the title of Masjad al alhar\'e2m, }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 i.e.,}{\f36\insrsid14382261  the sacred or inviolable temple.  What is principal
ly reverenced in this place, and gives sanctity to the whole, is a square stone building, called the Caaba, as some fancy, from its height, which surpasses that of the other buildings in Mecca,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 but more probably from its quadrangular form, and Beit Allah, }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 i.e.,}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 the house of GOD, being peculiarly hallowed and set apart for his worship.  The length of this edifice, from north to south, is twenty-four cubits, its breadth from east to west twenty-three cubits, and its height twenty-seven cubits: the door, whic
h is on the east side, stands about four cubits from the ground; the floor being level with the bottom of the door.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  In the corner next this door is the black stone, of which I shall take notice by-and-bye.  On the north side of the Caaba, within a semici
rcular enclosure fifty cubits long, lies the white stone, said to be the sepulchre of Ismael, which receives the rain-water that falls off the Caaba by a spout, formerly of wood,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 but now of gold.  The Caaba has a double roof, supported within by three oct
angular pillars of aloes wood; between which, on a bar of iron, hang some silver lamps.  The outside is covered with rich black damask, adorned with an embroidered band of gold, which is changed every year, and was formerly sent by the Khal\'ee
fs, afterwards by the Solt\'e2ns of Egypt, and is now provided by the Turkish emperors.  At a small distance from the Caaba, on the east side, is the Station or Place of Abraham, where is another stone
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    1  Levit. xvi. 29, and xxiii. 27.\tab \tab 2  Ebn al Ath\'eer.  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 309.\tab \tab 3  Al Ghaz\'e2li.
\par 4  Cap. 3, p. 42.  See also c. 22, p. 252 and c. 2, p. 14, &c.\tab \tab 5  Chardin, Voy. de Perse, t. 2, p. 428, &c.; Bremond, Descrittioni dell\rquote  Eitto, &c., l. r, c. 29; Pitts\rquote  Account of the Rel. &c. of the Mohammedans, p. 98, &c.;and Bo
ulainvilliers, Vie de Mahomed, p. 54, &c., which last author is the most particular.\tab \tab 6  Ahmed Ebn Yusef.\tab \tab 7  Sharif al Edrisi, and Kitab Masalec, apud Poc. Spec. p. 125, &c.\tab \tab 1  Sharif al Edrisi, ibid.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par much respected by the Mohammedans, of which something will be said hereafter.
\par    The Caaba, at some distance, is surrounded but not entirely, by a circular enclosure of pillars, joined towards the bottom by a low balustrade, and towards the top by bars of silver.  Just without this inner enclosure, on the
 south, north, and west sides of the Caaba, are three buildings, which are the oratories, or places where three of the orthodox sects assemble to perform their devotions (the fourth sect, viz., that of al Sh\'e2fe\'ef
, making use of the station of Abraham for that purpose), and towards the south-east stands the edifice which covers the well Zemzem, the treasury, and cupola of al Abbas.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    All these buildings are enclosed, a considerable distance, by a magnificent piazza, or square colonnade, like that of the Royal Exchange in London, but much larger, covered with small domes or cupolas, from the four corners whereof rise as many min\'e2
rets or steeples, with double galleries, and adorned with gilded spires and crescents, as are the cupolas which cover the piazza and
 the other buildings.  Between the pillars of both enclosures hang a great number of lamps, which are constantly lighted at night.  The first foundations of this outward enclosure were laid by Omar, the second Khal\'ee
f, who built no more than a low wall to p
revent the court of the Caaba, which before lay open, from being encroached on by private buildings; but the structure has been since raised, by the liberality of many succeeding princes and great men, to its present lustre.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}
{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    This is properly all that is called the temple, but the whole territory of Mecca being also Har\'e2
m, or sacred, there is a third enclosure, distinguished at certain distances by small turrets, some five, some seven, and others ten miles distant from the city.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Within this compass of 
ground it is not lawful to attack an enemy, or even to hunt or fowl, or cut a branch from a tree: which is the true reason why the pigeons at Mecca are reckoned sacred, and not that they are supposed to be of the race of that imaginary pigeon which some a
uthors, who should have known better, would persuade us Mohammed made pass for the Holy Ghost.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The temple of Mecca was a place of worship, and in singular veneration with the Arabs from great antiquity, and many centuries before Mohammed.  Though it was most probably dedicated at first to an idolatrous use,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  yet the Mohammedans are generally persuaded that the Caaba is almost coeval with the world: for they say that Adam, after his expulsion from paradise, begged of GOD that he might erect a building lik
e that he had seen there, called Beit al M\'e1m\'fbr, or the }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 frequented house}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , and al Dor\'e2
h, towards which he might direct his prayers, and which he might compass, as the angels do the celestial one.  Whereupon GOD let down a representation of that house in curtains of light,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and set it in Mecca, perpendicularly under its original,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261  order-
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    2 Idem, ibid\tab \tab 3  Poc. Spec. p. 116.\tab \tab 1  Gol. not. in Alfrag. p. 99.\tab \tab 
2  Gab. Sionita, et Joh. Hesronita, de nonnullis Orient. urbib. ad calc. Geogr. Nub. p. 21.  Al Mogholta\'ef
, in his Life of Mohammed, says the pigeons of the temple of Mecca are of the breed of those which laid their eggs at the mouth of the cave where the prophet and Abu Becr hid themselves, when they fled from that city.  See before, p. 39.\tab \tab 
3  See before, p. 13.\tab \tab 4  Some say that the Beit al M\'e1m\'fbr itself was the Caaba of Adam, which, having been let down to him from heaven, was, at the Flood, taken up again into heaven, and is there kept.  Al Zamakh. in Kor. c. 2.\tab \tab 5 Al

\par 
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 ing the patriarch to turn towards it when he prayed, and to compass it by way of devotion.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  After Adam\rquote s death, his son Seth built a house in the same form of stones and clay, which being destroyed by the Deluge, was rebuilt by Abraham and Ismael,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261  at GOD\rquote 
S command, in the place where the former had stood, and after the same model, they being directed therein by revelation.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    After this edifice had undergone several reparations, it was, a few years after the birth of Mohammed, rebuilt by the Koreish on the old foundation,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and afterwards repaired by Abd\rquote 
allah Ebn Zobeir, the Khal\'eef of Mecca, and at length again rebuilt by al Hej\'e2j Ebn Y\'fbsof, in the seventy-fourth year of the Hejra, with some alterations, in the form wherein it now remains.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  Some years after, however, the Khal\'eef Har\'fbn al Rash\'eed (or, as others write, his father al Mohdi, or his grandfather al Mans\'fbr) intended again to change what had been altered by al Hej\'e2
j, and to reduce the Caaba to the old form in which it was left by Abd\rquote allah, but was dissuaded from meddling with it, lest so holy a place should become the sport of princes, and being new modelled after every one\rquote 
s fancy, should lose that reverence which was justly paid it.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261   But notwithstanding the antiquity and holiness of this building, they have a prophecy, by tradi
tion from Mohammed, that in the last times the Ethiopians shall come and utterly demolish it, after which it will not be rebuilt again for ever.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Before we leave the temple of Mecca, two or three particulars deserve further notice.  One is the celebrate
d black stone, which is set in silver, and fixed in the south-east corner of the Caaba, being that which looks towards Basra, about two cubits and one-third, or, which is the same thing, seven spans from the ground.  This stone is exceedingly respected by
 
the Mohammedans, and is kissed by the pilgrims with great devotion, being called by some the right hand of GOD on earth.  They fable that it is one of the precious stones of paradise, and fell down to the earth with Adam, and being taken up again, or othe
r
wise preserved at the Deluge, the angel Gabriel afterwards brought it back to Abraham when he was building the Caaba.  It was at first whiter than milk, but grew black long since by the touch of a menstruous woman, or, as others tell us, by the sins of ma
nkind,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261  or rather by the touches and kisses of so many people, the superficies only being black, and the inside still remaining white.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  When the Karmatians,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261  among other profanations by them offered to the temple of Mecca, took away this stone, they could 
not be prevailed on, for love or money, to restore it, though those of Mecca offered no less than five thousand pieces of gold for it.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261   How-
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 J\'fbzi, ex. trad. Ebn Abbas.  It has been observed that the primitive Christian church held a parallel opinion as t
o the situation of the celestial Jerusalem with respect to the terrestrial: for in the apocryphal book of the revelations of St. Peter (cap. 27), after Jesus has mentioned unto Peter the creation of the seven heavens\endash 
whence, by the way, it appears that this number of heavens was not devised by Mohammed\endash and of the angels, begins the description of the heavenly Jerusalem in these words: \'93
We have created the upper Jerusalem above the waters, which are above the third heaven, hanging directly over the lower Jerusalem,\'94 &c. Vide Gagnier, not. ad Abulfed. Vit. Moh. p. 28.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    6  Al Shahrestani.\tab \tab 7  Vide Kor. c. 2, p. 15.\tab \tab 8  Al Jann\'e2bi, in Vita Abraham.\tab \tab 1  Vide Abulfed.  Vit. Moh. p. 13.
\tab \tab 2  Idem, in Hist. Gen. al Jann\'e2bi, &c.\tab \tab 3  Al Jann\'e2bi.\tab 4  Idem, Ahmed Ebn Yusef.  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 115, &c.\tab \tab 5  Al Zamakh. &c. in Kor. Ahmed Ebn Yusef.\tab \tab 6  Poc. Spec. p. 117, &c.\tab \tab 
7   These Carmatians were a sect which arose in the year of the Hejra 278, and whose opinions overturned the fundamental points of Mohammedism.  See D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient Art. Carmath. and hereafter \'a7 viii.\tab \tab 8  D\rquote Herbel. p. 40.}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 ever, after they had kept it twenty-two years, seeing they could not thereby draw the pilgrims from Mecca, they sent it back of their own accord; at the same time bantering it
s devotees by telling them it was not the true stone: but, as it is said, it was proved to be no counterfeit by its peculiar quality of swimming on water.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Another thing observable in this temple is the stone in Abraham\rquote s place, wherein they pretend to show his footsteps, telling us he stood on it when he built the Caaba,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and that it served him for a scaffold, rising and falling of itself as he had occasion,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  though another tradition says he stood upon it while the wife of his son Ismael, whom he paid a
 visit to, washed his head.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261   It is now enclosed in an iron chest, out of which the pilgrims drink the water of Zemzem,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and are ordered to pray at it by the Kor\'e2n.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The officers of the temple took care to hide this stone when the Karmatians took the other.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The last thing I shall take notice of in the temple is the well Zemzem, on the east side of the Caaba, and which is covered with a small building and cupola.  The Mohammedans are persuaded it is the very spring which gushed out for the relief of Ism
ael, when Hagar his mother wandered with him in the desert;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and some pretend it was so named from her calling to him, when she spied it, in the Egyptian tongue, }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 Zem}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 , }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 zem}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , that is, \'93Stay, stay,\'94}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261  though it seems rather to have had the name from the murmuri
ng of its waters.  The water of this will is reckoned holy, and is highly reverenced, being not only drunk with particular devotion by the pilgrims, but also sent in bottles, as a great rarity, to most parts of the Mohammedan dominions.  Abd\rquote 
allah, surnamed al H\'e2fedh, from his great memory, particularly as to the traditions of Mohammed, gave out that he acquired that faculty by drinking large draughts of Zemzem water,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 to which I really believe it as efficacious as that of Helicon to the inspiring of a poet.
\par    To this temple every Mohammedan, who has health and means sufficient}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 11}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 ought once, at least, in his life to go on pilgrimage; nor are women excused from the performance of this duty.  The pilgrims meet at different places near Mecca, according to the different parts from whence they come,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 12}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  during the months of Shaw\'e2l and Dhu\rquote lkaada, being obliged to be there by the beginning of Dhu\rquote lhajja, which month, as its name imports, is peculiarly set apart for the celebration of this solemnity.
\par    At the places above mentioned the pilgrims properly commence such; when the men put on the Ihr\'e2
m, or sacred habit, which consists only of two woolen wrappers, one wrapped about the middle to cover their privities, and the other thrown over their shoulders, having thei
r heads bare, and a kind of slippers which cover neither the heel nor the instep, and so enter the sacred territory in their way to Mecca.  While they have this habit on they must neither hunt nor fowl}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 (though they are allowed to fish}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 ), which precept is 
so punctually observed, that they will not kill even a louse or a flea, if they find them on their bodies: there are some noxious animals, however, which they have permission to kill during the pilgrimage, as kites, ravens, scorpions, mice, and dogs

\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    1  Ahmed Ebn Yusef, Abulfeda.  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 119.\tab \tab 2  Abulfed.\tab \tab 3  Vide Hyde, de Rel. Vet. Pers. p. 35.\tab \tab 4  Ahmed Ebn Yusef, Safio\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 5  Ahmed Ebn Yusef.\tab \tab 
6  Cap. 2, p. 14.\tab 
\par 7  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 120, &c.\tab \tab 8  Gen. xxi. 19.\tab \tab 9  G. Sionit. et J. Hesr. de nonnull. urb. Orient. p. 19.
\par 10  D\rquote Herbel. p. 5.\tab \tab 11  See Kor. c. 3, p. 43, and the notes thereon.\tab \tab 12  Vide Bobov. de Peregr. Mecc. p. 12, &c.\tab \tab 1  Kor. c. 5, p. 85.\tab \tab 2 Ibid.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par \page 
\par given to bite.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261   During the pilgrimage it behoves a man to have a constant
 guard over his words and actions, and to avoid all quarrelling or ill language, and all converse with women and obscene discourse, and to apply his whole intention to the good work he is engaged in.
\par    The pilgrims, being arrived at Mecca, immediately visit the temple, and then enter on the performance of the prescribed ceremonies, which consist chiefly in going in procession round the Caaba, in running between the Mounts Saf\'e2 and Merw\'e2
, in making the station on Mount Arafat, and slaying the victims, and shaving their heads in the valley of Mina.  These ceremonies have been so particularly described by others,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 that I may be excused if I but just mention the most material circumstances thereof.
\par    In compassing the Caaba, which they do seven times, beginnin
g at the corner where the black stone is fixed, they use a short, quick pace the three first times they go round it, and a grave, ordinary pace, the four last; which, it is said, was ordered by Mohammed, that his followers might show themselves strong and
 active, to cut off the hopes of the infidels, who gave out that the immoderate heats of Medina had rendered them weak.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  But the aforesaid quick pace they are not obliged to use every time they perform this piece of devotion, but only at some particular times.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  So often as they pass by the black stone, they either kiss it, or touch it with their hand, and kiss that.
\par    The running between Saf\'e2 and Merw\'e2}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261  is also performed seven times, partly with a slow pace, and partly running:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  for they walk gravely till
 they come to a place between two pillars; and there they run, and afterwards walk again; sometimes looking back, and sometimes stopping, like one who has lost something, to represent Hagar seeking water for her son:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  for the ceremony is said to be as ancient as her time.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    On the ninth of Dhu\rquote lhajja, after morning prayer, the pilgrims leave the valley of Mina, whither they come the day before, and proceed in a tumultuous and rushing manner to Mount Arafat,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 where they stay to perform their devotions till sunset: then they go to Mozdalifa, an oratory between Arafat and Mina, and there spend the night in prayer and reading the Kor\'e2n.  The next morning, by daybreak, they visit al Mash\'e9r al har\'e2
m, or the sacred monument,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and departing thence before sunrise, haste by Batn Mohasser to the valley of Mina, where they throw seven stones}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 at three marks, or pillars, in imitation of Abraham, who, meeting the devil in that place, and being by him disturbed in his devotions, or tempted to disobedience, when he was goi
ng to sacrifice his son, was commanded by GOD to drive him away by throwing stones at him;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 though others pretend this rite to be as old as Adam, who also put the devil to flight in the same place and by the same means.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    3  Al Beid.\tab \tab 4  Bobov. de Peregr. Mecc. p. II, &c.  Chardin, Voy. de Perse, t. 2, p. 440, &c.  See also Pitts\rquote 
 Account of the Rel. &c. of the Mohammedans, p. 92, &c.; Gagnier, Vie de Moh. t. 2, p. 258, &c.; Abulfed. Vit. Moh. p. 130, &c.; and Reland. de Rel. Moh. p. 113, &c.\tab \tab 5  Ebn al Ath\'eer.\tab \tab 6  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 314.\tab \tab 
1  See before, p. 16.\tab 
\par 2  Al Ghaz\'e2li.\tab \tab 3  Reland. de Rel. Moh. p. 121.\tab \tab 4  Ebn al Ath\'eer.\tab \tab 5  See Kor. c. 2, p. 21.\tab 
\par 6  See Ibid.  M. Gagnier has been twice guilty of a mistake in confounding this monument with the sacred enclosure of the Caaba.  Vide Gagn. not. ad Abulfed. Vit. Moh. p. 131, and Vie de Moh. tom. 2, p. 262.\tab \tab 7  Dr. Pocock, from al Ghaz\'e2
li, says seventy, at different times and places.  Spec. p. 315.\tab \tab \tab 8  Al Ghaz\'e2li, Ahmed Ebn Yusef.\tab \tab 9  Ebn al Ath\'eer.
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261    This ceremony being over, on the same day, the tenth of Dhu\rquote 
lhajja, the pilgrims slay their victims in the said valley of Mina; of which they and their friends eat part, and the rest is given to the poor.  These victims must be either sheep, goats, kine, or 
camels; males, if of either of the two former kinds, and females if of either of the latter, and of a fit age.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  The sacrifices being over, they shave their heads and cut their nails, burying them in the same place; after which the pilgrimage is looked on as completed:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 11}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 though they again visit the Caaba, to take their leave of that sacred building.
\par    The above-mentioned ceremonies, by the confession of the Mohammedans themselves, were almost all of them observed by the pagan Arabs many ages before their prophet\rquote 
s appearance; and particularly the compassing of the Caaba, the running between Saf\'e2 and Merw\'e2, and the throwing of the stones in Mina; and were confirmed by Mohammed, with some alterations in such points as seemed most exceptionable: thus, for exa
mple, he ordered that when they compassed the Caaba they should be clothed;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 whereas, before his time, they performed that piece of devotion naked, throwing off their clothes as a mark that they had cast off their sins,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  or as signs of their disobedience towards GOD.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    It is also acknowledged that the greater part of these rites are of no intrinsic worth, neither affecting the soul, nor agreeing with natural reason, but altogether arbitrary, and commanded merely to try the obedience of mankind, without an
y further view; and are therefore to be complied with; not that they are good in themselves, but because GOD has so appointed.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  Some, however, have endeavoured to find out some reason for the arbitrary injunctions of this kind; and one writer,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261  supposing 
men ought to imitate the heavenly bodies, not only in their purity, but in their circular motion, seems to argue the procession round the Caaba to be therefore a rational practice.  Reland}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 has observed that the Romans had something like this in their wors
hip, being ordered by Numa to use a circular motion in the adoration of the Gods, either to represent the orbicular motion of the world, or the perfecting the whole office of prayer to that GOD who is maker of the universe, or else in allusion to the Egyp
tian wheels, which were hieroglyphics of the instability of human fortune.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The pilgrimage to Mecca, and the ceremonies prescribed to those who perform it, are, perhaps, liable to greater exception than other of Mohammed\rquote s institutions; not only as silly
 and ridiculous in themselves, but as relics of idolatrous superstition.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  Yet whoever seriously considers how difficult it is to make people submit to the abolishing of ancient customs, how unreasonable soever, which they are fond of, especially where the interest of a considerable party is also concerned,
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    10  Vide Reland. ubi sup. p. 117.\tab \tab 11  See Kor. c. 2, p. 21\tab \tab 1  Kor. c. 7, p. 106, 107.\tab 
\par 2  Al Fa\'efk, de Tempore Ignor. Arabum, apud Millium de Mohammedismo ante Moh. p. 322. Compare Isa. lxiv. 6.\tab 3  Jallal. al Beid.  This notion comes very near, if it be not the same with that of the Adamites.\tab \tab 4  Al Ghaz\'e2
li.  Vide Abulfar. Hist. Dyn p. 171.\tab \tab 5  Abu J\'e1afar Ebn Tafail, in Vita Hai Ebn Yokdh\'e2n, p. 151.  See Mr. Ockley\rquote s English translation thereof, p. 117.
\par 6  De Rel. Mah. p. 123.\tab \tab 7  Plutarch. in Numa. \tab \tab 
8  Maimonides (in Epist. ad Prosel. Rel.) pretends that the worship of Mercury was performed by throwing of stones, and that of Chemosh by making bare the head, and putting on unsewn garments.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 and that a man may with less danger change many things than one great one,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261  must excuse Mohammed\rquote 
s yielding some points of less moment, to gain the principal.  The temple of Mecca was held in excessive veneration by all the Arabs in general (if we except only the tribes of Tay, and Khath\'e1am, and some of the posterity of al Hareth Ebn Caab,}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261  who used not to go in pilgrimage thereto), and especially by those of Mecca, who had a particular interest to support that veneration; and as the most silly and insignificant t
hings are generally the objects of the greatest superstition, Mohammed found it much easier to abolish idolatry itself, than to eradicate, the superstitious bigotry with which they were addicted to that temple, and the rites performed there; wherefore, af
ter several fruitless trials to wean them therefrom,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 he thought it best to compromise the matter, and rather than to frustrate his whole design, to allow them to go on pilgrimage thither, and to direct their prayers thereto; contenting himself with transfe
rring the devotions there paid from their idols to the true GOD, and changing such circumstances therein as he judged might give scandal.  And herein he followed the example of the most famous legislators, who instituted not such laws as were absolutely t
h
e best in themselves, but the best their people were capable of receiving: and we find GOD himself had the same condescendence for the Jews, whose hardness of heart he humoured in many things, giving them therefore statutes that were not good, and judgmen
ts whereby they should not live.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 _______
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 SECTION V.
\par 
\par {\*\bkmkstart OF_CERTAIN_NEGATIVE_PRECEPTS_IN}OF CERTAIN NEGATIVE PRECEPTS IN THE KOR\'c2N.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend OF_CERTAIN_NEGATIVE_PRECEPTS_IN}
\par HAVING in the preceeding section spoken of the fundamental points of the Mohammedan religion, relating both to faith and to practice, I shall in this and t
he two following discourses, speak in the same brief method of some other precepts and institutions of the Kor\'e2n which deserve peculiar notice, and first of certain things which are thereby prohibited.
\par    The drinking of wine, under which name all sorts of strong and inebriating liquors are comprehended, is forbidden in the Kor\'e2n in more places than one.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  Some, indeed, have imagined that excess therein is only forbidden, and that the moderate use of wine is allowed by two passages in the same book:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  but th
e more received opinion is, that to drink any strong liquors, either in a lesser quantity, or in a greater, is absolutely unlawful; and though libertines}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  indulge them-
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    9  According to the maxim, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Tutius est multa mutare qu\'e0m unum magnum}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 . \tab \tab 
1  Al Shahrestani.\tab \tab 2  See Kor. c. 2, p. 16.\tab \tab 3  Ezek. xx. 25.  Vide Spencer de Urim et l\rquote hummim, c. 4 \'a7 7.\tab \tab 1  See c. 2, p. 23, and c. 5, p. 84.\tab \tab 2  Cap. 2, p. 23, and c. 16, p. 200.  Vide D\rquote 
Herbel. Bibl. Orient. p. 696.\tab \tab 3  Vide Smith, de Morib. et Instit. Turcar Ep. 2, p. 28, &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 selves in a contrary practice, yet the more conscientious are so strict, especially if they have performed the pilgrimage to Mecca,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 that they hold it unlawful not only to taste wine, but to press grapes for the making of it, to buy or 
to sell it, or even to maintain themselves with the money arising by the sale of that liquor.  The Persians, however, as well as the Turks, are very fond of wine; and if one asks them how it comes to pass that they venture to drink it, when it is so direc
t
ly forbidden by their religion, they answer, that it is with them as with the Christians, whose religion prohibits drunkenness and whoredom as great sins, and who glory, notwithstanding, some in debauching girls and married women, and others in drinking t
o excess.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    It has been a question whether coffee comes not under the above-mentioned prohibition,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 because the fumes of it have some effect on the imagination.  This drink, which was first publicly used at Aden in Arabia Felix, about the middle of the ni
nth century of the Hejra, and thence gradually introduced into Mecca, Medina, Egypt, Syria, and other parts of the Levant, has been the occasion of great disputes and disorders, having been sometimes publicly condemned and forbidden, and again declared la
wful and allowed.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  At present the use of coffee is generally tolerated, if not granted, as is that of tobacco, though the more religious make a scruple of taking the latter, not only because it inebriates, but also out of respect to a traditional saying of
 their prophet (which, if it could be made out to be his, would prove him a prophet indeed), \'93
That in the latter days there should be men who should bear the name of Moslems, but should not be really such; and that they should smoke a certain weed, which should be called TOBACCO.\'94
  However, the eastern nations are generally so addicted to both, that they say, \'93A dish of coffee and a pipe of tobacco are a complete entertainment;\'94 and the Persians have a proverb that coffee without tobacco is meat without salt.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Opium and beng (which latter is the leaves of hemp in pills or conserve) are also by the rigid Mohammedans esteemed unlawful, though not mentioned in the Kor\'e2n, because they intoxicate and disturb the understanding as wine does, and in a more extrao
rdinary manner: yet these drugs are now commonly taken in the east; but they who are addicted to them are generally looked upon as debauchees.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Several stories have been told as the occasion of Mohammed\rquote s prohibiting the drinking of wine:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  but the true reasons are given in the Kor\'e2
n, viz., because the ill qualities of that liquor surpass its good ones, the common effects thereof being quarrels and disturbances in company, and neglect, or at least indecencies, in the performance of religious duties.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   For these reasons it was that the priests were, by the Levitical law, forbidden to drink wine or strong drink when they entered the tabernacle,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and that the Nazarites}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and Rechabites,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    4  Vide Chardin, ubi supra, p. 212.\tab \tab 5  Chardin, ubi sup. p. 344.\tab \tab \tab 6  Abd\rquote alk\'e2der Mohammed al Ans\'e2ri has written a treatise concerning Coffee, wherein he argues for its lawfulness.  Vide D
\rquote Herbel. Art. Cahvah.\tab 
\par 7  Vide Le Trait\'e9 Historique de l\rquote Origine et du Progr\'e8s du Caf\'e9, \'e0 la fin du Voy. de l\rquote Arabie heur. de la Roque.\tab \tab 1  Reland. Dissert. Miscell. t. 2, p. 280.  Vide Chardin, Voy. de Perse, t. 2, p. 14 and 66.\tab \tab 
2  Vide Chardin, ibid. p. 68, &c., and D\rquote Herbel. p. 200.\tab \tab 3  Vide Prid. Life of Mah. p. 82, &c.; Busbeq. Epist. 3, p. 255; and Maundeville\rquote s Travels, p. I, c.\tab 
\par 4  Kor. c. 2, p. 23, c. 5, p. 84, and c. 4, p. 59.  See Prov. xxiii 29, &c.\tab \tab 5  Levit. x. 9.\tab \tab \tab 6  Numb. vi. 2.\tab \tab 7  Jerem. xxxv. 5 &c.
\par }{\f36\fs18\super\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 many pious persons among the Jews and primitive Christians, wholly abstained therefrom; nay, some of the latter went so far as to condemn the use of wine as sinful.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  But Mohammed is said to have had a nearer example than any of these, in the more devout persons of his own tribe.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Gaming is prohibited by the Kor\'e2n}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\insrsid14382261  in the same passages, and for the same reasons, as 
wine.  The word al Meisar, which is there used, signifies a particular manner of casting lots by arrows, much practised by the pagan Arabs, and performed in the following manner.  A young camel being bought and killed, and divided into ten or twenty-eight
 
parts, the persons who cast lots for them, to the number of seven, met for that purpose; and eleven arrows were provided, without heads or feathers, seven of which were marked, the first with one notch, the second with two, and so on, and the other four h
ad no mark at all.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 11}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  These arrows were put promiscuously into a bag, and then drawn by an indifferent person, who had another near him to receive them, and to see he acted fairly; those to whom the marked arrows fell won shares in proportion to their lot, 
and those to whom the blanks fell were entitled to no part of the camel at all, but were obliged to pay the full price of it.  The winners, however, tasted not of the flesh, any more than the losers, but the whole was distributed among the poor; and this 
they did out of pride and ostentation, it being reckoned a shame for a man to stand out, and not venture his money on such an occasion.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  This custom, therefore, though it was of some use to the poor and diversion to the rich, was forbidden by Mohammed}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  as 
the source of great inconveniences, by occasioning quarrels and heart-burnings, which arose from the winners insulting of those who lost.
\par    Under the name of lots the commentators agree that all other games whatsoever, which are subject to hazard or chanc
e, are comprehended and forbidden, as dice, cards, tables, &c.  And they are reckoned so ill in themselves, that the testimony of him who plays at them, is by the more rigid judged to be of no validity in a court of justice.  Chess is almost the only game
 which the Mohammedan doctors allow to be lawful (though it has been a doubt with some),}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 because it depends wholly on skill and management, and not at all on chance: but then it is allowed under certain restrictions, viz., that it be no hindrance to the re
gular performance of their devotions, and that no money or other thing be played for or betted; which last the Turks and Sonnites religiously observe, but the Persians and Mogols do not.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  But what Mohammed is supposed chiefly to have dislike in the game of chess, was the carved pieces, or men, with which the pagan Arabs played, being little figures of men, elephants, horses, and dromedaries;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  and these are thought, by some commentators, to be truly meant by the images prohibited in one of the passages of the Kor\'e2n}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261  quoted above.
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    8  This was the heresy of those called Encratit\'e6, and Aquarij. Khw\'e2
f, a Magian heretic, also declared wine unlawful; but this was after Mohammed\rquote s time.  Hyde, de Rel. Vet. Pers. p. 300.\tab \tab 9  Vide Reland. de Rel. Moh. p. 271.\tab 10  Cap. 2, p. 23, c. 5, p. 84.\tab \tab 
11  Some writers, as al Zamakh. and al Shir\'e2zi, mention but three blank arrows.\tab \tab \tab 1  Auctores Nodhm al dorr, et Nothr al dorr, al Zamakh. al Firauzab\'e2di, al Shir\'e2zi in Orat. al Hariri, al Beid\'e2wi, &c.  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 324, &c.
\tab \tab 2  Kor. c. 5, p. 73.\tab \tab \tab 3  Vide Hyde, de Luchs Oriental. in Prolog. ad Shahiludium.\tab 
\par 4  Vide eund. ibid.\tab \tab \tab 5  Vide eundem, ibid. and in Hist. Shahiludij, p. 135,\tab \tab 6  Cap. 5, p. 84.
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 That the Arabs in Mohammed\rquote s time actually used such images for chess
-men appears from what is related, in the Sonna, of Ali, who passing accidentally by some who were playing at chess, asked, \'93What images they were which they were so intent upon?\'94}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 for they were perfectly new to him, that game having been but very lately introduced into Arabia, and not long before into Persia, whither it was first brought from India in the reign of Khosr\'fb N\'fbshirw\'e2n.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   Hence the Mohammedan doctors infer that the game was disapproved only for the sake of the images: wherefore the Sonnites alw
ays play with plain pieces of wood or ivory; but the Persians and Indians, who are not so scrupulous, continue to make use of the carved ones.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The Mohammedans comply with the prohibition of gaming much better than they do with that of win; for though t
he common people among the Turks more frequently, and the Persians more rarely, are addicted to play, yet the better sort are seldom guilty of it.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Gaming, at least to excess, has been forbidden in all well-ordered states.  Gaming-houses were reckoned scandalous places among the Greeks, and a gamester is declared by Aristotle}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 to be no better than a thief: the Roman senate made very severe laws against playing at games of hazard,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261  except only during the Saturnalia; though the people played often at other
 times, notwithstanding the prohibition: the civil law forbad all pernicious games;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and though the laity were, in some cases, permitted to play for money, provided they kept within reasonable bounds, yet the clergy were forbidden to play at tables (which is a game of hazard), or even to look on while others played.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Accursius, indeed, is of opinion they may play at chess, notwithstanding that law, because it is a game not subject to chance,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and being but newly invented in the time of Justinian, was not then known in the western parts.  However, the monks for some time were not allowed even chess.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    As to the Jews, Mohammed\rquote s chief guides, they also highly disapprove gaming: gamesters being severely censured in the Talmud, and their testimony declared invalid.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Another practice of the idolatrous Arabs forbidden also in one of the above-mentioned passages,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 was that of divining by arrows.  The arrows used by them for this purpose were like those with which they cast lots, being without heads or feather
s, and were kept in the temple of some idol, in whose presence they were consulted.  Seven such arrows were kept at the temple of Mecca;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 11}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 but generally in divination they made use of three only, on one of which was written, \'93My LORD hath commanded me,\'94 on another, \'93My LORD hath forbidden me,\'94
 and the third was blank.  If the first was drawn, they looked on it as an approbation of the enterprise in question; if the second, they made a contrary conclusion; but if the
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    7  Sokeiker al Dimishki, and Auctor libri al Mostatraf, apud Hyde, ubi sup. p. 8.\tab \tab 8  Khondemir. apud eund. ibid. p. 41.
\par 1  Vide Hyde, ubi sup. p. 9.\tab \tab 2  Vide eundem, in Proleg. and Chardin, Voy. de Perse, t. 2, p. 46.\tab \tab 3  Lib. iv. ad Nicom.\tab \tab 4  Vide Horat. l. 3.  Carm. Od. 24.\tab \tab 5  ff. de Ale
atoribus. Novell. Just. 123, &c.  Vide Hyde, ubi sup. in Hist. Ale\'e6, p. 119.\tab \tab 6  Authent. interdicimus, c. de episcopis.\tab \tab 7  In com. ad Legem Pr\'e6d.\tab 
\par 8  Du Fresne, in Gloss.\tab \tab 9  Bava Mesia, 84, I; Rosh hashana and Sanhedr. 24, 2.  Vide etiam Maimon. in Trac
t. Gezila.  Among the modern civilians, Mascardus thought common gamesters were not to be admitted as witnesses, being infamous persons.  Vide Hyde, ubi sup. in Proleg. et in Hist. Ale\'e6, \'a7 3.\tab \tab 10  Kor. c. 5.\tab \tab 11  See before, p. 16.

\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 third happened to be d
rawn, they mixed them and drew over again, till a decisive answer was given by one of the others.  These divining arrows were generally consulted before anything of moment was undertaken; as when a man was about to marry, or about to go a journey, or the 
like.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261   This superstitious practice of divining by arrows was used by the ancient Greeks,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and other nations; and is particularly mentioned in scripture,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  where it is said, that \'93the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two wa
ys, to use divination; he made his arrows bright\'94 (or, according to the version of the Vulgate, which seems preferable in this place, \'93he mixed together, or shook the arrows\'94), \'93he consulted with images,\'94
 &c.; the commentary of St. Jerome on which passage wonderfully agrees with what we are told of the aforesaid custom of the old Arabs: \'93He shall stand,\'94 says he, \'93
in the highway, and consult the oracle after the manner of his nation, that he may cast arrows into a quiver, and mix them together, being writte
n upon or marked with the names of each people, that he may see whose arrow will come forth, and which city he ought first to attack.\'94}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    A distinction of meats was so generally used by the eastern nations, that it is no wonder that Mohammed made some regulations in that matter.  The Kor\'e2n, therefore, prohibits the eating of blood, and swine\rquote 
s flesh, and whatever dies of itself, or is slain in the name or in honour of any idol, or is strangled, or killed by a blow, or a fall, or by any other beast.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261   In wh
ich particulars Mohammed seems chiefly to have imitated the Jews, by whose law, as is well known, all those things are forbidden; but he allowed some things to be eaten which Moses did not,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261  as camels
\rquote  flesh}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261  in particular.  In cases of necessity, however, where a man may be in danger of starving, he is allowed by the Mohammedan law to eat any of the said prohibited kinds of food;}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and the Jewish doctors grant the same liberty in the same case.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Though the aversion to blood and what dies of itself may seem
 natural, yet some of the pagan Arabs used to eat both: of their eating of the latter some instances will be given hereafter; and as to the former, it is said they used to pour blood, which they sometimes drew from a live camel, into a gut, and then broil
ed it in the fire, or boiled it, and ate it:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261  this food they called }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 Moswadd}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , from }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 Aswad}{\f36\insrsid14382261  which signifies }{
\i\f36\insrsid14382261 black}{\f36\insrsid14382261 ; the same nearly resembling our black puddings in name as well as composition.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The eating of meat offered to idols I take to be commonly practise
d by all idolaters, being looked on as a sort of communion in their worship, and for that reason esteemed by Christians, if not absolutely unlawful, yet as what may be the occasion of great scandal:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 but the Arabs were particularly superstitious in this matter, killing what they ate on stones erected on purpose around the Caaba, or near their own houses, and calling, at the same time, on the name of some idol.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   Swine\rquote s flesh, indeed, the old Arabs seem not to have eaten; and their prophet, in
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    1  Ebn al Ath\'eer, al Zamakh. and al Beid. in Kor. c. 5.  Al Mostatraf, &c.  Vide poc. Spec. p. 327, &c., and D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. Art Acd\'e2h.\tab \tab 2  Vide Potter, Antiq. of Greece, vol. i. p. 334.\tab 
\tab 3  Ezek. xxi. 21.\tab \tab 4  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 329, &c.\tab \tab 5  Cap. 2, p. 18; c. 5, p. 73; c. 6; and c. 16.\tab \tab 6  Lev. xi. 4.\tab \tab 7  See Kor. c. 3, p. 37 and 42, and c. 6.\tab \tab 
8  Kor. c. 5, p. 74, and in the other passages last quoted.\tab \tab 9  Vide Maimon. in Halachoth Melachim. c. 8, \'a7 i., &c.\tab \tab 1  Nothr al dorr, al Firauz., al Zamakh., and al Beid.\tab \tab 2  Poc. Spec. p. 320.\tab 
\par 3  Compare Acts xv. 29 with I Cor. viii. 4, &c.\tab \tab 4  See the fifth chapter of the Kor. p. 73, and the notes there.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 prohibiting the same, appears to have only confirmed the common aversion of the nation.  Foreign writers tell us that the Arabs wholly abstained from swine\rquote s flesh,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 thinking it unlawful to feed thereon,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and that very few, if any, of those animals are found in their country, because it produces not proper food for them;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  which has made one writer imagine that if a hog were carried thither, it would immediately die.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    In the prohibition of usury}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261  I presume Mohammed also followed the Jews, who are strictly forbidden by their law to exercise it among one another, though they are so infamously guilty of it in their d
ealing with those of a different religion: but I do not find the prophet of the Arabs has made any distinction in this matter.
\par    Several superstitious customs relating to cattle, which seem to have been peculiar to the pagan Arabs, were also abolished by Mohammed.  The Kor\'e2n}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 mentions four names by them given to certain camels or sheep, which for some particular reasons were left at free liberty, and were not made use of as other cattle of the same kind.  These names are Bah\'eera, S\'e2\'efba, Was\'eela, and H\'e2mi: o
f each whereof in their order.
\par    As to the first, it is said that when a she-camel, or a sheep, had borne young ten times, they used to slit her ear, and turn her loose to feed at full liberty; and when she died, her flesh was eaten by the men only, the w
omen being forbidden to eat thereof: and such a camel or sheep, from the slitting of her ear, they called Bah\'eera.  Or the Bah\'ee
ra was a she-camel, which was turned loose to feed, and whose fifth young one, if it proved a male, was killed and eaten by men an
d women promiscuously; but if it proved a female, had its ear slit, and was dismissed to free pasture, none being permitted to make use of its flesh or milk, or to ride on it; though the women were allowed to eat the flesh of it when it died: or it was th
e female young of the S\'e2\'efba, which was used in the same manner as its dam; or else an ewe, which had yeaned five times.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261   These, however, are not all the opinions concerning the Bah\'ee
ra: for some suppose that name was given to a she-camel, which, after havin
g brought forth young five times, if the last was a male, had her ear slit, as a mark thereof, and was let go loose to feed, none driving her from pasture or water, nor using her for carriage;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and others tell us, that when a camel had newly brought forth, they used to slit the ear of her young one, saying, \'93O GOD, if it live, it shall be for our use, but if it die, it shall be deemed rightly slain;\'94 and when it died, they ate it.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    S\'e2\'efba signifies a she-camel turned loose to go where she will.  And this 
was done on various accounts: as when she had brought forth females ten times together; or in satisfaction of a vow; or when a man had recovered from sickness, or returned safe from a journey, or his camel had escaped some signal danger either in battle o
r otherwise.  A camel so turned loose was declared to be S\'e2\'efba, and, as a mark of it, one of the }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 vertebr\'e6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 or bones was taken out of her back, after which none might drive her from pasture or water, or ride on her.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Some say that the S\'e2\'efba, when she had ten
 times together brought forth females, was suffered to go at liberty, none being allowed to ride on her, and
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    5  Solin. de Arab. c. 33.\tab \tab 6  Hieronym. in Jovin. l. 2, c. 6.\tab \tab 7  Idem, ibid.\tab \tab 
\par 8  Solinus, ubi supra.\tab \tab 9  Kor. c. 2, p. 33, 34.\tab \tab 10  Cap. 5, p. 86.\tab \tab 1  Al Zamakh., al Beid\'e2wi, al Mostatraf.\tab \tab 3  Ebn al Ath\'eer.\tab \tab 4  Al Firauzab., al Zamakh.
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 
that her milk was not to be drank by any but her young one, or a guest, till she died; and then her flesh was eaten by men as well as women, and her last female young one had her ear slit, and was called Bah\'eera, and turned loose as her dam had been.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    This appellation, however, was not so strictly proper to female camels, but that it was given to the male when his young one had begotten another young one:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261  nay
, a servant set at liberty and dismissed by his master, was also called S\'e2\'efba;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and some are of opinion that the word denotes an animal which the Arabs used to turn loose in honour of their idols, allowing none to make uses of them, thereafter, except women only.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Was\'eela is, by one author,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 explained to signify a she-camel which had brought forth ten times, or an ewe which had yeaned seven times, and every time twin; and if the seventh time she brought forth a male and a female, they said, \'93Wosilat akh\'e2ha,\'94 }{
\i\f36\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , \'93She is joined,\'94 or, \'93was brought forth with her brother,\'94 after which none might drink the dam\rquote s milk, except men only; and she was used as the S\'e2\'efba.  Or Was\'ee
la was particularly meant of sheep; as when an ewe brought forth a female, they took it to themselves, but when she brought forth a male, they consecrated it to their gods, but if both a male and a female, they said, \'93She is joined to her brother,\'94
 and did not sacrifice that male to their gods: or Was\'eela was an ewe which brought forth first a male, and then a female, on which account, or because she followed her brother, the male was not killed; but if she brought forth a male only, they said, 
\'93Let this be an offering to our gods.\'94}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Another}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261  writes, that if an ewe brought forth twins seven 
times together, and the eighth time a male, they sacrificed that male to their gods; but if the eighth time she brought both a male and a female, they used to say, \'93She is joined to her brother,\'94 and for the female\rquote 
s sake they spared the male, and permitted not the dam\rquote s milk to be drunk by women.  A third writer tell us, that Was\'ee
la was an ewe, which having yeaned seven times, if that which she brought forth the seventh time was a male, they sacrificed it, but if a female, it was suffered to go loose, and 
was made use of by women only; and if the seventh time she brought forth both a male and a female, they held them both to be sacred, so that men only were allowed to make any use of them, or to drink the milk of the female: and a fourth}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261  describes it to be an ewe which brought forth ten females at five births one after another, }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
, every time twins, and whatever she brought forth afterwards was allowed to men, and not to women, &c.
\par    H\'e2mi was a male camel used for a stallion, which, if the females had co
nceived ten times by him, was afterwards freed from labour, and let go loose, none driving him from pasture or from water; nor was any allowed to receive the least benefit from him, not even to shear his hair.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    These things were observed by the old Arabs in honour of their false gods,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and as part of the worship which they paid them, and were ascribed to the divine institution; but are all condemned in the Kor\'e2n, and declared to be impious superstitions.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    5  Al Jawhari, Ebn al Ath\'eer.\tab \tab 6  Al Firauz.\tab \tab 7  Idem, al Jawhari, &c.\tab \tab 1  Nothr al dorr and Nodhm al dorr.\tab \tab 
2  Al Firauz.\tab \tab 3  Idem, al Zamakh.\tab \tab 4  Al Jawhari.\tab 5  Al Motarrezi.
\par 6  Al Firauz., al Jawhari.\tab \tab 1  Jallal. in Kor.\tab \tab 2  Kor. c. 5, p. 86, and c. 6.  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 330-334.
\par 
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 The law of Moh
ammed also put a stop to the inhuman custom which had been long practised by the Pagan Arabs, of burying their daughters alive, lest they should be reduced to poverty by providing for them, or else to avoid the displeasure and the disgrace which would fol
low, if they should happen to be made captives, or to become scandalous by their behaviour;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  the birth of a daughter being, for these reasons, reckoned a great misfortune,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  and the death of one as a great happiness.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The manner of their doing this is diffe
rently related: some say that when an Arab had a daughter born, if he intended to bring her up, he sent her, clothed in a garment of wool or hair, to keep camels or sheep in the desert; but if he designed to put her to death, he let her live till she beca
me six years old, and then said to her mother, \'93Perfume her, and adorn her, that I may carry her to her mothers;\'94
 which being done, the father led her to a well or pit dug for that purpose, and having bid her to look down into it, pushed her in headlong, as
 he stood behind her, and then filling up the pit, levelled it with the rest of the ground; but others say, that when a woman was ready to fall in labour, they dug a pit, on the brink whereof she was to be delivered, and if the child happened to be a daug
hter, they threw it into the pit, but if a son, they saved it alive.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  This custom, though not observed by all the Arabs in general, was yet very common among several of their tribes, and particularly those of Koreish and Kendah; the former using to bury their daughters alive in Mount Abu Dal\'e2ma, near Mecca.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261   In the time of ignorance, while they used this method to get rid of their daughters, S\'e1sa\'e1
, grandfather to the celebrated poet al Farazdak, frequently redeemed female children from death, giving for every one two she-camels big with young, and a he-camel; and hereto al Farazdak alluded when, vaunting himself before one of the Khal\'ee
fs of the family of Omeyya, he said, \'93I am the son of the giver of life to the dead;\'94 for which expression being censured, he excused himself by alleging the following words of the Kor\'e2n,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261  \'93
He who saveth a soul alive, shall be as if he had saved the lives of all mankind.\'94}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The Arabs, in thus murdering of their children, were far from being singular; the practice of exposing in
fants and putting them to death being so common among the ancients, that it is remarked as a thing very extraordinary in the Egyptians, that they brought up }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 all}{\f36\insrsid14382261  their children;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}
{\f36\insrsid14382261  and by the laws of Lycurgus}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  no child was allowed to be brought up without the
 approbation of public officers.  At this day, it is said, in China, the poorer sort of people frequently put their children, the females especially, to death with impunity.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    This wicked practice is condemned by the Kor\'e2n in several passages;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261  one of which, as some commentators}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261  judge, may also condemn
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    3  Al Beid\'e2wi, al Zamakh., al Mostatraf.\tab \tab 4  See Kor. c. 16.\tab \tab 5  Al Meid\'e2ni.\tab \tab 6  Al Zamakh.
\par 7  Al Mostatraf.\tab \tab 8  Cap. 5, p. 77.\tab \tab 1  Al Mostatraf.  Vide Ebn Khalek\'e2n, in Vita al Farazdak, and Poc Spec. p. 334.\tab \tab 2  Strabo, l. 17.  Vide Diodor. Sic. l. I, c. 80.\tab \tab 3  Vide Plutarch, in Lycurgo.\tab \tab 
4  Vide Pufendorf, de Jure Nat. et Gent. l. 6, c. 7, \'a7 6.  The Grecians also treated daughters especially in this manner\endash whence that saying of Posidippus:
\par \tab [Greek text],\endash }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i.e.,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab \'93A man, tho\rquote  poor, will not expose his son;
\par \tab But if he\rquote s rich, will scarce preserve his daughter.\'94\endash 
\par See Potter\rquote s Antiq. of Greece, vol. ii. p. 333.\tab \tab 5  Cap. 6, p. 101, 103; c. 16; and c. 17.  See also chap. 81.
\par 6  Al Zamakh., al Beid.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\super\insrsid14382261 \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 another
 custom of the Arabians, altogether as wicked, and as common among other nations of old, viz., the sacrificing of their children to their idols; as was frequently done, in particular, in satisfaction of a vow they used to make, that if they had a certain 
number of sons born, they would offer one of them in sacrifice.
\par    Several other superstitious customs were likewise abrogated by Mohammed, but the same being of less moment, and not particularly mentioned in the Kor\'e2n, or having been occasionally taken not
ice of elsewhere, I shall say nothing of them in this place.
\par 
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 ______
\par 
\par 
\par SECTION VI.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkstart OF_THE_INSTITUTIONS_OF_THE_KORA}OF THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE KORAN IN CIVIL AFFAIRS.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend OF_THE_INSTITUTIONS_OF_THE_KORA}
\par THE Mohammedan civil law is founded on the precepts and determinations of the Kor\'e2n, as the civil laws of the Jews wer
e on those of the Pentateuch; yet being variously interpreted, according to the different decisions of their civilians, and especially of their four great doctors, Abu Han\'eefa, Malec, al Sh\'e2fe\'ef, and Ebn Hanbal,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  to treat thereof fully and distinctly in the 
manner the curiosity and usefulness of the subject deserves, would require a large volume; wherefore the most that can be expected here, is a summary view of the principal institutions, without minutely entering into a detail of particulars.  We shall beg
in with those relating to marriage and divorce.
\par    That polygamy, for the moral lawfulness of which the Mohammedan doctors advance several arguments,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261  is allowed by the Kor\'e2
n, every one knows, though few are acquainted with the limitations with which it is 
allowed.  Several learned men have fallen into the vulgar mistake that Mahommed granted to his followers an unbounded plurality; some pretending that a man may have as many wives,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and others as many concubines,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  as he can maintain: whereas, according to the express words of the Kor\'e2n,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 no man can have more than four, whether wives or concubines;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and if a man apprehend any inconvenience from even that number of ingenuous wives, it is added, as an advice (which is generally followed by the middling and inferior people),}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 that he marry one only, or, if he cannot be contented with one, that he take up with his she-slaves, not exceeding, however, the limited number;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and this
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    7  See Sect. VIII.\tab \tab 1  See before, Sect. II., p. 31.\tab \tab 2  Nic.Cusanus, in Cribrat. 
Alcor. l. 2, c. 19.  Olearius, in Itinerar.  P. Greg. Thoslosanus, in Synt. Juris, l. 9, c. 2, \'a7
 22.  Septemcastrensis (de Morib. Turc. p. 24) says the Mohammedans may have twelve lawful wives, and no more.  Ricaut falsely asserts the restraint of the numb
er of their wives to be no precept of their religion, but a rule superinduced on a politic consideration.  Pres. State of the Ottoman Empire, bk. iii, c. 21. 
\par 3  Marracc. in Prodr. ad Refut. Alcor. part iv. p. 52 and 71.  Prideaux, Life of Mah. p. 114.  Chardin, Voy. de Perse, t. i. p. 166.  Du Ryer, Sommaire de la Rel. des Turcs, mis \'e0 la t\'eate de sa version de l\rquote 
Alcor.  Ricaut, ubi supra.  Pufendorf, de Jure Nat. et Gent. l. 6, c. I, \'a7 18.\tab \tab 4  Cap. 4, p. 53.\tab \tab 5  Vide Gagnier, in Notis and Abulfed\'e6 Vit. Moh. p. 150 Reland. de Rel. Moh. p. 243, &c., and Selden, Ux. Hebr. l. r, c. 9.\tab \tab 
6  Vide Reland ubi sup. p. 244.\tab \tab 7  Kor. c. 4, p. 53.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 \page 
\par is certainly the utmost Mohammed allowed his followers: nor can we urge as an argument against so plain a precept, the corrupt manners of his followers, many of whom, especially men of quality and fortune, indulge themselves in criminal excesses;}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261  nor yet the example of the prophet himself, who had peculiar privileges in this and other points, as will be observed hereafter.  
In making the above-mentioned limitation, Mohammed was directed by the decision of the Jewish doctors, who, by way of counsel, limit the number of wives to four,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 though their law confines them not to any certain number.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Divorce is also well known to 
be allowed by the Mohammedan law, as it was by the Mosaic, with this difference only, that, according to the latter, a man could not take again a woman whom he had divorced, and who had been married or betrothed to another;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  whereas Mohammed, to prevent hi
s followers from divorcing their wives on every light occasion, or out of an inconstant humour, ordained that, if a man divorced his wife the third time (for he might divorce her twice without being obliged to part with her, if he repented of what he had 
done), it should not be lawful for him to take her again until she had been first married and bedded by another, and divorced by such second husband.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  And this precaution has had so good an effect that the Mohammedans are seldom known to proceed to the ext
remity of divorce, notwithstanding the liberty given them, it being reckoned a great disgrace so to do; and there are but few, besides those who have little or no sense of honour, that will take a wife again on the condition enjoined.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261   It must be observed that, though a man is allowed by the Mohammedan, as by the Jewish law,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 to repudiate his wife even on the slightest disgust, yet the women are not allowed to separate themselves from their husbands, unless it be for ill-usage, want of proper maintenance, 
neglect of conjugal duty, impotency, or some cause of equal import; but then she generally loses her dowry,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 which she does not if divorced by her husband, unless she has been guilty of impudicity or notorious disobedience.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    When a woman is divorced she is obliged, by the direction of the Kor\'e2
n, to wait till she hath had her courses thrice, or, if there be a doubt whether she be subject to them or not, by reason of her age, three months, before she marry another; after which time expired, in case she be 
found not with child, she is at full liberty to dispose of herself as she pleases; but if she prove with child, she must wait till she be delivered; and during her whole term of waiting she may continue in the husband\rquote 
s house, and is to be maintained at his expense, it being forbidden to turn the woman out before the expiration of the term, unless she be guilty of dishonesty.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Where a man divorces a woman
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    8  Sir J. Maundeville (who, excepting a few silly stories he tells from hearsay, deserves more cre
dit than some travellers of better reputation), speaking of the Alcoran, observes, among several other truths, that Mahomet therein commanded a man should have two wives, or three, or four; though the Mahometans then took nine wives, and lemans as many as
 they might sustain.  Maundev. Travels, p. 164.\tab \tab 9  Maimon. in Halachoth Ishoth. c. 14.\tab \tab 10  Idem, ibid.  Vide Selden, Uxor. Hebr. l. r, c. 9.
\par    1  Deut. xxiv. 3-4.  Jerem. iii.  I.  Vide Selden, ubi sup. l. r. c. II.\tab \tab 2  Kor. c. 2, p. 24.\tab \tab 3  Vide Selden, ubi sup. l. 3, c. 21, and Ricaut\rquote s State of the Ottom. Empire, bk. ii. c. 21.\tab \tab 
4  Deut. xxiv I.  Leo Modena, Hist. de gli Riti hebr. part i. c. 6.  Vide Selden, ubi sup.\tab \tab 5  Vide Busbeq. Ep. 3, p. 184; Smith, de Morib. ac Instit. Turcar. Ep. 2, p. 52; and Chardin, Voy. de Perse, t. I, p. 169.\tab \tab 6  Kor. c. 4, p. 55.
\tab 7  Kor. c. 2, p. 24, and c. 65.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\super\insrsid14382261 \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 before consummation, she is not obliged to wait any particular time,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261  nor is he obliged to give her more than one-half of her dower.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   If the divorced woman have
 a young child, she is to suckle it till it be two years old; the father, in the meantime, maintaining her in all respects: a widow is also obliged to do the same, and to wait four months and ten days before she marry again.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}
{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    These rules ar also copied form those of the Jews, according to whom a divorced woman, or a widow, cannot marry another man, till ninety days be past, after the divorce or death of the husband:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and she who gives suck is to be maintained for two years, to be computed from the birth of the child; within which time she must not marry, unless the child die, or her milk be dried up.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Whoredom, in single women as well as married, was, in the beginning Mohammedism, very severely punished; such being ordered to be shut up in prison till they died: but afterwards it was ordained by the Sonna, that an adulteress should be stoned,}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and an unmarried woman guilty of fornication scourged with a hundred stripes, and banished for a year.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  A she-slave, if convicted of adultery, is to suffer but half the punishment of a free woman,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 viz., fifty stripes, and banishment for six months; but is not to be put to death.  To convict a woman of adultery, so as to make it capital, four witnesses are expressly required,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and those, as the commentators say, o
ught to be men: and if a man falsely accuse a woman of reputation of whoredom of any kind, and is not able to support the charge by that number of witnesses, he is to receive fourscore stripes, and his testimony is to be held invalid for the future.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Fornication, in either sex, is by the sentence of the Kor\'e2n to be punished with a hundred stripes.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    If a man accuse his wife of infidelity, and is not able to prove it by sufficient evidence, and will swear four times that it is true, and the fifth time imprecate GOD\rquote 
S vengeance on him if it be false, she is to be looked on as convicted, unless she will take the like oaths, and make the like imprecation, in testimony of her innocency; which is she do, she is free from punishment, though the marriage ought to
 be dissolved.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    In most of the last-mentioned particulars the decisions of the Kor\'e2n also agree with those of the Jews.  By the law of Moses, adultery, whether in a married women or a virgin betrothed, was punished with death; and the man who debauched
 them was to suffer the same punishment.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The penalty of simple fornication was scourging, the
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    8  Ibid. c. 33.\tab \tab 9  Ibid. c. 2, p. 25.\tab \tab 1  Ibid. c. 2, p. 25, and c. 65.\tab \tab 
2  Mishna, tit. Yabimoth, c. 4.  Gemar. Babyl. ad eund. tit. Maimon. in Halach.  Girushin, Shylhan Aruch, part iii.\tab 3  Mishna, and Gemara, and Maimon. ubi supra.  Gem. Babyl. ad tit. Cetuboth, c. 5, and Jos. Karo, in Shylh\'e2n Aruch, c. 50, \'a7
 2.  Vide Selden, Ux. Hebr. l. 2, c. II, and l. 3, c. 10, in fin.\tab 
\par 4  And the adulterer also, according to a passage once extant in the Kor\'e2n, and still in force, as some suppose.  See the notes to Kor. c. 3, p. 34, and the Prel. Disc. p. 52.\tab \tab 5  Kor. c. 4, p. 55.  See the notes there.\tab \tab 6  Ibid. p. 57.
\tab 
\par 7  Ibid. p. 55.\tab \tab 8  Ibid. c. 24.\tab \tab 9  Ibid.   This law relates not to married people, as Selden supposes; Ux. Heb. l. 3, c. 12.\tab \tab 10  Ibid. p. 288.  See the notes there.
\par    1  Levit. xx. 10; Deut. xxii. 22.  The kind of death to be inflicted on adulterers, in common cases being not expressed, the Talmudists generally suppose it to be strangling, which they think is designed wherever the phrase \'93shall be put to death,
\'94 or \'93shall die the death,\'94 is used, as they imagine stoning is by the expression, \'93his blood shall be upon him;\'94 and hence it has been conclud
ed by some that the woman taken in adultery mentioned in the Gospel (John viii.) was a betrothed maiden, because such a one and her accomplice were plainly ordered to be stoned (Deut. xxii. 23, 24).  But the ancients seem to have been of a different opini
on,
\par 
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 
general punishment in cases where none is particularly appointed: and a betrothed bondmaid, if convicted of adultery, underwent the same punishment, being exempted from death, because she was not free.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  By the same law no person was to be put to death on the oath of one witness:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and a man who slandered his wife was also to be chastised, that is scourged, and fined one hundred shekels of silver.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The method of trying a woman suspected of adultery where evidence was wanting, by forcing her to drink the bitter water of jealousy,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 though disused by the Jews long before the time of Mohammed,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261  yet, by reason of the oath of cursing with which the woman was charged, and to which she was obliged to say \'93Amen,\'94
 bears great resemblance to the expedient devised by that prophet on the like occasion.
\par    The institutions of Mohammed relating to the pollution of women during their courses,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261  the taking of slaves to wife,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and the prohibiting of marriage within certain degrees,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261  have likewise no small affinity with the institutions of Moses;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and the parallel might be carried farther in several other particulars.
\par    As to the prohibited degrees, it may be observed, that the pagan Arabs abstained from marrying their mothers, daughters, and aunts both on the father\rquote s side and on the mother\rquote 
s, and held it a most scandalous thing to marry two sister, or for a man to take his father\rquote s wife;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 11}{\f36\insrsid14382261  which last was, notwithstanding, too frequently practised,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 12}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  and is expressly forbidden in the Kor\'e2n.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 13}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Before I leave the subject
 of marriages, it may be proper to take notice of some peculiar privileges in relation thereto, which were granted by GOD to Mohammed, as he gave out, exclusive of all other Moslems.  One of them was, that he might lawfully marry as many wives and have as
 many concubines as he pleased, without being confined to any particular number;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and this he pretended to have been the privilege of the prophets before him.  Another was, that he might alter the turns of his wives, and take such of them to his bed as he t
hought fit, without being tied to that order and equality which others are obliged to observe.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261   A third privilege was, that no man might marry any of his wives,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  either such as he should divorce during his lifetime, or such as he should leave widows at hi
s death: which last particular exactly agrees with what the Jewish doctors have determined concerning the wives of their princes; it being judged by them to be a thing very indecent, and for that reason unlawful, for another to marry either the divorced w
ife or the widow of a king;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and Mohammed, it seems, thought an equal respect, at least, due to the prophetic as to the regal dignity, and therefore ordered that his relicts should pass the remainder of their lives in perpetual widowhood.
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and to have understood stoning to be the punishment of adulterers in general.  Vide Selden, Ux. Hebr. l. 3, c. 11 and 12.
\par    2  Levit. xix. 20.\tab \tab 3  Deut. xix. 15, xvii. 6, and Numb. xxxv. 30.\tab \tab 4 Deut. xxii. 13-19.\tab \tab 5  Numb. v. 11, &c.\tab \tab 6  Vide Selden, ubi sup. l. 3, c. 15, and Leon. Modena, de\rquote  Riti Hebraici, parte iv. c. 6.\tab \tab 
7  Kor. c. 2, p. 23.\tab \tab 8  Ibid. c. 4, p. 53 and 57, &c.\tab \tab 9  Ibid. p. 56\tab \tab 10  See Levit. xv. 24, xviii. 19, and xx. 18; Exod. xxi. 8-11; Deut. xxi. 10-14; Levit. xviii. and xx.\tab \tab \tab 11  Abulfed. Hist. Gen. 
al Shahrestani, apud Poc. Spec. p. 321 and 338.\tab \tab 12  Vide Poc. ibid. p. 337, &c.\tab 13  Cap. 4, p. 56.\tab \tab 1  Kor. c. 33.  See also c. 66, and the notes there.\tab \tab 2  Kor. c. 33.  See the notes there.\tab \tab 3  Ibid.\tab \tab 
4  Mishna, tit. Sanhedr. c. 2, and Gemar, in eund. tit. Maimon.  Halachoth Melachim, c. 2.  Vide Selden, Ux. Hebr. l. I, c. 10.  Prid. Life of Mah. p. 118.
\par 
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261    The laws of the Kor\'e2n concerning inheritances are also in several respects conformable to those of the Jews, though principally designed to abolish
 certain practices of the pagan Arabs, who used to treat widows and orphan children with great injustice, frequently denying them any share in the inheritance of their fathers or their husbands, on pretence that the same ought to be distributed among thos
e only who were able to bear arms, and disposing of the widows, even against their consent, as part of their husbands\rquote  possessions.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  To prevent such injuries for the future, Mohammed ordered that women should be respected, and orphans have no wrong done th
em; and in particular that women should not be taken against their wills, as by right of inheritance, but should themselves be entitled to a distributive part of what their parents, husbands, and near relations should leave behind them, in a certain propo
rtion.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The general rule to be observed in the distribution of the deceased\rquote s estate is, that a male shall have twice as much as a female:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261  but to this rule there are some few exceptions; a man\rquote 
s parents, for example, and also his brothers and sisters, w
here they are entitled not to the whole, but a small part of the inheritance, being to have equal shares with one another in the distribution thereof, without making any difference on account of sex.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  The particular proportions, in several cases, distinctly and sufficiently declare the intention of Mohammed; whose decisions expressed in the Kor\'e2n}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  seem to be pretty equitable, preferring a man
\rquote s children first, and then his nearest relations.
\par    If a man dispose of any part of his estate by will, two witnesses, at the least, are required to render the same valid; and such witnesses ought to be of his own tribe, and of the Mohammedan religion, if such can be had.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   Though there be no express law to the contrary, yet the Mohammedan doctors reckon it very wrong
 for a man to give away any part of his substance from his family, unless it be in legacies for pious uses; and even in that case a man ought not to give all he has in charity, but only a reasonable part in proportion to his substance.  On the other hand,
 
though a man make no will, and bequeath nothing for charitable uses, yet the heirs are directed, on the distribution of the estate, if the value will permit, to bestow something on the poor, especially such as are of kin to the deceased, and to the orphan
s.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The first law, however, laid down by Mohammed touching inheritances, was not very equitable; for he declared that those who had fled with him from Mecca, and those who had received and assisted him at Medina, should be deemed the nearest of kin, and 
consequently heirs to one another, preferably to and in exclusion of their relations by blood; nay, though a man were a true believer, yet if he had not fled his country for the sake of religion and joined the prophet, he was to be looked on as a stranger
:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261  but this law continued not long in force, being quickly abrogated.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    It must be observed that among the Mohammedans the children of their concubines or slaves are esteemed as equally legitimate with those
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    5  See c. 4, p. 53, 54, and 56, and the notes there.  Vide etiam Poc. Spec. p. 337.\tab \tab 6  Kor. c. 4, ubi supra.
\par 1  Ibid. p. 54 and 72.  Vide Chardin, Voy. de Perse, t. 2, p. 293.\tab \tab \tab 2  Kor. ibid. p. 54.\tab 3  Ibid. and p. 72.
\par 4  Kor. c. 5, p. 86.\tab \tab 5  Kor. c. 4, p. 54.\tab \tab \tab 6  Cap. 8.\tab \tab 7  Ibid. and c. 33
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\super\insrsid14382261 \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 of their legal and ingenuous wives; none being accounted bastards, except such only as are born of common women, and whose fathers are unknown.
\par    As to private contracts between man and man, the conscientious performance of them is frequently recommended in the Kor\'e2n.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  For the preventing of disputes, all contracts are directed to be made before witnesses,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and in case such contracts are not immediately executed, the same ought to be reduced into writing in the presence of two witnesses}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  at least, who ought
 to be Moslems and of the male sex; but if two men cannot be conveniently had, then one man and two women may suffice.  The same method is also directed to be taken for the security of debts to be paid at a future day; and where a writer is not to be foun
d, pledges are to be taken.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  Hence, if people trust one another without writing, witnesses, or pledge, the party on whom the demand is made is always acquitted if he denies the charge on oath, and swears that he owes the plaintiff nothing, unless the contr
ary be proved by very convincing circumstances.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Wilful murder, though forbidden by the Kor\'e2n under the severest penalties to be inflicted in the next life,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 is yet, by the same book, allowed to be compounded for, on payment of a fine to the family of t
he deceased, and freeing a Moslem from captivity; but it is in the election of the next of kin, or the revenger of blood, as he is called in the Pentateuch, either to accept of such satisfaction, or to refuse it; for he may, if he pleases, insist on havin
g the murderer delivered into his hands, to be put to death in such manner as he shall think fit.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  In this particular Mohammed has gone against the express letter of the Mosaic law, which declare that no satisfaction shall be taken for the life of a murderer;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and he seems, in so doing, to have had respect to the customs of the Arabs in his time, who, being of a vindictive temper, used to revenge murder in too unmerciful a manner,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 whole tribes frequently engaging in bloody wars on such occasions, the natural consequence of their independency, and having no common judge of superior.
\par    If the Mohammedan laws seem light in case of murder, they may perhaps be deemed too rigorous in case of manslaughter, or the killing of a man undesignedly, which must be redee
med by fine (unless the next of kin shall think fit to remit it out of charity), and the freeing of a captive: but if a man be not able to do this, he is to fast two months together, by way of penance.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  The fine for a man\rquote s blood is set in the Sonna at a hundred camels,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and is to be distributed among the relations of the deceased, according to the laws of inheritances; but it must be observed that, though the person slain be a Moslem, yet if he be of a nation or party at enmity, or not in confederacy with
 those to whom the slayer belongs, he is not then bound to pay any fine at all, the redeeming a captive being, in such case, declared a sufficient penalty.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261   I
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    1  Cap. 5, p. 73; c. 17; c. 2, p. 31, &c.\tab \tab 2  Cap. 2, p. 31.\tab \tab 3  The same seems to have been
 required by the Jewish law, even in cases where life was not concerned.  See Deut. xix. 15, Matth. xviii. 16, John viii. 17, 2 Cor. xiii. I.
\par 4  Kor. c. 2, p. 30, 31. \tab \tab 5  Vide Chardin, Voy. de Perse, t. 2, p. 294, &c., and the notes to Kor. c. 5, p. 86.
\par 6  Kor. c. 4, p. 64.\tab \tab 7  Cap. 2, p. 18, 19; c. 17.  Vide Chardin, ubi sup. p. 299, &c.\tab \tab 8  Numb. xxxv. 31.
\par 9  This is particularly forbidden in the Kor\'e2n, c. 17.\tab \tab 1  Kor. c. 4, p. 64.\tab \tab 2  See the notes to c. 37
\par 3  Kor. c. 4, p. 64.
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 imagine that Mohammed, 
by these regulations, laid so heavy a punishment on involuntary manslaughter, not only to make people beware incurring the same, but also to humour, in some degree, the revengeful temper of his countrymen, which might be with difficulty, if at all, prevai
l
ed on to accept a lighter satisfaction.  Among the Jews, who seem to have been no less addicted to revenge than their neighbours, the manslayer who had escaped to a city of refuge was obliged to keep himself within that city, and to abide there till the d
e
ath of the person who was high priest at the time the fact was committed, that his absence and time might cool the passion and mitigate the resentment of the friends of the deceased; but if he quitted his asylum before that time, the revenger of blood, if
 he found him, might kill him without guilt;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261  nor could any satisfaction be made for the slayer to return home before the prescribed time.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Theft is ordered to be punished by cutting off the offending part, the hand,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261  which, at first sight, seems just enough; but the law of Justinian, forbidding a thief to be maimed,}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261  is more reasonable; because, stealing being generally the effect of indigence, to cut off that limb would be to deprive him of the means of getting his livelihood in an honest manner.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The 
Sonna forbids the inflicting of this punishment, unless the thing stolen be of a certain value.  I have mentioned in another place the further penalties which those incur who continue to steal, and of those who rob or assault people on the road.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    As to injuries done to men in their persons, the law of retaliation, which was ordained by the law of Moses,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\insrsid14382261  is also approved by the Kor\'e2n:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 but this law, which seems to have been allowed by Mohammed to his Arabians for the same reasons as it was to the Jews, viz., to prevent particular revenges, to which both nations were extremely addicted,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  being neither strictly just nor practicable in many cases, is seldom put in execution, the punishment being generally turned into a mulct or fine, which is paid to the party injured.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   Or rather Mohammed designed the words of the Kor\'e2
n relating thereto should be understood in the same manner as those of the Pentateuch most probably ought to be; that is, not of an actual retaliation, according to the strict literal meaning,
 but of a retribution proportionable to the injury: for a criminal had not his eyes put out, nor was a man mutilated, according to the law of Moses, which, besides, condemned those who had wounded any person, where death did not ensue, to pay a fine only,
}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261  the expression \'93eye for eye and tooth for tooth\'94
 being only a proverbial manner of speaking, the sense whereof amounts to this, that every one shall be punished by the judges according to the heinousness of the fact.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    In injuries and crimes of an inferior nature, where no particular punishment is provided by the Kor\'e2n, and where a pecuniary compensation will not do, the Mohammedans, according to the practice of the
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    4  See Numb. xxxv. 26, 27, 28.\tab \tab 5  Ibid. v. 32.\tab \tab 6  Kor. c. 5, p. 78.  \tab 7  Novell. 134, c. 13.
\par 8  Vide Pufendorf, de Jure Nat. et Gent. l. 8, c. 3, \'a7 26.\tab \tab 9  See the notes to c. 5, p. 78.\tab \tab 10  Exod. xxi. 24, &c., Levit. xxiv. 20, Deut. xix. 21.\tab \tab 1  Cap. 5, p. 79.\tab \tab 
2  Vide Grotium , de Jure Belli et Pacis, l. I, c. 2, \'a7 8.
\par 3  Vide Chardin, t. 2, p. 299.  The }{\i\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 talio}{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 
, likewise established among the old Romans by the laws of the twelve tables, was not to be inflicted, unless the delinquent could not agree with the person injured.  Vide A. Gell. Noct. Attic. l. 20, c. I, and Festum, in voce Talio.
\par 4  See Exod. xxi. 18, 19, and 22.\tab \tab 5  Barbeyrac, in Grot. ubi supra.  Vide Cleric. in Exod. xxi. 24, and Deut. xix. 21.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 Jews in the like case,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261  have recourse to stripes or drubbing, the most common chastisement used in the east at this day, as well as 
formerly; the cudgel, which for its virtue and efficacy in keeping their people in good order, and within the bounds of duty, they say came down from heaven, being the instrument wherewith the judge\rquote s sentence is generally executed.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Notwithstanding the Kor\'e2n is by the Mohammedans in general regarded as the fundamental apart of their civil law, and the decisions of the Sonna among the Turks, and of the Im\'e2
ms among those of the Persian sect, with the explications of their several doctors, are usually foll
owed in judicial determinations, yet the secular tribunals do not think themselves bound to observe the same in all cases, but frequently give judgment against those decisions, which are not always consonant to equity and reason; and therefore distinction
 is to be made between the written civil law, as administered in the ecclesiastical courts, and the law of nature or common law (if I may so call it) which takes place in the secular courts, and has the executive power on its side.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Under the head of civil laws may be comprehended the injunction of warring against infidels, which is repeated in several passages of the Kor\'e2n,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and declared to be of high merit in the sight of GOD, those who are slain fighting in defence of the faith being reckoned martyrs, and promised immediate admission into paradise.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  Hence this duty is greatly magnified by the Mohammedan divines, who call the sword the key of heaven and hell, and persuade their people that the least drop of blood spilt in the way of GOD, as it is called
, is most acceptable unto him, and that the defending the territories of the Moslems for one night is more meritorious than a fast of two months:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 on the other hand, desertion, or refusing to serve in these holy wars, or to contribute towards the carrying them on, if a man has ability, is accounted a most heinous crime, being frequently declaimed against in the Kor\'e2n.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Such a doctrine, which Mohammed ventured not to teach till his circumstances enabled him to put it in practice,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261  it must be allowed, was we
ll calculated for his purpose, and stood him and his successors in great stead: for what dangers and difficulties may not be despised and overcome by the courage and constancy which these sentiments necessarily inspire?  Nor have the Jews and Christians, 
how much soever they detest such principles in others, been ignorant of the force of enthusiastic heroism, or omitted to spirit up their respective partisans by the like arguments and promises.  \'93Let him who has listed himself in defence of the law,
\'94 says Maimonides,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261  \'93rely on him who is the hope of Israel, and the saviour thereof in the time of trouble;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and let him know that he fights for the profession of the divine unity: wherefore let him put his life in his hand,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and think neither of wife nor children
, but banish the memory of them from his heart, having his mind wholly fixed on the war.  For if he should begin to waver in his thoughts, he would not only confound himself, but sin against the law;
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    6  See Deut. xxv. 2, 3.\tab \tab 7  Vide Grelot, Voy. de Constant. p. 220, and Chardin, ubi supra, p. 302.\tab \tab 
1  Vide Chardin, ubi supra, p. 290, &c.\tab \tab 2  Cap. 22; c. 2, p. 20; c . 4, p. 62, &c.; c. 8; c. 9; c. 47 and c. 61, &c.\tab \tab 3  Cap. 2, p. 17; c. 3, p. 47; c. 47; c. 61.\tab \tab 4  Reland. de Jure Milit. Moham. p. 5, &c.\tab 
5  Vide c. 9; c. 3, p. 47, &c.\tab \tab 6  See before, p. 37.\tab \tab 7  Halach. Melachim, c. 7.\tab \tab 8  Jerem. xiv. 8.\tab \tab 9  Job xiii. 14.
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 nay, the blood of the whole people hangeth on his neck; for if they are discomfited, and he has not fought stoutly with all his might, 
it is equally the same as if he had shed the blood of them all; according to that saying, let him return, lest his brethren\rquote s heart fail as his own.\'94}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  To the same purpose doth the Kabala accommodate that other passage, \'93Cursed be he who doth the work of the LORD negligently, and cursed be he who keepeth back his sword from blood.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  On the contrary, he who behaveth bravely in battle, to the utmost of his endeavour, without trembling, with intent to glorify GOD\rquote S name, he ought to expect the victory with con
fidence, and to apprehend no danger or misfortune, but may be assured that he will have a house built him in Israel, appropriated to him and his children for ever; as it is said, GOD shall certainly make my lord a sure house, because he hath fought the ba
ttles of the LORD, and his life shall be bound up in the bundle of life with the LORD his GOD.\'94}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  More passages of this kind might be produced from the Jewish writers; and the Christians come not far behind them.  \'93We are desirous of knowing,\'94 says one}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261  wri
ting to the Franks engaged in the holy war, \'93the charity of you all; for that every one (which we speak not because we wish it) who shall faithfully lose his life in this warfare, shall be by no means denied the kingdom of heaven.\'94  And another}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261  gives the following exhortation: \'93
Laying aside all fear and dread, endeavour to act effectually against the enemies of the holy faith, and the adversaries of all religions: for the Almighty knoweth, if any of you die, that he dieth for the truth of the faith, and th
e salvation of his country, and the defence of Christians; and therefore he shall obtain of him a celestial reward.\'94
  The Jews, indeed, had a divine commission, extensive and explicit enough, to attack, subdue, and destroy the enemies of their religion; an
d Mohammed pretended to have received one in favour of himself and his Moslems, in terms equally plain and full; and therefore it is no wonder that they should act consistently with their avowed principles: but that Christians should teach and practise a 
doctrine so opposite to the temper and whole tenour of the Gospel, seems very strange; and yet the latter have carried matters farther, and shown a more violent spirit of intolerance than either of the former.
\par    The laws of war, according to the Mohammedans, have been already so exactly set down by the learned Reland,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 that I need say very little of them.  I shall, therefore, only observe some conformity between their military laws and those of the Jews.
\par    While Mohammedism was in its infancy, the opposers
 thereof taken in battle were doomed to death, without mercy; but this was judged too severe to be put in practice when that religion came to be sufficiently established, and past the danger of being subverted by its enemies.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1
}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The same sentence was pronounced not only against the seven Canaanitish nations,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 whose possessions were given to the Israelites, and without whose destruction, in a manner, they could not have settled themselves in the country designed them, but against the
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    1  Deut. xx. 8.\tab \tab 2  Jerem. xlviii. 10.\tab \tab 3  I Sam. xxv. 28, 29.\tab \tab 4  Nicolaus, in Jure Canon. c. omnium, 23, qu\'e6st. 5. 
\tab \tab 5  Leo IV. ibid. qu\'e6st. 8.\tab \tab 6  In his treatise De Jure Militari Mohammedanor. in the third vol. of his Dissertationes Miscellan\'e6e.\tab \tab 1  See Kor. c. 47. and the notes there; and c. 4, p. 64; c. 5, p. 77.
\par 2  Deut. xx. 16-18.
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 Amalekites}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and Midianites,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 who had done their utmost to cut them off in their passage thither.  When the Mohammedans declare war against people of a different faith, they give them their c
hoice of three offers, viz., either to embrace Mohammedism, in which case they become not only secure in their persons, families, and fortunes, but entitled to all the privileges of other Moslems; or to submit and pay tribute,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
5}{\f36\insrsid14382261  by doing which they are allo
wed to profess their own religion, provided it be not gross idolatry or against the moral law; or else to decide the quarrel by the sword, in which last case, if the Moslems prevail, the women and children which are made captives become absolute slaves, a
nd the men taken in the battle may either be slain, unless they turn Mohammedans, or otherwise disposed of at the pleasure of the prince.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  Herewith agree the laws of war given to the Jews, which relate to the nations not devoted to destruction;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and Joshua
 is said to have sent even to the inhabitants of Canaan, before he entered the land, three schedules, in one of which was written, \'93Let him fly, who will;\'94 in the second, \'93Let him who surrender, who will;\'94 and in the third, \'93
Let him fight, who will;\'94}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261  thou
gh none of those nations made peace with the Israelites (except only the Gibeonites, who obtained terms of security by stratagem, after they had refused those offered by Joshua), \'93
it being of the LORD to harden their hearts, that he might destroy them utterly.\'94}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    On the first considerable success of Mohammed in war, the dispute which happened among his followers in relation to the dividing of the spoil, rendered it necessary for him to make some regulation therein; he therefore pretended to have received 
the divine commission to distribute the spoil among his soldiers at his own discretion,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261  reserving thereout, in the first place, one-fifth part}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 for the uses after mentioned; and, in consequence hereof, he took himself to be authorized on extraordinary occasions, to distribute it as he thought fit, without observing an equality.  Thus he did, for example, with the spoil of the tribe of Haw\'e2
zen taken at the battle of Honein, which he bestowed by way of presents on the Meccans only, passing by those of Medina
, and highly distinguishing the principal Korashites, that he might ingratiate himself with them, after he had become master of their city.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261   He was also allowed in the expedition against those of al Nad
\'eer to take the whole booty to himself, and to dispose thereof as he pleased, because no horses or camels were made use of in that expedition,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 but the whole army went on foot; and this became thenceforward a law:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261  the reason of which seems to be, that the spoil taken by a party consisting of infantry
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    3  Ibid. c. xxv. 17-19.\tab \tab 4  Numb. xxxi. 17.\tab \tab 5  See c. 9, and the notes there.\tab \tab 6  See the notes to c. 47.\tab \tab 
7  Deut. xx. 10-15.\tab \tab 8  Talmud Hierosol. apud Maimonid.  Halach. Melachim, c. 6, \'a7 5.  R. Bechai, ex. lib. Siphre.  Vide Selden, de Jure Nat. et Gent.  Sec. Hebr. l. 6, c. 13 and 14; and Schickardi Jus Regium Hebr. c. 5, Theor. 16.
\par    9  Josh. xi. 20.  The Jews, however, say that the Girgashites, believing they could not escape the destruction with which they were threatened by GOD, if they persisted to 
defend themselves, fled into Africa in great numbers.  (Vide Talm. Hieros. ubi sup.)  And this is assigned as the reason why the Girgashites are not mentioned among the other Canaanitish nations who assembled to fight against Joshua (Josh. ix. I0, and who
 
were doomed to utter extirpation (Deut. xx. 17).  But it is observable, that the Girgashites are not omitted by the Septuagint in either of those texts, and that their name appears in the latter of them in the Samaritan Pentateuch: they are also joined wi
th the other Canaanites as having fought against Israel, in Josh. xxiv. II.\tab \tab 1  Kor. c. 8.
\par 2  Ibid.\tab \tab 3  Abulfed. in Vit. Moh. p. 118, &c.  Vide Kor. c. 9. and the notes there.\tab \tab 4  Kor. c. 59, see the notes there.\tab \tab 5  Vide Abulfed. ubi sup. p. 91.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\super\insrsid14382261 \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 only, should be considered as the more immediate gift of GOD,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and therefore properly left to the disposition of his apostle.  According to the Jews, the spoil ought to be divided into two equal parts, one to be shared among the captors, and the other to be taken by the prince,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  and by him employed for his own support and the use of the public.  Moses, it is true, divided one-half of the plunder of the Midianites among those who went to battle, and the other half among all congregation:}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261  but this, they say, being a peculiar case, and done by the express order of GOD himself, must not be looked on as a precedent.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  It should seem, however, from the words of Joshua to the two tribes and a half, when he sent them home into Gilead after the conquest and division of the 
land of Canaan , that they were to divide the spoil of their enemies with their brethren, after their return:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and the half which was in succeeding times taken by the king, was in all probability taken by him as head of the community, and representing the whole body.  It is remarkable that the dispute among Mohammed\rquote s men about sharing the booty at Bedr,}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 11}{\f36\insrsid14382261  arose on the same occasion as did that among David\rquote s soldiers in relation to the spoils recovered from the Amalekites;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 those who had been in the action insisting that they who tarried by the stuff should have no part of the spoil; and that the same decision was given in both cases, which became a law for the future, to wit, that they should part alike.
\par    The fifth part directed by the Kor\'e2n to be taken out of the spoil before it be divided among the captors, is declared to belong to GOD, and to the apostle and his kindred, and the orphans, and the poor, and the traveller:}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  which words are variously understood.  al Sh\'e2fe\'ef was of opinion that the whole ought to be divided into five parts; the first, which he called GOD\rquote 
S part, to go to the treasury, and be employed in building and repairing fortresses, bridges, and other public works, and in paying salaries to magistrates, civil officers, professors of lear
ning, ministers of public worship, &c.: the second part to be distributed among the kindred of Mohammed, that is, the descendants of his grandfather H\'e2shem, and of his great-uncle al Motalleb,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 as well the rich as the poor, the children as the adult, the w
omen as the men; observing only to give a female but half the share of a male: the third part to go to the orphans: the fourth part to the poor, who have not wherewithal to maintain themselves the year round, and are not able to get their livelihood: and 
the fifth part to travellers, who are in want on the road, notwithstanding they may be rich men in their own country.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261   According to Malec Ebn Ans the whole is at the disposition of the Im\'e2
m or prince, who may distribute the same at his own discretion, where he sees most need.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Abu\rquote l Aliya wen according to the letter of the Kor\'e2
n, and declared his opinion to be that the whole should be divided into six parts, and that GOD\rquote S part should be applied to the service of the Caaba: while others supposed GOD\rquote S part and the apostle\rquote s to be one and the same.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Abu Han\'eefa thought that the share of Mohammed and his kindred sank at that prophet\rquote s death, since which the whole
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    6  Vide Kor. c. 59, ubi supra.\tab \tab 7  Gemar. Babyl. ad tit. Sanhedr. c. 2.  Vide Selden, de Jure Nat. et Gent. Sec. Hebr. lib. 6, c. 16.\tab 
\tab 8  Numb. xxxi. 27.\tab \tab 9  Vide Maim. Halach, Melach. c. 4.\tab 10  Josh. xxii. 8.
\par 11  See Kor. c. 8., and the notes there.\tab \tab 1  I Sam. xxx. 21-25.\tab 2  Kor. c. 8.\tab \tab 3  Note, al Sh\'e2fe\'ef himself was descended from this latter.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid.  Vide Reland. de Jure Milit. Moham. p. 42, &c.
\par 5  Idem.\tab \tab 6  Idem.
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 ought to be divided among the orphans, the poor, and the traveller.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  Some insist that the kindred of Mohammed entitled to a shire of the spoils are the posterity of H\'e2shem onl
y; but those who think the descendants of his brother al Motalleb have also a right to a distributive part, allege a tradition in their favour purporting that Mohammed himself divided the share belonging to his relations among both families, and when Othm
\'e2n Ebn Ass\'e2n and Jobeir Ebn Mat\'e1m (who were descended from Abdshams and Nawfal the other brothers of H\'e2shem) told him, that though they disputed not the preference of the H\'e2
shemites, they could not help taking it ill to see such difference made between the 
family of al Motalleb and themselves, who were related to him in an equal degree, and yet had no part in the distribution, the prophet replied that the descendants of al Motalleb had forsaken him neither in the time of ignorance, nor since the revelation 
of Isl\'e2m; and joined his fingers together in token of the strict union between them and the H\'e2shemites.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  Some exclude none of the tribe of Koreish from receiving a part in the division of the spoil, and make no distinction between the poor and the rich; th
ough, according to the more reasonable opinion, such of them as are poor only are intended by the text of the Kor\'e2
n, as is agreed in the case of the stranger: and others go so far as to assert that the whole fifth commanded to be reserved belongs to them only, and that the orphans, and the poor, and the traveller, are to be understood of such as are of that tribe.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261   It must be observed that immovable possessions, as lands, &c., taken in war, are subject to the same laws as the movable; excepting only that t
he fifth part of the former is not actually divided, but the income and profits thereof, or of the price thereof, if sold, are applied to public and pious uses, and distributed once a year, and that the prince may either take the fifth part of the land it
self, or the fifth part of the income and produce of the whole, as he shall make his election.
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 _______
\par 
\par 
\par 
\par 
\par SECTION VII.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par {\*\bkmkstart OF_THE_MONTHS_COMMANDED_BY_THE_}OF THE MONTHS COMMANDED BY THE KORAN TO BE KEPT SACRED; AND
\par  \tab OF THE SETTING APART OF FRIDAY FOR THE ESPECIAL SERVICE OF
\par \tab GOD.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend OF_THE_MONTHS_COMMANDED_BY_THE_}
\par IT was
 a custom among the ancient Arabs to observe four months in the year as sacred, during which they held it unlawful to wage war, and took off the heads from their spears, ceasing from incursions and other hostilities.  During those months whoever was in fe
ar of his enemy lived in full security; so that if a man met the murderer of his
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab 7  Idem.\tab \tab 8  Idem.\tab \tab 9  Idem.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par \page 
\par father or his brother, he durst not offer him any violence:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261  A great argument,\'94 says a learned writer, \'93of a humane disposition in that nat
ion; who being by reason of the independent governments of their several tribes, and for the preservation of their just rights, exposed to frequent quarrels with one another, had yet learned to cool their inflamed breasts with moderation, and restrain the
 rage of war by stated times of truce.\'94}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    This institution obtained among all the Arabian tribes, except only those of Tay and Khath\'e1am, and some of the descendants of Al Hareth Ebn Caab (who distinguished no time or place as sacred),}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and was so religiously observed, that there are but few instances in history (four, say some, six, say others),}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 of its having been transgressed; the wars which were carried on without regard thereto being therefore termed impious.  One of those instances was in the war between the tribes of Koreish and Kais Ail\'e2
n, wherein Mohammed himself served under his uncles, being then fourteen,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261  or, as others say, twenty}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261  years old.
\par    The months which the Arabs held sacred were al Moharram, Rajeb. Dhu\rquote lkaada, and Dhu\rquote lhajja; the first, the seventh, the eleventh, and the twelfth in the year.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Dhu\rquote 
lhajja being the month wherein they performed the pilgrimage to Mecca, not only that month, but also the preceding and the following, were for that reason kept inviolable, that every one might
 safely and without interruption pass and repass to and from the festival.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Rajeb is said to have been more strictly observed than any of the other three,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  probably because in that month the pagan Arabs used to fast;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\insrsid14382261  Ramad\'e2n, which was afterwards set ap
art by Mohammed for that purpose, being in the time of ignorance dedicated to drinking in excess.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 11}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  By reason of the profound peace and security enjoyed in this month, one part of the provisions brought by the caravans of purveyors annually set out by the Koreish for the supply of Mecca,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 12}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 was distributed among the people; the other part being, for the like reason, distributed at the pilgrimage.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The observance of the aforesaid months seemed so reasonable to Mohammed, that it met with his approbation; and the same is accordingly confirmed and enforced by several passages of the Kor\'e2n,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 which forbid war to be waged during those months against such as acknowledge them to be sacred, but grant, at the same time, full permission to attack those who make no such distinction, in the sacred months as well as in the profane.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    One practice, however, of the pagan Arabs, in relation to these sacred
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    1  Al Kazw\'eeni, apud Golium in notis ad Alfrag. p. 4, &c.  Al Shahrestani, apud Poc. Spec. p. 311.  Al Jawhari, al Firauzab.
\par 2  Golius, ubi supra, p. 5.\tab \tab 3  Al Shahrestani, ubi supra.  See before, p. 95.\tab \tab 4  Al Mogholta\'ef.
\par 5  Abulfeda, Vit. Moh. p. II.\tab \tab 6  al Kod\'e2\'ef, al Firauz. apud Poc. Spec. p. 174.  Al Mogholta\'ef mentions both opinions.
\par 7  Mr. Bayle (Dict. Hist. et Cr
it. Art. la Mecque, Rem. F.) accuses Dr. Prideaux of an inconsistency for saying in one place (Life of Mahomet, p. 64) that these sacred months were the first, the seventh, the eleventh, and the twelfth, and intimating in another place (ibid. p. 89) that 
t
hree of them were contiguous.  But this must be mere absence of mind in Mr Bayle; for are not the eleventh, the twelfth, and the first months contiguous?  The two learned professors, Golius and Reland, have also made a small slip in speaking of these sacr
ed months, which, they tell us, are the two first and the two last in the year.  Vide Golii Lex. Arab. col. 601, and Reland. de Jure Milit. Mohammed anor. p. 5.\tab \tab 8  Vide Gol. in Alfrag. p. 9.\tab \tab 9  Vide ibid. p. 6.\tab 10  Al Makr\'ee
zi, apud Poc ubi supra.\tab \tab 11  Idem, and Auctor Neshk al Azh\'e2r, ibid.\tab \tab 12  See Kor. c. 106.\tab 
\par 1  A. Edr\'eesi apud Poc. Specim. p. 127.\tab \tab 2  Cap. 9; c. 2, p. 20; c. 5, p. 73; c. 5, p. 85, &c.\tab \tab 3  Cap. 9; c. 2, p. 20. 
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 months, Mohammed thought proper to reform: for some of them, weary of sitti
ng quiet for three months together, and eager to make their accustomed incursions for plunder, used, by way of expedient, whenever it suited their inclinations or conveniency, to put off the observing of al Moharram to the following month Safar,}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261  thereby a
voiding to keep the former, which they supposed it lawful for them to profane, provided they sanctified another month in lieu of it, and gave public notice thereof at the preceding pilgrimage.  This transferring the observation of a sacred month to a prof
ane month, is what is truly meant by the Arabic word }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 al Nas\'ee}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , and is absolutely condemned, and declared to be an impious innovation, in a passage of the Kor\'e2n}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  which Dr. Prideaux,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261  misled by Golius,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261  imagines to relate to the prolonging of the year, by addi
ng an intercalary month thereto.  It is true, the Arabs, who imitated the Jews in their manner of computing by lunar years, had also learned their method of reducing them to solar years, by intercalating a month sometimes in the third, and sometimes in th
e second year;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 by which means they fixed the pilgrimage of Mecca (contrary to the original institution) to a certain season of the year, viz., to autumn, as most convenient for the pilgrims, by reason of the temperateness of the weather, and the plenty of provisions;}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and it is also true that Mohammed forbade such intercalation by a passage in the same chapter of the Kor\'e2
n; but then it is not the passage above mentioned, which prohibits a different thing, but one a little before it, wherein the number of months in the year, according to the ordinance of GOD, is declared to be twelve;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 10}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  whereas, if the intercalation of a month were allowed, every third or second year would consist of thirteen, contrary to GOD\rquote S appointment.
\par    The setting apart of one day in the week for the more peculiar attendance on GOD\rquote 
S worship, so strictly required by the Jewish and Christian religions, appeared to Mohammed to be so proper an institution, that he could not but imitate the professors thereof in that particular; though, fo
r the sake of distinction, he might think himself obliged to order his followers to observe a different day form either.  Several reasons are given why the sixth day of the week was pitched on for this purpose;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  but Mohammed seems to have preferred that day chiefly because it was the day on which the people used to be assembled long before his time,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 though such assemblies were had, perhaps, rather on a civil than a religious account.  However it be, the Mohammedan writers bestow very extraordinary encomiums on this day, calling it the prince of day, and the most excellent day on which the sun rises;
}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  pretending also that it will be the day whereon the last judgment will be solemnized;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and they esteem it a peculiar honour to Isl\'e2
m, that GOD has been pleased to appoint this day to be the feast-day of the Moslems, and granted them the advantage of having first observed it.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Though the Mohammedans do not think themselves bound to keep their day of public worship so holy as the Jews and Christians are cer-
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    4  See the notes to c. 9, ubi sup.\tab \tab 5  Cap. 9, ibid.\tab \tab 6  Life of Mah. p. 66.
\par 7  In Alfrag. p. 12.\tab \tab 8  See Prid. Preface to the first vol. of his Connect. p. vi., &c.\tab \tab 9  Vide Gol. ubi supra.
\par 10  Kor. c. 9.  See also c. 2, . 20.\tab \tab 1  See c. 63, and the notes there. \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.
\par 3  Ebn al Ath\'eer et al Ghaz\'e2li, apud Poc. Spec. p. 317.\tab \tab \tab 4  Vide Ibid.\tab 5  Al Ghaz\'e2li, ibid.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 \page 
\par tainly obliged to keep theirs, there being a permission, as is generally supposed, in the Kor\'e2n,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261  allowing them to return to their emplo
yments or diversion after divine service is over; yet the more devout disapprove the applying of any part of that day to worldly affairs, and require it to be wholly dedicated to the business of the life to come.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Since I have mentioned the Mohammedan weekly feast, I beg leave just to take notice of their two Beir\'e2ms,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261  or principal annual feasts.  The first of them is called, in Arabic, Id al fetr, }{
\i\f36\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 The feast of breaking the fast}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , and begins the first of Shaw\'e2l, immediately succeeding the fast of Ramad\'e2n; and the other is called Id al korb\'e2
n, or Id al adh\'e2, }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 The feast of the sacrifice}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , and begins on the tenth of Dhu\rquote lhajja, when the victims are slain at the pilgrimage of Mecca.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The former of these feasts is properly the lesser Beir\'e2m, and the latter, the greater Beir\'e2m:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 but the vulgar, and most authors who have written of the Mohammedan affairs,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  exchange the epithets, and call that which follows Ramad\'e2n the greater Beir\'e2
m, because it is observed in an extraordinary manner, and kept for three 
days together at Constantinople and in other parts of Turkey, and in Persia for five or six days, by the common people, at least, with great demonstrations of public joy, to make themselves amends, as it were, for the mortification of the preceding month;
}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 whereas, the feast of sacrifices, though it be also kept for three days, and the first of them be the most solemn day of the pilgrimage, the principal act of devotion among the Mohammedans is taken much less notice of by the generality of people, who are
 not struck therewith, because the ceremonies with which the same is observed are performed at Mecca, the only scene of that solemnity.
\par 
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 _______
\par 
\par 
\par 
\par 
\par SECTION VIII.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par {\*\bkmkstart OF_THE_PRINCIPAL_SECTS_AMONG_TH}OF THE PRINCIPAL SECTS AMONG THE MOHAMMEDANS; AND OF THOSE
\par \tab WHO HAVE PRETENDED TO PROPHECY AMONG THE ARABS, IN OR
\par \tab SINCE THE TIME OF MOHAMMED.
\par {\*\bkmkend OF_THE_PRINCIPAL_SECTS_AMONG_TH}
\par BEFORE we take a view of the sects of the Mohammedans, it will be necessary to say something of the two sciences by which all disputed questions among them are determined, viz., their Scholastic and Practical Divinity.
\par    Their scholastic divinity is a mongrel science, consisting of logical, metaphysical, theological, and philosophical disquisitions, and built on
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    6  Cap. 63, ubi supra.\tab \tab 7  Al Ghaz\'e2li, ubi sup. p. 318.\tab \tab 8  The word Beir\'e2m is Turkish, a
nd properly signifies a feast-day or holiday.\tab \tab 9  See c. 9, and before, Sect. IV. p. 94.\tab \tab 1  Vide Reland. de Relig. Moh. p. 109, and D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. Art. Beir\'e2m.\tab \tab 
2  Hyde, in notis ad Bobov. p. 16; Chardin, Voy. de Perse, tom. ii. p. 450; Ricaut\rquote s State of the Ottoman Empire, l. 2. c. 24, &c.\tab \tab 3  Vide Chardin and Ricaut, ubi supra.
\par 
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 
principles and methods of reasoning very different from what are used by those who pass among the Mohammedans themselves for the sounder divines or more able philosophers,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and, therefore, in the partition of the sciences this is generally left out, as unworthy a place among them.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The learned Maimonides}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 has laboured to expose the principles and systems of the scholastic divines, as frequently repugnant to the nature of the world and the order of the creation, and intolerably absurd.
\par    This art of handling religious disputes was not known in the infancy of Mohammedism, but was brought in when sects sprang up, and articles of religion began to be called in question, an
d was at first made use of to defend the truth o those articles against innovators;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and while it keeps within those bounds is allowed to be a commendable study, being necessary for the defence of the faith: but when it proceeds farther, out of an itch of disputation, it is judged worthy of censure.
\par    This is the opinion of al Ghaz\'e2li,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  who observes a medium between those who have too high a value for this science, and those who absolutely reject it.  Among the latter was al Sh\'e2fe\'ef
, who declared that, in his judgment, if any man employed his time that way, he deserved to be fixed to a stake, and carried about through all the Arab tribes, with the following proclamation to be made before him: \lquote 
This is the reward of him who, leaving the Kor\'e2n and the Sonna, applied himself to the study of scholastic divinity.\'94}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Al Ghaz\'e2
li, on the other hand, thinks that as it was introduced by the invasion of heresies, it is necessary to be retained in order to quell them: but then in the person who studies this science he re
quires three things, diligence, acuteness of judgment, and probity of manners; and is by no means for suffering the same to be publicly explained.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  This science, therefore, among the Mohammedans, is the art of controversy, by which they discuss points of 
faith concerning the essence and attributes of GOD, and the conditions of all possible things, either in respect to their creation, or final restoration, according to the rules of the religion of Isl\'e2m.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The other science is practical divinity or jurisprudence, and is the knowledge of the decisions of the law which regard practice, gathered from distinct proofs.
\par    Al Ghaz\'e2li declares that he had much the same opinion of this science as of the former, its original being owing to the corruption of religio
n and morality; and therefore judged both sciences to be necessary, not in themselves, but by accident only, to curb the irregular imaginations and passions of mankind (as guards become necessary in the highways by reason of robbers), the end of the first
 
being the suppressing of heresies, and of the other the decision of legal controversies, for the quiet and peaceable living of mankind in this world, and for the preserving the rule by which the magistrate may prevent one man from injuring another, by dec
laring what is lawful and what is unlawful, by determining the satisfaction to be given, or punishment to be
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    1  Poc. Spec. p. 196.\tab \tab 2  Apud Ebn Sina, in Libello de Divisione Scientiar, et Nasiro\rquote ddin al T\'fbsi, in Pr\'e6fat. ad Ethic.

\par 3  More Nevoch. l. I, c. 71 and 73.\tab \tab 1  Al Ghaz\'e2li, apud Poc. ubi supra.\tab \tab 2  Ibid.
\par 3  Vide Poc. ibid. p. 197.\tab \tab \tab 4  Al Ghaz\'e2li, ibid.\tab \tab 5  Ebn al Koss\'e1 apud eund. ibid. p. 198.
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 inflicted, and by regulating other outward actions; and not only so, but to decide of religion itself,
 and its conditions, so far as relates to the profession made by the mouth, it not being the business of the civilian to inquire into the heart:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261  the depravity of men\rquote 
s manners, however, has made this knowledge of the laws so very requisite, that it is usually called the Science, by way of excellence, nor is any man reckoned learned who has not applied himself thereto.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The points of faith, subject to the examination and discussion of the scholastic divines, are reduced to four general heads, which they call the four bases, or great fundamental articles.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The first basis relates to the attributes of GOD, and his unity consistent therewith.  Under this head are comprehended the questions concerning the eternal attributes, which are asserted by some, and
 denied by others; and also the explication of the essential attributes, and attributes of action; what is proper for GOD to do, and what may be affirmed of him, and what it is impossible for him to do.  These things are controverted between the Ash\'e1
rians, the Ker\'e2mians, the Mojassemians or Corporalists, and the M\'f3tazalites.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The second basis regards predestination, and the justice thereof: which comprises the questions concerning GOD\rquote S purpose and decree, man\rquote s compulsion or necessity to act, and his co
-operation in producing actions, by which he may gain to himself good or evil; and also those which concern GOD\rquote 
S willing good and evil, and what things are subject to his power, and what to his knowledge; some maintaining the affirmative, and others the negative.  These points are disputed among the Kadarians, the Najarians, the Jabarians, the Ash\'e1
rians, and the Ker\'e2mians.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The third basis concerns the promises and threats, the precise acceptation of names used in divinity, and the divine decisions; and
 comprehends questions relating to faith, repentance, promises, threats, forbearance, infidelity, and error.  The controversies under this head are on foot between the Morgians, the Wa\'efdians, the M\'f3tazalites, the Ash\'e1rians, and the Ker\'e2mians.}
{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The fourth basis regards history and reason, that is, the just weight they ought to have in matters belonging to faith and religion; and also the mission of prophets, and the office of Im\'e2
m, or chief pontiff.  Under this head are comprised all casuistical questions
 relating to the moral beauty or turpitude of actions; inquiring whether things are allowed or forbidden by reason of their own nature, or by the positive law; and also questions concerning the preference of actions, the favour or grace of GOD, the innoce
nce which ought to attend the prophetical office, and the conditions requisite in the office of Im\'e2
m; some asserting it depends on right of succession, others on the consent of the faithful; and also the method of transferring it with the former, and of confirming it with the latter.  These matters are the subjects of dispute between the Shiites, the M
\'f3tazalites, the Ker\'e2mians, and the Ash\'e1rians.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The different sects of Mohammedans may be distinguished into two
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    1  Al Ghaz\'e2li.  Vide ibid. p. 198-204.\tab \tab 2  Vide ibid. p. 204.\tab \tab 3  Vide Abulfarag, Hist. Dynast. p. 166.
\par 4  Al Shahrestani, apud Poc. ubi. sup. p. 204, &c.\tab \tab 5  Idem, ibid. p.205.\tab \tab 1  Idem, ibid. p. 206.
\par 2  Idem, ibid.
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 sorts; those generally esteemed orthodox, and those which are esteemed heretical.
\par    The former, by a general name, are called Sonnites or Traditionists; because they acknowledge the authority of the Sonna, or collection of moral traditions of the sayings and actions of their prophet, which is a sort of supplement to the Kor\'e2n, dir
ecting the observance of several things omitted in that book, and in name, as well as design, answering to the Mishna of the Jews.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The Sonnites are subdivided into four chief sects, which, notwithstanding some differences as to legal conclusions in their interpretation of the Kor\'e2
n, and matters of practice, are generally acknowledge to be orthodox in radicals, or matters of faith, and capable of salvation, and have each of them their several stations or oratories in the temple of Mecca.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   The founders o
f these sects are looked upon as the great masters of jurisprudence, and are said to have been men of great devotion and self-denial, well versed in the knowledge of those things which belong to the next life and to man\rquote 
s right conduct here, and directing all their knowledge to the glory of GOD.  This is al Ghaz\'e2li\rquote 
s encomium of them, who thinks it derogatory to their honour that their names should be used by those who, neglecting to imitate the other virtues which make up their character, apply themselves 
only to attain their skill, and follow their opinions in matters of legal practice.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The first of the four orthodox sects is that of the Hanefites, so named from their founder, Abu Han\'eefa al N\'f3m\'e2n Ebn Th\'e2bet, who was born at Cufa, in the 80th year of th
e Hejra, and died in the 150th, according to the more preferable opinion as to the time.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261   He ended his life in prison at Baghd\'e2d, where he had been confined because he refused to be made K\'e2
di or judge;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  on which account he was very hardly dealt with by his superiors, yet could not be prevailed on, either by threats or ill-treatment, to undertake the charge, \'93
choosing rather to be punished by them than by GOD,\'94 says Al Ghaz\'e2li; who adds, that when he excused himself from accepting the office by alleging that he was unfit for it, being asked the reason, he replied, \'93
If I speak the truth, I am unfit; but if I tell a lie, a liar is not fit to be a judge.\'94  It is said that he read the Kor\'e2n in the prison where he died, no less than 7,000 times.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The Hanefites are called by an Arabian writer}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 the followers of reason, and those of the three other sects, followers of tradition; the former being principally guided by their own judgment in their decisions, and the latter adhering more tenaciously to the traditions of Mohammed.
\par    The sect of Abu Han\'eefa heretofore obtained chiefly in Ir\'e2k,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261  but now generally prevails among the Turks and Tartars: his doctrine was brought into great credit by Abu Y\'fb
sof, chief justice under the Khal\'eefs al H\'e2di and Har\'fbn al Rash\'eed.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    3  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 298.  Prid. Life of Mahomet, p. 51, &c.  Reland. de Rel. Moh. p. 68, &c. Millium, de Mohammedismo ante Moh. p. 368, 369.
\tab \tab 4  See before, p. 90.\tab \tab 1  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 293.\tab \tab 2  Ebn Khalec\'e2n.
\par    3  This was the true cause of his imprisonment and death, and not his refusing to subscribe to the opinion of absolute predestination, as D\rquote Herbelot writes (Bibl. Orient. p. 21), misled by the dubious acceptation of the word \'93kad\'e2,\'94
 which signifies not only GOD\rquote S decree in particular, but also the giving sentence as a judge in general; nor could Abu Han\'eefa have been reckoned orthodox had he denied one of the principal articles of faith.\tab \tab 4  Poc. Spec. p. 297, 298.
\tab \tab 5  Al Shahrestani, ibid.
\par 6  Idem.\tab \tab 7  Vide D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. p. 21 and 22.
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261    The second orthodox sect is that of M\'e2lec Ebn Ans, who was born at Medina, in the year of the Hejra 90, 93, 94,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  or 95,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and died there in 177,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 10 }{\f36\insrsid14382261 178,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 11}{\f36\insrsid14382261  or 179}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 12
}{\f36\insrsid14382261  (for so much do authors differ).  This doctor is said to have paid great regard to the traditions of Mohammed.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 13}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  In his last illness, a friend going to visit him found him in tears, and asking him the reason of it, he answered, \'93How should I not weep? and who has more reason to weep than I?  Would to GOD that for every question decided by me ac
cording to my own opinion, I had received so many stripes! then would my accounts be easier.  Would to GOD I had never given any decision of my own!\'94}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Al Ghaz\'e2
li thinks it a sufficient proof of Malec\rquote s directing his knowledge to the glory of GOD, that bei
ng once asked his opinion as to forty-eight questions, his answer to thirty-two of them was, that he did not know; it being no easy matter for one who has any other view than God\rquote s glory to make so frank a confession of his ignorance.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The doctrine of Malec is chiefly followed in Barbary and other parts of Africa.
\par    The author of the third orthodox sect was Mohammed Ebn Edr\'ees al Sh\'e2fe\'ef, born either at Gaza or Ascalon, in Palestine, in the year of the Hejra 150, the same day (as some will have it) that Abu Han\'ee
fa died, and was carried to Mecca at two years of age, and there educated.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261   He died in 204,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261  in Egypt, whither he went about five years before.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261   This doctor is celebrated for his excellency in all parts of learning, and was much esteemed by Ebn Hanbal his contemporary, who used to say that \'93
he was as the sun to the world, and as health to the body.\'94  Ebn Hanbal, however, had so ill an opinion of al Sh\'e2fe\'ef at first, that he forbad his scholars to go near him; but some time after one of them, meeting
 his master trudging on foot after al Sh\'e2fe\'ef, who rode on a mule, asked him how it came about that he forbad them to follow him, and did it himself? to which Ebn Hanbal replied, \'93
Hold thy peace; if thou but attend his mule thou wilt profit thereby.\'94}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Al Sh\'e2fe\'ef is said to have been the first who discoursed of jurisprudence, and reduced that science into a method;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 one wittily saying, that the relators of the traditions of Mohammed were asleep till al Sh\'e2fe\'ef came and waked them.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261   He was a great enemy to the scholastic divines, as has been already observed.}
{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Al Ghaz\'e2li tells us that al Sh\'e2fe\'ef
 used to divide the night into three parts, one for study, another for prayer, and the third for sleep.  It is also related of him that he never so much as once swore 
by GOD, either to confirm a truth, or to affirm a falsehood; and that being once asked his opinion, he remained silent for some time, and when the reason of his silence was demanded, he answered, \'93
I am considering first whether it be better to speak or to hold my tongue.\'94  The following saying is also recorded of him, viz., \'93Whoever pretends to love the world and its Creator at the same time, is a liar.\'94}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   The followers of this doctor are from him called Sh\'e2fe\'eftes, and were formerly spread into M\'e2wara\rquote lnahr and other parts eastward, but are now chiefly of Arabia and Persia.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    8  Abulfeda.\tab \tab 9  Ebn Khalec\'e2n.\tab \tab 10  Idem.\tab \tab 11  Abulfeda.\tab \tab 12  Elmacinus, p. 114.\tab \tab 13  Ebn Khalec.  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 294.\tab \tab 1  Idem, apud eund. ibid.\tab 2  Al Ghaz\'e2
li, ibid.
\par 3  Ebn Khalec\'e2n.\tab \tab \tab 4  Yet Abulfeda says he lived fifty-eight years.\tab \tab 5  Ebn Khalec\'e2n.
\par 6  Idem.\tab \tab 7  Idem.\tab \tab 8  Al Z\'e1far\'e2ni, apud Poc. Spec. p. 296.\tab \tab 9  See before, p. 118.
\par 1  Vide Poc. Spec. 295-297.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261    Ahmed Ebn Hanbal, the founder of the fourth sect, was born in the year of the Hejra 164; but as to the place of his birth there are two traditions: some say he was born at Mer\'fb in Khoras\'e2
n, of which city his parents were, and that his mother brought him from thence to Baghd\'e2d at her breast; while others assure us that she was with child of him when she came to Baghd\'e2d, and that he was born there.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   Ebn Hanbal in process of time attained a great reputation on account of his virtue and knowledge; being so well versed in the traditions of Mohammed, in particular, that it is said he could repeat no less than a million of them.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261   He was very intimate with al Sh\'e2fe\'ef, from whom he received most of his traditionary knowledge, being his constant attendant till his departure for Egypt.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   Refusing to acknowledge the Kor\'e2n to be created,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261  he was, by order of the Khal\'eef al M\'f3tasem, severely scourged and imprisoned.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   Ebn Hanbal died at Baghd\'e2d, in the year 241, and was followed to his grave by eight hundred thousand men, and sixty thousand women.  It is relate, as something very extrao
rdinary, if not miraculous, that on the day of his death no less than twenty thousand Christians, Jews, and Magians, embraced the Mohammedan faith.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  This sect increased so fast, and became so powerful and bold, that in the year 323, in the Khal\'eefat of al R\'e2di, they raised a great commotion in Baghd\'e2d, entering people\rquote 
s houses, and spilling their wine, if they found any, and beating the singing-women they met with, and breaking their instruments; and a severe edict was published against them, before they could be reduced to their duty:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  but the Hanbalites at present are not very numerous, few of them being to be met with out of the limits of Arabia.
\par    The heretical sects among the Mohammedans are those which hold heterodox opinions in fundamental, or matters of faith.
\par    The first controversies relating to fundamentals began when most of the companions of Mohammed were dead:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 for in their days was no dispute, unless about things of small moment, if we except only the dissensions concerning the Im\'e2ms, or rightful successors of their prophet, which were stirred up and fomented by interest and ambition; the Arabs\rquote 
 continual employment in the wars, during that time, allowing them little or no leisure to enter into nice inquiries and subtle distinctions: but no sooner was the ardour of conquest a little abated than they began to examine the Kor\'e2
n more nearly; whereupon differences in opinion became unavoidable, and at length so greatly multiplied, that the number of their sects, according to the common opinion, are
 seventy-three.  For the Mohammedans seem ambitious that their religion should exceed others even in this respect; saying, that the Magians are divided into seventy sects, the Jews into seventy-one, the Christians into seventy-two, and the Moslems into se
venty-three, as Mohammed had foretold;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261  of which sects they reckon one to be always orthodox, and entitled to salvation.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The first heresy was that of the Kh\'e2rejites, who revolted from Ali in the thirty-seventh year of the Hejra; and not long after, M\'e1bad a.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    2  Ebn Khalec\'e2n.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab \tab 4  Idem.\tab \tab \tab 5  See before, Sect. III. p. 53, &c.
\par 6  Ebn Khalec\'e2n, Abulfarag, Hist. Dyn. p. 252, &c.\tab \tab 7  Ebn Khalec\'e2n.\tab \tab \tab 8  Abulfar. ubi sup. p. 301, &c.
\par 9  Al Shahrestani, apud Poc. Spec. p. 194.  Auctor Sharh al Maw\'e2kef, apud eund. p. 210.\tab \tab 1  Vide Poc. ibid.
\par 2  Al Shahrestani, apud eund. p. 211.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 Johni, Ghail\'e2n of Damascus, and Jonas al Asw\'e2ri broached heterodox opinions concerning predestination, and the ascribing of good and evil unto GOD; whose opinions were followed by W\'e2sel Ebn At\'e2.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261   This latter was the scholar of Hasan of Basra, in whose school a question being proposed, whether he who had committed a grievous sin was to be deemed an infidel or not, the Kh\'e2
rejites (who used to come and dispute there) maintaining the affirmative, and the orthodox the negative, W\'e2sel, without waiting his master\rquote 
s decision, withdrew abruptly, and began to publish among his fellow-scholars a new opinion of his own, to wit, that such a sinner was in a middle state; and he was thereupon expelled the school; he and his followers being thenceforth called M\'f3
tazalites, or Separatists.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The several sects which have arisen since this time are variously compounded and decompounded of the opinions of four chief sects, the M\'f3tazalites, the Sef\'e2tians, the Kh\'e2rejites, and the Shiites.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    I.  The M\'f3tazalites were the followers of the before-mentioned W\'e2sel Ebn At\'e2.  As to their chief and general tenets, I.  They entirely rejected all eternal attributes of GOD, to avoid the distinction of persons
 made by the Christians; saying that eternity is the proper or formal attribute of his essence; that GOD knows by his essence, and not by his knowledge;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and the same they affirmed of his other attributes}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  (though all the M\'f3tazalites do not understand thes
e words in one sense); and hence this sect were also named Moattatlites, from their divesting GOD of his attributes:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and they went so far as to say, that to affirm these attributes is the same thing as to make more eternals than one, and that the unity of GOD is inconsistent with such an opinion;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and this was the true doctrine of W\'e2sel their master, who declared that whoever asserted an eternal attribute, asserted there were two GODS.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  This point of speculation concerning the divine attributes was not ripe at first, but was at length brought to maturity by W\'e2sel\rquote s followers, after they had read the books of the philosophers.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   2.  They believed the word of GOD to have been created }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 in subjecto}{\f36\insrsid14382261  (as the schoolmen term it), and to consist of letters and sound
; copies thereof being written in books to express or imitate the original.  They also went farther, and affirmed that whatever is created }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 in subjecto}{\f36\insrsid14382261  is also an accident, and liable to perish.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261   3.  They denied absolute predestination, holding that GOD was not the author of evil, but of good only; and that man was a free agent:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 which being properly the opinion of the Kadarians, we defer what may be farther said thereof till we come to speak of that sect.  On account of this tenet and the first, the M\'f3ta-
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    3  Idem, and Auctor Sharh al Maw\'e2kef, ubi sup.\tab \tab 4  Idem, ibid. p. 211, 212, and Ebu Khalec\'e2n, in Vita Waseli.
\par    5  Al Shahrestani, who also reduces them to four chief sects, puts the Kadarians in the place of the M\'f3tazalites.  Abulfaragius (Hist. Dyn. p. 166) reckons six principal sects, adding the Jabarians and the Morgians; and the author of Sharh al Maw
\'e2kef eight, viz., the M\'f3tazalites, the Shiites, the Kh\'e2rejites, the Morgians, the Najarians, the Jabarians, the Moshabbehites, and the sect which he calls al N\'e2
jia, because that alone will be saved, being according to him the sect of the Asharians.  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 209.
\par    1  Maimonides teaches the same, not as the doctrine of the M\'f3tazalites, but his own.  Vide More Nev. l. I, c. 57.\tab \tab 2  Al Shahrestani, apud Poc. Spec. p. 214.  Abulfarag, p. 167.\tab \tab 3  Vide Poc. Spec. 224.\tab \tab 4  Sharh al Maw\'e2
kef, and al Shahrest. apud Poc. p. 216.  Maimonides (in Proleg ad Pirke Aboth. \'a7 8) asserts the same thing.\tab \tab 5  Vide Poc. ibid.
\par 6  Al Shahrest. ibid. p. 215.\tab \tab 7  Abulfarag, and al Shahrest. ubi sup. p. 217.  See before, Sect. III, p. 112
\par 8  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 240.
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 zalites look on themselves as the defenders of the unity and justice of GOD.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  4.  They held that if a professor of the true religion be guilty of a grievous sin, and die without repentance, he will be eternally damned, though his punishment will be lighter than that of the infidels.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 10}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   5.  They denied all vision of GOD in paradise by the corporeal eye, and rejected all comparisons or similitudes applied to GOD.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 11}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    This sect are said to have been the first inventors of scholastic divinity,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 11}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and are subdivided into several inferior sects, amounting, as some reckon, to twenty, which mutually brand one another with infidelity:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 13}{\f36\insrsid14382261  the most remarkable of them are:\endash 
\par    I.  The Hodeilians, or followers of Hamd\'e2n Abu Hodeil, a M\'f3
tazalite doctor, who differed something from the common form of expression used by this sect, saying that GOD knew by his knowledge, but that his knowledge was his essence; and so of the o
ther attributes: which opinion he took from the philosophers, who affirm the essence of GOD to be simple and without multiplicity, and that his attributes are not posterior or accessory to his essence, or subsisting therein, but are his essence itself: an
d this the more orthodox take to be next kin to making distinctions in the deity, which is the thing they so much abhor in the Christians.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261   As to the Kor\'e2n\rquote 
s being created, he made some distinction; holding the word of GOD to be partly not }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 in subjecto}{\f36\insrsid14382261  (and therefore uncreated), as when he spake the word }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 K\'fbn, i.e.}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 , }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 Fiat}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , at the creation, and partly }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 in subjecto}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , as the precepts, prohibitions, &c.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  Marracci}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  mentions an opinion of Abu Hodeil\rquote s concerning predestination, from an Arab writer,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261  which being by hi
m expressed in a manner not very intelligible, I choose to omit.
\par    2.  The Jobb\'e2\'efans, or followers of Abu Ali Mohammed Ebn Abd al Wahh\'e2b, surnamed al Jobb\'e2\'ef, whose meaning when he made use of the common expression of the M\'f3tazalites, that \'93GOD knows by his essence,\'94 &c., was, that GOD\rquote 
S being knowing is not an attribute, the same with knowledge, nor such a state as rendered his being knowing necessary.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261   He held GOD\rquote S word to be created }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 in subjecto}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 , as in the preserved table, for example, the memory of Gabriel, Mohammed, &c.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  This sect, if Marracci has given the true sense of his author, denied that GOD could be seen in paradise without the assistance of corporeal eyes; and held that man produced his acts by a power superadded to health of body and soundne
ss of limbs; that he who was guilty of a mortal sin was neither a believer nor an infidel, but a transgressor (which was the original opinion of W\'e2
sel), and if he died in his sins, would be doomed to hell for eternity; and that GOD conceals nothing of whatever he knows from his servants.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    3.  The Hashemians, who were so named from their master Abu H\'e2shem Abd al Sal\'e2m, the son of Abu Ali al Jabb\'e2\'ef, and whose tenets nearly agreed with those of the preceding sect.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Abu H\'e2
shem took the M\'f3tazalite form of expression, that \'93GOD knows by his essence,\'94 in a different sense from others, supposing it to mean that GOD hath or
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    9  Al Shahrest. and Sharh al Maw\'e2kef. apud Poc, ubi sup. p. 214.\tab \tab 10  Marracc. Prodr. ad ref. Alcor. part iii. p. 74.
\par 11  Idem, ibid.\tab \tab 12  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 213, and D\rquote Herbel. Art. Motazelah.\tab \tab 13  Auctor al Maw\'e2kef, apud Poc. ibid.\tab \tab 1  Al Shahrestani, apud Poc. p. 215, 216, 217.\tab \tab 2  Idem, apud eund. p. 217, &c.
\par 3  In Prodr. part iii. p. 74.\tab \tab 4  Al Shahrest. \tab \tab 5  Idem, apud Poc. Spec. p. 215.\tab \tab 6  Idem, and Auctor al Maw\'e2kef, ibid. p. 218.\tab \tab 7  Marracci, ubi sup. p. 75, ex al Shahrest.\tab \tab 8  Vide eund. ibid.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\super\insrsid14382261 \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 is endued with a disposition, which is a known property, or quality, posterior or accessory to his existence.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261   His followers were so muc
h afraid of making GOD the author of evil that they would not allow him to be said to create an infidel; because, according to their way of arguing, an infidel is a compound of infidelity and man, and GOD is not the creator of infidelity.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Abu H\'e2shem, and his father Abu Ali al Jobb\'e2\'ef, were both celebrated for their skill in scholastic divinity.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    4.  The Nodh\'e2mians, or followers of Ibrahim al Nodh\'e2m, who having read books of philosophy, set up a new sect, and imagining he could not sufficiently remove GO
D from being the author of evil, without divesting him of his power in respect thereto, taught that no power ought to be ascribed to GOD concerning evil and rebellious actions: but this he affirmed against the opinion of his own disciples, who allowed tha
t GOD could do evil, but did not, because of its turpitude.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Of his opinion as to the Kor\'e2n\rquote s being created we have spoken elsewhere.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 

\par    5.  The H\'e2yetians, so named from Ahmed Ebn H\'e2yet, who had been of the sect of the Nodh\'e2mians, but broached some new notions on reading the philosophers.  His peculiar opinions were\endash 
I.  That Christ was the eternal Word incarnate, and took a true and real body, and will judge all creatures in the life to come:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261  he also farther asserted that there are two GODS or Creators\endash th
e one eternal, viz., the most high GOD, and the other not eternal, viz., Christ}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 \endash 
which opinion, though Dr. Pocock urges the same as an argument that he did not rightly understand the Christian mysteries}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261  is not much different from that of the Arians and So
cinians.  2.  That there is successive transmigration of the soul from one body into another; and that the last body will enjoy the reward or suffer the punishment due to each soul:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and, 3.  That GOD will be seen at the resurrection, not with the bodily eyes, but those of the understanding.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    6.  The J\'e2hedhians, or followers of Amru Ebn Bahr, surnamed al J\'e2hedh, a great doctor of the M\'f3tazalites, and very much admired for the elegance of his composures;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 11}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 who differed from his brethren in that he imagined the damned would not be eternally tormented in hell, but would be changed into the nature of fire, and that the fire would of itself attract them, without any necessity of their going into it.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261   He also taught that if a man believed GOD to be his Lord, and Mohammed the apostle of GOD, he became one of the faithful, and was obliged to nothing farther.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   His peculiar opinion as to the Kor\'e2n has been taken notice of before.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    7.  The Mozd\'e2rians, who embraced the opinions of Isa Ebn Sobeih al Mozd\'e2r, and those very absurd ones: for, besides his notions relating to the Kor\'e2n,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 he went so directly counter to the opinion of those who abridged GOD of the power to do evil, that he affirmed it possible for GOD to be a liar and unjust.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261   He also pronounced him to
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    1  Al Shahrest. apud Poc. p. 215.\tab \tab \tab 2  Idem, ibid. p. 242.\tab \tab 3  Ebn Khalec\'e2n, in Vitis Eorum.
\par 4  Al Shahrest. ubi sup. p. 241, 242.  Vide Marracc. Prod. part iii. p. 74.\tab \tab 5  See before, Sect. III. p. 53.
\par 6  Al Shahrest. ubi sup. p. 218.  Abulfarag, p. 167.\tab \tab 7  Al Shahrest. al Maw\'e2kef, et Ebn Koss\'e1, apud Poc. ubi sub. p. 219.
\par 8  Vide Poc. ibid\tab \tab 9  Marracc. et al Shahrest. ubi sup.\tab \tab 10  Marracc. ibid. p. 75.
\par 11  Vide D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. Art. Giahedh.\tab \tab 1  Al Shahrest. ubi sup. p. 260.\tab \tab \tab 2  Marracc. ubi sup.
\par 3  Sect. III. p. 53.\tab \tab 4  Vide ibid. and p. 52.\tab \tab 5  Al Shahrest. apud Poc. p. 241.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 \page 
\par be an infidel who thrust himself into the supreme government:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261  nay, he went so far as to assert men to be infidels while they said \'93There is no GOD but GOD,\'94 and even 
condemned all the rest of mankind as guilty of infidelity; upon which Ibrahim Ebn al Sendi asked him whether paradise, whose breadth equals that of heaven and earth, was created only for him and two or three more who thought as he did? to which it is said
 he could return no answer.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    8.  The Basharians, who maintained the tenets of Bashar Ebn M\'f3tamer, the master of al Mozd\'e2r,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and a principal man among the M\'f3
tazalites.  He differed in some things from the general opinion of that sect, carrying man\rquote s free 
agency to a great excess, making it even independent: and yet he thought God might doom an infant to eternal punishment, but granted he would be unjust in so doing.  He taught that God is not always obliged to do that which is best, for, if he pleased, he
 could make all men true believers.  These sectaries also held that if a man repent of a mortal sin, and afterwards return to it, he will be liable to suffer the punishment due to the former transgression.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    9.  The Thamamians, who follow Tham\'e2ma Ebn Bashar, a chief M\'f3tazalite.  Their peculiar opinions were\endash 
I.  That sinners should remain in hell for ever.  2.  That free actions have no producing author.  3.  That at the resurrection all infidels, idolaters, atheists, Jews, Christians, Magians, and heretics shall be reduced to dust.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    10.  The Kadarians, which is really a more ancient name than that of M\'f3tazalites, M\'e1bad al Johni and his adherents being so called, who disputed the doctrine of predestination before W\'e2sel quitted his master:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  for which reason some use the denomination of Kadarians as more extensive than the other, and comprehend all the M\'f3tazalites under it.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  This sect deny absolute predestination, saying that evil and injustice ought not to be attributed to GOD, but to man, who is a free a
gent, and may therefore be rewarded or punished for his actions, which GOD has granted him power either to do or to be let alone.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  And hence it is said they are called Kadarians, because they deny al Kadr, or GOD\rquote S absolute decree; though others, thinking it not so proper to come from Kadr, or Kodrat, }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
, power, because they assert man\rquote s power to act freely.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Those, however, who give the name of Kadarians to the M\'f3
tazalites are their enemies, for they disclaim it, and give it to their antagonists the Jabarians, who likewise refuse it as an infamous appellation,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 because Mohammed is said to have declared the Kadarians to be the Magians of his followers.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261   But what the opinion of these Kadarians in Mohammed\rquote s time was, is very uncertain: the M\'f3
tazalites say the name belongs to those who assert predestination, and make GOD the author of good and evil,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261  viz., the Jabarians; but all the other Mohammedan sects agree to fix it on the M\'f3
tazalites, who, they say, are like the Magians in establishing two principles, light, or GOD, the author of good; and darkness, or the devil, the author of evil: but this cannot absolutely be said of the M\'f3tazalites,
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261   6  Marracc. ubi sup. p. 75.\tab \tab 7  Al Shahrest. ubi sup. p. 220.\tab \tab 8  Poc. Spec. p. 221\tab 9  Marracc. ubi sup.\tab 
\par 10  Idem, ibid.\tab \tab 1  Al Shahrest.\tab \tab 2  Al Firauzab.  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 231, 232, and 214.
\par 3  Al Shahrest.  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 235 and 240, &c.\tab \tab 4  Vide Poc. ibid. p. 238.\tab \tab 5  Al Motarrezi, al Shahrest.  Vide ibid. p. 232.\tab \tab 6  Idem, &c. ibid.\tab \tab 7  Idem, ibid.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\super\insrsid14382261 \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 for they (at least the generality of them) ascribe men\rquote 
s good deeds to GOD, but their evil deeds to themselves; meaning thereby that man has a free liberty and power to do either good or evil, and is master of his actions; and for this reason it is that the ot
her Mohammedans call them Magians, because they assert another author of actions besides GOD.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261   And, indeed, it is a difficult matter to say what Mohammed\rquote 
s own opinion was in this matter; for on the one side the Kor\'e2n itself is pretty plain for absolute predestination, and many sayings of Mohammed are recorded to that purpose,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and one in particular, wherein he introduces Adam and Moses disputing before GOD in this manner: \'93Thou,\'94 says Moses, \'93art Adam; whom GOD created, and animated with the breath of lif
e, and caused to be worshipped by the angels, and placed in paradise, from whence mankind have been expelled for thy fault:\'94 whereto Adam answered, \'93
Thou art Moses; whom GOD chose for his apostle, and entrusted with his word, by giving thee the tables of the law, and whom he vouchsafed to admit to discourse with himself: how many years dost thou find the law was written before I was created?\'94
  Says Moses, \'93Forty.\'94 \'93And dost thou not find,\'94 replied Adam, \'93these words therein: \lquote And Adam rebelled against his Lord and transgressed\rquote ?\'94 which Moses confessing, \'93Dost thou therefore blame me,\'94 continued he, \'93
for doing that which GOD wrote of me that I should do forty years before I was created? nay, for what was decreed concerning me fifty thousand years before the creation of heaven and earth?\'94
  In the conclusion of which dispute Mohammed declared that Adam had the better of Moses.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261   On the other side, it is urged in the behalf of the M\'f3
tazalites, that Mohammed declaring that the Kadarians and Morgians had been cursed by the tongues of seventy prophets, and being asked who the Kadarians were, answered, \'93
Those who assert that GOD predestinated them to be guilty of rebellion, and yet punishes them for it:\'94 al Hasan is also said to have declared, that GOD sent Mohammed t
o the Arabs while they were Kadarians, or Jabarians, and laid their sins upon GOD: and to confirm the matter, this sentence of the Kor\'e2n is quoted:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  \'93
When they commit a filthy action, they say, We found our fathers practising the same, and GOD hath commanded us so to do: Say, Verily GOD commandeth not filthy actions.\'94}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    11.  The Sef\'e2tians held the opposite opinion to the M\'f3tazalites in respect to the eternal attributes of GOD, which they affirmed; making no distinction between the essential attributes and those of operation: and hence they were named Sef\'e2
tians, or Attributists.  Their doctrine was that of the first Mohammedans, who were not yet acquainted with these nice distinctions: but this sect afterwards introduced another species of declarative attri
butes, or such as were necessarily used in historical narration, as hands, face, eyes, &c., which they did not offer to explain, but contented themselves with saying they were in the law, and that they called them declarative attributes.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261   However, at length, by giving various explications and interpretations of these attributes they divided into many different opinions: some, by taking the words
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    8  Vide Poc. ibid. p. 233, &c.\tab \tab 9  Vide ibid. p. 237.\tab \tab 1  Ebn al Ath\'eer, al Bokhari, apud Poc. p. 236.
\par 2  Cap. 7, p. 107.\tab \tab 3  Al Motarrezi, apud eund. p. 237, 238.\tab \tab 4  Al Shahrest. apud Poc. Spec. p. 223.
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 in the literal sense, fell into the notion of a likeness or similitude between GOD and created beings; to which it is said the kara\'ef
tes among the Jews, who are for the literal interpretation of Moses\rquote s law, had shown them the way:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 others explained them in another manner, saying that no creature was like GOD, but that they neither understood nor thought i necessary to explain the precise signification of the wo
rds which seem to affirm the same of both; it being sufficient to believe that GOD hath no companion or similitude.  Of this opinion was Malec Ebn Ans, who declared as to the expression of GOD\rquote 
S sitting on his throne, in particular, that though the meaning is known, yet the manner is unknown; and that it is necessary to believe it, but heresy to make any questions about it.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The sects of the Sef\'e2tians are:
\par    I.  The Ash\'e1rians, the followers of Abu\rquote l Hasan al Ash\'e1ri, who was first a M\'f3tazalite, and the scholar of Abu Ali al Jobb\'e2\'ef, but disagreeing from his master in opinion as to GOD\rquote S being bound (as the M\'f3
tazalites assert) to do always that which is best or most expedient, left him, and set up a new sect of himself.  The occasion of this difference was 
the putting a case concerning three brothers, the first of whom lived in obedience to GOD, the second in rebellion against him, and the third died an infant.  Al Jobb\'e2
i being asked what he thought would become of them, answered, that the first would be rewarded in paradise, the second punished in hell, and the third neither rewarded nor punished: \'93But what,\'94 objected al Ash\'e1ri, \'93
if the third say, O LORD, if thou hadst given me longer life, that I might have entered paradise with my believing brother, it would have been better for me?\'94 to which al Jobb\'e2\'ef replied, \'93
That GOD would answer, I knew that if thou hadst lived longer, thou wouldst have been a wicked person, and therefore cast into hell.\'94  \'93Then,\'94 retorted al Ash\'e1ri, \'93the second will say, O LORD, why d
idst thou not take me away while I was an infant, as thou didst my brother, that I might not have deserved to be punished for my sins, nor to be cast into hell?\'94  To which al Jobb\'e2\'ef
 could return no other answer than that GOD prolonged his life to give him an opportunity of obtaining the highest degree of perfection, which was best for him: but al Ash\'e1
ri demanding farther, why he did not for the same reason grant the other a longer life, to whom it would have been equally advantageous, al Jobb\'e2\'ef was so put to it, that he asked whether the devil possessed him?  \'93No,\'94 says al Ash\'e1ri, \'93
but the master\rquote s ass will not pass the bridge;\'94}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , he is posed.
\par    The opinions of the Ash\'e1rians were\endash I.  That they allowed the attributes of GOD to be distinct from his essence, yet so as to forbid any comparison to be made between GOD and his creatures.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  This was also the opinion of Ahmed Ebn Hanbal, and David al Ispah\'e2ni, and others, who herein followed Malec Ebn Ans, and were so cautious of any assimilation of GOD to creat
ed beings, that they declared whoever moved his hand while he read these words, \'93I have created with my hand,\'94 or \'93stretched forth his finger,\'94 in repeating this saying of Mohammed, \'93The heart of the believer is between two fingers of the

\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    5  Vide Poc. ibid. p. 224.\tab \tab 1  Vide eund. ibid.\tab \tab 2  Auctor al Maw\'e2kef, et al Safadi, apud Poc. ubi  sup. p. 230, &c.  Ebn Khalec. in Vita al Jabb\'e2\'ef.\tab \tab 
3  Al Shahrest. apud Poc. Spec. p. 230.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 Merciful,\'94 ought to have his hand and finger cut off;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and the reasons they gave for not explaining any such words were, that it is forbidden in the Kor\'e2
n, and that such explications were necessarily founded on conjecture and opinion, from which no man ought to speak of the attributes of GOD, because the words of the Kor\'e2n might by that means come to be understood differently form the author\rquote 
s meaning: nay, some have been so superstitiously scrupulous in this matter as not to allow the words hand, face, and the like, when they occur in the Kor\'e2n, to be rendered into Persian or any o
ther language, but require them to be read in the very original words, and this they call the safe way.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  2.  As to predestination, they held that GOD hath one eternal will which is applied to whatsoever he willeth, both of his own actions and, those of me
n, so far as they are created by him, but not as they are acquired or gained by them; that he willeth both their good and their evil, their profit and their hurt, and as he willeth and knoweth, he willeth concerning men that which he knoweth, and hath com
manded the pen to write the same in the preserved table: and this is his decree, and eternal immutable counsel and purpose.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  They also went so far as to say, that it may be agreeable to the way of GOD that man should be commanded what he is not able to perform.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  But while they allow man some power, they seem to restrain it to such a power as cannot produce anything new; only GOD, say they, so orders his providence that he creates, after, or under, and together with every created or new power, an action whi
ch is ready whenever a man will sit, and sets about it: and this action is called Casb, }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
, Acquisition, being in respect to its creation, from GOD, but in respect to its being produced, employed, and acquired, from man.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261   And this being generally esteem
ed the orthodox opinion, it may not be improper farther to explain the same in the words of some other writers.  The elective actions of men, says one, fall under the power of GOD alone; nor is their own power effectual thereto; but GOD causeth to exist i
n
 man power and choice; and if there be no impediment, he causeth his action to exist also, subject to his power, and joined with that and his choice; which action, as created, is to be ascribed to GOD, but as produced, employed, or acquired, to man.  So t
hat by the acquisition of an action is properly meant a man\rquote s joining or connecting the same with his power and will, yet allowing herein no impression or influence on the existence thereof, save only that it is subject to his power.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Others, however, who are also on the side of al Ash\'e1
ri, and reputed orthodox, explain the matter in a different manner, and grant the impression or influence of the created power of man on his action, and that this power is what is called Acquisition.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  But the point will be still clearer if we hear a third author, who rehearses the various opinions, or explications of the opinion of this sect, in the following words, viz.: Abu\rquote l Hasan al Ash\'e1
ri asserts all the actions of men to be subject to the power of GOD, being created by 
him, and that the power of man hath no influence at all on that which he is empowered to do; but that both the power, and what is subject thereto, fall under the power of GOD:
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    1  Idem, apud eund. p. 228, &c.\tab \tab 2  Vide Poc. ibid.\tab \tab \tab 3  Al Shahrest. apud eund. p. 245, &c.
\par 4  Idem, ibid. p. 246.\tab \tab 5  Al Shahrest. apud Poc. p. 245, &c.\tab \tab 1  Auctor Sharh al Maw\'e2kef, apud eund. p. 247.
\par 2  Al Shahrest. ibid. p. 248.
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 al K\'e2di Abu Becr says that the essence or substance of the action is the effect of the power of G
OD, but its being either an action of obedience, as prayer, or an action of disobedience, as fornication, are qualities of the action, which proceed from the power of man: Abd\rquote almalec, known by the title of Im\'e2m al Haramein, Abu\rquote 
l Hosein of Basra, and othe
r learned men, held that the actions of men are effected by the power which GOD hath created in man, and that GOD causeth to exist in man both power and will, and that this power and will do necessarily produce that which man is empowered to do: and Abu I
sh\'e2k al Isfar\'e2yeni taught that that which maketh impression, or hath influence on an action, is a compound of the power of GOD and the power of man.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  The same author observes that their ancestors, perceiving a manifest difference between those things which
 are the effects of the election of man and those things which are the necessary effects of inanimate agents, destitute both of knowledge and choice, and being at the same time pressed by the arguments which prove that GOD is the Creator of all things, an
d consequently of those things which are done by men, to conciliate the matter, chose the middle way, asserting actions to proceed from the power of GOD, and the acquisition of man; GOD\rquote 
S way of dealing with his servants being, that when man intendeth obedi
ence, GOD createth in him an action of obedience, and when he intendeth disobedience, he createth in him an action of disobedience; so that man seemeth to be the effective producer of his action, though he really be not.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   But this, proceeds the same write
r, is again pressed with its difficulties, because the very intention of the mind is the work of GOD, so that no oman hath any share in the production of his own actions; for which reason the ancients disapproved of too nice an inquiry into this point, th
e
 end of the dispute concerning the same being, for the most part, either the taking away of all precepts positive as well as negative, or else the associating of a companion with GOD, by introducing some other independent agent besides him.  Those, theref
o
re, who would speak more accurately, use this form: there is neither compulsion nor free liberty, but the way lies between the two; the power and will in man being both created by GOD, though the merit or guilt be imputed unto man.  Yet, after all, it is 
judged the safest way to follow the steps of the primitive Moslems, and, avoiding subtle disputations and too curious inquiries, to leave the knowledge of this matter wholly unto GOD.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  3.  As to mortal sin, the Ash\'e1rians
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    3  Auctor Sharh al Taw\'e2lea, apud eund. ibid. p. 248, &c.\tab \tab 1  Idem, ibid. p. 249, 250.
\par    2  Idem, ibid. p. 250, 251.  I trust the reader will not be offended if, as a farther illustration of what has been said on this subject (in producing of which I have purposely kept to the original 
Mohammedan expressions) I transcribe a passage or two from a postscript subjoined to the epistle I have quoted above (\'a74, p. 85), in which the point of free will is treated }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ex professo}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
.  Therein the Moorish author, having mentioned the two opposite opinion
s of the Kadarians, who allow free will, and the Jabarians, who make man a necessary agent (the former of which opinions, he says, seems to approach nearest to that of the greater part of Christians and of the Jews), declares the true opinion to be that o
f the Sonnites, who assert that man hath power and will to choose good and evil, and can moreover know he shall be rewarded if he do well, and shall be punished if he do ill; but that he depends, notwithstanding, on GOD\rquote 
S power, and shall be punished if he do ill; but that he depends, notwithstanding, on GOD\rquote 
S power, and willeth, if GOD willeth, but not otherwise.  Then he proceeds briefly to refute the two extreme opinions, and first to prove that of the Kadarians, though it be agreeable to GOD\rquote S justice, i
nconsistent with his attributes of wisdom and power: \'93Sapientia enim Dei,\'94 says he, \'93comprehendit quicquid fuit et futurum est ab \'e6ternitate in finem usque mundi et postea.  Et ita novit ab \'e6
terno omnia opera creaturarum, sive bona, sive mala, qu\'e6 fuerint creata cum potentia Dei, et ejus libera et determinate voluntate, sicut ipsi visum fuit.  Denique novit eum qui futurus
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 taught, that if a believer guilty of such sin die without repentance, his sentence is to be left with GOD, whether he pardon him out o
f mercy, or whether the prophet intercede for him (according to that saying recorded of him, \'93My intercession shall be employed for those among my people who shall have been guilty of grievous crimes\'94
), or whether he punish him in proportion to his demerit
, and afterwards, through his mercy, admit him into paradise: but that it is not to be supposed he will remain for ever in hell with the infidels, seeing it is declared that whoever shall have faith in his heart but of the weight of an ant, shall be deliv
ered from hell fire.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261   And this is generally received for the orthodox doctrine in this point, and is diametrically opposite to that of the M\'f3tazalites.
\par    These were the more rational Sef\'e2tians, but the ignorant part of them, not knowing how otherwise to explain the expressions of the Kor\'e2n relating to the declarative attributes, fell into most gross and
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 erat malus, et tamen creavit: neque negari potest quin, si ipsi libuisset, potuisset omnes creare bonos: placuit tamen Deo creare bonos et malos, c
\'f9m Deo soli sit absoluta et libera voluntas, et perfecta electio, et non homini.  Ita enim Salomon in suis proverbiis dixit. Vitam et mortem, bonum et malum, divitias et paupertatem, esse et venire \'e0
 Deo.  Christiani etiam dicunt S. Paulum dixisse in suis epistolis; Dicet etiam lutum figulo, quare facis unum vas ad honorem, et aliud vas ad contumeliam?  Cum igitur miser homo fuerit creatus \'e0
 voluntate Dei et potentia, nihil aliud potest tribui ipsi qu\'e0m ipse sensus cognoscendi et sentiendi an bene vel male faciat.  Qu\'e6 unica causa (id est, sensus cognoscendi) erit ejus glori\'e6 vel p\'9cn\'e6
 causa: per talem enim sensum novit quid boni vel mali adversus Dei pr\'e6cepta fecerit.\'94  The opinion of the Jabarians, on the other hand, he rejects as contrary to man\rquote s consciousness of his own power and choice, and inconsistent with GOD
\rquote S justice, and his having given mankind laws, to the observing or transgressing of which he was annexed rewards and punishments.  After this he proceeds to explain the third opinion in the following words: \'93
Tertia opinio Zunis (i.e., Sonnitarum) qu\'e6 vera est, affirmat homini potesttatem esse, sed limitatem \'e0 sua causa, id est, dependentem \'e0 Dei potentia et voluntate, et proper illam cognitionem qua deliberat ben\'e8 vel mal\'e8 facere, esse dignum p
\'9cna vel pr\'e6mio.  Manifestum est in \'e6ternitate non fuisse aliam potentiam pr\'e6ter Dei nostri omnipotentis, e cujus potentia pendebant omnia possibilia, id est, qu\'e6 poterant esse, cum ab ipso fuerint creata.  Sapientia ver\'f2
 Dei novit etiam qu\'e6 non sunt futura; et potentia ejus, etsi non creaverit ea, potuit tamen, si ita Deo placuisset.  Ita novit sapientia Dei qu\'e6 erant impossibilia, id est, qu\'e6 non poterant esse; qu\'e6
 tamen nullo pacto pendent ab ejus potentia: ab ejus enim potentia mulla pendent nisi possibilia.\endash Dicimus enim \'e0 Dei potentia non pendere creare Deum alium ipsi similem, nec creare aliquid quod moveatur et quiescat simul eodem tempore, c\'f9m h
\'e6c sint ex impossibilibus: comprehendit tamen su\'e2 sapienti\'e2 tale aliquid non pendere ab ejus potenti\'e2.\endash A potenti\'e2 igitur Dei pendet sol\'f9m quod potest esse, et possibile est esse; qu\'e6
 semper parata est dare esse possibilibus.  Et si hoc penitus cognoscamus,cognoscemus pariter omne quod est, seu futurum est, sive sint opera nostra, sive quidvis aliud, pendere \'e0 sola potentia
 Dei.  Et hoc non privatim intelligitur, sed in genere de omni eo quod est et movetur, sive in c\'9clis sive in terr\'e2; et nec aliqu\'e2 potenti\'e2 potest impediri Dei potentia, c\'f9m nulla alia potentia absoluta sit, pr\'e6ter Dei; potentia ver\'f2
 nostra non est \'e0 se, nisi \'e0 Dei potentia: et cum potentia nostra dicitur esse a causa sua, ideo dicimus potentiam nostram esse straminis comparatam cum potentia Dei: eo enim modo quo stramen movetur \'e0 motu maris, ita nostra potentia et voluntas 
\'e0 Dei potentia.  Itaque Dei potentia semper est parata etiam ad occidendum aliquem; ut si quis hominem occidat, non dicimus potenti\'e2 hominis id factum, sed \'e6terna potentia Dei: error enim  est id tribuere potenti\'e6
 hominis.  Potentia enim Dei, c\'f9m semper sit parata, et ante ipsum hominem, ad occidendum; si sol\'e2 hominis potenti\'e2 id factum esse diceremus, et moreretur, potentia san\'e8 Dei (qu\'e6 ant\'e8
 erat) jam ibi esset frustra: quia post mortem non potest potentia Dei eum iterum occidere; ex quo sequeretur potentiam Dei impediri \'e0 potentia homini
s, et potentiam hominis anteire et antecellere potentiam Dei; quod est absurdum et impossibile.  Igitur Deus est qui operatur \'e6tern\'e2 su\'e2 potenti\'e2: si ver\'f2 homini injiciatur culpa, sive in tali homicidio, sive in aliis, hoc est quant\'f9
m ad pr\'e6cepta et legem.  Homini tribuitur sol\'f9m opus extern\'e8, et ejus electio, qu\'e6 est a voluntate ejus et potentia; non ver\'f2 intern\'e8.\endash Hoc est punctum illud indivisibile et secretum, quod \'e0
 paucissimis capitur, ut sapientissimus Sidi Abo Hamet Elgaceli (i.e., Dominus Abu H\'e2med al Ghaz\'e2
li) affirmat (cujus spiritui Deus concedat gloriam, Amen!) Sequentibus verbis: Ita abditum et profundum et abstrusum est intelligere punctum illud Liberi Arbitrii, ut neque characteres ad scribendum, neque ull\'e6 rationes ad exprimendum sufficiant, et
 omnes, quotquot de hac re locuti sunt, h\'e6serunt confusi in ripa tanti et tam spaciosi maris.\'94
\par    1  Al Shahrest. apud Poc. Spec. p. 258.
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 absurd opinions, making GOD corporeal, and like created beings.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Such were\endash 
\par    2.  The Moshabbehites, or Assimilators; who allowed a resemblance between GOD and his creatures,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 supposing him to be a figure composed of members or parts, either spiritual or corporeal, and capable of local motion, of ascent and descent, &c.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Some of this sect inclined to the opinion of the Hol
\'fblians, who believed that the divine nature might be united with the human in the same person; for they granted it possible that GOD might appear in a human form, as Gabriel did: and to confirm their opinion they allege Mohammed\rquote 
s words, that he saw his LORD in a most beautiful form, and Moses talking with GOD face to face.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261   And
\par    3.  The Ker\'e2mians, or followers of Mohammed Ebn Ker\'e2m, called also Mojassemians, or Corporalists; who not only admitted a resemblance between GOD and created beings, but declared GOD to be corporeal.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   The more sober among them, indeed, when they applied the word body to GOD, would be understood to mean, that he is a self-subsisting being, which with them is the definition of body: but yet some of them affirmed him to be fi
nite, and circumscribed, either on all sides, or on some only (as beneath, for example), according to different opinions;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and others allowed that he might be felt by the hand, and seen by the eye.  Nay, one David al Jaw\'e2ri went so far as to say, that his 
deity was  body composed of flesh and blood, and that he had members, as hands, feet, a head, a tongue, eyes, and ears; but that he was a body, however, not like other bodies, neither was he like to any created being: he is also said farther to have affir
med that from the crown of the head to the breast he was hollow, and from the breast downward solid, and that he had black curled hair.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  These most blasphemous and monstrous notions were the consequence of the literal acceptation of those passages in the Kor\'e2
n which figuratively attribute corporeal actions to GOD, and of the words of Mohammed, when he said, that GOD created man in his own image, and that himself had felt the fingers of GOD, which he laid on his back, to be cold: besides which, this sect are
 charged with fathering on their prophet a great number of spurious and forged traditions to support their opinion, the greater part whereof they borrowed from the Jews, who are accused as naturally prone to assimilate GOD to men, so that they describe hi
m as weeping for Noah\rquote s flood till his eyes were sore.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  and, indeed, though we grant the Jews may have imposed on Mohammed and his followers in many instances, and told them as solemn truths things which themselves believed not or had invented, yet many ex
pressions of this kind are to be found in their writings; as when they introduce GOD roaring like a lion at every watch of the night, and crying, \'93
Alas! that I have laid waste my house, and suffered my temple to be burnt, and sent my children into banishment among the heathen,\'94 &c.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    4.  The jabarians\endash who are the direct opponents of the Kadarians\endash denying free agency in man, and ascribing his actions wholly unto
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    2  Vide Poc. ibid. p. 255, &c.  Abulfar. p. 167, &c.\tab \tab 3  Al Maw\'e2kef, apud Poc. ibid.\tab \tab 1  Al Shahrest. apud eund. ibid. p. 226.
\tab \tab 2  Vide Marracc. Prodr. part iii. p. 76.\tab \tab 3  Al Shahrest. ubi sup.\tab \tab 4  Idem, ibid. p. 225.
\par 5  Idem, ibid. p. 226, 227.\tab \tab 6  Idem, ibid. p. 227, 228.\tab 1  Talm.  Berachoth, c. I.  Vide Poc. ubi supra, p 228.
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 GOD.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261   They t
ake their denomination from al Jabr, which signifies necessity, or compulsion; because they hold man to be necessarily and inevitably constrained to act as he does, by force of GOD\rquote S eternal and immutable decree.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   This sect is distinguished into several s
pecies; some being more rigid and extreme in their opinion, who are thence called pure Jabarians, and others more moderate, who are therefore called middle Jabarians.  The former will not allow men to be said either to act, or to have any power at all, ei
t
her operative or acquiring; asserting that man can do nothing, but produces all his actions by necessity, having neither power, nor will, nor choice, any more than an inanimate agent: they also declare that rewarding and punishing are also the effects of 
necessity; and the same they say of the imposing of commands.  This was the doctrine of the Jahmians, the followers of Jahm Ebn Safw\'e2
n, who likewise held that paradise and hell will vanish, or be annihilated, after those who are destined thereto respectively shall have entered them, so that at last there will remain no existing being besides GOD;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  supposing those words of the Kor\'e2n which declare that the inhabitants of paradise and of hell shall remain therein for ever, to be hyperbolical only, and intended 
for corroboration, and not to denote an eternal duration in reality.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  The moderate Jabarians are those who ascribe some power to man, but such a power as hath no influence on the action: for as to those who grant the power of man to have a certain influence on the action, which influence is called Acquisition, some}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261  will not admit them to be called Jabarians; though others reckon those also to be called middle Jabarians, and to contend for the middle opinion between absolute necessity and absolute liberty,
 who attribute to man acquisition, or concurrence in producing the action, whereby he gaineth commendation or blame (yet without admitting it to have any influence on the action), and, therefore, make the Ash\'e1rians a branch of this sect.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Having again men
tioned the term Acquisition, we may, perhaps, have a clearer idea of what the Mohammedans mean thereby, when told, that it is defined to be an action directed to the obtaining of profit, or the removing of hurt, and for that reason never applied to any ac
tion of GOD, who acquireth to himself neither profit nor hurt.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Of the middle or moderate Jabarians were the Naj\'e2rians and the Der\'e2rians.  The Naj\'e2
rians were the adherents of al Hasan Ebn Mohammed al Naj\'e2r, who taught that GOD was he who created the actions of men, both good and bad, and that man acquired them, and also that man\rquote 
s power had an influence on the action, or a certain co-operation, which he called acquisition; and herein he agreed with al Ash\'e1ri.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The Der\'e2rians were the disciples of Der\'e2r Ebn 
Amru, who held also that men\rquote s actions are really created by GOD, and that man really acquired them.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  The Jabarians also say, that GOD is absolute Lord of his creatures, and may deal with them according to his own pleasure, without rendering account to an
y, and that if he should admit all men, without distinction, into paradise, it would be no impartiality, or if he should cast them all into hell it would
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    2  Vide Abulfarag, p. 168.\tab \tab 3  Al Shahrest. al Maw\'e2kef, et Ebn al Koss\'e1, apud Poc. ibid. p. 238, &c.\tab \tab 
4  Al Shahrest. al Motarezzi, et Ebn al Koss\'e1, apud eund. p. 239, 243, &c.\tab \tab 5  Idem, ibid. p. 260.\tab 6  Al Shahrest.
\par 7  Ebn al Koss\'e1, et al Maw\'e2kef.\tab \tab 1  Ebn al Koss\'e1 apud Poc. ubi sup. p. 240.\tab 2  Al Shahrest. apud eund. p. 245.
\par 3  Idem, ibid.
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 be no injustice.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261   And in this particular, likewise, they agree with the Ash\'e1
rians, who assert the same,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and say that reward is a favour from GOD, and punishment a piece of justice; obedience being by them considered as a sign only of future reward, and transgress
ion as a sign of future punishment.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    5.  The Morgians; who are said to be derived from the Jabarians.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  These teach that the judgment of every true believer, who hath been guilty of a grievous sin, will be deferred till the resurrection; for which reaso
n they pass no sentence on him in this world, either of absolution or condemnation.  They also hold that disobedience with faith hurteth not; and that, on the other hand, obedience with infidelity profiteth not.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   As to the reason of their name the learned
 differ, because of the different significations of its root, each of which they accommodate to some opinion of the sect.  Some think them so called because they postpone works to intention, that is, esteem works to be inferior in degree to intention and 
profession of the faith;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 others, because they allow hope, by asserting that disobedience with faith hurteth not, &c.; others take the reason of the name to be, their deferring the sentence of the heinous sinner till the resurrection;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  and others, their degrading of Ali, or removing him from the first degree to the fourth:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261  for the Morgians, in some points relating to the office of Im\'e2m, agree with the Kh\'e2
rejites, the Kadarians, or the Jabarians, are distinguished as Morgians of those sects, and the fourth is that of the pure Morgians; which last species is again subdivided into five others.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  The opinions of Mok\'e2tel and Bashar, both of a sect of the Morgians called Thaubanians, should not be omitted.  The former asserted that disobedience hurts not him who p
rofesses the unity of GOD, and is endued with faith; and that no true believer shall be cast into hell: he also taught that GOD will surely forgive all crimes besides infidelity; and that a disobedient believer will be punished, at the day of resurrection
, on the bridge}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261  laid over the midst of hell, where the flames of hell fire shall catch hold on him, and torment him in proportion to his disobedience, and that he shall then be admitted into paradise.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The latter held that if GOD do cast the believers gui
lty of grievous sins into hell, yet they will be delivered thence after they shall have been sufficiently punished; but that it is neither possible nor consistent with justice that
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    4  Abulfarag, p. 168, &c.\tab \tab 5  Al Shahrestani, ubi sup. p. 252, &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    6  Sharh al Taw\'e2
lea, ibid.  To the same effect writes the Moorish author quotes above, from whom I will venture to transcribe the following passage, with which he concludes his Discourse on Freewill.  \'93Intellectus fer\'e8 lumine naturali novit Deum esse rectum
 judicem et justum, qui non aliter afficit creaturam qu\'e0m juste: etiam Deum esse absolutum Dominum, et hanc orbis machinam esse ejus, et ab eo creatam; Deum mullis debere rationem reddere, c\'f9
m quicquid agat, agat jure proprio sibi: et ita absolute poterit afficere pr\'e6mio vel p\'9cna quem vult, c\'f9m omnis creatura sit ejus, nec facit cuiquam injuriam, etsi eam tormentis et p\'9cnis \'e6
ternis afficiat: plus enim boni et commodi accepit creatura quando accepit esse a suo creatore, qu\'e0m incommodi et damni quando ab eo damnata est et affecta tormentis et p\'9c
nis.  Hoc autem intelligitur si Deus absolute id faceret.  Quando enim Deus, pietate et misericordia motus, eligit aliquos ut ipsi serviant, Dominus Deus grati\'e2 su\'e2 id facit ex infinit\'e2 bonitate; et quando aliquos derelingquit, et p\'9c
nis et tormentis afficit, ex justitia et rectitudine.  Et tandem dicim\'f9 omnes p\'9cnas esse justas qu\'e6 a Deo Veniunt, et nostr\'e2 tant\'f9m culp\'e2, et omnia bona esse \'e0 pietate et misericordia ejus infinita.\'94\tab \tab 
7  Al Shahrest. ubi sup. p. 256.\tab \tab 1  Abulfar. p. 169.
\par 2  Al Firauz.\tab \tab 3  Ebn al Ath\'eer, al Motarrezi.\tab \tab 4  Al Shahrest. ubi sup. p. 254, &c.\tab \tab 5  Idem, ibid.\tab \tab 6  See before, Sect. IV. p. 71.\tab \tab 7  al Shahrest. ubi sup. p. 257.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par \page 
\par they should remain therein for ever; which, as has been observed, was the opinion of al Ash\'e1ri.
\par    III.  The Kh\'e2rejites are they who depart or revolt from the lawful prince established by public consent; and thence comes their name, which signifies revolters or rebels.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  The first who were so called were twelve thousand men who revolted from Ali, after they had fought under him at the battle of Seffein, taking offence at his submitting the decision of his right to the Khal\'eefat, which Mo\'e2
wiyah disputed with him, to arbitration, though they themselves had first obliged him to it.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261  
These were also called Mohakkemites, or Judiciarians; because the reason which they gave for their revolt was, that Ali had referred a matter concerning the religion of GOD to the judgment of men, whereas the judgment, in such case, belonged only unto GOD
.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The heresy of the Kh\'e2rejites consisted chiefly in two things.  I.  In that they affirmed a man might be promoted to the dignity of the Im\'e2
m, or prince, though he was not of the tribe of Koreish, nor even a freeman, provided he was a just and pious person, and endued with the other requisite qualifications; and also held that if the Im\'e2
m turned aside from the truth, he might be put to death or deposed; and that there was no absolute necessity for any Im\'e2m at all in the world.  2.  In that they charged Ali
 with sin, for having left an affair to the judgment of men, which ought to have been determined by GOD alone; and went so far as to declare him guilty of infidelity, and to curse him on that account.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  In the 38th year of the Hejra, which was the year following the revolt, all these Kh\'e2rejites who persisted in their rebellion, to the number of four thousand, were cut to pieces by Ali, and, as several historians}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  write, even to a man: but others say nine of them escaped, and that two fled into Om\'e2n, two into Kerm\'e2n, two into Sejest\'e2n, two into Mesopotamia, and one to Tel Mawr\'fb
n; and that these propagated their heresy in those places, the same remaining there to this day.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The principal sects of the Kh\'e2rejites, besides the Mohakkemites above mentioned, are s
ix; which, though they greatly differ among themselves in other matters, yet agree in these, viz., that they absolutely reject Othm\'e2
n and Ali, preferring the doing of this to the greatest obedience, and allowing marriages to be contracted on no other terms; that they account those who are guilty of grievous sins to be infidels; and that they hold it necessary to resist the Im\'e2
m when he transgresses the law.  One sect of them deserves more particular notice, viz.\endash 
\par    The Wa\'efdians, so called from al Wa\'efd, whi
ch signifies the threats denounced by GOD against the wicked.  These are the antagonists of the Morgians, and assert that he who is guilty of a grievous sin ought to be declared an infidel or apostate, and will be eternally punished in hell, though he wer
e a true believer:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261  which opinion of theirs, as has been observed, occasioned the first rise of the M\'f3tazalites.  One Jaafar Ebn Mobashshar, of the sect of the Nodh\'e2
mians, was yet more severe than the Wa\'efdians, pronouncing him to be a reprobate and an apostate who steals but a grain of corn.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    8  Idem, ibid. p. 269.\tab \tab 1  See Ockley\rquote s Hist. of the Sarac. vol. i. p. 60, &c.\tab \tab 2  Al Shahrest. ubi sup. p. 270.
\par 3  Idem, ibid.\tab \tab 4  Abulfeda, al Jann\'e2bi, Elmacinus, p. 40.\tab \tab 5  Al Shahrestani.  See Ockley\rquote s Hist. of the Saracens, ubi sup. p. 63.\tab \tab 6  Abulfar. p. 169.  Al Shahrest. apud Poc. Spec. p. 256.\tab \tab 
1  Vide Poc. ibid. p. 257
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261    IV. The Shiites are the opponents of the Kh\'e2rejites: their name properly signifies sectaries or adherents in general, but is peculiarly
 used to denote those of Ali Ebn T\'e2leb; who maintain him to be lawful Khal\'eef and Im\'e2
m, and that the supreme authority, both in spirituals and temporals, of right belongs to his descendants, notwithstanding they may be deprived of it by the injustice of others, or their own fear.  They also teach that the office of Im\'e2
m is not a common thing, depending on the will of the vulgar, so that they may set up whom they please; but a fundamental affair of religion, and an article which the prophet could not have neglected, or left to the fancy of the common people:}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  nay, some, thence called Im\'e2mians, go so far as to assert, that religion consists solely in the knowledge of the true Im\'e2m.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  The principal sects of the Shiites are five, which are subdivided into an almost innumerable number; so that some understand Mohammed\rquote s prophecy of the seventy odd sects, of the Shiites only.  Their general opinions are\endash 
I.  That the peculiar designation of the Im\'e2m, and the testimonies of the Kor\'e2n and Mohammed concerning him, are necessary points.  2.  That the Im\'e2
ms ought necessarily to keep themselves free from light sins as well as more grievous.  3.  That every one ought publicly to declare who it is that he adheres to, and from whom he separates himself, by word, deed, and enga
gement; and that herein there should be no dissimulation.  But in this last point some of the Zeidians, a sect so named from Zeid, the son of Ali surnamed Zein al \'e2bed\'een, and great-grandson of Ali, dissented from the rest of the Shiites.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261   As to other articles, wherein they agreed not, some of them came pretty near to the notions of the M\'f3tazalites, others to those of the Moshabbehites, and others to those of the Sonnites.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Among the latter of these Mohammed al B\'e2ker, another son of Zein al \'e2bed\'een\rquote s, seems
 to claim a place: for his opinion as to the will of GOD was, that GOD willeth something in us, and something from us, and that what he willeth from us he hath revealed to us; for which reason he thought it preposterous that we should employ our thoughts 
about those things which GOD willeth in us, and neglect those which he willeth from us: and as to GOD\rquote S decree, he held that the way lay in the middle, and that there was neither compulsion nor free liberty.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   A tenet of the Khatt\'e2bians, or disciples of one Abu\rquote 
l Khattab, is too peculiar to be omitted.  These maintained paradise to be no other than the pleasures of this world, and hell fire to be the pains thereof, and that the world will never decay: which proposition being first laid down, it is no wonder 
they went farther, and declared it lawful to indulge themselves in drinking wine and whoring, and to do other things forbidden by the law, and also to omit doing the things commanded by the law.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Many of the Shiites carried their veneration for Ali and his descendants so far, that they transgressed all bounds of reason and decency; though some of them were less extravagant than others.  The Ghol\'e2\'ef
tes, who had their name from their excessive zeal for their Im\'e2ms, were so highly transported therewith, that they raised them above the degree of created beings, and attributed divine properties to them; trans-
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    2  Al Shahrest. ibid. p. 261.  Abulfar. p. 169.\tab \tab 3  Al Shahrest. ibid. p. 262.\tab \tab 4  Idem, ibid.  Vide D\rquote 
Herbel. Bibl. Orient. Art. Schiah.\tab \tab 5  Vide Poc. ibid.\tab \tab \tab 1  Al Shahrest. ibid. p. 263.\tab \tab 2  Idem. et Ebn al Koss\'e1, ibid. p. 260, &c.
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 gressing on either hand, by deifying of mortal men, and by making GOD corporeal: for one while they liken one of their Im\'e2
ms to GOD, and another while they liken GOD to a creature.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The sects of these are various, and have various appellations in different countries.  Abd\rquote 
allah Ebn Saba (who had been a Jew, and had asserted the same thing of Joshua the son of Nun) was the ringleader of one of them.  This man gave the following salutation to Ali, viz., \'93Thou art Thou,\'94 }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 , Thou art GOD: and hereupon the Ghol\'e2\'eftes became divided into several species; some maintaining the same thing, or something like it, of Ali, and others of some of one of his descendants; affirming tha
t he was not dead, but would return again in the clouds, and fill the earth with justice.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  But howmuchsoever they disagreed in other things, they unanimously held a metempsychosis, and what they call al Hol\'fbl, or the descent of GOD on his creatures; meani
ng thereby that GOD is present in every place, and speaks with every tongue, and appears in some individual person:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and hence some of them asserted their Im\'e2ms to be prophets, and at length gods.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The Nosairians and the Ish\'e2kians taught that spiritual su
bstances appear in grosser bodies; and that the angels and the devil have appeared in this manner.  They also assert that GOD hath appeared in this manner.  They also assert that GOD hath appeared in the form of certain men; and since, after Mohammed, the
re hath been no man more excellent than Ali, and, after him, his sons have excelled all other men, that GOD hath appeared in their form, spoken with their tongue, and made use of their hands; for which reason, say they, we attribute divinity to them.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261   And to support these blasphemies, they tell several miraculous things of Ali, as his moving the gates of Khaibar,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 which they urge as a plain proof that he was endued with a particle of divinity and with sovereign power, and that he was the person in whose for
m GOD appeared, with whose hands he created all things, and with whose tongue he published his commands; and therefore they say he was in being before the creation of heaven and earth.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  In so impious a manner do they seem to wrest those things which are said in scripture of CHRIST by applying them to Ali.  These extravagant fancies of the Shiites, however, in making their Im\'e2
ms in laying claim thereto, are so far from being peculiar to this sect, that most of the other Mohammedan sects are tainted with the same madness; there being many found among them, and among the S\'fb
fis especially, who pretend to be nearly related to heaven, and who boast of strange revelations before the credulous people.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261   It may not be amiss to hear what al Ghaz\'e2li has written on thi
s occasion.  \'93Matters are come to that pass,\'94 says he, \'93that some boast of an union with GOD, and of discoursing familiarly with him, without the interposition of a veil, saying, \lquote It hath been thus said to us,\rquote  and \lquote 
We have thus spoken;\rquote  affecting to imitate Hosein al Hall\'e2j, who was put to death for some words of this kind uttered by him, he having said (as was proved by credible witnesses), \lquote I am the Truth,\rquote }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\insrsid14382261  or Abu Yaz\'eed al Bast\'e2mi, of whom it is related that he often used the expression,
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    3  Idem, ibid.\tab \tab 4  Idem, ibid. p. 264.  Vide Marracc. Prodr. part iii. p. 80, &c.\tab \tab 5  Idem, ibid. p. 265.\tab 
\par 6  Vide D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Or. Art. Hakem Beamrillah.\tab \tab 1  Idem, ibid. Abulfar. p. 169.\tab 2  See Prid. Life of Mah. p. 93.\tab 
\par 3  Al Shah. ubi sup. p. 266.\tab \tab \tab 4  Poc. Spec. p. 267.\tab 5  Vide D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. Art. Hallage.
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 \lquote Sobh\'e2ni,\rquote  }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , \lquote Praise be unto me!\rquote }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   But this way of talking is the cause of great mischief among the common people; insomuch that husbandmen, neglecting the tillage of their land, have pretende
d to the like privileges; nature being tickled with discourses of this kind, which furnish men with an excuse for leaving their occupations, under pretence of purifying their souls, and attaining I know not what degrees and conditions.  Nor is there anyth
i
ng to hinder the most stupid fellows from forming the like pretensions and catching at such vain expressions: for whenever what they say is denied to be true, they fail not to reply that our unbelief proceeds from learning and logic; affirming learning to
 
be a veil, and logic the work of the mind; wherein what they tell us appears only within, being discovered by the light of truth.  But this is that truth the sparks whereof have flown into several countries and occasioned great mischiefs; so that it is mo
re for the advantage of GOD\rquote S true religion to put to death one of those who utter such things than to bestow life on ten others.\'94}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Thus far have we treated of the chief sects among the Mohammedans of the first ages, omitting to say anything of the more 
modern sects, because the same are taken little or no notice of by their own writers, and would be of no use to our present design.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  It may be proper, however, to mention a word or two of the great schism at this day subsisting between the Sonnites and th
e Shiites, or partisans of Ali, and maintained on either side with implacable hatred and furious zeal.  Though the difference arose at first on a political occasion, it has, notwithstanding, been so well improved by additional circumstances and the spirit
 of contradiction, that each party detest and anathematize the other as abominable heretics, and farther from the truth than either the Christians or the Jews.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The chief points wherein they differ are
\endash I.  That the Shiites reject Abu Becr, Omar, and Othm\'e2n, the three first Khal\'eefs, as usurpers and intruders; whereas the Sonnites acknowledge and respect them as rightful Im\'e2
ms.  2.  The Shiites prefer Ali to Mohammed, or, at least, esteem them both equal; but the Sonnites admit neither Ali nor any of the prophets to be equal to Mohammed.  3.  The Sonnites charge the Shiites with corrupting the Kor\'e2
n and neglecting its precepts, and the Shiites retort the same charge on the Sonnites.  4.  The Sonnites receive the Sonna, or book of traditions of their prophet, a
s of canonical authority; whereas the Shiites reject it as apocryphal and unworthy of credit.  And to these disputes, and some others of less moment, is principally owing to the antipathy which has long reigned between the Turks, who are Sunnites, and the
 
Persians, who are of the sect of Ali.  It seems strange that Spinosa, had he known of no other schism among the Mohammedans, should yet never have heard of one so publicly notorious as this between the Turks and Persians; but it is plain he did not, or he
 would never have assigned it as the reason of his preferring the order of the Mohammedan church to that of the Roman, that there have arisen no schisms in the former since its birth.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    6  Vide Ibid. Art. Bastham.\tab \tab 1  Al Ghaz\'e2li, apud Poc. ubi sup.\tab \tab 2  The reader may meet with some account of them in Ricaut
\rquote s State of the Ottom. Empire, l. 2, c. 12.\tab \tab 3  Vide ibid. c. 10, and Chardin, Voy. de Perse, t. ii. p. 169, 170, &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    4  The words of the Spinosa are: \'93Ordinem Roman\'e6 ecclesi\'e6\endash politicum et plurimis l
ucrosum esse fateor; nec ad decipiendam plebem, et hominum animos coercendrum commo-}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261    As success in any project seldom fails to draw in imitators, Mohammed\rquote s having raised himself to such a degree of power and reputation by acting the prophet, induced 
others to imagine they might arrive at the same height by the same means.  His most considerable competitors in the prophetic office were Moseilama and al Aswad, whom the Mohammedans usually call the two liars.
\par    The former was of the tribe of Honeifa, who inhabited the province of Yam\'e2ma, and a principal man among them.  He headed an embassy sent by his tribe to Mohammed in the ninth year of the Hejra, and professed himself a Moslem:}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261  but on his return home, considering that he might possibly share with M
ohammed in his power, the next year he set up for a prophet also, pretending to be joined with him the commission to recall mankind from idolatry to the worship of the true GOD;}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 and he published written revelations, in imitation of the Kor\'e2n, of which Abulfargius}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  has preserved the following passage, viz.: \'93
now hath GOD been gracious unto her that was with child, and hath brought forth from her the soul, which runneth between the periton\'e6um and the bowels.\'94  Moseilama, having formed a considerable party am
ong those of Honeifa, began to think himself upon equal terms with Mohammed, and sent him a letter, offering to go halves with him,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261  in these words: \'93
From Moseilama the apostle of GOD, to Mohammed the apostle of GOD.  Now let the earth be half mine, and half thine.\'94  But Mohammed, thinking himself too well established to need a partner, wrote him this answer: \'93
From Mohammed the apostle of GOD, to Moseilama the liar.  The earth is GOD\rquote S: he giveth the same for inheritance unto such of his servants as he pleaseth; and the happy issue shall attend those who fear him.\'94}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   During the few months which Mohammed lived after this revolt, Moseilama rather gained than lost ground, and grew very formidable; but Abu Becr, his successor, in the eleventh year of the Hejra, 
sent a great army against him, under the command of that consummate general, Kh\'e2led Ebn al Wal\'ee
d, who engaged Moseilama in a bloody battle, wherein the false prophet, happening to be slain by Wahsha, the negro slave who had killed Hamza at Ohod, and by the same lance,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
 the Moslems gained an entire victory, ten thousand of the apostates being left dead on the spot, and the rest returning to Mohammedism.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Al Aswad, whose name was Aihala, was of the tribe of Ans, and governed that and the other tribes of Arabs descended from Madhhaj.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  This man was likewise an apostate from Mohammedism, and set up for himself the very year that Mohammed died.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261   He was surnamed Dhu\rquote lhem\'e2
r, or the master of the ass, because he used frequently to say, \'93The master of the ass is coming unto me;\'94}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261  and pretended to receive his revelations from two angels, named Sohaik and Shoraik.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261   Having a good hand at legerdemain, and a smooth tongue, he gained mightily on the multitude by the strange feats which he showed them,
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 diorem isto crederem, ni ordo Mahumedan\'e6 ecclesi\'e6 esset, qui long\'e8 eundem antecellit.  Nam \'e0 quo tempore h\'e6c superstitio incepit, nulla in eorum ecclesia schismata orta sunt.\'94  Opera Posth. p. 613.\tab 
\tab 1  Abulfed. p. 160.\tab \tab 2  Idem, Elmac. p. 9.
\par 3  Hist. Dynast. p. 164.\tab \tab 4  Abulfed. ubi sup.\tab \tab 5  Al Beid\'e2wi, in Kor. c. 5.\tab \tab 6  Abulfed. ubi sup.
\par 7 Idem, ibid. Abulfarag, p. 173.  Elmac. p. 16, &c.  See Ockley\rquote s Hist. of the Saracens, vol. i. p. 15, &c.\tab \tab 1  Al Soheili, apud Gagnier. in not. ad Abulf. Vit. Moh. p. 158.\tab \tab 2  Elmac. p. 9.\tab \tab 3  Abulfed ubi sup.\tab \tab 
4  Al Soheili, ubi sup.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 and the eloquence of his discourse:}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\insrsid14382261  by these means he greatly increased his power, and having made himself master of Najr\'e2n, and the territory of al T\'e2yef,}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\insrsid14382261  on the death of Badh\'e2n, the governor of Yaman for Mohammed, he seized that province also, killing Shahr, the son of Badh\'e2n, and taking to wife his widow, whose father, the uncle of Fir\'fb
z the Deilamite, he had also slain.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\insrsid14382261   These news being brought to Mohammed, he sent to his friends, and to those of Hamd\'e2n, a party of whom, conspiring with Kais Ebn Abd\rquote al Yagh\'fb
th, who bore Al Aswad a grudge, and with Fir\'fbz, and al Aswad\rquote s wife, broke by night into his house, where Fir\'fbz surprised him and cut off his head.  While he was dispatching he roared like a bull
; at which his guards came to the chamber door, but were sent away by his wife, who told them the prophet was only agitated by the divine inspiration.  This was done the very night before Mohammed died.  The next morning the conspirators caused the follow
ing proclamation to be made, viz.: \'93I bear witness that Mohammed is the apostle of GOD, and that Aihala is a liar;\'94
 and letters were immediately sent away to Mohammed, with an account of what had been done: but a messenger from heaven outstripped them, and 
acquainted the prophet with the news, which he imparted to his companions but a little before his death; the letters themselves not arriving till Abu Becr was chosen Khal\'ee
f.  It is said that Mohammed, on this occasion, told those who attended him that befo
re the day of judgment thirty more impostors, besides Moseilama and al Aswad, should appear, and every one of them set up for a prophet.  The whole time, from the beginning of al Aswad\rquote s rebellion to his death, was about four months.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    In the same eleventh year of the Hejra, but after the death of Mohammed, as seems most probable, Toleiha Ebn Khowailed set up for a prophet, and Sej\'e2j Bint al Mondar}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261  for a prophetess.
\par    Toleiha was of the tribe of Asad, which adhered to him, together with great numbers of the tribes of Ghatf\'e2n and Tay.  Against them likewise was Kh\'e2
led sent, who engaged and put them to flight, obliging Toleiha, with his shattered troops, to retire into Syria, where he stayed till the death of Abu Becr: then he went to Omar and embraced Moh
ammedism in his presence, and, having taken the oath of fidelity to him, returned to his own country and people.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    Sej\'e2j, surnamed Omm S\'e2der, was of the tribe of Tam\'eem, and the wife of Abu Cahdala, a soothsayer of Yam\'e2ma.  She was followed not only by th
ose of her own tribe, but by several others.  Thinking a prophet the most proper husband for her, she went to Moseilama, and married him; but after she had stayed with him three days, she left him and returned home.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\insrsid14382261   What became of her afterwards I do not find.  Ebn Shohnah has given us part of the conversation which passed at the interview between those two pretenders to inspiration; but the same is a little too immodest to be translated.

\par    In succeeding ages several impostors from time to time started up most of whom quickly came to nothing: but some made a considerable figure, and propagated sects which continued long after their decease.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    5  Abulfed. ubi sup.\tab \tab \tab 6  Idem, et Elmac. ubi sup.\tab \tab 7  Idem, al Jann\'e2bi, ubi sup.\tab \tab 8  Idem, ibid.\tab \tab 1  Ebn Shohnah and Elmacinus call her the daughter of al Hareth.\tab \tab 
2  Elmac, p. 16, al Beid\'e2wi, in Kor. c. 5.\tab \tab 3  Ebn Shohnah.  Vide Elmac. p. 16.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 I shall give a brief account of the most remarkable of them, in order of time.
\par    In the reign of al Mohdi, the third Khal\'eef of the race of al Abb\'e2s, one Hakem Ebn H\'e2shem}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 , originally of Mer\'fb, in Khoras\'e2
n, who had been an under-secretary to Abu Moslem, the governor of that province, and afterwards turned soldier, passed thence into Mawar\'e2lnahr, where he gave himself out for 
a prophet.  He is generally named by the Arab writers al Mokanna, and sometimes al Borka\'ed, that is, \'93the veiled,\'94
 because he used to cover his face with a veil, or a gilded mask, to conceal his deformity, having lost an eye in the ward, and being otherwise
 of a despicable appearance; though his followers pretended he did it for the same reasons as Moses did, viz., lest the splendour of his countenance should dazzle the eyes of the beholders.  He made a great many proselytes at Nakhshab and Kash, deluding t
he people with several juggling performances, which they swallowed for miracles, and particularly by causing the appearance of a moon to rise out of a well, for many nights together; whence he was also called, in the Persian tongue, S\'e2
zendeh mah, or the moonmaker.  This impious impostor, not content with being reputed a prophet, arrogated divine honours to himself, pretending that the deity resided in his person: and the doctrine whereon he built this was the same with that of the Ghol
\'e2\'eftes above mentioned, who affirmed a transmigration or successive manifestation of the divinity through and in certain prophets and holy men, from Adam to these latter days (of which opinion was also Abu Moslem himself);}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261  but the particular doctrine of al Mokanna was, that the 
person in whom the deity had last resided was the aforesaid Abu Moslem, and that the same had, since his death, passed into himself.  The faction of al Mokanna, who had made himself master of several fortified places in the neighbourhood of the cities abo
ve mentioned, growing daily more and more powerful, the Khal\'ee
f was at length obliged to send an army to reduce him; at the approach whereof al Mokanna retired into one of his strongest fortresses, which he had well provided for a siege, and sent his emissar
ies abroad to pursuade people that he raised the dead to life, and knew future events.  But, being straitly besieged by the Khal\'eef\rquote 
s forces, when he found there was no possibility for him to escape, he gave poison, in wine, to his whole family, and all tha
t were with him in the castle; and when they were dead he burnt their bodies, together with their clothes, and all the provisions and cattle; and then, to prevent his own body\rquote 
s being found, he threw himself into the flames, or, as others say, into a tub of }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 aqua fortis}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
, or some other preparation, which consumed every part of him, except only his hair: so that when the besiegers entered the place, they found no creature in it, save one of al Mokanna\rquote s concubines, who, suspecting his design, had hid herself, 
and discovered the whole matter.  This contrivance, however, failed not to produce the effect which the impostor designed among the remaining part of his followers; for he had promised them that his soul should transmigrate into the form of a grey-headed 
man riding on a greyish beast, and that after so many years he would return
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    4  Or Ebn At\'e2, according to Ebn Shohnan.\tab \tab 
1  This explain a doubt of Mr. Bayle concerning a passage of Elmacinus, as translated by Erpenius, and corrected by Bespier.  Vide Bayle, Dic. Hist. Art. Abumuslimus, vers la fin, et Rem. B.
\par 
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 
to them, and give them the earth for their possession: the expectation of which  promise kept the sect in being for several ages after under the name of Mobeyyidites, or, as the Persians call them, Sefid j\'e2mehghi\'e2n, }{\i\f36\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{
\f36\insrsid14382261 , the clothed in white, because they wore their garments of that colour, in opposition, as is supposed, to the Khal\'eefs of the family of Abb\'e2
s, whose banners and habits were black.  The historians place the death of al Mokanna in the 162nd or 163rd year of the Hejra.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    In the year of the Hejra 201, B\'e2bec, surnamed al Khorremi, and Khorremd\'een, either because he was of a certain district near Ardeb\'eel in Adherbij\'e2n, called Khorrem, or because he instituted a merry religion, which is the
 signification of the word in Persian, began to take on him the title of a prophet.  I do not find what doctrine he taught; but it is said he professed none of the religions then known in Asia.  He gained a great number of devotees in Adherbij\'e2
n and the Persian Ir\'e2k, and grew powerful enough to wage war with the Khal\'eef al M\'e1m\'fan, whose troops he often beat, killing several of his generals, and one of them with his own hand; and by these victories he became so formidable that al M\'f3
tasem, the successor of al M\'e1m\'fbn, was obliged to employ the forces of the whole empire against him.  The general sent to reduce B\'e2bec was Afsh\'ee
d, who having overthrown him in battle, took his castles one after another with invincible patience, notwithstanding the rebels gave him great annoyance, and at last shut up the impostor in his principal fortress; which being taken, B\'e2
bec found means to escape thence in disguise, with some of his family and principal followers; but taking refuge in the territories of the Greeks, was betrayed in the following manner.  Sahel, an Armenian officer, happening to know B\'e2
bec, enticed him, by offers of service and respect, into his power, and treated him as a mighty prince, till, when he sat down to eat, Sahel clapped himself down by him; at which B\'e2bec
 being surprised, asked him how he dared to take that liberty unasked?  \'93It is true, great king,\'94 replied Sahel, \'93I have committed a fault; for who am I, that I should sit at your majesty\rquote s table?\'94
  And immediately sending for a smith, he made use of this bitter sarcasm, \'93Stretch forth your legs, great king, that this man may put fetters on them.\'94  After this Sahel sent him to Afsh\'ee
d, though he had offered a large sum for his liberty, having first served him in his own kind, by causing his mother, sister, and wife to be ravished before his face; for so B\'e2bec used to treat his prisoners.  Afsh\'ee
d, having the arch-rebel in his power, conducted him to al M\'f3tasem, by whose order he was put to an ignominious and cruel death.  This man had maintained his ground against the power of the Khal\'ee
fs for twenty years, and had cruelly put to death above two hundred and fifty thousand people; it being his custom never to spare man, woman, or child, either of the Mohammedans or their allies.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
  The sectaries of B\'e2bec which remained after his death seem to have been entirely dispersed, there being little or no mention made of them by historians.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261    1  They were a sect in the days of Abulfaragius, who lived about five hundred years after this extraordinary event; and may, for aught I know, be so still.\tab \tab 2  Ex Abulfarag, Hist. Dyn. p. 226.  Lobb al Taw\'e2
rikh, Ebn Shohnah, al Tabari, and Khondamir.  Vide D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. Art. Hakem Ben Haschem.\tab \tab \tab 3  Ex Abulfarag, p. 252, &c.  Elmacin. p. 141, &c., and Khondamir.  Vide D\rquote Herbel. Art B\'e2bec.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261    About the year 235, one Mahm\'fbd Ebn Faraj pretended to be Moses resuscitated, and played his part so well that several people believed on him, and attended him when he was brought before the Khal\'ee
f al Motawakkel.  That prince, having been
 an ear-witness of his extravagant discourses, condemned him to receive ten buffets from every one of his followers, and then to be drubbed to death; which was accordingly executed; and his disciples were imprisoned till they came to their right minds.}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The Karmatians, a sect which bore an inveterate malice against the Mohammedans, began first to raise disturbances in the year of the Hejra 278, and the latter end of the reign of al M\'f3
tamed.  Their origin is not well known; but the common tradition is, that  poor fellow, whom some call Karmata, came from Kh\'fbzist\'e2n to the villages near C\'fb
fa, and there feigned great sanctity and strictness of life, and that GOD had enjoined him to pray fifty times a day, pretending also to invite people to the obedience of a certain Im\'e2
m of the family of Mohammed: and this way of life he continued till he had made a very great party, out of whom he chose twelve, as his apostles, to govern the rest, and to propagate his doctrines.  But the governor of the province, finding men
 neglected their work, and their husbandry in particular, to say those fifty prayers a day, seized the fellow, and having put him into prison, swore that he should die; which being overheard by a girl belonging to the governor, she, pitying the man, at ni
ght took the key of the dungeon from under her master\rquote 
s head as he slept, and having let the prisoner out, returned the key to the place whence she had it.  The next morning the governor found the bird flown; and the accident being publicly known, raised gr
eat admiration, his adherents giving it out that GOD had taken him into heaven.  Afterwards he appeared in another province, and declared to a great number of people he had got about him that it was not in the power of any to do him hurt; notwithstanding 
w
hich, his courage failing him, he retired into Syria, and was not heard of any more.  His sect, however, continued and increased, pretending that their master had manifested himself to be a true prophet, and had left them a new law, wherein he had change 
the ceremonies and form of prayer used by the Moslems, and introduced a new kind of fast; and that he had also allowed them to drink wine, and dispensed with several things commanded in the Kor\'e2
n.  They also turned the precepts of that book into allegory; teaching that prayer was the symbol of obedience to their Im\'e2
m, and fasting that of silence, or concealing their dogmas from strangers: they also believed fornication to be the sin of infidelity; and the guilt thereof to be incurred by those who revealed th
e mysteries of their religion, or paid not a blind obedience to their chief.  They are said to have produced a book, wherein was written (among other things), \'93In the name of the most merciful GOD.  Al Faraj Ebn Othm\'e2n of the town of Nasr\'e2
na, saith that Christ appeared unto him in a human form, and said, \lquote Thou art the invitation: thou art the demonstration: thou art the camel: thou art the beast: thou art John the son of Zacharias: thou art the Holy Ghost.\rquote \'94}{
\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261   From the year above mentioned the
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 4  Ebn Shohnah.  Vide D\rquote Herbel. p. 537.\tab \tab 1  Apud Abulfar. p. 275.}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 \page 
\par }{\f36\insrsid14382261 Karmatians, under several leaders, gave almost continual disturbance to the Khal\'eefs and their Mohammedan subjects for several years; committing great disorders and outrages in Chaldea, Arabia, Syria
, and Mesopotamia, and at length establishing a considerable principality, the power whereof was in its meridian in the reign of Abu Dh\'e2
her, famous for his taking of Mecca, and the indignities by him offered to the temple there, but which declined soon after his time and came to nothing.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    To the Karmatians the Ismaelians of Asia were very near of kin, if they were not a branch of them.  For these, who were also called al Mol\'e2hedah, or the Impious, and by the writers of the history of the holy wars, Assas
sins, agreed with the former in many respects; such as their inveterate malice against those of other religions, and especially the Mohammedan, their unlimited obedience to their prince, at whose command they were ready for assassinations, or any other bl
oody and dangerous enterprise, their pretended attachment to a certain Im\'e2m of the house of Ali, &c.  These Ismaelians in the year 483 possessed themselves of al Jeb\'e2l, in the Persian Ir\'e2
k, under the conduct of Hasan Sabah; and that prince and his descendants enjoyed the same for a hundred and seventy-one years, till the whole race of them was destroyed by Holagu the Tartar.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    The B\'e2tenites, which name is also given to the Ismaelians by some authors, and likewise to the Karmatians,}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\insrsid14382261  were a sect which profe
ssed the same abominable principles, and were dispersed over several parts of the east.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\insrsid14382261   The word signifies Esoterics, or people of inward or hidden light or knowledge.
\par    Abu\rquote l Teyyeb Ahmed, surnamed al Motanabbi, of the tribe of J\'f3fa, is too famous on another account not to claim a place here.  He was one of the most excellent poets among the Arabians, there being none besides Abu Tem\'e2
m who can dispute the prize with him.  His poetical inspiration was so warm and exalted that he either mistook it or thou
ght he could persuade others to believe it to be prophetical, and therefore gave himself out to be a prophet indeed; and thence acquired his surname, by which he is generally known.  His accomplishments were too great not to have some success; for several
 tribes of the Arabs of the deserts, particularly that of Kel\'e2b, acknowledged him to be what he pretended.  But L\'fbl\'fb, governor in those parts for Akhsh\'ee
d king of Egypt and Syria, soon put a stop to the further progress of this new sect by imprisoning their 
prophet and obliging him to renounce his chimerical dignity; which having done, he regained his liberty, and applied himself solely to his poetry, by means whereof he got very considerable riches, being in high esteem at the courts of several princes.  Al
 Motanabbi lost his life, together with his son, on the bank of the Tigris, in defending the money which had been given him by Adado\rquote ddawla, solt\'e2
n of Persia, against some Arabian robbers who demanded it of him, with which money he was returning to C\'fbfa, his native city.  This accident happened in the year 354.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    2  Ex Abulfar. ibid. Elmacino, p. 174, &c.  Ebn Shohnah, Khondamir.  Vide D\rquote Herbel. Art. Carmath.\tab \tab 1  Vide Abulfar. p. 505, &c.  D
\rquote Herbel. p. 104, 437, 505, 620, and 784.\tab \tab 2  Vide Elmacin. p. 174 and 286.  D\rquote Herb. p. 194.
\par 3  Vide Abulfar. p. 361, 374, 380, 483.\tab \tab 4  Pr\'e6f. in opera Motannabbis MS.  Vide D\rquote Herbel. p. 638, &c.
\par \page 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx720\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261    The last pretender to prophecy I shall now take notice of is one who appeared in the city of Amasia, in Natolia, in the y
ear 638, and by his wonderful feats seduced a great multitude of people there.  He was by nation a Turkm\'e2n, and called himself B\'e2
ba, and had a disciple named Isaac, whom he sent about to invite those of his own nation to join him.  Isaac accordingly, coming to the territory of Someisat, published his commission, and prevailed on many to embrace his master\rquote 
s sect, especially among the Turkm\'e2ns; so that at last he had six thousand horse at his heels, besides foot.  With these Baba and his disciple made open war on all who would not cry out with them, \'93There is no GOD but GOD; B\'e2
ba is the apostle of GOD:\'94 and they put great numbers of Mohammedans, as well as Christians, to the sword in those parts; till at length both Mohammedans and Christians, joining togethe
r, gave them battle, and having entirely routed them, put them all to the sword, except their two chiefs, who being taken alive, had their heads struck off by the executioner.}{\f36\super\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par    I could mention several other impostors of the same kind, which have arisen among the Mohammedans since their prophet\rquote 
s time, and very near enough to complete the number foretold by him: but I apprehend the reader is by this time tired as well as myself, and shall therefore here conclude this discourse, which may be thought already too long for an introduction.
\par 
\par 
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\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE PREFACE, OR INTRODUCTION;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      PRAISE be to GOD, the LORD of all creatures;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      the most merciful,
\par      the king of the day of judgment.
\par      Thee do we worship, and of thee do we beg assistance.
\par      Direct us in the right way,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      in the way of those to whom thou hast been gracious; not of those against whom thou art incensed, nor of those who go astray.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   In Arabic }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 al F\'e2tihat.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  This chapter is a prayer, and held in great veneration by the Mohammedans, who give it several other honourable titles; as the chapter of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 prayer}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 prai
se}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 thanksgiving}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 treasure}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.  They esteem it as the quintessence of the whole Kor
\'e2n, and often repeat it in their devotions both public and private, as the Christians do the Lord\rquote s Prayer.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original words are, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Rabbi \lquote l\'e2lam\'eena}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which literally signify }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
Lord of the worlds;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  but }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \'e2lam\'eena}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  in this and other places of the Kor\'e2
n properly mean the three species of rational creatures, men, genii, and angels.  Father Marracci has endeavoured to prove from this passage that Mohammed believed a plurality of worlds, which he calls the error of the Manichees, &c.:}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  but this imputation the learned Reland has shown to be entirely groundless.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This last sentence contains a petition, that GOD would lead the supplicants into the true religion, by which is meant the Mohammedan, in the Kor\'e2n often called }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the right way;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  in this place more particularly defined to be, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the way of those to whom}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
hath been gracious}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , that is, of the prophets and faithful who preceded Mohammed; under which appellations are also compr
ehended the Jews and Christians, such as they were in the times of their primitive purity, before they had deviated from their respective institutions; }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 not the way of the modern}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 Jews, whose signal calamities are marks of the just }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 anger}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  of GOD against them for their obstinacy and disobedience: }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 nor of the}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  Christians }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 of this age}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , who have departed from the true doctrine of Jesus, and are bewildered in a labyrinth of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 error}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab This is the common exposition of the passage; though al Zamakhshari, and some others, 
by a different application of the negatives, refer the whole to the true believers; and then the sense will run thus: }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
The way of those to whom thou hast been gracious, against whom thou art not incensed, and who have not erred}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 .  Which translation the original will very well bear.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Vide Bobovium de Precib. Mohammed. p. 3, et seq.\tab \tab 2  In Prodromo ad Refut. Alcorani part iv. p. 76, et in notis ad Alc. c. I.
\par 3  De Religion. Mohammed. p. 262\tab \tab 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin.  Al Beidawi, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkstart CHAPTER_II_}CHAPTER II.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend CHAPTER_II_}
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE COW;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED PARTLY AT MECCA, AND PARTLY AT MEDINA.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      A. L. M.}{\cs27\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   There is no doubt in this book; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a direction to the pious,
\par      who believe in the mysteries}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of faith, }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 who observe the appointed times of prayer, and distribute }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 alms}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  out of what we have bestowed on them,
\par      and who believe in that }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 revelation}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which hath been sent down unto thee and that which hath been sent down }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto the prophets}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  before thee,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and have firm assurance of the life to come:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      these are directed by their LORD, and they shall prosper.
\par      As for the unbelievers, it will be equal to them whether thou admonish them, or do not admonish them; they will not believe.
\par      GOD hath sealed up their hearts and their hearing; a dimness covereth their sight, and they shall suffer a grievous punishment.\line      There are some who say, We believe in GOD, and the last day; but are not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 really}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  believers:
\par      they seek to deceive GOD, and those who do believe, but they deceive themselves only, and are not sensible thereof.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      There is an infirmity in their hearts, and GOD hath increased that infirmity;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they shall suffer a most painful punishment, because they have disbelieved.

\par 10\tab When one saith unto them, Act not corruptly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in the earth; they reply, Verily we are men of integrity.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Are not they themselves corrupt doers? but they are not sensible thereof.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And when one saith unto them, Believe ye as others}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  believe; they answer, Shall we believe as fools believe?  Are not they themselve
s fools?  but they know it not.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      When they meet those who believe, they say, We do believe: but when they retire privately to their devils,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they say, We really }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hold}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with you, and only mock }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 at those people:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This title was occasioned by the story of the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 red heifer}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , mentioned p. 9.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As to the meaning of these letters, see the Preliminary Discourse, Sect. III.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Arabic word is }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 gheib}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which properly signifies a thing that is }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
absent, at a great distance}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 invisible}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , such as the resurrection, 
paradise, and hell.  And this is agreeable to the language of scripture, which defines faith to be }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the evidence of things not seen}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Mohammedans believe that GOD gave written revelations not only to Moses, Jesus, and Mohammed, but to several other prophets;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  though they acknowledge none of those which preceded the Kor\'e2n to be now extant, except the Pentateuch of Moses, the Psalms of David, and the Gospel of Jesus; which yet they say were even before Mohammed\rquote 
s time altered and corrupted by the Jews and Christians; and therefore will not allow our present copies to be genuine.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original word }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 al-\'e2kherhat}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  properly signifies }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the latter part}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  of anything, and by way of excellence }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the next life, the latter}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 future state}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 after death; and is opposed to }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 al-donya, this world;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 al-oula}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 former}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 present life}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  The Hebrew word }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ahharith}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, from the same root, is used by Moses in this sense, and is translated }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 latter end}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Mohammed here, and elsewhere frequently, imitates the truly inspired writers
, in making GOD by operation on the minds of reprobates to prevent their conversion.  This fatality or predestination, as believed by the Mohammedans, hath been sufficiently treated of in the Preliminary Discourse.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 corrupt not in the earth}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , b
y which some expositors understand the sowing of false doctrine, and corrupting people\rquote s principles.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   According to the explication in the preceding note, this word must be translated }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 reformers}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, who promote true piety by their doctrine and example.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The first companions and followers of Mohammed.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The prophet, making use of the liberty zealots of all religions have, by prescription, of giving ill language, bestows this name on the Jewish rabbins and Christian priests; though he seems chiefly to mea
n the former, against whom he had by much the greater spleen.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Heb. xi. I.  See also Rom. xxiv. 25; 2 Cor. iv. 18 and v. 7.\tab \tab 2  Vide Reland. de Relig. Moham. p. 34 and Dissert. de Samaritanis, p. 34, &c.\tab \tab 3  Numb. xxiv. 20; Deut. viii. 16.\tab \tab 4  Jallalo
\rquote ddin.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 GOD shall mock at them, and continue them in their impiety; they shall wander in confusion.
\par      There are the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  who have purchased error at the price of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 true}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 direction: but their traffic hath not been gainful, neither have they been }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 rightly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  directed.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They are like unto one who kindleth a fire,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and when it hath enlightened all around him,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 GOD taketh away their light}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and leaveth them in darkness, they shall not see;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 they are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  deaf, dumb, and blind, therefore will they not repent.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Or like a stormy cloud from heaven, fraught with darkness, thunder, and lightning,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 they put their fingers in their ears because of the noise of the thunder, for fear of death; GOD encompasseth the infidels:
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      the lightning wanteth but little of 
taking away their sight; so often as it enlighteneth them, they walk therein, but when darkness cometh on them, they stand still; and if GOD so pleased, he would certainly deprive them of their hearing and their sight, for GOD is almighty.  O men }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  Mecca, serve your LORD who hath created you, and those who have been before you: peradventure ye will fear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 him;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 20\tab who hath spread the earth as a bed for you, and the heaven as a covering, and hath caused water to descend from heaven, and thereby produced fruits for your sustenance.  Set not up therefore any equals unto GOD, against your own knowledge.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      If ye be in doubt concerning that }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 revelation}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 which we have sent down unto our servant, produce a chapter like unto it, and call upon your witnesses besides GOD,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  if ye say truth.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But if ye do }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  not, nor shall }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ever be able to }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 do }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  justly fear the fire whose fuel is men and stones, prepared for the unbelievers.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      But bear good tidings unto those who believe, and do good works, that they shall have gard
ens watered by rivers; so often as they eat of the fruit thereof for sustenance, they }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  say, this is what we have formerly eaten of; and they shall be supplied with }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 several sorts of fruit}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  having a mutual resemblance to one another.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   There shall they e
njoy wives subject to no impurity, and there shall they continue forever.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   In this passage, Mohammed compares those who believed not on him, to a man who wants to kindle a fire, but as soon as it burns up, and the flames give a light, shuts his eyes, l
est he should see.  As if he had said, You, O Arabians, have long desired a prophet of your own nation, and now I am sent unto you, and have plainly proved my mission by the excellence of my doctrine and revelation, you resist conviction, and refuse to be
lieve in me; therefore shall God leave you in your ignorance.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The sense seems to be here imperfect, and may be completed by adding the words, He }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 turns from it, shuts his eyes}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, or the like.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is of the unbelievers, to whom the word }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  being in 
the plural, seems to refer; though it is not unusual for Mohammed, in affectation of the prophetic style, suddenly to change the number against all rules of grammar.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Here he compares the unbelieving Arabs to people caught in a violent storm.  To percei
ve the beauty of this comparison, it must be observed, that the Mohammedan doctors say, this tempest is a type or image of the Kor\'e2
n itself: the thunder signifying the threats therein contained; the lightning, the promises; and the darkness, the mysteries.
  The terror of the threats makes them stop their ears, unwilling to hear truths so disagreeable; when the promises are read to them, they attend with pleasure; but when anything mysterious or difficult of belief occurs, they stand stock still, and will n
ot submit to be directed.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Your false gods and idols.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some commentators}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 approve of this sense, supposing the fruits of paradise, though of various tastes, are alike in colour and outward appearance: but others}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  think the meaning to be, that th
e inhabitants of that place will find there fruits of the same or the like kinds as they used to eat while on earth.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 2  Al Zamakhshari.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Moreover, GOD will not be ashamed to propound in a parable a gnat, or even a more despicable thing:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 for they who believe will know it to be the truth from their LORD; but the unbelievers will say, What meaneth GOD by this parable?  he will thereby mislead many, and will direct many thereby: but he will not mislead }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 any}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  thereby, except the transgressors,
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      who make void the covenant of GOD after the establishing thereof, and cut in sunder that which GOD hath commanded to be joined, and act corruptly in the earth; they shall perish.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      How }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is it that}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  ye believe not in GOD?  Since ye were dead, and he gave you life;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 he will hereafter cause you to die, and will again restore you to life; then shall ye return unto him.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      It is he who hath created for you whatsoever is on earth, and then set his mind to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the creation of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  heaven, and formed it into seven heavens; he knoweth all things.

\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      When thy LORD said unto the angels, I am going to place a substitute on earth;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 they said, Wilt thou place there one who will do evil therein, and shed blood? but we celebrate thy praise, and sanctify thee.  GOD answered, Verily I know that which ye know not;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and he taught Adam the names of all things, and then proposed them to the angels, and said, Declare unto me the names of these things if ye say truth.
\par 30\tab They answered, Praise be unto thee; we have no knowledge but what thou teachest us, for thou art knowing and wise.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      GOD said, O Adam, tell them their names.  And when he had told them their names, GOD said, Did I not tell you that I know the secrets of heaven and earth, and know that which ye discover, and that which ye conceal?}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And when we said unto the angels, Worship}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Adam, they }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 all}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  worshipped }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , except Eblis, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 who}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 refused, and was puffed up with pride, and became of the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 number of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unbelievers.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This was revealed to take off an objection made to the Kor\'e2
n by the infidels, for condescending to speak of such insignificant insects as the spider, the pismire, the bee, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Ye were dead while in the loins of your fathers, and he gave you life in your mothers wombs; and after death ye
 shall be again raised at the resurrection.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Concerning the creation of Adam, here intimated, the Mohammedans have several peculiar traditions.  They say the angels, Gabriel, Michael, and Israfil, were sent by God, one after another, to fetch for that 
purpose seven handfuls of earth from different depths, and of different colours (whence some account for the various complexion of mankind}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
); but the earth being apprehensive of the consequence, and desiring them to represent her fear to God that the creature he designed to form would rebel against him, and draw down his curse upon her, they returned without performing God\rquote 
s command; whereupon he sent Azra\'efl on the same errand, who executed his commission without remorse, for which reason God appointed that angel to separate the souls from the bodies, being therefore called }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
the angel of death}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  The earth he had taken was carried into Arabia, to a place between Mecca and Tayef, where, being first kneaded by the angels, it was afterwards fashioned by God himse
lf into a human form, and left to dry}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 for the space of forty days, or, as others say, as many years, the angels in the meantime often visiting it, and Eblis (then one of the angels who are nearest to God\rquote s presence, afterwards the devil) among the rest; b
ut he, not contented with looking on it, kicked it with his foot till it rung and knowing God designed that creature to be his superior, took a secret resolution never to acknowledge him as such.  After this, God animated the figure of clay and endued it 
with an intelligent soul, and when he had placed him in paradise, formed Eve out of his left side.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This story Mohammed borrowed from the Jewish traditions, which say that the angels having spoken of man with some contempt when God consulted them about 
his creation, God made answer that the man was wiser than they; and to convince them of it, he brought all kinds of animals to them, and asked them their names; which they not being able to tell, he put the same question to the man, who named them one aft
er another; and being asked his own name and God\rquote s name, he answered very justly, and gave God the name of JEHOVAH}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  The angels\rquote  adoring of Adam is also mentioned in the Talmud.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original word signifies properly to }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 prostrate one\rquote s self}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  till the for
ehead touches the ground, which is the humblest posture of adoration, and strictly due to GOD only; but it is sometimes, as in this place, used to express that civil worship or homage, which may be paid to creatures.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This occasion of the devil\rquote s fall 
has some affinity with an opinion which has been pretty much entertained among Christians,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  viz., that the angels being informed of GOD\rquote 
S intention to create man after his own image, and to dignify human nature by CHRIST\rquote S assuming it, some of them, thinking their glory to be eclipsed thereby, envied man\rquote s happiness, and so revolted.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 3  Yahya.\tab \tab 4  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 5  Al Termedi, from a tradition of Abu Musa al Ashari\tab \tab 6  Kor. c. 55.\tab \tab 7  Khondamir.  Jallalo\rquote ddin.  Comment. in Kor\'e2n, &c.  Vide D\rquote 
Herbelot, Biblioth. Orient. p. 55.\tab \tab 1  Vide Rivin. Serpent. seduct. p. 56.\tab \tab 2  R. Moses Haddarshan, in Bereshit rabbah.\tab \tab 3  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab }{\f36\fs14\up8\insrsid14382261 4  Iren\'e6us, Lact. Greg. Nyssen. &c.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And we said, O Adam, dwell thou and thy wife in the garden,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and eat }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the fruit}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 thereof plentifully wherever ye will; but approach not this tree,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  lest ye become of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the number of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the transgressors.
\par      But Satan caused them to forfeit }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 paradise}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and turned them out of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the state of happiness}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wherein they had been; whereupon we said, Get ye down,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 the one of you an enemy unto the other; and there shall be a dwelling-place for you on earth, and a provision for a season.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And Adam learned words }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of prayer}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  from his LORD, and GOD turned unto him, for he is easy to be reconciled and merciful.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We said, Get ye all down from hence; hereafter shall there come unto you a direction from me,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and whoever shall follow my direction, on them shall no fear come, neither shall they be grieved;
\par      but they who shall be unbelievers, and accuse our signs}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of falsehood, they shall be the companions of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 fire, therein shall they remain forever.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O children of Israel}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , remember my favor wherewith I have favored you; and perform }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  covenant with me, and I will perform }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 my}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  covenant with you; and revere me: and believe in the }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 revelation}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which I have sent down, confirming that which is with you, and be not the first who believe not therein, neither exchange my signs for a small price; and fear me.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Mohammed, as appears by what presently follows, does not place this garden or paradise on earth, but in the seventh heaven.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Concerning this tree or the forbidden fruit, the Mohammedans, as well as the Christians, have various opinions.  Some say it was an ear of wheat; some will have it to have been a 
fig-tree, and others a vine.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The story of the Fall is told, with some further circumstances, in the beginning of the seventh chapter.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   They have a tradition that the devil offering to get into paradise to tempt Adam, was not admitted by the guard; whe
reupon he begged of the animals, one after another, to carry him in, that he might speak to Adam and his wife; but they all refused him except the serpent, who took him between two of his teeth, and so introduced him.  They add that the serpent was then o
f a beautiful form, and not in the shape he now bears.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The Mohammedans say that when they were cast down from paradise, Adam fell on the isle of Ceylon or Serendib, and Eve near Joddah (the port of Mecca) in Arabia; and that after a separation of 200 y
ears, Adam was, on his repentance, conducted by the angel Gabriel to a mountain near Mecca, where he found and knew his wife, the mountain being thence named Arafat; and that he afterwards retired with her to Ceylon, where they continued to propagate thei
r species.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab It may not be improper here to mention another tradition concerning the gigantic stature of our first parents.  Their prophet, they say, affirmed Adam to have been as tall as a high palm-tree;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 9}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  but this would be too much in proportion, if that were really the print of his foot, which is pretended to be such, on the top of a mountain in the isle of Ceylon, thence named Pico de Adam, and by the Arab writers Rah\'fb
n, being somewhat above two spans long}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  (though others say it is 70 cubits long, and that when Adam set one foot here, he had the other in the sea)}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 11}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ; and too little, if Eve were of so enormous a size, as is said, when her head lay on one hill near Mecca, her knees rested on two others in the plain, about two musket-shots asunder.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 12}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   GOD
 here promises Adam that his will should be revealed to him and his posterity; which promise the Mohammedans believe was fulfilled at several times by the ministry of several prophets, from Adam himself, who was the first, to Mohammed, who was the last.  
The number of books revealed unto Adam they say was ten.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This word has various significations in the Kor\'e2n; sometimes, as in this passage, it signifies }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 divine revelation}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or }
{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 scripture}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  in general; sometimes the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 verses}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the Kor\'e2n in particular, and at other times }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 visible miracles}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  But the sense is easily distinguished by the context.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Jews are here called upon to receive the Kor\'e2
n, as verifying and confirming the Pentateuch, particularly with respect to the unity of God and the mission of Mohammed.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  And they are exhorted not to conceal the passages of their law which bear witness to those truths, nor to corrupt them by publishing false copies of the Pentateuch, for which the writers were but poorly paid.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up8\insrsid14382261 \tab 5  Vide Marracc. in Alc. p. 24.\tab \tab 6  Vide ibid. p. 22.\tab \tab 7  Vide ibid.\tab \tab 8  D\rquote Herbelot, Bib. Orient. p. 55.
\par 9  Yahya.\tab \tab 10  Moncony\rquote s Voyage, part i. p. 372, &c.  See Knox\rquote s Account of Ceylon.\tab \tab 11  Anciennes Relations des Indes, &c. p. 3.
\par 12  Moncony\rquote s, ubi sup.\tab \tab 1  Vide Hottinger Hist. Orient. p. 11.  Reland. de Relig. Mohammed, p. 21.\tab \tab 2  Yahya.
\par 3  Jallalo\rquote ddin.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Clothe not the truth with vanity, neither conceal the truth against your own knowledge;
\par 40\tab observe the stated times of prayer, and pay your legal alms, and bow down yourselves with those who bow down.
\par      Will ye command men to do justice, and forget your own souls?  yet ye read the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the law}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 : do ye not therefore understand?
\par      Ask help with perseverance and prayer; this indeed is grievous unless to the humble,
\par      who }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 seriously}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  think they shall meet their LORD and that to him they shall return.
\par      O children of Israel, remember my favor wherewith I have favored you, and that I have preferred you above all nations;
\par      dread the day }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 wherein one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  soul shall not make satisfaction for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 another}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 soul, neither shall any intercession be accepted from them, nor shall any compensation be received, neither shall they be helped.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Remember}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  when we delivered you from the people of Pharaoh, who grievously oppressed you, they slew your male children, and let your females live: therein was a great trial from your LORD.

\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And when we divided the sea for you and delivered you, and drowned Pharaoh's people while ye looked on.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      And when we treated with Moses forty nights; then ye took the calf}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for your God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and did evil;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      yet afterwards we forgave you, that peradventure ye might give thanks.
\par 50\tab And when we gave Moses the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the law}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and the distinction }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 between good and evil}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , that peradventure ye might be directed.

\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And when Moses said unto his people, O my people, verily ye have injured your own souls, by your taking the calf }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for your God;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 therefore be turned unto your Creator, and slay those among you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 who have been guilty of that crime;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  this will be better for you in th
e sight of your Creator: and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thereupon}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  he turned unto you, for he is easy to be reconciled, and merciful.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And when ye said, O Moses, we will not believe thee, until we see GOD manifestly; therefore a punishment came upon you, while ye looked on;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      then we raised you to life after ye had been dead, that peradventure ye might give thanks.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the story of Moses and Pharaoh more particularly related, chapter vii. and xx. &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The person who cast this calf, the Mohammedans say, was (not Aaron but) al S\'e2
meri, one of the principal men among the children of Israel, some of whose descendants it is pretended still inhabit an island of that name in the Arabian Gulf.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It was made of the rings}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and bracelets of gold, silver, and other materials, which the Israelites had borrowed of the Egyptians; for Aaron, who commanded in his brother\rquote s absence, having ordered al S\'e2
meri to collect those ornaments from the people, who carried on a wicked commerce with them, and to keep them together till the return of Moses; al S\'e2meri, understanding the founder\rquote 
s art, put them altogether into a furnace to melt them down into one mass, which came out in the form of a calf.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The Israelites, accustomed to the Egyptian idolatry, paying a religious worship to this image, al S\'e2
meri went farther, and took some dust from the footsteps of the horse of the angel Gabriel, who marched at the head of the people, and threw it into the mouth of the calf, which immediately began to low, and became animated;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  for such was the virtue of that dust.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   One writer says that all the Israelites adored this calf, except only 12,000.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   In this particular, the narration agrees with that of Moses, who ordered the Levites to slay }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 every man his brother}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 :}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  but the scripture says, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 there fell of the people that day about}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  3,000 (the Vulgate says 23,000) }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  whereas the commentators of the Kor\'e2
n make the number of the slain to amount to 70,000; and add, that GOD sent a dark cloud which hindered them from seeing one another, lest the sight should move those who executed the sentence to compassion.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The persons here meant are said to have been seventy men, who were made choice of by }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 Moses and heard the voice of GOD talking with him.  But not being satisfied with that, they demanded to see GOD; whereupo
n they were all struck dead by lightning, and on Moses\rquote s intercession restored to life.}{\f36\fs14\up6\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 4  Geogr. Nubiens. p. 45.\tab \tab \tab 5  Kor. c. 7.\tab \tab 1  See Exod. xxxii. 24.\tab \tab 2  Kor. c. 7.
\par 3  Jallalo\rquote ddin.  Vide D\rquote Herbelot, Bibl. Orient. p. 650.\tab \tab 4  Abulfeda.\tab \tab 5  Exod. xxxii. 26, 27.\tab \tab 6  Ibid. 28.
\par 7  Jallalo\rquote ddin, &c.\tab \tab }{\f36\fs14\up8\insrsid14382261 8  Ismael Ebn Ali.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And we caused clouds to overshadow you, and manna and quails}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to descend upon you, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Eat of the good things which we have given you for food: and they injured not us, but injured their own souls.
\par      And when we said, Enter into this city,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and eat }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the provisions}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 thereof plentifully as ye will; and enter the gate worshipping, and say, Forgiveness!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  we will pardon you your sins, and give increase unto the well-doers.
\par      But the ungodly changed the expression into another,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  different from what had been spoken unto them; and we sent down upon the ungodly indignation from heaven,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  because they had transgressed.
\par      And when Moses asked drink for his people, we said, Strike the rock}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with thy rod; and there gushed thereout twelve fountains}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 according to the number of the tribes}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and all men knew their }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 respective}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 drinking-place.  Eat and drink of the bounty of GOD, and commit not evil on the earth, acting unjustly.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And when ye said, O Moses, we will by no means be satisfied with one }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 kind of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 food; pray unto thy LORD therefore for us, that he would produce for us of that which the earth bringeth forth, herbs and cucumbers, and garlic, and lentils, and onions;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Moses answered, W
ill ye exchange that which is better, for that which is worse?  Get ye down into Egypt, for }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 shall ye find what ye desire: and they were smitten with vileness and misery, and drew on themselves indignation from GOD.  This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 they suffered}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , because they b
elieved not in the signs of GOD, and killed the prophets unjustly; this, because they rebelled and transgressed.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The eastern writers say these quails were of a peculiar kind, to be found nowhere but in Yaman, from whence they were brought by a south wind in great numbers to the Israelites\rquote 
 camp in the desert.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Arabs call these birds }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Salw\'e2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which is plainly the same with the Hebrew }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Salwim}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and say they have no bones, but are eaten whole.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some commentators suppose it to be Jericho, others Jerusalem.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Arabic word is }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Hittaton}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, which some take to signify that profession of the unity of GOD so frequently used by the Mohammedans, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 La il\'e2ha illa \lquote llaho, There is no god but }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 GOD.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   According to Jallalo\rquote ddin, instead of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Hittaton}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , they cried }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Habbat fi sha\'efrat
\endash i.e., a grain in an ear of barley;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and in ridicule of the divine command to enter the city in an humble posture, they indecently crept in upon their breech.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   A pestilence which carried off near 70,000 of them.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 11}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators say th
is was a stone which Moses brought from Mount Sinai, and the same that fled away with his garments which he laid upon it one day while he washed; they add that Moses ran after the stone naked, till he found himself, ere he was aware, in the midst of the p
eople, who, on this accident, were convinced of the falsehood of a report which had been raised of their prophet, that he was bursten, or, as others write, an hermaphrodite.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab They describe it to be a square piece of white marble, shaped like a man\rquote s head; 
wherein they differ not much from the accounts of European travellers, who say this rock stands among several lesser ones, about 100 paces from Mount Horeb, and appears to have been loosened from the neighbouring mountains, having no coherence with the ot
hers; that it is a huge mass of red granite, almost round on one side, and flat on the other, twelve feet high, and as many thick, but broader than it is high, and about fifty feet in circumference.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Marracci thinks this circumstance looks like a Rabbinical fiction, or else that Mohammed confounds the water of the rock at Horeb with the twelve wells at Elim;}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  for he says several who have been on the spot affirm there are but three orifices whence the water issued.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  But it is to be presumed that Mohammed
 had better means of information in this respect than to fall into such a mistake; for the rock stands within the borders of Arabia, and some of his countrymen must needs have seen it, if he himself did not, as it is most probable he did.  And in effect h
e seems to be in the right.  For one who went into those parts in the end of the fifteenth century tells us expressly that the water issued from twelve places of the rock, according to the number of the tribes of Israel; }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
egress\'e6 sunt aqu\'e6 largissim\'e6 in duodecim locis petr\'e6, juxta numerum duodecim tribuum Israel}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   A late curious traveller}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  observes that there are twenty-four holes in the stone, which may be easily counted\endash that is to say, twelve on the flat side, and as many on the opposite round side, every 
one being a foot deep, and an inch wide; and he adds, that the holes on one side do not communicate with those on the other, which a less accurate spectator not perceiving (for they are placed horizontally, within two feet of the top of the rock), might c
onclude they pierced quite through the stone, and so reckon them to be but twelve.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See Numb. xi. 5, &c.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up8\insrsid14382261 \tab 9  See Psalm lxxviii. 26.\tab \tab 10  Vide D\rquote Herbelot, Bibl. Orient. p. 477.\tab \tab 11  Jallalo\rquote ddin.
\par 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin, Yahya.\tab \tab 2  Breydenbach, Itinerar. Chart\'e2 m. p. 1.  Sicard, dans les M\'e9moires des Missions, vol. vii. p. 14.\tab \tab 3  Exod. xv. 27; Numb. xxxiii. 9.\tab \tab 4  Marracc. Prodr. part iv. p. 80.\tab \tab 
5  Breydenbach, ubi sup.\tab \tab 6  Sicard, ubi sup.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Surely those who believe, and those who Judaize, and Christians, and Sabians,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 whoever believeth in GOD, and the last day, and doth that which is right, they shall have their reward with their LORD; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there shall come}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  no fear on them, neither shall they be grieved.

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 60\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Call to mind}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  also when we accepted your covenant, and lifted up the mountain }
{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of Sinai}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  over you,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Receive }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the law}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which we have given you, with a resolution }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to keep it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, and remember that which is contained therein, that ye may beware.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      After this ye again turned back, so that if it had not been for
 GOD's indulgence and mercy towards you, ye had certainly been destroyed.  Moreover ye know }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 what befell}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  those of your nation who transgressed on the sabbath day;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  We said unto them, Be ye }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 changed into}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  apes, driven away }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from the society of men}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And we made them an example unto those who were contemporary with them, and unto those who came after them, and a warning to the pious.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   From these words, which are repeated in the fifth chapter, several writers}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 have wrongly concluded that the Mohammedans ho
ld it to be the doctrine of their prophet that every man may be saved in his own religion, provided he be sincere and lead a good life.  It is true, some of their doctors do agree this to be the purport of the words;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  but then they say the latitude hereby granted was soon revoked, for that this passage is abrogated by several others in the Kor\'e2
n, which expressly declare that none can be saved who is not of the Mohammedan faith, and particularly by those words of the third chapter, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Whoever followeth any other religion than }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Isl\'e2
m (}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , the Mohammedan) }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 it shall not be accepted of him, and at the last day he shall be of those who perish}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   However, others are of opinion that this passage is not abrogated, but interpret it differently, taking the meaning of it t
o be that no man, whether he be a Jew, a Christian, or a Sabian, shall be excluded from salvation, provided he quit his erroneous religion and become a Moslem, which they say is intended by the following words, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
Whoever believeth in }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 GOD }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 and the last day, and doth that which is right}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
.  And this interpretation is approved by Mr. Reland, who thinks the words here import no more than those of the apostle, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 In every nation he that feareth }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 GOD, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  from which it must no
t be inferred that the religion of nature, or any other, is sufficient to save, without faith in Christ.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Mohammedan tradition is, that the Israelites refusing to receive the law of Moses, GOD tore up the mountain by the roots, and shook it over th
eir heads, to terrify them into a compliance.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The story to which this passage refers, is as follows:  In the days of David some Israelites dwelt at Ailah, or Elath, on the Red Sea, where on the night of the sabbath the fish used to come in great numbe
rs to the shore, and stay there all the sabbath, to tempt them; but the night following they returned into the sea again.  At length some of the inhabitants, neglecting GOD\rquote 
S command, catched fish on the sabbath, and dressed and ate them; and afterward cut
 canals from the sea, for the fish to enter, with sluices, which they shut on the sabbath, to prevent their return to the sea.  The other part of the inhabitants, who strictly observed the sabbath, used both persuasion and force to stop this impiety, but 
t
o no purpose, the offenders growing only more and more obstinate; whereupon David cursed the sabbath-breakers, and God transformed them into apes.  It is said that one going to see a friend of his that was among them, found him in the shape of an ape, mov
i
ng his eyes about wildly; and asking him whether he was not such a one, the ape made a sign with his head that it was he; whereupon the friend said to him, Did not I advise you to desist? at which the ape wept.  They add that these unhappy people remained
 three days in this condition, and were afterwards destroyed by a wind which swept them all into the sea.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 7  Selden, de Jure Nat. et Gent. sec. Hebr. l. 6, c. 12.  Angel, a St. Joseph. Gazophylac. Persic. p. 365.  Nic. Cusanus in Cribratione Alcorani, l. 3, c. 2, &c.\tab \tab 1  See Chardin\rquote 
s Voyages, vol. ii. p. 326, 331.\tab \tab 2  Abu\rquote lkasem Hebatallah de abrogante et abrogato.\tab \tab 3  Acts x. 35.\tab \tab 4  Vide Reland. de Rel. Moham. p. 128, &c.\tab \tab 5  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 6  Abulfeda.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And when Moses said unto his people, Verily GOD commandeth you to sacrifice a cow;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 they answered, Dost thou make a jest of us!  Moses said, GOD forbid that I should be }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the foolish.  They said, Pray for us unto thy LORD, that he would show us what }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 cow}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  it is.  Moses answered, He saith, She is neither an old cow, nor a young heifer, but of a middle age between both: do ye therefore that which ye are commanded.
\par      They said, Pray for us unto thy LORD, that he would show us what colour she is of.  Moses answered, He saith, She is a red cow,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  intensely red, her colour rejoiceth the beholders.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They said, Pray for us unto thy LORD, that he would }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 further}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  show us what }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 cow}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  it is, for }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 several}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  cows with us are like one another, and we, if GOD please, will be directed.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Moses answered, He saith,
 She is a cow not broken to plough the earth, or water the field, a sound one, there is no blemish in her.  They said, Now hast thou brought the truth.  Then they sacrificed her; yet they wanted but little of leaving it undone.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And when ye slew a man, and contended among yourselves concerning him, GOD brought forth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to light}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  that which ye concealed.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      For we said, Strike }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the dead body}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with part of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the sacrificed cow:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  so GOD raiseth the dead to life, and showeth you his signs, that peradventure ye may understand.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Then were your hearts hardened after this, even as stones, or exceeding }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 in hardness: for from some stones have rivers bursted forth, others have been rent in sunder, and water hath issued from them, and others have fallen down for fear of GOD.  But GOD is not regardless of that which ye do.
\par 70\tab Do ye therefore desire that }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the Jews}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  should believe you? yet a part of them heard the word of GOD, and then perverted it, after they had understood it, against their own conscience.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And w
hen they meet the true believers, they say, We believe: but when they are privately assembled together, they say, Will ye acquaint them with what GOD hath revealed unto you, that they may dispute with you concerning it in the presence of your LORD?  Do ye
 not therefore understand?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Do not they know that GOD knoweth that which they conceal as well as that which they publish?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The occasion of this sacrifice is thus related.  A certain man at his death left his son, then a child, a cow-calf, which wand
ered in the desert till he came to age; at which time his mother told him the heifer was his, and bid him fetch her, and sell her for three pieces of gold.  When the young man came to the market with his heifer, an angel in the shape of a man accosted him
, and bid him six pieces of gold for her; but he would not take the money till he had asked his mother\rquote 
s consent; which when he had obtained, he returned to the market-place, and met the angel, who now offered him twice as much for the heifer, provided he w
ould say nothing of it to his mother; but the young man refusing, went and acquainted her with the additional offer.  The woman perceiving it was an angel, bid her son go back and ask him what must be done with the heifer; whereupon the angel told the you
n
g man that in a little time the children of Israel would buy that heifer of him at any price.  And soon after it happened that an Israelite, named Hammiel, was killed by a relation of his, who, to prevent discovery, conveyed the body to a place considerab
l
y distant from that where the fact was committed.  The friends of the slain man accused some other persons of the murder before Moses; but they denying the fact, and there being no evidence to convict them, God commanded a cow, of such and such particular
 marks, to be killed; but there being no other which answered the description except the orphan\rquote 
s heifer, they were obliged to buy her for as much gold as her hide would hold; according to some, for her full weight in gold, and as others say, for ten times 
as much.  This heifer they sacrificed, and the dead body being, by divine direction, struck with a part of it, revived, and standing up, named the person who had killed him; after which it immediately fell down dead again.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The whole story seems to be borrowed from the red heifer, which was ordered by the Jewish law to be burnt, and the ashes kept for purifying those who happened to touch a dead corpse;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and from the heifer directed to be slain for the expiation of an uncertain murder.  See Deut. xxi. 1-9.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The epithet in the original is }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 yellow}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ; but this word we do not use in speaking of the colour or cattle.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Because of the exorbitant price which they were obliged to pay for the heifer.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.,}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 Her tongue, or the end of her tail.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 1  Abulfeda.\tab \tab 2  Numb. xix.\tab \tab 3  Jallalo\rquote ddin.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 But there are illiterate men among them, who know not the book }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the law}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, but only lying stories, although they think otherwise.  And woe unto them, who transcribe }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 corruptly}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the book }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the law}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with their hands, and then say, This is from GOD: that they may sell it for a small price.  Therefore woe unto them because of that which their hands have written; and woe unto them for that which they have gained.
\par      They say, The fire }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of hell}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall not touch us but for a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 certain}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  number of days.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Answer, Have ye received any promise from GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to that purpose?}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 for GOD will not act contrary to his promise: or do ye speak concerning GOD that which ye know not?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Verily whoso doth evil,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and is encompassed by his iniquity, they }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the companions of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  fire, they shall remain therein forever:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      but they who believe and do good works, they shall be the companions of paradise, they shall continue therein forever.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Remember}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  also, when we accepted the covenant of the children of Israel, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Ye shall not worship }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
any other}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  except GOD, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ye shall show}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  kindness to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 parents and kindred, and to orphans, and to the poor, and speak that which is good unto men, and be constant at prayer, and give alms.  Afterwards ye turned back, except a few of you, and retired afar off.
\par      And when we accepted your covenant, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Ye shall not shed your }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 brother's}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 blood nor dispossess one another of your habitations; then ye confirmed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and were witnesses }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereto}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Afterwards ye were they who slew one another,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and turned several of your }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 brethren}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 out of their houses, mutually assisting each other against them with injustice and enmity; but if they come captives unto you, ye redeem them: yet it is }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 equally}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unlawful for you to 
dispossess them.  Do ye therefore believe in part of the book }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the law}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, and reject other part thereof?  But whoso among you doth this, shall have no other reward than shame in this life, and on the day of resurrection they shall be sent to a most grievous punishment; for GOD is not regardless of that which ye do.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 80\tab These are they who have purchased this present life, at the price of that which is to come; wherefore their punishment shall not be mitigated, neither shall they be helped.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We formerly delivered the book }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the law}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 unto Moses, and caused apostles to succeed him, and gave evident miracles to Jesus the son of Mary, and strengthened him with the holy spirit.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Do ye therefore, whenever an apostle cometh unto you with that which your souls desire not, proudly reject }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and accuse some of imposture, and slay others?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Mohammed again accuses the Jews of corrupting their scripture.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, says Jallalo\rquote ddin, forty; being the number of days that their forefathers worshipped the golden cal
f; after which they gave out that their punishment should cease.  It is a received opinion among the Jews at present, that no person, be he ever so wicked, or of whatever sect, shall remain in hell above eleven months, or at most a year; except Dathan and
 Abiram, and atheists, who will be tormented there to all eternity.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 evil}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 in this place the commentators generally understand polytheism or idolatry; which sin the Mohammedans believe, unless repented of in this life, is unpardonable and will be puni
shed by eternal damnation; but all other sins they hold will at length be forgiven.  This therefore is that irremissible impiety, in their opinion, which in the New Testament is called }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the sin against the Holy Ghost}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage was revealed on occasion of some quarrels which arose between the Jews of the tribes of Koreidha, and those of al Aws, al Nadh\'ee
r, and al Khazraj, and came to that height that they took arms and destroyed one another\rquote s habitations, and turned one another out of their houses; but
 when any were taken captive, they redeemed them.  When they were asked the reason of their acting in this manner, they answered, That they were commanded by their law to redeem the captives, but that they fought out of shame, lest their chiefs should be 
despised.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  We must not imagine Mohammed here means the Holy Ghost in the Christian acceptation.  The commentators says this spirit was the angel Gabriel, who sanctified Jesus and constantly attended on him.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Vide Bartoloccii Biblioth. Rabbinic. tom. ii. p. 128, et tom. iii. p. 421.\tab \tab 2  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 The Jews}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  say, Our hearts are uncircumcised: but GOD hath cursed them with their infidelity; therefore few shall believe.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And when a book came unto them from GOD, confirming }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the scriptures}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 which were with them, although they had before prayed for assistance against those who believed not,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 yet}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 when that came unto them which they knew }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be from God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , they would not believe therein: therefore the curse of GOD shall be on the infidels.
\par      For a vile }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 price}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  have they sold their souls, that they should not believe in that which GOD hath sent down;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 out of envy, because GOD sendeth down his favors to such of his servants as he pleaseth: therefore they brought on themselves indignation on indignation; and the unbelievers shall suffer an ignominious punishment.
\par      When one saith unto them, Believe in that which GOD hath sent down; they answer, We believe in that which hath been sent down unto us:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they reject what }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hath been revealed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  since, although it be the truth, confirming that which is with them.  Say, Why therefore have ye slain the prophets of GOD in times past, if ye be true believers?  
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Moses formerly came unto you with evident signs, but ye afterwards took the calf }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for your god}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and did wickedly.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And when we accepted your covenant, and lifted the mountain }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of Sinai}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  over you,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Receive }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the law}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which we have given you, with a resolution }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to perform it}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and hear; they said, We have heard, and have rebelled: and they were made to drink down the calf into their hearts}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 for their unbelief.  Say, A grievous thing hath your faith commanded you, if ye be true believers?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, if the future mansion with GOD be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 prepared}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  peculariarly for you, exclusive of the rest of mankind, wish for death, if ye say truth;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      but they will never wish for it, because of that which their hands have sent before them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD knoweth the wicked-doers;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 90\tab and thou shalt surely find them of all men the most covetous of life, even }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 more}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  than 
the idolaters: one of them would desire his life to be prolonged a thousand years, but none shall reprieve himself from punishment, that his life may be prolonged: GOD seeth that which they do.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Say, Whoever is an enemy to Gabriel}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  (for he hath caused }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the Koran}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to descend on thy heart, by the permission of GOD, confirming that which was before }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 revealed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, a direction, and good tidings to the faithful);}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Jews in expectation of the coming of Mohammed (according to the tradition of his followers) used this prayer, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
O God, help us against the unbelievers by the prophet who is to be sent in the last times}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Kor\'e2n.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Pentateuch.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See before p. 8.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Moses }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powde
r, and strewed it upon the water (of the brook that descended from the mount), and made the children of }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Israel}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  drink of it}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Mohammed here infers from their forefathers\rquote  disobedience in worshipping the calf, at the same time that they pretended to beli
eve in the law of Moses, that the faith of the Jews in his time was as vain and hypocritical, since they rejected him, who was foretold therein, as an impostor.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, by reason of the wicked forgeries which they have been guilty of in respect to the scriptures.  An expression much like that of St. Paul, where he says, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 that some men\rquote s sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The commentators say that the Jews asked what angel it was that brought the divine revelations to Mohammed; and
 being told that it was Gabriel, they replied that he was their enemy, and the messenger of wrath and punishment; but if it had been Michael, they would}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Exod. xxxii. 20; Deut. ix. 21.\tab \tab 4  Jallalo\rquote ddin, Yahya, al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 5  1 Tim. v. 24.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      whosoever is an enemy to GOD, or his angels, or his apostles, or to Gabriel, or Michael, verily GOD is an enemy to the unbelievers.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And now we have sent down unto thee evident signs,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and none will disbelieve them but the evil-doers.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Whenever they make a covenant, will some of them reject it? yea, the greater part of them do not believe.
\par      And when there came unto them an apostle from GOD, confirming that }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 scripture}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which was with them, some of those to whom the scriptures were given cast th
e book of GOD behind their backs, as if they knew it not:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and they followed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the device}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which the devils devised against the kingdom of Solomon;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and Solomon was not an unbeliever; but the devils believed not, they taught men sorcery, and that which was sent down to the two angels at Babel, Har\'fbt and Mar\'fbt:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 v}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 yet those two taught no man until they had said, Verily we are a temptation, therefore be not an unbeliever.  So men learned from those two }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a charm}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 by which they might cause division between a man and his wife; but they hurt none thereby, unless by GOD'S permission, and they learned that which would hurt them, and not profit them; and yet they knew that he who bought that }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 art}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  should have no part in the life to come, and woful }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is the price}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for which they have sold their souls, if they knew it.

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But if they had believed, and feared GOD, verily the reward }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 they would have had}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 from GOD would have been better, if they had known it.}{\i\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 have believed on him, because that angel was their friend, and the messenger of peace and plenty.  And on this occasion, they say, this passage was revealed.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par \tab That Michael was really the protector or guardian angel of the Jews, we know from scripture;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and it seems that Gabriel was, as the Persians call him, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
the angel of revelations}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , being frequently sent on messages of that kind;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 for which reason it is probable Mohammed pretended he was the angel from whom he received the Kor\'e2n.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , the revelations of this book.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The devils having, by GOD\rquote S permission, tempted Solo
mon without success, they made use of a trick to blast his character.  For they wrote several books of magic, and hid them under that prince\rquote 
s throne, and after his death, told the chief men that if they wanted to know by what means Solomon had obtained hi
s absolute power over men, genii, and the winds, they should dig under his throne; which having done, they found the aforesaid books, which contained impious superstitions.  The better sort refused to learn the evil arts therein delivered, but the common 
people did; and the priests published this scandalous story of Solomon, which obtained credit among the Jews, till GOD, say the Mohammedans, cleared that king by the mouth of their prophet, declaring that Solomon was no idolater.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 v}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some say only that these were two magicians, or angels sent by GOD to teach men magic, and to tempt them.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  But others tell a longer fable; that the angels expressing their surprise at the wickedness of the sons of Adam, after prophets had been sent to them with divine commissi
ons, GOD bid them choose two out of their own number to be sent down to be judges on earth.  Whereupon they pitched upon Har\'fbt and Mar\'fb
t, who executed their office with integrity for some time, till Zohara, or the planet Venus, descended and appeared befor
e them in the shape of a beautiful woman, bringing a complaint against her husband (though others say she was a real woman).  As soon as they saw her, they fell in love with her, and endeavoured to prevail on her to satisfy their desires; but she flew up 
a
gain to heaven, whither the two angels also returned, but were not admitted.  However, on the intercession of a certain pious man, they were allowed to choose whether they would be punished in this life, or in the other; whereupon they chose the former, a
nd now suffer punishment accordingly in Babel, where they are to remain till the day of judgment.  They add that if a man has a fancy to learn magic, he may go to them, and hear their voice, but cannot see them.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab This story Mohammed took directly from the 
Persian Magi, who mention two rebellious angels of the same names, now hung up by the feet, with their heads downwards, in the territory of Babel.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  And the Jews have something like this, of the angel Shamhozai, who, having debauched himself with women, repented, and by way of penance hung himself up between heaven and earth.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin; al Zamakh.  Yahya.\tab \tab 2  Dan. xii. I.\tab \tab 3  Ibid.. c. viii. 16, and ix. 21; Luke i. 19, 26.  See Hyde de Rel. Vet. Persar. p. 263.\tab \tab 4  Yahya, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 
5  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 1  Yahya, &c.\tab \tab 2  Vide Hyde, ubi sup. c. 12.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 O true believers, say not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to our apostle}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Ra\'efna; but say Ondhorna;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and hearken: the infidels shall suffer a grievous punishment.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      It is not the desire of the unbelievers, either among those unt
o whom the scriptures have been given, or among the idolaters, that any good should be sent down unto you from your LORD: but GOD will appropriate his mercy unto whom he pleaseth; for GOD is exceeding beneficent.
\par 100\tab Whatever verse we shall abrogate, or cause }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thee}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to forget, we will bring a better than it, or one like unto it.  Dost thou not know that God is almighty?
\par      Dost thou not know that unto GOD belongeth the kingdom of heaven and earth? neither have ye any protector or helper except GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Will ye require of your apostle according to that which was formerly required of Moses?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but he that hath exchanged faith for infidelity, hath already erred from the straight way.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Many of those unto whom the scriptures have been given, desire to render y
ou again unbelievers, after ye have believed; out of envy from their souls, even after the truth is become manifest unto them; but forgive }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and avoid }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , till GOD shall send his command; for GOD is omnipotent.
\par      Be constant in prayer, and give alms; and what good ye have sent before for your souls, ye shall find it with GOD; surely GOD seeth that which ye do.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They say, Verily none shall enter paradise, except they who are Jews or Christians:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  this is their wish.  Say, Produce your proof }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of this}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , if ye speak truth.
\par      Nay, but he who resigneth himself}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to GOD, and doth that which is right,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  he shall have his reward with his LORD: there shall }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 come}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  no fear on them, neither shall they be grieved.
\par      The Jews say, The Christians are }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 grounded}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on nothing;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and the Christians say, The Jews are }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 grounded}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on nothing; and the Christians say, The Jews are }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 grounded }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 on nothing; yet they }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
both}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  read the scriptures.  So likewise say they who know not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the scripture}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , according to their saying.  But GOD shall ju
dge between them on the day of the resurrection, concerning that about which they }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 now}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  disagree.
\par      Who is more unjust than he who prohibiteth the temples of GOD,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that his name should be remembered therein, and who hasteth to destroy them?  Those men can
not enter therein, but with fear: they shall have shame in this world, and in the next a grievous punishment.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      To GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 the east and the west; therefore whithersoever ye turn yourselves to pray, there is the face of GOD; for GOD is omnipresent and omniscient.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Those two Arabic words have both the same signification, viz., }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Look on us;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and are a kind of salutation.  Mohammed had a great aversion to the first, because the Jews frequently used it in derision, it being a word of reproach in their tongue.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  They alluded, it seems, to the Hebrew verb [Hebrew Text] }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ru\'e1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which signifies to }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 be bad}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 mischievous}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Namely, to see GOD manifestly.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage was revealed on occasion of a dispute which Mohammed had with the Jews of Medina, and the Christians of Najr\'e2
n, each of them asserting that those of their religion only should be saved.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 resigneth his face}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, asserteth the unity of GOD.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Jews and Christians are here accused of denying the truth of each other\rquote 
s religion, notwithstanding they read the scriptures.  Whereas the Pentateuch bears testimony to Jesus, and the Gospel bears testimony to Moses.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Or hindereth men from paying their adorations to GOD in those sacred places.  This passage, says Jallalo\rquote 
ddin, was revealed on news being brought that the Romans had spoiled the temple of Jerusalem; or else when the idolatrous Arabs obstructed Mohammed\rquote 
s visiting the temple of Mecca, in the expedition of al Hodeibiya, which happened in the sixth year of the Hejra.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 3  Bereshit rabbah, in Gen. vi. 2.\tab \tab 4  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 5  See before, p. 7.\tab \tab 6  Jallalo\rquote ddin.
\par 7  Idem.\tab \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  Vide Abulfeda. Vit. Moham. p. 84, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 110\tab They say, GOD hath begotten children:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD forbid!  To him }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 whatever is in heaven, and on earth; all is possessed by him,
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      the Creator of heaven and earth; and when he decreeth a thing, he only saith unto it, Be, and it is.
\par      And they who know not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the scriptures}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  say, Unless GOD speak unto us, or thou show us a sign, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 we will not believe}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
.  So said those before them, according to their saying: their hearts resemble each other.  We have already shown manifest signs unto people who firmly believe;
\par      we have sent thee in truth, a bearer of good tidings and a preacher; and thou shalt not be questioned concerning the companions of hell.
\par      But the Jews will not be pleased with thee, neither the Christians, until thou follow their religion; say, The direction of GOD is the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 true}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  direction.  And verily if thou follow their desires,
 after the knowledge which hath been given thee, thou shalt find no patron or protector against GOD.
\par      They to whom we have given the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the Koran}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and who read it with its true reading, they believe therein; and whoever believeth not therein, they shall perish.
\par      O children of Israel, remember my favor wherewith I have favored you, and that I have preferred you before all nations;
\par      and dread the day wherein }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  soul shall not make satisfaction for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 another}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  soul, neither shall any compensation
 be accepted from them, nor shall any intercession avail, neither shall they be helped.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Remember}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when the LORD tried Abraham by }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 certain}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  words,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which he fulfilled: GOD said, Verily I will constitute thee a model of religion}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto mankind; he answered,
 And also of my posterity; GOD said, My covenant doth not comprehend the ungodly.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And when we appointed the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 holy}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  house}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of Mecca}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to be a place of resort for mankind, and a place of security; and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 said}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Take the station of Abraham}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for a place of prayer
; and we covenanted with Abraham for a place of prayer; and we covenanted with Abraham and Ismael, that they should cleanse my house for those who should compass }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, and those who should be devoutly assiduous }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and those who should bow down and worship.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 120\tab 
And when Abraham said, LORD make this a territory of security, and bounteously bestow fruits on its inhabitants, such of them as believe in GOD and the last day; GOD answered, And whoever believeth not, I will bestow on him little; after wards I wil
l drive him to the punishment of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire; an ill journey shall it be!
\par      And when Abraham and Ismael raised the foundations of the house, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , LORD, accept }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 from us, for thou art he who heareth and knoweth:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      LORD, make us also resigned}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto t
hee, and of our posterity a people resigned unto thee, and show us our holy ceremonies, and be turned unto us, for thou art easy to be reconciled, and merciful:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This is spoken not only of the Christians and of the Jews (for they are accused of holding
 Ozair, or Ezra, to be the Son of GOD), but also the pagan Arabs, who imagined the angels to be the daughters of GOD.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   GOD tried Abraham chiefly by commanding him to leave his native country, and to offer his son.  But the commentators suppose the trial
 here meant related only to some particular ceremonies, such as circumcision, pilgrimage to the Caaba, several rites of purification, and the like.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   I have rather expressed the meaning, than truly translated the Arabic word Im\'e2m, which answers to the Latin }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Antistes}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
.  This title the Mohammedans give to their priests, who begin the prayers in their mosques, and whom all the congregation follow.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, the Caaba, which is usually called, by way of eminence, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the House}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  Of the sanctity of this buildin
g, and other particulars relating to it, see the Preliminary Discourse, Sect. IV.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   A place so called within the inner enclosure of the Caaba, where they pretend to show the print of his foot in a stone.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Arabic word is Moslem\'fbna, in the singular
 Moslem, which the Mohammedans take as a title peculiar to themselves.  The Europeans generally write and pronounce it Musulman.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 3  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab \tab 4  See the Prelim. Disc., Sect. IV.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 LORD, send them likewise an apostle from among them, who may declare thy signs unto them, and teach them the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the Koran}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 and wisdom, and may purify them; for thou art mighty and wise.
\par      Who will be averse to the religion of Abraham, but he whose mind is infatuated?  Surely we have chosen him in this world, and in that which is to come he shall be one of the righteous.
\par      When his LORD said unto him, Resign thyself }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto me;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he answered, I have resigned myself unto the LORD of all creatures.
\par      And Abraham bequeathed this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 religion}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to his children, and Jacob }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 did the same, saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, My children, verily GOD hath chosen this religion for you, therefore die not, unless ye also be resigned.
\par      Were ye present when Jacob was at the point of death? when he said to his sons, Whom will ye worship after me?  They answe
red, We will worship thy GOD, and the GOD of thy fathers Abraham, and Ismael, and Isaac, one GOD, and to him will we be resigned.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      That people are now passed away, they have what they have gained,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and ye shall have what ye gain; and ye shall not be qu
estioned concerning that which they have done.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They say, Become Jews or Christians that ye may be directed.  Say, Nay }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 we follow}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the religion of Abraham the orthodox, who was no idolater.
\par 130\tab Say, We believe in GOD, and that which hath been sent down u
nto us, and that which hath been sent down unto Abraham, and Ismael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the tribes, and that which was delivered unto Moses, and Jesus, and that which was delivered unto the prophets from their LORD: We make no distinction between a
ny of them, and to GOD are we resigned.
\par      Now if they believe according to what ye believe, they are surely directed, but if they turn back, they are in schism.  GOD shall support thee against them, for he is in the hearer, the wise.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      The baptism of GOD}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 have we received}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, and who is better than GOD to baptize? him do we worship.
\par      Say, Will ye dispute with us concerning GOD,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  who is our LORD, and your LORD? we have our works, and ye have your works, and unto him are we sincerely devoted.
\par      Will ye say, truly Abraham, and Ismael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the tribes were Jews or Christians?  Say, are ye wiser, or GOD?  And who is more unjust than he who hideth the testimony which he hath }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 received}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from GOD?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   But GOD is not regardless of that which ye do.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
     That people are passed away, they have what they have gained, and ye shall have what ye gain, nor shall ye be questioned concerning that which they have done.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or deserved.  The Mohammedan notion, as to the imputation of moral actions to man, which they call }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 gain}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 acquisition}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , is sufficiently explained in the Preliminary Discourse.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 baptism}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 is to be understood the religion which GOD instituted in the beginning; because the signs of it appear in the person who professes it, as the signs of water appear in the clothes of him that is baptized.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  These words were revealed because the Jews insisted that they first received the scriptures, that their Keblah was more ancient, and that no prophets could arise among the Arabs; and therefo
re if Mohammed was a prophet, he must have been of their nation.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The Jews are again accused of corrupting and suppressing the prophecies in the Pentateuch relating to Mohammed.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab \tab 2  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 The foolish men will say, What hath turned them from their Keblah, towards which they formerly }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 prayed?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Say unto GOD 
}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the east and the west: he directeth whom he pleaseth into the right way.
\par      Thus have we placed you, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 O Arabians}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , an intermediate nation,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that ye may be witness against }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the rest of }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 mankind, and that the apostle may be a witness against you.
\par      We appointed the Keblah, towards which thou didst formerly }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 pray}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , only that we might know him who followeth the apostle, from him who turneth back on the heels;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  though this }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 change}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 seem a great matter, unless unto those whom GOD hath directed.  But GOD will not render your faith of none effect;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for GOD is gracious and merciful unto man.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We have seen thee turn about thy face towards heaven }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with uncertainty}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , but we will 
cause thee to turn thyself towards a Keblah that will please thee.  Turn, therefore, thy face towards the holy temple }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of Mecca;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and wherever ye be, turn your faces towards that }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 place}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  They to whom the scripture hath been given, know this to be truth from their LORD.  GOD is not regardless of that which ye do.
\par 140\tab Verily although thou shouldest show unto those to whom the scripture hath been given all kinds of signs, yet they will not follow thy Keblah, neither shalt thou follow their Keblah; nor will one p
art of them follow the Keblah of the other.  And if thou follow their desires, after the knowledge which hath been given thee, verily thou wilt become }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of the ungodly.
\par      They to whom we have given the scripture know }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our apostle}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , even as they know their own children, but some of them hide the truth, against their own knowledge.
\par      Truth is from thy LORD, therefore thou shalt not doubt.
\par      Every sect hath a certain tract }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of heaven}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to which they turn themselves }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in prayer; }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 but do ye strive to run afte
r good things; wherever ye be, GOD will bring you all back }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 at the resurrection}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , for GOD is almighty.
\par      And from what place soever thou comest forth, turn thy face towards the holy temple, for this is truth from thy LORD; neither is GOD regardless of that which ye do.
\par      From what place soever thou comest forth, turn thy face towards the holy temple; and wherever ye be, thitherward turn your faces, lest men have matter of dispute against you; but as for those among them who are unjust doers, fear them n
ot, but fear me, that I may accomplish my grace upon you, and that ye may be directed.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      As we have sent unto you an apostle from among you,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to rehearse our signs unto you, and to purify you, and to teach you the book }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the Koran}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and wisdom, and to teach you that which ye knew not:
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      therefore remember me, and I will remember you, and give thanks unto me, and be not unbelievers.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      O }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 true}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  believers, beg assistance with patience and prayer, for GOD is with the patient.

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   At first, Mohammed and h
is followers observed no particular rite in turning their faces towards any certain place, or quarter of the world, when they prayed; it being declared to be perfectly indifferent.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Afterwards, when the prophet fled to Medina, he directed them to turn tow
ards the temple of Jerusalem (probably to ingratiate himself with the Jews), which continued to be their Keblah for six or seven months; but either finding the Jews too intractable, or despairing otherwise to gain the pagan Arabs, who could not forget the
ir respect to the temple of Mecca, he ordered that prayers for the future should be towards the last.  This change was made in the second year of the Hejra,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and occasioned many to fall from him, taking offence at his inconstancy.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This seems to be the sense of the words; though the commentators}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 will have the meaning to be that the Arabians are here declared to be a most }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 just}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 good}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  nation.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Returneth to Judaism.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or will not suffer it to go without its reward, while ye prayed towards Jerusalem.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, of your own nation.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 3  See before, p. 13.\tab \tab 4  Vide Abulfeda, Vit. Moham. p. 54.\tab \tab 5  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 6  Idem. Yahya, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And say not of those who are slain in fight for the religion of GOD,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 they are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 dead; yea, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 they are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  living:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but ye do not understand.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 150\tab We will surely prove you }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by afflicting you}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in some measure with fear, and hunger, and decrease of wealth, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 loss}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of lives, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 scarcity}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of fruits: but bear good tidings unto the patient,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      who, when a misfortune befalleth them, say, We are GOD'S and unto him shall we surely return.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Upon them shall be blessings from their LORD and mercy, and they are the rightly directed.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Moreover Safa and Merwah are }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 two}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the monuments of God: whoever therefore goeth on pilgrimage to the temple }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of Mecca
}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  or visiteth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , it shall be no crime in him, if he compass them both.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  And as for him who voluntarily performeth a good work; verily GOD is grateful and knowing.
\par      They who conceal any of the evident signs, or the direction which we have sent down, after what we have manifested unto men in the scripture, GOD shall curse them; and they who curse shall curse them.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But as for those who repent and amend, and make known }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 what they concealed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , I will be turned unto them, for I am easy to be reconciled and merciful.
\par      Surely they who believe not, and die in their unbelief, upon them shall be the curse of GOD, and of the angels, and of all men;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      they shall remain under it forever, their punishment shall not be alleviated, neither shall they be regarded.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Your GOD is one GOD; there is no GOD but He, the most merciful.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Now in the creation of heaven and earth, and the vicissitude of night and day, and in the ship which saileth in the sea, }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 loaden}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with what is profitable for mankind, and in the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 rain}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 water which GOD sendeth from heaven, quickening thereby the dead earth, and replenishing the same with all sorts of cattle, and in the change of winds, and the clouds that are compelled to do service}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  between heaven and earth, are signs to people of understanding:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original words are literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 who are slain in the way of }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 GOD; by which expression, frequently occurring in the Kor
\'e2n, is always meant war undertaken against unbelievers for the propagation of the Mohammedan faith.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The souls of martyrs (for such they esteem those who die in battle against infidels), says Jallalo\rquote 
ddin, are in the crops of green birds, which have liberty to fly wherever they please in paradise, and feed on the fruits thereof.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   An expression frequently in the mouths of the Mohammedans, when under any great affliction, or in any imminent danger.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Saf\'e2 and Merw\'e2 are two mountains near Mecca, whereon were anciently two idols, to which the pagan Arabs used to pay a superstitious veneration.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Jallalo\rquote 
ddin says this passage was revealed because the followers of Mohammed made a scruple of going round these mountains, as the idolaters did.  But the true reason of his allowing this relic of ancient superstition seems to be the difficulty he f
ound in preventing it.  Abul K\'e2sem Hebato\rquote llah thinks these last words are abrogated by those other, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Who will reject the religion of }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Abraham, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
except he who hath infatuated his souls?}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   So that he will have the meaning to be quite contrary to the letter, as if it had been, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
it shall be no crime in him if he do not compass them}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  However, the expositors are all against him}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, and the ceremony of running between these two hills is still observed at the pilgrimage.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, the angels, the believers, and all things in general.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  But Yahya interprets it of the curses which will be given to the wicked, when they cry out because of the punishment of the sepulchre,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 by all who hear them, that is, by all creatures except men and genii.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as Jallalo\rquote ddin expounds it, GOD will not wait for their repentance.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original word signifies properly }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
that are pressed or compelled to do personal service without hire;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  which kind of service is often exacted by the eastern princes of their subjects, and is called by the Greek and Latin writers, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Angaria}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  The scripture often mentions this sort of compulsion by force.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. I.\tab \tab 2  See before, p. 15.\tab \tab 3  Vide Marracci in Alc. p. 69, &c\tab \tab 4  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV.\tab \tab 5  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 6  S
ee Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV\tab \tab 7  Matth. v. 41; xxvii. 32, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 160\tab yet some men take idols beside GOD, and love them as with the love }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 due to}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 GOD; but the true believers are more fervent in love towards GOD.  Oh that they who act unjustly did perceive,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when t
hey behold their punishment, that all power belongeth unto GOD, and that he is severe in punishing!
\par      When those who have been followed shall separate themselves from their followers,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and shall see the punishment, and the cords }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of relation}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  between them shall be cut in sunder;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      the followers shall say, If we could return }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to life}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , we would separate ourselves from them, as they have }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 now}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  separated themselves from us.  So GOD will show them their works; they shall sigh grievously, and shall not come forth from the fire }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      O men, eat of that which is lawful and good on the earth; and tread not in the steps of the devil, for he is your open enemy.
\par      Verily he commandeth you evil and wickedness, and that ye should say that of GOD which ye know not.
\par      And when it is said unto them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who believe not}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, Follow that which GOD hath sent down; they answer, Nay, but we will follow that which we found our fathers practise.  What?  though their fathers knew nothing, and were not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 rightly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  directed?

\par      The unbelievers are like unto one who crieth aloud to that which heareth not so much as }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  calling, or the sound of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  voice.  }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 They are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  deaf, dumb, and blind, therefore do they not understand.
\par      O true believers, eat of the good things which we have bestowed on you for food, and return thanks unto GOD, if ye serve him.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Verily he hath forbidden you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to eat}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 that which dieth of itself, and blood and swine's flesh, and that on which any other name but GOD'S hath been invocated.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   But he who is forced by necessity, not lusting, nor returning }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to transgress}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , it shall be no crime in him }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 if he eat of those things}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , for GOD is gracious and merciful.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Moreover they who conceal }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 any part}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 of the scripture which GOD hath sent down unto them, and sell it for a smal
l price, they shall swallow into their bellies nothing but fire; GOD shall not speak unto them on the day of resurrection, neither shall he purify them, and they shall suffer a grievous punishment.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 170\tab These are they who have sold direction for error, and pardon for punishment: but how great will their suffering be in the fire!
\par      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 they shall endure}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , because GOD sent down the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the Koran}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 with truth, and they who disagree concerning that book are certainly in a wide mistake.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in prayer}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 towards the east and the west, but righteousness is of him who believeth in GOD and the last day, and the angels, and the scriptures, and the prophets; who giveth money for GOD'S sake unto his kindred, and unto orp
hans, and the needy, and the stranger, and those who ask, and for redemption of captives; who is constant at prayer, and giveth alms; and of those who perform their covenant, when they have covenanted, and who behave themselves patiently in adversity, and
 hardships, and in time of violence; these are they who are true, and these are they who fear GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or it may be translated, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Although the ungodly will perceive}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, &c.  But some copies instead of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 yara}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , in the third person, read }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 tara}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , in the second; and then it must be rendered, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Oh if thou didst see when the ungodly behold their punishment}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, when the broachers or heads of new sects shall at the last day forsake or wash their hands of their disciples, as if they were not accomplices in their superstitions.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 
  For this reason, whenever the Mohammedans kill any animal for food, they always say, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 Bismi llah}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 , or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 In the name of }{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 
GOD; which, if it be neglected, they think it not lawful to eat of it.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 O true believers, the law of retaliation is ordained you for the slain: the free }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall die}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 for the free, and the servant for the servant, and a woman for a woman:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but he whom his brother shall forgive may be prosecuted, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
and obliged to make satisfaction}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  according to what is just, and a fine shall be set on him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with humanity.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      This is indulgence from your LORD, and mercy.  And he who shall transgress after this, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by killing the murderer}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , shall suffer a grievous punishment.
\par      And in this law or retaliation ye have life, O ye of understanding, that peradventure ye may fear.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      It is ordained you, when any of you is at the point of death, if he leave any goods, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 that he bequeath}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 a legacy to his parents, and kindred, according to what shall be reasonable.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   This is a duty }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 incumbent }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 on those who fear 
GOD.  But he who shall change }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the legacy}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , after he hath heard it }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 bequeathed by the dying person}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, surely the sin thereof shall be on those who change it, for GOD is he who heareth and knoweth.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Howbeit he who apprehendeth from the testator any mistake or injustice, and shall compose }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the matter}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 between them, that shall be no crime in him, for GOD is gracious and merciful.
\par      O true believers, a fast is ordained you, as it was ordained unto those before you, that ye may fear GOD.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      A certain number of days }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall ye fast:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but he among you who shall be sick, or on a journey, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall fast an equal}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  number of other days.  And those who can}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 keep it, and do not}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , must redeem}{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  their neglect}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  by maintaining of a poor man.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And he who voluntarily dealeth better }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 wit
h the poor man than he is obliged}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , this shall be better for him.  But if ye fast, it will be better for you, if ye knew it.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 180\tab The month of Ramadan }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall ye fast}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , in which the Koran was sent down }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from heaven}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a direction unto men, and declarations of direction, and the distinction }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
between good and evil}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  Therefore, let him among you who shall be present in this month, fast the same }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 month;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but he who shall be sick, or on a journey, }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall fast}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 like}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  number of other days.  GOD would }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 make this}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  an ease unto you, and would not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 make it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a difficulty unto you; that ye may fulfil the number }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of days}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and glorify GOD, for that he hath directed you, and that ye may give thanks.}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This is not to be strictly taken; for according to the Sonna, a man also is to be pu
t to death for the murder of a woman.  Regard is also to be had to difference in religion, so that a Mohammedan, though a slave, is not to be put to death for an infidel, though a freeman.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  But the civil magistrates do not think themselves always obliged to conform to this last determination of the Sonna.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This is the common practice in Mohammedan countries, particularly in Persia,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 where the relations of the deceased may take their choice, either to have the murderer put into their hands to be put to death, or else to accept of a pecuniary satisfaction.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, the legacy was not to exceed a third part of the testator\rquote 
s substance, nor to be given where there was no necessity.  But this injunction is abrogated by the law concerning inheritances.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  
 The expositors differ much about the meaning of this passage, thinking it very improbable that people should be left entirely at liberty either to fast or not, on compounding for it in this manner.  Jallalo\rquote 
ddin, therefore, supposes the negative particle }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 not}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  to be understood, and that this is allowed only to those who are }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 not able }{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 to fast, by reason of age or dangerous sickness; whether they would fast or maintain a poor man, which liberty was soon after taken away, and this passage abrogated by the following, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
Therefore let him who shall be present in this month, fast the same month}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  Yet this abrogation, he says, does not extend to women with child or that give suck, lest the infant suffer.
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab Al Zamakhshari, having first given an explanation of Ebn Abb\'e2s, who, by a different interpretation of the Arabic word Yotik\'fbnaho, which signifies }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 can}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261  or }{
\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 are able}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261  to fast, renders it, }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 Those who find great difficulty therein}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
, &c., adds an exposition of his own, by supposing something to be understood, according to which the sense will be, }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 Those who can fast}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261  and yet have a legal excuse to break it, }{
\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 must redeem it}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 , &c.
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   According to the usual quantity which a man eats in a day and the custom of the country.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, At home, and not in a strange country, where the fact cannot be performed, or on a journey.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 2  Vide Chardin  Voyage de Perse, t. ii. p. 299, &c.\tab \tab 3  Jallalo\rquote ddin.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 When my servants ask thee concerning me, Verily I am near; I will hear the prayer of him that prayeth, when he prayeth unto me: but let them hearken unto me, and believe in me, that they may be rightly directed.

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      It is lawful for you, on the night of the fast, to go in unto your wives;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 they are a garment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto you, and ye are a garment unto them.  GOD knoweth that ye defraud yourselves }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 therein}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, wherefore he turneth unto you, and forgiveth you.  Now, therefore, go in unto them; and earnestly desire that which GOD ordaineth you, and eat and drink, until ye can plainly distinguish a white
 thread from a black thread by the daybreak: then keep the fast until night, and go not in unto them, but be constantly present in the places of worship.  These are the prescribed bounds of GOD, therefore draw not near them }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to transgress them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  Thus GOD declareth his signs unto men, that ye may fear }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
     Consume not your wealth among yourselves in vain; nor present it unto judges, that ye may devour part of men's substance unjustly, against your own consciences.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They will ask thee concerning the phases of the moon:  Answer, They are times appointed unto men, and to }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 show the season of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 the pilgrimage to Mecca.  It is not righteousness that ye enter }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  houses by the back parts thereof,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but righteousness is of him who feareth GOD.  Therefore enter }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  houses by their doors; and fear GOD, that ye may be happy.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And fight for the religion of GOD against those who fight against you; but transgress not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 attacking them first}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , for GOD loveth not the transgressors.
\par      And kill them wherever ye find them, and turn them out of that whereof they have dispossessed you; for temptation }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to idolatry}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 is more grievous than slaughter; yet fight not against them in the holy temple, until they attack you therein; but if they attack you, slay them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 there}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  This shall be the reward of infidels.

\par      But if they desist, GOD is gracious and merciful.
\par      Fight therefore against them, until there be no temptation }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to idolatry}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and the religion be GOD'S; but if they desist, then let there be no hostility, except against the ungodly.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      A sacred month for a sacred month,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and the holy limits }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
of Mecca, if they attack you therein, do ye also attack them therein in}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  retaliation; and whoever transgresseth against you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by so doing}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, do ye transgress against him in like manner as he hath transgressed against you, and fear GOD, and know that GOD is with those who fear }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 190\tab Contribute }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 out of your substance}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 toward the defence of the religion of GOD, and throw not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 yourselves}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with your own hands into perdition;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and do good, for G
OD loveth those who do good.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   In the beginning of Mohammedism, during the fast, they neither lay with their wives, nor ate nor drank after supper.  But both are permitted by this passage.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}
{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   A metaphorical expression, to signify the mutual comfort a man and his wife find in each other.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Some of the Arabs had a superstitious custom after they had been at Mecca (in pilgrimage, as it seems), on their return home, not to enter their house by the old door, but to make a hole through the back part for a 
passage, which practice is here reprehended.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As to these sacred months, wherein it was unlawful for the ancient Arabs to attack one another, see the Prelim. Disc. Sect. VII.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Be not accessory to your own destruction, by neglecting your contributions towards the wars against infidels, and thereby suffering them to gather strength.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Perform the pilgrimage }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of Mecca}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and the visitation of GOD; and, if ye be besieged, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 send}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that offering which shall be the easiest; and shave not your heads,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 until your offering reacheth the place of sacrifice.  But, whoever among you is sick, or is troubled with any distemper of the head, must redeem }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the shaving his head}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, by fasting, or alms, or some offering.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   When ye are secure }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from enemies}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , he who tarrieth in the visitation }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the temple of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Mecca}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  until the pilgrimage, shall }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 bring}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 that offering which shall be the easiest.  But he who findeth not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 anything to offer}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , shall fast three days in the pilgrimage, and seven when ye are returned: they shall be ten }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 days}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  complete.  This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is incumbent}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 on him whose family shall not be present at the holy temple.  And fear GOD, and know that GOD is severe in punishing.
\par      The pilgrimage }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 must be performed in}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the known months:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  whosoever therefore purpose
th to go on pilgrimage therein, let him not know a woman, nor transgress, nor quarrel in the pilgrimage.  The good which ye do, GOD knoweth it.  Make provision }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for your journey;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but the best provision is piety and fear me, O ye of understanding.
\par      It shall be no crime in you, if ye seek an increase from your LORD, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by trading during the pilgrimage}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  And when ye go in procession}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from Arafat,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  remember GOD near the holy monument;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and remember him for that he hath directed you, although ye were before this of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the number of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  those who go astray.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Therefore go in procession from whence the people go in procession, and ask pardon of GOD, for GOD is gracious and merciful.
\par      And when ye have finished your holy ceremonies, remember GOD, according as ye remember your fathers, or with a more reverent commemoration.  There are some men who say, O LORD, give us }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our portion}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in this world; but such shall have no portion in the next life:
\par      and there are others who say, O LORD, give us good in this world and also good in the next world, and deliver us from the torment of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They shall have a portion of that which they have gained: GOD is swift in taking an account.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Remember GOD the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 appointed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  number of days:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but if any haste }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to depart from the valley of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 Mina in two days, it shall be no crime in him.  And if any tarry longer, it shall be no crime in him, in him who feareth GOD.  Therefore fear GOD, and know that unto him ye shall be gathered.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For this was a sign they had completed their vow, and performed all the ceremonies of the pilgrimage.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, either by fasting three days, or feeding six poor people, or sacrificing a sheep.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  This passage is somewhat obscure.  Yahya interprets it of him who marries a wife during the visitation, and performs the pilgrimage the year following.  But Jallalo\rquote 
ddin expounds it of him who stays within the sacred enclosures, in order to complete the ceremonies which (as it should seem) he had not been able to do within the prescribed time.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Shaw\'e2l, Dhu\rquote lkaada, and Dhu\rquote lhajja.  See the Preliminary Discourse, Sect. IV.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original word signifies }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 to rush forward impetuously;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  as the pilgrims do when they proceed from Arafat to Mozdalifa.

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   A mountain near Mecca, so called because Adam there met and }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 knew}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  his wife, after a long separation.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Yet others say that Gabriel, after he had instructed Abraham in all the sacred ceremonies, coming to Arafat, there asked him if he }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 knew}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  the ceremonies which had been shown him; to which Abraham answering in the affirmative, the mountain had thence its name.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   In Arabic, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 al Masher al har\'e2m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
.  It is a mountain in the farther part of Mozdalifa, where it is said Mohammed stood praying and praising God, till his face became extremely shining.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Bobovious calls it Farkh}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , but the true name seems to be Kazah; the variation being occasioned only by the different pointing of the Arabic letters.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For he will judge all creatures, says Jallalo\rquote ddin, in the space of half a day.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Three days after slaying the sacrifices.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 2  See before, p. 5, note }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 f.}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 3  Al Hasan.\tab \tab 4  Jallalo\rquote ddin.
\par 5  Bobov. de Peregr. Meccana, p. 15.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 There is a man who causeth thee to marvel}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  by his speech concerning this present life, and calleth God to witness that wh
ich is in his heart, yet he is most intent in opposing thee;
\par 200\tab and when he turneth away }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from thee}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , he hasteth to act corruptly in the earth, and to destroy that which is sown, and springeth up:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but GOD loveth not corrupt doing.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And if one say unto him, Fear GOD; pride seizeth him, together with wickedness; but hell shall be his reward, and an unhappy couch shall it be.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      There is also a man who selleth his soul for the sake of those things which are pleasing unto GOD;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and GOD is gracious unto }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  servants.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      O }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 true}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  believers, enter into the true religion wholly, and follow not the steps of Satan, for he is your open enemy.
\par      If ye have slipped after the declarations }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of our will}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  have come unto you, know that GOD is mighty and wise.
\par      Do }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the infidels}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  expect less than that GOD should come down to them overshadowed with clouds, and the angels }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 also?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
  but the thing is decreed, and to GOD shall }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 all}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  things return.
\par      Ask the children of Israel how many evident signs we have showed them; and whoever shall change the grace of GOD after it shall have come unto him, verily GOD will be severe in punishing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .

\par      The present life was ordained for those who believe not, and they laugh the faithful to scorn; but they who fear GOD shall be above them, on the day of the resurrection: for GOD is bountiful unto whom he pleaseth without measure.
\par      Mankind was of one faith, and GOD sent prophets bearing good tidings, and denouncing threats and sent down with them the scripture in truth, that it might jud
ge between men of that concerning which they disagreed: and none disagreed concerning it, except those to whom the same }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 scriptures}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  were delivered, after the declarations }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD'S }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  had come unto them, out of envy among themselves.  And GOD directed thos
e who believed, to that truth concerning which they disagreed, by his will: for GOD directeth whom he pleaseth into the right way.
\par      Did ye think ye should enter paradise, when as yet no such thing had happened unto you, as }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hath happened}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto those who 
have been before you?  They suffered calamity, and tribulation, and were afflicted; so that the apostle, and they who believed with him, said: When }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the help of GOD }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 come?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261   Is not the help of GOD nigh?
\par 210\tab They will ask thee what they shall bestow }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in alms:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  Answer, The good which ye bestow, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 let it be given}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 to parents, and kindred, and orphans, and the poor and the stranger.  Whatsoever good ye do, GOD knoweth it.
\par      War is enjoined you }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 against the}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  Infidels; but this is hateful unto you:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      yet perchance ye hate a thing which is better for you, and perchance ye love a thing which is worse for you: but GOD knoweth and ye know not.}{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This person was al Akhnas Ebn Shoraik, a fair-spoken dissembler, who swore that he believed in Mohammed, and pretended t
o be one of his friends, and to contemn this world.  But GOD here reveals to the prophet his hypocrisy and wickedness.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Setting fire to his neighbour\rquote s corn, and killing his asses by night.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The person here meant was one Soheib, who being persecute
d by the idolaters of Mecca, forsook all he had, and fled to Medina.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Idem.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 They will ask thee concerning the sacred month, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 whether they may}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  war therein: Answer, To war therein is grievous; but to obstruct the way o
f GOD, and infidelity towards him, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to keep men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  from the holy temple, and to drive out his people from thence, is more grievous in the sight of GOD, and the temptation }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to idolatry}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  is more grievous than to kill }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in the sacred months}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  They will not cease 
to war against you, until they turn you from your religion, if they be able: but whoever among you shall turn back from his religion, and die an infidel, their works shall be vain in this world, and the next; they shall be the companions of }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire, they shall remain therein forever.
\par      But they who believe, and who fly for the sake of religion, and fight in GOD's cause, they shall hope for the mercy of GOD; for GOD is gracious and merciful.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They will ask thee concerning wine}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and lots:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Answer, In both there is great sin, and }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 also some}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  things of use unto men;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but their sinfulness is greater than their use.  They will ask thee also what they shall bestow 
}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in alms:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Answer, What ye have to spare.  Thus GOD showeth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  signs unto you, that peradventure ye might seriously think
\par      of this present world, and of the next.  They will also ask thee concerning orphans: Answer, To deal righteously with them is best;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and if ye intermeddle with }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the management of what belongs to}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  them, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 do them no wrong;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 they are your brethren: GOD knoweth the corrupt dealer from the righteous; and if GOD please, he will surely distress you,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for GOD is mighty and wise.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Marry not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 women who are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  idolaters, until they believe: verily a maid-servant who believeth, is better than an idolatress, although she please you }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 more}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  And give not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 women who believe }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
in marriage to the idolaters, until they believe: for verily a servant who is a true believer, is better than an idolater, though he please you more.
\par 220\tab They invite unto }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire, but GOD inviteth unto paradise and pardon through his will, and declareth his signs unto men, that they may remember.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They will ask thee also concerning the courses of women: Answer, They are a pollution: therefore separate yourselves fr
om women in their courses, and go not near them, until they be cleansed.  But when they are cleansed, go in unto them as GOD hath commanded you,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 for GOD loveth those who repent, and loveth those who are clean.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Your wives are your tillage, go in therefore unto your tillage in what manner soever ye will:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and do first some act }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 that may be profitable}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto your souls;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and fear GOD, and know that ye must meet him; and bear good tidings unto the faithful.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Under the name of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 wine}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  all sorts of strong and inebriating liquors are comprehended.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original word, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 al Meiser}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, properly signifies a particular game performed with arrows, and much in use with the pagan Arabs.  But by }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 lots}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  we are here to understand all games whatsoever, which are subject to ch
ance or hazard, as dice, cards, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   From these words some suppose that only drinking to excess and too frequent gaming are prohibited.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  And the moderate use of wine they also think is allowed by these words of the 16th chapter, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 And of the fruits of palm-trees and grapes ye obtain inebriating drink, and also good nourishment}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  But the more received opinion is, that both drinking wine or other strong liquors in any quantity, and playing at any game of chance, are absolutely forbidden.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., By his curse, which shall certainly bring to nothing what ye shall wrong the orphans of.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   But not while they have their courses, nor by using preposterous venery.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It has been imagined that these words allow that preposterous lust, which the commentators say is forbidden by the preceding; but I question whether this can be proved.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Perform some act of devotion or charity.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. V.\tab \tab 2  See ibid.\tab \tab 3  Vide Jallalo\rquote ddin et al Zamakhshari.\tab \tab 4  See the Prelim. Disc. ubi sup.\tab \tab 1  Ebn Abbas, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 2  Jallalo
\rquote ddin, Yahya, al Zamakhshari    Vide Lucret. de Rer. Nat. l. 4, v. 1258, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Make not GOD the object of your oaths,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that ye will deal justly, and be devout, and make peace among men;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for God is he who heareth and knoweth.
\par      GOD will not punish you for an inconsiderate word}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in your oaths; but he will punish you for that which your hearts have assented unto: GOD is merciful and gracious.
\par      They who vow }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to abstain}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from their wives, are }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 allowed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to wait four months:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but if they go back }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from their vow}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , verily GOD is gracious and merciful;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and if they resolve on a divorce, GOD is he who heareth and knoweth.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      The }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 women who are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  divorced shall wait concerning themselves until they have their courses thrice,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and it shall not be lawful for them to conceal that which GOD hath created in their wombs,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 if they believe in GOD and the last day; and their husbands will act more justly to bring them back at this }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 time}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , if they desire a reconciliation.  The women ought also }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to behave towards their husbands}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in like manner as }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their husbands should behave}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 towards them, according to what is just: but the men ought to have a superiority over them.  GOD is mighty and wise.
\par      Ye may divorce }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your wives}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  twice; and then either retain }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with humanity, or dismiss }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with kindness.  But it is not lawful for you to take away anything of what ye have given them, unless both fear that they cannot observe the ordinances of GOD.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And if ye fear that they cannot observe the ordinance of GOD, it shall be no crime in either of them on account of that for which }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the wife}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall redeem herself.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   These are the ordinances of GOD; therefore transgress them not; for whoever transgresseth the ordinances of GOD, they are unjust doers.

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But if }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the husband}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  divorce her }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a third time}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , she shall not be lawful for him again, until she marry another husband.  But if he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 divorce her, it shall be no crime in them if they return to each other, if they think they can observe the ordinances of GOD, and these are the ordinances of GOD, he declareth them to people of understanding.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   So as to swear frequently by him.  The word translated }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 object}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, properly signifies a butt to shoot at with arrows.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some commentators}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  expound this negatively, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 That ye will not deal justly, nor be devout, }{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 &c.  For such wicked oaths, they say, were customary among the idolatrous inhabitants of Mecca; which gave occasion to the following saying of Mohammed: }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
When your swear to do a thing, and afterwards find it better to do otherwise, do that which is better, and make void your oath}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   When a man swears inadvertently, and without design.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, they may take so much time to consider; and shall not, by a rash oath, be obliged actually to divorce them.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, If they be reconciled to their wives within four months, or after, they may retain them, and GOD will dispense with their oath.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This is to be understood of those only with whom the marriage has been consummated; for as to the others there is no time 
limited.  Those who are not quite past childbearing (which a woman is reckoned to be after her courses cease, and she is fifty-five lunar years, or about fifty-three solar years old), and those who are too young to have children, are allowed three months 
only; but they who are with child must wait till they be delivered.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, they shall tell the real truth, whether they have their courses, or be with child, or not; and shall not, by deceiving their husband, obtain a separation from him before the t
erm be accomplished: lest the first husband\rquote s child should, by that means, go to the second; or the wife, in case of the first husband\rquote 
s death, should set up her child as his heir, or demand her maintenance during the time she went with such child, and the expenses of her lying-in, under pretence that she waited not her full prescribed time.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For if there be a settled aversion on either side, their continuing together may have very ill, and perhaps fatal consequences.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, If she prevail on her husband to dismiss her, by releasing part of her dowry.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 3  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 4  Idem.  Yahya.\tab \tab 5  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 6  Yahya.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 230\tab But when ye divorce women, and they have fulfilled their pre-scribed time, either retain them with humanity, or dismiss them with kindness; and retain them not by violence, so that ye transgress;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for he who doth this surely injureth his own soul.  And make not the signs of GOD a jest: but remember GOD'S favor towards you, and that he hath sent down unto you the book }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Koran, and wisdom admonishing you thereby; and fear GOD, and know that GOD is omniscient.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But when ye have divorced }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 wives, and they have fulfilled their prescribed time, hinder them not from marrying their husbands, when they have agreed among themselves ac
cording to what is honourable.  This is given in admonition unto him among you who believeth in GOD, and the last day.  This is most righteous for you, and most pure.  GOD knoweth, but ye know not.
\par      Mothers }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 after they are divorced}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall give suck unto 
their children two full years, to him who desireth the time of giving suck to be completed; and the father shall be obliged to maintain them and clothe them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in the mean time}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, according to that which shall be reasonable.  No person shall be obliged beyond his ability.  A mother shall not be compelled }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to what is unreasonable}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 on account of her child nor a father on account of his child.  And the heir }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the father}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall be obliged to do in like manner.  But if they choose to wean }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
the child before the end of two years}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, by common consent, and on mutual consideration, it shall be no crime in them.  And if ye have a mind to provide a nurse for your children, it shall be no crime in you, in case ye fully pay what ye offer }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 her}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , according to that which is just.  And fear GOD, and know that GOD seeth whatsoever ye do.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Such of you as die, and leave wives, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their wives}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  must wait concerning themselves four months and ten }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 days}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and when they shall have fulfilled their term, it shall be no crime in you, for that which they shall do with themselves,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  according to what is reasonable.  GOD well knoweth that which ye do.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And it shall be no crime in you, whether ye make public overtures of marriage unto }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 such}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  women, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
within the said four months and ten days}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , or whether ye conceal }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 such your designs}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 in your minds: GOD knoweth that ye will remember them.  But make no promises unto them privately, unless ye speak honourable words;
\par      and resolve not on the knot of marriage until the prescribed time be accomplished; and know that GOD knoweth that which is in your minds, therefore beware of him and know that GOD is gracious and merciful.
\par      It shall be no crime in you, if ye divorce your wives, so long as ye have not touched them, nor settled any dowry on them.  And provide fo
r them (he who is at his ease must provide according to his circumstances) necessaries, according to what shall be reasonable.  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 This is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a duty }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 incumbent}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on the righteous.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      But if ye divorce them before ye have touched them, and have already settled a dowry on them, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ye shall give them
}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  half of what ye have settled, unless they release }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 any part}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or he release }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 part}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 in whose hand the knot of marriage is;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and if ye release }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the whole}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, it will approach nearer unto piety.  And not forget liberality among you, for GOD seeth that which ye do.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., By obliging them to purchase their liberty with part of their dowry.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is to say, before they marry again; and this, not only for decency sake, but that it may be known whether they be with child by the deceased or not.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, if they leave off their mourning weeds, and look out for new husbands.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 
, Unless the wife agree to take less than half her dowry, or unless the husband be so generous as to give her more than half, or the whole, which is here approved of as most commendable.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Carefully observe the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 appointed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  prayers, and the middle prayer,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and be assiduous }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 therein}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , with devotion towards GOD.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But if ye fear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 any danger, pray}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on foot or on horseback; and when ye are safe remember GOD, how he hath taught you what as yet ye knew not.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 240\tab And such of you as shall die and leave wives ought to bequeath their wives a year's maintenance, without putting them out }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of their houses:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  but if they go out }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 voluntarily}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , it shall be no crime in you, for
 that which they shall do with themselves, according to what shall be reasonable; GOD is mighty and wise.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And unto those who are divorced, a reasonable provision }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is also due; this is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a duty }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 incumbent}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on those who fear GOD.
\par      Thus GOD declareth his signs unto you, that ye may understand.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Hast thou not considered those, who left their habitations, (and they were thousands,) for fear of death?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  And GOD said unto them, Die; then he restored them to life, for GOD is gracious towards mankind; but the greater part of men do not give thanks.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Fight for the religion of GOD, and know that GOD is he who heareth and knoweth.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Who is he that will lend unto GOD on good usury?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  verily he will double it unto him manifold; for GOD contracteth and extendeth }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 his hand}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  as he pleaseth, and to him shall ye return.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Hast thou not considered the assembly of the children of Israel, after }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the time of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 Moses; when they said unto their prophet Samuel, Set a king over us, that we may fight for the religion of GOD.  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 The prophet}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 answered, If ye are enjoined to go to war, will ye be near refusing to fight?  They answered, And what should ail us that we should not fight for the religion of GOD, seeing we are dispossessed of our habitations, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
deprived}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of our children?  But when they were enjoined to go to war, they turned back, except a few of them: and GOD knew the ungodly.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And their prophet said unto them, Verily GOD hath set Tal\'fbt,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 king over you: they answered, How shall he reign over us, seeing we are more w
orthy of the kingdom than he, neither is he possessed of great riches?  Samuel said, Verily GOD hath chosen him before you, and hath caused him to increase in knowledge and stature, for GOD giveth his kingdom unto whom he pleaseth; GOD is bounteous and wi
se.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Yahya interprets this from a tradition of Mohammed, who, being asked which was the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 middle prayer}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, answered, The evening prayer, which was instituted by the prophet Solomon.  But Jallalo\rquote ddin allows a greater lattitude, and supposes it may be the afternoon prayer, the morning prayer, the noon prayer, or any other.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These were some of the children of Israel, who abandoned their dwellings because of a pestilence, or, as others say, to avoid serving in a religious war; but, as they fled, God struck t
hem all dead in a certain valley.  About eight days or more after, when their bodies were corrupted, the prophet Ezekiel, the son of Buzi, happening to pass that way, at the sight of their bones wept; whereupon God said to him, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Call to them, O }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Ezekiel, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 and I will restore them to life.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   And accordingly on the prophet\rquote 
s call they all arose, and lived several years after; but they retained the colour and stench of dead corpses as long as they lived, and the clothes they wore changed as black as pitch, which qualities they transmitted to their posterity.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  As to the number of these Israelites the commentators are not agreed; they who reckon least say they were 3,000, and they who reckon most, 70,000.  This story seems to have been taken from Ezekiel\rquote s vision of the resurrection of dry bones.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab Some of the Mohammedan writers will have Ezekiel to have been one of the judges of Israel, and to have succeeded Othoniel the son of Caleb.  They also call this prophet }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Ebn al aj\'fbz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the son of the old woman;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  because they say his mother obtained him by her prayers in her old age.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., By contributing towards the establishment of his true religion.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   So the Mohammedans name Saul.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin, Yahya, Abulfeda, &c.\tab \tab 2  Ezek. xxxvii. 1-10.\tab \tab 3  Al Thalabi, Abu Ishak, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And their prophet said unto them, Verily the sign of his kingdom shall be, that the ark shall come unto you:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 therein shall be tranquility from your LORD,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and the relics}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which have been left by the family of Moses and the family of Aaron; t
he angels shall bring it.  Verily this shall be a sign unto you, if ye believe.
\par      And when Talut departed with his soldiers he said, Verily GOD will prove you by the river: for he who drinketh thereof, shall not be on my side (but he who shall not taste
 thereof he shall be on my side), except he who drinketh a draught out of his hand.  And they drank thereof, except a few of them.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And when they had passed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
the river}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , he and those who believed with him, they said, We have no strength to-day, against Jalut}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and his forces.  But they who considered that they should meet GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 at the resurrection}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, said, How often hath a small army discomfited a great one, by the will of GOD! and GOD is with those who patiently persevere.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 250\tab And when they went forth to battle against Jalut and his forces, they said, O LORD, pour on us patience, and confirm our feet, and help us against the unbelieving people.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Therefore they discomfited them, by the will of GOD, and David slew Jalut.  And GOD gave him the kingdom and wisdom, and taught him his will;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and if GOD had not prevented men, the one by the other, verily the earth had been corrupted: but GOD is beneficent towards }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  creatures.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      These are the signs of GOD: we rehearse them unto thee with truth, and thou art surely }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 one}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of those who have been sent }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD.\line 
     These are the apostles; we have preferred some of them before others; some of them hath GOD spoken unto, and hath exalted the degree of others of them.  And we gave unto Jesus the son of Mary manifest signs, and strengthened him with the holy spirit.
}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And if GOD had pleased, they who came after those }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 apostles}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 would not have contended among themselves, after manifest signs had been shown unto them.  But they fell to variance; therefore some of them believed, an
d some of them believed not; and if GOD had so pleased, they would not have contended among themselves; but GOD doth what he will.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This ark, says Jallalo\rquote ddin, contained the images of the prophets, and was sent down from heaven to Adam, and at length 
came to the Israelites, who put great confidence therein, and continually carried it in the front of their army, till it was taken by the Amalekites.  But on this occasion the angels brought it back, in the sight of all the people, and placed it at the fe
et of Tal\'fbt; who was thereupon unanimously acknowledged for their king.
\par \tab This relation seems to have arisen from some imperfect tradition of the taking and sending back the ark by the Philistines.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, because of the great confidence the Israelites placed in it, having won several battles by its miraculous assistance.  I imagine, however, that the Arabic word }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Sak\'eenat}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which signifies }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 tranquillity}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 security of mind}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and is so understood by the commentators, may not improbably mean the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 divine presence}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 glory}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which used to appear on the ark, and which the Jews express by the same word Shechinah.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These were the shoes and rod of Moses, the mitre of Aaron, a pot of manna, and the broken pieces of the two tables of the law.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The number of those who drank out of their hands was about 313.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  It seems that Mohammed has here confounded Saul with Gideon, who by the divine direction took with him against the Midianites such of his army only as lapped water out of their hands, which were 300 men.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or Goliath.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 what he pleased }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
to teach him.  Yahya most rationally understands hereby the divine revelations which David received from GOD; but Jallalo\rquote ddin the art of making coats of mail (which the Mohammedans believe was that prophet\rquote s peculiar tra
de), and the knowledge of the language of birds.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See before p. 10, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 4  I Sam. iv. v. and vi.\tab \tab 5  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 1  Idem, Yahya.\tab \tab 2  Judges vii.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O true believers, give }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 alms}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of that which we have bestowed unto you, before the day cometh wh
erein there shall be no merchandizing, nor friendship, nor intercession.  The infidels are unjust doers.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      GOD! there is no GOD but he;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the living, the self-subsisting: neither slumber nor sleep seizeth him; to him }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  whatsoever is in heaven, an
d on earth.  Who is he than can intercede with him, but through his good pleasure?  He knoweth that which is past, and that which is to come unto them, and they shall not comprehend anything of his knowledge, but so far as he pleaseth.  His throne is exte
nded over heaven and earth,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and the preservation of both is no burden unto him.  He is the high, the mighty.
\par      Let there be no violence in religion.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Now is right direction manifestly distinguished from deceit: whoever therefore shall deny Tagut,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and believe in GOD, he shall surely take hold on a strong handle, which shall not be broken; GOD is he who heareth and seeth.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      GOD is the patron of those who believe; he shall lead them out of darkness into light:
\par      but }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  those who believe not, their patrons are Tagut; they shall lead them from the light into darkness; they shall be the companions of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire, they shall remain therein forever.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Hast thou not considered him who disputed with Abraham concerning his LORD,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  because GOD had given hi
m the kingdom?  When Abraham said, My LORD is he who giveth life, and killeth: he answered, I give life, and I kill.  Abraham said, Verily GOD bringeth the sun from the east, now do thou bring it from the west.  Whereupon the infidel was confounded; for G
OD directeth not the ungodly people.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 260\tab Or }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hast thou not considered}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  how he }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 behaved}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  who passed by a city which had been destroyed, even to her foundations?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   He said, How shall GOD quicken this }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 city}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , after she hath been dead?  And GOD caused him to die for an hundred years, and afterwards raised him to life.  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD said, how long hast thou tarried }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 here?}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   He answered, A day, or part of a day.  GOD said, Nay, thou hast tarried }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 here}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 a hundred years.  Now look on thy food and thy drink, they are not yet corrupted; and look on thine ass: and this }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 have we done}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 that we might make thee a sign unto men.  And look on the bones }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of thine ass}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , how we raise them, and afterwards clothe them with flesh.  And when }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 this}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  was shown unto him, he said, I know that GOD is able to do all things.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The following seven lines contain a magnificent description of the divine majesty and providence; but it must not be supposed the translation comes up to the dignity of the original.  This passage is justly admired by the Mohammedans, 
who recite it in their prayers; and some of them wear it about them, engraved on an agate or other precious stone.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This throne, in Arabic called Corsi, is by the Mohammedans supposed to be God\rquote s tribunal, or seat of justice; being placed under that ot
her called al Arsh, which they say is his imperial throne.  The Corsi allegorically signifies the divine providence, which sustains and governs the heaven and the earth, and is infinitely above human comprehension.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage was particularly directed to some of Mohammed\rquote 
s first proselytes, who, having sons that had been brought up in idolatry or Judaism, would oblige them to embrace Mohammedism by force.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This word properly signifies }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 an idol}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or whatever is worshipped besides GOD\endash particularly th
e two idols of the Meccans, All\'e2t and al Uzza; and also the devil, or any seducer.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This was Nimrod, who, as the commentators say, to prove his power of life and death by ocular demonstration, caused two men to be brought before him at the same time, on
e of whom he slew, and saved the other alive.  As to this tyrant\rquote s persecution of Abraham, see chapter 21, and the notes thereon.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The person here meant was Ozair or Ezra, who riding on an ass by the ruins of Jerusalem, after it had been destroyed by th
e Chaldeans, doubted in his mind by what means God could raise the city and its inhabitants again; whereupon God caused him to die, and he remained in that condition 100 years; at the end of which God restored him to life, and he found a basket of figs an
d
 a cruse of wine he had with him not in the least spoiled or corrupted; but his ass was dead, the bones only remaining, and these, while the prophet looked on, were raised and clothed with flesh, becoming an ass again, which being inspired with life, bega
n immediately to bray.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab This apocryphal story may perhaps have taken its rise from Nehemiah\rquote s viewing of the ruins of Jerusalem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 3  Vide Bobov. de Prec. Moham. p. 5, et Reland. Dissert. de Gemmis Arab p. 235, 239.\tab \tab 4  Vide D\rquote Herbelot, Bibl. Orient. Art. Corsi.
\par 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 2  Jallalo\rquote ddin, Yahya, &c   See D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. Art. Ozair.\tab \tab 3  Nehem. ii. 12, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And when Abraham said, O LORD, show me how thou wilt raise the dead;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 said, Dost thou not yet believe?  He answered, Yea, but }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 I ask this}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that my heart may rest at ease.  GOD said, take therefore four birds, and divide them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  then lay a part of them on every mountain; then call them, and they shall come swiftly unto thee: and know that GOD is mighty and wise.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      The similitude of those who lay out their substance, for advancing the religion of GOD, is as a grain }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of corn}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 which produceth seven ears, and in every ear an hundred grains; for GOD giveth twofold unto whom he pleaseth: GOD is bounteous and wise.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They who lay out their substance for the religion of GOD, and afterwards follow not what they have }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 so}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  laid out by reproaches or mischief,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they shall have their reward with their LORD; upon them shall no fear come, neither shall they be grieved.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      A fair speech and to forgive, is better than alms followed by mischief.  GOD is rich and merciful.
\par      O true believers, make not your alms of none effect by reproaching, or mischief, as he who layeth out what he hath to appear unto men }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to give alms}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and believeth not in GOD and th
e last day.  The likeness of such a one is as a flint covered with earth, on which a violent rain falleth, and leaveth it hard.  They cannot prosper in anything which they have gained, for GOD directeth not the unbelieving people.
\par      And the likeness of 
those who lay out their substance from a desire to please GOD, and for an establishment for their souls, is as a garden on a hill, on which a violent rain falleth, and it bringeth forth its fruits twofold; and if a violent rain falleth not on it, yet the 
dew }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 falleth thereon:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and GOD seeth that which ye do.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Doth any of you desire to have a garden of palm-trees and vines,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 through which rivers flow, wherein ye may have all }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 kinds of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  fruits, and that he may attain to old age, and have a weak offspring? the
n a violent fiery wind shall strike it, so that it shall be burned.  Thus GOD declareth his signs unto you, that ye may consider.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      O true believers, bestow }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 alms}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 of the good things which ye have gained, and of that which we have produced for you out of the earth, and choose not the bad thereof, to give it }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in alms}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The occasion of this request of Abraham is said to have been on a doubt proposed to him by the devil, in human form, how it was possible for the several parts of the corpse of a man which 
lay on the sea-shore, and had been partly devoured by the wild beasts, the birds, and the fish, to be brought together at the resurrection.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These birds, according to the commentators, were an eagle (a dove, say others), a peacock, a raven and a cock, 
which Abraham cut to pieces, and mingled their flesh and feathers together, or, as some tell us, pounded all in a mortar, and dividing the mass into four parts, laid them on so many mountains, but kept the heads, which he had preserved whole, in his hand.
  Then he called them each by their name, and immediately one part flew to the other, till they all recovered their first shape, and then came to be joined to their respective heads.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab This seems to be taken from Abraham\rquote s sacrifice of birds mentioned by Moses,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  with some additional circumstances.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Either by reproaching the person whom they have relieved with what they have done for him, or by exposing his poverty to his prejudice.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This garden is an emblem of alms given out of hypocrisy, or att
ended with reproaches, which perish, and will be of no service hereafter to the giver.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 4  See D\rquote Herbelot, p. 13.\tab \tab 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin.  See D\rquote Herbelot, ubi supra.\tab \tab 2  Gen. xv\tab \tab 3  Jallalo\rquote ddin.
\par 4  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 such as ye would not accept yourselves, otherwise than by connivance:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and know that GOD is rich and worthy to be praised.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 270\tab The devil threateneth you with poverty, and commandeth you filthy covetousness; but GOD promiseth you pardon from himself and abundance: GOD is bounteous and wise.
\par      He giveth wisdom unto whom he pleaseth; and he unto whom wisdom is given hath received much good: but none will consider, except the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 wise}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of heart.
\par      And whatever alms ye shall give, or }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 whatever}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  vow ye shall vow, verily GOD knoweth it; but the ungodly shall have none to help }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
.  If ye make your alms to appear, it is well; but if ye conceal them, and give them unto the poor, this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 better for you, and will atone for your sins; and GOD is well informed of that which ye do.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      The direction of them belongeth not unto thee; but GOD directeth whom he pleaseth.  The good that ye shall give }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in alms shall redound}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 unto yourselves; and ye shall not give unless out of desire of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 seeing}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the face of GOD.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And what good thing ye shall give }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in alms}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , it shall be repaid
 you, and ye shall not be treated unjustly; unto the poor who are wholly employed in fighting for the religion of GOD, and cannot go to and fro on the earth; whom the ignorant man thinketh rich, because of their modesty: thou shalt know them by this mark,
 they ask not men with importunity; and what good ye shall give }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in alms}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , verily GOD knoweth it.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They who distribute }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 alms of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  their substance night and day, in private and in public, shall have their reward with the LORD; on them shall no fear come, neit
her shall they be grieved.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They who devour usury shall not arise }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from the dead}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , but as he ariseth whom Satan hath infected by a touch:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  this }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall happen to them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  because they say, Truly selling is but as usury: and yet GOD hath permitted selling and f
orbidden usury.  He therefore who when there cometh unto him an admonition from his LORD abstaineth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from usury for the future}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , shall have what is past }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
forgiven him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and his affair belongeth unto GOD.  But whoever returneth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to usury}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , they shall be the companions of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hell}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  fire, they shall continue therein forever.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      GOD shall take his blessing from usury, and shall increase alms: for GOD loveth no infidel, or ungodly person.  But they who believe and do that which is right, and observe the stated times of p
rayer, and pay their legal alms, they shall have their reward with their LORD: there shall come no fear on them, neither shall they be grieved.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O true believers, fear GOD, and remit that which remaineth of usury,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  if ye }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 really}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  believe;

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      but if ye do it not, hearken unto war, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 which is declared against you}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 from GOD and his apostle: yet if ye repent, ye shall have the capital of your money.  Deal not unjustly }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with others}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and ye shall not be dealt with unjustly.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, on having some amends mad
e by the seller of such goods, either by abatement of the price, or giving something else to the buyer to make up the value.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , For the sake of a reward hereafter, and not for any worldly consideration.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., Like }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 demoniacs}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or possessed persons
, that is, in great horror and distraction of mind and convulsive agitation of body.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or the interest due before usury was prohibited.  For this some of Mohammed\rquote 
s followers exacted of their debtors, supposing they lawfully might.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 2  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 If there be any }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 debtor}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  under a difficulty }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of paying his debt}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , let }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his creditor}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wait till it be easy }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for him to do it;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 but if ye remit it as alms, it will be better for you, if ye knew it.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 280\tab And fear the day wherein ye shall return unto GOD; then shall every soul be paid what it hath gained, and they shall not be treated unjustly.

\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O true believers, when ye bind yourselves one to the other in a debt for a certain time, write it down; and let a writer write between you according to just
ice, and let not the writer refuse writing according to what GOD hath taught him; but let him write, and let him who oweth the debt dictate, and let him fear GOD his LORD, and not diminish aught thereof.  But if he who oweth the debt be foolish, or weak, 
or be not able to dictate himself, let his agent}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  dictate according to equity; and call to witness two witnesses of your }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 neighboring}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  men; but if there be not two men, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 let there be }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a man and two women of those whom ye shall choose for witnesses: if one of those }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 women}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  should mistake, the other of them will cause her to recollect.  And the witnesses shall not refuse, whensoever they shall be called.  And disdain not to write it down, be it a large }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 debt}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or be it a small one, until its time }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of payment:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  this will
 be more just in the sight of GOD, and more right for bearing witness, and more easy, that ye may not doubt.  But if it be a present bargain which ye transact between yourselves, it shall be no crime in you, if ye write it not down.  And take witnesses wh
en ye sell one to the other, and let no harm be done to the writer, nor to the witness; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 which}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 if ye do, it will surely be injustice in you: and fear GOD, and GOD will instruct you, for GOD knoweth all things.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And if ye be on a journey, and find no writer, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 let}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  pledges }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 taken: but if one of you trust the other, let him who is trusted return what he is trusted with, and fear GOD his LORD.  And conceal not the testimony, for he who concealeth it hath surely a wicked heart: GOD knoweth that which ye do.
\par      Whatever is in heaven and on earth is GOD'S: and whether ye manifest that which is in your minds, or conceal it, GOD will call you to account for it, and will forgive whom he pleaseth, and will punish whom he pleaseth, for GOD is almighty.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      The apostle believeth in that which hath been sent down unto him from his LORD, and the faithful }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  Every one }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
of them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  believeth in GOD, and his angels, and his scriptures, and his apostles: we make no distinction at all between his apostles.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And they say, We
 have heard, and do obey: }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 we implore}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  thy mercy, O LORD, for unto thee must we return.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      GOD will not force any one beyond its capacity: it shall have }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the good}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 which it gaineth, and it shall suffer }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the evil}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which it gaineth.  O LORD, punish us not, if we
 forget, or act sinfully: O LORD, lay not on us a burden like that which thou hast laid on those who have been before us;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  neither make us, O LORD, to bear what we have not strength to }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 bear}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , but be favorable unto us, and spare us, and be merciful unto us.  Thou art our patron, help us therefore against the unbelieving nations.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Whoever manages his affairs, whether his father, heir, guardian, or interpreter.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   But this, say the Mohammedans, the Jews do, who receive Moses but reject Jesus; and the Christians, who receive both those prophets, but reject Mohammed.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  That is, on the Jews, who, as the commentators tell us, were ordered to kill a man by way of atonement, to give one-fourth of their substance in alms, and to cut off an unclean ulcerous part,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and were forbidden to eat fat, or animals that divided the hoof, and were obliged to observe the sabbath, and other particulars wherein the Mohammedans are at liberty.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  Yahya.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page   }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER III.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE FAMILY OF IMRAN;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MEDINA
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      AL. M.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   There is no GOD but GOD, the living, the self-subsisting:
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      he hath sent down unto thee the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the Koran}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with truth, confirming that which was }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 revealed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  before
 it; for he had formerly sent down the law, and the gospel a direction unto men; and he had also sent down the distinction }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 between good and evil}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Verily those who believe not the signs of GOD shall suffer a grievous punishment; for GOD is mighty, able to revenge.
\par      Surely nothing is hidden from GOD, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of that which is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on earth, or in heaven: it is he who formeth you in the wombs, as he pleaseth; there is no GOD but he, the mighty, the wise.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      It is he who hath sent down unto thee the book, wherein are some verses clear to be understood, they are the foundation of the book; and others are parabolical.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   But they whose hearts are perverse will follow that which is parabolical therein, out of love of schism, and a desire of the interpretation thereof; 
yet none knoweth the interpretation thereof, except God.  But they who are well grounded in the knowledge say, We believe therein, the whole is from our LORD; and none will consider except the prudent.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      O LORD, cause not our hearts to swerve }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from truth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , after thou hast directed us: and give us from thee mercy, for thou art he who giveth.
\par      O LORD, thou shalt surely gather mankind together, unto a day }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of resurrection:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  there is no doubt of it, for GOD will not be contrary to the promise.
\par      As for the infidels, their wealth shall not profit them anything, nor their children, against GOD: they shall be the fuel of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire.
\par      According to the wont of the people of Pharaoh, and of those who went before them, they charged our signs with a lie; but GOD caught them in their wickedness, and GOD is severe in punishing.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 10\tab Say unto those who believe not, Ye shall be overcome, and thrown together into hell; and an unhappy couch }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall it be}
{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Ye have already had a miracle }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shown you}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in two armies, which a
ttacked each other:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  one army fought for GOD'S true religion, but the other were infidels; they saw }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the faithful}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 twice as many as themselves in }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  eyesight; for GOD strengthened with his help whom he pleaseth.  Surely herein was an example unto men of understanding.
\par 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This name is given in the Kor\'e2n to the father of the Virgin Mary.  See below, p. 35.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For the meaning of these letters the reader is referred to the Preliminary Discourse, Sect. III.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage is translated according to the exposition of al Zamakhshari and al Beid\'e2wi, which seems to be the truest.
\par \tab The contents of the Kor\'e2n are here distinguished into such passages as are to be taken in the literal sense, and such as require a figurative acceptation.  The former being plain and 
obvious to be understood, compose the fundamental part, or, as the original expresses it, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the mother}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 of the book, and contain the principal doctrines and precepts; agreeably to and consistently with which, those passages which are wrapt up in metaphors, and delivered in an enigmatical, allegorical style, are always to be interpreted.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The sign or miracle here meant, was the victory gained by Mohammed in the second year of the Hejra, over the idolatrous Meccans, headed by Abu Sofi\'e2n, in the valley of Bedr, which is situate near the sea, between Mecca and Medina.  Mohammed\rquote 
s forces consisted of no more than three hundred and nineteen men, but the enemy\rquote s army of near a thousand, notwithstanding which odds he put them to flight, having killed seventy of the
 principal Koreish, and taken as many prisoners, with the loss of only fourteen of his own men.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  This was the first victory obtained by the prophet, and though it may seem no very considerable action, yet it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 5  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. III.\tab \tab 1  Elmacin. p. 5.  Hottinger. Hist. Orient. l. 2, c. 4.  Abulfed. Vit. Moham. p. 56, &c.  Prideaux\rquote s Life of Mahom. p. 71, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 The love and eager desire of wives, and children, and sums heaped up of gold and silver, and excellent horses, and cattle, and land
, is prepared for men: this is the provision of the present life; but unto GOD shall be the most excellent return.
\par      Say, Shall I declare unto you better }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 things}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  than this?  For those who are devout }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are prepared}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 with their LORD gardens through which rivers flow; therein shall they continue forever: and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 they shall enjoy}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wives free from impurity, and the favor of GOD; for GOD regardeth }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 servants
\par      who say, O LORD, we do sincerely believe; forgive us therefore our sins, and deliver us from the pain of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire:
\par      the patient, and the lovers of truth, and the devout, and the almsgivers, and those who ask pardon }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 early}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in the morning.
\par      GOD hath borne witness that there is no GOD but he; and the angels, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 those who are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  endowed with wisdom, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 profess the same;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 who executeth righteousness; there is no GOD but he; the mighty, the wise.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Verily the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 true}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  religion in the sight of GOD is Isl\'e2m;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and they who had received the scriptures dissented not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 therefrom}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , until after the knowledge }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of God's unity}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  ha
d come unto them, out of envy among themselves; but whosoever believeth not in the signs of GOD, verily GOD will be swift in }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 bringing him to}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  account.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      If they dispute with thee, say, I have resigned myself unto GOD, and he who followeth me }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 doth the same;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and say unto them who have received the scriptures, and to the ignorant,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Do ye profess }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the religion of}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Islam? now if they embrace Islam, they are surely directed; but if they turn their backs, verily unto thee }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  preaching }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 only;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for GOD regardeth his servants.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 20\tab And unto those who believe not in the signs of GOD, and slay the prophets without a cause, and put those men to death who teach justice; denounce unto them a painful punishment.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      These are they whose works perish in this world, and in that which is to come; and they shall have none to help them.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 was of great advantage to him, and the foundation of all his future power and success.  For which reason it is famous in the Arabian history, and more than once vaunted in the Kor\'e2n,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  as an effect of the divine assistance.  The miracle, it is said, consisted in three things:  1. Mohammed, by the direction of the angel Gabriel, took a handful of gravel and threw it toward the enemy in the attack, saying, }
{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 May their faces be confounded;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  whereupon they immediately turned their backs and fled.  But though the prophet seemingly threw the gravel himself, yet it is told in the Kor\'e2n,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that it was not he, but God, who threw it, that is to say, by the ministry of his angel.  2.  The Mohammedan troop
s seemed to the infidels to be twice as many in number as themselves, which greatly discouraged them.  And 3.  God sent down to their assistance first a thousand and afterwards three thousand angels, led by Gabriel, mounted on his horse Haiz\'fb
m; and, according to the Kor\'e2n,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  these celestial auxiliaries really did all the execution, though Mohammed\rquote s men imagined themselves did it, and fought stoutly at the same time.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   The proper name of the Mohammedan religion, which signifies the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 resigning }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 or }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
devoting one\rquote s self}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  entirely to GOD and his service.  This they say is the religion which all the prophets were sent to teach, being founded on the unity of GOD.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, The pagan Arabs, who had no knowledge of the scriptures.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 2  See this chapter below, and c. 8 and 32.\tab \tab 3  Cap. 8, not far from the beginning.\tab \tab 4  Ibid.
\par 5  Jallalo\rquote ddin, al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 1  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Hast thou not observed those unto whom part of the scripture was given?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   They were called unto the book of GOD, that it might judge between them;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  then some of them turned their backs, and retired afar off.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 they did}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  because they said, the fire }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
of hell}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall by no means touch us, but for a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 certain}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  number of days;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and that which they had falsely devised hath deceived them in their religion.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      How then }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will it be with them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , when we shall gather them together at the day }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of judgment}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 of which there is no doubt; and every soul shall be paid that which it hath gained, neither shall they be treated unjustly?
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, O GOD, who possessest the kin
gdom; thou givest the kingdom unto whom thou wilt, and thou takest away the kingdom from whom thou wilt: thou exaltest whom thou wilt, and thou humblest whom thou wilt: in thy hand is good, for thou art almighty.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Thou makest the night to succeed the day: thou bringest forth the living out of the dead, and thou bringest forth the dead out of the living;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and providest food for whom thou wilt without measure.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Let not the faithful take the infidels for their protectors, rather than the faithful: he who doth this shall not be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 protected}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 of GOD at all; unless ye fear any danger from them: but GOD warneth you to beware of himself; for unto GOD must ye return.  Say, Whether ye conceal that which is in your breasts, or whether ye declare it, GOD knoweth it;
 for he knoweth whatever is in heaven, and whatever is on earth: GOD is almighty.
\par      On the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 last}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  day every soul shall find the good which it hath wrought, present; and the evil which it hath wrought, it shall wish that between itself and that were a wide
 distance: but GOD warneth you to beware of himself; for GOD is gracious unto his servants.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, If ye love GOD, follow me: }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 then}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 GOD shall love you, and forgive you your sins; for GOD is gracious and merciful.  Say, Obey GOD, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  apostle; but if ye go back, verily GOD loveth not the unbelievers.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, the Jews.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage was revealed on occasion of a dispute Mohammed had with some Jews, which is differently related by the commentators.
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab Al Beid\'e2wi says that Mohammed going one day into a Jewish synagogue, Na\'efm Ebn Amru and al Hareth Ebn Zeid asked him what religion he was of?  To which he answering, \'93Of the religion of Abraham;\'94 they replied, 
\'93Abraham was a Jew.\'94  But on Mohammed\rquote s proposing that the Pentateuch might decide the question, they would by no means agree to it.
\par \tab But Jallalo\rquote ddin tells us that two persons of the Jewish religion having committed adultery, their punishment was referred to Mohammed, who gave sentence that they should be stoned, according to the law of Moses.  Th
is the Jews refused to submit to, alleging there was no such command in the Pentateuch; but on Mohammed\rquote s appealing to the book, the said law was found therein.  Whereupon the criminals were stoned, to the great mortification of the Jews.
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab It is very remarkable that this law of Moses concerning the stoning of adulterers is mentioned in the New Testament}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 (though I know some dispute the authenticity of that whole passage), but is not now to be found, either in the Hebrew or Samaritan Pentateuch, or in the Septuagint; it being only said that such }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be put to death}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This omission is insisted on by the Mohammedans as one instance of the corruption of the law of Moses by the Jews.
\par \tab It is also observable that there was a verse once extant in the Kor\'e2n, commanding adulterers to be stoned; and the commentators say the words only are abrogated, the sense or law still remaining in force.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Forty; the time their forefathers worshipped the calf.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Al Beid\'e2wi adds, that some of them pretended their punishme
nt was to last but seven days, that is, a day for every thousand years which they supposed the world was to endure; and that they imagined they were to be so mildly dealt with, either by reason of the intercession of their fathers the prophets, or because
 GOD had promised Jacob that his offspring should be punished but slightly.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Mohammedans have a tradition that the first banner of the infidels that shall be set up, on the day of judgment, will be that of the Jews; and that GOD will first reproach t
hem with their wickedness, over the heads of those who are present, and then order them to hell.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As a man from seed, and a bird from an egg; and }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 vice vers\'e2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab 2  John viii. 5.\tab \tab 3  Levit. xx. 10.  See Whiston\rquote s Essay towards restoring the true text of the Old Test. p. 99, 100.
\par 4  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. III.\tab \tab 5  See before, p. 10, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .\tab \tab 6  Al Beid\'e5wi.\tab \tab 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 30\tab GOD hath surely chosen Adam, and Noah, and the family of Abraham, and the family of Imr\'e2n}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  above the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 rest of the}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  world; a race }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 descending}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 the one from the other: GOD is he who heareth and knoweth.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Remember}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when the wife of Imr\'e2n}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said, LORD, verily I have vowed unto thee that which is in my womb, to be dedicated }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to thy service;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  accept }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  therefore of me; for thou art he wh
o heareth and knoweth.  And when she was delivered of it, she said, LORD, verily I have brought forth a female (and GOD well knew what she had brought forth), and a male is not as a female.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  I have called her MARY; and I commend her to thy protection, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  her issue, against Satan driven away with stones.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or Amr\'e2n, is the name of two several persons, according to the Mohammedan tradition.  One was the father of Moses and Aaron; and the other was the }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
father of Moses and Aaron; and the other was the father of the Virgin Mary;}{\f36\fs14\up6\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
 but he is called by some Christian writers Joachim.  The commentators suppose the first, or rather both of them, to be meant in this place; however, the person intended in the next passage, it is agreed, was the latter; who be
sides Mary the mother of Jesus, had also a son named Aaron,}{\f36\fs14\up6\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261  and another sister, named Ish\'e1
 (or Elizabeth), who married Zacharias, and was the mother of John the Baptist; whence that prophet and Jesus are usually called by the Mohammedans, }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 The two sons of the aunt}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 , or the cousins german.

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab From the identity of names it has been generally imagined by Christian writers}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 that the Kor\'e2n here confounds Mary the mother of Jesus, with Mary or Miriam the sister of Moses and Aaron; which intolerable anachronism, if i
t were certain, is sufficient of itself to destroy the pretended authority of this book.  But though Mohammed may be supposed to have been ignorant enough in ancient history and chronology to have committed so gross a blunder, yet I do not see how it can 
be made out from the words of the Kor\'e2
n.  For it does not follow, because two persons have the same name, and have each a father and brother who bear the same names, that they must therefore necessarily be the same person: besides, such a mistake is inconsi
stent with a number of other places in the Kor\'e2
n, whereby it manifestly appears that Mohammed well knew and asserted that Moses preceded Jesus several ages.  And the commentators accordingly fail not to tell us that there had passed about one thousand eight hundred years between Amr\'e2
n the father of Moses, and Amr\'e2n the father of the Virgin Mary: they also make them the sons of different persons; the first, they say, was the son of Yeshar, or Izhar (though he was really his brother),}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  the son of K\'e2hath, the son of Levi; and the other was the son of Math\'e2n,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 whose genealogy they trace, but in a very corrupt and imperfect manner, up to David, and thence to Adam.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab It must be observed that though the Virgin Mary is called in the Kor\'e2n}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  the sister of Aaron, yet s
he is nowhere called the sister of Moses; however, some Mohammedan writers have imagined that the same individual Mary, the sister of Moses, was miraculously preserved alive from his time till that of Jesus Christ, purposely to become the mother of the la
tter.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Imr\'e2n here mentioned was the father of the Virgin Mary, and his wife\rquote 
s name was Hannah, or Ann, the daughter of Fakudh.  This woman, say the commentators, being aged and barren, on seeing a bird feed her young ones, became very desirous of is
sue, and begged a child of GOD, promising to consecrate it to his service in the temple; whereupon she had a child, but it proved a daughter.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Arabic word is }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 free}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , but here signifies particularly one that is }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 free}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or detached from all worldly desires and occupations, and wholly devoted to GOD\rquote S service.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Because a female could not minister in the temple as a male could.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This expression alludes to a tradition, that Abraham, when the devil tempted him to disobey God in not sacrificing his son,
 drove the fiend away by throwing stones at him; in memory of which, the Mohammedans, at the pilgrimage of Mecca, throw a certain number of stones at the devil, with certain ceremonies, in the valley of Mina.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab It is not improbable that the pretended immac
ulate conception of the Virgin Mary is intimated in this passage; for according to a tradition of Mohammed, every person that comes into the world is touched at his birth by the devil, and therefore cries out: Mary and her son only excepted, between whom 
and the evil spirit God placed a veil, so that his touch did not reach them.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   And for this reason, they say, neither of them were guilty of any sin, like the rest of the children of Adam:}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  which peculiar grace they obtained by virtue of this recommendation of them by Hannah to God\rquote s protection.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up8\insrsid14382261 \tab 2  Al Zamakhshari, al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Kor. c. 19.\tab \tab 4  Vide Reland. de Rel. Moh. p. 211  Marracc. in Alc. p. 115, &c.  Prideaux, Letter to the Deists, p. 185.\tab \tab 5  Exod. vi. 18.\tab \tab 
6  Al Zamakh. al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 7  Vide Reland. ubi sup.  D\rquote Herbelot, Bibl. Orient. p. 583.  1 Cap. 19.\tab \tab 2  Vide Guadagnol. Apolog. pro Rel. Christ. contra Ahmed Ebn Zein al Abedin. p. 279.
\par 3  Al Beid\'e2wi, al Thalabi.\tab \tab 4  Jallalo\rquote ddin, al Zamakhshari.\tab \tab 5  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 6  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV.
\par 7  Jallalo\rquote ddin, al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 8  Kitada.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Therefore the LORD accepted her with a gracious acceptance,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and caused her to bear an excellent offspring.  And Zacharias took care of }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the child; }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 whenever Zacharias went into the chamber to her, he found provisions with her:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  he said, O Mary, whence hadst thou this? she answered, This is from GOD, for GOD provideth for whom he pleaseth without measure.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      There Zacharias called on his LORD, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said, LORD, give me from thee a good offspring, for thou art the hearer of prayer.  And the angels}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  called to him, while he stood praying in the chamber,
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Verily GOD promiseth thee }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a son named}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  John, who shall bear witness to the Word}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 which cometh}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from GOD; and honourable person, chaste,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and one of the righteous prophets.
\par      He answered, LORD, how shall I have a son, when old age hath overtaken me,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and my wife is barren?  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 The angel}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 said, So GOD doth that which he pleaseth.
\par      Zacharias answered, LORD, give me a sign.  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 The angel }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 said, Thy sign shall be, that thou shalt speak unto no man}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 for three days, otherwise than by gesture: remember thy LORD often, and praise }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  evening and morning.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And when the angels said, O Mary, verily GOD hath chosen thee, and hath purified thee and hath chosen thee above }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 all}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the women of the world:
\par      O Mary, be devout towards thy LORD, and worship, and bow down with those who bow down.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      This is a secret history: we reveal it unto thee, although thou wast not present with them when they threw in their rods }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to cast lots}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 which of them should have the education of Mary;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  neither wast thou with them, when they strove among themselves.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 40\tab When the angels said; O Mary, verily GOD sendeth thee good tidings, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that thou shalt bear}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 the Word }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 proceeding}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  from himself; his name shall be CHRIST JESUS the son of Mary, honourable in this world and in the world to come, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of those who approach near }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to the presence of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD;}{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Though the child happened not to be a male, yet her mother presented her to the priests who had
 the care of the temple, as one dedicated to GOD; and they having received her, she was committed to the care of Zacharias, as will be observed by-and-bye, and he built her an apartment in the temple, and supplied her with necessaries.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators say that none went into Mary\rquote 
s apartment but Zacharias himself, and that he locked seven doors upon her, yet he found she had always winter fruits in summer, and summer fruits in winter.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   There is a story of F\'e2tema, Mohammed\rquote s daughter, that she onc
e brought two loaves and a piece of flesh to her father, who returned them to her, and having called for her again, when she uncovered the dish, it was full of bread and meat; and on Mohammed\rquote 
s asking her whence she had it, she answered in the words of this passage: }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 This is from }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 GOD}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ; for }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 GOD }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 provideth for whom he pleaseth without measure}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  Whereupon he blessed GOD, who thus favoured her, as he had the most excellent of the daughters of Israel.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Though the word be in the plural, yet the commentators say it was the angel Gabriel only.  The same is to be understood where it occurs in the following passages.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, Jesus, who, al Beid\'e2wi says, is so called because he was conceived by the word or command of GOD without a father.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original word signifies one who refrains not only from women, but from all other worldly delights and desires.  Al Beid\'e2
wi mentions a tradition, that during his childhood some boys invited him to play, but he refused, saying that he was not created to play.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Zacharias was then ninety-nine years old, and his wife eighty-nine.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Though he could not speak to anybody else, yet his tongue was at liberty to praise GOD as he is directed to do by the following words.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   When Mary was first brought to the temple, the priests
, because she was the daughter of one of their chiefs, disputed among themselves who should have the education of her.  Zacharias insisted that he ought to be preferred, because he had married her aunt; but the others not consenting that it should be so, 
t
hey agreed to decide the matter by casting of lots; whereupon twenty-seven of them went to the river Jordan and threw in their rods (or arrows without heads or feathers, such as the Arabs used for the same purpose), on which they had written some passages
 of the law; but they all sank except that of Zacharias, which floated on the water; and he had thereupon the care of the child committed to him.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 9  Jallalo\rquote ddin, al Beid\'e2wi.  Vide Lud. de Dieu, in not. ad Hist. Christi Xaverii, p. 542.\tab \tab \tab 10  Al Beid\'e2wi.  Vide de Dieu, ubi sup. p. 548.\tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab 
\tab 3  Idem.  Jallalo\rquote ddin, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and he shall speak unto men in the cradle,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and when he is grown up;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and he shall be }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the righteous:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      she answered, LORD, how shall I have a son, since a man hath not touched me? }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the angel}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 said, So GOD createth that which he pleaseth: when he decreeth a thing, he only saith unto it, Be, and it is:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      GOD shall teach him the scripture, and wisdom, and the law, and the gospel; and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall appoint him his}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  apostle to the children of Israel; }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and he shall say}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Verily I come unto you with a sign from your LORD; for I will make before you, of clay, as it were the figure of a bird;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  then I will breathe thereon, and it shall become a bird, by the permission of GOD;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and I will heal him that hath been blind from his birth; and the leper: and I will raise the dead}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 by the permission of GOD: and I will prophesy unto you what ye eat, and what ye lay up for store in your houses.  Verily herein will be a sign unto you, if ye believe.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 I come}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to confirm the law which was }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
revealed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  before me and to allow unto you as lawful part of that which hath been forbidden you:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and I come unto you with a sign from your LORD; therefore fear GOD, and obey me.  Verily GOD is my LORD, and your LORD; therefore serve him.  This is the right way.}{\f36\fs18\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Besides an instance of this given in the Kor\'e2n itself,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 which I shall not here anticipate, a Mohammedan writer, (of no very great credit, indeed) tells two stories, one of Jesus\rquote s speaking while in his mother\rquote s womb, to reprove her cousin Joseph for his unjust suspicions of her;}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and another of his giving an answer to the same person soon after he was born.  For Joseph being sent by Zacharias to seek Mary (who had gone out of the city by nig
ht to conceal her delivery) and having found her began to expostulate with her, but she made no reply; whereupon the child spoke these words:  }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Rejoice, O Joseph, and be of good cheer; for }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
God}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  hath brought me forth from the darkness of the womb, to the light of the world; and I shall go to the children of Israel, and invite them to the obedience of}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  God.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab These seem all to have been taken from some fabulous traditions of the eastern Christians, one of which is preserved to us in the spurious gospel of the In
fancy of Christ; where we read that Jesus spoke while yet in the cradle, and said to his mother, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Verily I am Jesus the Son of }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, the word which thou hast brought forth, as the angel Gabriel did declare unto thee; and my father hath sent me to save the world.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Arabic word properly signifies a man in full age, that is, between thirty or thirty-four, and fifty-one; and the passage may relate to Christ\rquote 
s preaching here on earth.  But as he had scarce attained this age when he was taken up into heaven, the commentators choose to understand it of his second coming.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some say it was a bat,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  though others suppose Jesus made several birds of different sorts.
\par \tab This circumstance is also taken from the following fabulous tradition, which may be found in th
e spurious gospel above mentioned.  Jesus being seven years old, and at play with several children of his age, they made several figures of birds and beasts, for their diversion, of clay; and each preferring his own workmanship, Jesus told them, that he w
o
uld make his walk and leap; which accordingly, at his command, they did.  He made also several figures of sparrows and other birds, which flew about or stood on his hands as he ordered them, and also ate and drank when he offered them meat and drink.  The
 children telling this to their parents, were forbidden to play any more with Jesus, whom they held to be a sorcerer.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators observe that these words are added here, and in the next sentence, lest it should be thought Jesus did these miracles by his own power, or was GOD.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Jallalo\rquote ddin mentions three persons whom Christ restored to life, and who lived several years after, and had children, viz., Lazarus, the widow\rquote s son, and the publican
\rquote s (I suppose he means the ruler of the synagogue\rquote s) daughter.  He adds that he also raised Shem the son of Noah, who, as another writes}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 thinking he had been called to judgment, came out of his grave with his head half grey, whereas men did not grow grey in his days; after which he immediately died again.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Such as the eating of fish that have neither fins nor scales, the caul and fat of animals, and camel\rquote 
s flesh, and to work on the sabbath.  These things, say the commentators, being arbitrary institutions in the law of Moses, were abrogated by Jesus; as several of the same kind, instituted by the latter, have been since abrogated by Mohammed.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Cap. 19.\tab \tab 2  Vide Sikii notas in Evang. Infant. p. 5.\tab \tab 3  Al Kessai, apud eundem\tab \tab 4  Evang. Infant. p. 5.\tab \tab 5  Jallalo\rquote ddin.  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 6  Jallalo\rquote ddin.
\tab \tab 7  Al Thalabi\tab \tab 8  Evang. Infant. p. 111, &c\tab \tab 9  Al Beid\'e2wi, &c.\tab \tab 10  Al Thalabi.\tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.  Jallalo\rquote ddin.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 But when Jesus perceived their unbelief, he said, Who }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  my helpers towards GOD?  The apostles answered,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  We }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the helpers of GOD; we believe in GOD, and do thou bear witness that we are true believers.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      O LORD, we believe in that which thou hast sent down, and we have followed thy apostle; write us down therefore with those who bear witness }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the Jews}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  devised a stratagem }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 against him;}
{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but GOD devised a stratagem }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 against them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and GOD is the best deviser of stratagems.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   In Arabic, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 al Haw\'e2riy\'fbn;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  which word they derive from }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 H\'e2ra, to be white}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and suppose the apostles were so called either from the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 candour}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 sincerity}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 of their minds, or because they were princes and wore white garments, or else because they were by trade }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 fullers}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  According to which last opinion, their vocation is thus related; that as Jesus passed by the seaside, he saw some fullers at work, and accosting them, said, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Ye cleanse these clothes, but cleanse not your hearts;}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  upon which they believed on him.  But the true etymology seems to be from the Ethiopic verb }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Hawyra, to go;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  whence }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Haw\'e2rya
}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  signifies }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 one that is sent, }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 a }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 messenger}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 apostle}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , They laid a design to take away his life.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This stratagem of God\rquote 
s was the taking of Jesus up into heaven, and stamping his likeness on another person, who was apprehended and crucified in his stead.  For it is the constant doctrine of the Moha
mmedans that it was not Jesus himself who underwent that ignominious death, but somebody else in his shape and resemblance.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The person crucified some will have to be a spy that was sent to entrap him; others, that it was one Titian, who by the direction 
of Judas entered in at a window of the house where Jesus was, to kill him; and others that it was Judas himself, who agreed with the rulers of the Jews to betray him for thirty pieces of silver, and led those who were sent to take him.
\par \tab They add, that Jesus after his crucifixion in }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 effigy}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, was sent down again to the earth, to comfort his mother and disciples and acquaint them how the Jews were deceived; and was then taken up a second time into heaven.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab It is supposed by several that this story was an original invention of Mohammed\rquote s; but they are certainly mistaken; for several sectaries held the same opinion, long before his time.  The Basilidians,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  in the very beginning of Christianity, denied that Christ himself suffered, but that Simon the Cyrenean was 
crucified in his place.  The Cerinthians before them, and the Carpocratians next (to name no more of those who affirmed Jesus to have been a mere man), did believe the same thing; that it was not himself, but one of his followers very like him that was cr
ucified.  Photius tells us, that he read a book entitled, \'93The Journeys of the Apostles,\'94 relating the acts of Peter, John, Andrew, Thomas and Paul; and among other things contained therein, this was one, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
that Christ, was not crucified, but another in his stead}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and that therefore }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 he laughed at his crucifiers}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or those who thought they had crucified him.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab I have in another place}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 mentioned an apocryphal gospel of Barnabas, a forgery originally of some nominal Christians, but interpolated since by Mohammeda
ns; which gives this part of the history of Jesus with circumstances too curious to be omitted.  It is therein related, that the moment the Jews were going to apprehend Jesus in the garden, he was snatched up into the third heaven by the ministry of four 
a
ngels, Gabriel, Michael, Raphael and Uriel; that he will not die till the end of the world, and that it was Judas who was crucified in his stead; God having permitted that traitor to appear so like his master, in the eyes of the Jews, that they took and d
e
livered him to Pilate.  That this resemblance was so great, that it deceived the Virgin Mary and the Apostles themselves; but that Jesus Christ afterward obtained leave of God to go and comfort them.  That Barnabas having then asked him, why the divine go
odness had suffered the mother and disciples of so holy a prophet to believe even for one moment that he had died in so ignominious a manner?  Jesus returned the following answer.  \'93
O Barnabas, believe me that every sin, how small soever, is punished by God
 with great torment, because God is offended with sin.  My mother therefore and faithful disciples, having loved me with a mixture of earthly love, the just God has been pleased to punish this love with their present grief, that they might not be punished
 
for it hereafter in the flames of hell.  And as for me, though I have myself been blameless in the world, yet other men having called me God and the Son of God; therefore God, that I might not be mocked by the devils at the day of judgment, has been pleas
e
d that in this world I should be mocked by men with the death of Judas, making everybody believe that I died upon the cross.  And hence it is that this mocking is still to continue till the coming of Mohammed, the messenger of God; who, coming into the wo
rld, will undeceive every one who shall believe in the law of God from this mistake.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up8\insrsid14382261 \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Vide Ludolfi Lexic. \'c6thiop. col. 40, et Golii notas ad cap. 61 Kor\'e2ni, p. 205.\tab \tab 4  See Kor. c. 4.
\par 5  Vide Marracc. in Alc. p. 113, &c., et in Prodr. part iii. p. 63, &c.\tab \tab 6  Iren\'e6us, l. I, c. 23, &c.  Epiphan. H\'e6res. 24, num. iii.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up8\insrsid14382261 7  Photius, Bibl. Cod. 114, col. 291.\tab \tab 8  Toland\rquote s Nararenus, p 17, &c.\tab \tab 9  Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV.\tab \tab 
1  See the Menagiana.  tom. iv. p. 326, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 When GOD said, O Jesus, verily I will cause thee to die,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and I will take thee up unto me,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and I will deliver thee from the unbelievers; and I will place those who follow thee above the unbelievers, until the day of resurrection:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  then unto me shall ye return, and I will judge between
 you of that concerning which ye disagree.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Moreover, as for the infidels, I will punish them with a grievous punishment in this world, and in that which is to come; and there shall be none to help them.
\par 50\tab But they who believe, and do that which is right, he shall give them their reward: for GOD loveth not the wicked doers.
\par      These signs and this prudent admonition do we rehearse unto thee.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Verily the likeness of Jesus in the sight of GOD is as the likeness of Adam; he created him out of the dust, and then said unto him, Be; and he was.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 This is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the truth from thy LORD; be not therefore }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of those who doubt;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and whoever shall dispute with thee, concerning him,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  after the knowledge which hath been given thee, say }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto them}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Come, let us call together our sons and your sons, and our wives and your wives, and ourselves and yourselves; then let us make imprecations, and lay the curse of GOD on those who lie.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily this is a true history: and there is no GOD, but GOD; and GOD is most mighty and wise.
\par      If they turn back, GOD well knoweth the evil doers.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Say, O ye who have received the scripture, come to a just determination between us and you;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that we worship not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 any}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  except GOD, and associate no creature with him; and that the one of us take not the other for lords,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  beside GOD.  But if they turn back, say, Bear witness that we are true believers.}{\f36\fs18\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is the opinion of a great many Mohammedans that Jesus was taken up into heaven without dying; which opinion is consonant t
o what is delivered in the spurious gospel above mentioned.  Wherefore several of the commentators say that there is a }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 hysteron proteron}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  in these words, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
I will cause thee to die, and I will take thee up unto me;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and that the copulative does not import orde
r, or that he died before his assumption; the meaning being this, viz., that GOD would first take Jesus up to heaven, and deliver him from the infidels, and afterwards cause him to die; which they suppose is to happen when he shall return into the world a
gain, before the last day.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Some, thinking the order of the words is not to be changed, interpret them figuratively, and suppose their signification to be that Jesus was lifted up while he was asleep, or that GOD caused him to die a spiritual death to all 
worldly desires.  But others acknowledge that he actually died a natural death, and continued in that state three hours, or, according to another tradition, seven hours; after which he was restored to life, and then taken up to heaven.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some Mohammedans say this was done by the ministry of Gabriel; but others that a strong whirlwind took him up from Mount Olivet.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, they who believe in Jesus (among whom the Mohammedans reckon themselves) shall be for ever superior to the Jews, both in arguments and in arms.  And accordingly, says al Beid\'e2
wi, to this very day the Jews have never prevailed either against the Christians or Moslems, nor have they any kingdom or established government of their own.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   He was like to Adam in respect of his miraculous production by the immediate power of GOD.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Namely, Jesus.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   To explain this passage their commentators tell the following story.  That some Christians, with their bishop named Abu Hareth, coming to Mohammed as ambassadors from the inhabitants of N
ajr\'e2
n, and entering into some disputes with him touching religion and the history of Jesus Christ, they agreed the next morning to abide the trial here mentioned, as a quick way of deciding which of them were in the wrong.  Mohammed met them accordingly, a
ccompanied by his daughter F\'e2
tema, his son-in-law Ali, and his two grandsons, Hasan and Hosein, and desired them to wait till he had said his prayers.  But when they saw him kneel down, their resolution failed them, and they durst not venture to curse him,
 but submitted to pay him tribute.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, to such terms of agreement as are indisputably consonant to the doctrine of all the prophets and scriptures, and therefore cannot be reasonably rejected.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Besides other charges of idolatry on the Jews an
d Christians, Mohammed accused them of paying too implicit an obedience to their priests and monks, who took upon them to pronounce what things were lawful, and what unlawful, and to dispense with the laws of GOD.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 2  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 4  Al Thalabi.  See 2 Kings ii. I, II
\par 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin, &c\tab \tab 2  Jallalo\rquote ddin, al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 O ye to whom the scriptures have been given, why do ye dispute concerning Abraham,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  since the Law and the Gospel were not sent do
wn until after him?  Do ye not therefore understand?
\par      Behold ye are they who dispute concerning that which ye have some knowledge in; why therefore do you dispute concerning that which ye have no knowledge of?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   GOD knoweth, but ye know not.

\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 60\tab Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian; but he was of the true religion, one resigned }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and was not of the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 number of the}
{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  idolaters.
\par      Verily the men who are the nearest }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of kin}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto Abraham are they who follow him; and this prophet, and they who believed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 on him:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 GOD is the patron of the faithful.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Some of those who have received the scriptures desire to seduce you;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but they seduce themselves only, and they perceive }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  not.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      O ye who have received the scriptures, why do ye not believe in the signs of GOD, since ye are witnesses }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of them?}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O ye who have received the scriptures, why do you clothe truth with vanity, and knowingly hide the truth?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      And some of those to whom the scriptures were given say, Believe in that which hath been sent down unto those who believe, in the beginning of the day, and deny }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 in the end thereof; that they may go back }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from their faith;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and believe him only who followeth your religion.  Say, Verily the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 true}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  direction is the direction of GOD, that there may be given unto some other }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a revelation}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 like unto what hath been given unto you.  Will they dispute with you before your Lord?  Say, Surely excellence is in the hand of GOD, he giveth it unto whom he pleaseth; GOD is bounteous and wise:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      he will confer peculiar mercy on whom he pleaseth; for GOD is endued with great beneficence.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., By pretending him to have been of your religion.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Ye perversely dispute even concerning those things which ye find in the law and the gospel, whereby it appe
ars they were both sent down long after Abraham\rquote s time; why then will ye offer to dispute concerning such points of Abraham\rquote s religion, of which your scriptures say nothing, and of which ye consequently can have no knowledge?}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage was revealed when the Jews endeavoured to pervert Hodheifa, Amm\'e2r, and Mo\'e2dh to their religion.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Jews and Christians are again accused of corrupting the scriptures and stifling the prophecies concerning Mohammed.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators, to explain this passage, 
say that Caab Ebn al Ashraf and Malec Ebn al Seif (two Jews of Medina) advised their companions, when the Keblah was changed,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 to make as if they believed it was done by the divine direction, and to pray towards the Caaba in the morning, but that in the evening they should pray, as formerly, towards the temple of Jerusalem; that Mohammed\rquote 
s followers, imagining the Jews were better judges of this matter than themselves, might imitate their example.  But others say these were certain Jewish priests of Khaibar
, who directed some of their people to pretend in the morning that they had embraced Mohammedism, but in the close of the day to say that they had looked into their books of scripture, and consulted their Rabbins, and could not find that Mohammed was the 
person described and intended in the law, by which trick they hoped to raise doubts in the minds of the Mohammedans.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  See before, c. 2, p. 16.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 There is of those who have received the scriptures, unto whom if thou trust a talent he will restore it unto thee;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there is also}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of them, unto whom if thou trust a din\'e2r, he will not restore it unto thee, unless thou stand over him continually }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with great urgency}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m
\par      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 they do}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  because they say, We are not obliged to observe justice with the heathen: but they utter a lie against GOD, knowingly.
\par 70\tab Yea, whoso keepeth his covenant, and feareth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , GOD surely loveth those who fear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      But they who make merchandise of GOD'S covenant, and of their oaths, for a
 small price, shall have no portion in the next life, neither shall GOD speak to them or regard them on the day of resurrection, nor shall he cleanse them; but they shall suffer a grievous punishment.
\par      And there are certainly some of them who read the scriptures perversely, that ye may think }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 what they read}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 to be really in the scriptures, yet it is not in the scripture; and they say, This is from GOD; but it is not from GOD: and they speak that which is false concerning GOD, against their own knowledge.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      It is not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 fit}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for a man, that GOD should give him a book }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of revelations}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, and wisdom, and prophecy; and then he should say unto men, Be ye worshippers of me, besides GOD; but }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 he ought to say}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Be ye perfect in knowledge and in works, since ye know the s
criptures, and exercise yourselves therein.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      GOD hath not commanded }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 you}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to take the angels and the prophets for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  lords: Will he command }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 you}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to become infidels, after ye have been true believers?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 remember}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when GOD accepted the covenant of the prophets,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying, This}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  verily }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 the scripture and the wisdom which I have given you: hereafter shall an apostle come unto you, confirming the truth of that }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 scripture}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 which is with you; ye shall surely believe in him, and ye shall assist him.  GOD said, Are ye firmly resolved, and do ye accept my covenant on this }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 condition?}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  They answered, We are firmly resolved: }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said, Be ye therefore witnesses; and I also bear witness with you:
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and whosoever turneth back after this, they are surely the transgressors.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
     Do they therefore seek any other religion but GOD'S? since to him is resigned whosoever is in heaven or on earth, voluntarily or of force: and to him shall they return.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As an instance of this, the commentators bring Abd\rquote allah Ebn Sal\'e2m, a Jew, very intimate with Mohammed,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  to whom one of the Koreish lent 1,200 ounces of gold, which he very punctually repaid at the time appointed.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Al Beid\'e2wi produces an example of such a piece of injustice in one Phineas Ebn Az\'fbra, a Jew, who borrowed a }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 din\'e2r}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which is a gold coin worth about ten shillings, of a Koreishite, and afterwards had the conscience to deny it.
\par \tab But the person more directly struck at in this passage was the above-mentioned Caab Ebn al Ashraf, a most inveterate enemy of Mohammed and his religion, of whom Jallalo\rquote ddin relates the same story as al Beid\'e2
wi does of Phineas.  This Caab, after the battle of Bedr, went to Mecca, and there, to excite the Koreish to revenge themselves, made and recited verses lamenting the death of those 
who were slain in that battle, and reflecting very severely on Mohammed; and he afterwards returned to Medina, and had the boldness to repeat them publicly there also, at which Mohammed was so exceedingly provoked that he proscribed him, and sent a party 
of men to kill him, and he was circumvented and slain by Mohammed Ebn Moslema, in the third year of the Hejra.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Dr. Prideaux}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 has confounded the Caab we are now speaking of with another very different person of the same name, and a famous poet, but who was the son of Zohair, and no Jew, as a learned gentleman has already observed.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   In consequence of which mistake, the doctor attributes what the Arabian historians write of the latter to the former, and wrongly affirms that he was not put to death by Mohammed.
\par \tab 
Some of the commentators, however, suppose that in the former part of this passage the Christians are intended, who, they say, are generally people of some honour and justice; and in the latter part the Jews, who, they think, are more given to cheating
 and dishonesty.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage was revealed, say the commentators, in answer to the Christians, who insisted that Jesus had commanded them to worship him as GOD.  Al Beid\'e2
wi adds that two Christians, named Abu R\'e2f\'e9 al Koradhi and al Seyid al Najr\'e2ni, offered to acknowledge Mohammed for their Lord, and to worship him; to which he answered, GOD }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
forbid that we should worship any besides }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Some commentators interpret this of the children of Israel themselves, of whose race the prophets were.  But oth
ers say the souls of all the prophets, even of those who were not then born, were present on Mount Sinai when GOD gave the law to Moses, and that they entered into the covenant here mentioned with him.  A story borrowed by Mohammed from the Talmudists, an
d therefore most probably his true meaning in this place.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 4  See Prideaux\rquote s Life of Mahom. p. 33.\tab \tab 5  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 1  Al Jann\'e2bi, Elmacin.\tab 
\par 2  Life of  Mahom. p. 78, &c.\tab \tab 3  Vide Gagnier, in not. ad Abulfed. Vit. Moh. p. 64 and 122.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
Say, We believe in GOD, and that which hath been sent down unto us, and that which was sent down unto Abraham, and Ismael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the tribes, and that which was delivered to Moses, and Jesus, and the prophets from their LOR
D; we make no distinction between any of them; and to him are we resigned.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Whoever followeth any other religion than Islam, it shall not be accepted of him: and in the next life he shall be of those who perish.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 80\tab How shall GOD direct men who have become infidels after they had believed, and borne witness that the apostle was true, and manifest declarations }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the divine will}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  had come unto them? for GOD directeth not the ungodly people.
\par      Their reward shall be, that on them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall fall}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the curse of GOD and of angels, and of all mankind:
\par      they shall remain under the same forever; their torment shall not be mitigated, neither shall they be regarded;
\par      except those who repent after this, and amend; for GOD is gracious and merciful.
\par      Moreover they who become infidels after they have believed, and yet increase in infidelity, their repentance shall in no wise be accepted, and they are those who go astray.
\par      Verily they who believe not, and die in their unbelief, the world full of gold shall in nowise be accepted from any of them, even though he should give it for his ransom; they shall suffer a grievous punishment, and they shall have none to help them.

\par      Ye will never attain unto righteousness until ye give in alms of that which ye love: and whatever ye give, GOD knoweth it.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      All food was permitted unto the children of Israel, except what Israel forbade unto himself,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  before the Pentateuch was sent down.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Say }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto the Jews}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Bring hither the Pentateuch and read it, if ye speak truth.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Whoever therefore contriveth a lie against GOD after this, they will be evil doers.
\par      Say, GOD is true: follow ye therefore the religion of Abraham the orthodox; for he was no idolater.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 90\tab Verily the first house appointed unto men }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to worship in}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  was th
at which was in Becca;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  blessed, and a direction to all creatures.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See before, chapter 2, p. 8, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage was revealed on the Jews reproaching Mohammed and his followers with their eating of the flesh and milk of camels,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  which they sa
id was forbidden Abraham, whose religion Mohammed pretended to follow.  In answer to which he tells them that GOD ordained no distinction of meats before he gave the law to Moses, though Jacob voluntarily abstained from the flesh and milk of camels; which
 some commentators say was the consequence of a vow made by that patriarch, when afflicted with the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 sciatica}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, that if he were cured he would eat no more of that meat which he liked best; and that was camel\rquote s flesh: but others suppose he abstained from it by the advice of physicians only.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab This exposition seems to be taken from the children of Israel\rquote s not eating of the sinew on the hollow of the thigh, because the angel, with whom Jacob wrestled at Peniel, touched }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
the hollow of his thigh in the sinew that shrank}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Wherein the Israelites, because of their wickedness and perverseness, were forbidden to eat certain animals which had been allowed their predecessors.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Mohammed received this passage when the Jews said that their Keblah, or the temple of Jerusalem, was more ancient than that of the Mohammedans, or the Caaba.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}
{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Becca is another name of Mecca.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Al Beid\'e2wi observes that the Arabs used the \'93M\'94 and \'93B\'94 promiscuously in several words.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, The Keblah, towards which they are to turn their faces in prayer.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See Levit. xi. 4; Deut. xiv. 7.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 3  Gen. xxxii. 32.\tab \tab 4  Kor. c. 4.  See the notes there.\tab \tab 5  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 
6  See the Prelim. Disc Sect. I. p. 3.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Therein are manifest signs:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the place where Abraham stood; and whoever entereth therein, shall be safe.  And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
it is a duty}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  towards GOD, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 incumbent}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on those who are able to go thither,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to visit this house;

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      but whosoever disbelieveth, verily GOD needeth not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the service}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of any creature.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, O ye who have received the scriptures, why do ye not believe in the signs of GOD?
\par      Say, O ye who have received the scriptures, why do ye keep back from the way of GOD, him who believeth?  Ye seek to make it crooked, and yet are witnesses }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that it is the right:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 but GOD will not be unmindful of what ye do.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O true believers, if ye obey some of those who have received the scripture, they will render you infidels, after ye have believed:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and how can ye be infidels, when the signs of GOD are read unto you, and his apostle is among you?  But he who cleaveth firmly unto GOD, is already directed in the right way.
\par      O believers, fear GOD with his true fear, and die not unless ye also be true believers.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And cleave all }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of you}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto the covenant}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of GOD, and depart not }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and remember the favor of GOD towards you: since ye were enemies, and he reconciled your hearts, and ye became companions and brethren by his favor:
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and ye were on the brink of a pit of fire, and he delivered you thence.  Thus GOD declareth unto you his signs, that ye may be directed.
\par 100\tab Let there be people among you who invite to the best }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 religion;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and command that which is just, and forbid that which is evil; and they shall be happy.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And be not as they who are divided, and disagree }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in matters of religion}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 after manifest proofs have been brought unto them: they shall suffer a great torment.
\par      On the day of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 resurrection some}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  faces shall become white, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  faces shall become black.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And unto them whose faces shall become black, GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will say}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Have ye returned unto }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unbelief, after ye had believed? therefore taste the punishment, for that ye have been unbelievers:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      but they whose faces shall become white }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in the mercy of GOD, therein shall they 
remain for ever.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Such is the stone wherein they show the print of Abraham\rquote 
s feet, and the inviolable security of the place immediately mentioned; that the birds light not on the roof of the Caaba, and wild beasts put off their fierceness there; that none who came against it in a hostile manner ever prospered,}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  as appeared particularly in the unfortunate expedition of Abraha al Ashram;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and other fables of the same stamp which the Mohammedans are taught to believe.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   According to an exposition of this
 passage attributed to Mohammed, he is supposed to be able to perform the pilgrimage, who can supply himself with provisions for the journey, and a beast to ride upon.  Al Sh\'e2fe\'ef
 has decided that those who have money enough, if they cannot go themselves, must hire some other to go in their room.  Malec Ebn Ans thinks he is to be reckoned }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 able}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 who is strong and healthy, and can bear the fatigue of the journey on foot, if he has no beast to ride, and can also earn his living by the way.  But Abu Han\'eefa is of 
opinion that both money sufficient and health of body are requisite to make the pilgrimage a duty.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage was revealed on occasion of a quarrel excited between the tribes of al Aws and al Khazraj, by one Sh\'e2s Ebn Kais, a Jew; who, passing by som
e of both tribes as they were sitting and discoursing familiarly together, and being inwardly vexed at the friendship and harmony which reigned among them on their embracing Mohammedism, whereas they had been, for 120 years before, most inveterate and mor
tal enemies, though descendants of two brothers; in order to set them at variance, sent a young man to sit down by them, directing him to relate the story of the battle of Bo\'e2
th (a place near Medina), wherein, after a bloody fight, al Aws had the better of 
al Khazraj, and to repeat some verses on that subject.  The young man executed his orders; whereupon those of each tribe began to magnify themselves, and to reflect on and irritate the other, till at length they called to arms, and great numbers getting t
ogether on each side, a dangerous battle had ensued, if Mohammed had not stepped in and reconciled them; by representing to them how much they would be to blame if they returned to paganism, and revived those animosities which Isl\'e2
m had composed; and telling them that what had happened was a trick of the devil to disturb their present tranquility.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Hold fast by the cord of }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 God.  That is, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Secure yourselves by adhering to}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  Isl\'e2m, which is here metaphorically expressed by a }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 cord}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , because it is as 
sure a means of saving those who profess it from perishing hereafter, as holding by a rope is to prevent one\rquote s falling into a well, or other like place.  It is said that Mohammed used for the same reason to call the Kor\'e2n, Habl Allah al mat\'ee
n, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e., the sure cord of}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , As the Jews and Christians, who dispute concerning the unity of GOD, the future state, &c.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Preliminary Discourse, Sect. IV.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin, al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  See Kor. c. 105.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 4  Idem.
\par 5  Idem.\tab \tab 1  Idem}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 These are the signs of GOD: we recite them unto thee with truth.  GOD will not deal unjustly with }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  creatures.
\par      And to GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  whatever is in heaven and on earth; and to GOD shall }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 all}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  things return.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Ye are the best nation that ha
th been raised up unto mankind: ye command that which is just, and ye forbid that which is unjust, and ye believe in GOD.  And if they who have received the scriptures had believed, it had surely been the better for them: there are believers among them,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but the greater part of them are transgressors.
\par      They shall not hurt you, unless with a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 slight}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  hurt; and if they fight against you, they shall turn their backs to you; and they shall not be helped.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      They are smitten with vileness wheresoever they are found; unless }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 they obtain security}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  by }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 entering into}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 a treaty with GOD, and a treaty with men:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they draw on themselves indignation from GOD, and they are afflicted with poverty.  This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 they suffer}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , because they disbelieved the signs of GOD,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and slew the prophets unjustly; this, because they were rebellious, and transgressed.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Yet}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  they are not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 all }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
alike: there are of those who have received the scriptures, upright people; they meditate on the signs of GOD in the night season, and worship;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 110\tab they believe in GOD, and the last day; and command that which is just, and forbid that which is unjust, and zealously strive }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to excel}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in good works; these are of the righteous.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And ye shall not be denied }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the reward of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the good which ye do;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for GOD knoweth the pious.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      As for the unbelievers, their wealth shall not profit them at all, neither their children, against GOD: they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the companions of }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire; they shall continue therein forever.
\par      The likeness of that which they lay out in this p
resent life, is as a wind wherein there is a scorching cold: it falleth on the standing corn of those men who have injured their own souls, and destroyeth it.  And GOD dealeth not unjustly with them; but they injure their own souls.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O true believers, contract not an intimate friendship }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with any}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  besides yourselves;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 they will not fail to corrupt you.  They wish for that which may cause you to perish: their hatred hath already appeared from out of their mouths; but what their breasts conceal is yet more inveterate.  We have already shown you signs }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of their ill will towards you}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , if ye understand.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Behold, ye love them, and they do not love you: ye believe in all the scriptures, and when they meet you, they say, We believe; but when they assemble privat
ely together, they bite their fingers' ends out of wrath against you.  Say }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Die in your wrath: verily GOD knoweth the innermost part of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 your}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  breasts.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      If good happen unto you, it grieveth them; and if evil befall you, they rejoice at it.  But if ye be patient, and fear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , their subtlety shall not hurt you at all; for GOD comprehendeth whatever they do.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As Abd\rquote allah Ebn Sal\'e2m and his companions,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and those of the tribes of al Aws and al Khazraj who had embraced Mohammedism.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This verse, al Beid\'e2wi says, is one of those whose meaning is mysterious, and relates to something future: intimating the low condition to which the Jewish tribes of Koreidha, Nad\'ee
r, Banu Kainok\'e2, and those who dwelt at Khaibar, were afterwards reduced by Mohammed.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Unless they either profess the Mohammedan religion, or submit to pay tribute.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Those namely who have embraced Isl\'e2m.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, the Kor\'e2n.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some copies have a different reading in this passage, which they express in the third person: }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 They shall not be denied}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Of a different religion.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 2 Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Call to mind}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when thou wentest forth early from thy family, that thou mightest prepare the faithful a camp for war;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and GOD hear and knew }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      when two companies of you were anxiously thoughtful, so that ye became faint-hearted;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but GOD was the supporter of them both; and in GOD let the faithful trust.
\par      And GOD had already given you the victory at Bedr,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when ye were inferior }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in number;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  therefore fear GOD, tha
t ye may be thankful.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 120\tab When thou saidst unto the faithful, Is it not enough for you, that your LORD should assist you with three thousand angels sent down }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from heaven?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Verily if ye persevere, and fear }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your enemies}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  come upon you suddenly, y
our LORD will assist you with five thousand angels, distinguished }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by their horses and attire.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n
\par      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And this GOD designed only as good tidings for you}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that your hearts might rest secure; for victory is from GOD alone, the mighty, the wise.  That he should
 cut off the uttermost part of the unbelievers, or cast them down, or that they should be overthrown and unsuccessful }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is nothing to thee}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par      It is no business of thine; whether }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  be turned unto them, or whether he punish them; they are surely unjust doers.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      To GOD belongeth whatsoever is in heaven and on earth: he spareth whom he pleaseth, and he punisheth whom he pleaseth; for GOD is merciful.
\par      O true believers, devour nor usury, doubling it twofold; but fear GOD, that ye may prosper:
\par      and fear the fire which is prepared for the unbelievers; and obey GOD, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  apostle that ye may obtain mercy.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And run with emulation to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 obtain}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  remission from your LORD, and paradise, whose breath }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 equalleth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the heavens and the earth, which is prepared for the godly;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This was at the battle of Ohod, a mountain about four miles to the north of Medina.  The Koreish, to revenge their loss at Bedr,}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  the next year being the third of the Hejra, got together an army of 3,000 men, among whom there were 200 h
orse, and 700 armed with coats of mail.  These forces marched under the conduct of Abu Sofi\'e2n and sat down at Dhu\rquote 
lholeifa, a village about six miles from Medina.  Mohammed, being much inferior to his enemies in numbers, at first determined to keep himself
 within the town, and receive them there; but afterwards, the advice of some of his companions prevailing, he marched out against them at the head of 1,000 men (some say he had 1,050 men, others but 900), of whom 100 were armed with coats of mail, but he 
h
ad no more than one horse, besides his own, in his whole army.  With these forces he formed a camp in a village near Ohod, which mountain he contrived to have on his back; and the better to secure his men from being surrounded, he placed fifty archers in 
the rear, with strict orders not to quit their post.  When they came to engage, Mohammed had the better at first, but afterwards by the fault of his archers, who left their ranks for the sake of the plunder, and suffered the enemies\rquote 
 horse to encompass the 
Mohammedans and attack them in the rear, he lost the day, and was very near losing his life, being struck down by a shower of stones, and wounded in the face with two arrows, on pulling out of which his two foreteeth dropped out.  Of the Moslems seventy m
en were slain, and among them Hamza the uncle of Mohammed, and of the infidels twenty-two.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  To excuse the ill success of this battle, and to raise the drooping courage of his followers, is Mohammed\rquote s drift in the remaining part of this chapter.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These were some of the families of Banu Salma of the tribe of al Khazraj, and Banu\rquote l Hareth of the tribe of al Aws, who composed the two wings of Mohammed\rquote 
s army.  Some ill impression had been made on them by Abda\rquote llah Ebn Obba Sol\'fbl, then an infidel, who having 
drawn off 300 men, told them that they were going to certain death, and advised them to return back with him; but he could prevail on but a few, the others being kept firm by the divine influence, as the following words intimate.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See before, p. 32.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The angels who assisted the Mohammedans at Bedr, rode, say the commentators, on black and white horses, and had on their heads white and yellow sashes, the ends of which hung down between their shoulders.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , As an earnest of future success.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Th
is passage was revealed when Mohammed received the wounds above mentioned at the battle of Ohod, and cried out, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 How shall that people prosper who have stained their prophet\rquote 
s face with blood, while he called them to their Lord?}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The person who wounded him was Otha the son of Abu Wakkas.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See before, p. 32.\tab \tab 2  Abulfeda, in Vita Moham. p. 64, &c.  El Macin. l. x.  Prideaux\rquote s Life of Mahomet, p. 80.
\par 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 who give alms in prosperity and adversity; who bridle their anger, and forgive men; for GOD loveth the beneficent.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And who, after they have committed a crime, or dealt unjustly with their own souls, remember GOD, and ask pardon for their sins, (for who forgiveth sins except GOD?) and persevere not in what they have done knowingly;

\par 130\tab their reward shall be pardon from their LORD, and gardens wherein rivers flow, they shall remain therein forever: and how excellent is the reward of those who labor!
\par      There have already been before you examples of punishment }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of infidels}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , therefore go through the earth, and behold what hath been the end of those who accuse }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
God's apostles}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of imposture.
\par      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 book}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  is a declaration unto men, and a direction and an admonition to the pious.
\par      And be not dismayed, neither be ye grieved; for ye shall be superior }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to the unbelievers}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  if ye believe.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      If a wound hath happened unto you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in war}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a like wound hath already happened unto the }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unbelieving}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  people:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we cause these days }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of different success}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 interchangeably to succeed each other among men; that GOD may know those who believe, and may have martyrs from among you: (GOD loveth not the workers of iniquity;)
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and that GOD might prove those who believe, and destroy the infidels.
\par      Did ye imagine that ye should enter paradise, when as yet GOD knew not those among you who fought strenuously }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in his cause;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  nor knew those who persevered with patience?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Moreover ye did sometimes wish for death before that ye met it;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but ye have now seen it, and ye looked on, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
but retreated from it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Mohammed is no more than an apostle; the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 apostles have already deceased before him: if he die, therefore, or be slain, will ye turn back on your heels?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but he who turneth back on his heels will not hurt God at all; and GOD will surely reward the thankful.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is related of Hasan the son of Ali, that a slave having once thrown a dish on him boiling hot, as he sat at table, and fearing his master\rquote 
s resentment, fell immediately on his knees, and repeated these words, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Paradise is for those who bridle their anger:}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  Hasan answered, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 I am not angry}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  The slave proceeded, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 and for those who forgive men.  I forgive you}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , said Hasan.  The slave, however, finished the verse, adding, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 for}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  God }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 loveth the beneficent}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Since it is so}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 replied Hasan, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 I give you your liberty, and four hundred pieces of silver}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   A noble instance of moderation and generosity.

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, by your being worsted at Ohod.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   When they were defeated at Bedr.  It is observable that the number of Mohammedans slain at Ohod, was equal to that of the idola
ters slain at Bedr; which was so ordered by GOD for a reason to be given elsewhere.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Several of Mohammed\rquote s followers who were not present at Bedr, wished for an opportunity of obtaining, in another action, the like honour as those had gained who fell m
artyrs in that battle; yet were discouraged on seeing the superior numbers of the idolaters in the expedition of Ohod.  On which occasion this passage was revealed.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  These words were revealed when it was reported in the battle of Ohod that Mohammed was slain; whereupon the idolaters cried out to his followers, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
Since your prophet is slain, return to your ancient religion, and to your friends; if Mohammed had been a prophet he had not been slain}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  It is related that a Moslem named Ans Ebn al Nadar, uncle 
to Malec Ebn Ans, hearing these words, said aloud to his companions, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 My friends, though Mohammed be slain, certainly Mohammed\rquote 
s Lord liveth and dieth not; therefore value not your lives since the prophet is dead, but fight for the cause for which he fought:}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  then he cried out, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
O God, I am excused before thee, and acquitted in thy sight of what they say;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and drawing his sword, fought valiantly till he was killed.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 4  Idem.  Abulfeda, ubi supra.\tab \tab 5  Vide D\rquote Herbelot, Bibl. Orient. Art. Hassan.\tab \tab 1  In not. ad cap. 8.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 2  Al Beid\'e2wi\tab \tab 3  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 No soul can die unless by the permission of GOD, according to }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 what is written in}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the book containing the determination of things.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And whoso chooseth the reward of this world, we will give him thereof: but whoso chooseth the reward of the world to come, we will give him thereof: and we will surely reward the thankful.

\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 140\tab How many prophets have encountered those who had many myriads }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of troops:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and yet they desponded not in their mind for what had befallen them in fight
ing for the religion of GOD; and were not weakened, neither behaved themselves in an abject manner?  GOD loveth those who persevere patiently.
\par      And their speech was no other than what they said, Our LORD forgive us our offences, and our transgressions 
in our business; and confirm our feet, and help us against the unbelieving people.  And GOD gave them the reward of this world, and a glorious reward in the life to come; for GOD loveth the well-doers.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O ye who believe, if you obey the infidels, they will cause you to turn back on your heels, and ye will be turned back and perish:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      but GOD is your LORD; and he is the best helper.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We will surely cast a dread into the hearts of the unbelievers,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  because they have associated with GOD that concer
ning which he sent them down no power: their dwelling shall be the fire }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of hell;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and the receptacle of the wicked shall be miserable.
\par      GOD had already made good unto you his promise, when ye destroyed them by his permission,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  until ye became faint-hearted, and disputed concerning the command }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the apostle}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and were rebellious;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  after }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 had shown you what ye desired.
\par      Some of you chose this present world, and others of you chose the world to come.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Then he turned you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to flight}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 from before them, that he might make trial of you: (but he hath now pardoned you: for GOD is endued with beneficence towards the faithful;)
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      when ye went up }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 as ye fled}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, and looked not back on any: while the apostle called you, in the uttermost part of you.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Therefore }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 rewarded you with affliction on affliction, that ye be not grieved }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hereafter}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 spoils}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 which ye fail of, nor for that which befalleth you,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for GOD is well acquainted with whatever ye do.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Mohammed, the more effectually to still the murmurs of his party on their defeat, represents to them that the time of every man\rquote 
s death is decreed and predetermined by God, and that those who fell in the battle could not have avoided their fate had they stayed at home; whereas they had now obtained the glorious
 advantage of dying martyrs for the faith.  Of the Mohammedan doctrine of absolute predestination I have spoken in another place.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab y  This passage was also occasioned by the endeavours of the Koreish to seduce the Mohammedans to their old idolatry, as they fled in the battle of Ohod.
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab z  To this Mohammed attributed the sudden retreat of Abu Sofi\'e2
n and his troops, without making any farther advantage of their success; only giving Mohammed a challenge to meet them next year at Bedr, which he accepted.  Other
s say that as they were on their march home, they repented they had not utterly extirpated the Mohammedans, and began to think of going back to Medina for that purpose, but were prevented by a sudden consternation or panic fear, which fell on them from GO
D.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab a  }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 , In the beginning of the battle, when the Moslems had the advantage, putting the idolaters to flight, and killing several of them.
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab b  That is, till the bowmen, who were placed behind to prevent their being surrounded, seeing the enemy fly, quitted their post, contrary to Mohammed\rquote 
s express orders, and dispersed themselves to seize the plunder; whereupon Kh\'e2led Ebn al Wal\'eed perceiving their disorder, fell on their rear with the horse which he commanded, and turned the fortune of the day.  It is related that though Abda
\rquote llah Ebn Johair, their captain, did all he could to make them keep their ranks, he had not ten that stayed with him out of the whole fifty.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab c  The former were they who, tempted by the spoil, quitted their post; and the latter they who stood firm by their leader.
\par \tab d  Crying aloud, }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 Come hither to me, O servants of }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 GOD!  }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 I am the apostle of}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261  GOD}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
; he who returneth back, shall enter paradise}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 .  But notwithstanding all his endeavours to rally his men, he could not get above thirty of them about him.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab e  }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
, GOD punished your avarice and disobedience by suffering you to be beaten by your enemies, and to be discouraged by the report of your prophet\rquote s death; that ye might be inured to patience under adverse fortune, and not repine at any lo
ss or disappointment for the future}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 4  Prelim. Disc. Sect IV.\tab \tab 5  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 6  Idem.  Vide Abulfeda, Vit. Moh. p. 65, 66, and note, ibid.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Then he sent down upon you after affliction security; a soft sleep which fell on some part of you; but }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 part were troubled by their own souls;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  falsely thinking of GOD, a foolish imagination saying, Will anything of the matter }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 happen}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto us?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Say, Verily, the matter }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 wholly unto GOD.  They concealed in their minds what they declared not unto thee; saying,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  If anything of the matter had happened unto us,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  we had not been slain here.  Answer, If ye had been in your houses, verily they would have gone forth to fight, whose slaughter was decreed, to the places where they died, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
this came to pass}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that GOD might try what was in your breasts, and might discern what was in your hearts; for GOD knoweth the innermost parts of the breasts }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of men}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Verily they among you who turned their backs on the day whereon the two armies met each other }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 at Ohod}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Satan caused them to slip for some }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 crime}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which they had committed:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but now hath GOD forgiven them; for GOD is gracious and merciful.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 150\tab O true believers, be not as they who believed not, and said of their brethren when they had journeyed in the land or had been at war, If they had been with us, those had not died, nor had these been slain: }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 whereas what befell them was so ordained}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  that GOD might take it }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 matter of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 sighing in their hearts.  GOD giveth life, and causeth to die: and GOD seeth that which ye do.
\par      Moreover if ye be slain, or die in defence of the religion of GOD, verily pardon from GOD, and mercy, is better than what they heap together }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of worldly riches}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And if ye die, or be slain, verily unto GOD shall ye be gathered.
\par      And as to the mercy }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 granted unto the disobedient}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  from GOD, thou }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O Mohammed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, hast been mild towards them; but if thou hadst been severe, and hard-hearted, they had surely separated themselves from about thee.  Therefore forgive them, and ask pardon for them: and consult them in the affair }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of war;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and after thou hast deliberated, trust in GOD; for GOD loveth those who trust }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      If GOD help you, none shall conquer you; but if he desert you, who is it that will help you after him?  Therefore in GOD let the faithful trust.

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      It is not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the part}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of a  prophet to defraud,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for he who defraudeth shall bring with him what he hath defrauded }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 any one of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , on the day of the resurrection.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Then shall every soul be paid what he hath gained; and they shall not be treated unjustly.
\par 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  After the action, those who had stood firm in the battle were refreshed as they lay in the field by falling into an agreeable sleep, so that the swords fell out of their hands; but those who had behaved themselves ill were troubled in their minds, 
imagining they were now given over to destruction.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, is there any appearance of success, or of the divine favour and assistance which we have been promised?}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , To themselves, or to one another in private.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   If GOD had assisted us according to his promise; or, as others interpret the words, if we had taken the advice of Abda\rquote llah Ebn Obba Sol\'fb
l, and had kept within the town of Medina, our companions had not lost their lives.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., For their covetousness in quitting their post to seize the plunder.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  This passage was revealed, as some say, on the division of the spoil at Bedr; when some of the soldiers suspected Mohammed of having privately taken a scarlet carpet made all of silk and very rich, which was missing.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Others suppose t
he archers, who occasioned the loss of the battle of Ohod, left their station because they imagined Mohammed would not give them their share of the plunder; because, as it is related, he once sent out a party as an advanced guard, and in the meantime atta
cking the enemy, took some spoils which he divided among those who were with him in the action, and gave nothing to the party that was absent on duty.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  According to a tradition of Mohammed, whoever cheateth another will on the day of judgment carry his fraudulent purchase publicly on his neck.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.
\par 5  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Shall he therefore who followeth that which is well-pleasing unto GOD be as he who bringeth on himself wrath from GOD, and whose receptacle is hell? an evil journey shall it be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thither}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      There shall be degrees }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of rewards and punishments}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with GOD, for GOD seeth what they do.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Now hath GOD been gracious unto the believers when he raised up among them an apostle of their own nation,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 who should recite his signs unto them, and purify them, and teach them the book }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the Koran}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and wisdom:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 whereas they were before in manifest error.
\par      After a misfortune had befallen you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 at Ohod}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , (ye had already obtained two equal advantages)}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 do ye say, Whence cometh this?  Answer, This is from yourselves:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for GOD is almighty.
\par 160\tab And what happened unto you, on the day whereon the two armies met, was certainly by the permission of GOD; and that he might know the ungodly.  It was said unto them, Come, fight for the religion of GOD, or drive back }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the enemy:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they answered, if we had known }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ye went out}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to fight, we had certainly followed you.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   They were on that day nearer unto unbelief, than they were to faith;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      they spake with their mouths, what was not in their hearts: but GOD perfectly knew what they concealed;
\par      who said of their brethren, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 while themselves}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  stayed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 at home}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, if they had obeyed us, they had not been slain.  Say, Then keep back death from yourselves, if ye say truth.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Thou shalt in nowise reckon those who have been slain }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 at Ohod}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , in the cause of GOD, dead; nay, they are sustained alive with their LORD,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      rejoicing for what GOD of his favor hath granted them; and being glad for those who, coming after them, have not as yet overtaken them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 because there shall no fear come on them, neither shall they be grieved.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They are filled with joy for the favor }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 which they have received}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  from GOD and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 bounty; and for that GOD suffereth not the reward of the faithful to perish.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They who hearkened unto GOD and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  apostle, after a wound had befallen them }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 at Ohod}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  such of them as do good works, and fear }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, shall have a great reward;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some copies, instead of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 min anfosihim, i.e., of themselves, }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 read }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 min an
fasihim, i.e., of the noblest among them;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  for such was the tribe of Koreish, of which Mohammed was descended.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , The Sonna.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., In the battle of Bedr, where ye slew seventy of the enemy, equalling the number of those who lost their lives at Ohod, and also took as many prisoners.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}
{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It was the consequence of your disobeying the orders of the prophet, and abandoning your post for the sake of plunder.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, if we had conceived the least hope of success when ye marched out of Medina to e
ncounter the infidels, and had not known that ye went rather to certain destruction than to battle, we had gone with you.  But this Mohammed here tells them was only a feigned excuse; the true reason of their staying behind being their want of faith and f
irmness in their religion.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See before, p. 17.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Rejoicing also for their sakes, who are destined to suffer martyrdom, but have not as yet attained it.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The commentators differ a little as to the occassion of this passage.  When news was bro
ught to Mohammed, after the battle of Ohod, that the enemy, repenting of their retreat, were returning towards Medina, he called about him those who had stood by him in the battle, and marched out to meet the enemy as far as Homar\'e2
 al Asad, about eight mil
es from that town, notwithstanding several of his men were so ill of their wounds that they were forced to be carried; but a panic fear having seized the army of the Koreish, they changed their resolution and continued their march home; of which Mohammed 
having received intelligence, he also went back to Medina: and, according to some commentators, the Kor\'e2
n here approves the faith and courage of those who attended the prophet on this occasion.  Others say the persons intended in this passage were those who went with Mohammed the next year, to meet Abu Sofi\'e2
n and the Koreish, according to their challenge, at Bedr,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 where they waited some time for the enemy, and then returned home; for the Koreish, though they set out from Mecca, yet never came so far as the 
place of appointment, their hearts failing them on their march; which Mohammed attributed to their being struck with a terror from GOD.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This expedition the Arabian histories call the }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 second}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 lesser expedition of}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  Bedr.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  See before, p. 32.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 5  Vide Rev. vi. II.
\par 1  See before, p. 47, note }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 .\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto whom }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 certain}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  men said, Verily the men }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of Mecca}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  have already gathered }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 forces}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  against you, be ye therefore afraid of them:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 this}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 increased their faith, and they said, GOD is our support, and the most excellent patron.
\par      Wherefore they returned with favor from GOD, and advantage:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  no evil befell them: and they followed what was well pleasing unto GOD: for GOD is endowed with great liberality.
\par      Verily that devil}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  would cause you to fear his friends: but be ye not afraid of them: but fear me, if ye be true believers.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 170\tab They shall not grieve thee, who emulously hasten unto infidelity; for they shall never hurt GOD at all.  GOD will not give them a part in the next life, and they shall suffer a great punishment.
\par      Surely those who purchase infidelity with faith shall by no means hurt GOD at all, but they shall suffer a grievous punishment.
\par      And let not the unbelievers think, because we grant them lives long and prosperous, that it is better for their souls: we grant them long and prosperous lives only that their iniquity may be increased; and they shall suffer an ignominious punishment.

\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      GOD is not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 disposed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to leave the faithful in the condition which ye are now in,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 until he sever the wicked from the good;
\par      nor is GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 disposed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to make you acquainted with what is a hidden secret, but GOD chooseth such of his apostles as he pleaseth, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
to reveal his mind unto:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  believe therefore in GOD, and his apostles; and if ye believe, and fear }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, ye shall receive a great reward.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And let not those who are covetous of what GOD of his bounty hath granted them imagine that }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their avarice}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  is better for them: nay, rather it is worse for them.

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      That which they have covetously reserved shall be bound as a collar about their neck,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 on the day of the resurrection: unto GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the inheritance of heaven and earth; and GOD is well acquainted with what ye do.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The persons who thus endeavoured to discourage the Mohammedans were, according to one tradition, some of the tribe of Abd Kais, who, going to Medina, were bribed by Abu Sofi\'e2
n with a camel\rquote s load of dried raisins; and, according to another tradition, it was Noaim Ebn Mas\'fad al Ashja\'ef who was 
also bribed with a she-camel ten months gone with young (a valuable present in Arabia).  This Noaim, they say, finding Mohammed and his men preparing for the expedition, told them that Abu Sofi\'e2
n, to spare them the pains of coming so far as Bedr, would see
k them in their own houses, and that none of them could possibly escape otherwise than by timely flight.  Upon which Mohammed, seeing his followers a little dispirited, swore that he would go himself though not one of them went with him.  And accordingly 
he set out with seventy horsemen, every one of them crying out, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Hashna Allah, i.e.,}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 is our support}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   While they stayed at Bedr expecting the enemy, they opened a kind of fair there, and traded to very considerable profit.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Meaning either Noaim, or Abu Sofi\'e2n himself.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, he will not suffer the good and sincere among you to continue indiscriminately mixed with the wicked and hypocritical.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  This passage was revealed on the rebellious and disobedient Mohammedans telling Mohammed that if he was a true prophet he could easily distinguish those who sincerely believed from the dissemblers.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Mohammed is said to have declared, that whoever pays not his legal contribution of alms duly shall have a serpent twisted about his neck at the resurrection.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 3  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 GOD hath already heard the saying of those who said, Verily GOD is poor, and we are rich:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 we will surely write down what they have said, and the slaughter which they have made of the prophets without a cause; and we will say}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Taste ye the pain of burning.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall they suffer}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 evil}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which their hands have sent before them, and because GOD is not unjust towards mankind;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      who }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  say, Surely GOD hath commanded us, that we should not give credit to }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 any}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  apostle, until }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  should come unto us with a sacrifice, which should be consumed by fire.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 180\tab Say, Apostles have already come unto you before me,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with plain proofs, and with the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 miracle}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which 
ye mention: why therefore have ye slain them, if ye speak truth?
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      If they accuse thee of imposture, the apostles before thee have also been accounted impostors, who brought evident demonstrations, and the scriptures, and the book which enlighteneth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the
 understanding}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Every soul shall taste of death, and ye shall have your reward on the day of resurrection; and he who shall be far removed from }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 fire, and shall be admitted into paradise, shall be happy: but the present life is only a deceitful provision.
\par      Ye shall surely be proved in your possessions, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 your persons; and ye shall bear from those unto whom the scripture was delivered before you, and from the idolaters, much hurt: but if ye be patient and fear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , this is a matter that is 
absolutely determined.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And when GOD accepted the covenant of those to whom the book }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the law}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  was given, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Ye shall surely publish it unto mankind, ye shall not hide it: yet they threw it behind their backs, and sold it for a small price: but woful }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is the price}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 for which they have sold }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Think not that they who rejoice at what they have done, and expect to be praised for what they have not done;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  think not, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 O prophet}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , that they shall escape from punishment, for they shall suffer a painful punishment;}{\f36\fs18\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is related that Mohammed, writing to the Jews of the tribe of Kainok\'e2 to invite them to Isl\'e2
m, and exhorting them, among other things, in the words of the Kor\'e2n,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 to lend unto}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
on good usury}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Phineas Ebn Az\'fbra, on hearing that expression, said, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Surely}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  is poor, since they ask to borrow for him
}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  Whereupon Abu Becr, who was the bearer of that letter, struck him on the face, and told him that if it had not been for the truce between them, he would have struck off his head; and on Phineas\rquote 
s complaining to Mohammed of Abu Becr\rquote s ill usage, this passage was revealed.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Jews, say the commentators, insisted that it was a peculiar proof of the mission of all the prophets sent to them, that they could, by their prayers, bring down f
ire from heaven to consume the sacrifice, and therefore they expected Mohammed should do the like.  And some Mohammedan doctors agree that GOD appointed this miracle as the test of all their prophets, except only Jesus and Mohammed;}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  though others say any other miracle was a proof full as sufficient as the bringing down fire from heaven.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab The Arabian Jews seem to have drawn a general consequence from some particular instances of this miracle in the Old Testament.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   And the Jews at this day say, that first 
the fire which fell from heaven on the altar of the tabernacle,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  after the consecration of Aaron and his sons, and afterwards that which descended on the altar of Solomon\rquote 
s temple, at the dedication of that structure,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  was fed and constantly maintained the
re by the priests, both day and night, without being suffered once to go out, till it was extinguished, as some think, in the reign of Manasses,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but, according to the more received opinion, when the temple was destroyed by the Chaldeans.  Several Christians}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 11}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 have given credit to this assertion of the Jews, with what reason I shall not here inquire; and the Jews, in consequence of this notion, might probably expect that a prophet who came to restore GOD\rquote 
S true religion, should rekindle for them this heavenly fire, which they have not been favoured with since the Babylonish captivity.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Among these the commentators reckon Zacharias and John the Baptist.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Dearly shall they pay hereafter for taking bribes to stifle the truth.  }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
Whoever concealeth the knowledge which }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 GOD }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 has given him}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , says Mohammed, GOD }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
shall put on him a bridle of fire on the day of resurrection}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Who think they have done a commendable deed in concealing and dissembling the testimonies in the Pentateuch concerning Mohammed, and in disobeying GOD\rquote 
S commands to the contrary.  It is said that, Mohammed once asking some Jews concerning a passage in their law, they gave him an answer very different from the truth, and were mightily pleased that they had, as they thought, deceived
 him.  Others, however, think this passage relates to some pretended Mohammedans who rejoiced in their hypocrisy, and expected to be commended for their wickedness.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 12}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 3  Cap. 2, p. 26.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 5  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 6  Al Beid\'e2wi.
\par 7  Levit. ix. 24; I Chron. xxi. 26; 2 Chron. vii. I; 1 Kings xviii. 38.\tab \tab 8  Levit. ix. 24.\tab \tab 9  2 Chron. vii. x.
\par 10  Talmud, Zebachim, c. 6.\tab \tab 11  See Prideaux\rquote s Connect part i. bk. iii. p. 158.\tab \tab 12  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and unto GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the kingdom of heaven and earth: GOD is almighty.
\par      Now in the creation of heaven and earth, and the vicissitude of night and day, are signs unto those who are endued with understanding;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      who remember GOD standing, and sitting, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 lying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on their sides;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and meditate on the creation of heaven and earth, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , O LORD, thou hast not created this in vain; far be it from thee: therefore deliver us from the torment of }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  fire:
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      O LORD, surely whom thou shalt throw into the fire, thou wilt also cover with shame: nor shall the ungodly have any to help them.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 190\tab O LORD, we have heard a preacher}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  inviting }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 us}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to the faith }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Believe in your LORD: and we believed.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      O LORD, forgive us therefore our sins, and expiate our evil deeds from us, and make us to die with the righteous.
\par      O LORD, give us also }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the reward}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which thou hast promised by thy apostles; and cover us not with shame on the day of resurrection; for thou art not contrary to the promise.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Their LORD therefore answered them, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , I will not suffer the work of him among you who worketh to be lost, whether he be male, or female:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the one of you is from the other.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They therefore who have left their country, and have been turned out of their houses, and have suffered for my sake, and have been slain in battle
; verily I will expiate their evil deeds from them, and I will surely bring them into gardens watered by rivers;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      a reward from GOD; and with GOD is the most excellent reward.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Let not the prosperous dealing of the unbelievers in the land deceive thee;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it is but}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a slender provision;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 then their receptacle shall be hell; an unhappy couch }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall it be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But they who fear the LORD shall have gardens through which rivers flow, they shall continue therein forever: this is the gift of GOD for what is with GOD shall be better for the righteous }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
than short-lived worldly prosperity}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
     There are some of those who have received the scriptures, who believe in GOD, and that which hath been sent down unto you, and that which hath been sent down to them, submitting themselves unto GOD;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they tell not the signs of GOD for a small price:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., At all times and in all postures.  Al Beid\'e2wi mentions a saying of Mohammed to one Imr\'e2n Ebn Hosein, to this purpose: }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
Pray standing, if thou art able; if not, sitting; and if thou canst not sit up, then as thou liest along}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  Al Sh\'e2fe\'ef directs that he sick should pray lying on their right side.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Namely, Mohammed, with the Kor\'e2n.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These words were added, as some relate, on Omm Salma, one of the prophet\rquote s wives,
 telling him that she had observed GOD often made mention of the men who fled their country for the sake of their faith, but took no notice of the women.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original word properly signifies success in the affairs of life, and particularly in trade.  It is said that some of Mohammed\rquote 
s followers observing the prosperity the idolaters enjoyed, expressed their regret that those enemies of GOD should live in such ease and plenty, while themselves were perishing for hunger and fatigue; whereupon this passage was revealed.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Because of its short continuance.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The persons here meant, some will have to be Abda\rquote llah Ebn Sal\'e2m}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and his companions; others suppose they were forty Arabs of Najr\'e2n, or thirty-two Ethiopians, or else eight Greeks, who were conver
ted from Christianity to Mohammedism; and others say this passage was revealed in the ninth year of the Hejra, when Mohammed, on Gabriel\rquote 
s bringing him the news of the death of Ashama king of Ethiopia, who had embraced the Mohammedan religion some years before,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 prayed for the soul of the departed; at which some of his hypocritical followers were displeased, and wondered that he should pray for a Christian proselyte whom he had never seen.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  See before, p. 44.\tab \tab 4  See the Prelim. Discourse, Sect. II.\tab \tab 5  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 these shall have their reward with their LORD; for GOD is swift in taking an account.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 200\tab O true believers, be patient and strive to excel in patience, and be constant-minded, and fear GOD, that ye may be happy.}{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\super\insrsid14382261 ______________
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\super\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER IV.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, WOMEN;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MEDINA.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn4\insrsid14382261      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 O MEN, fear your LORD, who hath created you out of one man, and out of him created his wife, and from them two hath multiplied many men, and women
: and fear GOD by whom ye beseech one another;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 respect}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  women}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 who have borne you}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , for GOD is watching over you.
\par      And give the orphans }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 when they come to age}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  their substance; and render }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  not in exchange bad for good:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and devour not their substance, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by adding it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to your own substance; for this is a great sin.
\par      And if ye fear that ye shall not act with equity towards orphans }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the female sex}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , take in marriage of such }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 women as please you, two, or three, or four, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and not more}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   But if ye fear that ye cannot act equitably }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 towards so many, marry}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  one }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 only}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or the slaves which ye shall have acquired.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   This will be easier, that ye swerve not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from righteousness}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  And give women their dowry freely; but if they voluntarily remit unto you any par
t of it, enjoy it with satisfaction and advantage.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And give not unto those who are weak of understanding the substance which GOD hath appointed you to preserve }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for them;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  but maintain them thereout, and clothe them, and speak kindly unto them.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See before, p. 21, and the Preliminary Discourse, Sect. IV.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This title was given to this chapter, because it chiefly treats of matters relating to women; as, marriages, divorces, dower, prohibited degrees, &c.\tab 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Saying, I beseech thee for GOD\rquote S sake.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the wombs}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, take not what ye find of value among their effects to your own use, and give them worse in its stead.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators understand this passage differently.  The true meaning seems to be as it is here translated; M
ohammed advising his followers that if they found they should wrong the female orphans under their care, either by marrying them against their inclinations, ought, by reason of their having already several wives, they should rather choose to marry other w
omen, to avoid all occasion of sin.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Others say that when this passage was revealed, many of the Arabians, fearing trouble and temptation, refused to take upon them the charge of orphans, and yet multiplied wives to a great excess, and used them ill; or, a
s others write, gave themselves up to fornication; which occasioned this passage.  And according to these, its meaning must be either that if they feared they could not act justly towards orphans, they had as great reason to apprehend they could not deal 
equitably with so many wives, and therefore are commanded to marry but a certain number; or else, that since fornication was a crime as well as wronging of orphans, they ought to avoid that also, by marrying according to their abilities.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For slaves req
uiring not so large a dower, nor so good and plentiful a maintenance as free women, a man might keep several of the former, as easily as one of the latter.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  Idem\tab \tab 3  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And examine the orphans}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  until they attain }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the age of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  marriage:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but if ye perceive they are able to manage their affairs well, deliver their substance unto them; and waste it not extravagantly, or hastily,
\par      because they grow up.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Let him who is rich abstain }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 entirely from the}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 orphans' estates;}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and let him who is poor take }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thereof}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  according to what shall be reasonable.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And when ye deliver their substance unto them, call witnesses }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereof}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in their presence: GOD taketh sufficient account }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of your actions
}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Men ought to have a part of what }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  parents and kindred leave}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 behind them when they die:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and women }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  ought to have a part of what }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  parents and kindred leave, whether it be little, or whether it be much; a determinate part }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is due to them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And when they who are of kin are present at the dividing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of what is left}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and also the orphans, and the poor; distribute unto them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
some part}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  thereof; and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 if the estate be too small, at least}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  speak comfortably unto them.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 10\tab And let those fear }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to abuse orphans}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , who if they leave behind them a wea
k offspring, are solicitous for them; let them therefore fear GOD, and speak that which is convenient.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Surely they who devour the possessions of orphans unjustly shall swallow down nothing but fire into their bellies, and shall broil in raging flames.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      GOD hath }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thus}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 commanded you concerning your children.  A male shall have as much as the share of two females:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but if they be females }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 only, and}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  above two }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in number}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , they shall have two third parts of what }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the deceased}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall leave;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and if there be }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 but}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  one, she shall have the half.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  And the parents of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the deceased}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 shall have each of them a sixth part of what he shall leave, if he have a child; but if he have no child, and his parents be his heirs, then his mother shall have the third part.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And if h
e have brethren, his mother shall have a sixth part, after the legacies}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which he shall bequeath, and his debts }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 be paid}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
.  Ye know not whether your parents or your children be of greater use unto you.  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 This is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  an ordinance from GOD, and GOD is knowing and wise.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Try whether they be well grounded in the principles of religion, and have sufficient prudence for the management of their affairs.  Under this expression is also comprehended the duty of a curator\rquote s instructing his pupils in those respects.

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or age of maturity, which is generally reckoned to be fifteen; a decision supported by a tradition of their prophet, though Abu Han\'eefah thinks eighteen the proper age.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Because they will shortly be of age to receive what belongs to them.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, no more than what shall make sufficient recompense for the trouble of their education.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This law was given to abolish a custom of the pagan Arabs, who suffered not women or children to have any part of their husband\rquote s or father\rquote s inheritance, 
on pretence that they only should inherit who were able to go to war.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., Either to comfort the children, or to assure the dying father they shall be justly dealt by.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This is the general rule to be followed in the distribution of the estate of the deceased, as may be observed in the following cases.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or if there be two and no more, they will have the same share.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   And the remaining third part, or the remaining moiety of the estate, which is not here expressly disposed of, if the deceased l
eaves behind him no son, nor a father, goes to the public treasury.  It must be observed that Mr. Selden is certainly mistaken when, in explaining this passage of the Kor\'e2
n, he says, that where there is a son and an only daughter, each of them will have a moiety:}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 for the daughter can have a moiety but in one case only, that is, where there is no son; for if there be a son, she can have but a third, according to the above-mentioned rule.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   And his father consequently the other two-thirds.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 legacies}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, in this and the following passages, are chiefly meant those bequeathed to pious uses; for the Mohammedans approve not of a person\rquote s giving away his substance from his family and near relations on any other account.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  Vide Prelim. Disc. Sect. VI.\tab \tab 5  Selden, de Success. ad Leges Ebr\'e6or. l. I, c. I.\tab \tab 6  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 

\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Moreover ye may claim half of what your wives shall leave, if they have no issue; but if they have issue, then ye shall have the fourth part of what t
hey shall leave, after the legacies which they shall bequeath, and the debts }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be paid}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      They also shall have the fourth part of what ye shall leave, in case ye have no issue; but if ye have issue, then they shall have the eighth part of what ye shall leave, after the legacies which ye shall bequeath, and your debts }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be paid}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And if a man or woman's }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 substance}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  be inherited by a distant relation,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and he }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 or she}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  have a brother or sister; each of them two shall have a sixth part }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the estate}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   But if there be more than this }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 number}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , they shall be }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 equal}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  sharers in a third part, after }
{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 payment of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the legacies which shall be bequeathed, and the debts,
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      without prejudice }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to the heirs}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 This is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  an ordinance from GOD: and GOD is knowing and gracious.
\par      These are the statutes of GOD.  And whoso obeyeth GOD and his apostle, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 shall lead him into gardens wherein rivers flow, they shall continue therein forever; and this shall be great happiness.
\par      But whoso disobeyeth GOD, and his apostle, and transgresseth his statutes, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall cast him into }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 fire; he shall remain therein forever, and he shall suffer a shameful punishment.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      If any of your women be guilty of whoredom,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  produce four witnesses from among you against them, and if they bear witness }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
against them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , imprison them in }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 separate}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  apartments until death release them, or GOD affordeth them a way }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to escape}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 20\tab And if two of you commit the like }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 wickedness}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  punish them both:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but if they repent and amend, let them both alone; for GOD is easy to be reconciled and merciful.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily repentance }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will be accepted}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with GOD, from those who do evil ignorantly, and then repent speedily; unto them will GOD be turned: for GOD is knowing and wise.

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But no repentance }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be accepted}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  from those who do evil until }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the time}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  when death presenteth itself unto one of them, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and he}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 saith, Verily I repent now; nor unto those who die unbelievers; for them have we prepared a grievous punishment.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For this may happen by contract, or on some other special occasion.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Here, and in the next case, the brother and sister are made equal sharers, which is an exception to the general rule, of giving a male twice as much as a female; and the reason is said to be because of the smallness of the portions, which deserve 
not such exactness of distribution; for in other cases the rule holds between brother and sister, as well as other relations.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Either adultery or fornication.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Their punishment, in the beginning of Mohammedism, was to be immured till they died, but 
afterwards this cruel doom was mitigated, and they might avoid it by undergoing the punishment ordained in its stead by the Sonna, according to which the maidens are to be scourged with a hundred stripes, and to be banished for a full year; and the marrie
d women to be stoned.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators are not agreed whether the text speaks of fornication or sodomy.  Al Zamakhshari, and from him, al Beid\'e2wi, supposes the former is here meant: but Jallalo\rquote 
ddin is of opinion that the crime intended in this passage
 must be committed between two men, and not between a man and a woman; not only because the pronouns are in the masculine gender, but because both are ordered to suffer the same slight punishment, and are both allowed the same repentance and indulgence; a
nd especially for that a different and much severer punishment is appointed for the women in the preceding words.  Abu\rquote l K\'e2
sem Hebatallah takes simple fornication to be the crime intended, and that this passage is abrogated by that of the 24th chapter, where the man and the woman who shall be guilty of fornication are ordered to be scourged with a hundred stripes each.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original is, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Do them some hurt}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  damage:}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  by which some understand that they are only to reproach them in public,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 or strike them on the head with their slippers}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  (a great indignity in the east), though some imagine they may be scourged.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See this chapter, near the end.\tab \tab 2  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 3  Jallalo\rquote ddin, Yahya, Abul K\'e2sem Habatallah, al Beid\'e2wi.
\par 4  Jallalo\rquote ddin  al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 5  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 O true believers, it is not lawful for you to be heirs of women against their will,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  nor to hinder them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
from marrying others}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that ye may take away part of what ye have given them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in dowry;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 unless they have been guilty of a manifest crime:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but converse kindly with them.  And if ye hate them, it may happen that ye may hate a thing wherein GOD hath placed much good.
\par      If ye be desirous to exchange a wife for }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 another}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wife,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and ye have already given one of them a talent,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  take not away anything therefrom:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  will ye take it by slandering }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 her}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 doing her}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  manifest injustice?
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And how can ye take it, since the one of you hath gone in unto the other, and they have received from you a firm covenant?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Marry not women whom your fathers have had to wife; (except what is already past:) for this is uncleanness, and an abomination, and an evil way.

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Ye are forbidden to }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 marry}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 your mothers, and your daughters, and your sisters, and your aunts both on the father's and on the mother's side, an
d your brothers' daughters, and your sisters' daughters, and your mothers who have given you suck, and your foster-sisters, and your wives' mothers, and your daughters-in-law which are under your tuition, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 born}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of your wives unto whom ye have gone in, (but if ye have not gone in unto them, it shall be no sin in you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to marry them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , ) and the wives of your sons who }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 proceed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  out of your loins; and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ye are also forbidden}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to take to wife two sisters,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  except what is already past: for GOD is gracious and merciful.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Ye are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  also }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 forbidden to take to wife}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  free women }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 who are married}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , except those }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 women}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  whom your right hands shall possess }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 as slaves}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 This is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 ordained you from GOD.  Whatever is beside this is allowed you; that ye may with your substance provide }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 wives}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  f
or yourselves, acting that which is right, and avoiding whoredom.  And for the advantage which ye receive from them, give them their reward,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 according to what is ordained: but it shall be no crime in you to make any other agreement among yourselves,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  after the ordinance }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be complied with;}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for GOD is knowing and wise.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It was customary among the pagan Arabs, when a man died, for one of his relations to claim a right to his widow, which he asserted by throwing his garment over her; and then he eithe
r married her himself, if he thought fit, on assigning her the same dower that her former husband had done, or kept her dower and married her to another, or else refused to let her marry unless she redeemed herself by quitting what she might claim of her 
husband\rquote s goods.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This unjust custom is abolished by this passage.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some say these words are directed to husbands who used to imprison their wives without any just cause, and out of covetousness, merely to make them relinquish their dower or their inher
itance.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Such as disobedience, ill behaviour, immodesty, and the like.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, by divorcing one, and marrying another.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Ever so large a dower.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 2, p. 25.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The same was also prohibited by the Levitical law.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Accordin
g to this passage it is not lawful to marry a free woman that is already married, be she a Mohammedan or not, unless she be legally parted from her husband by divorce; but it is lawful to marry those who are slaves, or taken in war, after they shall have 
gone through the proper purifications, though their husbands be living.  Yet, according to the decision of Abu Han\'eefah, it is not lawful to marry such whose husbands shall be taken, or in actual slavery with them.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, assign them their dower.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   
That is, either to increase the dower, or to abate some part or even the whole of it.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  Levit. xviii. 18.\tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Whoso among you hath not means sufficient that he may marry free women, who are believers, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 let him marry}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 with such of your maid-servants whom your right hands possess, as are true believers; for GOD well knoweth your faith.  Ye are the one from the other:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 therefore marry them with the consent of their masters; and give them their dower according to justice; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 such as are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  modest, not guilty of whoredom, nor entertaining lovers.
\par 30\tab And when they are married, if they be guilty of adultery, they shall suffer half the punishment which }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is appointed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for the free women.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is allowed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto him among you, who feareth to sin }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by marrying free women;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but if ye abstain }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from marrying slaves, it will be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  better for you; GOD is gracious and merciful.
\par      GOD is willing to declare }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 these things}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto you, and to direct you according to the ordinances of those who }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 have gone}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 before you,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and to be merciful unto you.  GOD is knowing and wise.
\par      GOD desireth to be gracious unto you; but they who follow }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  lusts,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  desire that ye should turn aside }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from the truth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with great deviation.  GOD is minded to make }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 his religion}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  light unto you: for man was created weak.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      O true believers, consume not your wealth among yourselves in vanity;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unless there be merchandising among you by mutual consent: neither slay yourselves;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for GOD is merciful towards you:
\par      and whoever doth this maliciously}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and wickedly, he will surely cast him to be broiled in }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 fire; and this is easy with GOD.
\par      If ye turn aside from the grievous sins,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of those which ye are forbidden }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to commit}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , we will cleanse you from your }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 smaller}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  faults; and will introduce you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 into paradise}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with an honourable entry.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Covet not that which GOD hath bestowed on some of you preferably to others.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Unto the men }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be given}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a portion of what they shall have gained, and unto the women }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be given}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a por
tion of what they shall have gained:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  therefore ask GOD of his bounty; for GOD is omniscient.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Being alike descended from Adam, and of the same faith.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The reason of this is because they are not presumed to have had so good education.  A slave, the
refore, in such a case, is to have fifty stripes, and to be banished for half a year; but she shall not be stoned, because it is a punishment which cannot be inflicted by halves.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., Of the prophets, and other holy and prudent men of former ages.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Some commentators suppose that these words have a particular regard to the Magians, who formerly were frequently guilty of incestuous marriages, their prophet Zerdusht having allowed them to take their mothers and sisters to wife; and also to the Jews, 
who likewise might marry within some of the degrees here prohibited.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Being unable to refrain from women, and too subject to be led away by carnal appetites.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, employ it not in things prohibited by GOD; such as usury, extortion, rapine, gaming, and the like.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 slay not your souls; i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , says Jallalo\rquote 
ddin, by committing mortal sins, or such crimes as will destroy them.  Others, however, are of opinion that self-murder, which the gentile Indians did, and still do, often practise 
in honour of their idols, or else the taking away the life of any true believer, is hereby forbidden.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See Wisdom xvi. 14, in the Vulgate.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These sins al Beid\'e2wi, from a tradition of Mohammed, reckons to be seven (equaling in number the sins called 
deadly by Christians), that is to say, idolatry, murder, falsely accusing modest women of adultery, wasting the substance of orphans, taking of usury, desertion in a religious expedition, and disobedience to parents.  But Ebn Abb\'e2
s says they amount to near
 seven hundred; and others suppose that idolatry only, of different kinds, in worshipping idols or any creature, either in opposition to or jointly with the true God, is here intended; that sin being generally esteemed by Mohammedans, and in a few lines a
fter declared by the Kor\'e2n itself, to be the only one which God will not pardon.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Such as honour, power, riches, and other worldly advantages.  Some, however, understand this of the distribution of inheritances according to the preceding determinations,
 whereby some have a larger share than others.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  That is, they shall be blessed according to their deserts; and ought, therefore, instead of displeasing God by envying of others, to endeavor to merit his favour by good works and to apply to him by prayer.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  Jallalo\rquote ddin.  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 5  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 6  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 7  Idem.\tab \tab 8  Idem.\tab \tab 
1  Idem.  See before, c. 2, p. 10.\tab \tab 2  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 We have appointed unto every one kindred, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to inherit part}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of what their parents and relations shall leave }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
at their deaths}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  And unto those with whom your right hands have made an alliance, give their part }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the inheritance;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 for GOD is witness of all things.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Men shall have the pre\'ebminence above women, because of those }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 advantages }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
wherein GOD hath caused the one of them to excel the other,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and for that which they expend of their substance }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in maintaining their wives}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  The honest women }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  obedient. careful in the absence }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of their husbands,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for that GOD preserveth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 them, by committing them to the care and protection of the men}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
.  But those, whose perverseness ye shall be apprehensive of, rebuke; and remove them into separate apartments,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and chastise them.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  But if they shall be obedient unto you, seek not an occasion }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of quarrel}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  against them: for GOD is high and great.
\par      And if ye fear a breach between the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 husband and wife}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , send a judge}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 out of his family, and a judge out of her family: if they shall desire a reconciliation, GOD will cause them to agree; for GOD is knowing and wise.
\par 40\tab Serve GOD, and associate no creature with him; and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 show}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  kindness unto parents, and relations, and orphans, and the poor, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  neighbor who is of kin to you,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and also }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  neighbor who is a stranger, and to }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  familiar companion, and the traveller, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the captives}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 whom your right hands shall possess; for GOD loveth not the proud }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 or}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  vain-glorious,
\par      who are covetous, and recommend covetousness unto men, and conceal that which GOD of his bounty hath given them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  (we have prepared a shameful punishment for the unbelievers;)
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and who bestow their wealth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in charity}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 to be observed of men, and believe not in GOD, nor in the last day; and whoever hath Satan for a companion, an evil companion }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hath he!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      And what }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 harm would befall}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  them if they should believe in GOD, and the last day, and give alms out of that which GOD hath bestowed on them? since GOD knoweth them }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who do this}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Verily GOD will not wrong }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 any one even}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the weight of an ant:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and if it be a good action, he will double it, and will recompense }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in his sight with a great reward.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  A precept conformable to an old custom of the Arabs, that where persons mutually entered into a strict friendship or confederacy, the surviving friend should have a sixth part of the deceased\rquote s estat
e.  But this was afterwards abrogated, according to Jallalo\rquote 
ddin and al Zamakhshari, at least as to infidels.  The passage may likewise be understood of a private contract, whereby the survivor is to inherit a certain part of the substance of him that dies first.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Such as superior understanding and strength, and the other privileges of the male sex, which enjoys the dignities in church and state, goes to war in defence of GOD\rquote 
S true religion, and claims a double share of their deceased ancestors\rquote  estates.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Both to preserve their husband\rquote s substance from loss or waste, and themselves from all degrees of immodesty.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, banish them from your bed.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By this passage the Mohammedans are in plain terms allowed to beat their wives, in case of stubborn disobedience; but not in a violent or dangerous manner.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Let the magistrate first send two arbitrators or mediators, one on each side, to compose the difference, and prevent, if possible, the ill consequences of an open rupture.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Either of your own nation or religion.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Whether it be wealth, knowledge, or any other talent whereby they may help their neighbour.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Either by diminishing the recompense due to his good actions, or too severely punishing his sins.  On the contrary, he will reward the former in the next life far above their deserts.  The Arabic word }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 dharra}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which is translated }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 an ant}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , signifies a very small sort of that insect, and is used to denote a thing that is exceeding small, as a }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 mite}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 3  Vide al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 4  Idem.\tab \tab 5  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 6  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 How }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will it be with the unbelievers }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 when we shall bring a witness out of each nation }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 against itself}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and shall bring thee, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 O Mohammed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , a witness against these }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
people?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   In that day they who have not believed, and have rebelled against the apostle }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, shall wish the earth was levelled with them; and they shall not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 be able to}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  hide any matter from GOD.
\par      O true believers, come not to prayers when ye are drunk,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  until ye understand what ye say; nor when ye are poll
uted by emission of seed, unless ye be travelling on the road, until ye wash yourselves.  But if ye be sick or on a journey, or any of you come from easing nature, or have touched women, and find no water; take fine clean sand and rub your faces and your 
hands }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 therewith;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for GOD is merciful and inclined to forgive.
\par      Hast thou not observed those unto whom part of the scripture}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  was delivered? they sell error, and desire that ye may wander from the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 right}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  way; but GOD well knoweth your enemies.  GOD is a sufficient patron; and GOD is a sufficient helper.
\par      Of the Jews there are some who pervert words from their places;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and say, We have heard, and have disobeyed; and do thou hear without understanding }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
our meaning}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and look upon us:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  perplexing with their tongues, and reviling the }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 true}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  religion.
\par      But if they had said, We have heard, and do obey; and do thou hear, and regard us:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 certainly it were better for them, and more right.  But GOD hath cursed them by reason of their infidelity; therefore a few }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  only shall believe.
\par 50\tab O }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ye}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to whom the scriptures have been given, believe in the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 revelation}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 which we have sent down, confirming that which is with you; before we deface }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  countenances, and render them as the back parts thereof;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  or curse them, as we cursed those who transgressed on the sabbath day;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and the command of GOD was fulfilled.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Surely GOD will not pardon the giving him an equal;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but will pardon any other }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 sin}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  except that, to whom he pleaseth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and whoso giveth a companion unto GOD, hath devised a great wickedness.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  When the prophet who was sent to each nation in particular, shall on the last day be produced to give evidence against such of them as refused to believe on him, or observed not the laws which he brought.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, the Arabians, to whom Mohammed was, as he pretended, more peculiarly sent.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is related, that before the prohibition of wine, Abd\rquote alrahm\'e2n Ebn Awf made an entertainment, to which he invited several of the apostle\rquote 
s companions; and after they had ate and drunk plentifully, the hour of evening prayer being come, one of the company rose up to pray, but being overcome with liquor, made a shameful blunder in reciting a passage of the Kor\'e2
n; whereupon to prevent the danger of any such indecency for the future, this passage was revealed.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Meaning the Jews, and particularly their Rabbins.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is (according to the commentators), who change the true sense of the Pentateuch by dislocating passages, or by wresting the words according to their own fancies and lusts.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  But Mohammed seems chiefly to intend here the Jews bantering of him in their addresses, by making use of equivocal words, seeming to bear a good sense in Arabic, but spoken by them in derision according to
 their acceptation in Hebrew; an instance of which he gives in the following words.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 without being made to hear}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or apprehend what we say.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original word is }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Ra\'efna}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which being a term of reproach in Hebrew, Mohammed forbade their using to him.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   In Arabic, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Ondhorna;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  which having no ill equivocal meaning, the prophet ordered them to use instead of the former.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, perfectly plain, without eyes, nose, or mouth.  The original, however, may also be translated, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 and turn them behind}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , by wringing their necks backward.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   And were therefore changed into apes.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, idolatry of all kinds.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., To those who repent.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See before, c. 2, p. 16.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 4  See before, c. 2, p. 13.
\par 5  See before, c. 2, p. 8.\tab \tab 6  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Hast thou not observed those who justify themselves?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   But GOD justifieth whomsoever he pleaseth, nor shall }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 they}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  be wronged a hair.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Behold, how they imagine a lie against GOD; and therein is iniquity sufficiently manifest.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Hast thou not considered those to whom part of the scripture hath been given?  They believe in false gods and idols,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and say of those who believe not, These are more rightly directed in the way }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of truth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , than they who believe }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 on Mohammed}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Those are }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  whom }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 hath cursed and unto him whom GOD shall curse, thou shalt surely find no helper.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Shall they have a part of the kingdom,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  since even then they would not bestow the smallest matter}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 on men?
\par      Do they envy }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  men that which GOD of his bounty hath given them?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   We formerly gave unto the family of Abraham a book }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of revelations}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and wisdom; and we gave them a great kingdom.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      There is of them who believeth on him;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and there is of them who turneth aside from him: but the raging fire of hell is }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 sufficient }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 punishment}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily those who disbelieve our signs, we will surely cast to be broiled in }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 fire; so often as their skins shall be well burned, we will give them other skins in exchange, that they may taste the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 sharper}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  torment; for GOD is mighty and wise.
\par 60\tab But those who believe and do that which is right, we will bring into gardens watered by rivers, therein shall they remain forever, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 there shall they enjoy wives free from all impurity; and we will lead them into perpetual shades.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Moreover GOD commandeth you to restore what ye are trusted with, to the owners;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and when ye judge between men, that ye judge according to equity: and surely an excellent }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 virtue it is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to which GOD exhorteth you; for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 both}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  heareth and seeth.}{\f36\fs18\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , The Christians and Jews, who called themselves }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
the children of }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 GOD, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 and his beloved people}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original word signifies a little skin in the cleft of a date-stone, and is used to express a thing of no value.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Arabic is, in Jibt and Tagh\'fb
t.  The former is supposed to have been the proper name of some idol; but it seems rather to signify any false deity in general.  The latter we have explained already.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab It is said that this passage was revealed on the following occasion.  Hoyai Ebn Akhtab and Caab Ebn al Ashraf,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 two chief men among the Jews, with several others of that religion, went to Mecca, and offered to enter into a confederacy with the Koreish, and to join their forces against Mohammed.  But the Koreish, enter
taining some jealousy of them, told them, that the Jews pretended to have a written revelation from heaven, as well as Mohammed, and their doctrines and worship approached much nearer to what he taught, than the religion of their tribe; wherefore, said th
ey, if you would satisfy us that you are sincere in the matter, do as we do, and worship our gods.  Which proposal, if the story be true, these Jews complied with, out of their inveterate hatred to Mohammed.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For the Jews gave out that they should be restored to their ancient power and grandeur;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 depending, it is to be presumed, on the victorious Messiah whom they expected.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original word properly signifies a small dent on the back of a date-stone, and is commonly used to express a thing of little or no value.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., The spiritual gifts of prophecy, and divine revelations; and the temporal blessings of victory and success, bestowed on Mohammed and his followers.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Wherefore GOD will doubtless show equal favour to this prophet (a descendant also of Abraham), and those who believe on him.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Namely, on Mohammed.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  This passage, it is said, was revealed on the day of the taking of Mecca, the primary design of it being to direct Mohammed to return the keys of the Caaba to Othm\'e2n Ebn Telha Ebn Abdald\'e2r, who had then the honour to be keeper of that holy place,}
{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and not to deliver them to his uncle al Abb\'e2s, who having already the custody of the well Zemzem, would fain have had also that of the Caaba.  The prophet obeying the divine order, Othm\'e2
n was so affected with the justice of the action, notwithstanding he had at first refused him entrance, that he immediately embraced Mohammedism; whereupon the guardianship of the Caaba was confirmed to this Othm\'e2n and his heirs for ever.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab 7  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.  See c. 5, not far from the beginning.\tab \tab 8  See p. 28, note }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 .\tab \tab 9  See before, p. 40, note }{
\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 .
\par 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  See Prideaux\rquote s Life of Mahomet, p. 2.
\par 5  Al Beid\'e2wi   See D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. p. 220, 221.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 O true believers, obey GOD, and obey the apostle; and those who are in authority among you: and if ye differ, in anything, refer it unto GOD}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and the apostle, if ye believe in GOD, and the last day: this is better, and a fairer }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 method of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  determination.
\par      Hast thou not observed those who pretend they believe in what hath been revealed unto thee, and what hath been revealed before thee?  They desire to go to judgment before Tagh\'fbt,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 although they have been commanded not to believe in him; and Satan desireth to seduce them into a wide error.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And when it is said unto them, Come unto }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the book}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which GOD hath sent down, and to the apostle; thou seest the ungodly turn aside from thee, with }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 great}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  aversion.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      But how }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will they behave}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when a misfortune shall befall them, for
 that which their hands have sent before them?  Then will they come unto thee, and swear by GOD, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , If we intended any other than to do good, and to reconcile }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the parties}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      GOD knoweth what is in the hearts of these }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  therefore let them alone, and admonish them, and speak unto them a word which may affect their souls.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We have not sent any apostle, but that he might be obeyed by the permission of GOD: but if they, after they have injured their own souls,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  come unto thee, and ask pardon of GOD, and the apostle ask pardon for them, they shall surely find GOD easy to be reconciled and merciful.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And by thy LORD they will not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 perfectly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 believe, until they make thee judge of their controversies; and shall not afterwards find in their own minds any hardship in what thou shalt determine, but shall acquiesce }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 therein}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 entire}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  submission.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And if we had commanded them, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Slay yourselves, or depart from your houses;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 they would not have done it except a few of them.  And if they had done what they were admonished, it would certainly have been better for them, and more efficacious for confirming }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their faith;}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 70\tab and we should then have surely given them in our sight an }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 exceeding}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  great reward, and we should have directed them in the right way.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Whoever obeyeth GOD and the apostle, they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 with those unto whom GOD hath been gracious, of the prophets, and the sincere, and the martyrs, and the righteous; and these are the most excellent company.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , To the decision of the Kor\'e2n.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  That is, before the tribunals of infidels.  This passage was occasioned by the following remarkable accident.  A certain Jew having a dispute with a wicked Mohammedan, the latter appealed to the judgment of Caab Ebn al Ashraf, a principal Jew, and th
e former to Mohammed.  But at length they agreed to refer the matter to the prophet singly, who, giving it in favor of the Jew, the Mohammedan refused to acquiesce in his sentence, but would needs have it re-heard by Omar, afterwards Khalif.  When they ca
m
e to him, the Jew told him that Mohammed had already decided the affair in his favour, but that the other would not submit to his determination; and the Mohammedan confessing this to be true, Omar bid them stay a little, and fetching his sword, struck off
 the obstinate Moslem\rquote s head, saying aloud, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 This is the reward of him who refuseth to submit to the judgment of}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  God }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 and his apostle}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  And from this action Omar had the surname of al Far\'fbk, which alludes both to his }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 separating }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 that knave\rquote s head from his body, and to his }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 distinguishing}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  between truth and falsehood.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The name of Tagh\'fbt,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 therefore, in this place, seems to be given to Caab Ebn al Ashraf.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For this was the excuse of the friends of the Mohammedan whom Omar slew, when they came to demand satisfaction for his blood.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., By acting wickedly, and appealing to the judgment of the infidels.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some understand these words of their venturing their lives in a religious expedition; and others, of their undergoing the same punishments which the Isra
elites did for their idolatry in worshipping the golden calf.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin, al Beid\'e2wi.  See D\rquote Herbel.  Bibl. Orient. p. 688, and Ockley\rquote s Hist. of the Sarac. v. I, p. 365.\tab \tab }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 2  See before, p. 28.
\par 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 4  Idem, see before, p. 7}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 This is bounty from GOD; and GOD is sufficiently knowing.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O true believers, take your }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 necessary}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  precaution}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
against your enemies}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 either}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  go forth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to war}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 in separate parties, or go forth all together }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in a body.
\par      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 There is of you who tarrieth behind;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and if a misfortune befall you, he saith, Verily GOD hath been gracious unto me, that I was not present with them:

\par      but if success attend you from GOD, he will say (as if there was no friendship between you and him),}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Would to GOD I had been with them, for I should have acquired great merit.
\par      Let them therefore fight for the religion of GOD, who part with the present life in exchange for that which is to come;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 for whosoever fighteth for the religion of GOD, whether he be slain, or be victorious,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  we will surely give him a great reward.
\par      And what ails you, that ye fight not for GOD'S true religion, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in defence of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the weak among men, women, and children,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 who say, O LORD, bring us forth from this city, whose inhabitants are wicked; grant us from before thee a protector, and grant us from before thee a defender.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      They who believe fight for the religion of GOD; but they who believe not fight for the religion of Tagh\'fbt.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Fight therefore against the friends of Satan, for the stratagem of Satan
 is weak.
\par      Hast thou not observed those unto whom it was said, Withhold your hands }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from war}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and be constant at prayers, and pay the legal alms?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   But when war is commanded them, behold a part of them fear men as they should fear GOD, or with a great fear, and say, O LORD, wherefore hast thou commanded us to go to war, and hast not suffered us to wait }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 our}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  approaching end?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Say }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, The provision of this life is }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 but}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  small; but the future }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  better for him who feareth }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and ye shall not be in the least injured }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 at the day of judgment}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 80\tab 
Wheresoever ye be, death will overtake you, although ye be in lofty towers.  If good befall them, they say, This is from GOD; but if evil befall them, they say, This is from thee, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 O Mohammed:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  say, All is from GOD; and what aileth these people, that they are so far from understanding what is said }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto them?}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Be vigilant, and provide yourselves with arms and necessaries.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Mohammed here upbraids the hypocritical Moslems, who, for want of faith and constancy in their religion, were backward in going to war for its defence.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, As one who attendeth not to the public, but his own private interest.  Or else these may be the words of the hypocritical Mohammedan himself, insinuating that he stayed n
ot behind the rest of the army by his own fault, but was left by Mohammed, who chose to let the others share in his good fortune, preferably to him.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By venturing their lives and fortunes in defence of the faith.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For no man ought to quit the field till he either fall a martyr or gain some advantage for the cause.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., Those believers who stayed behind at Mecca, being detained there either forcibly by the idolaters, or for want of means to fly for refuge to Medina.  Al Beid\'e2wi observes that }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 children}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  are mentioned here to show the inhumanity of the Koreish, who persecuted even that tender age.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This petition, the commentators say, was heard.  For GOD afforded several of them an opportunity and means of escaping, and delivered the rest at the t
aking of Mecca by Mohammed, who left Ot\'e2b Ebn Osaid governor of the city: and under his care and protection, those who had suffered for their religion became the most considerable men in the place.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See before, p. 28.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These were some of Mohammed\rquote s followers, who readily performed the duties of their religion so long as they were commanded nothing that might endanger their lives.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, a natural death.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  As the Jews, in particular, who pretended that their land was grown barren, and provisions scarce, since Mohammed came to Medina.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Whatever good befalleth thee, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 O man}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , it is from GOD; and whatever evil befalleth thee, it is from thyself.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   We have sent thee an apostle unto men, and GOD is a sufficient witness }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thereof}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Whoever obeyeth the apostle, obeyeth GOD; and whoever turneth back, we have not sent thee }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a keeper over them.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They say, Obedience: yet when they go forth from thee, part of them meditate by night }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a matter}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  different from
 what thou speakest; but GOD shall write down what they meditate by night: therefore let them alone, and trust in GOD, for GOD is a sufficient protector.
\par      Do they not attentively consider the Koran? if it had been from any besides GOD, they would certainly have found therein many contradictions.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      When any news cometh unto them, either of security or fear, they }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 immediately}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 divulge it; but if they told it to the apostle and to those who are in authority among them, such of them would understand }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the truth of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the matter, as inform themselves thereof }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from the apostle and his chiefs}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  And if the favor of GOD and his mercy }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 had}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 been}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  upon you, ye had followed the devil, except a few }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of you}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Fight therefore for the religion of GOD, and oblige not any to what is difficult,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  except thyself; however excite the faithful }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to war}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , perhaps GOD will restrain the courage of the unbelievers; for GOD is stronger }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 than they}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and more able to punish.
\par      He who intercedeth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 between men}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with a good intercession}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shal
l have a portion thereof; and he who intercedeth with an evil intercession shall have a portion thereof; for GOD overlooketh all things.
\par      When ye are saluted with a salutation, salute }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the person}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with a better salutation,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  or }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
at least}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  return the same; for GOD taketh an account of all things.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      GOD! there is no GOD but he; he will surely gather you together on the day of resurrection; there is no doubt of it: and who is more true than GOD in what he saith?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 90\tab Why are ye }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 divided}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  concerning the ungodly into two parties;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  since GOD hath overturned them for what they have committed?  Will ye direct him whom GOD hath led astray; since for him whom GOD shall lead astray, thou shalt find no }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 true}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  path?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These words are not to be understood as contradictory to the preceding, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 That all proceeds from}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 GOD; since the evil which befalls mankind, though ordered by GOD, is yet the consequence of their own wicked actions.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, to take an account of their actions, for this is GOD\rquote S part.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, if GOD had not sent his apostle with the Kor\'e2n to instruct you in your duty, ye had continued in idolatry and been doomed to destruction; except only those who, by GOD\rquote 
S favour and their superior understanding, should have true notions of the divinity; such, for example, as Zeid Ebn Amru Ebn Nofail}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and Waraka Ebn Nawfal,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  who left idols, and acknowledged but one GOD, before the mission of Mohammed.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is said this passage was revealed when the Mohammedans refused to follow their prophet to the lesser expedition of Bedr, so that he was obliged to set out with no more than seventy.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some copies vary in this place, and instead of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 la tokallafo}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , in the second person singular, read }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 la nokallafo}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , in the first person plural, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 We do not oblige}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.  The meaning being, that th
e prophet only was under an indispensable necessity of obeying GOD\rquote S commands, however difficult, but others might choose, though at their peril.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , To maintain the right of a believer, or to prevent his being wronged.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By adding something farther.  As when one salutes another by this form, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Peace be unto thee}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, he ought not only to return the salutation, but to add, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 and the mercy of}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 and his blessing}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage was revealed, according to some, when certain of Mohammed\rquote 
s followers, pretend
ing not to like Medina, desired leave to go elsewhere, and, having obtained it, went farther and farther, till they joined the idolaters; or, as others say, on occasion of some deserters at the battle of Ohod; concerning whom the Moslems were divided in o
pinion whether they should be slain as infidels or not.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Vide Millium, de Mohammedismo ante Moh. p. 311.\tab \tab 2  See the Prelim.  Disc. Sect. II.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 4  See before, c. 3, p. 49.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 They desire that ye should become infidels, as they are infidels, and that ye should be equally }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 wicked with themselves}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
.  Therefore take not friends from among them, until they fly }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their country}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for the religion of GOD; and if they turn back }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from the faith}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, take them, and kill them wherever ye find them; and take no friend from among them, nor any helper,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      except those who go unto a people who are in alliance with you,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 or those who come unto you, their hearts forbidding them either to fight against you, or to fight against their own people.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And if GOD pleased h
e would have permitted them to have prevailed against you, and they would have fought against you.  But if they depart from you, and fight not against you, and offer you peace, GOD doth not allow you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to take or kill}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  them.
\par      Ye shall find others who are desirous to enter into confidence with you, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 at the same time}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to preserve a confidence with their own people:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  so often as they return to sedition, they shall be subverted therein; and if they depart not from you, and offer you peace, and restrain their hands }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from warring against you}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , take them and kill them wheresoever ye find them; over these have we granted you a manifest power.
\par      It is not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 lawful}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for a believer to kill a believer, unless }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it happen}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  by mistake;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and whoso killeth a believer by mistake, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the penalty shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the freeing of a believer from slavery, and a fine to be paid to the family of }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the deceased}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unless they remit }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  as alms: and if }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the slain person}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  be of a people at enmity with you, and be a true believer, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the penalty shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the freeing of a believer;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but if he be of a people in confederacy with you, a fine to be paid to his family, and the freeing of a believer.  And he who findeth not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 wherewith}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to do this}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall fast two months consecutively }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 as}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a penance }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 enjoined}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from GOD; and GOD is knowing and wise.
\par      But whoso killeth a believer designedly, his reward shall be hell; he shall remain therein }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for ever;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and GOD shall be angry with him, and shall curse him, and shall prepare for him a great punishment.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O true believers, when ye are on a march in defence of the true religion, justly discern }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
such as ye shall happen to meet}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and say not unto him who saluteth you, thou art not a true believer;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  seeking the accidental goods of the present life;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for with GOD is much spoil.  Such have ye formerly been; but GOD hath been gracious unto you;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 therefore make a just discernment, for GOD is well acquainted with that which ye do.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The people here meant, say some, were the tribe of Khoz\'e2ah, or, according to others, the Aslamians, whose chief, named Hel\'e2
l Ebn Owaimar, agreed with Mohammed, when he set out against Mecca, to stand neuter; or, as others rather think, Banu Becr Ebn Zeid.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These, it is said, were the tribe of Modlaj, who came in to Mohammed, but would not be obliged to assist him in war.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The person hinted at here were the tribes of Asad and Ghatf\'e2n, or, as some say, Banu Abdald\'e2
r, who came to Medina and pretended to embrace Mohammedism, that they might be trusted by the Moslems, but when they returned, fell back to their old idolatry.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, by accident and without design.  This passage was revealed to decide the case of Ay\'e2sh Ebn Abi Rab\'eea, the brother, by the mother\rquote 
s side, of Abu Jahl, who meeting Hareth Ebn Zeid on the road, and not knowing that he had embraced Mohammedism, slew him.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which fine is to be distributed according to the laws of inheritances given in the beginning of this chapter.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   And no fine shall be paid, because in such case his relations, being infidels and at open war with the Moslems, have no right to inherit what he leaves.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  That is, unless he repent.  Others, however, understand not here an eternity of damnation (for it is the general doctrine of the Mohammedans that none who profess that faith shall continue in hell for ever), but only a long space of time.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   On pretence that he only feigns to be a Moslem, that he might escape from you.  The commentators mention more instances than one of persons slain and plundered by Mohammed\rquote 
s men under this pretext, notwithstanding they declared themselves Moslems by repeating the usual form of words, and saluting them; for which reason this passage was revealed, to prevent such rash judgments for the future.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, being willing to judge him an infidel, only that ye may kill and plunder him.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., At your first profession of Isl\'e2
mism, before ye had given any demonstrations of your sincerity and zeal therein.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  Idem.\tab \tab 5  Idem.
\par 1  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Those believers who sit still }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 at home}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , not having any hurt,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and those who employ their fortunes and their persons for the religion of GOD, shall not be held equal.  GOD hath preferred those who employ their fortunes and their persons }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in that cause}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 to a degree }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of honour}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  above those who sit at home; GOD hath indeed promised every one paradise, but GOD hath preferred those who fight }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for the faith}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  before those who sit still, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by adding unto them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a great reward,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  degrees }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of honour conferred on them}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  from him, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by granting them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  forgiveness and mercy; for GOD is indulgent }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  merciful.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Moreover unto those whom the angels put to death, having injured their own souls,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the angels}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said, Of what }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 religion}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  were ye? they answered, We were weak in the earth.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 The angels}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  replied, Was not GOD'S earth wide }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 enough}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , that ye might fly therein }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
to a place of refuge?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Therefore their habitation shall be hell; and an evil journey }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall it be thither:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 100\tab except the weak among men, and women, and children, who were not able to find means, and were not directed in the way; these peradventure GOD will pardon, for GOD is ready to forgive, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  gracious.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Whosoever flieth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from his country}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for the sake of GOD'S true religion, shall find in the earth many forced }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
to do the same}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and plenty }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of provisions}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  And whoever departeth from his house, and flieth unto GOD and his apostle, if death overtake him }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in the way}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD will be obliged to reward him, for GOD is gracious }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      When ye march }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to war}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in the earth, it shall be no crime in you if ye
 shorten your prayers, in case ye fear the infidels may attack you; for the infidels are your open enemy.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Not being disabled from going to war by sickness, or other just impediment.  It is said that when the passage was first revealed there was no such exception therein, which occasioned Ebn Omm Mact\'fbm, on his hearing it repeated, to object, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 And what though I be blind?}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Whereupon Mohammed, falling into a kind of trance, which was succeeded by strong agitations, pretended he had received the divin
e direction to add these words to the text.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  These were certain inhabitants of Mecca, who held with the hare and ran with the hounds, for though they embraced Mohammedism, yet they would not leave that city to join the prophet, as the rest of the Mosle
ms did, but on the contrary went out with the idolaters, and were therefore slain with them at the battle of Bedr.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Being unable to fly, and compelled to follow the infidels to war.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As they did who fled to Ethiopia and to Medina.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage was revealed, says al Beid\'e2
wi, on account of Jondob Ebn Damra.  This person being sick, was, in his flight, carried by his sons on a couch, and before he arrived at Medina, perceiving his end approached, he clapped his right hand on his left, and solemnly p
lighting his faith to GOD and his apostle, died.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   To defend those who are at prayers, and to face the enemy.}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 But when thou, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 O prophet}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , shalt be among them, and shalt pray with them, let a party of them ari
se to prayer with thee, and let them take their arms; and when they shall have worshipped, let them stand behind you,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and let another party come that hath not prayed, and let them pray with thee, and let them be cautious and take their arms.  The unbelievers would that ye should neglect your arms and your baggage }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 while ye pray}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , that they might turn upon you at once.  It shall be no crime in you, if ye be incommoded by rain, or be sick, that ye lay down your arms; but take your }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 necessary}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  precaution:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD hath prepared for the unbelievers an ignominious punishment.
\par      And when ye shall have ended }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  prayer, remember GOD, standing, and sitting, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 lying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on your sides.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   But when ye are secure }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from danger}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , complete }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
prayers: for prayer is commanded the faithful, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  appointed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be said}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  at the stated times.
\par      Be not negligent in seeking out the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unbelieving}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  people, though ye suffer }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 some inconvenience;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for they }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall suffer as ye suffer, and ye hope for }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a reward}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from GOD which they cannot hope for; and GOD is knowing }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wise.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      We have sent down unto thee the book }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the Koran}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with truth, that thou mayest judge between men through that }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 wisdom}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 which GOD showeth thee }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 therein;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and be not an advocate for the fraudulent;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but ask pardon of GOD }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for thy wrong intention}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , since GOD is indulgent }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful.
\par      Dispute not for those who deceive one another, for GOD loveth not him who is a deceiver }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 or}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unjust.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Such}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  conceal themselves from men, but they conceal not themselves from GOD; for he is with them when they imagine by night a saying which pleaseth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 him
}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  not,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and GOD comprehendeth what they do.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Behold, ye are they who have disputed for them in this present life; but who shall dispute with GOD for them on the day of resurrection, or who will become their patron?
\par 110\tab yet he who doth evil, or injureth his own soul, and afterwards asketh pardon of God, shall find God gracious }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  merciful.
\par      Whoso committeth wickedness, committeth it against his own soul: GOD is knowing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par      And whoso committeth a sin or iniquity, and afterwards layeth it on the innocent, he shall surely bear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the guilt of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  calumny and manifest injustice.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      If the indulgence and mercy of GOD had not been upon thee, surely a part of them had studied to seduce thee;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but they shall seduce themselves only, and shall not hurt thee at all.  GOD hath sent down unto thee the book }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the Koran}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and wisdom, and hath taught thee that which thou knewest not;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for the favor of GOD hath been great towards thee.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      There is no good in the multitude of their private discourses, unless }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in the discourse}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 of him who recommendeth alms, or that which is right, or agreement amongst men: whoever doth this out of a desire to please GOD, we will surely give him a great reward.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By keeping strict guard.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, in such posture as ye shall be able.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This verse was revealed on occasion of the unwillingness of Mohammed\rquote s men to accompany him in the lesser expedition of Bedr.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Tima Ebn Obeirak, of the sons of Dhafar, one of Mohammed\rquote s companions, stole a coat of mail from his neighbour, Kit\'e2da Ebn al Nom\'e2n, in a bag of meal, and hid it at a Jew
\rquote s named Zeid Ebn al Sam\'een; Tima, being suspected, the coat of mail was demanded of him, but he denying he knew anything of it, they followed the track of the meal, which had run out through a hole in the bag, to the Jew\rquote 
s house, and there seized it, accusing him of the theft; but he producing witnesses of his own religion that he had it of Tima, the sons of Dhafar came to Mohammed and desired him to defend his companion\rquote 
s reputation, and condemn the Jew; which he having some thoughts of doing, this passage was revealed, reprehending him for his rash intention, and commanding him to judge not according to his own prejudice and opinion, but ac
cording to the merit of the case.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Al Beid\'e2
wi, as an instance of the divine justice, adds, that Tima, after the fact above mentioned, fled to Mecca, and returned to idolatry; and there undermining the wall of a house, in order to commit a robbery, the 
wall fell in upon him and crushed him to death.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, when they secretly contrive means, by false evidence or otherwise, to lay their crimes on innocent persons.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Meaning the sons of Dhafar.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By instructing them in the knowledge of right and wrong, and the rules of justice.}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See before, c. 3, p. 52.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin, Yahya.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 But whoso separateth himself from the apostle, after }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 true}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  direction hath been manifested unto him, and followeth any other way than than of t
he true believers, we will cause him to obtain that to which he is inclined,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and will cast him to be burned in hell; and an unhappy journey shall it be }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thither}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily GOD will not pardon the giving him a companion, but he will pardon }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 any crime}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  besid
es that, unto whom he pleaseth: and he who giveth a companion unto GOD is surely led aside into a wide mistake;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 infidels}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  invoke beside him only female }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 deities;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and only invoke rebellious Satan.
\par      GOD cursed him; and he said, Verily I will take of thy servants a part cut off }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from the rest}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and I will seduce them, and will insinuate }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 vain}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  desires into them, and I will command them and they shall cut off the ears of cattle;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and I will command them and they shall change GOD'S creature.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   But whoever taketh Satan for his patron, besides GOD,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall surely perish with a manifest destruction.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      He maketh them promises, and insinuateth into them vain desires; yet Satan maketh them only deceitful promises.
\par 120\tab The receptacle of these shall be hell, they shall find no refuge from it.
\par      But they who believe, and do good works, we will surely lead them into gardens, through which rivers flow, they shall continue therein forever, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 according to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 the true promise of GOD; and who is more true than GOD in what he saith?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      It shall not be according to your desires, nor }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 according to}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the desires of those who have received the scriptures.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Whoso doth evil shall be rewarded for it; and shall not find any patron or helper, beside GOD;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      but whoso doth good works, whether he be male or female, and is a true believer, they shall be admitted into paradise, and shall not in the least be unjustly dealt with.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Who is better in point of religion than he who resigneth himself unto GOD, and is a worker of righteousness, and followeth the law of Abraham the orthodox?  since GOD took Abraham for his friend:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and to God }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  whatsoever is in heaven and on earth; GOD comprehendeth all things.

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., Error, and false notions of religion.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Namely, All\'e2t, al Uzza, and Men\'e2t, the idols of the Meccans; or the angels, whom they called the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 daughters of}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD.}
{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as the original may be translated, a part }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 destined}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 predetermined}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  to be seduced by me.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which was done out of superstition by the old pagan Arabs.  Some more of this custom in the notes to the fifth chapter.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Either by maiming it, or putting it to uses not designed by the Creator.  Al Beid\'e2
wi supposes the text to intend not only the superstitious amputations of the ears and other parts of ca
ttle, but the castration of slaves, the marking their bodies with figures, by pricking and dyeing them with wood or indigo (as the Arabs did and still do), the sharpening their teeth by filing; and also sodomy, and the unnatural amours between those of th
e female sex, the worship of the sun, moon, and other parts of nature, and the like.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , By leaving the service of GOD, and doing the works of the devil.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, the promises of GOD are not to be gained by acting after your own fancies, nor yet a
fter the fancies of the Jews or Christians, but by obeying the commands of GOD.  This passage, they say, was revealed on a dispute which arose between those of the three religions, each preferring his own, and condemning the others.  Some, however, suppos
e the persons here spoken to in the second person were not the Mohammedans, but the idolaters.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Therefore the Mohammedans usually call that patriarch, as the scripture also does, Khal\'eel Allah, the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Friend of}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  God, and simply al Khal\'eel; and they tell the f
ollowing story: That Abraham in a time of dearth sent to a friend of his in Egypt for a supply of corn; but the friend denied him, saying in his excuse, that though there was a famine in their country also, yet had it been for Abraham\rquote 
s own family, he woul
d have sent what he desired, but he knew he wanted it only to entertain his guests and give away to the poor, according to his usual hospitality.  The servants whom Abraham had sent on this message, being ashamed to return empty, to conceal the matter fro
m
 their neighbours, filled their sacks with fine white sand, which in the east pretty much resembles meal.  Abraham being informed by his servants, on their return of their ill success, the concern he was under threw him into a sleep; and in the meantime S
arah, knowing nothing of what had happened, opening one of the sacks, found good flour in it, and immediately set out about making of bread.  Abraham awaking and smelling the new bread, asked her whence she had the flour?  }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Why}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , says she, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 from your friend in Egypt.  Nay, }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 replied the Patriarch, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
it must have come from no other than my friend}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Almighty}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 4  See the Prelim. Discourse, Sect. I.\tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin, Yahya,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 They will consult thee concerning women;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Answer, GOD instructeth you concerning them,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and that which is read unto you in the book }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the Koran}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  concerning female orphans, to whom ye give not that which is ordained them, neither will ye marry them,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and concerning weak infants,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and that ye observe justice towards orphans: whatever good ye do, GOD knoweth it.
\par      If a woman fear ill usage, or aversion from her husband, it shall be no crime in them if they agree the matter amicably between themselves;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for a reconciliation is better }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 than a separation}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Men's}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  souls are naturally inclined to covetousness:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but if ye be kind }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 towards women}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and fear }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to wrong them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, GOD is well acquainted with what ye do.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Ye can by no means carry yourselves equally between women }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in all respects}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, although ye study }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to do it;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  therefore turn not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a wife with all }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 manner of}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  aversion,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  nor leave her like one in suspense:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  if ye agree, and fear }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
to abuse your wives}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , GOD is gracious }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      but if they separate, GOD will satisfy }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  both of his abundance;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for GOD is extensive }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wise,
\par 130\tab and unto GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  whatsoever is in heaven and on earth.  We have already commanded those unto whom the scriptures were given before you, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
we command}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  you also, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Fear GOD; but if ye disbelieve, unto GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 whatsoever is in heaven and on earth; and GOD is self-sufficient,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to be praised;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      for unto GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  whatsoever is in heaven and on earth, and GOD is a sufficient protector.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      If he pleaseth he will take you away, O men, and will produce others }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in your stead;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for GOD is able to do this.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Whoso desireth the reward of this world, verily with GOD is the reward of this world, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 also}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of that which is to come; GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 both}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  heareth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  seeth.}{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , As to the share they are to have in the distribution of the inheritances 
of their deceased relations; for it seems that the Arabs were not satisfied with Mohammed\rquote s decision on this point, against the old customs.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , He hath already made his will known unto you, by revealing the passages concerning inheritances in the be
ginning of this chapter.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or the words may be rendered in the affirmative, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 and whom ye desire to marry}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
.  For the pagan Arabs used to wrong their female orphans in both instances; obliging them to marry against their inclinations, if they were beautiful or rich; or else not suffering them to marry at all, that they might keep what belonged to them.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, male children of tender years, to whom the Arabs, in the time of paganism, used to allow no share in the distribution of their parents\rquote  estate.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By the wife\rquote s remitting part of her dower or other dues.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  So that the woman, on the one side, is unwilling to part with any of her right; and the husband, on the other, cares not to retain one he has no affection for; or, if he should retain her, sh
e can scarce expect he will use her in all respects as he ought.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Though you cannot use her equally well with a beloved wife, yet observe some measures of justice towards her; for if a man is not able perfectly to perform his duty, he ought not, for that reason, entirely to neglect it.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or like one that neither has a husband, nor is divorced, and at liberty to marry elsewhere.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, either will bless them with a better and more advantageous match, or with peace and tranquility of mind.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Wanting the service of no creature.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e., }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
Either another race of men or a different species of creatures.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.  See D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. p. 14, and Morgan\rquote s Mahometism Explained, vol. i. p. 132.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.
\par 4  See before, p. 54, note }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 .\tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O true believers, observe justice when ye bear witness before GOD, although }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  against yourselves, or }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 your}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  parents, or relations; whether }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the party}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  be rich, or }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 whether he be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  poor; for GOD is more worthy
 than them both: therefore follow not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 your own}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  lust }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in bearing testimony}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  so that ye swerve }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from justice}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  And whether ye wrest }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 your evidence}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , or decline }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 giving it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , GOD is well acquainted with that which ye do.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O true believers, believe in GOD and his apostle, and the book which he hath caused to descend unto his apostle, and the book which he hath formerly sent down.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And whosoever believeth not in GOD, and his angels, and his scriptures, and his apostles, and the last day, he surely erreth in a wide mistake.
\par      Moreover they who believed, and afterwards became infidels, and then believed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 again}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and after that disbelieved, and increased in infidelity,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD will by no means forgive them, nor direct them into the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 right}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  way.
\par      Declare unto the ungodly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that they shall suffer a painful punishment.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They who take the unbelievers for their protectors, besides the faithful, do they seek for power with them? since all power belongeth unto GOD.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And he hath already revealed unto you, in the book }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the Kor\'e2n,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the following passage}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\endash When ye shall hear the signs of GOD, they shall not be believed, but they shall be laughed to scorn.  Therefore sit not with them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 who believe not}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, until they engage in different discourse; for }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 if ye do}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  ye will certainly }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 become}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 like unto them.  GOD will surely gather the ungodly and the unbelievers together in hell.
\par 140\tab They who wait }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to observe what befalleth }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 you, if victory be }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 granted}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  you from GOD, say, Were we not with you?}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   But if any advantage happen to the infidels, they say }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Were we not superior to you,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and have we not defended you against the believers?  GOD shall judge between you on the day of resurrection: and GOD will not grant the unbelievers means }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to prevail}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  over the faithful.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      The hypocrites act 
deceitfully with GOD, but he will deceive them; and when they stand up to pray, they stand carelessly, affecting to be seen of men, and remember not GOD, unless a little,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      wavering between }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 faith and infidelity, and adhering}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  neither unto these nor unto
 those:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and for him whom GOD shall lead astray thou shalt find no true path.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      O true believers, take not the unbelievers for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 protectors besides the faithful.  Will ye furnish GOD with an evident argument }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of impiety}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  against you?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is said that Abda\rquote llah Ebn Sal\'e2m and his companions told Mohammed that they believed in him, and his Kor\'e2
n, and in Moses, and the Pentateuch, and in Ezra, but no farther; whereupon this passage was revealed, declaring that a partial faith is little better than none at all, and that a true believer must believe in all GOD\rquote 
S prophets and revelations without exception.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These were the Jews, who first believed in Moses, and afterwards fell into idolatry by worshiping the golden calf; and though they repented of that,
 yet in after ages rejected the prophets who were sent to them, and particularly Jesus, the son of Mary, and now filled up the measure of their unbelief by rejecting of Mohammed.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Mohammed here means those who hypocritically pretended to believe in him but really did not, and by their treachery did great mischief to his party.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Cap. 6.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Did we not assist you?  Therefore give us part of the spoil.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Would not our army have cut you off if it had not been for our faint assistance, or rather desertion, of the Moslems, and our disheartening them?}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, with the tongue, and not with the heart.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Halting between two opinions, and being staunch friends neither to the Moslems nor the infidels.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 5  Idem.\tab \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2.  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Moreover the hypocrites shall be in the lowest bottom of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  fire,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and thou shalt not find any to help them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thence}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But they who repent and amend, and adhere firmly unto GOD, and approve the sincerity of their religion to GOD, they shall be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 numbered}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 with the faithful; and GOD will surely give the faithful a great reward.
\par      And how should GOD go about to punish you, if ye be thankful and believe? for GOD is grateful and wise.
\par      GOD loveth not the speaking ill }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of any one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in public, unless he who is injured }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 call for assistance;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and GOD heareth and knoweth:

\par      whether ye publish a good }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 action}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , or conceal it, or forgive evil, verily GOD is gracious }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  powerful.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They who believe not in GOD, and his apostles, and would make a distinction between GOD and his apostles,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and say, We believe in some }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the prophets}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and reject others of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and seek to take a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 middle}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  way in this }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 matter;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 150\tab these are really unbelievers: and we have prepared for the unbelievers an ignominious punishment.
\par      But they who believe in GOD and his apostles, and make no distinction between any of them, unto those will we surely give their reward; and GOD is gracious }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  merciful.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They who have received the scriptures}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  will demand of thee, that thou cause a book to descend unto them from heaven: they formerly asked of Moses a greater }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thing}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  than this: for they said, Show us GOD visibly.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Wherefore a storm of fire from heaven destroyed them, because of their iniquity.  Then they took the calf }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for their God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 after that evident proofs }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the divine unity}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  had come unto them: but we forgave }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 that, and gave Moses a manifest power }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to punish them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      And we lifted the mountain }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of Sinai}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  over them,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 when we exacted from them}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  their covenant; and said unto them, Enter the gate }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the city}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  worshipping.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  We also said unto them, Transgress not on the Sabbath-day.  And we received from them a firm covenant, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 that they would observe these things}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Therefore for that}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they have made void their covenant, and
 have not believed in the signs of GOD, and have slain the prophets unjustly, and have said, Our hearts are circumcised; (but GOD hath sealed them up, because of their unbelief; therefore they shall not believe, except a few }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of them:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 )
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and for that they have not believed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in Jesus}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, and have spoken against Mary a grievous calumny;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Preliminary Discourse, Sect. IV.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See c. 2, p. 31, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, the Jews; who demanded of Mohammed, as a proof of his mission, that they might see a boo
k of revelations descend to him from heaven, or that he would produce one written in a celestial character, like the two tables of Moses.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 2, p. 6.
\par \tab This story seems to be an addition to what Moses says of the seventy elders, who went up to the mountain with him, and with Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and saw the GOD of Israel.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 2, p. 6.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See ibid. p. 6, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See ibid. p. 8.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See ibid. p. 7.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   There being nothing in the following words of this sentence, to answer to the causal }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 for that}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Jallalo\rquote 
ddin supposes something to be understood to complete the sense, as }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 therefore we have cursed them}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or the like.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By accusing her of fornication.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Exod. xxiv. 9, 10, 11.\tab \tab 2  See the Kor. c. 19, and that virulent book entitled Toldoth Jesu.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and have said, Verily we have slain Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the apostle of GOD; yet they slew him not, neither crucified him, but he was represented }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by one}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in his likeness;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and verily they who disagreed concerning him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  were in a doubt as to this }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 matter}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and had no }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 sure}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  knowledge thereof, but followed only an }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 uncertain}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  opinion.  They did not really kill him; but GOD took him up unto himself: and GOD is mighty }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par      And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall not be one}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of those who have received the scriptures, who shall not believe in him, before his death;}
{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and on the day of resurrection he shall be a witness against them.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Because of the iniquity of those who Judaize, we have forbidden them good things, which had been }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 formerly}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  allowed them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and because they shut out many from the way of GOD, and have taken usury, which was forbidden them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by the law}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, and devoured men's substance vainly: we have prepared for such of them as are unbelievers a painful punishment.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 160\tab But those among them who are well grounded in knowledge,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and the faithful, who believe in that which hath been sent down unto thee, and that which hath been sent down }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto the prophets}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 before thee, and who observe the stated times of prayer, and give alms, and believe in GOD and the last day unto these will we give a great reward.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily we have revealed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our will}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto thee, as we have revealed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 unto Noah and the prophets who succeeded him; and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  we revealed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto Abraham, and Ismael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the tr
ibes, and unto Jesus, and Job, and Jonas, and Aaron, and Solomon; and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 we have given thee the Koran, as}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  we gave the psalms unto David:
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 some}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  apostles }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 have we sent}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , whom we have formerly mentioned unto thee; and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 other}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  apostles }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 have we sent}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , whom we have not mentioned unto thee; and GOD spake unto Moses, discoursing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with him;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 

\par      apostles declaring good tidings, and denouncing threats, lest men should have an argument }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of excuse}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  against GOD, after the apostles }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 had been sent unto them;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD is mighty }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par      GOD is witness of that }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 revelation}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which he hath sent down unto thee; he sent it down with his }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 special}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 knowledge: the angels also are witnesses }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereof;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  but GOD is a sufficient witness.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They who believe not, and turn aside }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 others}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  from the way o
f GOD, have erred in a wide mistake.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 3, p. 38, and the notes there.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For some maintained that he was justly and really crucified; some insisted that it was not Jesus who suffered, but another who resembled him in the face, pretending th
e other parts of his body, by their unlikeness, plainly discovered the imposition; some said he was taken up into heaven; and others, that his manhood only suffered, and that his godhead ascended into heaven.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage is expounded two ways.
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab Some, referring the relative }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
, to the first antecedent, take the meaning to be, that no Jew or Christian shall die before he believes in Jesus: for they say, that when one of either of those religions is ready to breathe his last, and sees the angel of death
 before him, he shall then believe in that prophet as he ought, though his faith will not then be of any avail.  According to a tradition of Hej\'e2j, when a Jew is expiring, the angels will strike him on the back and face, and say to him, }{
\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 O thou enemy of}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261  GOD, }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 Jesus was sent as a prophet unto thee, and thou didst not believe on him;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261  to which he will answer, }{
\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 I now believe him to be the servant of}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261  GOD; and to a dying Christian they will say, }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 Jesus was sent as a prophet unto thee, and thou hast imagined him to be }{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 GOD, }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 or the son of}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261  GOD; whereupon he will believe him to be the servant of GOD only, and his apostle.
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab Others, taking the above-mentioned relative to refer to Jesus, suppose the intent of the passage to be, that all Jews and Christians in general shall ha
ve a right faith in that prophet before his death, that is, when he descends from heaven and returns into the world, where he is to kill Antichrist, and to establish the Mohammedan religion, and a most perfect tranquility and security on earth.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Against the Jews, for rejecting him; and against the Christians, for calling him GOD, and the son of GOD.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 3, p. 38 and 42, and the notes there.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As Abda\rquote llah Ebn Sal\'e2m, and his companions.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin, Yahya, al Zamakhshari, and al Beid\'e2wi.  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Verily those who believe not, and act unjustly, GOD will by no means forgive, neither will he direct them into }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 any other}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  way,
\par      than the way of hell; they shall remain therein forever: and this is easy with GOD.
\par      O men, now is the apostle come unto you, with truth from your LORD; believe therefore, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it will be }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 better for you.  But if ye disbelieve, verily unto GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belongeth
}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  whatsoever }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in heaven and on earth; and GOD is knowing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O ye who have received the scriptures, exceed not the just bounds in your religion,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  neither say of GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 any other}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  than the truth.  Verily Christ Jesus the son of Mary }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the apostle of GOD, and his Word, which he conveyed into Mary, and a spirit }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 proceeding}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from him.  Believe therefore in GOD, and his apostles, and say not, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 There are }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  three }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Gods;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  forbear }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 this;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 it will be better for you.  GOD is but one GOD.  Far be it from him that he should have a son! unto him }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 belongeth }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 whatever }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is }{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in heaven and on earth; and GOD is a sufficient protector.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 170\tab Christ doth not proudly disdain to be a servant unto GOD; neither the angels who approach near }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to his presence:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      and whoso disdaineth his service, and is puffed up with pride, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  will gather them all to himself, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 on the last day}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Unto those who believe, and do that which is right, he shall give their rewards, and shall }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 superabundantly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 add unto them of his liberality: but those who are disdainful and proud, he will punish with a grievous punishment;
\par      and they shall not find any to protect or to help them, besides GOD.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O men, now is an evident proof come unto you from your LORD, and we have sent down unto you manifest light.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   They who believe in GOD and firmly adhere
 to him, he will lead them into mercy from him, and abundance; and he will direct them in the right way to himself.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They will consult thee }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for thy decision in certain cases;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  say }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , GOD giveth you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 these}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  determinations, concerning the more remote degrees of kindred.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   If a man die without issue, and have a sister, she shall have the half of what he shall leave:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and he shall be heir to her,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in case she have no issue.  But if there be two }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 sisters}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they shall have }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 between them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 two third parts of what he shall leave; and if there be }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 several, both}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  brothers and sisters, a male shall have as much as the portion of two females.  GOD declareth unto you }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 these precepts, }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 lest ye err: and GOD knoweth all things.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Either by rejecting and contemning of Jesus as the Jews do; or raising him to an equality with GOD, as do the Christians.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Namely, God, Jesus, and Mary.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  For the eastern writers mention a sect of Christians which held the Trinity to be composed of those three;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  but it is allowed that this heresy has been long since extinct.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The passage, however, is equally levelled against the Holy Trinity, according to the doctrine of the orthodox Christians, who, as al Beid\'e2
wi acknowledges, believe the divine nature to consist of three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; by the Father understanding GOD\rquote S essence; by the Son his knowledge, and by the Holy Ghost his life.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, Mohammed and his Kor\'e2n.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., Into the religion of Isl\'e2m, in this world, and the way to paradise in the next.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the beginning of this chapter, p. 53.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   And the other half will go to the public treasury.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, he shall inherit her whole substance.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 1  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin, Yahya.\tab \tab 2  Elmacin. p. 227.  Eutych. p. 120.  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. II\tab \tab 3  Ahmed Ebn Abd\rquote al Halim.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page   }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER V.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE TABLE;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MEDINA.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn4\insrsid14382261      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 O TRUE believers, perform your contracts.  Ye are allowed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to eat}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the brute cattle,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  other than what ye are commanded }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to abstain from; }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 except the game which ye are allowed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 at other times, but not}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  while ye are on pilgrimage }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to Mecca;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD ordaineth that which he pleaseth.
\par      O true believers, violate not the holy rites of GOD,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  nor the sacred month,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  nor the offering, nor the ornaments hung }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thereon}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  nor those who are travelling to the holy house, seeking favor from their LORD, and to please }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par      But when ye shall have finished }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your pilgrimage;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  then hunt.  And let not the malice of some, in that they hindered you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from entering}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the sacred temple,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  provoke you to transgress, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by taking revenge on them in the sacred months}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
.  Assist one another according to justice and piety, but assist not one another in injustice and malice: therefore fear GOD; for GOD is severe in punishing.
\par      Ye are forbidden }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to eat}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that which dieth of itself, and blood, and swine's flesh, and that on which the name of any besides GOD hath been invocated;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and that which hath been strangled, or killed by a blow, or by a fall, or by the horns }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of another beast}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and that which hath been eaten by a wild beast,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  except what ye shall kill }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 yourselves;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and that which hath been sacrificed unto idols.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 It is likewise unlawful for you}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to make division by casting lots with arrows.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   This is an impiety.  On this day,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  woe be unto those who have apostatized from their religion; therefore fear not them, but fear me.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      This day have I perfected your religion for you,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and have completed my mercy upon you;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and I have chosen for you Islam, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be your}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 religion.  But whosoever shall be driven by necessity through hunger, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to eat of what we have forbidden}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , not designing to sin, surely GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will be}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  indulgent }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto him.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The title is taken from the Table, which, towards the end of the chapter, is fabled to have been let down from heaven to Jesus.  It is sometimes also called the chapter of }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Contracts}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which word occurs in the first verse.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As camels, oxen, and sheep; and also wild cows, antelopes, &c.;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  but not swine, nor what is t
aken in hunting during the pilgrimage.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , The ceremonies used in the pilgrimage of Mecca.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. VII.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The offering here meant is the sheep led to Mecca, to be there sacrificed, about the neck of which they used to hang g
arlands, green boughs, or some other ornament, that it may be distinguished as a thing sacred.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   In the expedition of Al Hodeibiya.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For the idolatrous Arabs used, in killing any animal for food, to consecrate it, as it were, to their idols, by saying, In the name of All\'e2t, or al Uzza.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or by a creature trained up to hunting.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, unless ye come up time enough to find life in the animal, and to cut its throat.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The word also signifies certain stones, which the pagan Arabs used to set up near their houses, and on which they superstitiously slew animals, in honour of their gods.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See Prelim. Disc. Sect. V.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage, it is said, was revealed on Friday evening, being the day of the pilgrims visiting Mount Arafat, the last time Mohammed visited the temple of Mecca, therefore called the }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 pilgrimage of valediction}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   And therefore the commentators say, that after this time, no positive or negative precept was given.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By having given you a true and perfect religion; or, by the
 taking of Mecca, and the destruction of idolatry.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin, al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV.\tab \tab 3  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. II.
\par 4  See c. 2, p. 18.\tab \tab 5  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 6  Idem.\tab \tab 7  Idem.  See Prid. Life of Mahom. p. 99.
\par 1  Vide Abulfed. Vit. Moh. p. 131.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 They will ask thee what is allowed them as }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 lawful to eat?}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Answer, Such things as are good}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  are allowed you; and what ye shall teach animals of prey }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to catch}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 training them up for hunting after the manner of dogs, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  teaching them according to the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 skill}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 which GOD hath taught you.  Eat therefore of that which they shall catch for you; and commemorate the name of GOD thereon;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and fear GOD, for GOD is swift in taking an account.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      This day are ye allowed to eat such things as are good, and the food of those to whom the scriptures were given}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  is }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  allowed as lawful unto you; and your food is allowed as lawful unto them.  And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ye are also allowed to marry}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  free women that are believers, and also free women of those who have received the scriptures before you, when ye shall have assigned them their dower; living chastely }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with them}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , neither committing fornication, nor taking }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 them for}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  concubines.  Whoever shall renounce the faith, his work shall be vain, and in the next life he shal
l be of those who perish.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
     O true believers, when ye prepare yourselves to pray, wash your faces, and your hands unto the elbows; and rub your heads, and your feet unto the ankles;
\par      and if ye be polluted by having lain with a woman, wash yourselves }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 all over}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  But if ye be sick, or on a journey, or any of you cometh from the privy, or }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 if}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  ye have touched women, and ye find no water, take fine clean sand, and rub your faces and your hands therewith; GOD would not put a difficulty upon you; but he desir
eth to purify you, and to complete his favor upon you, that ye may give thanks.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 10\tab Remember the favor of GOD towards you, and his covenant which he hath made with you, when ye said, We have heard, and will obey.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Therefore fear God, for God knoweth the innermost parts of the breasts }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of men}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      O true believers, observe justice when ye appear as witnesses before GOD, and let not hatred towards any induce you to do wrong: }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 but}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 act justly; this will approach nearer unto piety; and fear GOD, for GOD is fully acquainted with what ye do.
\par      GOD hath promised unto those who believe, and do that which is right, that they shall receive pardon and a great reward.
\par      But they who believe not, and accuse our signs of falsehood, they shall be the companions of hell.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
     O true believers, remember God's favor towards you, when certain men designed to stretch forth their hands against you, but he restrained their hands from }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hurting}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  you;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  therefore fear GOD and in GOD let the faithful trust.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Not such as are filthy, or unwholesome.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Whether beasts or birds.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Either when ye let go the hound, hawk, or other animal, after the game; or when ye kill it.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., Slain or dressed by Jews or Christians.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These words are the form used at the inauguration of a prince; and Mohammed here intends the oath of fidelity which his followers had taken to him at al Akaba.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The commentators tell several stories as the occasion of this passage.  One says, that Mohammed and some of his followers being at Osf\'e2n (a place not
 far from Mecca, in the way to Medina), and performing their noon devotions, a company of idolaters, who were in view, repented they had not taken that opportunity of attacking them, and therefore waited till the hour of evening prayer, intending to fall 
upon them then: but GOD defeated their design, by revealing the verse of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 fear}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
.  Another relates, that the prophet going to the tribe of Koreidha (who were Jews) to levy a fine for the blood of two Moslems, who had been killed by mistake, by Amru Ebn Ommeya 
al Dimri, they desired him to sit down and eat with them, and they would pay the fine; Mohammed complying with their request, while he was sitting, they laid a design against his life, one Amru Ebn Jah\'e2
sh undertaking to throw a millstone upon him; but GOD 
withheld his hand, and Gabriel immediately descended to acquaint the prophet with their treachery, upon which he rose up and went his way.  A third story is, that Mohammed having hung up his arms on a tree, under which he was resting himself, and his comp
anions being dispersed some distance from him, an Arab of the desert came up to him and drew his sword, saying, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Who hindereth me from killing thee?}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 To which Mohammed answered, GOD; and Gabriel beating the sword out of the Arab\rquote s hand, Mohammed took it up, and asked him the same question, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Who hinders me from killing thee?}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 the Arab replied, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 nobody}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and immediately professed Mohammedism.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Ab\'fblfeda}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  tells the same story, with some variation of circumstances.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 2  Vide Abulfed. ibid. p. 43, and the Prelim. Disc. Sect. II.\tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Vit. Moh. p. 73.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 GOD formerly accepted the covenant of the children of Israel, and we appointed out of them twelve leaders: and GOD said, Verily I am with you:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 if ye observe prayer, and give alms, and believe in my apostles, and assist them, and lend unto GOD on good usury,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  I will surely expiate your evil }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 deeds}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from you, and I will lead you into gardens, wherein rivers flow: but he among you who disbelieveth after this, erreth from the straight path.
\par      Wherefore because they have broken their covenant, we have cursed them, and hardened their hearts; they dislocate the words }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the Pentateuch}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 from their places, and have forgotten part of what they were admonished; and thou wilt not cease to discover deceitful practices among them, except a few of them.  But forgive them,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and pardon them, for GOD loveth the beneficent.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And from those who say, We are Christians, we have received their covenant; but they have forgotten part of what they were admonished; wherefore we
 have raised up enmity and hatred among them, till the day of resurrection; and GOD will }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 then}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  surely declare unto them what they have been doing.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O ye who have received the scriptures, now is our apostle come unto you, to make manifest unto you many }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 things}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which ye concealed in the scriptures;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and to pass over}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  many }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 things}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  Now is light and a perspicuous book }
{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of revelations}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  come unto you from God.  Thereby will GOD direct him who shall follow his good pleasure, into the paths of peace; and shall lead
 them out of darkness into light, by his will, and shall direct them in the right way.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They are infidels, who say, Verily GOD is Christ the son of Mary.  Say unto them, And who could obtain anything from GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to the contrary}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , if he pleased to destroy C
hrist the son of Mary, and his mother, and all those who are on the earth?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 20\tab For unto GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the kingdom of heaven and earth, and whatsoever }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is contained}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  between them; he createth what he pleaseth, and GOD is almighty.}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   After the Israelites had
 escaped from Pharaoh, GOD ordered them to go against Jericho, which was then inhabited by giants, of the race of the Canaanites, promising to give it into their hands; and Moses, by the divine direction, appointed a prince or captain over each tribe, to 
lead them in that expedition,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and when they came to the borders of the land of Canaan, sent the captains as spies to get information of the state of the country, enjoining them secresy; but they being terrified at the prodigious size and strength of the in
habitants, disheartened the people by publicly telling them what they had seen, except only Caleb the son of Yufanna (Jephunneh) and Joshua the son of Nun.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By contributing towards this holy war.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, if they repent and believe, or submit to pay tribute.  Some, however, think these words are abrogated by the verse of the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 sword}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Such as the verse of stoning adulterers,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  the description of Mohammed, and Christ\rquote 
s prophecy of him by the name of Ahmed.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Those which it was not necessary to restore.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 3  See Numb. i. 4. 5.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.  Numb. xiii. and xiv\tab \tab 5  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 6  See c. 3, p. 34.
\par 7  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 The Jews and the Christians say, We are the children of GOD and his beloved.  Answer, Why therefore doth he punish you for y
our sins?  Nay, but ye are men, of those whom he hath created.  He forgiveth whom he pleaseth, and punisheth whom he pleaseth; and unto GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the kingdom of heaven and earth, and of what }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is contained}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  between them both; and unto him shall }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 all things}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  return.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O ye who have received the scriptures, now is our apostle come unto you, declaring unto you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the true religion}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , during the cessation of apostles,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  lest ye should say, There came unto us no bearer of good tidings, nor any warner: but now is a bearer of good tidings, and a warner come unto you; for GOD is almighty.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Call to mind}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when Moses said unto his people, O my people, remember the favor of GOD towards you, since he hath appointed prophets among you, and constituted you kings,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and bestowed on you what he hath given to no }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  nation in the world.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      O my people, enter the holy land, which GOD hath decreed you, and turn not your backs, lest ye be subverted and perish.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They answered, O Moses, verily there are a gigantic people in the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 land;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and we will by no means enter it, until they depart thence; but if they depart thence, then will we enter }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 therein}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  two men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of those who feared GOD, unto whom GOD had been gracious, said, Enter ye upon them }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 suddenly by}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the gate }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the city; }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and when ye shall have entered the same, ye shall surely be victorious: therefore trust in GOD, if ye are true believers.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They replied, O Moses, we will never enter }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the land}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , while they remain therein: go therefore thou, and thy LORD, and fight; for we will sit here.
\par      Moses said, O LORD, surely I am not master of any except myself, and my brother; therefore make a distinction between us and the ungodly people.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      GOD answered, Verily the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 land}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall be forbidden them forty years; }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 during which time}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they shall wander }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 like men astonished}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on the earth;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  therefore be not thou solicitous for the ungodly people.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Arabic word }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 al Fatra}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 signifies the intermediate space of time between two prophets, during which no new revelation or dispensation
 was given; as the interval between Moses and Jesus, and between Jesus and Mohammed, at the expiration of which last, Mohammed pretended to be sent.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This was fulfilled either by GOD\rquote S giving them a kingdom, and a long series of princes; or by his having made them }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 kings}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 masters}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  of themselves, by delivering them from the Egyptian bondage.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Having divided the Red Sea for you, and guided you by a cloud, and fed you with quails and manna, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The largest of these giants, the commentators say, was 
Og, the son of Anak; concerning whose enormous stature, his escaping the Flood, and the manner of his being slain by Moses, the Mohammedans relate several absurd fables.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Namely, Caleb and Joshua.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators pretend that the Israelites, while
 they thus wandered in the desert, were kept within the compass of about eighteen (or as some say twenty-seven) miles; and that though they travelled from morning to night, yet they constantly found themselves the next day at the place from whence they se
t out.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Vide Marraacc. in Alcor. p. 231, &c.  D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. p. 336.\tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 30\tab Relate unto them also the history of the two sons of Adam,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with truth.  When they offered}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  offering, and it was accepted from one of them,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and was not accepted from the other, Cain said }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to his brother}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , I will certainly kill thee.  Abel answered, GOD only accepteth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the offering}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the pious;
\par      if thou stretchest forth thy hand against me, to slay me, I will not stretch forth my hand against thee, to slay thee; for I fear GOD, the LORD of all creatures.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      I choose that thou shouldest bear my iniquity and thine own iniquity; and that thou become a companion of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  fire; for that is the reward of the unjust.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      But his soul suffered him to slay his brother, and he slew him;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wherefore he became }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the number}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of those who perish.

\par      And GOD sent a raven, which scratched the earth, to show him how he should hide the shame of his brother,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 he said, Woe is me! am I unable to be like this raven, that I may hide my brother's shame? and he became }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of those who repent.
\par      Wherefore we commanded the children of Israel, that he who slayeth a soul, without having slain a soul, or committed wickedness in the earth,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  as if he had slain all mankind:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but he who saveth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a soul}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  alive, }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  as if he had saved the lives of all mankind.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Our apostles formerly came unto them, with evident }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 miracles;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 then were many of them after this, transgressors on the earth.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      But the recompense of those who fight against GOD and his apostle, and study to act corruptly in the earth, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , that they shall be slain, or crucified, or have their hands and their feet cut off on the opposite }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 sides}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or be banished the land.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   This shall be their disgrace in this world, and in the  next world they shall suffer a grievous punishment;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      except those who shall repent, before ye prevail against them; for know that GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 inclined to forgive, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 merciful.}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., Cain and Abel, whom the Mohammedans call K\'e2bil and H\'e2bil.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The occasion of their making this offering is thus related, according to the common tradition in the east.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Each of them being born with a twin sister, when they were grown up, Adam, by God\rquote s direction, ordered Cain to marry Abel\rquote s twin sister, and that Abel should marry Cain\rquote 
s (for it being the common opinion that marriages ought not to be had in the nearest degrees of consanguinity, since they must necessarily marry their sisters, it seemed reasonable to 
suppose they ought to take those of the remoter degree), but this Cain refusing to agree to, because his own sister was the handsomest, Adam ordered them to make their offerings to GOD, thereby referring the dispute to his determination.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators say Cain\rquote s offering was a sheaf of the very worst of his corn, but Abel\rquote s a fat lamb, of the best of his flock.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Namely, from Abel, whose sacrifice GOD declared his acceptance of in a visible manner, by causing fire to descend from heaven and consume it, without touching that of Cain.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   To enhance Abel\rquote s patience, al Beid\'e2wi tells us, that he was the stronger of the two, and could easily have prevailed against his brother.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The conversation between the two brothers is related somewhat to the same purpose in the Jerusalem Targum and that of Jonathan ben Uzziel.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some say he knocked out his brains with a stone;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and pretend that as Cain was considering which way he should effect the murder, the devil appeared to him in a human shape, and showed him how to do it, by crushing the head of a bird between two stones.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.,}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 His dead corpse.  For Cain, having committed this fratricide, became exceedingly troubled in his mind, and carried the dead body about on his shoulders for a considerable time, n
ot knowing where to conceal it, till it stank horridly; and then God taught him to bury it by the example of a raven, who having killed another raven in his presence, dug a pit with his claws and beak, and buried him therein.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}
{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For this circumstance of the raven Mohammed was beholden to the Jews, who tell the same story, except only that they make the raven to appear to Adam, and that he thereupon buried his son.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Such as idolatry, or robbing on the highway.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Having broken the commandment which forbids the shedding of blood.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The lawyers are not agreed as to the applying of these punishments.  But the commentators suppose that they who commit murder only are to be put to death in the ordinary way; those who murder and rob too, to be crucified; tho
se who rob without committing murder, to have their right hand and their left foot cut off; and they who assault persons and put them in fear, to be banished.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  It is also a doubt whether they who are to be crucified shall be crucified alive, or be first put to death, or whether they shall hang on the cross till they die.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 2  Vide Abulfarag, p. 6, 7; Eutych. Annal. p. 15, 16; and D\rquote Herbelot, Bibl. Orient. Art. Cabil.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.
\par 4  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 5  Vide Eutych. ubi supra.\tab \tab 6  Vide D\rquote Herbelot, ubi sup.\tab \tab 7  Jallalo\rquote ddin, al Beid\'e2wi.
\par 8  Vide R. Eliezer, Pirke, c. 20.\tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O true believers, fear GOD, and earnestly desire a near conjunction with him, and fight for his religion, that ye may be happy.
\par 40\tab Moreover they who believe not, although they had whatever }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 in the earth, and as much more withal, that they might therewith redeem themselves from punishment on the day of resurrection; it shall not be accepted from them, but they shall suffer a painful punishment.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They shall desire to go forth from the fire, but they shall not go forth from it, and their punishment shall be permanent.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      If a man or a woman steal, cut off their hands,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in retribution for that which they have committed; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 this is}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  an exemplary punishment }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 appointed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  by GOD; and GOD is mighty }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par      But whoever shall repent after his iniquity, and amend, verily GOD will be turned unto him,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 inclined to forgive, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Dost thou not know that the kingdom of heaven and earth is GOD'S?  He punisheth whom he pleaseth, and he pardoneth whom he pleaseth; for GOD is almighty.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O apostle, let not them grieve thee, who hasten to infidelity,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 either}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 of those who say, We believe, with their mouths, but whose hearts believe not;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  or of the Jews, who hearken to a lie, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 hearken to other people;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 who}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  come unto thee: they pervert the words }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the law}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from their }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 true}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  places,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 say, If this be brought unto you, receive it; but if it be not brought unto you, beware }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of receiving aught else;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and in behalf of him whom GOD shall resolve to seduce, thou shalt not prevail with GOD at all.  They whose hearts GOD shall not please to cleanse shall suffer shame in this world, and a grievous punishment in the next:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      who hearken to a lie, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  eat that which is forbidden.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   But if they come unto thee }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for judgment}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , either judge between them, or leave them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and if thou leave them, they shall not hurt thee at all.  But if thou }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 undertake to}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  judge, judge between them with e
quity; for GOD loveth those who observe justice.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   But this punishment, according to the Sonna, is not to be inflicted, unless the value of the thing stolen amount to four }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 din\'e2rs}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or about forty shillings.  For the first offence, the criminal is to lose
 his right hand, which is to be cut off at the wrist; for the second offence, his left foot, at the ankle; for the third, his left hand; for the fourth, his right foot; and if he continue to offend, he shall be scourged at the discretion of the judge.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  
 That is, GOD will not punish him for it hereafter; but his repentance does not supersede the execution of the law here, nor excuse him from making restitution.  Yet, according to al Sh\'e2fe\'ef
, he shall not be punished if the party wronged forgive him before he be carried before a magistrate.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Who take the first opportunity to throw off the mask, and join the unbelievers.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., The hypocritical Mohammedans.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These words are capable of two senses; and may either mean that they attended to the l
ies and forgeries of their Rabbins, neglecting the remonstrances of Mohammed; or else, that they came to hear Mohammed as spies only, that they might report what he said to their companions, and represent him as a liar.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 4, p. 59, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  That is, if what Mohammed tells you agrees with scripture, as corrupted and dislocated by us, then you may accept it as the word of GOD; but if not, reject it.  These words, it is said, relate to the sentence pronounced by that prophet on an adulterer a
nd an adulteress,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 both persons of some figure among the Jews.  For they, it seems, though they referred the matter to Mohammed, yet directed the persons who carried the criminals before him, that if he ordered them to be scourged, and to have their faces 
blackened (by way of ignominy), they should acquiesce in his determination; but in case he condemned them to be stoned, they should not.  And Mohammed pronouncing the latter sentence against them, they refused to execute it, till Ebn S\'fb
riya (a Jew), who was called upon to decide the matter, acknowledged the law to be so\endash whereupon they were stoned at the door of the mosque.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some understand this of unlawful meats; but others of taking or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 devouring}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , as it is expressed, of usury and bribes.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab g  }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Take
 thy choice, whether thou wilt determine their differences or not.  Hence al Sh\'e2fe\'ef
 was of opinion that a judge was not obliged to decide causes between Jews or Christians; though if one or both of them be tributaries, or under the protection of the Mohammedans, they are obliged: this verse not regarding them.  Abu Han\'ee
fa, however, thought that the magistrates were obliged to judge all cases which were submitted to them.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab 4  Jallalo\rquote ddin, Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 5  Idem.\tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  See c. 3, p. 34, note }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 4  Idem.\tab \tab 6  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And how will they submit to thy decision, since they have the law, containing the judgment of GOD?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Then will they turn their backs, after this;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but those are not true believers.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      We have surely sent down the law, containing direction, and light: thereby did the prophets, who professed the true religion, judge those who judaized; and the doctors and priests }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 also judged}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  by the book of GOD, which had been committed to their custody; and they were witnesses thereof.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Therefore fear not men, but fear me; neither sell my signs for a small price.  And whoso judgeth not according to what GOD hath revealed, they are infidels.
\par      We have therein commanded them, that }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 they}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 should give}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  life for life,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and eye for eye, and nose for nose, and ear for ear, and tooth for tooth; and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 that}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wounds }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 should also be punished by}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  retaliation:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but whoever should remit it as alms, it }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 should be accepted as}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 an atonement for him.  And whoso judgeth not according to what GOD hath revealed, they are unjust.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 50\tab We also caused Jesus the son of Mary to follow the footsteps of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the prophets}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , confirming the law which }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 was sent down}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  before him; and we gave him the gospel, containing direction and light; confirming also the law which }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 was given}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  before i
t, and a direction and admonition unto those who fear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      that they who have received the gospel might judge according to what GOD hath revealed therein: and whoso judgeth not according to what GOD hath revealed, they are transgressors.
\par      We have also sent down unto thee the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the Koran}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with truth, confirming that scripture which }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 was revealed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 before it; and preserving the same safe }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from corruption}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  Judge therefore between them according to that which GOD hath revealed; and follow not their desires, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
by swerving}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  from the truth which hath come unto thee.  Unto every of you have we given a law, and an open path;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and if GOD had pleased, he had surely made you one people;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 he hath thought fit to give you different laws}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , that he might try you in that which he hath given you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 respectively}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
.  Therefore strive to excel each other in good works: unto GOD shall ye all return, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 then}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  will he declare unto you that concerning which ye have disagreed.}{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   In the following passage Mohammed endeavours
 to answer the objections of the Jews and Christians, who insisted that they ought to be judged, the former by the law of Moses, and the latter by the gospel.  He allows that the law was the proper rule of judging till the coming revelation of the Kor\'e2
n, w
hich is so far from being contradictory to either of the former, that it is more full and explicit; declaring several points which had been stifled or corrupted therein, and requiring a rigorous execution of the precepts in both, which had been too remiss
ly observed, or rather neglected, by the latter professors of those religions.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, notwithstanding their outward submission, they will not abide by thy sentence, though conformable to the law, if it contradict their own false and loose decisions.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As gainsaying the doctrine of the books which they acknowledge for scripture.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, vigilant, to prevent any corruptions therein.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original word is }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 soul}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See Exod. xxi. 24, &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, He had given you the same laws, which should have continued in force through all ages, without being abolished or changed by new dispensations; or he could have forced you all to embrace the Mohammedan religion.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Idem.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \page }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Wherefore }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 do thou, O prophet,}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 judge between them according to that which GOD hath revealed, and follow not their desires; but beware of them, lest they cause thee to err}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from part of those }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
precepts}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which GOD hath sent down unto thee; and if they turn back,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  know that GOD is pleased to punish them for some of their crimes; f
or a great number of men are transgressors.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Do they therefore desire the judgment of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the time of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  ignorance?}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but who is better than GOD, to judge between people who reason aright?
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      O true believers, take not the Jews or Christians for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  friends; they are friends the one to the other; but whoso among you taketh them for }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  friends, he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  surely }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of them: verily GOD directeth not unjust people.

\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Thou shalt see those in whose hearts there is an infirmity, to hasten unto them, saying, We fear lest some adversity befall us;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but it is easy for GOD to give victory, or a command from him,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that they may repent of that which they concealed in their minds.
\par      And they who believe will say, Are these }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the men}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  who have sworn by GOD, with a most firm oath, that they surely }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 held}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 with you?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  their works are become vain, and they are of those who perish.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O true believers, whoever of you apostatizeth from his religion, GOD will certainly bring }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 other}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  people }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to supply his place}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  whom he will love, and who will love him; }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 who shall be }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 humble towards the believers; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 but}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 severe to the unbelievers: they shall fight for the religion of GOD, and shall not fear the obloquy of the detractor.  This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the bounty of GOD, he bestoweth it on whom he pleaseth: GOD }
{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  extensive }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wise.}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  It is related that certain of the Jewish priests came to Mohammed with a design to entrap him; and having first represented to him that if they acknowledged him for a prophet, the rest of the Jews would certainly follow their example, made this proposal
\endash that if he would give judgment for them in a controversy of moment which they pretended to have with their own people, and which was agreed to be referred to his decision, they would believe him; but this Mohammed absolutely refused
 to comply with.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or refuse to be judged by the Kor\'e2n.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  That is, to be judged according to the customs of paganism, which indulge the passions and vicious appetites of mankind: for this, it seems, was demanded by the Jewish tribes of Koreidha and al Nad\'eer.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These were the words of Ebn Obba, who, when Ob\'e2dah Ebn al S\'e2
mat publicly renounced the friendship of the infidels, and professed that he took GOD and his apostle for his patrons, said that he was a man apprehensive of the fickleness of fortune
, and therefore would not throw off his old friends, who might be of service to him hereafter.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   To extirpate and banish the Jews; or to detect and punish the hypocrites.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These words may be spoken by the Mohammedans either to one another or to the Jews, since these hypocrites had given their oaths to both.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This is one of those accidents which, it is pretended, were foretold by the Kor\'e2
n long before they came to pass.  For in the latter days of Mohammed, and after his death, considerable numbers of the Arabs quitted his religion, and returned to Paganism, Judaism, or Christianity.  Al Beid\'e2
wi reckons them up in the following order.  1.  Three companies of Banu Modlaj, seduced by Dhu\rquote lham\'e2r al Aswad al Ansi, who set up for a prophet in Yaman, and grew very powerful there.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  2.  Banu Honeifa, who followed the famous false prophet Moseilama.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  3.  Banu Asad, who acknowledged Toleiha Ebn Khowailed, another Banu Asad, who acknowledged Toleiha Ebn Khowailed, another pretender to divine revelation,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  for t
heir prophet.  All these fell off in Mohammed\rquote s lifetime.  The following, except only the last, apostatized in the reign of Abu Becr.  4.  Certain of the tribe of Fez\'e2rah, headed by Oyeyma Ebn Hosein.  5.  Some of the tribe of Ghatf\'e2
n, whose leader was Korrah Ebn Salma.  6.  Banu Soleim, who followed al Faj\'e2ah Ebn Ad Yal\'eel.  7.  Banu Yarbu, whose captain was Malec Ebn Noweirah Ebn Kais.  8.  Part of the tribe of Tam\'eem, the proselytes of Saj\'e2
j the daughter of al Mondhar, who gave herself out for a prophetess.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   9.  The tribe of Kendah, led by al Ash\'e1
th Ebn Kais.  10.  Banu Becr Ebn al Wayel, in the province of Bahrein, headed by al Hotam Ebn Zeid.  And, 11.  Some of the tribe of Ghass\'e2n, who with their prince Jabalah Ebn al Ayham, renounced Mohammedism in the
 time of Omar, and returned to their former profession of Christianity.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab 
But as to the persons who fulfilled the other part of this prophecy, by supplying the loss of so many renegades, the commentators are not agreed.  Some will have them to be the inhab
itants of Yaman, and others the Persians; the authority of Mohammed himself being vouched for both opinions.  Others, however, suppose them to be 2,000 of the tribe of al Nakh\'e1 (who dwelt in Yaman), 5,000 of those of Kendah and Baj\'ee
lah, and 3,000 of unknown descent,}{\f36\fs14\up6\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261  who were present at the famous battle of Kadesia, fought in the Khal\'eefat of Omar, and which put an end to the Persian empire.}{
\f36\fs14\up6\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up8\insrsid14382261 \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. VIII.
\par 4  See ibid.\tab \tab 5  See Ibid.\tab \tab 6  See ibid.\tab \tab 7  See ibid. Sect I.\tab \tab 8  Vide D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. p. 226.
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 9  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 60\tab Verily your protector is GOD, and his apostle, and those who believe, who observe the stated times of prayer, and give alms, and who bow down }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to worship}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .

\par      And whoso taketh GOD, and his apostle, and the believers for his friends, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 they are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the party of GOD, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  they }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  victorious.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O true believers, take not such of those to whom the scriptures were delivered before you, or of the infidels, for your friends, who make a laughing-stock, and a jest of your religion;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but fear GOD, if ye be true believers;
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 nor those who}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when ye call to prayer, make a laughing-stock and a jest of it;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  this }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
they do}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , because they are people who do not understand.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, O ye who have received the scriptures, do ye reject us }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for any other reason}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  than because we believe in GOD, and that }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 revelation}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which hath been sent down unto us, and that which was formerly sent down, and for that the greater part of you are transgressors?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Say, Shall I denounce unto you a worse }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thing}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  than this, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 as to}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the reward }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 which ye are to expect}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with GOD?  He whom GOD hath cursed, and with whom he hath been angry, having changed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 some}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 of them into apes and swine,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 who}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  worship Tagh\'fbt,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in the worse condition, and err more }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 widely}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from the straightness of the path.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      When they came unto you, they said, We believe: yet they entered }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 into your company}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with infidelity, and went forth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from you}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with the same; but GOD well knew what they concealed.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Thou shalt see many of them hastening unto iniquity and malice, and to eat things forbidden;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and woe }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto them for}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  what they have done.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Unless }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  doctors and priests forbid them uttering wickedness, and eating things forbidden; woe }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto them for}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  what they shall have committed.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      The Jews say, The hand of GOD is tied up.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Their hands shall be tied up,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they shall be cursed for that which they have said.  Nay his hands are both stretched forth; he bestoweth as he pleaseth: that which hath been sent down unto thee from thy LORD}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 shall increase the transgression and infidelity of many of them; and we have put enmity and hatred between them, until the day of resurrection.  So often as they shall kindle a fire for war GOD shall extinguish it;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they shall set their minds to act corruptly in the earth, but GOD loveth not the corrupt doers.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage was primarily intended to forbid the Moslems entering into a friendship with two hypocrites named Ref\'e2a Ebn Zeid, and Soweid Ebn al
 Hareth, who, though they had embraced Mohammedism, yet ridiculed it on all occasions, and were notwithstanding greatly beloved among the prophet\rquote s followers.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These words were added on occasion of a certain Christian, who hearing the Muadhdhin, or crier, in calling to prayers, repeat this part of the usual form, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 I profess that}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  Mohammed }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 is the apostle of}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD, said aloud, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 May }{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 GOD }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 burn the liar:}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  but a few nights after his own house was accidentally set on fire by a servant, and himself and his family perished in the flames.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The former were the Jews of Ailah, who broke the sabbath;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and the latter those who believed not in the miracle of the table which was let down from heaven to Jesus.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some, however, imagine that the Jews of Ailah only are meant in 
this place, pretending that the young men among them were metamorphosed into apes, and the old men into swine.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chap. 2, p. 28.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See before, p. 73.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, he is become niggardly and close-fisted.  These were the words of Phineas Ebn Az\'fbra (another indecent expression of whom, almost to the same purpose, is mentioned elsewhere)}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  when the Jews were much impoverished by a dearth, which the commentators will have to be a judgment on them for their rejecting of Mohammed; and the other Jews who h
eard him, instead of reproving him, expressed their approbation of what he had said.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, They shall be punished with want and avarice.  The words may also allude to the manner wherein the reprobates shall appear at the last day, having their right hands tied up to their necks;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 which is the proper signification of the Arabic word.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., The Kor\'e2n.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Either by raising feuds and quarrels among themselves, or by granting the victory to the Moslems.  Al Beid\'e2wi adds, that on the Jews neglecting the
 true observance of their law, and corrupting their religion, GOD has successively delivered them into the hands, first of Bakht Nasr or Nebuchadnezzar, then of Titus the Roman, and afterwards of the Persians, and has now at last subjected them to the Moh
ammedans.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  See c. 2, p. 8.\tab \tab 3  See towards the end of this chapter\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.
\par 5  Cap. 3, p. 51.\tab \tab 6  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 7  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 70\tab Moreover if they who have received the scriptures believe, and fear }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , we will surel
y expiate their sins from them, and we will lead them into gardens of pleasure; and if they observe the law, and the gospel, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the other scriptures}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 which have been sent down unto them from their LORD, they shall surely eat }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of good things}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  both from above them, and from under their feet.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Among them there are people who act uprightly; but how evil is that which many of them do work!
\par      O apostle, publish }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the whole of }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 that which hath been sent down unto thee from thy LORD: for if thou do not, thou dost not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in effect}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  publish any part thereof;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and GOD will defend thee against }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 wicked}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  men;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for GOD directeth not the unbelieving people.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, O ye who have received the scriptures, ye are not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 grounded}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on anything, until ye observe the law and the gospel and
 that which hath been sent down unto you from your LORD.  That which hath been sent down unto thee from thy LORD will surely increase the transgression and infidelity of many of them: but be not thou solicitous for the unbelieving people.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Verily they who believe, and those who Judaize, and the Sabians, and the Christians, whoever }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 believeth in GOD and the last day, and doth that which is right, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there shall come}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  no fear on them, neither shall they be grieved.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We formerly accepted the covena
nt of the children of Israel, and sent apostles unto them.  So often as an apostle came unto them with that which their souls desired not, they accused some of them of imposture, and some of them they killed:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and they imagined that there should be no punishment }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for those crimes}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, and they became blind, and deaf.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Then was GOD turned unto them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  afterwards many of them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 again}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  became blind and deaf; but GOD saw what they did.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, they shall enjoy the blessings both of heaven and earth.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That 
is, if thou do not complete the publication of all thy revelations without exception, thou dost not answer the end for which they were revealed; because the concealing of any part, renders the system of religion which GOD has thought fit to publish to man
kind by thy ministry lame and imperfect.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Until this verse was revealed, Mohammed entertained a guard of armed men for his security, but on his receiving this assurance of GOD\rquote S protection, he immediately dismissed them.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chap. 2, p. 8.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Shutting their eyes and ears against conviction and the remonstrance of the law; as when they worshipped the calf.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Upon their repentance.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 2  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 They are surely infidels, who say, Verily GOD is Christ the son
 of Mary; since Christ said, O children of Israel, serve GOD, my LORD and your LORD; whoever shall give a companion unto GOD, GOD shall exclude him from paradise, and his habitation shall be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 fire; and the ungodly shall have none to help them.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They are certainly infidels, who say, GOD is the third of three:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 for there is no GOD, besides one GOD; and if they refrain not from what they say, a painful torment shall surely be inflicted on such of them as are unbelievers.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Will they not therefore be turned unto GOD, and ask pardon of him? since GOD is gracious }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  merciful.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Christ the son of Mary is no more than an apostle; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  apostles have preceded him; and his mother was a woman of veracity:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 both}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  ate food.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Behold, how we declare unto them the signs }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of God's unity;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and then behold how they turn aside }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from the truth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 80\tab Say }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Will ye worship, besides GOD, that which can cause you neither harm nor profit?  GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 he who heareth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  seeth.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Say, O ye who have received the scriptures, exceed not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the just bounds}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in your religion,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by speaking}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  beside the truth; neither follow the desires of people who have heretofore erred, and who have seduced many, and have gone astray from the straight path.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Those among the children of Israel who believe not were cursed by the tongue of David, and of Jesus the son of Mary.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 befell them}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  because they were rebellious and transgressed: they forbade not one another the wickedness which they committed; and woe }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  what they committed.
\par      Thou shalt see many of them take for their friends those who believe not.  Woe }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for what their souls have sent before them,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for that GOD is incensed against them, and they shall remain in torment }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 forever}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But, if they had believed in GOD, and the prophet, and that which hath been revealed unto him, they had not taken them for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 friends; but many of them are evil-doers.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Thou shalt surely find the most violent of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 all}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  men in enmity against the true believers }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the Jews, and the idolaters: and thou shalt surely find those among them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the most inclinable to }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 entertain}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  friendship for the true believers, who say, We are Christians.  This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 cometh to pass}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , because there are priests and monks among them; and because they are
 not elated with pride:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And when they hear that which hath been sent down to the apostle }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 read unto them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, thou shalt see their eyes overflow with tears, because of the truth which they perceive }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 therein}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 saying, O LORD, we believe; write us down therefore with those who bear witness }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to the truth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chap. 4, p. 72.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Never pretending to partake of the divine nature, or to be the mother of GOD.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Being obliged to support their lives by the same means, and being subject to the same necessities and infirmities as the rest of mankind, and therefore no Gods.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chap. 4, p. 72.  But here the words are principally directed to the Christians.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, of their prelates and predecessors, who erred in ascribing divinity to Christ, before the mission of Mohammed.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See before, p. 81, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chap. 2, p. 11, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Having not that high conceit of themselves, as the Jews have; but being humble and well disposed to receive the truth; qualities, says al Beid\'e2wi, which are to be comm
ended even in infidels.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The persons directly intended in this passage were, either Ashama, king of Ethiopia, and several bishops and priests, who, being assembled for that purpose, heard Jaafar Ebn Abi Taleb, who fled to that country in the first flight,}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  read the 29th and 30th, and afterwards the 18th and 19th chapters of the Kor\'e2
n; on hearing of which the king and the rest of the company burst into tears, and confessed what was delivered therein to be conformable to truth; that prince himself, in particular, becoming a proselyte to Mohammedism:}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or else, thirty, or as others say, seventy persons, sent ambassadors to Mohammed by the same king of Ethiopia, to whom the prophet himself read the 36th chapter, entitled Y.S.  Whereupon they began to weep, saying, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 How like is this to that which was revealed unto}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  Jesus! and immediately professed themselves Moslems.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 2  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 1  Idem, al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. II.
\par 4  Al Beid\'e2wi, al Thalabi.  Vide Abulfed.  Vit. Moham. p. 25, &c.  Marracc. Prodr. ad Refut. Alcor. part i. p. 45.\tab \tab 5  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.  Vide Marracc. ubi sup.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and what }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 should hinder}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  us from believing in GOD, and the truth which hath come unto us, and from earnestly desiring that our LORD would introduce us }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 into paradise}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with the righteous people?
\par      Therefore hath GOD rewarded them, for what they have said, with gardens through which rivers flow; they shall continue therein }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 forever;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 and this is the reward of the righteous.  But they who believe not, and accuse our signs of falsehood, they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the companions of hell.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O true believers, forbid not the good things which GOD hath allowed you;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but transgress not, for GOD loveth not the transgressors.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 90\tab And eat of what GOD hath given you for food }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that which is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  lawful }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  good: and fear GOD, in whom ye believe.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      GOD will not punish you for an inconsiderate word in your oaths;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but he will punish you for what ye solemnly swear }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with deliberation}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  And the expiation of such }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 an oath shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the f
eeding of ten poor men with such moderate }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 food}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  as ye feed your own families withal; or to clothe them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  or to free the neck }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of a true believer from captivity:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but he who shall not find }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 wherewith to perform one of these three things}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 shall fast three days.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   This is the expiation of your oaths, when ye swear }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 inadvertently}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
.  Therefore keep your oaths.  Thus GOD declareth unto you his signs, that ye may give thanks.
\par      O true believers, surely wine, and lots,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and images,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and divining arrows,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  an abomination of the work of Satan; therefore avoid them that ye may prosper.
\par      Satan seeketh to sow dissension and hatred among you, by means of wine and lots, and to divert you from remembering GOD, and from prayer: will ye not therefore abstain }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from them?}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Ob
ey GOD, and obey the apostle, and take heed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to yourselves:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but if ye turn back, know that the duty of our apostle is only to preach publicly.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      In those who believe and do good works, it is no sin that they have tasted }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 wine or gaming before they were f
orbidden;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  if they fear }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and believe, and do good works, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall for the future}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  fear }
{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and believe, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall persevere to}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  fear }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  do good;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for GOD loveth those who do good.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These words were revealed when certain of Mohammed\rquote s compan
ions agreed to oblige themselves to continual fasting and watching, and to abstain from women, eating flesh, sleeping on beds, and other lawful enjoyments of life, in imitation of some self-denying Christians; but this the prophet disapproved, declaring t
hat he would have no }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 monks}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  in his religion.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chap. 2, p. 24.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators give us the different opinions of the doctors, as to the quantity of food and clothes to be given in this case; which I think scarce worth transcribing.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, three days together, says Abu Han\'eefa.  But this is not observed in practice, being neither explicitly commanded in the Kor\'e2n, nor ordered in the Sonna.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, all inebriating liquors, and games of chance.  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. V. and chap. 2, p. 23.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Al Beid\'e2
wi and some other commentators expound this of idols; but others, with more probability, of the carved pieces or men, with which the pagan Arabs played at chess, being little figures of men, elephants, horses, and dromedaries; and this i
s supposed to be the only thing Mohammed disliked in that game: for which reason the Sonnites play with plain pieces of wood or ivory; but the Persians and Indians, who are not so scrupulous, still make use of the carved ones.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3
}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Discourse, Sect. V.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See ibid. Sect. II.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The commentators endeavour to excuse the tautology of this passage, by supposing the threefold repetition of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 fearing}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 believing}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  refers either to the three parts of time, past, present, and future, or to the threefold duty of man, towards GOD, himself, and his neighbour, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin, al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Vide Prelim Disc. Sect. V.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 O true believers, GOD will surely prove you in }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 offering you plenty of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  game, which ye may take with your hands or your lances,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that GOD may know who feareth him in secret; but whoever transgresseth after this shall suffer a grievous punishment.
\par      O true believers, kill no game while ye are on pilgrimage;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  whosoever among you shall kill any designedly shall restore the like of what he shall have killed, in domestic animals,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  according to the determination of two just persons among you, to be brought as an offering to the Caaba; or in atonement thereof shall feed the poor; or instead thereof shall
 fast, that he may taste the heinousness of his deed.  GOD hath forgiven what is past, but whoever returneth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to transgress}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , GOD will take vengeance on him; for GOD is mighty }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  able to avenge.
\par      It is lawful for you to fish in the sea,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and to eat }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 what ye shall catch}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, as a provision for you and for those who travel; but it is unlawful for you to hunt by land, while ye are performing the rights of pilgrimage;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 therefore fear GOD, before whom ye shall be assembled }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 at the last day}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par      GOD hath appointed the Caaba, the holy house, an establishment for mankind; and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hath ordained}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the sacred month,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and the offering, and the ornaments hung }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thereon}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hath he done}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that ye might know that GOD knoweth whatsoever }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in heaven and on earth, and that GOD is omniscient.  Know that GOD is severe in punishing, and that GOD }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is also}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  ready to forgive, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful. 
\par      The duty of our apostle is to preach only;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and GOD knoweth that which ye discover, and that which ye conceal.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 100\tab Say, Evil and good shall not be equally esteemed of, though the abundance of evil pleaseth thee;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  therefore fear GOD, O ye of understanding, that ye may be happy.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This temptation or trial was at al Hodeibiya, where Mohammed\rquote s men, who had attended him thither with an intent to perfor
m a pilgrimage to the Caaba, and had initiated themselves with the usual rites, were surrounded by so great a number of birds and beasts that they impeded their march; for which unusual accident, some of them concluded that GOD had allowed them to be take
n; but this passage was to convince them of the contrary.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 while ye are}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 Mohrims, or have actually initiated yourselves as pilgrims, by putting on the garment worn at that solemnity.  Hunting and fowling are hereby absolutely forbidden to persons in this state, though they are allowed to kill certain kinds of noxious animals.
}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, he shall bring an offering to the temple of Mecca, to be slain there and distributed among the poor, of some domestic or tame animal, equal in value to what 
he shall have killed; as a sheep, for example, in lieu of an antelope, a pigeon for a partridge, &c.  And of this value two prudent persons were to be judges.  If the offender was not able to do this, he was to give a certain quantity of food to one or mo
re poor men; or, if he could not afford that, to fast a proportionable number of days.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This, says Jallalo\rquote ddin, is to be understood of fish that live altogether in the sea, and not of those that live in the sea and on land both, as crabs, &c.  The Turk
s, who are Hanifites, never eat this sort of fish; but the sect of Malec Ebn Ans, and perhaps some others, make no scruple of it.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See above, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, the place where the practice of their religious ceremonies is chiefly established; where those who are under any apprehension of danger may find a sure }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 asylum}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and the merchant certain gain, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Al Beid\'e2wi understands this of the month of Dhu\rquote lhajja, wherein the ceremonies of the pilgrimage are performed; but Jallalo\rquote ddin supposes all the 
four sacred months are here intended.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See before, p. 73.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Discourse, Sect. II.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For judgment is to be made of things not from their plenty or scarcity, but from their intrinsic good or bad qualities.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 2  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. V.\tab \tab 3  Jallalo\rquote ddin, al Beid\'e2wi\tab \tab }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 4  Idem.
\par 5  See the Prelim Disc. Sect. VII\tab \tab 6  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 O true believers, inquire not concerning things, which, if they be declared unto you, may give you pain;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but if ye ask concerning them when the Koran is sent down, they will be declared unto you: GOD pardoneth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 you as to}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 these matters; for GOD is ready to forgive, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  gracious.  People who have been before you formerly inquired concerning them; and afterwards disbelieved therein.
\par      God hath not ordained }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 anything}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  concerning Bah\'eera, nor S\'e2\'efba, nor Was\'eela, nor H\'e2mi,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but the unbelievers have invented a lie against GOD: and the greater part of them do not understand.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And when it was said unto them, Come unto that which GOD hath revealed, and to the apostle; they answered, That }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 religion}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which we found our fathers }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to follow}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  is sufficient for us.  What, though their fathers knew nothing and were not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 rightly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  directed?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O true believers, take care of your souls!  He who erreth shall not hurt you, while ye are }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 rightly}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  directed:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto GOD shall ye all return, and he will tell you that which ye have done.
\par      O true believers, let witnesses be taken between you, when death approaches any of you, at the time of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 making}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the testament; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 let there be}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  two }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 witnesses}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , just men, from among you;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  or two others of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  different }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 tribe or faith}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from yourselves,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 if ye be journeying in the earth, and the accident of death befall you.  Ye shall shut them both up, after the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 afternoon}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  prayer,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they shall swear by GOD, if ye doubt }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 them, and they shall say}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , We will not sell }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 our evidence}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for a bribe, although }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the person concerned}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  be one who is related }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to us}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, neither will we conceal the testimony of GOD, for then should we certainly be }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the number}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the wicked.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But if it appear that both have been guilty of iniquity, two others shall stand up in their place, of those who have convicted them }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of falsehood}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , the two nearest }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in blood}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and they shall swear by GOD, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, Verily our testimony is more true than the testimony of these two, neither have we prevaricated; for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 then}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  should we become }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the number}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 of the unjust.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Arabs continually teasing their prophet with questions, which probably he was not always prepared to answer, they are here order
ed to wait, till GOD should think fit to declare his pleasure by some farther revelation; and, to abate their curiosity, they are told, at the same time, that very likely the answers would not be agreeable to their inclinations.  Al Beid\'e2
wi says, that when the pilgrimage was first commanded, Sor\'e2
ka Ebn Malec asked Mohammed whether they were obliged to perform it every year?  To this question the prophet at first turned a deaf ear, but being asked it a second and a third time, he at last said, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 No; but if I h
ad said yes it would have become a duty, and, if it were a duty, ye would not be able to perform it; therefore give me no trouble as to things wherein I give you none: }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 whereupon this passage was revealed.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These were the names given by the pagan Arabs t
o certain camels or sheep which were turned loose to feed, and exempted from common services, in some particular cases; having their ears slit, or some other mark, that they might be known; and this they did in honour of their gods.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which superstitions are here declared to be no ordinances of God, but the inventions of foolish men.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This was revealed when the infidels reproached those who embraced Mohammedism and renounced their old idolatry, that by so doing they arraigned the wisdom of their forefathers.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, of your kindred or religion.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   They who interpret these words of persons of another religion, say they are abrogated, and that the testimony of such ought not to be received against a Moslem.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   In case there was any doubt, the witne
sses were to be kept apart from company, lest they should be corrupted, till they gave their evidence, which they generally did when the afternoon prayer was over, because that was the time of people\rquote 
s assembling in public, or, say some, because the guardi
an angels then relieve each other, so that there would be four angels to witness against them if they gave false evidence.  But others suppose they might be examined after the hour of any other prayer, when there was a sufficient assembly.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. V\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 This will be easier, that }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  may give testimony according to the plain intention thereof, or fear lest a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
different}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  oath be given, after their oath.  Therefore fear GOD, and hearken; for GOD directeth not the unjust people.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      On a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 certain}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  day}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 shall GOD assemble the apostles, and shall say unto them, What answer was returned you, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 when ye preached unto the people to whom ye were sent?  }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
They shall answer, We have no knowledge, but thou art the knower of secrets.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      When GOD shall say, O Jesus son of Mary, remember my favor towards thee, and towards thy mother; when I strengthened thee with the holy spirit,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 that thou shouldest speak unto men in the cradle, and when thou wast grown up;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 110\tab an
d when I taught thee the scripture, and wisdom and the law, and the gospel: and when thou didst create of clay as it were the figure of a bird, by my permission, and didst breathe thereon, and it became a bird, by my permission, and thou didst heal one bl
ind from his birth, and the leper, by my permission;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and when thou didst bring forth the dead }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from their graves}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 by my permission; and when I withheld the children of Israel from }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 killing}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  thee,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when thou hadst come unto them with evident }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 miracles}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and such of them as believed not said, This is nothing but manifest sorcery.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And when I commanded the apostles of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Jesus}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 saying, Believe in me, and in my messenger; they answered, We do believe; and do thou bear witness that we are resigned }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto thee}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Remember}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 when the apostles said, O Jesus son of Mary, is thy LORD able to cause a table to descend unto us from heaven?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   He answered, Fear GOD, if ye be true believers.}{\f36\fs18\dn4\insrsid14382261 

\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The occasion of the preceding passage is said to have been this.  Tam\'een al D\'e2ri and Addi Ebn Y\'e2
zid, both Christians, took a journey into Syria to trade, in company with Bodeil, the freed man of Amru Ebn al As, who was a Moslem.  When they came to Damascus, Bodeil fell sick, and died, having first wrote down a list of his effects on a piece
 of paper, which he hid in his baggage, without acquainting his companions with it, and desired them only to deliver what he had to his friends of the tribe of Sahm.  The survivors, however, searching among his goods, found a vessel of silver of considera
ble weight, and inlaid with gold, which they concealed, and on their return delivered the rest to the deceased\rquote s relations, who, finding the list of Bodeil\rquote 
s writing, demanded the vessel of silver of them, but they denied it; and the affair being brought before Mohammed, these words, viz., }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 O true believers, take witnesses}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, &c., were revealed, and he ordered them to be sworn at the pulpit in the mosque, just as afternoon prayer was over, and on their making oath that they knew nothing of the plate demanded, d
ismissed them.  But afterwards, the vessel being found in their hands, the Sahmites, suspecting it was Bodeil\rquote 
s, charged them with it, and they confessed it was his, but insisted that they had bought it of him, and that they had not produced it because they had no proof of the bargain.  Upon this they went again before Mohammed, to whom these words, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 And if it appear}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c., were revealed; and thereupon Amru Ebn al As and al Motalleb Ebn Abi Ref\'e2a, both of the tribe of Sahm, stood up, and were sworn against th
em; and judgment was given accordingly.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, on the day of judgment.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, we are ignorant whether our proselytes were sincere, or whether they apostatized after our deaths; but thou well knowest, not only what answer they gave us, but the 
secrets of their hearts, and whether they have since continued firm in their religion or not.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 2, p. 10.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 3, p. 37.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See ibid.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See ibid. p. 38.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 They said, We desire to eat thereof, and that our hearts may rest at ease, and that we may know that thou hast told us the truth, and that we may be witnesses thereof.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Jesus the son of Mary said, O GOD our LORD, cause a table to descend unto us from heaven, that }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the day of its descent}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  may become a festival day}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto us, unto the first of us, and unto the last of us, and a sign from thee; and do thou provide food for us, for thou art the best provider.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      GOD said, Verily I will cause it to descend unto you; but whoever among you shall disbelieve hereafter, I will surely punish him with a punishment, wherewith I will not punish any other creature.
\par      And when GOD shall say }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto Jesus, at the last day}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , O Jesus son of Mary, hast thou said unto men, Take me and my mother for two gods, beside GOD?  He
 shall answer, Praise be unto thee! it is not for me to say that which I ought not; if I had said so, thou wouldest surely have known it: thou knowest what is in me, but I know not what is in thee; for thou art the knower of secrets.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      I have not spoken to them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 any other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  than what thou didst command me; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 namely}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Worship GOD, my LORD and your LORD: and I was a witness }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of their actions}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  while I staid among them; but since thou hast taken me to thyself,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  thou hast been the watcher over them; for thou art witness of all things.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      If thou punish them, they are surely thy servants; and if thou forgive them, thou art mighty }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par      GOD will say, This day shall their veracity be of advantage unto those who speak truth; they shall have gardens wherein rivers flow, they shall remain therein forever: GOD hath been well pleased in them, and they have been well pleased in him.  This 
}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  great felicity.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 120\tab Unto GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 the kingdom of heaven and of earth, and of whatever therein is; and he is almighty.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  This miracle is thus related by the commentators.  Jesus having, at the request of his followers, asked it of God, a red table immediately descended, in their sight, between two clouds, and was set before them; whereupon he rose up, and having made 
the ablution, prayed, and then took off the cloth which covered the table, saying, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 In the name of }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 GOD}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , the best provider of food}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  What the provisions were with which this table was furnished is a matter wherein the expositors are not agreed.  One will hav
e them to be nine cakes of bread and nine fishes; another bread and flesh; another, all sorts of food, except flesh; another all sorts of food, except bread and flesh; another, all except bread and fish; another, one fish, which had the taste of all manne
r
 of food; and another, fruits of paradise; but the most received tradition is that when the table was uncovered, there appeared a fish ready dressed, without scales or prickly fins, dropping with fat, having salt placed at its head and vinegar at its tail
,
 and round it all sorts of herbs, except leeks, and five loaves of bread, on one of which there were olives, on the second honey, on the third butter, on the fourth cheese, and on the fifth dried flesh.  They add that Jesus, at the request of the apostles
,
 showed them another miracle, by restoring the fish to life, and causing its scales and fins to return to it, at which the standers-by being affrighted, he caused it to become as it was before; that 1,300 men and women, all afflicted with bodily infirmiti
e
s or poverty, ate of these provisions, and were satisfied, the fish remaining whole as it was at first; that then the table flew up to heaven in the sight of all; and every one who had partaken of this food were delivered from their infirmities and misfor
t
unes; and that it continued to descend for forty days together at dinner-time, and stood on the ground till the sun declined, and was then taken up into the clouds.  Some of the Mohammedan writers are of opinion that this table did not really descend, but
 that it was only a parable; but most think the words of the Kor\'e2
n are plain to the contrary.  A further tradition is, that several men were changed into swine for disbelieving this miracle, and attributing it to magic art; or, as others pretend, for stealing some of the victuals from off it.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Several other fabulous circumstances are also told, which are scarce worth transcribing.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some say the table descended on a Sunday, which was the reason of the Christians observing that day as sacred.  Others pret
end this day is still kept among them as a very great festival; and it seems as if the story had its rise from an imperfect notion of Christ\rquote s last supper and the institution of the Eucharist.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 since thou hast caused me to die:}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  but as it is a dispute among the Mohammedans whether Christ actually died or not, before his assumption,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and the original may be translated either way, I have chosen the former expression, which leaves the matter undecided.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab Idem, al Thalabi.\tab \tab 2  Vide Marracc. in Alc. p. 238, &c.\tab \tab 3  See cap. 3, p. 38.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page   }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER VI.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, CATTLE;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      PRAISE be unto GOD, who hath created the heavens and the earth, and hath ordained the darkness and the light; nevertheless they who believe not in the LORD equalize }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 other gods with him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      It is he who hath created you of clay; and then decreed the term }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of your lives;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and the prefixed term is with him:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  yet do ye doubt }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thereof}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      He is GOD in heaven and in earth; he knoweth what ye keep secret, and what ye publish, and knoweth what ye deserve.
\par      There came not unto them any sign, of the signs of their LORD, but they retired from the same;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and they have gainsaid the truth, after that it hath come unto them: but a message shall come unto them, concerning that which they have mocked at.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Do they not consider how many generations we have destroyed before them?  We had established them in the earth in a manner wherein we have not established you;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  we sent the heaven to r
ain abundantly upon them, and we gave }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  rivers which flowed under }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their feet:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 yet we destroyed them in their sins, and raised up other generations after them.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Although we had caused to descend unto thee a book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 written}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on paper, and they had handled it with their hands, the unbelievers had surely said, This }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 no other than manifest sorcery.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They said, Unless an angel be sent down unto him, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 we will not believe}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  But if we had sent down an angel, verily the matter had ben decreed,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they should not have been borne with}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , by having time granted them to repent.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      And if we had appointed an angel }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for our messenger}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , we should have sent him }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in the form of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a man,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and have clothed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  before them, as they are clothed.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 10\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Other}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  apostles have been laughed to scorn before thee, but }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the judgment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 which they made a jest of encompassed those who laughed them to scorn.
\par      Say, Go through the earth, and behold what hath been the end of those, who accused }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our prophets}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of imposture.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, Unto whom }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 whatsoever is in heaven and earth?  Say, Unto GOD, He hath prescribed unto himself mercy.  He will surely gather you together on the day of resurrection; there is no doubt of it.  They who destroy their own souls }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
are those who}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  will not believe.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This chapter is so entitled, because some superstitious customs of the Meccans, as to certain cattle, are therein incidentally mentioned.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Except only six verses, or, say others, three verses, which are taken notice of in the notes.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By the last term 
some understand the time of the resurrection.  Others think that by the first term is intended the space between creation and death, and by the latter, that between death and the resurrection.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, they shall be convinced of the truth which they ha
ve made a jest of, when they see the punishment which they shall suffer for so doing, both in this world and the next; or when they shall see the glorious success of Mohammedism.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , We had blessed them with greater power and length of prosperity than we have granted you, O men of Mecca.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Mohammed seems here to mean the ancient and potent tribes of Ad and Tham\'fbd, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is to say, As they would not have believed, even if an angel had descended to them from heaven, GOD has shown his mercy in no
t complying with their demands; for if he had, they would have suffered immediate condemnation, and would have been allowed no time for repentance.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  As Gabriel generally appeared to Mahommed; who, though a prophet, was not able to bear the sight of him when he appeared in his proper form, much less would others be able to support it.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. I. p. 5, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Unto him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is owing}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  whatsoever happeneth by night or by day; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he who heareth and knoweth.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Say, Shall I take any other protector than GOD, the creator of heaven and earth, who feedeth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 all}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and is not fed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
by any?}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Say, Verily I am commanded to be the first who professeth Isl\'e2m,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it was said unto me}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Thou shalt by no means be }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the idolaters.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, Verily I fear, if I should rebel against my LORD, the punishment of the great day:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      from whomsoever it shall be averted on that day, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  will have been merciful unto him; this 
}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  manifest salvation.
\par      If GOD afflict thee with any hurt, there is none who can take it off }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from thee, }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 except himself; but if he cause good to befall thee, he is almighty;
\par      he is the supreme }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Lord}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  over his servants, and he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 wise }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  knowing.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Say, What thing is the strongest in bearing testimony?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Say, GOD; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 he is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 witness between me and you. And this Koran was revealed unto me, that I should admonish you thereby, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 those unto whom it shall reach.  Do ye really profess that there are other gods together with GOD?  Say, I do not profess }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 this}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  Say, V
erily he is one GOD; and I am guiltless of what ye associate }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par 20\tab They unto whom we have given the scripture know }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 our apostle}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , even as they know their own children;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 but}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they who destroy their own souls will not believe.
\par      Who is more unjust than he who inventeth a lie against GOD,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  or chargeth his signs with imposture?  Surely, the unjust shall not prosper.
\par      And on the day }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of resurrection}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  we will assemble them all; then will we say unto those who associated}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  others with God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Where are your companions,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  whom ye imagined }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be those of God?}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But they shall have no other excuse, than that they shall say, by GOD our LORD, we have not been idolaters.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Behold, how they lie against themselves, and what they have }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 blasphemously}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  imagined }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be the companion of God}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  flieth from them.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      There is of them who hearkeneth unto thee }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 when thou readest the Kor\'e2n;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but we have cast veils over their hearts, that they should not understand it, and a deafness in their ears: and though they should see all }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 kinds of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 signs, they will not believe therein; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and their infidelity will arrive to that height}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 that they will even come unto thee, to dispute with thee.  The unbelievers will say, This is nothing but silly fables of ancient }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 times}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, the first of my nation.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  This passage was revealed when the Koreish told Mohammed that they had asked the Jews and Christians concerning him, who assured them they found no mention or description of him in their books of scripture, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Therefore}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , said they, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 who bears witness to thee, that thou art the apostle of}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD?}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 2, p. 16.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Saying the angels are the daughters of GOD, and intercessors for us with him, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Your idols and false gods.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, their imaginary deities prove to be nothing, and disappear like vain phantoms and chimeras.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The persons here meant were Abu Sofi\'e2n, al Wal\'ee
d, al Nodar, Otha, Abu Jahl, and their comrades, who went to hear Mohammed repeat some of the Kor\'e2n; and Nodar being asked what he said, answered, with an
 oath, that he knew not, only that he moved his tongue, and told a parcel of foolish stories, as he had done to them.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 4  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And they will forbid }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 others}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  from }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 believing therein}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and will ret
ire afar off from it; but they will destroy their own souls only, and they are not sensible }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereof}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      If thou didst see when they shall be set over the fire }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of hell!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261   and they shall say, Would to GOD we might be sent back }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 into the world; }{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 we would not charge the signs of our LORD with imposture, and we would become true believers:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      nay, but that is become manifest unto them, which they formerly concealed;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and though they should be sent back }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
into the world}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , they would surely return to that which was forbidden them; and they are surely liars.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And they said, There is no }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 other life}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  than our present life; neither shall we be raised again.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 30\tab But if thou couldest see, when they shall be set before their LORD!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   He shall say }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto them}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Is not this in truth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 come to pass?}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   They shall answer, Yea, by our LORD.  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 shall say, Taste therefore the punishment }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 due unto you}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , for that ye have disbelieved.
\par      They are lost who reject as a falsehood the meeting of GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in the next life}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , until the hour}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  cometh suddenly upon them.  }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Then will}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they say, Alas! for that we have behaved ourselves negligently in }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 our lifetime;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and they shall carry their burdens on their backs;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  will it not be evil which they shall be loaden with?
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      This present life is no other than a play and a vain amusement; but surely the future mansion }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  better for those who fear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God:}
{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  will they not therefore understand?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Now we know that what they speak grieveth thee: yet they do not accuse thee of falsehood; but the ungodly contradict the signs of GOD.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
     And apostles before thee have been accounted liars: but they patiently bore their being accounted liars, and their being vexed, until our help came unto them; for there is none who can change the words of GOD: and thou hast received s
ome information concerning those who have been }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 formerly}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  sent }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      If their aversion }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to thy admonitions}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  be grievous unto thee, if thou canst seek out a den }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 whereby}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thou mayest venetrate}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  into }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the inward parts of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the earth, or a ladder }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by which thou mayest ascend}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  into heaven, that thou mayest show them a sign, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 do so, but thy}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
search will be fruitless}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; for if GOD pleased he would bring them all to the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 true}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  direction: be not therefore }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of the ignorant.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Their hypocrisy and vile actions; nor does
 their promise proceed from any sincere intention of amendment, but from the anguish and misery of their condition.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., In order for judgment.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The last day is here called }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the hour}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , as it is in scripture;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and the preceding expression of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 meeting}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD on that day is also agreeable to the same.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   When an infidel comes forth from his grave, says Jallalo\rquote 
ddin, his works shall be represented to him under the ugliest form that ever he beheld, having a most deformed countenance, a filthy smell, and a disagreeable voice; so that he shall cry out, GOD }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
defend me from thee, what art thou?  I never saw anything more detestable!}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   To which the figure will answer, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Why dost thou wonder at my ugliness?  I am thy evil works;}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  thou didst ride upon me while thou wast in the world; but now will I ride upon thee, and thou shalt carry me}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
.  and immediately it shall get upon him; and whatever he shall meet shall terrify him, and say, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Hail, thou enemy of }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 God, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 thou art he who was meant by }{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 (these words of the Kor\'e2n), }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 and they shall carry their burdens}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  That is, it is not thou but GOD whom they injure by their impious gainsaying of what has been revealed to thee.  It is said that Abu Jahl once told Mohammed that they did not accuse him of falsehood, because he was kno
wn to be a man of veracity, but only they did not believe the revelations which he brought them; which occasioned this passage.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Thou has been acquainted with the stories of several of the preceding prophets; what persecutions they suffered from those to whom they were sent, and in what manner GOD supported them and punished their enemies, according to his unalterable promise.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 5  Idem.\tab \tab 6  1 John v. 25, &c.\tab \tab 7  1 Thess. iv. 17.\tab \tab 1  See Milton\rquote s Paradise Lost, bk. ii  v. 737, &c.
\par 2  See also cap. 3, p. 48.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 4 Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 He will give a favorable answer unto those only who shall hearken }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with attention:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and GOD will raise the dead; then unto him shall they return.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      The }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 infidels}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  say, Unless some sign be sent down unto him from his LORD, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 we will not believe:}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  answer, Verily GOD is able to send down a sign: but the greater part of them know }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  not.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      There is no }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 kind of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  beast on earth, nor fowl which flieth with its wings, but }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the same is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a people like unto you;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  we have not omitted anything in the book }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of our decrees:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  then unto their LORD shall they return.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They who accuse our signs of falsehood }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  deaf and dumb, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 walking}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 in darkness: GOD will lead into error whom he pleaseth, and whom he pleaseth he will put in the right way.
\par 40\tab Say, What think ye? if the punishment of GOD come upon you, or the hour }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the resurrection}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  come upon you, will ye call upon any other than GOD, if ye speak truth?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      yea, him shall ye call upon, and he shall free }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 you}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from that which ye shall ask him }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to deliver you from}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , if he pleaseth; and ye shall forget that which ye associated }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We have already sent }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 messengers}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 sundry}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 nations before thee, and we afflicted them with trouble and adversity that they might humble themselves:
\par      yet when the affliction }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 which we sent}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  came upon them, they did not humble themselves; but their hearts became hardened, and Satan prepared for them that which they committed.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And when they had forgotten that concerning which they had been admonished, we opened unto them the gates of all things;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 until, while they were rejoicing for that which had been given them, we suddenly laid hold on them, and behold, they }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 were}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  seized with despair;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and the utmost part of the people which had acted wickedly was cut off: praise be unto GOD, the LORD of all creatures!
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Say, what think ye? if GOD should take away your hearing and your sight, and should seal up your hearts; what god besides GOD will restore them unto you?  See how variously we show forth the signs }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of God's unity;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  yet do they turn aside }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from them.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Say }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , What think ye? if the punishment of GOD come upon you suddenly, or in open view;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  will }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 any}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  perish, except the ungodly people?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We send not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  messengers otherwise than bearing g
ood tidings and denouncing threats.  Whoso therefore shall believe and amend, on them shall no fear come, neither shall they be grieved:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   In this passage Mohammed is reproved for his impatience in not bearing with the obstinacy of his countrymen, and f
or his indiscreet desire of effecting what GOD hath not decreed, namely, the conversion and salvation of all men.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Being both ignorant of GOD\rquote S almighty power, and of the consequence of what they ask, which might prove their utter destruction.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Being created and preserved by the same omnipotence and providence as ye are.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, in the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 preserved table}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , wherein GOD\rquote 
S decrees are written, and all things which come to pass in this world, as well the most minute as the more momentous, are exactly registered.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  For, according to the Mohammedan belief, the irrational animals will also be restored to life at the resurrection, that they may be brought to judgment, and have vengeance taken on them for the injuries they did one another while in this world.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  That is, ye shall then forsake your false gods, when ye shall be effectually convinced that GOD alone is able to deliver you from eternal punishment.  But others rather think that this forgetting will be the effect of the distress and terror which
 they will then be in.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  That is, we gave them all manner of plenty; that since they took no warning by their afflictions, their prosperity might become a snare to them, and they might bring down upon themselves swifter destruction.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Laying them before you in different views, and making use of arguments and motives drawn from various considerations.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, says al Beid\'e2
wi, either without any previous notice, or after some warning given.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 5  Idem.\tab \tab 6  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV.\tab \tab 7  See ibid. p. 67.\tab \tab 8  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 but whoso shall accuse our signs of falsehood, a punishment shall fall on them, because they have done wickedly.
\par 50\tab Say, I say not unto you, The treasures of GOD are in my power: neither }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 do I say,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  I know the secrets }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of God:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  n
either do I say unto you, Verily I am an angel: I follow only that which is revealed unto me.  Say, Shall the blind and the seeing be held equal? do ye not therefore consider?
\par      Preach it unto those who fear that they shall be assembled before their LORD: they shall have no patron nor intercessor, except him; that peradventure they may take heed to themselves.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Drive not away those who call upon their LORD morning and evening, desiring }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to see}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  his face;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  it belongeth not unto thee to pass any judgment on them,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  nor doth it belong unto them to pass any judgment on thee: therefore }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 if}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  thou drive them away, thou wilt become }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the unjust.
\par      Thus have we proved some part of them by other part, that they may say, Are these }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the people}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  among us unto whom GOD hath been gracious?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Doth not GOD most truly know }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 those who are }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thankful?
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And when they who believe in our signs shall come unto thee, say, Peace }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 upon you.  Your LORD hath prescribed unto himself mercy; so whoever among you worketh evil through ignorance, and afterwards repenteth and amendeth; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto him will}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he surely }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  gracious }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  merciful.
\par      Thus have we distinctly propounded }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  signs, that the path of the wicked might be made known.
\par      Say, Verily I am forbidden to worship }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the false deities}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which ye invoke, besides GOD.  Say, I will not follow your desires; for then should I err, neither should I be }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 those who are rightly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  directed.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Say, I }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 behave}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  according to the plain declaration, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 which I have received}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 from my LORD; but ye have forged lies concerning him.  That which ye desire should be hastened, is not in my power;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  judgment }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  only unto GOD; he will determine the truth; and he is the best discerner.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Say, If what ye desire should be hastened were in my power, the matter had been determined between me and you:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but GOD well knoweth the unjust.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These words were occasioned when the Koreish desired Mohammed not to admit the poor or more inferior people, such as Amm\'e2r, Soheib, Khobb\'e2b, and Salm\'e2n, into his compa
ny, pretending that then they would come and discourse with him; but he refusing to turn away any believers, they insisted at least that he should order them to rise up and withdraw when they came, which he agreed to do.  Others say that the chief men of 
Mecca expelled all the poor out of their city, bidding them go to Mohammed; which they did, and offered to embrace his religion; but he made some difficulty to receive them, suspecting their motive to be necessity, and not real conviction;}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  whereupon this passage was revealed.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Rashly to decide whether their intentions be sincere or not; since thou canst not know their heart, and their faith may possibly be more firm than that of those who would persuade thee to discard them.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is to say, the noble by those of mean extraction, and the rich by the poor; in that GOD chose to call the latter to the faith before the former.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage is an answer to the audacious defiances of the infidels, who bad Mohammed, if he were a true prophet, to ca
ll for a shower of stones from heaven, or some other sudden and miraculous punishment, to destroy them.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For I should ere now have destroyed you, out of zeal for GOD\rquote 
S honour, had it been in my power.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 With him are the keys of the secret }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 things;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 none knoweth them besides himself: he knoweth that which is on the dry land and in the sea; there falleth no leaf, but he knoweth it; neither }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is there}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 a single grain in the dark parts of the earth, neither a green thing, nor a dry thing, but it is }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 written}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in the perspicuous book.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 60\tab It is he who causeth you to sleep by night, and knoweth what ye merit by day; he also awaketh you therein, that the prefixed term }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of your lives}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  may be fulfilled; then unto him shall ye return, and he shall declare unto you that which ye have wrought.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      He is supreme over his servants, and sendeth the guardian }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 angels to watch }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 over you,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 until, when death overtaketh one of you, our messengers}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  cause him to die: and they will not neglect }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 our commands}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Afterwards shall they return unto GOD, their true LORD: doth not judgment }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 belong}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto him?  he is the most quick in taking an account.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Say, Who delivereth you from the darkness}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the land, and of the sea, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 when}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  ye call upon him humbly and in private, }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Verily if thou deliver us}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from these }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 dangers}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, we will surely be thankful?
\par      Say, GOD delivereth you from them, and from every grief of mind; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 yet}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  afterwards ye give }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  companions.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Say, He is able to send on you a punishment from above you,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  or from under your feet,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 or to engage you in dissension, and to make some of you taste the violence of others.  Observe how variously we show forth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 our}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  signs, that peradventure they may understand.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      This people hath accused the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 revelation which thou hast brought}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 of falsehood, although it be the truth.  Say, I am not a guardian over you: every prophecy hath its fixed time }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of accomplishment;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and he will hereafter know }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      When thou seest those who are engaged in }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 cavilling at, or ridiculing}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  our signs, depart from them, until they be engaged in some other discourse: and if Satan cause thee to forget }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 this precept}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , do not sit with the ungodly people after recollection.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They who fear }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  are not at all accountable for them, but }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their duty is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 to remember that they may take heed to themselves.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Abandon those who make their religion a sport and a jest; and whom the present life hath deceived: and admonish }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  by }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the Koran}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , that a soul becometh liable to d
estruction for that which it committeth: it shall have no patron nor intercessor besides GOD: and if it could pay the utmost price of redemption, it would not be accepted from it.  They who are delivered over to perdition for that which they have committe
d shall have boiling water to drink, and shall suffer a grievous punishment, because they have disbelieved.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , The preserved table, or register of GOD\rquote S decrees.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, the angel of death and his assistants.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, the dangers and distresses.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Cufic copies read it in the third person, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 if he deliver us, }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Returning to your old idolatry.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, by storms from heaven, as he destroyed the unbelieving people of Noah, and of Lot, and the army of Abraha, the lord of the elephant.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Either by drowning you, as he did Pharaoh and his host, or causing the earth to open and swallow you up, as happened to Korah, or (as the Mohammedans name him) Karun.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   An
d therefore need not be troubled at the indecent and impious talk of the infidels, provided they take care not to be infected by them.  When the preceding passage was revealed, the Moslems told their prophet that if they were obliged to rise up whenever t
he idolaters spoke irreverently of the Kor\'e2n, they could never sit quietly in the temple, nor perform their devotions there; whereupon these words were added.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 5  See the Prelim. Disc. Sec. IV.\tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 70\tab Say, Sh
all we call upon that, besides GOD, which can neither profit us, nor hurt us? and shall we turn back on our heels, after that GOD hath directed us; like him whom the devils have infatuated, wandering amazedly in the earth, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
and yet}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  having companions who call him into the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 true}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  direction, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, Come unto us?  Say, the direction of GOD is the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 true}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  direction; we are commanded to resign ourselves unto the LORD of all creatures;
\par      and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it is also commanded us, saying,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  Observe the stated times of prayer, and fear him; for it is he before whom ye shall be assembled.
\par      It is he who hath created the heavens and the earth in truth; and whenever he saith }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto a thing}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Be, it is.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      His word is the truth; and his will be the kingdom on the day whereon the trumpet shall be sounded:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 he knoweth whatever is secret, and whatever is public; he is the wise, the knowing.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Call to mind}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when Abraham said unto his father Azer,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Dost thou take images for gods?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Verily I perceive that thou and thy people }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in a manifes
t error.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And thus did we show unto Abraham the kingdom of heaven and earth, that he might become }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 one}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of those who firmly believe.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And when the night overshadowed him, he saw a star, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 he said, This is my LORD;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but when it set, he said, I like not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 gods}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which set.}{\f36\fs18\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This is the name which the Mohammedans give to Abraham\rquote s father, named in scripture Terah.  However, some of their writers pretend that Azer was the son of Terah,}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and D\rquote Herbelot says that the A
rabs always distinguish them in their genealogies as different persons; but that because Abraham was the son of Terah according to Moses, it is therefore supposed (by European writers) that Terah is the same with the Azer of the Arabs.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   How true this obse
rvation may be in relation to some authors, I cannot say, but I am sure it cannot be true of all; for several Arab and Turkish writers expressly make Azer and Terah the same person.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Azer, in ancient times, was the name of the planet Mars, and the month of March was so called by the most ancient Persians; for the word originally signifying }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 fire}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 (as it still does,) it was therefore given by them and the Chaldeans to that planet,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  which partaking, as was supposed, of a fiery nature, was acknowledged by the C
haldeans and Assyrians as a god or planetary deity, whom in old times they worshipped under the form of a pillar: whence Azer became a name among the nobility, who esteemed it honourable to be denominated from their gods,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and is found in the composition of several Babylonish names.  For these reasons a learned author supposes Azer to have been the heathen name of Terah, and that the other was given him on his conversion.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Al Beid\'e2wi confirms this conjecture, saying that Azer was the name of the idol which he worshipped.  It may be observed that Abraham\rquote 
s father is also called Zarah in the Talmud and Athar by Eusebius.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That Azer, or Terah, was an idolater is allowed on all hands; nor can it be denied, since he is expressly said in scripture to have served strange gods.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The eastern authors unanimously agree that he was a statuary, or carver of idols; and he is represented as the first who made images of clay, pictures only having been in use before,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and taught that they were to be adored as gods.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   However, we are told his employment was a very honourable one,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 10}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and that he was a great lord, and in high favour with Nimrod, whose son-in-law he was,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 11}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 because he made his idols for him, and was excellent in his art.  Some of the Rabbins say Terah was a priest, and chief of the order.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 12}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  That is, we gave him a right apprehension of the government of the world and of the heavenly bodies, that he might know them all to be ruled by GOD, by putting him on making the following reflections.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Tar\'eekh Montakhab, apud D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. p. 12.\tab \tab 2  D\rquote Herbel. ibid.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote 
ddin, Yahya, Ebn Shohnah, Mirat Kainat, &c.  Vide etiam Pharhang Jehang-hiri, apud Hyde de Rel. Vet. Persar. p. 68.\tab \tab 4  Hyde, ibid. p. 63.\tab \tab 5  Idem, ibid. p. 64.\tab \tab 6  Idem, ibid. p. 62.\tab \tab 7  Josh. xxiv. 2, 14.\tab \tab 
8  Epiphan. adv. H\'e6r. l. r, p. 7, 8.
\par 9  Suidas in Lexico, voce \u8721\'3fep\'fax.\tab \tab 10  Vide Hyde, ubi sup. p. 63.\tab \tab 11  D\rquote Herbel. ubi sup.\tab \tab 12 Shalshel. hakkab. p. 94.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And when he saw the moon rising, he said, This is my LORD; but when he saw it set, he said, Verily if my LORD direct me not, I shall become }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 of the people who go astray.
\par      And when he saw the sun rising, he said, This is my LORD, this is the greatest; but when it set, he said, O my people, verily I am clear of that which ye associate }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with God:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      I direct my face unto him who hath created the heavens and the earth; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 I am}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  orthodox, and am not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of the idolaters.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 80\tab And his people disputed with him: }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 he said, Will ye dispute with me concerning GOD? since he hath now directed me, and I fear not that which ye associate }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , unless that my LORD willeth a thing; }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  my LORD comprehendeth all things by }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  knowledge:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 will ye not therefore consider?
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And how should I fear that which ye associate }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , since ye fear not to have associated with GOD that concerning which h
e hath sent down unto you no authority? which therefore of the two parties is the more safe, if ye understand }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 aright?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They who believe, and clothe not their faith with injustice,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they shall enjoy security, and they }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are rightly}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  directed.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And this is our argument wherewith we furnished Abraham }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that he might make use of it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  against his people: we exalt unto degrees }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
of wisdom and knowledge}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  whom we please; for thy LORD is wise }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  knowing.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And we gave unto them Isaac and Jacob; we directed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  both: and Noah had we before directed, and of his posterity}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  David and Solomon; and Job,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and Joseph, and Moses, and Aaron: thus do we reward the righteous:
\par      and Zacharias, and John, and Jesus, and Elias;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  all }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of them were}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  upright men:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and Ismael, and Elisha,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and Jonas,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and Lot;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  all }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 these}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  have we favored above }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the rest of}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the world;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Since Abraham\rquote s parents were idolaters, it seems to be a necessary consequence that himself was one also in his younger years; the scripture not obscurely intimates as much,}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and the Jews themselves acknowledge it.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  At what age he came to the knowledge of the true God and left idolatry, opinions are various.  Some Jewish writers tell us he was then but three years old,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and the Mohammedans likewise suppose him very young, and that he asked his father and mother several shrewd questions when a child.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Others, however, allow him to have been a middle-aged man at that time.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Maimonides, in particular, and R. Abraham Zacuth think him to have been forty years old, whi
ch age is also mentioned in the Kor\'e2n.  But the general opinion of the Mohammedans is that he was about fifteen or sixteen.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  As the religion wherein Abraham was educated was the Sabian, which consisted chiefly in the worship of the heavenly bodies,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  he is
 introduced examining their nature and properties, to see whether they had a right to the worship which was paid them or not; and the first which he observed was the planet Venus, or, as others will have it, Jupiter.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This method of Abraham\rquote s attaining to
 the knowledge of the supreme Creator of all things, is conformable to what Josephus writes, viz.: That he drew his notions from the changes which he had observed in the earth and the sea, and in the sun and the moon, and the rest of the celestial bodies;
 concluding that they were subject to the command of a superior power, to whom alone all honour and thanks are due.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The story itself is certainly taken from the Talmud.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some of the commentators, however, suppose this reasoning of Abraham with himself w
as not the first means of his conversion, but that he used it only by way of argument to convince the idolaters among whom he then lived.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, I am not afraid of your false gods, which cannot hurt me, except GOD permitteth it, or is pleased to afflict me himself.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By injustice, in this place, the commentators understand idolatry, or open rebellion against GOD.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some refer the relative }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 to Abraham, the person chiefly spoken of in this passage; some to Noah, the next antecedent, because Jonas and Lot were not (say they) of Abraham\rquote 
s seed; and others suppose the persons named in this and the next verse are to be understood as the descendants of Abraham, and those in the following verse as those of Noah.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 11}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Mohammedans say he was of the race of Esau.  See chapters 21 and 38.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 37.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This prophet was the successor of Elias, and, as the commentators will have it, the son of Okht\'fbb, though the scripture makes him the son of Shaphat.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapters 10, 21, and 37.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 7, &c.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Vide Josh. xxiv. 2, 14, and Hyde, ubi sup. p. 59.\tab \tab \tab 2  Joseph. Ant. l. I, c. 7.  Maimon. More Nev. part iii. c. 29, et Yad Hazzak. de Id. c. I, &c.\tab \tab 
3  Tanchuma, Talmud, Nedarim, 32, I, et apud Maimon.  Yad Hazz. ubi sup.\tab \tab 4  Vide D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. Art. Abraham.\tab \tab 5  Maimon. ubi sup.  R. Abr. Zacuth in Sefer Juchasin, Shalshel. hakkab, &c.\tab \tab 
6  Vide Hyde, ubi sup. p. 60, 61, et Hotting. Smegma Orient. p. 290, &c.  Genebr. in Chron.\tab \tab 7  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. I. p. 11.\tab \tab 8  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 9  Joseph. Ant. l. I, c. 7.\tab \tab 
10  R.  Bechai, in Midrash.  Vide Bartolocc. Bibl. Rabb. part i. p. 640.\tab \tab 11  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 also divers}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of their fathers, and their issue, and their brethren; and we chose them, and directed them into the right way.
\par      This is the direction of GOD, he directeth thereby such of his servants as he pleaseth; but if they had been guilty of idolatry, that which they wrought would have become utterly fruitless unto them.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Those }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 were the persons}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto whom we gave the scripture, and wisdom, and prophecy; but if these}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  believe not therein, we will commit the care of them to a people who shall not disbelieve the same.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 90\tab Those }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 were the persons}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  whom GOD hath directed, therefore follow their direction.  Say }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto the inhabitants of Mecca}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , I ask of you no recompense for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 preaching the Koran;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  it is no other than an admonition unto }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 all}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  creatures.

\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They make not a due estimation of GOD,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when they say, GOD hath not sent down unto man anything at all:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Say, Who sent down the book which Moses brought, a light and a direction unto men; which ye transcribe on papers, whereof ye publish }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 some part}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, and great part }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 whereof}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  ye conceal? and ye have been taught }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by Mohammed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  what ye knew not, neither your fathers.  Say, GOD 
}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 sent it down:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  then leave them to amuse themselves with their vain discourse.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      This book which we have sent down }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  blessed; confirming that which was }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 revealed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  before it; and }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is delivered unto thee}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  that thou mayest preach }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto the metropolis }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of Mecca}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 and to those who are round about it.  And they who believe in the next life will believe therein, and they will diligently observe their }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 times of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  prayer.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Who is more wicked than he who forgeth a lie concerning GOD?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  or saith }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 This}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  was revealed unto me; when nothing hath been revealed unto him?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and who saith, I will produce a revelation like unto that which GOD hath sent down?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   If thou didst see when the ungodly }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 in the pangs of death, and the angels}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  reach out their hands }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Cast forth your souls; this day s
hall ye receive an ignominious punishment for that which ye have falsely spoken concerning GOD; and because ye have proudly rejected his signs.}{\f36\fs18\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, the Koreish.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, they know him not truly, nor have just notions of his goodness and merc
y towards man.  The persons here meant, according to some commentators, are the Jews, and according to others, the idolaters.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab This verse and the two next, as Jallalo\rquote ddin thinks, were revealed at Medina.
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By these words the Jews (if they were the persons meant) chiefly intended to deny the Kor\'e2
n to be of divine revelation, though they might in strictness insist that GOD never revealed, or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 sent down}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , as the Kor\'e2
n expresses it, any real composition or material writing from heaven in the manner that Mohammed pretended his revelations were delivered,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 if we except only the Decalogue, GOD having left to the inspired penmen not only the labour of writing, but the liberty, in a great measure at least, of putting the truths into their own words and manner of expression.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Falsely pretending to have received revelations from him, as did Moselama, al Aswad al Ansi, and others.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As did Abda\rquote llah Ebn Saad Ebn Abi Sarah, who for some time was the prophet\rquote s amanuensis, and when these words were dictated to him as revealed, viz., }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 We created man of a purer kind of clay}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  cried out, by way of admiration, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Blessed be}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the best Creator!}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and being ordered by Mohammed to write these words down also, as part of the inspired passage, began to think himself as great 
a prophet as his master.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Whereupon he took upon himself to corrupt and alter the Kor\'e2
n according to his own fancy, and at length apostatizing, was one of the ten who were proscribed at the taking of Mecca,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and narrowly escaped with life on his recantati
on, by the interposition of Othm\'e2n Ebn Aff\'e1n, whose foster-brother he was.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For some Arabs, it seems, had the vanity to imagine, and gave out, that, if they pleased, they could write a book nothing inferior to the Kor\'e2n.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See before, p. 94, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. III. p. 50, &c.\tab \tab 4  Kor. c. 23.
\par 5  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 6  See the Prelim. Disc. p. 43.\tab \tab 7  Vide Abulfeda, Vit. Moh. p. 109.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 16\endash 2}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And now are ye come unto us alone,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  as we created you at first,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  
and ye have left that which we had bestowed on you, behind your backs; neither do we see with you your intercessors,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  whom ye thought to have been partners }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
with God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  among you: now is }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the relation }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 between you cut off, and what ye imagined hath deceived you.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      GOD causeth the grain and the date-stone to put forth: he bringeth forth the living from the dead, and he bringeth forth the dead from the living.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is
}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD.  Why therefore are ye turned away }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from him?}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      He causeth the morning to appear; and hath ordained the night for rest, and the sun and the moon for the computing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of time}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
.  This is the disposition of the mighty, the wise }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      It is he who hath ordained the stars for you, that ye may be directed thereby in the darkness of the land and o
f the sea.  We have clearly shown forth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  signs, unto people who understand.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      It is he who hath produced you from one soul; and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hath provided for you}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 a sure receptacle and a repository.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   We have clearly shown forth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 our}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  signs, unto people who are wise.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
     It is he who sendeth down water from heaven, and we have thereby produced the springing buds of all things, and have thereout produced the green thing, from which we produce the grain growing in rows, and palm-trees from whose branches proceed clus
ters of dates }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hanging}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  close together; and gardens of grapes, and olives, and pomegranates, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 both}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 like and unlike to one another.  Look on their fruits, when they bear fruit, and their growing to maturity.  Verily herein are signs, unto people who believe.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 100\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Yet}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they have set up the genii}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 as partners with GOD, although he created them: and they have falsely attributed unto him sons and daughters,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 without knowledge.  Praise be unto him; and far be that from him which they attribute }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto him!
\par }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      He is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the maker of heaven and earth: how should he have issue since he hath no consort? he hath created all things, and he is omniscient.
\par      This is GOD your LORD; there is no GOD but he, the creator of all things; therefore serve him: for he taketh care of all things.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      The sight comprehendeth him not, but he comprehendeth the sight; he }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the gracious,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 the wise.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Now have evident demonstrations come unto you from your LORD; whoso seeth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them, the advantage thereof will redound}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to his own soul: and whoso is }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 wilfully}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  blind, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the consequence will be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to himself.  I am not a keeper over you.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Thus do we variously explain }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 our}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  signs; that they may say, Thou hast studied diligently;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and that we may declare them unto people of understanding.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Follow that which hath been revealed unto thee from thy LORD; there is no GOD but he: retire therefore from the idolaters.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, without your wealth, your children, or your friends, which ye so much depended on in your lifetime.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 
, Naked and helpless.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab   Or false gods.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Concerning the intercession of your idols, or the disbelief of future rewards and punishments.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 3, p. 34.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Namely, in the loins of your fathers, and the wombs of your mothers.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This word signifies properly the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 genus}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  of rational, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 invisible}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  beings, whether angels, devils, or that intermediate species usually called }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 genii}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
.  Some of the commentators therefore, in this place, understand the angels, whom the pagan Arabs worshipped; and others the devils, either because the
y became their servants by adoring idols at their instigation, or else because, according to the Magian system, they looked on the devil as a sort of creator, making him the author and principle of all evil, and GOD the author of good only.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Discourse, p. 14 and 30.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as the word may be translated, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the incomprehensible}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  That is, Thou hast been instructed by the Jews and Christians in these matters, and only retailest to us what thou hast learned of them.  For this the infidels
 objected to Mohammed, thinking it impossible for him to discourse on subjects of so high a nature, and in so clear and pertinent a manner, without being well versed in the doctrines and sacred writings of those people.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 If GOD had }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 so}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  pleased, they had not been guilty of idolatry. We have not appointed thee a keeper over them; neither art thou a guardian over them.
\par      Revile not the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 idols}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which they invoke besides GOD, lest they maliciously revile GOD, without k
nowledge.  Thus have we prepared for every nation their works: hereafter unto GOD shall they return, and he shall declare unto them that which they have done.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They have sworn by GOD, by the most solemn oath, that if a sign came unto them, they would c
ertainly believe therein: Say, Verily signs are in the power of GOD alone; and he permitteth you not to understand, that when they come, they will not believe.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 110\tab And we will turn aside their hearts and their sight }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from the truth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , as they believed not therein}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 the first time; and we will leave them to wander in their error.
\par      And though we had sent down angels unto them, and the dead had spoken unto them, and we had gathered together before them all things in one view;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they would not have believed, un
less GOD had so pleased: but the greater part of them know }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  not.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
     Thus have we appointed unto every prophet an enemy; the devils of men, and of genii: who privately suggest the one to the other specious discourses to deceive; but if thy LORD pleased,
 they would not have done it.  Therefore leave them, and that which they have falsely imagined;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
     and let the hearts of those be inclined thereto, who believe not in the life to come; and let them please themselves therein, and let them gain that which they are gaining.
\par      Shall I seek after any }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  judge besides GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to judge between us?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261   It is he who hath sent down unto you the book }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the Koran}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  distinguishing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 between good and evil;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and they to whom we gave the scripture know that it is sent down fr
om thy LORD, with truth.  Be not therefore }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of those who doubt }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereof}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      The words of thy LORD are perfect, in truth and justice; there is none who can change his words:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  he }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 both}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  heareth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  knoweth.
\par      But if thou obey the greater part of them who are in the earth, they will lead thee aside from the path of GOD: they follow an }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 uncertain}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  opinion only,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and speak nothing but lies;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      verily thy LORD well knoweth those who go astray from his path, and well knoweth those who are }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 rightly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  directed.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Eat of that whereon the name of GOD hath been commemorated,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  if ye believe in his signs:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
     and why do ye not eat of that whereon the name of GOD hath been commemorated? since he hath plainly declared unto you what he hath forbidden you; except that which ye be compelled to eat of by necessity; many lead }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 others
}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  into error, because of their appetites, being void of knowledge; but thy LORD well knoweth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the transgressors.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   In this passage Mohammed endeavours to excuse his inability of working 
a miracle, as had been demanded of him; declaring that GOD did not think fit to comply with their desires; and that if he had so thought fit, yet it had been in vain, because if they were not convinced by the Kor\'e2
n, they would not be convinced by the greatest miracle.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , In the Kor\'e2n.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  For the Meccans required that Mohammed should either show them an angel descending from heaven in their sight, or raise their dead fathers, that they might discourse with them, or prevail on GOD and his angels to appear to them in a body.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some interpret this of the immutability of GOD\rquote S decree, and the certainty of his threats and promises; others, of his particular promise to preserve the Kor\'e2
n from any such alterations or corruptions as they imagine to have happened to the Pentateuch and the Gospel;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and others, of the unalterable duration of the Mohammedan law, which they hold is to last till the end of the world, there being no other prophet, law, or dispensation to be expected after it.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Imagining that the true religion was that which their idolatrous ancestors professed.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chap. 2, p. 18, and chap. 5, p. 73.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 4  Confer Luke xvi. 31.\tab \tab 1  See the Prelim. Disc. p. 58, and Kor. c. 15.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 120\tab Leave both the outside of iniquity and inside thereof:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for they who commit iniquity shall receive the reward of that which they shall have gained.

\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Eat not therefore of that whereon the name of GOD hath not been commemorated; for this is certainly wickedness: but the devils will suggest unto their friends, they they dispute with you }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
concerning this precept;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  but if ye obey them, ye }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  surely idolaters.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Shall he who hath been dead, and whom we have restored unto life, and unto whom we have ordained a light, whereby he may walk among men, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 be }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
as he whose similitude is in darkness, from whence he shall not come forth?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Thus was that which the infidels are doing prepared for them.
\par      And thus have we placed in every city chief leaders of the wicked }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  thereof,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 that they may act deceitfully therein; but they shall act deceitfully against their own souls only; and they know }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  not.
\par      And when a sign}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  cometh unto them, they say, We will by no means believe until }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a revelation}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 be brought unto us, like unto that which hath been delivered unto the messengers of GOD.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   GOD best knoweth whom he will appoint for his messenger.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Vileness in the sight of GOD shall fall upon those who deal wickedly, and a grievous punishment, for that they have dealt deceitfully.
\par      And whomsoever GOD shall please to direct, he will open his breast to }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 receive the faith of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Islam: but whomsoever he shall please to lead into error, he will render his breast straight 
}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  narrow, as though he were climbing up to heaven.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Thus doth GOD inflict a terrible punishment on those who believe not.

\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      This is the right way of thy LORD.  Now have we plainly declared }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  signs unto those people who will consider.
\par      They shall have a dwelling of peace with their LORD, and he shall be their patron, because of that which they have wrought.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Think on}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the day }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 whereon God}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall gather them all together, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and shall say, }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 O company of genii,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 ye have been much concerned with mankind;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and their friends from among mankind }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 say, O LORD, the one of us hath received advantage from the other,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we are arrived at our limited term}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 which thou hast appointed us.  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  will say, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Hell}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  fire }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  your habitation, therein shall ye remain }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 forever;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unless as GOD shall please }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to mitigate your pains}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for thy LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wise }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 knowing.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, both open and secret sins.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The persons primarily intended in this passage, were Hamza, Mohammed\rquote s uncle, and Abu Jahl; others, instead of Hamza, name Omar, or Amm\'e2r
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   In the same manner as we have done in Mecca.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Any verse or passage of the Kor\'e2n.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These were the words of the Koreish, who thought that there were persons among themselves more worthy of the honour of being GOD\rquote S messenger than Mohammed.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Where he will place his commission}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  GOD, says al Beid\'e2wi, bestows not the gift of pr
ophecy on any one on account of his nobility or riches, but for their spiritual qualifications; making choice of such of his servants as he pleases, and who he knows will execute their commissions faithfully.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or had undertaken the most impossible thing in the world.  In like manner shall the heart of such a man be incapable of receiving the truth.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, of devils.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   In tempting and seducing them to sin.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The advantage which men received from the evil spirits, was their raising and satisfyin
g their lusts and appetites; and that which the latter received in return, was the obedience paid them by the former, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., The day of resurrection, which we believed not in the other world.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators tell us that this alleviation of th
e pains of the damned will be when they shall be taken out of the fire to drink the boiling water,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or to suffer the extreme cold, called al Zamhar\'ee
r, which is to be one part of their punishment; but others think the respite which God will grant to some before they are thrown into hell, is here intended.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  According to the exposition of Ebn Abbas, these words may be rendered, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Unless him whom }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 GOD}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall please}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  to deliver}{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 thence.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 3  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.
\par 5  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 72, &c.\tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Thus do we set some of the unjust over others of them, because of that which they have deserved.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 130\tab O company of genii and men, did not messengers from among yourselves come unto you,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  rehearsing my signs u
nto you, and forewarning you of the meeting of this your day?  They shall answer, We bear witness against ourselves: the present life deceived them: and they shall bear witness against themselves that they were unbelievers.
\par      This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hath been the method of God's dealing with his creatures}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , because thy LORD would not destroy the cities in }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 iniquity, while their inhabitants were careless.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Every one shall }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 have}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  degrees }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of recompense}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 of that which they shall do; for thy LORD is not regardless of that which they do,
\par      and thy LORD is self-sufficient }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 endued with mercy.  If he pleaseth he can destroy you, and cause such as he pleaseth to succeed you, in like manner as he produced you from the posterity of other people.
\par      Verily that which is threatened you, shall surely come to pass; neither shall ye cause }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to fail.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Say }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto those of Mecca}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , O my people, act according to your power; verily I will act }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 according to my duty:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and hereafter shall ye know
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      whose will be the reward of paradise.  The ungodly shall not prosper.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Those of Mecca}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  set apart unto GOD a portion of that which he hath produced of the fruits of the earth, and of cattle; and say, This }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto GOD (according to their imagination), and this unto our companions.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And that which is }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 destined}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for their companions cometh not unto GOD; yet that which }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is set apart}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto GOD cometh unto their companions.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   How ill do they judge!
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      In like manner have their companions induced many of the idolaters to slay their children,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that they might bring them to perdition, and that they might render their religion obscure and confused unto them.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  But if GOD had pleased, they had not done this: therefore leave them and that which they falsely imagine.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is the Mohammedan belief that apostles were sent by GOD for the conversion both of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 genii}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and of men; being generally of humane race (as Mohammed, in particular, who pretended to have a commission to preach to both kinds); according to this passage, it seems there must have been prophets of the race of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 genii}
{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  also, though their mission be a secret to us.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or considered not their danger; but GOD first sent some prophet to them to warn them of it, and to invite them to repentance.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, ye may proceed in your rebellion ag
ainst GOD and your malice towards me, and be confirmed in your infidelity; but I will persevere to bear your insults with patience, and to publish those revelations which GOD has commanded me.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Our idols.  In which sense this word is to be taken through the whole passage.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  As to this custom of the pagan Arabs, see the Prelim. Disc. Sect. I. p. 13.  To what is there said we may add, that the share set apart for GOD was employed chiefly in relieving the poor and strangers; and the share of the id
ols, for paying their priests, and providing sacrifices for them.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Either by that inhuman custom, which prevailed among those of Kendah and some other tribes, of burying their daughters alive, so soon as they were born, if they apprehended they could n
ot maintain them;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or else be offering them to their idols, at the instigation of those who had the custody of their temples.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  By corrupting with horrid superstitions that religion which Ismael had left to his posterity.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 3  See cap. 81.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.
\par 5  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 They also say, These cattle and fruits of the earth are sacred; none shall eat thereof but who we please}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  (according to their imagination); and }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  cattle whose backs are forbidden }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be rode on, or laden with burdens;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  cattle on which they commemorate not the name of GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 when they slay them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 devising a lie against him; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall reward them for that which they falsely devise.
\par 140\tab And they say, That which is in the bellies of these cattle}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  allowed to our males }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
to eat, }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  forbidden to our wives: but if it prove abortive, they they are }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 both}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 partakers thereof.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall give them the reward of their attributing }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 these things to him: 
}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 he }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 knowing }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par      They are utterly lost who have slain their children foolishly,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  without knowledge;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and have forbidden that which GOD hath given them for food, devising a lie against GOD.  They have erred, and were not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 rightly}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  directed.
\par      He it is who produceth gardens of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 vines, both those which are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  supported on trails }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of wood}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 those which are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  not supported,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and palm-trees, and the corn affording various food, and olives, and pomegranates, alike and unlike unto one another.  Eat of their fruit, when they bear fruit, and pay the due thereof on the day whereon ye shall gather it;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but be not profuse,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 GOD}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  loveth not those who are too profuse.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God hath given you}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  some cattle fit for bearing of burdens, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 some}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 fit for slaughter only.  Eat of what GOD hath given you for food; and follow not the steps of Satan, for he is your declared enemy.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Four pair}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of cattle hath God given you;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of sheep one pair, and of goats one pair.  Say }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Hath }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  forbidden the two males, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of sheep and of goats}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or the two females; or that which the wombs of the two females contain?  Tell me with certainty, if ye speak truth.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And of camels }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hath God given you}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 one pair, and of oxen one pair.  Say, Hath he forbidden the two males }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of these}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or the two females; or that which the wombs of the two females contain?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Were ye present when GOD commanded you this?  And who is more unjust than he who deviseth a lie against GOD,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 that he may seduce men without understanding?  Verily GOD directed not unjust people.}{\f36\fs18\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, those who serve our idols, and are of the male sex; for the women were not allowed to eat of them.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which they superstitiously exempted from such services, in some particular cases, as they did the Bah\'eera, the S\'e2\'efba, and the H\'e2mi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See c. 5, p. 73.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 foetus}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or embryos of the Bah\'eera and the S\'e2\'efba, which shall be brought forth alive.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For if those cattle cast their young, the women might eat thereof as well as the men.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See above, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Not having a due sense of GOD\rquote S providence.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as some choose to interpret the words, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
Trees or plants which are planted by the labour of man, and those which grow naturally in the deserts and on mountains}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, give alms thereof to the poor.  And these alms, as al Beid\'e2wi observes, were what they used to give before the Zac\'e2
t, or legal alms, was instituted, which was done after Mohammed had retired from Mecca, where this verse was revealed.  Yet some are of another opinion, and for this very reason will have the verse to have been revealed at Medina.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Give not so much thereof in alms as to leave your own families in want, for charity begins at home.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, literally, eight males and females paired together; that is, four of each sex, and two of every distinct kind.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   In this passage Moh
ammed endeavours to convince the Arabs of their superstitious folly in making it unlawful, one while, to eat the males of these four kinds of cattle; another while, the females; and at another time, their young.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The person particularly intended here, some say, was Amru Ebn Lohai, king of Hej
\'e2z, a great introducer of idolatry and superstition among the Arabs.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 6  Idem.\tab \tab 7  See cap. 5, p. 86, and Prelim. Disc. Sect. V.\tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 
2  Idem.  See Prelim. Disc. p. 15, and Pocock Spec. p. 80.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Say, I find not in that which hath been revealed unto me anything forbidden unto the eater, that he eat it not, except it be that which dieth of itself, or blood poured forth,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  or swine's flesh: for this is an abomination: or }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 that which is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  profane, having be
en slain in the name of some other than of GOD.  But whoso shall be compelled by necessity }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to eat of these things}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , not lusting, nor }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 wilfully}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  transgressing, verily thy LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  gracious }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and merciful.
\par      Unto the Jews did we forbid every }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 beast}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  having an }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 undivided }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
hoof; and of bullocks and sheep, we forbade them the fat of both; except that which should be on their backs, or their inwards,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  or which should be intermixed with the bone.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   This have we rewarded them with, because of their iniquity; and we are surely speakers of truth.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      If they accuse thee of imposture, say, Your LORD is endued with extensive mercy; but his severity shall not be averted from wicked people.
\par      The idolaters will say, If GOD had pleased, we had not been guilty of idolatry, neither our fathers; and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 pretend that}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  we have not forbidden }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  anything.  Thus did they who were before them accuse }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the prophets}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of imposture, until they tasted our severe punishment.  Say, Is there with you any }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 certain}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  knowledge }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of what ye allege}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , that ye may produce it unto us?  Ye follow only a }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 false}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  imagination; and ye utter only lies.
\par 150\tab Say, therefore, Unto GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the most evident demonstration; for if he had pleased, he had directed you all.
\par      Say, Produce your witnesses, who can bear testimony that GOD hath forbidden this.  But if they bear testimony }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of this}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, do not thou bear testimony with them, nor do thou follow the desires of those who accuse our signs of falsehood, and who believe not in the life to come, and equalize }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 idols}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with their LORD.

\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Say, Come;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  I will rehearse that which your LORD hath forbidden you; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 that is to say}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, that ye be not guilty of idolatry, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 that ye show}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  kindness to }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  parents, and that ye murder not your children }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for fear}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  lest ye be reduced to poverty; we will provide for you and them; and draw not near unto heinous crimes,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 neither openly nor in secret; and slay not the soul which God hath forbidden }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 you to slay}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , unless for a just cause.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  This hath he enjoined you that ye may understand.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And meddle not with the substance of the orphan, otherwise than for the improving }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereof}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, until he attain his age of strength: and use a full measure, and a just balance.  We will not impose }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a task}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 any}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 soul beyond its ability.  And when ye pronounce }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 judgment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  observe justice, although it be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for or against}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 one who is near of kin, and fulfil the covenant of GOD.  This hath }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  commanded you, that ye may be admonished;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, fluid blood; in opposition to what the Arabs suppose to be also blood, but not fluid, as the liver and the spleen.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See Levit. vii. 23, and iii. 16.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., The fat of the rumps or tails of sheep, which are very large in the east, a small one weighing ten or twelve pounds, and some no less than threescore.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This and the two following verses Jallalo\rquote ddin supposes to have been revealed at Medina.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original word signifies peculiarly fornication and avarice.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As for murder, apostacy, or adultery.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that ye may know}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  that this is my right way: therefore follow it, and follow not the path }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of others}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , lest ye be scattered from the path }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  This hath he commanded you that ye may take heed.
\par      We gave also unto Moses the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the law;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a perfect rule unto him who should do right, and a determination concerning all things }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 needful}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and a direction, and mercy; that }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the children of Israel}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  might believe the meeting of their LORD.
\par      And this book which we have }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 now}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  sent down is blessed; therefore follow it, and fear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  that ye may obtain mercy:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      lest ye should say, The scriptures were only sent down unto two people}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  before us; and we neglected to peruse them with attention:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      or lest ye should say, If a book }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of divine revelations}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  had been sent down unto us, we would surely have been better directed than they.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And now hath a manifest declaration come unto you from your LORD, and a direction and mercy: and who is more unjust than he who deviseth lies against the signs of GOD, and turneth aside from them?  W
e will reward those who turn aside from our signs with a grievous punishment, because they have turned aside.
\par      Do they wait for }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 any other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  than that the angels should come unto them, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to part their souls from their bodies;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 or that thy LORD should come }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to punish them;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  or that some of the signs of thy LORD should come to pass, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 showing the day of judgment to be at hand?}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   On the day whereon some of thy LORD'S signs shall come to pass, its faith shall not profit a soul which believed not before, or wrought not good in its faith.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Say, Wait ye }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for this day; }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 we surely do wait }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par 160\tab They who make a division in their religion,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and become sectaries, have thou nothing to do with them; their affair }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  only unto GOD.  Hereafter shall he declare unto them that which they have done.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      He who shall appear with good works, shall receive a tenfold recompense for the same; but he who shall appear with evil works, shall receive only an equal }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 punishment}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for the same; and they shall not be treated unjustly.
\par      Say, Verily my LORD hath directed me into a right way, a true religion, the sect of Abraham the orthodox; and he was no idolater.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Say, Verily my prayers, and my worship, and my life, and my death }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are dedicated}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 unto GOD, the LORD of all creatures: he hath no companion.  This have I been commanded: I am the first Moslem.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, the Jews and the Christians.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Either because we knew nothing of them, or did not understand the language wherein they were written.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Because of the acuteness of our wit, the clearness of our understanding, and our facility of learning sciences\endash 
as appears from our excelling in history, poetry, and oratory, notwithstanding we are illiterate people.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Al Beid\'e2wi, from a tradition of Mohammed, says that ten signs wi
ll precede the last day, viz., the smoke, the beast of the earth, an eclipse in the east, another in the west, and a third in the peninsula of Arabia, the appearance of anti-Christ, the sun\rquote 
s rising in the west, the eruption of Gog and Magog, the descent of Jesus on earth, and fire which shall break forth from Aden.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For faith in the next life will be of no advantage to those who have not believed in this; nor yet faith in this life without good works.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, who believe in part of it, and disbeli
eve other parts of it, or who form schisms therein.  Mohammed is reported to have declared that the Jews were divided into seventy-one sects, and the Christians into seventy-two; and that his own followers would be split into seventy-three sects; and that
 all of them would be damned, except only one of each.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See before, p. 90.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 5  Idem.\tab \tab 1  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 62, &c.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Say, shall I desire any other LORD besides GOD? since he is the LORD of all things; and no soul shall acquire }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 any merits or demerits}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but for itself; and no burdened }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 soul}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall bear the burden of another.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Moreover unto your LORD shall ye return; and he shall declare unto you that concerning which ye }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 now}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  dispute.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      It is he who hath appointed you to succeed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 your predecessors}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in the earth, and hath raised some of you above others by }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 various }{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 degrees }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of worldly advantages}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , that he might prove you by that which he hath bestowed on you.  Thy LORD is swift in punishing; and he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is also
}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  gracious }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  merciful.
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 _______
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par 
\par CHAPTER VII}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, AL ARAF;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      AL. M. S.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   A book hath been sent down unto thee: and therefore let there be no doubt in thy breast concerning it; that thou mayest preach the same, and }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 that it may be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  an admonition unto the faithful.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Follow that which hath been sent down unto you from your LORD; and follow no guides besides him: how little will ye be warned!
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      How many cities have we destroyed; which our vengeance overtook by night,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  or while they were reposing themselves at noon-day!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And their supplication, when our punishment came upon them,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      was no other than that they said, Verily we have been unjust.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We will surely call those to an account, unto whom }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a prophet}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  hath been sent; and we will }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  call those to account who have been sent }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And we will declare }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their actions}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto them with knowledge; for we are not absent }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      The weighing }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of men's actions}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on that day }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  just;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they whose balances }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 laden with their good works}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall be heavy, are those who }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 happy;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      but they whose balances shall be light, are those who have lost their souls, because they injured our signs.
\par      And now have we placed you on the earth, and have provided you food therein: }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 but}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  how little are ye thankful!
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 10\tab We created you, and afterwards formed you; and then said unto the angels, Worship Adam; and they }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 all }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 worshipped }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 him}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , except Eblis, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 who}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  was not one of those who worshipped.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, What hindered thee from worshipping }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Adam}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , since I had commanded thee?  He answered, I am more excellent than he: thou hast created me of fire, and hast created him of clay.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This was revealed in answer to the pressing instances of the idolater
s, who offered to take the crime upon themselves, if Mohammed would conform to their worship.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Al Ar\'e2f signifies the partition between paradise and hell, which is mentioned in this chapter.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some, however, except five or eight verses, begin at these words, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 And ask them concerning the city}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The signification of those letters the more sober Mohammedans confess GOD alone knows.  Some, however, imagine they stand for Allah, Gabriel, Mohammed, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
on whom be peace}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As it did the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah, to whom Lot was sent.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As happened to the Midianites, to whom Shoaib preached.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 69.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 2, p. 5, &c.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab \tab 1  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 74.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, Get thee down therefore from }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 paradise;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for it is not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 fit}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 that thou behave thyself proudly therein: get thee }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hence;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  thou shalt }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  one of the contemptible.
\par      He answered, Give me respite until the day of resurrection.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 said, Verily thou shalt be }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of those }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 who are}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  respited.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      The }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 devil}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, Because thou hast depraved me, I will lay wait for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in thy strait way;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      then will I come upon them from before, and from behind, and from their right hands, and from their left;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and thou shalt not find the gr
eater part of them thankful.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Get thee hence, despised, and driven }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 far away:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  verily whoever of them shall follow thee, I will surely fill hell with you all:
\par      but }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as for thee}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , O Adam, dwell thou and thy wife in paradise; and eat }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the fruit thereof}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 wherever ye will; but approach not this tree, lest ye become }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the number}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of the unjust.
\par      And Satan suggested to them both, that he would discover unto them their nakedness, which was hidden from them; and he said, Your LORD hath not forbidden you this tree, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for any other reason}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 but lest ye should become angels, or lest ye become immortal.
\par 20\tab And he sware unto them, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Verily I am }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of those who counsel you aright.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And he caused them to fall through deceit.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And when th
ey had tasted of the tree, their nakedness appeared unto them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they began to join together the leaves of paradise,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 to cover themselves.  And their LORD called to them, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Did I not forbid you this tree: and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 did I not}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 say unto you, Verily Satan is your declared enemy?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They answered, O LORD, we have dealt unjustly with our own souls; and if thou forgive us not, and be not merciful unto us, we shall }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 surely}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  be of those who perish.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, Get ye down, the one of you an enemy unto the other; and ye shall have a dwelling-place upon the earth, and a provision for a season.
\par      He said, Therein shall ye live, and therein shall ye die, and from thence shall ye be taken forth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 at the resurrection}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O children of Adam, we have sent down unto you apparel,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 to conceal your nakedness, and fair garments; but the clothing of piety is better. This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is one}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the signs of God; that peradventure ye may consider.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As the time till which the devil is reprieved is not particularly expressed, the comme
ntators suppose his request was not wholly granted; but agree that he shall die, as well as other creatures, at the second sound of the trumpet.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , I will attack them on every side that I shall be able.  The other two ways, viz., from above and fro
m under their feet, are omitted, say the commentators, to show that the devil\rquote s power is limited.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Mohammedan gospel of Barnabas tells us that the sentence which GOD pronounced on the serpent for introducing the devil into paradise}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  was, that he sh
ould not only be turned out of paradise, but that he should have his legs cut off by the angel Michael, with the sword of GOD; and that the devil himself, since he had rendered our first parents unclean, was condemned to eat the excrements of them and all
 their posterity; which two last circumstances I do not remember to have read elsewhere.  The words of the manuscript are these:  }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Y llam\'f3 }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 [}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Dios}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ]}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  a la serpiente, y a Michael, aquel que tiene la espada de Dios, y le dixo; Aquesta sierpe es acelerada, echala l
a primera del parayso, y cortale las piernas, y si quisiere caminar, arrastrara la vida por tierra.  Y llam\'f3 \'e0 Satanas, el qual vino riendo, y dixole; Porque tu reprobo has enga\'f1
ado a aquestos, y los has hecho immundos?  Yo quiero que toda immundicia suya, y de todos sus hijos, en saliendo de sus cuerpos entre por tu boca, porque en verdad ellos haran penitencia, y tu quedaras harto de immundicia.
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which they had not perceived before; being clothed, as some say, with light, or garments of paradise, which
 fell from them on their disobedience.  Yahya imagines their nakedness was hidden by their hair.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which it is said were fig-leaves.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Not only proper materials, but also ingenuity of mind and dexterity of hand to make use of them.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 65, and D\rquote Herbelot, Bibl. Orient. Art. Eblis.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.
\par 4  See the notes to cap. 2, p. 5.\tab \tab 5  Idem.\tab \tab 6  Idem.\tab \tab 7  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 O children of Adam, let not Satan seduce you, as he expelled your parents out of paradise, by stripping them of their clothing, that he might show them their nakedness: verily he seeth you, }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 both}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  he and his companions, whereas ye see not them.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  We have appointed the devils }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  patrons of those who believe not:
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and when they commit a filthy action, they say, We found our fathers }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 practising}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the same; and GOD hath commanded us }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to do}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  it.  Say, Verily GOD commandeth not filthy actions.  Do ye speak concerning GOD that which ye know not?
\par      Say, My LORD hath commanded me }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to observe}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  justice; therefore set your faces }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to pray }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
at every place of worship, and call upon him, approving unto him the sincerity of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  religion.  As he produced you at first, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 so unto him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 shall ye return.  A part }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of mankind}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  hath he directed; and a part hath been justly led into error, because they have taken the devils for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  patrons besides GOD, and imagine they are }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 rightly }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 directed.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O children of Adam, take your decent apparel at every place of worship,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and eat and drink,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but be not guilty of excess; for he loveth not those who are guilty of excess.
\par 30\tab Say, Who hath forbidden the decent apparel of GOD, which he hath produced for his servants, and the good things }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 which he hath provided}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for food?  Say, these things }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for those who believe, in this present life, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 but}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  peculiarly on the day of resurrection.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Thus do we distinctly explain }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 our}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  signs unto people who understand.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, Verily my LORD hath forbidden filthy actions, both that which is discovered thereof, and that which is concealed, and also iniquity, and unjust violence; and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hath forbidden you}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to associate with GOD that concerning which he hath sent you down no authority, or to speak of GOD that which ye know not.
\par      Unto every nation }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 there is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a prefixed term; therefore when their term is expired, they shall not have respite for an hour, neither shall they be anticipated.
\par      O children of Adam, verily apostles from among you shall come unto you, who shall expound my signs unto you: whosoever therefore shall fear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and amend, there shall come no fe
ar on them, neither shall they be grieved.
\par      But they who shall accuse our signs of falsehood, and shall proudly reject them, they shall be the companions of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire; they shall remain therein forever.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And who is more unjust than he who deviseth a lie concerning GOD, or accuseth his signs of imposture?  Unto these shall be given their portion }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of worldly happiness}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , according to }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 what is written in}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the book }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of God's decrees}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , until our messengers}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  come unto them, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall cause them to die; saying, Where }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are the idols}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which ye called upon, besides GOD?  They shall answer, They have disappeared from us.  And they shall bear witness against themselves that they were unbelievers.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Because of the subtlety of their bodies, and their being void of all colour.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage was revealed to reprove an immodest custom of the pagan Arabs, who used to encompass the Caaba naked, because clothes, they said, were the signs of their disobedience to GOD.
}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Sonna orders that, when a man goes to prayers, he 
should put on his better apparel, out of respect to the divine majesty before whom he is to appear.  But as the Mohammedans think it indecent, on the one hand, to come into GOD\rquote 
S presence in a slovenly manner, so they imagine, on the other, that they ought not to appear before him in habits too rich or sumptuous, and particularly in clothes adorned with gold or silver, lest they should seem proud.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The sons of Amer, it is said, when they performed the pilgrimage to Mecca, used to eat no more than was abs
olutely necessary, and that not of the more delicious sort of food neither, which abstinence they looked upon as a piece of merit, but they are here told the contrary.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Because then the wicked, who also partook of the blessings of this life, will have 
no share in the enjoyments of the next.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., The angel of death and his assistants.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 8  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 1  idem, al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall say }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto them at the resurrection}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Enter ye with the nations which have preceded you, of genii and 
of men, into }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  fire; so often as one nation shall enter, it shall curse its sister,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 until they shall all have successively entered therein.  The latter of them shall say of the former of them:  O LORD, these have seduced us; therefore inflict on them a double punishment of the fire }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of hell}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall answer, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 It shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  doubled unto all:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but ye know }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  not:
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and the former of them shall say unto the latter of them, Ye have not therefore any favor above us; taste the punishment for that which ye have gained.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Verily they who shall charge our signs with falsehood, and shall proudly reject them, the gates of heaven shall not be opened unto them,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 neither shall they enter into paradise, until a camel pass through the eye of a needle,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and thus will we reward the wicked doers.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Their couch shall be in hell, and over them shall be coverings }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of fire;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and thus will we reward the unjust.
\par 40\tab But they who believe, and do that which is right (we will not load any soul but according to its ability,) they shall be the companions of paradise; they shall remain therein forever.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And we will remove all grudges from their minds;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  rivers shall run at their feet, and they shall say, Praised be GOD, who hath directed us unto this }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 felicity}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , for we should not have been }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 rightly}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  directed, if GOD had not directed us; now }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
are we convinced by demonstration that}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the Apostles of our LORD came }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto us}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 with truth.  And it shall be proclaimed unto them, This is paradise, whereof ye are made heirs, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 as a reward}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for that which ye have wrought.
\par      And the inhabitants}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of paradise shall call out to the inhabitants of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  fire, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Now have we found that which our LORD promised us }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  true: have ye }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 also }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
found that which your LORD promised you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  true?  They shall answer, Yea.  And a crier}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 shall proclaim between them, The curse of GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on the wicked;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      who turn }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  aside from the way of GOD, and seek }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to render}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  it crooked, and who deny the life to come.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, the nation whose example betrayed them into their idolatry and other wickedness.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Unto those who set the example, because they not only transgressed themselves, but were also the occasion of the others\rquote 
 transgression; and unto those who followed them, because of their own infidelity and their imitating an ill example.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, when their souls shall, after death, ascend to heaven, they shall not be admitted, but shall be thrown down into the dungeon under the seventh earth.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2
}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This expression was probably taken from our Saviour\rquote s words in the gospel,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  though it be proverbial in the east.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  So that, whatever differences or animosities there had been between them in their lifetime, they shall now be forgotten, and give place to sincere love and amity.  This Ali is said to have hoped would
 prove true to himself and his inveterate enemies, Othm\'e2n, Telha, and al Zobeir.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the companions}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This crier, some say, will be the angel Israfil.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  Jallalo\rquote ddin.  See the Prelim. Disc. ubi sup. p. 61.\tab \tab 3  Matth. xix. 24\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And between the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 blessed and the damned}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  there shall be a veil; and men }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall stand}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on Al Ar\'e2f}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  who shall know every one }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  by their marks;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and shall call unto the inhabitants of paradise, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Peace be upon you: }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 yet}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 they shall not enter therein, although they earnestly desire }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And when they shall turn their eyes towards the companions of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire, they say, O LORD, place us not with the ungodly people!
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And those who stand on Al Ar\'e2f shall call unto }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 certain}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  men,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  who
m they shall know by their marks, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall say, What hath your gathering }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of riches}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 availed you, and that ye were puffed up with pride?
\par      Are these the men on whom ye sware that GOD would not bestow mercy?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Enter ye into paradise; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there shall}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 come}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  no fear on you, neither shall ye be grieved.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      And the inhabitants of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  fire shall call unto the inhabitants of paradise, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Pour upon us some water, or of those }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 refreshments}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which GOD hath bestowed on you.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   They shall answer, Verily GOD hath forb
idden them unto the unbelievers;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
     who made a laughing-stock and a sport of their religion, and whom the life of the world hath deceived: therefore this day will we forget them, as they did forget the meeting of this day, and for that they denied our signs }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be from God.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 50\tab And now have we brought unto those }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Mecca a book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
of divine revelations:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261   we have explained it with knowledge; a direction and mercy unto people who shall believe.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Do they wait }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for any other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  than the interpretation thereof?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   O
n the day whereon the interpretation thereof shall come, they who had forgotten the same before shall say, Now }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 we convinced by demonstration that}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the messengers of our LORD came }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto us}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with truth: shall we therefore have any intercessors, who will intercede for us? or shall we be sent back }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 into the world}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , that we may do other }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 works}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  than what we did }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in our life-time?  But}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  now have they lost their souls; and that which they impiously imagined hath fled from them.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily, your LORD is GOD, who created the heavens and the earth in six days; and then ascended }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his }{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 throne: he causeth the night to cover the day; it succeedeth the same swiftly: }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 he }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 also}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  created}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 the sun and the moon, and the stars, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 which are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  absolutely subject unto his command.  Is not the whole creation, and the empire }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereof}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, his?  Blessed be GOD, the LORD of all creatures!
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Al Ar\'e2f is the name of the wall or partition which, as Mohammed taught, will separate paradise from hell.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   But as to the persons who are to be placed thereon the commentators differ, as has been elsewhere observed.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Who shall distinguish the blessed from the damned by their proper characteristics; such as the whiteness and splendour of the faces of the former, and the blackness of those of the latter.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  From this circumstance, it seems that their opinion is the most probable who make this intermediate partition a sort of purgatory for those who, though they deserve not to be sent to hell, yet have not merits sufficient to gain them immediate admittance
 into paradise, and will be tantalized here for a certain time with a bare view of the felicity of that place.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, the chiefs and ringleaders of the infidels.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These were the inferior and poorer among the believers, whom they despised in their lifetimes as unworthy of God\rquote s favour.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  These words are directed, by an apostrophe, to the poor and despised believers above mentioned.  Some commentators, however, imagine these and the next preceding words are to be understood of those who will be confined in al Ar\'e2
f; and that the damned will, in return for their reproachful speech, swear that they shall never enter paradise themselves; whereupon GOD of his mercy shall order them to be admitted by these words.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Of the other liquors or fruits of paradise.  Compare this passage with the parable of Dives and Lazarus.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, the event of the promises and menaces therein.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 6, p. 90, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 5  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 74.\tab \tab 6  See ibid.\tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem.
\par 3  Idem}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Call upon your LORD humbly and in secret; for he loveth not those who transgress.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      And act not corruptly in the earth, after its reformation;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and call upon him with fear and desire: for the mercy of GOD is near unto the righteous.
\par      It is he who sendeth the winds, spread abroad}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  before his mercy,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  until they bring a cloud heavy }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with rain}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which we drive into a dead country;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we cause water to descend thereon, by which we cause all }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 sorts of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  fruits to spring forth.  Thus will we bring forth the dead }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from their graves;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 that peradventure ye may consider.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      From a good country shall its fruit spring forth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 abundantly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , by the permission of its LORD; but from the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 land}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which is bad, it shall not spring forth otherwise than scarcely.  Thus do we explain the signs }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of divine providence}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto people who are thankful.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We formerly sent Noah}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto his people: and he said, O my people, worship GOD: ye have no other GOD than him.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Verily I fear for you the punishment of the great day.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      The chiefs of his people answered }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , We surely perceive thee }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in a manifest error.
\par      He replied, O my people, there is no error in me; but I am a messenger from the LORD of all creatures.
\par 60\tab I bring unto you the messages of my LORD; and I counsel you aright: for I know from GOD, that which ye know not.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Do ye wonder that an admonition hath come unto you from your LORD by a man}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 from among you, to warn you, that ye may take heed to yourselves, and that peradventure ye may obtain mercy?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Behaving themselves arrogantly while they pray; or praying with an obstreperous voice, or a multitude of words and vain repetitions.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , After that GOD hath sent his prophets, and revealed his laws, for the reformation and amendment of mankind.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or ranging over a large extent of land.  Some copies, instead of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 noshran}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, which is the reading I have here followed, have }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 boshran}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which signifies }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 good tidings;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 the rising of the wind in such a manner being the forerunner of rain.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, rain.  For the east wind, says al Beid\'e2
wi, raises the clouds, the north wind drives them together, the south wind agitates them, so as to make the rain fall, and the west wind disperses them again.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or a dry and parched land.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Noah the son of Lamech, according to the Mohammedan writers, was one of the six principal prophets,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 though he had no written revelations delivered to him,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and the first who appeared after his great-grandfather Edr\'ees or Enoch.  They also say he was by trade a 
carpenter, which they infer from his building the ark, and that the year of his mission was the fiftieth, or, as others say, the fortieth of his age.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab That Noah was a preacher of righteousness unto the wicked antediluvians is testified by scripture.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The
 eastern Christians say that when God ordered Noah to build the ark, he also directed him to make an instrument of wood, such as they make use of at this day in the east, instead of bells, to call the people to church, and named in Arabic N\'e2k\'fb
s, and in mod
ern Greek Semandra; on which he was to strike three times every day, not only to call together the workmen that were building the ark, but to give him an opportunity of daily admonishing his people of the impending danger of the Deluge, which would certai
nly destroy them if they did not repent.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab Some Mohammedan authors pretend Noah was sent to convert Zoh\'e2k, one of the Persian kings of the first race, who refused to hearken to him; and that he afterwards preached GOD\rquote s unity publicly.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   From these words, and other passages of the Kor\'e2n where Noah\rquote s preaching is mentioned, it appears that, according to Mohammed\rquote 
s opinion, a principal crime of the antediluvians was idolatry.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., Either the day of resurrection, or that whereon the Flood was to begin.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  For, said they, if GOD had pleased, he would have sent an angel, and not a man; since we never heard of such an instance in the times of our fathers.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up8\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  See the Prelim. Disc. p. 59.\tab \tab 4  Vide Reland. de Relig. Moh. p. 34.
\par 5  Al Zamakhshari.\tab \tab 6  2 Pet. ii. 5.\tab \tab 7  Eutych. Annal. p. 37.\tab \tab 8  Vide D\rquote Herbal. Bibl. Orient. p. 675.
\par 9  See c. 71, and the Prelim. Disc. Sect. I. p. 14.\tab \tab 10  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And they accused him of imposture: but we delivered him and those who }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 were}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with him in the ark,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we drowned those who charged our signs with falsehood; for they were a blind people.
\par      And unto }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the tribe of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Ad }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 we sent}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  their brother H\'fbd.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  He said, O my people, worship GOD: ye have no other GOD than him; will ye not fear }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 him?}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      The chiefs of those among his people who believed not,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  answered, Verily we perceive that thou }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 art guided}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 by folly; and we certainly esteem thee }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be one}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the liars.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      He replied, O my people, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 I am}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 guided by}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  folly; but I am a messenger unto you fr
om the LORD of all creatures:
\par      I bring unto you the messages of my LORD; and I am a faithful counsellor unto you.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Do ye wonder that an admonition hath come unto you from your LORD, by a man from among you, that he may warn you?  Call to mind how he hath appointed you successors unto the people of Noah,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b
}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and hath added unto you in stature largely.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Remember the benefits of GOD, that ye may prosper.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They said, Art thou come unto us, that we should worship GOD alone, and leave }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the deities}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which our fathers worshipped?  Now bring down that }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 judgment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  upon us, with which thou threatenest us, if thou speakest truth.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Hud answered, Now shall there suddenly fall upon you from your LORD vengeance and indignation.  Will ye dispute with me concerning t
he names which ye have named,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and your fathers; as to which GOD hath not revealed unto you any authority?  Do ye wait therefore, and I will be }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 one}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of those who wait with you.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, those who believed on him, and entered into that vessel with him. 
 Though there be a tradition among the Mohammedans, said to have been received from the prophet himself, and conformable to the scripture, that eight persons, and no more, were saved in the ark, yet some of them report the number variously.  One says they
 were but six, another ten, another twelve, another seventy-eight, and another four-score, half men and half women,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and that one of them was the elder Jorham,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  the preserver, as some pretend, of the Arabian language.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Ad was an ancient and potent tribe of Arabs,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and zealous idolaters.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   They chiefly worshipped four deities, S\'e2kia, H\'e2fedha, R\'e2zeka and S\'e2
lema; the first, as they imagined, supplying them with rain, the second preserving them from all dangers abroad, the third providing food for their sustenance, and the fourth restoring them to health when afflicted with sickness,}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  according to the signification of the several names.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Generally supposed to be the same person with Heber;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  but others say he was the son of Abda\rquote llah, the son of Rib\'e2
h, the son of Khol\'fbd, the son of Ad, the son of Aws or Uz, the son of Aram, the son of Sem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These words were added because some of the principal men among them believed on H\'fbd, one of whom was Morthed Ebn Saad.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Dwelling in the habitations of the antediluvians, who preceded them not many centuries, or having the chief sway in the earth after them.  For the kingdom of Shed\'e2
d, the son of Ad, is said to have extended from the sands of Alaj to the trees of Om\'e2n.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. p. 5.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, 
concerning the idols and imaginary objects of your worship, to which ye wickedly gave the names, attributes, and honour due to the only true GOD.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Zamakhshari, Jallalo\rquote ddin, Ebn Shohnah.\tab \tab 2  Idem.  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect I. p. 6.\tab \tab 3  Vide Pocock. Orat. Pr\'e6fix. Carm. Tograi.\tab \tab 4  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. I. p. 5.\tab 
\tab 5  Abulfeda.\tab \tab 6  Vide D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. Art. Houd.
\par 7  See the Prelim. Disc. p. 5.\tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 9  Idem.\tab \tab 10  Idem.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 70\tab And we delivered him, and them who }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 believed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with him by
 our mercy; and we cut off the uttermost part of those who charged our signs with falsehood, and were not believers.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And unto }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the tribe of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Tham\'fbd }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 we sent}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  their brother S
\'e2leh.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   He said, O my people, worship GOD: ye have no GOD besides him.  Now hath a manifest proof come unto you from your LORD.  This she-camel of GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a sign unto you:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  therefore dismiss her freely, that she may feed in GOD's earth; and do her no hurt, lest a painful punishment seize you.
\par      And call to mind how he hath appointed you successors unto }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the tribe of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Ad, and hath given you a habitation on earth; ye build }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 yourselves}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  castles on the plains thereof, and cut out the mountains into houses.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Remember therefore the benefits of GOD, and commit not violence in the earth, acting
 corruptly.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      The chiefs among his people who were puffed up with pride, said unto those who were esteemed weak, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 namely}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto those who believed among them, Do ye know that S\'e2
leh hath been sent from his LORD?  They answered, We do surely believe in that wherewith he hath been sent.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Those who were elated with pride replied, Verily we believe not in that wherein ye believe.}{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The dreadful destruction of the Adites we have mentioned in another place,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and shall only add here some further circumstances of that calamity, and which differ a little from what is there said; for the Arab writers acknowledge many inconsistencies in the histories of these ancient tribes.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab The tribe of Ad having been for their incredulity previously chastised with a three years\rquote 
 drought, sent Kail Ebn Ithar and Morthed Ebn Saad, with seventy other principal men, to the temple of Mecca to obtain rain.  Mecca was then in the hands of the tribe of Amalek}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 
whose prince was Mo\'e2wiyah Ebn Becr; and he, being without the city when the 
ambassadors arrived, entertained them there for a month in so hospitable a manner that they had forgotten the business they came about had not the king reminded them of it, not as from himself, lest they should think he wanted to be rid of them, but by so
m
e verses which he put into the mouth of a singing woman.  At which, being roused from their lethargy, Morthed told them the only way they had to obtain what they wanted would be to repent and obey their prophet; but this displeasing the rest, they desired
 Mo\'e2
wiyah to imprison him, lest he should go with them; which being done, Kail with the rest entering Mecca, begged of GOD that he would send rain to the people of Ad.  Whereupon three clouds appeared, a white one, a red one, and a black one; and a voice fr
om heaven ordered Kail to choose which he would.  Kail failed not to make choice of the last, thinking it to be laden with the most rain; but when this cloud came over them, it proved to be fraught with the divine vengeance, and a tempest broke forth from
 it which destroyed them all.}{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Tham\'fb
d was another tribe of the ancient Arabs who fell into idolatry.  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. I. p. 5.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Al Beid\'e2wi deduces his genealogy thus: S\'e2
leh, the son of Obeid, the son of Asaf, the son of Masekh, the son of Obeid, the son of H\'e2dher, the son of Tham\'fbd.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Tham\'fbdites, insisting on a miracle, proposed to S\'e2
leh that he should go with them to their festival, and that they should call on their gods, and he on his, promising to follow that deity which should 
answer.  But after they had called on their idols a long time to no purpose, Jonda Ebn Amru, their prince, pointed to a rock standing by itself, and bade S\'e2
leh cause a she-camel big with young to come forth from it, solemnly engaging that, if he did, he would believe, and his people promised the same.  Whereupon S\'e2
leh asked it of GOD, and presently the rock, after several throes as if in labour, was delivered of a she-camel answering the description of Jonda, which immediately brought forth a young one, rea
dy weaned, and, as some say, as big as herself.  Jonda, seeing this miracle, believed on the prophet, and some few with him; but the greater part of the Tham\'fb
dites remained, notwithstanding, incredulous.  Of this camel the commentators tell several very ab
surd stories: as that, when she went to drink, she never raised her head from the well or river till she had drunk up all the water in it, and then she offered herself to be milked, the people drawing from her as much milk as they pleased; and some say th
at she went about the town crying aloud, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 If any wants milk let him come forth.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The tribe of Tham\'fb
d dwelt first in the country of the Adites, but their numbers increasing, they removed to the territory of Hejr for the sake of the mountains, where they cut themselves habitations in the rocks, to be seen at this day.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Prelim. Disc. p. 5.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.  Vide D\rquote Herbelot, Bibl Orient. Art. Houd.\tab \tab 3  See the Prelim. Disc. p. 5.
\par 4  Abulfeda, al Zamakhshari.  Vide D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. Art. S\'e2leh.\tab \tab 5  See the Prelim. Disc. p. 6.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And they cut off the feet of the camel,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and insolently transgressed the command of their LORD,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and said, O S\'e2leh, cause that to come upon us which thou hast threatened us, if thou art }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of those who have been sent }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
by God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Whereupon a terrible noise from heaven}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  assailed them; and in the morning they were found in their dwellings prostrate on their breasts }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and dead}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      And S\'e2leh departed from them, and said,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  O my people, now have I delivered unto you the message of my LORD and I advised you well, but ye love not those who advise }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 you}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  well.
\par      And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 remember}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Lot,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when he said unto his people, Do ye commit a wickedness, wherein no creature hath set you an example?

\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Do ye approach lustfully unto men, leaving the women?  Certainly ye are people who transgress }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 all modesty}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 80\tab But the answer of his people was no other than that they said }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the one to the other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Expel them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  your city; for they are men who preserve themselves pure }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from the crimes which ye commit}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Therefore we delivered him and his family, except his wife; she was }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of those who stayed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 behind:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and we rained a shower }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of stones}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  upon them.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Behold therefore what was the end of the wicked.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This extraordinary camel frighting the other cattle from their pasture, a certain rich woman named Oneiza Omm Ganem, having four daughters, dressed them out and offered one Ked\'e2
r his choice of them if he would kill the camel.  Whereupon he chose one, and with the assistance of eight other men, hamstrung and killed the dam, and pursuing the young one, which fled to the mountain, killed that also and divided his flesh among them.}
{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Others tell the story somewhat differently, adding Sadaka Bint al Mokht\'e2r as a joint conspiratress with Oneiza, and pretending that
 the young one was not killed; for they say that having fled to a certain mountain named K\'e2ra, he there cried three times, and S\'e2
leh bade them catch him if they could, for then there might be hopes of their avoiding the divine vengeance; but this they were not able to do, the rock opening after he had cried, and receiving him within it.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Defying the vengeance with which they were threatened; because they trusted in their strong dwellings hewn in the rocks, saying that the tribe of Ad perished only because their houses were not built with sufficient strength.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3
}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Like violent and repeated claps of thunder, which some say was no other than the voice of the angel Gabriel,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and which rent their hearts.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is said that after they had killed the camel, S\'e2le
h told them that on the morrow their faces should become yellow, the next day red, and the third day black, and that on the fourth GOD\rquote 
S vengeance should light on them; and that the first three signs happening accordingly, they sought to put him to death, but GOD delivered him by sending him into Palestine.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Mohammed, in the expedition of Tab\'fb
c, which he undertook against the Greeks in the ninth year of the Hejra, passing by Hejr, where this ancient tribe had dwelt, forbade his army, though much distres
sed with heat and thirst, to draw any water there, but ordered them if they had drunk of that water to bring it up again, or if they had kneaded any meal with it, to give it to their camels;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and wrapping up his face in his garment, he set spurs to his mule, crying out, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Enter not the houses of those wicked men, but rather weep, lest that happen unto you which befell them;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and having so said, he continued galloping full speed with his face muffled up, till he had passed the valley.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Whether this speech was made by S\'e2leh to them at parting, as seems most probable, or after the judgment had fallen on them, the commentators are not agreed.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators say, conformably to the scripture, that Lot was the son of Haran, the son of Azer or Terah, and consequently Abraham\rquote 
s nephew, who brought him with him from Chaldea into Palestine, where they say he was sent by GOD to reclaim the inhabitants of Sodom and the other neighbouring cities which were overthrown with it, from the unnatural vice to which they were addicted.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   And this Mohammedan tradition seems to be countenanced by the words of the apostle, that this }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearinng vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  whence it is proba
ble that he omitted no opportunity of endeavouring their reformation.  The story of Lot is told with further circumstances in the eleventh chapter.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., Lot, and those who believe on him.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chap. II.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See ibid.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up8\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 1  Abulfeda.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.  Vide D\rquote Herbel. ubi supra.\tab \tab }{\f36\fs14\up8\insrsid14382261 3  Al Kessai.\tab \tab 4  See the Prelim. Disc. p. 6.\tab \tab 
5  Abulfeda, al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 6  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 7  Abulfed. Vit. Moh. p. 124.\tab \tab 8  Al Bokhari.\tab \tab 9  Vide D\rquote Herbelot, Bibl. Orient. Art. Loth.\tab \tab 10  2 Pet. ii. 8.\tab \tab 1  Gen. xxv. 2.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And unto Madian}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 we sent}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  their brother Shoaib.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   He said }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , O my people, worship GOD; ye have no GOD besides him.  Now hath an evident demonstration}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  come unto you from your LORD.  Therefore give full measure and just weight, and diminish not unto men }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 aught of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  their matters:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  neither act corruptly in the earth, after its reformation.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   This will be better for you, if ye believe.
\par      And beset not every way, threatening }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the passenger;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and turning aside from the path of GOD him who believeth in him, and 
seeking to make it crooked.  And remember, when ye were few, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  multiplied you: and behold, what hath been the end of those who acted corruptly.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And if part of you believe in that wherewith I am sent, and part believe not, wait patiently until GOD judge between us; for he is the best judge.
\par      The chiefs of his people, who were elated with pride, answered, We will surely cast thee, O Shoaib, and those who believe with thee, out of our city: or else thou shalt certainly return unto our religion.  He said, What, though we be averse }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereto?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      We shall surely imagine a lie against GOD, if we return unto your religion, after that GOD hath delivered us from the same: and we have no }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 reason}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 to return unto it, unless GOD our LORD shall please }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to abandon us}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  Our LORD comprehendeth every thing by }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 knowledge.  In GOD do we put our trust.  O LORD do thou judge between us and our nation with truth; for thou art the best judge.
\par      And the chiefs of his people who believed not said, If ye follow Shoaib, ye shall surely perish.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Therefore a storm from heaven}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  assailed them, and in the morning they were found in their dwellings }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 dead and}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  prostrate.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 90\tab They who accused Shoaib of imposture }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 became}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  as though they had never dwelt therein; they who accused Shoaib of imposture perished themselves.
\par      And he departed from them, and said, O my people, now have I performed unto you the messages of my LORD; and I advised you aright: but why should I be grieved for an unbelieving people.
\par      We have never sent any prophet unto a city, but we afflicted the inhabitants thereof with calamity and adversity, that they might humble themselves.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Then we gave }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 in exchange good in lieu of evil, until they abounded, and said, Adversity and prosperity formerly happened unto our fathers, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as unto us}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
.  Therefore we took vengeance on them suddenly, and they perceived it not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 beforehand}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or Midian, was a city of Hej\'e2z, and the habitation of a tribe or the same name, the descendants of Midian, the son of Abraham by Keturah,}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  who afterwards coalesced with the Ismaelites, as it seems; Moses naming the same merchants who sold Joseph to Potiphar, in one place Ismaelites,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and in another Midianites.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab This city was situated on the Red Sea, south-east of Mount Sinai, and is doubtless the same with the Modiana of Ptolemy; what was remaining of it in Mohammed\rquote s time was soon after demolished in the succeeding wars,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4
}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and it remains desolate to this day.  The people of the country pretend to show the well whence Moses watered Jethro\rquote s flocks.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some Mohammedan writers make him the son of Mika\'efl, the son of Yashjar, the son of Madian;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and they generally suppose him to be the same person with the father-in-law of Moses, who is named in scripture Reuel or Raguel, and Jethro.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   But Ahmed Ebn Abd\rquote 
alhalim charges those who entertain this opinion with ignorance.  Al Kess\'e2i says that his father\rquote s name was San\'fbn, and that he was first called Boy\'fb
n, and afterwards Shoaib: and adds that he was a comely person, but spare and lean, very thoughtful and of few words.  Doctor Prideaux writes this name, after the French translation, Chaib.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This demonstration the commentators suppose to have been a power of working miracles, though the Kor\'e2n mentions none in particular.  However, they say (aft
er the Jews) that he gave his son-in-law that wonder-working rod,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  with which he performed all those miracles in Egypt and the desert, and also excellent advice and instructions,}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  whence he had the surname of Khat\'eeb al anbiy\'e2, or the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 preacher to the prophets}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 11}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For one of the great crimes which the Midianites were guilty of was the using of diverse measures and weights, a great and a small, buying by one and selling by another.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 12}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See before, p. 110, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Robbing on the highway, it seems, was
 another crying sin frequent among these people.  But some of the commentators interpret this passage figuratively, of their besetting the way of truth, and threatening those who gave ear to the remonstrances of Shoaib.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 13}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Like that which destroyed the Tham\'fb
dites.  Some suppose it to have been an earthquake, for the original word signifies either or both; and both these dreadful calamities may well be supposed to have jointly executed the divine vengeance.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up8\insrsid14382261 \tab 2  Gen. xxxix. I.\tab \tab 3  Gen. xxxvii. 36.\tab \tab 4  Vide Golii not. in Alfrag. p. 143.\tab \tab 5  Abulfed Desc. Arab. p. 42.  Geogr. Nub. p. 10\tab \tab 6  Al Beid\'e2wi, Tarikh Montakhab.\tab \tab 
7  Exod. ii. 18; iii. I.\tab \tab 8  Life of Mah. p. 24.
\par 9  Al Beid\'e2wi.  Vide Shalshel hakkab. p. 12.\tab \tab 10 Exod. xviii. 13, &c.\tab \tab 11  Vide D\rquote Herbelot.  Bibl. Orient. Art. Schoaib.
\par 12  Vide ibid. al Beid\'e2wi.  See Deut. xxv. 13, 14.\tab \tab 13  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 But if the inhabitants of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 those}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  cities had believed and feared }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, we would surely have opened to them blessings both from heaven and earth.  But they charged }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our apostles}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 with falsehood, wherefore we took vengeance on them, for that which they had been guilty of.
\par      Were the inhabitants therefore of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 those}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  cities secure that our punishment should not fall on them by night, while they slept?
\par      Or were the inhabitants of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 those}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  cities secure that our punishment should not fall on them by day, while they sported?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Were they therefore secure from the stratagem of GOD?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   But none will think himself secure from the stratagem of GOD, except the people who perish.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And hath it not manifestly appeared unto those who have inherited the earth after the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 former}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 inhabitants thereof, that if we please, we can afflict them for their sins?  But we will seal up their hearts; and they shall not hearken.
\par      We will relate unto thee some stories of these cities.  Their apostles had come unto them with evident miracles, but they were not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 disposed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 to believe in that which they had before gainsaid.  Thus will GOD seal up the hearts of the unbelievers.
\par 100\tab And we found not in the greater part of them any }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 observance}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  covenant; but we found the greater part of them wicked doers.

\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Then we sent after the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 above named apostles}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Moses with our signs unto Pharaoh}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and his princes; who treated them unjustly:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but behold what was the end of the corrupt doers.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And Moses said, O Pharaoh, verily I am an apostle }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 sent}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  from the LORD of all creatures.
\par      It is just that I should not speak of GOD other than the truth.  Now am I come unto you with an }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 evident}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  sign from your L
ORD: send therefore the children of Israel away with me.  Pharaoh answered, If thou comest with a sign, produce it, if thou speakest truth.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Wherefore he cast down his rod; and behold, it }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 became}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a visible serpent.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Hereby is figuratively expressed the manner of GOD\rquote 
S dealing with proud and ungrateful men, by suffering them to fill up the measure of their iniquity, without vouchsafing to bring them to a sense of their condition by chastisements and afflictions till they find themselves utterly lost,
 when they least expect it.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This was the common title or name of the kings of Egypt (signifying king in the Coptic tongue), as Ptolemy was in after times; and as C\'e6sar was that of the Roman emperors, and Khosr
\'fb that of the kings of Persia.  But which of the kings of Egypt this Pharaoh of Moses was, is uncertain.  Not to mention the opinions of the European writers, those of the east generally suppose him to have been al Wal\'ee
d, who, according to some, was an Arab of the tribe of Ad, or, according to others, the son of Mas\'e1b, the son of Riy\'e2n, the son of Wal\'eed,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  the Amalekite.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   There are historians, however, who suppose Kab\'fbs, the brother and predecessor of al Wal\'eed, was the prince we are speaking of; and pretend he lived six hundred and twenty years, an
d reigned four hundred.  Which is more reasonable, at least, than the opinion of those who imagine it was his father Mas\'e1b, or grand-father Riy\'e2n.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Abulfeda says that Mas\'e1
b being one hundred and seventy years old, and having no child, while he kept the herds saw a cow calve, and heard her say, at the same time, O Mas\'e1b, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
be not grieved, for thou shalt have a wicked son, who will be at length cast into hell}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  And he accordingly had this Wal\'eed, who afterwards coming to be king of Egypt, proved an impious tyrant.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By not believing therein.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The Arab writers tell enormous fables of this serpent or dragon.  For they say that he was hairy, and of so prodigious a size, that when he opened his mouth, his jaws were fourscore cubits asunder, and when he laid his
 lower jaw on the ground, his upper reached to the top of the palace; that Pharaoh seeing this monster make toward him, fled from it, and was so terribly frightened that he befouled himself; and that the whole assembly also betaking themselves to their he
e
ls, no less than twenty-five thousand of them lost their lives in the press.  They add that Pharaoh upon this adjured Moses by GOD who had sent him, to take away the serpent, and promised he would believe on him, and let the Israelites go; but when Moses 
had done what he requested, he relapsed, and grew as hardened as before.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  See the Prelim. Disc. p. 7.\tab \tab 3  Abulfeda, &c.\tab \tab 4  Kit\'e2b tafsir leb\'e2b, and al Kesh\'e2f.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And he drew forth his hand }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 out of his bosom;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and behold, it }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 appeared}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wh
ite unto the spectators.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      The chiefs of the people of Pharaoh said, This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 man}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  is certainly an expert magician:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      he seeketh to dispossess you of your land; what therefore do ye direct?
\par      They answered, Put off him and his brother }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by fair promises for some time}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in the mean while}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 send unto the cities persons who may assemble
\par      and bring unto thee every expert magician.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 110\tab So the magicians}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  came unto Pharaoh; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 they said, Shall we surely receive a reward, if we do overcome?
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      He answered, Yea; and ye shall certainly be of those who approach near }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto my throne}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      They said, O Moses, either do thou cast down }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thy rod first}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , or we will cast down }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ours}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Moses}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  answered, Do ye cast down }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your rods first}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  And when they had cast }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  down, they enchanted the eyes of the men }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 who were present}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and terrified them: and they performed a great enchantment.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      And we spake by revelation unto Moses, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Throw down thy rod.  And behold, it swallowed up }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the rods}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 which they had }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 caused falsely to appear}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  changed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 into serpents}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Wherefore the truth was confirmed, and that which they had wrought vanished.
\par      And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Pharaoh and his magicians}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  were overcome there, and were rendered contemptible.
\par      And the magicians prostrated themselves, worshipping;
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  they said, We believe in the LORD of all creatures,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      the LORD of Moses and Aaron.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   There is a tradition that Moses was a very swarthy man; and that when he put his hand into his bosom, and drew it out again, it became extremely whi
te and splendid, surpassing the brightness of the sun.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Marracci}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 says we do not read in scripture that Moses showed this sign before Pharaoh.  It is true, the scripture does not expressly say so, but it seems to be no more than a necessary inference from
 that passage where GOD tells Moses that if they will not hearken to the first sign, they will believe the latter sign, and if they will not believe these two signs, then directs him to turn the water into blood.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Arabian writers name several of these magicians, besides their chief priest Simeon, viz., Sad\'fbr and Ghad\'fbr, Jaath and Mosfa, War\'e2n and Zam\'e2
n, each of whom came attended with their disciples, amounting in all to several thousands.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   They provided themselves with a great number of thick r
opes and long pieces of wood, which they contrived, by some means, to move, and make them twist themselves one over the other, and so imposed on the beholders, who at a distance took them to be true serpents.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The expositors add, that when this serpent
 had swallowed up all the rods and cords, he made directly towards the assembly, and put them into so great a terror that they fled, and a considerable number were killed in the crowd; then Moses took it up, and it became a rod in his hand as before.  Whe
reupon the magicians declared that it could be no enchantment, because in such case their rods and cords would not have disappeared.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  It seems probable that all the magicians were not converted by this miracle, for some writers introduce Sad\'fbr and Ghad\'fbr only, acknowledging Moses\rquote 
s miracle to be wrought by the power of GOD.  These two, they say, were brothers, and the sons of a famous magician, then dead; but on their being sent for to court on this occasion, their mother persuaded them to go to their father\rquote 
s tomb to ask his advice.  Being come to the tomb, the father answered their call; and when they had acquainted him with the affair, he told them that they should inform themselves whether the rod of which they spoke became a serpent while its masters
 slept, or only when they were awake; for, said he, enchantments have no effect while the enchanter is asleep, and therefore if it be otherwise in this case, you may be assured that they act by a divine power.  These two magicians then, arriving at the ca
pital of Egypt, on inquiry found, to their great astonishment, that when Moses and Aaron went to rest, their rod became a serpent, and guarded them while they slept.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  And this was the first step towards their conversion.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 5  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 6  Idem.\tab \tab 7  In Alc. p. 284.\tab \tab 8  Exod. iv. 8, 9.
\par 9  Vide D\rquote Herbelot, Bibl. Orient. Art. Mousa. p. 643, &c.  Al Kess\'e2i.\tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.  Vide D\rquote Herbelot, ubi sup. and Kor. c. 20.
\par 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Vide D\rquote Herbel. ubi. sup.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 120\tab Pharaoh said, Have ye believed on him, before I have given you permission?  Verily this is a plot which ye have contrived in the city, that ye might cast forth from thence the inhabitants thereof.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   But ye shall surely know }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 that I am your master;
\par      for}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  I will cause your hands and your feet to be cut off on the opposite sides,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  then will I cause you all to be crucified.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      The }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 magicians}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  answered, We shall certainly return unto our LORD, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in the next life;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      for thou takest vengeance on us only because we have believed in the signs of our LORD, when they have come unto us.  O LORD, pour on us patience; and cause us to die Moslems.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
     And the chiefs of Pharaoh's people said, Wilt thou let Moses and his people go, that they may act corruptly in the earth, and leave thee and thy gods?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
Pharaoh}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  answered, We will cause their male children to be slain, and we will suffer their females to live;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by that means}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  we shall prevail over them.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Moses said unto his people, Ask assistance of GOD, and suffer patiently: for the earth is God's, he giveth 
it for an inheritance unto such of his servants as he pleaseth; and the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 prosperous}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  end }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto those who fear }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      They answered, We have been afflicted }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by having our male children slain}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , before thou camest unto us, and also since thou hast come unto us.  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Moses}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, Peradventure it may happen that our LORD will destroy your enemy, and will cause you to succeed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in the earth, that he may see how ye will act }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 therein}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And we formerly punished the people of Pharaoh with dearth and scarcity of fruits, that they might be warned.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Yet when good happened unto them, they said, This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is owing}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto us: but if evil befell them, they attributed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the same}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to the ill luck of Moses, and those who }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 were}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with him.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Was not their ill luck with GOD?}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   But most of them knew it not.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And they said }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto Moses, }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Whatever sign thou show unto us, to enchant us therewith, we will not believe on thee.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 130\tab Wherefore we sent upon them a flood}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and locusts, and lice,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and frogs, and blood; distinct miracles: but they behaved proudly, and became a wicked people.}{\f36\fs18\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, This is a confederacy between you and Moses, entered into before ye left the city to go to the place of appointment, to turn out the Copts, or native Egyptians, and establish the Israelites in their stead.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, your right hands and your left feet.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some say Pharaoh was the first inventor of this ignominious and painful punishment.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some think these converted magicians were executed accordingly; but others deny it, and say that the king was not able to put them to death, insisting on these words of the Kor\'e2n,}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 You two, and they who follow you, shall overcome}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which were the stars, or other idols.  But some of the commentators, from certain impious expressions of this prince, recorded in the Kor\'e2n,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  whereby he sets up himself as the only god of his subjects, suppose that he was the object of their worship, and therefore instead of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 alihataca, thy gods}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, read }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ilahataca, thy worship}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, we will continue to make use of the same 
cruel policy to keep the Israelites in subjection, as we have hitherto done.  The commentators say that Pharaoh came to this resolution because he had either been admonished in a dream, or by the astrologers or diviners, that one of that nation should sub
vert his kingdom.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Looking on him and his followers as the occasion of those calamities.  The original word properly signifies to }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 take an ominous and sinister presage}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  of any future event, from the flight of birds, or the like.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By whose will and decree they were so afflicted, as a punishment for their wickedness.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This inundation, they say, was occasioned by unusual rains, which continued eight days together, and the overflowing of the Nile; and not only covered their lands, but came into their hou
ses, and rose as high as their backs and necks; but the children of Israel had no rain in their quarters.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  As there is no mention of any such miraculous inundation in the Mosaic writings, some have imagined this plague to have been either a pestilence, or the small-pox, or some other epidemical distemper.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For the word }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 tuf\'e2n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which is used in this place, and is generally rendered a }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 deluge}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, may also signify any other universal destruction or mortality.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some will have these insects to have been a larger
 sort of tick; others, the young locusts before they have wings.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 5  Cap. 28.\tab \tab 1  Ibid. and c. 26, &c.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 4  Idem, Abulfed.\tab \tab 5  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 6  Idem.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And when the plague}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  fell on them, they said
, O Moses, entreat thy LORD for us, according to that which he hath covenanted with thee; verily if thou take the plague from off us, we will surely believe thee, and we will let the children of Israel go with thee.  But when we had taken the plague from 
off them until the term }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 which God had granted them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  was expired, behold they broke their promise.
\par      Wherefore we took vengeance on them, and drowned them in the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Red}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Sea;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 because they charged our signs with falsehood, and neglected them.
\par      And we caused the people who had been rendered weak to inherit the eastern parts of the earth and the western parts thereof,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which we blessed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
with fertility;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and the gracious word of thy LORD was fulfilled on the children of Israel, for that they had endured with patience: and we destroyed the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 structures}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which Pharaoh and his people had made, and that which they had erected.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      And we caused the children of Israel to pass through the sea, and they came unto a people who gave themselves up to }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the worship of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  their idols,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they said, O Moses, make us a god, in like manner as these }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 people}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  have gods.  }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Moses}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  answered, Verily ye are an ignorant people:
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the religion}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which these follow }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will be }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 destroyed, and that which they do is vain.
\par      He said, Shall I seek for you any other god than GOD; since he hath preferred you to the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 rest of the}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  world?
\par      And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 remember}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  when we delivered you from the people of Pharaoh, who grievously oppressed you; they slew your male children, and let your females live: therein was a great trial from your LORD.

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And we appointed unto Moses }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a fast of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  thirty nights }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 before we gave him the law}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we completed them by }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 adding of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 ten }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 more;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and the stated time of his LORD was fulfilled in forty nights.  And Moses said unto his brother Aaron, Be thou my deputy among my people }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
during my absence;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and behave uprightly, and follow not the way of the corrupt doers.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., Any of the calamities already mentioned, or the pestilence which GOD sent upon them afterwards.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See this wonderful event more particularly described in the tenth and twentieth chapters.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, the land of Syria, of which the eastern geographers reckon Palestine a part, and wherein the commentators say the children of Israel succeeded the kings of Egypt and the Am
alekites.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Particularly the lofty tower which Pharaoh caused to be built, that he might attack the GOD of Moses.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These people some will have to be of the tribe of Amalek, whom Moses was commanded to destroy, and others of the tribe of Lakhm.  Thei
r idols, it is said, were images of oxen, which gave the first hint to the making of the golden calf.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The commentators say that GOD, having promised Moses to give him the law, directed him to prepare himself for the high favour of speaking with GOD in person by a fast of thirty days; and that Moses accordingly fasted the whole month of Dhu\rquote 
lkaada; but not liking the savour of his breath, he rubbed his teeth with a dentrifice, upon which the angels told him that his breath before had the odour of musk,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but that his rubbing his teeth had taken it away.  Whereupon GOD ordered him to fast ten days more, which he did; and these were the first ten days of the succeeding month Dhu\rquote 
lhajja.  Others, however, suppose that Moses was commanded to fast and pray thirty days only, and that during the other ten GOD discoursed with him.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  Vide Kor. c. 28 and 40.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 4  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV
\par 5  Al Beid\'e2wi.  Jallalo\rquote ddin.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And when Moses came at our appointed time, and his LORD spake unto him,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  he said, O LORD, show me }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thy glory}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , that I may behold thee.  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  answereth, Thou shalt in no wise behold me; but look towards the mountain,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and if it stand firm in its place, then thou shalt see me.  But when his LORD appeared with glory in the mount,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 he reduced it to dust.  And Moses fell down in a swoon.
\par 140\tab And when he came to himself, he said, Praise be unto thee!  I turn unto thee with repentence, and I }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 am}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the first of true believers.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , O Moses, I have chosen thee above }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 all}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  men, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by honouring thee}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with my commissions, and by my speaking }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto thee:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 receive therefore that which I have brought thee, and be }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of those who give thanks.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      And we wrote for him on the tables}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  an admonition concerning every matter, and a decision in every case,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and said}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Receive this with reverence; and command thy people that they live according to the most excellent }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 precepts}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 thereof.  I will show you the dwelling of the wicked.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      I will turn aside from my signs those who behave t
hemselves proudly in the earth, without justice: and although they see every sign, yet they shall not believe therein; and although they see the way of righteousness, yet they shall not take that way; but if they see the way of error, they shall take that
 way.
\par      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall come to pass}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  because they accuse our signs of imposture, and neglect the same.
\par      But as for them who deny the truth of our signs and the meeting of the life to come, their works shall be vain: shall they be rewarded otherwise than }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 according to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  what they shall have wrought?

\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And the people of Moses, after his }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 departure}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , took a corporeal calf,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 made}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of their ornaments,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which lowed.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Did they not see that it spake not unto them, neither directed them in the way?
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 yet}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  they took it }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for their god}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and acted wickedly.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      But when they repented with sorrow,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and saw that they had gone astray, they said, Verily if our LORD have not mercy upon us, and forgive us not, we shall certainly become }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the number}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of those who perish.}{
\f36\fs18\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Without the mediation of any other, and face to face, as he speaks unto the angels.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This mountain the Mohammedans name al Zabir.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as it is literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto the mount}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  For some of the expositors pretend that GOD endued the mountain with life and
 the sense of seeing.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This is not to be taken strictly.  See the like expression in chapter 6, p. 90.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Mohammedans have a tradition that Moses asked to see GOD on the day of Arafat, and that he received the law on the day they slay the victims a
t the pilgrimage of Mecca, which days are the ninth and tenth of Dhu\rquote lhajja.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These tables, according to some, were seven in number, and according to others ten.  Nor are the commentators agreed whether they were cut out of a kind of lote-tree in paradi
se called al Sedra, or whether they were chrysolites, emeralds, rubies or common stone.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  But they say that they were each ten or twelve cubits long; for they suppose that not only the ten commandments but the whole law was written thereon: and some add th
at the letters were cut quite through the tables, so that they might be read on both sides}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \endash which is a fable of the Jews.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, a perfect law comprehending all necessary instructions, as well in regard to religious and moral duties, as the administration of justice.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., The desolate habitations of the Egyptians, or those of the impious tribes of Ad and Tham\'fbd, or perhaps hell, the dwelling of the ungodly in the other world.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, as some understand it, consisting of flesh and blood; or, as others, being a mere body or mass of metal, without a soul.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Such as their rings and bracelets of gold and silver.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 20, and the notes to chapter 2, p. 6.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Father Marracci seems not to have understood the meaning of this phrase, ha
ving literally translated the Arabic words, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 wa lamma sokita fi eid\'eehim}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , without any manner of sense, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Et cum cadere factus fuisset in manibus eorum}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 6  Al Beid\'e2wi.  Vide D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. p. 650.\tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Vide D\rquote Herbel. ubi sup.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.  See cap. 20, and the notes to cap. 2, p. 6.\tab \tab 
4  Vide ibid.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And when Moses returned unto his people, full of wrath and indignation, he said, An evil thing is it that ye have committed after my }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 departure;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 have ye hastened the command of your LORD?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And he threw down the tables,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and took his brother by the }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hair of the}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  head, and dragged him unto him.  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And Aaron }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
said unto him, Son of my mother, verily the people prevailed against me,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and it wanted little but they had slain me: make not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 my}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 enemies therefore to rejoice over me, neither place me with the wicked people.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 150\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Moses}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, O LORD, forgive me and my brother, and receive us into thy mercy; for thou art the most merciful of those who exercise mercy.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Verily as for them who took the calf }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for their god}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , indignation shall overtake them from their LORD,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and ignominy in this life: thus will we reward those who imagine falsehood.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But unto them who do evil, and afterwards repent, and believe }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , verily thy LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  thereafter }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  clement }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  merciful.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And when the anger of Moses was appeased, he took the tables;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and in what was written thereon was a direction and mercy, unto those who feared their LORD.

\par      And Moses chose out of his people seventy men, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to go up with him to the mountain}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  at the time appointed by us: and when a storm of thunder and lightning had taken them away,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  he said, O LORD, if thou hadst pleased, thou hadst destroyed them before, and me }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 also;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 wilt thou destroy us for that which the foolish }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  among us have c
ommitted?  This is only thy trial; thou wilt thereby lead into error whom thou pleasest, and thou wilt direct whom thou pleasest.  Thou art our protector, therefore forgive us, and be merciful unto us; for thou art the best of those who forgive.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And write down for us good in this world, and in the life to come; for unto thee are we directed.  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 answered, I will inflict my punishment on whom I please; and my mercy extendeth over all things; and I will write down }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 good}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto those who shall fear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 me}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and give alms, and who shall believe in our signs;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      who shall follow the apostle, the illiterate prophet,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  whom they shall find written down}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 with them in the law and the gospel: he will command them that which is just, and will forbid them that which is evil; and will allow them as lawful the good things }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 which were before forbidden}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and will prohibit those which are bad;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and he will ease them of their heavy burden, and of the yokes which were upon them.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And those who believe in him, and honour him, and
 assist him, and follow the light, which hath been sent down with him, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  happy.
\par      Say, O men, Verily I am the messenger of GOD unto you all:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      unto him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 the kingdom of heaven and earth; there is no GOD but he: he giveth life, and he causeth to die.  Believe therefore in GOD and his apostle, the illiterate prophet, who believeth in GOD and his word; and follow him, that ye may be }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 rightly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  directed.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By neglecting his precepts, and bringing down his swift vengeance on you.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which were all broken and taken up to heaven, except one only; and this, they say, contained the threats and judicial ordinances, and was afterwards put into the ark.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 rendered me weak}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 2, p. 6.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or the fragments of that which was left.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 2, p. 6, and chapter 4, p. 70.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, Mohammed.  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. II.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Both foretold by name and certain description.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 3, p. 37.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As the eating of blood and swine\rquote s flesh, and the taking of usury, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 2, p. 31.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  That is, to all mankind in general, and not to one particular nation, as the former prophets were sent.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.  Vide D\rquote Herbel. ubi sup. p. 649.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Of the people of Moses }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there is }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a party}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  who direct }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
others}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with truth, and act justly according to the same.
\par 160\tab And we divided them into twelve tribes, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 as into so many }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  nations.  And we spake by revelation unto Moses, when his people asked drink of him, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
and we said}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Strike the rock with thy rod; and there gushed thereout twelve fountains,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and men knew their }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 respective}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  drinking-place.  And we caused clouds to overshadow them, and manna and quails}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to descend upon them, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Eat of the good things which we have given you for food: and they injured not us, but they injured their own souls.
\par      And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 call to mind}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when it was said unto them, Dwell in this city,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and eat }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
of the provisions}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  thereof wherever ye will, and say, Forgiveness; and enter the gate worshipping: we will pardon you your sins, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  will giv
e increase unto the well-doers.
\par      But they who were ungodly among them changed the expression into another,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 which had not been spoken unto them.  Wherefore we went down upon them indignation from heaven, because they transgressed.
\par      And ask them concerning the city,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which was situate on the sea, when they transgressed on the Sabbath-day: when their fish came unto them on their Sabbath-day, }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 appearing}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  openly }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 on the water:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but on the day whereon they celebrated no Sabbath, they came not unto them.  Thu
s did we prove them, because they were wicked-doers.
\par      And when a party of them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto the others}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Why do ye warn a people whom GOD will destroy, or will punish with a grievous punishment?  They answered, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 This is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  an excuse }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for us}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto your LORD,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and peradventure they will beware.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But when they had forgotten the admonitions which had been given them, we delivered those who forbade }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to do evil; and we inflicted on those who had transgressed a severe punishment, because they had acted wickedly.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., Those Jews who seemed better disposed than the rest of their brethren to receive Mohammed\rquote 
s law; or perhaps such of them as had actually received it.  Some imagine they were a Jewish nation dwelling somewhere beyond China, which Mohammed saw the night he made his journey to heaven, and who believed on him.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 2, p. 7.
\par \tab To what is said in the notes there, we may add that, according to a certain tradition, the stone on which this miracle was wrought was thrown down from paradise by 
Adam, and came into the possession of Shoaib, who gave it with the rod to Moses; and that, according to another, the water issued thence by three orifices on each of the four sides of the stone, making twelve in all, and that it ran in so many rivulets to
 the quarter of each tribe in the camp.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 2, p. 7.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See this passage explained, ibid.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Professor Sike says, that being prone to leave spiritual for worldly matters, instead of Hittaton they said Hintaton, which signifies wheat,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and comes much nearer the true word than the expression I have in the last place quoted, set down from Jallalo\rquote 
ddin.  Whether he took this from the same commentator or not does not certainly appear, though he mentions him just before; but if he did, his copy must differ from that which I have followed.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  This city was Ailah or Elath, on the Red Sea; though some pretend it was Midian, and others Tiberias.  The whole story is already given in the notes to chapter 2, p. 8.  Some suppose the following five or eight verses to have been revealed at Medina.

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  viz., The religious persons among them, who strictly observed the Sabbath, and endeavoured to reclaim the others, till they despaired of success.  But some think these words were spoken by the offenders, in answer to the admonitions of the others.

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That we have done our duty in dissuading them from their wickedness.}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Sike, in not. ad Evang. Infant. p. 71.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And when they proudly refused }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to desist}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from what had been forbidden them, we said unto them, Be ye }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 transformed}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 into}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  apes, driven away }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from the society}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of men.  And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
remember}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when thy LORD declared that he would surely send against }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the Jews}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  until the day of resurrection, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 some nation}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  who should afflict them with a grievous oppression:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for thy LORD is swift in punishing, and he }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 also ready to forgive, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful:
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and we dispersed them among the nations in the earth.  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Some}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of them are upright persons, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 some}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 of them are otherwise.  And we proved them with prosperity and with adversity, that they might return }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from their disobedience;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and a succession }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of their posterity}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  hath succeeded after them, who have inherited the book }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the law}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , who receive the temporal }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 goods}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of this world,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and say, It will surely be forgive
n us: and if a temporal }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 advantage}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  like the former be offered them, they accept it }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
.  Is it not the covenant of the book }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the law}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  established with them, that they should not speak of GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 aught}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but the truth?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Yet they diligently read that which is therein.  But the enjoyment of the next life }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 better for those who fear }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God than the wicked gains of these people:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  (Do ye not therefore understand?)
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and for those who hold fast the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the law}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and are constant at prayer: for we will by no means suffer the reward of the righteous to perish.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 170\tab And when we shook the mountain }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of Sinai}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  over them,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 as though it had been a covering, and they imagined, that it was falling upon them; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and we said}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Receive the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 law}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 which we have brought you with reverence; and remember that which is }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 contained}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  therein, that ye may take heed.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And when thy LORD drew forth their posterity from the loins of the sons of Adam,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and took them to witness against themselves, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Am not I your LORD?  They answered, Yea: we do bear witness. }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 This was done}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  lest ye should say, at the day of resurrection, Verily we were negligent as to this }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 matter, because we were not apprised thereof:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      or lest ye should say, Verily our fathers were formerly guilty of idolatry, and we are }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their }{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 posterity who have succeeded them; wilt thou therefore destroy us for that which vain men have committed?
\par      Thus do we explain }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  signs, that they may return }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from their vanities}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And relate unto }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the Jews}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the history of him unto whom we brought our signs,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and the departed from them; wherefore Satan followed him, and he became }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of those who were seduced.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 5, p. 82, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By accepting of bribes for wresting judgment, and for corrupting the copies of the Pentateuch, and by extorting of usury, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Particularly by giving out that GOD will forgive their corruption without sincere repentance and amendment.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 2, p. 8, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This was done in the plain of Dahia in India, or as others imagine, in a valley near Mecca.  The commentators tell us that God stroked Adam\rquote 
s back, and extracted from his loins his whole posterity, which should come into the world until the resurrection, one generation after another; that these men were actually assembled all together
 in the shape of small ants, which were endued with understanding; and that after they had, in the presence of angels, confessed their dependence on GOD, they were again caused to return into the loins of their great ancestor.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2
}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   From this fiction it appears that the doctrine of pre-existence is not unknown to the Mohammedans; there is some little conformity between it and the modern theory of generation }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
ex animalculis in semine marium}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some suppose the person here intended to be a Jewish rabbi, or one Ommeya Ebn Abi
\rquote lsalt, who read the scriptures, and found thereby that GOD would send a prophet about that time, and was in hopes that he might be the man; but when Mohammed declared his mission, believed not on him through envy.  But according to the more g
eneral opinion, it was Balaam, the son of Beor, of the Canaanitish race, well acquainted with part at least of the scripture, having even been favoured with some revelations from GOD; who being requested by his nation to curse Moses and the children of Is
rael, refused it at first, saying, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 How can I curse those who are protected by the angels?}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  But afterwards he was prevailed on by gifts; and he had no sooner done it, than he began to put out his tongue like a dog, and it hung down upon his breast.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin. Yahya.  Vide D\rquote Herbelot, Bibl. Orient. p. 54.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin, al Zamakhshari.  Vide D\rquote 
Herbel. Bibl. Orient. Art. Balaam.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And if we had pleased, we had surely raised him thereby }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto wisdom;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but he inclined unto the earth, and followed his own desire.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Wherefore his likeness as the likeness of a dog, which, if thou drive him away, putteth forth his tongue, or, if thou let him alone, putteth forth his tongue }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
also}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  This is the likeness of the people, who accuse our signs of falsehood.  Rehearse therefore }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 this}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  history }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto them, }
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 that they may consider.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Evil is the similitude of those people who accuse our signs of falsehood, and injure their own souls.
\par      Whomsoever GOD shall direct, he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will be rightly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  directed; and whomsoever he shall lead astray, they shall perish.
\par      Moreover we have created for hell many of the genii and of men; they have hearts by which they understand not, and they have eyes by which they see not: and they have ears by which th
ey hear not.  These are like the brute beasts; yea they go more astray: these are the negligent.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      GOD hath most excellent names;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  therefore call on him by the same; and withdraw from those who use his name perversely:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they shall be rewarded for that which they shall have wrought.
\par 180\tab And of those whom we have created there are a people who direct }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 others}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with truth, and act justly according thereto.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par      But those who devise lies against our signs, we will suffer them to fall gradually into ruin, by a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 method}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which they knew not:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and I will grant them to enjoy a long and prosperous life; for my stratagem is effectual.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Do they not consider that there is no devil in their companion?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   He is no other than a public preacher.
\par      Or do they not contemplate the kingdom of heaven and earth, and the things which GOD hath created; and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 consider}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 that peradventure it may be that their end draweth nigh?  And in what new declaration will they believe, after this?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      He whom GOD shall cause to err, shall have no director; and he shall leave them in their impiety, wandering in confusion.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They will ask thee concerning the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 last}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 hour; at what time its coming is fixed?  Answer, Verily the knowledge thereof is with my LORD; none shall declare the fixed time thereof, except he.  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 The expectation thereof}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 is grievous in heaven and on earth:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  it shall come upon you no otherwise than suddenly.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They will ask thee, as though thou wast well acquainted therewith.  Answer, Verily the knowledge thereof is with GOD 
alone: but the greater part of men know it not.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Loving the wages of unrighteousness, and running greedily after error for reward.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Expressing his glorious attributes.  Of these the Mohammedan Arabs have no less than ninety-nine, which are reckoned up by Marracci.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As did Walid Ebn al Mogheira, who hearing Mohammed give GOD the title of al Rahm\'e2n, or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the merciful}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, laughed aloud, saying he knew none of that name, except a certain man who dwelt in Yamama;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or as the idolatrous Meccans did, who ded
uced the names of their idols from those of the true GOD; deriving, for example, All\'e2t from Allah, al Uzza from al Az\'eez, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the mighty}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and Man\'e2t from al Mann\'e2n, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the bountiful}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As it is said a little above that GOD hath created many to eternal misery, so here he is said to have created others to eternal happiness.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By flattering them with prosperity in this life, and permitting them to sin in an uninterrupted security, till they find themselves unexpectedly ruined.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., In Mohammed, whom they gave out to be possessed when he went up to Mount Saf\'e2
, and from thence called to the several families of each respective tribe in order, to warn them of GOD\rquote S vengeance if they continued in their idolatry.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , After they have rejected the Kor\'e2n.  For what more evident revelation can they hereafter expect?}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Not only to men and genii, but to the angels also.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 4  2 Peter ii. v.; Jude II.\tab \tab 5  In Alc. p. 414.\tab \tab 1  Marrac. Vit. Moh. p. 19.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.  Jallalo\rquote ddin.  See the Prelim. Disc. p. 14.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 4  Idem.
\tab \tab 5  Idem.\tab \tab 6  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Say, I am able neither to procure advantage unto myself, nor to avert mischief }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from me}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , but as GOD pleaseth.  If I knew the secrets }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , I should surely enjoy abundance of good, neither should evil befall me.  Verily I am no other than a denouncer of threats, and a messenger of good tidings unto people who believe.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      It is he who hath created you from one person, and out of him produced his wife, that he might dwell with her: and when he had known her, she carried a light burden }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for a time}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , wherefore she walked }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 easily}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  therewith.  But when it became more heavy,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 she called upon GOD their LORD, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , If thou give us }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a child}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  rightly shaped, we will surely be thankful.
\par 190\tab Yet when he had given them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a child}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  rightly shaped, they attributed companions unto him, for that which he had given them.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   But far be that from GOD, which they associated }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with him!}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Will they associate }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with him false gods}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which create nothing but are themselves created: and can neither give them assistance, nor help themselves?
\par      And if ye invite them to the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 true}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  direction, they will not follow you: it will be equal unto you, whether ye invite them, or whether ye hold your peace.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Verily the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 false deities}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  whom ye invoke besides GOD are servants like unto you.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Call therefore upon them, and let them give you an answer, if ye speak truth.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Have they feet, to walk with?  Or have they hands, to lay hold with?  Or have they eyes, to see with?  Or have they ears, to hear with?  Say, Call upon your companions, and then lay a snare for me, and defer }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  not;
\par      for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 my protector, who sent down the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the Koran;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and he protecteth the righteous.
\par      But they whom ye invoke besides him cannot assist you, neither do they help themselves;
\par      and if ye call on them to direct you, they will not hear.  Thou seest them look towards thee, but they see not.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Use indulgence,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and command that which is just, and withdraw far from the ignorant.

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, when the child grew bigger in her womb.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For the explaining of this whole passage, the commentators tell the following story:\endash 
\par \tab They say, that when Eve was big with her first child, the devil came to her and asked her whether she knew what she carried within her, and which
 way she should be delivered of it, suggesting that possibly it might be a beast.  She, being unable to give an answer to this question, went in a fright to Adam, and acquainted him with the matter, who, not knowing what to think of it, grew sad and pensi
ve.  Whereupon the devil appeared to her again (or, as others say, to Adam), and pretended that he by his prayers would obtain of GOD that she might be safely delivered of a son in Adam\rquote s likeness, provided they would promise to name him Abda
\rquote lhareth, or the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 servant of al Hareth}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  (which was the devil\rquote s name among the angels), instead of Abd\rquote allah, or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the servant of}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD, as Adam had designed.  This proposal was agreed to, and accordingly, when the child was born, they gave it that name, upon which it immediately died.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  And with this Adam and Eve are here taxed, as an act of idolatry.  The story looks like a rabbinical fiction, and seems to have no other foundation than Cain\rquote s being called by Moses Obed ad\'e2mah, that is, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
a tiller of the ground}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which might be translated into Arabic by Abd\rquote alhareth.
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab But al Beid\'e2wi, thinking it unlikely that a prophet (as Adam is, by the Mohammedans, supposed to have been) should be guilty of such an action, imagines the Kor\'e2n in this place means Kosai, one of Mohammed\rquote 
s ancestors, and his wife, who begged issue of GOD, and having four sons granted them, called their names Abd Men\'e2f, Abd Shams, Abd\rquote al Uzza, and Abd\rquote al D\'e2
r, after the names of the four principal idols of the Koreish.  And the following words also he supposes to relate to their idolatrous posterity.
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Being subject to the absolute command of GOD.  For the chief idols of the Arabs were the sun, moon, and stars.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as the words may also be translated, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
Take the superabundant overplus}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \endash meaning that Mohammed should a
ccept such voluntary alms from the people as they could spare.  But the passage, if taken in this sense, was abrogated by the precept of legal alms, which was given at Medina.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem, Yahya.  Vide D\rquote Herbelot, Bibl. Orient. p. 438, et Selden. de Jure Nat. Sec. Hebr. l. 5, c. 8.\tab \tab 
2  See the Prelim. Disc. p. 12, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And if an evil suggestion from Satan be suggested unto thee, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
to divert thee from thy duty}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , have recourse unto GOD: for he heareth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  knoweth.
\par 200\tab Verily they who fear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , when a temptation from Satan assaileth them, remember }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the divine commands}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and behold, they clearly see}{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the danger of sin and the wiles of the devil.
\par      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 But as for the brethren }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the devils}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , they shall continue them in error; and afterwards they shall not preserve themselves }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 therefrom}
{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And when thou bringest not a verse }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the Koran}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto them, they say, Hast thou not put it together?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Answer, I follow that only which is revealed unto me from my LORD.  This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 book containeth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  evident proofs from your LORD, and }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a direction and mercy unto people who believe.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And when the Koran is read, attend thereto, and keep silence; that ye may obtain mercy.
\par      And meditate on thy LORD in thine own mind, with humility and fear, and without loud speaking, evening and morning; and be not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of the negligent.
\par      Moreover }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the angels}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  who are with my LORD do not proudly disdain his service, but they celebrate his praise and worship him.
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 _______
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par 
\par CHAPTER VIII.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE SPOILS;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MEDINA.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      THEY will ask thee concerning the spoils: Answer, The }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 division of the}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  spoils }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto GOD and the apostle.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Therefore fear GOD, and compose the matter amicably among you: and obey GOD and his apostle, if ye are true believers.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily the true believers }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are those}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 whose hearts fear when GOD is mentioned, and whose faith increaseth when his signs are rehearsed unto them, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  trust in their LORD;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Hast thou not yet contrived what to say; or canst thou obtain no 
revelation from GOD
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This chapter was occasioned by the high disputes which happened about the division of the spoils taken at the battle of Bedr,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 between the young men who had fought, and the old men who had stayed under the ensigns; the former insisting they ought to have the whole, and the latter that they deserved a share.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  To end the contention, Mohammed pretended to have received orders from heaven to divide the booty among them equally, having first taken thereout a fifth part for the purposes which will be mentioned hereafter.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Except seven verses, beginning at these words, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 And call to mind when the unbelievers plotted against thee}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, &c.  Which some think were revealed at Mecca.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is related that Saad Ebn Abi Wakk\'e2s, one of the companions
, whose brother Omair was slain in this battle, having killed Sa\'ee
d Ebn al As, took his sword, and carrying it to Mohammed, desired that he might be permitted to keep it; but the prophet told him that it was not his to give away, and ordered him to lay it w
ith the other spoils.  At this repulse, and the loss of his brother, Saad was greatly disturbed; but in a very little while this chapter was revealed, and thereupon Mohammed gave him the sword, saying, You asked this sword of me when I had no power to dis
pose of it, but now I have received authority from GOD to distribute the spoils, you may take it.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See cap. 3, p. 33.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who observe the stated times of prayer, and give alms out of that which we have bestowed on them.
\par      These are really believers: they shall have }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 superior}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  degrees }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of felicity}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 with their LORD, and forgiveness, and an honourable provision.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      As thy LORD brought thee forth from thy house,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with truth; and part of the believers were averse }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to thy directions:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      they disputed with thee concerning the truth, after it had been made known unto them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  no otherwise than as if they had been led forth to death, and had seen }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it with their eyes.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 call to mind}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when GOD promised you one of the two parties, that it should be }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 delivered}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto you,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and ye desired that the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 party}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which was not furnished with arms}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 should be }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 delivered}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto you: but GOD purposed to make known the truth in his words, and to cut off the uttermost part of the unbelievers;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      that he might verify the truth, and destroy falsehood, although the wicked were averse }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereto}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , From Medina.  The particle }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 as}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  having nothing in the following words to answer it, al Beid\'e2wi supposes the connection to be that the divi
sion of the spoils belonged to the prophet, notwithstanding his followers were averse to it, as they had been averse to the expedition itself.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For the better understanding of this passage, it will be necessary to mention some further particulars relating to the expedition of Bedr.
\par \tab Mohammed having received private information (for which he pretended he was obliged to the angel Gabriel) of the approach of a caravan belonging to the Koreish, which was on its return from Syria with a large quantity of valu
able merchandise, and was guarded by no more than thirty, or, as others say, forty men, set out with a party to intercept it.  Abu Sofi\'e2n, who commanded the little convoy, having notice of Mohammed\rquote 
s motions, sent to Mecca for succours; upon which Abu Jahl, and all the principal men of the city, except only \line 
Abu Laheb, marched to his assistance, with a body of nine hundred and fifty men.  Mohammed had no sooner received advice of this, than Gabriel descended with a promise that he should either take the car
avan or beat the succours; whereupon he consulted with his companions which of the two he should attack.  Some of them were for setting upon the caravan, saying that they were not prepared to fight such a body of troops as were coming with Abu Jahl: but t
h
is proposal Mohammed rejected, telling them that the caravan was at a considerable distance by the seaside, whereas Abu Jahl was just upon them.  The others, however, insisted so obstinately on pursuing the first design of falling on the caravan, that the
 prophet grew angry, but by the interposition of Abu Becr, Omar, Saad Ebn Obadah, and Mokd\'e2d Ebn Amru, they at length acquiesced in his opinion.  Mokd\'e2
d in particular assured him they were all ready to obey his orders, and would not say to him, as the children of Israel did to Moses, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Go thou and thy}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  LORD }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
to fight, for we will sit here;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  but, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Go thou and thy }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 LORD }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 to fight, and we will fight with you
}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  At this Mohammed smiled, and again sat down to consult with them, applying himself chiefly to the Ans\'e2rs or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 helpers}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, because they were the greater part of his forces, and he had some apprehension lest they should not think themselves obliged by the oath they had taken to him at al Akaba,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 to assist him against any other than such as should attack him in Medina.  But Saad Ebn Mo\'e2
dh, in the name of the rest, told him that they had received him as the apostle of GOD, and had promised him obedience, and were therefore all to a man ready to follow him where he pleased, though it were into the sea.  Upon which the proph
et ordered them in GOD\rquote S name to attack the succours, assuring them of the victory.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, concerning their success against Abu Jahl and the Koreish; notwithstanding they had GOD\rquote S promise to encourage them.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The reason of this great backwardness
 was the smallness of their number, in comparison of the enemy, and their being unprepared; for they were all foot, having but two horses among them, whereas the Koreish had no less than a hundred horse.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, either the caravan or the succours from Mecca.  Father Marracci mistaking }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 al \'eer}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 al naf\'eer}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which are appellatives and signify }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the caravan}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the troop}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or body of succours, for proper names, has thence coined two families of the Koreish never heard of before, which he calls Airenses and Naphirenses.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., The caravan, which was guarded by no more than forty horse; whereas the other party was strong and well appointed.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  As if he had said, Your view was only to gain the spoils of the caravan, and to avoid danger; but God designed to exalt his true religion by extirpating its adversaries.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up8\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Kor. c. 5, p. 76.\tab \tab 2  See the Prelim. Disc. p. 37.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 4  Idem.  Vide Abulfed, Vit. Moh. p. 56.\tab \tab 5  Marracc. in Alc. p. 297.\tab \tab 6  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 When ye asked assistance of your LORD,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and he answered you, Verily I will assist you with a thousand}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  angels, following one another }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in order}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par 10\tab And this GOD designed only as good tidings}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for you, and that your hearts might thereby rest secure: for victory }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 from GOD alone; and GOD is mighty }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par      When a sleep fell on you as a security from him, and he sent down upon you water from heaven, that he might thereby purify you, and take from you the abomination of Satan,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and that he might confirm your hearts, and establish }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  feet thereby.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Also}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when thy LORD spake unto the angels, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Verily I am with you; wherefore confirm those who believe.  I will cast a dread into the hearts of the unbelievers.  Therefore strike off }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 heads, and strike off all the ends of their }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 fingers}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall they suffer}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , because they have resisted GOD and his apostle: and whosoever shall oppose GOD and his apostle, verily GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
will be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  severe in punishing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be your punishment;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  taste it therefore: and the infidels shall }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  suffer the torment of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire.
\par      O true believers, when ye meet the unbelievers marching }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in great numbers against you}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , turn not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  backs unto them:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      for whoso shall turn his back unto them in that day, unless he turneth aside to fight, or retreateth to }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 another}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  party }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
of the faithful}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall draw on himself the indignation of GOD, and his abode shall be in hell; an ill journey }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
shall it be thither!}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      And ye slew not those }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 who were slain at}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Bedr }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 yourselves}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , but GOD slew them.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Neither didst thou, O Mohammed cast }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the gravel into their eyes}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , when thou didst }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 seem to}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 cast }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but GOD cast }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 that he might prove the true believers by a gracious trial from himself, for GOD heareth and knoweth.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 was done}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  that GOD might also weaken the crafty devices of the unbelievers.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      If ye desire a decision }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the matter between us}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, now hath a decision come unto you:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and if ye desist }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from opposing the apostle}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , it }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will be}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  better for you.  But if ye return }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to attack him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , we will also return }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to his assistance;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and your forces shall not be of advantage unto you at all, although they be numerous; for GOD is with the faithful.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\up6\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261   When Mohammed\rquote s men saw they could not avoid fighting, they recommended themselves }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 to GOD\rquote 
S protection; and their prophet prayed with great earnestness, crying out, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 O}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 fulfil that which thou hast promised me: O}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 if this party be cut off, thou wilt no more be worshipped on earth}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  And he continued to repeat these words till his cloak fell from off his back.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which were afterwards reinforced with three thousand more.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Wherefore some copies instead of a }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 thousand}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , read }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 thousands}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  in the plural.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chap. 3, p. 45.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is related, that the spot where Mohammed\rquote s little army lay was a dry and deep sand, into which their 
feet sank as they walked, the enemy having the command of the water; and that having fallen asleep, the greater part of them were disturbed with dreams, wherein the devil suggested to them that they could never expect God\rquote 
s assistance in the battle, since 
they were cut off from the water, and besides suffering the inconvenience of thirst, must be obliged to pray without washing, though they imagined themselves to be the favourites of God, and that they had his apostle among them.  But in the night rain fel
l so plentifully that it formed a little brook, and not only supplied them with water for all their uses, but made the sand between them and the infidel army firm enough to bear them; whereupon the diabolical suggestions ceased.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This is the punishment 
expressly assigned the enemies of the Mohammedan religion; though the Moslems did not inflict it on the prisoners they took at Bedr, for which they are reprehended in this chapter.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, if it be not downright running away, but done either with desi
gn to rally and attack the enemy again, or by way of feint or stratagem, or to succour a party which is hard pressed, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See c. 3, p. 32, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See ibid.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  These words are directed to the people of Mecca, whom Mohammed derides, because the Koreish, when they were ready to set out from Mecca, took hold of the curtains of the Caaba, saying }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 O}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 GOD, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 grant the victory to the superior army, the party that is most rightly directed, and the most honourable.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 7  Idem.  Vide Abulfed. Vit. Moh. p. 58.\tab \tab 8  See cap. 3, p. 33 and 45.\tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.
\par 9  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 20\tab O true believers, obey GOD and his apostle, and turn not back from him, since ye hear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the admonitions of the}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Kor\'e2n}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And be not as those who say, We hear, when they do not hear.
\par      Verily the worst }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 sort of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  beasts in the sight of GOD are the deaf }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the dumb, who understand not.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      If GOD had known any good in them, he would certainly have caused them to hear:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and if he had caused them to hear, they would surely have turned back, and have retired afar off.
\par      O true believers, answer GOD and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  apostle, when he inviteth you unto that which giveth you life; and know that GOD goeth between a man and his heart,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and that before him ye shall be assembled.
\par      Beware of sedition;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  it will not affect those who are ungodly among you particularly, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 but all of you in general;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and know that GOD is severe in punishing.
\par      And remember when ye were few, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  reputed weak in the land;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  ye feared lest men should snatch you away: but }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  provided you a place of refuge, and he strengthened you with his assistance, and bestowed on you good things, that ye might give thanks.
\par      O true believers, deceive not GOD and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  apostle;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  neither violate your faith against your own knowledge.
\par      And know that your wealth and your children }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a temptation }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto you;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and that with GOD is a great reward.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O true believers, if ye fear GOD, he will grant you a distinction,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and will expiate your sins from you, and will forgive you; for GOD is endued with great liberality.}{\f36\fs18\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, to hearken to the remonstrances of the Kor\'e2
n.  Some say that the infidels demanded of Mohammed that he should raise Kosai, one of his ancestors, to life, to bear witness to the truth of his mission, saying he was a man of honour and v
eracity, and they would believe his testimony: but they are here told that it would have been in vain.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Not only knowing the innermost secrets of his heart, but overruling a man\rquote s designs, and disposing him either to belief or infidelity.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original word signifies any epidemical crime, which involves a number of people in its guilt; and the commentators are divided as to its particular meaning in this place.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., At Mecca.  The persons here spoken to are the Moh\'e2jer\'een, or refugees who fled from thence to Medina.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Al Beid\'e2wi mentions an instance of such treacherous dealing in Abu Lob\'e2
ba, who was sent by Mohammed to the tribe of Koreidha, then besieged by that prophet for having broken their league with him and perfidiously gone over to the enemies at the war of the ditch,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 to persuade them to surrender at the discretion of Saad Ebn Moadh, prince of the tribe of Aws, their confederates, which proposal they had refused.  But Abu Lob\'e2ba\rquote s family and effects being in the hands of those of Koreidh
a, he acted directly contrary to his commission, and instead of persuading them to accept Saad as their judge, when they asked his advice about it, drew his hand across his throat, signifying that he would put them all to death.  However, he had no sooner
 done this than he was sensible of his crime, and going into a mosque, tied himself to a pillar, and remained there seven days without meat or drink, till Mohammed forgave him.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As they were to Abu Lob\'e2ba.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, A direction that you may distinguish between truth and falsehood; or success in battle to distinguish the believers from the infidels; or the like.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  Idem.  See c. 6, p. 99.\tab \tab 3  See Prid. Life of Mah. p. 85.  Abulf. Vit. Moh. p. 76, and the notes to c. 33.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 30\tab And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 call to mind}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when the unbelievers plotted against thee, that they might either detain thee }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in bonds}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or put to death, or expel thee }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the city;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they plotted }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 against thee:}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but GOD laid a plot }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 against them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and GOD is the best layer of plots.
\par      And when our signs are repeated unto them, they say, We have heard; if we pleased we would certainly pronounce }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a composition}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  like unto this: this is nothing but fables of the ancients.
}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      And when they said, O GOD, if this be the truth from thee, rain down stones upon us from heaven, or inflict on us some }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  grievous punishment.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      But GOD was not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 disposed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to punish them, while thou wast with them: nor was GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 disposed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 to punish them when they asked pardon.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      But they have nothing }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to offer in excuse}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  why GOD should not punish them, since they hindered }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the believers}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 visiting }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the holy temple,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  although they are not the guardians thereof.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   The guardians thereof are those only who fear }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but the greater part of them know it not.
\par      And their prayer at the house }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  is no other than whistling and clapping of the hands.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Taste therefore the punishment, for that ye have been unbelievers.
\par      They who believe not expend their wealth to obstruct the way of GOD:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they shall expend it, but afterwards it shall become }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 matter of}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  sighing }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and regret}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto  them, and at length they shall be overcome;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and the unbelievers shall be gathered together into hell;
\par      that GOD may distinguish the wicked from the good, and may throw the wicked one upon the other, and may gather them all in a heap, and cast them into hell. These are they who shall perish.
\par      Say unto the unbelievers, that if they desist }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from opposing thee}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , what is already past shall be forgiven them; but if they return }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to attack thee}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , the exemplary punishment of the former }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 opposers of the prophets }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is already past, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and the like shall be inflicted on them}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 40\tab Therefore fight against them until there be no opposition }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in favor of idolatry}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, and the religion be wholly GOD'S.  If they desist, verily GOD seeth that which they do:}{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  When the Meccans heard of the league entered into by Mohammed with those of Medina, being apprehensive of the consequence, they held a council, whereat they say the devil assisted in the likeness of an old man of Najd.  The point under 
consideration being what they should do with Mohammed, Abu\rquote 
lbakhtari was of opinion that he should be imprisoned, and the room walled up, except a little hole, through which he should have necessaries given him, till he died.  This the devil opposed, sayin
g that he might probably be released by some of his own party.  Hesh\'e2
m Ebn Amru was for banishing him, but his advice also the devil rejected, insisting that Mohammed might engage some other tribes in his interest, and make war on them.  At length Abu Jahl
 gave his opinion for putting him to death, and proposed the manner, which was unanimously approved.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Revealing their conspiracy to Mohammed, and miraculously assisting him to deceive them and make his escape;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and afterwards drawing them to the battle of Bedr.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 6, p. 90.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This was the speech of Al Nodar Ebn al Hareth.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Saying, GOD }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 forgive us!}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Some of the commentators, however, suppose the persons who asked pardon were certain believers who stayed among the infidels; and others think the meaning to be, that GOD would not punish them, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
provided they asked pardon}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Obliging them to fly from Mecca, and not permitting them so much as to approach the temple, in the expedition of al Hodeibiya.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Because of their idolatry and indecen
t deportment there.  For otherwise the Koreish had a right to the guardianship of the Caaba, and it was continued in their tribe and in the same family even after the taking of Mecca.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is said that they used to go round the Caaba naked,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  both men an
d women, whistling at the same time through their fingers, and clapping their hands.  Or, as others say, they made this noise on purpose to disturb Mohammed when at his prayers, pretending to be at prayers also themselves.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The persons particularly mea
nt in this passage were twelve of the Koreish, who gave each of them ten camels every day to be killed for provisions for their army in the expedition of Bedr; or, according to others, the owners of the effects brought by the caravan, who gave great part 
of them to the support of the succours from Mecca.  It is also said that Abu Sofi\'e2n, in the expedition of Ohod, hired two thousand Arabs, who cost him a considerable sum, besides the auxiliaries which he had obtained }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
gratis}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.  See the Prelim. Disc. p. 39.\tab \tab 2  See ibid.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 4  See the Prelim. Disc. p. 41.\tab 
\tab 5  See c. 4, p. 60, note }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 .\tab \tab 6  See c. 7, p. 107.\tab \tab 7  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 8  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 but if they turn back, know that GOD is your patron; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 he is}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the best patron, and the best helper.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And know that whenever ye gain any }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 spoils}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , a fifth part thereof belongeth unto GOD, and to the apostle, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 his}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  kindred, and the orphans, and the poor, and the traveller;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  if ye believe in GOD, and that which we have sent down unto our servant on the day of distinction,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on the day whereon the two armies met: and GOD is almighty.
\par      When ye were }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 encamped}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on the hithermost side of the valley,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they were }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 encamped}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on the farther side, and the caravan }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 was}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  below you;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and if ye had mutually appointed }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to come to a battle}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  ye would certainly have declined the appointment;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
ye were brought to an engagement without any previous appointment}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , that GOD might accomplish the thing which was }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 decreed to be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  done;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      that he who perisheth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hereafter}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  may perish after demonstrative evidence, and that he who liveth may live by }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the same}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  evidence; GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 both}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  heareth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  knoweth.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      When thy LORD caused }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the enemy}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to appear unto thee in thy sleep few }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in number;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and if he had caused them to appear numerous unto thee, ye would have been disheartened, and would have disputed concerning the matter:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but GOD preserved }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 you from this;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for he knoweth the innermost parts of the breasts }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of men}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And when he caused them to appear unto you when ye met, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  few in your eyes;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and diminished your }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 numbers}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in their eyes;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that GOD might accomplish the thing which }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 was decreed to be }{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 done; and unto GOD shall }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 all}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  things return.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      O true believers, when ye meet a party }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the infidels}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , stand firm, and remember GOD frequently, that ye may prosper:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and obey GOD and his apostle, and be not refractory, lest ye be discouraged, and your success depart from you; but persevere with patience, for GOD }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with those who persevere.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   According to this law, a fifth part of the spoils
 is appropriated to the particular uses here mentioned, and the other four-fifths are to be equally divided among those who were present at the action: but in what manner or to whom the first fifth is to be distributed, the Mohammedan doctors differ, as w
e have elsewhere observed.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Though it be the general opinion that this verse was revealed at Bedr, yet there are some who suppose it was revealed in the expedition against the Jewish tribe of Kainok\'e2, which happened a little above a month after.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Of the battle of Bedr; which is so called because it }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 distinguished}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  the true believers from the infidels.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which was much more inconvenient than the other, because of the deep sand and want of water.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By the seaside, making the best of their way to Mecca.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Because of the great superiority of the enemy, and the disadvantages ye lay under.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By granting a miraculous victory to the faithful, and overthrowing their enemies; for the conviction of the latter, and the confirmation of the former.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   With which vision Mohammed acquainted his companions for their encouragement.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Whether ye should attack the enemy or fly.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is said that Ebn Mas\'fad asked the man who was next him whether he did not see them to be about seventy, to which he replied that he took them to be a hundred.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This seeming contradictory to a passage in the third chapter,}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  where it is said that the Moslems appeared to the infidels to be twice their own number, the commentators reconcile the matter by telling us that, just before the battle began, the prophet
\rquote s party seemed fewer than they really were, to draw the enemy to an engagement; but that so soon as the armies were fully engaged, they appeared superior, to terrify and dismay their adversaries.  It is related that Abu Jah
l at first thought them so inconsiderable a handful, that he said one camel would be as much as they could all eat.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. VI.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  Idem.\tab \tab 5  Page 33
\par 6  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin, Yahya.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And be not as those who went out of their houses in an insolent manner, and to appear with ostentation unto men,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and turned aside from the way of GOD; for GOD comprehendeth that which they do.
\par 50\tab And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 remember}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when Satan prepared their works for them,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and said, No ma
n shall prevail against you to-day; and I will surely be near }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to assist}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 you.  But when the two armies appeared in sight of each other, he turned back on his heels, and said, Verily I am clear of you: I certainly see that which ye see not; I fear GOD, for GOD is severe in punishing.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      When the hypocrites, and those in whose hearts }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there was}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  an infirmity, said, Their religion hath deceived these }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 men:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but whosoever confideth in GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 cannot be deceived;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  mighty }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par      And if thou didst behold when the angels caused the unbelievers to die: they strike their faces and their backs,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 say unto them}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Taste ye the pain of burning:
\par      this }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall ye suffer}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for that which your hands have sent before you;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and because GOD is not unjust towards }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  servants.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 These}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 have acted}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 according to the wont of the people of Pharaoh, and of those before them, who disbelieved in the signs of GOD: therefore GOD took them away in their iniquity; for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  mighty }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  severe in punishing.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hath}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 come to pass}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 because GOD changeth not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  grace, wherewith he hath favored any people, until they change that which is in their souls; and for that GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 both}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  heareth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  seeth.
\par      According to the wont of the people of Pharaoh, and of those before them, who charged the signs of their LORD with imposture, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 have they acted:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 wherefore we destroyed them in their sins, and we drowned the people of Pharaoh; for they were all unjust persons.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily the worst cattle in the sight of GOD are those who are }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 obstinate}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  
infidels, and will not believe.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These were the Meccans, who, marching to the assistance of the caravan, and being come as far as Johfa, were there met by a messenger from Abu Sofi\'e2
n, to acquaint them that he thought himself out of danger, and therefor
e they might return home; upon which, Abu Jahl, to give the greater opinion of the courage of himself and his comrades, and of their readiness to assist their friends, swore that they would not return till they had been at Bedr, and had there drunk wine a
nd entertained those who should be present, and diverted themselves with singing women.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The event of which bravado was very fatal, several of the principal Koreish, and Abu Jahl in particular, losing their lives in the expedition.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By inciting them to oppose the prophet.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Some understand this passage figuratively, of the private instigation of the devil, and of the defeating of his designs and the hopes with which he had inspired the idolaters.  But others take the whole literally, and tell us that w
hen the Koreish, on their march, bethought themselves of the enmity between them and the tribe of Ken\'e2
na, who were masters of the country about Bedr, that consideration would have prevailed on them to return, had not the devil appeared in the likeness of Sor\'e2
ka Ebn Malec, a principal person of that tribe, and promised them that they should not be molested, and that himself would go with them.  But when they came to join battle, and the devil saw the angels descending to the assistance of the Moslems, he ret
ired; and al Hareth Ebn Hesh\'e2m, who had him then by the hand, asking him whither he was going, and if he intended to betray them at such a juncture, he answered, in the words of this passage: }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
I am clear of you, for I see that which ye see not;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  meaning the celestial succours.  They say further, that when the Koreish, on their return, laid the blame of their overthrow on Sor\'e2
ka, he swore that he did not so much as know of their march till he heard they were routed: and afterwards, when they embraced Mohammedism, they were satisfied it was the devil.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   In tempting them to so great a piece of folly, as to attack so large a body of men with such a handful.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage is generally understood of the angels who slew the infidels at Bedr, and who fought (as 
the commentators pretend) with iron maces, which shot forth flames of fire at every stroke.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Some, however, imagine that the words hint, at least, at the examination of the sepulchre, which the Mohammedans believe every man must undergo after death, and will be very terrible to the unbelievers.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 2, p. 11, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 50, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 As to those who enter into a league with thee, and afterwards violate their league at every }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 convenient}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  opportunity,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and fear not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      if thou take them in war, disperse, by }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 making}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 an example}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , those }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
who shall come}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  after them, that they may be warned;
\par 60\tab or if thou apprehend treachery from any people, throw back }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their league}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto them with like treatment; for GOD loveth not the treacherous.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And think not}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that the unbelievers have escaped }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God's vengeance}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for they shall not weaken }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the power of God.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Therefore prepare against them what force ye are able, and troops of horse, whereby ye may strike a terror into the enemy of GOD, and your enemy, and into other }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 infidels}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  besides them, whom ye know not, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 but }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 GOD knoweth them.  And whatsoever ye shall expend in the defence of the religion of GOD, it shall be repaid unto y
ou, and ye shall not be treated unjustly.
\par      And if they incline unto peace, do thou }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  incline thereto; and put thy confidence in GOD, for it is he who heareth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  knoweth.

\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      But if they seek to deceive thee, verily GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  thy support.  It is he who hath strengthened thee with his help, and with }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 that of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the faithful; and hath united their hearts.  If thou hadst expended whatever }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 riches are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 in the earth, thou couldst not have united their hearts,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but GOD united them; for he }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  mighty }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par      O prophet, GOD is thy support, and such of the true believers who followeth thee.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      O prophet stir up the faithful to war: if twenty of you persevere }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with constancy}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , they shall overcome two hundred, and if there be one hundred of you, they shall o
vercome a thousand of those who believe not; because they are a people which do not understand.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Now hath GOD eased you, for he knew that ye were weak.  If there be an hundred of you who persevere }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with constancy}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, they shall overcome two hundred; and if there be a thousand of you, they shall overcome two thousand,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  by the permission of GOD; for GOD is with those who persevere.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      It hath not been }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 granted}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 unto any prophet, that he should possess captives, until he hath made a great slaughter }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the infidels}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in the earth.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Ye seek the accidental }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 goods}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of this world, but GOD regardeth the life to come; and GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  mighty }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As did the tribe of Koreidha.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some copies read it in the third person, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Let not the unbelievers think}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., Those who made their escape from Bedr.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Because of the inveterate enmity which reigned among many of the Arab tribes; and therefore this reconciliation is reckoned by the commentators as no inconsiderable miracle, and a strong proof of their prophet\rquote s mission.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage, as some say, was revealed in a plain called al Beid\'e2, between Mecca and Medina, during the expedition of Bedr; and, as others, in the sixth year of the prophet\rquote 
s mission, on the occasion of Omar\rquote s embracing Mohammedism.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See Levit. xxvi. 8; Josh xxiii. 10.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Because severity ought to be used where circumstances require it, though clemency be more preferable where it may be exercised with safety.  While the Mohammedans, therefore, were weak, and their religion in its infancy, GOD\rquote 
S pleasure was that the opposers of it should be cut off, as is particularly directed in this chapter.  For which reason, they are here upbraided with their preferring the lucre of the ransom to their duty}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  See before, p. 128, and c. 33.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Unless a revelation had been previously delivered from GOD, verily a severe punishment had been inflicted on you, for }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the ransom}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which ye took }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from the captives at Bedr}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 70\tab Eat therefore of what ye have acquired,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 that which is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  lawful }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  good; for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  gracious }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful.
\par      O prophet, say unto the captives who are in your hands. If GOD shall know any good }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in your hearts, he will give you better than what hath been taken from you;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and he will forgive you, for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  gracious }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful.

\par      But if they seek to deceive thee,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  verily they have deceived GOD; wherefore he hath given }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thee}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  power over them: and GOD }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 knowing }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par      Moreover, they who have believed, and have fled their country, and employed their substance and their persons in fighting for the religion of GOD, and they who have given }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the prophet}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 a refuge }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 among them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and have assisted }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , these }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be deemed}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the one nearest of kin to the other.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   But they who have believed, but have not fled their country, shall have no }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 right of}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  kindred at all with you, until they }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  fly.  Yet if they ask assistance of you on account of religion, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it belongeth}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to give them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  assistance; except against a people between whom and yourselves }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there shall be}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a league }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 subsisting:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and GOD seeth that which ye do.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And as to the infidels let them be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 deemed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of kin the one to the other.  Unless ye do this, there will be a sedition in the earth, and grievous corruption.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But as for them who have believed, and left their country, and have fought for GOD's true religion, and who have allowed }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the prophet}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a retreat }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 among}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  them, and have assisted }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, these are really believers; they shall receive mercy, and an honourable provision.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, had not the ransom been, in strictness, lawful for you to accept, by GOD\rquote 
S having in general terms allowed you the spoil and the captives, ye had been severely punished.
\par \tab Among the seventy prisoners which the Moslems took in this battle were Al Abb\'e2s, one of Mohammed\rquote s uncles, and Okail, the son of Abu T\'e2
leb and brother of Ali.  When they were brought before Mohammed, he asking the advice of his companions what should be done with them, Abu Becr was for releasing them on their paying ransom, saying, that they were near relations to the prophet, and GOD mi
g
ht possibly forgive them on their repentance; but Omar was for striking off their heads, as professed patrons of infidelity.  Mohammed did not approve of the latter advice, but observed that Abu Becr resembled Abraham, who interceded for offenders, and th
at Omar was like Noah, who prayed for the utter extirpation of the wicked antediluvians; and thereupon it was agreed to accept a ransom from them and their fellow-captives.  Soon after which, Omar, going into the prophet\rquote 
s tent, found him and Abu Becr weepi
ng, and, asking them the reason of their tears, Mohammed acquainted him that this verse had been revealed, condemning their ill-timed lenity towards their prisoners, and that they had narrowly escaped the divine vengeance for it, adding that, if GOD had n
ot passed the matter over, they had certainly been destroyed to a man, excepting only Omar and Saad Ebn Moadh, a person of as great severity, and who was also for putting the prisoners to death.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Yet did not this crime go absolutely unpunished neither: for in the battle of Ohod the Moslems lost seventy men, equal to the number of prisoners taken at Bedr, }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 which was so ordered by GOD, as a retaliation or atonement for the same.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Of the ransom which ye have received of your prisoners.  For it seems,
 on this rebuke, they had some scruple of conscience whether they might convert it to their own use or not.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, if ye repent and believe, GOD will make you abundant retribution for the ransom ye have now paid.  It is said that this passage was revealed on the particular account of al Abb
\'e2s, who, being obliged by Mohammed, though his uncle, to ransom both himself and his two nephews, Okail and Nawfal Ebn al Hareth, complained that he should be reduced to beg alms of the Koreish as long as he lived.
  Whereupon Mohammed asked him what was become of the gold which he delivered to Omm al Fadl when he left Mecca, telling her that he knew not what might befall him in the expedition, and therefore, if he lost his life, she might keep it herself for the us
e of her and her children?  Al Abb\'e2s demanded who told him this, to which Mohammed replied that GOD had revealed it to him.  And upon this al Abb\'e2s immediately professed Isl\'e2
mism, declaring that none could know of that affair except GOD, because he gave her the money at midnight.  Some years after, al Abb\'e2
s reflecting on this passage, confessed it to be fulfilled; for he was then not only possessed of a large substance, but had the custody of the well Zemzem, which, he said, he preferred to all the riches of Mecca.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By not paying the ransom agreed on.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   And shall consequently inherit one another\rquote 
s substance, preferably to their relations by blood.  And this, they say, was practised for some time, the Moh\'e2jerin and Ans\'e2rs being judged heirs to one another, exclusive of the deceased\rquote 
s other kindred, till this passage was abrogated by the following: }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Those who are related by blood shall be deemed the nearest of kin to each other}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  See c. 3, p. 46.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 4  Idem.  Vide D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. Art. Abb\'e2s.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And they who have believe since, and have fled their country, and have fought with you, these }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  are of you.  And those who are related by consanguinity }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be deemed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the nearest of kin to each other }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 preferably to strangers}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  according to the book of GOD; GOD knoweth all things.}{
\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ________
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par CHAPTER IX.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE DECLARATION OF IMMUNITY;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MEDINA.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      A DECLARATION of immunity from GOD and his apostle, unto the idolaters, with whom ye have entered into league.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Go to and fro in the earth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 securely}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  four months;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and know that ye shall not weaken GOD, and that GOD will disgrace the unbelievers.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And a declaration from GOD and his apostle unto the people, on the day of the greater pilgrimage,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that GOD is clear of the idolaters, and his apostle }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
.  Wherefore if ye repent, this will be better for you; but if ye turn back, know that ye shall not weaken GOD: and denounce unto those who believe not, a painful punishment.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The reason why the chapter had this title appears from the first verse.  Some, however, give it other titles, and particularly that of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Repentance}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which is mentioned immediately after.
\par \tab It is observable that this chapter alone has not the auspicatory form, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 In the name of the most merciful}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  G
OD, prefixed to it; the reason of which omission, as some think, was, because these words imply a concession of security, which is utterly taken away by this chapter, after a fixed time; wherefore some have called it the chapter of }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Punishment}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ; others say t
hat Mohammed (who died soon after he had received this chapter), having given no direction where it should be placed, nor for the prefixing the Bismillah to it, as had been done to the other chapters; and the argument of this chapter bearing a near resemb
l
ance to that of the preceding, his companions differed about it, some saying that both chapters were but one, and together made the seventh of the seven long ones, and others that they were two distinct chapters; whereupon, to accommodate the dispute, the
y left a space between them, but did not interpose the distinction of the Bismillah.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab It is agreed that this chapter was the last which was revealed; and the only one, as Mohammed declared, which was revealed entire and at once, except the hundred and tenth.
\par \tab Some will have the two last verses to have been revealed at Mecca.
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some understand this sentence of the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 immunity}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
security}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  therein granted to the infidels for the space of four months; but others think that the words properly signify that Mohamme
d for the space of four months; but others think that the words properly signify that Mohammed is here declared by GOD to be absolutely }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 free}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 discharged
}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  from all truce or league with them, after the expiration of that time;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and this last seems to be the truest interpretation.
\par \tab Mohammed\rquote s thus renouncing all league with those who would not receive him as the apostle of GOD, or submit to become tributary, was the consequence of the great power to which he was now arrived.  But the pretext he made use of w
as the treachery he had met with among the Jewish, and idolatrous Arabs\endash scarce any keeping faith with him, except Banu Damra, Banu Ken\'e2na, and a few others.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These months were Shaw\'e2l, Dhu\rquote lkaada, Dhu\rquote lhajja, and Moharram; the chapter being revealed in Shaw\'e2l.  Yet others compute them from the tenth of Dhu\rquote 
lhajja, when the chapter was published at Mecca, and consequently make them expire on the tenth of the former Rab\'ee.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., The tenth of Dhu\rquote lhajja, when they slay the victims at Mina; which day is their great feast, and completes the ceremonies of the pilgrimage.  Some suppose the adjective }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 greater}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  is added here to distinguish the pilgrimage made at the appointed time from }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 lesser pilgrimages}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, as they may be called, or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 visitations}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the Caaba, which
 may be performed at any time of the year; or else because the concourse at the pilgrimage this year was greater than ordinary, both Moslems and idolaters being present at it.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab The promulgation of this chapter was committed by Mohammed to Ali, who rode for that purpose on the prophet\rquote 
s slit-eared camel from Medina to Mecca; and on the day above mentioned, standing up before the whole assembly at al Akaba, told them that he was the messenger of the apostle of GOD unto them.  Whereupon they asking him what wa
s his errand, he read twenty or thirty verses of the chapter to them, and then said, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 I am commanded to acquaint you with four things:}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  I. }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
That no idolater is to come near the temple of Mecca after this year;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  2. }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 That no man presume to compass the Caaba naked for the future;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  3. }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 That none but true believers shall enter paradise; and}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  4. }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 That public faith is to be kept}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin, Yahya, &c.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4   Idem, al Zamaksh., Jallalo\rquote ddin.
\par 5  See before, cap. 7, p. 107.\tab \tab 6  Al Beid\'e2wi.  Vide Abulfed. Vit. Moh. p. 127, &c.\tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Except such of the idolaters with whom ye shall have entered into a league, and who afterwards shall not fail you in any instance, nor assist any }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 other}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  against you.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Wherefore perform the covenant }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 which ye shall have made}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 with them, until their time }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be elapsed;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for GOD loveth those who fear }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And when the months }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 wherein ye}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  not allowed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to attack them}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall be past, kill the idolaters wheresoever ye shall find them,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and take them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 prisoners}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , a
nd besiege them, and lay wait for them in every convenient place.  But if they shall repent, and observe the appointed times of prayer, and pay the legal alms, dismiss them freely: for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  gracious }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful.
\par      And if any of the idolaters shall demand protection of thee, grant him protection, that he may hear the word of GOD: and afterwards let him reach the place of his security.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   This }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shalt thou do}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , because they are people which know not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the excellency of the religion thou preachest}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par      How shall the idolaters be admitted into a league with GOD and with his apostle; except those with whom ye entered into a league at the holy temple?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  So long as they behave with fidelity towards you, do ye }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  behave with fidelity towards them; for GOD loveth those who fear }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 him}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      How }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 can they be admitted into a league with you}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , since, if they prevail against you, they will not regard in you }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 either}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  consanguinity or faith?  They will please you with their mouths, but their hearts will be averse }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from you;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for the greater part of them are wicked doers.
\par      They sell the signs of GOD for a small price, and obstruct his way; it is certainly evil which they do.
\par 10\tab They regard not in a believer }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 either}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  consanguinity or faith; and these are the transgressors.
\par      Yet if they repent, and observe the appointed times of prayer, and give alms, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 they shall be deemed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  your brethren in religion.  We distinctly propound }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  signs unto people who understand.
\par      But if they violate their oaths, after their league, and revile your religion, oppose the leaders of infidelity (for there is no trust in them), that they may desist }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from their treachery.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Will ye not fight against people who have violated their oaths, and conspired to expel the apostle }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of God;}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and who of their own accord assaulted you the first time?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Will ye fear them?  But it is more just that ye should fear GOD, if ye are true believers.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   So that notwithstanding Mohammed renounces all league with those who had deceived him, he declares himself ready to perform his engagements to such as had been true to him.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Either within or without the sacred territory.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, you shall give him a safe-conduct, that he may return home again securely, in case he shall not think fit to embrace Mohammedism.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These are the persons before excepted.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As did the Koreish in assisting the tribe of Becr against those of Khoz\'e2ah,}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and laying a design to ruin Mohammed, without any just provocation; and as several of the Jewish tribes did, by aiding the enemy, and endeavou
ring to oblige the prophet to leave Medina, as he had been obliged to leave Mecca.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 7  See the Prelim. Disc. p. 42.\tab \tab 8  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Attack them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 therefore;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD shall punish them by your hands, and will cover them with shame, and will give you the v
ictory over them; and he will heal the breasts of the people who believe,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and will take away the indignation of their hearts: for GOD will be turned unto whom he pleaseth; and GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  knowing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par      Did ye imagine that ye should be abandoned, whereas GOD did not yet know those among you who fought }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for his religion}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and took not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 any}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 besides GOD, and his apostle, and the faithful }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  friends?  GOD is well acquainted with that which ye do.
\par      It is not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 fitting}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  that the idolaters should visit the temples of GOD, being witnesses against their own souls of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
infidelity.  The works of these }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  are vain: and they shall remain in }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire forever.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      But he only shall visit the temples of GOD, who believeth in GOD and the last day, and is constant at prayer, and payeth the legal alms, and feareth GOD alone.  These perhaps may become of }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the number of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  those who are rightly directed.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Do ye reckon the giving drink to the pilgrims, and the visiting of the holy temple, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be actions as meritorious }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 as }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 those performed by}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  him who believeth in GOD and the last day, and fighteth for the religion of GOD?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  They shall not be held equal with GOD: for GOD directeth not the unrighteous people.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 20\tab They who have believed, and fled their country and employed their substance and their persons in the defence of GOD'S true religion, shall be in the highest degree }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of honour}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with GOD; and these are they who shall be happy.
\par      Their LORD sendeth them good tidings of mercy from him, and good will, and of gardens wherein they shall enjoy lasting pleasure:
\par      they shall continue therein forever; for with GOD is a great reward.
\par      O true believers, take not your fathers or your brethren for friends, if they love infidelity above faith; and whosoever among you shall take them for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  friends, they will be unjust doers.

\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Say, if your fathers, and your sons, and your brethren, and your wives, and your relations, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  substance which ye have acquired, and }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merchandise which ye apprehend may not be sold off, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 dwellings wherein ye delight, be more dear unto you than GOD, and his apostle, and the advancement of his religion; wait until GOD shall send his command:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 for GOD directeth not the ungodly people.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Now hath GOD assisted you in many engagements, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 particularly}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 at the battle of Honein,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when ye pleased yourselves in your multitude, but it was no manner of advantage unto you, and the earth became too strait for you,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  notwithstanding it was spacious; then did ye retreat, and turn your backs.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., Those of Khoz\'e2
ah; or, as others say, certain families of Yaman and Saba, who went to Mecca, and there professed Mohammedism, but were very injuriously treated by the inhabitants; whereupon they complained to Mohammed, who bade them take comfo
rt, for that joy was approaching.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These words are to warn the believers from having too great a confidence in their own merits, and likewise to deter the unbelievers; for if the faithful will but }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 perhaps}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  be saved, what can the others hope for?}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage was revealed on occasion of some words of al Abb\'e2s, Mohammed\rquote 
s uncle, who, when he was taken prisoner, being bitterly reproached by the Moslems, and particularly by his nephew Ali, answered: }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 You rip up our ill actions, but take no notice of our 
good ones; we visit the temple of Mecca, and adorn the Caaba with hangings, and give drink to the pilgrims}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  (of Zemzem water, I suppose) }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 and free captives.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or shall punish you.  Some suppose the taking of Mecca to be here intended.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This battle was fought in the eighth year of the Hejra, in the valley of Honein, which lies about three miles from Mecca towards T\'e2
yef, between Mohammed, who had an army of twelve thousand men, and the tribes of Haw\'e2zen and Thak\'eef, whose forces did not exceed four thousa
nd.  The Mohammedans, seeing themselves so greatly superior to their enemies, made sure of the victory; a certain person, whom some suppose to have been the prophet himself, crying out, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
These can never be overcome by so few}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  But GOD was so highly displeased with this confidence, that in the first encounter the Moslems were put to flight,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 some of them running away quite to Mecca, so that none stood their ground except Mohammed himself, and some few of his family; and they say the prophet\rquote s courage was so great, that his uncle al Abb\'e2s, and his cousin Abu Sofi\'e2
n Ebn al Hareth, had much ado to prevent his spurring his mule into the midst of the enemy, by laying hold of the bridle and stirrup.  Then he ordered al Abb\'e2s, who had the voice of a Stentor, to recal
l his flying troops; upon which they rallied, and the prophet throwing a handful of dust against the enemy, they attacked them a second time, and by the divine assistance gained the victory.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For the valley being very deep, and encompassed by craggy mo
untains, the enemy placed themselves in ambush on every side, attacking them in the straits and narrow passages, and from behind the rocks, with great advantage.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up8\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  Idem\tab \tab \tab 5  See Prid. Life of Mahomet, p. 96, &c.  Hotting.
 Hist. Orient. p. 271, &c.  D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. p. 601.\tab \tab 6  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin, Abulfeda, Vit. Moh. p. 112, &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up8\insrsid14382261 1  Ebn Ishak.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Afterwards GOD sent down his security}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  upon his apostle and upon the faithful, and sent down troops }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of angels}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which ye saw not; and he punished those who disbelieved; and this was the reward of the unbelievers.
\par      Nevertheless GOD will hereafter be turned unto whom he pleaseth;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  gracious }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful.
\par      O true believers, verily the idolaters are unclean; let them not therefore come near unto the holy temple after this year.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And if ye fear want, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
by the cutting off trade and communication with them, }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 GOD will enrich you of his abundance,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  if he pleaseth; for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  knowing }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Fight against them who believe not in GOD, nor the last day,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and forbid not that which GOD and his apostle have forbidden, and profess not the true religion, of those unto whom the scriptures have been delivered, until they pay tribute by right of subjection,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they be reduced low.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original word is Sak\'eenat, which the commentators interpret in this sense; but it seems rather to signify the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 divine presence}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or Shechinah, appearing to aid the Moslems.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As to the number of these celestial auxiliaries, the commentators differ; some say they were five thousand, some eight thousand, and others sixteen thousand.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}
{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Besides a great number of proselytes who were gained by this battle, Mohammed, on their request, was so generous as to restore the captives (which w
ere no less than six thousand) to their friends, and offered to make amends himself to any of his men who should not be willing to part with his prisoners; but they all consented to it.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which was the ninth year of the Hejra.  In consequence of this prohibition, neither Jews nor Christians, nor those of any other religion, are suffered to come near Mecca to this day.

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This promise, says al Beid\'e2wi, was fulfilled by GOD\rquote S sending plenty of rain, and disposing the inhabitants of Teb\'e2la and Jorash, two towns in Yaman, to embrace Isl\'e2
m, who thereupon brought sufficient provisions to Mohammed\rquote s men; and also by the subsequent coming in of the Arabs from all quarters to him.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, who have not a just and true faith in these matters; but either believe a plurality of gods, or deny the eternity of hell torments,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or the delights of paradise as described in the Kor\'e2n.  For as it appears by the following words, the Jews and Christians are the persons here chiefly meant.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This I think the true meaning of the words }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 an yadin}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which literally signify }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 by}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 out of hand}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and are variously interpreted: some supposing they mean that the tribute is to be paid }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 readily}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or by their }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 own hands}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and not by another; or that tribute is to be exacted of the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 rich}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 only, or those who are able to pay it, and not of the poor; or else that it is to be taken as a }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 favour}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  that the Mohammedans are satisfied with so small an imposition, &c.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab That the Jews and Christians are, according to this law, to be admitted to protection on pa
yment of tribute, there is no doubt: though the Mohammedan doctors differ as to those of other religions.  It is said that Omar at first refused to accept tribute from a Magian, till Abd\rquote alrahm\'e2
n Ebn Awf assured him that Mohammed himself had granted protection to a Magian, and ordered that the professors of that religion should be included among }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 the people of the book}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
, or those who found their religion on some book which they suppose to be of divine original.  And it is the more received opinion that these 
three religions only ought to be tolerated on the condition of paying tribute: others, however, admit the Sabians also.  Abu Han\'ee
fa supposed people of any religion might be suffered, except the idolatrous Arabs; and Malec excepted only apostates from Mohammedism.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab The least tribute that can be taken from every such person, is generally agreed to be a }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 din\'e2r}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or about ten shillings, a year; nor can he be obliged to pay more unless he consent to it; and this, they say, ought to be laid as well on the poor as on the rich.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  But Abu Han\'eefa decided that the rich should pay forty-eight }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 dirhems}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  (twenty, and sometimes twenty-five, of which made a }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 din\'e2r}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ) a year; one in middling circumstances half that sum; and a poor man, who was able to get his living, a quarter of it: but that he who was not able to support himself should pay nothing.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 2  See cap. 2, p. 27, note }{\f36\fs14\up8\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 .\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 4  Idem.\tab \tab 5  See cap. 2, p. 10, and cap. 3, p. 34.\tab \tab 6  Vide al Beid\'e2
wi.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 30\tab The Jews say, Ezra is the son of GOD:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and the Christians sa
y, Christ is the Son of GOD.  This is their saying in their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who were unbelievers in former times.  May GOD resist them.  How are they infatuated!
\par      They take their priests and their monks for }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  lords, besides GOD,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and Christ the son of Mary; although they are commanded to worship one GOD only: there is no GOD but he; far be that from him which they associate }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with him!}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They seek to extinguish the light of GOD with their mouths; but GOD willeth no other than to perfect his light, although the infidels be averse }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereto}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      It is he who hath sent his apostle with the direction, and true religion: that he may cause it to appear superior to every }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  religion; although the idolaters be averse }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereto}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O true believers, verily many of the priests and monks devour the substance of men in vanity,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and obstruct the way of GOD.  But unto those who treasure up gold and silver, and employ it not for the advancement of GOD'S true religion, denounce a grievous punishment.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      On the day }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of judgment their treasures}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 shall be intensely heated in the fire of hell, and their foreheads, and their sides, and their backs shall be stigmatized therewith; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and their tormentors shall say}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, This is what ye have treasured up for your souls; taste therefore that which ye have treasured up.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  This grievous charge against the Jews the commentators endeavour to support by telling us that it is meant of some ancient heterodox Jews, or else of some Jews of Medina; who said so for 
no other reason than for that the law being utterly lost and forgotten during the Babylonish captivity, Ezra, having been raised to life after he had been dead one hundred years,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 dictated the whole anew to the scribes, out of his own memory; at which they greatly marvelled, and declared that he could not have done it unless he were the son of GOD.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Al Beid\'e2
wi, adds that the imputation must be true, because this verse was read to the Jews, and they did not contradict it; which they were ready enough to do in other instances.
\par \tab That Ezra did thus restore not only the Pentateuch, but also the other books of the Old Testament, by divine revelation, was the opinion of several of the Christian fathers, who are quoted by Dr. Prideaux,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and of some other writers;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  which they seem to have first borrowed from a passage in that very ancient apocryphal book, called (in our English Bible) the }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 second book }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 of Esdras.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Dr. Prideaux}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 tells us that herein the fathers attributed more to Ezra than the Jews themselves, who supp
ose that he only collected and set forth a correct edition of the scriptures, which he laboured much in, and went a great way in the perfecting of it.  It is not improbable, however, that the fiction came originally from the Jews, though they be now of an
o
ther opinion, and I cannot fix it upon them by any direct proof.  For, not to insist on the testimony of the Mohammedans (which yet I cannot but think of some little weight in a point of this nature), it is allowed by the most sagacious critics that the s
econd book of Ezra was written by a Christian indeed,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  but yet one who had been bred a Jew, and was intimately acquainted with the fables of the Rabbins;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 10}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and the story itself is perfectly in the taste and way of thinking of those men.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the chap. 3, p. 39, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By taking of bribes, says al Beid\'e2
wi; meaning, probably, the money they took for dispensing with the commands of GOD, and by way of commutation.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Vide Reland. de Jure Militari Mohammedanor. p. 17 and 50.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  See cap. 2, p. 28.\tab 
\par 4  Al Beid\'e2wi, al Zamakhshari, &c.\tab \tab 5  Connect. part i. l. 5, p. 329.\tab \tab 6  Athanasius junior, in Synopsi S. Script. tom. ii. p. 86.  Leontius Byzantin. de Sectis, p. 428.\tab \tab 7  Cap. xiv. 20, &c.\tab \tab 8  Loco citat.\tab \tab 
9  See 2 Esdras ii. 43\endash 47; and vii. 28, &c.\tab \tab 10  Vide Dodwelli Dissert. Cyprian. Dissert. 4, \'a7 2.  Whiston\rquote s Essay on the Apostolical Constit. p. 34, 76, and 304, &c.; et Fabricii Codic. Apocryph. Novi Test. part ii. p. 936, &c.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Moreover, the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 complete}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  number of months with GOD, is twelve months,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 which were ordained}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in the book of GOD,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on the day whereon he created the heavens and the earth: of these, four are sacred.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   This is the right religion: therefore deal not unjustly with yourselves therein.  But attack the idolaters in all }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the months}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, as they attack you in all;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and know that GOD is with those who fear }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Verily the transferring }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of a sacred month to another month}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , is an additional infidelity.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The unbelievers are led into an error thereby: they allow a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 month}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to be violated one year, and declare it sacred }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 another }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
year,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that they may agree in the number of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 months}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 which GOD hath commanded to be kept sacred; and they allow that which GOD hath forbidden.  The evil of their actions hath been prepared for them: for GOD directeth not the unbelieving people.
\par      O true believers, what ailed you, that when it was said unto you, Go forth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to fight}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for the religion of GOD, ye inclined heavily towards the earth?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Do ye prefer the present life to that which is to come?  But the provision of this life, in }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 respect of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that which is to come, is but slender.
\par      Unless ye go forth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 when ye are summoned to war, God }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will punish you with a grievous punishment; and he will place another people in your stead,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and ye shall not hurt him at all; for GOD is almighty.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 40\tab If ye assist not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the prophet, }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 verily GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
will assist him, as he}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  assisted him formerly, when the unbelievers drove him out }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of Mecca}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , the second of two:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when they }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 were}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  both in the cave: when he said unto his companion, Be not grieved, for GOD is with us.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And GOD sent down his security}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  upon him, and strengthened him with armies }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of angels}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, whom ye saw not.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And he made the word of those who believed not to be abased, and the word of GOD was exalted: for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 mighty }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  
 According to this passage, the intercalation of a month every third or second year, which the Arabs had learned of the Jews, in order to reduce their lunar years to solar years, is absolutely unlawful.  For by this means they fixed the time of the pilgri
mage and of the fast of Ramad\'e2n to certain seasons of the year which ought to be ambulatory.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., The preserved table.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Discourse, Sect. VII.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For it is not reasonable that you should observe the sacred months with regard to those who do not acknowledge them to be sacred, but make war against you therein.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This was an invention or innovation of the idolatrous Arabs, whereby they avoided keeping a sacred month, when it suited not their conveniency, by keeping a profane month in
 its stead; transferring, for example, the observance of Moharram to the succeeding month Safar.  The first man who put this in practice, they say, was Jon\'e2da Ebn Awf, of the tribe of Ken\'e2na.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab These ordinances relating to the months were promulgated by Mohammed himself at the pilgrimage of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 valediction}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As did Jon\'e2
da, who made public proclamation at the assembly of pilgrims, that their gods had allowed Moharram to be profane, whereupon they observed it not; but the next year he told them that the gods had ordered it to be kept sacred.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., In the expedition of Tab\'fb
c, a town situate about half-way between Medina and Damascus, which Mohammed undertook against the Greeks, with an army of thirty thousand men, in the ninth year of the Hejra.  On this e
xpedition the Moslems set out with great unwillingness, because it was undertaken in the midst of the summer heats, and at a time of great drought and scarcity; whereby the soldiers suffered so much, that this army was called the }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 distressed army:}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  besides, their fruits were just ripe, and they had much rather have stayed to have gathered them.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chap. 5, p. 80.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, having only Abu Becr with him.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. II. p. 39.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See before, p. 137, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Who, as some imagin
e, guarded him in the cave.  Or the words may relate to the succours from heaven which Mohammed pretended to have received in several encounters; as at Bedr, the war of the ditch, and the battle of Honein.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up8\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See Prid. Life of Mahomet, p. 65, &c., and the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. and VII.\tab \tab 2  See cap. 2, p. 20.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote 
ddin.  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 323, and the Prelim. Disc. Sect. VII.\tab \tab 4  Abulfeda, Vit. Moh. p. 132.\tab \tab 5  Al Beid\'e2wi.
\par 6  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.  Vide Abulfeda, Vit. Moh. p. 123.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Go forth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to battle}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , both light and heavy,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and employ your substance and your persons for the advancement of GOD's religion.  This will be better for you, if ye know it.
\par      If it had been a near advantage, and a moderate journey, they had surely followed thee;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but the way seemed tedious unto them: and yet they will swear by GOD, }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , If we had been able, we had surely gone forth with you.  They destroy their own souls; for GOD knoweth that they are liars.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      GOD forgive thee! why didst thou give them leave }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to stay at home}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  until they who speak the truth, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 when they excuse themselves}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , had become manifested unto thee, and thou hadst known the liars.

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They who believe in GOD and the last day, will not ask leave of thee to be excused from employing 
their substance and their persons for the advancement of GOD's true religion; and GOD knoweth those who fear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Verily they only will ask leave of thee }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to stay behind}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , who believe not in GOD and the last day, and whose hearts doubt }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 concerning the faith:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wherefore they are tossed to and fro in their doubting.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      If they had been willing to go forth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with thee}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , they had certainly prepared for that }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 purpose}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a provision }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of arms and necessaries:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but GOD was averse to their going forth; wherefore he rendered them slothful, and it was said }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Sit ye still with those who sit still.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      If they had gone forth with you, they had only been a burden unto you, and had run to and fro between you, stirring you up to sedition; and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 there would have been some}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  among you, who would have given ear unto them: and GOD knoweth the wicked.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They formerly sought to raise a sedition,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and they disturbed thy affairs, until the truth came, and the decree of GOD was made manifest; although they were adverse thereto.
\par      There is of them who saith }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto thee}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Give me leave }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to stay behind}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and expose me not to temptation.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Have they not fallen into temptation }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 at home?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   But hell will surely encompass the unbelievers.

\par 50\tab If good happen unto thee, it grieveth them: but if a misfortune befall thee, they say, We ordered our business before;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they turn their backs, and rejoice }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 at thy mishap}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, Nothing shall befall us, but what GOD hath decreed for us; he is our patron; and on GOD let the faithful trust.}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,
 Whether the expedition be agreeable or not; or whether ye have sufficient arms and provisions or not; or whether ye be on horseback or on foot, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, had there been no difficulties to surmount in the expedition of Tab\'fbc, and the march thither h
ad been short and easy, so that the plunder might have cost them little or no trouble, they would not have been so backward.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For Mohammed excused several of his men, on their request, from going on this expedition; as Abda\rquote llah Ebn Obba and his hypocritical adherents, and also three of the Ans\'e2
rs, for which he is here reprehended.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , With the women and children, and other impotent people.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As they did at the battle of Ohod.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By obliging me to go, against my will, on an expedition, the hardships of which may tempt me to rebel or to desert.  It is related that one Jadd Ebn Kais said that the Ans\'e2
rs well knew he was much given to women, and he dared not trust himself with the Greek girls; wherefore he desired he might be left behind, and he would assist them with his purse.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Discovering their hypocrisy by their backwardness to go to war for the promotion of the true religion.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, we took care to keep out of harm\rquote s way by staying at home.}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 1  See cap. 3, p. 45, &c.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Say, Do ye expect }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 any other should befall}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  us, than one of the two most excellent things; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
either victory or martyrdom?}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   But we expect concerning you, that GOD inflict a punishment on you, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 either}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from himself, or by our hands.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Wait, therefore, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to see what will be the end of both;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for we will wait for you.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, Expend }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 your money in pious uses, either}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  voluntarily, or by constraint, it shall not be accepted of you; because ye are wicked people.
\par      And nothing hindereth their contributions from being accepted of them, but that they believe not in GOD and his apostle, and perform not the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 duty of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 prayer, otherwise than sluggishly; and expend not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their money for God's service}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , otherwise than unwillingly.
\par      Let not therefore their riches, or their children cause thee to marvel.  Verily GOD intendeth only to punish them by these things in this world; and that their souls may depart while they are unbelievers.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They swear by GOD that they are of you;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  yet they are not of you, but are people who stand in fear.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      If they find a place of refuge, or caves, or a retreating hole, they surely turn towards the same, and in a headstrong manner, haste }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereto}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      There is of them also who spreadeth ill reports of thee, in relation to }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thy distribution of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the alms: yet if they receive }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 part}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  thereof, they are well pleased; but if they receive not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a part}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  thereof, behold, they are angry.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But if they had been pleased with that which GOD and his apostle had given them, and had said, GOD is our support; GOD will give unto us of his abundance, and his prophet }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 also;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  verily unto GOD do we make our supplications: }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it would have been more decent}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 60\tab Alms }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are to be distributed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 only unto the poor, and the needy,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and those who are employed in }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 collecting and distributing}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 the same, and unto those whose hearts }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  reconciled,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and for }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the redemption of}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  captives, and unto those who are in debt }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and insolvent}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and for the advancement of GOD'S religion, and unto the traveller.  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
This is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  an ordinance from GOD: and GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  knowing }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      There are some of them who injure the prophet, and say, He is an ear.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Answer, He is an ear of good unto you:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  he believeth in GOD, and giveth credit to the faithful, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 a mercy unto such of you who believe.
\par 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Either by some signal judgment from heaven, or by remitting their punishment to the true believers.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., Staunch Moslems.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Hypocritically concealing their infidelity, lest ye should chastise them, as ye have done the professed infidels and apostates; and yet 
ready to avow their infidelity, when they think they may do it with safety.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This person was Abu\rquote l Jow\'e2dh the hypocrite, who said Mohammed gave them away among the keepers of sheep only; or, as others suppose, Ebn Dhi\rquote 
lkhowaisara, who found fault with the prophet\rquote s distribution of the spoils taken at Honein, because he gave them all among the Meccans, to reconcile and gain them over to his religion and interest.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See what is said as to this point in the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators make a distinction between these two words in the original, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 fak\'eer}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 mesk\'een;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  one, they say, signifies him who is utterly destitute both of money and means of livelihood; the other, one who is in want indeed, but is able to get something towards his own supp
ort.  But to which of the two words either of these different significations properly belongs, the critics differ.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, who were lately enemies to the faithful, but have now embraced Mohammedism, and entered into amity with them.  For Mohammed, to 
gain their hearts and confirm them in his religion, made large presents to the chief of the Koreish out of the spoils at Honein, as has been just now mentioned.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  But this law they say became of no obligation when the Mohammedan faith was established, and stood not in need of such methods for its support.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , He hears everything that we say; and gives credit to all the stories that are carried to him.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Giving credit to nothing that may do you hurt.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 3  Idem.  Vide Abulfeda. Vit. Moh. p. 118, 119.\tab \tab 4  Abulfeda, ibid.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 But they who injure the apostle of GOD, shall suffer a painful punishment.
\par      They swear unto you by GOD, that they may please you; but it is more just that they should please GOD and his apostle, if they are true believers.
\par      Do they not know that he who opposeth GOD and his apostle, shall without doubt }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be punished with}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the fire of hell; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 shall remain therein forever?  This will be great ignominy.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      The hypocrites are apprehensive lest a Sura}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  should be revealed concerning them, to declare unto them that which }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in their hearts.  Say }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Scoff ye; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 but}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 GOD will surely bring to light that which ye fear }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 should be discovered}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And if thou ask them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the reason of this scoffing}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , they say, Verily we were only engaged in discourse; and jesting }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 among ourselves}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Say, Do ye scoff at GOD and his signs, and at his apostle?
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      offer not an excuse: now are ye become infidels, after your faith.  If we forgive a part of you, we will punish a part, for that they have been wicked doers.
\par      Hypocritical men and women are the one of them of the other: they command that which is evil, and forbid that which is just, and shut their hands }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from giving alms}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
.  They have forgotten GOD; wherefore he hath forgotten them: verily the hypocrites are those who act wickedly.
\par      GOD denounceth unto the hypocrites, both men and women, and to the unbelievers, the fire of hell; they shall remain therein }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 forever:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  this will be their sufficient }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 reward;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD hath cursed them, and they shall endure a lasting torment.
\par 70\tab As they who have been before you, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 so are ye}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  They were superior to you in strength, and had more abundance of wealth and of children; and they enjoyed their portion }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in this world; and ye}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  also enjoy your portion }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 here}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , as they who have
 preceded you enjoyed their portion.  And ye engage yourselves in vain discourses, like unto those wherein they engaged themselves.  The works of these are vain }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 both}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 in this world and in that which is to come; and these are they who perish.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Have they not been acquainted with the history of those who have been before them? of the people of Noah, and of Ad, and of Thamud, and of the people of Abraham, and of the inhabitants of Madian, and of the }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 cities which were}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  overthrown?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Their apostles came unto th
em with evident demonstrations: and GOD was not disposed to treat them unjustly; but they dealt unjustly with their own souls.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And the faithful men, and the faithful women, are friends one to another: they command that which is just, and they forbid t
hat which is evil; and they are constant at prayer, and pay their appointed alms; and they obey GOD and his apostle: unto these will GOD be merciful; for he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  mighty }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   So the Mohammedans call a chapter of the Kor\'e2n.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is related that in the expedition of Tab\'fbc, a company of hypocrites passing near Mohammed, said to one another, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
Behold that man! he would take the strongholds of Syria.  Away! away!}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \endash which being told the prophet, he called them to him, and asked them why they had said so?  W
hereto they replied with an oath that they were not talking of what related to him or his companions, but were only diverting themselves with indifferent discourse to beguile the tediousness of the way.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Namely, Sodom and Gomorrah, and the other cities
 which shared their fate, and are thence called al Motakif\'e2t, or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the subverted}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 5  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. III.\tab \tab 6  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 7  See cap. II.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 GOD promiseth unto the true believers, both men and women, gardens through which rivers flow, wherein they shall remain forever; and delicious dwellings in gardens of perpetual abode:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q
}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but good-will from GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be their}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  most excellent }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 reward}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  This }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  great felicity.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      O prophet, wage war against the unbelievers and the hypocrites, and be severe unto them: for their dwelling shall be hell; an unhappy journey }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall it be thither!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 

\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They swear by GOD that they said not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 what they are charged with:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 yet they spake the word of infidelity, and became unbelievers after they had embraced Isl\'e2m.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And they designed that which they could not effect;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they did not disapprove }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the design for any other reason}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  than because GOD and his apostle had enriched them of his bounty.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   If they repent, it will be better for them; but if they relapse, GOD will punish them with a grievous torment, in this world and in the next; and they shall have no portion on earth, nor any protector.
\par      There are some of them who made a covenant with GOD, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Verily if he give us of his abundance, we will give alms, and become righteous people.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Yet when they had given unto him of his abundance, they became covetous thereof, and turned back, and retired afar off.
\par      Wherefore he hath caused hypocrisy to succeed in their hearts, until the day whereon they shall meet him; for that they failed to perform unto GOD that which they had promised him, and for that they prevaricated.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Do they not know that GOD knoweth whatever they conceal, and their private discourses; and that GOD is the knower of secrets?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 gardens}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 of Eden; but the commentators do not take the word Eden in the sense which it bears in Hebrew, as has been elsewhere observed.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is related that al Jall\'e2s Ebn Soweid hearing some passages of this chapter, which sharply reprehend those who refused to go on the above-mentioned expedition of Tab\'fb
c, declared that if what Mohammed said of his brethren was true, they were worse than asses; which coming to the prophet\rquote s ear, he sent for him; and he denied the words upon oath.  But on the immediate 
revelation of this passage, he confessed his fault, and his repentance was accepted.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators tell us that fifteen men conspired to kill Mohammed in his return from Tab\'fbc by pushing him from his camel into a precipice, as he rode by night over
 the highest part of al Akaba.  But when they were going to execute their design, Hodheifa, who followed and drove the prophet\rquote s camel, which was led by Amm\'e2r Ebn Y\'e2
ser, hearing the tread of camels and the clashing of arms, gave the alarm, upon which they fled.  Some, however, suppose the design here meant was a plot to expel Mohammed from Medina.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For Mohammed\rquote s residing at Medina was of great advantage to the place, the inhabitants being generally poor, and in want of most conveniences of life; but on the prophet\rquote 
s coming among them, they became possessed of large herds of cattle and money also.  Al Beid\'e2wi says that the above-named al Jall\'e2s in particular, having a servant killed, received by Mohammed's order no less than ten thousand }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 dirhems}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or about three hundred pounds, as a fine for the redemption of his blood.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  An instance of this is given in Thalaba Ebn Hateb, who came to Mohammed and desired him to beg of GOD that he would bestow riches on him.  The prophet at first advised him rather to be
 thankful for the little he had than to covet more, which might become a temptation to him; but on Thalaba\rquote 
s repeated request and solemn promise that he would make a good use of his riches, he was at length prevailed on, and preferred the petition to GOD. 
 Thalaba in a short time grew vastly rich, which, Mohammed being acquainted with, sent two collectors to gather the alms.  Other people readily paid them; but, when they came to Thalaba, and read the injunction to him out of the Kor\'e2
n, he told them that it
 was not alms, but tribute, or next kin to tribute, and bid them go back till he had better considered of it.  Upon which this passage was revealed; and when Thalaba came afterwards and brought his alms, Mohammed told him that GOD had commanded him not to
 accept it, and threw dust upon his head, saying, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 This is what thou hast deserved}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
.  He then offered his alms to Abu Becr, who refused to accept them, as did Omar some years after, when he was Khal\'eef.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 8  See the Prelim. Disc. p. 75.\tab \tab 9  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 10  Idem.\tab \tab 1  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 80\tab They who traduce such of the believers as are liberal in }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 giving }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 alms }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 beyond what they are obliged}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and those who find nothing }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to give}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , but }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 what they gain by}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  their industry;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and therefore scoff at them: GOD shall scoff at them, and they shall suffer a grievous punishment.
\par      Ask forgiveness for them, or do not ask forgiveness for them; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it will be equal}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  If thou ask forgiveness for them seventy times, GOD will by no means forgive them.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is the divine pleasure}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , for that they believe not in GOD, and his apostle; and GOD directeth not the ungodly people.
\par      They who were left at home }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in the expedition of Tab\'fbc}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , were glad of their staying behind the apostle of GOD, and were unwilling to employ their substance and their persons for th
e advancement of GOD's true religion; and they said, Go not forth in the heat.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Say, the fire of hell will be hotter; if they understood }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 this}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Wherefore let them laugh little, and weep much, as a reward for that which they have done.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      If GOD bring thee back unto some of them,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they ask thee leave to go forth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to war with thee}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , say, Ye shall not go forth with me for the future, neither shall ye fight an enemy with me; ye were pleased with sitting }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 at home}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the first time; sit ye }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 at home}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  therefore with those who stay behind.
\par      Neither do thou ever pray over any of them who shall die,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  neither stand at his grave}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 for that they believed not in GOD and his apostle, and die in their wickedness.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Let not their riches or their children cause thee to marvel: for GOD intendeth only to punish them therewith in this world, and that their souls may depart, while they are infidels.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      When a Sura}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  is sent down, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 wherein it is said}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Believe in GOD, and go forth to war with his apostle; those who are in plentiful circumstances among them ask leave of thee }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to stay behind}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and say, Suffer us to be }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the number}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of those who sit }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 at home}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They are well pleased to be with those who stay behind, and their hearts are sealed up; wherefore they do not understand.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Al Beid\'e2wi relates that Mohammed, exhorting his followers to voluntary alms, among others, Abda\rquote lrahm\'e2n Ebn Awf gave four thousand }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 dirhems}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which was one-half of what he had; Asem Ebn Adda gave a hundred beasts\rquote  loads of dates; and Abu Okail a sa\'e1,
 which is no more than a sixtieth part of a load, of the same fruit, but was the half of what he had earned by a night\rquote s hard work.  This Mohammed accepted: whereupon the hypocrites said that Abda\rquote lrahm\'e2
n and Asem gave what they did out of ostentation, and that GOD and his apostle might well have excused Abu Okail\rquote s mite; which occasioned this passage.
\par \tab I suppose this collection was made to defray the charge of the expedition of Tab\'fbc, towards which, as another writer tells us, Abu Becr contributed all that he had, and Othm\'e2
n very largely, viz., as it is said, three hundred camels for slaughter, and a thousand }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 din\'e2rs}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  of gold.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   In the last sickness of Abda\rquote llah Ebn Obba, the hypocrite (who died in the ninth year of the Hejra), his son, named also Abda\rquote lla
h, came and asked Mohammed to beg pardon of GOD for him, which he did, and thereupon the former part of this verse was revealed.  But the prophet, not taking that for a repulse, said he would }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 pray seventy times}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  for him; upon which the latter part of the verse was revealed, declaring it would be absolutely in vain.  It may be observed that the numbers }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 seven}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 seventy}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 seven hundred}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, are frequently used by the eastern writers, to signify not so many precisely, but only an indefinite number, either greater or lesser,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 several examples of which are to be met with in the scripture.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This they spoke in a scoffing manner to one another, because, as has been observed, the expedition of Tab\'fbc was undertaken in a very hot and dry season.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, if tho
u return in safety to Medina to the hypocrites, who are here called some of them who stayed behind, because they were not all hypocrites.  The whole number is said to have been twelve.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage was also revealed on account of Abda\rquote llah Ebn Obba.  
In his last illness he desired to see Mohammed, and, when he was come, asked him to beg forgiveness of GOD for him, and requested that his corpse might be wrapped up in the garment that was next his body (which might have the same efficacy with the habit 
o
f a Franciscan), and that he would pray over him when dead.  Accordingly, when he was dead, the prophet sent his shirt, or inner vestment, to shroud the corpse, and was going to pray over it, but was forbidden by these words.  Some say they were not revea
led till he had actually prayed for him.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Either by assisting at his funeral, or visiting his sepulchre.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See before, p. 142, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 2  Abulfed. Vit. Moh. p. 123.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 4  Matth. xviii. 22.\tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.
\par 2  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 But the apostle, and those who have believed with him, expose their fortunes and their lives }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for God's service;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  they shall enjoy the good things }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of either life}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and they shall be happy.
\par 90\tab GOD hath prepared for them gardens through which rivers flow; they shall remain therein }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 forever}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  This will be great felicity.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And certain Arabs of the desert came to excuse themselves,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 praying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 that they might be permitted }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to stay behind;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they sat }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 at home}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 who had renounced GOD and his apostle.  But a painful punishment shall be inflicted on such of them as believe not.
\par      In those who are weak, or are afflicted with sickness, or in those who find not wherewith to contribute }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to the war}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 it shall be no crime }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 if they stay at home;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  provided they behave themselves faithfully towards GOD and his apostle.  There is no room }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to lay blame}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on the righteous; for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  gracious }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      nor on those, unto whom, when they came unto thee, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 requesting}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 that thou wouldest supply them with necessaries for travelling, thou didst answer, I find not wherewith to supply you, returned, their eyes shedding tears for grief, that they found not wherewith to contribute }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
to the expedition}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But there is reason }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to blame}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  those who ask leave of thee }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to sit at home}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , when they are rich.  They are
 pleased to be with those who stay behind, and GOD hath sealed up their hearts; wherefore they do not understand.
\par      They will excuse themselves unto you, when ye are returned unto them.  Say, Excuse not yourselves; we will by no means believe you: GOD hath acquainted us with your behavior; and GOD will observe his actions, and his apostle }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 also:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and hereafter shall ye be brought before him who knoweth that which is hidden, and that which is manifest; and he will declare unto you that which ye have done.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They will swear unto you by GOD, which ye have done.  They will swear unto you by GOD, when ye are returned unto them, that ye may let them alone.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Let them alone, therefore, for they are an abomination, and their dwelling }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  hell, a reward for that which they have deserved.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They will swear unto you, that ye may be well pleased with them; but if ye be well pleased with them, verily GOD will not be well pleased with people who prevaricate.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      The Arabs of the desert are more obstinate in }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 unbelief and hypocrisy; and it is easier for them to be ignorant of the ordinances of that which GOD hath sent down unto his apostle;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  knowing }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Of the Arabs of the desert there is who reckoneth that which he expendeth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for the service of God, to be as }{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 tribute,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and waiteth that some change }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of fortune}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  may befall}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  you.  A change for evil }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall happen}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto them; for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 both}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  heareth }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  knoweth.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These were the tribes of Asad and Ghatf\'e2n, who excused themselves on account of the
 necessities of their families, which their industry only maintained.  But some write they were the family of Amer Ebn al Tofail, who said that if they went with the army, the tribe of Tay would take advantage of their absence, and fall upon their wives a
nd children, and their cattle.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By reason of their extreme poverty; as those of Joheina, Mozeina, and Banu Odhra.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The persons here intended were seven men of the Ans\'e2rs, who came to Mohammed and begged he would give them some patched boots and sole
d shoes, it being impossible for them to march so far barefoot in such a season; but he told them he could not supply them; whereupon they went away weeping.  Some, however, say these were the Banu Mokren; and others, Abu Musa and his companions.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   And not chastise them.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Because of their wild way of life, the hardness of their hearts, their not frequenting people of knowledge, and the few opportunities they have of being instructed.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or a contribution exacted by force, the payment of which he can in no wise avoid.

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Hoping that some reverse may afford a convenient opportunity of throwing off the burden}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  Idem.\tab \tab 5  Idem.\tab \tab 6  Idem.  See the Prelim. Disc. p. 10 and 23.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 100\tab And of the Arabs of the desert there is who believeth in GOD, and in the last day; and esteemeth that which he layeth out }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for the service of God}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to be the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 means of }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  bringing him near unto GOD, and the prayers of the apostle.  Is it not unto them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the means of}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a near approach?  GOD shall lead them into his mercy; for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  gracious}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 As for}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the leaders }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the first of the Moh\'e2jer\'een, and the Ans\'e2rs,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and those who have followed them in well doing; GOD is well pleased with them, and they are well pleased in him: and he hath prepared for them gardens wa
tered by rivers; they shall remain therein forever.  This shall be great felicity.
\par      And of the Arabs of the desert who }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 dwell}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  round about you, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  hypocritical persons:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o
}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and of the inhabitants of Medina }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there are some}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  who are obstinate in hypocrisy.  Thou knowest them not, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 O prophet, but}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  we know them: we will surely punish them twice:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  afterwards shall they be sent to a grievous torment.
\par      And others have acknowledged their crimes.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   They have mixed a good action with another }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 which is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  bad:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  peradventure GOD will be turned unto them; for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  gracious }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful.
\par      Take alms of their substance, that thou mayest cleanse them, and purify them thereby;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and pray for them: for thy prayers shall be a security }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of mind}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto them; and GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 both}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  heareth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  knoweth.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Do they not know that GOD accepteth repentance from his servants, and accepteth alms; and that GOD is easy to be reconciled, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  merciful?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Work }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as ye will;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 but GOD will behold your work, and his apostle }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and t
he true believers: and ye shall be brought before him who knoweth that which is kept secret, and that which is made public: and he will declare unto you whatever ye have done.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Arabs meant in the former of these two passages, are said to have been the tribes of Asad, Ghatf\'e2
n, and Banu Tamim; and those intended in the latter, Abdallah, surnamed Dh\'fb\rquote lbaj\'e2d\'een, and his people.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Moh\'e2jer\'een, or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 refugees}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , were those of Mecca, who fled thence on account of their religion; and the Ans\'e2
rs, or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 helpers}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , were those of Medina, who received Mohammed and his followers into their protection, and assisted them against their enemies.  By the leaders of the Moh\'e2jer\'ee
n are meant those who believed on Mohammed before the Hejra, or early enough to pray towards Jerusa
lem, from which the Kebla was changed to the temple of Mecca in the second year of the Hejra, or else such of them as were present at the battle of Bedr.  The leaders of the Ans\'e2
rs were those who took the oath of fidelity to him at al Akaba, either the first or the second time.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , In the neighbourhood of Medina.  These were the tribes of Joheina, Mozeina, Aslam, Ashj\'e1, and Ghif\'e2r.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Either by exposing them to public shame, and putting them to death; or by either of those punishments, and the torm
ent of the sepulchre: or else by exacting alms of them by way of fine, and giving them corporal punishment.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Making no hypocritical excuses for them.  These were certain men, who, having stayed at home instead of accompanying Mohammed to Tab\'fbc, as soon
 as they heard the severe reprehensions and threats of this chapter against those who had stayed behind, bound themselves to the pillars of the mosque, and swore that they would not loose themselves till they were loosed by the prophet.  But when he enter
ed the mosque to pray, and was informed of the matter, he also swore that he would not loose them without a particular command from GOD; whereupon this passage was revealed, and they were accordingly dismissed.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Though they were backward in going to war, and held with the hypocrites, yet they confessed their crime and repented.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  When these persons were loosed, they prayed Mohammed to take their substance, for the sake of which they had stayed at home, as alms, to cleanse them from their transgression;
 but he told them he had no orders to accept anything from them: upon which this verse was sent down, allowing him to take their alms.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  Idem.\tab \tab 5  Idem.\tab \tab 6  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  others}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  who}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wait with suspense the
 decree of GOD: whether he will punish them, or whether he will be turned unto them:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  knowing }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wise,
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 There are some}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  who have built a temple to hurt }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the faithful, }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and to }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 propagate}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  infidelity, and to }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 foment}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  division among the true believers,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and for a lurking place for him who hath fought against GOD and his apostle in time past;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they swear, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Verily we intended no other than }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to do}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for the best: but GOD is witness that they do certainly lie.
\par      Stand not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 up to pray}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  therein forever.  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 There is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a temple founded on piety,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from the first day }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of its building}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  more just that thou stand }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 up to pray}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  therein: therein }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  men who love to be purified;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 for GOD loveth the clean.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 110\tab Whether therefore is he better, who hath founded his building on the fear of GOD and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 good will; or he who hath founded his building on the brink of a bank of earth which is washed away by waters, so that it falleth with him into the fire of hell?  God directeth not the ungodly people.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Their building which they have built will not cease }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be an occasion of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  doubting in their hearts, until their hearts be cut in pieces;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  knowing }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily GOD hath purchased of the true believers their souls, and their substance, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 promising}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 them the enjoyment of paradise; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 on condition that}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 they fight for the cause of GOD: whether they slay or be slain, the promise for the same is assuredly due by the law, and the gospel, and the Koran.  And who performeth his contract more faithfully than GOD?  Re
joice therefore in the contract which ye have made.  This shall be great happiness.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The persons here intended were the three Ans\'e2rs whose pardon is granted a little below.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   When Banu Amru Ebn Awf had built the temple or mosque of Kob\'e2, which will b
e mentioned by-and-bye, they asked Mohammed to come and pray in it, and he complied with their request.  This exciting the envy of their brethren, Banu Ganem Ebn Awf, they also built a mosque, intending that the Im\'e2
m or priest who should officiate there sh
ould be Abu Amer, a Christian monk; but he dying in Syria, they came to Mohammed and desired he would consecrate, as it were, their mosque by praying in it.  The prophet accordingly prepared himself to go with them, but was forbidden by the immediate reve
l
ation of this passage, discovering their hypocrisy and ill design; whereupon he sent Malec Ebn al Dokhshom, Maan Ebn Addi, Amer Ebn al Sacan, and al Wahsha, the Ethiopian, to demolish and burn it, which they performed, and made it a dunghill.  According t
o another account, this mosque was built a little before the expedition of Tab\'fbc, with a design to hinder Mohammed\rquote 
s men from engaging therein; and when he was asked to pray there, he answered that he was just setting out on a journey, but that when he came back, with GOD\rquote 
S leave, he would do what they desired; but when they applied to him again, on his return, this passage was revealed.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, Abu Amer, the monk, who was a declared enemy to Mohammed, having threatened him at Ohod, that no party shoul
d appear in the field against him, but he would make one of them; and, to be as good as his word, he continued to oppose him till the battle of Honein, at which he was present, and being put to flight with those of Haw\'e2
zen, he retreated into Syria, designing to obtain a supply of troops from the Grecian emperor to renew the war, but he died at Kinnisr\'een.  Others say that this monk was a confederate at the war of the ditch, and that he fled thence into Syria.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., That of Kob\'e2, a place about two miles 
from Medina, where Mohammed rested four days before he entered that city, in his flight from Mecca, and where he laid the foundation of a mosque,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 which was afterwards built by Banu Amru Ebn Awf.  But according to a different tradition, the mosque here meant was that which Mohammed built at Medina.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Al Beid\'e2wi says, that Mohammed walking once with the Moh\'e2jer\'een to Kob\'e2, found the Ans\'e2
rs sitting at the mosque door, and asked them whether they were believers; and, on their being silent, repeated the questi
on: whereupon Omar answered, that they were believers; and Mohammed demanding whether they acquiesced in the judgment Omar had made of them, they said yes.  He then asked them whether they would be patient in adversity and thankful in prosperity; to which
 
they answering in the affirmative, he swore by the LORD of the Caaba that they were true believers.  Afterwards he examined them as to their manner of performing the legal washings, and, particularly, what they did after easing themselves; they told him t
hat in such a case they used three stones, and after that washed with water: upon which he repeated these words of the Kor\'e2n to them.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Some interpret these words of their being deprived of their judgment and understanding; and others of the punishment they are to expect, either of death in this world, or of the rack of the sepulchre, or the pains of hell.}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Idem, Ebn Shohnah.  Vide Abulfed. Vit. Moh. p. 52.  Where the translator, taking this passage of the Kor\'e2n, which
 is there cited, for the words of his author, has missed the true sense.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 The penitent, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  those who serve }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and praise }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 him}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  who fast, and bow down, and worship; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 who command that which is just, and forbid that which is evil, and keep the ordinances of GOD, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall likewise be rewarded with paradise:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wherefore bear good tidings unto the faithful.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      It is not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 allowed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto the prophet, nor those who are true believers, that they pray for idolaters,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  although they be of kin, after it is become known unto them, that they are inhabitants of hell.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Neither did Abraham ask forgiveness for his father, otherwise than in pursuance of a promise which he had promised unto him:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but when it became known unto him, that he was an enemy unto GOD, he declared himself clear of him.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Verily Abraham was pitiful and compassionate.
\par      Nor is GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 disposed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to lead people into error,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 after that he hath directed them, until that which they ought to avoid is become known unto them; for GOD knoweth all things.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily unto GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the kingdom of heaven and of earth; he giveth life, and he causeth to die; and ye have no patron or helper besides GOD.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      GOD is reconciled unto the prophet, and unto the Moh\'e2jer\'een and the Ans\'e2rs,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  who followed him in the hour of distress,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  after that it had wanted little but that the hearts of a part of them had swerved }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from their duty:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  afterwards was he turned unto them: for he }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 was}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  compassionate }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful towards them.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 he is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  also }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 reconciled}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto the three who were left behind,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 so that the earth became too straight for them, notwithstanding its spaciousness, and their souls became straightened within them, and they considered that there was no refuge from GOD, otherwise than }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by having recourse}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto him.  Then was he turned unto them, that they might repent; for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  easy to be reconciled }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful.}{\f36\fs18\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage was revealed, as some think, on account of Abu Taleb, Mohammed\rquote 
s uncle and great benefactor; who, on his death-bed, being pressed by his nephew to speak a word which might enable him to plead his cause before GOD, that is, to profess Isl\'e2
m, absolutely refused.  Mohammed, however, told him that he would not cease to pray for him, till he should be forbidden by GOD; which he was by these words.  Others suppose the occasion to have been Mohammed\rquote s visiting his mother Amena\rquote 
s sepulchre at al Abw\'e2, soon after the taking of Mecca; for they say that while he stood at the tomb he burst into tears, and said, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 I asked leave of}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 to visit my mother\rquote s tomb, and he granted it me; but when I asked leave to pray for her, it was denied me}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By their dying infidels.  For otherwise it is not only lawful, but commendable, to pray for unbelievers, while there are hopes of their conversion.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., To pray that 
GOD would dispose his heart to repentance.  Some suppose this was a promise made to Abraham by his father, that he would believe in GOD.  For the words may be taken either way.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Desisting to pray for him, when he was assured by inspiration that he was not to be converted; or after he actually died an infidel.  See c. 6, p. 96.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, To consider or punish them as transgressors.  This passage was revealed to excuse those who had prayed for such of their friends as had died idolaters, before it was forb
idden; or else to excuse certain people who had ignorantly prayed towards the first Kebla, and drank wine, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Having forgiven the crime they committed, in giving the hypocrites leave to be absent from the expedition to Tab\'fbc; or for the other sins whi
ch they might, through inadvertence, have been guilty of.  For the best men have need of repentance.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., In the expedition of Tab\'fbc; wherein Mohammed\rquote s men were driven to such extremities that (besides what they endured by reason of the excessive he
at) ten men were obliged to ride by turns on one camel, and provisions and water were so scarce that two men divided a date between them, and they were obliged to drink the water out of the camels\rquote  stomachs.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as it may be translated, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 who were left 
in suspense}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , whether they should be pardoned or not.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These were three Ans\'e2rs, named Caab Ebn Malec, Hel\'e2l Ebn Omeyya, and Mer\'e2ra Ebn Rab\'ee
, who went not with Mohammed to Tab\'fbc, and were therefore, on his return, secluded from the fellowship of the other M
oslems; the prophet forbidding any to salute them, or to hold discourse with them.  Under which interdiction they continued fifty days, till, on their sincere repentance, they were at length discharged from it, by the revelation of this passage.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 4  See before, p. 147, note }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 .
\par 5  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin  Abulf.  Vit. Moh. p. 133, 126.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 120\tab O true believers, fear GOD and be with the sincere.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      There was no }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 reason}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  why the inhabitants of Medina, and the Arabs of 
the desert who dwell around them, should stay behind the apostle of GOD, or should prefer themselves before him.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is unreasonable:}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  because they are not distressed either by thirst, or labor, or hunger, for the defence of GOD'S true religion; neither 
do they stir a step, which may irritate the unbelievers; neither do they receive from the enemy any damage, but a good work is written down unto them for the same; for GOD suffereth not the reward of the righteous to perish.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And they contribute not an
y sum either small or great, nor do they pass a valley; but it is written down unto them that GOD may reward them with a recompense exceeding that which they have wrought.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      The believers are not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 obliged}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to go forth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to war }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 altogether: if a part of every
 band of them go not forth, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that they may diligently instruct themselves in }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 religion;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and may admonish their people, when they return unto them, that they may take heed to themselves.
\par      O true believers, wage war against such of the infidels as are near you;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and let them find severity}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 in you: and know that GOD is with those who fear }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Whenever a Sura is sent down, there are some of them who say, Which of you hath this caused to increase in faith?  It will increase the faith of those who believe, and they shall rejoice:
\par      but unto those in whose hearts there is an infirmity, it will add }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 further}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  doubt unto their }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 present}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 doubt; and they shall die in their infidelity.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Do they not see that they are tried every year once or twice?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  yet they repent not, neither are they warned.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And whenever a Sura is sent down, they look at one another, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Doth any one see you?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  then do they turn aside.  GOD shall turn aside their hearts }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from the truth;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 because they are a people who do not understand.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By not caring to share with him the dangers and fatigues of war.  Al Beid\'e2wi tells us, that after Mohammed had set out for Tab\'fb
c, one Abu Khaithama, sitting in his garden, where his wife, a very beautiful woman, had spread a mat for him in the shade, and had set new dates and fresh water before him, after a little reflection, cried out: }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
This is not well that I should thus take my ease and pleasure, while the apostle of}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  is exposed to the scorching of the sunbeams and the inclemencies of the war;}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and immediately mounting his camel, took his sword and lance, and went to join the army.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, if some of every tribe of town be left behind, the end of their being so left is that they may apply themselves to study, and attain a more exac
t knowledge of the several points of their religion, so as to be able to instruct such as, by reason of their continual employment in the wars, have no other means of information.  They say, that after the preceding passages were revealed, reprehending th
ose who had stayed at home during the expedition of Tab\'fb
c, every man went to war, so that the study of religion, which is rather more necessary for the defence and propagation of the faith than even arms themselves, became wholly laid aside and neglected; t
o prevent which, for the future, a convenient number are hereby directed to be left behind, that they may have leisure to prosecute their studies.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Either of your kindred or neighbours; for these claim your pity and care in the first place, and their co
nversion ought first to be endeavoured.  The persons particularly meant in this passage are supposed to have been the Jews of the tribes of Koreidha and Nadh\'eer, and those of Khaibar; or else the Greeks of Syria.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or fierceness in war.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , By various kinds of trials, or by being called forth to war, and by being made witnesses of GOD\rquote 
S miraculous protection of the faithful.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   They wink at one another to rise and leave the prophet\rquote 
s presence, if they think they can do it without being observed, to avoid hearing the severe and deserving reproofs which they apprehended in every new revelation.  The persons intended are the hypocritical Moslems.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Now hath an apostle come unto you of our own nation,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  an excellent }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 person:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  it is }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 grievous}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto him that ye commit wickedness; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 he is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  careful over you, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  compassionate and merciful towards the believers.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 130\tab If they turn back, say, GOD is my support: there is no GOD but he.  On him do I trust; and he is the LORD of the magnificent throne.
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ________
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par CHAPTER X.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, JONAS;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      AL. R.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   These are the signs of the wise book.
\par      Is it a strange thing unto the men }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of Mecca}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , that we have revealed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 our will}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto a man from among them,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Denounce threats unto men }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 if they believe not;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and bear good tidings unto those who believe, that on the merit of their sincerity they have an interest with their LORD?  The unbelievers say, This is manifest sorcery.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Verily your LORD is GOD, who hath created the heavens and the earth in six days; and then ascended }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  throne, to take on himself the government of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
all}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  things.  There is no intercessor, but by his permission.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   This is GOD, your LORD; therefore serve him.  Will ye not consider?
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Unto him shall ye all return }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 according to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 the certain promise of GOD; for he produceth a creature, and then causeth it to return again; that he may reward those who believe and do that which is right, with equity.  But as for the unbelievers, they shall drink boiling water, and }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 they shall suffer}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a grievous punishment, for that they have disbelieved.
\par      It is he who hath ordained the sun to shine }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by day}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and the moon for a light }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by night;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 and had appointed her stations, that ye might know the number of years, and the computation }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of time}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  GOD hath not created this, but with truth.  He explaineth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  signs unto people who understand.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Moreover in the vicissitudes of night and day, and whatever GOD hath created in heaven and earth, are surely signs unto men who fear }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 3, p. 49, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This prophet is mentioned towards the end of the chapter.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sec. III. p. 46, 47.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   And not one of the most powerful among them neither; so that the Koreish said it was a wonder GOD could find out no other messenger than the orphan pupil of Abu Taleb.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Meaning the Kor\'e2n.  According to the reading of some copies, the words may be rendered, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 This man}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  (}{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Mohammed) }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 is no other than a manifest sorcerer}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The
se words were revealed to refute the foolish opinion of the idolatrous Meccans, who imagined their idols were intercessors with GOD for them.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 2  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Verily they who hope not to meet us }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 at the last day}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and delight in this present life, and rest securely in the same, and who are negligent of our signs;

\par      their dwelling shall be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire, for that which they have deserved.
\par      But as to those who believe, and work righteousness, their LORD will direct them because of their faith; they shall have rivers flowing through gardens of pleasure.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 10\tab Their prayer therein }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Praise be unto thee O GOD! and their salutation}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  therein }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Peace!
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and the end of their prayer }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Praise be unto GOD, the LORD of all creatures!
\par      If GOD should cause evil to hasten unto men, according to their desire of hastening good, verily their end had been decreed.  Wherefore we suffer those who hope not to meet us }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 at the resurrection}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , to wander amazedly in their error.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      When evil befalleth a man, he prayeth unto us }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 lying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on his side, or sitting, or standing:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but when we deliver him from his affliction, he continueth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 his former course of life}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , as though he had not called upon us }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to defend him}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  against the evil which had befallen him.  Thus was that which the transgressors committed prepared for them.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We have formerly destroyed the generations }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who were}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  before you, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O men of Mecca,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 when they had acted unjustly, and our apostles had come unto them with evident }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 miracles}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and they would not believe.  Thus do we reward the wicked people.
\par      Afterwards did we cause you to succeed them in the earth; that we might see how ye would act.
\par      When our evident signs are recited unto them, they who hope not to meet us }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 at the resurrection}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , say, Bring a different Koran from this; or make some change therein.  Answer, It is not }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 fit}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for me, that I should change it at my pleasure: I follow that only which is revealed unto me.  Verily I fear if I should be disobedient unto my LORD, the punishment of the great day.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Say, If GOD had so pleased, I had not read it unto you, neither had I taught you the same.  I have already dwelt among you to the age }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of forty years}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  before }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 I received it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  Do ye not therefore understand?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And who is more unjust than he who deviseth a lie against GOD, or accuseth his signs of falsehood?  Surely the wicked shall not prosper.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They worship besides GOD, that which can neither hurt them or profit them, and they say, These are our intercessors with GOD.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Answer, Will ye tell GOD that which he knoweth not, neither in heaven nor in earth?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Praise be unto him! and far be that from him, which they associate }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with him!}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 20\tab Men were professors of one religion only,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but they dissented }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 therefrom;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and if a decree had not previously issued from thy LORD, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 deferring their punishment}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , verily the }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 matter}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  had been decided between them, concerning which they disagreed.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Either the mutual salutation of the blessed to one another, or that of the angels to the blessed.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , In all postures, and at all times.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For so old was Mohammed before he took upon him to be a prophet;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 during which time his fellow-citizens well knew that he had not applied himself to learning of any sort, nor frequented learned men, nor had ever exercised himself in c
omposing verses or orations whereby he might acquire the art of rhetoric, or elegance of speech.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   A flagrant proof, says al Beid\'e2wi, that this book could be taught him by none but God.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. I. p. 12, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., That he hath equals or companions either in heaven or on earth; since he acknowledgeth none.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is to say, the true religion, or Isl\'e2
m, which was generally professed, as some say, till Abel was murdered, or, as others, till the days of Noah.  Some suppose the firs
t ages after the Flood are here intended: others, the state of religion in Arabia, from the time of Abraham to that of Amru Ebn Lohai, the great introducer of idolatry into that country.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 1  See the Prelim. Disc. p. 33.  Abulfeda, Vit. Moh. c. 7.\tab \tab 2  See the Prelim. Disc. p. 21, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 They say, Unless a sign be sent down unto him from his LORD, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 we will not believe}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  Answer, Verily that which is hidden }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is known}
{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  only unto GOD: wait, therefore, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the pleasure of God;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and I also will wait with you.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And when we caused the men }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of Mecca}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to taste mercy, after an affliction which had befallen them, behold, they }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 devised}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a stratagem against our signs.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Say }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , GOD is more swift in }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 executing}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a stratagem, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 than ye}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  Verily our messengers}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 write down that which ye deceitfully devise.
\par      It is he who hath given you conveniences for travelling by land and by sea; so that ye be in ships, which sail with them, with a favorable wind, and they rejoice therein.  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And when}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 a tempestuous wind overtaketh them, and waves come upon them from every side, and they think themselves encompassed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with inevitable dangers;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 they call upon GOD, exhibiting the pure religion unto him,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Verily if thou deliver us from this }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 peril}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , we will be of those who give thanks.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But when he hath delivered them, behold, they behave themselves insolently in the earth, without justice.  O men, verily the violence which ye commit against your own souls, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is for the }{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 enjoyment of this present life only; afterwards unto us shall ye return, and we will declare unto you that which ye have done.
\par      Verily the likeness of this present life is no other than as water, which we send down from heaven, and wherewith the productions of the earth are mixed, of which men eat, and cattle }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, until the earth receive its vesture, and be adorned }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with various plants:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the inhabitants thereof imagine that they have power over the same; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 but}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  our command cometh unto it by night, or by day, and we render it }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as though it had been}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  mowen, as though it had not yesterday abounded }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
with fruits}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  Thus do we explain }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  signs unto people who consider.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      GOD inviteth unto the dwelling of peace,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and directeth whom he pleaseth into the right way.
\par      They who do right shall }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 receive}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a most excellent }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 reward}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and a superabundant addition;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  neither blackness}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  nor shame shall cover their faces.  These }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 the inhabitants of paradise; they shall continue therein }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 forever}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      But they who commit evil }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  receive the reward of evil, equal thereunto,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they shall be covered with shame, (}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 they shall have no protector against GOD); as though their faces were covered with the profound darkness of the night.  These shall be the inhabitants of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  fire}{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 :}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they shall remain therein }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 forever}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For it is said that they were afflicted with a dearth for seven years, so that they were very near perishing; but no sooner relieved by GOD\rquote 
S sending them plenty, than they began again to charge Mohammed with imposture, and to ridicule his revelations.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , The guardian angels.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, applying themselves to GOD only, and neglecting their idols; their fears directing them in such an extremity to ask help of him only who could give it.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., Paradise.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For their reward will vastly exceed the merit of their good works.  Al Ghaz\'e2li supposes this }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 additional recompense}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 will be the beatific vision.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. p. 67, &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Though the blessed will be rewarded beyond their deserts, yet GOD will not punish any beyond their demerits, but treat them with the exactest justice.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 4  See the Prelim. Disc. p. 78.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 On the day }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the resurrection}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  we will gather them altogether; then will we say unto the idolaters, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Get ye}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to your place, ye and your companions:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we will separate them from one another; and their companions will say }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto them}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Ye do not worship us;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 30\tab and GOD is a sufficient witness between us and you; neither did we mind your worshipping }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of us}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      There shall every soul experience}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that which it shall have sent before it;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and they shall be brought before GOD their true LORD; and the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 false deities}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which they vainly imagined, shall disappear from before them.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, Who provideth you food from heaven and earth? or who hath the absolute power over the hearing and the si
ght? and who bringeth forth the living from the dead, and bringeth forth the dead from the living? and who governeth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 all}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  things?  They will surely answer, GOD.  Say, Will ye not therefore fear }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 him?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      This is therefore GOD your true LORD: and what }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 remaineth there}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  after truth, except error?  How therefore are ye turned aside }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from the truth?}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      Thus is the word of thy LORD verified upon them who do wickedly; that they believe not.
\par      Say, Is there any of your companions who produceth a creature, and then causeth it to return }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto himself?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261   Say, GOD produceth a creature, and then causeth it to return }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto himself}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  How therefore are ye turned aside }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from his worship?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      Say, Is there any of your companions who directeth unto the truth.  Say, GOD directet
h unto the truth.  Whether is he, therefore, who directeth unto the truth, more worthy to be followed; or he who directeth not, unless he be directed?  What aileth you therefore, that ye judge as ye do?
\par      And the greater part of them follow an }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 uncertain}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  opinion only; but a }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 mere}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 opinion attaineth not unto any truth.  Verily GOD knoweth that which they do.
\par      This Koran could not have been composed by }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 any}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  except GOD; but }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a confirmation of that which was }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
revealed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  before it, and an explanation of the scripture; there is no doubt thereof; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 sent down}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  from the LORD of all creatures.
\par      Will they say, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Mohammed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  hath forged it?  Answer, Bring therefore a chapter like unto it; and call whom you may }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to your assistance}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, besides GOD, if ye speak truth.
\par 40\tab But they have charged that with falsehood, the knowledge whereof they do not comprehend, neither hath the interpretation thereof come unto them.  In the same manner did those who were before them accuse }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their prophets}
{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of imposture; but behold, what was the end of the unjust!
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      There are some of them who believe therein; and there are some of them who believe not therein:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and thy LORD well knoweth the corrupt doers.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      If they accuse thee of imposture, say, I have my work, and ye have your work; ye shall be clear of that which I do, and I will be clear of that which ye do.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      There are some of them who hearken unto thee; but wilt thou make the deaf to hear, although they do not understand?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, your idols, or the companions which ye attributed unto GOD.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  But ye really worshipped your own lusts, and were seduced to idolatry, not by us, but by your own superstitious fancies.  It is pretended that GOD will, at the last day, enable the idols to speak, and that they will thus reproach their worshipp
ers, instead of interceding for them, as they hoped.  Some suppose the angels, who were also objects of the worship of the pagan Arabs, are particularly intended in this place.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some copies instead of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 tablu}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , read }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 tatiu}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , i.e., shall follow}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 meditate upon}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 2, p. 11, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, There are some of them who are inwardly well satisfied of the truth of thy doctrine, though they are so wicked as to oppose it; and there are others of them who believe it not, through prejudice and want of
 consideration.  Or the passage may be understood in the future tense, of some who should afterwards believe, and repent, and of others who should die infidels.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And there are some of them who look at thee; but wilt thou direct the blind, although they see not?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Verily GOD will not deal unjustly with men in any respect: but men deal unjustly with their own souls.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      On a certain day he will gather them together, as though they had not tarried}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  above an hour of a day: they shall know one another.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Then shall they perish who have denied the meeting of GOD; and were not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 rightly}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  directed.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Whether we cause thee to see a part of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the punishment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 wherewith we have threatened them, or whether we cause thee to die }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 before thou see it;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto us shall they return: then }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  witness of that which they do.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Unto every nation }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hath}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  an apostle }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 been sent;}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and when their apostle came, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the matter}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  was decided between them with equity;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and they were not treated unjustly.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      The }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unbelievers}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  say, When }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  this threatening }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be made good}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , if ye speak truth?
\par 50\tab Answer, I am able neither to procure advantage unto myself, nor to avert mischief }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from me}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , but as GOD pleaseth.  Unto every nation is a fixed term }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 decreed;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  when their term therefore is expired, they shall not have respite for an hour, neither shall }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their punishment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  be anticipated.
\par      Say, Tell me, if the punishment of GOD overtake you by night, or by day, what }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 part}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  thereof will the ungodly wish to be hastened?
\par      When it falleth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 on you}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , do ye then believe it?  Now }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 do ye believe, and wish it far from you}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, when as ye formerly desired it should be hastened?
\par      Then shall it be said unto the wicked, Taste the punishment of eternity; would ye receive }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  than the reward of that which ye have wrought?
\par      They will desire to know of thee, whether this be true.  Answer, Yea, by my LORD, it is certainly true; neither shall ye weaken }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God's power so as to escape it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Verily, if every soul which hath acted wickedly had whatever is on the earth, it would }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 willingly}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  redeem itself therewith }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 at the last day}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  Yet they will conceal }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  repentance,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 after they shall have seen the punishment; and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the matter}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall be decided between them with equity, and they shall not be unjustly treated.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Doth not whatsoever is in heaven and on earth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belong}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto GOD?  Is not the promise of GOD true?  But the greater part of them know }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it}
{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  not.
\par      He giveth life, and he causeth to die: and unto him shall ye }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 all}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  return.
\par      O men, now hath an admonition come unto you from your LORD, and a remedy for the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 doubts}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which are in }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 breasts; and a direction, and mercy unto the true believers.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, Through the grace of GOD, and his mercy; therein therefore let them rejoice; this will be better than what they heap together }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of worldly riches}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These words were revealed on account of certain Meccans, who seemed to attend while Mohammed read the Kor\'e2
n to them, or instructed them in any point of religion, but yet were as far from being convinced or edified, as if they had not heard him at all.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For GOD deprives them not of their senses or understanding; but they corrupt and make an ill use of them.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Either in the world or in the grave.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As if it were but a little while since they parted.  But t
his will happen during the first moments only of the resurrection; for afterwards the terror of the day will disturb and take from them all knowledge of one another.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By delivering the prophet and those who believed on him, and destroying the obstinate infidels.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   To hide their shame and regret;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or because their surprise and astonishment will deprive them of the use of speech.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some, however, understand the verb which is here rendered }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 will conceal}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , in the contrary signification, which it sometimes bears; and then it must be translated\endash }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 They will openly declare their repentance}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 2  Idem.  See cap. 6, p. 90.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 5  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 60\tab Say, Tell me; of that which GOD hath sent down unto you for food, have ye declared }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 part to be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  lawful,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 other part to be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unlawful?  Say, Hath GOD permitted you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to make this distinction?}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 or do ye devise }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a lie}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  concerning GOD?
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But what will be the opinion of those who devise a lie concerning GOD, on the day of the resurrection?  Verily GOD is endued with beneficence towards mankind; but the greater part of them do not give thanks.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Thou shalt be }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 engaged}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in no business, neither shalt thou be }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 employed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in meditating on 
}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 any passage}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the Koran; nor shall ye do any action, but we will be witnesses over you, when ye are employed therein.  Nor is so much as the weight of an ant}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  hidden from thy LORD, in earth or in heaven: neither }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is there anything}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  lesser than that, or greater, but it is }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 written}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in the perspicuous book.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Are not the friends of GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the persons}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on whom no fear shall come, and who shall not be grieved?
\par      They who believe and fear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      shall receive good tidings in this life, and in that which is to come.  There is no change in the words of GOD.  This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  great felicity.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Let not their discourse}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  grieve thee; for all might }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
belongeth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto GOD: he }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 both}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  heareth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  knoweth.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Is not whoever }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 dwelleth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in heaven and on earth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 subject}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto GOD?  What therefore do they follow, who invoke idols, besides GOD?  They follow nothing but a }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 vain}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  opinion; and they only utter lies.
\par      It is he who hath ordained the night for you, that ye may take your rest therein, and the clear day }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for labor:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  verily herein are signs unto people who hearken.
\par      They say, GOD hath begotten children; GOD forbid!  He is self-sufficient.  Unto him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 whatsoever is in heaven and on earth: ye have no demonstrative proof of this.  Do ye speak of GOD that which ye know not?
\par 70\tab Say, Verily they who imagine a lie concerning GOD shall not prosper.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 They may enjoy}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a provision in this world; but afterwards unto us shall they return, and we will then cause them to taste a grievous punishment, for that they were unbelievers.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Rehearse unto them the history of Noah:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when he said unto his people, O my people, if my standing forth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 among you}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and my warning }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 you}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the signs of GOD, be grievous unto you; in GOD do I put my trust.  Therefore lay your design }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
against me}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and assemble your false gods; but let not your design be }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 carried on}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  by you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 the dark: then come forth against me, and delay not.
\par      And if ye turn aside }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from my admonitions}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , I ask not any reward of you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for the same;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 I expect my reward from GOD alone, and I am commanded to be }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of those who are resigned }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But they accused him of imposture, wherefore we delivered him, and those who }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 were}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with him in the ark, and we caused them to survive }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
the flood}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , but we drowned those who charged our signs with falsehood.  Behold therefore, what was the end of those who were warned }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by Noah}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Then did we send, after him, apostles unto their }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 respective}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  people,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they came unto them with evident demonstrations: yet they were not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 disposed }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
to believe in that which they had before rejected as false.  Thus do we seal up the hearts of the transgressors.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 6, p. 101, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 4, p. 58, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The preserved table, wherein GOD\rquote S decrees are recorded.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The impious and rebellious talk of the infidels.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 7, p. 110, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Therefore ye cannot excuse yourselves by saying that I am burdensome to you.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261   As H\'fbd, S\'e2leh, Abraham, Lot, and Shoaib, to those of Ad, Tham\'fb
d, Babel, Sodom, and Midian.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Then did we send, after them, Moses and Aaron unto Pharaoh and his princes with our signs:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but they behaved proudly, and were a wicked people.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And when the truth from us had come unto them, they said, Verily this is manifest sorcery.
\par      Moses said }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Do ye speak }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 this}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of the truth, after it hath come unto you?  Is this sorcery? but sorcerers shall not prosper.

\par      They said, Art thou come unto us to turn us aside from that }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 religion}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , which we found our fathers practise; and that ye two may have the command in the land?  But we do not believe you.
\par 80\tab And Pharaoh said, Bring unto me every expert magician.  And when the magicians were come, Moses said unto them, Cast down that which ye are about to cast down.
\par      And when they had cast down }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their rods and cords}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Moses said }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, The enchantment which ye have performed shall GOD surely render vain; for GOD prospereth not the work of the wicked doers,
\par      and GOD will verify the truth of his words, although the wicked be adverse }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereto}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And there believed not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 any}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on Moses, except a generation of his people,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 for fear of Pharaoh and of his princes, lest he should afflict them.  And Pharaoh was lifted up with pride in the earth, and was surely }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the transgressors.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And Moses said, O my people, if ye believe in GOD, put your trust in him, if ye be resigned }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to his will}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      They answered, We put our trust in GOD: O LORD, suffer us not to be afflicted by unjust people;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      but deliver us, through thy mercy, from the unbelieving people.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And we spake by inspiration unto Moses and his brother, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Provide habitations for your people in Egypt, and make your houses a place of worship,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and be constant at prayer: and bear good news unto the true believers.
\par      And Moses said, O LORD, verily thou hast given unto Pharaoh and his people }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 pompous}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  ornaments,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and riches in this present l
ife, O LORD, that they may be seduced from thy way: O LORD, bring their riches to nought, and harden their hearts; that they may not believe, until they see }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  grievous punishment.

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said, Your petition is hear;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  be ye upright therefore,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and follow not the way of those who are ignorant.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 7, p. 115, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For when he first began to preach, a few of the younger Israelites only believed on him; the others not giving ear to him, for fear of the king.  But some suppose the pronoun }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  refers to Pharaoh, and that these were certain Egyptians, who, together with his wife Asia, believed on Moses.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   So Jallalo\rquote ddin expounds the original word Kebla, which properly signifies that place or quarter toward which one prays.  Wherefore al Zam
akhshari supposes that the Israelites are here ordered to dispose their oratories in such a manner that, when they prayed, their faces might be turned towards Mecca; which he imagines was the Kebla of Moses, as it is that of the Mohammedans.  The former c
ommentator adds that Pharaoh had forbidden the Israelites to pray to GOD; for which reason they were obliged to perform that duty privately in their houses.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As magnificent apparel, chariots, and the like.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The pronoun is in the dual number; the antecedent being Moses and Aaron.  The commentators say that, in consequence of this prayer, all the treasures of Egypt were turned into stones.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as al Beid\'e2
wi interprets it, Be ye constant and steady in preaching to the people.  The Mohammedans pretend that Moses continued in Egypt no less than forty years after he had first published his mission: which cannot be reconciled to scripture.}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Jallalo\rquote ddin.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 90\tab And we caused the children of Israel to pass through the sea; and Pharaoh a
nd his army followed them in a violent and hostile manner; until, when he was drowning, he said, I believe that there is no GOD but he, on whom the children of Israel believe; and I am }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 of the resigned.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Now }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 dost thou believe;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  when thou hast been hitherto rebellious, and one of the wicked doers?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      This day will we raise thy body}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from the bottom of the sea}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, that thou mayest be a sign unto those who shall be after thee; and verily a great number of men are negligent of our signs.
\par      And we prepared for the children of Israel an established dwelling }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in the land of Canaan}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and we provided good things for their sustenance; and they differed not }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in point of religion}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , until knowledge had come unto them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  verily thy LORD will judge between them on the 
day of resurrection, concerning that wherein they disagreed.
\par      If thou art in a doubt concerning }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 any part of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that which we have sent down unto thee,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  ask them who have read the book }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the law}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  before thee.  Now hath the truth come unto thee from thy LORD; be not therefore }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of those who doubt;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      neither be thou }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of those who charge the signs of GOD with falsehood, lest thou become }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 of those who perish.
\par      Verily those against whom the word of thy LORD is decreed, shall not believe,
\par      although there come unto them every }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 kind of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  miracle, until they see the grievous punishment }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 prepared for them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And if }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 were}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 so}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , some city, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 among the many which have been destroyed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , would have believed; and the faith of its }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 inhabitants}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  would have been of advantage unto them; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 but none of them believed, before the execution of their sentence}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , except the people of Jonas.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   When they believed, we delivered them from the punishment of shame in this world, and suffered them to enjoy }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their lives and possessions}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for a time.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But if thy LORD had pleased, verily all who are in the earth would have believed in general.  Wilt thou therefore forcibly compel men to be true believers?
\par 100\tab No soul can believe, but by the permission of GOD: and he shall pour out }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  indignation on those who will not understand.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, Consider whatever is in heaven and on earth: but signs are of no avail, neither preachers, unto people who will not believe.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These words, it is said, Pharaoh repeated often in his extremity, t
hat he might be heard.  But his repentance came too late; for Gabriel soon stopped his mouth with mud, lest he should obtain mercy; reproaching him at the same time in the words which follow.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some of the children of Israel doubting whether Pharaoh was really drowned.  Gabriel, by GOD\rquote S command, caused his naked corpse to swim to shore, that they might see it.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The word here translated }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 body}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , signifying also a }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 coat of mail}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, some imagine the meaning to be, that his corpse floated armed with his coat of mail, which they tell us was of gold, by which they knew that it was he.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , After the law had been revealed, and published by Moses.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, concerning the truth of the histories which are here related.  The commentators doubt whether the person here spoken to be Mohammed himself or his auditor.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  viz., The inhabitants of Ninive, which stood on or near the place where al Mawsel now stands.  This people having corrupted themselves with idolatry, Jonas the son of Mattai (or Amittai, which the Moha
mmedans suppose to be the name of his mother), an Israelite of the tribe of Benjamin, was sent by God to preach to and reclaim them.  When he first began to exhort them to repentance, instead of hearkening to him, they used him very ill, so that he was ob
liged to leave the city; threatening them, at his departure, that they should be destroyed within three days, or, as others say, within forty.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  But when the time drew near, and they saw the heavens overcast with a black cloud, which shot forth fire, and fi
lled the air with smoke, and hung directly over their city, they were in a terrible consternation, and getting into the fields with their families and cattle, they put on sackcloth, and humbled themselves before God, calling aloud for pardon, and sincerel
y repenting of their past wickedness.  Whereupon God was pleased to forgive them, and the storm blew over.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Until they died according to the ordinary course of nature.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 3  See Exod. xiv. 30.\tab \tab 1  See Jonah iii. 4.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin, Abulfeda.  See cap. 21 and 37.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Do they therefore expect any other than }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 some terrible judgment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , like unto the judgments }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 which have fallen}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on those who have gone before them?  Say, Wait ye }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the issue;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and I also will wait with you;
\par      then will we deliver our apostles and those who believe.  Thus is it a justice due from us, that we should deliver the true believers.
\par      Say, O men }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of Mecca}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , if ye be in doubt concerning my religion, verily I worship not the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 idols}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 which ye worship, besides GOD; but I worship GOD, who will cause you to die: and I am commanded to be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of the true believers.
\par      And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it was said unto me}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Set thy face towards the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 true}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  religion, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 orthodox; and by no means be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of those who attribute companions }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto God;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      neither invoke, besides GOD, that which can neither profit thee nor hurt thee: for if thou do, thou }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 wilt}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  then certainly }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 become one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 of the unjust.
\par      If GOD afflict thee with hurt, there is none who can relieve thee from it, except he; and if he willeth thee any good, there is none who can keep back his bounty: he will confer it on such of his servants as he pleaseth; and he }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  gracious and merciful.
\par      Say, O men, now hath the truth come unto you from your LORD.  He therefore who shall be directed, will be directed to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the advantage of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 his own soul: but he who shall err, will err only against the same.  I am no guardian over you.
\par      Do thou, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O prophet}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , follow that which is revealed unto thee: and persevere with patience, until GOD shall judge; for he is the best judge.
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par ________
\par 
\par 
\par 
\par 
\par CHAPTER XI.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, HUD;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      AL. R.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 THIS}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 book, the verses whereof are guarded against corruption, and are also distinctly explained,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is a revelation}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from the wise, t
he knowing }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      that ye serve not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 any other }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 GOD: (verily I am a denouncer }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
of threats}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and a bearer of good tidings unto you from him;)
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The story of which prophet is repeated in this chapter.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. p. 46, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   According to the various senses which the verb }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ohkimat}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, in the original, may bear, the commentators suggest as many different interpretations.  Some suppose the meaning to be, according to our version, that the Kor\'e2n is not liable to be corrupted,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  as the law and the gospel have been, in the opinion of the Mohammedans; others, that every verse in this particular chapter is in full force, and not one of them abrogated; others, that the verses of the Kor\'e2
n are disposed in a clear and perspicuous method, or contain evident and demonstrative arguments; and others, that they comprise judicial declarations, to regulate both faith and practice.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The signification of the verb }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 fossilat}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which is here used, being also ambiguous, the meaning of this passage is supposed to be, ei
ther that the verses are distinctly proposed or expressed in a clear manner; or that the subject matter of the whole may be distinguished or divided into laws, monitions, and examples; or else that the verses were revealed by parcels.}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 1  See the Prelim. Disc. p. 53.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin, al Zamakhshari, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and that ye ask pardon of your LORD, and then be turned unto him.  He will cause you to enjoy a plentiful provision, until a prefixed time: and unto every one that hath merit }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by good wor
ks}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  will he give his abundant }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 reward}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  But if ye turn back, verily I fear for you the punishment of the great day:
\par      unto GOD shall ye return; and he is almighty.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Do they not double }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the folds of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  their breasts,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that they may conceal }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their designs}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from him?
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      When they cover themselves with their garments, doth not he know that which they conceal, and that which they discover?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      For he knoweth the innermost parts of the breasts }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of men}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a
\par      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 There is no }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 creature}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which creepeth on the earth, but GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 provideth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 its food; and he knoweth the place of its retreat, and where it is laid up.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   The whole }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is written}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in the perspicuous book }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of his decrees}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par      It is he who hath created the heavens and the earth in six days, (but his throne was above the waters }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 before the creation thereof}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ),}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that he might prove you, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and see}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which of you would excel in works.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 10\tab If thou say, Ye shall surely be raised again, after death; the unbelievers will say, This is nothing but manifest sorcery.
\par      And verily if we defer their punishment unto a determined season, they will say, What hindereth it }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from falling on us?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
  Will it not come upon them on a day, wherein there shall be none to avert }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  from them; and that which they scoffed at shall encompass them?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Verily, if we cause man to taste mercy from us, and afterwards take it away from him; he }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  surely }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 become}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  desperate,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and ungrateful.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And if we cause him to taste favor, after an affliction hath befallen him, he will surely say, The evils }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 which I suffered}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  are passed from me, and he }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will become}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  joyful and insolent:
\par      except those who persevere with patience, and do that which is right; they shall }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 receive}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  pardon, and a great reward.
\par      Peradventure thou wilt omit }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to publish}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  part of that which hath been reveal
ed unto thee, and thy breast will become straitened, lest they say, Unless a treasure be sent down unto him, or an angel come with him, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to bear witness unto him, we will not believe}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
.  Verily thou art a preacher }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 only;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and GOD is the governor of all things.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Will they say, He hath forged }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the Koran?}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Answer, Bring therefore ten chapters}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  like unto it, forged }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by yourselves:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and call on whomsoever ye may }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to assist you}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , except GOD, if ye speak truth.}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as it may be translated, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Do they not turn away their breasts}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage was occasioned by the words of certain of the idolaters, who said to one another, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 When we let down our curtains}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  (such as the women use in the east to screen themselves from the sight of the men when they happen to be in the room), }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
and wrap ourselves up in our garments, and fold up our breasts, to conceal our malice against Mohammed, how should he come to the knowledge of it?}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Some suppose the passage relates to certain hypocritical Moslems; but this opinion is generally rejected, because the verse was revealed at Mecca, and the birth of hypocrisy among the Mohammedans happened not till after the Hejra.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Both during its life and after its death; or the repository of every animal, before its birth, in the loins and wom
bs of the parents.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  For the Mohammedans suppose this throne, and the waters whereon it stands, which waters they imagine are supported by a spirit or wind, were, with some other things, created before the heavens and earth.  This fancy they borrowed fro
m the Jews, who also say that the throne of glory then stood in the air, and was borne on the face of the waters, by the breath of GOD\rquote S mouth.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Casting aside all hopes of the divine favour, for want of patience and trust in GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This was the numbe
r which he first challenged them to compose; but they not being able to do it, he made the matter still easier, challenging them to produce a single chapter only,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  comparable to the Kor\'e2
n in doctrine and eloquence.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Rashi, ad Gen. i. 2.  Vide Reland. de Relig. Moh. p. 50, &c.\tab \tab 2  See c. 2, p. 3; c. 10, p. 153, &c.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 But if they }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 whom ye call to your assistance}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  hear you not; know that }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 this book}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 hath been revealed by the knowledge of GOD only,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and that there is no GOD but he.  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Will}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  ye therefore }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 become}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Moslems?
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Whoso chooseth the present life, and the pomp thereof, unto them will we give }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the recompense of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  their works therein, and the same shall not be diminished unto them.

\par      These are they for whom no }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 other reward}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  is }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 prepared}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in the next life, except the fire }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of hell:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  that which they have done in }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 this life}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall perish; and that which they have wrought }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  vain.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 20\tab Shall he therefore }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 be compared with them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , who followeth the evident declaration of his LORD, and whom a witness from him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  attendeth, preceded by the book of Moses,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 which was revealed for}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a guide, and }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 out of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  mercy }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to mankind?}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   These believe in the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Koran:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but whosoever of the confederate }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 infidels}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  believeth not therein, is threatened the fire }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of hell, which threat shall certainly be executed:}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  be not therefore in a doubt concerning it; for it is the truth from thy LORD: but the greater part of men will not believe.
\par      Who is more unjust than he who imagineth a lie concerning GOD?  They shall be set before the LORD, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 at the day of judgment}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and the witnesses}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall say, These are they who devised lies against their LORD.  Shall not the curse of GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 fall }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 on the unjust;
\par      who turn }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  aside from the way of GOD, and seek to render it crooked, and who believe not in the life to come?  These were not able to prevail }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
against God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on earth, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 so as to escape punishment;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  neither had they any protectors besides GOD: their punishment shall be doubled unto them.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   They could not hear, neither did they see
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      These are they who have lost their souls; and the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 idols}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which they falsely imagined have abandoned them.
\par      There is no doubt but they shall be most miserable in the world to come.
\par      But as for those who believe and do good works, and humble themselves before their LORD, they shall be the inhabitants of paradise; they shall remain therein }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 forever}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      The similitude of the two parties}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  is as the blind and the deaf, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 as}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 he who seeth and heareth: shall they be compared as equal?  Will ye not therefore consider?
\par      We formerly sent Noah}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto his people; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and he said}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Verily I am a public preacher unto you;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      that ye worship GOD alone; verily I fear for you the punishment of the terrible day.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      But the chiefs of the people, who believed not, answered, We see thee }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  no other than
 a man, like unto us; and we do not see that any follow thee, except those who are the most abject among us, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 who have believed on thee}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  by a rash judgment;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  neither do we perceive any excellence in you above us: but we esteem you to be liars.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 30\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Noah}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, O my people, tell me; if I have }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 received}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  an evident declaration from my LORD, and he hath bestowed on me mercy from himself, which is hidden from you, do we compel you to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 receive}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 the same, in case ye be averse thereto?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or containing several passages wrapped up in dark and mysterious expressions, which can proceed from and are perfectly comprehended by none but GOD.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Kor\'e2n; or, as others suppose, the angel Gabriel.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which bears testimony thereto.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, the angels, and prophets, and their own members.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For they shall be punished both in this life and in the next.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , The believers and the infidels.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 7, p. 110, &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For want of mature consideration, and moved by the first impulse of their fancy.}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 3  See c. 3, p. 32.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 O my people, I ask not of you riches, for }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 my preaching unto you:}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  my reward is with GOD alone.  I will not drive away those who have believed:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  verily they shall meet their LORD, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
at the resurrection;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but I perceive that ye are ignorant men.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      O my people, who shall assist me against GOD, if I drive them away?  Will ye not therefore consider?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      I say not unto you, The treasures of GOD are in my power; neither }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 do I say}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , I know the secrets }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of God:}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  neither do I say, Verily I am an angel;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  n
either do I say of those whom your eyes do contemn, GOD will by no means bestow good on them: (GOD best knoweth that which is in their souls;) for then should I certainly be }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 of the unjust.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They answered, O Noah, thou hast already disputed with us, and hast multiplied disputes with us; now therefore do thou bring that }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 punishment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 upon us wherewith thou hast threatened us, if thou speakest truth.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Noah}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, Verily GOD alone shall bring it upon you, if he pleaseth; and ye shall not prevail against him, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 so as to escape the same}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .

\par      Neither shall my counsel profit you, although I endeavor to counsel you aright, if GOD shall please to lead you into error.  He is your LORD, and unto him shall ye return.
\par      Will the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Meccans}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  say, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Mohammed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  hath forged }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the Koran?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
  Answer, If I have forged it, on me }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  my guilt: and let me be clear of that which ye are guilty of.
\par      And it was revealed unto Noah, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Verily none of thy people shall believe, except he who hath already believed: be not therefore grieved, for that which they are doing.
\par      But make an ark in our presence, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 according to the form and dimensions}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which we have revealed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto thee:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 and speak not unto me in behalf of those who have acted unjustly; for they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are doomed to be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  drowned.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 40\tab And he built the ark; and so often as a company of his people passed by him, they derided him:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 but}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  he said, Though ye scoff at us }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 now}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , we will scoff at you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hereafter}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , as ye scoff }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 at us;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and ye shall surely know 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      on whom a punishment shall be inflicted, which shall cover him with shame, and on whom a lasting punishment shall fall.}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  For this they asked him to do, because they were poor mean people.  The same thing the Koreish demanded of Mohammed, but he was forbidden to comply with their request.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 6, p. 93.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  For building a vessel in an inland country, and so far from the sea; and for that he was turned carpenter after he had set up for a prophet.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See cap. 6, p. 93.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  Jallalo\rquote ddin, &c.\tab \tab 5  Vide D\rquote Herbelot, Bibl. Orient. Art. Noah.\tab \tab 6  Vide Hyde, de Rel. Vet. Persar, and Lord
\rquote s Account of the Relig. of the Persees, p. 9.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Thus were they employed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  until our sentence was put in execution, and the oven poured forth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 water.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  we said }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto Noah}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Carry into }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the ark}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of every }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 species of animals}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  one pair;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and thy family,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  (except him on whom a previous sentence }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of destruction}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  hath passed),}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and those who believe.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   But there believed not with him except a few.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Noah}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said, Embark thereon, in the name of GOD; while it moveth forward, and while it standeth still;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for my LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  gracious }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful.
\par      And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the ark}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  swam with them between waves like mountains:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and Noah called unto his son,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  who was separated }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from him, saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Embark with us, my son, and stay not with the unbelievers.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      He answered, I will get on a mountain, which will secure me from the water.  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Noah}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 replied, There is no security this day from the decree of GOD, except for him on whom he shall have mercy.  And a wave passed between them, and he became }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of those who were drowned.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as the original literally signifies, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 boiled over}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
; which is consonant to what the Rabbins say, that the waters of the Deluge were boiling hot.
\par \tab This oven was, as some say, at C\'fbfa, in a spot whereon a mosque now stands; or, as others rather think, in a certain place in India, or else at Ain warda in Mesopotamia;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and its exundation was the sign by which Noah knew the flood was coming.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some pretend that it was the same oven which Eve made use of to 
bake her bread in, being of a form different from those we use, having the mouth in the upper part, and that it descended from patriarch to patriarch, till it came to Noah.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  It is remarkable that Mohammed, in all probability, borrowed this circumstance from the Persian Magi, who also fancied that the first waters of the Deluge gushed out of the oven of a certain old woman named Zala C\'fbfa.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up6\insrsid14382261 \tab But the word }{\i\f36\fs14\up6\insrsid14382261 tann\'fbr}{\f36\fs14\up6\insrsid14382261 , which is here translated }{
\i\f36\fs14\up6\insrsid14382261 oven}{\f36\fs14\up6\insrsid14382261 , also signifying the }{\i\f36\fs14\up6\insrsid14382261 superficies of the earth}{\f36\fs14\up6\insrsid14382261 , or }{\i\f36\fs14\up6\insrsid14382261 a place whence waters spring forth}{
\f36\fs14\up6\insrsid14382261 , or }{\i\f36\fs14\up6\insrsid14382261 where they are collected}{\f36\fs14\up6\insrsid14382261 , some suppose it means no more in this passage than the spot or fissure whence the first eruption of waters brake forth.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as the words may also be rendered, and some commentators think they ought, two 
pair, that is, two males and two females of each species; wherein they partly agree with divers Jewish and Christian writers,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  who from the Hebrew expression, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
seven and seven}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 two and two, the male and his female}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  suppose there went into the ark fourte
en pair of every clean, and two pair of every unclean species.  There is a tradition that GOD gathered together unto Noah all sorts of beasts, birds, and other animals (it being indeed difficult to conceive how he should come by them all without some supe
rnatural assistance), and that as he laid hold on them, his right hand constantly fell on the male, and his left on the female.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Namely, thy wife, and thy sons and their wives.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This was an unbelieving son of Noah,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  named Canaan,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or Yam;}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  though others say he was not the son of Noah, but his grandson by his son Ham, or his wife\rquote 
s son by another husband; nay, some pretend he was related to him no farther than by having been educated and brought up in his house.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The best commentators add, that Noah\rquote 
s wife, named W\'e2\'efla, who was n infidel, was also comprehended in this exception, and perished with her son.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Noah\rquote s family being mentioned before, it is supposed that by these words are intended the other believers, who were his proselytes, but not of 
his family: whence the common opinion among the Mohammedans, of a greater number than eight being saved in the ark, seems to have taken its rise.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., His other wife, who was a true believer, his three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japhet, and their wives, and seventy-two persons more.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 11}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, omit no opportunity of getting on board.  According to a different reading, the latter words may be rendered, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
Who shall cause it to move forward, and to stop}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , as there shall be occasion.  The commentators tell us that the ark moved forwards, or stood still, as Noah would have it, on his pronouncing only the words, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 In the name of}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 12}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab It is to be observed that the more judicious commentators make the dimensions of the ark to be the same with those assigned by Moses:}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 13}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 Notwithstanding, others have enlarged them most extravagantly,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 14}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  as some Christian writers}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 15}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 have also done.  They likewise tell us that Noah was two years in building the ark, which was framed of Indian plane-tree,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 16}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  that it was divided into three 
stories, of which the lower was designed for the beasts, the middle one for the men and women, and the upper for the birds;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 17}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and that the men were separated from the women by the body of Adam, which Noah had taken into the ark.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 18}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This last is a tradition of the eastern Christians,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 19}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  some of whom pretend that the matrimonial duty was superseded and suspended during the time Noah and his family were in the ark;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 20}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 though Ham has been accused of not observing continency on that occasion, his wife, it seems, bringing forth Caanan in the very ark.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 21}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The waters prevailing fifteen cubits above the mountains.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 22}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See above, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Aben Ezra, Justin Martyr, Origen, &c.\tab \tab 2  Gen. vii. 2.\tab \tab 3  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 5  Yahya.\tab \tab 6  Jallalo\rquote ddin, al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 7  Ebn Shohnah.
\tab \tab 8  Al Zamakhshari.  Vide D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. p. 676.\tab \tab 9  Jallalo\rquote ddin, al Zamakhshari, al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 10  See c. 7, p. 111.\tab \tab 11  See ibid. note }{\f36\fs14\up8\insrsid14382261 x}{
\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 .\tab \tab 12  Al Beid\'e2wi, &c.\tab \tab \tab 13  Idem, &c.\tab \tab 14  Yahya.  Vide Marracc. in Alcor. p. 340.
\par 15  Origen. Contr. Cels. l. 4.  Vide Kircher. de Arca Noe, c. 8.\tab \tab 16  Al Beid\'e2wi.  Vide D\rquote Herbel. p. 675, and Eutych. p. 34.
\par 17  Al Beid\'e2wi.  Vide Eutych. Annal. p. 34.\tab \tab 18  Yahya.\tab \tab 19  Jacob, Edessenus, apud Barcepham de Parad. part i. c. 14.  Eutych. ubi sup.  Vide etiam Eliezer. pirke c. 23.\tab \tab 20  Ambros. de Noa et Arca, c. 21.\tab \tab 
21  Vide Heidegger. Hist. Patriarchar. vol. i. p. 409.
\par 22  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And it was said, O earth, swallow up thy waters, and thou, O heaven, withhold }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thy}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 rain}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 immediately}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the water abated, and the decree was fulfilled, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the ark}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  rested on }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the mountain}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Al Judi;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and it was said, Away with the ungodly people!
\par      And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Noah}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  called upon his LORD, and said, O LORD, verily my son is of my family, and thy promise is true;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for
 thou art the most just of those who exercise judgment.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  answered, O Noah, verily he is not of thy family;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  this }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 intercession of thine for him}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  is not a righteous work.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Ask not of me therefore that wherein thou hast no knowledge: I admonish thee that thou become not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 one}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the ignorant.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Noah}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, O LORD, I have recourse unto thee }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for the assistance of thy grace}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, that I ask not of thee that wherein I have no knowledge; and unless thou forgive me, and be merciful unto me, I shall be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of those who perish.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 50\tab It was said }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , O Noah, come down from the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ark}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with peace from us, and blessings upon thee, and upon part of those who are with thee:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but as for a part }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of them}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  we will suffer them to enjoy }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the provision of this world;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and afterw
ards shall a grievous punishment from us be inflicted on them, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in the life to come}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      This is a secret history, which we reveal unto thee: thou didst not know it, neither did thy people, before this.  Wherefore persevere with patience: for the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 prosperous}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  issue shall attend the pious.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And unto }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the tribe of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Ad }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 we sent}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  their brother Hud.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   He said, O my people, worship GOD; ye have no GOD besides him: ye only imagine falsehood, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
in setting up idols and intercessors of your own making}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This mountain
 is one of those which divide Armenia, on the south, from Mesopotamia, and that part of Assyria which is inhabited by the Curds, from whom the mountains took the name of Cardu, or Gardu, by the Greeks turned into Gordy\'e6i, and other names.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Mount al J\'fbdi (which name seems to be a corruption, though it be constantly so written by the Arabs, for Jordi, or Giordi) is also called Thamanin,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  probably from a town at the foot of it,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  so named from the number of persons saved in the ark, the word }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 thamanin}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  signifying }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 eighty}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and overlooks the country of Diy\'e2r Rab\'eeah, near the cities of Mawsel, Forda, and Jaz\'ee
rat Ebn Omar, which last place one affirms to be but four miles from the place of the ark, and says that a Mohammedan temple was built there with the remains of that vessel, by the Khalif Omar Ebn Abd\rquote 
alaziz, whom he by mistake calls Omar Ebn al Khatt\'e2b.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab The tradition which affirms the ark to have rested on these mountains, must have been very ancient, since it is the tradition of the Chaldeans themselves:}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  the 
Chaldee paraphrasts consent to their opinion,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  which obtained very much formerly, especially among the eastern Christians.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  To confirm it, we are told that the remainders of the ark were to be seen on the Gordy\'e6an mountains: Berosus and Abydenus both declare there was such a report in their time;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 the first observing that several of the inhabitants thereabouts scraped the pitch off the planks as a rarity, and carried it about them for an amulet: and the latter saying that they used the wood of the vessel a
gainst many diseases with wonderful success.  The relics of the ark were also to be seen here in the time of Epiphanius, if we may believe him;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and we are told the emperor Heraclius went from the town of Thamanin up to the mountain al J\'fbdi, and saw the place of the ark.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   There was also formerly a famous monastery, called }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the monastery of the ark}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , upon some of these mountains, where the Nestorians used to celebrate a feast day on the spot where they supposed the ark rested; but in the year of Christ 776, 
that monastery was destroyed by lightning, with the church, and a numerous congregation in it.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 11}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Since which time it seems the credit of this tradition hath declined, and given place to another, which obtains at present, and according to which the ark rested on Mount Masis, in Armenia, called by the Turks Aghir dagh, or }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the heavy}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 great mountain}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and situate about twelve leagues south-east of Erivan.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 12}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Noah here challenges GOD\rquote S promise that he would save his family.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Being cut off from it on account of his infidelity.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   According to a different reading, this passage may be rendered, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 For he hath acted unrighteously}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Mohammedans say that Noah went into the ark on the tenth of Rajeb, and came out of it the tenth of al Moharram, which therefore became a fast.  So that the whole time of Noah\rquote 
s being in the ark, according to them, was six months.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., Such of them as continued in their belief.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, such of his posterity as should depart from the true faith, and fall into idolatry.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 7, p. 111.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up8\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See Bochart. Phaleg. l. I, c. 3.\tab \tab 2  Geogr. Nub. p. 202.\tab \tab 3  Vide D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. p. 404 and 676, and Agathiam, l. 14, p. 135.\tab \tab 4  Benjamin. Itiner. p. 61.\tab \tab 
5  Berosus, apud Joseph. Antiq. l. I, c. 4.\tab \tab 6  Onkelos et Jonathan, in Gen. viii. 4.\tab \tab 7  Vide Eutych. Annal. p. 41.\tab \tab 8  Berosus, apud Joseph. ubi sup.  Abydenus, apud Euseb. Pr\'e6p. Ev. l. 9, c.4.\tab \tab 9  Epiph. H\'e6res. 18.
\tab \tab 10  Elmacin. l. I, c. I.\tab \tab 11 Vide Chronic. Dionysii Patriarch. Jacobitar. apud Asseman. Bibl. Orient. t. 2, p. 113.\tab \tab 12  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 1  Idem.  See D\rquote Herbel. ubi sup.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O my people, I ask not of you for this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 my preaching, }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 any recompense: my recompense }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 do I expect}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 from him only who hath created me.  Will ye not therefore understand?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O my people, ask pardon of your LORD; and be turned unto him: he will send the heaven to pour forth rain plentifully upon you,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      and he will increase your strength by }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 giving}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 farther}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  strength:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  therefore turn not aside, to commit evil.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They answered, O Hud, thou hast brought us no proof }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of what thou sayest;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  therefore we will not leave our gods for thy saying, neither do we believe thee
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We say no other than that some of our gods have afflicted thee with evil.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   He replied, Verily I call GOD to 
witness, and do ye also bear witness that I am clear of that which ye associate
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , besides him.  Do ye all therefore }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 join to }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 devise a plot against me, and tarry not;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      for I put my confidence in GOD, my LORD and your LORD.  There is no beast, but he holdeth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  by its forelock:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  verily my LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 proceedeth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in the right way.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 60\tab But if ye turn back, I have already declared unto you that with which I was sent unto you: and my LORD shall substitute another nation in your stead; and ye shall not hurt him at all: for my LORD }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  guardian over all things.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And when our sentence came }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be put in execution}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , we delivered Hud, and those who had believed with him,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  through our mercy; and we delivered them from a grievous punishment.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 tribe of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 Ad wittingly rejected the signs of their LORD, and were disobedient unto his messengers, and they followed the command of every rebellious perverse person.
\par      Wherefore they were followed in this world by a curse, and they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be followed by the same}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on the day of resurrection.  Did not Ad disbelieve in their LORD?  Was it not }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 said}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Away with Ad, the people of Hud?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And unto }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the tribe of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Thamud }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 we sent}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  their brother Saleh.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q
}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   He said }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , O my people, worship GOD; ye have no GOD besides him. 
 It is he who hath produced you out of the earth, and hath given you an habitation therein.  Ask pardon of him therefore, and be turned unto him; for my LORD is near, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  ready to answer.

\par      They answered, O Saleh, thou wast }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a person}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on whom we placed our hopes before this.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Dost thou forbid us to worship that which our fathers worshipped?  But we are certainly in doubt concerning }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the religion}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to which thou dost invite us, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 as
}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  justly to be suspected.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Saleh}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, O my people, tell me; if I have received an evident declaration from my LORD, and he hath bestowed on me mercy from himself; who will protect me from }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the vengeance}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD, if I be disobedient unto him?  For ye shall not add unto me, other than loss.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 he said}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , O my people, this she-camel of GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a sign unto you; therefore dismiss her freely, that she may feed in GOD'S earth, and do her no harm, lest a swift punishment seize you.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For the Adites were grievously distressed by a drought for three years.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By giving you children; the wombs of their wives being also rendered barren during the time of the drought, as well as their lands.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or madness; having deprived thee of thy reason for the indignities thou hast offered them.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, he exerciseth an absolute power over it.  A creature held in this manner being supposed to be reduced to the lowest subjection.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Who were in number four thousand.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 7, p. 112.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Designing to have made thee our prince, because of the singular prudence and other good qualities which we observed in thee; but thy dissenting from us in point of religious worship has frustrated those hopes.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 2  See the notes to cap. 7, p. 111.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 4  Idem.\tab \tab 5  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Yet they killed her; and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Saleh}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said, Enjoy }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 yourselves}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in your dwellings for three days:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 after which ye shall be destroyed}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  This is an infallible prediction.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And when our decree came }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be executed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, we delivered Saleh and those who believed with him, through our mercy, from the disgrace of that day; for thy LORD is the strong, the mighty }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par 70\tab But a terrible noise }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from heaven}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  assailed those who had acted unjustly; and in the morning they were found in their houses, lying }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 dead and}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  prostrate:
\par      as though they had never dwelt therein.  Did not Thamud disbelieve in their LORD?  Was not Thamud }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 cast}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  far away?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Our messengers}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  also came formerly unto Abraham, with good tidings: they said, Peace }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 be upon thee}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  And he answered, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and on you be }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Peace!  And he tarried not, but brought a roasted calf.
\par      And when he saw that their hands did not touch the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 meat}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , he misliked them, and entertained a fear of them.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 But}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they said, Fear not: for we are sent unto the people of Lot.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      And his wife }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Sarah was}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  standing by,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and she laughed;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and we promised her Isaac, and after Isaac, Jacob.
\par      She said, Alas! shall I bear a son, who am old; this my husband also being advanced in years?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Verily this }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 would be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 a wonderful thing.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 The angels}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  answered, Dost thou wonder at the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 effect of the}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  command of GOD?  The mercy of God 
and his blessings be upon you, the family of the house:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for he }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  praiseworthy, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to be glorified.
\par      And when his apprehension had departed from Abraham, and the good tidings }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of Isaac's birth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  had come unto him, he disputed with us concerning the people of Lot;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for Abraham was a pitiful, compassionate, and devout }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 person.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      The angels said unto him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , O Abraham, abstain from this; for now is the command of thy LORD come, }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to put their sentence in execution}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and an inevitable punishment is ready to fall upon them.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 7, p. 113, note }{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These were the angels who were sent to acquaint Abraham with the promise of Isaac, and to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah.  Some of the commentators pretend they were t
welve, or nine, or ten in number; but others, agreeably to scripture, say they were but three, viz., Gabriel, Michael and Israf\'eel.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Apprehending they had some ill design against him, because they would not eat with him.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Being angels, whose nature needs not the support of food.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Either behind the curtain, or door of the tent; or else waiting upon them.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators are so little acquainted with scripture, that, not knowing the true occasion of Sarah\rquote s laughter, they strain their invention
 to give some reason for it.  One says that she laughed at the angels discovering themselves, and ridding Abraham and herself of their apprehensions; and another, that it was at the approaching destruction of the Sodomites (a very probable motive in one o
f her sex).  Some, however, interpret the original word differently, and will have it that she did not }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 laugh}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , but that }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 her courses}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which had stopped for several years, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 came upon her}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  at this time, as a previous sign of her future conception.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Al Beid\'e2wi writes that Sarah was then ninety or ninety-nine years old, and Abraham a hundred and twenty.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or the stock whence all the prophets were to proceed for the future.  Or the expression may perhaps refer to Abraham and Ismael\rquote s building the Caaba, which i
s often called, by way of excellence, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the house}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, he interceded with us for them.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Jallalo\rquote ddin, instead of the numbers mentioned by Moses, says that Abraham first asked whether GOD would destroy those cities if three hundred righteous persons
 were found therein, and so fell successively to two hundred, forty, fourteen, and at last came to one: but there was not one righteous person to be found among them, except only Lot and his family.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.  See Gen. xviii.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin, al Zamakhshari.
\par 5  Vide Gen. xviii. 23, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And when our messengers came unto Lot, he was troubled for them,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and his arm was straightened concerning them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and he said, This is a grievous day.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 80\tab And his people came unto him, rushing upon him, and they had formerly been guilty of wickedness.  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Lot}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto them}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , O my people, these my daughters are more lawful for you: therefore fear GOD, and put me not to shame by }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 wronging}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  my guests.  Is there not a man of prudence among you?

\par      They answered, Thou knowest that we have no need of thy daughters; and thou well knowest what we would have.
\par      He said, If I had strength sufficient to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 oppose}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  you, or I could have recourse unto a powerful support, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 I would certainly do it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 The angels}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 said, O Lot, verily we are the messengers of thy LORD; they shall by no means come in unto thee.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Go forth, therefore, with thy family, in some part of the night, and let not any of you turn back: but as for thy wife,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that shall happen unto h
er, which shall happen unto them.  Verily the prediction }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of their punishment}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall be }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 fulfilled in}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 the morning: is not the morning near?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And when our command came, we turned those }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 cities}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  upside down,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we rained upon them stones of baked clay,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  one following another, and being marked}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from thy LORD; and they }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  not far distant from those who act unjustly.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      And unto Madian }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 we sent}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  their brother Shoaib:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 he said, O people, worship GOD: ye have no GOD but him: and diminish not measure and weight.  Verily I see you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in a happy condition:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but I fear for you the punishment of the day which will encompass }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the ungodly}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      O my people, give full measure and just weight; and diminish not unto men }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 aught}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of their matters; neither commit injustice in the earth, acting corruptly.
\par      The residue }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 which shall remain unto you as the gift}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of GOD, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 after ye shall have done justice to others}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , will be better for you, }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 than wealth gotten by fraud}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , if ye be true believers.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      I am no guardian over you.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Because they appeared in the shape of beautiful young men, which must needs tempt those of Sodom to abuse them.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , He knew himself unable to protect them against the insults of his townsmen.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Al Beid\'e2wi says that Lot shut his door, and argued the
 matter with the riotous assembly from behind it; but at length they endeavoured to get over the wall: whereupon Gabriel, seeing his distress, struck them on the face with one of his wings, and blinded them; so that they moved off, crying out for help, an
d saying that Lot had magicians in his house.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This seems to be the true sense of the passage; but according to a different reading of the vowel, some interpret it, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Except thy wife}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ; the meaning being that Lot is here commanded to take his family with him }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 except his wife}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  Wherefore the commentators cannot agree whether Lot\rquote 
s wife went forth with him or not; some denying it, and pretending that she was left behind and perished in the common destruction; and others affirming it, and saying that when she hea
rd the noise of the storm and overthrow of the cities, she turned back lamenting their fate, and was immediately struck down and killed by one of the stones mentioned a little lower.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  A punishment she justly merited for her infidelity and disobedience to her husband.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  For they tell us that Gabriel thrust his wing under them, and lifted them up so high, that the inhabitants of the lower heaven heard the barking of the dogs and the crowing of the cocks; and then, inverting them, threw them down to the earth.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The kiln wherein they were burned some imagine to have been hell.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, as some suppose, streaked with white and red, or having some other peculiar mark to distinguish them from ordinary stones.  But the common opinion is that each stone h
ad the name of the person who was to be killed by it written thereon.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The army of Abraha al Ashram was also destroyed by the same kind of stones.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This is a kind of threat to other wicked persons, and particularly to the infidels of Mecca, who deserved and might justly apprehend the same punishment.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chap. 7, p. 113, &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  That is, enjoying plenty of all things; and therefore having the less occasion to defraud one another, and being the more strongly bound to be thankful and obedient unto GOD.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 6  Jallalo\rquote ddin, al Beid\'e2wi.  Vide Joseph.  Ant. l. I, c. II.\tab \tab 1  Idem interpretes.\tab \tab 2  See cap. 66.
\par 3  Jallalo\rquote ddin, al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 4  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 They answered, O Shoaib, do thy prayers enjoin thee, that we should leave the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 gods}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which our fathers worsh
ipped; or that we should not do what we please with our substance?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Thou }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 only}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , it seems, art the wise }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 person}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and fit to direct.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 90\tab He said, O my people, tell me: if I have received an evident declaration from my LORD, and he hath bestowed on me an excellent provision, and I will not consent unto you in that which I forbid you; do I seek }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 any other}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  than }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  reformation, to the utmost of my power?  My support is from GOD alone: on him do I trust, and unto him do I turn me.

\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O my people, let not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  opposing of me draw on you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a vengeance }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
like unto that which fell on the people of Noah, or the people of Hud, or the people of Saleh: neither }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 was}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the people of Lot far distant from you.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Ask pardon, therefore, of your LORD; and be turned unto him: for my LORD is merciful }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  loving.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They answered, O Shoaib, we understand not much of what thou sayest; and we see thee to be a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 man}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of no power}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  among us: if it had not been }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for the sake of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  thy family,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 we had surely stoned thee, neither couldst thou have prevailed against us.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Shoaib}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 said, O my people, is my family more worthy in your opinion than GOD? and do ye cast him behind you with neglect?  Verily my LORD comprehendeth that which ye do.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O my people, do ye work according to your condition; I will surely work }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 according to my duty}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  ye shall certainly know
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      on whom will be inflicted a punishment which shall cover him with shame, and who is a liar.  Wait, therefore, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the event;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for I also will wait }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with you.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Wherefore, when our decree came }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be executed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, we delivered Shoaib and those who believed with him, through our mercy: and a terrible noise }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from Heaven}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 assailed those who had acted unjustly; and in the morning they were found in their houses lying }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 dead}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  prostrate,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      as though they had never dwelt therein.  Was not Madian removed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from off the earth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, as Thamud had been removed?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And we formerly sent Moses with our signs, and manifest power unto Pharaoh and his princes;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but they followed the command of Pharaoh; although
 the command of Pharaoh did not direct }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  aright.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 100\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Pharaoh}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall precede his on the day of resurrection, and he shall lead them into }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 fire; an unhappy way }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall it be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 they}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall be led.
\par      They were followed in this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 life}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  by a curse, and on the day of resurrection miserable }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the gift which shall be given }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      This is }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a part}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 of the histories of the cities, which we rehearse unto thee.  Of them there are }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 some}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  standing; and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 others which are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 utterly demolished.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For this liberty they imagined was taken from them, by his prohibition of false weights and measures, or to diminish or adulterate their coin.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For Sodom and Gomorrah were situate not a great way from you, and their destruction happened not many ages ago; neither di
d they deserve it, on account of their obstinacy and wickedness, much more than yourselves.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Arabic word }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 da\'eef}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 weak}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, signifying also, in the Hamyaritic dialect, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 blind}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , some suppose that Shoaib was so, and that the Midianites objected that to him as 
a defect which disqualified him for the prophetic office.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, For the respect we bear to thy family and relations, whom we honour as being of our religion, and not for any apprehension we have of their power to assist you against us.  The original word, here translated }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 family}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , signifies any number from three to seven or ten, but not more.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 6, p. 101, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 7, p. 115, &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 mown down;}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  the sentence presenting the different images of corn standing, and cut down, which is also often used by the sacred writers.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab 5  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 6  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And we treated them not unjustly, but they dealt unjustly with their own souls: and their gods which they invoked, besides GOD, were of no advantage unto them at all, when the decree of thy LORD came }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be executed on them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , neither were they any other than a detriment unto them.
\par      And thus }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 was}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the punishment of thy LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 inflicted}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, when he punished the cities which were unjust; for his punishment is grievous and severe.
\par      Verily herein is a sign unto him who feareth the punishment of the last }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 day:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  that }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be a}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  day, whereon }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 all}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  men shall be assembled, and that }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a day whereon witness shall be borne;
\par      we defer it not, but to a determined time.
\par      When }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that day}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall come, no soul shall speak }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to excuse itself, or to intercede for another}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , but by the permission of }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  Of them, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  miserable, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 another shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  happy.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And they who shall be miserable, shall be }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thrown}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  into }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  fire; there 
shall they wail and bemoan }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 themselves:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      they shall remain therein so long as the heavens and the earth shall endure;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  except what thy LORD shall please }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to remit of their sentence;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for thy LORD effecteth that which he pleaseth.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 110\tab But they who shall be happy, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be admitted}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 into paradise; they shall remain therein so long as the heavens and the earth endure: besides what thy LORD shall please }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to add unto their bliss;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a bounty which shall not be interrupted.
\par      Be not therefore in doubt concerning that which these men worship: they worship no other than what their fathers worshipped before }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 and we will surely give them their full portion, not in the least diminished.
\par      We formerly gave unto Moses the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the law;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and disputes arose }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 among his people}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 concerning it: and unless a previous decree had proceeded from thy LORD, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to bear with them during this life, the matter}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  had been surely decided between them.  And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
thy people are also }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 jealous }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in doubt concerning the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Koran}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      But unto every one of them will thy LORD render }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the reward of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  their works; for he well knoweth that which they do.
\par      Be thou steadfast, therefore, as thou hast been commanded; and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 let him also be steadfast}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  who shall be converted with thee; and transgress not; for he seeth that which ye do.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And incline not unto those who act unjustly, lest the fire }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 touch you: for ye have no protectors, except GOD; neither shall ye be assisted }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 against him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Pray regularly morning and evening;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and in the former part of the night,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for good }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 works}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  drive away evils.  This is an admonition unto those who consider:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      wherefore persevere with patience; for GOD suffereth not the reward of the righteous to perish.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The two words in the original signify properly the vehement drawing in and expiration of one\rquote 
s breath, which is usual to persons in great pain and anguish; and particularly the reciprocation of the voice of an ass when he brays.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This is not to be strictly understood as if either the punishment of the damne
d should have an end, or the heavens and the earth should endure for ever; the expression being only used by way of image or comparison, which need not agree in every point with the thing signified.  Some, however, think the future heavens and earth, into
 which the present shall be changed, are here meant.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 72, 73.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 in the two extremities of the day}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  That is, after sunset and before supper, when the Mohammedans say their fourth prayer, called by them }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Sal\'e2t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 al moghreb}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, or the evening prayer.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Were such of the generations before you, endued with understanding and virtue, who forbade the acting corruptly in the earth, any more than a few only of those whom we delivered;
 but they who were unjust followed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the delights}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which they enjoyed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in this world,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and were wicked doers:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      and thy LORD was not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of such a disposition}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  as to destroy the cities unjustly,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 while their inhabitants behaved themselves uprightly.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 120\tab And if thy LORD pleased, he would have made }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 all}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 men of one religion: but they shall not cease to differ among themselves, unless those on whom thy LORD shall have mercy: and unto this hath he created them; for the word of thy LORD shall be fulfilled, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 when he said}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Verily I will fill hell altogether with genii and men.
\par      The whole }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 which we have related}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of the histories of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 apostles do we relate unto thee, that we may confirm thy heart thereby; and herein is the truth come unto thee, and an admonition, and a warning unto the true believers.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Say unto those who believe not, Act ye according to your condition; we surely will act }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 according to our duty:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and wait }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the issue; for }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 we certainly wait }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it also}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Unto GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is known }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that which is secret in heaven and
 earth; and unto him shall the whole matter be referred.  Therefore worship him, and put thy trust in him; for thy LORD is not regardless of that which ye do.
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl280\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ______
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl280\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER XII.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, JOSEPH;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      AL. R.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   These are the signs of the perspicuous book;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      which we have sent down in the Arabic tongue, that, peradventure, ye might understand.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We relate unto thee a most excellent history, by revealing unto thee this Kor\'e2n,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 whereas thou wast before }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  negligent.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Making it their sole business to please their luxurious desires and appetites, and placing their whole felicity therein.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Al Beid\'e2wi says that this passage gives the reason why the nations were destroyed of old; 
viz., for their violence and injustice, their following their own lusts, and for their idolatry and unbelief.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as the commentator just named explains it, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 for their idolatry}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  only, when they observed justice in other respects.

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 6, p. 110, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Koreish, thinking to puzzle Mohammed, at the instigation and by the direction of certain Jewish Rabbins, demanded of him how Jacob\rquote 
s family happened to go down into Egypt, and that he would relate to them the history of Joseph, with all its circumstances: whereupon he pretended to have received this chapter from heaven, containing the story of that patriarch.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is said, however, to have been rejected by two Mohammedan sects, branches of the Kh\'e2rejites, called the Aj\'e2redites and the Maim\'fbnians, as apocryphal and spurious.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. p. 46, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or this particular chapter.  For the word }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Kor\'e2n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , as has been elsewhere observed,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  properly signifying no more than a }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 reading}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 lecture}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, is often used to denote, not only the whole volume, but any distinct chapter or section of it.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, So far from being acquainted with the story, that it never so much as entered into thy thoughts; a certain argument, says al Beid\'e2wi, that it must have been revealed to him from heaven.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Prelim. Disc. Sect. III. p. 44.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 When Joseph said unto his father,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  O my father, verily I saw }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in my dream}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  eleven stars,
}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and the sun and the moon; I saw them make obeisance unto me:
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Jacob}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said, O my child, tell not thy vision to thy brethren, lest they devise some plot against thee;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 for the devil is a professed enemy unto man;
\par      and thus, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 according to thy dream}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , shall thy LORD choose thee, and teach thee the interpretation of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 dark}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  sayings,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and he shall accomplish his favor upon thee and upon the family of Jacob, as he hath formerly accomplished it upon thy fathers Abraham and Isaac; for thy LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is
}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  knowing }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Surely in }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the history of }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Joseph and his brethren there are signs }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of God's providence}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to the inquisitive;

\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      when they said }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to one another}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Joseph and his brother}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 are dearer to our father than we, who are the greater number: our father certainly maketh a wrong judgment.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Wherefore}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  slay Joseph, or drive him into some }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 distant or desert part of the}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  earth, an
d the face of your father shall be cleared towards you;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and ye shall afterwards be people of integrity.
\par 10\tab One of them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  spoke and said; Slay not Joseph, but throw him to the bottom of the well; and some travellers will take him up, if ye do }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 this}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They said }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto Jacob}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , O father, why dost thou not intrust Joseph with us, since we are sincere }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 well-wishers}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto him?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Send him with us to-morrow, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 into the field, }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 that he may divert himself, and sport,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and we will be his guardians.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Jacob}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  answered, It grieveth me that ye take him away; and I fear lest the wolf devour him,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  while ye are negligent of him.

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They said, Surely if the wolf devour him, when there are so many of us, we shall be weak indeed.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Who was Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The commentators give us the names of these stars (which I think it needless to trouble the reader with), as Mohammed repeated them, at the request of a Jew, who thought to entrap him by the question.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For they say, Jacob, judging that Joseph\rquote s dream portended his advancement above the rest of the family, justly apprehended his brethren\rquote 
s envy might tempt them to do him some mischief.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, of dreams; or, as others suppose, of the profound passages of scripture, and all difficulties respecting either religion or justice.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., Benjamin, his brother by the same mother.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, he will settle his love wholly upon you, and ye will have no rival in his favour.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This person, as some say, was Judah, the most prudent and noble-minded of them all; or, according to others, Reuben, whom the Mohammedan writers call Rub\'eel.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   And both these opinions are supported by the account of Moses, who tells us that Reuben advised them not to kill Joseph, but to throw him into a pit privately, intending to release him;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and that afterwards Judah, in Reuben\rquote s absence, persuaded them not to let him die in the pit, but to sell him to the Ishmaelites.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some copies read, in the first person plural, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 that we may divert ourselves}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The reason why 
Jacob feared this beast in particular, as the commentators say, was, either because the land was full of wolves, or else because Jacob had dreamed he saw Joseph devoured by one of those creatures.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, It will be an instance of extreme weakness and folly in us, and we shall be justly blamed for his loss.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi, &c.\tab \tab 2  Idem, al Zamakhshari.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  Gen. xxxvii. 21, 22.\tab \tab 5  Ibid. v. 26, 27.\tab \tab 6  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin, al Zamakhshari.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And when they had carried him with them, and agreed to set him at the bottom of the well,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 they executed their design:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we sent a revelation unto him,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Thou shalt }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hereafter}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  declare this their action unto them; and they shall not perceive }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thee to be Joseph.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And they came to their father at even, weeping,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said, Father, we went and ran races with one another,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and we left Joseph with our baggage, and the wolf hath devoured him; but thou wilt not believe us, although we speak the truth.
\par      And they produced his inner garment }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 stained}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with false blood.  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Jacob}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 answered, Nay, but ye yourselves have contrived the thing for your own sakes:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  however patience is most becoming, and GOD'S assistance is to be implored }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
to enable me to support the misfortune}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which ye relate.
\par      And certain travellers}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  came, and sent one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to draw water for them; and he let down his bucket,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and said, Good news!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  this is a youth.  And they concealed him,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
that they might sell him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  as a piece of merchandise: but GOD knew that which they did.
\par 20\tab And they sold him for a mean price, for a few pence,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and valued him lightly.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And the Egyptian who bought him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said to his wife,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Use him honourably; peradventure he may be serviceable to us, or we may adopt him for our son.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Thus did we prepare an establishment for 
Joseph in the earth, and we taught him the interpretation of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 dark}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  sayings: for GOD is well able to effect his purpose; but the greater part of men do not understand.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This well, say some, was a certain well near Jerusalem, or not far from the river Jor
dan; but others call it the well of Egypt or Midian.  The commentators tell us that, when the sons of Jacob had gotten Joseph with them in the field, they began to abuse and to beat him so unmercifully, that they had killed him, had not Judah, on his cryi
n
g out for help, insisted on the promise they had made not to kill him, but to cast him into the well.  Whereupon they let him down a little way; but, as he held by the sides of the well, they bound him, and took off his inner garment, designing to stain i
t
 with blood, to deceive their father.  Joseph begged hard to have his garment returned him, but to no purpose, his brothers telling him, with a sneer, that the eleven stars and the sun and the moon might clothe him and keep him company.  When they had let
 
him down half-way, they let him fall thence to the bottom, and, there being water in the well (though the scripture says the contrary), he was obliged to get upon a stone, on which, as he stood weeping, the angel Gabriel came to him with the revelation me
ntioned immediately.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Joseph being then but seventeen years old, al Beid\'e2
wi observes that herein he resembled John the Baptist and Jesus, who were also favoured with the divine communication very early.  The commentators pretend that Gabriel also clothe
d him in the well with a garment of silk of paradise.  For they say that when Abraham was thrown into the fire by Nimrod,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 he was stripped; and that Gabriel brought this garment and put it on him; and that from Abraham it descended to Jacob, who folded it up and put it into an amulet, which he hung about Joseph\rquote s neck, whence Gabriel drew it out.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These races they used by way of exercise; and the commentators generally understand here that kind of race wherein they also showed their dexterity in throwin
g darts, which is still used in the east.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This Jacob had reason to suspect, because, when the garment was brought to him, he observed that, though it was bloody, yet it was not torn.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., A caravan or company travelling from Midian to Egypt, who rested near the well three days after Joseph had been thrown into it.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators are so exact as to give us the name of this man, who, as they pretend, was Malec Ebn Dh\'f3r, of the tribe of Khoz\'e2ah.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   And Joseph, making use of the opportunity, took hold of the cord, and was drawn up by the man.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original words are }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Ya boshra:}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  the latter of which some take for the proper name of the water-drawer\rquote 
s companion, whom he called to his assistance; and then they must be translated, O Boshra.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The expositors are not agreed whether the pronoun }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 they}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  relates to Malec and his companions or to Joseph\rquote 
s brethren.  They who espouse the former opinion say that those who came to draw water concealed the manner of their coming by him from the rest of the ca
ravan, that they might keep him to themselves, pretending that some people of the place had given him to them to sell for them in Egypt.  And they who prefer the latter opinion tell us that Judah carried victuals to Joseph every day while he was in the we
l
l, but not finding him there on the fourth day, he acquainted his brothers with it; whereupon they all went to the caravan and claimed Joseph as their slave, he not daring to discover that he was their brother, lest something worse should befall him; and 
at length they agreed to sell him to them.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Namely, twenty or twenty-two }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 dirhems}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and those not of full weight neither; for having weighed one ounce of silver only, the remainder was paid by tale, which is the most unfair way of payment.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   His name was Kitf\'eer, or Itf\'eer (a corruption of Potiphar); and he was a man of great consideration, being superintendent of the royal treasury.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab The commentators say that Joseph came into his service at seventeen, and lived with him thirteen years; and that he was made prime minister in the thirty-third year of his age, and died at a hundred and twenty.
\par \tab They who suppose Joseph was twice sold differ as to the price the Egyptian paid for him; some saying it was twenty }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 din\'e2rs}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261  of gold, a pair of shoes, and two white gar
ments; and others, that it was a large quantity of silver or of gold.
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some call her Ra\'efl; but the name she is best known by is that of Zoleikha.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Kitf\'eer having no children.  It is said that Joseph gained his master\rquote 
s good opinion so suddenly by his countenance, which Kitf\'eer, who, they pretend, had great skill in physiognomy, judged to indicate his prudence and other good qualities.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up8\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  See cap. 21.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi, al Zamakhshari.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.
\par 5  Idem.\tab \tab 6  Idem.\tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And when he had attained his age of strength, we bestowed on him wisdom, and knowledge; for thus do we recompense the righteous.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And she, in whose house he was, desired him to lie with her; and she shut the doors and said, Come hither.  He answered, GOD forbid! verily my lord}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 hath made my dwelling }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  easy; and the ungrateful shall not prosper.
\par      But she resolved within herself }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to enjoy}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  him, and he would have resolved }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to enjoy}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 her, had he not seen the evident demonstration of his LORD.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   So we turned away evil and filthiness from him, because he was one of our sincere servants.
\par      And they ran }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to get one before the other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to the door;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and she rent his inner garment behind.  And they met her lord at the door.  She said, What }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the reward of him who seeketh }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to commit}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  evil in thy family, but imprisonment, and a painful punishment?
\par      And Joseph said, She asked me to lie with her.  And a witness of her family}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  bore witness, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, If his garment be rent before, she speaketh truth, and he is a liar:
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      but if his garment be rent behind, she lieth, and he is a speaker of truth.
\par      And when }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 her husband}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  saw that his garment was torn behind, he said, This is a cunning contrivance of your }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 sex;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 for surely your cunning is great.
\par      O Joseph, take no farther notice of this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 affair:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and thou, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O woman}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , ask pardon for thy crime; for thou art a guilty person.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 30\tab And certain women said }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 publicly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 in the city, The nobleman's wife asked her servant to lie with her; he hath inflamed her breast with his love; and we perceive her }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in manifest error.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., Kitf\'eer.  But others understand it to be spoken of GOD.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, had he not seriously considered the filthiness of whoredom, and the great guilt thereof.  Some, however, suppose that 
the words mean some miraculous voice or apparition, sent by GOD to divert Joseph from executing the criminal thoughts which began to possess him.  For they say that he was so far tempted with his mistress\rquote 
s beauty and enticing behaviour that he sat in her 
lap, and even began to undress himself, when a voice called to him, and bade him beware of her; but he taking no notice of this admonition, though it was repeated three times, at length the angel Gabriel, or, as others will have it, the figure of his mast
er, appeared to him: but the more general opinion is that it was the apparition of his father Jacob, who bit his fingers\rquote  ends, or, as some write, struck him on the breast, whereupon his lubricity passed out at the ends of his fingers.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab For this fable, so injurious to the character of Joseph, the Mohammedans are obliged to their old friends the Jews,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 who imagine that he had a design to lie with his mistress, from these words of Moses,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 And it came to pass}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \endash }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 that Joseph went into the house to do his business}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   He flying from her, and she running after to detain him.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., A cousin of hers, who was then a child in the cradle.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These women, whose tongues were so free with Zoleikha\rquote 
s character on this occasion, were five in number, and the wives of so many of the king\rquote s chief officers\endash viz., his chamberlain, his butler, his baker, his jailer, and his herdsman.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 3  Idem, al Zamakhshari, Jallalo\rquote ddin, Yahya.\tab \tab 4  Talm.  Babyl. Sed. Nashim, p. 36.  Vide Bartolocc. Bibl. Rabb. part iii. p. 509.
\par 5  Gen. xxxix. II.\tab \tab 6  Supra citati interpretes\tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And when she heard of their subtle behaviour, she sent unto them,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and prepared a banquet for them, and she gave to each of them a knife; and she said }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto Joseph}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Come forth unto them.  And whe
n they saw him, they praised him greatly;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they cut their own hands,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and said, O GOD! this is not a mortal; he is no other than an angel, deserving the highest respect.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his mistress}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, This is he, for whose sake ye blamed me: I asked him t
o lie with me, but he constantly refused.  But if he do not perform that which I command him, he shall surely be cast into prison, and he shall be made }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of the contemptible.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Joseph}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, O LORD, a prison is more eligible unto me than }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the crime}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to w
hich they invite me; but unless thou turn aside their snares from me, I shall youthfully incline unto them, and I shall become }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of the foolish.
\par      Wherefore his LORD heard him, and turned aside their snare from him; for he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 both}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  heareth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  knoweth.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And it seemed good unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 even}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  after they had seen the signs }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of innocency}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , to imprison him for a time.
\par      And there entered into the prison with him two }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the king's}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  servants.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   One of them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said, it seemed to me }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in my dream}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that I pressed wine }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 out of grapes}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
.  And the other said, It seemed unto me }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in my dream}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that I carried bread on my head, whereof the birds did eat.  Declare unto us the interpretation of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
our dreams}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , for we perceive that thou art a beneficent person.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Joseph}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  answered, No food, wherewith ye may be nourished, shall come unto you, but I will declare unto you the interpretation thereof, before it come unto you.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 knowledge}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is a part}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 of that which my LORD hath taught me: for I have left the religion of people who believe not in GOD, and who deny the life to come;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and I follow the religion of my fathers, Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob.  It is not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 lawful}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for us to associate anything with GOD.  This }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 knowledge of the divine unity hath been given us}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of the bounty of GOD towards us, and towards mankind; but the greater part of men are not thankful.
\par      O my fellow-prisoners, are sundry lords better, or the only true and mighty GOD?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 40\tab Ye worship not, besides him other than the names which ye have named,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 ye and your fathers, concerning which GOD hath sent down no authoritative proof: yet judgment }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto GOD alone; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 who}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  hath commanded that ye worship none besides him.  This is the right religion; but the greater part of men know }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  not.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The number of all the women invited was forty, and among them were the five ladies above mentioned.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The old Latin translators have strangely mistaken the sense of the original word }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 acbarnaho}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which they render }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 menstruatoe sunt;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and then rebuke Mohammed for the indecency, crying out demurely in the margin, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 O f\'9cdum et obsc\'9cnum prophetam!}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Erpenius}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  thinks that there is not the least trace of such a meaning in the word; but he is mistaken: for the verb }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 cabara}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  in the fourth conjugation, which is here used, has that import, though the subjoining of the pronoun to it here (which possibly the Latin translators did not observe) absolutely overthrows that interpretation.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Through extreme surprise at the wonderful beauty of Joseph; which surprise Zoleikha foreseeing, put knives into their ha
nds, on purpose that this accident might happen.  Some writers have observed, on occasion of this passage, that it is customary in the east for lovers to testify the violence of their passion by cutting themselves, as a sign that they would spend their bl
ood in the service of the person beloved; which is true enough, but I do not find that any of the commentators suppose these Egyptian ladies had any such design.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, to Kitf\'eer and his friends.  The occasion of Joseph\rquote s imprisonment is said to be, e
ither that they suspected him to be guilty, notwithstanding the proofs which had been given of his innocence, or else that Zoleikha desired it, feigning, to deceive her husband, that she wanted to have Joseph removed from her sight, till she could conquer
 her passion by time; though her real design was to force him to compliance.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., His chief butler and baker, who were accused of a design to poison him.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Namely, the butler.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The meaning of this passage seems to be, either that Joseph, to show h
e used no arts of divination or astrology, promises to interpret their dreams to them immediately, even before they should eat a single meal; or else, he here offers to prophesy to them beforehand, the quantity and quality of the victuals which should be 
brought them, as a taste of his skill.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See c. 7, p. 111, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  In not. ad Hist. Josephi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O my fellow-prisoners, verily the one of you shall serve wine unto his lord, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as formerly;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  but the other shall be crucified, and the birds 
shall eat from off his head.  The matter is decreed, concerning which ye seek to be informed.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Joseph}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 said unto him whom he judged to be the person who should escape of the two, Remember me in the presence of thy lord.  But the devil caused him to forget to make mention of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Joseph}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 unto his lord;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wherefore he remained in the prison some years.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      And the king }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of Egypt}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said, Verily, I saw }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in my dream}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 seven fat kine, which seven lean kine devoured, and seven green ears }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of corn}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and other }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 seven}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  withered }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ears}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  O nobles, expound my vision unto me, if ye be }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 able to}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  interpret a vision.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They answered, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 They are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  confused dreams, neither are we skilled in the interpretation of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 such kind of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 dreams.
\par      And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Joseph's fellow-prisoner}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  who had been delivered, said, (for he remembered }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Joseph}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 after a certain space of time,) I will declare unto you the interpretation thereof; wherefore let me go }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto the person who will interpret it unto me.
\par      And he went to the prison, and said,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  O Joseph, thou man of veracity, teach us}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the interpretation}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 of seven fat kine, which seven lean kine devoured; and of seven green ears }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of corn}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and other }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 seven}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  withered }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ears, which the king saw in his dream;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  that I may return unto the men }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who have sent me}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , that peradventure they may understand }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the same}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Joseph}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  answered, Ye shall sow seven years as usual: and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the corn}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 which ye shall reap, do ye leave in its ear,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  except a little whereof ye may eat.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Then shall there come, after this, seven grievous }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 years of famine}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , which shall
 consume what ye shall have laid up as a provision for the same, except a little which ye shall have kept.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Then shall there come, after this, a year wherein men shall have plenty of rain,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and wherein they shall press }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 wine and oil}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   According to the explication of some, who take the pronoun }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  to relate to Joseph, this passage may be rendered, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 But the devil caused him}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 (i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Joseph) }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 to forget to make his application unto his Lord;}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and to beg the good offices of his fellow-prisoner for his deliverance, instead of relying on GOD alone, as it became a prophet, especially, to have done.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original word signifying any number from three to nine or ten, the common opinion is that Joseph remained in prison seven years, though some say he was confine
d no less than twelve years.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This prince, as the oriental writers generally agree, was Riy\'e2n, the son of al Wal\'eed, the Amalekite,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 who was converted by Joseph to the worship of the true GOD, and died in the lifetime of that prophet.  But some pretend that the Pharaoh of Joseph and of Moses were one and the same person, and that he lived (or rather reigned) four hundred years.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   To preserve it from the weevil.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Notwithstanding what some ancient authors write to the contrary,}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  it often rains in winter in the lower Egypt, and even snow has been observed to fall at Alexandria, contrary to the express assertion of Seneca.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   In the upper Egypt, indeed, towards the cataracts of Nile, it rains very seldom.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some, however, suppose that the rains here men
tioned are intended of those which should fall in Ethiopia, and occasion the swelling of the Nile, the great cause of the fertility of Egypt; or else of those which should fall in the neighbouring countries, which were also afflicted with famine during th
e same time.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 3  See the Prelim. Disc. p. 7.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.  See c. 7, p. 115, note }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 .
\tab \tab 5  Idem.\tab \tab 6  Plato, in Tim\'e6o. Pomp. Mela.\tab \tab 7  Nat. Qu\'e6st. l. 4.
\par 8  See Greaves\rquote s Descr. of the Pyramids, p. 74, &c.  Ray\rquote s Collection of Travels, tom. ii. p. 92.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 50\tab And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 when the chief butler had reported this}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , the king said, Bring him unto me.  And when the messenger came unto }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Joseph}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , he said, Return unto thy lord, and ask of him, what was the intent of the women who cut their hands;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 for my LORD well knoweth the snare which they laid }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for me}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And when the women were assembled before the king}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , he said }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, What was your design, when ye solicited Joseph to unlawful love?  They answered, GOD be praised! we know not any ill of him.  The nobleman's wife said, Now is the truth become manifest: I solicited him to lie with me; and he is }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of those who speak truth.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And when Joseph was acquainted therewith, he said,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 discovery hath been made}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , that }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 my lord}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  might know that I was not unfaithful unto him in }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  absence, and that God directeth not the plot of the deceivers.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Neither do I }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 absolutely}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  justify myself:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  since }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 every}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  soul is prone unto evil, except those on whom my LORD shall show mercy; for my LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  gracious }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful.
\par      And the king said, Bring him unto me: I will take him into my own peculiar service.  And when }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Joseph was brought unto the king, and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 he had discoursed with him, he said, Thou art this day firmly established with us, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and shalt be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  intrusted }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with our affairs.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Joseph}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  answered, Set me over the storehouses of the land; for I }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a skilful keeper }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereof}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Thus did we establish Joseph in the land, that he might provide himself a dwelling therein, where he pleased.  We bestow our mercy on whom we please, and we suffer not the reward of the righteous to perish:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and certainly the reward of the next life is better, for those who believe, and fear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Joseph, it seems, cared not to get out of prison till his innocence was publ
icly known and declared.  It is observed by the commentators that Joseph does not bid the messenger move the king to inform himself of the truth of the affair, but bids him directly to ask the king, to incite him to make the proper inquiry with the greate
r earnestness.  They also observe that Joseph takes care not to mention his mistress, out of respect and gratitude for the favours he had received while in her house.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Endeavouring both by threats and persuasion to entice me to commit folly with my mistress.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   According to a tradition of Ebn Abb\'e2s, Joseph had no sooner spoken the foregoing words, asserting his innocency, than Gabriel said to him, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
What, not when thou wast deliberating to lie with her?}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Upon which Joseph confessed his frailty.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The c
ommentators say that Joseph being taken out of prison, after he had washed and changed his clothes, was introduced to the king, whom he saluted in the Hebrew tongue, and on the king\rquote 
s asking what language that was, he answered that it was the language of h
is fathers.  This prince, they say, understood no less than seventy languages, in every one of which he discoursed with Joseph, who answered him in the same; at which the king greatly marvelling, desired him to relate his dream, which he did, describing t
he most minute circumstances: whereupon the king placed Joseph by him on his throne, and made him his Waz\'eer, or chief minister.  Some say that his master Kitf\'eer dying about this time, he not only succeeded him in his place, but, by the king\rquote 
s command, married the widow, his late mistress, whom he found to be a virgin, and who bare him Ephraim and Manasses.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  So that according to this tradition, she was the same woman who is called Asenath by Moses.  This supposed marriage, which authorized their amours, prob
ably encouraged the Mohammedan divines to make use of the loves of Joseph and Zoleikha, as an allegorical emblem of the spiritual love between the Creator and the creature, GOD and the soul; just as the Christians apply the Song of Solomon to the same mys
tical purpose.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi, &c.\tab \tab 2  Idem, &c.\tab \tab 3  Idem, Kitab Tafasir, &c.\tab \tab 4  Vide D\rquote Herbelot. Bibl. Orient. Art. Jousouf.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Moreover, Joseph's brethren came,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and went in unto him; and he knew them, but they knew not him.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And when he had furnished them with their provisions, he said, Bring unto me your brother, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the son}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 of your father; do ye not see that I give full measure, and that I am the most hospitable receiver of guests?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 60\tab But if ye bring him not unto me, there shall be no }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 corn}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  measure
d unto you from me, neither shall ye approach }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 my presence}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They answered, We will endeavor to obtain him of his father, and we will certainly perform }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 what thou requirest}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Joseph}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said to his servants, Put their money,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
which they have paid for their corn;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  into their sacks, that they may perceive it, when they shall be returned to their family: peradventure they will come back }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto us}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And when they were returned unto their father, they said, O father, it is forbidden to measure out }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 corn}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto us }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
any more, unless we carry our brother Benjamin with us:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wherefore send our brother with us, and we shall have }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 corn}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  measured unto us; and we will certainly guard him }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from any mischance.
\par      Jacob}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  answered, Shall I trust him with you }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with any better success}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  than I trusted your brother }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Joseph}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 with you heretofore?  But GOD is the best guardian; and he is the most merciful of those that show mercy.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And when they opened their provision, they found their money had been returned unto them; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they said, O father, what do we desire }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 farther?}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  this our money hath been returned unto us; we will therefore }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 return, and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 provide corn for our family: we will take care of our brother; and we shall receive a camel's burden more }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 than we did the last time}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  This is a small quantity.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m
}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Jacob}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, I will by no means send him with you, until ye give me a solemn promise, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and swear}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 by GOD that ye will certainly bring him back unto me, unless ye be encompassed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by some inevitable impediment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  And when they had given him 
their solemn promise, he said, GOD is witness of what we say.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And he said, My sons, enter not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 into the city}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  by one }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
and the same }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 gate; but enter by different gates.  But }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 this precaution}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  will be of no advantage unto you against }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the decree of}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD; for judgment belongeth unto GOD alone: in him do I put my trust, and in him let those confide who }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 seek in whom to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  put their trust.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Joseph, being made Waz\'eer, governed with great wisdom; for he not only caused justice to be impartially administered, and encou
raged the people to industry and the improvement of agriculture during the seven years of plenty, but began and perfected several works of great benefit; the natives at this day ascribing to the patriarch Joseph almost all the ancient works of public util
ity throughout the kingdom; as particularly the rendering the province of al Feyy\'fbm, from a standing pool or marsh, the most fertile and best cultivated land in all Egypt.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  When the years of famine came, the effects of which were felt not only in Egypt, bu
t in Syria and the neighbouring countries, the inhabitants were obliged to apply to Joseph for corn, which he sold to them, first for their money, jewels, and ornaments, then for their cattle and lands, and at length for their persons; so that all the Egy
p
tians in general became slaves to the king, though Joseph, by his consent, soon released them, and returned them their substance.  The dearth being felt in the land of Canaan, Jacob sent all his sons, except only Benjamin, into Egypt for corn.  On their a
r
rival, Joseph (who well knew them) asked them who they were, saying he suspected them to be spies; but they told him they came only to buy provisions, and that they were all the sons of an ancient man, named Jacob, who was also a prophet.  Joseph then ask
e
d how many brothers there were of them; they answered, Twelve; but that one of them had been lost in a desert.  Upon which he inquired for the eleventh brother, there being no more than ten of them present.  They said he was a lad, and with their father, 
w
hose fondness for him would not suffer him to accompany them in their journey.  At length Joseph asked them who they had to vouch for their veracity; but they told him they knew no man who could vouch for them in Egypt.  Then, replied he, one of you shall
 
stay behind with me as a pledge, and the others may return home with their provisions; and when ye come again, ye shall bring your younger brother with you, that I may know ye have told me the truth.  Whereupon, it being in vain to dispute the matter, the
y cast lots who should stay behind, and the lot fell upon Simeon.  When they departed, Joseph gave each of them a camel, and another for their brother.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original word signifying not only money, but also goods bartered or given in exchange for other 
merchandise, some commentators tell us, that they paid for their corn, not in money, but in shoes and dressed skins,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The meaning may be, either that the corn they now brought was not sufficient for the support of their families, so that it was necessary for them to take another journey, or else, that a camel\rquote 
s load, more or less, was but a trifle to the king of Egypt.  Some suppose these to be the words of Jacob, declaring it was too mean a consideration to induce him to part with his son.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 5  Vide Golii not. in Alfragan. p. 175, &c.  Kircher. Oedip. \'c6gypt vol. i. p. 8.  Lucas, Voy. tom. ii. p. 205, and tom. iii. p. 53.
\par 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And when they entered }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the city}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , as their father had commanded them, it was of no advantage unto them against }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the decree of}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and the same served}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  only }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to satisfy}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the desire of Jacob's soul, which he had charged }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them to perform:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for he was endued with knowledge of that which we had taught him; but the greater part of men do not understand.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And when they entered into the presence of Joseph, he received his brother }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Benjamin}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  as his guest, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said, Verily I am thy brother,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  be not therefore afflicted for that which they have committed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 against us}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par 70\tab And when he had furnished them with their provisions, he put }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  cup}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in his brother }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
Benjamin's}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  sack.  Then a crier cried }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 after them, saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , O company of travellers, ye are surely thieves.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They said, (and turned back unto them,) What }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  that ye miss?
\par      They answered, We miss the prince's cup: and unto him who shall produce it, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be given}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a camel's load }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of corn}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and I }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will be }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 surety for the same.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Joseph's brethren}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  replied, By GOD, ye do well know, that we come not to act corruptly in the land,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  neither are we thieves.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 The Egyptians}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, What shall be the reward of him, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who shall appear to have stolen the cup}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , if ye be }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 found}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  liars?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Joseph's brethren}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  answered, As to the reward of him, in whose sack it shall be found, let him become }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a bondman in}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  satisfaction of the same: thus do we reward the unjust, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 who are guilty of theft}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Then he began by their sacks, before }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 he searched}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the sack of his brother;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and he drew out }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the cup}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from his brother's sack.  Thus did we furnish Joseph with a stratagem.  It was not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 lawful}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for him to take his 
brother }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for a bondman}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , by the law of the king }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of Egypt}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 had not GOD pleased }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to allow it, according to the offer of his brethren}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  We exalt to degrees }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of knowledge and honour}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 whom we please: and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there is one who is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  knowing above all those who are endued with knowledge.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 His brethren}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said, If }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Benjamin}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  be guilty of theft, his brother }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Joseph}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  hath been also guilty of theft heretofore.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  But Joseph concealed these things in his mind, and did not discover them unto them: }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  he said }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 within himself}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Ye are in a worse condition }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 than us two;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and GOD best knoweth what ye discourse about.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is related that Joseph, having invited his brethren to an entertainment, ordered them to be placed two and two together, by which means Benjamin, the eleventh, was obliged
 to sit alone, and bursting into tears, said, If my brother Joseph were alive, he would have sat with me.  Whereupon Joseph ordered him to be seated at the same table with himself, and when the entertainment was over, dismissed the rest, ordering that the
y
 should be lodged two and two in a house, but kept Benjamin in his own apartment, where he passed the night.  The next day Joseph asked him whether he would accept of himself for his brother, in the room of him whom he had lost, to which Benjamin replied,
 }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Who can find a brother comparable unto thee? yet thou art not the son of Jacob and Rachel}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  And upon this Joseph discovered himself to him.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some imagine this to be a measure holding a sa\'e1 (or about a gallon), wherein they used to measure corn or give 
water to the beasts.  But others take it to be a drinking-cup of silver or gold.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Both by our behaviour among you, and our bringing again our money, which was returned to us without our knowledge.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This was the method of punishing theft used by Jacob and his family; for among the Egyptians it was punished in another manner.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some suppose this search was made by the person whom Joseph sent after them; others by Joseph himself, when they were brought back to the city.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For there the thief was not reduced to servitude, but was scourged, and obliged to restore the double of what he had stolen.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The occasion of this suspicion, it is said, was, that Joseph having been brought up by his father\rquote s sister, she became so fond of him that, when he grew u
p, and Jacob designed to take him from her, she contrived the following stratagem to keep him: \endash 
Having a girdle which had once belonged to Abraham, she girt it about the child, and then, pretending she had lost it, caused strict search to be made for it; a
nd it being at length found on Joseph, he was adjudged, according to the above-mentioned law of the family, to be delivered to her as her property.  Some, however, say that Joseph actually stole an idol of gold, which belonged to his mother\rquote 
s father, and destroyed it; a story probably taken from Rachel\rquote s stealing the images of Laban: and others tell us that he once stole a goat, or a hen, to give to a poor man.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 They said }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto Joseph}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Noble }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 lord}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , verily this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 lad}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  hath an aged father; wherefore take one of us in his stead; for we perceive that thou art a beneficent person.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Joseph}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  answered, GOD forbid that we should take }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 any other}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  than him with whom we found our goods; for then should we certainly }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unjust.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 80\tab And when they despaired of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 obtaining Benjamin}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , they retired to confer privately together.  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the elder of them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said, Do ye not know that your father hath received a solemn promise from you, in the name of GOD, and how perfidiously ye behaved heretof
ore towards Joseph?  Wherefore I will by no means depart the land }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of Egypt}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , until my father give me leave }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to return unto him}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or GOD maketh known his will to me; for he is the best judge.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Return ye to your father, and say, O father, verily thy son hath committed theft; we bear witness of no more than what we know, and we could not guard against what we did not foresee:
\par      and do thou inquire in the city, where we have been, and of the company of merchants, with whom we are arrived, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thou wilt find}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  that we speak the truth.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And when they were returned, and had spoken thus to their father}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, he said, Nay, but rather ye yourselves have contrived the thing for your own sakes, but patience }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  most proper }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for me;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 peradventure GOD will restore them all}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto me; for he }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  knowing }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par      And he turned from them and said, Oh how I am grieved for Joseph!  And his eyes became white with mourning,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  he being oppressed with deep sorrow.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 His sons}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, By GOD, thou wilt not cease to remember Joseph until thou be brought to death's door, or thou be actually destroyed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
by excessive affliction}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      He answered, I only represent my grief, which I am not able to contain, and my sorrow unto GOD, but I know }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by revelation}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 from GOD that which ye know not.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      O my sons, go and make inquiry after Joseph and his brother; and despair not of the mercy of GOD; for none despaireth of GOD's mercy, except the unbelieving people.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Wherefore Joseph's brethren returned into Egypt:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and when they came into his presence, they said, Noble }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 lord}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , the famine is felt by us and our family, and we are come with a small sum of money:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  yet give unto us full measure, and bestow }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 corn}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  upon us}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  as}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 alms; for GOD rewardeth the almsgivers.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., Reuben.  But some think Simeon or Judah to be here meant; and instead of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the elder}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , interpret it }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the most prudent of them}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Joseph, Benjamin, and Simeon.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, the pupils lost their deep blackness and became of a pearl colour (as happens in suffusions), by his continual weep
ing: which very much weakened his sight, or, as some pretend, made him quite blind.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., That Joseph is yet alive, of which some tell us he was assured by the angel of death in a dream; though others suppose he depended on the completion of Joseph\rquote s 
dream, which must have been frustrated had he died before his brethren had bowed down before him.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Their money being clipped and adulterated.  Some, however, imagine they did not bring money, but goods to barter, such as wool and butter, or other commodities of small value.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 3  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 5  Idem.\tab \tab 6  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Joseph}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Do ye know what ye did unto Joseph and his brother, when ye were ignorant }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the consequences thereof?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 90\tab They answered, Art thou really Joseph?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   He replied, I am Joseph; and this is my brother.  Now hath GOD been gracious unto us.  For whoso feareth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and persevereth with patience,}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall at length find relief;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  since GOD will not suffer the reward of the righteous to perish.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They said, By GOD, now hath GOD chosen thee above us; and we have surely been sinners.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Joseph}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  answered, Let there be no reproach }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 cast}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on you this day.  GOD forgiveth you; for he is the most merciful of those who show mercy.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Depart ye with this my inner garment,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and throw it on my father's face; and he shall recover his sight: and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 then}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  come unto me with all your family.
\par      And when the company of travellers was departed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from Egypt on their journey towards Canaan, }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their father said, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto those who were about him}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Verily I perceive the smell of Joseph;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  although ye think that I dote.
\par      They answered, By GOD, thou art in thy old mistake.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      But when the messenger of good tidings}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  was come }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with Joseph's inner garment}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , he threw it over his face; and he recover
ed his eyesight.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And Jacob}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, Did I not tell you that I knew from GOD, that which ye knew not?
\par      They answered, O father, ask pardon of our sins for us, for we have surely been sinners.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      He replied, I will surely ask pardon for you of my LORD;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for he }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  gracious }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 100\tab And when }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Jacob and his family arrived in Egypt, and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 were introduced unto Joseph, he received his parents unto him,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and said, Enter ye into Egypt, by GOD'S favor, in full security.}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The injury they did Benjamin 
was the separating him from his brother; after which they kept him in so great subjection, that he durst not speak to them but with the utmost submission.  Some say that these words were occasioned by a letter which Joseph\rquote 
s brethren delivered to him from their father, requesting the releasement of Benjamin, and by their representing his extreme affliction at the loss of him and his brother.  The commentators observe that Joseph, to excuse his brethren\rquote 
s behaviour towards him, attributes it to their ignorance, and the heat of youth.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  They say this question was not the effect of a bare suspicion that he was Joseph, but that they actually knew him, either by his face and behaviour, or by his foreteeth, which he showed in smiling, or else by putting off his }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 tiara}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and discovering a whitish mole on his forehead.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Which the commentators generally suppose to be the same garment with which Gabriel invested him in the well; which having originally come from paradise, had preserved the odour of that place, and
 was of so great virtue as to cure any distemper in the person who was touched with it.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This was the odour of the garment above mentioned, brought by the wind to Jacob, who smelt it, as is pretended, at the distance of eighty parasangs;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or, as others will have, three, or eight days\rquote  journey off.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Being led into this imagination by the excessive love of Joseph.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., Judah, who, as he had formerly grieved his father by bringing him Joseph\rquote s coat stained with blood, now rejoiced him as much by b
eing the bearer of this vest, and the news of Joseph\rquote s prosperity.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Deferring it, as some fancy, till he should see Joseph, and have his consent.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., His father and Leah, his mother\rquote s sister, whom he looked on as his mother after Rachel\rquote s death.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab Al Beid\'e2
wi tells us that Joseph sent carriages and provisions for his father and his family; and that he and the king of Egypt went forth to meet them.  He adds that the number of the children of Israel who entered Egypt with him was seventy-two; and tha
t when they were led out thence by Moses, they were increased to six hundred thousand five hundred and seventy men and upwards, besides the old people and children.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 4  Idem.\tab \tab 5  Jallalo\rquote ddin.
\par 6  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 7  Idem.  See Gen. xxxvii. 10.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \page And he raised his parents to the seat of state, and they, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 together with his brethren}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , fell down and did obeisance unto him.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And he said, O my father, this is the interpretation of my vision, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 which I saw}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  heretofore: now hath 
my LORD rendered it true.  And he hath surely been gracious unto me, since he took me forth from the prison, and hath brought you hither from the desert; after that the devil had sown discord between me any my brethren: for my LORD is gracious unto whom h
e pleaseth; and he }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the knowing, the wise }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par      O LORD, thou hast given me }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a part}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the kingdom, and hast taught me the interpretation of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 dark}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 sayings.  The Creator of heaven and earth! thou art my protector in this world, and in that which is to come: make me to die a Moslem, and join me with the righteous.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      This is a secret history which we reveal unto thee, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O Mohammed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , although thou wast not present with the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 brethren of Joseph}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , when they concerted their design, and contrived a plot }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 against him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  But the greater part of men, although they earnestly desire it, will not believe.
\par      Thou shalt not demand of them any reward for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thy publishing the Koran;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  it is no other than an admonition unto all creatures.
\par      And how many signs soever }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 there be of the being, unity, and providence of God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , in the heavens and the earth; they will pass by them, and will retire afar off from them.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And the greater part of them believe not in GOD, without being also guilty of idolatry.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Do they not believe that some overwhelming }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 affliction}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 shall fall on them, as a punishment from GOD; or that the hour }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of judgment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall overtake them suddenly, when they consider not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 its approach?}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      Say }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto those of Mecca}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , This is my way: I invite }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 you}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto GOD, by an evident demonstration; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 both}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  I and he who followeth me; and, praise be unto GOD! I am not an idolater.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We sent not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 any apostles }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 before thee, except men, unto whom we revealed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 our will, and whom we chose}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  out of those who dwelt in cities.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Will they not go throu
gh the earth, and see what hath been the end of those who have preceded them?  But the dwelling of the next life shall surely be better for those who fear }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
.  Will they not therefore understand?
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 110\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Their predecessors were borne with for a time}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , until, when }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  apostles despaired }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of their conversion}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and they thought that they were liars, our help came unto them, and we delivered whom we pleased; but our vengeance was not turned away from the wicked people.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily in the histories of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the prophets and their people}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, there is an instructive example unto those who are endued with understanding.  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 The Koran}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  is not a new invented fiction: but a confirmation of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 those scriptures}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 have been revealed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  before it, and a distinct explication of everything }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 necessary in respect either to faith or practice}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and a direction and mercy unto people who believe.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   A transposition is supposed to be in these words, and that he seated his father and mother after they had bowed down to him, and not before.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Moham
medan authors write that Jacob dwelt in Egypt twenty-four years, and at his death ordered his body to be buried in Palestine by his father, which Joseph took care to perform; and then returning into Egypt, died twenty-three years after.  They add that suc
h high disputes arose among the Egyptians concerning his burial, that they had like to have come to blows; but at length they agreed to put his body into a marble coffin, and to sink it in the Nile\endash 
out of a superstitious imagination, that it might help the regular increase of the river, and deliver them from famine for the future; but when Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt, he took up the coffin, and carried Joseph\rquote 
s bones with him into Canaan, where he buried them by his ancestors.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For this crime M
ohammed charges not only on the idolatrous Meccans, but also on the Jews and Christians, as has been already observed more than once.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  And not of the inhabitants of the deserts; because the former are more knowing and compassionate, and the latter more ignorant and hard-hearted.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Idem.  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. I. p. 24.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page   }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER XIII.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THUNDER;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      AL. M. R.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   These are the signs of the book }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the Koran:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and that which hath been sent down unto thee from thy LORD is the truth; but the greater part of men will not believe.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD who hath raised the heavens without visible pillars; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  then ascended his throne, and compelled the sun and the moon to perform their services; every }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the heavenly bodies}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  runneth an appointed course.  He ordereth }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 all}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  things.  He showeth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  signs distinctly, that ye may be assured ye must meet your LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 at the last day.

\par }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      It is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  he who hath stretched forth the earth, and placed therein steadfast }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 mountains}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, and rivers; and hath ordained therein of every fruit two }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 different}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  kinds.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  He causeth the night to cover the day.  Herein are certain signs unto people who consider.
\par      And in the earth are tracts }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of land of different natures,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  though}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 bordering on each other; and also vineyards, and seeds, and palm-trees springing several from the same root, and singly from distinct roots.  They are watered with the same water, yet we render some of them more excellent than other
s to eat.  Herein are surely signs unto people who understand.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      If thou dost wonder }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 at the infidels denying the resurrection}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , surely wonderful is their saying, After we shall have been }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 reduced to}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  dust, shall we }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be restored}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in a new creature?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      These are they who believe not in their LORD: these }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall have}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 collars on their necks,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and these }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the inhabitants of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hell}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  fire: therein shall they abide for ever.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This word occurs in the next page.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, according to some copies, at Medina.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The meaning of these letters is unknown.  Of several conjectural explications which are given of them, the following is one: }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
I am the most wise and knowing}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As sweet and sour, black and white, small and large, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some tracts being fruitful and others barren, some plain and others mountainous, some proper for corn and others for trees, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 collar}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 here mentioned is an engine something like a pillory, but light enough for the criminal to walk about with.  Besides the hole to fix it on the neck, there is another for one of the hands, which is thereby fastened to the neck.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   And in this manner the Mohammedans suppose the reprobates will appear at the day of judgment.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Some understand this passage figuratively, of the infidels being bound in the chains of error and obstinacy.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Vide Chardin, Voy. de Perse, tom. ii. p. 220.\tab \tab 4  See cap. 5, p. 81.
\par 5  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 They will ask of thee to hasten evil rather than good:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  although there have already been examples }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
of the divine vengeance}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  before them.  Thy LORD is surely endued with indulgence towards men, notwithstanding their iniquity; but thy LORD is also severe in punishing.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      The infidels say, Unless a sign be sent down unto him from his LORD, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 we will not believe}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  Thou art }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 commissioned to be}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a preacher only, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and not a worker of miracles:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and unto every people }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hath}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a director }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 been appointed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      GOD knoweth what every female beareth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in her womb;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and what the wombs want or exceed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of their due time, or number of young}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
.  With him is everything }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 regulated}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  according to a }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 determined}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  measure.
\par 10\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 He}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  knoweth that which is hidden, and that which is revealed.  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 He is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the great, the most high.
\par      He among you who concealeth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  words, and he who proclaimeth them in public; he also who seeketh to hide himself in the night, and he who goeth forth openly in the day, is equal }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in respect to the knowledge of God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Each of them hath }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 angels}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  mutually succeeding each other, before him, and behind him; they watch him by the command of GOD.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Verily GOD will not change }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 his grace}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which is in men, until they change the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 disposition}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 in their souls }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by sin}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  When GOD willeth evil on a people there shall be none to avert it; neither shall they have any protector beside him.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  he who causeth the lightning to appear unto you, to }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 strike}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  fear, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to raise}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  hope,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and who formeth the pregnant clouds.
\par      The thunder celebrateth his praise,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and the angels }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , for fear of him.  He sendeth his thunderbolts, and striketh there
with whom he pleaseth, while they dispute concerning GOD;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for he is mighty in power.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  ought of right to be invoked; and the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 idols}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , which they invoke besides him, shall not hear them at all; otherwise than as he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is heard, }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who stretcheth fo
rth his hands to the water that it may ascend to his mouth, when it cannot ascend }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thither:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the supplication of the unbelievers is utterly erroneous.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Whatsoever is in heaven and on earth worshippeth GOD, voluntarily or of force;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and their shadows }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 also}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , morning and evening.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, Who is the LORD of heaven and earth?  Answer, GOD.  Say, Have ye, therefore, taken }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto yourselves}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  protectors beside him, who are unable either to help, or to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 defend}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  themselves from hurt?  Say, Shall the blind and the seei
ng be esteemed equal? or shall darkness and light be accounted the same? or have they attributed companions unto GOD who have created as he hath created, so that their creation bear any resemblance unto his?  Say, GOD is the creator of all things; he is t
he one, the victorious }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Provoking and daring thee to call down the divine vengeance on them for their impenitency.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 56.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Thunder and lightning being the sign of approaching rain; a great blessing, in the eastern countries more especially.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or causeth those who hear it to praise him.  Some commentators tell us that by the word }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 thunder}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, in this place, is meant the angel who presides over the clouds, and drives them forwards with twisted sheets of fire.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage was revealed on the following occasion:  Amer Ebn al Tofail and Arbad Ebn Rab\'eeah, the brother of Lab\'ee
d, went to Mohammed with an intent to kill him; and Amer began to dispute with him concerning the chief points of his doctrine, while Arbad, t
aking a compass, went behind him to dispatch him with his sword; but the prophet, perceiving his design, implored GOD\rquote 
S protection; whereupon Arbad was immediately struck dead by thunder, and Amer was struck with a pestilential boil, of which he died in a short time, in a miserable condition.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab Jallalo\rquote ddin, however, tells another story saying that Mohammed, having sent one to invite a certain man to embrace his religion, the person put this question to the missionary, }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
Who is this apostle, and what is }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 God?}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261   Is he of gold, or of silver, or of brass?}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261   Upon which a thunderbolt struck off his skull, and killed him.
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The infidels and devils themselves being constrained to humble themselves before him, though against their will, when they are delivered up to punishment.

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  This is an allusion to the increasing and diminishing of the shadows, according to the height of the sun; so that, when they are the longest, which is in the morning and the evening, they appear prostrate on the ground, in the posture of adoration.}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 6  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 7  Al Beid\'e2wi.  Vide Golii. not. in Adagia Arab. adject. ad Gram Erpenii, p. 99.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 He causeth water to descend from heaven, and the brooks flow according to their }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 respective }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 measure, and the floods bear the floating froth: and from }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the metals}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which they melt in the fire, seeking }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to cast}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  ornaments or vessels }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for use, there ariseth}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a scum like unto it.  Thus GOD setteth forth truth and vanity.  But the scum is thrown off, and that which is useful to mankind remaineth on the earth.  Thus doth GOD put forth parables.  Unto those who obey their LORD }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be given}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the most excellent }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 reward:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 but those who obey him not, although they were possessed of whatever is in the whole earth and as much more, they would give it }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 all}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for th
eir ransom.  These will be brought to a terrible account: their abode }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  hell; an unhappy couch }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall it be!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      Shall he, therefore, who knoweth that what hath been sent down unto thee from thy LORD, is truth, be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 rewarded}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  as he who is blind?  The prudent only will consider;
\par 20\tab who fulfil the covenant of GOD, and break not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  contract;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and who join that which GOD hath commanded to be joined,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 who}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 fear their LORD, and dread an ill account;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and who persevere out of a }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 sincere}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  desire to 
please their LORD, and observe the stated times of prayer, and give alms out of what we have bestowed on them, in secret and openly, and who turn away evil with good: the reward of these }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 paradise,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      gardens of eternal abode,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which they shall enter, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 whoever shall have acted uprightly, of their fathers, and their wives, and their posterity: and the angels shall go in unto them by every gate,
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Peace be upon you, because ye have endured with patience; how excellent a reward is paradise!
\par      But as for those who violate the covenant of GOD, after the establishment thereof, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 cut in sunder that which GOD hath commanded to be joined, and act corruptly in the earth, on them shall a curse }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 fall}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and they shall have a miserable dwelling }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in hell
}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      GOD giveth provision in abundance unto whom he pleaseth, and is sparing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto whom he pleaseth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Those of Mecca}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 rejoice in the present life; although the present life, in respect of the future, is but a }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 precarious }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 provision.
\par      The infidels say, Unless a sign be sent down unto him from his LORD, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 we will not believe}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
.  Answer, Verily, GOD will lead into error whom he pleaseth, and will direct unto himself him who repenteth,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  those who believe, and whose hearts rest securely in the meditation of GOD; shall not }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men's}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  hearts rest securely in the meditation of GOD?  They who believe and do that which is right }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall enjoy}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  blessedness, and }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 partake of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a happy resurrection.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By believing in all the prophets, without exception, and joining thereto the continual practice of their duty, both towards GOD and man.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 gardens of}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  Eden.  See chapter 9, p. 143.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin, Yahya.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Thus have we sent thee to a nation which }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  nations have preceded }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto whom prophets have likewise been sent}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , that thou mayest rehearse unto them that which we have revealed unto thee, even while they believe not in the merciful }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  Say }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto them}
{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , He is my LORD; there is no GOD but he: in him do I trust, and unto him must I return.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 30\tab Though a Koran }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 were revealed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  by which mountains should be removed, or the earth cleaved in sunder, or the dead be caused to speak,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it would be in vain.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   But the matter }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 wholly unto GOD.  Do not, therefore, the believers know, that if GOD pleased, he would certainly direct all men?
\par      Adversity shall not cease to afflict the unbelievers for that which they have committed, or to sit down near their habitations,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  until GOD'S promise come;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for GOD is not contrary to the promise.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Apostles before thee have been laughed to scorn; and I permitted the infidels to enjoy a long and happy life: but afterwards I punished them; and how }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 severe}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 was the punishment which I }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 inflicted on them!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Who is it, therefore, that standeth over every soul, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to observe}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 that which it committeth?  They attribute companions unto GOD.  Say, Name them: will ye declare unto him that which he knoweth not in the earth? or }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will ye name them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 in outward speech only?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   But the deceitful procedure of the infidels was prepared for them; and they are turned aside from the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 right}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  path: for he whom GOD shall cause to err, shall have no director.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They shall suffer a punishment in this life; but the punishment of the next shall be more grievous: and there shall be none to protect them against GOD.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 This is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the description of paradise, which is promised to the pious.  It is watered by rivers; its food is perpetual, and its shade }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 also:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  this shall be the reward of those who fear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  But the reward of the infidels shall be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Those to whom we have given the scriptures, rejoice at what hath been revealed unto thee.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Yet }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  some of the confederates who deny part thereof.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Say }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Verily I am commanded to worship GOD alone; and to give him no companion: upon him do I call, and unto him shall I return.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These are miracles which the Koreish required of Mohammed; demanding that he would, by the power of his Kor\'e2
n, either remove the mountains from about Mecca, that they might have delicious gardens in their room, or that he would oblige the wind to transport them, with their merchandise, to Syria (according to which tradition, the words here translated, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 or the earth cleaved in sunder}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , should be rendered, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 or the earth be travelled over}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  in an instant); or e
lse raise to life Kosai Ebn Kel\'e2b,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and others of their ancestors, to bear witness to him; whereupon this passage was revealed.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is supposed by some that these words are spoken to Mohammed, and then they must be translated in the second person, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Nor shall thou cease to sit down}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, &c.  For they say this verse relates to the idolaters of Mecca, who were afflicted with a series of misfortunes for their ill-usage of their prophet, and were also continually annoyed and harassed by his parties, which frequent
ly plundered their caravans and drove off their cattle, himself sitting down with his whole army near the city in the expedition of al Hodeib\'eeya.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Till death and the day of judgment overtake them; or, according to the exposition in the preceding 
note, until the taking of Mecca.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, calling them the companion of GOD, without being able to assign any reason, or give any proof why they deserve to be sharers in the honour and worship due from mankind to him.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., The first proselytes to Mohammedism from Judaism and Christianity; or the Jews and Christians in general, who were pleased to find the Kor\'e2n so consonant to their own scriptures.
}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  That is, such of them as had entered into a confederacy to oppose Mohammed; as did Caab Ebn al Ashraf, and the Jews who followed him, and al Seyid al Najr\'e2ni, al Akib, and several other Christians; who denied such parts of the Kor\'e2
n as contradicted their corrupt doctrines and traditions.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See cap. 8, p. 128, note }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 .\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  Idem.\tab \tab 5  See cap. 3, p. 52.\tab \tab 6  Idem.}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 To this purpose have we sent down }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the Koran}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 rule of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 judgment, in the Arabic language.  And verily, if thou follow their desires, after the knowledge which hath been given thee, there shall be none to defend or protect thee against GOD.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We have formerly sent apostles before thee, and bestowed on them wives and children;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and no apostle had }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the power}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to come with a sign, unless by the permission of GOD.  Every age hath its book }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of revelation}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 :
\par      GOD shall abolish and shall confirm }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 what he pleaseth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  With him is the original of the book.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 40\tab Moreover, whether we cause thee to see any part of that }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 punishment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wherewith we have threatened them, or whether we cause thee to die }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 before it be inflicted on them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , verily unto thee }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  preaching }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 only}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, but unto us inquisition.
\par      Do they not see that we come into }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  land, and straighten the borders thereof, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by the conquests of the true believers?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
  When GOD judgeth, there is none to reverse his judgment: and he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  swift in taking an account.
\par      Their predecessors formerly devised subtle plots }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 against their prophets;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 but GOD is master of every subtle device.  He knoweth that which every soul deserveth: and the infidels shall surely know, whose will be the reward of paradise.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      The unbelievers}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  will say, Thou art not sent }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of God}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  Answer, GOD is a sufficient witness between me and you, and he who understandeth the scriptures.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As we have on thee.  This passage was revealed in answer to the reproach
es which were cast on Mohammed, on account of the great number of his wives.  For the Jews said that if he was a true prophet, his care and attention would be employed about something else than women and the getting of children.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It may be observed that it is a maxim of the Jews that nothing is more repugnant to prophecy than carnality.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the mother of the book}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ; by which is meant }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the preserved table}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , from which all the written revelations which have been from time to time published to mankind, according to the several dispensations, are transcripts.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The persons intended in this passage, it is said, were the Jewish doctors.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 7  Jallalo\rquote ddin, Yahya.\tab \tab 8  Vide Maimon. More Nev. part ii. c. 36, &c.\tab \tab 9  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page   }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER XIV.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, ABRAHAM;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      AL. R.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 This}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 book have we sent down unto thee, that thou mayest lead men forth from darkness into light, by the permission of their LORD, into the glorious and laudable way.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is he}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto whom }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 whatsoever is in heaven and on earth: and woe be to the infidels, because a grievous punishment }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 waiteth them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      who love the present life above that which is to come, and turn }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  aside from the way of GOD, and seek to render it crooked: these are in an error far distant }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
from the truth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We have sent no apostle but with the language of his people, that he might declare }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their duty}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  plainly unto them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for GOD causeth to err whom he pleaseth, and directeth whom he pleaseth; and he is the mighty, the wise.
\par      We formerly sent Moses with our signs, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and commanded him saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Lead forth thy people from darkness into light, and remind them of the favors of GOD:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  verily therein }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  signs unto every patient }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  grateful person.
\par      And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 call to mind}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 when Moses said unto his people, Remember the favor of GOD towards you, when he delivered you from the people of Pharaoh: they grievously oppressed you; and they slew your male children, but let your females live:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  therein was a great trial from your LORD.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And when your LORD declared }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by the mouth of Moses, saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , If ye be thankful, I will surely increase }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 my favors towards}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  you; but if ye be ungrateful, verily my punishment }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  severe.
\par      And Moses said, If ye be ungrateful, and all who are in the earth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 likewise;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  verily GOD needeth not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 your thanks, though}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 he deserveth the highest praise.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Hath not the history of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the nations}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  your predecessors reached you; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 namely}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, of the people of Noah, and of Ad, and of Thamud,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 10\tab and of those who succeeded them; whose }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 number}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 none knoweth except GOD?  Their apostles came unto them with evident }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 miracles;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  but they clapped their hands to their mouths }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 out of indignation}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and said, We do not believe }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the message}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with which ye }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 pretend to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  be sent; and we are in a doubt concerning the 
}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 religion}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to which ye invite us, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as justly to be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  suspected.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Mention is made of this patriarch towards the end of the chapter.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. III p. 46, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That so they might not only perfectly and readily understand those revelations themselves, but might also be able to translate and interpret them unto others.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1
}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the days of}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD; which may also be translated, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the battles of }{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 GOD (the Arabs using the word }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 day}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  to signify a remarkable engagement, as the Italians do }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 giornata}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and the French, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 journ\'e9e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ), or his wonderful acts manifested in the various success of former nations in their wars.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 7, p. 117, &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See ibid. p. 111, &c.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab \tab 2  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Their apostles answered, Is there any doubt concerning GOD, the creator of heaven and earth?  He inviteth you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to the true faith}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 that he may forgive you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 part}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of your sins,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and may respite }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
your punishment, by granting you space to repent}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , until an appointed time.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They answered, Ye are but men, like unto us: ye seek to turn us aside from }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the gods}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which our fathers worshipped: wherefore bring us an evident demonstration }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by some miracle, that ye speak truth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Their apostles replied unto them, We are no other than men like unto you; but GOD is bountiful unto such of his servants as he pleaseth: and it is not in our }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 power}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 to give you a miraculous demonstration }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of our mission}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      unless by the permission of GOD; in GOD therefore let the faithful trust.
\par      And what }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 excuse}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  have we }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to allege}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, that we should not put our trust in GOD; since he hath directed us our paths?  Wherefore we will certainly suffer with patience the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 persecution}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 wherewith ye shall afflict us: in GOD therefore let those put their confidence who }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 seek in whom to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  put their trust.
\par      And those who believed not said unto their apostles, We will surely expel you out of our land; or ye shall return unto our religion.  And their LORD spake unto them by revelation, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, We will surely destroy the wicked doers;
\par      and we will cause you to dwell in the earth, after them.  This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be granted}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto him who shall dread }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the appearance at}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 my tribunal, and shall fear my threatening.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And they asked assistance }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and every rebellious perverse person failed of success.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Hell }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 lieth unseen}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  before him, and he shall have filthy water}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  given him to drink:
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 20\tab he shall sup it up by little and little, and he shall not easily let it pass his throat }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 because of its nauseousness;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  death also shall come upon
 him from every quarter, yet he shall not die; and before him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall there stand prepared}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a grievous torment.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 This is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the likeness of those who believe not in their LORD.  Their works are as ashes, which the wind violently scattereth in a stormy day: they shall not be able to }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 obtain }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 any}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  solid advantage}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  from that which they have wrought.  This is an error most distant }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from truth}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Dost thou not see that GOD hath created the heavens and the earth in wisdom?  If he please, he can destroy you, and produce a new creature }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in your stead:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      neither will this be difficult with GOD.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And they shall all come forth into }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the presence of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 at the last day:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and the weak among them shall say unto those who behaved themselves arrogantly,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Verily we were your followers }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 on earth;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 will ye not therefore avert from us }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 some part}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the divine vengeance?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall answer}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , If GOD had directed us }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
aright, we had certainly directed you}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is equal unto us whether we bear }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 our torments}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 impatiently, or whether we endure }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with patience: }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  we have no way to escape.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, such of them as were committed directly against GOD, which are immediately cancelled by faith, or embracing Isl\'e2
m; but not the crimes of injustice, and oppression, which were committed against man:}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  for to obtain remission of these last, besides faith, repentance and restitution, according to a man\rquote 
s ability, are also necessary.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators are uncertain whether these were the prophets, who begged assistance against their enemies; or the infidels, who called for GOD\rquote 
S decision between themselves and them; or both.  And some suppose this verse has no connection with the preceding, but is spoken of the people of Mecca, who begged rain in a great drought with which they were afflict
ed at the prayer of their prophet, but could not obtain it.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which will issue from the bodies of the damned, mixed with purulent matter and blood.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , The more simple and inferior people shall say to their teachers and princes who seduced them to
 idolatry, and confirmed them in their obstinate infidelity.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  That is, We made the same choice for you, as we did for ourselves: and had not GOD permitted us to fall into error, we had not seduced you.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And Satan shall say, after judgment shall have been given, Verily GOD promised you a promise of truth: and I }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 made you a promise; but I deceived you.  Yet I had not any power over you }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to compel you;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      but I called you only, and ye answered me: wherefore accuse not me, but accuse yourselves.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   I cannot assist you; neither can ye assist me.  Verily I do }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 now}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  renounce your having associated me }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  heretofore.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  A grievous punishment is }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 prepared}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for the unjust.
\par      But they who shall have believed and wrought righteousness shall be introduced into gardens, wherein rivers flow, they shall remain therein }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 forever}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, by the permission of their LORD; and their salutation therein }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Peace!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Dost thou not see how GOD putteth forth a parable; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 representing}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a good word, as a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in the earth}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and whose branches }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 reach}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto heaven;
\par 30\tab which bringeth forth its fruit in all seasons, by the will of its LORD?  GOD propoundeth parables unto men, that they may be instructed.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And the likeness of an evil word is as an evil tree; which is torn up from the face of the earth, and hath no stability.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      GOD shall confirm them who believe, by the steadfast word }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of faith, both}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in this life and in that which is to come:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but GOD shall lead the wicked into error; for GOD doth that which he pleaseth.
\par      Hast thou not considered those who have changed the grace of GOD to infidelity,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and cause their people to descend into the house of perdition,
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 namely, into}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  hell?  They shall be thrown to burn therein; and an unhappy dwelling }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall it be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      They also set up idols as co-partners with GOD, that they might cause }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to stray from his path.  Say, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Enjoy }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the pleasures of this life for a time;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  but your departure }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hence}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall be into }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 fire.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Speak unto my servants who have believed, that they be assiduous at prayer, and give alms out of that which we have bestowed on them, }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 both}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  privately and in public; before the day cometh, wherein there shall be no buying nor selling, neither any friendship.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Lay not the blame on my temptations, but blame your own folly in obeying and trusting in me, who had openly professed myself your irreconcilable enemy.

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or I do now declare myself clear of your having obeyed me, preferably to GOD, and worshipped idols at my instigation.  Or the words may be translated, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
I believed not heretofore in that Being with whom ye did associate me;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  intimating his first disobedience in refusing to worship Adam at GOD\rquote S command.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 10, p. 151.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   What is particularly intended in this passage by the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 good word}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 evil word}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , the expositors differ.  But the first seems to mean the profession of GOD\rquote S unity; the inviting others to the true religion, or the Kor\'e2n itself; and the latter, the acknowle
dging a plurality of gods, the seducing of others to idolatry, or the obstinate opposition of GOD\rquote S prophets.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Jallalo\rquote ddin supposes the sepulchre to be here understood; in which place when the true believers come to be examined by the two angels conce
rning their faith, they will answer properly and without hesitation; which the infidels will not be able to do.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  That is, who requite his favours with disobedience and incredulity.  Or, whose ingratitude obliged GOD to deprive them of the blessings he 
had bestowed on them; as he did the Meccans, who though GOD had placed them in the sacred territory, and given them the custody of the Caaba, and abundant provision of all necessaries and conveniences of life, and had also honoured them by the mission of 
M
ohammed, yet in return for all this became obstinate unbelievers, and persecuted his apostle; for which they were not only punished by a famine of seven years, but also by the loss and disgrace they sustained at Bedr; so that they who had before been cele
brated for their prosperity, were not stripped of that, and become conspicuous only for their infidelity.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  If this be the drift of the passage, it could not have been revealed at Mecca, as the rest of the chapter is agreed to be; wherefore some suppose this verse and the next to have been revealed at Medina.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 3  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 59.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 It is GOD who hath created the heavens and the earth; and causeth water to descend from heaven, and by means thereof produceth fruits for your sustenance: and by his command he obligeth}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the ships to sail in the sea for your service; and he also forceth the rivers to supply your uses: he likewise compelleth the sun and the moon, which diligently perform th
eir courses, to serve you; and hath subjected the day and the night to your service.  He giveth you of everything which ye ask him; and if ye }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 attempt to}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 reckon up the favors of GOD, ye shall not be able to compute the same.  Surely man is unjust }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  ungrateful.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Remember}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when Abraham said, O LORD, make this land}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a place}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of security; and grant that I and my children}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  may avoid the worship of idols;
\par      for they, O LORD, have seduced a great number of men.  Whoever therefore shall follow me, he }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of me; and whosoever shall disobey me, verily thou }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 wilt be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  gracious }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 40\tab O LORD, I have caused }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 some}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of my offspring}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 to settle in an unfruitful valley, near the holy house, O LORD, that they may be constant at prayer.  Grant, therefore, that the hearts of some men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 may be affected with kindness toward them; and do thou bestow on them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 all sorts}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of fruits,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that they may give thanks.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      O LORD, thou knowest whatsoever we conceal, and whatsoever we publish; for nothing is hidden from GOD, eithe
r on earth or in heaven.  Praise be unto GOD, who hath given me, in my old age, Israel and Isaac: for my LORD is the hearer of supplication.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O LORD, grant that I may be an observer of prayer, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a part }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of my posterity }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  O LORD, and receive my supplication.  O LORD, forgive me, and my parents,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and the faithful, on the day whereon an account shall be taken.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Think not, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O prophet}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , that GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 regardless of what the ungodly do.  He only deferreth their }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 punishment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto the day whereon }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men's}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  eyes shall be fixed:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The word used here, and in the following sentences, is }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 sakhkhara}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which signifies }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 forcibly to press into any service}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ., The territory of Mecca.  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This prayer, it seems, was not heard as to al
l his posterity, particularly as to the descendants of Ismael; though some pretend that these latter did not worship images, but only paid a superstitious veneration to certain stones, which they set up and compassed, as representations of the Caaba.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, by disposing him to repentance.  But Jallalo\rquote ddin supposes these words were spoken by Abraham before he knew that GOD would not pardon idolatry.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Ismael and his posterity.  The Mohammedans say, that Hagar, his mother, belonged to Sarah, w
ho gave her to Abraham; and that, on her bearing him this son, Sarah became so jealous of her, that she prevailed on her husband to turn them both out of doors; whereupon he sent them to the territory of Mecca, where GOD caused the fountain of Zemzem to s
pring forth for their relief, in consideration of which the Jorhamites, who were the masters of the country, permitted them to settle among them.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Had he said the hearts of men, absolutely, the Persians and the Romans would also have treated them as fri
ends; and both the Jews and Christians would have made their pilgrimages to Mecca.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This part of the prayer was granted; Mecca being so plentifully supplied, that the fruits of spring, summer, and autumn, are to be found there at one and the same time.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For he knew by revelation that somme of them would be infidels.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Abraham put up this petition to GOD before he knew that his parents were the enemies of GOD.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some suppose his mother was a true believer, and therefore read it in the singular, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 and my father}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  Others fancy that by his }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 parents}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  the patriarch here means Adam and Eve.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See chapter 2, p. 17, note }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 .\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. I. p. 13-16.\tab \tab 3  Idem.
\par 4  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 5  Idem.\tab \tab 6  See chapter 9, p. 148.\tab \tab \tab 7  Jallalo\rquote ddin, Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 they shall hasten forward, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 at the voice of the angel calling to judgment}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and shall lift up their heads; they shall not be able to turn their sight }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from the object whereon it shall be fixed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and their hearts shall be void }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of sense, through excessive terror}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  Wherefore do thou threaten men with the day, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 whereon their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  punishment shall be inflicted on them,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 whereon}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 those who have acted unjustly shall say, O LORD, give us respite unto a term near at hand;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  we will obey thy call, and we will follow }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thy }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 apostles.  }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 But it shall be answered unto them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Did ye not swear heretofore, that no reverse should befall you?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      yet ye dwelt in the dwellings of those who had treated their own souls unjustly;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and it appeared plainly unto you how we had dwelt with them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we propounded }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their destruction as}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  examples unto you.  They employ their utmost subtlety }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to oppose the truth;}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but their subtlety }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is apparent}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto GOD, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 who is able to frustrate their designs;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 although their subtlety were }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 so great}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , that the mountains might be moved thereby.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Think not, therefore, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O prophet}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , that GOD will be contrary to his promise }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of assistance, made}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 unto his apostles; for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  mighty, able to avenge.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      The day }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will come, when}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the earth shall be changed into another earth, and the heavens }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 into other heavens;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and men shall come forth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from their graves to appear}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  before the only, the mighty GOD.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 50\tab And thou shalt see the wicked on that day bound together in fetters:
\par      their inner garments shall be of pitch, and fire shall cover their faces; that GOD may reward every soul according to what it shall have deserved; for GOD is swift in taking an account.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      This is a sufficient admonition unto men, that they may be warned thereby, and that 
they may know that there is but one GOD; and that those who are endued with understanding may consider.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, That ye should not taste of death, but continue in this world for ever; or that ye should not after death be raised to judgment.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ., Of the Adites and Tham\'fbdites.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Not only by the histories of those people revealed in the Kor\'e2n, but also by the monuments remaining of them (as the houses of the Tham\'fb
dites, and the traditions preserved among you of the terrible judgments which befell them.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  This the Mohammedans suppose will come to pass at the last day; the earth becoming white and even, or, as some will have it, of silver; and the heavens of gold.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Iidem, Al Zamakhshari, Yahya.\tab \tab 2  Iidem.  Vide Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV, p. 67.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page   }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER XV.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, AL HEJR;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      A. L. R.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   These are the signs of the book, and of the perspicuous Koran.
\par      The time may come when the unbelievers shall wish that they had been Moslems.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Suffer them to eat, and to enjoy themselves }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in this world; }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and let hope entertain them, but they shall hereafter know }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their folly}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We have not destroyed any city, but a fixed term }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of repentance was}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  appointed them.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      No nation shall be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 punished}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  before their time }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be come;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  neither shall they be respited }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 after}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 The Meccans}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  say, O thou to whom the admonition}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 hath been sent down, thou art certainly possessed with a devil:
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      wouldest thou not have come unto us with }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 an attendance of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  angels, if thou hadst spoken truth?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Answer}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , We send not down the angels, unless on a just occasion;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 nor should they be then respited any longer.
\par      We have surely sent down the Koran; and we will certainly preserve the same }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from corruption}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 10\tab We have heretofore sent }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 apostles}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  before thee among the ancient sects:
\par      and there came no apostle unto them, but they laughed him to scorn.
\par      In the same manner will we put it into the hearts of the wicked }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Meccans to scoff at their prophet:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      they shall not believe on him; and the sentence of the nations of old hath been executed heretofore.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      If we should open a gate in the heaven above them, and they should ascend thereto}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  all the day long,
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      they should rather say, Our eyes are only dazzled; or rather we are a people deluded by enchantments.
\par      We have placed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the twelve}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  signs in the heaven, and have set them out }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in various figures}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
the observation of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  spectators:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and we guard them from every devil}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  driven away with stones;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Al Hejr is a territory in the province of Hejaz, between Medina and Syria, where the tribe of Tham\'fbd dwelt;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and is mentioned towards the end of the chapter.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. III. p. 46, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ., When they shall see the success and prosper
ity of the true believers; or when they shall come to die; or at the resurrection.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , The revelations which compose the Kor\'e2n.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   When the divine wisdom shall judge it proper to use their ministry, as in bearing his revelations to the prophets, and
 the executing his sentence on wicked people; but not to humour you with their appearance in visible shapes, which, should your demand be complied with, would only increase your confusion, and bring GOD\rquote S vengeance on you the sooner.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. IV. p. 57.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , The incredulous Meccans themselves; or, as others rather think, the angels in visible forms.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For the Mohammedans imagine that the devils endeavour to ascend to the constellations, to pry into the actions and overhear the discou
rse of the inhabitants of heaven, and to tempt them.  They also pretend that these evil spirits had the liberty of entering any of the heavens till the birth of JESUS, when they were excluded three of them; but that on the birth of Mohammed they were forb
idden the other four.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 3, p. 35, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 1  See the Prelim. Disc. p. 4.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 except him who listeneth by stealth, at whom a visible flame is darted.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We have also spread forth the earth, and thrown thereon stable }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 mountains}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and we have caused every kind of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 vegetable}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to spring forth in the same, according to a determinate weight:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 20\tab and we have provided therein necessaries of life for you, and for him whom ye do not sustain.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      There is no one thing but the storehouses thereof are in our hands; and we distribute not the same }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 otherwise}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  than in a determinate measure.
\par      We also send the winds driving the pregnant clouds, and we send down from heaven water, whereof we give you to drink, and which ye keep not in store.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Verily we give life, and we put to death: and we are the heirs }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of all things}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      We know those among you who go before; and we know those who stay behind.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And thy LORD shall gather them together }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 at the last day:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 knowing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We created man of dried clay, of black mud, formed into shape:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and we had before created the devil of subtle fire.
\par      And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 remember}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  when thy LORD said unto the angels, Verily I am about to create man of dried clay, of black mud, wrought into shape;
\par      when, therefore, I shall have completely formed him, and shall have breathed of my spirit into him; do ye fall down and worship him.
\par 30\tab And all the angels worshipped }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Adam}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  together,
\par      except Eblis, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  refused to be with those who worshipped }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , O Eblis, what }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hindered}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 thee from being with those who worshipped }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Adam?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      He answered, It is not fit that I should worship man, whom thou hast created of dried clay, of black mud, wrought into shape.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, Get thee therefore hence: for thou shalt be driven away with stones:
\par      and a curse }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on thee, until the day of judgment.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 The devil}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, O LORD, Give me respite until the day of resurrection.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  answered, Verily thou shalt be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of those who are respited
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      until the day of the appointed time.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 The devil}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  replied, O LORD, because thou hast seduced me, I will surely tempt them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to disobedience}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 in the earth;
\par 40\tab and I will seduce }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 such }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  thy chosen servants.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said, This is the right way with me.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  my servants, thou shalt have no power over them; but }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 over}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 those only who shall be seduced, and who shall follow thee.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And hell is surely denounced unto them all:}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For when a star seems to fall or sho
ot, the Mohammedans suppose the angels, who keep guard in the constellations, dart them at the devils who approach too near.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
., Your family, servants, and slaves, whom ye wrongly imagine that ye feed yourselves; though it is GOD who provides for them as well as you:}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 or, as some rather think, the animals, of whom men take no care.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Alone surviving, when all creatures shall be dead and annihilated.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   What these words particularly drive at is uncertain.  Some think them spoken of the different times of men\rquote 
s several entrance into this world, and their departure out of it; others of the respective forwardness and backwardness of Mohammed\rquote s men in battle; and a third says, the passage was occasioned by the different behaviour of Mohammed\rquote s fol
lowers, on seeing a very beautiful woman at prayers behind the prophet; some of them going out of the Mosque before her, to avoid looking on her more nearly, and others staying behind, on purpose to view her.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 2, p. 4, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See ibid. and chapter 7, p. 106.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
., The saving of the elect, and the utter reprobation of the wicked, according to my eternal decree.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it hath seven gates; unto every gate a distinct company of them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be assigned}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But those who fear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God shall dwell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in gardens, amidst fountains.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 The angels shall say unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Enter ye therein in peace and security,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and we will remove all grudges from their breasts;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 they shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 as}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  brethren, sitting over against one another}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on couches;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      weariness shall not affect them therein, neither shall they be cast out thence }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 forever}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Declare unto my servants that I am the gracious, the merciful }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 50\tab and that my punishment is a grievous punishment.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And relate unto them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the history}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of Abraham's guests.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      When they went in unto him, and said, Peace }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be unto thee}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      he answered, Verily we are afraid of you:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  they replied, Fear not; we bring thee the promise of a wise son.
\par      He said, Do ye bring me the promise }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of a son}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  now old age hath overtaken me? what is it therefore that ye tell me?
\par      They said, We have told thee the truth; be not therefore one of those who despair.
\par      He answered, And who despaireth of the mercy of GOD, except those who err?
\par      And he said, What is your errand, therefore, O messengers }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of God?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      They answered, Verily we are sent to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 destroy}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a wicked people;
\par 60\tab but }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as for}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the family of Lot, we will save them all,
\par      except his wife; we have decreed that she shall be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of those who remain behind }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be destroyed with the infidels}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And when the messengers came to the family of Lot,
\par      he said }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Verily ye are a people }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unknown }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to me.
\par      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 They answered, But we are come unto thee to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 execute}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  that }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 sentence}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , concerning which }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 your fellow-citizens}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  doubted:
\par      we tell thee }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a certain}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  truth; and we are }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 messengers of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  veracity.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Therefore lead forth thy family, in some time of the night; and do thou follow behind them, and let none of you turn back
; but go whither ye are commanded.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And we gave him this command; because the utmost remnant of those }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 people}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 was to be cut off in the morning.
\par      And the inhabitants of the city came }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto Lot}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , rejoicing at the news }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the arrival of some strangers.
\par      And}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he said }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Verily these are my guests: wherefore do not disgrace me }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by abusing them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 70\tab but fear GOD, and put me not to shame.
\par      They answered, Have we not forbidden thee from }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 entertaining or protecting}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  any man?
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Lot}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  replied, These }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  my daughters: }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 therefore rather make use of them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, if ye }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be resolved to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  do}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  what ye purpose}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      As thou livest they wander in their folly.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Wherefore a terrible storm from heaven assailed them at sunrise,
\par      and we turned }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the city}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  upside down: and we rained on them stones of baked clay.
\par      Verily herein are signs unto }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of sagacity:
\par      and those }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 cities were punished}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 point out}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a right way }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for men to walk in}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily herein is a sign unto the true believers.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 71
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  That is, all hatred and ill-will which they bore each other in their lifetime; or, as some choose to expound it, all envy or heart-burning on account of the different degrees of honour and happiness to which the blessed will be promoted
 according to their respective merits.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Never turning their backs to one another;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  which might be construed a sign of contempt.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 11, p. 165, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   What occasioned Abraham\rquote s apprehension was, either their sudden entering without leave or their coming at an unseasonable time; or else their not eating with him.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which was into Syria; or into Egypt.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some will have these words spoken by the angels to Lot; others, by GOD to Mohammed.
}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See chapter 7, p. 108, note, 7.\tab \tab 2  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 The inhabitants of the wood }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 near Midian}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  were also ungodly.
\par 80\tab Wherefore we took vengeance on them.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And both of them were }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 destroyed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , to serve as a manifest rule }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for men to direct their actions by}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And the inhabitants of Al Hejr}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  likewise heretofore accused the messengers }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of imposture:
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and we produced our signs unto them, but they retired afar off from the same.
\par      And they hewed houses out of the mountains, to secure themselves.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But a terrible noise from heaven assailed them in the morning;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      neither was what they had wrought of any advantage unto them.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We have not created the heavens and the earth, and whatever is }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 contained}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  between them, otherwise than in justice: and the hour }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of judgment}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall surely come.  Wherefore O }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Mohammed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , forgive }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thy people}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with a gracious forgiveness.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily thy LORD is the creator }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of thee and of them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and knoweth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 what is most expedient}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We have already brought unto thee seven }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 verses}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which are }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 frequently to be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  repeated,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and the glorious Koran.
\par      Cast not thine eyes on the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 good things}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which we have bestowed on several of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the unbelievers, so as to covet the same:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  neither be thou grieved on their account.  Behave thyself with meekness towards the true believers;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 90\tab and say, I am a public preacher.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 If they believe not, we will inflict a like punishment on them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , as we have inflicted on the dividers,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      who distinguished the Koran into }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 different}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  parts,
\par      for by thy LORD, we will demand an account from them all of that which they have wrought.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Wherefore publish that which thou hast been commanded, and withdraw from the idolaters.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   To whom Shoaib was also sent, as well as to the inhabitants of Midian.  Abulfeda says these people dwelt near Tab\'fb
c, and that they were not of the same tribe with Shoaib.  See also Geog. Nub. 110.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Destroying them, for their incredulity and disobedience, by a hot suffocating wind.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Who were the tribe of Tham\'fbd.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This verse, it is said, was abrogated by that of the sword.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, the first chapter of the Kor\'e2n, which consists of so many verses: though some suppose the seven long chapters}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 are here intended.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, Do not envy or covet their worldly prosperity, since thou hast received, in the Kor\'e2
n, a blessing, in comparison whereof all that we have bestowed on them ought to be contemned as of no value.  Al Beid\'e2wi mentions a tradition, that Mohammed meeting at Adhri\'e2t (a town of Syria) seven caravans, very richly laden, belonging to some Je
ws of the tribes of Koreidha and al Nad\'eer, his men had a great mind to plunder them, saying, That those riches would be of great service for the propagation of GOD\rquote 
S true religion.  But the prophet represented to them, by this passage, that they had no reason to repine, GOD having given them the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 seven verses}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, which were infinitely more valuable than those seven caravans.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some interpret the original word, the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 obstructers
}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , who hindered men from entering Mecca, to visit the temple, lest they should be persuaded to embrace Isl\'e2m: and this, it is said, was done by ten men, who were all slain at Bedr.  Others translate the word, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 who bound themselves by oath;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and suppose certain Tham\'fbdites, who swore to kill Saleh by night, are here meant.  But the sentence mor
e probably relates to the Jews and Christians, who (say the Mohammedans) receive some part of the scriptures, and reject others; and also approved of some passages of the Kor\'e2
n, and disapproved of others, according to their prejudices; or else to the unbelieving Meccans, some of whom called the Kor\'e2n a piece of witchcraft; others, flights of divination; others, old stories; and others, a poetical composition.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Iidem.\tab \tab 2  See chapter 7, p. 113, &c., and Prel. Disc. p. 5.\tab \tab 3  See chapter 9, p. 134, note }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 .
\par 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 5  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 We will surely take thy part against the scoffers,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      who associate with GOD another god; they shall surely know }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their folly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And now we well know that thou art deeply concerned on account of that which they say;
\par      but do thou celebrate the praise of thy LORD; and be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of those who worship;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and serve thy LORD until death}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall overtake thee.
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 _______
\par 
\par 
\par 
\par CHAPTER XVI.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE BEE;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      THE sentence of GOD will surely come }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be executed;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wherefore do not hasten it.  Praise be unto him! and far be that from him which they associate }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with him!}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      He shall cause the angels to descend with a revelation by his command, unto such of his servants as he pleaseth, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Preach that there is no GOD, except myself; therefore fear me.
\par      He hath created the heavens and the earth, to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 manifest his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  justice; far be that from him which they associate }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with him!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      He hath created man of seed; and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 yet}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  behold he is a professed disputer }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 against the resurrection}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      He hath likewise created the cattle for you; from them ye have wherewith to keep yourselves warm,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 advantages; and of them do ye }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  eat.
\par      And they are likewise a credit unto you,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when ye drive them home }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in the evening}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and when ye lead }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  forth to feed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in the morning:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and they carry your burdens to a }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 distant}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  country, at which ye could not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 otherwise}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  arrive, unless with }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 great}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  difficulty to yourselves; for your LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 compassionate and merciful.
\par      and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 he hath also created}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  horses, and mules, and asses, that ye may ride thereon, and for an ornament }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto you;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 he likewise}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  created }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 other things}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which ye know not.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It appertaineth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto GOD to instruct }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 right}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  way; and }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 there is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  who turneth aside from the same: but if he had pleased, he would certainly have directed you all.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 10\tab It is he who sendeth down from heaven }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 rain}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 water, whereof ye have to drink, and from which plants, whereon ye feed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 your cattle, receive their nourishment.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage, it is said, was revealed on account of five noble Koreish, whose names were al Wal\'ee
d Ebn al Mogheira, al As Ebn Wayel, Oda Ebn Kais, al Aswad Ebn Abd Yagh\'fbth, and al Aswad Ebn al Motalleb.  These were invet
erate enemies of Mohammed, continually persecuting him, and turning him into ridicule; wherefore at length Gabriel came and told him that he was commanded to take his part against them; and on the angel\rquote 
s making a sign towards them one after another, al Wal\'ee
d passing by some arrows, one of them hitched in his garment, and he, out of pride, not stooping to take it off, but walking forward, the head of it cut a vein in his heel, and he bled to death; al As was killed with a thorn, which stuck into the sole of
 his foot, and caused his leg to swell to a monstrous size; Oda died with violent and perpetual sneezing; al Aswad Ebn Abd Yagh\'fbth ran his head against a thorny tree and killed himself; and al Aswad Ebn al Motalleb was struck blind.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 That which is certain}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This insect is mentioned about the middle of the chapter.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Except the three last verses.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The person particularly intended in this place was Obba Ebn Khalf, who came to Mohammed with a rotten bone, and asked him whether it was possible for GOD to restore it to life.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Their skins, wool, and hair, which serve you for clothing.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Being a grace to your court-yards, and a credit to you in the eyes of your neighbours.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  by means thereof he causeth corn, and olives, and palm-trees, and grapes, and all }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 kinds}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 of fruits, to spring forth for you.  Surely herein is a sign }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the divine power and wisdom}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto people who consider.
\par      And he hath subjected the night and the day to your service; and the sun, and the moon, and the stars, which are compelled to serve by his command.  Verily herein are signs unto people of understanding.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 he hath also given you dominion over}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  whatever he hath created for you in the earth, distinguished by its different colour.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Surely herein is a sign unto people who reflect.
\par      It is he who hath subjected the sea }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto you}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , that ye might eat fish}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  thereout, and take from thence ornaments}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for you to wear; and thou seest the ships ploughing }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the waves}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  thereof, that ye may seek }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
to enrich yourselves}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of his abundance, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by commerce;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and that ye might give thanks.
\par      And he hath thrown upon the earth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 mountains}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  firmly rooted, lest it should move with you,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  rivers, and paths, that ye might be directed:
\par      and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 he hath likewise ordained}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  marks }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 whereby men may know their way;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they are directed by the stars.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Shall God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  therefore, who createth, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  as he who createth not?  Do ye not therefore consider?
\par      If ye }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 attempt to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  reckon up the favors of GOD, ye shall not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be able to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  compute their number; GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  surely gracious }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  merciful;
\par      and GOD knoweth that which ye conceal, and that which ye publish.
\par 20\tab But the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 idols}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which ye invoke, besides GOD, create nothing, but are themselves created.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 They are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  dead, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  not living; neither do they understand
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      when they shall be raised.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Your GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  one GOD.  As to those who believe not in the life to come, their hearts deny }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the plainest evidence}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and they proudly reject }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the truth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      There is no doubt but GOD knoweth that which they conceal and that which they discover.
\par      Verily he loveth not the proud.
\par      And when it is said unto them, What hath your LORD sent down }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto Mohammed?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  they answer, Fables of ancient }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 times.
\par      Thus are they given up to error}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , that they may bear their own burdens without diminution on the day of resurrection, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 also a part}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 of the burdens of those whom they caused to err, without knowledge.  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Will it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  not}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  be an }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 evil }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 burden}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which they shall bear?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Their predecessors devised plots heretofore: but GOD came into their building, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to overthrow it}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from the foundations; and the roof fell on them from above, and a punishment came upon them, from whence they did not expect.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, of every kind; the various colour of things being one of their chief distinctions.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 fresh flesh;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 by which fish is meant, as being naturally more fresh, and sooner liable to corruption, than the flesh of birds and beasts.  The expression is thought to have been made use of
 here the rather, because the production of such fresh food from salt water is an instance of GOD\rquote S power.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As pearls and coral.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Mohammedans suppose that the earth, when first created, was smooth and equal, and thereby liable to a circular moti
on as well as the celestial orbs; and that the angels asking, who could be able to stand on so tottering a frame, God fixed it the next morning by throwing the mountains on it.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which are their guides, not only at sea, but also on land, when they travel by night through the deserts.  The stars which they observe for this purpose, are either the }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Pleiades}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or some of those near the Pole.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , At what time they or their worshippers shall be raised to receive judgment.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some understand this passage figuratively, of God\rquote 
s disappointing their wicked designs; but others suppose the words literally relate to the tower which Nimrod (whom the Mohammedans will have to be the son of Caanan, the son of Ham, and so the nephew of Cush, and not his son) built in 
Babel, and carried to an immense height (five thousand cubits, say some), foolishly purposing thereby to ascend to heaven and wage war with the inhabitants of that place; but God frustrated his attempt, utterly overthrowing the tower by a violent wind and
 earthquake.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab \tab 2  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Also on the day of resurrection he will cover them with shame; and will say, Where are my companions, concerning whom ye disputed?  Those unto whom knowledge shall have been given,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall answer, This day }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shame and misery }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 fall}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  upon the unbelievers.
\par 30\tab They whom the angels shall cause to die, having dealt unjustly with their own souls, shall offer to make their peace}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in the article of death, saying}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , We have done no evil.  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 But the angels shall reply}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  Yea; verily GOD well knoweth that which ye have wrought:
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      wherefore enter the gates of hell, therein to remain }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 forever;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and miserable shall be the abode of the proud.
\par      And it shall be said unto those who shall fear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , What hath your LORD sent down?  They shall answer, Good; unto those who do right }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be given}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  an excellent reward in this world; but the dwelling of the next life }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  better; and happy }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 the dwelling of the pious!
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 namely}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  gardens of eternal abode,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  into which they shall en
ter; rivers shall flow beneath the same; therein }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they enjoy whatever they wish.  Thus will GOD recompense the pious.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Unto the righteous, whom the angels shall cause to die, they shall say, Peace be upon you; enter ye into paradise, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as a reward}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for that which ye have wrought.

\par      Do }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the unbelievers}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  expect }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 any other}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  than that the angels come unto them,}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 to part their souls from their bodies;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  or that the sentence of thy LORD come }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be executed on them?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261   So did they act who were before them; and GOD
 was not unjust towards them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in that he destroyed them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  but they dealt unjustly with their own souls:
\par      the evils of that which they committed reached them; and the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 divine judgment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which they scoffed at fell upon them.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      The idolaters say, If GOD had pleased, we had not worshipped anything besides him, neither }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 had}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 our fathers: neither had we forbidden anything, without him.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   So did they who were before them.  But is the duty of the apostles }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 any other}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  than public preaching?
\par      We have heretofore raised up in every nation an apostle }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to admonish them, saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Worship GOD, and avoid TAGHUT.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  And of them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there were}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  some whom GOD directed, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there were}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 others of them who were decreed to go astray.  Wherefore go through the earth, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 O tribe of Koreish}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and see what hath been the end of those who accused }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
their apostles}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of imposture.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      If thou, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O prophet}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , dost earnestly wish for their direction; verily GOD will not direct him whom he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hath resolved to}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  lead into error; neither shall they have any helpers.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 40\tab And they swear most solemnly by GOD, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, GOD will not raise the dead.  Yea; the promise thereof is true: but the greater part of men know }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  not.}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ., The prophets, and the teachers and professors of GOD\rquote 
S unity; or, the angels.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Making their submission, and humbly excusing their evil actions, as proceeding from ignorance, and not from obstinacy or malice.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 gardens of}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  Eden.  See chapter 9, p. 142.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This they spoke of in a scoffing manner, justifying their idolatry and superstitious abstaining from certain cattle,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 by pretending, that had these things been disagreeable to GOD, he would not have suffered them to be practised.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 2, p. 28.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.  Vide D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. Art. Nimrod\tab \tab 2  Iidem Interp\tab \tab 3  See chapter 6, p. 102, &c.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 He will raise them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  that he may clearly show them the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 truth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  concerning which they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 now}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  disagree, and that the unbelievers may know that they are liars.
\par      Verily our speech unto anything, when we will the same, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , that we only say unto it, Be; and it is.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 As for}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  those who have fled their country for the sake of GOD, after they had been unjustly persecuted;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  we will surely provide them an excellent habitation in this world, but the reward of the next life shall be greater; if they knew }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They who persevere patiently, and put their trust in their LORD, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall not fail of happiness in this life and in that which is to come.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We have not sent }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 any}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  before thee, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 as our apostles}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , other than men,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto whom we spake by revelation.  Inquire therefore of those who have the custody of the scriptures, if ye know not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 this to be truth}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 We sent them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with evident }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 miracles}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and written revelations; and we have sent down unto thee this Kor\'e2n,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that thou mayest dec
lare unto mankind that which hath been sent down unto them, and that they may consider.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Are they who have plotted evil against }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their prophet}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 secure that GOD will not cause the earth to cleave under them, or that a punishment will not come upon them, from whence they do not expect;
\par      or that he will not chastise them while they are busied }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in travelling from one place to another, and in traffic?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  (for they shall not be able to elude }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
the power of God,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 )
\par      or that he will not chastise them by a gradual destruction?  But your LORD is truly gracious and merciful }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in granting you respite}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 50\tab Do they not consider the things which GOD hath created; whose shadows are cast on the right hand and on the left, worshipping God,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and become contracted?

\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Whatever moveth both in heaven and on earth worshippeth GOD, and the angels }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 also;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and they are not elated with pride,}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 so as to disdain his service:
\par      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 they fear their LORD, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who is exalted}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  above them, and perform that which they are commanded.
\par      GOD said, Take not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto yourselves }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 two gods; for there is but one GOD: and revere me.
\par      Unto him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  whatsoever is in heaven and on earth; and unto him is obedience eternally }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 due}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  Will ye therefore fear }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 any}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  besides GOD?
\par      Whatever favors ye have received are certainly from GOD; and when evil afflicteth you, unto him do ye make your supplication;
\par      yet when he taketh the evil from off you, behold, a part of you give a companion unto their LORD,
\par      to show their ingratitude for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the favors}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  we have bestowed on them.  Delight yourselves }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in the enjoyments of this life:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 but hereafter shall ye know }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that ye cannot escape the divine vengeance}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And they set apart unto }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 idols}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which have no knowledge,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a part of the food which we have provided for them.  By GOD, ye shall surely be called to account for that which ye have falsely devised.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some suppose the prophet and the companions of his flight in general, are here intended: others suppose that those are particularly meant in this place, who, after Mohammed\rquote s
 departure, were imprisoned at Mecca on account of their having embraced his religion, and suffered great persecution from the Koreish; as, Bel\'e2l, Soheib, Khabbab, Amm\'e2r, Abes, Abu\rquote l Jandal, and Sohail.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is uncertain whether the pronoun }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 they}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  relates
 to the infidels, or to the true believers.  If to the former, the consequence would be, that they they would be desirous of attaining to the happiness of the Mohajer\'ee
n, by professing the same faith; if to the latter, the knowledge of this is urged as a motive to patience and perseverance.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 7, p. 110, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ; chapter 12, p. 189, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 this admonition}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 13, p. 182, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 which they know not;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  foolishly imagining that they have power to help them, or inter
est with GOD to intercede for them.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab 
As to the ancient Arabs setting apart a certain portion of the produce of their lands for their idols, and their superstitions abstaining from the use of certain cattle, in honour to the same, see chapter 5, p. 86, and 
chapter 6, p. 102, and the notes there.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. III. p. 44.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 They attribute daughters unto GOD}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  (far be it from him!) but unto themselves }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 children of the sex}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which they desire.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 60\tab And when any of them is told the news of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the birth of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a female, his face becometh black,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and he }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  deeply afflicted:
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      he hideth himself from the people, because of the ill tidings which have been told him; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 considering within himself}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  whether he shall keep it with disgra
ce, or whether he shall bury it in the dust.  Do they not make an ill judgment?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Unto those who believe not in the next life, the similitude of evil }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ought to be applied}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and unto GOD the most sublime similitude:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for he }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  mighty }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      If GOD should punish men for their iniquity, he would not leave on the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 earth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 any moving thing: but he giveth them respite unto an appointed time; and when their time shall come, they shall not be respited an hour, neither shall }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their punishment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  be anticipated.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They attribute unto GOD that which they dislike themselves,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and their tongues utter a lie; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 namely}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , that the reward of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 paradise}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  is for them.  There is no doubt but that the fire }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of hell is prepared }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for them, and that they shall be sent thither before }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the rest of the wicked}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      By GOD, we have heretofore sent }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 messengers}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 unto the nations before thee: but Satan prepared their works for them; he }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 was}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  their patron in this world,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in that which is to come}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they shall suffer a grievous torment.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We have not sent down the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the Koran}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto thee, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for any other purpose}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, than that thou shouldest declare unto them that }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 truth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  concerning which they disagree; and for a direction and mercy unto people who believe.
\par      GOD sendeth down water from heaven, and causeth the earth to revive after it hath been dead.  Verily herein is a sign }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the resurrection}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto people who hearken.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Ye have also in cattle an example of instruction: we give you to drink of that which is in their bellies; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
a liquor}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  between digested dregs, and blood;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 namely}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , pure milk,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which is swallowed with pleasure by those who drink }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. p. 14.  Al Beid\'e2wi says, that the tribes of Khoz\'e2ah and Ken\'e2na, in particular, used to call the angels the daughters of GOD.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
., Sons: for the birth of a daughter was looked on as a kind of misfortune among the Arabs; and they often used to put them to death by burying them alive.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Clouded with confusion and sorrow.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage condemns the Meccans\rquote  injudicious 
and blasphemous application of such circumstances to GOD as were unworthy of him, and not only derogatory to the perfections of the Deity, but even disgraceful to man; while they arrogantly applied the more honourable circumstances to themselves.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By gi
ving him daughters, and associates in power and honour; by disregarding his messengers; and by setting apart the better share of the presents and offerings for their idols, and the worse for him.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 He is the patron of them}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  (viz. the Koreish) }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 this day}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The milk consisting of certain particles of the blood, supplied from the finer parts of the ailment.  Ebn Abbas says, that the grosser parts of the food subside into excrement, and that the finer parts are converted into milk, and the finest of 
all into blood.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Having neither the colour of the blood, nor the smell of the excrements.}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 1  See chapter 81.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And of the fruits of palm-trees, and of grapes, ye obtain an inebriating liquor, and also good nourishment.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Verily her
ein is a sign unto people who understand.
\par 70\tab Thy LORD spake by inspiration unto the bee, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Provide }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thee}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  houses}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in the mountains, and in the trees, and of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 those materials}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wherewith }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  build }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hives for thee:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      then eat of every }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 kind of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  fruit, and walk in the beaten paths of thy LORD.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  There proceedeth from their bellies a liquor of various colours,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wherein }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a medicine for men.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Verily herein }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a sign unto people who consider.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      GOD hath created you, and he will hereafter cause you to die: and some of you shall have his life prolonged to a decrepit age, so that he shall forget whatever he knew; for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wise }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  powerful.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      GOD causeth some of you to excel others in worldly possessions: yet they who are caused to excel do not give their wealth unto }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the slaves}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 whom their right hands possess, that they }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 may become}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  equal }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 sharers}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  therein.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Do they therefore deny the beneficence of GOD?
\par      GOD hath ordained you wives from among yourselves,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and of your wives hath granted you children and gra
nd-children; and hath bestowed on you good things for food.  Will they therefore believe in that which is vain, and ungratefully deny the goodness of GOD?
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They worship, besides GOD, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 idols}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which possess nothing wherewith to sustain them, either in heaven, or on earth; and have no power.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Wherefore liken not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 anything}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto GOD:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for GOD knoweth, but ye know not.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      GOD propoundeth as a parable a possessed slave, who hath power over nothing, and him on whom we have bestowed a good provision from us, 
and who giveth alms thereout }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 both}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  secretly and openly:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall these }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 two}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  be esteemed equal?  GOD forbid!  But the greater part of men know }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  not.}{\f36\fs18\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Not only wine, which is forbidden, but also lawful food, as dates, raisins, a kind of honey flowing from the dates, and vinegar.
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab Some have supposed that these words allow the moderate use of wine; but the contrary is the received opinion.
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   So the apartments which the bee builds are here called, because of their beautiful workmanship, and admirable contrivance, which no geometrician can excel.
}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , The ways through which, by GOD\rquote S power, the bitter flowers passing the bee\rquote 
s stomach become money; or, the methods of making honey, which he has taught her by instinct; or else the ready way home from the distant places to which that insect flies.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Honey; the colour of which is very different, occasioned by the different plants on which the bees feed; some being white, some yellow, some red, and some black.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The same being not only good food, b
ut a useful remedy in several distempers, particularly those occasioned by phlegm.  There is a story, that a man came once to Mohammed, and told him that his brother was afflicted with a violent pain in his belly: upon which the prophet bade him give him 
some honey.  The fellow took his advice; but soon after coming again, told him that the medicine had done his brother no manner of service:  Mohammed answered, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Go and give him more honey, for }{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 God }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 speaks truth, and thy brother\rquote s belly lies}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  And the dose being repeated, the man, by GOD\rquote S mercy, was immediately cured.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  These words reprove the idolatrous Meccans, who could admit created beings to a share of the divine honour, though they suffered not their slaves to share with themselves to what GOD had bestowed on them.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, of your own nations and tribes.  Some think the formation of Eve from Adam is here intended.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or propound no similitudes or comparisons between him and his creatures.  One argument the Meccans employed in defence of their id
olatry, it seems, was, that the worship of inferior deities did honour to GOD; in the same manner as the respect showed to the servants of a prince does honour to the prince himself.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The idols are here likened to a slave, who is so far from having any
thing of his own, that he is himself in the possession of another; whereas GOD is as a rich free man, who provideth for his family abundantly, and also assisteth others who have need, both in public, and in private.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See chapter 2, p. 23.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  Idem.\tab \tab 5  Idem.
\par 6  Idem.\tab \tab 7  Idem.\tab \tab 8  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 GOD also propoundeth as a parable two men; one of them born dumb, who is unable to }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 do or understand}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 anything, but is a burden unto his master; whithersoever he shall send him, he shall not return with any good }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 success:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 this man}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and he }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 who hath his speech and understanding, and }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 who commandeth that which is just, and followeth the right way, be esteemed equal?}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Unto GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 alone is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the secret of heaven and earth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 known}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  And the business of the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
last}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  hour}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall be only as the twinkling of an eye, or even more quick: for GOD is almighty.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 80\tab GOD hath brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers; ye knew nothing, and he gave you }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the senses of }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hearing and seeing, and und
erstandings, that ye might give thanks.
\par      Do they not behold the fowls which are enabled to fly in the open firmament of heaven? none supporteth them except GOD.  Verily herein }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 signs unto people who believe.
\par      GOD hath also provided you houses for habitations for you; and hath }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  provided you tents of the skins of cattle, which ye find light }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be removed}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on the day of your departure }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to new quarters}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 easy to be pitched}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on the day of your sitting down }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 therein:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and of their wool, and their fur, and their hair, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hath he supplied you with}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  furniture and household-stuff for a season.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And GOD hath provided for you, of that which he hath created, conveniences to shade you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from the sun}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and he hath }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  provided you places of retreat in the mountains,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and he hath given you garments to defend you from the heat,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and coats }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of mail}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 to defend you in your wars.  Thus doth he accomplish his favor towards you, that ye may resign yourselves }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But if they turn back, verily thy duty is public preaching }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 only}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They acknowledge the goodness of GOD, and afterwards they deny the same;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but the greater part of them are unbelievers.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      On a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 certain}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  day we will raise a witness out of every nation:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  then they who shall have been unbelievers shal
l not be suffered }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to excuse themselves}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , neither shall they be received into favor.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And when they who shall have acted unjustly shall see the torment }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 prepared for them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  (it shall not be mitigated unto them, neither shall they be respited):
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and when those who shall have been guilty of idolatry shall see their false gods,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 they shall say, O LORD, these are our idols which we invoked, besides thee.  But they shall return an answer unto them, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Verily ye are liars.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And on that day shall }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the wicked}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  offer submission unto GOD; and the }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 false deities}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which they imagined shall abandon them.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The idol is here again represented under the image of one who, by a defect in his senses, is a useless burthen to the man who maintains him; and GOD, unde
r that of a person completely qualified either to direct or to execute any useful undertaking.  Some suppose the comparison is intended of a true believer and an infidel.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, The resurrection of the dead.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As trees, houses, tents, mountains, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ., Caves and grottos, both natural and artificial.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Al Beid\'e2wi says, that one extreme, and that the most insupportable in Arabia, is here put for both; but Jallalo\rquote ddin supposes that by }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 heat}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  we are in this place to understand }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 cold}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Confessing God to be the author of all the blessings they enjoy; and yet directing their worship and thanks to their idols, by whose intercession they imagine blessings are obtained.

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Absolutely denying GOD\rquote S providence, either through ignorance or perverseness.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 4, p. 59, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Their companions}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  For that we are not the companions of GOD, as ye imagined; neither did ye really serve us, but your own corrupt affections and lusts; nor yet were ye led into idolatry by us, but ye fell into it of your own accord.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 90\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 As for}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  those who shall have been infidels, and shall have turned aside }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 others}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 from the way of GOD, we will add unto them punishment upon punishment because they have corrupted }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 others}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      On a }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 certain}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  day we will raise up in every nation a witness against them, from among themselves; and we will bring thee, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O Mohammed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, as a witness against these }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Arabians}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  We have sent down unto thee the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the Koran}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , for an explication of everything }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 necessary both as to faith and practice}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and a direction, and mercy, and good tidings unto the Moslems.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Verily GOD commandeth justice, and the doing of good, and the giving unto kindred }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 what shall be necessary;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and he forbiddeth wickedness, and iniquity, and oppression: he admonisheth you that ye may remember.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Perform }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  covenant with GOD,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when ye enter into covenant }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with him;}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and violate not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  oaths, after the ratification thereof; since ye have made GOD a witness over you.  Verily GOD knoweth that which ye do.
\par      And be not like unto her who undoeth that which she hath spun, untwisting it after she hath twisted it strongly;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 taking your oaths between you deceitfully, because one party is more numerous than }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 another}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  party.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Verily GOD only tempteth
 you therein; and he will make that manifest unto you, on the day of resurrection, concerning which ye now disagree.
\par      If GOD had pleased, he would surely have made you one people:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but he will lead into error whom he pleaseth, and he will direct whom h
e pleaseth; and ye shall surely give an account of that which ye have done.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Therefore take not your oaths between you deceitfully lest }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  foot slip, after it hath been steadfastly fixed, and ye taste evil }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
in this life}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , for that ye have turned aside from the way of GOD; and ye }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 suffer}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a grievous punishment }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in the life to come}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And sell not the covenant of GOD for a small price;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for with GOD is a better }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 recompense prepared}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for you, if ye be }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of understanding.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      That which }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with you will fail; but that which }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  permanent: and we will surely reward those who shall persevere, according to the utmost }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 merit}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 of their actions.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This verse, which was the occasion of the conversion of Othm\'e2n Ebn Mat\'fbn, the commentators say, containeth the whole which it is a man\rquote 
s duty either to perform or to avoid; and is alone a sufficient demonstration of what is said in the foregoing verse.  Under the three things here commanded, they understand the belief of GOD\rquote S unity, without inclining to athe
ism, on the one hand, or polytheism, on the other; obedience to the commands of God; and charity towards those in distress.  And under the three things forbidden, they comprehend all corrupt and carnal affections; all false doctrines and heretical opinion
s; and all injustice towards man.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By persevering in his true religion.  Some think that the oath of fidelity taken to Mohammed by his followers is chiefly intended here.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some suppose that a particular woman is meant in this passage, who used (like 
Penelope) to undo at night the work that she had done in the day.  Her name, they say, was Reita Bint Saad Ebn Teym, of the tribe of Koreish.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Of this insincerity in their alliances the Koreish are accused; it being usual with them, when they saw the e
nemies of their confederates to be superior in force, to renounce their league with their old friends, and strike up one with the others.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, of one religion.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  That is, Be not prevailed on to renounce your religion, or your engagements with your pr
ophet, by any promises or gifts of the infidels.  For, it seems, the Koreish, to tempt the poorer Moslems to apostatize, made them offers, not very considerable indeed, but such as they imagined might be worth their acceptance.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
5}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  Idem.\tab \tab 5  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Whoso worketh righteousness, whether he be male or female, and is a true believer, we will surely raise him to a happy life; and we will give them their reward, according to the utmost }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
merit}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of their actions.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 100\tab When thou readest the Koran, have recourse unto GOD, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 that he may preserve thee}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from Satan driven away with stones;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      he hath no power over those who believe, and who put confidence in their LORD;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      but his power is over those only who take him for their patron, and who give companions unto }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      When we substitute }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in the Koran}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  an }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 abrogating }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 verse in lieu of a verse }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 abrogated}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  (and GOD best knoweth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the fitness of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  that which he revealeth), the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 infidels}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  say, Thou art only a forger }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of these verses:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  but the greater part of them know not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 truth from falsehood}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Say, The holy spirit}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 hath brought the same down from thy LORD with truth; that he may confirm those who believe, and for a direction and good tidings unto the Moslems.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  know that they say, Verily, a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 certain}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  man teacheth him }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to compose the Koran}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  The tongue of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the person}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 unto whom they incline is a foreign }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 tongue;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but this, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 wherein the Koran is written}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , is the perspicuous Arabic tongue.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Mohammed one day reading in the Kor\'e2n, uttered a horrid blasphemy, to the great scandal of those who were present, as will be observed in another place;
}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  to excuse which he assured them that those words were put into his mouth by the devil; and to prevent any such accident for the future, he is here taught to beg GOD\rquote 
S protection before he entered on that duty.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Hence the Mohammedans, before they begin to read any part of this book, repeat these words, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
I have recourse unto God for assistance against Satan driven away with stones}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ., Gabriel.  See chapter 2, p. 10.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This was a great objection made by the Meccans to the authority of the Kor\'e2
n; for when Mohammed insisted, as a proof of its divine original, that it was impossible a man so utterly unacquainted with learning as himself could compose such a book, th
ey replied, that he had one or more assistants in the forgery; but as to the particular person or persons suspected of this confederacy, the traditions differ.  One says it was Jabar, a Greek, servant to Amer Ebn al Hadrami, who could read and write well;
}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  another, that they were Jabar and Yes\'e2
r, two slaves who followed the trade of sword-cutlers at Mecca, and used to read the pentateuch and gospel, and had often Mohammed for their auditor, when he passed that way.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Another tells us, it was one A\'efsh, or Y\'e2\'efsh, a domestic of al Haweiteb Ebn Abd al Uzza, who was a man of some learning, and had embraced Mohammedism.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Another supposes it was one Kais, a Christian, whose house Mohammed frequented;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  another, that it was Add\'e2s, a servant of Otba Ebn Rab\'eea;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and another, that it was Salm\'e2n the Persian.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab According to some Christian writers,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  Abdallah Ebn Sal\'e2
m, the Jew who was so intimate with Mohammed (named by one, according to the Hebrew dialect, Abdias Ben Salon and by another, Abdala Celen), was assisting to him in the compiling his pretended revelations.  This Jew Dr. Prideaux confounds with Salm\'e2
n the Persian, who was a very different man, as a late author}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  has observed before me; wherefore, and for that we may have occasion to speak of Salm\'e2n hereafter, it 
may be proper to add a brief extract of his story as told by himself.  He was of a good family of Ispahan, and, in his younger years, left the religion of his country to embrace Christianity; and travelling into Syria, was advised by a certain monk of Amu
ria to go into Arabia, where a prophet was expected to arise about that time, who should establish the religion of Abraham; and whom he should know, among other things, by the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 seal of prophecy}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  between his shoulders.  Salm\'e2n performed the journey, and meeting with Mohammed at Koba, where he rested in his flight to Medina, soon found him to be the person he sought, and professed Isl\'e2m.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 11}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab The general opinion of the Christians, however is, that the chief help Mohammed had in the contriving his Kor\'e2n, was from a
 Nestorian monk named Sergius, supposed to be the same person with the monk Boheira, with whom Mohammed in his younger years had some conference, at Bosra, a city of Syria Damascena, where that monk resided.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 12}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   To confirm}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  In not. ad cap. 22.\tab \tab 2  Jallalo\rquote ddin, Al Beid\'e2wi, Yahya, &c.\tab \tab \tab 3  Al Zamakhshari, Al Beid\'e2wi, Yahya.
\par 4  Al Zamakh., Al Beid\'e2wi.  See Prid. Life of Mah. p. 32.\tab \tab 5  Iidem.\tab \tab 6  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 7  Al Zamakh., Yahya.
\par 8  Al Zamakh., Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 9  Ricardi Confut. Legis Saracenic\'e6, c. 13.  Joh. Andreas, de Confus. Sect\'e6 Mahometan\'e6, c. 2  See Prid. Life of Mah. pp. 33, 34.\tab \tab 10  Gagnier not. in Abulf. Vit. Moh. p. 74.\tab \tab 
11  Ex Ebn Ishak.  Vide Gagnier, ibid\tab \tab 12  See Prid. ubi sup. p. 35, &c.  Gagnier, ubi sup. pp. 10, 11.  Marrac. de Alcor. p. 37.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Moreover as for those who believe not the signs of GOD, GOD will not direct them, and they shall suffer a painful torment:
\par      verily they imagine a falsehood who believe not in the signs of GOD, and they are }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 really}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the liars.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Whoever denieth GOD, after he hath believed, except him who shall be compelled against his will, and whose heart continueth steadfast in the faith, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be severely chastised:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but whoever shall voluntarily profess infidelity, on those shall the indignation of GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 fall}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, and they shall suffer a grievous punishment.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their sentence}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, because they have loved the present life above that which is to come, and for that GOD directeth not the unbelieving people.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 110\tab These }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  they whose hearts, and hearing, and
 sight, GOD hath sealed up; and these are the negligent: there is no doubt but that in the next life they shall perish.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 which supposition, a passage has been produced from an Arab writer,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  who says that Boheira\rquote s name in the books of the Christians, is Se
rgius; but this is only a conjecture; and another}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  tells us, his true name was Sa\'ef
d, or Felix, and his surname Boheira.  But be that as it will, if Boheira and Sergius were the same man, I find not the least intimation in the Mohammedan writers that he eve
r quitted his monastery to go into Arabia (as is supposed by the Christians); and his acquaintance with Mohammed at Bosra was too early to favour the surmise of his assisting him in the Kor\'e2
n, which was composed long after; though Mohammed might, from his discourse, gain some knowledge of Christianity and of the scriptures, which might be of use to him therein.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 \tab From the answer given in this passage of the Kor\'e2n to the objection of the infidels, viz., that the person suspected by them to have a hand in the Kor\'e2
n spoke a foreign language, and therefore could not, with any face of probability, be supposed to assist in a composition written in the Arabic tongue, and with so great elegance, it is plain this person was no Arabian.  The word Ajami, which is here u
sed, signifies any }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 foreign}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  or }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 barbarous}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 language in general; but the Arabs applying it more particularly to the Persian, it has been thence concluded by some that Salm\'e2n was the person; however, if it be true that he came not to Mohammed till after the Hej
ra, either he could not be the man here intended, or else this verse must have been revealed at Medina, contrary to the common opinion.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   These words were added for the sake of Amm\'e2r Ebn Yaser, and some others, who being taken and tortured by the Koreish
, renounced their faith out of fear, though their hearts agreed not with their mouths.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   It seems Amm\'e2r wanted the constancy of his father and mother, Y\'e2
ser, and Sommeya, who underwent the like trial at the same time with their son, and resolutely refusing to recant, were both put to death, the infidels tying Sommeya between two camels, and striking a lance through her privy parts.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   When news was brought to Mohammed, that Amm\'e2r had denied the faith, he said, it could not be, for that Amm\'e2r was full of fait
h from the crown of his head to the sole of his foot, faith being mixed and incorporated with his very flesh and blood; and when Amm\'e2r himself came weeping to the prophet, he wiped his eyes, saying, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
What fault was it of thine, if they forced thee?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab But tho
ugh it be here said, that those who apostatize in appearance only, to avoid death or torments, may hope for pardon from GOD, yet it is unanimously agreed by the Mohammedan doctors, to be much more meritorious and pleasing in the sight of GOD, courageously
 
and nobly to persist in the true faith, and rather to suffer death itself than renounce it, even in words.  Nor did the Mohammedan religion want its martyrs, in the strict sense of the word; of which I will here give two instances, besides the above-menti
o
ned.  One is that of Khobaib Ebn Ada, who being perfidiously sold to the Koreish, was by them put to death in a cruel manner, by mutilation, and cutting off his flesh piecemeal; and being asked, in the midst of his tortures, whether he did not wish Mohamm
ed was in his place, answered }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 I would not wish to be with my family, my substance, and my children, on condition that Mohammed was only to be pricked with a thorn}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   The other is that of a man who was put to death by Moseilama, on the following occasion.  That false prophet having taken two of Mohammed\rquote 
s followers, asked one of them, what he said of Mohammed? the man answered, That he was the apostle of God: }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And what sayest thou of me?}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  added Moseilama; to which he replied, }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Thou also art the apostle of God; }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 w
hereupon he was immediately dismissed in safety.  But the other, having returned the same answer to the former question, refused to give any to the last, though required to do it three several times, but pretended to be deaf, and was therefore slain.  It 
is related that Mohammed, when the story of these two men was told him, said, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 The first of them threw himself on}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  God\rquote s }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
mercy; but the latter professed the truth; and he shall find his account in it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 1  Al Masudi.\tab \tab 2  Abu\rquote l Hasan al Becri in Kor\'e2n.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi, Al Zamakh., Yahya.
\par 4  Al Beid\'e2wi\tab \tab 5  Ebn Shohnah.\tab \tab 6  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Moreover thy LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will be favorable}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 unto those who have fled their country, after having suffered persecution,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and had been compelled to deny the faith by violence}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 who}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  have since fought }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in defence of the true religion}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and have persevered with patience; verily }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto these will}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  thy LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  gracious and merciful, after }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
they shall have shown their sincerity}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      On a certain day shall every soul come to plead itself,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and e
very soul shall be repaid that which it shall have wrought; and they shall not be treated unjustly.
\par      GOD propoundeth as a parable a city}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which was secure }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 quiet, unto which her provisions came in abundance from every side; but she ungratefully denied the favor of GOD: wherefore GOD caused her to taste the extreme famine, and fear, because of that which they had done.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And now is an apostle come unto the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 inhabitants of Mecca}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  from among themselves; and they accuse him of imposture: wherefore a pun
ishment shall be inflicted on them, while they are acting unjustly.
\par      Eat of what GOD hath given you for food, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that which is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  lawful }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  good; and be thankful for the favors of GOD, if ye serve him.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      He hath only forbidden you that which dieth of itself, and blood, and swine's flesh, and that which hath been slain in the name of any, besides GOD.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  But unto him who shall be compelled by necessity }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to eat of these things}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , not lusting nor }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 wilfully}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  transgressing, GOD }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  surely }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  gracious }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful.
\par      And say not that wherein your tongues utter a lie; This is lawful, and this is unlawful;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that ye may devise a lie concerning GOD: for they who devise concerning GOD shall not prosper.

\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 They shall have}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  small enjoyment }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in this world}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in that which is to come}
{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  they shall suffer a grievous torment.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Unto the Jews did we forbid that which we have told thee formally:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we did them no injury }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in that respect;}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but they injured their own souls.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 120\tab Moreover thy LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will be favorable}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto those who do evil through ignorance, and afterwards repent and amend: verily }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
unto these will}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  thy LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  gracious and merciful, after }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their repentance}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Abraham was a model of true religion, obedient unto GOD, orthodox, and was not an idolater:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 he was also}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  grateful for his benefits: }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 wherefore God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  chose him, and directed him into the right way.

\par      And we bestowed on him good in this world; and in the next he shall surely be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of the righteous.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We have also spoken unto thee, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O Mohammed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , by revelation, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Follow the religion of Abraham, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who was}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  orthodox, and was no idolater.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As did Amm\'e2r, who made one in both the flights.  Some, reading the verb with different vowels, render the last words, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
after having persecuted}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  the true believers; and instance in al Hadrami, who obliged a servant of his to renounce Mohammedism, by force, but afterwards, together with that servant professed the same faith, and fled for it.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, Every person shall be solicitous for his own salvation, not concerning himself with the condition of another, but crying out, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
My own soul, my own soul!}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This example is applied to every city which having received great blessings from GOD, becometh insolent and unthankful, and is therefore chastised by some signal judgme
nt; or rather to Mecca in particular, on which the calamities threatened in this passage, viz. both famine and sword, were inflicted.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 5, p. 73.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Allowing what GOD hath forbidden, and superstitiously abstaining from what he hath allowed.  See chapter 6, p. 101, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ., In the 6th chapter, p. 103.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, They were forbidden things which were in themselves indifferent, as a punishment for their wickedness and rebellion.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This was to reprehend the idolatrous Koreish, who pretende
d that they professed the religion of Abraham.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 The sabbath was only appointed unto those who differed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with their prophet}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  concerning it;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and thy LORD will surely judge between them, on the day of resurrection, as to that concerning which they differed.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Invite }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto the way of thy LORD, by wisdom, and mild exhortation; and dispute with them in the most condescending }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 manner}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 : for thy LORD well knoweth him who strayeth from his path, and he well knoweth those who are }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 rightly }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 directed.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      If ye take vengeance }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 on any}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , take a vengeance proportionable to the wrong which hath been done you;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but if ye suffer }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 wrong}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  patiently, verily this will be better for the patient.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl280\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Wherefore, do thou bear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 opposition}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with patience; but thy patience shall not be }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 practicable}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , unless with GOD'S }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 assistance}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  And be thou not grieved on account of the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unbelievers;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  neither be thou troubled for that which they subtilely devise; for GOD is with those who fear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and are upright.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl280\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl280\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 _______
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER XVII.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE NIGHT JOURNEY;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      PRAISE be unto him who transported his servant by night, from the sacred temple }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of Mecca}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to the farther temple }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
of Jerusalem}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the circuit of which we have blessed, that we might show }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 some }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of our signs; for }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  he who heareth, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 seeth.
\par 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These were the Jews; who being ordered by Moses to set apart Friday (the day now observed by the Mohammedans) for the exercise of divine worship, refused
 it, and chose the sabbath-day, because on that day GOD rested from his works of creation: for which reason they were commanded to keep the day they had chosen in the strictest manner.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage is supposed to have been revealed at Medina, on occasion of Hamza, Mohammed\rquote 
s uncle, being slain at the battle of Ohod.  For the infidels having abused his dead body, by taking out his bowels, and cutting off his ears and his nose, when Mohammed saw it, he swore that if God granted him success, he would reta
liate those cruelties on seventy of the Koreish; but he was by these words forbidden to execute what he had sworn, and he accordingly made void his oath.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Abu\rquote 
lfeda makes the number on which Mohammed swore to reek his vengeance to be but thirty:}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  but it may be observed, by the way, that the translator renders the passage in that author, GOD }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 hath revealed unto me that I shall retaliate}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c., instead of, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 If}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 grant me victory over the }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Koreish, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 I will retaliate}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c., reading }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 La\'efn adhharni}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , for }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 adhfarni;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD, far from putting this design into the prophet\rquote s head by a revelation, expressly forbidding him to put it in execution.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Here, says al Beid\'e2wi, the Kor\'e2n principally points at Mohammed, who was of all men the most conspicuous for meekness and clemency.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The reason of this inscription appears in the first words.  Some entitle the chapter, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 The children of Israel}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some except eight verses, beginning at these words, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 It wanted little but that the infidels had seduced thee}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   From whence he was carried through the seven heavens to the presence of GOD, and brought back again to Mecca the same night.
\par \tab This journey of Mohammed to heaven is so well known that I may be pardoned if I omit the description of it.  The English reader may find it in Dr. Prideaux\rquote s Life of Mahomet,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and the learned in Abu\rquote lfeda,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  whose annotator has corrected several mistakes in the relation of Dr. Prideaux, and in other writers.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab It is a dispute among the Mohammedan divines, whether their prophet\rquote s night-journey was really p
erformed by him corporally, or whether it was only a dream or vision.  Some think the whole was no more than a vision; and allege and express tradition of Mo\'e2wiyoh,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  one of Mohammed\rquote 
s successors, to that purpose.  Others suppose he was carried bodily to Je
rusalem, but no farther; and that he ascended thence to heaven in spirit only.  But the received opinion is, that it was no vision, but that he was actually transported in the body to his journey\rquote 
s end; and if any impossibility be objected, they think it a sufficient answer to say, that it might easily be effected by an omnipotent agent.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 2  Iidem.\tab \tab 3  Abu\rquote lf. Vit. Moh. n. 68.\tab \tab 1  Page 43, &c.  See also Morgan\rquote s Mahometism Explained, vol. 2\tab \tab 2  Vit. Moham. cap. 19.\tab \tab 
3  Vide ibid, c. 18.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And we gave unto Moses the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the law}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and appointed the same }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 a direction unto the children of Israel, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 commanding them, saying, Beware}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  that ye take not any other patron besides me.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O posterity of those whom we carried }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in the ark}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with Noah:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 verily he was a grateful servant.
\par      And we expressly declared unto the children of Israel in the book }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the law, saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Ye will surely commit evil in the earth twice,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and ye will be elated with great insolence.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And when the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 punishment}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  threatened for the first of those }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 transgressions}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  came }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be executed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , we sent against you our servants,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  endued with exceeding strength }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in war}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and they searched the inner apartments of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 houses; and the prediction became accomplished.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Afterwards we gave you the victory over them,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
in your turn}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and we granted you increase of wealth and children, and we made you a more numerous people,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , If ye do well, ye will do well to your own souls; and if ye do evil, }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ye will do it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto the same.  And when the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 punishment}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  threatened for }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  latter }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 transgression}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  came }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be executed, we sent enemies against you}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to afflict you,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and to enter the temple, as they entered it the first time, and utterly to destroy that which they had conquered.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The commentators are put to it to find out the connection of these words with the foregoing.  Some think the accusative case is here put for the vocative, as I have translated it: and others interpret the words thus, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
Take not for your patrons besides me, the posterity of those}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c., meaning, mortal men.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Their first transgression was their rejecting the decisions of the law, their putting Isaiah to death,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and their imprisoning of Jeremiah:}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and the second, was their slaying of Zachariah and John the Baptist, and their imagining the death of JESUS.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These were Jal\'fbt, or Goliah, and his forces;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 or Sennacherib the Assyrian; or else Nebuchadnezzar, whom the eastern writers called Bakhtnasr (which was however only his surname, his true name being Gudarz, or Raham), the governor of Babylon under Lohorasp, king of Persia,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
9}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  who took Jerusalem, and destroyed the temple.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By permitting David to kill Goliah; or by the miraculous defeat of Sennacherib\rquote s army; or for that GOD put it into the heart 
of Bahman the son of Isfandiyar, when he succeeded his grandfather Lohorasp, to order Kiresh, or Cyrus, then governor of Babylon, to send home the Jews from their captivity, under the conduct of Daniel; which he accordingly did, and they prevailed against
 those whom Bakhtnasr had left in the land.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some imagine the army meant in this place was that of Bakhtnasr;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 11}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but others say the Persians conquered the Jews this second time, by the arms of Gudarz (by whom they seem to intend Antiochus Epiphanes), on
e of the successors of Alexander at Babylon.  It is related that the general in this expedition, entering the temple, saw blood bubbling up on the great altar, and asking the reason of it, the Jews told him it was the blood of a sacrifice which had not be
e
n accepted of GOD; to which he replied, that they had not told him the truth, and ordered a thousand of them to be slain on the altar; but the blood not ceasing, he told them that if they would not confess the truth, he would not spare one of them; whereu
pon they acknowledged it was the blood of John: and the general said, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Thus hath your}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  Lord }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 taken vengeance on you;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and then cried out, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 O John, my }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 LORD }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 and thy }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 LORD}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 knoweth what hath befallen thy people for thy sake; wherefore let thy blood stop, by }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 GOD\rquote S }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 permission, lest I leave not one of them alive;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 upon which the blood immediately stopped.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 12}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab 
These are the explications of the commentators, wherein their ignorance in ancient history is sufficiently manifest; though perhaps Mohammed himself, in this latter passage, intended the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 

\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 5  Id. m.\tab \tab 6  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 7  Iidem.\tab \tab 8  Jallalo\rquote ddin, Yahya.\tab \tab 9  Al Zamakhshari, Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 10  Iidem.\tab \tab 11  Yahya, Jallalo\rquote ddin\tab \tab 
12  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Peradventure your LORD will have mercy on you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hereafter:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but if ye return }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to transgress a third time, }{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 we }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 also will}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  return }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to chastise you;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we have appointed hell 
}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the prison of the unbelievers.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily this Koran directeth unto }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the way}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which is most right, and declareth unto the faithful,
\par 10\tab who do good works, that they shall receive a great reward;
\par      and that for those who believe not in the life to come, we have prepared a grievous punishment.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Man prayeth for evil, as he prayeth for good;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for man is hasty.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We have ordained the night and the day for two signs }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of our power:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 afterwards we blot out the sign of the night, and we cause the sign of the day to shine forth, that ye may endeavor to obtain plenty from your LORD}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  by doing your business therein}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and that ye may
 know the number of years, and the computation }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of time;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and everything }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 necessary}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  have we explained by a }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
perspicuous}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  explication.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      The fate}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of every man have we bound about his neck;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and we will produce unto him, on the day of resurrection, a book }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 wherein his actions shall be recorded:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  it shall be offered him open,}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      and the angels shall say unto him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Read thy book; thine own soul will be a sufficient accountant against thee, this day.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      He who shall be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 rightly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  directed, shall be directed to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the advantage}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  only }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
of }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his own soul; and he who shall err shall err only against the same: neither shall any laden }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 soul}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  be charged with the burden of another.  We did not punish }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 any people}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , until we had }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 first}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  sent an apostle }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to warn them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And when we resolved to destroy a city, we commanded the inhabitants thereof, who lived in affluence, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to obey our apostle;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 but they acted corruptly therein: wherefore the sentence was justly pronounced against }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that city;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and we destroyed it with an utter destruction.
\par      And how many generations have we consumed since Noah? for thy LORD sufficiently knoweth and seeth the sins of his servants.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Whosoever chooseth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 this}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  transitory }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 life}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , we will bestow on him therein beforehand that which we please; on him, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 namely}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , whom we please: afterwards will we appoint him hell }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
for his abode;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he shall be thrown into the same to be scorched, covered with ignominy, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  utterly rejected }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from mercy}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   And this came accordingly to pass; for the Jews being again so wicked as to reject Mo
hammed, and conspire against his life, God delivered them into his hands; and he exterminated the tribe of Koreidha, and slew the chiefs of al Nad\'eer, and obliged the rest of the Jewish tribes to pay tribute.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Out of ignorance, mistaking evil for good; or making wicked imprecations on himself and others, out of passion and impatience.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or inconsiderate, not weighing the consequence of what he asks.
\par \tab It is said that the person here meant is Adam, who, when the breath of life was breathed into his nostr
ils, and had reached so far as his navel, though the lower part of his body was, as yet, but a piece of clay, must needs try to rise up, and got an ugly fall by the bargain.  But others pretend the passage was revealed on the following occasion.  Mohammed
 committed a certain captive to the charge of his wife, Sawda bint Zam\'e1a, who, moved with compassion at the man\rquote 
s groans, unbound him, and let him escape: upon which the prophet, in the first motions of his anger, wished her hand might fall off; but immediately composing himself, said aloud,}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 O God, I am but a man: therefore turn my curse into a blessing}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the bird}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which is here used to signify a man\rquote s }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 fortune}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 success}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ; the Arabs, as well as the Greeks and Romans, taking omens from the fligh
t of birds, which they supposed to portend good luck, if they flew from the left to the right, but if from the right to the left, the contrary; the like judgment they also made when certain beasts passed before them.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Like a collar, which he cannot by any means get off.  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV p. 80.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See ibid. p. 20.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  Jallalo\rquote ddin}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 20\tab But whosoever chooseth the life to come, and directeth his endeavor towards the same, being also a true believer; the endeavor of these shall be acceptable }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto God}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      On all will we bestow }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the blessings of this life}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , both on these and on those, of the gift of thy LORD; for the gift of thy LORD shall not be denied}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto any}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Behold, how we have caused some of them to surpass others }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in wealth and dignity: }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 but the next life shall be more considerable in degrees }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of honour}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and greater in excellence.
\par      Set not up another god with }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the true}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD, lest thou sit down in disgrace, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and destitute}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Thy LORD hath commanded that ye worship none besides him; and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 that ye show}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  kindness unto }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  parents, whether the one of them, or both of them attain to old age with thee.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Wherefore, say not unto them, Fie }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 on you!}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  neither reproach them, but speak respectfully unto them
\par      and submit to behave humbly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  towards them, out of tender affection and say, O LORD, have mercy on them both, as they nursed me }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 when I was}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  little.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Your LORD well knoweth that which is in your souls; whether ye be men of integrity:
\par      and he will be gracious unto those who sincerely return }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And give unto him who is of kin }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to you}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  his due,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 also}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto the poor, and the traveller.  And waste not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thy substance }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 profusely:
\par      for the profuse are brethren of the devils:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and the devil was ungrateful unto his LORD.
\par 30\tab But if thou turn from them, in expectation of the mercy which thou hopest from thy LORD;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 at least}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, speak kindly unto them.
\par      And let not thy hand be tied up to thy neck; neither open it with an unbounded expansion,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  lest thou become worthy of reprehension, and be reduced to poverty.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily thy LORD will enlarge the store of whom he pleaseth, and will be sparing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto whom he pleaseth;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for he knoweth and regardeth his servants.
\par      Kill not your children for fear of being brought to want; we will provide for them and for you; verily the killing them is a great sin.
\par      Draw not near unto fornication; for it is wickedness, and an evil way.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Neither slay the soul which GOD hath forbidden }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 you to slay}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, unless for a just cause;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and whosoever shall be slain unjustly, we have given his heir power }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to demand satisfaction;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but let him not exceed the bounds}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of moderation}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in putting to death }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
the murderer in too cruel a manner, or by revenging his friend's blood on any other than the person who killed him;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  since he is assisted }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by this law}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, receiving their support and maintenance from thee.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Lower the wing of humility}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, friendship and affection, and assistance in time of need.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Prodigality, and squandering away one\rquote 
s substance in folly or luxury, being a very great sin.  The Arabs were particularly guilty of extravagance in killing camels, and distributing them by lot, merely out of vanity and ostentation; which they are forbidden by this passage, and command
ed to bestow what they could spare on their poor relations, and other indigent people.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, If thy present circumstances will not permit thee to assist others, defer thy charity till GOD shall grant thee better ability.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Be neither niggardly nor profuse, but observe the mean between the two extremes, wherein consists true liberality.}
{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 6, p. 101 and 103, and chapter 81.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The crimes for which a man may justly be put to death are these: apostasy, adultery and murder.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It being at the election of the heir, or next of kin, either to take the life of the murderer or to accept of a fine in lieu of it.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some refer the pronoun }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 he}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  to the person slain, for the avenging whose death this law was made; some to the heir, who has a right granted him to demand satisfaction for his friend\rquote s blood;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and others to him who shall be slain by the heir, if he carry his vengeance too far.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  See chapter 2, p. 19.\tab \tab 1  Yahya.\tab 
\par 2  Vide  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And meddle not with the substance of the orphan, unless it be to improve it, until he attain his age of strength:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and perform }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  covenant; for the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 performance of your}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  covenant shall be inquired into }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hereafter}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And give full measure, when you measure }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 aught;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and weigh with a just balance.  This will be better, and more easy for determining }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 every man's due}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      And follow not that whereof thou hast no knowledge;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for the hearing, and the sight, and the heart, every of these shall be examined }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 at the last day}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Walk not proudly in the land, for thou canst not cleave the earth, neither shalt thou equal the mountains in stature.
\par 40\tab All this is evil, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  abominable in the sight of thy LORD.
\par      These }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 precepts are a part}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of the wisdom which they LORD hath revealed unto thee.  Set not up any other god }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as equal}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 unto GOD, lest thou be cast into hell, reproved }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 rejected.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Hath your LORD preferably granted unto you sons, and taken }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for himself}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  daughters from among the angels?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Verily }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in asserting this}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  ye utter a grievous saying.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And now have we used various }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 arguments and repetitions}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in this Koran, that they may be warned: yet it only rendereth them more disposed to fly }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from the truth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Say }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto the idolaters}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , If there were }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  gods with him
, as ye say, they would surely seek an occasion }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of making some attempt}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  against the possessor of the throne:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      GOD forbid! and far, very far, be that from him which they utter!
\par      The seven heavens praise him, and the earth, and all who are therein: neither is there anything which doth not celebrate his praise; but ye understand not their celebration }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereof:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 he is gracious and merciful.
\par      When thou readest the Koran, we place between thee and those who believe not in the life to come a dark veil;
\par      and we put coverings over their hearts, lest they should understand it, and in their ears thickness of hearing.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And when thou makest mention, in }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 repeating}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the Koran, of thy LORD only,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 they turn their backs, flying }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the doctrine of his unity}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 50\tab We well know with what }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 design}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 they hearken, when they hearken unto thee, and when they privately discourse together: when the ungodly say, Ye follow no other than a madman.
\par      Behold! what epithets they bestow on thee.  But they are deceived; neither can they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 find}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  any }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 just}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  occasion }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to reproach thee}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They also say, After we shall have become bones and dust, shall we surely be raised a new creature?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 4, p. 53, 54.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 more advantageous in the end}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Vain and uncertain opinion
s, which thou hast not good reason to believe true, or at least probable.  Some interpret the words, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Accuse not}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  another of a crime }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
whereof thou hast no knowledge;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  supposing they forbid the bearing false witness, or the spreading or giving credit to idle reports of others.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 16, p. 199.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, They would in all probability contend with GOD for superiority, and endeavour to dethrone him, in the same manner as princes act with one another on earth.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Not allowing their gods to be his associ
ates, nor praying their intercession with him.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 3  Idem. Al Zamakh.\tab \tab 4  Iidem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Answer, Be ye stones, or iron, or some creature more improbable in your opinions }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be raised to life}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  But they will say, Who shall restore us }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to life?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261   Answer, He who created you the first time: and they will wag their heads at thee, saying, When }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  this }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261   Answer, Peradventure it is nigh.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      On }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 that}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  day shall GOD call you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 forth from your sepulchres}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, and ye shall obey, with celebration of his praise;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and ye shall think that ye tarried}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but a little while.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Speak unto my servants, that they speak mildly }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto the unbelievers, lest ye exasperate them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 for Satan soweth discord among them, and Satan is a declared enemy unto man.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      your LORD well knoweth you; if he pleaseth, he will have mercy on you, or, if he pleaseth, he will punish you:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we have not sent thee }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a steward over them.
\par      Thy LORD well knoweth all persons in heaven and on earth.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   We have bestowed peculiar favors on some of the prophets, preferably to others; and we gave unto David the psalms.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, Call upon those whom ye imagine }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be gods}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  besides him; yet they will not be able to free you from harm, or to turn }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it on others}
{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Those whom ye invoke,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  do }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 themselves}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  desire }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be ad
mitted to}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a near conjunction with their LORD; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 striving}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which of them shall approach nearest }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto him:}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they also hope for his mercy, and dread his punishment; for the punishment of thy LORD is terrible.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 60\tab There is no city but we will destroy the same before the day of resurrection, or we will punish it with a grievous punishment.  This is written in the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of our eternal decrees}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Nothing hindered us from sending }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thee}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with miracles, except that the former }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 nations}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 have charged them with imposture.  We gave unto }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the tribe of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Thamud, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 at their demand}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , the she-camel visible }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to their sight:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  yet they dealt unjustly with her:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we send not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a prophet}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with miracles, but to strike terror.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Remember}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when we said unto thee, Verily thy LORD encompasseth men }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by his knowledge and power}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  We have appointed the vision which we showed thee,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and also the tree}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  cursed in the Koran, only for an occasion of dispute unto men, and to strike }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with terror; but it shall cause them to transgress only the more enormously.

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The dead, says al Beid\'e2wi, at his call shall immediately rise, and shaking the dust off their heads, shall say, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Praise be unto thee, O God.}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ., In your graves; or in the world.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These words are designed as a pattern for the Moslems to follo
w, in discoursing with the idolaters; by which they are taught to use soft and dubious expressions, and not to tell them directly that they are doomed to hell fire; which, besides the presumption in offering to determine the sentence of others, would only
 make them more irreconcilable enemies.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  And may choose whom he pleases for his ambassador.  This is an answer to the objections of the Koreish, that Mohammed was the orphan pupil of Abu Taleb, and followed by a parcel of naked and hungry fellows.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which were a greater honour to him than his kingdom; and wherein Mohammed and his people are foretold by these words, among others:}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 The righteous shall inherit the earth}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ., The angels and prophets, who are the servants of GOD as well as yourselves.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 7, p. 112.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Mohammed\rquote s journey to heaven is generally agreed to be intended in this place; which occasioned great heats and debates among his followers, till they were quieted by Abu Becr
\rquote s bearing testimony to the truth of it.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The word }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 vision}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, here used, is urged by those who take this journey to have been no more than a dream, as a plain confirmation of their opinion.  Some, however, suppose the vision meant in this passage was not the night-journey, but the dream Mohammed saw at a
l Hodeibiya, wherein he seemed to make his entrance into Mecca;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or that at Bedr;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 or else a vision he had relating to the family of Ommeya, whom he saw mount his pulpit, and jump about in it like monkeys; upon which he said, This is their portion in this world, which they have gained by their profession of Isl\'e2m.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   But if any of these latter expositions be true, the verse must have been revealed at Medina.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Called al Zakk\'fbm, which springs from the bottom of hell.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Vide Marracc. in Alc. p. 28, &c.  Prid. Life of Mah. p. 122.\tab \tab 4  Psal. xxxvii. 28.  Al Beid.\tab \tab 
5  Vide Abulf. Vit. Moh. p. 39, and not. ibid Prideaux, Life of Mah. p. 50, and Prelim. Disc. Sect. II, p. 36.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 6  See Kor. chapter 48.\tab \tab 7  See chapter 8, p. 129.\tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  See chapter 37.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 remember}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 when we said unto the angels, Worship Adam; and they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 all}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  worshipped him except Eblis, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 said, Shall I worship him whom thou hast created }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  clay?
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he said, What thinkest thou, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 man}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  whom tho
u hast honoured above me? verily, if thou grant me respite until the day of resurrection, I will extirpate his offspring, except a few.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  answered, Begone, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 I grant thee respite:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but whosoever of them shall follow thee, hell shall surely be your reward; an ample reward}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for your demerits!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      And entice to vanity such of them as thou canst, by thy voice; and assault them on all sides with thy horsemen and thy footmen;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and partake with them in }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
their}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  riches, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  children;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and make them promises
; (but the devil shall make them no other than deceitful promises:)
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  my servants, thou shalt have no power over them; for thy LORD is a sufficient protector }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of those who trust in him}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      It is your LORD who driveth forward the ships for you in the sea, that ye may seek }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to enrich yourselves}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of his abundance }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by commerce;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 for he is merciful towards you.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      When a misfortune befalleth you at sea, the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 false deities}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  whom ye invoke are forgotten }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by you}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , except him }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 alone: }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 yet when he bringeth you safe to dry land, ye retire afar off }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from him, and return to your idols;}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for man is ungrateful.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 70\tab Are ye therefore secure that he will not cause the dry land to swallow you up, or }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that he will not}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  send against you a }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 whirlwind}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  driving the sands }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to overwhelm you?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261   Then shall ye find none to protect you.
\par      Or are ye secure that he will not cause you again to commit yourselves to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the sea}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 another time, and send against you a tempestuous wind, and drown you; for that ye have been ungrateful? then shall ye find none to defend }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 you}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  against us, in that }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
distress}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And now have we honoured the children of Adam }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by sundry peculiar privileges and endowments;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 and we have given them conveniences of carriage by land and by sea, and have provided food for them of good things; and we have preferred them before many of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our creatures}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 which we have created, by granting }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them great}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  prerogatives.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      On a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 certain}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  day we will call all men }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
to judgment}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with their }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 respective}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  leader:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and whosoever shall have his book given him into 
his right hand, they shall read their book }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with joy and satisfaction;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they shall not be wronged a hair.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 2, p. 5, and chapter 7, p. 106, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , With all thy forces.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Instigating them to get wealth by unlawful means, and to s
pend it in supporting vice and superstition; and tempting them to incestuous mixtures, and to give their children names in honour of their idols, as Abd Yaghuth, Abd\rquote  al Uzza, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 10, p. 152.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some interpret this of the prophet sent to 
every people; others, of the heads of sects; others, of the various religions professed in the world; others, of the books which shall be given to every man at the resurrection, containing a register of their good and bad actions.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 70.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 4, p. 60, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And whoever hath been blind in this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 life}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall be also blind in the next, and shall wander more widely from the path }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
of salvation}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      It wanted little }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 but the unbelievers}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  had tempted thee to swerve from }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the instructions}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 which we had revealed unto thee, that thou shouldest devise concerning us a different thing;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and then would they have taken thee for }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  friend:
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and unless we had confirmed thee, thou hadst certainly been very near inclining unto them a little.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Then would we surely have caused thee to taste the punishment of life, and the punishment of death;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and thou shouldest not have found any to protect thee against us.
\par      The }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unbelievers}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  had likewise almost caused thee to depart the land, that they might have expelled thee thence:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but then should they not have tarried }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 therein}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  after thee, except a little while.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 This is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the method of dealing}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which we have prescribed ourselves}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in respect to our apostles, 
whom we have already sent before thee: and thou shalt not find any change in our }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 prescribed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  method.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 80\tab Regularly perform }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thy}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 prayer at the declension of the sun, at the first darkness of the night,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and the prayer of daybreak;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for the prayer of daybreak i
s borne witness unto }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by the angels}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These are generally supposed to have been the tribe of Thak\'eef, the inhabitants of al T\'e2yef, who insisted on Mohammed\rquote 
s granting them several very extraordinary privileges, as the terms of their submission to him; f
or they demanded that they might be free from the legal contribution of alms, and from observing the appointed times of prayer; that they might be allowed to keep their idol All\'e2t for a certain time,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and that their territory might be declared a place of s
ecurity and not be violated, like that of Mecca, &c.  And they added, that if the other Arabs asked him the reason of these concessions, he should say, that GOD had commanded him so to do.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  According to which explication it is plain this verse must have been revealed long after the Hejra.
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab Some, however, will have the passage to have been revealed at Mecca, on occasion of the Koreish; who told Mohammed they would not suffer him to kiss the black stone in the wall of Caaba, unless he also visited their idol
s, and touched them with his hand, to show his respect.
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Both of this life and the next.  Some interpret the first of the punishment in the next world, and the latter of the torture of the sepulchre.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators differ as to the place wh
ere this passage was delivered, and the occasion of it.  Some think it was revealed at Mecca, and that it refers to the violent enmity which the Koreish bore Mohammed, and their restless endeavours to make him leave Mecca;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  as he was at length obliged to d
o.  But as the persons here spoken of seem not to have prevailed in their project, others suppose that the verse was revealed at Medina, on the following occasion.  The Jews, envious of Mohammed\rquote 
s good reception and stay there, told him, by way of counsel,
 that Syria was the land of the prophets, and that if he was really a prophet he ought to go thither.  Mohammed seriously reflecting on what they had said, began to think they had advised him well; and actually set out, and proceeded a day\rquote 
s journey in his way to Syria: whereupon GOD acquainted him with their design by the revelation of this verse; and he returned to Medina.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This was fulfilled, according to the former of the above-mentioned explications, by the loss of the Koreish at Bedr; and accordin
g to the latter, by the great slaughter of the Jews of Koreidha and al Nad\'eer.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , At the time of noon prayer, when the sun declines from the meridian; or, as some choose to translate the words, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 at the setting of the sun}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which is the time of the first evening prayer.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The time of the last evening prayer.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the reading of the daybreak;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  whence some suppose the reading of the Kor\'e2n at that time is here meant.

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
., The guardian angels, who, according to some, are relieved at that time; or else the angels appointed to make the change of night into day, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See the Prelim. Disc. p. 14.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.  Vide Abulf. Vit. Moham. p. 126, &c.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.
\par 4  Idem.\tab \tab 5  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 6  Iidem.\tab \tab 7  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And watch }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 some part}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the night in the same }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 exercise}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, as a work of supererogation for thee: peradventure thy LORD will raise thee to an honourable station.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      And say, O LORD, cause me to enter with a favorable entry, and cause me to come forth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with a favorable coming forth; and grant me from thee an assisting power.
\par      And say, Truth is come, and falsehood is vanished: for falsehood is of short continuance.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We send down of the Koran that which is a medicine and mercy unto the true believers; but it shall only increase the perdition of the unjust.
\par      When we bestow favors on man, he retireth and withdraweth himself }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ungratefully from us:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  but when evil toucheth him, he despaireth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of our mercy}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Say, Every one acteth after his own manner:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but your LORD best knoweth who is most truly directed in }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 his}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  way.
\par      They will ask thee concerning the spirit:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  answer, The spirit }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 was created}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  at the command of my LORD:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but ye have no knowledge given unto you, except a little.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      If we pleased, we should certainly take away that which we have revealed unto thee;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in such case thou couldst not find any to assist thee therein against us,
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      unless through mercy from thy LORD; for his favor towards thee hath been great.
\par 90\tab Say, Verily if men and genii were purposely assembled, that they might produce }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a book}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  like this Koran, they could not produce }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 like unto it, although the one of them assisted the other.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And we have variously propounded unto men in this Koran every }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 kind of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  figurative argument;
 but the greater part of men refuse }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to receive it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , merely out of infidelity.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   According to a tradition of Abu Horeira, the honourable station here intended is that of intercessor for others.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, Grant that I may enter my grave with peace, and
 come forth from it, at the resurrection, with honour and satisfaction.  In which sense this petition is the same with that of Balaam, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab But as the person here spoken to is generally s
upposed to be Mohammed, the commentators say he was commanded to pray in these words for a safe departure from Mecca, and a good reception at Medina; or for a sure refuge in the cave, where he hid himself when he fled from Mecca;}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or (which is the more common opinion) for a victorious entrance into Mecca, and a safe return thence.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These words Mohammed repeated, when he entered the temple of Mecca, after the taking of that city, and cleansed it of the idols; a great number of which are said to have fall
en down on his touching them with the end of the stick he held in his hand.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, According to his judgment or opinion, be it true or false; or according to the bent of his mind, and the natural constitution of his body.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or the soul of man.  Some interpret it of the angel Gabriel, or of the divine revelation.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ., By the word }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Kun}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Be;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 consisting of an immaterial substance, and not generated, like the body.  But, according to a different opinion, this passage should be translated, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 The s
pirit is of those things, the knowledge of which thy Lord hath reserved to himself}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  For it is said that the Jews bid the Koreish ask Mohammed to relate the history of those who slept in the cave,}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and of Dhu\rquote lkarnein,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and to give them an account of the s
oul of man; adding, that if he pretended to answer all the three questions, or could answer none of them, they might be sure he was no prophet; but if he gave an answer to one or two of the questions and was silent as to the other, he was really a prophet
.  Accordingly, when they propounded the questions to him, he told them the two histories, but acknowledged his ignorance as to the origin of the human soul.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   All your knowledge being acquired from the information of your senses, which must necessarily fail you in spiritual speculations, without the assistance of divine revelation.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 11}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ., The Kor\'e2
n; by razing it both from the written copies, and the memories of men.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  Numb. xxiii. 10.\tab \tab 3  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. II. p. 39.\tab \tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 5  Iidem.  Vide Gagnier, Vie de Mahomet, tom. 2, p. 127.\tab \tab 
6  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 7  Idem.
\par 8  See the next chapter.\tab \tab 9  See ib.\tab \tab \tab 10  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 11  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And they say, We will by no means believe on thee, until thou cause a spring of water to gush forth for us out of the earth;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      or thou have a garden of palm-trees and vines, and thou cause rivers to spring forth from the midst thereof in abundance;
\par      or thou cause the heaven to fall down upon us, as thou hast given out, in pieces; or thou bring down GOD and the angels to vouch }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for thee;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      or thou have a house of gold; or thou ascend by a ladder to heaven: neither will we believe thy ascending }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thither alone}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  until thou cause a book to descend unto us, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 bearing witness of thee}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which we may read.  Answer My LORD be praised!  Am I }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  than a man, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 sent as}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  an apostle?
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And nothing hindereth men from believing, when a direction is come unto them, except that they say, Hath GOD sent a man }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  apostle?
\par      Answer, If the angels had walked on earth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  familiar inhabitants }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereof}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , we had surely sent down unto them from heaven an angel }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for our}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  apostle.
\par      Say, GOD is a sufficient witness between me and you: for he knoweth and regardeth his servants.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Whom GOD shall direct, he shall be the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 rightly}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 directed; and whom he shall cause to err, thou shalt find none to assist, besides him.  And we will gather them together on the day of resurrection, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 creeping}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 on their faces, blind, and dumb, and deaf:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  their abode }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  hell; so often as }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
the fire thereof}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall be extinguished, we will rekindle a burning flame to }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 torment}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  them.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 100\tab This shall be their reward, because they disbelieve in our signs, and say, When we shall have been }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 reduced to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  bones and dust, shall we surely be r
aised new creatures?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Do they not perceive that GOD, who created the heavens and the earth, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  able to create }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 other bodies}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , like }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their present?}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And he hath appointed them a limited term;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 there is no doubt thereof: but the ungodly reject }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the truth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , merely out of unbelief.
\par      Say, If ye possessed the treasures of the mercy of my LORD, ye would surely refrain }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from using them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , for fear of spending }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 them;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for man is covetous.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We heretofore gave unto Moses }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the power of working}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  nine evident signs.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And do thou ask the children of Israel, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 as to the story of Moses;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 when he came unto them, and Pharaoh said unto him, Verily I esteemed thee, O Moses, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  deluded by sorcery.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This and the following miracles were demanded of Mohammed by the Koreish, as proofs of his mission.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As thou pretendest to have done in thy night-journey; but of which no man was witness.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 66.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , When the fire shall go out or abate for want of fuel, after the consumption of the skin
s and flesh of the damned, we will add fresh vigour to the flames by giving them new bodies.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or life, or resurrection.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, lest they should be exhausted.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These were, the changing his rod into a serpent, the making his hand white and shini
ng, the producing locusts, lice, frogs, and blood, the dividing of the Red Sea, the bringing water out of the rock, and the shaking of Mount Sinai over the children of Israel.  In lieu of the three last some reckon the inundation of the Nile, the blasting
 of the corn, and scarcity of the fruits of the earth.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These words, however, are interpreted by others, not of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 nine miracles}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, but of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 nine commandments}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which Moses gave his people, and were thus numbered up by Mohammed himself to a Jew, who asked him the question, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz.}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, That they should not be guilty of idolatry, nor steal, nor commit adultery or murder, nor practise sorcery or usury, nor accuse an innocent man to take away his life, or a modest woman of whoredom, nor desert the army; to which he added the
 observing of the sabbath, as a tenth commandment, but which peculiarly regarded the Jews: upon which answer, it is said, the Jew kissed the prophet\rquote s hands and feet.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some think these words are directed to Moses, who is hereby commanded to }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 demand the children of}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  Israel}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  of}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  Pharaoh, that he might let them go with him.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.  See chapter 4, p. 60.\tab \tab 2  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Moses}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  answered, Thou well knowest that none hath sent down these evident signs except the LORD of heaven and earth; and I surely esteem thee, O Pharaoh, a lost }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 man}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Wherefore }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Pharaoh}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  sought to drive them out of the land; but we drowned him and all those who were with him.
\par      And we said unto the children of Israel, after }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his destruction}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Dwell ye in the land: and when the promise of the next life shall come }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be fulfilled}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , we will bring you }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 both}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  promiscuously }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to judgment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  We have sent down }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the Koran}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with truth, and it hath descended with truth: and we have not sent thee }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 otherwise}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  than }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a bearer
 of good tidings, and a denouncer }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of threats}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And we have divided the Koran, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 revealing it by parcels, }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 that thou mightest read it unto men with deliberation: and we have sent it down, causing }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to descend }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 as occasion required}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Say, Whether ye believe therein, or do not believe, verily those who have been favored with the knowledge }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the scriptures which were revealed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 before it, when the same is rehearsed unto them, fall down on }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  faces,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 worshipping, and say, Our LORD be praised, for that the promise of our LORD is surely fulfilled!
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and they fall down on }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  faces, weeping; and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the hearing thereof}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  increaseth their humility.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 110\tab Say, call upon GOD, or call on the Merciful: by whichsoever }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the two names }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ye invoke }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 him, it is equal;}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for he hath most excellent names.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Pronounce not thy prayer aloud, neither pronounce it with too low a voice,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but follow a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 middle}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  way between these:
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and say, Praise }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto GOD, who hath not begotten any child; who hath no partner in the kingdom, nor ha
th any to protect him from contempt: and magnify him by proclaiming his greatness.
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ________
\par 
\par 
\par CHAPTER XVIII.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE CAVE;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      PRAISE be unto GOD, who hath sent down unto his servant the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the Kor\'e2n}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and hath not inserted therein any crookedness,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 but hath made it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a straight }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 rule:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 that he should threaten a grievous punishment }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto the unbelievers}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , from his presence; and should bear good tidings unto the faithful, who work righte
ousness, that they should receive an excellent reward, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 namely, paradise}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , wherein they shall remain forever:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. III. p. 50.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 on their chins}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The infidels hearing Mohammed say, O GOD, and }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 O Merciful}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , imagined }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the Merciful}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  was the name of a deity different from GOD, and that he preached the worship of two; which occasioned this passage.  See chapter 7, p. 123.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Neither so loud, that the infidels may overhear thee, and thence take occasion to blaspheme and scoff; nor so softly as not to be heard by the assistants.  Some suppose that by the word }
{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 prayer}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , in this place, is meant the reading of the Kor\'e2n.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The chapter is thus inscribed because it makes mention of the cave wherein the seven sleepers concealed themselves.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261   Some except one verse, which begins thus, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 
Behave thyself with constancy}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 , &c.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and that he should warn those who say, GOD hath begotten issue;
\par      of which matter they have no knowledge, neither }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 had}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  their fathers.  A grievous saying }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
 which proceedeth from their mouths: they speak no other than a lie.
\par      Peradventure thou wilt kill thyself with grief after them, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 out of thy earnest zeal for their conversion}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , if they believe not in this new revelation }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the Koran}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Verily we have ordained whatsoever is on the earth for the ornament thereof, that we might make trial of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men, and see}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which of them excelleth in works:
\par      and we will surely reduce whatever is thereon to dry dust.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Dost thou consider that the companions of the cave,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and Al Rakim,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  were }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of our signs, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 great}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  miracle?
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      When the young men took refuge in the cave, they said, O LORD, grant us mercy from before thee, and dispose our business for us to a right }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 issue}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par 10\tab Wherefore we struck their ears }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with deafness, so that they slept without disturbance}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in the cave for a }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 great}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  number of years:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      then we awaked them, that we might know which of the two parties}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  was more exact in computing the space which they had remained }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We will relate unto thee their history with truth.  Verily they were young men who had believed in their LORD: and we had abundantly directed them:
\par      and we fortified their hearts with constancy when they stood }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 before the tyrant;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and they said, Our LORD is the LORD of heaven and earth: we will by no means call on any god besides him; }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  then should we surely utter an extravagance.
\par      These our }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 fellow}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  people have taken }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 gods, besides him; although they bring no demonstrative argument for them: and who is more unjust than he who deviseth a lie concerning GOD?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 they said the one to the other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, When ye shall separate yourselves from them, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from the deities}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which they worship, except GOD,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 fly into the cave: your LORD will pour his mercy on you abundantly, and will dispose your business for you to advantage.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  These were certain Christian youths, of a good family in Ephesus, who, to avoid the persecution of the emperor Decius, by the Arab writers called Decianus, hid themselves in a cave, where they slept for a great number of years.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab This apocryphal story (for Baronius}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  treats it as no better, and Father Marracci}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 acknowledges it to be partly false, or at least doubtful, though he calls Hottinger }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 a monster of impiety}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 off-scum of heretics}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , for terming it a fable}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ), was borrowed by Mohammed from the Christian traditions,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but has been embellished by him and his followers with several additional circumstances.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   What is meant by this word the commentators cannot agree.  Some will have it to be the name of 
the mountain, or the valley, wherein the cave was; some say it was the name of their dog; and others (who seem to come nearest the true signification) that it was a brass plate, or stone table, placed near the mouth of the cave, on which the names of the 
young men were written.
\par \tab There are some, however, who take the companions of al Rak\'eem to be different from the seven sleepers; for they say the former were three men who were driven by ill weather into a cave for shelter, and were shut in there by the falli
ng down of a vast stone, which stopped the cave\rquote s mouth; but on their begging GOD\rquote S mercy, and their relating each of them a meritorious action which they hoped might entitle them to it, were miraculously delivered by the rock\rquote 
s rending in sunder to give them passage.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Of the sleepers themselves, or others, who were divided in opinion as to the length of their stay in the cave.

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For they, like other idolaters, worshipped the true GOD and idols also.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin, &c.\tab \tab 2  In Martyrol. ad 27 Julii.\tab \tab 3  In Alcor. p. 425. et in Prodr. part. 4, p. 103.
\par 4  Hotting. Hist. Orient. p. 40.\tab \tab 5  Vide Greg. Turon. et Simeon. Metaphrast.\tab \tab 6  Vide D\rquote Herbelot, Bibl. Orient. p. 189.
\par 7  Al Beid\'e2wi, ex trad  Noom\'e2n Ebn Bashir.\tab \tab 8  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And
 thou mightest have seen the sun, when it had risen, to decline from their cave towards the right hand, and when it went down, to leave them on the left hand:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and they were in the spacious part of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the cave}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 was one}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 of the signs of GOD.  Whomsoever GOD shall direct, he }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be rightly}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  directed: and whomsoever he shall cause to err, thou shalt not find any to defend, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
or}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to direct.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And thou wouldest have judged them to have been awake,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 while they were sleeping; and we caused them to turn themselves to the right hand, and to the left.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And their dog}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 stretched forth his forelegs in the mouth of the cave: if thou hadst come suddenly upon them, verily thou wouldest have turned thy back and fled from them, and thou wouldest have been filled with fear }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 at the sight}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of them.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      And so we awaked them from }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  sleep, that they might ask questions of one another.  One of them spake and said, How long have ye tarried }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 here?}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   They answered, We have tarried a day, or part of a day.  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 The others}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said, Your LORD best knoweth the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 time}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  ye have tarried:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and now send one of you with this your money into the city;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and let him see which of its }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 inhabitants}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  hath the best and cheapest food, and let him bring you provision from him; and let him behave circumspectly, and not discover you to any one.

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily if they come up against you, they will stone you, or force you to return to their religion; and then shall ye not prosper forever.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Lest it should be offensive to them, the cave opening towards the south.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , In the midst of it, where they were incommoded neither by the heat of the sun nor the closeness of the cave.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Because of their having their eyes open, or their frequent turning themselves from one side to the other.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Lest their lying so long on the ground should consume their flesh.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This dog had followed them as they passed by him when they fled to the cave, and they drove him away; whereupon GOD caused him to speak, and he said, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
I love those who are dear unto God; go to sleep therefore, and I will guard you}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
.  But some say, it was a dog belonging to a shepherd who followed them, and that the dog followed the shepherd; which opinion is supported by reading, as some do, c\'e2lebohom, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 their dog\rquote s master}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  instead of calbohom, their dog.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Jallalo\rquote ddin adds, that the dog behaved as his masters did, in turning himself, in sleeping, and in waking.
\par \tab The Mohammedans have a great respect for this dog, and allow him a place in paradise with some other favourite brutes; and they have a sort of proverb which they use in speaking of a covetous person, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
that he would not throw a bone to the dog of the seven sleepers;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  nay, it is said that they have the superstition to write his name, which they suppose to be Katm\'eer (though some, as is observed above, think he
 was called al Rak\'eem), on their letters which go far, or which pass the sea, as a protection, or kind of talisman, to preserve them from miscarriage.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For that GOD had given them terrible countenances; or else because of the largeness of their bodies, or the horror of the place.
\par \tab It is related that the Khalif Mo\'e2wiyah, in an expedition he made against Natolia, passed by the cave of the seven sleepers, and would needs send somebody into it, notwithstanding Ebn Abb\'e2s remonstrated to him the danger of it, 
saying, That a better man than him (meaning the prophet) had been forbidden to enter it, and repeated this verse; but the men the Khaliff sent in had no sooner entered the cave, than they were struck dead by a burning wind.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As they entered the cave in
 the morning, and waked about noon, they at first imagined they had slept half a day, or a day and a half at most; but when they found their nails and hair grown very long, they used these words.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which some commentators suppose was Tarsus.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 5  Idem.\tab \tab 6  La Roque, Voy. de l\rquote Arabie Heur. p. 74.  Vide D\rquote Herbel. ubi sup.\tab \tab 7  Al Beid\'e2
wi.\tab \tab 8  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 20\tab And so we made }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their people}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  acquainted with }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 what had happened}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  them; that they might know that the promise of GOD is true, and that there is no doubt of the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 last}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  hour;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when they disputed among themselves concerning their matter.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And they said, Erect a building over them: their LORD best knoweth }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their condition}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  Those who prevailed in their affair answered, We will surely build a chapel over them.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Some}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  say, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 The sleepers were}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  three; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  their dog }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 was}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the fourth;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 others}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  say, }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 They were}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  five; and their dog }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 was}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the sixth;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 guessing at a secret matter: and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 others}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  say, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 They were}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  seven; and their dog }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 was}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the eighth.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Say, My LORD best knoweth their number: none shall know them, except a few.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Wherefore dispute not concerning them, except with a clear disputation, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 according to what hath been revealed unto thee:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and ask not any of }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the Christians}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  concerning them.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Say not of any matter, I will surely do this to-morrow; unless }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thou add}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , If GOD please.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  And remember thy LORD, when thou forgettest,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and say, My LORD is able to direct me with ease, that I may draw near unto }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the truth of}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  this }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 matter}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  rightly.
\par      And they remained in their cave three hundred years, and nine }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 years}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  over.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Say, GOD best knoweth how long they continued }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto him }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the secrets of heaven and earth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 known;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  do thou make him to see and to hear.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   The }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 inhabitants thereof}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  have no protector besides him; neither doth he suffer any one to have a share in }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
the establishment or knowledge of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  his decree.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The long sleep of these young men, and their waking after so many years, being a representation of the state of those who die, and are afterwards raised to life.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Concerning the resurrection; some saying that the souls only should be raised, others, that they should be raised with the body; or, concerning the sleepers, after they were really dead; one saying, tha
t they were dead, and another, they were only asleep: or else concerning the erecting a building over them, as it follows in the next words; some advising a dwelling-house to be built there, and others a temple.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   When the young man who was sent into th
e city, went to pay for the provision he had bought, his money was so old, being the coin of Decianus, that they imagined he had found a treasure, and carried him before the prince, who was a Christian, and having heard his story, sent some with him to th
e cave, who saw and spoke to the others: after which they fell asleep again and died; and the prince ordered them to be buried in the same place, and built a chapel over them.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This was the opinion of al Seyid, a Jacobite Christian of Najr\'e2n.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which was the opinion of certain Christians, and particularly of a Nestorian prelate.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   And this is the true opinion.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is said, that when the Koreish, by the direction of the Jews, put the three questions above mentioned to Mohammed, he bid them come to 
him the next day, and he would give them an answer, but added not, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 if it please God;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 for which reason he had the mortification to wait above ten days before any revelation was vouchsafed him concerning those matters, so that the Koreish triumphed, and bitt
erly reproached him as a liar: but at length Gabriel brought him directions what he should say; with this admonition, however, that he should not be so confident for the future.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Give the glory to him, and ask pardon for thy omission, in case thou forget to say, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 If it please God}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Jallalo\rquote ddin supposes the whole space was three hundred solar years, and that the odd nine are added to reduce them to lunar years.
\par \tab Some think these words are introduced as spoken by the Christians, who differed among themselves about the time; one saying it was three hundred years, and another, three hundred and nine years.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The interval between the reign of Decius, and that of Theodosius the younger, in whose time the sleepers are said to have awaked, will not allo
w them to have slept quite two hundred years; though Mohammed is somewhat excusable, since the number assigned by Simeon Metaphrastes}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  is three hundred and seventy-two years.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This is an ironical expression, intimating the folly and madness of man\rquote 
s presuming to instruct GOD.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 4  Idem.\tab \tab 5  Ubi sup.
\par 6  Al Beid\'e2wi.  Jallalo\rquote ddin}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Read that which hath been revealed unto thee, of the book of thy LORD, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 without presuming to make any change therein:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 there is none who hath power to change his words; and thou shalt not find any to fly to, besides him, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 if thou attempt it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Behave thyself with constancy towards those who call upon their LORD morning and evening, and who seek his favor; and let not thine eyes be turned away from them, seeking the pomp of this life;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  neither obey him whose heart we have caused to neglect the remembrance of us,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and who followeth his lusts, and leaveth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the truth}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  behind him.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And say, The truth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  from your LORD; wherefore let him who will, believe, and let him who will, be incredulous.  We have surely prepared for the unjust }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire, the flame and smoke whereof shall surround him like a pavilion: and if they beg relief, they shall be relieved with water like molten brass, which shall scald }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  faces: O how miserable a potion, and how unhappy a couch!
\par      As to those who believe, and do good works, we will not suffer the reward of him who shall work righteousness to perish;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 30\tab for them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are prepared}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  gardens of eternal abode,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 which shall be watered by rivers; they shall be adorned therein with bracelets of gold, and they shall be clothed in green garments of fine silk and brocades, reposing themselves therein on thrones.  O how happy a reward, and how easy a couch!
\par      And propound unto them as a parable two men:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on the one of whom we had bestowed two vineyards, and had surrounded them with palm-trees, and had caused corn }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to grow}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  between them.  Each of the gardens brought forth its fruit }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 every season}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and failed not at all;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and we caused a river to flow in the midst thereof: and he had great abundance.  And he said unto his companion by way of debate, I am superior to thee in wealth, and have a more powerful family.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And he went into his garden,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  being guilty of injustice against his own soul, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 said, I do not think that this }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 garden}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  will decay forever;
\par      neither do I think that the last hour will come: and although I should return unto my LORD, verily I shall find a better }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 garden}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  than this in exchange.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 his companion said unto him, by way of debate, Dost thou not believe in him who created thee of the dust, and afterwards of seed; and then fashioned thee into a perfect man?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as for me}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , GOD is my LORD; and I will not associate any }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
other deity}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with my LORD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As the unbelievers would persuade thee to do.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, Despise not the poor believers because of their meanness, nor honour the rich because of their wealth and grandeur.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The person more particularly intended here, it is said, was Ommeya Ebn Khalf, who desired Mohammed to discard his indigent companions, out of respect to the Koreish.  See chapter 6 p. 93.

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally of Eden.  See chapter 9, p. 142, 143.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Though these seem to be general characters only, designed to represent
 the different end of the wicked, and of the good; yet it is supposed, by some, that two particular persons are here meant.  One says they were two Israelites and brothers, who had a considerable sum left them by their father, which they divided between t
h
em; and that one of them, being an unbeliever, bought large fields and possessions with his portion, while the other, who was a true believer, disposed of his to pious uses; but that in the end, the former was ruined, and the latter prospered.  Another th
inks they were two men of the tribe of Makhz\'fbm: the one named al Aswad Ebn Abd\rquote al Ashadd, an infidel; and the other Abu Salma Ebn Abd\rquote allah, the husband of Omm Salma (whom the prophet married after his death), and a true believer.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Carrying his companion with him, out of ostentation, and to mortify him with the view of his large possessions.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Vainly imagining that his prosperity was not so much the free gift of GOD, as due to his merit.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 1  Iidem.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  Idem}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And when thou enterest thy garden, wilt thou not say, What GOD pleaseth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall come to pass;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  there is no power but in GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 alone?}
{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261   Although thou seest me to be inferior to thee in wealth and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 number of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  children,
\par      my LORD is well able to bestow on me a better }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 gift}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  than thy garden, and to shoot }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 arrows against the same from heaven, so that it shall become barren dust;
\par      or its water may sink deep }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 into the earth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , that thou canst not draw thereof.
\par 40\tab And his possessions were encompassed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with destruction, as his companion had forewarned him; }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 wherefore he began to turn down the palms of his hands }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
out of sorrow and regret}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for that which he had expended thereon; for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the vines thereof}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 were fallen down on their trails: and he said, Would to GOD that I had not associated any }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 other deity}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with my LORD!
\par      And he had no party to assist him besides GOD, neither was he able to defend himself }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 against his vengeance}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      In such case protection }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of right unto GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 alone;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he is the best rewarder, and the best giver of success.
\par      And propound to them a similitude of the present life.  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  like water which we send down from heaven; and the herb of the earth is mixed therewith, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
after it hath been green and flourishing}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , in the morning it becometh dry stubble, which the winds scatter abroad: and GOD is able to do all things.
\par      Wealth and children }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the ornament of this present life: but good }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 works}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , which are permanent, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  better in the sight of thy LORD, with respect to the reward, and better with respect to hope.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 50\tab On a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 certain}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  day we will cause the mountains to pass away,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and thou shalt see the earth appearing plain }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and even;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we will gather }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 mankind}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 together, and we will not leave any one of them behind.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And they shall be set before thy LORD in }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 distinct}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  order, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and he shall say unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, Now are ye come unto us }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 naked}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , as we created you the first time: but ye thought that we should not perform }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  promise unto you.
\par      And the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 wherein every one's actions are recorded}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall be put }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 into his hand;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  an
d thou shalt see the wicked in great terror, because of that which }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is written}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  therein, and they shall say, Alas for us! what }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 meaneth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 this book? it omitteth neither a small }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 action}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  nor a great }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , but it compriseth the same; and they shall find that which t
hey have wrought, present }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 before their eyes:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and thy LORD will not deal unjustly with any one.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Remember}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when we said unto the angels, Worship ye Adam: and they }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 all}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  worshipped }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , except Eblis,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 who }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 was}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  one
}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the genii,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and departed from the command of his LORD.  Will ye therefore take him and his offspring for }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  patrons besides me, notwithstanding they are your enemies?  Miserable }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall such }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a change }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 to the ungodly!
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      I called not them to be present at the creation of the heavens and of the earth, nor at the creation of themselves, neither did I take }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 those}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  seducers for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 my}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  assistants.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For being torn up by the roots, they shall fly in the air, and be reduced to atoms.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 2, p. 5, and chapter 7, p. 105, &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Hence some imagine the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 genii}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  are a species of angels: others suppose the devil to have been originally a }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 genius}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which was the occasion of his rebellion, and call him }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the father of the genii}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , whom he begat after his fall;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  it being a constant opinion among the Mohammeda
ns, that the angels are impeccable, and do not propagate their species.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem.  See Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 64.\tab \tab 2  Jallalo\rquote ddin, &c.\tab \tab 3  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 56, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 On a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 certain}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  day, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
say unto the idolaters}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Call those whom ye imagined }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  my companions, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to protect you:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and they shall call them, but they shall not answer them; and we will place a valley of destruction between them:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and the wicked shall see }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire: and they shall know that they shall be thrown into the same, and they shall find no way to avoid it.
\par      And now have we variously propounded unto men, in this Koran, a parable of every kind; but man cavilleth at most things }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 therein}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Yet nothing hindereth men from believing, now a direction is come unto them, and from asking pardon of their LORD, excepting that }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 they wait until}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the punishment of }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  predecessors come }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be inflicted}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on them, or that the chastisement }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the next life}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  come upon them publicly.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We send not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  messengers, but
 to bear good tidings, and to denounce threats.  Those who believe not dispute with vain }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 arguments}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, that they may thereby render the truth of no effect; and they hold my signs, and the admonitions which have been made them, in derision.
\par      And who is mor
e unjust than he who hath been acquainted with the signs of his LORD, and retireth afar off from the same, and forgetteth that which his hands have formerly committed?  Verily we have cast veils over their hearts, lest they should understand }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the Koran}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and into their ears thickness of hearing:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      if thou invite them to the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 true}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  direction, yet will they not therefore be directed forever.

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Thy LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 gracious, endued with mercy; if he would have punished them for that which they have committed, he would doubtless have hastened their punishment: but a threat }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hath been denounced}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 against them,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they shall find no refuge, besides him.
\par      And those }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 former}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  cities}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  did we destroy, when they acted unjustly; and we gave them previous warning of their destruction.

\par      And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 remember}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when Moses said unto his servant }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Joshua the son of Nun}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , I will not cease }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to go forward}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , until I come to the place where the two seas meet; or I will travel for a long space of time.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 60\tab But when they were arrived at the meeting of the two }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 seas}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they forgot their fish, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 which they had taken with them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
the fish}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  took its way freely in the sea.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Between the idolaters and their false gods.  Some suppose the meaning is no more than that GOD will set them at variance and division.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
., Of their calamity at Bedr (for the Koreish are the infidels here intended), or their punishment at the resurrection.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, the towns of the Adites, Tham\'fbdites, Sodomites, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original word properly signifies the space of 
eighty years and upwards.  To explain this long passage the commentators tell the following story:  They say that Moses once preaching to the people, they admired his knowledge and eloquence so much, that they asked him whether he knew any man in the worl
d
 who was wiser than himself; to which he answered in the negative: whereupon GOD, in a revelation, having reprehended him for his vanity (though some pretend that Moses asked GOD the question of his own accord), acquainted him that his servant al Khedr wa
s more knowing than he; and, at Moses\rquote 
 request told him he might find that person at a certain rock, where the two seas met; directing him to take a fish with him in a basket, and that where he missed the fish, that was the place.  Accordingly Moses set out
, with his servant Joshua, in search of al Khedr; which expedition is here described.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ., Those of Persia and Greece.  Some fancy that the meeting of Moses and al Khedr is here intended, as of the two }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 seas}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  of knowledge.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Moses forgot to inquire 
concerning it, and Joshua forgot to tell him when he missed it.  It is said that when they came to the rock, Moses falling asleep, the fish, which was roasted, leaped out of the basket into the sea; some add, that Joshua making the ablution at the fountai
n of life (of which immediately), some of the water happened to be sprinkled on the fish, which immediately restored it to life.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The word here translated }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 freely}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , signifying also a pipe or arched canal for conveyance of water, some have imagined that the water of the sea was miraculously kept from touching the body of the fish, which passed through it as under an arch.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem, Al Zamakhshari, Al Bokhari, in Sonna, &c.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 1  Idem.
\par 2  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And when they had passed beyond }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that place, Moses}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said unto his servant, Bring us our dinner; for now are we fatigued with this our journey.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 His servant}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  answered, Dost thou know }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 what has befallen me?  }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
When we took up our lodging at the rock, verily I forgot the fish: and none made me to forget it, except Satan, that I should not remind }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thee}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of it.  And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the fish}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  took its way into the sea, in a wonderful manner.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Moses}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, This is what we sought after.  And they both went back, returning by the way they came.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 coming to the rock}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they found one of our servants,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 unto whom we had granted mercy from us, and whom we had taught wisdom from before us.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Moses said unto him, Shall I follow thee, that thou mayest teach me }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 part}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 of that which thou hast been taught, for a direction }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto me?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      He answered, Verily thou canst not bear with me:
\par      for how canst thou patiently suffer those things, the knowledge whereof thou dost not comprehend?
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Moses}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  replied, Thou shalt find me patient, if GOD please; neither will I be disobedient unto thee in anything.
\par      He said, If thou follow me, therefore, ask me not concerning anything, until I shall declare the meaning thereof unto thee.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 70\tab So they both went on }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by the sea-shore}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , until they went up into a ship; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 he made a hole therein.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And Moses}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Hast thou made a hole therein, that thou mightest drown those who are on board? now hast thou done a strange thing.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      He answered, Did I not tell thee that thou couldst not bear with me?
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Moses}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, Rebuke me not, because I did forget; and impose not on me a difficulty in what I am commanded.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Wherefore they }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 left the ship and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 proceeded, until they met with a youth; and he slew him.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Moses}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said, Hast thou slain an innocent person, without }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 his having killed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  another? now hast thou committed an unjust action.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      He answered, Did I not tell thee that thou couldest not bear with me?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Moses}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 said, If I ask thee concerning anything hereafter, suffer me not to accompany thee: now hast thou received an excuse from me.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  This person, according to the general opinion, was the prophet al Khedr; whom the Mohammedans usually confound with Phineas, Elias, and St. George, saying that his soul passed by a metempsychosis successively through all three.  Some, however, say h
is true name was Balya Ebn Malc\'e2n, and that he lived in the time of Afrid\'fbn, one of the ancient kings of Persia, and that he preceded Dhu\rquote 
lkarnein, and lived to the time of Moses.  They suppose al Khedr, having found out the fountain of life and drunk thereof, became immortal; and that he had therefore this name from his }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 flourishing}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and continual youth.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab Part of these fictions they took from the Jews, some of whom also fancy Phineas was Elias.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For al Khedr took an axe, and knocked out two of her planks.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  By twisting his neck round, or dashing his head against a wall, or else by throwing him down and cutting his throat.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 3  Idem.  Vide D\rquote Herbelot, Bibl. Orient. Art. Khedher, Septemcastrens. de Turcar. Moribus. Busbeq. Epist. I, p. 93, &c. Hotting. Hist. Orient. p. 58, &c., 99, &c., 292, &c.\tab \tab 
4  R. Levi Ben Gerson in Append. l. I, Reg. I, 27.\tab \tab 5  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 6  Idem}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 They went forwards, therefore, until they came to the inhabitants of a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 certain}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  city:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  
}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they asked food of the inhabitants thereof; but they refused to receive them.  And they found therein a wall, which was ready to fall down; and he set it upright.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Whereupon Moses}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, If thou wouldest thou mightest doubtless have received a reward for it.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      He answered, This shall be a separation between me and thee; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 but}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  I will}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  first}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 declare unto thee the signification of that which thou couldest not bear with patience.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      The vessel belonged to certain poor men,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  who did their business in the sea: and I was minded to render it unserviceable, because there was a king}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  behind them, who took every }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 sound}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  ship by force.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      As to the youth, his parents were true believers; and we feared, lest he, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 being an unbeliever}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , should oblige them to suffer }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  perverseness and ingratitude:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 80\tab wherefore we desired that their LORD might give them a more righteous }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 child}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in exchange for him, and one more affectionate }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 towards them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      And the wall belonged to two orphan youths}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in the city, and under it was a treasure }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hidden which belonged}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to th
em; and their father was a righteous man: and thy LORD was pleased that they should attain their full age, and take forth their treasure, through the mercy of thy LORD, and I did not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 what thou hast seen}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of mine own will, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 but by God's direction.  }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 This is the interpretation of that which thou couldest not bear with patience.
\par      The Jews will ask thee concerning Dhu'lkarnein.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Answer I will rehearse unto you an account of him.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We made him powerful in the earth, and we gave him means to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 accomplish}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  everything }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 he pleased}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  And he followed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  way,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This city was Antioch; or, as some rather think, Obollah, near Basra, or else B\'e2jirw\'e2n in Armenia.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By only stroking it with his hand; though others say he threw it down and rebuilt it.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   They were ten brothers, five of whom were past their labour by reason of their age.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Named Jaland Ebn Karkar, or Minw\'e2r Ebn Jaland al Azdi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is said that they had afterwards a daughter, who was the wife and the mother of a prophet; and that her son converted a whole nation.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Their names were Asram and Sarim.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, the two-horned.  The generality of the commentators}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 suppose the person here meant to be Alexander the Great, or, as they call him, Iscander al R\'fbmi, king of Persia and Greece; but there are
 very different opinions as to the reason of this surname.  Some think it was given him because he was king of the East and of the West, or because he had made expeditions to both those extreme parts of the earth; or else because he had two horns on his d
iadem, or two curls of hair, like horns, on his forehead; or, which is most probable, by reason of his great valour.  Several modern writers}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 rather suppose the surname was occasioned by his being represented in his coins and statues with horns, as the son of Jupiter Ammon; or else by his being compared by the prophet Daniel to a he-goat;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 9}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  though he is there represented with but one horn.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab There are some good writers, however, who believe the prince intended in this passage of the Kor\'e2n was not Alexander t
he Grecian, but another great conqueror, who bore the same name and surname, and was much more ancient than he, being contemporary with Abraham, and one of the kings of Persia of the first race;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 11}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or, as others suppose, a king of Yaman, named Asaab Ebn al R\'e2yesh.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 12}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab They all agree he was a true believer, but whether he was a prophet or no, is a disputed point.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  Idem.\tab \tab 5  Idem.\tab \tab 6  Idem.
\par 7  Idem, Al Zamakhshari, Jallalo\rquote ddin, Yahya.\tab \tab 8  Scaliger, de Emend. temp. L\rquote Empereur, not. in Jachiad.  Dan. viii. 5.  Gol. in Alfrag. p. 58, &c.
\par 9  Schickard.  Tarikh Reg. Pers. p. 73.\tab \tab 10  See Dan. viii.\tab \tab 11  Abulfeda, Khondemir, Tarikh Montakhab, &c.  Vide D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. Art. Escander.\tab \tab 12  Ex trad. Ebn Abbas.  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 58.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 until he came to the place where the sun setteth; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  he found it to set in a spring of black mud;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and he found near the same a certain people.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      And we said, O Dhu'lkarnein, either punish }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 this people}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or use gentleness towards them.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      He answered, Whosoever }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall commit injustice, we will surely punish him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in this world;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 afterwards shall he return unto his LORD, and he shall punish him with a severe punishment.
\par      But whosoever believeth, and doth that which is right, shall receive the most excellent reward, and we will give him in command that which is easy.
\par      Then he continued }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  way,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      until he came to the place where the sun riseth;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 he found it to rise on certain people, unto whom we had not given anything wherewith to shelter themselves therefrom.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 90\tab Thus}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  it was;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and we comprehended with our knowledge the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 forces}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which were with him.
\par      And he prosecuted }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  journey }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from south to north}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      until he came between the two mountains;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  beneath which he found certain people, who could scarce understand what was said.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they said, O Dhu'lkarnein, verily, Gog and Magog waste the land;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 shall we therefore pay thee tribute, on condition that thou build a rampart between us and them?
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      He answered, The }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 power}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wherewith my LORD has strengthened me is better }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 than your tribute:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 but assist me strenuously, and I will set a strong wall between you and them.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Bring me iron in large pieces, until it fill up }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the space}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  between the two sides }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of these mountains}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he said }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to the workmen}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Blow }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with your bellows}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , until it make }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the iron red hot as}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire.  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he said }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 further}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Bring me molten brass, that I may pour upon it.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, it seemed so to him, when he came to the ocean, and saw nothing but water.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   An unbelieving nation, who were clothed in the skins of wild beasts, and lived upon what the sea cast on shore.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For GOD gave Dhu\rquote lkarnein his choice, either to destroy them for their infidelity, or to instruct them in the true faith; or, according to othe
rs, either to put them to the sword, or to take them captives: but the words which follow confirm the former interpretation, by which it appears he chose to invite them to the true religion, and to punish only the disobedient and incredulous.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , That part of the habitable world on which the sun first rises.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Who had neither clothes nor houses, their country not bearing any buildings, but dwelt in holes underground, into which they retreated from the heat of the sun.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Jallalo\rquote ddin says they were the Zenj, a black nation lying south-west of Ethiopia.  They seem to be the Troglodytes of the ancients.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Between which Dhu\rquote lkarnein built the famous rampart, mentioned immediately, against the irruptions of Gog and Magog.  These mountains are situate in Armenia and Adherbij\'e2
n, or, according to others, much more northwards, on the confines of Turkestan.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The relation of a journey taken to this rampart, by one who was sent on purpose to view it by the Khal\'ee
f al Wathec, may be seen in D\rquote Herbelot.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By reason of the strangeness of their speech and their slowness of apprehension; wherefore they were obliged to make use of an interpreter.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Arabs call them Yaj\'fbi and Maj\'fbj, and say they are two nations or tribes descended from Japhet the son of Noah, 
or, as others write, Gog are a tribe of the Turks, and Magog of those of Gil\'e2n,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  the Geli and Gel\'e6 of Ptolemy and Strabo.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab It is said these barbarous people made their irruptions into the neighbouring countries in the spring, and destroyed and carried off
 all the fruits of the earth; and some pretend they were man-eaters.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 2  Iidem.\tab \tab 3  Iidem.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 5  Bibl. Orient. Art. Jagiouge.\tab \tab 6  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 7  Idem.  Vide D\rquote Herbel. ubi supra.\tab \tab 8  V. Gol. in Alfrag. p. 207.
\tab \tab 9  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Wherefore, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 when this wall was finished, Gog and Magog}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  could not scale it, neither could they dig through it.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  Dhu'lkarnein said, This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a mercy from my LORD:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      but when the prediction of my LORD shall come }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be fulfilled,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 he shall reduce }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the wall }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to dust; and the prediction of my LORD is true.
\par      On that day we will suffer some of them to press tumultuously like waves on others:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and the trumpet shall be sounded, and we will gather them in a body together.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 100\tab And we will set hell on that day before the unbelievers;
\par      whose eyes have been veiled from my remembrance, and who could not hear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 my words}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Do the unbelievers think }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that I will not punish them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , for that they take my servants for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  protectors besides me
?  Verily we have prepared hell for the abode of the infidels.
\par      Say, Shall we declare unto you those whose works are vain,
\par      whose endeavor in the present life hath been wrongly directed, and who think they do the work which is right?
\par      These are they who believe not in the signs of their LORD, or that they shall be assembled before him; wherefore their works are vain, and we will not allow them any weight on the day of resurrection.
\par      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  their reward, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 namely}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , hell; for that they have disbelieved, and have held my signs and apostles in derision.
\par      But }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as for}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  those who believe and do good works, they shall have the gardens of paradise for their abode:
\par      they shall remain therein forever; they shall wish for no change therein.
\par      Say, If the sea were ink to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 write}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the words of my LORD, verily the sea would fail, before the words of my LORD would fail; although we added }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 another sea}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  like unto it as a further supply.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 110\tab Say, Verily I am only a man as ye are.  It is revealed unto me 
that your GOD is one only GOD: let him therefore who hopeth to meet his LORD work a righteous work; and let him not make any other to partake in the worship of his LORD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators say the wall was built in this manner.  They dug till they found
 water, and having laid the foundation of stone and melted brass, they built the super-structure of large pieces of iron, between which they laid wood and coals, till they equalled the height of the mountains; and then setting fire to the combustibles, by
 
the help of large bellows, they made the iron red hot, and over it poured melted brass, which filling up the vacancies between the pieces of iron, rendered the whole work as firm as a rock.  Some tell us that the whole was built of stones joined by cramps
 of iron, on which they poured melted brass to fasten them.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, when the time shall come for Gog and Magog to break forth from their confinement; which shall happen sometime before the resurrection.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These words represent either the violent ir
ruption of Gog and Magog, or the tumultuous assembly of all creatures, men, genii, and brutes, at the resurrection.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem, &c.\tab \tab 2  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 63.\tab \tab 3  See ib. p. 67.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page   }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER XIX.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, MARY;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      C. H. Y. A. S.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   A COMMEMORATION of the mercy of thy LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 towards}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  his servant Zacharias.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      When he called upon his LORD, invoking }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in secret,
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, O LORD, verily my bones are weakened, and my head is become white with hoariness,
\par      and I have never been unsuccessful in my prayers to thee, O LORD.
\par      But now I fear my nephews, who are to succeed after me, for my wife is barren:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      wherefore, give me a successor }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of my own body}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from before thee; who may be my heir, and may be an heir of the family of Jacob;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and grant, O LORD, that he may be acceptable }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto thee}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And the angel answered him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , O Zacharias, verily we bring thee tidings of a son, whose name }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  John;

\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      we have not caused any to bear the same name before him.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Zacharias}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said, LORD, how shall I have a son, seeing my wife is barren, and I am now arrived at a great age,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and am}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  decrepit?
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 10\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 The angel}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, So }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall it be:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  thy LORD saith, This is easy with me; since I created t
hee heretofore, when thou wast nothing.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Zacharias}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  answered, O LORD, give me a sign.  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 The angel}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  replied, Thy sign }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  that thou shalt not speak to men for three nights, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 although thou be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in perfect health.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And he went forth unto his people, from the chamber, and he made signs unto them,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 as if he should say}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Praise ye }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in the morning and in the evening.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And we said unto his son}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , O John, receive the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the law}
{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , with a resolution }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to study and observe it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  And we bestowed on him wisdom, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 when he was yet}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a child,}{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Several circumstances relating to the Virgin Mary being mentioned in this chapter, her name was pitched upon for the title.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Except the verse of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Adoration}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. III. p. 46, 47.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 3. p. 36, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These were his brother\rquote 
s sons, who were very wicked men, and Zacharias was apprehensive lest, after his death, instead of confirming the people in the true religion, they should seduce them to idolatry.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  And some commentators imagine that he made this prayer in private, lest his nephews should overhear him.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
., In holiness and knowledge; or in the government and superintendence of the Israelites.  There are some who suppose it is not the patriarch who is here meant, but another Jacob, the brother of Zacharias, or of Imr\'e2n Ebn M\'e2th\'e2
n, of the race of Solomon.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For he was the first who bore the name of John, or Yahya (as the Arabs pronounce it); which fancy seems to be occasioned by the words of St. Luke misunderstood, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 that none of}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  Zacharias\rquote s }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 kindred was called by that name:}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 for otherwise John, or, as it is written in Hebrew, Johanan, was a common name among the Jews.
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab Some expositors avoid this objection, by observing that the original word }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 samiyyan}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261  signifies, not only one who }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 is 
actually called by the same name}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 , but also one who by reason of his possessing the like qualities and privileges, }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 deserves}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 , or }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
may pretend to the same name}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Mohammedan traditions greatly differ as to the age of Zacharias at this time; we have mentioned one already:}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  Jallalo\rquote ddin says, he was an hundred and twenty, and his wife ninety-eight; and the Sonna takes notice of several other opinions.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some say he wrote the following words on the ground.}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 2  Iidem.\tab \tab 3  Luke i. 61.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and mercy from us, and purity }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of life;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and he was a devout person, and dutiful towards his parents, and was not proud }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 or}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  rebellious.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Peace be on him the day whereon he was born, and the day whereon he shall die, and the day whereon he shall be raised to life.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And remember in the book }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the Koran the story of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 Mary; when she retired from her family to a place towards the east,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      and took a veil }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to conceal herself}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from them; and we sent our spirit }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Gabriel}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto her, and he appeared unto her }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in the shape of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a perfect man.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 20\tab She said, I fly for refuge unto the merciful }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God, that he may defend me}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  from thee: if thou fearest }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 him, thou wilt not approach me}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      He answered, Verily I am the messenger of thy LORD, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and am sent}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to give thee a holy son.
\par      She said, How shall I have a son, seeing a man hath not touched me, and I am no harlot?
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Gabriel}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  replied, So }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall it be:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  thy LORD saith, This is easy with me; and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 we will perform it}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , that we may ordain him for a sign unto men, and a mercy from us: for it is a thing which is decreed.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Wherefore she conceived him;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and she retired aside with him }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in her womb}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to a distant place;
}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      and the pains of child-birth came upon her near the trunk of a palm-tree.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   She said, Would to GOD I had died before this, and had become a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thing}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  forgotten, and lost in oblivion.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And he who was beneath her called to her,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , be not grieved; now hath GOD provided a rivulet under thee;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as the word also signifies, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 The love of alms-deeds}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, To the eastern part of the temple; or to a private chamber in the house, which opened to the east: whence, says al Beid\'e2wi, the Christians pray towards that quarter.
\par \tab There is a tradition, that when the virgin was grown to years of puberty, she used to leave her apartment in the temple, and retire to Zacharias\rquote 
s house to her aunt, when her courses came upon her; and so soon as she was clean, she returned again to the temple: and that at the time of the angel\rquote s visiting her, she was at her aunt\rquote s o
n the like occasion, and was sitting to wash herself, in an open place, behind a veil to prevent her being seen.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   But others more prudently suppose the design of her retirement was to pray.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Like a full-grown but beardless youth.  Al Beid\'e2wi, not contented with having given one good reason why he appeared in that form, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ., to moderate her surprise, that she might hear his message with less shyness, adds, that perhaps it might be to raise an emotion in her, and assist her conception.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For Gabriel blew into the bosom of her shift, which he opened with his fingers,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and his breath reaching her womb, caused the conception.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The age of the Virgin Mary at the time of her conception was thirteen, or, as others say, ten; and she went six, seven, eight, or
 nine months with him, according to different traditions; though some say the child was conceived at its full growth of nine months, and that she was delivered of him within an hour after.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   To conceal her delivery, she went out of the city by night, to a certain mountain.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The palm to which she fled, that she might lean on it in her travail, was a withered trunk, without any head or verdure, and this happened in the winter season; notwithstanding which it miraculously supplied her with fruits for her refreshment;}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  as is mentioned immediately.
\par \tab It has been observed, that the Mohammedan account of the delivery of the Virgin Mary very much resembles that of Latona, as described by the poets,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 not only in this circumstance of their laying hold on a palm-tree}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 (though some say Latona embraced an olive-tree, or an olive and a palm, or else two laurels), but also in that of their infants speaking; which Apollo is fabled to have done in the womb.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This some imagine to have been the child himself; but other
s suppose it was Gabriel who stood somewhat lower than she did.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   According to a different reading this passage may be rendered, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
And he called to her from beneath her}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.  And some refer the pronoun, translated }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 her}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , to the palm-tree; and then it should be }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 beneath it}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Yahya, Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Al Zamakh.\tab \tab 3  Yahya.\tab \tab 4  Jallalo\rquote ddin, Al Beid\'e2wi.
\par 5  Al Beid\'e2wi, Yahya.\tab \tab 6  Iidem, Al Zamakh.\tab \tab 7  Vide Sikii not. in Evang. Infant. p. 9, 21, &c.\tab \tab 8  Homer.  Hymn. in Apoll.  Callimach. Hymn. in Delum.\tab \tab 9  Callimach. ibid.  See Kor. chapter 3, p. 57.\tab \tab 
10  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and do thou shake the body of the palm-tree, and it shall let fall ripe dates upon thee ready gathered.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      And eat, and drink, and calm thy mind.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Moreover, if thou see any man, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and he question thee,}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      say, Verily I have vowed a fast unto the Merciful: wherefore I will by no means speak to a man this day.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      So she brought }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the child}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to her people, carrying him}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in her arms.  And}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  they said }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto her}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , O Mary, now hast thou done a strange thing:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O sister of Aaron,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  thy father was not a bad man, neither was thy mother a harlot.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 30\tab But she made signs unto }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the child to answer them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  they said, How shall we speak to him, who is an infant in the cradle?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Whereupon the child}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said, Verily I am the servant of GOD;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  he hath given me the book }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the gospel}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and hath appointed me a prophet.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And he hath made me blessed, wheresoever I shall be; and hath commanded me }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to observe}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  prayer, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to give}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 alms, so long as I shall live;
\par      and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 he hath made me}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  dutiful towards my mother, and hath not made me proud }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 or}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unhappy.
\par      And peace }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on me the day whereon I was born, and the day whereon I shall die, and the day whereon I shall be raised to life.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 was}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  JESUS, the son of Mary; the Word of truth,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  concerning whom they doubt.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      It is not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 meet}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for GOD, that he should have any son; GOD forbid! When he decreeth a thing, he only saith unto it, Be; and it is.
\par      And verily GOD is my LORD and your LORD; wherefore, serve him: this is the right way.
\par      Yet the sectaries differ among themselves }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 concerning Jesus;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  but woe be unto those who are unbelievers, because of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 appearance at the great day.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Do thou cause them to hear, and do thou cause }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to see,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 on}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the day}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  whereon}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they shall come unto us }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be judged:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but the ungodly are this day in a manifest error.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 40\tab And do thou forewarn them of the day of sighing, when the matter shall be determined, while they are }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 now sunk}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in negligence, and do not believe.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Verily we will inherit the earth, and whatever }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 creatures}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  are therein;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and unto us shall they }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 all}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  return.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   And accordingly she had no sooner spoken it than the dry trunk revived, and shot forth green leaves, and a head loaded with ripe fruit.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 thine eye}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   During which she was not to speak to anybody, unless to acquaint them with the reason of her silence: and some suppose she did that by signs.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Several Christian writers think the Kor\'e2n stands convicted of a manifest falsehood in this particular, but I am afraid the Mohammedans may avoid the charge;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  as they do by several answers.  Some say the Virgin Mary had really a brother named Aaron, who had the same father, but a different mother; others suppose Aaron the brother of Moses is here meant, but say Mary is called }
{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 his sister}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, either because she was of the Levitical race (as by her being related to Elizabeth, it should seem she was), or by way of comparison; others say that it was a different person of that name who was contemporary with h
er, and conspicuous for his good or bad qualities, and that they likened her to him either by way of commendation of of reproach,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These were the first words which were put into the mouth of JESUS, to obviate the imagination of his partaking of the
 divine nature, or having a right to the worship of mankind, on account of his miraculous speaking so soon after his birth.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This expression may either be referred to JESUS, as }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the Word of}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD; or to the account just given of him.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These words are variously expounded; some taking them to express admiration}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 at the quickness of those senses in the wicked, at the day of judgment, when they shall plainly perceive the torments prepared for them, though they have been deaf and blind in this life; and othe
rs supposing the words contain a threat to the unbelievers, of what they shall then hear and see; or else a command to Mohammed to lay before them the terrors of that day.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Alone surviving, when all creatures shall be dead and annihilated.  See chapter 15, p. 192.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See chapter 3, p. 34, 35.\tab \tab 2  Al Zamakh., Al Beid\'e2wi. Jallalo\rquote ddin, Yahya, &c.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi, &c.
\par 4  See chapter 18, p. 220.\tab \tab 5  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And remember Abraham in the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the Koran;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for he was one of great veracity, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a prophet.

\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      When he said unto his father, O my father,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  why dost thou worship that which heareth not, neither seeth, nor profiteth thee at all?
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      O my father, verily }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a degree}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of knowledge hath been bestowed on me, which hath not been bestowed on thee: wherefore follow me; I will lead thee into an even way.

\par      O my father, serve not Satan; for Satan was rebellious unto the Merciful.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      O my father, verily I fear lest a punishment be inflicted on thee from the Merciful, and thou become a companion of Satan.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 His father}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 answered, Dost thou reject my gods, O Abraham?  If thou forbear not, I will surely stone thee: wherefore leave me for a long time.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Abraham}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  replied, Peace}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on thee: I will ask pardon for thee of my LORD; for he is gracious unto me.
\par      And I will separate myself from you, and from the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 idols}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which ye invoke besides GOD; and I will call upon my LORD; it may be that I shall not be unsuccessful in calling on my LORD, }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as ye are in calling upon them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 50\tab And when he had separated himself from them, and from the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 idols}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which they worshipped besides GOD,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  we gave him Isaac and jacob; and we made each of them a prophet,
\par      and we bestowed on them, through our mercy, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the gift of prophecy, and children and wealth;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we caused them to deserve the highest commendations.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And remember Moses in the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the Koran:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for he was sincerely upright, and was an apostle }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 a prophet.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And we called unto him from the right side of Mount }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Sinai}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and caused him to draw near, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to discourse privately }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with us}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And we gave him, through our mercy, his brother Aaron a prophet, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for his assistant}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Remember also Ismael in the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 same}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  book; for he was true to }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  promise,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and was an apostle, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a prophet.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And he commanded his family }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to observe}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  prayer, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to give}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  alms; and he was acceptable unto his LORD.

\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And remember Edris}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 same}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  book; for he was a just person, }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a prophet:
\par      and we exalted him to a high place.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      These are they unto whom GOD hath been bounteous, of the prophets of the posterity of Adam, and of those whom we carried }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in the ark}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with Noah; and of the posterity of Abraham, and of Israel, and of those whom we have directed and chosen.  When the signs of the Merciful were read unto them, they fell dow
n, worshipping, and wept:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 6, p. 95, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By flying to Harr\'e2n, and thence to Palestine.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 We granted them a lofty tongue of truth}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as some expound it, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 And we raise him on high; }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 for, say they, he was raised to so grea
t an elevation, that he heard the creaking of the pen writing on the table of GOD\rquote S decrees.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Being celebrated on that account; and particularly for his behaving with that resignation and constancy which he had promised his father, on his receiving GOD\rquote 
S command to sacrifice him;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  for the Mohammedans say it was Ismael, and not Isaac, whom he was commanded to offer.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or Enoch, the great-grandfather of Noah, who had that surname from his great }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 knowledge;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 for he was favoured with no less than thirty books of divine revelations, and was the first who wrote with a pen, and studied the sciences of astronomy and arithmetic, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab The learned Bartolocci endeavours to show, from the testimonies of the ancient Jews, that Enoch, surnamed Edris, was a very different person from the Enoch of Moses, and many ages younger.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Some understand by this the honour of the prophetic office, and his familiarity with GOD; but others suppose his translation is here meant: for they say that he was taken up by GOD into heaven
 at the age of three hundred and fifty, having first suffered death, and been restored to life; and that he is now alive in one of the seven heavens, or in paradise.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin, &c.\tab \tab 4  Bartol. Bibl. Rabb. part 2, p. 845.\tab \tab 5  Iidem, Abulfeda.
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 60\tab but a succeeding generation have come after them, who neglect prayer, and follow }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  lusts; and they shall surely fall into evil:
\par      except him who repenteth, and believeth, and doth that which is right; these shall enter paradise, and they shall not in the least be wronged:
\par      gardens of perpetual abode }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be their reward}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , which the Merciful hath promised unto his servants, as an object of faith; for his promise will surely come }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
to be fulfilled}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Therein shall they hear no vain discourse, but peace;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and their provision shall be prepared for them therein morning and evening.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      This is paradise, which we will give for an inheritance unto such of our servants as shall be pious.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We descend not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from heaven}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , unless by the command of thy LORD: unto him }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 whatsoever is before us, and whatsoever is behind us, and whatsoever is in the intermediate space; neither is thy LORD forgetful }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of thee}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 He is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the LORD of heaven and earth, and of whatsoever is between them: wherefore worship him, and be constant in his worship.  Dost thou know any named like him?}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Man saith,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  After I shall have been dead, shall I really be brought forth alive }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from the grave?}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Doth not man remember that we created him heretofore, when he was nothing?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      But by thy LORD we will surely assemble them and the devils }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to judgment;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 then will we set them round about hell on their knees:
\par 70\tab afterwards we will draw forth from every sect such of them as }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall have been}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a more obstinate rebel against the Merciful;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      and we best know which of them are more worthy to be burned therein.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      There shall be none of you but shall approach near the same:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 this}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  is an established decree with thy LORD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Afterwards we will deliver those who shall have been pious, but we will leave the ungodly therein on their knees.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Words of peace and comfort; or the salutations of the angels,}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These are generally supposed to have been the words of the angel Gabriel, in answer to Mohammed\rquote s
 complaint for his long delay of fifteen, or, according to another tradition, of forty days, before he brought him instructions what solution he should give to the questions which had been asked him concerning the sleepers, Dhu\rquote 
lkarnein, and the spirit.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab Others, however, are of opinion that they are the words which the godly will use at their entrance into paradise; and that their meaning is, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
We take up our abode here at the command and through the mercy of God alone, who ruleth all things, past, future, and present; and who is not forgetful of the works of his servants.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, Deserving, or having a right to the name and attributes of GOD.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some suppose a particular person is here meant, namely, Obba Ebn Khalf.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is said that every infidel will appear, at the day judgment, chained to the devil who seduced him.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Hence, says al Beid\'e2wi, it appears that GOD will pardon some of the rebellious people.  But perhaps the distinguishing the unbelievers into different classes, in order to consign 
them to different places and degrees of torment, is here meant.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
., The more obstinate and perverse, and especially the heads of sects, who will suffer double punishment for their own errors and their seducing of others.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For the true believers mu
st also pass by or through hell, but the fire will be damped and the flames abated, so as not to hurt them, though it will lay hold on the others.  Some, however, suppose that the words intend no more than the passage over the narrow bridge, which is laid
 over hell.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See chapter 10, p. 151.\tab \tab 2  See before, p. 118, 119.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 4  See chapter 16, p. 195.\tab \tab 5  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 6  Idem.  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 71.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 When our manifest signs are read unto them, the infidels say unto the true believers, Which of the two parties }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 in the more eligible condition, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 formeth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the more excellent assembly?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But how many generations have we destroyed before them, which excelled them in wealth, and in outward appearance?
\par      Say, Whosoever is in error, the Merciful will grant him a long and prosperous life,
\par      until they see that with which they are threatened, whether it be the punishment }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of this life}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , or }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 last}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  hour; and hereafter they shall know who is in the worse condition, and the weaker in forces.
\par      GOD shall more fully direct those who receive direction;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and the good works which remain }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 forever}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  are better in the sight of thy LORD }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 than worldly possessions}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , in respect to the reward, and more eligible in respect to the future recompense.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 80\tab Hast thou seen him who believeth not in our signs, and saith, I shall surely have riches and children bestowed on me?}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Is he acquainted with the secrets }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of futurity;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  or hath he received a covenant from the Merciful }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that it shall be so?}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      By no means.  We will surely write down that which he saith; and increasing we will increase his punishment;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and we will be his heir as to that which he speaketh of,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 on the last day}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 he shall appear before us alone }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and naked}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They have taken }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  gods, besides GOD, that they may be a glory unto them.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      By no means.  Hereafter shall they deny their worship;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they shall become adversaries}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 unto them.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Dost thou not see that we send the devils against the infidels, to incite them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to sin}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  by }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 instigations?
\par      Wherefore be not in haste }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to call down destruction}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  upon them; for we number unto them a }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 determined}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  number }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of days of respite}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      On a certain day we will assemble the pious before the Merciful }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in an honourable manner}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , as ambassadors come }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 into the presence of a prince:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      but we will drive the wicked into hell, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as cattle are driven}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to water:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 90\tab they shall obtain no intercession, except he only who hath received a covenant from the Merciful.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They say, The Merciful hath begotten issue.  Now have ye uttered an impious thing:
\par      it wanteth little but that on occasion thereof the heavens be rent, and the earth cleave in sunder, and the mountains be overthrown and fall,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      for that they attribute children unto the Merciful; whereas it becometh not GOD to beget children.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
., Of us, or of you.  When the Koreish were unable to produce a composition to equal the Kor\'e2n, they began to glory in their wealth and nobility, valuing themselves highly on that account, and despising the followers of Mohammed.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage was revealed on account of al As Ebn Wayel, who being indebted to Khabb\'e2
b, when he demanded the money, refused to pay it, unless he would deny Mohammed; to which proposal Khabb\'e2b answered, tha
t he would never deny that prophet, neither alive, nor dead, nor when he should be raised to life at the last day; therefore replied al As, when thou art raised again, come to me, for I shall then have abundance of riches, and children, and I will pay you
.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , He shall be obliged to leave all his wealth and his children behind him at his death.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
., At the resurrection; when the idolaters shall disclaim their idols, and the idols their worshippers, and shall mutually accuse one another.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the contrary;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  that is to say, a }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 disgrace}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 instead of an }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 honour}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  That is, except he who shall be a subject properly disposed to receive that favour, by having possessed Isl\'e2m.  Or, the words may also be translated, according to another exposition, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 They 
shall not obtain the intercession}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  of any, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 except}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  the intercession }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 of him}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.  Or else, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 None shall be able to make intercession}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  for others, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 except he who shall have received a covenant}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  (or }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 permission}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ) }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 from God; i.e., }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 who shall be qualified for that office by faith, and good works, according to GOD\rquote 
s promise, or shall have special leave given him by GOD for that purpose.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 2  See chapter 6, p. 90; chapter 10, p. 152, 153, &c.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.  See chapter 2, p. 28, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Verily there is none in heaven or on earth but shall approach the Merciful }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  servant.  He encompasseth them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
by his knowledge and power}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and numbereth them with an }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 exact}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  computation:
\par      and they shall all come unto him on the day of resurrection, destitute }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 both of helpers and followers}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      But as for those who believe and do good works, the Merciful will bestow on them love.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily we have rendered the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Koran}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  easy for thy tongue, that thou mayest thereby declare }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 promises unto the pious, and mayest thereby denounce threats unto contentious people.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And how many generations have we destroyed before them?  Dost thou find one of them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 remaining?}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261   Or dost thou hear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 so much as}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a whisper concerning them?}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 ________
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XX_}XX.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend XX_}
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, T. H.;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      T. H.  WE have not sent down the Koran unto thee, that thou shouldest be unhappy;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      but for an admonition unto him who feareth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      being sent down from him who created the earth, and the lofty heavens.
\par      The Merciful sitteth on }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  throne:
\par      unto him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  whatsoever is in heaven and on earth, and whatsoever is between them, and whatsoever is under the earth.
\par      If thou pronounce }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thy prayers}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with a loud voice, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 know that it is not necessary in respect to God;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 for he knoweth that which is secret, and what is yet more hidden.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      GOD! there is no GOD but he, he hath most excellent names.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Hast thou been informed of the history of Moses?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ., The love of GOD and all the
 inhabitants of heaven.  Some suppose this verse was revealed to comfort the Moslems who were hated and despised at Mecca, on account of their faith, by the promise of their gaining the love and esteem of mankind in a short time.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The signification of these letters, which being prefixed to the chapter are therefore taken for the title, is uncertain.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Some, however, imagine they stand for }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Ya rajol}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , i.e. }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 O man!}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 which interpretation, seeming not easily to be accounted for from the Arabic, is by a certain tradition deduced from the Ethiopic:}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or for }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Ta}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , i.e. }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 tread;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 telling us that Mohammed, being employed in watching and prayer the night this passage was revealed, stood on one foot only, but was hereby commanded to ease himself by setting both feet to the ground.  Others fancy the first letter stands for }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 T\'fbba, beatitude;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and the latter for }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Hawiyat}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , the name of the lower apartment of hell.  }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
Tah}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  is also an interjection commanding silence, and may properly enough be used in this place.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Either by reason of th
y zealous solicitude for the conversion of the infidels, or thy fatiguing thyself by watching and other religious exercises; for, it seems, the Koreish urged the extraordinary fatigues he underwent in those respects, as the consequence of his having left 
their religion.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 7, p. 123, and chapter 17, p. 216.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The relation of the story of Moses, which takes up the greatest part of this chapter, was designed to encourage Mohammed, by his example, to discharge the prophetic office with firmness
 of mind, as being assured of receiving the like assistance from GOD: for it is said this chapter was one of the first that were revealed.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. III. p. 46, &c.\tab \tab 2  Moham. Ebn Abd al Baki, ex trad. Acrem\'e6 Ebn Abi Sofian.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.
\tab \tab 4  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 When he saw fire, and said unto his family, Tarry ye }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 here;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 for I perceive fire:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 10\tab peradventure I may bring you a brand thereout, or may find a direction }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in our way}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  by the fire.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And when he was come near unto it, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a voice}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  called unto him,}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , O Moses,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      verily I am thy LORD: wherefore put off thy shoes;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for thou art in the sacred valley Towa.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And I have chosen thee; therefore hearken with attention unto that which is revealed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto thee}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Verily I am GOD; there is no god besides me; wherefore worship me, and perform }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thy}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  prayer in remembrance of me.
\par      Verily the hour cometh: I will surely manifest the same,
\par      that every soul may receive its reward for that which it hath deliberately done.
\par      Let not him who believeth not therein, and who followeth his lust, prevent thee from }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 believing in}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the same, lest thou perish.
\par      Now what }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  that in thy right hand, O Moses?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      He answered, It is my rod whereon I lean, and with which I beat down leaves for my flock; and I have other uses for it.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 20\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 said }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Cast it down, O Moses.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And he cast it down, and behold, it }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 became}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a serpent,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which ran about.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said, Take hold on it, and fear not:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  we will reduce it to its former condition.
\par      And put thy }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 right}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  hand under thy }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 left}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  arm: it shall come forth white,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  without any hurt.  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 This shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  another sign:
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      that we may show thee }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 some}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of our greatest signs.
\par      Go unto Pharaoh: for he is exceedingly impious.
\par      Moses answered, LORD, enlarge my breast,
\par      and make what thou hast commanded me easy unto me:
\par      and loose the knot of my tongue,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      that they may understand my speech.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 30\tab And give me a counsellor}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of my family,
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 namely}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Aaron my brother.
\par      Gird up my loins by him,
\par      and make him my colleague in the business:
\par      that we may praise thee greatly, and may remember thee often;
\par      for thou regardest us.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  replied, Now hast thou obtained thy request, O Moses:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and we have heretofore been gracious unto thee, another time;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The commentators say, that Moses having obtained leave of Shoaib, or Jethro, his father-in-law, to visit his mother, departed with his family from Midian towards Egypt; but coming to the valley of Towa, wherein Mount Sinai stands, his wife f
ell in labour, and was delivered of a son, in a very dark and snowy night; he had also lost his way, and his cattle were scattered from him; when on a sudden he saw a fire by the side of a mountain, which on his nearer approaching he found burning in a gr
een bush.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This was a mark of humility and respect: though some fancy there was some uncleanness in the shoes themselves, because they were made of the skin of an ass not dressed.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As to drive away wild beasts from my flock, to carry my bottle of wa
ter on, to stick up and hang my upper garment on to shade me from the sun; and several other uses enumerated by the commentators.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which was at first no bigger than the rod, but afterwards swelled to a prodigious size.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   When Moses saw the serpent mo
ve about with great nimbleness, and swallow stones and trees, he was greatly terrified, and fled from it; but recovering his courage at these words of GOD, he had the boldness to take the serpent by the jaws.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 7, p. 116.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For Moses had a
n impediment in his speech, which was occasioned by the following accident.  Pharaoh one day carrying him in his arms, when a child, he suddenly laid hold of his bear, and plucked it in a very rough manner, which put Pharaoh into such a passion, that he o
r
dered him to be put to death: but Asia, his wife, representing to him that he was but a child, who could not distinguish between a burning coal and a ruby, he ordered the experiment to be made; and a live coal and a ruby being set before Moses, he took th
e coal and put it into his mouth, and burnt his tongue; and thereupon he was pardoned.  This is a Jewish story a little altered.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Arabic word is Waz\'ee
r, which signifies one who has the chief administration of affairs under a prince.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  Idem.\tab \tab 5  Vide Shalsh. Hakkab, p. 11.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 when we revealed unto thy mother that which was revealed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto her,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Put him into the ark, and cast him into the river and the river shall throw him on the shore; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  my enemy and his enemy shall take him }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and bring him up;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and I bestowed on thee love from me,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 40\tab that thou mightest be bred up under my eye.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      When thy sister went and said, Shall I bring you unto one who will nurse }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the child?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 So}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  we returned thee unto thy mother, that her mind might be set at ease, and that she might not be afflicted.  And thou slewest a soul, and we delivered thee from trouble;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we proved thee by }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 several}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  trials:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 afterwards}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  thou didst dwell some years}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  among the inhabitants of Madian.  Then thou camest }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hither}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  according to }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 our}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  decree, O Moses;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and I have chosen thee for myself;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 wherefore}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  go thou and thy brother}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with my signs; and be not negligent in remembering me.

\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Go ye unto Pharaoh, for he is excessively impious:
\par      and speak mildly unto him; peradventure he will consider, or will fear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our threats}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      They answered, O LORD, verily we fear lest he be precipitately violent against us, or lest he transgress }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 more exorbitantly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  replied, Fear not; for I am with you: I will hear and will see.
\par      Go ye therefore unto him, and say, Verily we are the messengers of thy LORD: wherefore send the children of Israel with us, and do not afflict them.  Now are we come unto thee with a sign from thy LORD: and peace be upon him who shall follow the }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 true}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  direction.
\par 50\tab Verily it hath been revealed unto us, that a punishment }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be inflicted}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on him who shall charge }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 us}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 with imposture, and shall turn back.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And when they had delivered their message, Pharaoh}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, Who is your LORD, O Moses?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      He answered, Our LORD is he who giveth all things: he hath created them, and directeth them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by his providence.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators are not agreed by what means this revelation was made; whether by private inspiration, by a dream, by a prophet, or by an angel.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators say, that his mother accordingly made an ark of the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 papyrus}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, and pitched it, and put in some cotton; and having laid the child therein, committed it to the river, a branch of which went into Pharaoh\rquote s garden: 
that the stream carried the ark thither into a fishpond, at the head of which Pharaoh was then sitting, with his wife Asia, the daughter of Mozahem; and that the king, having commanded it to be taken up and opened, and finding in it a beautiful child, too
k a fancy to it, and ordered it to be brought up.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab Some writers mention a miraculous preservation of Moses before he was put into the ark; and tell us, that his mother having hid him from Pharaoh\rquote s officers in an oven, his sister, in her mother\rquote s absence, 
kindled a large fire in the oven to heat it, not knowing the child was there, but that he was afterwards taken out unhurt.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, I inspired the love of thee into the hearts of those who saw thee, and particularly into the heart of Pharaoh.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The 
Mohammedans pretend that several nurses were brought, but the child refused to take the breast of any, till his sister Miriam, who went to learn news of him, told them she would find a nurse, and brought his mother.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Moses killed an Egyptian, in defence of an Israelite, and escaped the danger of being punished for it, by flying to Midian, which was eight days\rquote  journey distant from Mesr.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab The Jews pretend he was actually imprisoned for the fact, and condemned to be beheaded, but that, when he should have suffered, his neck became as hard as ivory, and the sword rebounded on the executioner.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For he was obliged to abandon his country and his friends, and to travel several days, in great terror and want of necessary provisions, to seek a refuge among s
trangers; and was afterwards forced to serve for hire, to gain a livelihood.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Ten.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Aaron being by this time come out to meet his brother, either by divine inspiration, or having notice of his design to return to Egypt.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Abulfeda, &c.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 4  Idem.
\par 5  Shalsh Hakkab. p. 11.\tab \tab 6  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 7  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Pharaoh}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said, What therefore is the condition of the former generations?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Moses}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  answered, The knowledge thereof is with my LORD, in the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of his decrees:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 my LORD erreth not, neither doth he forget.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It is he}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  who hath spread the earth as a bed for you, and hath made you paths therein; and who sendeth down rain from heaven, whereby we cause various kinds of vegetables to spring forth:

\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Eat }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of part}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and feed your cattle }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with other part thereof}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
.  Verily herein are signs unto those who are endued with understanding.
\par      Out of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the ground}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  have we created you; and to the same will we cause you to return, and we will bring you forth from thence another time.
\par      And we showed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Pharaoh}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  all our signs }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 which we had empowered Moses to perform:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  but he accused }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 him}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of imposture, and refused }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to believe;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 he said, Art thou come unto us that thou mayest dispossess us of our land by the enchantments, O Moses?
\par 60\tab Verily we will meet thee with the like enchantments; wherefore fix an appointment between us and thee; we will not fail it, neither shalt thou, in an equal place.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Moses}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  answered, Let your appointment be on the day of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  solemn feast;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and let the people be assembled in open day.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And Pharaoh turned away }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from Moses}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and gathered together}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the most expert magicians to execute}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 his stratagem; and then came }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to the appointment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Moses said unto them, Woe be unto you! do not devise a lie against GOD,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      lest he utterly destroy you by some judgment: for he shall not prosper who deviseth lies.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And the magicians}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  disputed concerning their affair among themselves, and discoursed in private:
\par      and they said, These two are certainly magicians: they seek to dispossess you of your land by their sorcery; and to lead away }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  your chiefest and most considerable men.
\par      Wherefore collect }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 all}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  your cunning, and then come in order: for he shall prosper this day, who shall be superior.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They said, O Moses, whether wilt thou cast down }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thy rod first}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, or shall we be the first who cast down }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our rods?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      He answered, Do ye cast down }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your rods first}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
.  And behold, their cords and their rods appeared unto him, by their enchantment, to run about }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 like serpents;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 70\tab wherefore Moses conceived fear in his heart.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 But}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  we said }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Fear not; for thou shalt be superior:
\par      therefore cast down }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the rod}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which is in thy right hand; and it shall swallow up }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the seeming serpents}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which they have m
ade: for what they have made is only the deceit of an enchanter; and an enchanter shall not prosper, withersoever he cometh.
\par      And the magicians, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 when they saw the miracle which Moses performed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , fell down and worshipped, saying, We believe in the LORD of Aaron and of Moses.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Pharaoh}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto them}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Do ye believe in him before I give you permission?  Verily this is your master, who hath taught you magic.  But I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on the opposite sides; and I will crucify you 
on trunks of palm-trees:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and ye shall know which of us is more severe in punishing, and can longer protract }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your pains}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ., As to happiness or misery after death.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which was probably the first day of their new year.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By saying the miracles performed in his name are the effects of magic.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   They rubbed them over with quicksilver, which being wrought upon by the heat of the sun, caused them to move.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  See chapter 7, p. 116.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See Ibid.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Idem.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 They answered, We will by no means have greater regard unto thee than unto those evident miracles which have been shown us, or than unto him who hath created us.  Pronounce therefore that sentence }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 against us}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which thou art about to pronounce: for thou canst only give sentence }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  this pre
sent life.  Verily we believe in our LORD, that he may forgive us our sins, and the sorcery which thou hast forced us to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 exercise:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for GOD is better }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to reward}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and more able to prolong }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 punishment than thou}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Verily whosoever shall appear before his LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 on the day of judgment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , polluted with crimes, shall have hell }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for his reward;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 he shall not die therein, neither shall he live.
\par      But whoever shall appear before him, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 having been}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a true believer, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall have worked righteousness, for these }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are prepared}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the highest degrees }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of happiness;
\par }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      namely}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , gardens of perpetual abode,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 which shall be watered by rivers; they shall remain therein forever: and this shall be the reward of him who shall be pure.
\par      And we spake by revelation unto Moses, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Go forth with my servants }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 out of Egypt}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  by night; and smite }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the waters with thy rod, and make}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  them a dry path through the sea:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 80\tab be not apprehensive of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Pharaoh's}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  overtaking }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thee;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  neither be thou afraid.
\par      And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 when Moses had done so}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Pharaoh followed them with his forces; and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the waters}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 of the sea overwhelmed them.  And Pharaoh caused his people to err, neither did he direct }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them aright}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Thus, O children of Israel, we delivered you from your enemy; and we appointed you the right side of Mount }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Sinai to discourse with Moses and to give him the law;}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we caused manna and quails to descend upon you,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Eat of the good things which we have given you for food; and transgress not therein,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 lest my indignation fall on you; and on whomsoever my indignation shall fall, he shall go down headlong }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 into perdition}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But I }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  gracious unto him who shall repent and believe, and shall do that which is right; and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 shall be rightly directed.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      What hath caused thee to hasten from thy people, O Moses, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to receive the law?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      He answered, These }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 follow close}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on my footsteps; but I have hastened unto thee, O LORD, that thou mightest be well pleased }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with me}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said, We have already made a trial of thy people, since }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thy departure;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and al S\'e2meri}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  hath seduced them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to idolatry}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 gardens of}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  Eden; see chapter 9, p. 142, 143.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The expositors add, that the sea was divided into twelve separate paths, one for each tribe:}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  a fable borrowed from the Jews.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 2, p. 7.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By ingratitude, excess, or insolent behaviour.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For Moses, it seems, outwent the seventy elders, who had been chosen, in obedience to the divine command, to accompany him to the mount,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and appeared before GOD while they were at some, though no great, distance behind him.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   They continued in the worship of the true GOD for the first twenty days of Moses\rquote 
s absence, which, by taking the nights also into their reckoning, they computed to be forty, and at their expiration concluded they had stayed the full time which Moses had commanded them, and so fell into the worship of the golden calf.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This was not his proper name, but he had this appellation because he was of a certain tribe among the Jews called Samaritans (wherein the Mohammedans strangely be
tray their ignorance in history); though some say he was a proselyte, but a hypocritical one, and originally of Kirm\'e2n, or some other country.  His true name was Moses, or M\'fbsa, Ebn Dhafar.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab Selden is of opinion that this person was no other than Aaron himself, (who was really the maker of the calf), and that he is here called al S\'e2
meri, from the Hebrew verb }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 shamar}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , to }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 keep;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  because he was }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
the Keeper or Guardian}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the children of Israel during his brother\rquote s absence in the mount; which is a very ingenious conjecture, not absolutely inconsistent with the text of the Kor\'e2
n (though Mohammed seems to have mistaken al S\'e2meri for the name of a different person), and offers a much more probable origin of that appellation, than to derive it, as the Mohammedans do,
 from the Samaritans, who were not formed into a people, nor bore that name till many ages after.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem, Abulfed. in Hist.\tab \tab 2  Vide R. Eliezer, Pirke, chapter 42.\tab \tab 3  See chapter 2, p. 6, 7; chapter 7, p. 120, &c.
\par 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 5  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Wherefore Moses returned unto his people}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in great wrath, and exceedingly afflicted.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  he said, O my people, had not your LORD promised you a most excellent promise?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Did the time }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of my absence}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  seem long unto you?  Or did ye desire that indignation from your LORD should fall on you, and therefore failed to keep the promise which ye made me?
\par 90\tab They answered, We have not failed in what we promised thee of our own authority; but we were made to carry in }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 several}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  loads of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 gold and silver, of}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the ornaments of the people,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we cast them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 into the fire;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and in like manner al S\'e2
meri also cast in }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 what he had collected}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and he produced unto them a corporeal calf,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which lowed.  And al S\'e2meri }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and his companions }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 said, This is your god, and the god of Moses; but he hath forgotten }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 him, and is gone to seek some other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .

\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Did they not therefore see that }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their idol}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  returned them no answer, and was not able to cause them either hurt or profit?
\par      And Aaron had said unto them before, O my people, verily ye are only proved by this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 calf;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for your LORD is the Merciful: wherefore, follow me, and obey my command.
\par      They answered, We will by no means cease to be devoted to its }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 worship}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , until Moses return unto us.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And when Moses was returned}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , he said, O Aaron, what hindered thee, when thou sawest that they went astray, that thou didst not follow me?}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Hast thou, therefore, been disobedient to my command?
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Aaron answered, O son of my mother, drag }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 me}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  not by the beard, nor by }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the hair of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 my head.  Verily I feared lest thou shouldest say,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Thou hast made a division among the children of Israel, and thou hast not observed my saying.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Moses said }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  al S\'e2meri, What }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 was}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  thy design, O S\'e2meri?  He answered, I saw that which they saw not;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wherefore I took a handful }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of dust}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from the footsteps of the messenger }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and I cast it }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 into the molten calf;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for so did my mind direct me.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ., After he had completed his forty days\rquote  stay in the mount, and had received the law.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , The law, containing a light and certain direction to guide you in the right way.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  These ornaments were rings, bracelets, and the like, which the Israelities had borrowed of the Egyptians, under pretence of decking themselves out for some feast, and had not returned to them; or, as some
 think, what they had stripped from the dead bodies of the Egyptians, cast on shore by the sea: and al Sameri, conceiving them unlawful to be kept, and the occasion of much wickedness, persuaded Aaron to let him collect them from the people; which being d
one, he threw them all into the fire, to melt them down into one mass.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab It is observable, that the Mohammedans generally suppose the cast metal\rquote s coming forth in the shape of a calf, was beside the expectation of al Sameri, who had not made a mould of that
 figure: and that when Aaron excuses himself to his brother, in the pentateuch, he seems as if he would persuade him it was an accident.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 7, p. 119, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By these words Moses reprehends Aaron for not seconding his zeal in taking arms against the idolaters; or for not coming after him to the mountain, to acquaint him with their rebellion.

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Lest if I had taken arms against the worshippers of the calf, thou shouldest say that I had raised a sedition; or if I had gone after thee, thou shouldest blame me for abandoning my charge, and not waiting thy return to rectify what was amiss.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, I knew that which they knew not; }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
., That the messenger sent to thee from GOD was a pure spirit, and that his footsteps gave life to whatever
 they touched; being no other than the angel Gabriel, mounted on the horse of life: and therefore I made use of the dust of his feet to animate the molten calf.  It is said al S\'e2
meri knew the angel, because he had saved and taken care of him when a child and exposed by his mother for fear of Pharaoh.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 2, p. 6.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Selden, de Diis Syris, Synt. I, chapter 4.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Idem.  Vide D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. p. 650, and Kor. chapter 2, p. 6, &c.\tab \tab 4  See Exod. xxxii. 24.\tab \tab 1  Al Beid
\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Moses}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said, Get thee gone; for thy }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 punishment}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 this}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  life shall be, that thou shalt say }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto those who shall meet thee, }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Touch }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 me}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  not;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and a threat }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is denounced}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  against thee }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of more terrible pains, in the life to come}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which thou shalt by no means escape.  And behold now thy god, to whose }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 worship}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  thou hast continued assiduously devoted; verily we will burn it;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we will reduce it to powder, and scatter it in the sea.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Your GOD is }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the true }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 GOD, besides whom there is no other god: he comprehendeth all things by }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 knowledge.
\par 100\tab Thus do we recite unto thee, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O Mohammed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , relations of what hath passed heretofore; and we have given thee an admonition from us.
\par      He who shall turn aside from it shall surely carry a load }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of guilt}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on the day of resurrection:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      they shall continue thereunder }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 forever;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and a grievous burden shall it be unto them on the day of resurrection;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      On }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 that}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  day the trumpet shall be sounded; and we will gather the wicked together on that day, having grey eyes.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      They shall speak with a low voice to one another, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Ye have not tarried}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  above ten days.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We well know what they will say; when the most conspicuous among them for behavior shall say, Ye have not tarried above one day.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They will ask thee concerning the mountains: Answer, My LORD will reduce them to dust, and scatter them abroad;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and he will leave them a plain equally extended: thou shalt see no part of them higher or lower than another.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      On that day }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 mankind}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall follow}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the angel}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  who will call }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 them to judgment}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  none shall }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 have power to}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  turn aside from him; and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  voices shall be low before the Merciful, neither shalt thou hear any more than the hollow sound }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of their feet}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Lest they infect thee with a burning fever: for that was the consequence of any man\rquote 
s touching him, and the same happened to the persons he touched; for which reason he was obliged to avoid all communication with others, and was also shunned by them, wandering in the desert like a wild beast.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab Hence, it is concluded that a tribe of Samaritan Jews, said to inhabit a certain isle in the Red Sea, are the descendants of our al S\'e2meri; because it is their peculiar mark of distinction, at this day, to use the same words, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 La mes\'e2s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , i.e., }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Touch me not}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , to those they meet.}
{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  It is not improbable that this story may owe its rise to the known hatred borne by the Samaritans to the Jews, and their superstitiously avoiding to have any commerce with them, or any other strangers.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as the word may also be translated, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 We will file it down;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  but the other is the more received interpretation.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 6, p. 91.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For this, with the Arabs, is one mark of an enemy, or a person they abominate; to say a man has a black liver (though I think we express our
 aversion by the term white-livered), reddish whiskers and grey eyes, being a periphrasis for a foe, and particularly a Greek, which nation were the most inveterate enemies of the Arabs, and have usually hair and eyes of those colours.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original word, however, signifies also those who are squint-eyed, or even blind of a suffusion.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ., In the world; or, in the grave.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 64.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See ibid. p. 56.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab 2  Iidem.\tab \tab 3  Vide Geogr. Nub. p. 45.\tab \tab 4  Vide Selden, ubi sup.\tab \tab 5  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jawhari, in Lex.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 25}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 On that day, the intercession }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of none}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall be of advantage }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto another}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, except }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the intercession}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of him to whom the Merciful shall grant permission,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and who shall be acceptable unto him in what he saith.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 110\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  knoweth that which is before them, and that which is behind them; but they comprehend not the same by }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their }{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 knowledge:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and their faces shall be humbled}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  before the living, the self-subsisting }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and he shall be wretched who shall bear }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  iniquity.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But whosoever shall do good works, being a true believer, shall not fear any injustice, or any diminution }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of his reward from God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And thus have we sent down }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 this book, being}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a Koran in the Arabic tongue; and we have inserted various threats and promises therein, that }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  may fear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , or that it may awaken some consideration in them:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      wherefore, let GOD be highly exalted, the King, the Truth!  Be not over-hasty in }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 receiving or repeating}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 the Koran before the revelation thereof be completed unto thee;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and say, LORD, increase my knowledge.
\par      We heretofore gave a command unto Adam; but he forgot }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the same,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and ate of the forbidden fruit;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and we found not in him a firm resolution.
\par      And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 remember}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when we said unto the angels, Worship ye Adam; and they worshipped }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 him:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but Eblis refused.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And we said, O Adam, verily this is an enemy unto thee, and thy wife: wherefore, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 beware}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  lest he turn you out of paradise; for }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 then}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shalt thou be miserable.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 we have made a provision }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for thee, that thou shalt not hunger therein, neither shalt thou be naked:
\par      and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 there is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  also }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a provision made}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 for thee, that thou shalt not thirst therein, neither shalt thou be incommoded by heat.  But Satan whispered }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 evil suggestions}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto him, saying, O Adam
, shall I guide thee to the tree of eternity, and a kingdom which faileth not?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And they both ate thereof: and their nakedness appeared unto them; and they began to sew together the leaves of paradise, to cover themselves.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thus}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Adam became disobedient unto his LORD, and was seduced.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 120\tab Afterwards his LORD accepted him, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 on his repentance}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and was turned unto him, and directed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said, Get ye down hence, all }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of you:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the one of you }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  an enemy unto the other.  But hereafter shall a direction come unto you from me:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and whosoever shall follow my direction shall not err, neither shall he be unhappy;
\par      but whosoever shall turn aside from my admonition, verily he shall }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 lead}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a miserable life,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and we will cause him to appear }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 before us}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on the day of resurrection, blind.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 he shall say, O LORD, why hast thou brought me }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 before thee
}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  blind, whereas before I saw clearly?}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, Except unto him, &c.  See chapter 19, p. 232.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original word properly expresses the humility and dejected looks of captives in the presence of their conqueror.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Mohammed is here commanded not to be impatient at any delay in Gabriel\rquote s bringing the divine revelations, or not to repeat it too fast after the angel, so as to overtake him befo
re he had finished the passage.  But some suppose the prohibition relates to the publishing any verse before the same was perfectly explained to him.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Adam\rquote s so soon forgetting the divine command, has occasioned some Arab etymologists to derive the word Ins\'e2n, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 man}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , from }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 nasiya}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , to }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 forget;}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and has also given rise to the following proverbial saying, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Awwalo n\'e2sin awwalo \lquote nn\'e2si}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , that is, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
The first forgetful person was the first of men;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  alluding to the like sound of the words
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 2, p. 4, &c.; chapter 7, p. 105, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 7, p. 106.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 2, p. 5.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 66.
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall answer, Thus }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 have we done, because}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  our signs came unto thee, and thou didst forget them; and in the same manner shalt thou be forgotten this day.
\par      And thus will we reward him who shall be negligent, and shall not believe in the signs of his LORD: and the punishment of the life to come shall be more severe, and more lasting, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 than the punishment of this life}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Are not the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Meccans}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , therefore, acquainted how many generations we have destroyed before them; in whose dwellings they walk?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Verily herein are signs unto those who are endued with understanding.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And unless a decree had previously gone forth from thy LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for their respite}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , verily }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their destruction}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 had necessarily followed: but there is a certain time determined }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by God for their punishment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 130\tab Wherefore, do thou, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 O Mohammed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , patiently bear that which they say; and celebra
te the praise of thy LORD before the rising of the sun, and before the setting thereof, and praise }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in the hours of the night, and in the extremities of the day,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that thou mayest be well-pleased }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with the prospect of receiving favor from God.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      And cast not thine eyes on that which we have granted divers of the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unbelievers}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to enjoy, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 namely}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, the splendor of this present life,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that we may prove them thereby; for the provision of thy LORD}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  better, and more permanent.
\par      Command thy family }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to observe}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  prayer; and do thou persevere therein.  We require not of thee that }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thou labor to gain necessary }{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 provisions }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for thyself and family;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  we will provide for thee; for the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 prosperous}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  issue}{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall attend }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 on piety.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 The unbelievers}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  say, Unless he come unto us with a sign from his LORD, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 we will not believe on him.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
  Hath not a plain declaration come unto them, of that which }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is contained}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in the former volumes }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of scripture, by the revelation of the Koran?
\par      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 if we had destroyed them by a judgment before }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the same had been revealed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , they would have said, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 at the resurrection}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , O LORD, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 how could we believe}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  since thou didst not send unto us an apostle, that we might follow thy signs, before we were humbled and covered with shame?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, Each }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of us}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wait }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the issue:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  w
ait, therefore; for ye shall surely know hereafter who }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 have been}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the followers of the even way, and who hath been }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 rightly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  directed.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Seeing the footsteps of their destruction; as of the tribes of Al, and Tham\'fbd.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Evening and morning; which tim
es are repeated as the principal hours of prayer.  But some suppose these words intend the prayer of noon; the first half of the day ending, and the second half beginning at that time.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, do not envy or covet their pomp and prosperity in this world.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
., The reward laid up for thee in the next life: or the gift of prophecy, and the revelations with which GOD had favoured thee.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is said that when Mahommed\rquote 
s family were in any strait or affliction, he used to order them to go to prayers, and to repeat this verse.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 1  Iidem.\tab \tab 2  See chapter 15, p. 194.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XXI_}XXI.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend XXI_}
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE PROPHETS;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 THE time of giving up}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  their account draweth nigh unto the people }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of Mecca;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  while they are }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 sunk}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in negligence, turning aside }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from the consideration thereof}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      No admonition cometh unto them from their LORD, being lately revealed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in the Koran}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , but when they hear it,
\par      they turn it to sport: their hearts }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  taken up with delights.  And they who act unjustly discourse privately together, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, Is this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Mohammed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  any more than a man like yourselves?  Will ye therefore come to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hear}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a piece of sorcery, when ye plainly perceive it }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be so?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, My LORD knoweth whatever is spoken in heaven and on earth: }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  heareth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  knoweth.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But they say, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 The Koran}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 a confused heap of dreams: nay, he hath forged it; nay, he is a poet: let him come unto us therefore with some miracle, in like manner as the former }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 prophets}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  were sent.
\par      None of the cities which we have destroyed believed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the miracles which they saw performed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  before them: will these therefore believe, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 if they see a miracle?}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      We sent none }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as our apostles}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  before them, other than men, unto whom we revealed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our will}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
.  Ask those who are acquainted with the scripture, if ye know not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 this}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      We gave them not a body }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 which could be supported}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  without their eating food; neither were they immortal.
\par      But we made good }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  promise unto them: wherefore we delivered them, and those whom we pleased; but we destroyed the exorbitant transgressors.
\par 10\tab Now have we sent down unto you, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O Koreish}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the Koran;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wherein there is }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 honourable}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  mention of you: will ye not therefore understand?
\par      And how many cities have we overthrown, which were ungodly; and caused other nations to rise up after them?
\par      And when they felt our severe vengeance, behold, they fled swiftly from those }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 cities}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And the angels said scoffingly unto them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Do not fly; but return to that wherein ye delighted, and to your habitations; peradventure ye will be asked.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      They answered, Alas for us! verily we have been unjust.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And this their lamentation ceased not, until we had rendered them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 like}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 corn which is mown down and utterly extinct.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The chapter bears this title, because some particular relating to several of the ancient prophets are here recited.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Concerning the present posture of affairs, by way of consultation: or, that ye may be examined as to your deeds, t
hat ye may receive the reward thereof.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  It is related that a prophet was sent to the inhabitants of certain towns in Yaman, but instead of hearkening to his remonstrances, they killed him: upon which GOD delivered them into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar,
 who put them to the sword: a voice at the same time crying from heaven, Vengeance for the blood of the prophets!  Upon which they repented, and used the words of this passage.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin, al Zamakh.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 We created not the heavens and the earth, and that which is between them, by way of sport.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      If we had pleased to take diversion, verily we had taken it with }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 that which beseemeth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  us;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  if we had }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 resolved to have}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  done this.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But we will oppose truth to vanity, and it shall confound the same; and behold, it shall vanish away.  Woe be unto you, for that which ye }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 impiously}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  utter }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 concerning God!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      since whoever }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in heaven and on earth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is subject}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto him; and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the angels}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 who are in his presence do not insolently disdain his service, neither are they tired }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 therewith}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par 20\tab They praise }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  night and day; they faint not.
\par      Have they taken gods from the earth?  Shall they raise }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the dead}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to life?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      If there were either in }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 heaven or on earth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  gods besides GOD, verily both would be corrupted.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   But far be that which they utter from GOD, the LORD of the throne!
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      No account shall be demanded of him for what he shall do; but an account shall be demanded of them.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Have they taken }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  gods besides him!  Say, Produce your proof }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thereof}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 . 
 This is the admonition of those who }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are contemporary}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with me, and the admonition of those who }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 have been}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  before me:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but the greater part of them know not the truth, and turn aside }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from the same}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We have sent no apostle before thee, but we revealed unto him that there is no god beside myself, wherefore serve me.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They say, The Merciful hath begotten issue; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and the angels are his daughters}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   GOD forbid!  They are his honoured servants,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      they prevent him not in anything which they say;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they execute his command.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      He knoweth that which is before them, and that which is behind them; they shall not intercede }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for any}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      except for whom it shall please him; and they tremble for fear of him.
\par 30\tab Whoever of them shall say, I am a god besides him; that }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 angel}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  will we reward with hell: }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  so will we reward the unjust.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Do not the unbelievers therefore know, that the heavens and the earth were solid, and we clave the same in sunder;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and made every living thing of water?  Will they not therefore believe?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And we placed stable }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 mountains}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on the earth, lest it should move with them;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we made broad passages between them for paths, that they might be directed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in their journeys:}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   But for the manifestation of our power and wisdom to people
 of understanding, that they may seriously consider the wonders of the creation, and direct their actions to the attainment of future happiness, neglecting the vain pomp and fleeting pleasures of this world.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ., We had sought our pleasure in our own 
perfections; or, in the spiritual beings which are in our immediate presence; and not in raising of material buildings, with painted roofs, and fine floors, which is the diversion of man.
\par \tab Some think the original word, translated diversion, signifies in this place a wife, or a child; and that the passage is particularly levelled against the Christians.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, the whole creation would necessarily fall into confusion and be overturned, by the competition of such mighty antagonists.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , This is the constant doctrine of all the sacred books; not only of the Kor\'e2
n, but of those which were revealed in former ages; all of them bearing witness to the great and fundamental truth of the unity of God.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage was revealed on account of the Khoz\'e2ites, who held the angels to be the daughters of GOD.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , They presume not to say anything, until he hath spoken it; behaving as servants who know their duty.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, They were one continued mass of matter, till we separated them, and divided the 
heaven into seven heavens, and the earth into as many stories; and distinguished the various orbs of the one, and the different climates of the other, &c.  Or, as some choose to translate the words, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
The heavens and the earth were shut up, and we opened the same;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  their meaning being, that the heavens did not rain, nor the earth produce vegetables, till GOD interposed his power.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 16, p. 196.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Iidem.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and we made the heaven a roof well supported.  Yet they turn aside from the signs thereof, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 not considering that they are the workmanship of God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      It is he who hath created the night, and the day, and the sun, and the moon; all }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the celestial bodies}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  move swiftly, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 each}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 its respective}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  orb.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We have not granted unto any man before thee }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 eternal}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  permanency }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in this world;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 if thou die, therefore, will they be immortal?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Every soul shall taste of death: and we will prove you with evil, and with good, for a trial }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of you;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and unto us shall ye return.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      When the unbelievers see thee, they receive thee only with scoffing, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 this he who mentioneth your gods }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with contempt?}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Yet themselves believe not what is mentioned }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the Merciful.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Man is created of precipitation.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Hereafter will I show you my signs, so that ye shall not wish them to be hastened.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They say, When }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  this threat }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be accomplished}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , if ye speak truth?
\par 40\tab If they who believe not knew }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that the time will surely come}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , when they shall not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be able to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  drive back the fire }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  from their faces, nor from their backs, neither shall they be helped, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 they would not hasten it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      But }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the day of vengeance}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall come upon them suddenly, and shall strike them with astonishment: they shall not be able to avert it, neither shall they be respited.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Other}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  apostles have been mocked before thee; but the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
punishment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which they scoffed at fell upon such of them as mocked.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto the scoffers}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, Who shall save you by night and by day from the Merciful?  Yet they utterly neglect the remembrance of their LORD.
\par      Have they gods who will defend them, besides us?  They are not able to help themselves; neither shall they be assisted against us by their companions,
\par      But we have permitted these }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and their fathers to enjoy }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 worldly prosperity}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, so long as life was continued unto them.  Do they not perceive that we come unto the land }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the unbelievers, and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  straiten the borders thereof?  Shall they therefore be the conquerors?
\par      Say, I only preach unto you the revelation }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of God:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  but the deaf will not hear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thy}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  call, whenever they are preached unto.
\par      Yet if }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the least}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  breath of the punishment of thy LORD touch them, they will surely say, Alas for us! verily we have been unjust.
\par      We will appoint just balances for the day of resurrection; neither shall any soul be injured at all: although }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the merit or guilt of an action}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  be of the weight of a grain of mustard-seed }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 only}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , we will produce it }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 publicly;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and there will be sufficient accountants with us.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We formerly gave unto Moses and Aaron the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 law, being a }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 distinction}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 between good and evil}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and a light and admonition unto the pious;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 50\tab who fear their LORD in secret, and who dread the hour }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of judgment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 book also is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a blessed admonition, which we have sent down }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from heaven:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  will ye therefore deny it?}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage was revealed when the infidels said, We expect to see Mohammed die, like the rest of mankind.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Denying his unity; or rejecting his apostles and the scriptures which were given for their instruction, and particularly the Kor\'e2n.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Being hasty and inconsiderate.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  It is said this passage was revealed on account of al Nodar Ebn al Hareth, when he desired Mohammed to hasten the divine vengeance with which he threatened the unbelievers.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Arab. \lquote al Fork\'e2n.  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. III. p. 44.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 1  See chapter 17, p. 208, &c.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And we gave unto Abraham his direction}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  heretofore, and we knew him }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
to be worthy of the revelations wherewith he was favored.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Remember}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when he said unto his father, and his people, What are these images, to which ye are }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 so}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  entirely devoted?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They answered, We found our fathers worshipping them.
\par      He said, Verily both ye and your fathers have been in a manifest error.
\par      They said, Dost thou }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 seriously}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  tell us the truth, or art thou one who jestest }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with us?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      He replied, Verily your LORD is the LORD of the heavens and the earth; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it is he}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  who hath created them: and I am }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 of those who bear witness thereof.
\par      By GOD, I will surely devise a plot against your idols, after ye shall have retired }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and shall have turned your backs.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in the people's absence he went into the temple where the idols stood, and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  he brake them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 all}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in pieces, except the biggest of them; that they might lay the blame upon that.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
And when they were returned, and saw the havoc which had been made}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 60\tab they said, Who hath done this to our gods?  He is certainly an impious person.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And certain of them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  answered, We heard a young man speak }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 reproachfully}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of them: he is named Abraham.
\par      They said, Bring him therefore before the people, that they may bear witness }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 against him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And when he was brought before the assembly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , they said }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
unto him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Hast thou done this unto our gods, O Abraham?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      He answered, Nay, that biggest of them hath done it: but ask them, if they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 can}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  speak.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And they returned unto themselves,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and said }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the one to the other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Verily ye are the impious }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 persons}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Afterwards they relapsed into their former obstinacy,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and said}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Verily thou knowest that these speak not.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Abraham}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 answered, Do ye therefore worship, besides GOD, that which cannot profit you at all, neither can it hurt you?  Fie on you: and upon that which ye worship besides GOD!  Do ye not understand?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They said, Burn him, and avenge your gods: if ye do this }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it will be well.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ., The ten books of divine revelations which were given him.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 6, p. 95, &c., chapter 19, p. 230, and chapter 2, p. 28.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Abraham took his opportunity to do this while t
he Chaldeans were abroad in the fields, celebrating a great festival; and some say he hid himself in the temple: and when he had accomplished his design, that he might the more evidently convince them of their folly in worshipping them, he hung the axe, w
ith which he had hewn and broken down the images, on the neck of the chief idol, named by some writers, Baal; as if he had been the author of all the mischief.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  For this story, which, though it be false, is not ill invented, Mohammed stands indebted to the Jews; who tell it with a little variation: for they say Abraham performed this exploit in his father\rquote 
s shop, during his absence; that Terah, on his return, demanding the occasion of the disorder, his son told him that the idols had quarrelled and fallen t
ogether by the ears about an offering of fine flour, which had been brought them by an old woman; and that the father, finding he could not insist on the impossibility of what Abraham pretended, without confessing the impotence of his gods, fell into a vi
olent passion and carried him to Nimrod that he might be exemplarily punished for his insolence.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, They became sensible of their folly.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 They were turned down upon their heads}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Perceiving they could not prevail against Abraham by dint of argument, says al Beid
\'e2wi, they had recourse to persecution and torments.  The same commentator tells us the person who gave this counsel was a Persian Curd,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  named Heyy\'fb
n, and that the earth opened and swallowed him up alive: some, however, say it was Andesh\'e2n, a Magian priest;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and others, that it was Nimrod himself.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See the Prel. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 57.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin, &c.  Vide Hyde, de Rel. vet. Pers. c. 2.\tab \tab 3  R. Gedal. in Shalshel. hakkab. p. 8  Vide Maimon.  Yad hazzaka,
 c. I, de idol.\tab \tab 4  Vide D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. Art. Dhokak. et Schultens, Indic. Geogr. in Vit. Saladini, voce Curdi.\tab \tab 5  Vide D\rquote Herbel. p. 115.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And when Abraham was cast into the burning pile}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , we said, O fire, be thou cold, and a preservation unto Abraham.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par 70\tab And they sought to lay a plot against him: but we caused them to be the sufferers.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      And we delivered him, and Lot, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by bringing them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  into the land wherein we have blessed all creatures.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And we bestowed on him Isaac and Jacob, as an additional gift: and we made all }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  righteous persons.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We also made them models of religion,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that they might direct }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 others}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 by our command: and we inspired into them the doing of good works, and the observance of prayer, and the giving of alms; and they served us.
\par      And unto Lot we gave wisdom and knowledge, and we delivered him out of the city which committed filthy crimes; for they were a wicked }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  insolent people;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and we led him into our mercy; for he was an upright person.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 remember}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Noah, when he called }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
for destruction on his people,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 before }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the prophets above mentioned:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and we heard him, and delivered him and his family from a great strait:}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators relate that, by Nimrod\rquote s order, a large space was enclosed at C\'fb
tha, and filled with a vast quantity of wood, which being set on fire burned so fiercely, that none dared to venture near it: then they bound Abraham, and putting him into an engine (which some suppose to have been of the devil\rquote 
s invention), shot him into the midst of the fire; from which he was preserved by the angel Gabriel who was sent to his assistance; the fire burning only the cords with which he was bound.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  They add that the fire having miraculously lost its heat, in respect to Abraham, became an od
oriferous air, and that the pile changed to a pleasant meadow; though it raged so furiously otherwise, that, according to some writers, about two thousand of the idolaters were consumed by it.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par \tab This story seems to have had no other foundation than that passage of Moses, where GOD is said to have brought Abraham }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 out of}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  Ur, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the }{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Chaldees,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  misunderstood: which words the Jews, the most trifling interpreters of scripture, and some moderns who have followed them, have translated, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 out of the fire of the }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Chaldees; taking the word }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Ur}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, not for the proper name of a city, as it really is, but for an appellative, signifying }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 fire}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  However, it is a fable of some antiquity, and credited, not only by the Jews, but by several of the eastern Christians; the twenty-fifth of the second Can\'fbn, or January, being set apart in the Syrian calendar, for the commemoration of Abraham\rquote 
s being cast into the fire.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab The Jews also mention some other persecutions which Abraham underwent on account of his religion, particularly a ten years\rquote  imprisonment;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  some saying he was imprisoned by Nimrod;}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and others, by his father Terah.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some tell us that Nimrod, on seeing this miraculous deliverance from his palace, cried out, that he would make an offering to the GOD of Abraham; and that he
 accordingly sacrificed four thousand kine.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   But, if he ever relented, he soon relapsed into his former infidelity: for he built a tower that he might ascend to heaven to see Abraham\rquote 
s GOD; which being overthrown,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  still persisting in his design, he woul
d be carried to heaven in a chest borne by four monstrous birds; but after wandering for some time through the air, he fell down on a mountain with such a force, that he made it shake, whereto (as some fancy) a passage in the Kor\'e2n}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 11}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  alludes, which may be translated, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 although their contrivances be such as to make the mountains tremble}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab Nimrod, disappointed in his design of making war with GOD, turned his arms against Abraham, who, being a great prince, raised forces to defend himself; but GOD, dividing Nimrod\rquote 
s subjects, and confounding their language, deprived him of the greater part of his people, and plagued those who adhered to him by swarms of gnats, which destroyed almost all of them: and one of those gnats having entered into the nostril, or ear, of 
Nimrod, penetrated to one of the membranes of his brain, where, growing bigger every day, it gave him such intolerable pain, that he was obliged to cause his head to be beaten with a mallet, in order to procure some ease, which torture he suffered four hu
ndred years; GOD being willing to punish, by one of the smallest of his creatures, him who insolently boasted himself to be lord of all.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 12}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  A Syrian calendar places the death of Nimrod, as if the time were well known, on the eighth of Tham\'fbz, or July.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 13}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Palestine; in which country the greater part of the prophets appeared.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 2, p. 14.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 7, p. 113, &c., and chapter II, p. 166.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 8, p. 132, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up8\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin, &c.   Vide Morgan\rquote s Mahometism Expl. v. I, chapter 4.\tab \tab 2  The MS Gospel of Barnabas, chapter 28.
\par 3  Genes. xv. 7.\tab \tab 4  Vide Targ.  Jonath. et Hierosol. in Genes. c. II et 15; et Hyde, de Rel. vet. Pers. p. 74, &c.\tab \tab 5  Vide Hyde, ibid., p. 73.\tab \tab 6  R. Eliez. Pirke, c. 26, &c.  Vide Maim. More Nev. l. 3, c. 29.\tab \tab 
7  Glossa Talmud. in Gemar. Bava bathra, 91, I.
\par 8  In Aggada.\tab \tab 9  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 10  See chapter 16, p. 196.\tab \tab 11  Chapter 14, p. 190.
\par 12 Vide D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. Art. Nemrod.  Hyde, ubi supra.\tab \tab 13  Vide Hyde, ibid. p. 74.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and we protected him from the people who accused our signs of falsehood; for they were a wicked people, wherefore we drowned them all.
\par      And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 remember}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  David and Solomon, when they pronounced judgment concerning a field, when the sheep of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 certain people}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  had
 fed therein by night, having no shepherd; and we were witnesses of their judgment:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and we gave the understanding thereof unto Solomon.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And on all }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 we bestowed wisdom, and knowledge.  And we compelled the mountains to praise us, with David; and the birds also:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we did }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 this}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par 80\tab And we taught him the art of making coats of mail for you,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that they may defend you in your wars: will ye therefore be thankful?
\par      And unto Solomon }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 we subjected}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a strong wind:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  it ran at his command to the land whereon we had bestowed }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 our}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  blessing:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we knew all things.
\par      And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 we also subjected unto his command divers}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the devils, who might dive }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to get pearls}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for him, and perform }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  work besides this;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we watched over them.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 remember}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Job;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  w
hen he cried unto his LORD, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Verily evil hath afflicted me: but thou art the most merciful of those who show mercy.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some sheep, in their shepherd\rquote s absence, having broken into another man\rquote s field (or vineyard, say others), by night, and eaten u
p the corn, a dispute arose thereupon: and the cause being brought before David and Solomon, the former said, that the owner of the land should take the sheep, in compensation of the damage which he had sustained; but Solomon, who was then but eleven year
s old, was of opinion that it would be more just for the owner of the field to take only the profit of the sheep, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
., their milk, lambs, and wool, till the shepherd should, by his own labour and at his own expense, put the field into as good condition as 
when the sheep entered it; after which the sheep might be returned to their master.  And this judgment of Solomon was approved by David himself as better than his own.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Mohammed, it seems, taking the visions of the Talmudists for truth, believed that w
hen David was fatigued with singing psalms, the mountains, birds, and other parts of the creation, both animate and inanimate, relieved him in chanting the divine praises.  This consequence the Jews draw from the words of the psalmist, when he calls on th
e several parts of nature to join with him in celebrating the praise of GOD;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 it being their perverse custom to expound passages in the most literal manner, which cannot bear a literal sense without a manifest absurdity; and, on the contrary, to turn the plainest passages into allegorical fancies.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Men, before his inventing them, used to arm themselves with broad plates of metal.  Lest this fable should want something of the marvellous, one writer tells us, that the iron which David used became soft in his hands like wax.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which transported his throne with prodigious swiftness.  Some say, this wind was violent or gentle, just as Solomon pleased.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ., Palestine: whither the wind brought back Solomon\rquote s throne in the evening, after having carried it
 to a distant country in the morning.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Such as the building of cities and palaces, the fetching of rare pieces of art from foreign countries, and the like.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Lest they should swerve from his orders, or do mischief according to their natural inclinations.  Jallalo\rquote 
ddin says, that when they had finished any piece of building, they pulled it down before night, if they were not employed in something new.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The Mohammedan writers tell us, that Job was of the race of Esau, and was blessed with a numerous f
amily, and abundant riches; but that GOD proved him, by taking away all that he had, even his children, who were killed by the fall of a house; notwithstanding which he continued to serve GOD, and to return him thanks, as usual; that he was then struck wi
t
h a filthy disease, his body being full of worms, and so offensive, that as he lay on the dunghill none could bear to come near him: that his wife, however (whom some call Rahmat the daughter of Ephraim the son of Joseph, and others Makhir the daughter of
 
Manasses), attended him with great patience, supporting him with what she earned by her labour; but that the devil appeared to her one day, after having reminded her of her past prosperity, promised her that if she would worship him, he would restore all 
they had lost; whereupon she asked her husband\rquote 
s consent, who was so angry at the proposal, that he swore, if he recovered, to give his wife a hundred stripes: that Job having pronounced the prayer recorded in this passage, GOD sent Gabriel, who taking him 
by the hand raised him up; and at the same time a fountain sprang up at his feet, of which having drank, the worms fell off his body, and washing therein he recovered his former health and beauty: that GOD then restored all to him double; his wife also be
coming young and handsome again, and bearing him twenty-six sons; and that Job, to satisfy his oath, was directed by GOD to strike her one blow with a palm-branch having a hundred leaves.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Some, to express the great riches which were bestowed on Job after 
his sufferings, say he had two threshing-floors, one for wheat, and the other for barley, and that GOD sent two clouds which rained gold on the one, and silver on the other, till they ran over.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The traditions differ as to the continuance of Job\rquote s calamities; one will have it to be eighteen years, another thirteen, another three, and another exactly seven years seven months and seven hours.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up8\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin, &c.\tab \tab 2  See Psalm cxlviii\tab \tab 3  Tarikh Montakkab.  Vide D\rquote Herbel. p. 284.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up8\insrsid14382261 4  See chapter 27.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Wherefore we heard him, and relieved }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 him from}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 the evil which was upon him: and we restored unto him his family, and as many more with them, through our mercy, and for an admonition unto those who serve }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 remember}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Ismael, and Edris,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and Dhu'lkefl.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   All }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 these}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  were patient persons;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      wherefore we led them into our mercy; for they were righteous doers.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 remember}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Dhu'lnun,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when he departed in wrath,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and thought that we could not exercise our power over him.  And he cried out in the darkness,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , There is no GOD, besides thee: praise be unto thee!  Verily I have been one of the unjust.
\par 90\tab Wherefore we heard him, and delivered him from affliction;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for so do we deliver the true believers.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 remember}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  Zacharias, when he called upon his LORD, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, O LORD, leave me not childless: yet thou art the best heir.
\par      Wherefore we heard him, and we gave him John; and we rendered his wife fit }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for bearing a child}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto him.  These strove to excel in good works, and called upon
 us with love, and with fear; and humbled themselves before us.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 remember }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 her who preserved her virginity,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and into whom we breathed of our spirit; ordaining her and her son for a sign unto all creatures.
\par      Verily this your religion is one religion,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and I am your LORD; wherefore serve me.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the Jews and Christians}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  have made schisms in the affair of their }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 religion}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  among themselves; }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 but}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  all of them shall appear before us.
\par      Whosoever shall do good works, being a true believer, there shall be no denial }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the reward due}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to his endeavors; and we will surely write }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  down unto him.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      An inviolable prohibition }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is laid}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 every}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  city which we shall have destroyed; for that they shall not return }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 any more into the world}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 19, p. 230.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Who this prophet was is very uncertain.  One commentator will have him to be Elias, or Joshua, or Zacharias:}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 another supposes him to have been the son of Job, and to have dwelt in Syria; to which some add, that he was first a very wicked man, but afterwards repenting, died; upon which these words appeared miraculously written over his door, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Now hath God been merciful unto}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  Dhu\rquote lkefl:}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and a third tells us he was a person of great strictness of life, and one who used to decide causes to the satisfaction of all parties, because he was never in a passion: and that he was called Dhu\rquote 
lkefl from his continual fasting, and other religious exercises.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This is the surname of Jonas; which was given him because he was }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 swallowed by the fish}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  See chapter 10, p. 157.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some suppose Jonas\rquote 
s anger was against the Ninevites, being tired with preaching to them for so long a time, and greatly disgusted at their obstinacy and ill usage of him; but others, more agreeably to scripture, say the reason of his ill humour was GOD\rquote 
S pardoning of that people on their repentance, and averting the judgment which Jonas had threatened them with, so that he thought he had been made a liar.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Out of the belly of the fish.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 37.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Namely, the Virgin Mary
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Being the same which was professed by all the prophets, and holy men and women, without any fundamental difference or variation.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin, Abu\rquote lfeda, &c.  See D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. Art. Aicub.\tab \tab 2  Jallalo\rquote ddin.
\par 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 4  Abu\rquote lf.\tab \tab 5  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 6  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 until Gog and Magog shall have a passage opened for them,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they shall hasten from every high hill,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and the certain promise shall draw near }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be fulfilled:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and behold, the eyes of the infidels shall be fixed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
with astonishment, and they shall say}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Alas for us! we were formerly regardless of this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 day;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  yea, we were wicked doers.
\par      Verily }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 both}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  ye, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O men of Mecca}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the idols}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which ye worship besides GOD, 
}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  cast }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as fuel}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  into hell }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 fire:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  ye shall go down into the same.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      If these were }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 really}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  gods, they would not go down into the same: and all}{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall remain therein forever.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 100\tab In that }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 place}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall they groan }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for anguish;
}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they shall not hear }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ought}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  therein.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 As for}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  those unto whom the most excellent }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 reward of paradise}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 hath been predestinated by us, they shall be transported far off from the same;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      they shall not hear the least sound thereof: and they shall continue forever in the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 felicity}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which their souls desire.
\par      The greatest terror shall not trouble them; and the angels shall meet them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to congratulate them, saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , This is your day which ye were promised.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      On }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 that}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  day we will roll up the heavens, as }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the angel}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  al Sijil}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  rolleth up the book }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 wherein every man's actions are recorded}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  As we made the first creature }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
out of nothing}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 so}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  we will also reproduce it }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 at the resurrection.}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 This is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a promise }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 which it lieth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on us }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to fulfil:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 we will surely perform }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it.
\par      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And now have we written in the psalms, after }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the promulgation of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the law, that my servants the righteous shall inherit the earth.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily in this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 book are contained}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  sufficient means }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of salvation}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , unto people who serve }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      We have not sent thee, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O Mohammed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , but }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a mercy unto all creatures.
\par      Say, No other hath been revealed unto me, than that your GOD is one GOD: }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  ye therefore }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  resigned }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
unto him?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      But if they turn their backs }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to the confession of God's unity}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , say, I proclaim }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 war}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 against you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 all}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  equally:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but I know not whether that which ye are threatened with}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  nigh, or whether }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  far distant.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 110\tab Verily }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  knoweth the discourse which is spoken in public; and he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 knoweth that which ye hold in private.
\par      I know not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 but}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  peradventure }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the respite granted you is for}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a trial of you; and that he may enjoy }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
the prosperity of this world}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for a time.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, LORD, judge }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 between me and my adversaries}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 with truth.  Our LORD is the Merciful; whose assistance }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to be implored against the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 blasphemies and calumnies}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which ye utter.}{
\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , 
Until the resurrection; one sign of the approach whereof will be the eruption of those barbarians.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   In this passage some copies, instead of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 hadabin}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , i.e., }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 an elevated part of the earth}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , have }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 jadathin}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which signifies }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 a grave;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and if we follow the latter reading, the pronoun }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 they}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  must not refer to Gog and Magog, but to mankind in general.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Because of their astonishment and the insupportable torments they shall endure; or, as others expound the words, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 They shall not hear therein}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  anything which may give them the least comfort.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   One Ebn al Zab\'e1ri objected to the preceding words, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Both ye and that which ye worship besides}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be cast into hell}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , because, being general , they asserted an absolute falsehood; some of the objects of idolatrous worship 
being so far from any danger of damnation, that they were in the highest favour with GOD, as JESUS, Ezra, and the angels: wherefore this passage was revealed, excepting those who were predestined to salvation.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Whose office it is to write down the actions of every man\rquote s life, which, at his death, he rolls up, as completed.  Some pretend one of Mohammed\rquote 
s scribes is here meant: and others take the word Sijil, or, as it is also written, Sijjill, for an appellative, signifying a }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 book}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 written scroll;}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and accordingly render the passage, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 as a written scroll is rolled up}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These words are taken from Psalm xxxvii. v. 29.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 I have publicly declared unto you}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  what I was commanded.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
., The losses and disgraces which ye shall suffer by the future successes of the Moslems; or, the day of judgment.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 63.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 3  Iidem, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page   
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XXII_}XXII.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend XXII_}
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE PILGRIMAGE;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O MEN }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of Mecca}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , fear your LORD.  Verily the shock of the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 last}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  hour}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a terrible thing.
\par      On the day whereon ye shall see it, every woman who giveth suck shall forget }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the infant}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which she suckleth,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and every }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 female}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that is with young shall cast her burden; and thou shalt see men }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 seemingly}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  drunk, yet they shall not be }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 really}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  drunk: but the punishment of GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  severe.
\par      There is a man who disputeth concerning GOD without knowledge,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and followeth every rebellious devil:
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      against whom it is written, that whoever shall take him for his patron, he shall surely seduce him, and shall lead him into the torment of hell.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O men, if ye be in doubt concerning the resurrection, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 consider that}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  we }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 first}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 created you of the dust of the ground; afterwards, of seed; afterwards, of a little coagulated blood;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  afterwards, of a piece of flesh, perfectly formed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in part
}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in part}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  imperfectly formed; that we might make }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 our power}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 manifest unto you: and we caused that which we please to rest in the wombs, until the appointed time }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of delivery}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  Then we bring you forth infants; and afterwards }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 we permit }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 you to attain your age of full strength: and one of you dieth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in his youth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, and another of you is postponed to a decrepit age, so that he forgetteth whatever he knew.  Thou seest the earth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 sometimes}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 dried up and barren: but when we send down rain thereon, it is put in motion and swelleth, and produceth every kind of luxuriant }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 vegetables}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 showeth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  that GOD is the truth, and that he raiseth the dead to life, and that he is almighty;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and that the hour }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of judgment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 will surely come (there is no doubt thereof), and that GOD will raise again those who are in the graves.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some ceremonies used at the pilgrimage of Mecca being mentioned in this chapter, gave occasion to the inscription.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  except two verses, beginning at these words, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 There are some men who serve}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 in a wavering manner}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.  And others}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  six verses, beginning at, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 These are two opposite parties}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, the earthquake which, some say, is to happen a little before the sun rises from the west; one sign of the near approach of the day of judgment.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 64.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage was revealed on account of al Nodar Ebn al Hareth, who maintained that the angels were the daughters of GOD, that the Kor\'e2
n was a fardel of old fables, and denied the resurrection.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 96.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 61, &c.
\par 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 There is a man who disputeth concerning GOD without either knowledge, or a direction, or an enlightening book;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      proudly turning his side, that he may seduce }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  from the way of GOD.  Ignominy }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall attend}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 him in this world; and on the day of resurrection we will make him taste the torment of burning,
\par 10\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 when it shall be said unto him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thou sufferest}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 because of that which thy hands have formerly committed; for GOD is not unjust towards mankind.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      There are some men who serve GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in a wavering manner, standing, as it were,}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on the verge}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }
{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the true religion}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  If good befall }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 one of them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, he resteth satisfied therein; but if any tribulation befall him, he turneth himself round, with the loss }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 both}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of this world, and of the life to come.  This is manifest perdition.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      He will call upon that, besides GOD, which can neither hurt him, nor profit him.  This is an error remote }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from truth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      He will invoke him who will sooner be of hurt }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to his worshipper}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  than of advantage.  }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Such is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  surely a miserable patron, and a miserable companion.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But GOD will introduce those who shall believe, and do righteous works, into gardens through which rivers flow; for GOD doth that which he pleaseth.

\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Whoso thinketh that GOD will not assist }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 his apostle}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in this world, and in the world to come, l
et him strain a rope towards heaven, then let him put an end to his life, and see whether his devices can render that ineffectual, for which he was angry.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Thus do we send down }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the Koran, being}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  evident signs: for GOD directeth whom he pleaseth.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 As to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 the true believers, and those who Judaize, and the Sabians, and the Christians, and the Magians, and the idolaters; verily GOD shall judge between them on the day of resurrection; for GOD is witness of all things.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Dost thou not perceive that all }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 creatures}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  both in heaven and on earth adore GOD;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and the mountains, and the trees, and the beasts, and many men? but many are worthy of chastisement:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and whomsoever GOD shall render despicable, there shall be none to honour; for GOD doth that which he pleaseth.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The person here meant, it is said, was Abu Jahl,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 a principal man among the Koreish, and a most inveterate enemy of Mohammed and his religion.  His true name was Amru Ebn Hesh\'e2m, of the family of Makhz\'fbm; and he was surnamed Abu\rquote lhocm, i.e., }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
the father of wisdom}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which was afterwards changed into Abu Jahl, or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the father of folly}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  He was slain in the battle of Bedr.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This expression alludes to one who being posted in the skirts of an army, if he
 sees the victory inclining to his own side, stands his ground, but if the enemy is likely to prevail, takes to his heels.
\par \tab The passage, they say, was revealed on account of certain Arabs of the desert, who came to Medina, and having professed Mohammedism,
 were well enough pleased with it so long as their affairs prospered, but if they met with any adversity, were sure to lay the blame on their new religion.  A tradition of Abu Sa\'ef
d mentions another accident as the occasion of this passage, viz., that a certain Jew embraced Isl\'e2
m, but afterwards taking a dislike to it, on account of some misfortune which had befallen him, went to Mohammed, and  desired he might renounce it, and be freed from the obligation of it: but the prophet told him that no such thing w
as allowed in his religion.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Let him tie a rope to the roof of his house, and hang himself;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 that is, let him carry his anger and resentment to ever so great a height, even to be driven to the most desperate extremities, and see whether with all his endeavours he will be able to intercept the divine assistance.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Confessing his power, and obeying his supreme command.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 2  See chapter 8, p. 132.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 4  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 20\tab These are two opposite parties, who dispute concerning their LORD.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  And they who believe not shall have garments of fire fitted unto them: boiling water shall be poured on their heads;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      their bowels shall be dissolved thereby, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  their skins; and they shall }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be beaten}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 with maces of iron.
\par      So often as they shall endeavor to get out of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , because of the anguish }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of their torments}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, they shall be dragged back into the same; and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their tormentors shall say unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Taste ye the pain of burning.
\par      GOD will introduce those who shall believe, and act righteously, into gardens through which rivers flow: they shall be adorned therein with bracelets of gold, and pearls; and their vestures therein shall be silk.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They are directed unto a good saying;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and are directed into the honourable way.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But they who shall disbelieve, and obstruct the way of GOD, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hinder men from visiting}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the holy temple }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of Mecca}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , which we have appointed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for a place of worship}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 all}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  men: the inhabitant thereof, and the stranger }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 have an }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 equal}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  right to visit it:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      and whosoever shall seek impiously to profane it, we will cause him to taste a grievous torment.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Call to mind}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when we gave the site of the house }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the Caaba}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 for an abode unto Abraham,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Do not associate anything with me; and cleanse my house for those who compass }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and who stand up, and who bow down to worship.
\par      And proclaim unto the people a solemn pilgrimage;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  let them come unto thee on foot, and on every lean }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 camel}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, arriving from every distant road;
\par      that they may be witnesses of the advantages }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 which accrue}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from the visiting this holy place}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and may commemorate the name of GOD on the appointed days,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in gratitude}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for the brute cattle which he hath bestowed on them.  Wherefore eat thereof, and feed the needy, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the poor.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 30\tab Afterwards let them put an end to the neglect of their persons;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and let them pay their vows,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and compass the ancient house.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
., The true believers, and the infidels.  The passage is said to have been revealed on occasion of a dispute between the Je
ws and the Mohammedans; the former insisting that they were in greater favour with GOD, their prophet and revelations being prior to those of the latter; and these replying, that they were more in GOD\rquote 
S favour, for that they believed not only in Moses but also in Mohammed, and in all the scriptures without exception; whereas the Jews rejected Mohammed, though they knew him to be a prophet, out of envy.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
., The profession of GOD\rquote S unity; or these words, which they shall use at their entrance into paradise, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Praise be unto }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 GOD, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
who hath fulfilled his promise unto us}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, For a place of religious worship; showing him the spot where it had stood, and also the model of the old building, which had been taken up to heaven at the flood.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is related that Abraham, in obedience to this command, went up to Mount Abu kobeis, near Mecca, and cried from thence, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
O men, perform the pilgrimage to the house of your}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  LORD; and that GOD caused those who were then in the loins of their fathers, and the wombs of 
their mothers, from east to west, and who, he knew beforehand, would perform the pilgrimage, to hear his voice.  Some say, however, that these words were directed to Mohammed, commanding him to proclaim the pilgrimage of valediction:}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  according to which exposition the passage must have been revealed at Medina.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
., The temporal advantage made by the great trade driven at Mecca during the pilgrimage, and the spiritual advantage of having performed so meritorious a work.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Namely, The ten first days of Dhu\rquote lhajja; or the tenth day of the same month, on which they slay the sacrifices, and the three following days.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By shaving their heads, and other parts of their bodies, and cutting their beards and nails in the valley of Mina; which the pilgrims are
 not allowed to do from the time they become Mohrims, and have solemnly dedicated themselves to the performance of the pilgrimage, till they have finished the ceremonies, and slain their victims.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By doing the good works which they have vowed to do in their pilgrimage.  Some understand the words only of the performance of the requisite ceremonies.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.,}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 The Caaba; which the Mohammedans pretend was the first edifice built and appointed for the worship of GOD.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The going round this chapel is a princi
pal ceremony of the pilgrimage, and is often repeated; but the last time of their doing it, when they take their farewell of the temple, seems to be more particularly meant in this place.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  See the Prelim. Disc., Sect. IV.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 5  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 
6  Iidem.  See chapter 2, p. 14, chapter 5, p. 85, and Bobov. de Peregr. Meccana, p. 15, &c.\tab \tab 1  See chapter 3, p. 42, and the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 let them do}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  And whoever shall regard the sacred ordinances of GOD;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 this will be better for him in the sight of his LORD.  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 All sorts of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  cattle are allowed you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to eat}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, except what hath been read unto you, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in former passages of the Koran, to be forbidden}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  But depart from the abomination of idols, and avoid speaking that which is false:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      being orthodox in respect to GOD, associating }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 no other god}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with him; for whoever associateth, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 any other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 with GOD is like that which falleth from heaven, and which the birds snatch away, or the wind bloweth to a far distant place.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  so.  And whoso maketh valuable offerings unto GOD;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  verily they }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 proceed}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from the piety of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 men's}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  hearts.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Ye receive various advantages from the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 cattle designed for sacrifices}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , until a determined time }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for slaying them:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  then the place of sacrificing them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  at the ancient house.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Unto the professors of every religion}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  have we appointed certain rites, that they may commemorate the name of GOD on }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 slaying
}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the brute cattle which he hath provided for them.  Your GOD is one GOD: wherefore resign yourselves }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 wholly}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 unto him.  And do thou bear good tidings unto those who humble themselves;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      whose hearts, when mention is made of GOD, are struck with fear; and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  those who patiently endure that which befalleth them; and who duly perform their 
prayers, and give alms out of what we have bestowed on them.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      The camels }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 slain for sacrifice}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 have we appointed for you as symbols of your obedience unto GOD: ye }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  receive }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 advantages from them.  Wherefore commemorate the name of GOD over them, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 when ye slay them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , standing on their feet disposed in right order:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and when they are fallen down }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 dead}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , eat of them; and give to eat }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thereof both}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 unto him who is content }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with what is given him, without asking}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and unto him who asketh.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Thus have we given 
you dominion over them, that ye might return }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 us}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  thanks.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By observing what he has commanded, and avoiding what he has forbidden, or, as the words also signify, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Whoever shall honour what}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 hath sanctified}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or commanded not to be profaned; as the temple and territory of Mecca, and the sacred months, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Either by asserting wrong and impious things of the Deity; or by bearing false witness against your neighbours.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Because he who falls into idolatry, sinketh from the height of faith into the depth
 of infidelity, has his thoughts distracted by wicked lusts, and is hurried by the devil into the most absurd errors.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By choosing a well-favoured and costly victim, in honour of him to whom it is destined.  They say Mohammed once offered a hundred fat
 camels, and among them one which had belonged to Abu Jahl, having in his nose a ring of gold: and that Omar offered a noble camel, for which he had been bid three hundred }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 din\'e2rs}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab The original may also be translated generally, }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 Whoso regardeth the rites of the pilgrimage}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 , &c.  But the }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 victims}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261  seem to be more particularly intended in this place.
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Jallalo\rquote 
ddin understands this passage in a restrained sense, of the former nations who were true believers; to whom God appointed a sacrifice, and a fixed place and proper ceremonies for the offering of it.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  That is, as some expound the word, standing on three feet, having one of their fore feet tied up, which is the manner of tying camels to prevent their moving from the place.  Some copies instead of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 saw\'e2ffa}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , read }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 saw\'e2ffena}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , from the verb }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 safana}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, which properly signifies the posture of a horse, when he stands on three feet, the edge of the fourth only touching the ground.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as the words may also be rendered, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
Unto him who asketh in a modest and humble manner, and unto him who wanteth but dareth not ask}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
Their flesh is not accepted of GOD, neither their blood; but your piety is accepted of him.  Thus have we given you dominion over them, that ye might magnify GOD, for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the revelations}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 whereby he hath directed you.  And bear good tidings unto the righteous,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      that GOD will repel }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the ill designs of the infidels}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 from the true believers; for GOD loveth not every perfidious unbeliever.
\par 40\tab Permission is granted unto those who take arms }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 against the unbelievers}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , for that they have been unjustly persecuted }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 (and GOD is certainly able to assist them):
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      who have been turned out of their habitations injuriously, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and for no other reason}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  than because they say, Our LORD is GOD.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And if GOD did not repel }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the violence of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  some men by others, verily monasteries, and churches, and synagogues, and the temples }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the Moslems, }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 wherein the name of GOD is frequently commemorated, would be utterly demolished.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And GOD will certainly as
sist him who shall be on his side: for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  strong }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  mighty.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And he will assist those}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 who, if we establish them in the earth, will observe prayer, and give alms, and command that which is just, and forbid that which is unjust.  And unto GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the end of }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 all}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  things.
\par      If they accuse thee, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O Mohammed,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of imposture; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 consider that}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , before them, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O Mohammed}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , of imposture; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 consider that}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , before them, the people of Noah, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the tribes}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 of Ad and Thamud, and the people of Abraham, and the people of Lot, and the inhabitants of Madian, accused }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their prophets}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 of imposture: and Moses was also charged with falsehood.  And I granted a long respite unto the unbelievers: }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 but}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  afterwards I chastised them; and how }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 different}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  was the change I made }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in their condition!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      How many cities have we destroyed, which were ungodly, and which }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are now}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  fallen to ruin on their roofs?  And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 how many}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wells have been abandoned,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and lofty castles?
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Do they not therefore journey through the land?  And have they not hearts to understand with, or ears to hear with?  Surely as to these things}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 eyes are not blind, but the hearts are blind which }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  breasts.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They will urge thee to hasten the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 threatened}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  punishment; but GOD will not fail }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to perform}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  what he hath threatened: and verily }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  day with thy LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 as a thousand years, of those which ye compute.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Unto how many cities have I granted respite, though they were wicked?  Yet afterwards I chastised them: and unto me shall they come }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be judged at the last day}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, O men, verily I am only a public preacher unto you.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This was the first passage of the Kor\'e2
n which allowed Mohammed and his followers to defend themselves against their enemies by force, and was revealed a little before the flight to 
Medina; till which time the prophet had exhorted his Moslems to suffer the injuries offered them with patience, which is also commanded in above seventy different places of the Kor\'e2n.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, The public exercise of any religion, whether true or false
, is supported only by force; and therefore, as Mohammed would argue, the true religion must be established by the same means.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, How many spots in the deserts, which were formerly inhabited, are now abandoned? a neglected well being the proper s
ign of such a deserted dwelling in those parts, as ruins are of a demolished town.
\par \tab Some imagine that this passage intends more particularly a well at the foot of a certain hill in the province of Hadramaut, and a castle built on the top of the same hill, both belonging to the people of Handha Ebn Safw\'e2
n, a remnant of the Thamudites, who having killed their prophet, were utterly destroyed by GOD, and their dwelling abandoned.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See 2 Pet. iii. 8.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi, &c.  Vide the Prelim. Disc. Sect. II. p. 38, &c.\tab \tab 2  Iidem}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And they who believe, and do good works, shall obtain forgiveness and an honourable provision.
\par 50\tab But those who endeavor to make our signs of none effect }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the inhabitants of hell.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We have sent no apostle, or prophet, before thee, but, when he read, Satan suggested }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 some error}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in his reading.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   But GOD shall make void that which Satan hath suggested: then shall GOD confirm his signs; for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  knowing }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 But this he permitteth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , that he may make that which Sat
an hath suggested, a temptation unto those in whose hearts there is an infirmity, and whose hearts are hardened (for the ungodly are certainly in a wide disagreement }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from the truth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ):
\par      and that they on whom knowledge hath been bestowed may know that }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 this book}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  is the truth from thy LORD, and may believe therein; and that their hearts may acquiesce in the same: for GOD }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  surely the director of those who believe, into the right way.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      But the infidels will not cease to doubt concerning it, until the hour }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of judgment}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  cometh suddenly upon them; or until the punishment of a grievous day}
{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  overtake them.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      On that day the kingdom shall be GOD'S: he shall judge between them.  And they who shall have believed, and shall have wrought righteousness, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  i
n gardens of pleasure;
\par      but they who shall have disbelieved, and shall have charged our signs with falsehood, those shall suffer a shameful punishment.
\par      And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as to those}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  who shall have fled their country for the sake of GOD'S true religion, and afte
rwards shall have been slain, or shall have died; on them will GOD bestow an excellent provision; and GOD is the best provider.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      He will surely introduce them with an introduction with which they shall be well pleased; for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  knowing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  gracious.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is so}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
.  Whoever shall take a vengeance equal to the injury which hath been done him,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and shall afterwards be unjustly treated;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 verily GOD will assist him: for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  ready to forgive.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 60\tab This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be done}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , for that GOD causeth th
e night to succeed the day, and he causeth the day to succeed the night; and for that GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 both}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  heareth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  seeth.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The occasion of the passage is thus related.  Mohammed one day reading the 53rd chapter of the Kor\'e2n, when he came to this verse, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 What think ye of}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  All\'e2t, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  al Uzza, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 and of}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  Man\'e2h, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the other third goddess?}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  the devil put the following words into his mouth, which he pronounced through inadvertence, or, as some tell us, because he was then half asleep.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  viz., }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 These are the most high and beauteous damsels, whose intercession is to be hoped for}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
.  The Koreish, who were sitting near Mohammed, greatly rejoiced at what they had heard, and when he had finished the chapter, joined with him and his followers in making their adoration: but the prophet, b
eing acquainted by the angel Gabriel with the reason of their compliance, and with what he had uttered, was deeply concerned at his mistake, till this verse was revealed for his consolation.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab We are told however by Al Beid\'e2wi, that the more intelligent and accurate persons reject the aforesaid story; and the verb, here translated }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 read}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
, signifying also }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 to wish for}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261  anything, interpret the passage of the suggestions of the devil to debauch the affections of those holy persons, or to employ their minds in vain wishes and desires.

\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 a day which maketh childless;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 by which some great misfortune in war is expressed: as the overthrow the infidels received at Bedr.  Some suppose the resurrection is here intended.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   And shall not take a more severe revenge than the fact deserves.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By the aggressor\rquote s seeking to revenge himself again of the person injured, by offering him some further violence.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab The passage seems to relate to the vengeance which the Moslems should take of the infidels, for their unjust persecution of them.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 1  Yahya.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin, Yahya, &c.  See chapter 16, p. 203.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 This, because GOD is truth, and because what they invoke besides him is vanity; and for that GOD is the high, the mighty.
\par      Dost thou not see that GOD sendeth down water from heaven, and the earth becometh green? for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  gracious }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par      Unto him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  whatsoever is in heaven and on earth: and GOD is self-sufficient, worthy to be praised.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Dost thou not see that GOD hath subjected whatever is in the earth to your service, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 the ships which sail in the sea, by his command?  And he withholdeth the heaven that it fall not on the earth, unless by his permission:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  gracious unto mankind, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      It is he who hath given you life, and will hereafter cause you to die; afterwards he will }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 again}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  raise you to life, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
at the resurrection:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  but man }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  surely ungrateful.
\par      Unto the professors of every religion have we appointed certain rites, which they observe.  Let them not therefore dispute with thee concerning }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 this}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  matter: but invite }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto thy LORD: for thou followest the right direction.
\par      But if they enter into debate with thee, answer, GOD well knoweth that which ye do:
\par      GOD will judge between you on the day of resurrection, concerning that wherein ye }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 now}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  disagree.
\par      Dost thou not know that GOD knoweth whatever is in heaven and on earth?  Verily this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is written}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of his decrees:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 this is easy with GOD.
\par 70\tab They worship, besides GOD, that concerning which he hath sent down no convincing proof, and concerning which they have no knowledge: but the unjust doers shall have none to assist them.
\par      And when our evident signs are rehearsed unto them, thou mayest perceive, in the countenances of the unbelievers, a disdain }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereof:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 it wanteth little but that they rush with violence on those who rehearse our signs unto them.  Say, Shall I declare unto you a worse thing than this?  The fire }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, which GOD hath threatened unto those who believe not, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is worse;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and an unhappy journey }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall it be thither}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O men, a parable is propounded }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto you;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wherefore hearken unto it.  Verily }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the idols}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 which ye invoke, besides GOD, can never create a single fly, although they were }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 all}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  assembled for that }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 purpose:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and if the
 fly snatch anything from them, they cannot recover the same from it.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Weak is the petitioner, and the petitioned.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They judge not of GOD according to his due estimation: for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  powerful }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  mighty.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      GOD chooseth messengers from among the angels,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and from among men: for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 he who heareth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  seeth.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      He knoweth that which is before them, and that which is behind them: and unto GOD shall }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 all}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  things return.
\par      O true believers, bow down, and prostrate yourselves, and worship your LORD; and work righteousness, that ye may be happy:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and fight in defence of GOD'S true religion, as it behooveth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 you}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 to fight for the same.  He hath chosen you, and hath not imposed on you any difficulty in the religion }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 which he hath given you}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , the religion of your father Abraham: he hath named you Moslems}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which it will do at the last day.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators say, that the Arabs used to anoint the images of their gods with some odoriferous composition, and with honey, which the flies eat, though the do
ors of the temple were carefully shut, getting in at the windows or crevices.
\par \tab Perhaps Mohammed took this argument from the Jews, who pretend that the temple of Jerusalem, and the sacrifices there offered to the true GOD, were never annoyed by flies;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  wher
eas swarms of those insects infested the heathen temples, being drawn thither by the steam of the sacrifices.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Who are the bearers of the divine revelations to the prophets; but ought not to be the objects of worship.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 1  Pirke Aboth c. 5, Sect. 6, 7.\tab \tab 2  Vide Selden, de Diis Syris, Synt. 2, c. 6.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 heretofore, and in this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 book;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  that }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  apostle may be a witness against you }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 at the day of judgment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and that ye may be witnesses against }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the rest of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  mankind.  Wherefore be ye constant at prayer; and gi
ve alms: and adhere firmly unto GOD.  He is your master; and he is the best master, and the best protector.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 ________
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XXIII_}XXIII.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend XXIII_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE TRUE BELIEVERS; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par       NOW are the true believers happy:
\par      who humble themselves in their prayer,
\par      and who eschew }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 all}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  vain discourse,
\par      and who }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  doers of alms-deeds;
\par      and who keep themselves from carnal knowledge }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of any women}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      except their wives, or the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 captives}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which their right hands possess (for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as to them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  they shall be blameless:
\par      but whosoever coveteth any }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 woman}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  beyond these, they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  transgressors):
\par      and who acquit themselves faithfully of their trust, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 justly perform}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  their covenant;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and who observe their }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 appointed times}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  prayer:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 10\tab these shall be the heirs,
\par      who shall inherit paradise; they shall continue therein forever.
\par      We formerly created man in a finer sort of clay;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      afterwards we placed him }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in the form of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  seed in a sure receptacle:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      afterwards we made the seed coagulated blood; and we formed the coagulated blood into a piece of flesh: then we formed the piece of flesh into bones: and we clothed those bones with flesh: then we produced the same by another creation.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Wherefore blessed be GOD, the most excellent Creator!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      After this shall ye die:
\par      and afterwards shall ye be restored to life, on the day of resurrection.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And we have created over you seven heavens:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we are not negligent of what we have created.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And we send down rain from heaven, by measure; and we cause it to remain on the earth: we are also certainly able to deprive you of the same.
\par      And we cause gardens of palm-trees, and vineyards, to spring forth for you by means thereof; wherein ye have many fruits, and whereof ye eat.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 20\tab And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 we also raise for you}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a tree springing from Mount Sinai;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which produceth oil, and a sauce for those who eat.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ., The womb.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Producing a perfect man, composed of soul and body.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 6, p. 97, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 seven paths;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  by which the heavens are meant, because, according to some expositors they are the }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 paths}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the angels and of the celestial bodies: though the original word also signifies things which are }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 folded}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 placed like stories}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  one above another, as the Mohammedans suppose the heavens to be.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
., The olive.  The gardens near this mountain are yet famous for the excellent fruit-trees of almost all sorts which grow there.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 1  Vide Voyages de Thevenot, liv. 2, ch. 9.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Ye have likewise an instruction in the cattle; we give you to drink of the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 milk}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 in their bellies, and ye receive many advantages from them; and of them do ye eat:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and on them, and on ships, are ye carried.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We sent Noah heretofore unto his people, and he said, O my people, serve GOD: ye have no GOD besides him; will ye therefore not fear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the consequence of your worshipping other gods?}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      And the chiefs of his people, who believed not, said, This is no other than a man, as ye are: he seeketh to raise himself to a superiority over you.  If GOD had pleased }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to have sent a messenger unto you}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , he would surely have sent angels: we have not heard this of our fore-fathers.
\par      Verily he is no other than a man }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 disturbed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with frenzy: wherefore wait concerning him for a time.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Noah}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, O LORD, do thou protect me; for that they accuse me of falsehood.
\par      And we revealed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our orders}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto him, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Make the ark in our sight; and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 according to}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  our revelation.  And when our decree cometh }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be executed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and the oven shall boil }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and pour forth water}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      carry into it of every }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 species of animals}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  one pair; and also thy family, except such of them on whom a previous sentence }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of destruction}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  hath passed:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and speak not unto me in behalf of those who have been unjust; for they }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  drowned.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And when thou and they who }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 with thee shall go up into the ark, say Praise be unto GOD, who hath delivered us from the ungodly people!
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 30\tab And say, O LORD, cause me to come down }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from this}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ark}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with a blessed descent; for thou art the best able to bring me down }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from the same with safety}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Verily herein }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 were}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  signs }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of our omnipotence;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and we proved }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 mankind thereby}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .

\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Afterwards we raised up another generation}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  after them;
\par      and we sent unto them an apostle from among them,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 who said}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Worship GOD: ye have no GOD besides him; will ye therefore not fear }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 his vengeance?}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And the chiefs of his people, who believed not, and who denied the meeting of the life to come, and on whom we had bestowed affluence in 
this present life, said, This is no other than a man, as ye are; he eateth of that whereof ye eat,
\par      and he drinketh of that whereof ye drink:
\par      and if ye obey a man like unto yourselves, ye will surely be sufferers.
\par      Doth he threaten you that after ye shall be dead, and shall become dust and bones, ye shall be brought forth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 alive from your graves?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      Away, away with that ye are threatened with!
\par      There is }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 no other life}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  besides our present life: we die, and we live; and we shall not be raised again.
\par 40\tab This is no other than a man, who deviseth a lie concerning GOD: but we will not believe him.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Their apostle}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, O LORD, defend me; for that they have accused me of imposture.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  answered, After a little while they shall surely repent }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their obstinacy}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Wherefore a severe punishment was justly inflicted on them, and we rendered them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 like}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the refuse }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 which is carried down by a stream}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
.  Away therefore with the ungodly people!
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Afterwards we raised up other generations}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  after them.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The beast more particularly meant in this place is the camel, which is chiefly used for carriage in the east; being called by the Arabs, the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 land ship}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , on which they pass those }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 seas of sand}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , the deserts.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 11, p. 160, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Namely, the tribe of Ad, or of Thamud.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ., The prophet H\'fbd, or S\'e2leh.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261   As the Sodomites, Midianites, &c.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 No nation shall be punished before their determined time;
\par      neither shall they be respited }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 after}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  Afterwards we sent our apostles, one after an
other.  So often as their apostle came unto any nation, they charged him with imposture: and we caused them successively to follow one another }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to destruction;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and we made them }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 only subjects of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  traditional stories.  Away therefore with the unbelieving nations!
\par      Afterwards we sent Moses, and Aaron his brother, with our signs and manifest power,
\par      unto Pharaoh and his princes: but they proudly refused }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to believe on him;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for they were a haughty people.
\par      And they said, Shall we believe on two men like unto ourselves; whose people are our servants?
\par 50\tab And they accused them of imposture: wherefore they became of}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the number of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  those who were destroyed.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And we heretofore gave the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the law}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto Moses, that }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
the children of Israel}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  might be directed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereby}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And we appointed the son of Mary, and his mother, for a sign: and we prepared an abode for them in an elevated part of the earth,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  being }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a place}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of quiet }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and security, and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 watered with running springs.
\par      O apostles, eat of those things which are good;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and work righteousness: for I well know that which ye do.
\par      This your religion is one religion;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and I am your LORD: wherefore fear me.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  have rent the affair of their }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 religion}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  into various sects: every party rejoiceth in that
 which they follow.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Wherefore leave them in their confusion, until a certain time.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Do they think that we hasten unto them the wealth and children which we have abundantly bestowed on them,
\par      for their good?  But they do not understand.
\par      Verily they who stand in awe, for fear of their LORD,
\par 60\tab and who believe in the signs of their LORD,
\par      and who attribute not companions unto their LORD;
\par      and who give that which they give }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in alms}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , their hearts being struck with dread, for that they must return unto their LORD:
\par      these hasten unto good, and are foremost to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 obtain}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the same.
\par      We will not impose any difficulty on a soul, except according to its ability; with us}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a book, which speaketh the truth; and they shall not be injured.
\par      But their hearts are }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 drowned}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in negligence, as to this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 matter:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and they have works different from those }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
we have mentioned;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which they will continue to do,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      until when we chastise such of them as enjoy an affluence of fortune, by a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 severe}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  punishment,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  behold, they cry aloud for help:}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators tell us the place here intended is Jerusalem, or Damascus, or Ramlah, or Palestine, or Egypt.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab But perhaps the passage means the hill to which the Virgin Mary retired to be delivered, according to the Mohammedan tradition.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  These words are addressed to the apostles in general, to whom it was permitted to eat of all clean and wholesome food; and were spoken to them severally at the time of their respective mission.  Some, however, think them direct
ed particularly to the Virgin Mary and JESUS, or singly to the latter (in which case the plural number must be used out of respect only), proposing the practice of the prophets for their imitation.  Mohammed probably designed in this passage to condemn th
e abstinence observed by the Christian monks.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 21, p. 248.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Till they shall be slain, or shall die a natural death.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  By which is intended either the overthrow at Bedr, where several of the chief Korashites lost their lives; or the famine with which the Meccans were afflicted, at the prayer of the prophet, conceived in these words, O GOD, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 set thy foot strongly on }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Modar (an ancestor of the Koreish), }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 and give them years like the years of }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
Joseph: whereupon so great a dearth ensued, that they were obliged to feed on dogs, carrion, and burnt bones.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 2  See chapter 19, p. 228.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 4  Idem.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 but it shall be answered them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Cry not for help to-day: for ye shall not be assisted by us.
\par      My signs were read unto you, but ye turned back on your heels:
\par      proudly elating yourselves because of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 your possessing the holy temple;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  discoursing together by night, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  talking foolishly.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 70\tab Do they not therefore attentively consider that which is spoken }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  whether }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a revelation}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  is come unto them which came not unto their fore-fathers?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Or do they not know their apostle; and therefore reject him?
\par      Or do they say, He is a madman?  Nay, he hath come unto them with the truth; but the greater part of them detest the truth.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      If the truth had followed their desires, verily the heavens and the earth, and whoever therein }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , had been corrupted.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   But we have brought them their admonition; and they turn aside from their admonition.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Dost thou ask of them any maintenance }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for thy preaching?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  since the maintenance of thy LORD is better; for he is the most bounteous provider.
\par      Thou certainly invitest them to the right way:
\par      and they who believe not in the life to come, do surely deviate from }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  way.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      If we had had compassion on them, and taken off from them the calamity which had befallen them,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 they would surely have more obstinately persisted in their error, wandering }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in confusion}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par      We formerly chastised them with a punishment:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  yet they did not humble themselves before their LORD, neither did they make supplications }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto him;}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      until, when we have opened upon them a door, from which a severe punishment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hath issued}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, behold they are driven to despair thereat.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 80\tab It is }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  who hath created in you }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the senses of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  hearing and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  sight, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that ye may perceive our judgments}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and hearts,}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  that ye may seriously consider them: yet}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 how few of you give thanks!
\par      It is he who hath produced you in the earth; and before him shall ye be assembled.
\par      It is he who giveth life, and putteth to death; and to him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is to be attributed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the vicissitude of night and day: do ye not therefore understand?
\par      But the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unbelieving Meccans}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  say as }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  predecessors said:
\par      they say, When we shall be dead, and shall have become dust and bones, shall we really be raised to life?
\par      We have already been threatened with this, and our fathers also heretofore: this is nothing but fables of the ancients.
\par      Say, Whose is the earth, and whoever therein }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , if ye know?
\par      They will answer, GOD'S.  Say, Will ye not therefore consider?
\par      Say, Who is the LORD of the seven heavens, and the LORD of the magnificent throne?
\par      They will answer, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 They are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD'S.  Say, Will ye not therefore fear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 him?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 90\tab Say, In whose hand is the kingdom of all things; who protecteth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 whom he pleaseth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , but is himself protected of none; if ye know?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They will answer, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 In}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD'S.  Say, How therefore are ye bewitched?}{
\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, If there had been a plurality of gods, as the idolaters contend:}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 or, if the doctrine taught by Mohammed had been agreeable to their inclinations, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
., The famine.  It is said that the Meccans being reduced to eat ilhiz, which is a sort of miserable food made of blood and camels\rquote  hair, used by the Arabs in time of scarcity, Abu Sofi\'e2n came to Mohammed, and said, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Tell me, I adjure thee by God and the relation that is between us, dost thou think thou art sent as a mercy unto all creatures; since thou hast slain the fathers with the sword and the children with hunger?}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Namely, the slaughter at Bedr.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ., Famine; which is more terrible than the calamities of war.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab According to these explications, the passage must have been revealed at Medina; unless it be taken in a prophetical sense.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See chapter 21, p. 243.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Yea, we have brought them the truth; and they are certainly liars }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in denying the same}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      GOD hath not begotten issue; neither is there any }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  god with him: otherwise every god had surely taken away that which he had created;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and some of them had exalted themselves above the others.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Far be that from GOD, which they affirm }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
of him!}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      He knoweth that which is concealed, and that which is made public: wherefore far be it from him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to have those sharers in his honour}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which they attribute to him!

\par      Say, O LORD, If thou wilt surely cause me to see }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the vengeance}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with which they have been threatened;
\par      O LORD, set me not among the ungodly people:
\par      for we are surely able to make thee see that with which we have threatened them.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Turn aside evil with that which is better:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  we well know }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the calumnies}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which they utter }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 against thee}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And say, O LORD I fly unto thee for refuge, against the suggestions of the devils
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 100\tab and I have recourse unto thee, O LORD, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to drive them away}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , that they be not present with me.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 The gainsaying of the unbelievers ceaseth not}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  until, when death overtaketh any of them, he saith, O LORD, suffer me to return }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to life}
{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      that I may do that which is right; in }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 professing the true faith}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which I have neglected.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  By no means.  Verily these are the words which ye shall speak:
\par      but behind them there shall be a bar,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  until the day of resurrection.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      When therefore the trumpet shall be sounded, there shall be no relation between them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 which shall be regarded}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on that day; neither shall they ask }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 assistance }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of each other.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They whose balances shall be heavy }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with good works}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall be happy; but they whose balances shall be light are those who shall lose their souls, }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall remain in hell for ever.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      The fire shall scorch their faces, and they shall writhe their mouths therein }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for anguish:
\par      and it shall be said unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Were not my signs rehearsed unto you; and did ye not charge them with falsehood?
\par      They shall answer, O LORD, our unhappiness prevailed over us, and we were people who sent astray.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      O LORD, take us forth from this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 fire: }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 if we return }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
to our former wickedness}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , we shall surely be unjust.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   And set up a distinct creation and kingdom of his own.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 17, p. 210.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  That is, By forgiving injuries, and returning of good for them: which rule is to be qualified, however, with this proviso; that the true religion receive no prejudice by such mildness and clemency.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   To besiege me: or, as it may also be translated, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 That they hurt me not}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as the word may also import, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 In the world which I have left;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 that is, during the further term of life which shall be granted me, and from which I have been cut off.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original word barzakh, here translated }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 bar}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, primarily signifies any partition, or interstice, which divides one thing from another; but is used by the Arabs not always in the same, and sometimes in an obscure sense.  They seem generally to express by it what the Greeks did
 by the word Hades; one while using it for the place of the dead, another while for the time of their continuance in that state, another while for the state itself.  It is defined by their critics to be the interval or space between this world and the nex
t, or between death and the resurrection; every person who dies being said to enter into al barzakh; or, as the Greek expresses it, [Greek text].}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   One lexicographer}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}
{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  tells us that in the Kor\'e2n it denotes the grave; but the commentators on this passage expo
und it a bar, or invincible obstacle, cutting off all possibility of return into the world, after death.  See chapter 25, where the word again occurs.
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab Some interpreters understand the words we have rendered behind them, to mean before them (it being one o
f those words, of which there are several in the Arabic tongue, that have direct contrary significations), considering al Barzakh as a future space, and lying before, and not behind them.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV., p. 69.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Vide Pocock. not. in Port. Mosis, p. 248, &c., and the Prelim Disc. Sect. IV. p. 60.
\par 4  Ebn Maruf, apud Gol. Lex. Arab. col. 254.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 10\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  will say }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Be ye driven away with ignominy thereinto: and speak not unto me }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to deliver you}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Verily there were a party of my servants, who said, O LORD, we believe: wherefore forgive us, and be merciful unto us; for thou art the best of those who show mercy.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      But ye received them with scoffs, so that they suffered you to forget my admonition,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and ye laughed them to scorn.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      I have this day rewarded them, for that they suffered }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the injuries ye offered them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with patience: verily they enjoy great felicity.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  will say, What number of years have ye continued on earth?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They will answer, We have continued }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a day, or part of a day:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but ask those who keep account.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  will say, Ye have tarried but a while, if ye knew }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Did ye think that we had created you in sport, and that ye should not be brought again before us?  Wherefore let GOD be exalted, the King, the Truth!  There is no GOD besides him, the LORD of the honourable throne.  Whoever together with }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the true}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD shall invoke another god, concerning whom he hath no demonstrative proof, shall surely be brought to an account for the same before his LORD.  Verily the infidels shall not prosper.

\par      Say, O LORD, pardon, and show mercy; for thou art the best of those who show mercy.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 _______
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XXIV_}XXIV.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend XXIV_}
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, LIGHT;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MEDINA.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 THIS}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  Sura have we sent down }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from heaven;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and have ratified the same; and we have revealed evident signs, that ye may be warned.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      The whore, and the whoremonger, shall ye scourge with a hundred stripes.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  And let not compassion towards them prevent you from }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 executing}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the judgment of GOD;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 if ye believe in GOD and the last day: and let some of the true believers be witnesses of their punishment.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Being unable to prevail on you by their remonstrances, because of the contempt wherein ye held them.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The time will seem thus short to them in comparison to the eternal duration of their torments, or because the time of their living in the world was the time of their joy and pleasure; it being usual for the Arabs to describe what they like as of s
hort, and what they dislike, as of long continuance.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, the angels, who keep account of the length of men\rquote 
s lives and of their works, or any other who may have leisure to compute; and not us, whose torments distract our thoughts and attention.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This title is taken from an allegorical comparison made between light and GOD, or faith in him, about the middle of the chapter.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This law is not to be understood to relate to married people, who are of free condition; because adultery in such, according to the Sonna, is to be punished by stoning.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Be not moved by pity, either to forgive the offenders, or to mitigate their punishment.  Mohammed was for so strict and impartial an execution of the laws, that he is reported to have said, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 If}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  F\'e2tema }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the daughter of}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  Mohammed }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 steal, let her hand be struck off}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  That is, Let the punishment be inflicted in public, and not in private; because the ignominy of it is more intolerable than the smart, and more likely to work a reformation on the offender
.  Some say there ought to be three persons present at the least; but others think two, or even one, to be sufficient.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 1  See chapter 4, p. 55 and 57.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 1  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 The whoremonger shall not marry }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 any other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  than a harlot, or an idolatress.  And a harlot shall no }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 man}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  take in marriage, except a whoremonger, or an idolater.  And this }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 kind of marriage}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  is forbidden the true believers.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      But }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 as to}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  those who accuse women of reputation }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of whoredom}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and produce not four witnesses }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the fact}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 scourge them with fourscore stripes, and receive not their testimony forever; for such are infamous prevaricators;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      excepting those who shall afterwards repent, and amend; for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto such will}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  gracious }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  merciful.
\par      They who shall accuse }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their wives}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of adultery, and shall have no witnesses }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereof}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , besides themselves; the testimony }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 which shall be required}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of one of them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , that he swear four times by GOD that he speaketh the truth:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and the fifth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 time that he imprecate}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the curse of GOD on him if he be a liar.
\par      And it shall avert the punishment from }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the wife}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , if she swear four times by GOD that he is a liar;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and if the fifth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 time she imprecate}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the wrath of GOD on her, if he speaketh the truth.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 10\tab If }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it were }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 not}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the 
indulgence of GOD towards you, and his mercy, and that GOD is easy to be reconciled, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wise, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 he would immediately discover your crimes}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The preceding passage was revealed on account of the meaner and more indigent Moh\'e2jerins, or refugees, who sought
 to marry the whores of the infidels, taken captives in war, for the sake of the gain which they made by prostituting themselves.  Some think the prohibition was special, and regarded only the Moh\'e2
jerins before mentioned; and others are of opinion it was general; but it is agreed to have been abrogated by the words which follow in this chapter, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Marry the single women among you;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 harlots being comprised under the appellation of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 single women}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab It is supposed by some that not }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 marriage}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 , but }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 unlawful commerce}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261  with such women is here forbidden.
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Arabic word, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 mohsin\'e2t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , properly signifies }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
women of unblamable conduct;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  but to bring the chastisement after mentioned on the calumniator, it is also requisite that they be free women, of ripe age, having their unders
tandings perfect, and of the Mohammedan religion.  Though the word be of the feminine gender, yet }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  are also supposed to be comprised in this law.
\par \tab Abu Han\'eefa was of opinion that the slanderer ought to be scourged in public, as well as the fornicator; but the generality are against him.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 4, p. 55.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   In case both swear, the man\rquote 
s oath discharges him from the imputation and penalty of slander, and the woman\rquote s oath frees her from the imputation and penalty of adultery: but though the woman 
do swear to her innocence, yet the marriage is actually void, or ought to be declared void by the judge: because it is not fit they should continue together after they have come to these extremities.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 2  Idem,  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 As to}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the party among you who have published the falsehood }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 concerning Ayesha}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  think it not to be an evil unto you: on the contrary, it is better for you.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Every man of them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be punished}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  according to the injustice of which he hath been guilty;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and he among them who hath undertaken to aggravate the same}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall suffer a grievous punishment.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Did not the faithful men, and the faithful women, when ye heard this, judge in their own minds for the best; and say, This is a manifest falsehood?

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Have they produced four witnesses thereof? wherefore since they have not produced the witnesses, they are surely liars in the sight of GOD.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Had it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 been for}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the indulgence of GOD towards you, and his mercy, in this world and in that which is to come, verily
 a grievous punishment had been inflicted on you, for the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 calumny}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 which ye have spread: when ye published that with your tongues, and spoke that with your mouths, of which ye had no knowledge; and esteemed it to be light, whereas it was a matter of importance in the sight of GOD.
\par      When ye heard it, did ye say, It belongeth not unto us, that we should talk of this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 matter:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD forbid! this is a grievous calumny.
\par      GOD warneth you, that ye return not to the like }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 crime}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  forever; if ye be true believers.
\par      And GOD declareth unto you }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  signs; for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  knowing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par      Verily they who love that scandal be published of those who believe, shall receive a severe punishment
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 both}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in this world and in the next.  GOD knoweth, but ye know not.
\par 20\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Had it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 been for}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the indulgence of GOD towards you and his mercy, and that GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  gracious }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  merciful, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ye had felt his vengeance}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      O true believers, follow not the steps of the devil: for whosoever shall follow the steps of the devil, he will comman
d them filthy crimes, and that which is unlawful.  If }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it were}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  not}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 the indulgence of GOD, and his mercy towards you, there had not been so much as one of you cleansed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from his guilt}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  forever: but GOD cleanseth whom he pleaseth; for GOD }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 both}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  heareth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  knoweth.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For the understanding of this passage, it is necessary to relate the following story:
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab Mohammed having undertaken an expedition against the tribe of Mostalak, in the sixth year of the Hejra, took his wife Ayesha with him, to accompany him.  In
 their return, when they were not far from Medina, the army removing by night, Ayesha, on the road, alighted from her camel, and stepped aside on a private occasion: but, on her return, perceiving she had dropped her necklace, which was of onyxes of Dhaf
\'e2r
, she went back to look for it; and in the meantime her attendants, taking it for granted, that she was got into her pavilion (or little tent surrounded with curtains, wherein women are carried in the east) set it again on the camel, and led it away.  Whe
n she came back to the road, and saw her camel was gone, she sat down there, expecting that when she was missed some would be sent back to fetch her; and in a little time she fell asleep.  Early in the morning, Safw\'e2
n Ebn al Moattel, who had stayed behind to rest himself, coming by, and perceiving somebody asleep, went to see who it was and knew her to be Ayesha; upon which he waked her, by twice pronouncing with a low voice these words, }{
\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 We are God\rquote s, and unto him must we return}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 .  Then Ayesha immediately covered herself with her veil; and Safw\'e2
n set her on his own camel, and led her after the army, which they overtook by noon, as they were resting.
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab This accident had like to have ruined Ayesha, whose reputation was publicly called in question, as if she had been guilty of adultery with Safw\'e2
n; and Mohammed himself knew not what to think, when he reflected on the circumstances of the affair, which were improved by some malicious people very much to Ayesha\rquote s dishonour; and notwithstanding his wife\rquote s protestation
s of her innocence, he could not get rid of his perplexity, nor stop the mouths of the censorious, till about a month after, when this passage was revealed, declaring the accusation to be unjust.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The words are directed to the prophet, and to Abu Becr, Ayesha, and Safw\'e2
n, the persons concerned in this false report; since, besides the amends they might expect in the next world, GOD had done them the honour to clear their reputations by revealing eighteen verses expressly for that purpose.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The persons concerned in spreading the scandal were Abd\rquote allah Ebn Obba (who first raised it, and inflamed the matter to the utmost, out of hatred to Mohammed), Zeid Ebn Ref\'e2
a, Hass\'e2n Ebn Thabet, Mestah Ebn Oth\'e2tha, a great-grandson of Abd\rquote almotalleb\rquote s, and Hamna Bint Jahash: and every one of them received fourscore stripes, pursuant to the law ordained in this chapter, except only Abd\rquote 
allah, who was exempted, being a man of great consideration.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab It is said that, as a farther punishment, Hass\'e2n and Mestah became blind, and that the former of them also lost the use of both his hands.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ., Abd\rquote 
allah Ebn Obba , who had not the grace to become a true believer, but died an infidel.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Bokhari in Sonna, Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin, &c.  Vide Abu\rquote lf. Vit. Moh. p. 82, &c., and Gagnier, Vie de Mahomet, lib. 4. c. 7.
\par 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Abulfeda, Vit. Moh. p. 83.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 5  See chapter 9, p. 144.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Let not those among you, who possess abundance }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of wealth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 have}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 ability, swear that they will not give unto }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 kindred, and the poor, and those who have fled their country for the sake of GOD'S true religion: but let them forgive, and act with benevolence }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 towards them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
.  Do ye not desire that GOD should pardon you?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  gracious }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful.
\par      Moreover they who falsely accuse modest women, who behave in a negligent manner,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 true believers, shall be cursed in this world, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the world to come; and they shall suffer a severe punishment.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      One day their own tongues shall bear witness against them, and their hands, and their feet, concerning that which they have done.
\par      On that day shall GOD render unto them their just due; and they shall know that GOD is the evident truth.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      The wicked women }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 should be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 joined}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to the wicked men, and th
e wicked men to the wicked women; but the good women }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 should be married }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to the good men, and the good men to the good women.  These shall be cleared from }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
the calumnies }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 which }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 slanderers}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  speak }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 they shall obtain pardon, and an honourable provision.
\par      O true believers, enter not any houses, besides your own houses, until ye have asked leave, and have saluted the family thereof:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  this }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  better for you; peradventure ye will be admonished.
\par      And if ye shall find no person in the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 houses}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , yet do not enter them, until leave be granted you: and if it be said unto you, Return back, do ye return back.  This }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  more decent for you:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and GOD knoweth that which ye do.

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      It shall be no crime in you, that ye enter uninhabited houses,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wherein ye may me
et with a convenience.  GOD knoweth that which ye discover, and that which ye conceal.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 30\tab 
Speak unto the true believers, that they restrain their eyes, and keep themselves from immodest actions: this will be more pure for them; for GOD is well acquainted with that which they do.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage was revealed on account of Abu Becr: who swore that he would not for the future bestow anything on Mestah, though he was his mother\rquote 
s sister\rquote s son, and a poor Moh\'e2jer or refugee, because he had joined in scandalizing his daughter Ayesha.  But on Mohammed\rquote s reading this verse to him, he continued Mestah\rquote s pension.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Who may be less careful in their conduct, and more free in their behaviour, as being conscious of no ill.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Though the words be general, yet they principally regard those who should calumniate the prophet\rquote 
s wives.  According to a saying of Ebn Abbas, if the threats contained in the whole Kor\'e2n be examined, there are none so severe as those occasioned by the false accusation of Ayesha; wherefore 
he thought even repentance would stand her slanderers in no stead.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Al Beid\'e2wi observes, on this passage, that GOD cleared four persons, by four extraordinary testimonies: for he cleared Joseph by the testimony of a child in his mistress\rquote 
s family;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  Moses, by means of the stone which fled away with his garments;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  Mary, by the testimony of her infant;}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and Ayesha, by these verses of the Kor\'e2n.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   To enter suddenly or abruptly into any man\rquote s house or apartment, is reckoned a great incivility in the east; 
because a person may possibly be surprised in an indecent action or posture, or may have something discovered which he would conceal.  It is said, that a man came to Mohammed, and wanted to know whether he must ask leave to go in to his sister; which bein
g answered in the affirmative, he told the prophet that his sister had nobody else to attend upon her, and it would be troublesome to ask leave every time he went in to her.  }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 What}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, replied Mohammed, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 wouldest thou see her naked?}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Than to be importunate for admission, or to wait at the door.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Which are not the private habitation of a family; such as public inns, shops, sheds, &c.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  See chapter 12, p. 172.
\par 4  See chapter 2, p. 7, and chapter 33.\tab \tab 5  See chapter 19, p. 229.\tab \tab 6  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And speak unto the believing women, that they restrain their eyes, and preserve their modesty, and discover not their ornaments,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  except what }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 necessarily }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 appeareth thereof;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and let them throw their veils over their bosoms,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 j}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and not show their ornaments, unless to their husbands,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 or their fathers, or their husbands' fathers, or their sons, or their husbands' sons, or their brothers, or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  or their women,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  or the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 captives}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which their right hands shall possess,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 or unto such men as attend }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and have no need}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of women}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 or unto children, who distinguish not the nakedness of women.  And let them not make a noise with their feet, that their ornaments which they hide may }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thereby}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  be discovered.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And be ye all turned unto GOD, O true believers, that ye may be happy.
\par      Marry those who are single}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  among you, and such as are honest of your men-servants and your maid-servants: if they be poor, GOD will enrich them of his abundance; for GOD }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  bounteous }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And let those who find not a match, keep themselves }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from fornication}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, until GOD shall enrich them of his abundance.  And unto such of your slaves}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  as desire a written instrument }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 allowing them to redeem themselves
 on paying a certain sum}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  write }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , if ye know good in them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and give them of the riches of GOD, which he hath given you.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  And compel not your maid-servants to prostitute themselves, if they be willing to live chastely; that ye may seek the casual }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 advantage}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of this present life;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but whoever shall compel them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thereto}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , verily GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  gracious }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto such women}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  after their compulsion.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As their clothes, jewels, and the furniture of their toilet; much less such parts of their bodies as ought not be seen.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Some think their outward garments are here meant; and others their hands and faces: it is generally held, however, that a free woman ought not to discover even those parts, unless to the persons after excepted, or on some unavoidable 
occasion, as their giving evidence in public, taking advice or medicines in case of sickness, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Taking care to cover their heads, necks, and breasts.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For whose sake it is that they adorn themselves, and who alone have the privilege to see their whole body.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  These near relations are also excepted, because they cannot avoid seeing them frequently, and there is no great danger to be apprehended from them.  They are allowed, therefore, to see what cannot well be concealed in so familiar an intercourse,}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  but no other part of their body, particularly whatever is between the navel and the knees.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab Uncles not being here particularly mentioned, it is a doubt whether they may be admitted to see their nieces.  Some think they are included under the appellation of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 brothers:}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but others are of opinion that they are not comprised in this exception; and give this reason for it, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ., lest they should describe the persons of their nieces to their sons.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, such as are of the Mohammedan religion; it bein
g reckoned by some unlawful, or, at least, indecent, for a woman, who is a true believer, to uncover herself before one who is an infidel, because she will hardly refrain describing her to the men: but others suppose all women in general are here excepted
; for, in this particular, doctors differ.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Slaves of either sex are included in this exception, and, as some think, domestic servants who are not slaves; as those of a different nation.  It is related, that Mohammed once made a present of a man-slave to his daughter F\'e2
tema; and when he brought him to her, she had on a garment which was so scanty that she was obliged to leave either her head or her feet uncovered: and that the prophet, seeing her in great confusion on that account, told her, she need be 
under no concern, for that there was none present besides her father and her slave.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or have no desire to enjoy them; such as decrepit old men, and deformed or silly persons, who follow people as hangers-on, for their spare victuals, being too despicab
le to raise either a woman\rquote s passion, or a man\rquote s jealousy.  Whether eunuchs are comprehended under this general designation, is a question among the learned.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By shaking the rings, which the women in the east wear about their ankles, and are usually of gold or silver.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The pride which the Jewish ladies of old took in making }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 a tinkling}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  with these }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ornaments of their feet}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, is (among other things of that nature) severely reproved by the prophet Isaiah.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Those who are unmarried of either sex; whether they have been married before or not.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Of either sex.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Whereby the master obliges himself to set his slave at liberty, on receiving a certain sum of money, which the slave undertakes to pay.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, if ye have found them faithful, and have reason to believe they will perform their engagement.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Either by bestowing something on them of your own substance, or by abating them a part of their ransom.  Some suppose these words are directed, not to the masters only, but to all Moslems in general;
 recommending it to them to assist those who have obtained their freedom, and paid their ransom, either out of their own stock, or by admitting them to have a share in the public alms.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It seems Abda\rquote llah Ebn Obba had six women-slaves, on whom he laid 
a certain tax, which he obliged them to earn by the prostitution of their bodies: and one of them made her complaint to Mohammed, which occasioned the revelation of this passage.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up8\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 4  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 5  Idem.
\par 6  Idem, Yahya, &c.\tab \tab 7  Idem\tab \tab 8  Isaiah iii. 16 and 18.\tab \tab }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And now have we revealed unto you evident signs, and a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 history}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  like unto some }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the histories}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of those who have gone before you,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and an admonition unto the pious.
\par      GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the light of heaven and earth: the similitude of his light is as a niche in a wall, wherein a lamp }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is placed, and}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the lamp }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 enclosed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 case of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  glass; the glass }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 appears}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  as it were a shining star.  It is lighted with }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the oil of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a blessed tree, an olive neither of the east, nor of the west:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  it wanteth little but that the oil thereof would give light, although no fire touched it.  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 This is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  light }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 added}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto light:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD will direct unto his light whom he pleaseth.  GOD propoundeth parables unto men; for GOD knoweth all things.
\par      In the houses which GOD hath permitted to be raised,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and that his name be commemorated therein! men celebrate his praise in the same, morning and evening,
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      whom neither merchandising nor selling diverteth from the remembering of GOD, and the observance of prayer, and the giving of alms; fearing the day whereon }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men's}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 hearts and eyes shall be troubled;
\par      that GOD may recompense them according to the utmost merit of what they shall have wrought, and may add unto them of his abundance }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a more excellent reward;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 for GOD bestoweth on whom he pleaseth without measure.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      But }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 as to}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the unbelievers, their works are like the vapor in a plain,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which the thirsty }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 traveller}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  thinketh to be water, until, when he cometh thereto, he findeth it }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
to be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  nothing; but he findeth GOD with him,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and he will fully pay him his account; and GOD is swift in taking an account;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , The story of the false accusation of Ayesha, which resembles those of Joseph and the Virgin Mary.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  But of a more excellent kind.  Some think the meaning to be that the tree grows neither in the eastern nor the western parts, but in the midst of the world, namely, in Syria, where the best olives grow.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or a light whose brightness is doubly increased by the circumstances above mentioned.
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab The commentators explain this allegory, and every particular of it, with great subtlety; interpreting the }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 light}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261  here described to be the }{
\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 light}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261  revealed in the Kor\'e2n, or God\rquote s }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 enlightening grace}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261  in the heart of man; and in divers other manners.
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The connection of these words is not very obvious.  Some suppose they ought to be joined with the preceding words, Like a niche, or It is lighted in the houses, &c., and that the comparison is more strong and just, by be
ing made to the lamps in Mosques, which are larger than those in private houses.  Some think they are rather to be connected with the following words, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Men praise}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, &c.  And others are of opinion they are an imperfect beginning of a sentence, and that the wo
rds, Praise ye God, or the like, are to be understood.  However, the houses here intended are those set apart for divine worship; or particularly the three principal temples of Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Arabic word }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Ser\'e2b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  signifies that false a
ppearance which, in the eastern countries, is often seen in sandy plains about noon, resembling a large lake of water in motion, and is occasioned by the reverberation of the sunbeams.  It sometimes tempts thirsty travellers out of their way, but deceives
 them when they come near, either going forward (for it always appears at the same distance), or quite vanishing.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, He will not escape the notice or vengeance of GOD.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 3  Iidem.\tab \tab 4  Iidem.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 40\tab or, as the darkness in a deep sea, covered by waves }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 riding}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on waves, above which are clouds, being }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 additions}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  darkness one over the other; when }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 stretcheth forth his hand, he is far from seeing it.  And unto whomsoever GOD shall not grant }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  light, he shall enjoy no light at all.
\par      Dost thou not perceive that all }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 creatures}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  both in heaven and earth praise GOD: and the birds }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, extending their wings?  Every one knoweth his prayer, and his praise: and GOD knoweth that which they do.
\par      Unto GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the kingdom of heaven and earth; and unto GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the return}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  at the last day}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Dost thou not see that GOD gently driveth forward the clouds, and gathereth them together, and then layeth them on heaps?  Thou also seest the rain, which falleth from the midst thereof; and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  sendeth down from heaven }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as it were}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 mountains, wherein there is hail; he striketh therewith whom he pleaseth, and turneth the same away from whom he pleaseth: the brightness of his lightning wanteth but little of taking away the sight.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      GOD shifteth the night, and the day: verily herein is an instruction unto those who have sight.  And GOD hath created every animal of water;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  one of them goeth on his belly, and another of them walketh upon two feet, and another of them walketh upon four }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 feet:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD crea
teth that which he pleaseth; for GOD is almighty.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Now have we sent down evident signs: and GOD directeth whom he pleaseth into the right way.
\par      The }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hypocrites}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  say, We believe in GOD, and on }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  apostle; and we obey }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 yet a part of them turneth back, after this; but these are not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 really}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  believers.
\par      And when they are summoned before GOD and his apostle, that he may judge between them; behold, a part of them retire:
\par      but if the right had been on their side, they would have come and submitted themselves unto him.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Is there an infirmity in their hearts?  Do they doubt?  Or do they fear lest GOD and his apostle act unjustly towards them?  But themselves are the unjust doers.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 50\tab The saying of the true believers, when they are summoned before GOD and his apostle, that he may judge between them, is no other than that they say, We have heard, and do obey: and these are they who shall prosper.

\par      Whoever shall obey GOD and his apostle, and shall fear GOD, and shall be devout towards him; these shall enjoy great felicity.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They swear by GOD, with a most solemn oath, that if thou commandest them, they will go forth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
from their houses and possessions}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  Say, Swear not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to a falsehood:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  obedience }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is more}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 requisite: and GOD is well acquainted with that which ye do.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This assertion, which has already occurred in another place,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 being not true in strictness, the commentators suppose that by water is meant seed; or else that water is mentioned only as the chief cause of the growth of animals, and a considerable and necessary constituent part of their bodies.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  This passage was occasioned by Bashir the hypocrite, who, having a controversy with a Jew, appealed to Caab Ebn al Ashraf, whereas the Jew appealed to Mohammed;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or, as others tell us, by Mog
heira Ebn Wayel, who refused to submit a dispute he had with Al. to the prophet\rquote s decision.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Vide Q. Curt. de rebus Alex. lib. 7, et Gol. in Alfrag. p. 111, et in Adag. Arab. ad calcem Gram. Erp. p. 93.\tab \tab 2  Chapter 21, p. 243.
\par 3  See chapter 4, p. 61.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Say, Obey GOD, and obey the apostle: but if ye turn back, verily }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it is expected}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that he perform}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  his duty, and of you }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that ye perform}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  your duty; and if ye obey him, ye shall be directed, but the duty of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 apostle is only public preaching.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      GOD promiseth unto such of you as believe, and do good works, that he will cause them to succeed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the unbelievers}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 in the earth, as he caused those who were before you to succeed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the infidels of their time;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and that he will establish for t
hem their religion which pleaseth them, and will change their fear into security.  They shall worship me; and shall not associate any }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 with me.  But whoever shall disbelieve after this, they will be the wicked doers.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Observe prayer, and give alms, and obey the apostle; that ye may obtain mercy.
\par      Think not that the unbelievers shall frustrate }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the designs of God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on earth: and their abode }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hereafter}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall be }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire; a miserable journey }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall it be thither!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O true believers, let your slaves and those among you who shall not have attained the age of puberty, ask leave of you, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 before they come into your presence}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , three times }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in the day;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  namely}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , before the morning prayer,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and when ye lay aside your garments at noon,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and after the evening prayer.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 These are the }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 three times for you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be private:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  it shall be no crime in you, or in them, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
if they go in to you without asking permission}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  after these }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 times}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , while ye are in frequent attendance, the one of you on the other.  Thus GOD declareth }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  signs unto you; for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  knowing }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And when your children attain }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the age of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  puberty, let them ask leave }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to come into your presence at all times}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , in the same manner as those who }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 have attained that age}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  before them, ask leave.  Thus GOD declareth his signs unto you; and GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  knowing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 As to}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  such women as are past child-bearing, who hope not to marry }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 again, because of their advanced age;}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  it shall be no crime in them, if they lay aside their }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 outer}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  garments, not showing }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 ornaments; but if they abstain }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from this, it will be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  better for them.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 both}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  heareth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  knoweth.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 60\tab 
It shall be no crime in the blind, nor shall it be any crime in the lame, neither shall it be any crime in the sick, or in yourselves, that ye eat in your houses,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 or in the houses of your fathers, or the houses of your mothers, or in the houses of your brothers, or the houses of your sisters, or the houses of your uncles on the father's side, or the houses of your aunts on the father's side, or the houses of your
 uncles on the mother's side, the houses of your aunts on the mother's side, or }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in those houses}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the keys whereof ye have in your possession, or }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
in the house}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of your friend.  It shall not be any crime in you whether ye eat together, or separately.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , As he caused the Israelites to dispossess the Canaanites, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Because there are certain times when it is not convenient, even for a domestic, or a child, to come in to one without notice.  It is said this passage was revealed on account of Asma Bint
 Morthed, whose servant entered suddenly upon her, at an improper time; but others say, it was occasioned by Modraj Ebn Amru, then a boy, who, being sent by Mohammed to call Omar to him, went directly into the room where he was, without giving notice, and
 found him taking his noon\rquote s nap, and in no very decent posture; at which Omar was so ruffled, that he wished GOD would forbid even their fathers, and children, to come in to them abruptly, at such times.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which is the time of people\rquote s rising from their beds, and dressing themselves for the day.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, when ye take off your upper garments to sleep at noon; which is a common custom in the east, and all warm countries.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   When ye undress yourselves to prepare for bed.  Al Beid\'e2wi adds a fourth season, when permission to enter must be asked, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ., at night: but this follows of course.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See before, p. 266.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Where your wives or families are; or in the houses of your sons, which may be looked on as your own.
\par \tab This passage was designed to remove some scruples or superstitions of the Arabs in Mohammed\rquote 
s time; some of whom thought their eating with maimed or sick people defiled them; others imagined they ought not to eat in the house of another, though ever so nearly related to them, or though th
ey were entrusted with the key and care of the house in the master\rquote s absence, and might therefore conclude it would be no offence; and others declined eating with their friends though invited, lest they should be burthensome.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The whole passage seems to b
e no more than a declaration that the things scrupled were perfectly innocent; however, the commentators say it is now abrogated, and that it related only to the old Arabs, in the infancy of Mohammedism.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As the tribe of Leith thought it unlawful for a 
man to eat alone; and some of the Ans\'e2rs, if they had a guest with them, never ate but in his company; so there were others who refused to eat with any, out of a superstitious caution lest they should be defiled, or out of a hoggish greediness.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And when ye enter any houses, salute one another}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 on the part of GOD, with a blessed and a welcome salutation.  Thus GOD declareth his signs unto you, that ye may understand.
\par      Verily they only }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  true believers, who believe in GOD and his apostle, and when they are assembled with him on any affair,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  depart not, until they have obtained leave of him.  Verily they who ask leave of thee are those who believe in GOD and his apostle.  When therefore they ask leave of thee }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to depart}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , on account of any business of their own, grant leave unto such of them as thou shalt think fit, and ask pardon for them of GOD;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for GOD }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 gracious }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful.
\par      Let not the calling of the apostle be esteemed among you, as your calling the one to the other.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   GOD knoweth such of you as privately withdraw themselves }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
from the assembly}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , taking shelter behind one another.  But let those who withstand his command take heed, lest some calamity befall them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in this world}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, or a grievous punishment be inflicted on them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in the life to come}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Doth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  not whatever is in heaven and on earth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belong}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto GOD?  He well knoweth what ye are about: and on a certain day they shall be assembled before him; and he shall declare unto them that which they have done; for GOD knoweth all things.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally yourselves; that is, according to al Beid\'e2
wi, the people of the house, to whom ye are united by the ties of blood, and by the common bond of religion.  And if there be nobody in the house, says Jallalo\rquote ddin, salute yourselves, and say, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
Peace be on us, and on the righteous servants of God:}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  for the angels will return your salutation.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As, at public prayers, or a solemn feast, or at council, or on a military expedition.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Because such departure, though with leave, and on a reasonable
 excuse, is a kind of failure in the exact performance of their duty; seeing they prefer their temporal affairs to the advancement of the true religion.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  These words are variously interpreted; for their meaning may be, either, Make not light of the apostle\rquote s summons, as ye would of another person\rquote 
s of equal condition with yourselves, by not obeying it, or by departing out of, or coming into, his presence without leave first obtained; or, Think not that when the apostle calls upon God in prayer, it is wi
th him, as with you, when ye prefer a petition to a superior, who sometimes grants, but as often denies, your suit; or, Call not to the apostle, as ye do to one another, that is, by name, or familiarly and with a loud voice; but make use of some honourabl
e compellation, as, O apostle of GOD, or, O prophet of GOD, and speak in an humble modest manner.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 2  Iidem.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 4  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page   
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XXV}XXV{\*\bkmkend XXV}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, AL FORKAN; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      BLESSED be he who hath revealed the Forkan}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto his servant, that he may be a preacher to all creatures:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      unto whom }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 the kingdom of heaven and of earth: who hath begotten no issue; and hath no partner in }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  kingdom: }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 hath created all things, and disposed the same according to his determinate will.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Yet have they taken }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 gods besides him; which have created nothing, but are themselves created:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and are able neither to avert evil from, nor to procure good unto themselves; and have not the power of death, or of life, or of raising }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the dead}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And the unbelievers say, This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Koran}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  is no other than a forgery which he hath contrived; and other people have assisted him therein:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but they utter an unjust thing, and a falsehood.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They also say, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 These are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fables of the ancients, which he hath caused to be written down; and they are dictated unto him morning and evening.
\par      Say, He hath revealed it, who knoweth the secrets in heaven and earth: verily he is gracious }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 merciful.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And they say, What }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 kind}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of apostle is this?  He eateth food, and walketh in the streets,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 as we do:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unless an angel be sent down unto him, and become a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 fellow}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  preacher with him;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      or }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unless}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a treasure be cast down unto him; or he have a garden, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the fruit}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  whereof he may eat; }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 we will not believe}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  The ungodly also say, Ye follow no other than a man who is distracted.
\par 10\tab Behold what they liken thee unto.  But they are deceived; neither can they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 find }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  just}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  occasion }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
to reproach thee}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Blessed be he, who, if he pleaseth, will make for thee a better }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 provision}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  than this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 which they speak of; namely}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, gardens through which rivers flow: and he will provide thee palaces.
\par      But they reject the belief of the hour }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of judgment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , as a falsehood: and we have prepared for him, who shall reject the belief of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 hour, burning fire;
\par      when it shall see them from a distant place, they shall hear it furiously raging and roaring.
\par      And when they shall be cast, bound together, into a strait place thereof, they shall there call for death;
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 but it shall be answered them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Call not this day for one death, but call for many deaths.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, Is this better, or a garden of eternal duration, which is promised unto the pious?  It shall be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 given}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto them for a reward, and a retreat:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which is one of the names of the Kor\'e2n.  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. III. p. 44.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Being either the heavenly bodies, or idols, the works of men\rquote s hands.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 16, p. 203.  It is supposed the Jews 
are particularly intended in this place; because they used to repeat passages of ancient history to Mohammed, on which he used to discourse and make observations.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Being subject to the same wants and infirmities of nature, and obliged to submit to the 
same low means of supporting himself and his family, with ourselves.  The Meccans were acquainted with Mohammed, and with his circumstances and way of life, too well to change their old familiarity into the reverence due to the messenger of GOD; for a pro
phet hath no honour in his own country.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 therein shall they have whatever they please, continuing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in the same}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  forever.  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 This}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 is a promise to be demanded at the hands of thy LORD.
\par      On a certain day he shall assemble them, and whatever they worship, besides GOD; and shall say }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto the worshipped}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Did ye seduce these my servants; or did they wander }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of themselves}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  from the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 right}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  way?
\par      They shall answer, GOD forbid!  It was not fitting for us, that we should take any protectors besides thee: but thou didst permit them and their fathers to enjoy abundance; so that they forgot }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thy}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  admonition, and became lost people.
\par 20\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And God shall say unto their worshippers}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Now have these convinced you of falsehood, in that which ye say: they can neither avert }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 your punishment}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , nor }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 give you}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  any assistance.
\par      And whoever of you shall be guilty of injustice, him will we cause to taste a grievous torment.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We have sent no messengers before thee, but they ate food, and walked through the streets: and we make some of you an occasion of trial unto others.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Will ye persevere with patience?  since the LORD regardeth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your perseverance}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They who hope not to meet us }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 at the resurrection}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 say, Unless the angels be sent down unto us, or we see our LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 himself}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 we will not believe.  }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
Verily they behave themselves arrogantly; and have transgressed with an enormous transgression.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      The day }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 whereon}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they shall see the angels,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  there shall be no glad tidings on that day for the wicked; and they shall say, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Be this}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  removed far from us?
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and we will come unto the work which they shall have wrought, and we will make it }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  dust scattered abroad.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      On that day shall they who are destined to paradise be more happy in an abode, and have a preferable place of repose at noon.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      On that day the heaven shall be cloven in sunder by the clouds, and the angels shall be sent down, descending }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 visibly therein}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      On that day the kingdom shall of right belong wholly unto the Merciful; and that day shall be grievous for the unbelievers.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      On that day the unjust person}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall bite his hand }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
for anguish and despair, and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall say, Oh that I had taken the way }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of truth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with the apostle!}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Giving occasion of envy, repining, and malice; to the poor, mean, and sick, 
for example, when they compare their own condition with that of the rich, the noble, and those who are in health: and trying the people to whom prophets are sent, by those prophets.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ., At their death, or at the resurrection.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For the business of the day of judgment will be over by that time; and the blessed will pass their noon in paradise, and the damned in hell.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, They shall part and make way for the clouds which shall descend with the angels, bearing the books wherein every man\rquote s actions are recorded.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  It is supposed by some that these words particularly relate to Okba Ebn Abi Moait, who used to be much in Mohammed\rquote s company, and having once invited him to an entertainment, the prophet refused to taste of his meat unless he would profess Isl
\'e2m; which accordingly he did.  Soon after, Okba, meeting Obba Ebn Khalf, his intimate friend, and being reproached by him for changing his religion, assured him that he had not, but had only pronounced the profession of faith to engage Mohammed to
 eat with him, because he could not for shame let him go out of his house without eating.  However, Obba protested that he would not be satisfied, unless he went to Mohammed, and set his foot on his neck, and spit in his face: which Okba, rather than brea
k
 with his friend, performed in the public hall, where he found Mohammed sitting; whereupon the prophet told him that if ever he met him out of Mecca, he would cut off his head.  And he was as good as his word: for Okba, being afterwards taken prisoner at 
the battle of Bedr, had his head struck off by Ali at Mohammed\rquote s command.  As for Obba, he received a wound from the prophet\rquote s own hand, at the battle of Ohod, of which he died at his return to Mecca.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem, Jallal.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.  Vide Gagnier, Vie de Mahom. vol. I, p. 362.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 30\tab Alas for me!  Oh that I had not taken such a one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 my}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  friend!
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      He seduced me from the admonition }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , after it had come unto me: for the devil is the betrayer of man.
\par      And the apostle shall say, O LORD, verily my people esteemed this Kor\'e2n }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a vain }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 composition}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      In like manner did we ordain unto every prophet an enemy from among the wicked: but thy LORD is a sufficient director and defender.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      The unbelievers say, Unless the Koran be sent down unto him entire at once,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 we will not believe}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 But}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in this manner }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 have we revealed }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it, that we might confirm thy heart thereby,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we have dictated it gradually, by distinct parcels.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They shall not come unto thee with any strange question; but we will bring thee the truth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in answer}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and a most excellent interpretation.
\par      They who shall be dragged on their faces into hell shall be in the worst condition, and shall stray most widely from the way }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of salvation}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      We heretofore delivered unto Moses the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the law;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and we appointed him Aaron his brother for a counsellor.
\par      And we said }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Go ye to the people who charge our signs with falsehood.  And we destroyed them with a }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 signal}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  destruction.

\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And remember}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the people of Noah, when they accused }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 apostles of imposture: we drowned them, and made them a sign unto mankind.  And we have prepared for the unjust a painful torment.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 40\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Remember}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  also Ad, and Thamud, and those who dwelt at al Rass;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and many }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  generations within this }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 period}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Unto each }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  did we propound examples }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for their admonition;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and each }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
of them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  did we destroy with an }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 utter}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  destruction.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 The Koreish}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  have passed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 frequently}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  near the city which was rained on by a fatal rain;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  have they not seen }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 where}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  it }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 once stood?}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Yet have they not dreaded the resurrection.}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   According to the preceding note, this was Obba Ebn Khalf.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As were the Pentateuch, Psalms, and Gospel, according to the Mohammedan notion whereas it was twenty-three years before the Kor\'e2n was completely revealed.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}
{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Both to infuse courage and constancy into thy mind, and to strengthen thy memory and understanding.  For, say the commentators, the prophet\rquote 
s receiving the divine direction, from time to time, how to behave, and to speak, on any emergency, and the frequent visits of the angel Gabriel, greatly encouraged and supported him under all his difficulties: and the revealing of the Kor\'e2
n by degrees was a great, and, to him, a necessary help for his retaining and understanding it; which it would have been impossible for him to have done with any exactness, had it been revealed at once; Mohammed\rquote 
s case being entirely different from that of Moses, David, and JESUS, who could all read and write, whereas he was perfectly illiterate.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The com
mentators are at a loss where to place al Rass.  According to one opinion it was the name of a well (as the word signifies) near Midian, about which some idolaters having fixed their habitations, the prophet Shoaib was sent to preach to them; but they not
 believing on him, the well fell in, and they and their houses were all swallowed up.  Another supposes it to have been in a town in Yam\'e2ma, where a remnant of the Tham\'fb
dites settled, to whom a prophet was also sent; but they slaying him, were utterly destroyed.  Another thinks it was a well near Antioch, where Hab\'eeb al Najj\'e2
r (whose tomb is still to be seen there, beige frequently visited by Mohammedans) was martyred.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   And a fourth takes al Rass to be a well in Hadramaut, by which dwelt some idolatrous Tham\'fb
dites, whose prophet was Handha, or Khantala (for I find the name written both ways) Ebn Safw\'e2n.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These people were first annoyed by certain monstrous birds, called Ank\'e2
, which lodged in the mountain above them, and used to snatch away their children, when they wanted other prey; but this calamity was so far from humbling them, that on their prophet\rquote 
s calling down a judgment upon them, they killed him, and were all destroyed.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 viz}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
., Sodom; for the Koreish often passed by the place where it once stood, in the journeys they took to Syria for the sake of trade.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. III. p. 50, &c.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi, &c.\tab \tab 3  Abu\rquote lf. Geog. Vide Vit. Saladini, p. 86.
\par 4  See chapter 22, p. 254, note }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 .\tab \tab 5  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 When they see thee, they will receive thee only with scoffing, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Is this he whom GOD hath sent }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as his}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  apostle?
\par      Verily he had almost drawn us aside from }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the worship of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  our gods, if we had not firmly persevered }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in our devotion}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 towards them.  But they shall know hereafter, when they shall see the punishment }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 prepared for them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , who hath strayed more widely from the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 right}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  path.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      What thinkest thou?  He who taketh his lust for his god; canst thou be his guardian?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Dost thou imagine that the greater part of them hear, or understand?  They are no other than like the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 brute}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  cattle; yea, they stray more widely from the }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 true}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  path.
\par      Dost thou not consider }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the works}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  thy LORD, how he stretcheth forth the shadow }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 before sunrise?}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261   If he had pleased, he would have made it immovable }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 forever}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  Then we cause the sun to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 rise}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to show the same;
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 afterwards we contract it by an easy }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and gradual}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  contraction.
\par      It is he who hath ordained the night to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 cover}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  you }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a garment; and sleep }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to give you}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  rest; and hath ordained the day for waking.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 50\tab It is he who sendeth the winds, driving abroad the pregnant clouds, as the forerunners of his mercy:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we send down pure water}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from heaven,
\par      that we may thereby revive a dead country, and give to drink thereof unto what we have created, both of cattle and men, in great numbers;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      and we distribute the same among them at various times, that they may consider: but the greater part of men refuse }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to consider}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , only out of ingratitude.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      If we had pleased, we had sent a preacher unto every city:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      wherefore, do not thou obey the unbelievers; but oppose them herewith, with a strong opposition.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      It is he who hath let loose the two seas; this fresh }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  sweet, and that salt }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 bitter; and hath placed between them a bar,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and a bound which cannot be passed.
\par      It is he who hath created man of water,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and hath made him }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to bear the double relation of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 consanguinity and affinity; for thy LORD is powerful.
\par      They worship, besides GOD, that which can neither profit them nor hurt them: and the unbeliever is an assistant }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the devil}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  against his LORD.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We have sent thee }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  no other than a bearer of good tidings, and a denouncer of threats.}
{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Dost thou expect to reclaim such a one from idolatry and infidelity?
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 j}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 7, p. 110.  There is the same various reading here as is mentioned in the notes to that passage.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Properly, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 purifying}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 water; which epithet may perhaps refer to the cleansing quality of that element, of so great use both on religious and on common occasions.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, To such as live in the dry deserts, and are obliged to drink rain-water; which the inhabitants of towns, and places well-watered, have no occasion to do.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, out of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 infidelity:}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  for the old Arabs used to t
hink themselves indebted for their rains, not to GOD, but to the influence of some particular stars.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   And had not given thee, O Mohammed, the honour and trouble of being a preacher to the whole world in general.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   To keep them asunder, and prevent their mixing with each other.  The original word is }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 barzakh;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 which has been already explained.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   With which Adam\rquote s primitive clay was mixed; or, of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 seed}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  See chapter 24, p. 268.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Joining with him in his rebellion and infidelity.  Some think Abu Jahl is
 particularly struck at in this passage.  The words may also be translated, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 The unbeliever is contemptible in the sight of his Lord}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. I. p. 24.\tab \tab 2  In not. ad cap. 23, p. 261.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Say, I ask not of you any reward for this }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 my preaching;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  besides }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the conversion}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }
{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  him who shall desire to take the way unto his LORD.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 60\tab And do thou trust in him who liveth, and dieth not; and celebrate his praise: (he is sufficiently acquainted with the faults of his servants): who hath created 
the heavens and the earth, and whatever is between them, in six days; and then ascended }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  throne: the Merciful.  Ask now the knowing concerning him.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      When it is said }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto the unbelievers}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Adore the Merciful; they reply, And who }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 the Merciful?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Shall  we adore that which thou commandest us?  And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 this precept}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  causeth them to fly the faster }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from the faith}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Blessed be he who hath placed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the twelve}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  signs in the heavens; and hath placed therein a lamp }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by day}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and the moon which shineth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by night!}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      It is he who hath ordained the night and the day to succeed each other, for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the observation of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  him who will consider, or desireth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
to show his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  gratitude.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      The servants of the Merciful are those who walk meekly on the earth, and when the ignorant speak unto them, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 answer}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Peace:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and who pass the night adoring their LORD, and standing up }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to pray unto him;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      and who say, O LORD, avert from us the torment of hell, for the torment thereof }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  perpetual; verily the same is a miserable abode and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a wretched}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  station:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and who, when they bestow, are neither profuse nor niggardly; but }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 observe}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a just medium between these;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and who invoke not another god together with }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the true}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD; neither slay the soul which GOD hath forbidden }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be slain}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , unless for a just cause: and who are not guilty of fornication.  But he who shall do this shall meet the reward of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wickedness:
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  punishment shall be doubled unto him on the day of resurrection; and he shall remain therein, covered with ignominy, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 forever:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 

\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 70\tab except him who shall repent and believe, and shall work a righteous work; unto them will GOD change their }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 former}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  evils into good;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for GOD is ready to forgive, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And whoever repenteth, and doth that which is right; verily he turneth unto GOD with an }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 acceptable}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  conversion.
\par      And they who do not bear false witness; and when they pass by vain discourse, pass by the same with decency;
\par      and who, when they are admonished by the signs of their LORD, fall not down }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as if they were }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 deaf and blind, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 but stand up and are attentive}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  thereto:
\par      and who say, O LORD, grant us of our wives and our offspring such as may be the satisfaction of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  eyes; and make us patterns unto those who fear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thee}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      These shall be rewarded with the highest apartments }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in paradise}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , because they have persevered with constancy; and they shall meet therein with greeting and salutation;
\par      they shall remain in the same forever: it shall be an excellent abode, and a }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 delightful}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  station.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, My LORD is not solicitous on your account, if ye do not invoke him: ye have already charged }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his apostle}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with imposture; but hereafter shall there be a lasting punishment }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 inflicted on you}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Seeking to draw near unto him, by embracing the religion taught by me his apostle; which is the best return I expect from you for my labours.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The passage, however, is capable of another meaning, viz., that Mohammed desires none to give, but him who shall contribute freely and voluntarily towards the advancement of GOD\rquote 
S true religion.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 17, p. 237.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , The sun.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This is intended here not as a salutation, but as a waiving all farther discourse and communication with the idolaters.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 17, p. 230.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Blotting out their former rebellion, on their repent
ance, and confirming and increasing their faith and obedience.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page   
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XXVI_}XXVI.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend XXVI_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE POETS;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      T. S. M.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   THESE }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the signs of the perspicuous book.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Peradventure thou afflictest thyself unto death, lest }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the Meccans}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  become not believers.
\par      If we pleased, we could send down unto them a }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 convincing}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  sign from heaven, unto which their necks would humbly submit.
\par      But there cometh unto them no admonition from the Merciful, being newly revealed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as occasions require}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , but they turn aside from the same;
\par      and they have charged }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with falsehood: but a message shall come unto them, which they shall not laugh to scorn.
\par      Do they not behold the earth, how many }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 vegetables}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  we cause to spring up therein, of every noble species?
\par      Verily herein is a sign: but the greater part of them do not believe.
\par      Verily thy LORD is the mighty, the merciful }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Remember}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  when thy LORD called Moses, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Go to the unjust people,
\par 10\tab the people of Pharaoh; will they not dread }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 me?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Moses}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  answered, O LORD, verily I fear lest they accuse me of falsehood,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and lest my breast become straitened, and my tongue be not ready }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in speaking:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  send therefore unto Aaron, to be }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 my assistant}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Also they have a crime }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to object}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  against me:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and I fear they will put me to death.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 They shall}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  by no means }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 put thee to death:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wherefore go ye with our signs; for we }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with you, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and will}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  hear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 what passes
 between you and them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Go ye therefore unto Pharaoh, and say, Verily we are the apostle}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the LORD of all creatures:
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      send away with us the children of Israel.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And when they had delivered their message, Pharaoh}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  answered, Have we not brought thee up, among us,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 when}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a child; and hast thou not dwelt among us for }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 several}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  years of thy life?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Yet hast thou done thy deed which thou hast done, and thou art an ungrateful person.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The chapter bears this inscription because at the conclusion of it the Arabian poets are severely censured.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The five last verses, beginning at these words, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 And those who err follow the poets}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, &c., some take to have been revealed at Medina.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. III. p. 46, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chap. 20, p. 257.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., The having killed an Egyptian.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The word is in the singular number in the original; for which the commentators give several reasons.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  It is said that Moses dwelt among the Egyptians thirty years, and then went to Midian, where he stayed t
en years; after which he returned to Egypt, and spent thirty years in endeavouring to convert them; and that he lived after the drowning of Pharaoh fifty years.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  See cap. 28.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Moses}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  replied, I did it indeed, and I was }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of those who erred;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 20\tab wherefore I fled from you, because I feared you: but my LORD hath bestowed on me wisdom, and hath appointed me }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  his }{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 apostles.
\par      And this is the favor which thou hast bestowed on me, that thou hast enslaved the children of Israel.
\par      Pharaoh said, And who is the LORD of all creatures?
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Moses}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  answered, The LORD of heaven and earth, and whatever is between them: if ye are men of sagacity.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Pharaoh}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said unto those who were about him, Do ye not hear?
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Moses}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, Your LORD, and the LORD of your forefathers.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Pharaoh }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 said}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto those who were present}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Your apostle, who is sent unto you, is certainly distracted.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Moses}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, The LORD of the east, and of the west, and of whatever is between them; if ye are men of understanding.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Pharaoh}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said unto him, Verily if thou take any god besides me,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  I will make thee }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of those who are imprisoned.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Moses}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  answered, What, although I come unto you with a convincing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 miracle?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 0\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Pharaoh}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  replied, Produce it therefore, if 
thou speakest truth.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And he cast down his rod, and behold, it }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 became}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a visible serpent:
\par      and he drew forth his hand }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 out of his bosom;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and behold, it }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 appeared}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  white unto the spectators.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Pharaoh}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said unto the princes }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who were}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  about him, Verily this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 man}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 is a skilful magician:
\par      he seeketh to dispossess you of your land by his sorcery; what therefore do ye direct?
\par      They answered , Delay him and his brother }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by good words for a time;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and send through the cities }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to assemble
\par      and bring unto thee every skilful magician.
\par      So the magicians were assembled at an appointed time, on a solemn day.
\par      And it was said unto the people, Are ye assembled together?
\par      Perhaps we may follow the magicians, if they do get the victory.
\par 40\tab And when the magicians were come, they said unto Pharaoh, Shall we certainly receive a reward, if we do get the victory?
\par      He answered, Yea; and ye shall surely be of those who approach }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 my person}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Moses said unto them, Cast down what ye are about to cast down.
\par      Wherefore they cast down their ropes and their rods, and said, By the might of Pharaoh, verily we }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the conquerors.
\par      And Moses cast down his rod, and behold, it swallowed up that which they had }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 caused}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  falsely}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to appear}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  changed }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 into serpents}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Whereupon the magicians prostrated themselves, worshipping,
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, We believe in the LORD of all creatures,
\par      the LORD of Moses and of Aaron.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Pharaoh}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto them}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Have ye believed on him, before I have given you permission?  Verily he is your chief who hath taught you magic:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but hereafter ye shall surely know }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 my power}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Having killed the Egyptian undesignedly.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Pharaoh, it seems, thought Moses had given but wild answers to his question; for he wanted to know the person
 and true nature of the GOD whose messenger Moses pretended to be; whereas he spoke of his works only.  And because this answer gave so little satisfaction to the king, he is therefore supposed by some to have been a Dahrite, or one who believed the etern
ity of the world.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   From this and a parallel expression in the twenty-eighth chapter, it is inferred that Pharaoh claimed the worship of his subjects, as due to his supreme power.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These words, says al Beid\'e2wi, were a more terrible menace than if he had said }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 I will imprison thee;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and gave Moses to understand that he must expect to keep company with those wretches whom the tyrant had thrown, as was his custom, into a deep dungeon, where they remained till they died.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   But has reserved the most efficacious secrets to himself.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  Idem.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 I will cut off your hands and your feet, on the opposite sides, and I will crucify you all.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 50\tab They answered, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It will be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  no harm }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto us;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for we shall return unto our LORD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We hope that our LORD will forgive us our sins, since we are the first who have believed.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And we spake by revelation unto Moses, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , March forth with my servants by night; for ye will be pursued.
\par      And Pharaoh sent }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 officers}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  through the cities to assemble }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 forces, saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      Verily these are a small company;
\par      and they are enraged against us:
\par      but we are a multitude well provided.
\par      So we caused them to quit }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 gardens, and fountains,
\par      and treasures, and fair dwellings:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      thus }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 did we do; }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and we made the children of Israel to inherit the same.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 60\tab And they pursued them at sunrise.
\par      And when the two armies were come in sight of each other, the companions of Moses said, We shall surely be overtaken.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Moses}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  answered, By no means; for my LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with me, who will surely direct me.
\par      And we commanded Moses by revelation,}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Smite the sea with thy rod.  And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 when he had smitten it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , it became divided }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 into twelve parts, between which were as many paths}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and every part was like a vast mountain.
\par      And we drew thither the others;
\par      and we delivered Moses and all those who were with him:
\par      then we drowned the others.
\par      Verily herein was a sign; but the greater part of them did not believe.
\par      Verily thy LORD is the mighty }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the merciful.
\par      And rehearse unto them the story of Abraham:
\par 70\tab when he said unto his father, and his people, What do ye worship?
\par      They answered, We worship idols; and we constantly serve them all the day long.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Abraham}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, Do they hear you, when ye invoke }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      Or do they either profit you, or hurt you?
\par      They answered, But we found our fathers do the same.
\par      He said, What think ye?  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 The gods}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which ye worship,
\par      and your forefathers }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 worshipped}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      are my enemy: except only the LORD of all creatures,
\par      who hath created me, and directeth me;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and who giveth me to eat, and to drink,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 80\tab and when I am sick, healeth me;
\par      and who will cause me to die, and will afterwards restore me to life;
\par      and who, I hope, will forgive my sins on the day of judgment.
\par      O LORD, grant me wisdom; and join me with the righteous:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and grant that I may be spoken of with honour}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  among the latest }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 posterity;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and make me an heir of the garden of delight:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and forgive my father, for that he hath been }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of those who go astray.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And cover me not with shame on the day of resurrection;
\par      on the day }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in which}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  neither riches nor children shall avail,
\par      unless unto him who shall come unto GOD with a sincere heart:
\par 90\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 when}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  paradise shall be brought near to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the view}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the pious,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and hell shall appear plainly to those who shall have erred:}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 7, p. 116, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Hence some suppose the Israelites, after the destruction of Pharaoh and his host, returned to Egypt, and possessed themselves of the riches of that country.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   But others are of opinion that the meaning is no more than that GOD gave them the like possessions and dwellings in another country.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Grant me a tongue of truth}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , that is, a high encomium.  The same expression is used in c. 19, p. 252.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  By disposing him to repentance, and the receiving of the true faith.  Some suppose Abraham pronounced this prayer after his father\rquote s death, thinking that possibly he might have been inwardly a true believer,
 but have concealed his conversion for fear of Nimrod, and before he was forbidden to pray for him.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 5  Jallalo\rquote ddin, Yahya.\tab \tab 6  Al Zamakh.  See cap. 7, p. 118.\tab \tab 7  See cap. 9, p. 148, and c. 14, p. 209.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page }
{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and it shall be said unto them, Where }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are your deities}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which ye served
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      besides GOD? will they deliver you }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from punishment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , or will they deliver themselves?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And they shall be cast into the same, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 both }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 they,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and those who have been seduced }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to their worship;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and all the host of Eblis.
\par      The }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 seduced}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall dispute therein }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with their false gods}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      saying, By GOD, we were in a manifest error,
\par      when we equalled you with the LORD of all creatures:
\par      and none seduced us but the wicked.
\par 100\tab We have }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 now}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  no intercessors,
\par      nor any friend who careth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for us}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      If we were allowed to return once more }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 into the world}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , we would certainly become true believers.
\par      Verily herein was a sign; but the greater part of them believed not.
\par      The LORD is the mighty, the merciful.
\par      The people of Noah accused }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God's }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 messengers of imposture:
\par      when their brother Noah said unto them, Will ye not fear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      Verily I am a faithful messenger unto you;
\par 110\tab wherefore fear GOD, and obey me.
\par      I ask no reward of you for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 my preaching unto you; I expect}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  my reward from no other than the LORD of all creatures:
\par      wherefore fear GOD, and obey me.
\par      They answered, Shall we believe on thee, when }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 only}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the most abject }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 persons}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  have followed thee?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Noah}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said, I have no knowledge of that which they did;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      it }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 appertaineth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto my LORD alone to bring them to account, if ye understand;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      wherefore I will not drive away the believers:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      I am no more than a public preacher.
\par      They replied, Assuredly, unless thou desist, O Noah, thou shalt be stoned.
\par      He said, O LORD, verily my people take me for a liar;
\par      wherefore judge publicly between me and them; and deliver me and the true believers who are with me.
\par      Wherefore we delivered him, and those who were with him, in the ark filled }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with men and animals;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 120\tab and afterwards we drowned the rest.
\par      Verily herein was a sign; but the greater part of them believed not.
\par      Thy LORD is the mighty, the merciful.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 The tribe of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  Ad charged }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God's }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 messengers with falsehood:
\par      when their brother Hud said unto them, Will ye not fear}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  God?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      Verily I am a faithful messenger unto you;
\par      wherefore fear GOD, and obey me.
\par      I demand not of you any reward for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 my preaching unto you: I expect}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  my reward from no other than the LORD of all creatures.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Do ye build a landmark on every high place, to divert yourselves?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And do ye erect }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 magnificent}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  works, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hoping}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  that ye may continue }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
in their possession}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  forever?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 130\tab And when ye exercise your power, do ye exercise it with cruelty and rigour?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Fear GOD, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by leaving these things;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and obey me.
\par      And fear him who hath bestowed on you that which ye know:
\par      he hath bestowed on you cattle, and children,
\par      and gardens, and springs of water.
\par      Verily I fear for you the punishment of a grievous day.
\par      They answered, It is equal unto us whether thou admonish us, or dost not admonish }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 us:
\par      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 which thou preachest}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  is only a device of the ancients;}{\i\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 21, p. 273.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Whether they have embraced the faith which I 
have preached, out of the sincerity of their hearts, or in prospect of some worldly advantage.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 11, p. 161.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or to mock the passengers; who direct themselves in their journeys by the stars, and have no need of such buildings?}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Putting
 to death, and inflicting other corporal punishments without mercy, and rather for the satisfaction of your passion than the amendment of the sufferer.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 neither shall we be punished }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for what we have done}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And they accused him of imposture: wherefore we destroyed them.  Verily herein was a sign: but the greater part of them believed not.
\par 140\tab Thy LORD is the mighty, the merciful.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 The tribe of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  Thamud }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  charged the messengers }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with falsehood.

\par      When their brother Saleh said unto them, Will ye not fear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      Verily I am a faithful messenger unto you:
\par      wherefore fear GOD, and obey me.
\par      I demand no reward of you for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 my preaching unto you: I expect}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  my reward from no other than the LORD of all creatures.
\par      Shall ye be left }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 forever}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  secure in }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the possession of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the things which }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 here;
\par      among gardens, and fountains,
\par      and corn, and palm-trees, whose branches sheathe their flowers.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And will ye }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 continue to}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  cut habitations }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for yourselves}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  o
ut of the mountains, behaving with insolence?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 150\tab Fear GOD, and obey me;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and obey not the command of the transgressors,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      who act corruptly in the earth, and reform not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the same}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 . 
\par      They answered, Verily thou art distracted:
\par      thou art no }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  than a man like unto us: produce now some sign, if thou speakest truth.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Saleh}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said, This she-camel }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be a sign unto you: }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 she shall have }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 her}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  portion of water, and ye shall have }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 portion of water }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 alternately}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , on a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 several}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  day appointed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for you;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and do her no hurt, lest the punishment of a terrible day be inflicted on you.
\par      But they slew her; and were made to repent }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of their impiety:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      for the punishment }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 which had been threatened}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  overtook them.  Verily herein was a sign; but the greater part of them did not believe.
\par      Thy LORD is the mighty, the merciful.
\par 160\tab The people of Lot }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 likewise}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  accused }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God's}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  messengers of imposture.
\par      When their brother Lot said unto them, Will ye not fear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      Verily I am a faithful messenger unto you:
\par      wherefore fear GOD, and obey me.
\par      I demand no reward of you for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 my preaching: I expect}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  my reward from no other than the LORD of all creatures.
\par      Do ye approach unto the males among mankind,
\par      and leave your wives which your LORD hath created for you.  Surely ye are people who transgress.
\par      They answered, Unless thou desist, O Lot, thou shalt certainly be expelled }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our city}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      He said, Verily I am }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of those who abhor your doings:
\par      O LORD, deliver me, and my family, from that which they act.
\par 170\tab Wherefore we delivered him, and all his family,
\par      except an old woman, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his wife, who perished}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  among those who remained behind;
\par      then we destroyed the rest;
\par      and we rained on them a shower }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of stones;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and terrible was the shower }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 which fell on}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  those who had been warned }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in vain}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Verily herein was a sign; but the greater part of them did not believe.
\par      Thy LORD is the mighty, the merciful.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      The inhabitants of the wood}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  accused GOD'S messengers of imposture.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      When Shoaib said unto him, Will ye not fear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily I am a faithful messenger unto you:}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as the original word may also be rendered, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 showing art and ingenuity}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  in your work.

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, they were to have the use of the water by turns, the c
amel drinking one day, and the Thamudites drawing the other day; for when this camel drank, she emptied the wells or brooks for that day.  See chapter 7, p. 112.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 15, p. 213.  Shoaib being not called the }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 brother}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  of these people, which would 
have preserved the conformity between this passage and the preceding, it has been thought they were not Midianites, but of another race; however, we find the prophet taxes them with the same crimes as he did those of Midian.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  See cap. 7, p. 113.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      wherefore fear GOD, and obey me.
\par 180\tab I ask no reward of you for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 my preaching: I expect}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  my reward from no other than the LORD of all creatures.
\par      Give just measure, and be not defrauders;
\par      and weigh with an equal balance;
\par      and diminish not unto men }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 aught}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of their matters; neither commit violence in the earth, acting corruptly.
\par      And fear him who hath created you, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the former generations.
\par      They answered, Certainly thou art distracted;
\par      thou art no more than a man, like unto us; and we do surely esteem thee to be a liar.
\par      Cause now a part of the heaven to fall upon us, if thou speakest truth.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Shoaib}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, My LORD best knoweth that which ye do.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And they charged him with falsehood: wherefore the punishment of the day of the shadowing cloud}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  overtook them; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  this was the punishment of a grievous day.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 190\tab Verily herein was a sign; but the greater part of them did not believe.
\par      Thy LORD is the mighty, the merciful.
\par      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 book}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  is certainly a revelation from the LORD of all creatures,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      which the faithful spirit}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  hath caused to descend
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      upon thy heart, that thou mightest be a preacher }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to thy people}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      in the perspicuous Arabic tongue;
\par      and it is }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 borne witness to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in the scriptures of former ages.
\par      Was it not a sign unto them, that the wise men among the children of Israel knew it?
\par      Had we revealed it unto any of the foreigners,
\par      and he had read the same unto them, yet they would not have believed therein.
\par 200\tab Thus have we caused }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 obstinate infidelity}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to enter the hearts of the wicked:
\par      they shall not believe therein, until they see a painful punishment.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      It shall come suddenly upon them, and they shall not foresee it:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and they shall say, Shall we be respited?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Do they therefore desire our punishment to be hastened?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      What thinkest thou?  If we suffer them to enjoy }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the advantage of this life}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for several years,
\par      and afterwards that with which they are threatened come upon them;
\par      what will that which they have enjoyed profit them?
\par      We have destroyed no city, but preachers }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 were first sent}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto it,
\par      to admonish }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the inhabitants thereof;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  neither did we treat }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unjustly.
\par 210\tab The devils did not descend with the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Koran, as the infidels give out}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 :
\par      it is not for their purpose, neither are they able }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to produce such a book;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      for they are far removed from hearing }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the discourse of the angels in heaven}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Invoke no other god with }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the true }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 GOD, lest thou become }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of those who are doomed to punishment.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And admonish thy more near relations.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And behave thyself with meekness}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  towards the true believers who follow thee:}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   GOD first plagued them with such intolerable heat for seven days that all their waters were dried up, and then brought a cloud over 
them, under whose shade they ran, and were all destroyed by a hot wind and fire which proceeded from it.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Gabriel, who is entrusted with the divine secrets and revelations.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The infidels were continually defying Mohammed to bring some signal and miraculous destruction on them, as a shower of stones, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 15, p. 211.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators suppose the same command to have been virtually contained in the 74th chapter, which is prior to this in point of time.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is said that Mohammed, on receiving the passage before us, went up immediately to Mount Saf\'e2
, and having called the several families to him, one by one, when they were all assembled, asked them whether, if he should tell them that mountain would bring forth a smaller mountain, they would believe him; to which they answering in the affirmative, }
{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Verily}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , says he, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 I am a warner sent unto you, before a severe chastisement}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, lower thy wing.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  See the notes thereon, and the Prelim. Disc. Sect. II. p. 34.\tab \tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and if they be disobedient unto thee, say, Verily, I am clear of that which ye do.
\par      And trust in the most mighty, the merciful }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      who seeth thee when thou risest up,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and thy behavior among those who worship;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 220\tab for he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 both}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  heareth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  knoweth.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Shall I declare unto you upon whom the devils descend?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They descend upon every lying }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wicked person:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      they learn what is heard;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but the greater part of them}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  are }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 liars.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And those who err follow the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 steps of the}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  poets:
\par      dost thou not see that they rove }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as bereft of their senses}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  through every valley;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and that they say that which they do not?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      except those who believe, and do good works, and remember GOD frequently;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and who defend themselves, after they have been unjustly treated.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  And they who act unjustly shall know hereafter with what treatment they shall be treated.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Who seeth thee when thou risest up to watch and spend the night in religious exercises, and observeth thy 
anxious care for the Moslems\rquote 
 exact performance of their duty.  It is said that the night on which the precept of watching was abrogated.  Mohammed went privately from one house to another, to see how his companions spent the time; and that he found them so intent in reading the Kor
\'e2n, and repeating their prayers, that their houses, by reason of the humming noise they made, seemed to be so many nests of hornets.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some commentators, however, suppose that by the prophet
\rquote s }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 behaviour}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , in this place, are meant the various postures he used in praying at the head of his companions; as standing, bowing, prostration, and sitting.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The prophet, having vindicated himself from the charge of having communication with the devils, by the opposition between his doctrin
e and their designs, and their inability to compose so consistent a book as the Kor\'e2n, proceeds to show that the persons most likely to a correspondence with those evil spirits were liars and slanderers, that is, his enemies and opposers.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , They ar
e taught by the secret inspiration of the devils, and receive their idle and inconsistent suggestions for truth.  It being uncertain whether the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 slanderers}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or the }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 devils}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  be the nominative case to the verb, the words may also be rendered, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 They impart what they hear;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 that is, The devils acquaint their correspondents on earth with such incoherent scraps of the angels\rquote  discourse as they can hear by stealth.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Their compositions being as wild as the actions of a distracted man: for most of the ancient poetry 
was full of vain imaginations; as fabulous stories and descriptions, love verses, flattery, excessive commendations of their patrons, and as excessive reproaches of their enemies, incitements to vicious actions, vainglorious vauntings, and the like.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   T
hat is, such poets as had embraced Mohammedism; whose works, free from the profaneness of the former, run chiefly on the praises of GOD, and the establishing his unity, and contain exhortations to obedience and other religious and moral virtues, without a
n
y satirical invectives, unless against such as have given just provocations, by having first attacked them, or some others of the true believers, with the same weapons.  In this last case Mohammed saw it was necessary for him to borrow assistance from the
 poets of his party, to defend himself and religion from the insults and ridicule of the others, for which purpose he employed the pens of Labid Ebn Rab\'eea,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  Abda\rquote llah Ebn Raw\'e2
ha, Hass\'e2n Ebn Thabet, and the two Caabs.  It is related that Mohammed once said to Caab Ebn Malec, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Ply them with satires; for, by him in whose hand my soul is, they wound more deeply than arrows}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 5  Idem.\tab \tab 6  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 7  Idem.\tab \tab 8  Idem.\tab \tab 1  See the Prelim. Disc. p. 47.
\par 2  Al  Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page   
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XXVII_}XXVII.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend XXVII_}
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE ANT;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      T. S.  THESE }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the signs of the Koran, and of the perspicuous book:
\par      a direction, and good tidings unto the true believers? who regularly perform }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  prayer, and give alms, and firmly believe in the life to come.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 As to}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 those who believe not in the life to come, we have prepared their works for them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they shall be struck with astonishment }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
at their disappointment, when they shall be raised again:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      these }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  they whom an evil punishment }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 awaiteth in this life;}
{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and in that which is to come they shall be the greatest losers.
\par      Thou hast certainly received the Koran from the presence of a wise, a knowing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God.
\par      Remember}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  when Moses said unto his family, Verily I perceive fire;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      I will bring you tidings thereof, or I will bring you a lighted brand, that ye may be warmed.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      And when he was come near unto it, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a voice}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  cried unto him, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Blessed be he who is in the fire, and whoever is about it;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and praise be unto GOD, the LORD of all creatures!
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      O Moses, verily I am GOD, the mighty, the wise:
\par 10\tab cast down now thy rod.  And when he saw it, that it moved, as though it }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 had been}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a serpent, he retreated, and fled, and returned not.  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And God said}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , O Moses, fear not; for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 my}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  messengers are not disturbed with fear in my sight:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      except he who shall have done amiss, and shall have afterwards substituted good in lieu of evil; for I am gracious }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Moreover put thy hand into thy bosom; it shall come forth white, without hurt: }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 this shall be one}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  among the nine signs}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 unto Pharaoh and his people: for they are a wicked people.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And when our visible signs had come unto them, they said, This is a manifest sorcery.
\par      And they denied them, although their souls certainly knew them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be from God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , out of iniquity and pride: but behold what was the end of the corrupt doers.
\par      We heretofore bestowed knowledge on David and Solomon; and they said, Praise be unto GOD, who hath made us more excellent than many of his faithful servants!
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And Solomon was David's heir;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and he said, O men, we have been taught the speech of birds,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and have had all things bestowed on us; this is manifest excellence.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   In this chapter is related, among other strange things, an odd story of the ant, which has therefore been pitched on for the title.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By rendering them pleasing and agreeable to their corrupt natures and inclinations.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 20, p. 234.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some suppose GOD to be intended by the former words, and by the latter, the angels who were present;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 others think Moses and the angels are here meant, or all persons in general in this holy plain, and the country round it.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This exception was designed to qualify the preceding assertion, which seemed too general
; for several of the prophets have been subject to sins, though not great ones, before their mission, for which they had reason to apprehend GOD\rquote 
S anger, though they are here assured that their subsequent merits entitle them to his pardon.  It is supposed that Moses\rquote s killing the Egyptian undesignedly is hinted at.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 17, p. 215.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Inheriting not only his kingdom, but also the prophetical office, preferably to his other sons, who were no less than nineteen.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 1  Yahya.\tab \tab 2  Jallalo\rquote ddin, al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And his armies were gathered together unto Solomon, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 consisting}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of genii,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and men, and birds; and they were led in distinct bands,
\par      until they came unto the valley of ants.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  an ant, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 seeing the hosts approaching}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , said, O ants, enter ye into your habitations, lest Solomon and his army tread you under foot, and perceive }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  not.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Solomon}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  smiled, laughing at her words, and said, O LORD, excite me that I may be thankful for thy favor, wherewith thou hast favore
d me, and my parents; and that I may do that which is right, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  well-pleasing unto thee: and introduce me, through thy mercy, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 into paradise}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , among thy servants the righteous.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 20\tab And he viewed the birds, and said, What is the reason that I see not the lapwing?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Is she absent?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Verily I will chastise her with a severe chastisement,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 or I will put her to death; unless she bring me a just excuse.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And she tarried not long }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 before she presented herself unto Solomon}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and said, I have viewed 
}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a country}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which thou hast not viewed; and I come unto thee from Saba, with a certain piece of news.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      I found a woman}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to reign over them, who is provided with everything }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 requisite for a prince}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and hath a magnificent throne.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, the meaning of their several voices, though not articulate; of Solomon\rquote s interpretation whereof the commentators give several instances.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For this fancy, as well as the former, Mohammed was obliged to the Talmudists,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 who, according to their manner, have interpreted the Hebrew words of Solomon,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  which the English version renders, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 I gat men-singers and women-singers}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , as if that prince had forced }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 demons}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 spirits}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 to serve him at his table, and in other capacities; and particularly in his vast and magnificent buildings, which they could not conceive he could otherwise have performed.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The valley seems to be so called from the great numbers of ants which are found there.  Some place it in Syria, and others in T\'e2yef.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Arab historians tell us that Solomon, having finished 
the temple of Jerusalem, went in pilgrimage to Mecca, where, having stayed as long as he pleased, he proceeded toward Yaman; and leaving Mecca in the morning, he arrived by noon at Sanaa, and being extremely delighted with the country, rested there; but w
a
nting water to make the ablution, he looked among the birds for the lapwing, called by the Arabs al Hudbud, whose business it was to find it; for it is pretended she was sagacious or sharp-sighted enough to discover water underground, which the devils use
d
 to draw, after she had marked the place by digging with her bill: they add, that this bird was then taking a tour in the air, whence, seeing one of her companions alighting, she descended also, and having had a description given her by the other of the c
ity of Saba, whence she was just arrived, they both went together to take a view of the place, and returned soon after Solomon had made the inquiry which occasioned what follows.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab It may be proper to mention her what the eastern writers fable of the manner of Solomon\rquote 
s travelling.  They say that he had a carpet of green silk, on which his throne was placed, being of a prodigious length and breadth, and sufficient for all his forces to stand on, the men placing themselves on his right hand, and the spirits o
n his left; and that when all were in order, the wind, at his command, took up the carpet, and transported it, with all that were upon it, wherever he pleased;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 the army of birds at the same time flying over their heads, and forming a kind of canopy, to shade them from the sun.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By plucking off her feathers, and setting her in the sun, to be tormented by the insects; or by shutting her up in a cage.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This queen the Arabs name Balk\'ees: some make her the daughter of al Hodh\'e2d Ebn Sharhabil,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and others of Sharah\'ee
l Ebn Malec;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  but they all agree she was a descendant of Y\'e1rab Ebn Kaht\'e2n.  She is placed the twenty-second in Dr. Pocock\rquote s list of the kings of Yaman.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Which the commentators say was made of gold and silver, and crowned with precious stones.
  But they differ as to the size of it; one making it fourscore cubits long, forty broad, and thirty high; while some say it was fourscore, and others thirty cubits every way.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 5  See Maracc. not. in loc. p. 511.\tab \tab 6  Vide Midrash, Yalkut Shemuni, p. 11, f. 29, et Millium, de Mohammedismo ante Mohammed. p. 232.
\par 7  Eccles. ii. 8\tab \tab 8  Al Beid\'e2wi.  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  See cap. 21, p. 247.
\par 3  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 4  Vide Pocock. Spec. p. 59.\tab \tab 5  Al Beid\'e2wi, &c.  Vide D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. p. 182.
\par 6  Ubi sup.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 I found her and her people to worship the sun, besides GOD: and Satan hath prepared their works for them, and hath turned them aside from the way }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of truth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 (wherefore they are not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 rightly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  directed),
\par      lest they should worship GOD, who bringeth to light that which is hidden in heaven and earth, and knoweth whatever they conceal, and whatever they discover.
\par      GOD! there is no GOD but he; the LORD of the magnificent throne.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Solomon}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, We shall see whether thou hast spoken the truth, or whether thou art a liar.
\par      Go with this my letter, and cast it down unto them; then turn aside from them, and wait }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to know }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 what }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 answer}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  they will return.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And when the Queen of Saba had received the letter}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  she said, O nobles, verily an hono
urable letter hath been delivered unto me;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 30\tab it is from Solomon, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 this}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  is }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the tenor thereof:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  In the name of the most merciful GOD,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Rise not up against me: but come and surrender yourselves unto me.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 She}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, O nobles, advise me in my business: I will not resolve on anything, until ye be witnesses }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and approve}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  thereof.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 The nobles}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  answered, We are endued with strength, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 endued with great prowess in war; but the command }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 appertaineth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto thee: see therefore what thou wilt command.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      She said, Verily kings, when they enter a city }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by force}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , waste the same, and abase the most powerful of the inhabitants hereof: and so will }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 these}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  do }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with us}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But I will send gifts unto them; and will wait for what }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 further information}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  those who shal
l be sent shall bring back.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And when }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the queen's ambassador}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  came unto Solomon,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 that prince}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said, Will ye present me with riches?  Verily that which GOD hath given me is better than what he hath given you: but ye do glory in your gifts.

\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Return unto }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the people of Saba}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  We will surely come unto them with forces, which they shall not be able to withstand; and we will drive them out from }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their city}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , humbled; and they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall become}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  contemptible.
\par      And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Solomon}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, O nobles, which of you will bring unto me her throne, before they come and surrender themselves unto me?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      A terrible genius}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 answered, I will bring it unto thee, before thou arise from thy place:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for I am able to }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 perform}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  it, and may be trusted.}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Jallalo\rquote ddin says that the queen was surrounded by her army when the lapwing threw the letter into her bosom; but al Beid\'e2
wi supposes she was in an apartment of her palace, the doors of which were shut, and that the bird flew in at the window.  The former commentator gives a copy of the epistle somewhat more full than that in the text; viz., }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 From the servant of}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Solomon, the son of David, unto Balk\'ees queen of Saba}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
In the name of the most merciful }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 GOD.  }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Peace be on him who followeth the true direction.  Rise not up against me, but come and surrender yourselves unto me}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
.  He adds that Solomon perfumed this letter with musk, and sealed it with his signet.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Come unto me and resign yourselves}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto the divine direction, and profess the true religion which I preach.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Whether thou wilt obey the summons of Solomon, or give us orders to make head against him.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Bearing the presents, which they say were five hundred young slaves of each sex, all habited in the same manner, five hundred bricks of gold, a crown enriched with precious
 stones, besides a large quantity of musk, amber, and other things of value.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some add that Balk\'ee
s, to try whether Solomon was a prophet or no, dressed the boys like girls, and the girls like boys, and sent him in a casket, a pearl not drilled, and an ony
x drilled with a crooked hole; and that Solomon distinguished the boys from the girls by the different manner of their taking water, and ordered one worm to bore the pearl, and another to pass a thread through the onyx.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   They also tell us that Solomon, ha
ving notice of this embassy, by means of the lapwing, even before they set out, ordered a large square to be enclosed with a wall built of gold and silver bricks, wherein he ranged his forces and attendants to receive them.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This was an Ifr\'eet, or one of the wicked and rebellious genii; and his name, says al Beid\'e2wi, was Dhacw\'e2n or Sakhr.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, From thy seat of justice.  For Solomon used to sit in judgment every day till noon.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 4  Idem interp.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 40\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And one}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with whom was the knowledge of the scriptures}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 said, I will bring it unto thee, in the twinkling of an eye.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And when }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Solomon}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  saw }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the throne
}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  placed before him, he said, This is a favor of my LORD, that he may make trial of me, whether I will be grateful, or whether I will be ungrateful; and he who is grateful is grateful to his own }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 advantage}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , but if any shall be ungrateful, verily my LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  self-sufficient }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  munificent.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And Solomon}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto his servants}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Alter her throne, that she may not 
know it, to the end we may see whether she be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 rightly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  directed, or whether she be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of those who are not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
rightly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  directed.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And when she was come }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Solomon,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it was said }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto her}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , is thy throne like this?  She answered, As though it were the same.
  And we have had knowledge bestowed on us before this, and have been resigned }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But that which she worshipped, besides GOD, had turned her aside }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from the truth;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for she was of an unbelieving people.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      It was said unto her, Enter the palace.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And when she saw it, she imagined it to be a great water; and she discovered her legs, }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by lifting up her robe to pass through it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Whereupon Solomon}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 said }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto her}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Verily this is a palace evenly floored with glass.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Then}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the queen}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , O LORD, v
erily I have dealt unjustly with my own soul; and I resign myself, together with Solomon, unto GOD, the LORD of all creatures.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Also we heretofore sent unto }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the tribe of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Thamud their brother Saleh; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 who said unto them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Serve ye GOD.  And behold, they }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 were divided into}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  two parties, who disputed among themselves.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Saleh}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said, O my people why do ye hasten evil rather than good?}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Unless ye ask pardon of GOD, that ye may obtain mercy, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ye are lost}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This person, as is generally supposed, was Asaf the son of Barachia, Solomon\rquote 
s Wazir (or Visir), who knew the great or ineffable name of GOD, by pronouncing of which he performed this wonderful exploit.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Others, however, suppose it was al Khedr, or else Gabriel, or some other angel; and some imagine it to have been Solomon himself.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original is, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Before thou canst look at any object, and take thy eye off it}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  It is said that Solomon, at Asaf\rquote 
s desire, looked up to heaven, and before he cast his eye downwards, the throne made its way underground, and appeared before him.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  For, on the return of her ambassador, she determined to go and submit herself to that prince; but before her departure, she secured her throne, as she thought, by locking it up in a strong castle, and setting a guard to defend it
; after which she set out, attended by a vast army.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is uncertain whether these be the words of Balk\'ee
s, acknowledging her conviction by the wonders she had already seen; or of Solomon and his people, acknowledging the favour of GOD, in calling them to the true faith before her.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as some understand the word, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the court}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 before the palace, which Solomon had commanded to be built against the arrival of Balk\'ees; the floor or pavement being of transparent glass, laid over running water, in which fish 
were swimming.  Fronting this pavement was placed the royal throne, on which Solomon sat to receive the queen.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some Arab writers tell us Solomon had been informed that Balk\'ees\rquote s legs and feet were covered with hair, like those of an ass, of the truth o
f which he had hereby an opportunity of being satisfied by ocular demonstration.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The queen of Saba having by these words professed Isl\'e2m, and renounced idolatry, Solomon had thoughts of making her his wife; but could not resolve to do it; till the devi
ls had by a depilatory taken off the hair from her legs.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 however, will have it that she did not marry Solomon, but a prince of the tribe of Hamd\'e2n.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Concerning the doctrine preached by Saleh; one party believing on him, and the other treating him as an impostor.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Why do ye urge and defy the divine vengeance with which ye are threatened, instead of averting it by repentance?
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 5  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 6  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 7  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 8  Idem, al Beid\'e2wi
\par 9  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 10  Apud al Beid\'e2wi}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 They answered, We presage evil from thee, and from those who }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with thee.  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Saleh}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  replied, The evil which ye presage is with GOD:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but ye }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a people who are proved }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by a vicissitude of prosperity and adversity}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And there were nine men in the city, who acted corruptly in the earth, and behaved not with integrity.
\par 50\tab And they said }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto one another}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Swear ye reciprocally by GOD, that we will fall upon }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Saleh}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 and his family by night: and afterwards we will say unto him who hath right to avenge his blood, We were not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 so much as}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  present at the destruction of his family; and we certainly speak the truth.

\par      And they devised a plot }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 against him:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  but we devised a plot }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 against them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and they perceived it not.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And see what was the issue of their plot:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  we utterly destroyed them and their whole people;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and these their habitations }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 remain}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  empty, because of the injustice which they committed.  Verily herein }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 a sign unto people who understand.
\par      And we delivered those who believed, and feared }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 remember}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  Lot; when he said unto his people, Do ye commit a wickedness, though ye see }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the heinousness thereof?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      Do ye approach lustfully unto men, leaving the women?  Ye are surely an ignorant people.
\par      But the answer of his people was no other than that they said, Cast the family of Lot out of your city: for they are men who preserve themselves pure }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from the crimes of which ye are guilty}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .

\par      Wherefore we delivered him and his family, except his wife, whom we decreed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of those who remained behind }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be destroyed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .

\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And we rained on them a shower }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of stones:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and dreadful was the shower which fell on those who had been warned }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in vain}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 60\tab Say, Praise }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto GOD; and peace }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  upon his servants whom he hath chosen!  Is GOD more worth
y, or the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 false gods}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which they associate }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with him?
\par      Is not}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be preferred}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, who hath created the heavens and the earth, and sendeth down rain for you from heaven, whereby we cause delicious groves to spring up?  It is not in your power to cause the trees thereof to shoot forth.  Is there }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 any other}
{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  god}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  partner}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the true }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 GOD?  Verily these are a people who deviate }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
from the truth.
\par }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Is not he more worthy to be adored}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , who hath established the earth, and hath caused rivers }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to flow}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  through the mid
st thereof, and placed thereon immovable }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 mountains}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and set a bar between the two seas?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Is there }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 any other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  god }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 equal}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the true}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 GOD?  Yet the greater part of them know }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  not.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Is not he more worthy}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  who heareth the afflicted,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when he calleth upon him, and taketh off the evil }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 which distressed him:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 who}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 hath made you the successors }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of your forefathers}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in the earth?  Is there }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 any other }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 god}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 who can be equalled}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the true}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD?  How few consider }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 these things!}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 7, p. 117, where the Egyptians in the same manner accuse Moses as the cause of their calamities.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is related that Saleh, and those who believed on him, usually meeting to pray in a certain narrow place between the mountains, the infidels said, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
He thinks to make an end of us after three days}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 but we will be beforehand with him;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and that a party of them went directly to the straits above mentioned, thinking to execute their design, but were terribly disappointed; for, instead of catching the prophet, they were caught thems
elves, their retreat being cut off by a large piece of rock, which fell down at the mouth of the straits, so that they perished there in a miserable manner.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 7, p. 113, and chapter 11, p. 166.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 25, p. 274.  The word }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 barzakh}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  is not used here, but another of equivalent import.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Him who is driven}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  by distress to implore GOD\rquote S assistance.
\par 
\par \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  See cap. 7, p. 113, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 28}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Is not he more worthy}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  who directeth you in the dark }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 paths}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the land and of 
the sea; and who sendeth the winds driving abroad the clouds, as the forerunners of his mercy!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Is there }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 any other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  god }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 who can be equalled }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the true God?}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Far be GOD from }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 having }{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 those}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  partners in his power}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which ye associate }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Is not he more worthy}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , who produceth a creature, and after }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it hath been dead}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  restoreth it }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to life;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and who giveth you food from heaven and earth?  Is there }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 any other}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  god with }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the true }{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 GOD, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who doth this?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261   Say, Produce your proof }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereof}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , if ye speak truth.
\par      Say, None either in heaven or earth knoweth that which is hidden, besides GOD: neither do they understand
\par      when they shall be raised.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      However, their knowledge attaineth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 some notion}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the life to come:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 yet they are in an uncertainty concerning the same; yea, they are blind as to }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the real circumstances}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  thereof.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And the unbelievers say, When we and our fathers shall have been }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 reduced}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  dust, shall we be taken forth 
}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from the grave?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 70\tab Verily we have been threatened with this, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 both we}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and our fathers, heretofore.  This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  no other than fables of the ancients.
\par      Say }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , pass through the earth, and see what hath been the end of the wicked.
\par      And be not thou grieved for them; neither be thou in any concern on account of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the plots}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which they are contriving }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 against thee}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .

\par      And they say, When }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  this threat }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be accomplished}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , if ye speak true?
\par      Answer, Peradventure some part of that }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 punishment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , which ye desire to be hastened may follow close behind you:
\par      verily thy LORD is endued with indulgence towards mankind; but the greater part of them are not thankful.
\par      Verily thy LORD knoweth what their breasts conceal, and what they discover:
\par      and there is nothing hidden in heaven or on earth, but it }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is written}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in a clear book.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Verily this Koran declareth unto the children of Israel most of those }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 points}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  concerning which they disagree:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and it }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 certainly a direction, and a mercy unto the true believers.
\par 80\tab Thy LORD will decide the controversy between them, by his definitive sentence: and he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the mighty, the wise.
\par      Therefore, put thy trust in GOD; for thou art in the manifest truth.
\par      Verily thou shalt not make the dead to hear, neither shalt thou make the deaf to hear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thy}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  call}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to the true faith}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, when they retire and turn their backs:
\par      neither shalt thou direct the blind }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to extricate themselves}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  out of their error.  Thou shalt make none to hear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thee}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, except him who shall believe in our signs: and they are }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 wholly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  resigned }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto us}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      When the sentence shall }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 be ready}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  fall upon them, we will cause a beast}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to come forth unto them from out of the earth, which shall speak unto them:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  verily men do not firmly believe in our signs.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      On the day }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of resurrection}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  we will assemble, out of every nation, a company of those
 who shall have charged our signs with falsehood; and they shall be prevented from mixing together,}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 7, p. 110, and chapter 25, p. 274.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or the words may be translated thus: }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Yea, their knowledge faileth as to the life to come: yea}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Such as the comparing of GOD to sensible things, or to created beings: the removing all imperfections from the description of the Divine Being; the state of paradise and hell; the stories of Ezra and Jesus Christ, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Mohammedans call this beast, whose appearance will be one sign of the approach of the day of judgment, al Jass\'e2sa, or the Spy.  I have given the description of her elsewhere;}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  to which should be added that she is to have two wings.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, according to a different reading, viz., }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ta
climohom}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  instead of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 tocallimohom, who shall wound them}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Prelim. Disc. Sec. IV. p. 62, &c.\tab \tab 3  Vide ibid.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 until they shall arrive }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 at the place of judgment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall say }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Have ye charged my signs with falsehood, although ye comprehended them not with }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  knowledge.  Or what is it that ye were doing?
\par      And the sentence }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of damnation}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall fall on them, for that they have acted unjustly: and they shall not speak }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in their own excuse}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .

\par      Do they not see that we have ordained the night, that they may rest therein, and the day giving open light?  Verily herein }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 signs unto people who believe.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      On }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 that}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  day the trumpet shall be sounded; and whoever are in heaven and on earth shall be struck with terror, except those whom GOD shall please }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to exempt therefrom:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and all shall come before him in humble guise.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 90\tab And thou shalt see the mountains, and shalt think them firmly fixed; but they shall pass away, even as the clouds pass away.  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 This will be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the work of GOD, wh
o hath rightly disposed all things: and he is well acquainted with that which ye do.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Whoever shall have wrought righteousness, shall receive }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a reward}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  beyond the desert thereof; and they shall be secure from the terror of that day;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      but whoever shall have wrought evil, shall be thrown on their faces into }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire.  Shall ye receive the reward }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of any other}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  than of that which ye shall have wrought?
\par      Verily I am commanded to worship the LORD of this territory }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of Mecca}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , who hath sanctified the same: unto him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belong}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 all things.  And I am commanded to be a Moslem,
\par      and to rehearse the Koran: he who shall be directed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereby}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  will be directed to his own }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 advantage;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  him who shall go astray, say, Verily I am a warner }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 only}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  And say, Praise }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto GOD! he will show you his signs,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and ye shall know them: and thy LORD is not regardless of that which they do.}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 ________
\par 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XXVIII_}XXVIII.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend XXVIII_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE STORY;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      T. S. M.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   THESE }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the signs of the perspicuous book.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We will dictate unto thee, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O Mohammed, some parts}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 of the history of Moses and Pharaoh, with truth; for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the sake of }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 people who believe.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 65, &c.  Some say the persons exempted 
from this general consternation will be the angels Gabriel, Michael, Israfil, and Izra\'ebl;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  others suppose them to be the virgins of paradise, and the angels who guard that place, and carry GOD
\rquote S throne;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and others will have them to be the martyrs.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, from the fear of damnation, and the other terrors which will disturb the wicked; not from the general terror or consternation before mentioned.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., The successes of the true believers against the infidels, and particularly the victory of Bedr
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The title is taken from the 26th verse, where Moses is said to have related }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the story}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  of his adventures to Shoaib.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some except a verse towards the latter end, beginning with these words: }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 He who hath given thee the Kor\'e2n for a rule of faith and practice}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. III. p. 46.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin, al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Ebn Abbas.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Now Pharaoh lifted himself up in the land }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of Egypt;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and he caused his subjects to be divided into parties;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  he weakened one party of them,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  by slaying their male children, and preserving their females alive; for he was an oppressor.
\par      And we were minded to be gracious unto those who were weakened in the land, and to make them models of religion; and to make them the heirs }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the wealth of Pharaoh and his people}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      and to establish a place for them in the earth; and to show Pharaoh and Haman,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and their forces, that }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 destruction of their kingdom and nation}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  by them, which they sought to avoid.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      And we directed the mother of Moses by revelation, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, give him suck: and if thou fearest for him, cast him into the river; and fear not, neither be afflicted; for we will restore him unto thee, and will appoint him }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 our}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  apostles.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 when she had put the child in the ark, and had cast it into the river}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , the family of Pharaoh took him up; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 providence designing}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  that he should become an enemy, and a sorrow unto them.  Verily Pharaoh and Haman, and their forces were sinners.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And the wife of Pharaoh said, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 This child}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a delight of the eye to me, and to thee:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  kill him not; peradventure it may happen that he may be serviceable unto us; or we may adopt him for }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 our}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 son.  And they perceived not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the consequence of what they were doing}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And the heart of the mother of Moses became oppressed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with fear;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and she had almost discovered him, had we not armed her heart with constancy, that she might be }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of those who believe }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the promises of God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par 10\tab And she said unto his sister, Follow him.  And she watched him at a distance; and they perceived it }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 not}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And we suffered him not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to take}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the breasts}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the nurses who were provided}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  before }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 his sister came up;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and she said, Shall I direct you unto some of his nation, who may nurse him for you, and will be careful of him?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And, at their desire, she brought his mother to them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
.  So we restored him to his mother, that her mind might be set at ease, and that she might not be afflicted; and that she might know that the promise of GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 was}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  true: but the greater part of }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 mankind}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  know not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the truth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Either into companies, that they might the better attend his order and perform the services he exacted of them; or into opposite factions, to prevent their attempting anything against them, to deliver themselves from his tyranny.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., The Israelites.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 26, p. 278.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This name is given to Pharaoh\rquote 
s chief minister; from whence it is generally inferred that Mohammed has here made Haman, the favourite of Ahasuerus king of Persia, and who indisputably lived many ages after Moses, to be that prophet\rquote 
s contemporary.  But how probable soever this mistake may seem to us, it will be very hard, if not impossible, to convince a Mohammedan of it; for, as has been observed in a parallel case,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 two very different persons may bear the same name.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  For Pharaoh had either dreamed, or been told by some diviners, that one of the Hebrew nation should be the ruin of his kingdom; which prophecy is supposed to have been the occasion of his cruelty to them.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This circumstance is owing to the invention of the Jews.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  It is related that the midwife appointed to attend the Hebrew women, terrified by a light which appeared between the eyes of Moses at his birth, and touched with an extraordinary affection for the child, did not discover him to the 
officers, so that his mother kept him in her house, and nursed him three months; after which it was impossible for her to conceal him any longer, the king then giving orders to make the searches more strictly.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This sudden affection or admiration was r
aised in them either by his uncommon beauty, or by the light which shone on his forehead, or because, when they opened the ark, they found him sucking his thumb, which supplied him with milk.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 20, p. 235.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  See p. 34, note }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 .\tab \tab 
3  Vide Reland. de Rel Moham. p. 217.\tab \tab 4  See cap. 7, p. 117.\tab \tab 5  Vide Shalshel. hakkab, p. 11. et R. Eliez. pirke, c. 48\tab \tab 6  Al Beid\'e2wi.  See the notes to cap. 20, p. 235.
\par 7  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And when }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Moses}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  had attained his age of full stre
ngth, and was become a perfect man, we bestowed on him wisdom and knowledge: and thus do we reward the upright.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And he went into the city, at a time when the inhabitants thereof observed not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 what passed in the streets:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and he found therein two men fighting; the one }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 being}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of his own party, and the other of  his enemies.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And he who }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 was}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of his party begged his assistance against him who }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 was}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 of the contrary party; and Moses struck him with his fist, and slew him: }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 but being sorry for what had happened}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , he said, This is of the work of the devil;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for he is a seducing }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  an open enemy.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he said, O LORD, verily I have injured my own soul: wherefore forgive me.  So }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  forgave him; for he 
}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  ready to forgive, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  merciful.
\par      He said, O LORD, by the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 favors}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with which thou hast favored me, I will not be an assistant to the wicked }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for the future}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And the next morning he was afraid in the city, and looked about him, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as one apprehensive of danger:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and behold, he whom he had assisted the day before cried out unto him }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for help a second time}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 But}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  Moses said unto him, Thou art plainly a quarrelsome fellow.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And when he sought to lay hold on him who was an enemy unto them both, he said, O Moses, dost thou intend to kill me, as thou killedst a man yesterday?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Thou seekest only to be an oppressor in the earth, and seekest not to be a reconciler }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of quarrels}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 certain}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  man}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  came from the farther part of the city, running hastily, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said, O Moses, verily the magistrates are deliberating concerning thee, to put thee to death: depart therefore; I certainly advise thee well.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 20\tab Wherefore he departed out of the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 city}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in great fear, looking this way and that, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 lest he should be pursued.  And}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he said, O LORD, deliver me from the unjust people.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And when he was journeying towards Madian, he said, Peradventure my LORD will direct me in the right way.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And when he arrived at the water of Madian, he found about the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 well}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a company of men, who were watering }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their flocks}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And he found, besides them, two women, who kept off }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their sheep at a distance.  And}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he said }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, What is the matter with you?  They answered, We shall not water }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our flock}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , until the shepherds shall have driven away }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 theirs;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 for our father is an old man, stricken in years.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      So }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Moses}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  watered }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their sheep}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and afterwards retired to the shade, saying, O LORD, verily I stand in need of the good which thou shalt send down unto me.}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., At noon; at which time it is usual in those countries for people to retire to sleep; or, as others rather suppose, a little within night.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , The one being an Israelite of his own religion and nation, and the other an idolatrous Egyptian.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Mohammed allows that Moses killed the Egyptian wrongfully; but, to excuse it, supposes that he struck him without designing to kill him.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Some suppose these words to have been spoken by the Israelite, who, because Moses had reprimanded him, imagined he was going to strike him; and others, by the Egyptian, who either knew or suspected that Moses had killed his countryman the day before.

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This person, says the tradition, was an Egyptian, and Pharaoh\rquote s uncle\rquote 
s son, but a true believer; who, finding that the king had been informed of what Moses had done, and designed to put him to death, gave him immediate notice to provide for his safety by flight.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  For Moses knew not the way, and coming to a place where three roads met, committed himself to the guidance of GOD, and took the middle road, which was the right; providence likewise so orde
ring it, that his pursuers took the other two roads, and missed him.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some say he was led by an angel in the appearance of a traveller.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  By rolling away a stone of a prodigious weight, which had been laid over the mouth of the well by the shepherds, and required no less than seven men (though some name a much larger number) to remove it.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 1  Idem, interp. Yahya.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And one of the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 damsels}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  came unto him, walking bashfully, and said, My father calleth thee, that h
e may recompense thee for the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 trouble which thou hast taken in}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  watering}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  our sheep}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for us.  And when he was come unto }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Shoaib}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and had told him the story }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of his adventures}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , he said }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto him}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Fear not: thou hast escaped from unjust people.
\par      And one of the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 damsels}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said, My father, hire him for }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 certain}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wages: the best }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 servant
}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  thou canst hire }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  an able }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  trusty person.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And Shoaib}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto Moses}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, Verily I will give thee one of these my two daughters in marriage, on condition that thou serve me for hire eight years; and if thou fulfil ten }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 years}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , it }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in thine own breast; for I seek not to impose a hardship on thee: }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  thou shalt find me, if GOD please, a man of probity.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Moses}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  answered, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Let}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  this }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be the covenant}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  between me and thee: whichsoever of the two terms I shall fulfil let it be no crime in me }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 if I then quit thy service;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 and GOD is witness of that which we say.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And when Moses had fulfilled the term,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and was journeying with his family }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 towards Egypt}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , he saw fire on the side of Mount }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Sinai}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 he said unto his family, Tarry ye }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 here;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for I see fire: peradventure I may bring you thence some tidings }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the way}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  or }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 at least}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a brand out of the fire, that ye may be warmed.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 30\tab And when he was come thereto, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a voice}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  cried unto him from the right side of the valley, in the sacred bottom, from the tree, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 saying}
{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , O Moses, verily I am GOD, the LORD of all creatures:
\par      cast down now thy rod.  And when he saw it that it moved, as though it }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 had been}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a serpent, he retreated and fled, and returned not.  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And God said unto him}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , O Moses, draw near, and fear not; for thou art safe.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Put thy hand into thy bosom, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  it shall come forth white, without any hurt: and draw back thy hand}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto thee }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 which thou stretchest forth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for fear.  These shall be two evident signs from thy LORD, unto Pharaoh and his princes; for they are a wicked people.

\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Moses}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, O LORD, verily I have slain one of them; and I fear they will put me to death:
\par      but my brother Aaron is of a more eloquent tongue than I }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 am;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wherefore send him with me for an assistant, that he may gain me credit; for I fear lest they accuse me of imposture.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, We will strengthen thine arm by thy brother, and we will give each of you }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 extraordinary}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  power, so that they shall not come up to you, in our signs.  Ye two, and whoever shall follow you, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the conquerors.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This was Sef\'fbra (or Zipporah) the elder, or, as others suppose, the younger daughter of Shoaib, whom Moses afterwards married.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The girl, being asked by her father how 
she knew Moses deserved this character, told him that he had removed the vast stone above mentioned without any assistance, and that he looked not in her face, but held down his head till he heard her message, and desired her to walk behind him, because t
he wind ruffled her garments a little, and discovered some part of her legs.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., The longest terms of ten years.  The Mohammedans say, after the Jews,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 that Moses received from Shoaib the rod of the prophets (which was a branch of a myrtle of paradis
e, and had descended to him from Adam) to keep off the wild beasts from his sheep; and that this was the rod with which he performed all those wonders in Egypt.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 20, p. 234.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   LIterally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 thy wing:}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  the expression alludes to the action of birds, which stretch forth their wings to fly away when they are frighted, and fold them together again when they think themselves secure.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Vide Shals. hakkab. p. 12.  R. Eliez. pirke, c. 40, &c.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And when Moses came unto them with our evident signs, they said, This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  no other than a deceitful piece of sorcery: neither have we heard of }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 anything like}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  this among our forefathers.
\par      And Moses said, My LORD best knoweth who cometh with a direction from him; and who shall have success in this life, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as well as the next:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  but the unjust shall not prosper.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And Pharaoh said, O princes, I did not know that ye had any }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  god besides me.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Wherefore do thou, O Haman, burn me clay }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 into bricks;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and build me a high tower,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that I
 may ascend unto the GOD of Moses: for I verily believe him to be a liar.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And both he and his forces behaved themselves insolently and unjustly in the earth; and imagined that they should not be brought before us }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be judged}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par 40\tab Wherefore we took him and his forces, and cast them into the sea.  Behold, therefore, what was the end of the unjust.
\par      And we made them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 deceitful}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  guides, inviting }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their followers }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 fire; and on the day of resurrection they shall not be screened }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from punishment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      We pursued them with a curse in this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 life;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and on the day of resurrection they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shamefully rejected.
\par      And we gave the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the law}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto Moses, after he had destroyed the former generations, to enlighten }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the minds}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 of men, and for a direction, and a mercy; that peradventure they might consider.
\par      Thou, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O prophet}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , wast not on the west side }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of Mount Sinai}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , when we delivered Moses }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  commission: neither wast thou }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of those who were present }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 at his receiving it:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      but we raised up }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 several}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  generations }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 after Moses;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 and life was prolonged unto them.  Neither didst thou dwell among the inhabitants of Madian, rehearsing unto them our signs; but we have sent }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thee fully instructed in every particular}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Nor wast thou }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 present}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on the side of the mount, when we called unto }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Moses;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thou art sent as }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a mercy from thy LORD; that thou mightest preach unto a people to whom no preacher hath come before thee,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 that peradventure they may be warned;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and lest, if a calamity had befallen them, for that
 which their hands had previously committed, they should have said, O LORD, since thou hast not sent an apostle unto us, that we might follow thy signs, and become true believers, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are we not excusable?}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Yet when the truth is come unto them from before us, they say, Unless he receive the same }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 power to work miracles
}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  as Moses received, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 we will not believe}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  Have they not likewise rejected the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 revelation}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 which was heretofore given unto Moses?  They say, Two cunning impostures}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  have mutually assisted one another: and they say, Verily we reject them both.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, Produce therefore a book from GOD, which is more right than these two, that I may follow it; if ye speak truth.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 

\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 26, p. 277.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is said that Haman, having prepared bricks and oth
er materials, employed no less than fifty thousand men, besides labourers, in the building; which they carried to so immense a height that the workmen could no longer stand on it: that Pharaoh, ascending this tower, threw a javelin towards heaven, which f
ell back again stained with blood, whereupon he impiously boasted that he had killed the GOD of Moses; but at sunset GOD sent the angel Gabriel, who, with one stroke of his wing, demolished the tower, a part whereof, falling on the king\rquote 
s army, destroyed a million of men.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, to the Arabians; to whom no prophet had been sent, at least since Ismael.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., The Pentateuch and the Kor\'e2n.  Some copies read, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Two impostors}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , meaning Moses and Mohammed.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 5  Al Zamakhshari.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 50\tab But if they return thee no answer, know that they only follow their own desires: and who erreth more widely }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from the truth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 than he who followeth his own desire, without a direction from GOD?  Verily GOD directeth not the unjust people.
\par      And now have we caused }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  word to come unto them, that they may be admonished.
\par      They unto whom we have given the scriptures }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 which were revealed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  before it, believe in the same;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and when it is read unto them, say, We believe therein; it is certainly the truth from our LORD: verily we were Moslems before this.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      These shall receive their reward twice,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  because they have persevered, and repel evil by good, and distribute }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 alms}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 out of that which we have bestowed on them;
\par      and when they hear vain discourse, avoid the same, saying, We have our works, and ye have your works; peace be on you;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  we covet not the acquaintance of the ignorant.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily thou canst not direct whom thou wilt: but GOD directeth whom he pleaseth; and he best knoweth those who will submit to be directed.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 The Meccans}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  say, If we follow the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 same }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
direction with thee, we shall be forcibly expelled our land.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Have we not established for them a secure asylum,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 to which fruits of every sort are brought, as a provision for our bounty? but the greater part of them do not understand.
\par      How many cities have we destroyed, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 whose inhabitants}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  lived in ease and plenty? and these their dwellings are not inhabited after them, unless for a little while;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we were the inheritors }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of their wealth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But thy LORD did not destroy }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 those}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  cities, until he had sent unto their capital an apostle, to rehearse our signs unto them: neither did we destroy }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 those}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  cities, unless their inhabitants }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 were}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  injurious }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to their apostle}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par 60\tab The things which are given you are the provisions of this present life, and the pomp thereof; but that which is with GOD is better and more durable: will ye not therefore understand?
\par      Shall he then, unto whom we have promised an excellent promise }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of future happiness}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall attain the same, }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  as he on whom we have bestowed the provision of this present life, and who, on the day of resurrection, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 of those who are delivered up }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to eternal punishment?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      On }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  day }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 shall call unto them, and shall say, Where are my partners, which ye imagined }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be so?}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Holding the same faith in fundamentals, before the revelation of the Kor\'e2
n, which we receive because it is consonant to the scriptures, and attested to by them.  The passage intends those Jews and Christians who had embraced Mohammedism.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Because they have believed both in their own scriptures and in the Kor\'e2n.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chap. 25, p. 275, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This objection was made by Al Hareth Ebn Othm\'e2n Ebn Nawfal Ebn Abd Men\'e2f, who came to Mohammed and told him that the Koreish believ
ed he preached the truth, but were apprehensive that if they made the Arabs their enemies by quitting their religion, they would be obliged likewise to quit Mecca, being but a handful of men, in comparison to the whole nation.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1
}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By giving them for their habitation the sacred territory of Mecca, a place protected by GOD, and reverenced by man.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, for a day, or a few hours only, while travellers stay there to rest and refresh themselves; or, as the original may also signify, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
unless by a few inhabitants:}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  some of those ancient cities and dwellings being utterly desolate, and others thinly inhabited.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   There being none left to enjoy it after them.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And they upon whom the sentence }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of damnation}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall be justly pronounced shall answer, These, O LORD, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  those whom we seduced:}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but now}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  we clearly quit them, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and turn}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 unto thee.  They did not worship us, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 but their own lusts}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And it shall be said }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto the idolaters}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Call }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 now}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  upon those whom ye associated }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with God:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and they shall call upon them, but they shall not answer them; and they shall see the punishment }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 prepared for them, and shall wish}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 that they had submitted to be directed.
\par      On }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  day, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall call unto them, and shall say, What answer did ye return to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  messengers?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      But they shall not be able to give an account }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thereof}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on that day;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 neither shall they ask one another }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for information}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Howbeit whoso shall repent and believe, and shall do that which is right, may expect to be happy.
\par      Thy LORD createth what he pleaseth; and chooseth freely: }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 but}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  they have no free choice.  Praise be unto GOD; and far be he removed from }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the idols}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which they associate }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with him!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      Thy LORD knoweth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 both the secret malice}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which their breasts conceal, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the open hatred}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which they discover.
\par 70\tab He is GOD; there is no GOD but he.  Unto him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the praise }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 due}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , both in this life and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  that which is to come: unto him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 doth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  judgment}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  belong;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and before him shall ye be assembled }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 at the last day}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Say, What think ye?  If GOD should cover you with perpetual night, until the day of resurrection; what god, besides GOD, would bring you light?  Will ye not therefore hearken?
\par      Say, What think ye?  If GOD should give you continual day, until the day of resurrection; what god, besides GOD, would bring you night, that ye might rest therein?  Will ye not therefore consider?
\par      Of his mercy he hath made for you the night and the day, that ye may rest in the one, and may seek }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to obtain provision for yourselves}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of his abundance, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by your
 industry, in the other;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and that ye may give thanks.
\par      On a }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 certain}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  day }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall call unto them, and shall say, Where are my partners, which ye imagined }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
to share the divine power with me?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And we will produce a witness out of every nation,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and will say, Bring hither your proof }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of what ye have asserted}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  And they shall know that the right }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD'S }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 alone;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and the }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 deities}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which they have devised shall abandon them.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Kar\'fbn was of the people of Moses;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but he behaved insolently towards them: for we
 had given him so much treasure, that his keys would have loaded several strong men.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   When his people said unto him, Rejoice not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 immoderately;}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for GOD loveth not those who rejoice }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in their riches immoderately:}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chap. 10, p. 153.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 The account thereof shall be dark unto them;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 for the consternation they shall then be under, will render them stupid, and unable to return an answer.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., The prophet who shall have been sent to each nation.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators say, Kar\'fbn was the son of
 Yeshar (or Izhar), the uncle of Moses, and, consequently, make him the same with the Korah of the scriptures.  This person is represented by them as the most beautiful of the Israelites, and so far surpassing them all in opulency that the riches of Kar
\'fbn 
have become a proverb.  The Mohammedans are indebted to the Jews for this last circumstance, to which they have added several other fables; for they tell us that he built a large palace overlaid with gold, the doors whereof were of massy gold; that he bec
a
me so insolent because of his immense riches, as to raise a sedition against Moses, though some pretend the occasion of his rebellion to have been his unwillingness to give alms, as Moses had commanded; that one day, when that prophet was preaching to the
 people, and, among other laws which he published, declared that adulterers should be stoned, Kar\'fb
n asked him what if he should be found guilty of the same crime? To which Moses answered, that in such case he would suffer the same punishment; and thereupon Kar\'fb
n produced a harlot, whom he had hired to swear that Moses had lain with her, and charged him publicly with it; but on Moses adjuring the woman to speak the truth, her resolution failed her, and she confessed that she was suborned by Kar\'fbn to accuse hi
m wrongfully; that then God directed Moses, who had complained to him of this usage, to command the earth what he pleased, and it should obey him; whereupon he said, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 O earth swallow them up!}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and that immediately the earth opened under Kar\'fbn and his confederates, and swallowed them up, with his palace and all his riches.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  There goes a tradition, that as Kar\'fbn sank gradually into the ground, first to his knees, then to his waist, then to his neck, he cried out four several times, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 O Moses, have mercy on me! }{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 but that Moses continued to say,}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  O earth, swallow them up}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , till at last he wholly disappeared; upon which GOD said to Moses}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Thou hast no mercy on Kar\'fbn, though he asked pardon of thee four times; but I would have had compassion on him if he had asked pardon of me but once.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The original word properly signifies any number of persons from ten to forty.  Some pretend these keys were a sufficient load for seventy men; and Abulfeda says forty mules used to be employed to carry them.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Abulfeda, Jallalo\rquote ddin, al Beid\'e2wi, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 but seek to attain by means of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the wealth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which GOD hath given thee, the future mansion }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of paradise}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And forget not thy portion in this world; but be thou bounteous }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto others}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, as GOD hath been bounteous unto thee; and seek not to act corruptly in the earth; for GOD loveth not the corrupt doers.
\par      He answered, I have received }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 these riches}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , only because of the knowledge which is with me.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Did he not know that GOD had already destroyed, before him, several generations, who were mightier than he in strength, and had amassed more abundance }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of riches?}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  And the wicked shall not be asked }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to discover}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  their crimes.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Kar\'fbn}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  went forth unto his people, in his pomp.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they who loved this present life said, Oh that we had the like }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 wealth}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , as hath been given unto Kar\'fbn? verily he is master of a great fortune.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 80\tab But those on whom knowledge had been bestowed answered, Alas for you! the reward of GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in the next life}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  will be better unto him who shall believe and do good works; but none shall attain the same, except those who persevere with constancy.
\par      And we caused the ground to cleave in sunder, and to swallow up him and his palace: and he had no forces to defend him, besides GOD; neither was he rescued }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from punishment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And the next morning, those who had coveted his condition the day before said, Aha! verily GOD bestoweth abundant provision on such of his servants as he pleaseth; and he is sparing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto whom he pleaseth}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  Unless GOD had been gracious unto us, certainly }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the earth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  had swallowed us up }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
.  Aha! the unbelievers shall not prosper.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 As to }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 this future mansion }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of paradise}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, we will give it unto them who seek not to exalt themselves in the earth, or to do wrong; for the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 happy}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  issue shall attend the pious.
\par      Whoso doth good shall receive a reward which shall exceed the merit thereof: but }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as to him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  who doth evil, they who work evil shall be rewarded }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
according to the merit}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  only of that which they shall have wrought.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Verily he who hath given thee the Koran for a rule }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of faith and practice}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 will certainly bring thee back home }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto Mecca}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Say, My LORD best knoweth who cometh with a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
true}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  direction, and who is in a manifest error.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage is parallel to that in the New Testament, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Make to yourselves f
riends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For some say he was the most learned of all the Israelites, and the best versed in the law, after Moses and Aaron; others pretend he was ski
lled in chemistry, or in merchandising, or other arts of gain, and others suppose (as the Jews also fable}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ) that he found out the treasures of Joseph in Egypt.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is said he rode on a white mule adorned with trappings of gold, and that he was clothed in purple, and attended by four thousand men, all well mounted and richly dressed.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  This verse, some say, was revealed to Mohammed when he arrived at Johsa, in his flight from Mecca to Medina, to comfort him and still his complaints.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.  Vide D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. Art. Carun.\tab \tab 3  Luke xvi. 9.\tab \tab 4  Vide R. Ghedal, Shalsh. hakkab. p. 13.\tab \tab 5  Jallalo\rquote ddin, al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 

\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Thou didst not expect that the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the Koran}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  should be delivered unto thee: but }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thou hast received it}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  through the mercy of thy LORD.  Be not therefore assisting to the unbelievers;
\par      neither let them turn thee aside from the signs of GOD, after they have been sent down unto thee: and invite }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto thy LORD.  And be not thou an idolater;
\par      neither invoke any other god, together with the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 true}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD: there is no god but he.  Everything shall perish, except himself: unto him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  judgment: and before him shall ye be assembled }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 at the last day.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par ________
\par 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XXIX_}XXIX.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend XXIX_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE SPIDER;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      A. L. M.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Do men imagine that it shall be sufficient for them}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to say, We believe; will they not be proved?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We heretofore proved those who }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 were}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 before them; for GOD will surely know them who are sincere, and he will surely know the liars.
\par      Do they who work evil think that they shall prevent us }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from taking vengeance on them?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261   An ill judgment do they make.
\par      Whoso hopeth to meet GOD, verily GOD'S appointed time will certainly come; and he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 both}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  heareth}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 knoweth.
\par      Whoever striveth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to promote the true religion}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , striveth for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the advantage of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  his own soul; for GOD needeth not any of }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  creatures:
\par      and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as to those }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who believe and work righteousness, we will expiate their evil deeds from them; and we will give them a reward according to the utmost merit of their actions.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We have commanded man }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to show}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 kindness towards his parents: but if they endeavor to prevail with thee to associate with me that concerning which thou hast no knowledge, obey them not.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Unto me shall ye return; and I will declare unto you what ye have done.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Those who shall believe, and shall work righteousness, we will surely introduce }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 into paradise}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , among the upright.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Transient mention is made of this insect towards the middle of the chapter.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some think the first ten verses, ending with these words, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 And he well knoweth the hypocrites}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, were revealed at Medina, and the rest at Mecca; and others believe the reverse.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. III. p. 46, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 That they shall be let alone}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage reprehends the impatience of some of the prophet\rquote 
s companions, under the hardships which they sustained in defence of their religion, and the losses which they suffered from the infidels; repres
enting to them that such trials and afflictions were necessary to distinguish the sincere person from the hypocrite, and the steady from the wavering.  Some suppose it to have been occasioned by the death of Mahja, Omar\rquote 
s slave, killed by an arrow at the battle of Bedr, which was deeply lamented and laid to heart by his wife and parents.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  That is, If they endeavour to pervert thee to idolatry.  The passage is said to have been revealed on account of Saad Ebn Abi Wakk\'e2s, and his mother Hamna, who, when s
he heard that her son had embraced Mohammedism, swore that she would neither eat nor drink till he returned to his old religion, and kept her oath for three days.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 There are some men who say, We believe in GOD: but when }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 such a one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  is afflicted for GOD'S sake, he esteemeth the persecution of men }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be as grievous}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  as the punishment of GOD.  Yet if success cometh from thy LORD, they say, Verily we are with you.  Doth not GOD well know that which is in the breasts of }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  creatures?
\par 10\tab Verily GOD well knoweth the true believers, and he well knoweth the hypocrites.
\par      The unbelievers say unto those who believe, Follow our way, and we will bear your sins.  Howbeit they shall not bear any part of their sins; for they are liars:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      but they shall surely bear their own burdens, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  burdens besides their own burdens;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and they shall be examined, on the day of resurrection, concerning that which they have falsely devised.
\par      We heretofore sent Noah unto his people; and he tarried among them one thousand years, save fifty years:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and the deluge took them away, while they }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 were}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  acting unjustly;
\par      but we delivered him and those who were in the ark, and we made the same}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a sign unto }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 all}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  creatures.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 We}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  also }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 sent}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  Abraham; when he said unto his people, Serve GOD, and fear him; this }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  better for you; if ye understand.
\par      Ye only worship idols besides GOD, and forge a lie.  Verily those which ye worship, besides GOD, are not able to make any provision for you: seek therefore }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 provision from GOD; and serve him, and give thanks unto him; unto him shall ye return.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      If he charge }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 me}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with imposture,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  verily }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 sundry}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  nations before you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 likewise}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  charged }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their prophets}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 with imposture: but public preaching only }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is incumbent}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on an apostle.
\par      Do they not see how GOD produceth creatures, and afterwards restoreth them?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Verily this is easy with GOD.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, go through the earth, and see how he originally produceth creatures: afterwards will GOD reproduce another production; for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  almighty.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 20\tab He will punish whom he pleaseth, and he will have mercy on whom he pleaseth.  Before him shall ye be brought }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
at the day of judgment:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and ye shall not escape }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 his reach}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , either in earth, or in heaven:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  neither shall ye have any patron or defender besides GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 As for}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  those who believe not in the signs of GOD, or that they shall meet him }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 at the resurrection}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , they shall despair of my mercy, and for them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a painful punishment }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 prepared}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., The guilt of seducing others, w
hich shall be added to the guilt of their own obstinacy without diminishing the guilt of such as shall be seduced by them.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This is true, if the whole life of Noah be reckoned; and accordingly Abulfeda says he was sent to preach in his two hundred and f
iftieth year, and that he lived in all nine hundred and fifty: but the text seeming to speak of those years only which he spent in preaching to the wicked antediluvians, the commentators suppose him to have lived much longer.  Some say the whole length of
 his life was a thousand and fifty years; that his mission happened in the fortieth year of his age, and that he lived after the Flood sixty years;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and others give different numbers; one, in particular, pretending that Noah lived near sixteen hundred years.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab This circumstance, says al Beid\'e2
wi, was mentioned to encourage Mohammed, and to assure him that God, who supported Noah so many years against the opposition and plots of the antediluvian infidels, would not fail to defend him against all attempts of th
e idolatrous Meccans and their partisans.
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , The ark.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This seems to be part of Abraham\rquote 
s speech to his people: but some suppose that GOD here speaks, by way of apostrophe, first to the Koreish, and afterwards to Mohammed; and that the parenthesis is continued to these words, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
And the answer of his people was no other}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.  In which case we should have said, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 If ye charge}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  Mohammed your apostle }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
with imposture}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The infidels are bid to consider how GOD causeth the fruits of the earth to spring 
forth, and reneweth them every year, as in the preceding; which is an argument of his power to raise man, whom he created at first, to life again after death, at his own appointed time.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See Psalm cxxxix. 7, &c.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 1  Idem, al Zamakh.\tab \tab 2  Caab, apud Yahyam.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And the answer of his people was no other than that they said, Slay him, or burn him.  But GOD saved him from the fire.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Verily herein were signs unto people who believed.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Abraham}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, Ye have taken idols, besides GOD, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to cement}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  affection between you in this life:
\par      but on the day of resurrection, the one of you shall deny the other, and the one of you shall curse the other; and your abode shall be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire, and there shall be none to deliver you.
\par      And Lot believed on him.  And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Abraham}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, Verily I fly }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from my people}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , unto }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the place which}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  my LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hath commanded me;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  or he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the mighty, the wise.
\par      And we gave him Isaac and Jacob; and we placed among his descendants the gift of prophecy and the scriptures: and we gave him his reward in this world; and in the next he shall be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 of the righteous.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 We}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  also }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 sent}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  Lot; when he said unto his people, Do ye commit filthiness which no creature hath committed before you?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Do ye approach }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 lustfully}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto men, and lay wait in the highways,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and commit wickedness in your assembly?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And the answer of his people was no other than that they said, Bring down the vengeance of GOD upon us, if thou speakest truth.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 30\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Lot}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, O LORD, defend me against the corrupt people.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And when our messengers came unto Abraham with good tidings,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 they said, We will surely destroy the inhabitants of this city: for the inhabitants thereof are unjust doers.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Abraham}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  answered, Verily Lot }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 dwelleth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  there.  They replied, We well know who }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 dwelleth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  therein: we will surely deliver him and his family, except his wife; she shall be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of those who remain behind.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And when our messengers came unto Lot, he was troubled for them, and his arm was straitened concerning them.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   But they said, Fear not, neit
her be grieved; for we will deliver thee and thy family, except thy wife; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  she shall be }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of those who remain behind.

\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We will surely bring down upon the inhabitants of this city vengeance from heaven, for that they have been wicked doers;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and we have left thereof a manifest sign}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto people who understand.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And unto }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the inhabitants of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  Madian }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 we sent}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  their brother Shoaib; and he said }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , O my people, serve GOD, and expect the last day; and transgress not, acting corruptly in the earth.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      But they accused him of imposture; wherefore a storm from heaven}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  assailed them, and in the morning they were found in their dwellings }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 dead and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  prostrate.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 we also destroyed the tribes of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  Ad, and Thamud; and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 this}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  is well known unto you from }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 what yet remains of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  their dwellings.  And Satan prepared their works for them, and turned them aside from the way }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of truth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , although they were sagacious }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 people}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 we likewise destroyed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  Kar\'fbn, and Pharaoh, and Haman.  Moses came unto them with evi
dent }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 miracles}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and they behaved themselves insolently in the earth: but they could not escape }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our vengeance}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 

\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 21.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some suppose the Sodomites robbed and murdered the passengers; others, that they unnaturally abused their bodies.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Their meetings being scenes of obscenity and riot.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 11, p. 165, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See ibid. p. 166.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., The story of its destruction, handed down by common tradition; or else its ruins, or some other footsteps of this signal judgment; it being prete
nded that several of the stones, which fell from heaven on those cities, are still to be seen, and that the ground where they stood appears burnt and blackish.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261   See chapter 7, p. 114.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 40\tab Every of them did we destroy in his sin.  Against some of them we sent a violent wind:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  some of them did a terrible noise from heaven destroy:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  some of them did we cause the earth to swallow up:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and some of them we drowned.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Neither was GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 disposed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to treat them unjustly; but they dealt unjustly with their own souls.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      The likeness of those who take }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  patrons besides GOD is as the likeness of the spider, which maketh herself a house: but the weakest of }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 all}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  houses surely is the house of the spider; if they knew }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 this}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Moreover GOD knoweth what things they invoke, besides him; and he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the mighty, the wise.
\par      These similitudes do we propound unto men: but none understand them, except the wise.
\par      GOD hath created the heavens and the earth in truth; verily herein }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a sign unto the true believers.
\par      Rehearse that which hath been revealed unto thee of the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the Koran:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and be constant at prayer; for prayer preserveth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a man}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 from filthy crimes, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  that which is blamable; and the remembering of GOD is surely a most important }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 duty}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  GOD knoweth th
at which ye do.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Dispute not against those who have received the scriptures, unless in the mildest manner;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  except against such of them as behave injuriously }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 towards you:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and say, We believe in the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 revelation}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which hath been sent down unto us, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
also in that which}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  hath been sent down unto you; our GOD and your GOD is one, and unto him are we resigned.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Thus have we sent down the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the Koran }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto thee: and they unto whom we have given the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 former}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 scriptures believe therein; and of these }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Arabians also there is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  who believeth therein: and none reject our signs, except the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 obstinate}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 infidels.
\par      Thou couldest not read any book before this; neither couldest thou write it with thy right hand: then had the gainsayers }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 justly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  doubted }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the divine ori
ginal thereof}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      But the same }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  evident signs in the breasts of those who have received understanding: for none reject our signs except the unjust.
\par 50\tab They say, Unless a sign be sent down unto him from his LORD, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 we will not believe}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  Answer, Signs are in the power of GOD alone; and I am }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 no more than}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a public preacher.
\par      Is it not sufficient for them that we have sent down unto thee the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the Koran}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , to be read unto them?  Verily herein }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 a mercy, and an admonition unto people who believe.
\par      Say GOD is a sufficient witness between me and you:
\par      he knoweth whatever is in heaven and earth; and those who believe in vain }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 idols}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and deny GOD, they shall perish.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They will urge thee to hasten the punishment }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 which they defy thee to bring down upon them:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  if }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there had }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 not}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  been}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a determined time }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for their respite}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, the punishment had come upon them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 before this;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but it shall surely overtake them suddenly, and they shall not foresee it.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They urge thee to bring down vengeance swiftly }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 upon them:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  
but hell shall surely encompass the unbelievers.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original word properly signifies a wind that }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 drives the gravel and small stones}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 before it; by which the storm, or shower of stones, which destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, seems to be intended.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which was the end of Ad and Thamud.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As it did Kar\'fbn.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As the unbelievers in Noah\rquote s time, and Pharaoh and his army
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Without ill language or passion.  This verse is generally supposed to have been abrogated by that of }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the sword;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  though some think it relates only to those who are in alliance with the Moslems.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261   See chapter 6, p. 93}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 On a }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 certain}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  day }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  punishment shall suddenly assail them, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 both}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  from above them, and from under their feet; and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall say, Taste ye }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the reward of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  that whi
ch ye have wrought.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O my servants who have believed, verily my earth is spacious: wherefore serve me.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Every soul shall taste death: afterwards shall ye return unto us;
\par      and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as for}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  those who shall have believed, and wrought righteousness, we will surely lodge them in the higher apartments of paradise; rivers shall flow beneath them, }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  they shall continue therein forever.  How excellent }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the reward of the workers }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of righteousness;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 60\tab who persevere with patience, and put their trust in their LORD!
\par      How many beasts }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are there}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , which provide not their food?  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It is }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 provideth for them, and for you; and he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 both}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  heareth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  knoweth.
\par      Verily, if thou ask }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the Meccans}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , who hath created the heavens and the earth, and hath obliged the sun and the moon to serve }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in their courses?}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  they will answer, GOD.  How therefore do they lie, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in acknowledging of other gods?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      GOD maketh abundant provision for such of his servants as he pleaseth; and is sparing unto him, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 if he pleaseth:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for GOD knoweth all things.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily if thou ask them, who sendeth rain from heaven, and thereby quickeneth the earth, after it hath been dead? they will answer, GOD.  Say, GOD be praised!  But the greater part of them do not understand.
\par      This present life is no other than a toy, and a plaything; but the future mansion }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of paradise}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  is life indeed: if they knew }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
this they would not prefer the former to the latter}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      When they sail in a ship, they call upon GOD, sincerely exhibiting unto him the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 true}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  religion: but when he bringeth them safe to land, behold, they return to their idolatry;
\par      to show themselves ungrateful for that which we have bestowed on them, and that they may enjoy }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the delights of this life;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  but they shall hereafter know }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the issue}
{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Do they not see that we have made }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the territory of Mecca}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  an inviolable and secure }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 asylum}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , when men are spoiled }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in the countries}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  round about them?  Do they therefore believe in that which is vain, and acknowledge not the goodness of GOD?
\par      But who is more unjust than he who deviseth a lie against GOD, or denieth the truth, when it hath come unto him?  Is there not in hell an abode for the unbelievers?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 70\tab Whoever do their utmost endeavor to promote our true religion, we will direct them into our ways; for GOD is with the righteous.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  That is, If ye cannot serve me in one city or country, fly unto another, where ye may profess the true religion in safety; for the earth is wide enough, and ye may easily find places of refuge.  Mohammed is said to have declare
d, That whoever flies for the sake of his religion, though he stir but the distance of a span, merits paradise, and shall be the companion of Abraham and of himself.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   And particularly who will make a good, and who will make a bad use of their riches.

\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page   
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XXX_}XXX.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend XXX_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE GREEKS;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      A. L. M.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   THE Greeks have been overcome }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by the Persians}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original word is al R\'fbm; by which the later Greeks, or subje
cts of the Constantinopolitan empire, are here meant; though the Arabs give the same name also to the Romans, and other Europeans.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some except the verse beginning at these words, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Praise be unto}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Prelim. Disc. Sect. III. p. 46, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The accomplishment of the prophecy contained in this passage, which is very famous among the Mohammedans, being insisted on by their doctors as a convincing proof that the Kor\'e2
n really came down from heaven, it may be excusable to be a little particular.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab The p
assage is said to have been revealed on occasion of a great victory obtained by the Persians over the Greeks, the news whereof coming to Mecca, the infidels became strangely elated, and began to abuse Mohammed and his followers, imagining that this succes
s
 of the Persians, who, like themselves, were idolaters, and supposed to have no scriptures, against the Christians, who pretended as well as Mohammed to worship one GOD, and to have divine scriptures, was an earnest of their own future successes against t
h
e prophet and those of his religion: to check which vain hopes, it was foretold, in the words of the text, that how improbable soever it might seem, yet the scale should be turned in a few years, and the vanquished Greeks prevail as remarkably against the
 Persians.
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab 
That this prophecy was exactly fulfilled the commentators fail not to observe, though they do not exactly agree in the accounts they give of its accomplishment; the number of years between the two actions being not precisely determined.  Some pl
ace the victory gained by the Persians in the fifth year before the Hejra, and their defeat by the Greeks in the second year after it, when the battle of Bedr was fought:}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 others place the former in the third or fourth year before the Hejra, and the latter in the end of the sixth or beginning of the seventh year after it, when the expedition of al Hodeibiyah was undertaken.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab The date of the victory gained by the Greeks, in the first of these accounts, interferes with a story which the commentators tell, of
 a wager laid by Abu Becr with Obba Ebn Khalf, who turned this prophecy into ridicule.  Abu Becr at first laid ten young camels that the Persians should receive an overthrow within three years; but on his acquainting Mohammed with what he had done, that p
rophet told him that the word }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 bed\rquote }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, made use of in this passage, signified no determinate number of years, but any number from three to nine (though some suppose the tenth year is included), and therefore advised him to prolong the time, and to raise the wa
ger; which he accordingly proposed to Obba, and they agreed that the time assigned should be nine years, and the wager a hundred camels.  Before the time was elapsed, Obba died of a wound he had received at Ohod, in the third year of the Hejra;}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  but the event afterwards showing that Abu Becr had won, he received the camels of Obba\rquote s heirs, and brought them in triumph to Mohammed.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab History informs us that the successes of Khosru Parviz, king of Persia, who carried on a terrible war against the Greek empire,
 to revenge the death of Maurice, his father-in-law, slain by Phocas, were very great, and continued in an uninterrupted course for two and twenty years.  Particularly in the year of Christ 615, about the beginning of the sixth year before the Hejra the P
e
rsians, having the preceding year conquered Syria, made themselves masters of Palestine, and took Jerusalem; which seems to be that signal advantage gained over the Greeks mentioned in this passage, as agreeing best with the terms here used, and most like
l
y to alarm the Arabs by reason of their vicinity to the scene of action: and there was so little probability, at that time, of the Greeks being able to retrieve their losses, much less to distress the Persians, that in the following years the arms of the 
l
atter made still farther and more considerable progresses, and at length they laid siege to Constantinople itself.  But in the year 625, in which the fourth year of the Hejra began, about ten years after the taking of Jerusalem, the Greeks, when it was le
ast expected, gained a remarkable victory over the Persians, and not only obliged them to quit the territories of the empire, by carrying the war into their own country, but drove them to the last extremity, and spoiled the capital city al Mad\'e2
yen; Heracliu
s enjoying thenceforward a continued series of good fortune, to the deposition and death of Khosru.  For more exact information in these matters, and more nicely fixing the dates, either so as to correspond with or to overturn this pretended prophecy (nei
ther of which is my business here), the reader may have recourse to the historians and chronologers.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin, &c.\tab \tab 2  Al Zamakh., al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  See p. 272, note }{\f36\fs14\up8\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 .\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin, &c.
\tab \tab 5  Vide etiam Asseman, Bibl. Orient. t. 3, part i. p. 411, &c. et Boulainy.  Vie de Mahom. p. 333, &c.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in the nearest part of the land;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but after their defeat, they shall overcome }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the others in their turn}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      within a few years.  Unto GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the disposal }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of this matter}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , both for what 
is past, and for what is to come: and on that day shall the believers rejoice
\par      in the success granted by GOD; for he granteth success unto whom he pleaseth, and he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the mighty, the merciful.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 This is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the promise of GOD: GOD will not act contrary to his promise: but the greater part of men know not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the veracity of God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      They know the outward appearance of this present life; but they are careless as to the life to come.
\par      Do they not consider within themselves that GOD hath not created the heavens and the earth, and whatever }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  between them, otherwise than in truth, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
hath set them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a determined period?  Verily a great number of men reject the belief of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their future}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  meeting their LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 at the resurrection}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Do they not pass through the earth, and see what hath been the end of those who }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 were}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  before them?  They excelled }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
the Meccans}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in strength, and broke up the earth,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and inhabited it in greater affluence and prosperity than they inhabit the same: and their apostles came unto them with evident }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 miracles;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and GOD was not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
disposed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to treat them unjustly, but they injured their own souls }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by their obstinate infidelity;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and the end of those who had done evil was evil, because they charged the signs of God with falsehood, and laughed the same to scorn.
\par 10\tab God produceth creatures, and will hereafter restore them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to life:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  then shall ye return unto him.
\par      And on the day whereon the hour shall come, the wicked shall be struck dumb for despair;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and they shall have no intercessors from among the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 idols}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which they associated }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  And they shall deny the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 false gods}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which they associated with }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      On the day whereon the hour shall come, on that day shall }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the true believers and the infidels}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  be separated:
\par      and they who shall have believed, and wrought righteousness, shall take their pleasure in a delightful meadow;
\par      but }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as for}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  those who shall have disbelieved, and rejected our signs, and the meeting of the next life, they shall be delivered up to punishment.
\par      Wherefore glorify GOD, when the evening overtaketh you, and when ye rise in the morning:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and unto him be praise in heaven and earth; and at sunset, and when ye rest at noon.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      He bringeth forth the living out of the dead, and he bringeth forth the dead out of the living;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and he quickeneth the earth after it hath been dead: and in like manner shall ye be brought forth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from your graves}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Of his signs }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , that he hath created you of dust; and behold, ye }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are become}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  men, spread }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 over the face of the earth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 20\tab And of his signs }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 another is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, that he hath created you, out of yourselves, wives, that ye may cohabit with them; and hath put love and compassion between you: verily herein are signs unto people who consider.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some interpreters, supposing that the land here
 meant is the land of Arabia, or else that of the Greeks, place the scene of action in the confines of Arabia and Syria, near Bostra and Adhra\'e2t;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 others imagine the land of Persia is intended, and lay the scene in Mesopotamia, on the frontiers of that kingdom;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  but Ebn Abbas, with more probability, thinks it was in Palestine.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   To dig for water and minerals, and to till the ground for seed, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some are of opinion that the five times of prayer are intended in this passage; the evening including the 
time both of the prayer of sunset, and of the evening prayer properly so called, and the word I have rendered }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 at sunset}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, marking the hour of afternoon prayer, since it may be applied also to the time a little before sunset.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 3, p. 34.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab 6  Yahya, al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 7  Mojahed, apud Zamakh.  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 8  Al Beid\'e2wi.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 29}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And of his signs }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are also}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the variety of your languages, and of your complexions:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  verily herein are signs unto men of understanding.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And of his signs }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  your sleeping by night and by day, and your seeking }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to provide for yourselves}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 of his abundance: verily herein }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  signs unto people who hearken.
\par      Of his signs }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 others are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , that he showeth you the lightning, to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 strike}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  terror, and to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 give}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  hope }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of rain}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and that he sendeth down water from heaven, and quickeneth thereby the earth, after it hath been dead; verily herein }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are }{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 signs unto people who understand.
\par      And of his signs }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 this also is one, namely}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , that the heaven and the earth stand firm at command: hereafter, when he shall call you out of the earth at one summons, behold, ye shall come forth.

\par      Unto him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are subject}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  whosoever are in the heavens and on earth: all are obedient unto him.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      It is he who originally produceth a creature, and afterwards restoreth the same }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to life:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and this is most easy with him.  He justly challengeth the most exalted comparison, in heaven and earth;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and he }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 the mighty, the wise.
\par      He propoundeth unto a comparison }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 taken}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from yourselves.  Have ye, among the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 slaves}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 whom your right hands possess, any partner in the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 substance}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which we have bestowed on you, so that ye become equal }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 sharers}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 therein }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 or that}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  ye fear them as ye fear one another?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Thus we distinctly explain }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 our}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  signs, unto people who understand.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But those who act unjustly, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by attributing companions unto God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, follow their own lusts, without knowledge: and who shall direct him whom GOD shall cause to err?  They shall have none to help them.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Wherefore be thou orthodox, and set thy face towards the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 true}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 religion, the institution of GOD, to which he hath created mankind disposed: there is no change in what GOD hath created.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is }{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the right religion; but the greater part of men know }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  not.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 30\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And be ye}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  turned unto him, and fear him, and be constant at prayer, and be not idolaters.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Of those who have made a schism in their religion, and are }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 divided}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  into }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 various}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  sects, every sect rejoice in their own }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 opinion}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      When adversity befalleth men, t
hey call upon their LORD, turning unto him: afterwards, when he hath caused them to taste of his mercy, behold, a part of them associate }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 other deities}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with their LORD:
\par      to show themselves ungrateful for the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 favors}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which we have bestowed on them.  Enjoy therefore }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the vain pleasures of this life; }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
but hereafter shall ye know }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the consequence}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Have we sent down unto them any authority, which speaketh of the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 false gods}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 which they associate with him?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which are certainly most wonderful, and, as I con
ceive, very hard to be accounted for, if we allow the several nations in the world to be all the offspring of one man, as we are assured by scripture they are, without having recourse to the immediate omnipotency of GOD.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, in speaking of him we ought to make use of the most noble and magnificent expressions we can possibly devise.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 16, p. 200
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, The immutable law, or rule, to which man is naturally disposed to conform, and which every one would embrace, as most fit for a rat
ional creature, if it were not for the prejudices of education.  The Mohammedans have a tradition that their prophet used to say, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 That every person is born naturally disposed to become a Moslem; but that a man\rquote 
s parents make him a Jew, a Christian, or a Magian}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 
  That is, Have we either by the mouth of any prophet, or by any written revelation, commanded or encouraged the worship of more gods than one?}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 When we cause men to taste mercy, they rejoice therein; but if evil befalleth them, for that which their hands have before committed, behold, they despair.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Do they not see that GOD bestoweth provision abundantly on whom he pleaseth, and is sparing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto whom he pleaseth?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261   Verily herein }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}
{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  signs unto people who believe.
\par      Give unto him who is of kin }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to thee}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  his reasonable due; and also to the poor, and the stranger: this is better for those who seek the face of GOD; and they shall prosper.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Whatever ye shall give in usury,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to be an increase of men's substance, shall not be increased by }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the blessing of}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD: but whatever ye shall give in alms, for GOD'S sake, they shall receive a twofold }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 reward}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD who hath created you, and hath provided food for you: hereafter will he cause you to die; and after that will he raise you again to life.  }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Is there}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  any of your false gods, who is able to do the least of these things?  Praise be unto him; and far be he removed from what they associate }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with him!}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 40\tab Corruption}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  hath appeared by land and by sea, for }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the crimes}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 which men's hands have committed; that it might make them to taste}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a part of the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 fruits of that}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 which they have wrought, that peradventure they might turn }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from their evil ways}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, Go through the earth, and see what hath been the end of those who have been before }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 you: }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the greater part of them were idolaters.
\par      Set thy face therefore towards the right religion, before the day cometh, which none can put back from GOD.  On that day shall they be separated into two companies:
\par      whoever shall have been an unbeliever, on him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  his unbelief }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be charged;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 and whoever shall have done that which is right, shall spread themselves }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 couches of repose in paradise;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      that he may reward those who shall believe, and work righteousness, of his abundant liberality; for he loveth not the unbelievers.
\par      Of his signs }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , that he sendeth the winds, bearing welcome tidings }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of rain}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, that he may cause you to taste of his mercy; and that ships may sail at his command, that ye may seek }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to enrich yourselves}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of his abundance }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by commerce;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and that ye may give thanks.
\par      We sent apostles, before thee, unto their }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 respective}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 people, and they came unto them with evident proofs: and we took vengeance on those who did wickedly; and it was incumbent on us to assist the true believers.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD who sendeth the winds, and raiseth the clouds, and spreadeth the same in the heaven, as he pleaseth; and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 afterwards}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 disperseth the same: and thou mayest see the rain issuing from the midst thereof; and when he poureth the same down on such of his servants as he pleaseth, behold, they are filled with joy;
\par      although before it was sent down unto them, before }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 such relief}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , they were despairing.
\par      Consider therefore the traces of GOD'S mercy; how he quickeneth the earth, after its }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 state of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  death: verily the same will raise the dead; for he is almighty.
\par 50\tab Yet if we should send a }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 blasting}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wind, and they should see }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their corn}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  yellow }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and burnt up}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , they would surely become ungrateful, after }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our former favors}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Thou canst not make the dead to hear, neither canst thou make the deaf to hear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thy}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 call, when they retire and turn their backs;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   And seek not to regain the favour of GOD by timely repentance.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or by way of bribe.  The word may include any sort of extortion or illicit gain.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., Mischief and public calamities, such as famine, pestilence, droughts, shipwrecks, &c. or erroneous doctrines, or a general depravity of manners.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some copies read in the first person plural, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
That we might cause them to taste}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  &c.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 29-2}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 neither canst thou direct the blind out of their error: thou shalt make none to hear, except him who shall believe in our signs; for they are resigned }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto us}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD who created you in weakness, and after weakness hath given }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 you}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  strength; and after strength, he will }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 again}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  reduce }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 you}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to weakness, and gray hairs: he createth that which he pleaseth; and he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the wise, the powerful.
\par      On the day whereon the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 last}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  hour shall come, the wicked will swear
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      that they have not tarried}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  above an hour: in like manner did they utter lies }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in their lifetime}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par      But those on whom knowledge hath been bestowed, and faith, will say, Ye have tarried, according to the book of GOD,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  until the day of resurrection; for this }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the day of resurrection; but ye knew }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  not.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      On that day their excuse shall not avail those who have acted unjustly; neither shall they be invited }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 any more}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to make themselves acceptable}{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And now have we propounded unto men, in this Koran, parables of every kind: yet if thou bring them a verse }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereof}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , the unbelievers will surely say, Ye }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  no other than publishers of vain falsehoods.
\par      Thus hath GOD sealed up the hearts of those who believe not:
\par 60\tab But do thou, O Mohammed, persevere with constancy, for GOD is true; and let not those induce thee to waver, who have no certain knowledge.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 ________
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XXXI_}XXXI.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend XXXI_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, LOKM\'c2N;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      A. L. M.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   THESE are the signs of the wise book,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      a direction, and a mercy unto the righteous;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      who observe the appointed times of prayer, and give alms, and have firm assurance in the life to come:
\par      these are directed by their LORD, and they shall prosper.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      There is a man who purchaseth a ludicrous story,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that he may seduce }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from the way of GOD, without knowledge, and may laugh the same to scorn: these shall suffer a shameful punishment.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., In the world or in their graves.  See chapter 23, p. 262.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, according to his foreknowledge and decree in the preserved table; or according to what is said in the Kor\'e2n, where the state of the dead is expressed by these words:}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Behind them there shall be a bar until the day of resurrection}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The chapter is so entitled from a person of this name mentioned therein, of whom more immediately.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some except the fourth verse, beginning at these words, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Who observe the appointed times of prayer, and give alms}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, &c.  And others three verses, beginning at these words, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 If all the trees in the earth were pens}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. III. p. 46, &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Vain and silly fables.  The passage was revealed, it is said, on occasion of al Nodar Ebn al Hareth, who, having brought from Persia the romance of Rostam and Isfandiyar, the two heroes of that country, recited it in
 the assemblies of the Koreish, highly extolling the power and splendour of the ancient Persian kings, and preferring their stories to those of Ad and Thamud, David and Solomon, and the rest which are told in the Kor\'e2
n.  Some say that al Nodar bought singing girls, and carried them to those who were inclined to become Moslems to divert them from their purpose by songs and tales.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 1  Cap. 23, p. 261.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Idem}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And when our signs are rehearsed unto him, he disdainfully turneth his back as though he heard them not, as though there were a deafness in his ears: wherefore denounce unto him a grievous punishment.
\par      But they who shall believe and work righteousness, shall enjoy gardens of pleasure:
\par      they shall continue therein forever: }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 this is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the certain promise of GOD; and he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the mighty, the wise.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      He hath created the heavens without visible pillars }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to sustain them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and thrown on the earth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 mountains}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  firmly rooted, lest it should move with you;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and he hath replenished the same 
with all kinds of beasts; and we send down rain from heaven, and cause every kind of noble }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 vegetable}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to spring forth therein.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 10\tab This is the creation of GOD: show me now what they have created, who }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are worshipped}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  besides him? verily the ungodly are in a manifest error.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We heretofore bestowed wisdom on Lokm\'e2n,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and commanded him, saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Be thou thankful unto GOD: for whoever is thankful, shall be thankful to }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the advantage of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  his own soul; and if any shall be unthankful, verily GOD is self-sufficient, a
nd worthy to be praised.
\par      And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 remember}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when Lokm\'e2n said unto his son,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 as he admonished him, Oh my son, give not a partner unto GOD; for polytheism }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a great impiety.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We have commanded man concerning his parents,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 (his mother carrieth him }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in her womb}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with weakness and faintness, and he is weaned in two years), }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Be grateful unto me, and to thy parents.  Unto me shall all come }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be judged}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 16, p. 196.  A learned writer,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 in his notes on this passage, says the original word }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 raw\'e2siya}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which the commentators in general will have to signify }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 stable mountains}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , seems properly to express the Hebrew word }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 mechonim, i.e., bases }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 or}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  foundations;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and therefore he thinks the Kor\'e2n has here translated that passage of the Psalms, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved for ever}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This is not the only instance which might be given that the Mohammedan doctors are not always the best interpreters of their own scriptures.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Arab writers say, that Lokm\'e2n was the son of Ba\'fb
ra who was the son or grandson of a sister or aunt of Job; and that he lived several centuries, and to the time of David, with whom he was conversant in Palestine.  According to the description they give of his person, he must have been deformed eno
ugh; for they say he was of a black complexion (whence some call him an Ethiopian), with thick lips and splay feet: but in return he received from GOD wisdom and eloquence in a great degree, which some pretend were given him in a vision, on his making cho
i
ce of wisdom preferably to the gift of prophecy, either of which were offered him.  The generality of the Mohammedans, therefore, hold him to have been no prophet, but only a wise man.  As to his condition, they say he was a slave, but obtained his libert
y
 on the following occasion: His master having one day given him a bitter melon to eat, he paid him such exact obedience as to eat it all; at which his master being surprised, asked him how he could eat so nauseous a fruit?  To which he replied, it was no 
wonder that he should for once accept a bitter fruit from the same hand from which he had received so many favours.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators mention several quick repartees of Lokm\'e2
n, which, together with the circumstances above mentioned, agree so well with what Maximus Planudes has written of Esop, that from thence, and from the fables attributed to Lokm\'e2
n by the orientals, the latter has been generally thought to have been no other than the Esop of the Greeks.  However, that be (for I think the matter will bear
 a dispute), I am of opinion that Planudes borrowed great part of his life of Esop from the traditions he met with in the east concerning Lokm\'e2
n, concluding them to have been the same person, because they were both slaves, and supposed to be the writers of
 those fables which go under their respective names, and bear a great resemblance to one another; for it has long since been observed by learned men that the greater part of that monk\rquote 
s performance is an absurd romance, and supported by no evidence of the ancient writers.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Whom some name An\'e1m (which comes pretty near the Ennus of Planudes), some Ashcam, and others Mathan.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The two verses which begin at these words, and end with the following, viz., }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 And then will I declare unto you that which ye have done}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , are no part of Lokm\'e2n\rquote 
s advice to his son, but are inserted by way of parenthesis, as very pertinent and proper to be repeated here, to show the heinousness of idolatry; they are to be read (excepting some additions) in the twenty-ninth chapter, and 
were originally revealed on account of Saad Ebn Abi Wakk\'e2s, as has been already observed.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Gol. in Append. ad Erpenii Gram. p. 187.\tab \tab 2  Ps. civ. 5.\tab \tab 3  Al Zamakh, al Beid\'e2wi, &c.  Vide D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. p. 516, et Marracc. in Alc. p. 547.\tab \tab 4  Vide la Vie d\rquote 
Esope, par M. de Meziriac, et Bayle, Dict. Hist. Art. Esope. Rem. B.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 5  See cap. 29, p. 297, and the notes thereon.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 But if }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thy parents}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 endeavor to prevail on thee to associate with me that concerning which thou hast no knowledge, obey them not: bear them company in this world in what shall be reasonable;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but follow the way of him who sincerely turneth unto me.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Hereafter unto me shall ye return, and then will I declare unto you that which ye have done.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Oh my son, verily }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 every matter, whether good or bad}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , though it be of the weight of a grain of mustard-seed, and be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hidden}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in a rock, or in the heavens, or in the earth, GOD will bring the same }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to light;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  clear-sighted }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  knowing.
\par      Oh my son, be constant at prayer, and command that which is just, and forbid that which is evil: and be patient under the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 afflictions}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which shall befall thee; for this }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a duty absolutely incumbent }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 on all men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Distort not thy face }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 out of contempt}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to men, neither walk in the earth with insolence; for GOD loveth no arrogant, vain-glorious person.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And be moderate in thy pace; and lower thy voice; for the most ungrateful of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 all}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  voices surely }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the voice of asses.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Do ye not see that GOD hath subjected whatever is in heaven and on earth to your service, and hath abundantly poured on you his favors, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 both}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  outwardly and inwardly?}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 There are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  some who dispute concerning GOD without knowledge, and without a direction, and without an enlightening book.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 20\tab And when it is said unto them, Follow that which GOD hath revealed, they answer, Nay, we will follow that which we found our fathers to practise.  What, though the devil invite them to the torment of hell?
\par      Whosoever resigneth himself unto GOD, being a worker of righteousness, taketh hold on a strong handle; and unto GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the issue of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 all}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  things.
\par      But whoever shall be an unbeliever, let not his unbelief grieve thee: unto us shall they return; then will we declare unto them that which they have done, for GOD knoweth the innermost parts of the breasts }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of men}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      We will suffer them to enjoy }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 this world}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for a little while: afterwards we will drive them to a severe punishment.
\par      If thou ask them who hath created the heavens and the earth, they will surely answer, GOD.  Say, GOD be praised! but the greater part of them do not understand.
\par      Unto GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  whatever }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in heaven and earth: for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 the self-sufficient, the praiseworthy.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      If whatever trees }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in the earth}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  were}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  pens, and he should after that swell the s
ea into seven seas }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of ink}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , the words of GOD would not be exhausted;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  mighty }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Your creation and your resuscitation are but as }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the creation and resuscitation of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 one soul: verily GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 both}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  heareth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  seeth.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, show them all deference and obedience, so far as may be consistent with thy duty towards GOD.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The person particularly meant here was Abu Becr, at whose persuasion Saad had become a Moslem.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   To the braying of which animal the Arabs liken a loud and disagreeable voice.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , All kinds of blessings, regarding as well the mind as the body.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage is said to have been revealed in answer to the Jews, who insisted that all knowledge was contained in the law.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   GOD being able to produce a million of worlds by the single word Kun, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Be, and to raise the dead in general by the single word Kum, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Arise.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 30\tab Dost thou not see that GOD causeth the night to succeed the day, and causeth the day to succeed the night, and compelleth the sun and the moon to serve }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 you?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
  Each }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of those luminaries}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  hasteneth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in its course}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to a determined period: and GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  well acquainted with that which ye do.
\par      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is declared concerning the divine knowledge and power}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , for that GOD is the true Being, and for that whatever ye invoke, besides him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  vanity; and for that GOD is the high, the great }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Dost thou not see that the ships run in the sea, through the favor of GOD, that he may show you of his signs?  Verily herein }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  signs unto every patient, grateful person.
\par      When waves cover them, like overshadowing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 clouds}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , they call upon GOD, exhibiting the pure religion unto him; but when he bringeth them safe to land, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 there}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  is of them who halteth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 between the true faith and idolatry}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  Howbeit, none rejecteth our signs, except every perfidious, ungrateful person.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      O men, fear your LORD, and dread the day whereon a father shall not make satisfaction for his father at all:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      the promise of GOD is assuredly true.  Let not this present life, therefore, deceive you; neither let the deceiver}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  deceive you concerning GOD.
\par      Verily the knowledge of the hour }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of judgment}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  is with GOD; and he causeth the rain to descend }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 at his own appointed time;}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and he knoweth what }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in the wombs }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of females}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  No soul kno
weth what it shall gain on the morrow; neither doth any soul know in what land it shall die;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  knowing }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  fully acquainted }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with all things}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 ________
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XXXII_}XXXII.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend XXXII_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, ADORATION;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      A. L. M.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   THE revelation of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 this}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  book, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there is}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  no doubt thereof, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from the LORD of all creatures.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Will they say, Mohammed hath forged it?  Nay it is the truth from thy LORD, that thou mayest preach to a people, unto whom no preacher hath
 come before thee;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 peradventure they will be directed.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., The devil.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   In this passage five things are enumerated which are known to GOD alone, viz., The time of the day of judgment; the time of rain; what is forming in the womb, as whether it b
e male or female, &c.; what shall happen on the morrow; and where any person shall die.  These the Arabs, according to a tradition of their prophet, call }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the five keys of secret knowledge}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
.  The passage, it is said, was occasioned by al Hareth Ebn Amru, who propounded questions of this nature to Mohammed.
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab As to the last particular, al Beid\'e2wi relates the following story: The angel of death passing once by Solomon in a visible shape, and looking at one who was sitting with him, the man asked who he was, and upon Solomon
\rquote s acquainting him that it was the angel of death, said, He seems to want me; wherefore order the wind to carry me from hence into India; which being accordingly done, the angel said to Solomon, I looked so earnestly at the man out of wonder; b
ecause I was commanded to take his soul in India, and found him with thee in Palestine.
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The title is taken from the middle of the chapter, where the believers are said }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 to fall down adoring}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. III p. 46, &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261   See chapter 28, p. 293.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD who hath created the heavens and the earth, and whatever }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  between them, in six days; and then ascended }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  throne.  Ye have no patron or intercessor besides him.  Will ye not therefore consider?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      He governeth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 all}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  things from heaven even to the earth: hereafter shall they return unto him, on the day whose length shall be a thousand years,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of those which ye compute.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he who knoweth the future, and the present; the mighty, the merciful.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It is he}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  who hath made everything which he hath created exceeding good; and first created man of clay,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and afterwards made his posterity of an extract of despicable water;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and then formed him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 into proper shape}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, and breathed of his spirit into him; and hath given you }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the senses of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  hearing and seeing, and hearts }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to understand}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
.  How small thanks do ye return!
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And they say, When we shall lie hidden in the earth, shall we be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 raised thence}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 a new creature?
\par 10\tab Yea, they deny the meeting of their LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 at the resurrection}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Say, The angel of death,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  who is set over you, shall cause you to die: then shall ye be brought back unto your LORD.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      If thou couldest see, when the wicked shall bow down their heads before their LORD, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , O LORD, we have seen, and have heard: suffer us therefore to return }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 into the world}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and we will work that which is right; since we are now certain }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the truth of what hath been preached to us: thou wouldest see an amazing sight}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      If we had pleased we had certainly given unto every soul its direction: but the word }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 which hath proceeded}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from me must necessarily be fulfilled, }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 when I said}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Verily I will fill hell with genii and men, altogether.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Taste therefore }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the torment prepared for you}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , because ye have forgotten the coming of this yo
ur day: we also have forgotten you; taste therefore the punishment of eternal duration, for that which ye have wrought.
\par      Verily they only believe in our signs, who, when they are warned thereby, fall down adoring, and celebrate the praise of their LORD, and are not elated with pride;
\par      their sides are raised from }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  beds, calling on their LORD with fear and with hope; and they distribute alms out of what we have bestowed on them.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      No soul}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  knoweth the complete satisfaction}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which is secretly prepared for them, as a reward for that which they have wrought.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As to the reconciliation of this passage with another,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  which seems contradictory, see the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 65.

\par \tab Some, however, do not interpret the passage before us of the resurrection, but suppose that the words here describe the making and executing of the decrees of GOD, which are sent down from heaven to earth, and are returned (or }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ascend}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , as the verb properly signifies) back to him, after they have been put in execution; a
nd present themselves, as it were, so executed, to his knowledge, in the space of a day with GOD, but with man, of a thousand years.  Others imagine this space to be the time which the angels, who carry the divine decrees, and bring them back executed, ta
k
e in descending and reascending, because the distance from heaven to earth is a journey of five hundred years: and others fancy that the angels bring down at once decrees for a thousand years to come, which being expired, they return back for fresh orders
, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Seed.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 56.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 7, p. 106, and chapter 11, p. 169.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Not even an angel of those who approach nearest GOD\rquote S throne, nor any prophet who hath been sent by him.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 The joy of the eyes}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  The commentators fail not, on occasion of this passage, to produce that saying of their prophet, which was originally none of his own; GOD }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
saith, I have prepared for my righteous servants, what eye hath not seen, nor hath ear heard, nor hath entered into the heart of man to conceive}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 1  Cap. 20.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page   }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    
\par      Shall he, therefore, who is a true believer, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  as he who is an impious transgressor?  They shall not be held equal.
\par      As to those who believe and do that which is right, they shall have gardens of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 perpetual}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  abode, an ample recompense for that which they shall have wrought:
\par 20\tab but as for those who impiously transgress, their abode }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire; so often as they shall endeavor to get thereout, they shall be dra
gged back into the same, and it shall be said unto them, Taste ye the torment of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire, which ye rejected as a falsehood.
\par      And we will cause them to taste the nearer punishment }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of this world}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , besides the more grievous punishment }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the next;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  peradv
enture they will repent.
\par      Who is more unjust than he who is warned by the signs of his LORD, and then turneth aside from the same?  We will surely take vengeance on the wicked.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We heretofore delivered the book }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the law}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto Moses; wherefore be not thou in doubt as to the revelation thereof:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we ordained the same }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a direction unto the children of Israel;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and we appointed teachers from among them, who should direct }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the people}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  at our command, when they had persevered with patience, and
 had firmly believed in our signs.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily thy LORD will judge between them, on the day of resurrection, concerning that wherein they have disagreed.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Is it not known unto them how many generations we have destroyed before them, through whose dwellings they walk?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Verily herein are signs: will they not therefore hearken?
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Do they not see that we drive rain unto a land bare of grass and parched up, and thereby produce corn, of which their cattle eat, and themselves }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 also?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
  Will they not therefore regard?
\par      The }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 infidels}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  say }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to the true believers}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , When }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  this decision }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be made between us}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , if ye speak truth?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Answer, On the day of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 that}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  decision,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 the faith of those who shall have disbelieved shall not avail them; neither shall they be respited }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 any}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 longer}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 30\tab Wherefore avoid them, and expect }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the issue:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  verily they expect }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to obtain some advantage over thee}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as some interpret it, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the revelation of the Kor\'e2n to thyself;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 since the delivery of the law to Moses proves that the revelation of the Kor\'e2n to thee is not the first instance of the kind.  Others think the words should be translated thus: }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
Be thou not in doubt as to thy meeting of that prophet;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  supposing that the interview between Moses and Mohammed in the sixth heaven, when the latter took his night journey thither, is here intended.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Meccans frequently passing by the places where the Adites, Thamudites, Midianites, Sodomites, &c., once dwelt.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, on the day of judgment; though some suppose the day here intended to
 be that of the victory at Bedr, or else that of the taking of Mecca, when several of those who had been proscribed were put to death without remission.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 4  Idem.\tab \tab 5  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. II. p. 42.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page   }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XXXIII_}XXXIII.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend XXXIII_}
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE CONFEDERATES;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MEDINA.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O PROPHET, fear GOD, and obey not the unbelievers and the hypocrites:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  verily GOD is knowing }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But follow that which is revealed unto thee from thy LORD; for GOD is well acquainted with that which ye do;
\par      and put thy trust in GOD; for GOD is a sufficient protector.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      GOD hath not given a man two hearts within him; neither hath he made your wives (some of whom ye divorce, regarding them thereafter as your mothers) your }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 true}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  mothers; not hath he made your adopted sons your }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 true}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  sons.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   This }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  your saying in your mouths: but GOD speaketh the truth; and he directed the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 right}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  way.
\par      Call }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 such as are adopted}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , the sons of their }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 natural}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  fathers: this }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  more just in the sight of GOD.  And if ye know not their fathers, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 let them be as}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 your brethren in religion, and your companions: and it shall be no crime in you, that ye err}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in this matter;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but that }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be criminal}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which your hearts purposely design; for GOD is gracious }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      The prophet }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  nigher unto the true believers than their own souls;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and his wives }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  their mothers.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Those who are related by consanguinity }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  nigher of kin the one of them unto the others, according to the book of GOD, than the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 other}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  true believers, and the Moh\'e2jer\'fbn:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unless that ye do what is fitting and reasonable to your relations }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in general}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  This is written in the book }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Part of this chapter was revealed on occasion of the war of the ditch, which happened in the fifth year of the Hejra, when Medina was besieged, for above twenty days, by the joint and }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 confederate}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  forces of several Jewish tribes, and of the inhabitants of Mecca, Najd, and Teh\'e2ma, at the instigation of the Jews of the tribe of Nadh\'eer, who had been dri
ven out of their settlement near Medina, by Mohammed, the year before.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is related that Abu Sofi\'e2n, Acrema Ebn Abi Jahl, and Abu\rquote l A war al Salami, having an amicable interview with Mohammed, at which were present also Abda\rquote 
llah Ebn Obba, Moatteb Eb
n Kosheir, and Jadd Ebn Kais, they proposed to the prophet that if he would leave off preaching against the worship of their gods, and acknowledge them to be mediators, they would give him and his LORD no farther disturbance; upon which these words were r
evealed.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  This passage was revealed to abolish two customs among the old Arabs.  The first was their manner of divorcing their wives, when they had no mind to let them go out of their house, or to marry again; and this the husband did by saying to the woman, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Thou art henceforward to me as the back of my mother;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 after which words pronounced he abstained from her bed, and regarded her in all respects as his mother, and she became related to all his kindred in the same degree as if she had been really so.  
The other custom was the holding their adopted sons to be as as nearly related to them as their natural sons, so that the same impediments of marriage arose from that supposed relation, in the prohibited degrees, as it would have done in the case of a gen
uine son.  The latter Mohammed had a peculiar reason to abolish\endash 
viz., his marrying the divorced wife of his freedman Zeid, who was also his adopted son, of which more will be said by-and-bye.  By the declaration which introduces this passage, that GOD }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 has not given a man two hearts}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, is meant, that a man cannot have the same affection for supposed parents and adopted children, as for those who are really so.  They tell us the Arabs used to say, of a prudent and acute person, that he had two hearts; whence one Abu M\'e1
mer, or, as others write, Jem\'eel Ebn Asad al Fihri, was surnamed Dhu\rquote lkalbein, or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the man with two hearts}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Through ignorance or mistake; or, that ye have erred for the time past.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Commanding them nothing but what is for their interest and adv
antage, and being more solicitous for their present and future happiness even than themselves; for which reason he ought to be dear to them, and deserves their utmost love and respect.  In some copies these words are added, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 And he is a father unto them;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  every prophet being the spiritual father of his people, who are therefore brethren.  It is said that this passage was revealed on some of Mohammed\rquote 
s followers telling him, when he summoned them to attend him in the expedition of Tab\'fbc,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  that they would ask leave of their fathers and mothers.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Though the spiritual relation between Mohammed and his people, declared in the preceding words, created no impediment to prevent his taking to wife such women among them as he thought fit; yet the commentators are of
 opinion that they are here forbidden to marry any of his wives.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These words, which also occur, excepting the latter part of the sentence, in the eighth chapter, abrogate that law concerning inheritances, published in the same chapter, whereby the Moh
\'e2jer\'fbn and Ans\'e2rs were to be the heirs of one another, exclusive of their nearer relations, who were infidels.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, In the preserved table, or the Kor\'e2n; or, as others suppose, in the Pentateuch.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Vide Abulfeda, Vit. Moh. p. 73, et Gagnier, Vie de Mahomet, l. 4, c. I\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi\tab \tab 3  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin, &c.
\par 4  See cap. 9, p. 139.\tab \tab 5  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab }{\f36\fs14\up8\insrsid14382261 6  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. VI.\tab \tab 7  See cap. 8, p. 133.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Remember}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when we accepted their covenant from the prophets,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and from thee, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
O Mohammed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and from Noah, and Abraham, and Moses, and Jesus the son of Mary, and received from them a firm covenant;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      that }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  may examine the speakers of truth concerning their veracity:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and he hath prepared a painful torment for the unbelievers.
\par      O true believers, remember the favor of GOD towards you, when armies }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of infidels}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  came against you,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and we sent against them a wind, and hosts }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of angels}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which ye saw not:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and GOD beheld that which ye did.
\par 10\tab When they came against you from above you, and from below you,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and when }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  sight became troubled, and }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  hearts came even to }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  throats }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for fear}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, and ye imagined of GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 various}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  imaginations.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      There were the faithful tried, and made to tremble with a violent trembling.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Jallalo\rquote ddin supposes this covenant was made when Adam\rquote s posterity were drawn forth from his loins, and appeared before GOD like small ants:}
{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  but Marracci conjectures that the covenant here meant was the same which the Talmudists pretend all the prophets entered into with GOD on
 Mount Sinai, where they were all assembled in person with Moses.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Whereby they undertook to execute their several commissions, and promised to preach the religion commanded them by GOD.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , That he may at the day of judgment demand of the prophe
ts in what manner they executed their several commissions, and how they were received by their people; or, as the words may also import, that he may examine those who believed on them, concerning their belief, and reward them accordingly.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These were the forces of the Koreish and the tribe of Ghatf\'e2n, confederated with the Jews of al Nadh\'ee
r and Koreidha, who besieged Medina to the number of twelve thousand men, in the expedition called the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 war of the ditch}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   On the enemies\rquote  approach, Mohammed, by the advice of Salm\'e2
n, the Persian, ordered a deep ditch or entrenchment to be dug round Medina, for the security of the city, and went out to defend it with three thousand men.  Both sides remained in their camps near a month, without any other acts of hostili
ty than shooting of arrows and slinging of stones; till, in a winter\rquote 
s night, GOD sent a piercing cold east wind, which benumbed the limbs of the confederates, blew the dust in their faces, extinguished their fires, overturned their tents, and put their horses in disorder, the angels at the same time crying, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Allah acbar!}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  round about their camp; whereupon Toleiha Ebn Khowailed, the Asadite, said aloud, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
Mohammed is going to attack you with enchantments, wherefore provide for your safety by flight:}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and accordingly the Koreish first, and afterward the Ghatf\'e2
nites, broke up the siege, and returned home; which retreat was also not a little owing to the dissensions among the confederate forces, the raising and fomenting whereof the Mohammedans also ascribe to GOD. 
 It is related that when Mohammed heard that his enemies were retired, he said, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 I have obtained success by means of the east wind; and Ad perished by the west wind.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Ghatf\'e2nites pitched on the east side of the town, on the higher part of the valley; and the Koreish on the west side, on the lower part of the valley.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}
{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The sincere and those who were more firm of heart fearing they should not be able to stand the trial; and the weaker-hearted and hypocrites thinking themselves delivered up to slaughter and destruction
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up8\insrsid14382261 \tab 8  See cap. 7, p. 122.\tab \tab 9  See cap. 3, p. 41.\tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi, Abulf. Vit. Moh. p. 77, &c.\tab \tab 2  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And when the hypocrites, and those in whose heart was an infirmity, said, GOD and his apostle have made you no other than a fallacious promise.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      And when a party of them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said, O inhabitants of Yathreb,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there is}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  no place }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of security}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 here;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wherefore return }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 home}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  And a part of them asked leave of the prophet }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to depart}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , saying, Verily our houses are defenceless }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and expo
sed to the enemy:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but they were not defenceless; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  their intention was no other than to fly.
\par      If }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the city}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  had been entered upon them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by the enemy}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from the parts adjacent, and they had been asked to desert }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the true believers, and to fight against them;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they had surely consented thereto: but they had not, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in such case}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, remained in the same}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but a little while.
\par      They had before made a covenant with GOD, that they would not turn }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  backs:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
performance of their}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  covenant with GOD shall be examined into }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hereafter}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, Flight shall not profit you, if ye fly from death or from slaughter: and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 if it would}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , yet shall ye not enjoy }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 this world}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  but a little.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, Who }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he who shall defend you against GOD, if he is pleased }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to bring}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  evil on you, or is pleased }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to show}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  mercy towards you?  They shall find none to patronize or protect them, besides GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      GOD already knoweth those among you who hinder }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 others from following his apostle}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, and who say unto their brethren, Come hither unto us; and who come not to battle, except a little:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      being covetous towards you:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but when fear cometh }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 on them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , thou seest them look unto thee }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
for assistance}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , their eyes rolling about like }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the eyes}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of him who fainteth by reason of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the agonies of }{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 death: yet when }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  fear is past they inveigh against you with sharp tongues; being covetous of the best }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
and most valuable part of the spoils}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  These believe not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 sincerely;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wherefore GOD hath rendered their works of no avail; and this is easy with GOD.
\par 20\tab They imagined that the confederates would not depart }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and raise the siege:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and if the confederates should come }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 another time}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , they would wish to live in the deserts among the Arabs who dwell in tents,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and there}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 to inquire after news concerning you; and although they were with you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 this time}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , yet they fought not, except a little.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Ye have in the apostle of GOD an excellent example,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 unto him who hopeth in GOD, and the last day, and remembereth GOD frequently.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The person who uttered these words, it is said, was Moatte
b Ebn Kosheir, who told his fellows that Mohammed had promised them the spoils of the Persians and the Greeks, whereas now not one of them dared to stir out of their entrenchment.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., Aws Ebn Keidhi and his adherents.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This was the ancient and proper name of Medina, or of the territory wherein it stands.  Some suppose the town was so named from its founder, Yathreb, the son of K\'e2
biya, the son of Mahlayel, the son of Aram, the son of Sem, the son of Noah; though others tell us it was built by the Amalekites.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , In the city; or, in their apostasy and rebellion, because the Moslems would surely succeed at last.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The persons meant here were Banu Haretha, who having behaved very ill and run away on a certain occasion, promised they would do so no more.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Either coming to the army in small numbers, or staying with them but a little while, and then returning on some feigned excuse; or behaving ill in time of action.  Some expositors take these words to be part of the speech of the hypocrites,
 reflecting on Mohammed\rquote s companions for lying idle in the trenches, and not attacking the enemy.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Sparing of their assistance either in person or with their purse; or being greedy after the booty.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That they might be absent, and not obliged to go to war.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  viz., Of firmness in time of danger, of confidence in the divine assistance, and of piety by fervent prayer for the same.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 3  Idem.  Vide Abulf. ubi sup. p. 76.\tab \tab 4  Ahmed Ebn Yusof.  See the Prelim. Disc. p. 4\tab \tab 5  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 When the true believers saw the confederates, they said, This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  what GOD and his apostle have foretold us;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and GOD and his apostle have spoken the truth: and it only increased their faith and resignation.
\par      Of the true believers }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 some}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  men justly performed what they had promised unto GOD;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and some of them have finished their course,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and some of them wait }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the same advantage;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and they changed not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their promise}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  by deviating }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 therefrom in the least:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      that GOD may reward the just performers }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of their covenant}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for their fidelity; and may punish the hypocritical, if he pleaseth, or may be turned unto them; for GOD }
{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  ready to forgive, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  merciful.
\par      GOD hath driven back the infidels in their wrath: they obtained no advantage; and GOD was }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  sufficient }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 protector}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 unto the faithful in battle; for GOD is strong }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  mighty.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And he hath caused such of those who have received the scriptures, as assisted }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the confederates}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , to come down out of their fortresses,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and he cast into their hearts terror }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and dismay:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a part }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  ye slew, and a part ye made captives;}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Namely, That we must not expect to enter paradise without undergoing some trials and tribulations.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   There is a tradition that Mohammed actually foretold this expedition of confederates some time before, and the success of it.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By standing firm with the prophet, and strenuously opposing the enemies of the true religion, according to their engagement.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as the words may be translated, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 have fulfilled their vow}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 paid their debt}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  to nature, by falling martyrs in battle; as did Hamza, Mohammed\rquote s uncle, Masab Ebn Omair, and Ans Ebn al Nadr,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 who were slain at the battle of Ohod.  The martyrs at the war of the ditch were six, including Saad Ebn Moadh, who died of his wound about a month after.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As Othm\'e2n and Telha.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  These were the Jews of the tribe of Koreidha, who, though they were in league with Mohammed, had, at the incessant persuasion of Caab Ebn Asad, a principal man among them, perfidiously gone over to his enemies in this war of the dit
ch, and were severely punished for it.  For the next morning, after the confederate forces had decamped, Mohammed and his men returned to Medina, and, laying down their arms, began to refresh themselves after their fatigue; upon which Gabriel came to the 
p
rophet and asked him whether he had suffered his people to lay down their arms, when the angels had not laid down theirs; and ordering him to go immediately against the Koradhites, assuring him that himself would lead the way.  Mohammed, in obedience to t
h
e divine command, having caused public proclamation to be made that every one should pray that afternoon for success against the sons of Koreidha, set forward upon the expedition without loss of time; and being arrived at the fortress of the Koradhites, b
esieged them for twenty-five days, at the end of which those people, being in great terror and distress, capitulated, and at length, not daring to trust to Mohammed\rquote s mercy, surrendered at the discretion of Saad Ebn Moadh,}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  hoping that he, being the prince 
of the tribe of Aws, their old friends and confederates, would have some regard for them.  But they were deceived: for Saad, being greatly incensed at their breach of faith, had begged of GOD that he might not die of the wound he had received at the ditch
 
till he saw vengeance taken on the Koradhites, and therefore adjudged that the men should be put to the sword, the women and children made slaves, and their goods be divided among the Moslems; which sentence Mohammed had no sooner heard than he cried out,
 }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 That Saad had pronounced the sentence}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 of}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 GOD: and the same was accordingly executed, the number of men who were slain amounting to six hundred, or, as others say, to seven hundred, or very near, among whom were Hoyai Ebn Akhtab, a great enemy of Mohammed\rquote s
, and Caab Ebn Asad, who had been the chief occasion of the revolt of their tribe: and soon after Saad, who had given judgment against them, died, his wound, which had been skinned over, opening again.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This was the work of Gabriel, who, according to h
is promise, went before the army of Moslems.  It is said that Mohammed, a little before he came to the settlement of the Koradhites, asking some of his men whether anybody had passed them, they answered, that Dohya Ebn Kholeifa, the Calbite, had just pass
ed by them, mounted on a white mule, with housings of satin: to which he replied, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
That person was the angel Gabriel, who is sent to the sons of Koreidha to shake their castles, and to strike their hearts with fear and consternation}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See cap. 2, p. 22; cap. 3, p. 46; cap. 29, p. 298, &c.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  Abulf. Vit. Moh. p. 79.\tab \tab 5  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 6  See cap. 8, p. 128.\tab \tab 7  Al Beid
\'e2wi, Abulf. Vit. Moh. p. 77, &c.  Vide Gagnier, Vie de Mah. l. 4, c. 2.\tab \tab 8  Ebn Ishak.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  hath caused you to inherit their land, and their houses, and their wealth,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and a land on which ye have not trodden;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for GOD is almighty.
\par      O prophet, say unto thy wives, If ye seek this present life, and the pomp thereof, come, I will make a handsome provision for you, and I will dismiss you with an honourable dismission;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      but if ye seek GOD and his apostle, and the life to come, verily GOD hath prepared for such of you as work righteousness a great reward.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 30\tab O wives of the prophet, whosoever of you shall commit a manifest wickedness, the punishment }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thereof}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall be doubled unto her twofold;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and this is easy with GOD:
\par      but whosoever of you shall be obedient unto GOD and his apostle, and shall do that which is right, we will give her her reward twice,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we have prepared for her an honourable provision }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in paradise}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      O wives of the prophet, ye are not as other women: if ye fear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , be not too complaisant in speech, lest he should covet, in whose heart is a disease }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of incontinence;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  but speak the speech which is convenient.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And sit still in your houses; and set not out yourselves with the ostentation of the former }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 time of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  ignorance:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and observe the appointed times of prayer, and give alms; and obey GOD, and his apostle; for GOD desireth only to remove from you the abomination of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 vanity, since ye are}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the household }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the prophet}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and to purify you by a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 perfect}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  purification.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And remember that which is read in your houses, of the signs of GOD, and of the wisdom }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 revealed in the Koran; }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for GOD is clear-sighted, }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  well acquainted }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with your actions}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
     Verily the Moslems of either sex, and the true believers of either sex, and the devout men, and the devout women, and the men of veracity, and the women of veracity, and the patient }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, and the patient }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 women}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and the humble }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and the humble }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 women}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, and the alms-givers of either sex, and the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  who fast, and the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 women}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  who fast, and the chaste }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and the chaste }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 women}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and those of either sex who remember GOD frequently; for them hath GOD prepared forgiveness, and a great reward.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Their immovable possessions Mohammed gave to the Moh\'e2jerin, saying, that the Ans\'e2
rs were in their own houses, but that the others were destitute of habitations.  The movables were divided among his followers, but he remitted the fifth part, which was usual to be taken in other cases.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By which some suppose Persia and Greece are meant; others, Khaibar; and others, whatever lands the Moslems may conquer till the day of judgment.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage was revealed on Mohammed\rquote 
s wives asking for more sumptuous clothes, and an additional allowance for their expenses; and he had no sooner received it than he gave them their option, either to continue with him or to be divorced, beginning with Ayesha, who chose GOD }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 and his apostle}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and the rest followed her example; upon which the prophet thanked them, and the following words were revealed, viz., }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
It shall not be lawful for thee to take other women to wife hereafter}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  &c.  From hence some have concluded that  wife who has her op
tion given her, and chooses to stay with her husband, shall not be divorced, though others are of a contrary opinion.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For the crime would be more enormous and unpardonable in them, because of their superior condition, and the grace which they have rec
eived from GOD; whence it is that the punishment of a free person is ordained to be double to that of a slave,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and prophets are more severely reprimanded for their faults than other men.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., Once for her obedience, and a second time for her conjugal affection to the prophet, and handsome behaviour to him.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  That is, in the old time of idolatry.  Some suppose the times before the Flood, or the time of Abraham, to be here intended, when women adorned themselves with all their finery, and went abroad into the streets to show themselves to the men.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The pronouns of the second person in this part of the passage being of the masculine gender, the Shiites pretend the sentence has no connection with the foregoing or the following words; and will have it that by }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
the household of the prophet}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  are particularly meant F\'e2tema and Ali, and their two sons, Hasan and Hosein, to whom these words are directed.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  See after, in this chapter, p. 310.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.
\par 5  See cap 4, p. 57.\tab \tab 6  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 7  Idem.\tab \tab 8  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 It is not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 fit}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 for a true believer of either sex, when GOD and his apostle have decreed a thing, that they should have the liberty of choosing a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 different}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  matter of their own:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and whoever is disobedient unto GOD and his apostle surely erreth with a manifest error.
\par      And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 remember}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when thou saidst to him unto whom GOD had been gracious,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and on whom thou }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
also}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  hadst conferred favours,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Keep thy wife to thyself, and fear GOD: and thou didst conceal that in thy mind which GOD had }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
determined }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to discover,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and didst fear men; whereas it }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 was}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 more just that thou shouldest fear GOD.  But when Zeid}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  had determined the matter concerning her, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and had resolved to divorce her}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , we joined her in marriage unto thee;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  lest a crime should be }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 charged}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on the true believers, in }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 marrying }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the wives of their adopted }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 sons}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , when they have determined the matter concerning them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and the command of GOD is to be performed.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      No crime is }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be charged}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on the prophet, as to what GOD hath allowed him, }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 conformable to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the ordinance of GOD with regard to those who preceded }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  (for the command of GOD is a determinate decree),}{
\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This verse was revealed on account of Zeinab (or Zenobia), the daughter of Jahash, and wife of Zeid, Mohammed\rquote s freedman,
 whom the prophet sought in marriage, but received a repulse from the lady and her brother Abdallah, they being at first averse to the match: for which they are here reprehended.  The mother of Zeinab, it is said, was Am\'eema, the daughter of Abd\rquote 
almotalleb, and aunt to Mohammed.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  viz., Zeid Ebn Haretha, on whom GOD had bestowed the grace early to become a Moslem.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By giving him his liberty, and adopting him for thy son, &c.
\par \tab Zeid was of the tribe of Calb, a branch of the Khodaites, descended from Hamy
ar, the son of Saba; and being taken in his childhood by a party of freebooters, was bought by Mohammed, or, as others say, by his wife Khadijah before she married him.  Some years after, Haretha, hearing where his son was, took a journey to Mecca, and of
fered a considerable sum for his ransom; whereupon, Mohammed said, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Let Zeid come hither: and if he chooses to go with you, take him without ransom: but if it be his choice to stay with me, why should I not keep him?}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   And Zeid being come, declared that he wo
uld stay with his master, who treated him as if he were his only son.  Mohammed no sooner heard this, but he took Zeid by the hand, and led him to the black stone of the Caaba, where he publicly adopted him for his son, and constituted him his heir, with 
which the father acquiesced, and returned home well satisfied.  From this time Zeid was called the son of Mohammed, till the publication of Isl\'e2m, after which the prophet gave him to wife Zeinab.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab l  Namely, thy affection to Zeinab.  The whole intrigue is artfully enough unfolded in this passage.  The story is as follows:\endash 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab Some years after his marriage, Mohammed, going to Zeid\rquote s house on some affair, and not finding him at home, accidentally cast his eyes on Zeinab, who was then in a dress which discovered
 her beauty to advantage, and was so smitten at the sight, that he could not forbear crying out, GOD }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 be praised, who turneth the hearts of men as he pleaseth!}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  This Zeinab failed not to acquaint her husband with on his return home; whereupon, Zeid, after m
ature reflection, thought he could do no less than part with his wife in favour of his benefactor, and therefore resolved to divorce her, and acquainted Mohammed with his resolution; but he, apprehending the scandal it might raise, offered to dissuade him
 
from it, and endeavoured to stifle the flames which inwardly consumed him; but at length, his love for her being authorized by this revelation, he acquiesced, and after the term of her divorce was expired, married her in the latter end of the fifth year o
f the Hejra.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is observed that this is the only person, of all Mohammed\rquote s companions, whose name is mentioned in the Kor\'e2n.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Whence Zeinab used to vaunt herself above the prophet\rquote s other wives, saying that GOD had made the match between Mohammed a
nd herself, whereas their matches were made by their relations.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  For this feigned relation, as has been observed, created an impediment of marriage among the old Arabs within the prohibited degrees, in the same manner as if it had been real; and therefore Mohammed\rquote 
s marrying Zeinab, who had been his adopted son\rquote s wife, occasioned great scandal among his followers, which was much heightened by the Jews and hypocrites: but the custom is here declared unreasonable, and abolished for the future.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 2  Al Jannabi.  Vide Gagnier, Vie de Moh. l. 4. c. 3.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi, al Jannabi, &c.\tab \tab 4  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who brought the messages of GOD, and feared him, and feared none besides GOD: and GOD is a sufficient accountant.
\par 40\tab Mohammed is not the father of any man among you; but the apostle of GOD, and the seal of the prophets: and GOD knoweth all things.
\par      O true believers, remember GOD with a frequent remembrance, and celebrate his praise morning and evening.
\par      It is he who is gracious unto you, and his angels }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 intercede for you}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , that he may lead you forth from darkness into light; and he is merciful towards the true believers.
\par      Their salutation, on the day }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 whereon}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  they shall meet him, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Peace! and he hath prepared for them an honourable recompense.

\par      O prophet, verily we have sent thee }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a witness, and a bearer of good tidings, and a denouncer of threats,
\par      and an inviter unto GOD, through his good pleasure, and a shining light.
\par      Bear good tidings therefore unto the true believers, that they shall receive great abundance from GOD.
\par      And obey not the unbelievers, and the hypocrites, and mind not their evil treatment: but trust in GOD; and GOD is a sufficient protector.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O true believers, when ye marry }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 women who are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  believers, and afterwards put them away, before ye have touched them, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
there is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  no term prescribed you to fulfil towards them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 after their divorce:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but make them a present,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and dismiss them freely with an honourable dismission.
\par      O prophet, we have allowed thee thy wives unto whom thou hast given their dower, and also the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 slaves}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which thy right hand possesseth, of the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 booty}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which GOD hath granted thee;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and the daughters of thy uncle, and the daughters of thy aunts, both on thy father's side, and
 on thy mother's side, who have fled with thee }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from Mecca}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and any }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 other}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  believing woman, if she give herself unto the prophet;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in case the prophet desireth to take her to wife.  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 This is}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a peculiar privilege }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 granted}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto thee above the rest of the true believers.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 50\tab We know what we have ordained them concerning their wives, and the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 slaves}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 which their right hands possess: lest it should be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 deemed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a crime in thee }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to make use of the privilege granted thee;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for GOD is gracious }
{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  merciful.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, Ye 
are not obliged to keep them any certain time before ye dismiss them, as ye are those with whom the marriage has been consummated.  See chap. 2, p. 24.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , If no dower has been assigned them: for if a dower has been assigned, the husband is obliged, 
according to the Sonna, to give the woman half the dower agreed on, besides a present.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This is still to be understood of such women with whom the marriage has not been consummated.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is said, therefore, that the women slaves which he should buy are not included in this grant.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   But not the others.  It is related of Omm H\'e2ni, the daughter of Abu Taleb, that she should say, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 The apostle of}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 courted me for his wife, but I excused myself to him, and he accepted of my excuse: afterwards this verse was revealed; but he was not thereby allowed to marry me, because I fled not with him}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab It may be observed that Dr. Prideaux is much mistaken when he asserts that Mohammed, in this chapter, brings in GOD exempting him from the law in the fourth chapter,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  whe
reby the Moslems are forbidden to marry within certain degrees, and giving him an especial privilege to take to wife the daughter of his brother, or the daughter of his sister.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Without demanding any dower.  According to a tradition of Ebn Abbas, the p
rophet, however, married no woman without assigning her a dower.  The commentators are not agreed who was the woman particularly meant in this passage; but they name four who are supposed to have thus }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 given themselves}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  to the prophet, viz., Maim\'fbna Bint al Hareth, Zeinab Bint Khozaima, Ghoz\'eea Bint J\'e2ber, surnamed Omm Shoraic (which three he actually married), and Khawla Bint Hakim, whom, as it seems, he rejected.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  For no Moslem can legally marry above four wives, whether free women or slaves; whereas Mohammed is, by the preceding passage, left at liberty to take as many as he pleased, though with some restrictions.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Page 56.\tab \tab 4  See Prid. Life of Mahomet, p. 116.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Thou mayest postpone the turn of such of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thy wives}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  as thou shalt please, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in being called to thy bed;}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and thou mayest take unto thee her whom thou shalt please, and her whom thou shalt desire of those whom thou shalt have }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 before}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  rejected: and }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  no crime in thee.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 more easy, that they may be entirely content, and may not be grieved, but may be well pleased with what thou shalt give every of them: GOD knoweth whatever }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 in your hearts; and GOD is knowing }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  gracious.
\par      It shall not be lawful for thee }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to take other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  women }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to wife}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  hereafter,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  nor to exchange }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 any}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thy}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wives for them,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  although their beauty please thee; except the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 slaves}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  whom thy right hand shall possess: and GOD observeth all things.
\par      O true believer, enter not the houses of the prophet, unless it be permitted you to }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 eat}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  meat }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, without waiting his convenient time; but when ye are invited, then enter.  And when ye shall have eaten, disperse yourselves; and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 stay}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 not to enter into familiar discourse: for this incommodeth the prophet.  He is ashamed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to bid}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 depart;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but G
OD is not ashamed of the truth.  And when ye ask of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the prophet's wives}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  what ye may have occasion for, ask }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 of them from behind a curtain.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   This will be more pure for your hearts and their hearts.  Neither is it }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 fit}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 for you to give any uneasiness to the apostle of GOD, or to marry his wives after him for ever:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for this would be a grievous thing in the sight of GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Whether ye divulge a thing or conceal it, verily GOD knoweth all things.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By this passage some farther privileges were granted unto Mohammed; for, whereas other men are obliged to carry themselves equally towards their wives,}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  in case they had more than one, particularly as to the duties of the marriage bed, to which each has a right to be called in her turn (which right was acknowledged in the most early ages),}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and cannot take again a wife whom they have divorced the third time, till she has been married to another and divorced by him,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 the prophet was left absolutely at liberty to deal with them in these and other respects as he thought fit.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The commentators differ as to the express meaning of these words.  Some think Mohammed was thereby forbidden to take any more wives than nine, which number he then had, and is supposed to have been his stint, as four was that of other men; so
me imagine that after this prohibition, though any of the wives he then had should die or be divorced, yet he could not marry another in her room: some think he was only forbidden from this time forward to marry any other woman than one of the four sorts 
mentioned in the preceding passage; and others}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 are of opinion that this verse is abrogated by the two preceding verses, or one of them, and was revealed before them, though it be read after them.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By divorcing her and marrying another.  Al Zamakhshari 
tells us that some are of opinion this prohibition is to be understood of a particular kind of exchange used among the idolatrous Arabs, whereby two men made a mutual exchange of their wives without any other formality.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, let there be a curtain 
drawn between you, or let them be veiled while ye talk with them.  As the design of the former precept was to prevent the impertinence of troublesome visitors, the design of this was to guard against too near an intercourse or familiarity between his wive
s and his followers; and was occasioned, it is said, by the hand of one of his companions accidentally touching that of Ayesha, which gave the prophet some uneasiness.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Either such as he shall divorce in his lifetime, or his widows after his death
.  This was another privilege peculiar to the prophet.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab 
It is related that, in the Khalifat of Omar, Ashath Ebn Kais married the woman whom Mohammed had dismissed without consummating his marriage with her;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  upon which the Khal\'ee
f at first was thinking to stone her, but afterwards changed his mind, on its being represented to him that this prohibition related only to such women to whom the prophet had gone in.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See Kor. c. 4, p. 53, &c.\tab \tab 2  See Gen. xxx. 14, &c\tab \tab 3  See cap. 2, p. 24.\tab \tab 4  As Abu\rquote l Kasem Hebatallah.\tab \tab 5  Al Zamakh., al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin, &c.\tab \tab 
6  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 7  See before, p. 318, note }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 .
\par 8  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 It shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  no crime in them, as to their fathers, or their sons, or their brothers, or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women, or the }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 slaves}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which their right hands possess, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 if they speak to them unveiled:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and fear ye GOD;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for GOD is witness of all things.
\par      Verily GOD and his angels bless the prophet.  O true believers, do ye }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  bless him, and salute }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a respectful}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  salutation.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 As to }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 those who offend GOD and his apostle, GOD shall curse them in this world and in the next; and he hath prepared for them a shameful punishment.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And they who shall injure the true believers of either sex, without their deserving it, shall surely bear }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the guilt of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  calumny and a manifest injustice.
}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      O prophet, speak unto thy wives, and thy daughters, and the wives of the true believers, that they cast their outer garments}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  over them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
when they walk abroad;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  this }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  more proper, that they may be known }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be matrons of reputation}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and may not be affronted }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by unseemly words or actions}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  GOD is gracious }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful.

\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 60\tab Verily if the hypocrites, and those in whose hearts is an infirmity, and they who raise disturbances in Medina, do not desist, we will surely stir thee up against them, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to chastise them:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  henceforth they shall not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be suffered to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  dwell near thee therein, except for a little }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 time,
\par      and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  being accursed; wherever they are found they shall be taken, and killed with a }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 general}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  slaughter,
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 according to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the sentence of GOD concerning those who have been before; and thou shalt not find any change in the sentence of GOD.
\par      Men will ask thee concerning the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 approach of the last }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hour; answer, Verily the knowledge thereof }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 with GOD alone; and he will not inform thee: peradventure the hour is nigh }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 at hand}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Verily GOD hath cursed the infidels, and hath prepared for them a fierce fire,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      wherein they shall remain forever: they shall find no patron or defender.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      On the day }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 whereon}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  their faces shall be rolled in }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire, they shall say, Oh that we had obeyed GOD, and had obeyed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  apostle!
\par      And they shall say, O LORD, verily we have obeyed our lords, and our great men; and they have seduced us from the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 right}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  way.
\par      O LORD, give them the double of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  punishment; and curse them with a heavy curse!
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O true believers, be not as those who injured Moses; but GOD cleared him from }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the scandal}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which they had spoken }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 concerning him;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and he was of great consideration in the sight of GOD.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 24, p. 264.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The words are directed to the prophet\rquote s wives.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Hence the Mohammedans seldom mention his name without adding, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 On whom be the blessing of}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD}{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and peace!}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or the like words.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This verse was revealed, according to some, on occasion of certain hypocrites who had slandered Ali; or, according to others, on occasion of those who falsely accused Ayesha,}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original word properly signifies the large wrappers, usually of white linen, with which the women in the east cover themselves from head to foot when they go abroad.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators are not agreed what this injury was.  Some say that Moses using to wash himself apart, certain malicious people gave out that he had 
a rupture (or, say others, that he was a leper, or an hermaphrodite), and for that reason was ashamed to wash with them; but GOD cleared him from this aspersion by causing the stone on which he had laid his clothes while he washed to run away with them in
to the camp, whither Moses followed it naked; and by that means the Israelites, in the midst of whom he was gotten ere he was aware, plainly perceived the falsehood of the report.  Others suppose Kar\'fbn\rquote s accusation of Moses is here intended,}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or else the suspicion of Aaron\rquote 
s murder, which was cast on Moses because he was with him when he died on Mount Hor; of which latter he was justified by the angels bringing his body and exposing it to public view, or, say some, by the testimony of Aaron himself, who was 
raised to life for that purpose.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab The passage is said to have been occasioned by reflections which were cast on Mohammed, on his dividing certain spoils; and that when they came to his ear, he said, GOD }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
be merciful unto my brother Moses: he was wronged more than this, and bore it with patience}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some copies for }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 inda}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  read }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 abda}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , according to which the words should be translated, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 And he was an illustrious servant of }{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 GOD.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 9  See cap. 24.\tab \tab 1  See cap. 28, p. 295.\tab \tab 2  Jallalo\rquote ddin, al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Al Bokhari.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 70\tab O true believers, fear GOD, and speak words well directed:
\par      that }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  may correct your works for you, and may forgive you your sins: and whoever shall obey GOD and his apostle shall enjoy great felicity.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We proposed the faith unto the heavens, and the earth, and the mountains: and they refused to undertake the same, and were afraid thereof; but man undertook it:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  verily he was unjust }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to himself}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and foolish;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      that GOD may punish the hypocritical men, and the hypocritical women, and the idolaters, and the idolatresses; and that GOD may be turned unto the true believers, both men and women; for GOD is gracious }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  merciful.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 ________
\par 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XXXIV_}XXXIV.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend XXXIV_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, SABA;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      PRAISE be unto GOD, unto whom }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  whatever }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in the heavens and on earth: and unto him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  praise in the world to come; for he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wise }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  intelligent.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      He knoweth whatsoever entereth into the earth,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and whatsoever cometh out of the same,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and whatsoever descendeth from heaven,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and whatsoever ascendeth thereto:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and he }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  ready to forgive.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      The unbelievers say, The hour }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of judgment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 will not come unto us.  Answer, Yea, by my LORD, it will surely come unto you; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it is he}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  who knoweth the h
idden secret: the weight of an ant, either in heaven or in earth, is not absent from him, nor anything lesser than this or greater, but }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the same is written}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in the perspicuous book }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of his decrees;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By faith is here understood entire obedience to the law
 of GOD, which is represented to be of so high concern (no less than eternal happiness or misery depending on the observance or neglect thereof), and so difficult in the performance, that if GOD should propose the same on the conditions annexed, to the va
s
ter parts of the creation, and they had understanding to comprehend the offer, they would decline it, and not dare to take on them a duty, the failing wherein must be attended with so terrible a consequence; and yet man is said to have undertaken it, notw
i
thstanding his weakness and the infirmities of his nature.  Some imagine this proposal is not hypothetical, but was actually made to the heavens, earth, and mountains, which at their first creation were endued with reason, and that GOD told them he had ma
d
e a law, and had created paradise for the recompense of such as were obedient to it, and hell for the punishment of the disobedient; to which they answered they were content to be obliged to perform the services for which they were created, but would not 
undertake to fulfil the divine law on those conditions, and therefore desired neither reward nor punishment; they add that when Adam was created, the same offer was made to him, and he accepted it.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators have other explications of this passage, which it would be too prolix to transcribe.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Unjust to himself in not fulfilling his engagements and obeying the law he had accepted; and foolish in not considering the consequence of his disobedience and neglect.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Mention is made of the people of Saba in the fifteenth verse.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As the rain, hidden treasures, the dead, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As animals, plants, metals, spring-water, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As the angels, scriptures, decrees of GOD, rain, thunder and lightning, &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As the angels, men\rquote s works, vapours, smoke, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5
}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 4  Jallalo\rquote ddin, al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 5  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that he may recompense those who shall have believed, and wrought righteousness: they shall receive pardon, and an honourable provision.
\par      But they who endeavor to render our signs of none effect shall receive a punishment of painful torment.
\par      Those unto whom knowledge hath been given, see that the book which hath been revealed unto thee from thy LORD is the truth, and directeth into the glorious and laudable way.
\par      The unbelievers say }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to one another}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Shall we show you a man who shall prophesy unto you, that when ye shall have been dispersed with a total dispersion, ye shall }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
be raised}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a new creature?
\par      He hath forged a lie concerning GOD, or rather he is distracted.  But they who believe not in the life to come shall }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 fall}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  into punishment and a wide error.
\par      Have they not therefore considered what is before them, and what is behind them, of the heaven and the earth?  If we please, we will cause the earth to open and swallow them up, or 
will cause a piece of the heaven to fall upon them: verily herein is a sign unto every servant, who turneth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 10\tab We heretofore bestowed on David excellence from us: }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and we said}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , O mountains, sing alternate praises with him; and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
we obliged}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the birds }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 also to join therein}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And we softened the iron for him, }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Make }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thereof}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  complete coats of mail,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and rightly dispose the small plates }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 which compose the same:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and work ye righteousness, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 O family of David; }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
for I see that which ye do.
\par      And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 we made}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the wind }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 subject}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto Solomon:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it blew}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in the morning for a month, and in the evening for a month.  And we made a fountain of molten brass to flow for him.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  And some of the genii }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 were}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 obliged}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to work in his presence, by the will of his LORD; and whoever
 of them turned aside from our command, we will cause him to taste the pain of hell fire.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They made for him whatever he pleased of palaces, and statues,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and large dishes like fishponds,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and caldrons standing firm }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 on their trevets;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we said, }{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Work }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 righteousness}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 O}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 family of David, with thanksgiving; for few of my servants are thankful.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 21, p. 247
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See ibid.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See ibid. and chapter 27, p. 284.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This fountain they say was in Yaman, and flowed three days in a month.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as some expound the words, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 We caused him to taste the pain of burning;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 by which they understand the correction the disobedient genii received at the hands of the angel set over them, who whipped them with a whip of fire.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some suppose these were images 
of the angels and prophets, and that the making of them was not then forbidden; or else that they were not such images as were forbidden by the law.  Some say these spirits made him two lions, which were placed at the foot of his throne, and two eagles, w
hich were set above it; and that when he mounted it the lions stretched out their paws, and when he sat down the eagles shaded him with their wings.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Being so monstrously large that a thousand men might eat out of each of them at once.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These cauldro
ns, they say, were cut out of the mountains of Yaman, and were so vastly big that they could not be moved; and people went up to them by steps.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 1  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Jallalo\rquote ddin.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And when we had decreed that }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Solomon}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  should die, no
thing discovered his death unto them, except the creeping thing of the earth, which gnawed his staff.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And when }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 his body}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 fell down, the genii plainly perceived that if they had known that which is secret, they had not continued in a vile punishment.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 The descendants of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Saba}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  had heretofore a sign in their dwelling; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 namely, two}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  gardens on the right hand and on the left,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and it was said unto them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Eat ye of the provision of your LORD, and give thanks unto him; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ye have}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a good country, and a gracious LORD.
\par      But they turned aside }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from what we had commanded them;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wherefore we sent against them the inundation of al Arem,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and we changed their two gardens for them into two gardens producing bitter fruit, and tamarisks,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and some little }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 fruit}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 of the lote-tree.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      This we gave them in reward, because they were ungrateful: is any }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thus}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  rewarded except the ungrateful?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And we placed between them and the cities which we have blessed,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  cities situated near each other; and we made the journey easy between them,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Travel through the same by night and by day, in security.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      But they said, O LORD, put a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 greater}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  distance between our journeys:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they were unjust unto themselves; and we made them the subject of discourse, and dispersed them with a total dispersion.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Verily, herein }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  signs unto every patient, grateful person.}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The commentators, to explain this passage, tell us that David, having laid the foundations of the temple of Jerusalem, which was to be in lieu of the tabernacle of Moses, wh
en he died, left it to be finished by his son Solomon, who employed the genii in the work: that Solomon, before the edifice was quite completed, perceiving his end drew nigh, begged of GOD that his death might be concealed from the genii till they had ent
i
rely finished it; that GOD therefore so ordered it, that Solomon died as he stood at his prayers, leaning on his staff, which supported the body in that posture a full year; and the genii, supposing him to be alive, continued their work during that term, 
at the expiration whereof the temple being perfectly completed, a worm, which had gotten into the staff, ate it through, and the corpse fell to the ground and discovered the king\rquote s death.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par \tab Possibly this fable of the temple\rquote s being built by genii, and not by men, might take its rise from what is mentioned in scripture, that }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
the house was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither; so that there was neither hammer, nor axe, nor any tool of iron heard in the house while it was building}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  the Rabbins indeed, tell us of a worm, which might assist the workmen, its virtue being such as to cause the rocks and stones to fly in sunder.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Whether the worm which gnawed Solomon\rquote s staff were of the same breed with this other, I know not; but the story has perfectly the air of a Jewish invention.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, They had not continued in servile subjection to the command of Solomon, nor had gone on with the work of the temple.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Saba was the son of Yashhab, the son of Y\'e1rab, the son of Kaht\'e2n, whose posterity dwelt in Yaman, in the city of M\'e2reb, called also Saba, about three days\rquote 
 journey from Sanaa.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, two tracts of land, one on this side of their city, and the other on that, planted with trees, and made into gardens, which lay so thick and close togethe
r, that each tract seemed to be one continued garden: or, it may be, every house had a garden on each hand of it.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators set down several significations of the word al Arem, which are scarce worth mentioning: it most properly signifies }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 mounds}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 dams}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  for the stopping or containing of water, and is here used for that stupendous }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 mound}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 or building which formed the vast reservoir above the city of Saba, described in another place,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and which, for the great impiety, pride, and insolence of the inh
abitants, was broken down in the night by a mighty flood, and occasioned a terrible destruction.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Al Beid\'e2wi supposes this mound was the work of queen Balk\'ee
s, and that the above-mentioned catastrophe happened after the time of Jesus Christ; wherein he seems to be mistaken.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   A low shrub bearing no fruit, and delighting in saltish and barren ground.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., The cities of Syria.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By reason of their near distance, so that during the whole journey a traveller might rest in one town during the heat of th
e day, and in another at night; nor was he obliged to carry provisions with him.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This petition they made out of covetousness, that the poor being obliged to be longer on the road, they might make greater advantages in letting out their cattle, and fur
nishing the travellers with provision: and GOD was pleased to punish them by granting them their wish, and permitting most of the cities, which were between Saba and Syria, to be ruined and abandoned.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For the neighbouring nations justly wondered at so
 sudden and unforeseen a revolution in the affairs of this once flourishing people: whence it became a proverbial saying, to express a total dispersion, that }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 they were gone and scattered like Saba}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab Of the descendants of Saba, who quitted their country and sought new settlements on this inundation, the tribe of Ghass\'e2
n went into Syria, the tribe of Anm\'e2r to Yathreb, the tribe of Jodh\'e2m to Teh\'e2mah, the tribe of al Azd to Om\'e2n,}{\f36\fs14\up6\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
 the tribe of Tay to Najd, the tribe of Khozaah to Batan Marr near Mecca, Banu Amela to a mountain, thence called the Mountain of Amela, near Damascus, and others went to Hira in Ir\'e2k,}{\f36\fs14\up6\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261  &c.}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up8\insrsid14382261 \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 5  I Kings vi. 7.\tab \tab 6  Vide Kimhi, in loc. Buxt. Lex. Talm. p. 2456, et Schickardi Tarich reg. Pers. p. 62.\tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 
2  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. I. p. 8.\tab \tab 3  See ibid.\tab \tab 4  Jallal., al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 5  Idem.\tab \tab 6  Al Beid\'e2wi.  Vide Gol. not. in Alfrag. p. 87}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And Eblis found his opinion of them to be true:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and they followed him, except a party of the true believers:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 20\tab and he had no power over them, unless }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to tempt them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, that we might know him who believed in the life to come, from him who doubted thereof.  Thy LORD observeth all things.
\par      Say }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto the idolaters}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Call upon those whom ye imagine }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be gods}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , 
besides GOD: they are not masters of the weight of an ant in heaven or on earth, neither have they any share in }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the creation or government of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the same; nor is any of them assistant to him }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 therein}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      No intercession will be of service in his presence, except }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the intercession}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of him to whom he shall grant permission }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
to intercede for others:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they shall wait in suspense}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  until, when the terror shall be taken off from their hearts,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they shall say }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to one another:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  What doth your LORD say?  They shall answer, That which is just: and he }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the high, the great }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, Who provideth food for you from heaven and earth?  Answer, GOD: and either we, or ye, follow }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the true}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  direction, or }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in a manifest error.
\par      Say, Ye shall not be examined concerning what we shall have committed: neither shall we be examined concerning what ye shall have done.
\par      Say, Our LORD will assemble us together }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 at the last day:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  then he will judge between us with truth; and he is the judge, the knowing.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, Show me those whom ye have joined }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 partners with him?  Nay; rather he is the mighty, the wise GOD.
\par      We have not sent thee otherwise than unto mankind in general, a bearer of good tidings, and a denouncer of threats; but the greater part of men do not understand.
\par      And they say, When }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  this threat}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  be fulfilled}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , if ye speak truth?
\par      Answer, A threat }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is denounced}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto you of a day which ye shall not retard one hour, neither shall ye hasten.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 30\tab The unbelievers say, We will by no means believe in this Koran, nor in that which }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hath been revealed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  before it.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   But if thou couldest see when the unjust doers shall be set before their LORD!  They will iterate discourse with one another: those who were esteemed weak shall say unto those who behaved themselves arrogantly,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Had it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 been}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  you, verily we had been true believers.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They who behaved themselves arrogantly shall say unto those who were esteemed weak, Did we turn you aside from the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 true}
{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  direction, after it had come unto you?  On the contrary, ye acted wickedly }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of your own free choice}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Either his opinion of the Sabeans, when he saw them addicted to pride and ingratitude, and the satisfying their lusts; or else the opinion he entertained of all mankind at the fall of Adam, or at his creation, when he heard the angels say, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Wilt thou place in the earth one who will do evil therein, and shed blood?}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Who were saved from the common destruction.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 19, p. 232.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , From the hearts of the intercessors, and of those for whom GOD shall all
ow them to intercede, by the permission which he shall then grant them; for no angel or prophet shall dare to speak at the last day without the divine leave.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is said that the infidels of Mecca, having inquired of the Jews and Christians concerning t
he mission of Mohammed, were assured by them that they found him described as the prophet who should come, both in the Pentateuch and in the Gospel; at which they were very angry, and broke out into the words here recorded.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 14, p. 187, note
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 42, 45, and 66.\tab \tab 3  See cap. 2, p. 4; cap. 7, p. 106; and cap. 15, p. 192, &c.
\par 4  Al Beid\'e2wi}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And they who were esteemed weak shall say unto those who behaved with arrogance, Nay, but the crafty plot }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 which ye devised}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  by night and by day, }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 occasioned our ruin:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when ye commanded us that we should not believe in GOD, and that we should set up }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 other gods as }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
equals unto him.  And they shall conceal their repentance,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  after they shall have seen the punishment }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 prepared for them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
.  And we will put yokes on the necks of those who shall have disbelieved: shall they be rewarded any otherwise than }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 according to}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  what they shall have wrought?
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We have sent no warner unto }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 any}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  city, but the inhabitants thereof who lived in affluence said, Verily we believe not that with which ye are sent.
\par      And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 those of Mecca also}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  say, We abound in riches and children, more }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 than ye;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and we shall not be punished }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hereafter}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Answer, Verily my LORD will bestow provision in abundance unto whom he pleaseth, and will be sparing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto whom he pleaseth:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  but the greater part of men know not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
this}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Neither your riches nor your children }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are the things}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which shall cause you to draw nigh unto us with a near approach: only whoever believeth, and wor
keth righteousness, they shall receive a double reward for that which they shall have wrought: and they shall }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 dwell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in security, in the upper apartments }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of paradise}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But they who shall endeavor to render our signs of none effect shall be delivered up to punishment.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, Verily my LORD will bestow provision in abundance unto whom he pleaseth of his servants, and will be sparing unto }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
whom he pleaseth:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and whatever thing ye shall give in alms, he will return it; and he is the best provider of food.
\par      On a certain day he shall gather them altogether: then shall he say unto the angels, Did these worship you?
\par 40\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And the angels}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall answer, GOD forbid! thou art our friend, and not these: but they worshipped devils; the greater part of them believed in them.
\par      On this day the one of you shall not be able either to profit or to hurt the other.  And we will say unto those who have acted unjustly, Taste ye the pain of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 fire, which ye rejected as a falsehood.
\par      When our evident signs are read unto them, they say }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of thee, O Mohammed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , This is no other than a man who seeketh to turn you aside from }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the gods}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which your fathers worshipped.  And they say }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the Koran}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , This is no other than a lie blasphemously forged.  And the unbelievers say of the truth,
 when it is come unto them, This is no other than manifest sorcery:
\par      yet we have given them no books }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of scripture}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wherein to exercise themselves, nor have we sent unto them any warner before thee.
\par      They who were before them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in like manner}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  accused }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their prophets}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of imposture: but }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 these}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  have not arrived unto the tenth part of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the riches and strength}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which we had bestowed on }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the former:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 and they accused my apostles of imposture; and how }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 severe}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  was my vengeance!
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Say, Verily I advise you unto one thing, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 namely}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, that ye stand before GOD by two and two, and singly;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and then consider seriously }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and you will find that}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 there is no madness in your companion }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Mohammed:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  he }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  no other than a warner unto you, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
sent}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  before a severe punishment.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 10, p. 154, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, That ye set yourselves to deliberate and judge of me and my pretensions coolly and sincerely, as in the sight of GOD, without passion or prejudice.  The reason why they are ordered to consider either alone, or by two and two at
 most together, is because in larger assembles, where noise, passion, and prejudice generally prevail, men have not that freedom of judgment which they have in private.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Say, I ask not of you any reward }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for my preaching;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  it is your own, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
either to give or not:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  my reward }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is to be expected}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from GOD alone; and he is witness over all things.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, Verily my LORD sendeth down the truth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to his prophets: he is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the knower of secrets.
\par      Say, Truth is come, and falsehood is vanished, and shall not return }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 any more}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Say, If I err, verily I shall err only against my own soul: but if I be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 rightly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  directed, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it will be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 by that which my LORD revealeth unto me; for he is ready to hear, and nigh }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto those who call upon him.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 50\tab If thou couldest see, when the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unbelievers}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall tremble,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall find}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  no refuge, and shall be taken from a near place,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      and shall say, We believe in him!  But how shall they receive }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the faith}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from a distant place:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      since they had before denied him, and reviled the mysteries of faith, from a distant place?
\par      And a bar shall be placed between them and that which they shall desire;
\par      as it hath been done with those who }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 behaved}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  like them heretofore: because they have been in a doubt which hath caused scandal.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ________
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XXXV_}XXXV.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend XXXV_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE CREATOR;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      PRAISE be unto GOD the Creator of heaven and earth; who maketh the angels }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  messengers, furnished with two, and three, and four }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 pair}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of wings:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD maketh what addition he pleaseth unto }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 creatures; for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  almighty.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      The mercy which GOD shall freely bestow on mankind, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 there is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  none who can withhold; and what he shall withhold, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 there is}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  none who can bestow, besides him; and he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the mighty, the wise.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      O men, remember the favor of GOD towards you: is there any creator, besides GOD, who provideth food for you from heaven and earth?  }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 There is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  no GOD but he: how therefore are ye turned aside }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from acknowledging his unity?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Mohammed, having in the preceding words answered the imputation of madness or vain enthusiasm, by appealing to their cooler thoughts of him and his actions, endeavours by these to clear himself of the suspicion of any worldly view or interest, declari
ng that he desired no salary or support from them for executing his commission, but expected his wages from GOD alone.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 25, p. 275.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., At their death, or the day of judgment, or the battle of Bedr.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, from the outside of the earth to the inside thereof; or, from before GOD\rquote 
S tribunal to hell fire; or, from the plain of Bedr to the well into which the dead bodies of the slain were thrown.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , When they are in the other world; whereas faith is to be received in this.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some entitle this chapter }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 The Angels:}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  both words occur in the first verse.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  That is, some angels have a greater and some a lesser number of wings, according to their different orders, the words not being designed to express the particular number.  Gab
riel is said to have appeared to Mohammed, on the night he made his journey to heaven, with no less than six hundred wings.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 If they accuse thee of imposture, apostles before thee have also been accused of imposture: and unto GOD shall }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 all}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  things return.
\par      O men, verily the promise of GOD is true: let not therefore the present life deceive you, neither let the deceiver deceive you concerning GOD:
\par      for Satan }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  an enemy unto you; wherefore hold him for an enemy: he only inviteth his confederates to be the inhabitants of hell.
\par      For those who believe not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 there is prepared}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a severe torment:
\par      but for those who shall believe and do that which is right, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is prepared}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  mercy and a great reward.
\par      Shall he therefore for whom his evil work hath been prepared, and who imagineth it to be good, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be as he who is rightly disposed, and discerneth the truth?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
  Verily GOD will cause to err whom he pleaseth, and will direct whom he pleaseth.  Let not thy soul therefore be spent in sighs for their sakes, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 on account of their obstinacy;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 for GOD well knoweth that which they do.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 10\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 It is God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  who sendeth the winds, and raiseth a cloud; and we drive the same unto a dead country, and thereby quicken the earth after it hath been d
ead; so }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the resurrection }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Whoever desireth excellence; unto GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 doth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  all excellence }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 belong:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 unto him ascendeth the good speech; and the righteous work will he exalt.  But as for them who devise wicked }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 plots}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 they shall suffer a severe punishment; and the device of those }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall be rendered vain.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      GOD created you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 first}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the dust, and afterwards of seed;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and he hath made you man and wife.  No female conceiveth, or bringeth forth, but with his knowledge.  Nor is anything added unto the
 age of him whose life is prolonged, neither is anything diminished from his age, but }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the same is written}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in the book }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of God's decrees}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  Verily this is easy with GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      The two seas are not to be held in comparison: this }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  fresh }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  sweet, pleasant to drink: but that }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  salt}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  bitter:}
{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  yet out of each of them ye eat fish,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and take ornaments}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 for you to wear.  Thou seest the ships also ploughing }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the waves}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  thereof, that ye may seek }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to enrich yourselves by commerce}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, of the abundance }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of God:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  peradventure ye will be thankful.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      He causeth the night to succeed the day, and he causeth the day to succeed the night; and he obligeth the sun and the moon to perform their services: each }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 runneth an appointed course.  This is GOD, your LORD: his }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the kingdom.  But the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 idols}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 which ye invoke besides him have not the power even over the skin of a date-stone:
\par      if ye invoke them, they will not hear your calling; and although they should hear, yet they would not answer you.  On the day of resurrection they shall disclaim your having associated }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them with God:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and none shall declare unto thee }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the truth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , like one who is well acquainted }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 therewith}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      O men, ye have need of GOD; but GOD is self-sufficient, and to be praised.
\par      If he pleaseth, he can take you away, and produce a new creature }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in your stead:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      neither }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  difficult with GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      A burdened }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 soul}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall not bear the burden of another: and if a heavy-burdened }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 soul}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  call }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 on another}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to bear part of its }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 burden}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , no part thereof shall be borne }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by the person who shall be called on}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , although he be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ever so nearly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 related.  Thou shalt admonish those who fear their LORD in secret and are constant at prayer: and whoever cleanseth himself}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  from the guilt of disobedience}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , cleanseth himself to }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the advantage of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  his own soul; for all shall be assembled before GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 at the last day}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 29, p. 298, note
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As the Koreish did against Mohammed.  See chapter 8, p. 128, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 22, p. 250.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, the two collective bodies of salt water and fresh.  See chapter 25, p. 274
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 16, p. 196, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261   As pearls and coral.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 20\tab The blind and the seeing shall not be held equal; neither darkness and light; nor the cool shade and the scorching wind:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      neither shall the living and the dead be held equal.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   GOD shall cause him to hear whom he pleaseth; but thou shalt not make those to hear who are in }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  graves.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Thou }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 art}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  no other than a preacher:
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      verily we have sent thee with truth, a bearer of good tidings, and a denouncer of threats.  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 There hath been}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  no nation, but a preacher hath in past times been }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 conversant}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  among them:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      if they charge thee with imposture, they who were before them likewise charged}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  their apostles}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with imposture.  Their apostles came unto the
m with evident }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 miracles}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and with }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 divine}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  writings,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and with the enlightening book:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      afterwards I chastised those who were unbelievers; and how }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 severe}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  was my vengeance!
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Dost thou not see that GOD sendeth down rain from heaven, and that we thereby produce fruits of various colours?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   In the mountain also }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  some tracts white and red, of various colours;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 others are}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of a deep black: and of men, and beasts, and cattle }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  whose colours }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 in like manner various.  Such only of his servants fear GOD as are endued with understanding: verily GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  mighty }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 ready to forgive.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily they who read the book of GOD, and are constant at prayer, and give alms out of what we have bestowed on them, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 both}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in secret and openly, hope for a me
rchandise which shall not perish:
\par      that }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 may fully pay them their wages, and make them a }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 superabundant}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  addition of his liberality; for he }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  ready to forgive }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the faults of his servants, and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to requite }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their endeavors}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .

\par      That which we have revealed unto thee of the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the Koran}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  is the truth, confirming the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 scriptures}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 were revealed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  before it: for GOD knoweth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  regardeth his servants.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And we have given the book }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the Koran}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in heritage unto such of our servants as we have chosen: of them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there is one}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  who injureth his own soul;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there is another}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of them who keepeth the middle way;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there is another}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of them who outstrippeth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 others}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in good }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 works}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , by the permission of GOD.  This is the great excellence.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 30\tab They shall be introduced into gardens of perpetual abode; they shall be adorned therein with bracelets of gold and pearls, and their clothing therein }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 silk:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and they shall say, Praise be unto GOD, who hath taken away sorrow from us! verily our LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  ready to forgive }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the sinners, and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to reward }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the obedient;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage expresses the great difference between a true believer and an infidel, truth and vanity, and their future reward and punishment.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Those who obstinately persist in their unbelief, who are compared to the dead.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As the volumes delivered to Abraham, and to other prophets before Moses.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., The law or the gospel.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, of different kinds.  See chapter 16, p. 196.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Being more or less intense.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By not practising what he is taught and commanded in the Kor\'e2n.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  That is, who meaneth well, and performeth his duty for the most part, but not perfectly
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who hath caused us to take up our rest in a dwelling of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 eternal}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  stability, through his bounty, wh
erein no labor shall touch us, neither shall any weariness affect us.
\par      But for the unbelievers }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is prepared}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the fire of hell: it shall not be decreed them to die }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a second time;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  neither shall}{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  any part}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of the punishment thereof be made lighter unto them.  Thus shall every infidel be rewarded.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And they shall cry out aloud in }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hell, saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , LORD, take us hence, and we will work righteousness, and not what we have }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 formerly}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wrought.  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 But it shall be answered them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Did we not grant you lives of length suffi
cient, that whoever would be warned might be warned therein; and did not the preacher}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  come unto you?
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      taste therefore }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the pains of hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  And the unjust shall have no protector.
\par      Verily GOD knoweth the secrets }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 both}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of heaven and earth, for he knoweth the innermost parts of the breasts }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      It is he who hath made you to succeed in the earth.  Whoever shall disbelieve, on him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 his unbelief; and their unbelief shall only gain the unbelievers greater indignation in the sight of their LORD; and their unbelief shall only increase the perdition of the unbelievers.
\par      Say, What think ye of your deities which ye invoke besides GOD?  Show me what }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 part}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of the earth they have created.  Or had they any share in }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the creation of}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the heavens?  Have we given unto }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the idolaters}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  any book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of revelations}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , so that they }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 may rely}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on any proof therefrom }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to authorize their practice?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261   Nay; but the ungodly make unto one another only deceitful promises.
\par      Verily GOD sustaineth the heavens and the earth, lest they fail: and if they should fail, none could support the same besides him; he is gracious }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  merciful.
\par 40\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 The Koreish}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  swore by GOD, with a most solemn oath, that if a preacher had come unto them, they would surely have been more }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 willingly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 directed than any nation: but now a preacher is come unto them, it hath only increased in them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  aversion }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from the truth,
\par      their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  arrogance in the earth, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  contriving of evil; but the contrivance of evil shall only encompass the authors thereof.  Do they expec
t any other than the punishment awarded against the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unbelievers}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of former times?  For thou shalt not find any change in the ordinance of GOD;
\par      neither shalt thou find any variation in the ordinance of GOD.
\par      Have they not gone through the earth, and seen what hath been the end of those who were before them; although they were more mighty in strength than they?  GOD is not to be frustrated by anything either in heaven or on earth; for he is wise }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  powerful.
\par      If GOD should punish men according to what they deserve, he would not leave on the back of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the earth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  so much as a beast: but he respiteth them to a determined time;
\par      and when their time shall come, verily GOD will regard his servants.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261   viz., Mohammed.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \page   }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XXXVI_}XXXVI.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend XXXVI_}
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, Y. S.; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Y. S.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 I SWEAR}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  by the instructive Koran,
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      that thou art }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of the messengers }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of God,
\par      sent}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 show}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the right way.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 This is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a revelation of the most mighty, the merciful }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      that thou mayest warn a people whose fathers were not warned, and who live in negligence.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Our}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  sentence}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 hath justly been pronounced against the greater part of them; wherefore they shall not believe.
\par      We have put yokes}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on their necks, which }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 come}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  up}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  chins; and they are forced to hold up their heads;
\par      and we have set a bar before them, and a bar behind them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we have covered them with darkness; wherefore they shall not see.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  equal unto them whether thou preach unto them, or do not preach unto them; they shall not believe.
\par 10\tab But thou shalt preach }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with effect}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto him only who followeth the admonition }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the Koran}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, and feareth the Merciful in secret.  Wherefore bear good tidings unto him, of mercy, and an honourable reward.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Verily we will restore the dead to life, and will write down }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their works}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which they shall have sent before them, and their footsteps }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 which they shall have left behind them:}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and everything do we set down in a plain register.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Propound unto them as an example the inhabitants of the city }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of Antioch}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, when the apostles }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of Jesus}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  came thereto:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The meaning of these letters is unknown:}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 some, however, from a tradition of Ebn Abbas, pretend they stand for }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Ya ins\'e2n, i.e., O man}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  This chapt
er, it is said, had several other titles given it by Mohammed himself, and particularly that of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 The heart of the}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  Kor\'e2n.  The Mohammedans read it to dying persons in their last agony.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., The sentence of damnation, which GOD pronounced against the greater part of genii and men at the fall of Adam.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or collars, such as are described p. 181, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, we have placed obstacles to prevent their looking either forwards or backwards.  The whole passage represents the blindness and invincible 
obstinacy, with which GOD justly curses perverse and reprobate men.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is said that when the Koreish, in pursuance of a resolution they had taken, had sent a select number to beset Mohammed\rquote s house, and to kill him,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  the prophet, having caused Ali to l
ie down on his bed to deceive the assassins, went out and threw a handful of dust at them, repeating the nine first verses of this chapter, which end here; and they were thereupon stricken with blindness, so that they could not see him.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As their good or evil example, doctrine, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   To explain this passage, the commentators tell the following story:\endash 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab The people of Antioch being idolaters, Jesus sent two of his disciples thither to preach to them; and when they drew near the city they found Hab\'ee
b, surnamed al Najj\'e2r, or the }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 carpenter}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
, feeding sheep, and acqainted him with their errand; whereupon he asked them what proof they had of their veracity, and they told him they could cure the sick, and the blind, and the lepers; and to demonstrate the truth o
f what they said, they laid their hands on a child of his who was sick, and immediately restored him to health.  Hab\'ee
b was convinced by this miracle, and believed; after which they went into the city and preached the worship of one true GOD, curing a great number of people of several infirmities; but at length, the affair coming to the prince\rquote 
s ear, he ordered them to be imprisoned for endeavouring to seduce the people.  When Jesus heard of this, he sent another of his disciples, generally supposed to have 
been Simon Peter, who, coming to Antioch, and appearing as a zealous idolater, soon insinuated
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See the Prelim. Disc. Sec. III. p. 46, &c.\tab \tab 2  Vide Bobov. De Visit. \'c6grot. p. 17.\tab \tab 3  See cap. 7, p. 106; c. II, p. 169, &c.\tab \tab 4  See the Prelim. Disc. p. 39.\tab \tab 
5  Vide Abulf. Vit Moh. p. 50.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 when we sent unto them two }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the said apostles;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but they charged them with imposture.  Wherefore we strengthened }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with a third.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And they said, Verily we }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  sent unto you }
{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by God.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      The inhabitants}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  answered, Ye are no other than men, as we }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 ye only publish a lie.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      The }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 apostles}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  replied, Our LORD knoweth that we }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  really sent unto you:
\par      and our duty is only public preaching.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Those of Antioch}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, Verily we presage evil from you: if ye desist not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from preaching}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, we will surely stone you, and a painful punishment shall be inflicted on you by us.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      The }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 apostles}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  answered, Your evil presage is with yourselves:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  although ye be warned, }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will ye persist in yours errors?}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Verily ye }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a people who transgress }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 exceedingly}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And a certain man}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  came hastily from the farther parts of the city, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said, O my people, follow the messengers }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of God;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 20\tab follow him who demandeth not any reward of you: for these are }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 rightly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  directed.
\par      What }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 reason}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  have I that I should not worship him who hath created me? for unto him shall ye return.
\par      Shall I take }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  gods besides him?  If the Merciful be pleased to afflict me, their intercession will not avail me at all, neither can they deliver }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 me:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      then should I be in a manifest error.
\par      Verily I believe in your LORD; wherefore hearken unto me.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 But they stoned him: and as he died}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , it was said }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Enter thou into paradise.  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he said, O that my people knew
\par      how merciful GOD hath been unto me! for he hath highly honoured me.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And we sent not down against his people, after }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 they had slain}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  him, an army from heaven, nor }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
the other instruments of destruction}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which we sent down }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 on unbelievers in former days:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      there was only one cry }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of Gabriel from heaven}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and behold, they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 became}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  utterly extinct.
\par      Oh the misery of men!  No apostle cometh unto them, but they laugh him to scorn.
\par 30\tab Do they not consider how many generations we have destroyed before them?
\par      Verily they shall not return unto them:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      but all of them in general }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  assembled before us.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 himself into the favour of the inhabitants and of their prince, and at length took an opportunity to desire the prince would order the two persons who, as he was informed, had been put
 in prison for broaching new opinions, to be brought before him to be examined; and accordingly they were brought: when Peter, having previously warned them to take no notice that they knew him, asked them who sent them, to which they answered, GOD, who h
a
d created all things, and had no companion.  He then required some convincing proof of their mission, upon which they restored a blind person to his sight and performed some other miracles, with which Peter seemed not to be satisfied, for that, according 
t
o some, he did the very same miracles himself, but declared that, if their GOD could enable them to raise the dead, he would believe them; which condition the two apostles accepting, a lad was brought who had been dead seven days, and at their prayers he 
was raised to life; and thereupon Peter acknowledged himself convinced, and ran and demolished the idols, a great many of the people following him, and embracing the true faith; but those who believed not were destroyed by the cry of the angel Gabriel.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some say these two were John and Paul; but others name different persons.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., Simon Peter.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, If any evil befall you, it will be the consequence of your own obstinacy and unbelief.  See chapter 27, p. 287, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This was Hab\'eeb al Najj\'e2r, whose martyrdom is here described.  His tomb is still shown near Antioch, and is much visited by the Mohammedans.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  As a deluge, or a shower of stones, or a suffocating wind, &c.  The words may also be translated, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Nor did we determine to send down}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  such executioners of our justice.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Zamakh., al Beid\'e2wi, &c.  Vide etiam Marracc. in Alc. p. 580.\tab \tab 2  Vide Schultens, Indic. Geogr. ad calcem Vit\'e6 Saladini, voce Antiochia.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 One}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  sign }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the resurrection}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the dead earth:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  we quicken the same }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by the rain}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and produce thereout }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 various sorts of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  grain, of which they eat.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And we make therein gardens of palm-trees, and vines; and we cause springs to gush forth in the same:
\par      that they may eat of the fruits thereof, and of the labor of their hands.  Will they not therefore give thanks?
\par      Praise be unto him who hath created all the different kinds, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 both}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 vegetables}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, which the earth bringeth forth, and of their own species, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by forming the two sexes}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and also }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the various sorts }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of things
 which they know not.
\par      The night also }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a sign unto them: we withdraw the day from the same, and behold, they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  covered with darkness:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and the sun hasteneth to his place of rest.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 the disposition of the mighty, the wise }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par      and for the moon have we appointed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 certain}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  mansions,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  until she }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 change and}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  return }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  like the old branch of a palm-tree.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 40\tab It is not expedient that the sun should overtake the moon }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in her course:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  neither doth the night outstrip the day: but each }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
of these luminaries}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  moving in a }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 peculiar}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  orbit.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a sign also unto them, that they carry their offspring in the ship filled }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with merchandise;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      and that we have made for them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 other conveniences}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  like unto it,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  whereon they ride.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      If we please, we drown them, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 there is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  none to help them; neither are they delivered,
\par      unless through our mercy, and that they may enjoy }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 life}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for a season.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      When it is said unto them, Fear that which is before you, and that which is behind you,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that ye may obtain mercy: }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
they withdraw from thee:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and thou dost not bring them one sign, of the signs of their LORD, but they turn aside from the same.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And when it is said unto them, Give alms of that which GOD hath bestowed on you; the unbelievers say unto those who believe, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by way of mockery}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Shall we feed him whom GOD can feed, if he pleaseth?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Verily ye }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in no other than a manifest error.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And they say, When will this promise }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the resurrection be fulfilled}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , if ye speak truth?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They only wait for one sounding }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the trumpet}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 which shall overtake them while they are disputing together;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 50\tab and they shall not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 have time to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  make any disposition }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of their effects}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, neither shall they return to their family.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And the trumpet shall be sounded }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 again;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and
 behold they shall come forth from }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  graves, and hasten unto their LORD.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See cap. 29, p. 298, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  That is, he hasteneth to run his daily course, the setting of the sun resembling a traveller\rquote s going to rest.  Some copies vary in this place, and instead of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 limostakarrin laha}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, read }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 la mostakarra laha;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  according to which the sentence should be rendered, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 The sun runneth}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  his course without ceasing, 
}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 and hath not a place of rest}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., These are twenty-eight constellations, through one of which the moon passes every night, thence called the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 mansions}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 houses of the moon}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For when a palm-branch grows old, it shrinks, and becomes crooked and yellow, not ill representing the appearance of the new moon.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some suppose that the deliverance of Noah and his companions in the ark is here intended; and then the words should be translated, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
That we carried their progeny in the ark filled with living creatures}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As camels, which are the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 land-ships;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or lesser vessels and boats.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , The punishment of this world and of the next.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  When the poor Moslems asked alms of the richer Koreish, they told them that if GOD could provide for them, as they imagined, and did not, it was an argument that they deserved not his favour so well as themselves: w
hereas GOD permits some to be in want, to try the rich and exercise their charity.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 64, 65, and the notes to chapter 39
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See ibid.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. I. p. 24. }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page   }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261    
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They shall say, Alas for us! who hath awakened us from our bed?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   This is what the Merciful promised }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 us;}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  apostles spoke the truth.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      It shall be but one sound }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the trumpet}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and behold, they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  all assembled before us.
\par      On this day no soul shall be unjustly treated in the least; neither shall ye be rewarded, but according to what ye shall have wrought.
\par      On this day the inhabitants of paradise shall be wholly taken up with joy:
\par      they and their wives }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall rest}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in shady groves, leaning on magnificent couches.
\par      There shall they have fruit, and they shall obtain whatever they shall desire.
\par      Peace }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the word spoken }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto the righteous}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , by a merciful LORD:
\par      but }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 he shall say unto the wicked}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Be ye separated this day, O ye wicked, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from the righteous}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par 60\tab Did I not command you, O sons of Adam, that ye should not worship Satan; because he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 was}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  an open enemy unto you?
\par      And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 did I not say}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Worship me; this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the right way?
\par      But now hath he seduced a great multitude of you: did ye not therefore understand?
\par      This is hell, with which ye were threatened:
\par      be ye cast into the same this day to be burned; for that ye have been unbelievers.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      On this day we will seal up their mouths, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 that they shall not open them in their own defence;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and t
heir hands shall speak unto us, and their feet shall bear witness of that which they have committed.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      If we pleased we could put out their eyes, and they might run with emulation in the way }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 they use to take;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and how should they see }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
their error?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And if we pleased we could transform them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 into other shapes}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , in their places }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 when they should be found;}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they should not be able to depart; neither should they repent.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Unto whomsoever we grant a long life, him do we cause to bow down his body }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 through age}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  Will they not therefore understand?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We have not taught }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Mohammed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the art of poetry;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  nor is it expedient for him }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be a poet}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 book is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  no other than an admonition }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from God}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and a perspicuous Kor\'e2n;
\par 70\tab that he may warn him who is living:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and the sentence }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of condemnation}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  will be justly executed on the unbelievers.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Do they not consider that we have created for them, among the things which our hands have wrought, cattle }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of several kinds}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , of which they are possessors;
\par      and that we have put the same in subjection under them?  Some of them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for their riding; and on some of them do they feed:
\par      and they receive }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  advantages therefrom; and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of their milk do they}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  drink.  Will they not, therefore, be thankful?
\par      They have taken }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  gods, besides GOD, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in hopes}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  that they may be assisted }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by them;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      but they are not able to give them any assistance: yet }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  they a party of troops ready to }
{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 defend}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  them.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Let not their speech, therefore, grieve thee: we know that which they privately conceal, and that which they publicly discover.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Doth not man know that we have created him of seed? yet behold, he is an open disputer }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 against the resurrection;}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For they shall sleep during the interval between these two blasts of the trumpet, and shall feel no pain.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 69.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, They deserve to be thus treated for their infidelity and disobedience; but we bear with them out of mercy, and grant them respite.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is in answer to the infidels, who pretended the Kor\'e2n was only a poetical composition.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Endued with understanding; the stupid and careless being like dead persons.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and he propoundeth unto us a comparison, and forgetteth his creation.  He saith, Who shall restore bones to life, when they are rotten?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Answer, He shall restore them to life, who produced them the first time: for he is skilled in every }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 kind of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  creation:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 80\tab who giveth you fire out of the green tree,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and behold, ye kindle }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your fuel}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from thence.

\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Is not he who hath created the heavens and the earth able to create }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 new creatures}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  like unto them?  Yea certainly: for he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the wise Creator.
\par      His command, when he willeth a thing, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  only that he saith unto it, Be; and it is.
\par      Wherefore praise be unto him, in whose hand is the kingdom of all things, and unto whom ye shall return }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 at the last day}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ________
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XXXVII}XXXVII{\*\bkmkend XXXVII}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THOSE WHO RANK THEMSELVES IN ORDER;
\par REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      BY }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the angels}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  who rank themselves in order;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      and by those who drive forward and dispel }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the clouds;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and by those who read }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the Koran}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for an admonition;
\par      verily your GOD is one:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      the LORD of heaven and earth, and of whatever }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  between them, and the LORD of the east.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We have adorned the lower heaven with the ornament of the stars:
\par      and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 we have placed therein}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a guard against every rebellious devil;
\par      that they may not listen to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the discourse of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the exalted princes (for they are darted at from every side,
\par      to repel }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and a lasting torment }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is prepared}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for them);
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 10\tab except him who catcheth a word by stealth, and is pursued by a shining flame.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Ask }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the Meccans}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , therefore, whether they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  stronger by nature, or }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
the angels}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , whom we have created?  We have surely created them of stiff clay.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Thou wonderest at }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God's power and their obstinacy;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  but they mock }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 at the arguments urged to convince them:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 16, p. 195, note
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The usual way of striking fire in the east is by rubbing together two pieces of wood, one of which is commonly of the tree called Markh, and the other of that called Af\'e2
r: and it will succeed even though the wood be green and wet.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some understand by these words the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 souls of men}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  who }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 range themselves}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  in obedience to GOD\rquote S laws, and }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 put away}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  from them all infidelity and corrupt doings; or the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 souls}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  of those who }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 rank themselves}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  in battle array, to fight for the true religion, and }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 push on}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 their horses to charge the infidels, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, who }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 put in motion}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  all bodies, in the upper and lower world, according to the divine command; or, who }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 keep off}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  men from disobedience to GOD, by inspiring them with good thoughts and inclinations; or, who drive away the devils from them, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Th
e original word, being in the plural number, is supposed to signify the different points of the horizon from whence the sun rises in the course of the year, which are in number 360 (equal to the number of days in the old civil year), and have as many corr
esponding points where it successively sets, during that space.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Marracci groundlessly imagines this interpretation to be built on the error of the plurality of worlds.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 15, p. 192.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Vide Hyde, de Rel. Vet. Pers. c. 25, p. 333, &c.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  Idem, Yahya.
\par 5  Marracc. in Alc. p. 589.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 when they are warned, they do not take warning;
\par      and when they see any sign, they scoff }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereat}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      and say, This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  no other than manifest sorcery:
\par      after we shall be dead, and become dust and bones, shall we really be raised to life,
\par      and our forefathers also?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Answer, Yea: and ye }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall then be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  despicable.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      There shall be but one blast }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the trumpet}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and they shall see }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 themselves raised:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 20\tab and they shall say, Alas for us! this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the day of judgment,
\par      this is the day of distinction }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 between the righteous and the wicked}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , which ye rejected as a falsehood.
\par      Gather together those who have acted unjustly, and their comrades, and the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 idols}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which they worshipped
\par      besides GOD, and direct them in the way to hell;
\par      and set them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 before God's tribunal;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  called to account.
\par      What aileth you that ye defend not one another?
\par      But on this day they shall submit themselves }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to the judgment of God:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      and they shall draw nigh unto one another, and shall dispute among themselves.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And the seduced}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall say }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto those who seduced them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Verily ye came unto us with presages of prosperity;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and the seducers}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall answer, Nay, rather ye were not true believers: for we had no power over you }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to compel you;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  but ye were people who }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 voluntarily}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  transgressed:
\par 30\tab wherefore the sentence of our LORD hath been justly pronounced against us, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  we shall surely taste }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his vengeance}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      We seduced you; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 but}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  we also erred ourselves.
\par      They }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall both}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  therefore }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  made partakers of the same punishment on that day.
\par      Thus will we deal with the wicked:
\par      because, when it is said unto them, There is no god besides }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the true}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD, they swell with arrogance,
\par      and say, Shall we abandon our gods for a distracted poet?
\par      Nay: he cometh with the truth, and beareth witness to the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 former}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  apostles.
\par      Ye shall surely taste the painful torment }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of hell;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      and ye shall not be rewarded, but according to your works.
\par      But }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as for}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the sincere servants of GOD,
\par 40\tab they shall have a certain provision }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in paradise,
\par      namely, delicious}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fruits: and they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  honoured:
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 they shall be placed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in gardens of pleasure,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 leaning}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on couches, opposite to one another:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      a cup shall be carried round unto them, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 filled}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  from a limpid fountain,
\par      for the delight of those who drink:
\par      it shall not oppress the understanding, neither shall they be inebriated therewith.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And near them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall lie the virgins of paradise}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , refraining their looks }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from beholding any besides their spouses}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , having large black eyes, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  resembling the eggs }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
of an ostrich}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  covered }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with feathers from the dust}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And they shall turn the one unto the other, and shall ask one another questions.
\par      And one of them shall say, Verily I had an intimate friend }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 while I lived in the world}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par 50\tab who said }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto me}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Art thou one of those who assertest the truth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the resurrection?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      After we shall be dead, and reduced to dust and bones, shall we surely be judged?
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Then}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he shall say }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to his companions}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Will ye look down?
\par      And he shall look down, and shall see him in the midst of hell:
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he shall say }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , By GOD, it wanted little but thou hadst drawn me into ruin:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 had it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 been}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 for the grace of my LORD, I had surely been }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of those who have been delivered up }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to eternal torment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab g  Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 from the right hand}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 .  The words may also be rendered, }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 with force}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 , to compel us; or }{
\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 with an oath}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 , swearing that ye were in the right.
\par \tab h  See chapter 15, p. 193, note
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab i  This may seem an odd comparison to an European; but the orientals think nothing comes so near the colour of a fine woman\rquote 
s skin as that of an ostrich\rquote s egg when kept perfectly clean.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 31}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Shall we die
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      any other than our first death; or do we suffer any punishment?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily this is great felicity:
\par      for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the obtaining }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 felicity}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  like this let the laborers labor.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 60\tab Is this a better entertainment, or the tree of al Zakkum?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Verily we have designed the same for an occasion of dispute unto the unjust.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      It is a tree which issueth from the bottom of hell:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      the fruit thereof resembleth the heads of devils;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the damned}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall eat of the same, and shall fill }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  bellies therewith;
\par      and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 there shall be given}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  them thereon a mixture of filthy and boiling water to drink:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      afterwards shall they return into hell.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They found their fathers going astray,
\par      and they trod hastily in their footsteps:
\par      for the greater part of the ancients erred before them.
\par 70\tab And we sent warners unto them heretofore:
\par      and see how }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 miserable}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  was the end of those who were warned;
\par      except the sincere servants of GOD.
\par      Noah called on us in former days: and we heard him graciously:
\par      and we delivered him and his family out of the great distress;
\par      and we caused his offspring }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  those who survived}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to people the earth:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      and we left}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the following salutation to be bestowed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on him by the latest posterity,
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 namely}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Peace }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on Noah among all creatures!
\par      Thus do we reward the righteous;
\par      for he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 was one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of our servants the true believers.
\par 80\tab Afterwards we drowned the others.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Abraham also }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 was}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of his religion:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      when he came unto his LORD with a perfect heart.
\par      When he said unto his father and his people, What do ye worship?
\par      Do ye choose false gods preferably to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the true}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD?
\par      What therefore }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  your opinion of the LORD of all creatures?
\par      And he looked and observed the stars,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and said, Verily I }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  sick,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
and shall not assist at your sacrifices:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      and they turned their backs and departed from him.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Abraham}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  went privately to their gods, and said, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 scoffingly unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Do ye not eat }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the meat which is set before you?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 90\tab What aileth you that ye speak not?
\par      And he turned upon them, and struck }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with his right hand, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and demolished them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the people}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  came hastily unto him:
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he said, Do ye worship the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 images}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which ye carve?
\par      whereas GOD hath created you, and also that which ye make.
\par      They said, Build a pile for him, and cast him into the glowing fire.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And they devised a plot against him; but we made them the inferior, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and delivered him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par      And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Abraham}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said, Verily I }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 am}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  going unto my LORD,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  
who will direct me.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      O LORD, grant me a righteous }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 issue}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Wherefore we acquainted him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that he should have a son, who should be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a meek youth.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   There is a thorny tree so called, which grows in Teh\'e2
ma, and bears fruit like an almond, but extremely bitter; and therefore the same name is given to this infernal tree.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The infidels not conceiving how a tree could grow in hell, where the stones themselves serve for fuel.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or of serpents ugly to behold; the original word signifies both.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some su
ppose that the entertainment mentioned will be the welcome given the damned before they enter that place; and others, that they will be suffered to come out of hell from time to time, to drink their scalding liquor.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For Noah and he agreed in the fundamental points both of faith and practice; though the space between them was no less than 2640 years.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   He made as if he gathered so much from the aspect of the heavens\endash the people being greatly addicted to the superstitions of astrology\endash and made it his ex
cuse for being absent from their festival, to which they had invited him.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Fearing he had some contagious distemper.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 21, p. 246, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Whither he hath commanded me.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 100\tab And when he had attained to }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 years of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 discretion,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and could join in acts of religion}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with him,
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Abraham}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , O my son, verily I saw in a dream that I should offer thee in sacrifice:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  consider therefore what thou art of opinion }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 I should do}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      He answered, O my father, do what thou art commanded: thou shalt find me, if GOD please, a patient person.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And when they had submitted themselves }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to the divine will}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Abraham}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  had laid }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 his son}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  prostrate on his face,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      we cried unto him, O Abraham,
\par      now hast thou verified the vision.  Thus do we reward the righteous.
\par      Verily this was a manifest trial.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And we ransomed him with a noble victim.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And we left }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the following salutation to be bestowed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on him by the latest posterity,
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 namely}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Peace }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on Abraham!
\par 110\tab Thus do we reward the righteous:
\par      for he}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  was one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of our faithful servants.
\par      And we rejoiced him with the promise of Isaac:
\par      and of their offspring }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 were}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  some righteous doers, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 others}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  who manifestly injured their own souls.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We were also gracious unto Moses and Aaron, heretofore:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and we delivered them and their people from a great distress.
\par      And we assisted them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 against the Egyptians;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and they became the conquerors.
\par      And we gave them the perspicuous book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the law}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      and we directed them into the right way,
\par      and we left }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the following salutation to be bestowed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on them by the latest posterity,
\par 120\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 namely}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Peace }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on Moses and Aaron!
\par      Thus do we reward the righteous;
\par      for they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 were two}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of our faithful servants.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And Elias}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 was also one}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of those who were sent }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by us}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   He was then thirteen years old.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators say, that Abraham was ordered in a vision, which he saw on the eighth night of the month Dhu\rquote lhajja, to sacrifice his son; and to assure h
im that this was not from the devil, as he was inclined to suspect, the same vision was repeated a second time the next night, when he }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 knew}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 it to be from GOD, and also a third time the night following, when he resolved to obey it, and to }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 sacrifice}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  his son; and hence some think the eighth, ninth, and tenth days of Dhu\rquote 
lhajja are called }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Yawm altarwiya, yawm ar afat}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 yawm alnehr}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , that is, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
the day of the vision, the day of knowledge,}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the day of the sacrifice}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab It is the most received opinion among the Mohammedans that the son whom Abraham offered was Ismael, and not Isaac, Ismael being his only son at that time: for the promise of Isaac\rquote 
s birth is mentioned lower, as subsequent in time to this transaction.  They also allege the testimony of their prophet, who is reported to have said, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 I am the son of the two who were offered in sacrifice;}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  meaning his great ancestor, Ismael, and his own father Abd\rquote allah: for Abd\rquote almotalleb had made a vow that if GOD would permit him to find out and open the well Zemzem, an
d should give him ten sons, he would sacrifice one of them.  Accordingly, when he had obtained his desire in both respects, he cast lots on his sons, and the lot falling on Abd\rquote 
allah, he redeemed him by offering a hundred camels, which was therefore ordered to be the price of a man\rquote s blood in the Sonna.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators add, that Abraham went so far as to draw the knife with all his strength across the lad\rquote s throat, but was miraculously hindered from hurting him.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The epithet of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 great}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 noble}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  is h
ere added, either because it was large and fat, or because it was accepted as the ransom of a prophet.  Some suppose this victim was a ram, and, if we may believe a common tradition, the very same which Abel sacrificed, having been brought to Abraham out 
of paradise; others fancy it was a wild goat, which came down from Mount Thab\'ee
r, near Mecca, for the Mohammedans lay the scene of this transaction in the valley of Mina; as a proof of which they tell us that the horns of the victim were hung upon the spout 
of the Caaba, where they remained till they were burnt, together with that building, in the days of Abda\rquote llah Ebn Zobeir;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 though others assure us that they had been before taken down by Mohammed himself, to remove all occasion of idolatry.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This proph
et the Mohammedans generally suppose to be the same with al Khedr, and confound him with Phineas,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and sometimes with Edris, or Enoch.  Some say he was the son of Yasin, and nearly related to Aaron; and others suppose him to have been a different person.  
He was sent to the inhabitants of Baalbec, in Syria, the Heliopolis of the Greeks, to reclaim them from the worship of their idol Baal, or the sun, whose name makes part of that of the city, which was anciently called Becc.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 1  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin, al Zamakh.\tab \tab 2  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  Vide D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. Art. Ismail.\tab \tab 5  See cap. 18, p. 223, note
\tab \tab 6  Jallalo\rquote ddin, al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 When he said unto his people, Do ye not fear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      Do ye invoke Baal, and forsake the most excellent Creator?
\par      GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  your LORD, and the LORD of your forefathers.
\par      But they accused him of imposture: wherefore they shall be delivered up }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to eternal punishment;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      except the sincere servants of GOD.
\par      And we left }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the following salutation to be bestowed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on him by the latest posterity,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 130\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 namely}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Peace }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on Ily\'e2sin!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Thus do we reward the righteous:
\par      for he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 was one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of our faithful servants.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And Lot }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 was also one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of those who were sent }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by us}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      When we delivered him and his whole family,
\par      except an old woman, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his wife, who perished}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , among those that remained behind:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      afterwards we destroyed the others.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And ye, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O people of Mecca}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , pass by }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the places where they once dwelt}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , as ye journey in the morning,
\par      and by night; will ye not therefore understand?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Jonas }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 was also one}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of those who were sent }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by us}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 140\tab When he fled}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  into the loaded ship;
\par      and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 those who were on board}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  cast lots among themselves,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and he was condemned:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      and the fish swallowed him;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for he was worthy of reprehension.
\par      And if he had not been }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  those who praised GOD,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      verily he had remained in the belly thereof until the day of resurrection.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And we cast him on the naked }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shore}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and he }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 was}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  sick:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      and we caused a plant of a gourd}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to grow up over him;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and we went him to an hundred thousand }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 persons}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , or they were a greater number,
\par      and they believed: wherefore we granted them to enjoy }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 this life}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for a season.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Inquire of the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Meccans}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  whether thy LORD hath daughters, and they sons?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 150\tab Have we created the angels of the female sex? and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 were}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  they witnesses }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereof?}{\i\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators do not well know what to make of this word.  Some think it is the plural of Elias, or, as the Arabs write it, Ily\'e2s, and that b
oth that prophet and his followers, or those who resembled him, are meant thereby; others divide the word, and read }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \'e2l Yas\'een}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the family of Yasin}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , who was the father of Elias according to an opinion mentioned above; and others imagine it signifies Mohammed, or the Kor\'e2
n, or some other book of scripture.  But the most probable conjecture is that Ily\'e2s and Ily\'e2sin are the same name, or design one and the same person, as Sinai and Sinin denote one and the same mountain; the last syllable being added here
, to keep up the rhyme or cadence, at the close of the verse.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 7, p. 113, &c., and chapter 11, p. 166, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 10, p. 157.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 21, p. 248.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Al Beid\'e2wi says the ship stood stock-still, wherefore they concluded that they had a fugitive servant on board, and cast lots to find him out.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , He was taken by the lot.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   When the lot fell on Jonas he cried out, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 I am the fugitive;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and immediately threw himself into the sea.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The words seem to relate particularly to Jonas\rquote s supplication while in the whale\rquote s belly.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By reason of what he had suffered; his body becoming like that of a new-born child.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  It is said that the fish, after it had swallowed Jonas, swam after the ship with its head above water, that the prophet might breathe, who continued to praise GOD till the fish came to land and vomited him out.
\par \tab The opinions of the Mohammedan writers as to the time Jonas continued in the fish\rquote s belly differ very much: some suppose it was part of a day, others three days, others seven, others twenty, and others forty.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 10}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original word signifies a plant which spreads itself upon the ground, having no erect stalk or stem to support it, and particularly a gourd; though some imagine Jonas\rquote 
s plant to have been a fig, and others the small tree or shrub called Mauz,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  which bears very large leaves, and excellent fruit.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The commentators add, that this plant withered the next morning, and that Jonas being much concerned at it, GOD made a remonstrance to him in behalf of the Ninivites, agreeable to what is recorded in scripture.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 16, p. 199.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 7  Idem.\tab \tab 8  See cap. 21, p. 248.\tab \tab 9  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 10  Idem.\tab \tab 1  Idem.
\par 2  Vide J Leon. Descr. Afric. lib. 9.  Gab. Sionit. de Urb. Orient. ad calcem Geogr. Nub. p. 32, et Hottinger. Hist. Orient. p. 78, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Do they not say of their own false invention,
\par      GOD hath begotten }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 issue?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and are they not really liars?
\par      Hath he chosen daughters preferably to sons?
\par      Ye have no }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 reason}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to judge thus.
\par      Will ye therefore not be admonished?
\par      Or have ye a manifest proof }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of what ye say?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      Produce now your book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of revelations}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , if ye speak truth.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And they make him to be of kin unto the genii;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  whereas the genii know that they }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 who affirm such things}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall be delivered up }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to eternal punishment;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      (far be that from GOD, which they affirm }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of him!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 )
\par 160\tab except the sincere servants of GOD.
\par      Moreover ye and that which ye worship
\par      shall not seduce }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 any}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  concerning }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      except him who }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is destined}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to be burned in hell.
\par      There }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  none of us but hath an appointed place:
\par      we range ourselves in order, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 attending the commands of God;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and we celebrate }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the divine praise}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 The infidels}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said,
\par      If we had been favored with a book of divine revelations, of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 those which were delivered to the ancients}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      we had surely been sincere servants of GOD:
\par 170\tab yet }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 now the Koran is revealed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , they believe not therein; but hereafter shall they know }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the consequence of their unbelief}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Our word hath formerly been given unto our servants the apostles;
\par      that they shall certainly be assisted }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 against the infidels}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and that our armies should surely be the conquerors.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Turn aside therefore from them, for a season:
\par      and see }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the calamities which shall afflict}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  them; for they shall see }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thy future success and prosperity}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Do they therefore seek to hasten our vengeance?
\par      Verily when it shall descend into their courts, an evil morning }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall it be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto those who were warned }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in vain}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Turn aside from them therefore for a season,
\par      and see: hereafter shall they see }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thy success and their punishment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par 180\tab Praise be unto thy LORD, the LORD who is far exalted above what they affirm }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of him!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And peace }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  apostles!

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And praise }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto GOD, the LORD of all creatures!}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, the angels, who are also comprehended under the name of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 genii}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, being a species of them.  Some say that the infidels went so far as to assert that GOD and the devil were brothers,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  which blasphemous expression may have been occasioned by the }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 magian}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  notions.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 
  These words are supposed to be spoken by the angels, disclaiming the worship paid to them by the idolaters, and declaring that they have each their station and office appointed them by GOD, whose commands they
 are at all times ready to execute, and whose praises they continually sing.  There are some expositors, however, who think they are the words of Mohammed and his followers; the meaning being, that each of them has a place destined for him in paradise, an
d that they are the men who range themselves in order before GOD, to worship and pray to him, and who celebrate his praise by rejecting every false notion derogatory to the divine wisdom and power.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page   }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ________
\par 
\par 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XXXVIII_}XXXVIII.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend XXXVIII_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, S.; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      S.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261    BY the Kor\'e2n full of admonition.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Verily the unbelievers }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are addicted to}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  pride and contention.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      How many generations have we destroyed before them; and they cried }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for mercy}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , but it was not a time to escape.
\par      They wonder that a warner from among themselves hath come unto them.  And the unbelievers said, This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 man is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a sorcerer, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a liar:

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      doth he affirm the gods }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be but}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  one GOD.  Surely this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is }{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a wonderful thing.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The meaning of this letter is unknown:}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  some guess it stands for }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Sidk, i.e., Truth;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or for }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Sadaka, i.e., He}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  (viz., Mohammed) }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 speaketh the truth;}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and others propose different conjectures, all equally uncertain.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Something must be understood to answer
 this oath, which the commentators variously supply.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. III. p. 46, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And the chief men among them departed,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying to one another}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Go, and persevere in }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the worship of }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your gods: verily this is the thing which is designed.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      We have not heard }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 anything like}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  this in the last religion:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  this }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  no other than a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 false}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  contrivance.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Hath an admonition been sent unto him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 preferable to any other}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  among us?  Verily they are in a doubt concerning my admonition: but the
y have not yet tasted my vengeance.
\par      Are the treasures of the mercy of thy LORD, the mighty, the munificent }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , in their hands?  
\par      Is the kingdom of the heavens, and the earth, and of whatever is between them, in their possession?  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 If it be so}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , let them ascend by steps }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto heaven}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par 10\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 But}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  any army of the confederates shall }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 even}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  here be put to flight.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      The people of Noah, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the tribe of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Ad, and Pharaoh the contriver of the stakes,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the tribe of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Thamud, and the people of Lot, and the inhabitants of the wood }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 near Madian}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  accused }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the prophets}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of imposture before them; these were the confederates }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
against the messengers of God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      All }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of them did no other}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  than accuse }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
apostles of falsehood: wherefore my vengeance hath been justly executed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 upon them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And these wait only for one sounding }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the trumpet;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which there shall be no deferring.
\par      And they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 scoffingly }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 say, O LORD, hasten our sentence unto us, before the day of account.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Do thou patiently bear that which they utter: and remind }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of our servant David, endued with strength;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for he }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 was}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  one who seriously turned himself }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We compelled the mountains to celebrate }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  praise with him, in the evening and at sunrise,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and also the birds, which gathered themselves together }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto him:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  all }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of them}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  returned frequently unto him }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for this purpose}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And we established his kingdom, and gave him wisdom and eloquence of speech.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 20\tab Hath the story of the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 two}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  adversaries}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  come to }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thy knowledge;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when they ascended over the wall into the upper apartment,}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   On the conversion of Omar, the Koreish being greatly irritated, the most considerable of them went in a body to Abu Taleb, to complain to him of his nephew Mohammed\rquote 
s proceedings; but being confounded and put to silence by the prophet\rquote s arguments, they left the assembly, and encouraged one another in their obstinacy.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Namely, to draw us from their worship.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , In the religion which we received from our fathers; or, in the religion of Jesus, which was the la
st before the mission of Mohammed.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For they say Pharaoh used to tie those he had a mind to punish by the hands and feet to four stakes fixed in the ground, and so tormented them.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some interpret the words, which may also be translated the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 lord}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 master of the stakes}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, figuratively, of the firm establishment of Pharaoh\rquote s kingdom; because the Arabs fix their tents with stakes;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  but they may possibly intend that prince\rquote s }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 obstinacy}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 hardness of heart}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 15, p. 194.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators su
ppose that ability to undergo the frequent practice of religious exercises is here meant.  They say David used to fast every other day, and to spend one-half of the night in prayer.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 21, p. 247.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These were two angels, who came unto Davi
d in the shape of men, to demand judgment in the feigned controversy after mentioned.  It is no other than Nathan\rquote s parable to David,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  a little disguised.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 5  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 1  Idem. interp.\tab \tab 2  2 Sam. xii.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 when they went in unto David, and he was afraid of them.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   They said, Fear not: }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 we are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 two adversaries }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 who have a controversy to be decided}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  The one of us hath wronged the other: wherefore judge between us with truth, and be not unjust; and direct us into the even way.

\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      This my brother had ninety and nine sheep: and I had only one ewe: and he said, Give her me to keep; and he prevailed against me in the discourse }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 which we had together}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 David}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  answered, Verily he hath wronged thee in demanding thine ewe }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 as an addition}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 to his own sheep: and many of them who are concerned together }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in business}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 wrong one another, except those who believe and do that which is right; but how few are they!  And David perceived that we had tried him }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by this parable}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and he a
sked pardon of his LORD: and he fell down and bowed himself, and repented.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Wherefore we forgave him this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 fault;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  admitted to approach near unto us, and }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall have}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  an excellent place of abode }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in paradise}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      O David, verily we have appointed thee a sovereign prince in the earth: judge therefore between men with truth; and follow not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thy own}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 lust, lest it cause thee to err from the way of GOD: for those who err from the way of GOD shall suffer a severe punishment, because they have forgotten the day of account.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We have not created the heavens and the earth, and whatever }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  between them, in vain.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the opinion of the unbelievers: but woe unto those who believe not, because of the fire }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of hell}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Shall we deal with those who believe and do good works, as with those who act corruptly in the earth?  Shall we deal with the pious as with the wicked?
\par      A blessed book have we sent down unto thee, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O Mohammed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , that they may attentively meditate on the signs thereof, and that }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  
of understanding may be warned.
\par      And we gave unto David Solomon; how excellent a servant! for he frequently turned himself }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 30\tab When the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 horses}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  standing on three feet, and touching the ground with the edge of the fourth foot, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  swift in the course, were set in parade before him in the evening,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      he said, Verily I have loved the love of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 earthly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  good above the remembrance of my LORD: }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
and have spent the time in viewing these horses}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , until }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the sun}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  is hidden by the veil of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 night;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      bring the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 horses}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  back unto me.  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
And when they were brought back}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , he began to cut off }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  legs and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  necks.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Because they came suddenly upon him, on a day of privacy: when the doors were guarded, and no person admitted to disturb his devotions.  For David,
 they say, divided his time regularly, setting apart one day for the service of GOD, another day for rendering justice to his people, another day for preaching to them, and another day for his own affairs.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The crime of which David had been guilty, was the taking the wife of Uriah, and ordering her husband to be set in the front of the battle to be slain.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab Some suppose this story was told to serve as an admonition to Mohammed, who, it seems, was apt to covet what was another\rquote s.
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   So as to permit injustice to go unpunished, and righteousness unrewarded.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Some say that Solomon brought these horses, being a thousand in number, from Damascus and Nisibis, which cities he had taken; others say that they were left him by his father, who took them from the
 Amalekites; while others, who prefer the marvellous, pretend that they came up out of the sea, and had wings.  However, Solomon, having one day a mind to view these horses, ordered them to be brought before him, and was so taken up with them that he spen
t
 the remainder of the day, till after sunset, in looking on them; by which means he neglected the prayer, which ought to have been said at that time, till it was too late; but when he perceived his omission, he was so greatly concerned at it, that orderin
g the horses to be brought back, he killed them all as an offering to GOD, except only a hundred of the best of them.  But GOD made him ample amends for the loss of these horses, by giving him dominion over the winds.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 4  Idem.\tab \tab 5  Al Beid\'e2wi, al Zamakh., Yahya.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 We also tried Solomon, and placed on his throne a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 counterfeit}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  body:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 afterwards he turned }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto God,
\par      and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said, O LORD, forgive me, and give me a kingdom which may not be obtained by any after me;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for thou }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 art}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the giver }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of kingdoms}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And we made the wind subject to him; it ran gently at his command, whithersoever we directed.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 we also put}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the devils }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
in subjection under him; and among them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  such as were every way skilled in building, and in diving }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for pearls:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and others }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 we delivered to him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  bound in chains,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  our gift: therefore be bounteous, or be sparing }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto whom thou shalt think fit}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  without rendering an account.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And he shall approach near unto us, and shall have an excellent abode }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in paradise}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 40\tab And remember our servant Job,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when he cried unto his LORD, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Verily Satan hath afflicted me with calamity and pain.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And it was said unto him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Strike }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the earth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with thy foot; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
which when he had done, a fountain}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  sprang up, and it was said to him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is for thee}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 to wash in, to refresh }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thee}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and to drink.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And we restored unto him his family, and as many more with them, through our mercy; and for an admonition unto those who are endued with understanding.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 we said unto him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Take a handful }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of rods}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 in thy hand, and strike}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  thy wife}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  therewith;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and break not thine oath.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Verily we found him a patient person:
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      how excellent a servant }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 was he!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 was}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  one who frequently turned himself }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto us}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Remember also our servants Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who were}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 men strenuous and prudent.}{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The most received exposition of this passage is taken from the following Talmudic fable.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par \tab Solomon, having taken Sidon, and slain the king of that city, brought away his daughter Jer\'e2da, who became his favourite; and because she ceased not to lament her father\rquote 
s loss, he ordered the devils to make an image of him for her consolation: which being done, and placed in her chamber, she and her maids worshipped it morni
ng and evening, according to their custom.  At length Solomon being informed of this idolatry, which was practised under his roof, by his vizir As\'e2
f, he broke the image, and having chastised the woman, went out into the desert, where he wept and made supplications to GOD; who did not think fit, however, to let his negligence pass without some correction.  It was Solomon\rquote 
s custom, while he eased or washed himself, to entrust his signet, on which his kingdom depended, with a concubine of his named Am\'eena: one 
day, therefore, when she had the ring in her custody, a devil, named Sakhar, came to her in the shape of Solomon, and received the ring from her; by virtue of which he became possessed of the kingdom, and sat on the throne in the shape which he had borrow
e
d, making what alterations in the law he pleased.  Solomon, in the meantime, being changed in his outward appearance, and known to none of his subjects, was obliged to wander about, and beg alms for his subsistence; till at length, after the space of fort
y
 days, which was the time the image had been worshipped in his house, the devil flew away, and threw the signet into the sea: the signet was immediately swallowed by a fish, which being taken and given to Solomon, he found the ring in its belly, and havin
g by this means recovered the kingdom, took Sakhar, and tying a great stone to his neck, threw him into the lake of Tiberias.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , That I may surpass all future princes in magnificence and power.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 21, p. 247; chapter 27, p. 284, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some suppose these words to relate to the genii, and that Solomon is thereby empowered to }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 release}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or to }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 keep in chains}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  such of them as he pleased.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 21, p. 247.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some say there were two springs, one of hot water, wherein he bathed; and the other of cold, of which he drank.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original not expressing what this handful was to consist of, one supposes it was to be only a handful of dry grass or of rushes, and another that it was a branch of a palm-tree.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators are not agreed what fault Job\rquote s wife had committed to deserve this chastisement: we have mentioned one opinion already.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some think it was only because she stayed too long on an errand.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For he had sworn to give her a hundred stripes if he recovered.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Vide Talm. En Jacob, part ii. et Yalkut in lib. Reg. p. 182.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin, Abulfeda.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.
\par 4  See the notes to cap. 21, p. 247.\tab \tab 5  See ibid.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Verily we purified them with a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 perfect}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  purification, through the remembrance of the life to come;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and they were in our sight, elect }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  good }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And remember Ismael, and Elisha,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and Dhu'lkefl:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for all }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
these were}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  good }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  an admonition.  Verily the pious shall have an excellent place to return unto,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 50\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 namely}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , gardens of perpetual abode, the gates }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
whereof shall stand}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  open unto them.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      As they lie down therein, they shall there ask for many }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 sorts of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fruits, and for drink;

\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and near them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall sit the virgins of paradise}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , refraining their looks }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from beholding any besides their spouses, and}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of equal age }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  what ye are promised, at the day of account.
\par      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  our provision, which shall not fail.
\par      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be the reward of the righteous}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  But for the transgressors }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is prepared}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  an evil receptacle,
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 namely}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , hell: they shall be cast into the same to be burned, and a wretched couch }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall it be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      This let them taste, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to wit}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , scalding water, and corruption }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 flowing from the bodies of the damned}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      and divers other things of the same kind.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And it shall be said to the seducers}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , This troop }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 which was guided by you}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall be thrown, together with you, headlong }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 into hell:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  they shall not be bidden welcome: for they shall enter the fire to be burned.
\par 60\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And the seduced}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall say to their seducers, Verily ye shall not be bidden welcome: ye have brought it upon us; and a wretched abode }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is hell}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      They shall say, O LORD, doubly increase the torment of him who hath brought this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 punishment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  upon us, in the fire }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the infidels}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall say, Why do we not see the men whom we numbered among the wicked,
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  whom we received with scorn?  Or do }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  eyes miss them?
\par      Verily this is a truth; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to wit}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , the disputing of the inhabitants of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire.
\par      Say, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O Mohammed, unto the idolaters}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Verily I }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 am}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  no other than a warner: and there }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  no god, except the one only GOD, the Almighty,
\par      the LORD of heaven and earth, and of whatsoever }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  between them; the mighty, the forgiver }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of sins}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Say, it is a weighty message,
\par      from which ye turn aside.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      I had no knowledge of the exalted princes,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when they disputed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 concerning the creation of man:}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 70\tab (it hath been revealed unto me only }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as a proof}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  that I am a public preacher:)
\par      when thy LORD said unto the angels, Verily I am about to create man of clay:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      when I shall have formed him, therefore, and shall have breathed my spirit into him, do ye fall down and worship him.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And all the angels worshipped }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , in general,
\par      except Eblis, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  was puffed up with pride, and became an unbeliever.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , O Eblis, what hindereth thee from worshipping that which I have created with my hands?
\par      Art thou elated with vain pride?  Or art thou }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 really}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  one of exalted merit?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      He answered, I am more excellent than he: thou hast created me of fire, and thou hast created him of clay.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as the words may be interpreted, according to al Zamakhshari, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 We have purified them, }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 peculiarly destined and fitted them for paradise}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 6, p. 96.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 21, p. 248.  Al Beid\'e2
wi here takes notice of another tradition concerning this prophet, viz., that he entertained and took care of a hundred Israelites, who fled to him from certain slaughter, from which action he probably had the name of Dhu\rquote lkefl given hi
m, the primary signification of the verb }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 cafala}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  being to }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 maintain or take care of}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 another.  If a conjecture might be founded on this tradition, I should fancy the person intended was Obadiah, the governor of Ahab\rquote s house.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , About thirty or thirty-three.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, the angels.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 2, p. 4.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 6  See I Kings xviii. 4.\tab \tab 1  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 77.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Get thee hence therefore; for thou shalt be driven away }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from mercy;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      and my curse }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  upon thee, until the day of judgment.
\par 80\tab He replied, O LORD, respite me, therefore, until the day of resurrection.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, Verily thou shalt be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of those who are respited
\par      until the day of the determined time.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Eblis}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, By thy might }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 do I swear}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , I will surely seduce them all,
\par      except thy servants }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  peculiarly chosen from among them.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  said, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 a just sentence; and I speak the truth: I will surely fill hell with thee, and with such of them as shall follow thee, altogether.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto the Meccans}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , I ask not of you any reward for this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 my preaching:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  neither am I }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of those who assume a part which belongs not to them.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 The Koran}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  is no other than an admonition unto all creatures:
\par      and ye shall surely know what is delivered therein }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be true}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , after a season.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ________
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XXXIX}XXXIX{\*\bkmkend XXXIX}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE TROOPS;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      THE revelation of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 this}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 from the mighty, the wise GOD.
\par      Verily we have revealed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 this}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  book unto thee with truth: wherefore serve GOD, exhibiting the pure religion unto him.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Ought}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  not the pure religion }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be exhibited}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto GOD?
\par      But }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  those who take other patrons besides him, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , We worship them only that they may bring 
us nearer unto GOD; verily GOD will judge between them concerning that wherein they disagree.
\par      Surely GOD will not direct him who is a liar, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 or}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  ungrateful.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      If GOD had been minded to have had a son, he had surely chosen what he pleased out of that which he hath created.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   But far be }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 such a thing}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from him!  He is the sole, the almighty God.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      He hath created the heavens and the earth with truth: he causeth the night to succeed the day, and he causeth the day to succeed the night, and he obligeth the sun and the moon to perform their services; each }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  hastening to an appointed period.  Is not he the mighty, the forgiver }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of sins?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      He created you of one man, and afterwards out of him formed his wife: and he hath bestowed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on you four pair of cattle.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   He formeth you in the wombs of your mothers, by several gradual formations,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  within three veils of darkness.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD, your LORD: his }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the kingdom: there is no GOD but he.  Why therefore are ye turned aside }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from the worship of him to idolatry?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 7, p. 106, and chapter 15, p. 192, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This title is taken from the latter end of the chapter, where it is said the wicked shall be sent to hell, and the righteous admitted into paradise by troops.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Except the verse beginning, Say, O my servants, who have transgressed against your own souls, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Because, says Al Beid\'e2wi, there is no being besides himself but what hath been created by him, since there cannot be two necessarily-existent beings; and hence appears the absurdity 
of the imagination here condemned, because no creature can resemble the Creator, or be worthy to bear the relation of a son to him.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 He hath sent down;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  from which expression some have imagined that these four kinds of beasts were created in p
aradise, and thence sent down to earth.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 6, p. 102.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 22, p. 250.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, The belly, the womb, and the membranes which enclose the embryo.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin, al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Al Zamakh.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 If ye be ungrateful, verily GOD hath no need of you; yet he liketh not ingratitude in his servants: but if ye be thankful, he will be well pleased with you.  A burdened }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 soul}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall not bear the burden of another; hereafter shall ye return unto your LORD, and he shall declare unto you that which ye have wrought, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and will reward you accordingly;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 

\par 10\tab for he knoweth the innermost parts of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  breasts.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      When harm befalleth a man, he calleth upon his LORD, and turneth unto him: yet afterwards, when }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  hath bestowed on him favor from himsel
f, he forgetteth that }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Being}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which he invoked before,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and setteth up equals unto GOD, that he may seduce }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from his way.  Say }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto such a man}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Enjoy }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 this life}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 in thy infidelity for a little while; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 but hereafter}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shalt thou surely be }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the inhabitants of }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  fire.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Shall he who giveth himself up to prayer in the hours of the night, prostrate, and standing, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 who taketh heed as to the life to come, and hopeth for the mercy of his LORD, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be dealt with as the wicked unbeliever?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261   Say, Shall they who know }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their duty}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and they who know }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  not, be held equal?  Verily the men of understanding only will be warned.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Say, O my servants who believe, fear your LORD.  They who do good in this world shall obtain good }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in the next;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and GOD'S earth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  spacious:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  verily those who persevere with patience shall receive their recompense without measure.
\par      Say, I am commanded to worship GOD, and to exhibit the pure religion unto him: and I am commanded to be the first Moslem.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, Verily I fear, if I be disobedient unto my LORD, the punishment of the great day.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, I worship GOD, exhibiting my religion pure unto him;
\par      but do ye worship that which ye will, besides him.  Say, Verily they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the losers, who shall lose their own souls, and their fa
milies, on the day of resurrection: is not this manifest loss?
\par      Over them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  roofs of fire, and under them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  floors }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of fire}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
.  With this doth GOD terrify his servants: wherefore, oh my servants, fear him.
\par      But those who eschew the worship of idols, and are turned unto GOD, shall receive good tidings.  Bear good tidings therefore unto my servants, who hearken unto }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 my}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 word, and follow that which is most excellent therein: these }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are they}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  whom GOD directeth, and these are }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of understanding.
\par 20\tab Him, therefore, on whom the sentence of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 eternal}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  punishment shall be justly pronounced, canst thou, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O Mohammed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , deliver him who }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is destined to dwell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in the fire }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of hell?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      But for those who fear their LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will be prepared}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  high apartments }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in paradise}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , over which }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
shall be other}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  apartments built; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  rivers shall run beneath them: }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 this is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the promise of GOD; }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD will not be contrary to the promise.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Dost thou not see that GOD sendeth down water from heaven, and causeth the same to enter }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and form}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  sources in the earth; and produceth thereby corn of various sorts?  Afterwards he causeth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the same}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 to wither; and thou seest it become yellow: afterwards he maketh it crumble into dust.  Verily, herein is an instruction to men of understanding.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 He forgetteth the evil which he before prayed against}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 They who do good, shall obtain good even in this world}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Wherefore let him who cannot safely exercise his religion where he was born or resides, fly to a place of liberty and security.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, The first of the Koreish who professeth the true religion, or the leader in chief of the Moslems.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Shall he, therefore, whose breast GOD hath enlarged to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 receive the religion of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  Islam, and who followeth the light from his LORD, }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be as he whose heart is hardened?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261   But woe unto those whose hearts are hardened against the remembrance of GOD! they are in a manifest error.
\par      GOD hath revealed a most excellent discourse; a book conformable to itself, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  containing repeated }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 admonitions}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
.  The skins of those who fear their LORD shrink for fear thereat; afterwards their skins grow soft, and their hearts }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , at the remembrance of their LORD.  This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}
{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the direction of GOD: he will direct thereby whom he pleaseth; and whomsoever GOD shall cause to err, he shall have no director.
\par      Shall he therefore who shall }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be obliged to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  screen himself with his face from the severity of the punishment on the day of resurrection, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
be as he who is secure therefrom?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261   And it shall be said unto the ungodly, Taste that which ye have deserved.
\par      Those who }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 were}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  before them accused }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their apostles}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of imposture; wherefore a punishment came upon them from whence they expected }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  not:
\par      and GOD caused them to take shame in this present life; but the punishment of the life to come }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  certainly}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 greater.  If they were men of understanding, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 they would know this}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Now have we proposed unto mankind, in this Koran, every kind of parable; that they may be warned:
\par      an Arabic Koran, wherein there is no crookedness; that they may fear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 30\tab GOD propoundeth as a parable a man who hath }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 several}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  companions which are at mutual variance, and a man who committeth himself wholly to one person:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall these be held in equal comparison?  GOD forbid!  But the greater part of them do not understand.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily thou, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O Mohammed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , shalt die, and they also shall die:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and ye shall debate }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the matter}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with one another before your LORD, at the day of resurrection.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Who }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  more unjust than he who uttereth a lie concerning GOD, and denieth the truth when it cometh unto him?  Is there not a dwelling }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
provided}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in hell for the unbelievers?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      But he who bringeth the truth, and giveth credit thereto,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  these are they who fear }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall obtain}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  whatever they shall desire, in the sight of their LORD: this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 the recompense of the righteous;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      that GOD may expiate from them the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 very}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 worst of that which they have wrought, and may render them their reward according to the utmost merit of the good which they have wrought.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  For his hands shall be chained to his neck, and he shall not be able to oppose anything but his face to the fire.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, No contradiction, defect, or doubt.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage represents the uncertainty of the idolater, who is distract
ed in the service of different masters; and the satisfaction of mind which attends the worshipper of the only true GOD.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For the prophet will represent his endeavours to reclaim them from idolatry, and their obstinacy; and they will make frivolous excu
ses, as that they obeyed their chiefs, and kept to the religion of their fathers, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Mohammed and his followers.  Some suppose that by the latter words Abu Becr is particularly intended, because he asserted the prophet\rquote s veracity in respect to his journey to heaven.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Is not GOD a sufficient }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 protector}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of his servant? yet they will attempt to make thee afraid of the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 false deities
}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 they worship}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  besides GOD.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   But he whom GOD shall cause to err, shall have none to direct 
}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 him:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and he whom GOD shall direct, shall have none to mislead }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  Is not GOD most mighty, able to avenge?
\par      If thou ask them who hath created the heavens and the earth, they will surely answer, GOD.  Say, Do ye think, therefore, that the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 deities}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 which ye invoke besides GOD, if GOD be pleased to afflict me, are able to relieve }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 me}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 from his affliction? or if he be pleased to show mercy unto me, that they are able to withhold his mercy?  Say, GOD is my sufficient support: in him let those put their trust, who }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 seek in whom to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 confide.
\par 40\tab Say, O my people, do ye act according to your state; verily I will act }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 according to mine:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  hereafter shall ye know
\par      on which of us will be inflicted a punishment that shall cover him with shame, and on whom a lasting punishment shall fall.
\par      Verily we have revealed unto thee the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the Koran}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the instruction of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  mankind, with truth.  Whoso shall be directed }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereby shall be directed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the advantage}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  his own soul; and whoso shall err,
 shall only err against the same: and thou }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 art}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  not a guardian over them.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      GOD taketh unto himself the souls }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of men}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  at the time of their death; and those which die not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 he also taketh}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in their sleep:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and he withholdeth those on which he hath passed the decree of death,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but sendeth back the others till a determined period.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Verily herein }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  signs unto the people who consider.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Have }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the Koreish}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  taken idols for their intercessors }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with God?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
  Say, What, although they have not dominion over anything, neither do they understand?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Say, Intercession is altogether in the disposal of GOD:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  his }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 the kingdom of heaven and earth; and hereafter shall ye return unto him.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      When the one sole GOD is mentioned, the hearts of those who believe not in the life to come, shrink with horror: but when the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 false gods}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , which }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are worshipped}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  besides him, are mentioned, behold they are filled with joy.
\par      Say, O GOD, the creator of heaven and earth, who knowest that which is secret, and that which is manifest; thou shalt judge between thy servants concerning that wherein they disagree.
\par      If those who act unjustly were masters of whatever is in the earth, and as much more therewith, verily they would give it to ransom themselves from the evil of the punishment, on the day of resurrection: and there shall appear unto them, from GOD, }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 terrors}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which they never imagined;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and there shall appear unto them the evils of that which they shall have gained; and that which they mocked at shall encompass them.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Koreish
 used to tell Mohammed that they feared their gods would do him some mischief, and deprive him of the use of his limbs, or of his reason, because he spoke disgracefully of them.  It is thought by some that this passage was verified in Kh\'e2led Ebn al Wal
\'eed; who, being sent by Mohammed to demolish the idol al Uzza, was advised by the keeper of her temple to take heed what he did, because the goddess was able to avenge herself severely; but he was so little moved at the man\rquote 
s warning, that he immediately stepped up to the idol, and broke her nose.  To support the latter explication, they say that what happened to Kh\'e2led is attributed to Mohammed, because the former was then executing the prophet\rquote s orders.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   A circumstance not much different from the above mentioned is told of the demolition of Allat.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, seemingly and to outward appearance, sleep being the image of death.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Not permitting them to return again into their bodies.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., Into their bodies, when they awake.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For none can or dare presume to intercede with him, unless by his permission.

\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  Vide Gagnier, not. in Abulf. Vit. Moh. p. 127.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 50\tab When harm befalleth man, he calleth upon us; yet afterwards, when we have bestowed on him favor from us, he saith, I have received it merely because of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God's}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  knowledge }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of my deserts}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   On the contrary, it }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a trial; but the greater part of them know }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  not.
\par      Those who }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 were}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  before them said the same:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but that which they had gained, profited them not:
\par      and the evils which they had deserved, fell upon them.  And whoever of these }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Meccans}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall have acted unjustly, on them likewise shall fall the evils which they shall have deserved;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  neither shall they frustrate }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the divine vengeance}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Do they not know that GOD bestoweth provision abundantly on whom he pleaseth, and is sparing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto whom he pleaseth?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261   Verily herein }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
are }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 signs unto people who believe.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Say, O my servants who have transgressed against your own souls, despair not of the mercy of GOD: seeing that GOD forgiveth all sins,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for he is gracious }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And be turned unto your LORD, and resign yourselves unto him, before the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 threatened}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  punishment overtake you; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  then ye shall not be helped.
\par      And follow the most excellent }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 instructions}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which have been sent down unto you from your LORD, before the punishment come suddenly upon you, and ye perceive not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
the approach thereof;
\par      and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a soul say, Alas! for that I have been negligent in my duty to GOD; verily I have been }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of the scorners:
\par      or say, If GOD had directed me, verily I had been one of the pious:
\par      or say, when it seeth the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 prepared}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  punishment, If I could return once more }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 into the world}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , I would become }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of the righteous.
\par 60\tab But }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God shall answer}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , My signs came unto thee heretofore, and thou didst charge them with falsehood, and wast puffed up with pride; and thou becamest }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of the unbelievers.
\par      On the day of resurrection, thou shalt see the faces of those who have uttered lies concerning GOD, become black: is there not an abode }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 prepared}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in hell for the arrogant?
\par      But GOD shall deliver those who shall fear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 him, and shall set them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in their place of safety: evil shall not touch them, neither shall they be grieved.
\par      GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the creator of all things, and he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the governo
r of all things.  His are the keys of heaven and earth: and they who believe not in the signs of GOD, they shall perish.
\par      Say, Do ye therefore bid me to worship other than GOD, oh ye fools?
\par      since it hath been spoken by revelation unto thee, and also unto }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the prophets}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  who }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 have been}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  before thee, }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Verily if thou join any partners }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, thy work will be altogether unprofitable, and thou shalt certainly be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of those who perish:
\par      wherefore rather fear GOD, and be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of those who give thanks.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      But they make not a due estimation of GOD:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  since the whole earth }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be but}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  his handful, on the day of resurrection; and the heavens }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 rolled together in his right hand.  Praise be unto him! and far be he exalted above the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 idols}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which they associate }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with him!}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or by means of my own wisdom.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As did Kar\'fbn in particular.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As it happened accordingly: for they were punished with a sore famine for seven years and had the bravest of their warriors cut off at the battle of Bedr.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   To those who sincerely repent and profess his unity: for the sins of idolaters will not be forgiven.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 6, p. 97, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 1  See cap. 28, p. 295.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  See p. 10, note }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 h}{
\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the trumpet shall be sounded,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and whoever }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in heaven, and whoever }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on earth, shall expire; except those whom GOD shall please }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
to exempt from the common fate}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Afterwards it shall be sounded again; and behold, they shall arise and look }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 up}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And the earth shall shine by the light of its LORD: and the book shall be laid }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 open}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and the prophets and the martyrs shall be brought }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 as witnesses;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and judgment shall be given between them with truth, and they shall not be treated unjustly.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 70\tab And every soul shall be fully rewarded, according to that which it shall have wrought; for he perfectly knoweth whatever they do.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And the unbelievers shall be driven unto hell by troops, until, when they shall arrive at the same, the gates thereof shall be opened: and the keepers thereof}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall say unto them, Did not apostles from among you come unto you, who rehearsed unto you the signs of your LORD, and warned you of the meeting of this your day?  They shall answer, Yea: but the sentence of }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 eternal}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  punishment hath been justly pronounced on the unbelievers.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      It shall be said }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Enter ye the gates of hell, to dwell therein forever; and miserable }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 the abode of the proud!
\par      But those who shall have feared their LORD shall be conducted by troops towards paradise, until they shall arrive at the same: and the gates thereof shall be ready set open; and the guards thereof shall say unto them, Peace }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on you! ye have been good: wherefore enter ye into }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 paradise}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , to remain therein forever.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And they shall answer, Praise be unto GOD, who hath performed his promise unto us, and hath made us to inherit the earth,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 that we may dwell in paradise wherever we please!  How excellent }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the reward of those who work }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 righteousness!}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And thou shalt see the angels going in procession round the throne, ce
lebrating the praises of their LORD: and judgment shall be given between them with truth; and they shall say, Praise be unto GOD, the LORD of all creatures!}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The first time, says Al Beid\'e2wi; who consequently supposes there will be no more than two blasts (and two only are distinctly mentioned in the Kor\'e2
n), though others suppose there will be three.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These, some say, will be the angels Gabriel, Michael, and Israfil, and the angel of death, who yet will afterwards all die, at the command of GOD;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  it being the constant opinion of the Mohammedan doctors, that every soul, both of men and of animals, which live either on land or in the sea, and of the angels also, must necessarily taste of death:}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  others suppose those who will be exempted are the angels who bear the throne of GOD,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 or the black-eyed damsels, and other inhabitants of paradise.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab The space between these two blasts of the trumpet will be forty days, according to Yahya and others; there are some, however, who suppose it will be as many years.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 68.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 74, and the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 72.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 7, p. 106; chapter 11, p. 169, &c.  It seems as if the damned, by these words, attributed their ruin to GOD\rquote S decree of predestination.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  This is a metaphorical expression, representing the perfect security and abundance which the blessed will enjoy in paradise.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 65.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi, Yahya.\tab \tab 3  Vide Pocock. not. in Port. Mosis. p. 266.
\par 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 5  Jallalo\rquote ddin\tab \tab 6  See the Prelim. Disc. ubi sup.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page   
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XL_}XL.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend XL_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE TRUE BELIEVER;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      H. M.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   THE revelation of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 this}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  book }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from the mighty, the wise GOD;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      the forgiver of sin and the accepter of repentance; severe in punishing;
\par      long suffering.  There is no GOD but he: before him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 general}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  assembly }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 at the last day}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      None disputeth against the signs of GOD, except the unbelievers: but let not their prosperous dealing in the land}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  deceive thee }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with vain allurement}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      The people of Noah, and the confederated }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 infidels which were}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  after them, accused }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their respective prophets}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 of imposture before these; and each nation hatched }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ill designs}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  against their apostle, that they might get him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 into their power;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 and they disputed with vain }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 reasoning}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , that they might thereby invalidate the truth: wherefore I chastised them; and how }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 severe}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 was my punishment!
\par      Thus hath the sentence of thy LORD justly passed on the unbelievers; and they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the inhabitants of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 The angels}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  who bear the throne }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and those who }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 stand}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  about it,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  celebrate the praise of their LORD, and believe in him; and they ask pardon for the true believers, }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , O LORD, thou encompassest all things by }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thy}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 mercy and knowledge; wherefore forgive those who repent, and follow thy path, and deliver them from the pains of hell:
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      O LORD, lead them also into gardens of eternal abode, which thou hast promised unto them, and unto every one who shall do right, of their fathers, and their wives, and their children; for thou art the mighty, the wise }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And deliver them from evil; for whomsoever thou shalt deliver from evil on that day, on him wilt thou show mercy; and this will be great salvation.
\par 10\tab But the infidels }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 at the day of judgment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , shall hear a voice crying unto them, Verily the hatred of GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 towards you is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 more grievous than your hatred towards yourselves: since ye were called unto the faith, and would not believe.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They shall say, O LORD, thou hast given us death twice, and thou hast twice given us life;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we confess our sins: }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
is there}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  therefore no way to get forth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from this fire?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And it shall be answered them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hath befallen you}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, for that when one GOD was preached }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto you}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , ye believed not; but if }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a plurality of gods}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 had been associated with him, ye had believed: and judgment }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belongeth }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto the high, the great GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This title is taken from the passage wherein mention is made of one of Pharaoh\rquote s family who believed in Moses.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. III. p. 46, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By trading into Syria and Yaman.  See chapter 3, p. 52, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These are the Cherubim, the highest order of angels, who approach nearest to GOD\rquote S presence.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Having first crea
ted us in a state of death, or void of life and sensation, and then given life to the inanimate body;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and afterwards caused us to die a natural death, and raised us again at the resurrection.  Some understand the first death to be a natural death, and the
 second that in the sepulchre, after the body shall have been there raised to life in order to be examined;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and consequently suppose the two revivals to be those of the sepulchre and the resurrection.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  See c  p. 2, p. 4.\tab \tab 3  See Prelim Disc. Sect. IV. p. 60, &c.
\par 4  Al Beid\'e2wi. Jallal.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he who showeth you his signs, and sendeth down food unto you from heaven: but none will be admonished, except he who turneth himself }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto God}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Call therefore upon GOD, exhibiting }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  religion pure unto him, although the infidels be averse }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereto}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 He is the Being}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 of exalted degree, the possessor of the throne; who sendeth down the spirit, at his command, on such of his servants as he pleaseth: that he may warn }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 mankind}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the day of meeting,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      the day }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 whereon}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  they shall come forth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 out of their graves, and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  nothing of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
what concerneth }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them shall be hidden from GOD.  Unto whom }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the kingdom }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belong}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, on that day?  Unto the only, the almighty GOD.
\par      On that day shall every soul be rewarded according to its merits: }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 there shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  no injustice }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 done}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on that day.  Verily GOD }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  swift in taking an account.
\par      Wherefore warn them, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O prophet}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , of the day which shall suddenly approach; when }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men's }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hearts }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
shall come up}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to their throats, and strangle }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      The ungodly shall have no friend or intercessor who shall be heard.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 20\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  will know the deceitful eye, and that which }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  breasts conceal;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and GOD will judge with truth: but }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the false gods}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which they invoke, besides him, sha
ll not judge at all: for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he who heareth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  seeth.
\par      Have they not gone through the earth, and seen what hath been the end of those who were before them?  They were more mighty than these in strength, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 left more considerable}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  footsteps }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of their power}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in the earth: yet GOD chastised them for their sins, and there was none to protect them from GOD.
\par      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 they suffered}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , because their apostles had come unto them with evident }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 signs}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, and they disbelieved: wherefore GOD chastised them; for he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  strong, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  severe in punishing.
\par      We heretofore sent Moses with our signs and manifest power,
\par      unto Pharaoh, and Haman, and Kar\'fbn; and they said, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 He is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a sorcerer, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a liar.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And when he came unto them with the truth from us, they said, Slay the sons of those who have believed with him, and save their daughters alive:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but the stratagem of the infidels }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 was}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  no other than vain.
\par      And Pharaoh said, Let me alone, that I may kill Moses;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and let him call upon his LORD: verily I fear lest he change your religion, or cause violence to appear in the earth.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And Moses said }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto his people}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Verily I have recourse unto my LORD and your LORD, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to defend me}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 against every proud person, who believeth not in the day of account.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And a man }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 who was}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a true believer, of the family of Pharaoh,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  concealed in his faith, said, Will ye put a man to death, because he saith, GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  my LORD; seeing he is come unto you with evident signs from your LORD?  If he be a liar, on him }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will the punishment of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  his falsehood }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 light;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but if he speaketh the truth, some of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 those judgments}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 with which he threateneth you will fall upon you: verily GOD directeth not him who is a transgressor, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 or}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a liar:}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   When the Creator and his creatures,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  the inhabitants of heaven and of ear
th, the false deities and their worshippers, the oppressor and the oppressed, the labourer and his works, shall meet each other.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Pursue the resolution which has been formerly taken, and execute it more strictly for the future.  See chapter 7, p. 117, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For they advised him not to put Moses to death, lest it should be thought he was not able to oppose him by dint of argument.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By raising of commotions and seditions, in order to introduce his new religion.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This seems to be the same person who is mentioned, chapter 28, p. 291.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 5  See cap. 6, p. 91\tab \tab 6  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallal\tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 32}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 30\tab O my people, the kingdom is yours this day; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and ye are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  conspicuous in the earth; but who shall defend us from the scourge of GOD,
 if it come unto us?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Pharaoh said, I only propose to you what I think }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be most expedient;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and I guide you only into the right path.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And he who had believed said, O my people, Verily I fear for you a day like that of the confederates }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 against the prophets in former times;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      a condition like that of the people of Noah, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the tribes of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  Ad and Thamud,
\par      and of those who }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 have lived}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  after them; for GOD willeth not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 any injustice }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be done}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  servants.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O my people, verily I fear for you the day whereon men shall call unto one another;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      the day whereon ye shall be turned back }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from the tribunal, and driven to hell: then}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 shall ye have none to protect you against GOD.  And he whom GOD shall cause to err shall have no director.
\par      Joseph came unto you, before }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Moses}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , with evident }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 signs;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  but ye ceased not to doubt of the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 religion}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which he preached unto you, until, when he died, ye said, GOD will by no means send }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 another }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 apostle after him.  Thus doth GOD cause him to err, who is a transgressor, }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a sceptic.
\par      They who dispute against the signs of GOD, without any authority which hath come unto them, are in great abomination with GOD, and with those who believe.  Thus doth GOD seal up every proud }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  stubborn heart.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And Pharaoh said, O Haman, build me a tower, that I may reach the tracts,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      the tracts of heaven, and may view the GOD of Moses;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for verily I think him }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a liar.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 40\tab And thus the evil of his work was prepared for Pharaoh, and he turned aside from the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 right}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  path: and the stratagems of Pharaoh }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ended
}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  only in loss.
\par      And he who had believed said, O my people, follow me: I will guide you into the right way.
\par      O my people, verily this present life }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  but a temporary enjoyment; but }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the life}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to come is the mansion of firm continuance.
\par      Whoever worketh evil shall only be rewarded in equal proportion to the same: but whoever worketh good, whether male or female, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 a true believer, they shall enter paradise: they shall be provided for therein superabundantly.
\par      And, O my people, as for me, I invite you to salvation; but ye invite me to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire:
\par      ye invite me to deny GOD, and to associate with him that whereof I have no knowledge; but I invite you to the most mighty, the forgiver }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of sins}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 There is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  no doubt but that the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 false gods}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 to which ye invite me deserve not to be invoked, either in this world or in the next; and that we must return unto GOD; and that the transgressors shall be the inhabitants of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire:
\par      and ye shall }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 then}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  remember what I }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 now}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  say unto you.  And I commit my affair unto GOD; for GOD regardeth his servants.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Wherefore GOD delivered him from the evils which they had devised; and a grievous punishment encompassed the people of Pharaoh.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the speech of Gamaliel to the Jewish Sanhedrim, when the apostles were brought before them.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, The day of judgment, when the inhabitants of paradise and of hell shall enter into mutual discourse: when the latter shall call for help, and the seducers and the seduced shall cast the blame upon each other.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 28, p. 293.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Some are of opinion that those who were sent by Pharaoh to seize the true believer, his kinsman, are the persons more particularly meant in this place: for they tell us that the said believer fle
d to a mountain, where they found him at prayers, guarded by the wild beasts, which ranged themselves in order about him, and that his pursuers thereupon returned in a great fright to their master, who put them to death for not performing his command.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 2  Acts v. 38, 39\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin\tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 They shall be exposed to the fire }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of hell}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  morning and evening:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and the day whereon the hour }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of judgment}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall come, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it shall be said unto them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Enter, O people of Pharaoh, into a most severe torment.
\par 50\tab And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 think on the time}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the infidels}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall dispute together in }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hell}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  fire; and the weak shall say unto those who behaved with arrogance,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Verily we were your followers: will ye therefore relieve us from }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 any}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  part of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 this}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  fire?
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Those who behaved with arrogance shall answer, Verily we }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  all }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 doomed to suffer}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 therein: for GOD hath now judged between }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  servants.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And they who }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in the fire shall say unto the keepers of hell,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 Call ye on your LORD, that he would ease us, for one day, from }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 this }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 punishment.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They shall answer, Did not your apostles come unto you with evident }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 proofs?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261   They shall say, Yea.  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 The keepers}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall reply, Do ye therefore call }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 on God:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  but the calling of the unbelievers }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 on him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall be only in vain.

\par      We will surely assist our apostles, and those who believe, in this present life, and on the day whereon the witnesses shall stand forth:
\par      a day, whereon the excuse of the unbelievers shall not avail them; but a curse }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall attend}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  them, and a wretched abode.
\par      We heretofore gave unto Moses a direction; and we left as an inheritance unto the children of Israel the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the law;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a direction, and an admonition to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of understanding.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Wherefore do thou, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 O prophet}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , bear }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the insults of the infidels}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 with patience; for the promise of GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  true; and ask pardon for thy fault;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and celebrate the praise of thy LORD, in the evening and in the morning.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 As to }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 those who impugn the signs of GOD, without any convincing proof which hath been revealed unto them, there is nothing but pride in their breasts;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 but}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they shall not attain }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their desire:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wherefore fly for refuge unto GOD; for }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  he who heareth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  seeth.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily the creation of heaven and earth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  more considerable than the creation of ma
n: but the greater part of men do not understand.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 60\tab The blind and the seeing shall not be held equal; nor they who believe and work righteousness, and the evil doer: how few revolve }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 these things}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in their mind!
\par      The }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 last}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  hour will surely come; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 there is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  no doubt thereof: but the greater part of men believe }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  not.
\par      Your LORD said, Call upon me, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  I will hear you: but they who proudly disdain my service shall enter with ignominy into hell.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD who hath appointed the night for you to take your rest therein, and the day to give }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 you}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  light: verily GOD }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  endued with beneficence towards mankind: but the greater part of men do not give thanks.
\par      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD, your LORD, the Creator of all things; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 there is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  no GOD besides him: how therefore are ye turned aside }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from his worship?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Thus are they turned aside, who oppose the signs of GOD.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some expound these words of the previous punishment they are doomed to suffer according to a tradition of Ebn Mas\'fa
d, which informs us that their souls are in the crops of black birds, which are exposed to hell fire every morning and evening until the day of judgment.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 14, p. 187, note
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 74.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   In being too backward and negligent in advancing the true religion, for fear of the infidels.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  This sentence may be understood generally, though it was revealed on account of the idolatrous Meccans or of the Jews, who said of Mohammed, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
This man is not our lord, but the Messias, the Son of David, whose kingdom will be extended over sea and land}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD who hath given you the earth for a stable floor, and the heaven for a ceiling; and who hath formed you, and made your forms beautiful, and feedeth you with good things.  This }
{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD, your LORD.  Wherefore blessed be GOD, the LORD of all creatures!
\par      He }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the living }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God: there is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 no GOD but he.  Wherefore call upon him, exhibiting unto him the pure religion.  Praise be unto GOD, the LORD of all creatures!
\par      Say, Verily I am forbidden to worship the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 deities}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 which ye invoke, besides GOD, after that evident proofs have come unto me from my LORD; and I am commanded to resign myself unto the LORD of all creatures.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  he who first created you of dust, and afterwards of seed, and afterwards of coagulated blood; and afterwards brought you forth infants }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 out of your mothers' wombs:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  then }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 he permitteth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 you to attain your age of full strength, and afterwards to grow old men (but some of you die before }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 that age}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ), and to arrive at the determined period }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
of your life;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that peradventure ye may understand.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 70\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he who giveth life, and causeth to die: and when he decreeth a thing, he only saith unto it, Be, and it is.
\par      Dost thou not observe those who dispute against the signs of GOD, how they are turned aside }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from the true faith?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      They who charge with falsehood the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the Koran}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the other scriptures and revealed doctrines}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which we have sent our }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 former}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  apostles }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to preach}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , shall hereafter know }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their folly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      when the collars }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 on their necks, and the chains }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by which}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 they shall be dragged into hell; then shall they be burned in the fire.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And it shall be said unto them, Where are the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 gods}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which ye associated, besides GOD?  They shall answer, They have withdrawn themselves fro
m us: yea, we called on nothing}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  heretofore.  Thus doth GOD lead the unbelievers into error.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hath befallen you}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , for that ye rejoiced }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 insolently}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 on earth, in that which was false; and for that ye were elated with immoderate joy.
\par      Enter the gates of hell, to remain therein }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 forever:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and wretched }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the abode of the haughty!
\par      Wherefore persevere with patience, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O Mohammed;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for the promise of GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  true.  Whether we cause thee to see any part of the }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 punishment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with which we have threatened them, or whether we cause thee to die }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 before thou see it;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  before us shall they be assembled }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 at the last day}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We have sent }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a great number of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  apostles before thee;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
the histories of some}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of whom we have related unto thee, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the histories of others}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  o
f them we have not related unto thee: but no apostle had the power to produce a sign, unless by the permission of GOD.  When the command of GOD, therefore, shall come, judgment shall be given with truth; and then shall they perish who endeavor to render }
{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the signs of God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of no effect.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It is }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 GOD who hath given you the cattle, that ye may ride on }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
some of }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them, and may eat }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of others}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of them;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 80\tab (ye also receive }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  advantages therefrom;)}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and that on them ye may arrive at the business }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 proposed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in your mind: and on them are ye carried }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by land}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and on ships }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by sea}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And he showeth you his signs; which, therefore, of the signs of GOD, will ye deny?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Do they not pass through the earth, and see what hath been the end of those who }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 were}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 before them?  They were more numerous than these, and more mighty in strength, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 left more considerable}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  monuments }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of their power}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 in the earth: yet that which they had acquired profited them not.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 22, p. 250.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Seeing an idol is nothing in the world.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 59.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 16, p. 195
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Idem}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And when their apostles came unto them with evident }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 proofs of their mission}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , they rejoiced in the knowledge which was with them:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but that which they mocked at encompassed them.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And when they beheld our vengeance, they said, We believe in GOD alone, and we renounce }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the idols}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which we associated with him:
\par      but their faith availed them not, after they had beholden our vengeance.  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 This was}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the ordinance of GOD, wh
ich was formerly observed in respect to his servants and then did the unbelievers perish.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 _______
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XLI_}XLI.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend XLI_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, ARE DISTINCTLY EXPLAINED;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      H. M.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 This is }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a revelation from the most Merciful;
\par      a book, the verses whereof are distinctly explained,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  an Arabic Koran, for }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the instruction of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  people who understand;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      bearing good tidings, and denouncing threats: but the greater part of them turn aside, and hearken not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereto}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And they say, Our hearts are veiled from }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the doctrine}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to which thou invitest us; and }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 there is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a deafness in our ears, and a curtain between us and thee: wherefore act thou }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as thou shalt think fit;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for we shall act }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 according to our own sentiments}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Say, Verily I am only a man like you.  It is revealed unto me, that your GOD is one GOD: wherefore direct your way straight unto him; and ask pardon of him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for what is past}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  And woe }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to the idolaters:
\par      who give not the appointed alms, and believe not in the life to come!
\par      But }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  those who believe and work righteousness, they shall receive an everlasting reward.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Say, Do ye indeed disbelieve in him who created the earth in two days;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and do ye set up equals unto him?  He is the LORD of all creatures.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And he placed in }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the earth mountains}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  firmly rooted,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m
}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 rising}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  above the same: and he blessed it; and provided therein the food }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the creatures designed to be the inhabitants }{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thereof, in four days;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  equally, for those who ask.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Being prejudiced in favour of their own erroneous doctrines, and despising the instructions of the prophets.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some entitle this chapter }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Worship}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Adoration}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, because the infidels are herein commanded to forsake the worship of idols, and to worship GOD: but the thirty-second chapter bearing the same title, that which we have here prefixed is, for distinction, generally used.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. III. p. 46, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 11, p. 158, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., The two first days of the week.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 16, p. 196.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, including the two former days wherein the earth was created.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, For all, in proportion to the necessity of each, and as their several appetites require.  Some refer the word }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 saw\'e2an}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , here translated }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 equally}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and which also signifies }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 completely}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , to the four days; and suppose the meaning to be that GOD created these things in just so many }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 entire}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 complete}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  days.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 2  Idem, al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 10\tab Then he set his mind to }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the creation of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  heaven, and it was smoke;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and he said unto it, and to the earth, Come, either obediently, or against your will.  They answered, We come, obedient }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to thy command}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And he formed them into seven heavens, in two days;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and revealed unto every heaven its office.  And we adorned the lower heaven with lights, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
placed therein}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , a guard }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of angels}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the disposition of the mighty, the wise }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      If }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the Meccans}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  withdraw }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from these instructions}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, say, I denounce unto you a sudden destruction, like the destruction of Ad and Thamud.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      When the apostles came unto them before them and behind them,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Worship GOD alone; they answered, If our LORD had been pleased }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to send messengers}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , he had surely sent angels; and we believe not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the message}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with which ye are sent.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      As to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the tribe of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  Ad, they behaved insolently in the earth, without reason, and said, Who }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 more mighty than we in strength?  Did they not see that GOD, who had created them, was more mighty than they in strength?  And they knowingly rejected our signs.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Wherefore we sent against them a piercing wind, on days of ill luck,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 that we might make them taste the punishment of shame in this world: but the punishment of the life to come will be more shameful; and they shall not be protected }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 therefrom}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And as to Thamud, we directed them; but they loved blindness better than the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 true}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 direction: wherefore the terrible noise of an ignominious punishment assailed them, for that which they had deserved;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      but we delivered those who believed, and feared }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 warn them of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the day, on which the enemies of GOD shall be gathered together unto }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 fire, and shall march in distinct bands;
\par      until, when they shall arrive thereat, their ears, and their eyes, and their skins, shall bear witness against them of that which they shall have wrought.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 20\tab 
And they shall say unto their skins, Wherefore do ye bear witness against us?  They shall answer, GOD hath caused us to speak, who giveth speech unto all things: he created you the first time; and unto him are ye returned.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Ye did not hide yourselves, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 while ye sinned}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, so that your ears, and your eyes, and your skins could not bear witness against you:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but ye thought that GOD was ignorant of many things which ye did.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 was}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  your opinion, which ye imagined
 of your LORD: it hath ruined you; and ye are become lost }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 people}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Or darkness.  Al Zamakhshari says this smoke proceeded from the waters under the throne of GOD (which throne was one of the things created before the heavens and the earth), and rose ab
ove the water; that the water being dried up, the earth was formed out of it, and the heavens out of the smoke which had mounted aloft.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., On the fifth and sixth days of the week.  It is said the heavens were created on Thursday, and the sun, moon, and stars on Friday; in the evening of which last day Adam was made.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 15.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, on every side; persuading and urging them continually, and by arguments drawn from past examples, and the expectation of future rewards or punishments.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is said that this wind continued from Wednesday to Wednesday inclusive, being the latter end of the month Shaw\'e2
l; and that a Wednesday is the day whereon GOD sends down his judgments on a wicked people.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 7, p. 112, &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Ye hi
d your crimes from men, little thinking that your very members, from which ye could not hide them, would rise up as witnesses against you.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Whether they bear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their torment, hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  their abode; or whether they beg f
or favor, they shall not obtain favor.
\par      And we will give them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the devils to be their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  companions; for they dressed up for them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the false notions which they entertained of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 this present world, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  that which is to come; and the sentence justly fitteth them, which was formerly pronounced on the nations of genii and men who were before them; for they perished.

\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      The unbelievers say, Hearken not unto this Koran: but use vain discourse}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  during }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the reading}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 thereof; that ye may overcome }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the voice of the reader by your scoffs and laughter}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Wherefore we will surely cause the unbelievers to taste a grievous punishment,
\par      and we will certainly reward them for the evils which they shall have wrought.
\par      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the reward of the enemies of GOD, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 namely}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire; therein }
{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is prepared}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for them an everlasting abode, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a reward for that they have wittingly rejected our signs.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And the infidels shall say }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in hell}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , O LORD, show us the two that seduced us, of the genii and men,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we will cast them under our feet, that they may become most base }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and despicable}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par 30\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 As for}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  those who say, Our LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD, and who behave uprightly; the angels shall descend unto them,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and shall say}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Fear not, neither be ye grieved; but rejoice in the hopes of paradise which ye have been promised.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 your friends in this life, and in that which is to come: therein shall ye have that which your souls shall desire, and therein shall ye obtain whatever ye shall ask for;
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a gift from a gracious }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  merciful }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Who speaketh better than he who inviteth unto GOD, and worketh righteousness, and saith, I }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 am}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a Moslem?
\par      Good and evil shall not be held equal.  Turn away }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 evil}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with that which is better; and behold, the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 man}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  between whom and thyself }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 there was}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  enmity }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall become}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , as it were, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thy}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  warmest friend:
\par      but none shall attain to this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 perfection}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , except they who are patient; nor shall any attain thereto, except he who is endued with a great happiness }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of temper}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And if a malicious suggestion be offered unto thee from Satan, have recourse unto GOD; for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he who heareth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  knoweth.
\par      Among the signs }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of his power are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the night, and the day, and the sun, and the moon.  Worship not the sun, neither the moon: but worship GOD, who hath created them; if ye serve him.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But if they proudly disdain }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his service;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  verily the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 angels}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , who are with thy LORD, praise him night and day, and are not wearied.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And among his signs }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 another is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, that thou seest the land waste; but when we send down rain thereon, it is stirred and fermenteth.  And he who quickeneth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the earth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  will surely quicken the dead; for he is almighty.
\par 40\tab Verily those who impiously wrong our signs are not concealed from us.  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he, therefore, better, who shall be cast into }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 fire, or he who shall appear secure on the day of resurrection?  Work that which ye will: he certainly beholdeth whatever ye do.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily they who believe not in the admonition }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the Koran}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , after it hath come unto them, }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall one day be discovered}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  It }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  certainly a book of infinite value:}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, talk aloud.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Those of either species, who drew us into sin and ruin.  Some suppose that the two more particularly intended here are Eblis and Cain, the two authors of infidelity and murder.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Either while the
y are living on earth to dispose their minds to good, to preserve them from temptations, and to comfort them; or at the hour of death to support them in their last agony; or at their coming forth from their graves at the resurrection.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 1  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 2  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 vanity shall not approach it, either from before it, or from behind it:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 a revelation from a wise }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , whose praise is justly to be celebrated.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      No other is said unto thee }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by the infidels of Mecca}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  than what hath been formerly said unto the apostles before thee: verily thy LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  inclined to forgiveness, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is also}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  able to chastise severely.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      If we had revealed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the Koran}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in a foreign language,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 they had surely said, Unless the signs thereof be distinctly explained, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 we will not receive the same: is the book written in }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a foreign tongue, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
the person unto whom it is directed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  an Arabian?  Answer, It is, unto those who believe, a sure guide, and a remedy }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for doubt}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 unto those who believe, a sure guide, and a remedy }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for doubt and uncertainty:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but unto those who believe not, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 a thickness of hearing in their ears, and it is a darkness which covereth them; these are }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 as they who are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  called unto from a distant place.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We heretofore gave the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the law}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto Moses; and a dispute arose concerning the same: and if a previous decree had not proceeded from thy LORD, }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to respite the opposers of that revelation}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , verily }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the matter}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  had been decided between them, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
by the destruction of the infidels;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for they were in a very great doubt as to the same.
\par      He who doth right, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 doth it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the advantage of }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his own soul; and he who doth evil, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 doth it}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  against the same: for thy LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  not unjust towards }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  servants.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Unto him is reserved the knowledge of the hour }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of judgment:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and no fruit cometh forth from the knops which involve it; neither doth any female conceive 
}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in her womb}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , nor is she delivered }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of her burden}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , but with his knowledge.  On the day whereon he shall call them to him, }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Where }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  my companions }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 which ye ascribed unto me?}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 they shall answer, We assure thee }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  no witness }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of this matter}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  among us:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the idols}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which they called on before shall withdraw themselves from them; and they shall perceive that }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 there will be}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  no way to escape.
\par      Man is not wearied with asking good; but if evil befall him, he despondeth, and despaireth.
\par 50\tab And if we cause him to taste mercy from us, after affliction hath touched him, he surely saith, This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is due }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to me }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 on account of my deserts:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  I do not think the hour }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of judgment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  will }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ever}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 come: and if I be brought before my LORD, I shall surely attain, with him, the most excellent }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 condition}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  But we will }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 then}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 declare unto those who shall not have believed, that which they have wrought; and we will surely cause them to taste a most severe punishment.
\par      When we confer favors on man, he turneth aside, and departeth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 without returning thanks:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  but when evil toucheth him, he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 frequent at prayer.
\par      Say, What think ye? if }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the Koran}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  be from GOD, and ye believe not therein; who will lie under a greater error, than he who dissenteth widely }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 therefrom?}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Hereafter we will show them our signs in the regions in the regions }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the earth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and in themselves;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  until it become manifest unto them that }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 this book}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  is the truth.  Is it not sufficient }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for thee}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that thy LORD is witness of all things?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Are they not in a doubt as to the meeting of their LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 at the resurrection?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
  Doth not he encompass all things?}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, it shall not be prevailed against, or frustrated by any means or in any respect whatever.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 16, p. 203, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Being so far off that they hear not, or understand not the voice of him who calls to them.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For they shall disclaim their idols at the resurrection.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By the surprising victories and conquests of Mohammed and his successors.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page   
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XLII_}XLII.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend XLII_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, CONSULTATION;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      H. M.  A. S. K.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   THUS doth the mighty, the wise GOD reveal }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 his will}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto thee; and }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in like manner did he reveal it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 prophets}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  who }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 were}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 before thee.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Unto him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  whatever }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in heaven, and in earth; and he is the high, the great }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      It wanteth little but that the heavens be rent in sunder from above, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 at the awfulness of his majesty:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the angels celebrate the praise of their LORD, and ask pardon for those who }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 dwell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in the earth.  Is not GOD the forgiver }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of sins}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , the merciful?
\par      But }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  those who take }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 other gods for their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 patrons, besides him, GOD observeth their }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 actions:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for thou art not a steward over them.
\par      Thus have we revealed unto thee an Arabic Koran, that thou mayest warn the metropolis }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of Mecca}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Arabs}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  who }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 dwell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  round about it; and mayest threaten }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with the day of the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 general}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 assembly, of which there is no doubt: }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  part }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall then be placed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in paradise, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 another}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  part in hell.
\par      If GOD had pleased, he had made them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 all}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of one religion; but he leadeth whom he pleaseth into his mercy; and the unjust shall have no patron or helper.
\par      Do they take }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  patrons, besides him? whereas GOD is the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 only true}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  patron: he quickeneth the dead; and he }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  almighty.
\par      Whatever matter ye disagree about, the decision thereof }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 appertaineth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto GOD.  This is GOD, my LORD: in him do I trust, and unto him do I turn me:
\par      the Creator of heaven and earth: he hath given you wives of your own species, and cattle both male and female; by which means he multiplieth you: there is nothing like him; and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 he who heareth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  seeth.
\par 10\tab His are the keys of heaven and earth; he bestoweth provision abundantly on whom he pleaseth, and he is sparing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto whom he pleaseth;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for he knoweth all things.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      He hath ordained you the religion which he commanded Noah, and which we have revealed unto thee, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 O Mohammed}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and which we commanded Abraham, and Moses, and Jesus:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Observe }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 this}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  religion, and be not divided therein.  The }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 worship of one God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, to which thou invitest them, is grievous unto the unbelievers:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The title is taken from the verse wherein the believers are commended, among other things, for using deliberation in their affairs, and }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 consulting}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  together in order to act for the best.  Some, instead of this word, prefix the five single letters with which the chapter begins.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Jallalo\rquote ddin excepts three verses, beginning with these words, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Say, I ask not of you, for this my preaching, any reward}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. III. p. 46, &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261   See ibid. Sect. IV. p. 55 and 59.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 GOD will elect thereto whom he pleaseth, and will direct unto the same him who shall repent.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Those who lived in times past}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 were not divided among themselves, until after that the knowledge }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of God's unity}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  had come unto them; through their own perverseness: and unless a previous decree had passed from thy LORD, 
}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to bear with them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  till a determined time, verily }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the matter}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  had been decided between them, }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by the destruction of the gainsayers}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  They who have inherited the scriptures after them,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  certainly in a perplexing doubt concerning }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the same}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Wherefore invite }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them to receive the sure faith}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and be urgent }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , as thou hast been commanded; and follow not their }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 vain}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  desires: and say, I believe in }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 all}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the scriptures which GOD hath sent down; and I am commanded to establish justice among you: GOD is our LORD and your LORD: unto us }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  our works }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be imputed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and unto you }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  your works }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be imputed: let there be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 no wrangling between us and you; for GOD will assemble us }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 all at the last day}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and unto him shall we return.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 As to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  those who dispute concerning GOD, after obedience hath been paid him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by receiving his religion}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , their disputing }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  vain in the sight of their LORD; and wrath }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall fall}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on them, and they shall suffer a grievous punishment.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD who hath sent down the scripture with truth; and the balance }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of true judgment:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 and what shall inform with truth; and the balance }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of true judgment:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and what shall inform thee whether the hour }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 nigh at hand?
\par      They who believe not therein wish it to be hastened }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by way of mockery:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  but they who believe dread the same, and know it to be the truth.  Are not those who dispute concerning the }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 last}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  hour in a wide error?
\par      GOD is bounteous unto his servants; he provideth for whom he pleaseth; and he is the strong, the mighty.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Whoso chooseth the tillage of the life to come,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 unto him will we give increase in his tillage: and whoso chooseth the tillage of this world, we will give him }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the fruit}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  thereof; but he shall have no part in the life to come.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 20\tab Have }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the idolaters}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  deities which ordain them a religion which GOD hath not allowed?  But }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 had it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  not }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 been}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for the decree of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 respiting their punishment to the day of }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 separating }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the infidels from the true believers
}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , judgment had been }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 already}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  given between them: for the unjust shall surely suffer a painful torment.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 On that day}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  thou shalt see the unjust in great terror, because of their demerits; and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the penalty thereof}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 shall fall upon them: but they who believe and do good works }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall dwell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in the delightful meadows of paradise; they shall obtain whatever they shall desire, with their LORD.  This }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the greatest acquisition.
\par      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  what GOD promiseth unto his servants who believe and do good works.  Say, I ask not of you, for this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 my preaching}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, any reward, except the love of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 my}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  relations: and whoever shall have deserved well by }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  good action, unto him will we add }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the merit of another}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  action thereto; for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  inclined to forgive, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 ready to reward.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Do they say, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Mohammed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 hath blasphemously forged a lie concerning GOD?  If GOD pleaseth, he will seal up thy heart:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and GOD will absolutely abolish vanity, and will establish the truth in his words;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for he knoweth the innermost part of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 men's}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  breasts.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., The modern Jews and Christians.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Not understanding the true meaning, nor believing the real doctrines thereof.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Labouring here to obtain a reward hereafter; for what is sown in this world will be reaped in the next.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The meaning of these words is somewhat obscure.  Some imagine they express a detestation of the forgery charged on the prophet by th
e infidels; because none could be capable of so wicked an action but one whose heart was close shut, and knew not his LORD; as if he had said, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
God forbid that thou shouldst be void of grace, or have so little sense of thy duty}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  Others think the significat
ion to be that GOD might strike all the revelations which had been vouchsafed to Mohammed, out of his heart at once; and others, that GOD would strengthen his heart with patience against the insults of the unbelievers.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Wherefore if the doctrine taught
 in this book be of man, it will certainly fail and come to nothing; but if it be of GOD, it can never be overthrown.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he who accepteth repentance from his servants, and forgiveth sins, and knoweth that which ye do.
\par      He will incline his ear unto those who believe and work righteousness, and will add unto them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 above what they shall ask or deserve}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, of his bounty: but the unbelievers shall suffer a severe punishment.
\par      If GOD should bestow abundance upon his servants they would certainly behave insolently in the earth: but he sendeth down by measure }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto every one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  that which he pleaseth; for he well knoweth 
}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  seeth}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the condition of his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  servants.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he who sendeth down the rain, after }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  have despaired }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereof}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, and spreadeth abroad his mercy; and he is the patron, justly to be praised.
\par      Among his signs }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the creation of heaven and earth, and of the living creatures with which he hath replenished them both; and he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 able to gather them together }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 before his tribunal}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , whenever he pleaseth.
\par      Whatever misfortune befalleth you }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is sent unto you by God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , for that which your hands have deserved; and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 yet}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he forgiveth many things:

\par 30\tab ye shall not frustrate }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the divine vengeance}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in the earth; neither shall ye have any protector or helper, against GOD.
\par      Among his signs }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 also are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ships}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 running in the sea, like high mountains: if he pleaseth, he causeth the wind to cease, and they lie still on the back of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the water:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  (verily herein }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  signs unto every patient }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  grateful person):
\par      or he destroyeth them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by shipwreck}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , be cause of that which }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their crews}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  have merited; though he pardoneth many things.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And they who dispute against our signs shall know that }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 there will be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 no way for them to escape }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our vengeance}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Whatever things are given you, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 they are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the provision of this present life: but the }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 reward}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which is with GOD is better, and more durable, for those who believe, and put their trust in their LORD;
\par      and who avoid heinous and filthy crimes, and when they are angry, forgive;
\par      and who hearken unto their LORD, and are constant at prayer, and whose affairs }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are directed by}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  consultation among themselves, and who give }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 alms}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  out of what we have bestowed on them;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and who, when an injury is done them, avenge themselves}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      (and the retaliation of evil }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ought to be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  an evil proportionate thereto): but he who forgiveth and is reconciled }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto his enemy}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , shall receive his reward from GOD;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for he loveth not the unjust doers.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And whoso shall avenge himself, after he hath been injured; as to these, it is not lawful to punish them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 :}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 4}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 0\tab but it is only lawful to punish those who wrong men, and act insolently in the earth, against justice; these shall suffer a grievous punishment.
\par      And whoso beareth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 injuries}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  patiently, and forgiveth; verily this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a necessary work.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Whom GOD shall cause to err, he shall afterwards have no protector.  And thou shalt see the ungodly,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Using the means which GOD has put into their hands for their own defen
ce.  This is added to complete the character here given; for valour and courage are not inconsistent with clemency,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  the rule being,
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 Parcere subjectis, et debellare superbos}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 5, p. 79, &c.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 3  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who shall say, when they behold the punishment }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 prepared for them, Is there}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  no way to return back }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 into the world?}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      And thou shalt see them exposed unto }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell fire;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  dejected, because of the ignominy }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 they shall undergo:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  they shall look }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 at the fire}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  sideways, and by stealth; and the true believers shall say, Verily the losers are they who have lost their own souls, and their families, on the day of resurrection: }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  not the ungodly }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 continue}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in eternal torment?
\par      They shall have no protectors to defend them against GOD: and whom GOD shall cause to err, he shall find no way }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to the truth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Hearken unto your LORD, before the day come, which GOD will not keep back: ye shall have no place of refuge on that day; neither shall ye be able to deny }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 your sins}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      But if }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 those to whom thou preachest}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  turn aside }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from thy admonitions}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , verily we have not sent thee }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be}
{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a guardian over them: thy duty is preaching only.  When we cause man to taste mercy from us, he rejoiceth thereat: but if evil befall them, for that which their hands have formerly committed, verily man }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 becometh}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  ungrateful.
\par      Unto GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 appertaineth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the kingdom of heaven and earth: he createth that which he pleaseth; he giveth females unto whom he pleaseth, and he giveth males unto whom he pleaseth;
\par      or he giveth them males and females jointly: and he maketh whom he pleaseth to be childless; for he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wise }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  powerful.
\par 50\tab It is not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 fit}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for man that GOD should speak unto him otherwise than by }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 private}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  revelation, or from behind a veil,
\par      or by his sending of a messenger to reveal, by his permission, that which he pleaseth; for he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  high }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Thus have we revealed unto thee a revelation,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  by our command.  Thou didst not understand, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 before this}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , what the book }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the Koran}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  was, nor }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 what}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the faith }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 was:}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but we have ordained the same }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a light; we will thereby direct such of our servants as we please: and thou shalt surely direct }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  into the right way,
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      the way of GOD, unto whom }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  whatever }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in heaven and in earth.  Shall not }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 all}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  things return unto GOD?}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ________
\par 
\par 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XLIII_}XLIII.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend XLIII_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE ORNAMENTS OF GOLD;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      H. M.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   BY the perspicuous book;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      verily we have ordained the same an Arabic Koran that ye may understand:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and it }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  certainly }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 written}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in the original book,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 kept}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with us, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 being}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  sublime and full of wisdom.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as the words may be also translated, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Thus have we sent the spirit}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  Gabriel }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto thee with a revelation}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The words chosen for the title of this chapter occurs p. 364.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some except the verse beginning with these words, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 And ask our apostles whom we have sent before thee}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. III. p. 46, &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 
, The preserved table; which is the original of all the scriptures in general.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Shall we therefore turn away from you the admonition, and deprive }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 you thereof}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , because ye are a people who transgress?
\par      And how many prophets have we sent among those of old?
\par      and no prophet came unto them, out they laughed him to scorn:
\par      wherefore we destroyed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 nations who were}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  more mighty than these in strength; and the example of those who were of old hath been already }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 set before them}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      If thou ask them who created the heavens and the earth, they will certainly answer, The mighty, the wise }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  created them:
\par      who hath spread the earth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a bed for you, and hath made you paths therein, that ye may be directed:
\par 10\tab and who sendeth down rain from heaven by measure, whereby we quicken a dead country; (so shall ye be brought forth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from your graves:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 )
\par      and who hath created all the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 various}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  species }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of things}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and hath given you ships and cattle, whereon ye are carried;
\par      that ye may sit firmly on the backs thereof, and may remember the favor of your LORD, when ye sit thereon, and may say, Praise be unto him, who hath subjected these unto our service! for we could not have mastered them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
by our own power:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and unto our LORD shall we surely return.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Yet have they attributed unto him some of his servants }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  offspring: verily ma
n is openly ungrateful.
\par      Hath }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  taken daughters out of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 those beings}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which he hath created; and hath he chosen sons for you?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      But when one of them hath the news brought of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the birth of a child of that sex}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which they attribute unto the Merciful, as }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  similitude, his face becometh black, and he is oppressed with sorrow.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Do they therefore }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 attribute unto God female issue}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , which are brought up among ornaments, and are contentious without cause?
\par      And do they make the angels, who are the servants of the Merciful, females?  Were they present at their creation?  Their testimony shall be written down, and they shall be examined }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
concerning the same, on the day of judgment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And they say, If the Merciful had pleased, we had not worshipped them.  They have no knowledge herein: they only utter a vain lie.
\par 20\tab Have we given them a book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of revelations}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  before this; and do they keep the same in their custody?
\par      But they say, Verily we found our fathers practising a religion; and we }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  guided in their footsteps.
\par      Thus we sent no preacher before thee, unto }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 any}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 city, but the inhabitants thereof who lived in affluence, said, Verily we found our fathers practising a religion: and we tread in their footsteps.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And the preacher}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  answered, What, although I bring you a more right }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 religion}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  than that which ye found your fathers to practise?  }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  they replied, Verily we believe not that which ye are sent }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to preach}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Wherefore we took vengeance on them: and behold what hath been the end of those who accused }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our apostles}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of imposture.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Remember}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  when Abraham said unto his father, and his people, Verily I am clear of}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the gods}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which ye worship,
\par      except him who hath created me; for he will direct me }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 aright}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And he ordained this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a constant doctrine among his posterity; that they should be turned }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from idolatry to the worship of the only true God}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Verily I have permitted these }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Meccans}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and their fathers to live in prosperity, until the truth should come unto them, and a manifest apostle:
\par      but now the truth is come unto them, they say, This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a piece of sorcery; and we believe not therein.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 30\tab And they say, Had this Kor\'e2n been sent down unto some great man of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 either of}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the two cities,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 we would have received it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 16, p. 100, &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, To one of the principal inhabitants of Mecca, or of T\'e2yef, such as al Walid Ebn al Mogheira, or Erwa Ebn Masud, the Thakifite.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Do they distribute the mercy of thy LORD?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   We distribute the necessary provision among them, in this present life, and we raise some of them }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 several }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 degrees above the others, that the one of them may take the other to serve him: and the mercy of thy LORD is more valuable than the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 riches}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which they gather together.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      If }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it were }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 not that mankind would have become one sect }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of infidels}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, verily we had given unto those who believe not in the Merciful, roofs of silver to their houses, and stairs }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of silver}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , by which they might ascend }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereto}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      and doors }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of silver}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to their houses, and couches }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of silver}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , for them to lean on;
\par      and ornaments of gold: for all this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the provision of the present life; but the next }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 life}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with thy LORD }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for those who fear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Whoever shall withdraw from the admonition of the Merciful, we will chain a devil unto him; and he shall be his inseparable companion:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      (and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the devils }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall turn them aside from the way }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of truth;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  yet they shall imagine themselves }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  rightly directed:)
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      until, when he shall appear before us }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 at the last day}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , he shall say }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto the devil}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Would to GOD that between me and thee }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there was }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
the distance of the east from the west!  Oh how wretched a companion }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 art thou!
\par }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 But }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 wishes}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall not avail you on this day, since ye have been unjust; for ye shall be partakers of the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
same}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  punishment.
\par      Canst thou, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O prophet}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , make the deaf to hear, or canst thou direct the blind, and him who is in a manifest error?
\par 40\tab Whether we take thee away, we will surely take vengeance on them;
\par      or whether we cause thee to see }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the punishment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with which we have threatened them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 executed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , we will certainly prevail over them.

\par      Wherefore hold fast }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the doctrine}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which hath been revealed unto thee; for thou }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 art}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in a right way:
\par      and it is a memorial unto thee and thy people, and hereafter shall ye be examined }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 concerning your observance thereof}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And ask our apostles whom we have sent before thee,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  whether we have appointed gods for them to worship, besides the Merciful.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We formerly sent Moses with our signs unto Pharaoh and his princes, and he said, Verily I am the apostle of the LORD of all creatures.
\par      And when he came unto them with our signs, behold, they laughed him to scorn;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      although we showed them no sign, but it was greater than the other:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we inflicted a punishment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on them, that peradventure they might be converted.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And they said }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto Moses}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , O magician, pray unto thy LORD for us, according to the covenant which he hath made with thee; for we }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  certainly }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  directed.
\par      But when we took the plague from off them, behold, they brake their promise.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 50\tab And Pharaoh made proclamation among his people, saying, O my people, is not the kingdom of Egypt mine, and these rivers,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 which flow beneath me?  Do ye not see?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Am not I better than this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Moses}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , who is a contemptible person,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By this expression the prophetic office is here particularly intended.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 19.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, ask those who profess the religions which they taught, and their learned men.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Than its sister}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  The meaning is that the miracles were }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
all very great and considerable}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or, as the French may express it, by a phrase nearly the same, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 les uns plus grands que les autres}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., The successive plagues which they suffered, previous to their final destruction in the Red Sea.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   To wit, the Nile and its branches.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 2  Idem, Jallal., &c.\tab \tab 3  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and can scarce express himself intelligibly?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Have bracelets of gold, therefore, been put upon him;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  or do the angels attend him in orderly procession?
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Pharaoh}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  persuaded his people to light behavior; and they obeyed him: for they were a wicked people.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And when they had provoked us to wrath, we took vengeance on them: and we drowned them all:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and we made them a precedent, and an example unto others.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And when the son of Mary was proposed for an example, behold, thy people cried out }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 through excess of joy}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  thereat;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and they said, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  our gods better, or he?  They have proposed this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 instance}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 unto thee no otherwise than for an occasion of dispute: yea, they are contentious men.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Jesus}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  is no other than a servant, whom we favored }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with the gift of prophecy;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and we appointed him for an example}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto the children of Israel:
\par 60\tab (if we pleased, verily we could from ourselves produce angels, to succeed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 you}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in the earth):}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      and he }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a sign of the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 approach}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the last }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
hour;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wherefore doubt not thereof.  And follow me: this }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the right way.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And let not Satan cause you to turn aside: for he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  your open enemy.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And when }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Jesus}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  came with evident }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 miracles}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, he said, Now am I come unto you with wisdom,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and to explain unto you part of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 those things}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 concerning which ye disagree; wherefore fear GOD, and obey me.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily GOD is my LORD, and your LORD; wherefore worship him: this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the right way.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And the confederated sects among them fell to variance:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but woe unto those who have acted unjustly, because of the punishment of a grievous day.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Do }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the unbelievers}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wait for any other than the hour }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of judgment;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  that it may come upon them su
ddenly, while they foresee }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  not?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      The intimate friends, on that day, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  enemies unto one another; except the pious.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 20, p. 234, note
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Such bracelets were some of the insignia of royalty; for when the Egyptians raised a person to the dignity of a prince, they put a collar or chain of gold about his neck,}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and bracelets of gold on his wrists.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage is generally supposed to have been revealed on occasion of an objection made by one Ebn al Zab\'e1ri to those words in the 21st chapter,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  by which all in general, who were worshipped as deities, besides GOD, are doomed to hell: whereupon the infidels cried out, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
We are contented that our gods should be with Jesus; for he also is worshipped as}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some, however, are of opini
on it might have been revealed in answer to certain idolaters, who said that the Christians, who received the scriptures, worshipped Jesus, supposing him to be the son of GOD; whereas the angels were more worthy of that honour than he.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or an instance of our power, by his miraculous birth.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As easily as we produced Jesus without a father.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The intent of the words is to show how just and reasonable it is to think that the angels should bear the relation of children to men, rather than to GOD; they being his creatures, as well as men, and equally in his power.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For some time before the resurrection Jesus is to descend on earth, according to the Mohammedans, near Damascus,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 or, as some say, near a rock in the holy land named Afik, with a lance in his hand, wherewith he is to kill Antichrist, whom he will encounter at Ludd, or Lydda, a small town not far from Joppa.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   They add that he will arrive at Jerusalem at the time of morning prayer, that he shall perform his devotions after the Mohammedan institution, and officiate instead of the Im\'e2
m, who shall give place to him; that he will break down the cross, and destroy the churches of the Christians, of whom he will make a general slaughter, excepting only such as shall profess Isl\'e2m, etc.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 9}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, with a book of revelations, and an excellent system of religion.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  This may be understood either of the Jews in the time of Jesus, who opposed his doctrine, or of the Christians since, who have fallen into various opinions concerning him; some making him 
to be GOD, others the Son of GOD, and others, one of the persons of the Trinity, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See Gen. xli. 42.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 3  See p. 249.\tab \tab \tab 4  Jallalo\rquote ddin, al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 5  Idem.\tab \tab 6  Idem.\tab \tab 
7  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 63.\tab \tab 8  See ibid. p. 63.\tab \tab 9  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 10  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O my servants, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 there shall }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 no fear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 come}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on you this day, neither shall ye be grieved:
\par      who have believed in our signs, and have been Moslems:
\par 70\tab enter ye into paradise, ye and your wives, with great joy.
\par      Dishes of gold shall be carried round unto them, and cups without handles: and therein }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall they enjoy}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  whatever }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
souls shall desire, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 whatever their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  eyes shall delight in: and ye shall remain therein forever.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      This is paradise, which ye have inherited }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as a reward}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for that which ye have wrought.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Therein shall ye have fruits in abundance, of which ye shall eat.
\par      But the wicked shall remain forever in the torment of hell:
\par      it shall not be made lighter unto them; and they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  despair therein.
\par      We deal not unjustly with them, but they deal unjustly }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with their own souls}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And they shall call aloud, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , O Malec,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
intercede for us}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that thy LORD would end us }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by annihilation}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  He shall answer,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Verily ye shall
 remain }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 here forever}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We brought you the truth heretofore, but the greater part of you abhorred the truth.
\par      Have }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the infidels}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fixed on a method }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to circumvent our apostle?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261   Verily we will fix }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
on a method to circumvent them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 80\tab Do they imagine that we hear not their secrets, and their private discourse?  Yea; and our messengers who attend them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  write down }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the same}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, If the Merciful had a son, verily I }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 would be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the first of those who should worship }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Far be the LORD of heaven and earth, the LORD of the throne, from that which they affirm }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of him!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      Wherefore let them wade }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in their vanity}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and divert themselves until they arrive at their day with which they have been threatened.
\par      He who is GOD in heaven, is GOD on earth also: and he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the wise, the knowing.
\par      And blessed be he unto whom }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 appertaineth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the kingdom of heaven and earth, and of whatever is between them; with whom }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 the knowledge of the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 last}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  hour; and before whom ye shall be assembled.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They whom they invoke besides him have not the privilege to intercede }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for others;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  except those who bear witness to the truth, and know }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the same}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      If thou ask them who hath created them, they will surely answer, GOD.  How therefore are they turned away }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to the worship of others?
\par      God also heareth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the saying of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the prophet}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , O LORD, verily these }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  people who believe not:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and he answereth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Therefore turn aside from them; and say, Peace:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  hereafter shall they know }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their folly}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This the Mohammedans suppose to be the name of the principal angel who has the charge of hell.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some say that this answer will not be given till a thousand years after.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , The guardian angels.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, to the doctrine of GOD\rquote S unity.  The exception comprehends Jesus, Ezra, and the angels; who will be admitted as intercessors, though they have been worshipped as gods.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 25, p. 275, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page   }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XLIV_}XLIV.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend XLIV_}
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, SMOKE;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn4\insrsid14382261      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 H. M.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   BY the perspicuous book }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the Koran;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      verily we have sent down the same on a blessed night}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  (for we had engaged }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 so to do}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ),
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 on the night}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wherein is distinctly sent down the decree of every determined thing,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 as}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a command from us.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Verily we have }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ever}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  used to send }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 apostles with revelations, at proper intervals}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a mercy from thy LORD; for it is he who heareth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  knoweth:
\par      the LORD of heaven and earth, and of whatever }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  between them; if ye are }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of sure knowledge.
\par      There }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  no GOD but he: he giveth life, and he causeth to die; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 he is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  your LORD, and the LORD of your forefathers.
\par      Yet do they amuse themselves with doubt.
\par      But observe }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , on the day }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 whereon}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the heaven shall produce a visible smoke,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 10\tab which shall cover mankind:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  this }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will be }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a tormenting plague.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 They shall say}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , O LORD, take }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 this}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  plague from off us: verily we }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will become}
{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  true believers.
\par      How }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 should}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  an admonition }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be of avail}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in this condition;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 when a manifest apostle came unto them,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      but they retired from him, saying, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 This man is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  instructed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by others,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  or is }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a distracted person?
\par      We will take the plague from off }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 you}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , a little: }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 but}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  ye will certainly return }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
to your infidelity}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      On the day whereon we shall fiercely assault }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with great power,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  verily we will take vengeance }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 on them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We made trial of the people of Pharaoh before them, and an honourable messenger came unto them,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This word occurs within a few lines from the beginning of the chapter.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some except the verse beginning, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 We will take the plague off you a little}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. III. p. 46, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Generally supposed to be that between the twenty-third and twenty-fourth of Ramad\'e2n.  See ibid. p. 50, and chapter 97, and the notes there.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For annua
lly on this night, as the Mohammedans are taught, all the events of the ensuing year, with respect to life and death and the other affairs of this world, are disposed and settled.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Some, however, suppose that these words refer only to that particular night on which the Kor\'e2n, wherein are completely contained the divine determinations in respect to religion and morality, was sent down;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and, according to this exposition, the passage may be rendered, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 The night whereon every determined or adjudged matter was sent down}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators differ in their expositions of this passage.  Some think it spoke of a smoke which seemed to fill the air during the famine which was inflicted on the Meccans in Mohammed
\rquote s time,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and was so thick that, though they could hear, yet they could not see one another.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  But, according to a tradition of Ali, the smoke here meant is that which is to be one of the previous signs of the day of judgment,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and will fill the whole space from east to west, and last for forty days.  This smoke, they say, will intoxicate the infidels, and issue at their nose, ears and posteriors, but will very little inconvenience the true believers.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 16, p. 203.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   If we follow the former exposition, the words are to be understood, of the ce
asing of the famine upon the intercession of Mohammed, at the desire of the Koreish, and on their promise of believing on him; notwithstanding which, they fell back to their old incredulity; but if we follow the latter exposition, they are to be understoo
d of GOD\rquote S taking away the plague of the smoke, after the expiration of the forty days, at the prayer of the infidels, and on their promise of receiving the true faith, which being done, they will immediately return to their wonted obstinacy.

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some expound this of the slaughter at Bedr, and others of the day of judgment.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin, al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  See cap. 23, p. 259, note
\par 4  Al Zamakh., al Beid\'e2wi, Yahya, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 5  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 63.\tab \tab 6  Al Zamakh., al Beid\'e2wi.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 33}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Send unto me the servants of GOD;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  verily I }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 am}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a faithful messenger unto you:
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and lift not yourselves up against GOD; for I come unto you with manifest power.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And I fly for protection unto my LORD, and your LORD, that ye stone me not.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 20\tab If ye do not believe me, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 at least}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  depart from me.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 when they accused him of imposture}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , he called upon his LORD, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , These are a wicked people.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And God said unto him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , March forth with my servants by night; for ye }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  pursued:
\par      and leave the sea divided, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that the Egyptians may enter the same;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a host}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  doomed}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to be drowned.
\par      How many gardens, and fountains,
\par      and fields of corn, and fair dwellings,
\par      and advantages which they enjoyed, did they leave behind them!
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Thus }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 we dispossessed them thereof;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we gave the same for an inheritance unto another people.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Neither heaven nor earth wept for them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  neither were they respited }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 any longer}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And we delivered the children of Israel from a shameful affliction;
\par 30\tab from Pharaoh; for he was haughty, and a transgressor:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and we chose them, knowingly,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  above }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 all}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  people;
\par      and we showed them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 several}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  signs,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wherein was an evident trial.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily these }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Meccans}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  say,
\par      Assuredly }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our final end}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  will be no other than our first }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 natural }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 death; neither shall we be raised again:
\par      bring now our forefathers }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 back to life}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , if ye speak truth.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Are they better, or the people of Tobba,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and those who }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 were}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  before them? we destroyed them, because they wrought wickedness.
\par      We have not created the heavens and the earth, and whatever }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  between them, by way of sport:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      we have created them no otherwise than in truth;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but the greater part of them do not understand.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 40\tab Verily the day of separation}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the appointed term of them all:
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      a day, whereon the master and the servant shall be of no advantage to one another, neither shall they be helped;
\par      excepting those on whom GOD shall have mercy; for he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the mighty, the merciful.
\par      Verily, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the fruit of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the tree of al Zakkum
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the food of the impious:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Let the Israelites go with me to worship their GOD.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or that ye injure me not, either by word or deed.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Without opposing me or offering me any injury, which I have not deserved from you.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 26, p. 278.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, none pitied their destruction.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Knowing that they were worthy of our choice; or, notwithstanding we knew they would, in time to come, fall into idolatry, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As the dividing of the Red Sea, the cloud which shaded them, the raining on them manna and quails, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The Hamyarites, whose kings had the title of Tobba.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The commentators tell us that the Tobba here meant was very potent, and built Samarcand, or, as others say, demolished it; and that he was a true believer, but his subjects were infidels.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par \tab This prince seems to have been Abu Carb Asaad, who flourished about seven hundred years before Mohammed, and embraced Judaism, which religion he first introduced 
into Yaman (being the true religion at that time, inasmuch as Christianity was not then promulgated), and was, for that cause probably, slain by his own people.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 21, p. 242, and chapter 38, p. 341.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , The day of judgment; when the wicked shall be separated from the righteous, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Jallalo\rquote ddin supposes this passage to have been particularly levelled against Abu Jahl.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. I. p. 7.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.
\par 5  Al Jann\'e2bi.  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 60.
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as the dregs of oil shall it boil in the bellies }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the damned}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      like the boiling of the hottest water.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And it shall be said to the tormentors}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Take him, and drag him into the midst of hell:
\par      and pour on his head the torture of boiling water,
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Taste }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 this;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for thou art that mighty }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 honourable person.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 50\tab Verily this is the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 punishment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of which ye doubted.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But the pious }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be lodged}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in a place of security,
\par      among gardens and fountains:
\par      they shall be clothed in fine silk, and in satin; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and they shall sit}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  facing one another.
\par      Thus }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall it be:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and we will espouse them to fair damsels, having large black eyes.
\par      In that place shall they call for all }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 kinds of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fruits, in full security:
\par      they shall not taste death therein, after the first death; and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall deliver from the pains of hell:
\par      through the gracious bounty of thy LORD.  This will be great felicity.
\par      Moreover we have rendered }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the Koran }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 easy}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for thee, by revealing it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in thine own tongue; to the end that they may be admonished:
\par      wherefore do thou wait }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the event;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for they wait }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to see some misfortune befall thee.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ________
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XLV_}XLV.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend XLV_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE KNEELING;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      H. M.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   THE revelation of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 this }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 book }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from the mighty, the wise GOD.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 both}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in heaven and earth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  signs of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the divine power}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto the true believers:
\par      and in the creation of yourselves, and of the beasts which are scattered }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 over the face of the earth, are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  signs unto people of sound judgment;
\par      and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 also in}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the vicissitude of night and day, and the rain which GOD sendeth down from heaven, whereby he quickeneth the earth after it hath been dead: in the change of the winds also }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 signs unto people of understanding.
\par      These }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the signs of GOD; we rehearse them unto thee with truth.  In what revelation therefore will they believe, after }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 they have rejected}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD and his signs?
\par      Woe unto every lying }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  impious person;
\par      who heareth the signs of GOD, which are read unto him, and afterwards proudly persisteth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in infidelity}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , as though he heard them not: (denounce unto him a painful punishment:)
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and who, when he cometh to the knowledge of any of our signs, receiveth the same with scorn.  For these }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is prepared}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a shameful punishment:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      before them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 lieth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 hell; and whatever they shall have gained shall not avail them at all, neither }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 idols}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which they have taken for }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  patrons, besides GOD; and they shall suffer a grievous punishment.
\par 10\tab This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 true}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  direction: and for those who disbelieve the signs of their LORD, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is prepared}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the punishment of a painful torment.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD who hath subjected the sea unto you, that the ships may sail therein, at his command; and that ye may seek }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 advantage unto yourselves by commerce}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ; of his bounty; and that ye may give thanks:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and he obligeth whatever }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in heaven and on earth to serve you; the whole }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 being}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  from him.  Verily herein }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  signs unto people who consider.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The word from which this chapter is denominated occurs p. 370.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. III. p. 46, &c.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Speak unto the true believers, that they forgive those who hope not for the days of GOD,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that he may reward people according to what they sha
ll have wrought.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Whoso doeth that which is right }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 doth it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the advantage of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  his own soul; and whoso doeth evil }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 doth it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  against the same: hereafter shall ye return unto your LORD.
\par      We gave unto the children of Israel the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the law}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and wisdom, and prophecy; and we fed them with good things, and preferred them above all nations:
\par      and we gave them plain }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ordinances}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  concerning the business }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of religion;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 neither do they fall to variance, except after that knowledge had come unto them, through envy among themselves: but thy LORD will decide the controversy between them, on the day of resurrection, concerning that wherein they disagree.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Afterwards we appointed thee, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 O Mohammed, }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 promulgate}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a law concerning the business 
}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of religion:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wherefore follow the same, and follow not the desires of those who are ignorant.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily they shall not avail thee against GOD at all; the unjust }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the patrons of one another; but GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 the patron of the pious.
\par      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Koran}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  delivereth evident }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 precepts}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto mankind; and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 a direction, and a mercy, unto people who judge aright.
\par 20\tab Do the workers of iniquity imagine that we will deal with them as with those who believe and do good works; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 so that}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  their life and their death}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall be}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  equal?  An ill judgment do they make.
\par      GOD hath created the heavens and the earth in truth; that he may recompense every soul according to that which it shall have wrought: and they shall not be treated unjustly.
\par      What thinkest thou?  He who taketh his own lust for his GOD, and whom GOD causeth knowingly to err, and whose ears and whose heart he hath sealed up, and over whose eyes he hath cast a veil; who shall direct him, after GOD }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall have forsaken him?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261   Will ye therefore not be admonished?
\par      They say, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 There}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  is no }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 other life}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, except our present life: we die, and we live; and nothing but time destroyeth us.  But they have no knowledge in this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 matter; }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 they only follow a }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 vain}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  opinion.
\par      And when our evident signs are rehearsed unto them, their argument }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 which they offer against the same}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  is no other than that they say, Bring }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to life}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  our fathers }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who have been dead;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  if ye speak truth.
\par      Say, GOD giveth you life; and afterwards causeth you to die: hereafter will he assemble you together on the day of resurrection; there is no doubt thereof; but the greater part of men do not understand.
\par      Unto GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 appertaineth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the kingdom of heaven and earth; and the day whereon the hour shall be fixed, on that day shall those who charge }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the Koran}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with vanity perish.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And thou shalt see every nation}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  kneeling: every nation shall be called unto its book 
}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of account; and it shall be said unto them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , This day shall ye be rewarded according to that which ye have wrought.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By the days of GOD, in this place, are meant the prosperous successes of his people in battle against the infidels.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The passage is said to have been revealed on account of Omar, who being reviled by one of the tribe of Ghif\'e2r, was thinking to revenge himself by force.  Some are of opinion that this verse is abrogated by that of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
war}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, of the principal Koreish, who were urgent with Mohammed to return to the religion of his forefathers.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original word }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Ommat}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  properly signifies a people who profess one and the same law or religion.
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 1  See p. 186, note }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 .\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Idem.}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 This our book will speak concerning you with truth; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 therein}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  have we written down whatever ye have done.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      As to those who shall have believed and done good works, their LORD shall lead them into his mercy: this shall be manifest felicity.
\par 30\tab But as to the infidels, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it shall be said unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Were not my signs rehearsed unto you? but ye proudly rejected }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, and became a wicked people!
\par      And when it was said }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto you}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Verily the promise of GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  true: and as to the hour }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
of judgment, there is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  no doubt thereof: ye answered, We know not what the hour }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of judgment is:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  we hold an }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 uncertain}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  opinion only; and we are not well assured }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of this matter}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      But }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 on that day}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the evils of that which they have wrought shall appear unto them; and that which they mocked at shall encompass them:
\par      and it shall be said }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , This day will we forget you, as ye did forget the meeting of this your day: and your abode }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be hell }{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 fire; and ye shall have none to deliver you.
\par      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall ye suffer}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, because ye turned the signs of GOD to ridicule; and the life of the world deceived you.  On this day, therefore, they shall not be taken forth from thence, neither shall they be asked }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 any more}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 to render themselves well-pleasing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Wherefore praise be unto GOD, the LORD of the heavens, and the LORD of the earth;
\par      the LORD of all creatures: and unto him be glory in heaven and earth; for he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the mighty, the wise }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 

\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl280\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 _______
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XLVI_}XLVI.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend XLVI_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, AL AHKAF;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      H. M.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   THE revelation of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 this}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  book }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from the mighty, the wise GOD.
\par      We have not created the heavens, and the earth, and whatever is between them, otherwise than in truth,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and for a determined period:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but the unbelievers turn away from the warning which is given them.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, What think ye?  Show me what }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 part}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of the earth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the idols}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 which ye invoke, besides GOD, have created?  Or, had they any share in }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the creation of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the heavens?  Bring me a book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of scripture revealed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 before this, or some footstep of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ancient}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  knowledge, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to countenance your idolatrous practices;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  if ye are men of veracity.
\par      Who is in a wider error than he who invoketh, besides GOD, that which cannot return him an answer, to the day of resurrection; and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 idols}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which regard not their calling }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 on them:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and which, when men shall be gathered together }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to judgment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, will become their enemies, and will ungratefully deny their worship?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 70.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Al Ahk\'e2
f is the plural of Hekf, and signifies lands which lie in a crooked or winding manner; whence it became the name of a territory in the province of Hadramaut, where the Adites dwelt.  It is mentioned about the middle of the chapter.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. III. p. 46, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 21, p. 242, and chapter 38, p. 341, &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261   Being to last but a certain space of time, and not for ever.}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 When our evident signs are rehearsed unto them, the unbelievers say of the truth,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when it cometh unto them, This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is }
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a manifest piece of sorcery.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Will they say, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Mohammed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  hath forged it?  Answer, If I have forged it, verily ye shall not obtain for me any }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 favor}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  from GOD: he well knoweth the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 injurious language}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which ye utter concerning it: he is a sufficient witness between me and you; and he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  gracious }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  merciful.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Say, I am not singular among the apostles;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  neither do I know what will be done with me or with you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hereafter:}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  I follow no other than what is revealed unto me; neither am I any more than a public warner.
\par      Say, What is your opinion?  If }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 this book}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  be from GOD, and ye believe not therein; and a witness of the children of Israel bear witness to its consonancy }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with the law}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and believeth therein; and ye proudly reject }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the same: are ye not unjust doers?}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Verily GOD directeth not unjust people.
\par 10\tab But those who believe not say of the true believers, If }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the doctrine of the Koran}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  had been good, they had not embraced the same before us.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And when they are not guided thereby, they say, This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  an antiquated lie.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Whereas the book of Moses }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 was revealed }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 before }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the Koran, to be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a guide and a mercy: and this}{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a book confirming }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the same, delivered }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in the Arabic tongue; to denounce threats unto those who act unjustly, and to bear goo
d tidings unto the righteous doers.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 As to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  those who say, Our LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD; and who behave uprightly: on them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  no fear}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  come}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , neither shall they be grieved.
\par      These }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the inhabitants of paradise, they shall remain therein forever: in recompense for that which they have wrought.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We have commanded man }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to show}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  kindness to his parents: his mother beareth him }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in her womb}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with pain, and bringeth him forth with pain: and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the space of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  his being carried }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in her womb}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  his weaning, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  thirty months;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 until, when he attaineth his age of strength, and attaineth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the age of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  forty years, he saith,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 O LORD, excite me, by the inspiration, that I may be grateful for their favors, wherewith thou hast favored me and my parents; and that I may work rig
hteousness, which may please thee: and be gracious unto me in my issue; for I am turned unto thee, and am a Moslem.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      These }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  they from whom we accept the good work which they have wrought, and whose evil }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 works}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  we pass by; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and they shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  among the inhabitants of paradise: this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 a true promise, which they are promised }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in this world}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Any part of the revelations of the Kor\'e2n.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, I do not teach a doctrine different from what the former apostles and prophets have taught, nor am I a
ble to do what they could not, particularly to show the signs which every one shall think fit to demand.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This witness is generally supposed to have been the Jew Abd\rquote allah Ebn Sal\'e2m, who declared that Mohammed was the prophet foretold by Moses.  Some, 
however, suppose the witness here meant to have been Moses himself.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These words were spoken, as some think, by the Jews, when Abd\rquote allah professed Isl\'e2
m; or, according to others, by the Koreish, because the first followers of Mohammed were for the most part poor and mean people; or else by the tribes of Amer, Ghatf\'e2n, and Asad, on the conversion of those of Joheinah, Mozeinah, Aslam, and Ghifar.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   At the least.  For if the full time of suckling an infant be two years,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or twenty-four months, there re
main but six months for the space of his being carried in the womb; which is the least that can be allowed.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These words, it is said, were revealed on account of Abu Becr, who professed Isl
\'e2m in the fortieth year of his age, two years after Mohammed\rquote s mission, and was the only person, either of the Moh\'e2jerin or the Ans\'e2rs, whose father and mother were also converted; his son Abd\rquote alrahm\'e2
n, and his grandson Abu Atik, likewise embracing the same faith.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  See cap. 2, p. 25.
\par 5  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 6  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin, &c.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 He who saith unto his parents, Fie on you!  Do ye promise me that I shall be taken forth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from the grave, and restored to life;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 many}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  generations have passed away before me, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and none of them have returned back?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 parents}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  implore GOD'S assistance, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and say to their son}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Alas for thee!  Believe: for the promise of GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  true.  But he answereth, This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 no other than silly fables of the ancients.
\par      These }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are they}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  whom the sentence }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 passed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 on the nations which have been before them, of genii and of men, justly fitteth: they shall surely perish.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      For every one }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is prepared}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a certain degree }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of happiness or misery}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, according to that which they shall have wrought: that }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  may recompense them for their works: and they shall not be treated unjustly.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      On a certain day, the unbelievers shall be exposed before the fire }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of hell; and it shall be said unto them}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Ye received your good things in your lifetime, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 while ye were}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in the world;
 and ye enjoyed yourselves therein: wherefore this day ye shall be rewarded with the punishment of ignominy; for that ye behaved insolently in the earth, without justice, and for that ye transgressed.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 20\tab Remember the brother of Ad,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when he preached unto h
is people in Al Ahkaf (and there were preachers before him, and after him), }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Worship none but GOD: verily I fear for you the punishment of a great day.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They answered, Art thou come unto us that thou mayest turn us aside from }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the worship of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  our gods?  Bring on us now }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the punishment}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with which thou threatenest us, if thou art a man of veracity.
\par      He said, Verily the knowledge }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the time when your punishment will be inflicted is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with GOD; and I }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 only}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 declare unto you that which I am sent }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to preach;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  but I see ye are an ignorant people.
\par      And when they saw }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the preparation made for their punishment, namely}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , a cloud traversing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the sky, and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 tending towards their valleys, they said, This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a traversing cloud, which bringeth us rain.  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Hud}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 answered}
{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Nay; it is what ye demanded to be hastened: a wind, wherein }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a severe vengeance:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      it will destroy everything,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  at the command of its LORD.  And in the morning nothing was to be seen, besides their }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 empty}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  dwellings.  Thus do we reward wicked people.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We had established them in the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 like flourishing condition}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wherein we have established you, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O men of Mecca; }{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and we had given them ears, and eyes, and hearts: yet neither their ears, nor their eyes, nor their hearts profited them at all, when they rejected the signs of GOD; but the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 vengeance}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which they mocked at fell upon them.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We heretofore destroyed the cities which }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 were}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  round about you;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and we variously proposed }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 our}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  signs unto them, that they might repent.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Did those protect them, whom they took for gods, besides GOD, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and imagined to be }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
honoured with his familiarity?  Nay; they withdrew from them: yet this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 was}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  their false opinion }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 which seduced them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the blasphemy}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which they had devised.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The words seem to be general; but it is said they were revealed particularly on occasion of Abd\rquote alrahm\'e2
n, the son of Abu Becr, who used these expressions to his father and mother before he professed Isl\'e2m.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Unless they redeem their fault by repentance, and embracing the true faith, as did Abd\rquote alrahm\'e2n.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , The prophet Hud.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Which came to pass accordingly; for this pestilential and violent wind killed all who believed not in the doctrine of Hud, without distinction of sex, age, or degree; and entirely destroyed their possessions.  See the Prel
im. Disc. Sect. I. p. 5, and the notes to chapter 7, p. 111.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  As the settlements of the Thamudites, Midianites, and the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, &c.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 7  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Remember}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when we caused certain of the genii}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to turn aside unto thee, t
hat they might hear the Koran: and when they were present at }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the reading of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the same, they said }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to one another}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Give ear: and when it was ended, they returned back unto their people, preaching }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 what they had heard}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par      They said, Our people, verily we have heard a book }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 read unto us}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which hath been revealed since Moses,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  confirming the }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 scripture}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 was delivered}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  before it; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 directing unto the truth, and the right way.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 30\tab Our people, obey GOD'S preacher: and believe in him; that he may forgive you your sins, and may deliver you from a painful punishment.
\par      And whoever obeyeth not GOD'S preacher shall by no means frustrate }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God's vengeance}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on earth: neither shall he have any protectors besides him.  These }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will be}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in a manifest error.
\par      Do they not know that GOD, who hath created the heavens and the earth, and was not fatigued with the creation thereof, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  able to raise the dead to life?  Yea verily; for he }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  almighty.
\par      On a certain day the unbelievers shall be exposed unto }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and it shall be said unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Is not this really }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 come to pass?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261   They shall answer, Yea, by our LORD.  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall reply, Taste, therefore, the punishment }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of hell}
{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , for that ye have been unbelievers.
\par      Do thou, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O prophet}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , bear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the insults of thy people}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with patience, as }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 apostles, who were endued with constancy, bear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the injuries of their people:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and require not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their punishment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 to be hastened unto them.  On the day whereon they shall see the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 punishment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wherewith they have been threatened,
\par      it shall seem as though they had tarried }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in the world}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  but an hour of a day.  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 This is }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 fair}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  warning.  Shall they perish except the people who transgress?}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ________
\par 
\par 
\par 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XLVII_}XLVII.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend XLVII_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, MOHAMMED;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MEDINA.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 GOD}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  will render of none effect the works of those who believe not, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 turn away }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  from the way of GOD:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      but as to those who believe, and work righteousness, and believe }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the revelation}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 which hath been sent down unto Mohammed (for it is the truth from their LORD), he will expiate their evil deeds from them, and will dispose their heart aright.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These genii, according to different opinions, were of Nisibin, or of Yaman, or of Ninive; and in number nine or seven.  They heard Mohammed reading the Kor
\'e2n by night, or after the morning prayer, in the valley of al Nakhlah, during the time of his retreat to al Tayef, and believed on him.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Hence the commentators suppose those genii, before their conversion to Mohammedism, to have been of the Jewish religion.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some entitle this chapter }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 War}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, which is therein commanded to be vigorously carried on against the enemies of the Mohammedan faith.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some suppose the whole to have been revealed at Mecca.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will he do}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , becau
se those who believe not follow vanity, and because those who believe follow the truth from their LORD.  Thus GOD propoundeth unto men their examples.
\par      When ye encounter the unbelievers, strike off }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 heads, until ye have made a great slaughter among them; and bind }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in bonds;

\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and either }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 give them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a free dismission afterwards, or }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 exact}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 a ransom; until the war shall have laid down its arms.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall ye do}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
.  Verily if GOD pleased he could take vengeance on them, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 without your assistance;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 he commandeth you to fight his battles}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , that he may prove the one of you by the other.  And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 as to }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 those who fight}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 in defence of GOD'S true religion, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  will not suffer their works to perish:
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      he will guide them, and will dispose their heart aright;
\par      and he will lead them into paradise, of which he hath told them.
\par      O true believers, if ye assist GOD, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by fighting for his religion}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , he will assist you }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 against your enemies;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 and will set your feet fast:
\par      but }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as for}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the infidels, let them perish; and their works shall }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  render vain.
\par 10\tab This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall befall them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , because they have rejected with abhorrence that which GOD hath revealed: wherefore their works shall become of no avail.
\par      Do they not travel through the earth, and see what hath been the end of those who }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 were}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  before them?  GOD utterly destroyed them: and the like }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 catastrophe}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  awaiteth the unbelievers.
\par      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall come to pass}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , for that GOD is the patron of the true believers, and for that the infidels have no protector.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily G
OD will introduce those who believe, and do good works, into gardens beneath which rivers flow: but the unbelievers indulge themselves in pleasures, and eat as beasts eat; and their abode }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be hell}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      How many cities were more mighty in strength than thy city which hath expelled thee; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 yet}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 have we destroyed them, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 there was}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  none to help them?
\par      Shall he therefore, who followeth the plain declaration of his LORD, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  as he whose evil works have been dressed up for him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by the devil;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and who follow their own lusts?
\par      The description of paradise, which is promised unto the pious: therein }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 rivers of incorruptible water; and rivers of milk, the taste whereof changeth not; and rivers of wine, pleasant unto those who drink;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and rivers of clarified honey: and therein shall they have }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 plenty}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of all }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 kinds}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of fruits; and pardon from their LORD.  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Shall the man for whom these things are prepared be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  as he who must dwell forever in }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire; and will have the boiling water given him to drink, which shall burst their bowels?}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  This law the Hanifites judge to be abrogated, or to relate particularly to the war of Bedr, for the severity here commanded, which was necessary in the beginning of Mohammedism,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 they think too rigorous to be put in practice
 in its flourishing state.  But the Persians and some others hold the command to be still in full force; for, according to them, all the men of full age who are taken in battle are to be slain, unless they embrace the Mohammedan faith; and those who fall 
into the hands of the Moslems after the battle are not to be slain, but may either be set at liberty gratis or on payment of a certain ransom, or may be exchanged for Mohammedan prisoners, or condemned to slavery, at the pleasure of the Im\'e2m or prince.
}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some copies, instead of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 k\'e2tilu}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , read }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 k\'fbtilu}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , according to which latter reading it should be rendered, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 who are slain}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or 
}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 suffer martyrdom}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See cap. 8, p. 127 and 132.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.  Vide Reland. Dissert. de Jure Militari Mohammedanor. p. 32.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Of the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unbelievers}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 some who give ear unto thee, until, when they go out from thee, they say, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by way of derision,}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto those to whom knowledge hath been given,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  What hath he said now?  These }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are they}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  whose hearts GOD hath sealed up, and who follow their own lusts:
\par      but }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 as to}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  those who are directed, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  will grant them a more ample direction, and he will instruct them what to avoid.
}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 20\tab Do }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 infidels}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wait for any other than the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 last}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 hour, that it may come upon them suddenly?  Some signs thereof are already come:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and when it shall actually overtake them, how can they }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 then}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  receive admonition?
\par      Know therefore, that there is no god but GOD: and ask pardon for thy sin,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and for the true believers, both men and women.  GOD knoweth your busy employment }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in the world}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and the place of your abode }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hereafter}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par      The true believers say, Hath not a Sura been revealed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 commanding war against the infidels?}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  But when a Sura without any ambiguity is revealed, and war is mentioned therein, thou mayest see those in whose hearts is an infirmity,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 look towards thee with the look of one whom death overshadoweth.  But obedience }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 would}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 more eligible for them, and to speak that which is convenient.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And when the command is firmly established, if they give credit unto GOD, it will be better for them.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Were ye ready, therefore, if ye had been put in authority,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to commit outrages in the earth, and to violate the ties of blood?
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      These }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are they}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  whom GOD hath cursed, and hath rendered deaf, and whose eyes he hath blinded.
\par      Do they not therefore attentively meditate on the Koran?  Are there locks upon their hearts?
\par      Verily they who turn their backs, after the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 true}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  direction is made manifest unto them, Satan shall prepare }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their wickedness}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 for them, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall bear with them for a time.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall befall them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , because they say }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 privately }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
unto those who detest what GOD hath revealed, We will obey you in part of the matter.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   But GOD knoweth their secrets.
\par      How therefore }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  it }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 be with them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , when the angels shall cause them to die, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall strike their faces, and their backs?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 30\tab This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall they suffer}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, because they follow that which provoketh GOD to wrath, and are averse to what is well pleasing unto him: and he will render their works vain.
\par      Do they in whose hearts is an infirmity imagine that GOD will not bring their malice to light?
\par      If we pleased, we could surely show them unto thee, and thou shouldest know them by their marks; but thou shalt certainly know them by }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  perverse pronunciation of }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  words.  GOD knoweth your actions:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
     and we will try you, until we know those among you who fight valiantly, and who persevere with constancy: and we will try the reports of your behavior.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , The more learned of Mohammed\rquote s companions, such as Ebn Mas\'fad and Ebn Abb
\'e2s.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as the words may also be translated, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
and he will reward them for their piety}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As the mission of Mohammed, the splitting of the moon, and the smoke,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  mentioned in the forty-fourth chapter.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Though Mohammed here and elsewhere}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 acknowledges himself to be a sinner, yet several Mohammedan doctors pretend he was wholly free from sin, and suppose he is here commanded to ask forgiveness, not that he wanted it, but that he might set an example to his foll
owers: wherefore he used to say of himself, if the tradition be true, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 I ask pardon of}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 a hundred times a day}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As hypocrisy, cowardice, or instability in their religion.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as the words may also be translated, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 If ye had turned back}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and apostatized from your faith.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, In part of what ye desire of us; by staying at home and not going forth with Mohammed to war, and by private combination against him.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These words are supposed to allude to the examination of the sepulchre.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 3  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 1  Idem, al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  See cap. 48, in the beginning.\tab \tab 3  Jallalo\rquote ddin
\par 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Verily those who believe not, and turn away }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from the way of GOD, and make opposition against the apostle,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  after the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 divine}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  direction hath been manifested unto them, shall not hurt GOD at all; but he shall make their works to perish.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      O true believers, obey GOD; and obey the apostle: and render not your works of no effect.
\par      Verily those who believe not, and who turn away }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  from the way of GOD, and then die, being unbelievers, GOD will by no means forgive.
\par      Faint not therefore, neither invite }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 your enemies}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to peace, while ye }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the superior: for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with you, and will not defraud you of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the merit of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  your works.
\par      Verily this present life }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  only a play and a vain amusement; but if ye believe, and fear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, he will give you your rewards.  He doth not require of you your }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 whole}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  substance:
\par      if he should require the whole of you, and earnestly press you, ye would become niggardly, and it would raise your hatred }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 against his apostle}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 40\tab Behold, ye }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  those who are invited to expend }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 part of your substance}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 for the support of GOD'S true religion; and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  some of you who are niggardly.  But whoever shall be niggardly shall be niggardly to
wards his own soul: for GOD wanteth nothing, but ye }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  needy: and if ye turn back, he will substitute }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 another}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 people in your stead, who shall not be like unto you.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ________
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XLVIII_}XLVIII.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend XLVIII_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE VICTORY; REVEALED AT MEDINA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      VERILY we have granted thee a manifest victory:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      that GOD may forgive thee}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  thy preceding and thy subsequent sin,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and may complete his favour on thee, and direct thee in the right way;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These were the tribes of Koreidha and al Nadir; or those who distributed provision to the army of the Koreish at Bedr.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, In backwardness and aversion to the propagation of the faith.  The people here designed to be put in the place of these lukewarm Moslems are generally suppose
d to be the Persians, there being a tradition that Mohammed, being asked what people they were, at a time when Salm\'e2n was sitting by him, clapped his hand on his thigh, and said, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 This man and his nation}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  Others, however, are of opinion the Ans\'e2rs or the angels are intended in this place.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  This victory, from which the chapter takes its title, according to the most received interpretation, was the taking of the city of Mecca.  The passage is said to have been revealed on Mohammed\rquote s return from the expedi
tion of al Hodeibiya, and contains a promise or prediction of this signal success, which happened not till two years after, the preterite tense being therein used, according to the prophetic style, for the future.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab There are some, notwithstanding, who suppose the advantage here intended was the pacification of al Hodeibiya, which is here called a }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 victory}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
, because the Meccans sued for peace, and made a truce there with Mohammed, their breaking of which occasioned the taking of Mecca.  Others think the conquest of Khaibar, or the victory over the Greeks at M\'fbta, &c., to be meant in this place.
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  That is to say, that GOD ay give thee an opportunity of deserving forgiveness by eradicating of idolatry, and exalting his true religion, and the delivering of the weak from the hands of the ungodly, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Whatever thou hast done worthy reprehension; or, thy sins committed as well in the time of ignorance as since.  Some expound the words more particularly, and say the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 preceding}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 former}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  fault was his lying with his handmaid Mary,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  contrary to his oath; and the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 latter}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , his marrying of Zeinab,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  the wife of Ze\'eed his adopted son.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.  See cap. 8, p. 129, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Al Zamakh., al Beid\'e2wi, &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 1  See cap. 66, and the notes thereon.\tab \tab 2  See cap. 33, and the notes thereon.\tab \tab 3  Al Zamakh.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and that GOD may assist thee with a glorious assistance.
\par      It is he who sendeth down secure tranquility into the hearts of the true believers, that they may increase in faith, beyond their }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 former}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fa
ith; (the hosts of heaven and earth are GOD'S; and GOD is knowing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wise)
\par      that he may lead the true believers of both sexes into gardens beneath which rivers flow, to dwell therein forever; and may expiate their evil deeds from them: (this will be great felicity with GOD):
\par      and that he may punish the hypocritical men, and the hypocritical women, and the idolaters, and the idolatresses, who conceive an ill opinion of GOD.  They shall experience a turn of evil fortune: and GOD shall be angry with t
hem, and shall curse them, and hath prepared hell for them; and ill journey shall it be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thither!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      Unto GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belong }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the hosts of heaven and earth; and GOD is mighty }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par      Verily we have sent thee }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a witness, and a bearer of good tidings, and a denouncer of threats;
\par      that ye may believe in GOD, and his apostle; and may assist him, and revere him, and praise him morning and evening.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 10\tab Verily they who swear fealty}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto thee, swear fealty unto GOD: the hand of GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 over their hands.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Whoever shall violate }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 his oath}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , will violate }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the same}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to the hurt only of his own soul: but whoever shall perform that which he hath covenanted with GOD, he will surely give him a great reward.
\par      The Arabs of the desert who were left behind}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  will say unto thee, Our substance and our families employed us, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 so that we went not forth with thee to war;}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wherefore, ask pardon for us.  They speak that with their tongues, which }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  not in their hearts.  Answer, Who shall be able }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
to obtain}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for you anything from GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to the contrary}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, if he is pleased to afflict you, or is pleased to be gracious unto you?  Yea, verily, GOD is well acquainted with that which ye do.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Truly ye imagined that the apostle and the true believers would never return to their families: and this was prepared in your hearts: but ye imagined an evil imagination; and ye are a corrupt people.
\par      Whoso believeth not in GOD and his apostle, verily we have prepared burning fire for the unbelievers.
\par      Unto GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the kingdom of heaven and earth: he forgiveth whom he pleaseth: and he punisheth whom he pleaseth: and GOD is inclined to forgive, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  merciful.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Those who were left behind will say, when ye go forth to take the spoil,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 Suffer us to follow you.  They seek to change the word of GOD.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Say, Ye shall by no means follow us: thus hath GOD said heretofore.  They will reply, Nay: ye envy us }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a share of the booty}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  But they are men of small understanding.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original word signifies publicly to acknowledge or inaugurate a prince, by swearing fidelity and obedience to him.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, he beholdeth from above, and is witness to the solemnity of your giving your faith to his apostle, and will reward you for it.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The expression alludes to the manner of their plighting their faith on these occasions.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These were the tribes of Aslam, Joheinah, Mozeinah, and Ghif\'e2
r, who, being summoned to attend Mohammed in the expedition of al Hodeibiya, stayed behind, and excused themselves by saying their families must suffer in their absence, and woul
d be robbed of the little they had (for these tribes were of the poorer Arabs); whereas in reality they wanted firmness in the faith, and courage to face the Koreish.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., In the expedition of Khaibar.  The prophet returned from al Hodeibiya in Dhu\rquote l
hajja, in the sixth year of the Hejra, and stayed at Medina the remainder of that month and the beginning of Moharram, and then set forward against the Jews of Khaibar, with those only who had attended him to Hodeibiya; and having made himself master of t
he place, and all the castles and strongholds in that territory,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  took spoils to a great value, which he divided among them who were present at that expedition, and none else.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which was his promise to those who attended the prophet to al Hodeibiya, tha
t he would make them amends for their missing of the plunder of Mecca at that time by giving them that of Khaibar in lieu thereof.  Some think the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 word}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 here intended, to be that passage in the ninth chapter,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Ye shall not go forth with me for the future}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &
c., which yet was plainly revealed long after the taking of Khaibar, on occasion of the expedition of Tab\'fbc.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 4  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 5  Idem, al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Say unto the Arabs of the desert who were left behind, Ye shall be called forth against a mighty }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a warlike nation;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  ye shall fight against them, or they shall profess Isl\'e2m.  If ye obey, GOD will give you a glorious reward: but if ye turn back, as ye turned back heretofore, he will chastise you with a grievous chastisement.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      It shall be no crime in the blind, neither shall it be a crime in the lame, neither shall it be a crime in the sick, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 if they go not forth to war:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 and whoso shall obey GOD and his apostle, he shall lead them into gardens beneath which rivers flow; but whoso shall turn back, he will chastise him with a grievous chastisement.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Now GOD was well pleased with the true believers, when they sware fidelity to thee under the tree;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and he knew that which }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
was }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in their hearts; wherefore he sent down on them tranquility of mind,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and rewarded them with a speedy victory,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and many spoils which they took: for GOD is mighty }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 20\tab GOD promised you many spoils which ye should take; but he have you these by way of earnest; and he restrained the hands of men from you:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that the s
ame may be a sign unto the true believers; and that he may guide you into the right way.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 he also promiseth you}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  other }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 spoils}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , which ye have not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 yet}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  been able }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to take:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  but now hath GOD encompassed them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for you;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and GOD is almighty.
\par      If the unbelieving }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Meccans}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  had fought against you, verily they had turned }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 backs; and they would not have found a patron or protector:
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 according to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the ordinance of GOD, which hath been put in execution heretofore }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 against opposers of the prophets;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for thou s
halt not find any change in the ordinance of GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 It was}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 he who restrained their hands from you, and your hands from them, in the valley of Mecca; after that he had given you the victory over them:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and GOD saw that which ye did.}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These were Banu Honeifa, who inhabited al Yam\'e2ma, and were the followers of Moseilama, Mohammed\rquote s competitor; or any other of those tribes which apostatized from Mohammedism,}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or, as others rather suppose, the Persians or the Greeks.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Mohammed, when at al Hodeibiya, sent Jaww\'e2s Ebn Omeyya the Khoza\'ef
te, to acquaint the Meccans that he was come with a peaceable intention to visit the temple; but they, on some jealousy conceived, refusing to admit him, the prophet sent Othman Ebn Aff\'e2n, whom they imprisoned, and a report 
ran that he was slain: whereupon Mohammed called his men about him, and they took an oath to be faithful to him, even to death; during which ceremony he sat under a tree, supposed by some to have been an Egyptian thorn, and by others a kind of lote-tree.}
{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original word is }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Sak\'eenat}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , of which notice has been taken elsewhere.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Namely, the success at Khaibar; or, as some rather imagine, the taking of Mecca, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , The hands of those of Khaibar, or of their successors of the tribes of Asad and Ghatf\'e2
n, or of the inhabitants of Mecca, by the pacification of al Hodeibiya.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Jallalo\rquote ddin says that fourscore of the infidels came privately to Mohammed\rquote s camp at al Hodeibiya, with an intent to surprise some of his men, but were taken and brought be
fore the prophet, who pardoned them and ordered them to be set at liberty; and this generous action was the occasion of the truce struck up by the Koreish with Mohammed; for thereupon they sent Sohail Ebn Amru and some others (and not Arwa Ebn Mas\'fa
d, as is said by mistake in another place,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  for his errand was an actual defiance) to treat for peace.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab Al Beid\'e2
wi explains the passage by another story, telling us that Acrema Ebn Abi Jahl marching from Mecca at the head of five hundred men to al Hodeibiya, Mohammed sent against him Kh\'e2led Ebn al Wal\'ee
d with a detachment, who drove the infidels back to the innermost part of Mecca (as the word here translated }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 valley}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261  properly signifies), and then left them, out of respect to the place.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Vide Abulf. Vit. Moh. p. 87, &c.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Page 144.
\par 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 5  Idem.\tab \tab 6  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 7  Idem, al Beid\'e2wi.  Vide Abulf. Vit. Moh. p. 86.
\par 8  In not. ad cap. 2, p. 27.\tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Prelim. Disc. Sect. II. p. 41.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 These }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are they}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  who believed not, and hindered you from }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 visiting}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 the holy temple, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 also hindered}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the offering being detained, that it should not arrive at the place where it ought to be sacrificed.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Had it not been that ye might have trampled on }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 divers}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  true believers, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 both}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 men and women, whom ye know not, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 being promiscuously assembled with the infidels}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and that a crime might therefore have lighted on you on their account, without }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  knowledge, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 he had not restrained your hands from them: but this was done}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , that GOD might lead whom he pleas
ed into his mercy.  If they had been distinguished from one another, we had surely chastised such of them as believed not, with a severe chastisement.
\par      When the unbelievers had put in their hearts an affected preciseness, the preciseness of ignorance, and GOD sent down his tranquility on his apostle and on the true believers;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and firmly fixed in them the word of piety,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they were the most worthy of the same, and the most deserving thereof: for GOD knoweth all things.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Now hath GOD in truth verified unto his apostle the vision,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 wherein he said}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Ye shall surely enter the holy temple }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of Mecca}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, if GOD please, in full security; having your heads shaved, and your hair cut:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  ye shall not fear: for }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 knoweth that which ye know not; and he hath appointed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 you}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , besides this, a speedy victory.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Mohammed\rquote 
s intent, in the expedition of al Hodeibiya, being only to visit the temple of Mecca in a peaceable manner, and to offer a sacrifice in the valley of Mina, according to the established rites, he carri
ed beasts with him for that purpose; but was not permitted by the Koreish either to enter the temple or to go to Mina.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage was occasioned by the stiffness of Sohail and his companions in wording the treaty concluded with Mohammed; for when the prophet ordered Ali to begin with the form, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 In the name of the most merciful}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD, they objected to it, and insisted that he should begin with this: }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 In thy name}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 O}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD; which Mohammed submitted to, and proceeded to dictate, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 These are the conditions on which Mohammed, the apostle of}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 GOD, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 has made peace with those of Mecca;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  to this Sohail again objected, saying, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 If we had acknowledged thee to be the apostle of }{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 GOD, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 we had not given thee any opposition;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  whereupon Mohammed ordered Ali to write as Sohail desired, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
These are the conditions which Mohammed, the son of Abdallah}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, &c.  But the Moslems were so disgusted thereat, that they were on the point of breaking off the treaty, and had fallen on the Meccans, had not GOD appeased and calmed their minds, as it follows in the text.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab The terms of this pacification were that there should be a truce for ten years; that any person might enter into league either with Mohammed or with the Koreish, as he should think fit; and that Mohammed should have the liberty to visit th
e temple of Mecca the next year for three days.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , The Mohammedan profession of faith; or the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Bismillah}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and the words, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Mohammed, the apostle of}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD, which were rejected by the infidels.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or dream which Mohammed had at Medina before he set out f
or al Hodeibiya; wherein he dreamed that he and his companions entered Mecca in security, with their heads shaven and their hair cut.  This dream being imparted by the prophet to his followers, occasioned a great deal of joy among them, and they supposed 
i
t would be fulfilled that same year; but when they saw the truce concluded, which frustrated their expectation for that time, they were deeply concerned; whereupon this passage was revealed for their consolation, confirming the vision, which was not to be
 fulfilled till the year after, when Mohammed performed the visitation distinguished by the addition of al Kad\'e2
, or completion, because he then completed the visitation of the former year, when the Koreish not permitting him to enter Mecca, he was obliged to kill his victims, and to shave himself at al Hodeibiya.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Some being shaved, and others having only their hair cut.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., The taking of Khaibar.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.  Vide Abulf. Vit. Moh. p. 87.\tab \tab 4  Idem.\tab \tab 5  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.  Vide Abulf. Vit. Moh. p. 84, 87.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he who hath sent his apostle with the direction, and the religion of truth; that he may exalt the same above every religion: and GOD is a sufficient witness }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hereof}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Mohammed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the apostle of GOD: and those who are with him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fierce against the unbelievers, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 but}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  compassionate towards one another.  Thou mayest see them bowing down, prostrate, seeking a recompense from GOD, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  good-will.  Their signs }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in their faces, being marks of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 frequent}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  prostration.  This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 their description in the pentateuch, and their description in the gospel: }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 they are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 as seed which putteth forth its stalk and strengtheneth it, and swelleth in the ear, and riseth upon its stem; giving delight unto the sower.  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Such are the Moslems described to be:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 that the infidels may swell with indignation at them.  GOD hath promised unto such of them as believe, and do good works, pardon and a great reward.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ________
\par 
\par 
\par 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XLIX}XLIX{\*\bkmkend XLIX}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE INNER APARTMENTS; REVEALED AT MEDINA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O TRUE believers, anticipate not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 any matter}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in the sight of GOD and his apostle:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and fear GOD; for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 both}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  heareth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  knoweth.
\par      O true believers, raise not your voices above the voice of the prophet;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  neither speak lou
d unto him in discourse, as ye speak loud unto one another, lest your works become vain, and ye perceive }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  not.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily they who lower their voices in the presence of the apostle of GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  those whose hearts GOD hath disposed unto piety: they shall o
btain pardon, and a great reward.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 As to}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  those who call unto thee from without the inner apartments;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the greater part of them do not understand }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the respect due to thee}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      If they wait with patience, until thou come forth unto them, it will certainly be better for them: but GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  inclined to forgive, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  merciful.}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, do not presume to give your own decision in any case, before ye have received the judgment of GOD and his apostle.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This verse is said to have been occasioned by a dispute
 between Abu Becr and Omar, concerning the appointing of a governor of a certain place; in which they raised their voices so high, in the presence of the apostle, that it was thought proper to forbid such indecencies for the future.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These, they say, were Oyeyna Ebn Osein, and al Akr\'e1 Ebn H\'e2
bes; who wanting to speak with Mohammed, when he was sleeping at noon in his women\rquote s apartment, had the rudeness to call out several times, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Mohammed, come forth to us}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Jallal.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 O true believers, if a wicked man come unto you with a tale, inquire strictly }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 into the truth thereof;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 lest ye hurt people through ignorance, and afterwards repent of what ye have done;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and know that the apostle of GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  among you: if he should obey you in many things, ye would certainly be guilty of a crime, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
in leading him into a mistake}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  But GOD hath made the faith amiable unto you, and hath prepared the same in your hearts; and hath rendered infidelity, and iniquity, and disobedience hateful unto you.  The
se are they who walk in the right way;
\par      through mercy from GOD, and grace: and GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  knowing, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      If two parties of the believers contend with one another, do ye }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 endeavor to}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  compose the matter between them: and if the one of them offer an i
nsult unto the other, fight against that }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 party}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 which offered the insult, until they return unto the judgment of GOD; and if they do return, make peace between them with equity: and act with justice; for GOD loveth those who act justly.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 10\tab Verily the true believers are brethren; wherefore reconcile your brethren; and fear GOD, that ye may obtain mercy.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O true believers, let not men laugh }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  men to scorn; who peradventure may be better than themselves: neither }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 let}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  women }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 laugh other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  women }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to scorn;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wh
o may possibly be better than themselves.  Neither defame one another; nor call one another by }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 opprobrious}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  appellations.  An ill name }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
it is to be charged with}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wickedness, after }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 having embraced}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the faith: and whoso repenteth not, they will be the unjust doers.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      O true believers, carefully avoid }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 entertaining}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a suspicion }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of another:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for some suspicions }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a crime.  Inquire not too curiously }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 into other men's failings:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 neither let the one of you speak ill of another in his absence.  Would any of you desire to eat the flesh of his dead brother?  Surely ye would abhor it.  And fear GOD; for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 easy to be reconciled, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  merciful.
\par      O men, verily we have created you of a male and a female; and we have distributed you into nations and tribes, that ye might know one another.  Verily the most honourable of you, in the sight of GOD, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the most pious of you: and GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wise }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  knowing.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      The Arabs of the desert}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 say, We believe.  Answer, Ye do by no means believe; but say, We have embraced Isl\'e2m:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for th
e faith hath not yet entered into your hearts.  If ye obey GOD and his apostle, he will not defraud you of any part }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the merit}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of your works: for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  inclined to forgive, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful.}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage was occasioned, it is said, by the following acc
ident.  Al Walid Ebn Okba being sent by Mohammed to collect the alms from the tribe of al Mostalek, when he saw them come out to meet him in great numbers, grew apprehensive they designed him some mischief, because of past enmity between him and them in t
he time of ignorance, and immediately turned back, and told the prophet they refused to pay their alms, and attempted to kill him; upon which Mohammed was thinking to reduce them by force: but on sending Kh\'e2led Ebn al Wal\'ee
d to them, he found his former messenger had wronged them, and that they continued in their obedience.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This verse is supposed to have been occasioned by a fray which happened between the tribes of al Aws and al Khazraj.  Some relate that the prophet one day riding on an ass, as he pass
ed near Abdallah Ebn Obba, the ass chanced to stale, at which Ebn Obba stopped his nose; and Ebn Raw\'e2ha said to him, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 By}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
the piss of his ass smells sweeter than thy musk:}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  whereupon a quarrel ensued between their followers, and they came to blows, though they struck one another only with their hands and slippers, or with palm-branches.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is said that this verse was revealed on account of Safiya Bint Hoyai, one of the prophet\rquote s wives; who came to her husband and complained that the women said to her, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 O thou Jewess, the daughter of a Jew and of a Jewess:}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  to which he answered, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
Canst thou not say, Aaron is my father, and Moses is my uncle, and Mohammed is my husband?}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These were certain of the tribe of Asad, who came to Medina in a year of scarcity,
 and having professed Mohammedism, told the prophet that they had brought all their goods and their families, and would not oppose him, as some other tribes had done: and this they said to obtain a part of the alms, and to upbraid him with their having em
braced his religion and party.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  That is, Ye are not sincere believers, but outward professors only of the true religion.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 3  Idem, Jallal.\tab \tab 4  Idem\tab \tab 5  Al Beid\'e2wi.  See Prid. Life of Mahom. p. 111, &c.\tab \tab 6  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Verily the true believers }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  thos
e only who believe in GOD and his apostle, and afterwards doubt not; and who employ their substance and their persons in the defence of GOD'S true religion: these are they who speak sincerely.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Say, Will ye inform GOD concerning your religion?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   But GOD knoweth whatever }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 in heaven and in earth: for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  omniscient.
\par      They upbraid thee that they have embraced Isl\'e2m.  Answer, Upbraid me not with your having embraced Isl\'e2m: rather GOD upbraideth you, that he hath directed you to the faith;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  if ye sp
eak sincerely.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily GOD knoweth the secrets of heaven and earth: and GOD beholdeth that which ye do.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 ________
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par {\*\bkmkstart CHAPTER_L_}CHAPTER L.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend CHAPTER_L_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, K; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      K.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   BY the glorious Koran:
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      verily they wonder that a preacher from among themselves is come unto them; and the unbelievers say, This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a wonderful thing:
\par      after we shall be dead, and become dust, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall we return to life?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a return remote }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from thought}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  Now we know what the earth consumeth of them; and with us }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a book which keepeth an account }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereof}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      But they charge falsehood on the truth, after it hath come unto them: wherefore they }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are plunged}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in a confused business.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Do they not look up to the heaven above them, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and consider}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  how we have raised it and adorned it; and that }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 there are}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  no flaws therein?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We have also spread forth the earth, and thrown thereon }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 mountains}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  firmly rooted:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and we caused every beautiful kind }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of vegetables}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to spring up therein;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      for a subject of meditation, and an admonition unto every man who turneth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto us}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And we send down rain as a blessing from heaven, whereby we cause gardens to spring forth, and the grain of harvest,
\par 10\tab and tall palm-trees having branches laden with dates hanging one above another,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      as a provision for mankind; and we thereby quicken a dead country: so }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 the coming forth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the dead from their graves}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Will ye pretend to deceive him, by saying ye are true believers?
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The obligation being not on GOD\rquote S side, but on yours, for that he has favoured you so far as to guide you into the true faith, if ye are sincere believers.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some imagine that this letter is designed to express the mountain K\'e2f, which several eastern writers fancy encompass the whole world.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Others say it stands for }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Kada al amr}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
The matter is decreed}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , viz., the chastisement of the infidels.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. III. p. 46, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Not knowing what certainly to affirm of the Kor\'e2n; calling it sometimes a piece of poetry, at other times a piece of sorcery, and at other times a piece of divination, &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 16, p. 196, and chapter 31, p. 307.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 1  Vide D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. Art. Caf.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.  Jallalo\rquote ddin.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 The people of Noah, and those who dwelt at Al Rass,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and Thamud,
\par      and Ad, and Pharaoh, accused }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the prophets}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of imposture before }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the Meccans;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and also the brethren of Lot, and the inhabitants of the wood }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 near Midian}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and the people of Tobba:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  all }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 these}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  accused the apostles of imposture; wherefore }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the judgments}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which I threatened were justly inflicted }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 on them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Is our power exhausted by the first creation?  Yea; they are in a perplexity, because of a new creation }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 which is foretold them, namely the raising of the dead}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .

\par      We created man, and we know what his soul whispereth within him; and we }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  nearer unto him than }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  jugular vein.
\par      When the two }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 angels}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  deputed to take account }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of a man's behavior}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , take an account }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereof;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  one sitting on the right hand, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the other}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on the left:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      he uttereth not a word, but }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with him a watcher, ready }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to note it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And the agony of death shall come in truth: this, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O man, is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  what thou soughtest to avoid.
\par      And the trumpet shall sound: this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the day which hath been threatened.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 20\tab And every soul shall come; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  therewith }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a driver and a witness.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And the former shall say unto the unbeliever}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Thou wast negligent heretofore of this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 day:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 but we have removed thy veil from off thee; and thy sight }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is become}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  piercing this day.
\par      And his companions shall say, This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  what }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  ready with me }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be attested}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .

\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And God shall say}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Cast into hell every unbeliever, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  perverse person,
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and every one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  who forbade good, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and every}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  transgressor, and doubter }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the faith}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      who set up another god with }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the true}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD; and cast him into a grievous torment.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      His companion}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall say, O LORD, I did not seduce him; but he was in a wide error.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall say, Wrangle not in my presence: since I threatened you beforehand }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with the torments which ye now see prepared for you}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      The sentence is not changed with me: neither do I treat }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 my}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  servants unjustly.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      On that day we will say unto hell, Art thou full? and it shall answer, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Is there}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  yet any addition?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 30\tab And paradise shall be brought near unto the pious;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and it shall be said unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  what ye have been promised; unto every one who turned himself }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and kept }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his commandments;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 25, p. 273.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 44, p. 368.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The int
ent of the passage is to exalt the omniscience of GOD, who wants not the information of the guardian angels, though he has thought fit, in his wisdom, to give them that employment; for if they are so exact as to write down every word which falls from a ma
n\rquote s mouth, how can we hope to escape the observation of him who sees our inmost thoughts?
\par \tab The Mohammedans have a tradition that the angel who notes a man\rquote s good actions has the command over him who notes his evil actions; and that when a man does a good ac
tion, the angel of the right hand writes it down ten times, and when he commits an ill action, the same angel says to the angel of the left hand, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
Forbear setting it down for seven hours; peradventure he may pray, or may ask pardon}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Two angels, o
ne acting as a sergeant, to bring every person before the tribunal; and the other prepared as a witness, to testify either for or against him.  Some say the former will be the guardian angel who took down his evil actions, and the other the angel who took
 down his good actions.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., The devil which shall be chained to him.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This will be the answer of the devil, whom the wicked person will accuse as his seducer; for the devil has no power over a man to cause him to do evil, any otherwise than by sug
gesting what is agreeable to his corrupt inclinations.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Are there yet any more condemned to this place, or is my space to be enlarged and rendered more capacious to receive them?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab The commentators suppose hell will be quite filled at the day of judgment, according to that repeated expression in the Kor\'e2n, }{
\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 Verily I will fill hell with you}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 , &c.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  See cap. 14, p. 188, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who feared the Merciful in secret, and came }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with a converted heart:
\par      enter the same in peace: this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the day of eternity.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Therein shall they have whatever they shall desire; and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there will be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a superabundant addition }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of bliss}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with us.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      How many generations have we destroyed before the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Meccans}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , which were more mighty than they in strength?  Pass, therefore, through the regions }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the earth, and see}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  whether}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  there be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  any refuge }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from our vengeance}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Verily herein }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  an admonition unto him who hath a heart }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to understand}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , or giveth ear, and is present }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
with an attentive mind}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We created the heavens and the earth, and whatever }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  between them, in six days, and no weariness affected us.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Wherefore patiently suffer what they say;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and celebrate the praise of thy LORD before sunrise, and before sunset,
\par      and praise him }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in some part}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the night: and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 perform}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the additional parts of worship.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 40\tab And hearken unto the day whereon the crier shall call }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 men to judgment}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from a near place:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      the day whereon they shall hear the voice }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the trumpet}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in truth: this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the day of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men's}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  coming forth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from their graves:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      we give life, and we cause to die; and unto us }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the return }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of all creatures:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      the day whereon the earth shall suddenly cleave in sunder over them.  This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  an assembly easy for us }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to assemble}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      We well know what }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the unbelievers}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  say; and thou }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 art}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  not sent to compel them forcibly }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to the faith}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Wherefore warn, by the Koran, him who feareth my threatening.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ________
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par 
\par {\*\bkmkstart CHAPTER_LI_}CHAPTER LI.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend CHAPTER_LI_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE DISPERSING; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      BY the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 winds}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  dispersing and scattering }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the dust;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      and by the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 clouds}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  bearing a load }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of rain;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      by the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ships}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  running swiftly }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in the sea;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 78.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This was revealed in answer to the Jews, who said that GOD rested from his work of creation on the seventh day, and reposed himself on his throne, as one fatigued.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., Either what the idolaters say, in denying the resurrection; or the Jews, in speaking indecently of GOD.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Th
ese are the two inclinations used after the evening prayer, which are not necessary, or of precept, but voluntary, and of supererogation; and may therefore be added, or omitted, indifferently.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, from a place whence every creature may equally hea
r the call.  This place, it is supposed, will be the mountain of the temple of Jerusalem, which some fancy to be nigher heaven than any other part of the earth; whence Israfil will sound the trumpet, and Gabriel will make the following proclamation: }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 O ye rotten bones, and torn flesh, and dispersed hairs, }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 GOD}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  commandeth you to be gathered together to judgment}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 by the}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  women }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 who bring forth}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 scatter}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  children, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 by the}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  women}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  bearing a burden}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  in their womb, or }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  winds}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  bearing}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  the clouds, &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 by the}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  winds}
{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  passing swiftly}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  in the air, or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  stars }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 moving swiftly }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
in their courses, &c.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 2  Idem.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and by the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 angels}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  who distribute things }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 necessary for the support of all creatures;}{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      verily that wherewith ye are threatened is certainly true;
\par      and the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 last}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  judgment will surely come.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      By the heaven furnished with paths;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      ye widely differ in what ye say.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      He will be turned aside from }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the faith}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , who shall be turned aside }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by the divine decree}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par 10\tab Cursed be the liars;
\par      who }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 wade}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in deep waters }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of ignorance}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , neglecting }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their salvation}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They ask, When }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the day of judgment }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 come?}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      On that day shall they be burned in }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire;
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and it shall be said unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Taste your punishment; this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  what ye demanded to be hastened.
\par      But the pious }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall dwell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  among gardens and fountains,
\par      receiving that which their LORD shall give them; because they were righteous doers before this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 day}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They slept but a small part of the night;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and early in the morning they asked pardon }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of God:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      and a due portion of their wealth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 was given}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto him who asked, and unto him who was forbidden }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by shame to ask}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par 20\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 There are }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 signs}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of the divine power and goodness}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in the earth, unto }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  
of sound understanding;
\par      and also in your own selves: will ye not therefore consider?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Your sustenance }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in the heaven; and also that which ye are promised.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Wherefore by the LORD of heaven and earth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 I swear}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that this }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  certainly the truth; 
according to what ye yourselves speak.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Hath not the story of Abraham's honoured guests}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  come to thy knowledge?
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      When they went in unto him, and said, Peace: he answered Peace; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 saying within himself, These are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unknown people.
\par      And he went privately unto his family, and brought a fatted calf.
\par      And he set it before them, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and when he saw they touched it not}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , he said, Do ye not eat?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And he began to entertain a fear of them.  They said, Fear not:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they declared unto him the promise of a wise youth.
\par      And his wife drew near with exclamation, and she smote her face,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and said, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 I am}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  an old woman, }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  barren.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 30\tab The }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 angels}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  answered, Thus saith thy LORD: verily he is the wise, the knowing.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And Abraham}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , What is your errand, therefore, O messengers }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of God?}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      They answered, Verily we are sent unto a wicked people:
\par      that we may send down upon them stones of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 baked}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  clay,
\par      marked from thy LORD, for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the destruction of }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 transgressors.
\par      And we brought forth the true believers who were in }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the city:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      but we found not therein more than one family of Moslems.
\par      And we }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 overthrew the same, and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  left a sign therein unto those who dread the severe chastisement }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      In Moses also }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 was a sign:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  when we sent him unto Pharaoh with manifest power.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But he turned back, with his princes, saying, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 This man is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a sorceror, or a madman.}{
\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 by the}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  winds }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 which distribute}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  the rain, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , The paths or orbs of the stars, or the streaks which appear in the sky like paths, being thin and extended clouds.

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Concerning Mohammed, or the Kor\'e2n, or the resurrection and day of judgment; speaking variously and inconsistently of them.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Spending the greater part in prayer and religious meditation.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Your food com
eth from above, whence proceedeth the change of seasons and rain; and your future reward is also there, that is to say, in paradise, which is situate above the seven heavens.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, without any doubt or reserved meaning, as ye affirm a truth unto one another.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 11, p. 165, and chapter 15, p. 193.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some add, that to remove Abraham\rquote 
s fear, Gabriel, who was one of these strangers, touched the calf with his wing, and it immediately rose up and walked to its dam; upon which Abraham knew them to be the messengers of GOD.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  This, some pretend, she did for shame, because she felt her courses coming upon her.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 40\tab Wherefore we took him and his forces, and cast them into the sea: and he was one worthy of reprehension.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And in }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the tribe of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Ad }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 also was a sign:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when we sent against them a destroying wind;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      it touched not aught whereon it came, but it rendered the same as a thing rotten, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and reduced to dust}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      In Thamud }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 likewise was a sign:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when it was said unto them, Enjoy }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 yourselves}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 for a time.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      But they insolently transgressed the command of their LORD: wherefore a terrible noise from heaven assailed them, while they looked on;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and they were not able to stand }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 on their feet}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , neither did they save themselves }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from destruction}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And the people of Noah }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 did we destroy}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  before }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 these:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for they were a people who enormously transgressed.
\par      We have built the heaven with might; and we have given }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a large extent:
\par      and we have stretched forth the earth beneath; and how evenly have we spread }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the same!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And of everything have we created two kinds,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that peradventure ye may consider.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 50\tab Fly, therefore, unto GOD; verily I }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 am}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a public warner unto you, from him.
\par      And set not up another god with }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the true}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD: verily I }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 am}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a public warner unto you, from him.
\par      In like manner there came no apostle unto their predecessors, but they said, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 This man}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a magician, or a madman.
\par      Have they bequeathed this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 behavior}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  successively the one to the other?  Yea; they are a people who enormously transgress.
\par      Wherefore withdraw from them; and thou }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shalt}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  blameworthy }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in so doing}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .

\par      Yet continue to admonish: for admonition profiteth the true believers.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      I have not created genii and men }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for any other end}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  than that they should serve me.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      I require not any sustenance from them; neither will I that they feed me.
\par      Verily GOD is he who provideth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for all creatures;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  possessed of mighty power.
\par      Unto those who shall injure }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our apostle shall be given}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a portion like unto the portion of those who behaved like them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in times past;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 and they shall not wish }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the same}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to be hastened.
\par 60\tab Woe, therefore, to the unbelievers, because of their day with which they are threatened!}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 ______}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LII_}LII.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend LII_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE MOUNTAIN; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      BY the mountain }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of Sinai;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      and by the book written
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      in an expanded scroll;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and by the visited house;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 7, p. 111, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , For three days.  See chapter 11, p. 165.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For this calamity happened in the daytime.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As for example: male and female; the heaven and the earth; the sun and the moon; light and darkness; plains and mountains; winter and summer; sweet and bitter, &c.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The book here intended, according to different opinions, is either the book or register wherein every man\rquote s actions are recorded; or the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
preserved table}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  containing GOD\rquote S decrees; or the book of the law, which was written by GOD, Moses hearing the creaking of the pen; or else the Kor\'e2n.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, The Caaba, so much visited by pilgrims; or, as some rather think, the original model of that house in heaven, called al Dor\'e2h, which is visited and compassed by the angels, as the other is by men.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 2  Al Zamakh., al Beid\'e2wi.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and by the elevated roof }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of heaven;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and by the swelling ocean:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      verily the punishment of thy LORD will surely descend;
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 there shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  none to withhold it.
\par      On that day the heaven shall be shaken, and shall reel;
\par 10\tab and the mountains shall walk and pass away.
\par      And on that day woe be unto those who accused }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God's apostles}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of imposture;
\par      who amused themselves in wading }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in vain disputes!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      On that day shall they be driven and thrust into the fire of hell;
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and it shall be said unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the fire which ye denied as a fiction.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  this a magic illusion?  Or do ye not see?
\par      Enter the same to be scorched: whether ye bear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 your torments}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  patiently, or impatiently, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it will be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  equal unto you: ye shall surel
y receive the reward of that which ye have wrought.
\par      But the pious }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall dwell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  amidst gardens and pleasures;
\par      delighting themselves in what their LORD shall have given them: and their LORD shall deliver them from the pains of hell.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And it shall be said unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Eat and drink with easy digestion; because of that which ye have wrought:
\par 20\tab leaning on couches disposed in order: and we will espouse them unto virgins having large black eyes.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And unto those who believe, and whose offspring follow them in the faith, we will join their offspring }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in paradise:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and we will not diminish unto them aught of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the merit of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  their works.  (Every man }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 given in pledge for that which he shall have wrought.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 )
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And we will give them fruits in abundance, and flesh of the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 kinds}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which they shall desire.
\par      They shall present unto one another therein a cup }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of wine}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , wherein there shall be no vain discourse, nor any incitement unto wickedness.
\par      And youths}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  appointed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 attend}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  them shall go round them:}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  beautiful}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 as pearls hidden }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in their shell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And they shall approach unto one another, and shall ask mutual questions.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  they shall say, Verily we were heretofore amidst our family, in great dread }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with regard to our state after death:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      but GOD hath been gracious unto us, and hath delivered us from the pain of burning fire:
\par      for we called on him heretofore; and he is the beneficent, the merciful.
\par      Wherefore do thou, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O prophet}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , admonish }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thy people}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  Thou }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 art}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 not, by the grace of thy LORD, a soothsayer, or a madman.
\par 30\tab Do they say, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 He is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a poet; we wait, concerning him, some adverse turn of fortune?
\par      Say, Wait ye }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 my ruin:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  verily I wait, with you, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the time of your destruction}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Do their mature understandings bid them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 say}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  this; or }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  they people who perversely transgress?
\par      Do they say, He hath forged }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the Koran?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261   Verily they believe not.
\par      Let them produce a discourse like unto it, if they speak truth.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Were they created by nothing; or were they creators }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of themselves?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Did they create the heavens and the earth?  Verily they are not firmly persuaded }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 that God hath created them}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Are the stores of thy LORD in their hands?  Are they the supreme dispensers }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of all things?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261   
}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Every man is pledged unto GOD for his beh
aviour; and if he does well, he redeems his pledge, but if evil, he forfeits it.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  For though they confess this with their tongues, yet they deny it by their averseness to render him his due worship.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab 3  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Have they a ladder whereby they may }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ascend to heaven, and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  hear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the discourses of angels?  }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
Let one, therefore, who hath heard them, produce an evident proof }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereof}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Hath }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  daughters, and have ye sons?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 40\tab Dost thou ask them a reward }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for thy preaching?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  but they are laden with debts.
\par      Are the secrets of futurity with them; and do they transcribe }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the same from the table of God's degrees?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Do they seek }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to lay}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a plot }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 against thee?}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   But the unbelievers are }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 they who shall}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  circumvented.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Have they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 any}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  god, besides GOD?  Far be GOD exalted above the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 idols}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which they associate }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with him!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      If they should see a fragment of the heaven falling down }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 upon them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , they would say, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 It is only}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a thick cloud.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Wherefore leave them, until they arrive at their day wherein they shall swoon for fear:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      a day, in which their subtle contrivances shall not avail them at all, neither shall they be protected.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And those who act unjustly shall surely suffer }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 another}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  punishment besides this:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but the greater part of them do not understand.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And wait thou patiently the judgment of thy LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 concerning them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for thou }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 art}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 in our eye: and celebrate the praise of thy LORD, when thou risest up;
\par      and praise him in the night-season, and when the stars begin to disappear.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl280\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 ______
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl280\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LIII_}LIII.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend LIII_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE STAR; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      BY the star,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when it setteth;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      your companion }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Mohammed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  erreth not; nor is he led astray:
\par      neither doth he speak of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his own}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  will.
\par      It is no other than a revelation, which hath been revealed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      One mighty in power, endued with understanding, taught }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  him:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      and he appeared}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      in the highest part of the horizon.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Afterwards he approached }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the prophet}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and near }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto him;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 16, p. 199, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 8, p. 128, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This was one of the judgments which the idolatrous Meccans defied Mohammed to bring down upon them; and yet, says the text, if they should see a part of the heaven falling on 
them, they would not believe it till they were crushed to death by it.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , At the first sound of the trumpet.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, besides the punishment to which they shall be doomed at the day of judgment, they shall be previously chastised by calamities
 in this life, as the slaughter at Bedr, and the seven years\rquote  famine, and also after their death, by the examination of the sepulchre.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some suppose the stars in general, and others the Pleiades in particular, to be meant in this place.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, according to a contrary signification of the verb here used, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 when it riseth}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Namely, the angel Gabriel.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   In his natural form, in which GOD created him, and in the eastern part of the sky.  It is said that this angel appeared in his proper shape to none of 
the prophets, except Mohammed, and to him only twice: once when he received the first revelation of the Kor\'e2n, and a second time when he took his night journey to heaven; as it follows in the text.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   In a human shape.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 64.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 until he was at the distance of two bows' length}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or yet nearer;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 10\tab and he revealed unto his servant that which he revealed.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      The heart }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of Mohammed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  did not falsely represent that which he saw.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Will ye therefore dispute with him concerning that which he saw?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      He also saw him another time,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      by the lote-tree beyond which there is no passing:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      near it is the garden of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 eternal}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  abode.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      When the lote-tree covered that which it covered,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  eyesight turned not aside, neither did it wander:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and he really beheld }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 some}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the greatest signs of his LORD.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      What think ye of Allat, and Al Uzza,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 20\tab and Manah, that other third }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 goddess?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Have ye male children, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  female?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      This, therefore, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  an unjust partition.
\par      They are no other than }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 empty}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  names, which ye and your fathers have named }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 goddesses}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
.  GOD hath not revealed concerning them anything to authorize }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their worship}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  They follow no other than a vain opinion, and what }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 souls desire: yet hath the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 true}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  direction come unto them from their LORD.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Shall man have whatever he wisheth for?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      The life to come and the present life }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD'S:
\par      and how many angels soever }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 there be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in the heavens, their intercession shall be of no avail,
\par      until after GOD shall have granted permission unto whom he shall please and shall accept.
\par      Verily they who believe not in the life to come give unto the angels a female appellation.
\par      But they have no knowledge herein: they follow no other than a bare opinion; and a bare opinion attaineth not anything of truth.
\par 30\tab Wherefore withdraw from him who turneth away from our admonition, and seeketh only the present life.
\par      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  their highest pitch of knowledge.  Verily thy LORD well knoweth him who erreth from his way; and he well knoweth him who is }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 rightly}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  directed.
\par      Unto GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  whatever }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 in heaven and earth: that he may reward those who do evil, according to that which they shall have wrought; and may reward those who do well, with the most excellent }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 reward}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 As to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  those who avoid great crimes, and heinous sins, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and are guilty}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  only }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 lighter faults; verily thy LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  extensive in mercy }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 towards them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  He well knew you when he produced you out
 of the earth, and when ye }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 were}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  embryos in your mothers' wombs: wherefore justify not yourselves: he best knoweth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the man}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  who feareth }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      What thinkest thou of him who turneth aside }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from following the truth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as the word also signifies, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 two cubits\rquote  length}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   But he saw it in reality.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  This tree, say the commentators, stands in the seventh heaven, on the right hand of the throne of GOD; and is the utmost bounds beyond which the angels themselves must not pass; or, as some rather imagine, beyond which no creature\rquote 
s knowledge can extend.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The words seem to signify that what was under this tree exceeded all description and number.  Some suppose the whole host of angels worshipping beneath it}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  are intended, and others, the birds which sit on its branches.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Seeing the wonders both of the sensible and the intellectual world.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Those were three idols of the ancient Arabs, of which we have spoken in the Preliminary Discourse.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab As to the blasphemy which some pretend Mohammed once uttered, through inadvertence, as he was reading this passage, see chapter 22, p. 255.
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 16, p. 199, &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Shall he dictate to GOD, and name whom he pleases for his intercessors, or for his prophet; or shall he choose a religion according to his own fancy, and prescribe the terms on which he may claim the reward of this life and the next?}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Jalallo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 4  Sect. I. p. 14, &c.
\par 5  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and giveth little, and covetously stoppeth his hand?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the knowledge of futurity with him, so that he seeth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
the same?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Hath he not been informed of that which }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is contained}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in the books of Moses,
\par      and of Abraham who faithfully performed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his engagements?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 To wit}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 : that a burdened }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 soul}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall not bear the burden of another;
\par 40\tab and that nothing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be imputed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to a man }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for righteousness}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , except his own labor;
\par      and that his labor shall surely be made manifest hereafter,
\par      and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he shall be rewarded for the same with a most abundant reward;
\par      and that unto thy LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the end }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of all things;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      and that he causeth to laugh, and causeth to weep;
\par      and that he putteth to death, and giveth life:
\par      and that he createth the two sexes, the male and the female,
\par      of seed when it is emitted;
\par      and that unto him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 appertaineth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  another production, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 namely, the raising of the dead again to life hereafter;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      and that he enricheth, and causeth to acquire possessions;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 50\tab and that he is the LORD of the dog-star;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and that he destroyed the ancient }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 tribe of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  Ad,
\par      and Thamud, and left not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 any of them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  alive;
\par      and also the people of Noah, before }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for they were most unjust and wicked:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and he overthrew the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 cities which were}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  turned upside down;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and that which covered }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , covered them.
\par      Which, therefore, of thy LORD'S benefits, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O man}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , wilt thou call in question?
\par      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our apostle}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  is a preacher like the preachers who preceded }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      The approaching }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 day of judgment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  draweth near: there is none who can reveal }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the exact time of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the same, besides GOD.
\par      Do ye, therefore, wonder at this new revelation,
\par 60\tab and do ye laugh, and not weep,
\par      spending your time in idle diversions?
\par      But rather worship GOD, and serve }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl280\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl280\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 _______
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LIV_}LIV.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend LIV_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE MOON; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      THE hour }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of judgment}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  approacheth; and the moon hath been split in sunder:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage, it is said, was revealed on account of al Walid Ebn al Mogheira, who, following the 
prophet one day, was reviled by an idolater for leaving the religion of the Koreish, and giving occasion of scandal; to which he answered, that what he did was out of apprehension of the divine vengeance: whereupon the man offered, for a certain sum, to t
ake the guilt of his apostacy on himself; and the bargain being made, al Walid returned to his idolatry, and paid the man part of what had been agreed on; but afterwards, on farther consideration, he thought it too much, and kept back the remainder.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, is he assured that the person with whom he made the above-mentioned agreement will be allowed to suffer in his stead hereafter?}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Sirius, or the greater dog-star, was worshipped by some of the old Arabs.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., Sodom, and the other cities involved in her ruin.  See chapter 11, p. 166.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  This passage is expounded two different ways.  Some imagine the words refer to a famous miracle supposed to have been performed by Mohammed; for it is said that, on the infidels demanding a sign of him, the moon appeared cloven in two,}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  one part vanishing, and the other remaining; and Ebn Mas\'fad affirmed that he saw Mount Har\'e2
 interpose between the two sections.  Others think the preter tense is here used in the prophetic style for the future, and that the passage should be rendered, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 The moon shall be split in sunder:}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  for this, they say, is to happen at the resurrection.  The former opinion is supported by reading, according to some copies, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 wakad inshakka \lquote 
lkamaro, i.e., since the moon hath already been split in sunder;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  the splitting of the moon being reckoned by some to be one of the previous signs of the last day.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 6  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 7  Idem.\tab \tab 1  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. I. p. 13, and Hyde, not. in Ulug. Beig. Tab. Stell. fix. p. 53.
\par 1  See a long and fabulous account of this pretended miracle in Gagnier, Vie de Mah. c. 19\tab \tab \tab 2  Al Zamakh., al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 but if }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the unbelievers }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 see a sign, they turn aside, saying, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 This is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 a powerful charm.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      And they accuse }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thee, O Mohammed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , of imposture, and follow their own lusts: but everything }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will be immutably }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 fixed.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      And now hath a message}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  come unto them, wherein }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a determent }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from obstinate infidelity;

\par }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      the same being}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  consummate wisdom: but warners profit }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  not;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      wherefore do thou withdraw from them.  The day whereon the summoner shall summon }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 mankind}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to an ungrateful business,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      they shall come forth from }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  graves with downcast looks: }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 numerous}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  as locusts scattered far abroad;

\par      hastening with terror unto the summoner.  The unbelievers shall say, This is a day of distress.
\par      The people of Noah accused }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that prophet}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of imposture, before }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thy people rejected thee:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  they accused our servant of imposture, saying, 
}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 He is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a madman; and he was rejected with reproach.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 10\tab He called, therefore, upon his LORD, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Verily I }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 am}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 overpowered; wherefore avenge }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 me}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      So we opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring down,
\par      and we caused the earth to break forth into springs; so that the water }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of heaven and earth }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 met, according to the decree which had been established.
\par      And we bare him on }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a vessel}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  composed of planks and nails;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      which moved forward under our eyes:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  as a recompense unto him who had been ungratefully rejected.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And we left the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 said vessel}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for a sign: but }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  any one warned }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereby?}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  
\par      And how }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 severe}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  was my vengeance, and my threatening!
\par      Now have we made the Koran easy for admonition: but }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  any one admonished }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereby?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      Ad charged }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their prophet}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with imposture: but how }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 severe}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  was my vengeance, and my threatening!
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Verily we sent against them a roaring}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wind, on a day of continued ill luck;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 20\tab it carried men away, as though they }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 had been }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 roots of palm-trees forcibly torn up.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And how }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 severe}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  was my vengeance and my threatening!
\par      Now have we made the Koran easy for admonition: but }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  any one admonished }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereby?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      Thamud charged the admonitions }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of their prophet}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with falsehood,
\par      and said, Shall we follow a single man among us? verily we should then be guilty of error, and preposterous madness:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      is the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 office of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  admonition committed unto him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
preferably to the rest}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of us?  Nay; he is a liar, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  an insolent fellow.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as the participle here used may also signify, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 a continued series of magic}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 a transient magic illusion}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or will reach a final period of ruin or success in this world, and of misery or happiness in the next, which will be conclusive and unchangeable thenceforward for ever.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , The Kor\'e2n, containing stories of former nations which have been chastised for their incredu
lity, and threats of a more dreadful punishment hereafter.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, when the angel Israfil shall call men to judgment.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This petition was not preferred by Noah till after he had suffered repeated violence from his people; for it is related that one 
of them having fallen upon him and almost strangled him, when he came to himself he said, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 O}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  LORD, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 forgive them, for they know not what they do}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Under our special regard and keeping.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, a }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 cold}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  wind.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., On a Wednesday.  See chapter 41, p. 356, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  It is related that they sought shelter in the clefts of rocks, and in pits, holding fast by one another; but that the wind impetuously tore them away, and threw them down dead.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 4  Idem.\tab \tab 5  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 But God said to Saleh}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , To-morrow shall they know who }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the liar, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 the insolent person:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      for we will surely send the she-camel for a trial of them:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and do thou observe them, and bear }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their insults}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with patience:
\par      and prophesy unto them that the water }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  divided between them,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and each portion }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  sat down to }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 alternately}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And they called their companion:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and he took }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a sword}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and slew }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 her}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 30\tab But how }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 severe}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  was my vengeance, and my threatening!
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      For we sent against them one cry }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the angel Gabriel;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they became like the dry sticks used by him who buildeth a fold }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for cattle}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And now have we made the Koran easy for admonition: but }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  any one admonished }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereby?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      The people of Lot charged }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  preaching with falsehood:
\par      but we sent against them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a wind}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  driving a shower of stones, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 which destroyed them all}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 except the family of Lot; whom we delivered early in the morning,
\par      through favor from us.  Thus do we reward those who are thankful.
\par      And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Lot}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  had warned them of our severity }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in chastising;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  but they doubted of that warning.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And they demanded his guests of him, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 that they might abuse them:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but we put out their eyes,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Taste my vengeance, and my threatening.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And early in the morning a lasting punishment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  surprised them.  Taste, therefore, my vengeance, and my threatening.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 40\tab Now have we made the Koran easy for admonition: but }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  any one admonished }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereby?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      The warning }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of Moses}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  also came unto the people of Pharaoh;
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 but}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  they charged every one of our signs with imposture: wherefore we chastised them with a mighty }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  irresistible chastisement.

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Are your unbelievers, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O Meccans}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , better than these?  Is immunity from punishment }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 promised}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto you in the scriptures?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Do they say, We are a body }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  able to prevail }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
against our enemies?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      The multitude shall surely be put to flight, and shall turn }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  back.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      But the hour }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of judgment is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  their threatened time }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of punishment:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and that hour }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  more grievous and more bitter }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 than their afflictions in this life}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily the wicked }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 wander}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in error, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be tormented hereafter}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in burning flames.
\par      On that day they shall be dragged into the fire on their faces; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and it shall be said unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Taste ye the touch of hell.
\par      All things have we created }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 bound}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  by a fixed decree:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 50\tab and our command }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  no more than a single }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
word}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  like the twinkling of an eye.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 7, p. 112, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, between the Thamudites and the camel.  See chapter 26, p. 280, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Namely, Kod\'e2r Ebn Salef; who was not an Arab, but a stranger dwelling among the Thamudites.  See chapter 7, p. 112, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as the word also imports, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 He became resolute and daring}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The words may signify either the dry boughs with which, in the east, th
ey make folds or enclosures, to fence their cattle from wind and cold; or the stubble and other stuff with which they litter them in those folds during the winter season.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   So that their sockets became filled up even with the other parts of their faces.  This, it is said, was done by one stroke of the wing of the angel Gabriel.  See chapter 11, p. 166.

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Under which they shall continue till they receive their full punishment in hell.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This prophecy was fulfilled by the overthrow of the Koreish at Bed
r.  It is related, from a tradition of Omar, that when this passage was revealed, Mohammed professed himself to be ignorant of its true meaning; but on the day of the battle of Bedr, he repeated these words as he was putting on his coat of mail.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,
 The time when they shall receive their full punishment; what they suffer in this world being only the forerunner or earnest of what they shall feel in the next.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Kun, i.e., Be.}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The passage may also be rendered, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 The execution of our purpose is}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 but a single act}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, exerted in a moment.  Some suppose it refers to the business of the day of judgment.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We have formerly destroyed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 nations}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  like unto you; but }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  any }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of you}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  warned }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by their example?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      Everything which they do }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is recorded }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in the books }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 kept by the guardian angels:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      and every }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 action both}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  small and great, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  written down }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in the preserved table}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Moreover the pious }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall dwell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  among gardens and rivers,
\par      in the assembly of truth, in the presence of a most potent king.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ________
\par 
\par 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LV_}LV.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend LV_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE MERCIFUL; REVEALED AT MECCA.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      THE Merciful hath taught }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his servant}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the Koran.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      He created man:
\par      he hath taught him distinct speech.
\par      The sun and the moon }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 run their courses }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 according to a certain rule:
\par      and the vegetables which creep on the ground, and the trees submit }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to his disposition}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      He also raised the heaven; and he appointed the balance,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      that ye should not transgress in respect to the balance:
\par      wherefore observe a just weight; and diminish not the balance.
\par      And the earth hath he prepared for living creatures:
\par 10\tab therein }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are various}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fruits, and palm-trees bearing sheaths of flowers;
\par      and grain having chaff, and leaves.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      He created man of dried clay like an earthen vessel:
\par      but he created the genii of fire clear from smoke.
\par      Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 He is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the LORD of the east,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and the LORD of the west.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      He hath let loose the two seas,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that they meet each another:
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 20\tab between them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is placed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a bar which they cannot pass.
\par      Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?
\par      From them are taken forth unions and lesser pearls.
\par      Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?
\par      His also }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the ships, carrying their sails aloft in the sea like mountains.
\par      Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?
\par      Every }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 creature}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 liveth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the earth is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  subject to decay:
\par      but the glorious and honourable countenance of thy LORD shall remain }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 forever}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Most of the commentators doubt whether this chapter was revealed at Mecca or at Medina; or partly at the one place, and partly at the other.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or justice and equity in mutual dealings.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The words are directed to the two species of rational creatures, men and genii; the verb and the pronoun being in the dual number.
\par \tab This verse is intercalated, or repeated by way of burden, throughout the whole chapter no less than thirty-one times, which was done, as Marracci guesses, in imitation of David.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The original words are both in the dual number, and signify the different points of the horizon at which the sun rises and sets at the summer and winter solstice.  See chapter 37, p. 334, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Of salt water and fresh;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or the Persian and Mediterranean seas.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  See Psalm cxxxvi.\tab \tab 3  See cap. 25, p. 274.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Unto him do all }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 creatures}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in heaven and earth make petition: every day }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 he }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 employed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 some new}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  work.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 30\tab Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?
\par      We will surely attend to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 judge}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  you, O men and genii, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 at the last day}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O ye collective body of genii and men, if ye be able to pass out of the confines of heaven and earth,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 pass forth: ye shall not pass forth but by absolute power.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      A flame of fire without smoke, and a smoke without flame}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall be sent down upon you; and ye shall not be able to defend yourselves }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 therefrom}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And when the heaven shall be rent in sunder, and shall become }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 red as}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a rose, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and shall melt}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  like ointment.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      (Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?)
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      On that day neither man nor genius shall be asked concerning his sin.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 40\tab Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      The wicked shall be known by their marks;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they shall be taken by the forelocks, and the feet, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
and shall be cast into hell}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?
\par      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell, which the wicked deny as a falsehood:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      they shall pass to and fro between the same and hot boiling water.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      But for him who dreadeth the tribunal of his LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are prepared }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 two gardens:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      (Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?)
\par      planted with shady trees.
\par      Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?
\par 50\tab In each of them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 two fountains flowing.
\par      Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      In each of them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall there be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of every fruit two kinds.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They shall repose on couches, the linings whereof }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of thick silk interwoven with gold: and the fruit of the two gardens }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  near at hand }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 together}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Therein }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall receive them beauteous damsels,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  refraining their eyes }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from beholding any besides their spouses:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  whom no man shall have deflowered before them, neither any genius:}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   In executing those things which he hath decreed from eternity; by giving life and death, raising one and abasing another, hearing prayers and 
granting petitions, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   To fly from the power and to avoid the decree of GOD.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as the word also signifies, molten brass, which shall be poured on the heads of the damned.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall appear like red leather;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  according to a different signification of the original word.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For their crimes will be known by their different marks; as it follows in the text.  This, says al Beid\'e2
wi, is to be understood of the time when they shall be raised to life, and shall be led towards the tribunal: for when they come to trial, they will then undergo an examination, as is declared in several places of the Kor\'e2n.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 66, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For the only respite they shall have from the flames of hell, will be when they are suffered to go to drink this scalding liquor.  See chapter 37, p. 336.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, One distinct paradise for men, and another for genii, or, as some imagine, two gardens for each person; one as a reward due to his works, and the other as a free and superabundant gift, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some being known, and like the fruits of the earth; and others of new and unknown species, or fruits both green and ripe.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   So that a man may reach them as he sits or lies down.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab 5  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 (Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?)
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Having complexions}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  like rubies and pearls.
\par      Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?
\par 60\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Shall}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the reward of good works }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  any other good?
\par      Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And besides these }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  two }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  gardens:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      (Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?)
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Of a dark green.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?
\par      In each of them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  two fountains pouring forth plenty of water.
\par      Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?
\par      In each of them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fruits, and palm-trees, and pomegranates.
\par      Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?
\par 70\tab Therein }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  agreeable and beauteous }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 damsels:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?
\par      Having fine black eyes, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  kept in pavilions }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from public view:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?
\par      Whom no man shall have deflowered before }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their destined spouses}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , nor any genius.
\par      Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Therein shall they delight themselves}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , lying on green cushions and beautiful carpets.
\par      Which, therefore, of your LORD'S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl280\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Blessed be the name of thy LORD, possessed of glory and honour!}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl280\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ______
\par 
\par 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LVI_}LVI.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend LVI_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE INEVITABLE; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      WHEN the inevitable}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 day of judgment}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall suddenly come,
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      no }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 soul}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall charge }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the prediction of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  its coming with falsehood:
\par      it will abase }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 some}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and exalt }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 others}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      When the earth shall be shaken with a violent shock;
\par      and the mountains shall be dashed in pieces,
\par      and shall become }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  dust scattered abroad;
\par      and ye shall be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 separated into}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  three }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 distinct}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  classes:
\par      the companions of the right hand; (how }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 happy shall}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the companions of the right hand }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 )
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and the companions of the left hand}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  (how }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
miserable shall}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the companions of the left hand }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 be!}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ),
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For the inferior classes of the inhabitants of paradise.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   From hence, says al Beid\'e2wi, it may be inferred that these gardens wil
l chiefly produce herbs or the inferior sorts of vegetables, whereas the former will be planted chiefly with fruit-trees.  The following part of this description also falls short of that of the other gardens, prepared for the superior classes.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The orig
inal word, the force whereof cannot well be expressed by a single one in English, signifies a calamitous accident, which falls surely and with sudden violence, and is therefore made use of here to design the day of judgment.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, the blessed and th
e damned; who may be thus distinguished here, because the books wherein their actions are registered will be delivered into the right hands of the former and into the left hands of the latter,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 thought he words translated }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 right hand}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 left hand}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  do also signify }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 happiness}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 misery}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 10\tab and those who have preceded }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 others in the faith}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall precede }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 them to paradise}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      These }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  they who shall approach near }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto God:
\par      they shall dwell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in gardens of delight:
\par      (}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 There shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  many of the former }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 religions;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and few of the last.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 )
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Reposing on couches adorned with gold and precious stones;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      sitting opposite to one another thereon.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Youths which shall continue }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in their bloom}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  forever, shall go round about }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to attend}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  them,
\par      with goblets, and beakers, and a cup of flowing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 wine:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      their heads shall not ache by }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 drinking}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the same, neither shall their reason be disturbed:
\par 20\tab and with fruits of the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 sorts}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which they shall choose,
\par      and the flesh of birds of the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 kind}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which they shall desire.
\par      And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 there shall accompany them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fair damsels having large black eyes; resembling pearls hidden }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in their shells:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      as a reward for that which they shall have wrought.
\par      They shall not hear therein any vain discourse, or any charge of sin;
\par      but only the salutation, Peace! Peace!
\par      And the companions of the right hand (how }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 happy shall}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the companions of the right hand }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 )
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall have their abode}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  among lote-trees free from thorns,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and trees of mauz}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  loaded regularly }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with their produce}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from top to bottom;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 under}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  an extended shade,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 30\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 near}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a flowing water,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 amidst}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fruits in abundance,
\par      which shall not fail, nor shall be forbidden }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be gathered:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 they shall repose themselves}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on lofty beds.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Verily we have created }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the damsels of paradise}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  by a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 peculiar}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  creation;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      and we have made them virgins,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      beloved by their husbands, of equal age }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the delight of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the companions of the right hand.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 There shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  many of the former }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 religions}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and many of the latter.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Either the first converts to Mohammedism, or the prophets, who were the respective leaders of their people, or any persons who have been eminent examples of piety and virtue, may be here intended.  The original words literally rendered are, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 The leaders, the leaders:}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  which repetition, as some suppose, was designed to express the dignity of these persons and the certainty of their future glory and happiness.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , There shall be more }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 leaders}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, who have preceded others in faith and good works, among the followers of the several prophets from Adam down to Mohammed, than of the followers of Mohammed himself.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 25, p. 193, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original word }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Talh}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  is the name, not only of the mauz,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but also of a very tall and thorny tree, which bears abundance of flowers of an agreeable smell,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and seems to be the Acacia.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which shall be conveyed in channels to such places and in such manner as every one shall desire.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Al Beid\'e2
wi observes that the condition of the few who have preceded others in faith and good works, is represented by whatever may render a city life agreeable; and that the condition of the companions of the right hand, or the generality of the blessed, is repr
esented by those things which make the principal pleasure of a country life; and that this is done to show the difference of the two conditions.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The word translated }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 beds}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , signifies also, by way of metaphor, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 wives}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 concubines;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and if the latter sense be preferred, the passage may be rendered thus, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
And they shall enjoy damsels raised on lofty couches, whom we have created}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Having created them purposely of finer materials than the females of this world, and subject to none of those inconveniences which are natural to the sex.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some understand this passage of the beatified women; who, though they died old and ugly, shall yet be restored to their youth and beauty in paradise.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For how often soever their husbands shall go in unto them, they shall always find them virgins.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Father Marracci thinks this to be a manifest contradiction to what is said above, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 There shall be many of the former and few of the latter:}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  but al Beid\'e2wi obviates such an objection, by observing that the preceding passage speaks of the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 leaders}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 only, and those who have preceded others in faith and good works; and the passage before us speaks of the righteous of inferior merit and degree; so that though there be many of both sorts, yet there may be few of one sort, comparativel
y speaking, in respect to the other.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 1  See p. 338.\tab \tab 2  Vide J. Leon. Descript. Afric\'e6, l. 2.
\par 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 4  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 75, &c.\tab \tab 5  See ibid. p. 80.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 40\tab And the companions of the left hand (how }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 miserable shall}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 the companions of the left hand }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 )
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall dwell}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  amidst burning winds,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and scalding water,
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      under the shade of a black smoke,
\par      neither cool nor agreeable.
\par      For they enjoyed the pleasures of life before this, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 while on earth;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      and obstinately persisted in a heinous wickedness:
\par      and they said,
\par      After we shall have died, and become dust and bones, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  we surely }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  raised to life?
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Shall}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  our forefathers also }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be raised with us?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      Say, Verily both the first and the last
\par 50\tab shall surely be gathered together }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to judgment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , at the prefixed time of a known day.
\par      Then ye, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , who have erred, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  denied }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the resurrection}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  as a falsehood,

\par      shall surely eat of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the fruit of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the tree of al Zakkum,
\par      and shall fill }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  bellies therewith:
\par      and ye shall drink thereon boiling water;
\par      and ye shall drink as a thirsty camel drinketh.
\par      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  their entertainment on the day of judgment.
\par      We have created you: will ye not therefore believe }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that we can raise you from the dead?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      What think ye?  The }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 seed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which ye emit,
\par      do ye create the same, or }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  we the creators }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereof?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 60\tab We have decreed death unto you }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 all:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      and we shall not be prevented.  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 We are able}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to substitute }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 others}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  like unto you }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in your stead}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and to produce you }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 again}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 condition or form}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which ye know not.
\par      Ye know the original production }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by creation;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  will ye not therefore consider }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that we are able to produce you by resuscitation?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      What think ye?  The }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 grain}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which ye sow,
\par      do ye cause the same to spring forth, or do we cause }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to spring forth?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      If we pleased, verily we could render the same dry and fruitless, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 so that}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  ye would not cease to wonder,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      Verily we have contracted debts}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for seed and labor}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , but we are not permitted}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to reap the fruit thereof}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      What think ye?  The water which ye drink,
\par      do ye send down the same from the clouds, or }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  we the senders }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereof?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      If we pleased, we could render the same brackish: will ye not therefore give thanks?
\par 70\tab What think ye?  The fire which ye strike,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      do ye produce the tree }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 whence ye obtain}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the same,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  or }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  we the producers }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thereof?}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      We have ordained the same for an admonition,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and an advantage to those who travel through the deserts.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Wherefore praise the name of thy LORD, the great }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Moreover I swear}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  by the setting of the stars;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      (and it }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  surely a great oath, if ye knew }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 )
\par      that this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the excellent Koran,
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the original whereof is written}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in the preserved book:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      none shall touch the same, except those who are clean.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a revelation from the LORD of all creatures.
\par 80\tab Will ye, therefore, despise this new revelation?}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which shall penetrate into the passages of their bodies.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 to repent}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  of your time and labour bestowed to little purpose, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 We are undone}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 We are unfortunate wretches}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , who are denied the necessaries of life.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 36, p. 334, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   To put men in mind of the resurrection;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  which the production of fire in some sort resembles, or, of the fire of hell.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The particle }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 la}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 is generally supposed to be intensive in this place; but if it be taken for a negative, the words must be translated, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 I will not}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 do not swear}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , because what is here asserted is too manifest to need the confirmation of an oath.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Let none touch the same}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.  Purity both of body and mind being requisite in him who would use this book with the respect he ought, and hopes to edify by it: for which reason these words are usually written on the cover.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See cap. 36, p. 334.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. III. p. 54.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And do ye make }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 this return for}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  your food }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 which ye receive from God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, that ye deny }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 yourselves to be obliged to him for the same?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      When }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the soul of a dying person}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  cometh up to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  throat,
\par      and ye at the same time are looking on;
\par      (and we are nigher unto him than ye, but ye see not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his true condition;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 )
\par      would ye not, if ye are not to be rewarded }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for your action hereafter}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      cause the same to return }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 into the body}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , if ye speak the truth?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      And whether he be of those who shall approach near }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto God,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      his reward shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  rest, and mercy, and a garden of delights:
\par      or whether he be of the companions of the right hand,
\par 90\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 he shall be saluted with the salutation}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Peace be unto thee! by the companions of the right hand, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his brethren:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      or whether he be of those who have rejected }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the true faith}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  gone astray,
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  entertainment }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall consist}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of boiling water,
\par      and the burning of hell}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Verily this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a certain truth.
\par      Wherefore praise the name of thy LORD, the great }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 ________
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LVII_}LVII.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend LVII_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, IRON;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA, OR AT MEDINA.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      WHATEVER }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in heaven and earth singeth praise unto GOD; and he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  mighty }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par      His }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the kingdom of heaven and earth; he giveth life, and he putteth to death; and he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  almighty.
\par      He }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the first, and the last; the manifest and the hidden: and he knoweth all things.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and then ascended }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 throne.  He knoweth that which entereth into the earth, and that which issueth out of the same, and that which descendeth from heaven, and that which ascendeth thereto; and he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 with you, wheresoever ye be: for GOD seeth that which ye do.
\par      His }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the kingdom of heavens and earth; and unto GOD shall }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 all}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  things return.
\par      He causeth the night to succeed the day, and he causeth the day to succeed the night; and he knowest the innermost part of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men's}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  breasts.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Believe in GOD and his apostle, and lay out }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in alms}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a part of the }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 wealth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  whereof GOD hath made you inheritors: for unto such of you as believe, and bestow alms, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be given}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a great reward.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By ascribing the rains, which fertilize your lands, to the influence of the stars.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab Some copies instead of }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 rizkacom, i.e., your food, }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 read }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 shocracom, i.e., your gratitude;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
 and then the passage may be rendered thus, }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 And do ye make this return of gratitude}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 , for GOD\rquote S revealing the Kor\'e2n, }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 that ye reject}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261  the same }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 as a fiction?}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The meaning of this obscure passage is, if ye shall not be obliged to give an account of your actions at the last day, as by your denying the resurrection ye seem to 
believe, cause the soul of the dying person to return into his body; for ye may as easily do that as avoid the general judgment.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, of the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 leaders}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or first professors of the faith.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The word occurs toward the end of the chapter.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is uncertain which of the two places was the scene of revelation of this chapter.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 35
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 5  See ibid. Sect. I. p. 25.\tab \tab 6  Jallal., al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And what aileth you, that ye believe not in GOD, when the apostle inviteth you to believe in your LORD; and he hath received your covenant}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 concerning this matter}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , if ye believe }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 any proposition?}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he who hath sent down unto his servant evident signs, that he may lead you out of darkness into light; for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  compassionate }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  merciful unto you.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 10\tab And what aileth you, that ye contribute not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of your substance}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for the defence of GOD'S true religion?  Since unto GOD }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 appertaineth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the inheritance of heaven and earth.  Those among you who shall have contributed and fought }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in defence of the faith}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , before the taking }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of Mecca}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , shall not be held equal }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with those who shall contribute and fight for the same afterwards}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   These shall be superior in degree unto those who shall contribute and fight }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for the propagation of the faith}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , after }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the above-mentioned success;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but unto all hath GOD promised a most excellent }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 reward;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and GOD well knoweth that which ye do.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Who }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he that will lend unto GOD an acceptable loan? for he will double the same unto him, and he shall receive }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 moreover}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  an honourable reward.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      On a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 certain}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  day, thou shalt see the true believers of both sexes: their light shall run before them, and on their right hands;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and it shall be said unto them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Good tidings unto you this day: gardens through which rivers flow; }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ye}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall remain therein forever.  This will be great felicity.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      On that day the hypocritical men and the hypocritical women shall say unto those who believe, Stay for us,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  what we may borrow }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 some}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of your light.  It shall be answered, Return back }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 into the world}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, and seek light.  And a high wall shall be set betwixt them, wherein }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  a gate, within which }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 mercy; and without it, over against the same, the torment }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of hell}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  The }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hypocrites}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall call out unto }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the true believers, saying}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Were we not with you?  They shall answer, Yea; but ye seduced your own souls }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by your hypocrisy;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and ye waited }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 our ruin;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and ye doubted }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 concerning the faith;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wishes deceived you, until the decree of GOD came, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and ye died:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and the deceiver deceived you concerning GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      This day, therefore, a ransom shall not be accepted of you, nor of those who have been unbelievers.  Your abode }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
shall be hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire: this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  what ye have deserved; and an unhappy journey }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall it be thither!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      Is not the time yet come unto those who believe, that the
ir hearts should humbly submit to the admonition of GOD, and to that truth which hath been revealed; and that they be not as those unto whom the scripture was given heretofore, and to whom the time }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of forbearance}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  was prolonged, but their hearts were hardened, and many of them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 were}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wicked doers?
\par      Know that GOD quickeneth the earth, after it hath been dead.  Now have we distinctly declared }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 our}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  signs unto you, that ye may understand.
\par      Verily }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the almsgivers, both men and women, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 those who}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  lend 
unto GOD an acceptable loan, he will double the same unto them; and they shall }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 moreover}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  receive an honourable reward.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And they who believe in GOD and his apostles, these are the men of veracity, and the witnesses in the presence of their LORD: they }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall have}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  their reward, and their light.  But }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  those who believe not, and accuse our signs of falsehood, they }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the companions of hell.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, ye are obliged to believe in him by the strongest arguments and motives.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Because afterwards there was not so great necessity for either, the Mohammedan religion being firmly established by that great success.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   One light leading them the right way to paradise, and the other proceeding from the book wherein their actions are recorded, which they will hold in their right hand.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261   For the righteous will hasten to paradise swift as lightning.}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Know that this present life }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  only a toy and a vain amusement: and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 worldly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 pomp, and the affectation of glory among you, and the multiplying of riches and children, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 as the plants nourished by the rain, the springing up whereof delighteth the husbandmen; afterwards they wither, so that thou seest the same turned yellow, and at length they become dry stubble.  And in the life to come }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
will be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a severe punishment }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for those who covet worldly grandeur;
\par 2}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 0\tab and pardon from GOD, and favor }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for those who renounce it:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for this present life }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 no other than a deceitful provision.
\par      Hasten with emulation to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 obtain}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  pardon from your LORD, and paradise, the extent whereof equalleth the extent of heaven and earth, prepared for those who believe in GOD and his apostles.  This 
}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the bounty of GOD: he will give the same unto whom he pleaseth; and GOD is endued with great bounty.
\par      No accident happeneth in the earth, nor in your persons, but }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the same was entered }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in the book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of our decrees}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, before we created it: verily this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  easy with GOD:
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and this is written}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  lest ye }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 immoderately}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  grieve for the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 good}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 which escapeth you, or rejoice for that which happened unto you; for GOD loveth no proud }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 or}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  vain-glorious person,
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 or those}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  who are covetous, and command men covetousness.  And whoso turneth aside }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from giving alms;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  verily GOD }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  self-sufficient, worthy to be praised.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We formerly sent our apostles with evident }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 miracles}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and arguments;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and we sent down with them the scriptures and the balance,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that men might observe justice: and we sent }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  down iron,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wherein is mighty strength for war,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 various}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 advantages unto mankind: that GOD may know who assisteth him and his apostles in secret;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  strong }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  mighty.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We formerly sent Noah and Abraham, and we established in their posterity the gift of prophecy, and the scripture: and of them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 some were}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  directed, but many of them }
{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 were}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  evil-doers.
\par      Afterwards we caused our apostles to succeed in their footsteps; and we caused Jesus the son of Mary to succeed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, and we gave him the gospel: and we put in the hearts of those that followed him compassion and mercy: but }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the monastic state, they instit
uted the same (we did not prescribe it to them) only out of a desire to please GOD; yet they observed not the same as it ought truly to have been observed.  And we gave unto such of them as believed their reward: but many of them }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 were}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wicked doers.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O ye who believe }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in the former prophets}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  fear GOD, and believe in his apostle }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Mohammed:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  he will give you two portions of his mercy,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and he will ordain a light wherein ye may walk, and he will forgive you; for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  ready to forgive, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      that those who have received the scriptures may know that they have not power over any of the favours of GOD,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and that good }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in the hand of GOD; he bestoweth the same on whom he pleaseth; for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 endued with great beneficence.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , A rule of justi
ce.  Some think that a balance was actually brought down from heaven by the angel Gabriel to Noah, the use of which he was ordered to introduce among his people.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, we taught them how to dig the same from mines.  Al Zamakhshari adds, that Adam is
 said to have brought down with him from paradise five things made of iron, viz., an anvil, a pair of tongs, two hammers, a greater and a lesser, and a needle.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Warlike instruments and weapons being generally made of iron.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, sincerely and heartily.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These words are directed to the Jews and Christians, or rather to the latter only.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   One as a recompence for their believing in Mohammed, and the other as a recompense for their believing in the prophets who preceded him; for they will not los
e the reward of their former religion, though it be now abrogated by the promulgation of Isl\'e2m.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, That they cannot expect to receive any of the favours above mentioned, because they believe not in his apostle, and those favours are annexed to faith in him; or, that they have not power to dispose of GOD\rquote 
S favours, particularly of the greatest of them, the gift of prophecy, so as to appropriate the same to whom they please.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 1  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page   
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LVIII_}LVIII.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend LVIII_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, SHE WHO DISPUTED; REVEALED AT MEDINA.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      NOW hath GOD heard the speech of her who disputed with thee concerning her husband, and made her complaint unto GOD;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and GOD hath heard your mutual discourse: for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 both}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  heareth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  seeth.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 As to}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  those among you who divorce their wives, by declaring that they will thereafter regard them as their mothers; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 let them know that}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  not their mothers.  They only }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  their mothers who brought them forth;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they certainly utter an unjustifiable saying and a falsehood:
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      but GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  gracious }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  ready to forgive.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Those who divorce their wives by declaring that they will for the future regard them as their mothers, and afterwards would repair}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  what they have said, }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be obliged}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to free a captive,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  before they touch one another.  That }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  what ye are warned }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to perform:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  well apprised of that which ye do.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And whoso findeth not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a captive to redeem}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall observe}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 a fast of two consecutive months, before they touch one another.  And whoso shall not be able }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to fast that time, shall }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 feed threescore poor men.  This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is ordained you
}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , that ye may believe in GOD and his apostle.  These }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the statutes of GOD: and for the unbelievers }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is prepared}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a grievous torment.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily they who oppose GOD and his apostle shall be brought low, as }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the unbelievers}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 who preceded them were brought low.  And now have we sent down manifest signs: and an ignominious punishment awaiteth the unbelievers.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some are of opinion that the first ten verses of this chapter, ending with these words, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 and fear}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 before whom ye shall be assembled}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , were revealed at Mecca, and the rest at Medina.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This was Khawla bint Th\'e1laba, the wife of Aws Ebn al S\'e2mat, who, being divorced by her husband by a form in use among the Arabs in the time of ignorance, viz., by saying to her, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Thou art to me as the back of my mother}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  came to ask Mohammed\rquote 
s opinion whether they were necessarily obliged to a separation; and he told her that it was not lawful for her to co
habit with her husband any more: to which she replying, that her husband had not put her away, the prophet repeated his former decision, adding that such form of speaking was by general consent understood to imply a perpetual separation.  Upon this the wo
man, being greatly concerned because of the smallness of her children, went home, and uttered her complaint to GOD in prayer: and thereupon this passage was revealed,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 allowing a man to take his wife again, notwithstanding his having pronounced the above-mentioned form of divorce, on doing certain acts of charity or mortification, by way of penance.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   And therefore no woman ought to be placed in the same degree of prohibition, except those whom GOD has joined with them, as nursing mothers, and the wives of the prophet.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This seems to be here the true meaning of the original word, which properly signifies }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 to return}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, and is variously expounded by the Mohammedan doctors.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which captive, according to the most received decision, ought to be a true believe
r, as is ordered for the expiation of manslaughter.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  See cap. 33, p. 312.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin, &c.\tab \tab 5  Al Beid\'e2wi  See cap. 4, p. 56, and cap. 33, p. 319.\tab \tab 6  See cap. 4, p. 64.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 On a }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 certain}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  day GOD shall raise them all to lif
e, and shall declare unto them that which they have wrought.  GOD hath taken an exact account thereof; but they have forgotten the same: and GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  witness over all things.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Dost thou not perceive that GOD knoweth whatever }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in heaven and in earth?  T
here is no private discourse among three persons, but he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the fourth of them; nor }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 among}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  five, but he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the sixth of them; neither }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 among}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a smaller }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 number}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  than this, nor a larger, but he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with them, wheresoever they be: and he will declare unto them that which they have done, on the day of resurrection; for GOD knoweth all things.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
     Hast thou not observed those who have been forbidden to use clandestine discourse, but afterwards return to what they have been forbidden, and discourse privily among themselves of wickedness, and enmity, and disobedience towards the apostle?}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And when they come unto thee, they salute thee with that }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 form of salutation}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wherewith GOD doth not salute thee;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they say among themselves, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by way of derision}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Would not GOD punish us for what we say, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
if this man were a prophet?}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Hell }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  their sufficient }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 punishment:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 they shall go down into the same to be burned; and an unhappy journey }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall it be!}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 10\tab O true believers, when ye discourse privily together, discourse not of wickedness, and enmity, and disobedience towards the apostle; but discourse of justice and piety: and fear GOD, before whom ye shall be assembled.

\par      Verily the clandestine discourse }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the infidels proceedeth }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from Satan, that he may grieve the true believer
s: but there shall be none to hurt them in the least, unless by the permission of GOD; wherefore in GOD let the faithful trust.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O true believers, when it is said unto you, Make room in the assembly; make room:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD will grant you ample room }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in paradise
}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  And when it is said }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto you}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Rise up; rise up: GOD will raise those of you who believe, and those to whom knowledge is given, to }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 superior}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  degrees }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of honour;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 fully apprised of that which ye do.
\par      O true believers, when ye go to speak with the apostle, give alms previously to your discoursing }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with him;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  this }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will be}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  better for you, and more pure.  But if ye find not }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 what to give}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , verily GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  gracious
}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto you}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Do ye fear to give alms previously to your discoursing with }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the prophet, lest ye should impoverish yourselves?}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261   Therefore if ye do }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  not, and GOD is gracious unto you, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by dispensing with the said precept for the future}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, be constant at prayer, and pay the legal alms; and obey GOD and his apostle }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in all other matters:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for GOD well knoweth that which ye do.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  That is, the Jews and hypocritical Moslems, who caballed privately together against Mohammed, and made signs to one another when they saw the true believers; and this they continued to do, notwithstanding they were forbidden.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It seems they used, instead of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Al sal\'e2m aleica, i.e., Peace be upon thee}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , to say, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
Al s\'e2m aleica, i.e., Mischief on thee}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   In this passage the Moslems are commanded to give place, in the public assemblies, to the prophet and
 the more honourable of his companions; and not to press and crowd upon him, as they used to do, out of a desire of being near him, and hearing his discourse.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  To show your sincerity, and to honour the apostle.  It is doubted whether this be a counsel or a precept; but, however, it continued but a very little while in force, being agreed on all hands to be abrogated by the following passage, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Do ye fear to give alms}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 2  Idem}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Hast thou not observed those who have taken for their friends a people against whom GOD is incensed?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   They }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  neither of you, nor of them:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they swear to a lie}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  knowingly.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      GOD hath prepared for them a grievous punishment; for it is evil which they do.
\par      They have taken their oaths for a cloak, and they have turned }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  aside from the way of GOD: wherefore a shameful punishment awaiteth them;
\par      neither their wealth nor their children shall avail them at all against GOD.  These }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the inhabitants of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 fire; they shall abide therein forever.
\par      On a }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 certain}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  day GOD shall raise them all: then will they swear unto him, as they swear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 now}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 unto you, imagining that it will be of service to them.  Are they not liars?
\par 20\tab Satan hath prevailed against them, and hath caused them to forget the remembrance of GOD.  These }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the party of the devil; and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  not the party of the devil }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  doomed to perdition?
\par      Verily they who oppose GOD and his apostle }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be placed among}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the most vile.  GOD hath written, Verily I will prevail, and my apostles: for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  strong}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  mighty.
\par      Thou shalt not find people who believe in GOD and the last day to love him who opposeth GOD and his apostle; although they be their fathers, or their sons, or their brethren, or their nearest relations.  I
n the hearts of these hath GOD written faith; and he hath strengthened them with his spirit: and he will lead them into gardens, beneath which rivers flow, to remain therein forever.  GOD is well pleased in them; and they are well pleased in him.  These a
re the party of GOD: and shall not the party of GOD prosper?}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 ________
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par CHAPTER LIX.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE EMIGRATION;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MEDINA.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      WHATEVER }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in heaven and earth celebrateth the praise of GOD: and he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the mighty, the wise.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , The Jews.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Being hypocrites, and wavering between the two parties.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , They have solemnly professed Isl\'e2m, which they believe not in their hearts.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original word signifies the quitting or removing from one\rquote s na
tive country or settlement, to dwell elsewhere, whether it be by choice or compulsion.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 It was}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  he who caused those who believed not, of the people who receive the scripture, to depart from their habitations at the first emigration.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Ye did not think that they would go forth: and they thought that their fortresses would protect them against GOD.  But }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the chastisement of}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD came upon them, from whence they did not expect; and he cast terror into their hearts.  They pulled down their houses with their own hands,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and the hands of the true believers.  Wherefore take example }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , O ye who have eyes.
\par      And if GOD had not doomed them to banishment, he had surely punished them in this world:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and in the world to come they shall suffer the torment of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hell}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  fire.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      This, because they opposed GOD and his apostle: and whoso opposeth GOD, verily GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  severe in punishing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 him}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      What palm-trees ye cut down, or left standing on their roots, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 were so cut down or left}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  by the will of GOD; and that he might disgrace the wicked doers.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 as to the spoils}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of these }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 people}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which GOD hath granted }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 wholly}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to his apostle,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  ye did not push forward any horses or camels against the same;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but GOD giveth unto his apostles dominion over whom he pleaseth: for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  almighty.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 The spoils}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of the inhabitants of the towns which GOD hath granted to his apostle }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are due}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 unto GOD and to the apostle, and to him who is of kin }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to the apostle}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and the orphans, and the poor, and the traveller; that they may not be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 forever divided}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in a circle among such of you as are rich.  What the apostle shall give you, that accept; and what he shall forbid you, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  abstain from: and fear GOD; for GOD }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  severe in chastising.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 A part also belongeth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to the poor Moh\'e2jer\'een,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  who hav
e been dispossessed of their houses and their substance, seeking favor from GOD, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  good-will, and assisting GOD and his apostle.  These are the men of veracity.}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261   The people here intended were the Jews of the tribe of al Nad\'eer, who dwelt in Medina
, and when Mohammed fled thither from Mecca, promised him to stand neuter between him and his opponents, and made a treaty with him to that purpose.  When he had gained the battle of Bedr, they confessed that he was the prophet described in the law: but u
pon his receiving that disgrace at Ohod, they changed their note; and Caab Ebn al Ashraf, with forty horse, went and made a league with Abu Sofi\'e2
n, which they confirmed by oath.  Upon this, Mohammed got Caab dispatched, and, in the fourth year of the Hejra, set forward against al Nad\'ee
r, and besieged them in their fortress, which stood about three miles from Medina, for six days, at the end of which they capitulated, and were allowed to depart, on condition that they}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 
should entirely quit that place: and accordingly some of them went into Syria, and others to Khaibar and Hira.}{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab This was the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 first emigration}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, mentioned in the passage before us.  The other happened several years after, in the reign of Omar, when that Khal\'eef banished those who had settled at Khaibar, and obliged them to depart out of Arabia.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab Dr. Prideaux, speaking of Mohammed\rquote s obliging those of al Nad\'ee
r to quit their settlements, says that a party of his men pursued those who fled into Syria, and having overtaken them, put them all to the sword, excepting only one man that escaped.  }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 With such cruelty}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , continues he, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 did those barbarians first set up to fight for that imposture they had been deluded into}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   But a learned gentleman has already observed that this is all grounded on a mistake, which the doctor was led into by an imperfection in the printed edition of Elmacinus; where, after mentioning the expulsion of the Nad\'ee
rites, are inserted som e incoherent words relating to another action which happened the month before, and wherein seventy Mosl
ems, instead of putting others to the sword, were surprised and put to the sword themselves, together with their leader al Mondar Ebn Omar, Caab Ebn Zeid alone escaping.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Doing what damage they could, that the Moslems might make the less advantage of what they were obliged to leave behind them.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By delivering them up to slaughter and captivity, as he did those of Koreidha.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is remarkable that in this expedition the spoils were not divided according to the law given for that purpose in the Kor\'e2n,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  but were granted to the apostle, and declared to be entirely in his disposition.  And the reason was, because the place was taken without the assistance of horse, which became a rule for the future.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For the settlement of those of al Nad\'eer being so near Medina, the Moslems went all on foot thither, except only the prophet himself.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Wherefore Mohammed distributed those spoils among the Moh\'e2jer\'ee
n, or those who had fled from Mecca, only, and gave no part thereof to the Ans\'e2rs, or those of Medina, except only to three of them, who were in necessitous circumstances.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallal. &c.  Vide Abulf. Vit. Moh. c. 35.\tab \tab 2  Idem interp.\tab \tab 3  Prid. Life of Mah. p. 82.
\par 4  Vide Gagnier, not. in Abulf. Vit. Moh. p. 72.\tab \tab 5  Cap. 8, p. 130.\tab \tab 6  Vide Abulf. Vit. Moh. p. 91.
\par 7  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 8  Idem.  Vide Abulf. ubi sup. p. 72.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And they who quietly possessed the town }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of Medina}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 professed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the faith }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 without molestation}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , before them,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  love him who hath fled unto them, and find in their breasts no want of that which is given the }
{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Moh\'e2jer\'een}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but prefer }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 before themselves, although there be indigence among them.  And whoso is preserved from the covetousness of his own soul, those shall surely prosper.
\par 10\tab And they who have come after them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  say, O LORD
, forgive us and our brethren who have preceded us in the faith, and put not into our hearts ill-will against those who have believed: O LORD, verily thou }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 art}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  compassionate }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful.
\par      Hast thou not observed them who play the hypocrites?  They say unto their brethren who believe not, of those who have received the scriptures,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Verily if ye be expelled }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your habitations}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , we will surely go forth with you; and we will not pay obedience, in your respect, unto any one forever: and if ye be attacked, we wil
l certainly assist you.  But GOD is witness that they }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  liars.
\par      Verily if they be expelled, they will not go forth with them: and if they be attacked, they will not assist them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and if they do assist them, they will surely turn their backs: and they
 shall not be protected.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily ye }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  stronger}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  than they}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , by reason of the terror }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 cast}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  into their breasts from GOD.  This, because they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  not people of prudence.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They will not fight against you in a body, except in fenced towns, or from behind walls.  Their strength in war among themselves }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  great:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  thou thinkest them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  united; but their hearts are divided.  This, because they }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  people who do not understand.
\par      Like those who lately preceded them,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they have tasted the evil consequence of their deed; and a painful torment }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is prepared}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 for them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hereafter.
\par }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Thus have the hypocrites deceived the Jews:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  like the devil, when he saith unto a man, Be thou an infidel; and when he is become an infidel, he saith, Verily I }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 am}
{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  clear of thee; for I fear GOD, the LORD of all creatures.
\par      Wherefore the end of them both shall be that they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall dwell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire, abiding therein forever: and this }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the recompense of the unjust.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O true believers, fear GOD; and let a soul look what it sendeth before for the morrow:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and fear GOD, for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  well acquainted with that which ye do.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And be not as those who have forgotten GOD, and whom he hath caused to forget their own souls: these are the wicked doers.
\par 20\tab The inhabitants of}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire and the inhabitants of paradise shall not be held equal.  The inhabitants of paradise are they who shall enjoy felicity.
\par      If we had sent down this Koran on a mountain, thou wouldest certainly have seen the same humble itself, and cleave in sunder for fear of GOD.  These similitudes do we propose unto men, that they may consider.
\par      He }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  GOD, besides whom there is no GOD; who knoweth that which is future, and that which is present: he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the most Merciful;}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261   That is, the Ans\'e2rs; who enjoyed their hou
ses and the free exercise of their religion before the Hejra, while the converts of Mecca were persecuted and harassed by the idolaters.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, And bear them no grudge or envy on that account.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The persons here meant seem to be those who fled from Me
cca after Mohammed began to gain strength, and his religion had made a considerable progress.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, the Jews of the tribe of al Nad\'eer.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   And it happened accordingly; for Ebn Obba and his confederates wrote to the Nad\'eerites to this purpose, but never performed their promise.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, It is not their weakness or cowardice which makes them decline a field battle with you, since they show strength and valour enough in their wars with one another; but both fail them when they enter into the lists with GOD and his apostle.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., The idolaters who were slain at Bedr; or the Jews of Kainok\'e2, who were plundered and sent into exile before those of al Nad\'eer.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, for the next life, which may be called }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
the morrow}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , as this present life may be called }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 to-day}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 GOD, besides whom there is no GOD: the King, the Holy, the Giver of peace, the Faithful, the Guardian, the Powerful, the Strong, the most High.  Far be GOD exalted above }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the idols}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 which they associate }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with him!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      He is GOD, the Creator, the Maker, the Former.  He hath most excellent names.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Whatever }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 in heaven and in earth praiseth him: and he }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the Mighty, the Wise.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ________
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LX_}LX.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend LX_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, SHE WHO IS TRIED;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MEDINA.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O TRUE believers, take not my enemy and your enemy for }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  friends,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 showing kindness towards them; since they believe not in the truth which hath come unto you, having expelled the apostle and yourselves }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from your native city}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, because ye believe in GOD, your LORD.  If ye go forth to fight in defence of my religion, and out of a desire to please me, and privately show friendship unto them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 verily I well know that which ye conceal, and that which ye discover: and whoever of you doth this, hath already erred from the straight path.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      If they get the better of you, they will be enemies unto you, and they will stretch forth their hands and their tongues against you with evil: and they earnestly desire that ye should become unbelievers.
\par      Neither your kindred nor your children will avail you at all on the day of resurrection, which will separate you from one another: and GOD seeth that which ye do.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Ye have an excellent pattern in Abraham, and those who were with him, when they said unto their people, Verily we }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  clear of you, and of the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 idols}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 which ye worship, besides GOD: we have renounced you; and enmity and hatred is begun between us and you forever, until ye believe in GOD alone: except Abraham's saying unto his father, Verily I will beg pardon for thee:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but I cannot obtain aught of GOD in thy behalf.  O LORD, in thee do we trust, and unto thee are we turned; and before thee shall we be assembled }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hereafter}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See cap. 7, p. 123, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This chapter bears this 
title because it directs the women who desert and come over from the infidels to the Moslems to be examined, and tried whether they be sincere in their profession of the faith.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage was revealed on account of Hateb Ebn Abi Balpaa, who understan
ding that Mohammed had a design to surprise Mecca, wrote a letter to the Koreish, giving them notice of the intended expedition, and advised them to be on their guard: which letter he sent by Sarah, a maid-servant belonging to the family of H\'e2
shem.  The me
ssenger had not been gone long, before Gabriel discovered the affair to the prophet, who immediately sent after her; and having intercepted the letter, asked Hateb how he came to be guilty of such an action?  To which he replied that it was not out of inf
i
delity, or a desire to return to idolatry, but merely to induce the Koreish to treat his family, which was still at Mecca, with some kindness; adding that he was well assured his intelligence would be of no service at all to the Meccans, because he was sa
tisfied GOD would take vengeance on them.  Whereupon Mohammed received his excuse and pardoned him; but it was thought proper to forbid any such practices for the future.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The verb here used has also a contrary signification, according to which the words may be rendered, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 and yet openly show friendship unto them}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For in this Abraham\rquote s example is not to be followed.  See chapter 9, p. 148.

\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 1  Idem.  Vide Abulf. Vit. Moh. p. 192.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 O LORD, suffer us not to be put to trial by the unbelievers:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and forgive us, O LORD; for thou }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 art}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  mighty }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily ye have in them an excellent example, unto him who hopeth in GOD and the last day: and whoso turneth back; verily GOD }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  self-sufficient, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  praiseworthy.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Peradventure GOD will establish friendship between yourselves and such of them as ye }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 now}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  hold for enemies:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  powerful; and GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  inclined to forgive, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful.
\par      As to those who have not borne arms against you on account of religion, nor turned you out of your dwellings, GOD forbiddeth you not to deal kindly with them, and to behave justly towards them:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for GOD loveth those who act justly.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But as to those who have borne arms against you on account of religion, and have dispossessed you of your habitations, and hav
e assisted in dispossessing you, GOD forbiddeth you to enter into friendship with them: and whosoever }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of you}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  entereth into friendship with them, those are unjust doers.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 10\tab O true believers, when believing women come unto you as refugees, try them: GOD well knoweth their faith.  And if ye know them }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  true believers, send them not back to the infidels: they }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  not lawful for the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
unbelievers to have in marriage;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  neither are }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the unbelievers }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 lawful for them.  But give }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their unbelieving husbands}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  what they shall have expended }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for their dowers}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Nor }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
shall it be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  any crime in you if ye marry them, provided ye give them their dowries.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And retain not the patronage of the unbelieving }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 women:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but demand back that which ye have expended }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for the dowry of such of your wives as go over to the unbelievers;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and let them demand back that which they have expended }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for the dowry of those who come over to you}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 the judgment of GOD, which he establisheth among you: and GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  knowing }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wise.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Suffer them not
 to prevail against us, lest they thence conclude themselves to be in the right, and endeavour to make us deny our faith by the terror of persecution.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   And this happened accordingly on the taking of Mecca; when Abu Sofi\'e2n and others of the Koreish, who
 had till then been inveterate enemies to the Moslems, embraced the same faith, and became their friends and brethren.  Some suppose the marriage of Mohammed with Omm Hab\'eeba, the daughter of Abu Sofi\'e2
n, which was celebrated the year before, to be here intended.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage, it is said, was revealed on account of Koteila bint Abd\rquote 
al Uzza, who having, while she was an idolatress, brought some presents to her daughter, Asma bint Abi Becr, the latter not only refused to accept them, but even denied her admittance.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For, according to the terms of the pacification of al Hodeibiya,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 each side was to return whatever came into their power belonging to the other; wherefore when the Moslems were, by this passage, forbidden to restore the married women who sho
uld come over to them, they were at the same time commanded to make some sort of satisfaction, by returning their dowry.
\par \tab It is related that, after the aforesaid pacification, while Mohammed was yet at al Hodeibiya, Sobeia bint al Hareth, of the tribe of Aslam, having embrace Mohammedism, her husband, Mos\'e2
fer the Makhzumite, came and demanded her back; upon which this passage was revealed: and Mohammed, pursuant thereto, administered to her the oath thereafter directed, and returned her husband her dower; and then Omar married her.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  For what is returned to their former husbands is not to be considered as their dower.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Vide Gagnier, not in Abulf. Vit. Moh. p. 91.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 4  See cap. 48, p. 380, &c.\tab \tab 5  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 If any of your wives}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  escape from you to the unbelievers, and ye have your turn }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
by the coming over of any of the unbelievers' wives to you;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  give unto those }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 believers}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  whose wives shall have gone away, }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 out of the dowries of the latter}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , so much as they shall have expended }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for the dowers of the former:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and fear GOD, in whom ye believe.
\par      O prophet, when believing }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 women}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  come unto thee, and plight their faith unto thee,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 that they will not associate anything with GOD, nor steal, nor commit fornication, nor kill their children,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  nor come with a calumny which they have forged between their hands and their feet,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  nor be disobedient to thee in that which shall be reasonable: then do thou plight thy faith unto them, and ask pardon for them of GOD; for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  inclined to forgive, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful.
\par      O true believers, enter not into friendship with a people against whom GOD is incensed;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they despair of the life to come,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 as the infidels despair of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the resurrection of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  those who dwell in the graves.}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 ________}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LXI_}LXI.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend LXI_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, BATTLE-ARRAY; REVEALED AT MECCA.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      WHATEVER }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in heaven and in earth celebrateth the praise of GOD; for he }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  mighty }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O true believers, why do ye say that which ye do not?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  most odious in the sight of GOD, that ye say that which ye do not.
\par      Verily GOD loveth those who fight for his religion in battle-array, as though they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 were}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a well-compacted building.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Remember}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when Moses said unto his people, O my people, why do ye injure me;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  since ye know that I am the apostle of GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 sent}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto you?  And when they had deviated }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
from the truth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , GOD made their hearts to deviate }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from the right way;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for GOD directeth not wicked people.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 anything of your wives;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  which some interpret, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 any part of their dowry}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as the original verb may also be translated, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 and ye take spoils;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 in which case the meaning will be, that those Moslems, whose wives shall have gone over to the infidels, shall have a satisfaction for their dower out 
of the next booty.  This law, they saw, was given because of the idolaters, after the preceding verse had been revealed, refused to comply therewith, or to make any return of the dower of those women who went over to them from the Moslems;}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  so that the latter were obliged to indemnify themselves as they could.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. II. p. 37.  Some are of opinion that this passage was not revealed till the day of the taking of Mecca; when, after having received the solemn submission of the men, he proceeded to receive that of the women.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 81.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Jallalo\rquote ddin understands these words of their laying their spurious children to their husbands.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , The infidels in general; or the Jews in particular.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By reason of their infideli
ty; or because they well know they cannot expect to be made partakers of the happiness of the next life, by reason of their rejecting of the prophet foretold in the law, and whose mission is confirmed by miracles.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as some rather judge, at Medina; which opinion is confirmed by the explication in the next note.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The commentators generally suppose these words to be directed to the Moslems, who, notwithstanding they had solemnly engaged to spend their lives and fortunes in defence of their faith, yet shamefully turned their backs at the battle of Ohod.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   They may, however, be applied to hypocrites of all sorts, whose actions contradict their words.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., By your disobedience; or by maliciously aspersing me.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  See cap. I, p. 1.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 5  Cap. 3, p. 45, &c.
\par 6  See cap. 33, p. 320.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 And when Jesus the Son of Mary said, O children of Israel, verily I }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 am}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the apostle of GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 sent}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto you, confirming the law which }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 was delivered}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  before me, and bringing good tidings of an apostle who shall come after me, }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  whose name }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Ahmed.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  And when he produced unto them evident miracles, they said, This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  manifest sorcery.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But who }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  more unjust than he who forgeth a lie against GOD, when he is invited unto Islam?  And GOD directeth not the unjust people.
\par      They seek to extinguish GOD'S light with their mouths: but GOD will perfect his light, though the infidels be averse }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereto}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he who hath sent his apostle with the direction, and the religion of truth, that he may exalt the same above every religion, although the idolaters be averse }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereto}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par 10\tab O true believers, shall I show you a merchandise which will deliver you from a painful torment }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hereafter?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      Believe in GOD and his apostle; and defend GOD'S true religion with your substance, and in your own persons.  This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  better for you, if ye knew }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      He will forgive you your sins, and will introduce you into gardens through which rivers flow, and agreeable habitations in gardens of perpetual abode.  This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  great felicity.
\par      And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ye shall obtain}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  other things which ye desire, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 namely}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, assistance from GOD, and a speedy victory.  And do thou bear good tidings to the true believers.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl280\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O true believers, be ye assistants of GOD; as Jesus the son of Mary said to the apostles, Who }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  my assistants with respect to GOD?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   The apostles answered, We }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the assistants of GOD.  So a part of the children of Israel believed, and a part believed not:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but we strengthened those who believed, above their enemy; wherefore they became victorious }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 over them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl280\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ______
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LXII_}LXII.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend LXII_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE ASSEMBLY; REVEALED AT MEDINA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      WHATEVER }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in heaven and earth praiseth GOD; the King, the Holy, the Mighty, the Wise.
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  For Mohammed also bore the name of Ahmed; both names being derived from the same root, and nearly of the same signification.  The Persian paraphrast, to support what is here alleged, quotes the following words of Christ, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 I go to my father, and the}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  Paraclete}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall come:}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 the Mohammedan doctors unanimously teaching that by the Paraclete (or, as they choose to read it, the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Periclyte}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Illustrious}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ) their prophet is intended, and no other.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 3, p. 38.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Either by rejecting him, or by affirming him to be GOD, and the son of GOD.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 7  See John xvi. 7, &c.\tab \tab 8  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 58.\tab \tab 9  Jallalo\rquote ddin.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  he who hath raised up amidst the illiterate }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Arabians}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  an apostle from among themselves,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to rehearse his signs unto them, and to purify them, and to teach them the scriptures and wisdom; whereas before they were certainly in a manifest error;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and others of them have not yet attained unto them, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by embracing the faith; though they also shall be converted in God's good time;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for he }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  mighty }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the free grace of GOD: he bestoweth the same on whom he pleaseth: and GOD is endued with great beneficence.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      The likeness of those who were charged with the observance of the law, and then observed it not, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  as the likeness of an ass laden with books.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   How wretched }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the likeness of the people who charge the signs of GOD with falsehood! and GOD directeth not the unjust people.

\par      Say, O ye who follow the Jewish religion, if ye say that ye are the friends of GOD above }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  men, wish for death,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 if ye speak truth.
\par      But they will never wish for it, because of that which their hands have sent before them:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and GOD well knoweth the unjust.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, Verily death, from which ye fly, will surely meet you: then shall ye be brought before him who knoweth as well what is concealed as what is discovered; and he will declare unto you that which ye have done.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O true believers, when ye are called to prayer on the day of assembly,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  hasten to the commemoration of GOD and leave merchandising.  This }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  better for you, if you knew }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par 10\tab And when prayer is ended, then disperse yourselves through the land }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 as ye list}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and seek }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 gain}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 of the liberality of GOD:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and remember GOD frequently, that ye may prosper.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      But when they see any merchandising, or sport, they flock thereto, and leave thee standing up }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in the pulpit}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Say, The }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 reward}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 with GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  better than any sport or merchandise: and GOD is the best provider.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. II. p. 32.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Because they understand not the prophecies contained in the law, which bear witness to Mohammed, no more than the ass does the books he carries.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Make it your request to GOD that he would translate you from this troublesome worl
d to a state of never-fading bliss.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 2, p. 11.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, Friday, which being more peculiarly set apart by Mohammed for the public worship of GOD, is therefore called Yawm al jom\'e1, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , the day of the assembly or congregation; whereas before it was called al Ar\'fbba.  The first time this day was particularly observed, as some say, was on the prophet\rquote 
s arrival at Medina, into which city he made his first entry on a Friday: but others tell us that Caab Ebn Lowa, one of Mohammed\rquote s ancestors, gave the day its present name, because on that day the people used to be assembled before him.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   One reason given for the observation of Friday, preferably to any other day of the week, is because on that day GOD finished the creation.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab By returning to your
 commerce and worldly occupations, if ye think fit: for the Mohammedans do not hold themselves obliged to observe the day of their public assembly with the same strictness as the Christians and Jews do their respective Sabbath; or particularly to abstain 
from work, after they have performed their devotions.  Some, however, from a tradition of their prophet, are of opinion that works of charity, and religious exercises, which may draw down the blessing of GOD, are recommended in this passage.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is relat
ed that one Friday, while Mohammed was preaching, a caravan of merchants happened to arrive with their drums beating, according to custom; which the congregation hearing, they all ran out of the mosque to see them, except twelve only.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Vide Gol. in Alfrag p. 15.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page   }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LXIII_}{\*\bkmkstart LXIII__1}LXIII.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend LXIII_}
{\*\bkmkend LXIII__1}
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE HYPOCRITES; REVEALED AT MEDINA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      WHEN the hypocrites come unto thee, they say, We bear witness that thou }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 art}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  indeed the apostle of GOD.  And GOD knoweth that thou }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 art}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 indeed his apostle: but GOD beareth witness that the hypocrites }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  certainly liars.
\par      They have taken their oaths for a protection, and they turn }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 others}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  aside from the way of GOD: it is surely evil which they do.
\par      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is testified of them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , because they believed, and afterwards became unbelievers: wherefore a seal is set on their hearts, and they shall not understand.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      When thou beholdest them, their persons please thee:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and if they speak, thou hearest their discourse }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with delight}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  They resemble pieces of timber set up }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 against a wall}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   They imagine every shout }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 against them.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   They are enemies: wherefore beware of them.  GOD curse them: how are they turned aside }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from the truth!}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And when it is said unto them, Come, that the apostle of GOD may ask pardon for you; they turn away their heads, and thou seest them retire big with disdain.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  equal unto them, whether thou ask pardon for them, or do not ask pardon for them: GOD will by no means forgive them; for GOD directeth not the prevaricating people.
\par      These }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are the men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  who say }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to the inhabitants of Medina}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Do not bestow }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 anything}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the refugees}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  who }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with the apostle of GOD, that they may }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be obliged to}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  separate }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  Whereas unto GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belong}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 the stores of heaven and earth: but the hypocrites do not understand.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They say, Verily, if we return to Medina, the worthier shall expel thence the meaner.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Whereas superior worth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto GOD and his apostle, and the true believers: but the hypocrites know }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  not.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      O true believers, let not your riches or your children divert you from the remembrance of GOD: for whosoever doth this, they will surely be losers.
\par 10\tab And give alms out of that which we have bestowed on you; before death come unto one of you, and he say, O LORD, wilt thou not grant me respite for a short term: that I may give alms, and become }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of the righteous?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      For GOD will by no means grant further respite to a soul, when its determined time is come: and GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fully apprised of that which ye do.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The commentators tell us, that Abdallah Ebn Obba, a chief hypocrite, was a tall man of a very graceful presence, and of a ready and eloquent tongue; and used to frequent the prophet\rquote s assembly, attended
 by several like himself; and that these men were greatly admired by Mohammed, who was taken with their handsome appearance, and listened to their discourse with pleasure.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Being tall and big, but void of knowledge and consideration.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Living under continual apprehensions; because they are conscious of their hypocrisy towards GOD, and their insincerity towards the Moslems.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  These, as well as the preceding, were the words of Ebn Obba to one of Medina, who in a certain expedition quarrelling with an Arab of the desert about water, received a blow on the head with a stick, and made his complaint thereof to him.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page   }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LXIV}LXIV}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend LXIV}
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, MUTUAL DECEIT; REVEALED AT MECCA.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      WHATEVER }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in heaven and earth celebrateth the praises of GOD: his }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the kingdom, and unto him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the praise }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 due;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  almighty.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he who hath created you; and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of you }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 predestined to be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  an unbeliever, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 another}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of you }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is predestined to be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 a believer: and GOD beholdeth that which ye do.
\par      He hath created the heavens and the earth with truth; and he hath fashioned you, and given you beautiful forms: and unto him must ye all go.
\par      He knoweth whatever }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in heaven and earth: and he knoweth that which ye conceal, and that which ye discover; for GOD knoweth the innermost part of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men's}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  breasts.
\par      Have ye not been acquainted with the story of those who disbelieved heretofore, and tasted the evil consequence of their behavior?  And for them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is prepared in the life to come}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 a tormenting punishment.
\par      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall they suffer}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , because their apostles came unto them with evident }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 proofs of their mission}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, and they said, Shall men direct us?  Wherefore they believed not, and turned their backs.  But GOD standeth in need of no person: for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  self-sufficient, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  worthy to be praised.
\par      The unbelievers imagine that they shall not be raised again.  Say, Yea, by my LORD, ye shall surely be raised again; then shall ye be told that which ye have wrought; and this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 easy with GOD.
\par      Wherefore believe in GOD and his apostle, and the light which we have sent down: for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  well acquainted with that which ye do.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      On a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 certain}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  day he shall assemble you, at the day of the}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  general}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  assembly: that }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the day of mutual deceit.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  And whoso shall believe in GOD, and shall do that which is right, from him will he expiate his evil deeds, and he will lead him into gardens beneath which rivers flow, to remain therein forever.  This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will be }{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 great felicity.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 10\tab But they who shall not believe, and shall accuse our signs of falsehood, those }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the inhabitants of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hell}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fire, wherein they shall remain }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 forever;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and a wretched journey }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall it be thither!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      No misfortune happeneth but by the permission of GOD; and whoso believeth in GOD, he will direct his heart: and GOD knoweth all things.
\par      Wherefore obey GOD, and obey the apostle: but if ye turn back, verily }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the duty incumbent }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 on our apostle }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  only public preaching.

\par      GOD! there is no GOD but he: wherefore in GOD let the faithful put their trust.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O true believers, verily of your wives and your children ye have an enemy:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 wherefore beware of them.  But if ye pass over }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their offences}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and pardon, and forgive }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  likewise inclined to forgive, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators are not agreed whether this chapter was revealed at Mecca, or at Medina; or partly at the one place, and partly at the other.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   When the blessed will deceive the damned, by taking the places which they would have had in paradise had they been true believers; and contrariwise.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For these are apt to distract a man from his duty, especially in time of distress;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 a married man caring for the things that are of this world, while the unmarried careth for the things that belong to the LORD.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Considering that the hindrance they may occasion you proceeds from their affection, and their ill bearing your absence in time of war, &c.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin, Yahya.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  See I Cor. vii. 25, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Your wealth and your children }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  only a temptation; but with GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a great reward.
\par      Wherefore fear GOD, as much as ye are able; and hear, and obey: and give alms, for the good of your souls; for whoso is preserved from the covetousness of his own soul, they shall prosper.
\par      If ye lend unto GOD an acceptable loan, he will double the same unto you, and will forgive you: for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  grateful, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 long-suffering,
\par      knowing both what is hidden, and what is divulged; the Mighty, the Wise.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 ________
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LXV}LXV{\*\bkmkend LXV}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, DIVORCE; REVEALED AT MEDINA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O PROPHET, when ye divorce women, put them away at their appointed term;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and compute the term }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 exactly:}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and fear GOD, your LORD.  Oblige them not to go out of their apartments, neither let them go out, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 until the term be expired}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, unless they be guilty of manifest uncleanness.  These }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the statutes of GOD: and whoever transgresseth the statutes of GOD assuredly injureth his own soul.  Thou knowest not wheth
er GOD will bring something new to pass, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 which may reconcile them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  after this.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And when they shall have fulfilled their term, either retain them with kindness, or part from them honourably: and take witnesses from among you, men of integrity; and give }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 your}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  testimony as in the presence of GOD.  This admonition is given unto him who believeth in GOD and the last day: and whoso feareth GOD, unto him will he grant a }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 happy}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 issue }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 out of all his afflictions}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and he will bestow on him an ample provision from whence he expecteth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  not:
\par      and whoso trusteth in GOD, he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 his sufficient support; for GOD will surely attain his purpose.  Now hath GOD appointed unto everything a determined period.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 As to}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  such of your wives as shall despair having their courses, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by reason of their age;}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  if ye be in doubt }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thereof}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , let their term }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  three months: and }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 let the same be the term of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  those who have not yet had their courses.  But }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 as}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  those who are pregnant, their term }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , until they be delivered of their burden.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  And whoso feareth GOD, unto him will he make his command easy.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 the command of GOD, which he hath sent down unto you.  And whoso feareth GOD, he will expiate his evil deeds from him, and will increase his reward.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, when they 
shall have had their courses thrice after the time of their divorce, if they prove not to be with child; or, if they prove with child, when they shall have been delivered.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Al Beid\'e2
wi supposes husbands are hereby commanded to divorce their wives while they are clean; and says that the passage was revealed on account of Ebn Omar, who divorced his wife when she had her courses upon her, and was therefore obliged to take her again.

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 2, p. 24.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  cap. 2, p. 24.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Suffer the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 women whom ye divorce}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to dwell in }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 some part}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of}{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the houses}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wherein ye dwell; }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 according to the room and conveniences}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 habitations}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which ye possess: and make them not uneasy, that ye may reduce them to straits.  And if they be with child, expend on them }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 what shall be needful}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, until they be delivered of their burden.  And if they suckle }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their children}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for you, give them their hire;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and consult among yourselves, according to what shall be just and reasonable.  And if ye be put to a difficulty }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 herein}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and another }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 woman}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall suckle }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the child}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for him,
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      let him who hath plenty expend }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 proportionably in the maintenance of the mother and the nurse}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , out of his plenty: and let him whose income is scanty expend }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in proportion}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  out of that which GOD hath given him.  GOD obligeth no man to more than he hath given him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ability to perform:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 GOD will cause ease to succeed hardship.
\par      How many cities have turned aside from the command of the LORD and his apostles!  Wherefore we brought them to a severe account; and we chastised them with a grievous chastisement:
\par      and they tasted the evil consequence of their business; and the end of their business was perdition.
\par 10\tab GOD hath prepared for them a severe punishment: wherefore fear GOD, O ye who are endued with understanding.
\par      
True believers, now hath GOD sent down unto you an admonition, an apostle who may rehearse unto you the perspicuous signs of GOD; that he may bring forth those who believe and do good works, from darkness into light.  And whoso believeth in GOD, and doth 
that which is right, him will he lead into gardens beneath which rivers flow, to remain therein forever: now hath GOD made an excellent provision for him.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD who hath created seven heavens, and as many }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 different stories}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 of the earth: the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 divine}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  command descendeth between them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 that ye may know that GOD is omnipotent, and that GOD comprehendeth all things by }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  knowledge.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ________
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LXVI}LXVI{\*\bkmkend LXVI}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, PROHIBITION; REVEALED AT MEDINA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O PROPHET, why holdest thou that to be prohibited which GOD hath allowed thee, seeking to please thy wives;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  since GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  inclined to forgive, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful?
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which ought at least to be sufficient to maintain and clothe them during the time of suckling.  See chapter 2, p. 25.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Penetrating and pervading them all with absolute efficacy.
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 GOD hath allowed you the dissolution of your oaths:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  your master; and he }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  knowing }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wise.

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      When the prophet intrusted as a secret unto one of his wives
 a certain accident; and when she disclosed the same, and GOD made it known unto him; he acquainted }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 her}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with part }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of what she had done}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and forbore }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to upbraid her with the other part}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  thereof.  And when he had acquainted her therewith, she said, Who hath di
scovered this unto thee?  He answered, The knowing, the sagacious }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  hath discovered }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  unto me.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   There are some who suppose this passage to have been occasioned by Mohammed\rquote s protesting never to eat honey any more, because, having once eaten some in
 the apartment of Hafsa, or of Zeinab, three other of his wives, namely, Ayesha, Sawda, and Safia, all told him they smelt he had been eating of the juice which distils from certain shrubs in those parts, and resembles honey in taste and consistence, but 
is of a very strong flavour, and which the prophet had a great aversion to.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  But the more received opinion is, that the chapter was revealed on the following occasion.  Mohammed having lain with a slave of his named Mary, of Coptic extract (who had been se
nt him as a present by al Mokawkas, governor of Eygpt), on the day which was due to Ayesha, or to Hafsa, and, as some say, on Hafsa\rquote s own bed, while she was absent; and this coming to Hafsa\rquote 
s knowledge, she took it extremely ill, and reproached her husband so sharply that, to pacify her, he promised, with an oath, never to touch the maid again:}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and to free him from the obligation of this promise was the design of the chapter.
\par \tab I cannot here avoid observing, as a learned writer}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  has done before me, that Dr. Prideaux has strangely misrepresented this passage.  For having given the story of the prophet\rquote 
s amour with his maid mary, a little embellished, he proceeds to tell us that in this chapter Mohammed brings in GOD allowing him, and all his Moslems, to lie w
ith their maids when they will, notwithstanding their wives (whereas the words relate to the prophet only, who wanted not any new permission for that purpose, because it was a privilege already granted him,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  though to none else); and then, to show what ground he had for his assertion, adds that the first words of the chapter are, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 O prophet, why dost thou forbid what}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 hath allowed thee, that thou mayest please thy wives?}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   GOD }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 hath granted unto you to lie with your maid-servants}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which last words are not to be found here, or elsewhere in the Kor\'e2n, and contain an allowance of what is expressly forbidden therein;}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  though the doctor has thence taken occasion to make some reflections which might as well have been spared.  I shall say nothing to aggravate the
 matter, but leave the reader to imagine what this reverend divine would have said of a Mohammedan if he had caught him tripping in the like manner.
\par \tab Having digressed so far, I will venture to add a word or two in order to account for one circumstance which Dr. Prideaux relates concerning Mohammed\rquote s concubine Mary; viz., that after her master\rquote 
s death, no account was had of her or the son which she had borne him, but both were sent away into Egypt, and no mention made of either ever after among them; and the
n he supposes (for he seldom is at a loss for a supposition) that Ayesha, out of the hatred which she bore her, procured of her father, who succeeded the impostor in the government, to have her thus disposed of.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   But it being certain, by the general conse
nt of all the eastern writers, that Mary continued in Arabia till her death, which happened at Medina about five years after that of her master, and was buried in the usual burying-place there, called al Bak\'ed
, and that her son died before his father, it has been asked, whence the doctor had this?}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  I answer, that I guess he had it partly from Abulfaragius, according to the printed edition of whose work, the Mary we are speaking of is said to have been sent with her sister Shirin (not with her son) to Alexandria by al Mokawkas;}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  though I make no doubt but we ought in that passage to read }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 min, from}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , instead if }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ila, to}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  (notwithstanding the manuscript copies of this author used by Dr. Pocock, the editor, and also a very fair one in my own possession, agree in the latter reading); and that the sentence ought to run thus, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 quam}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  (viz., Mariam) }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 un\'e0 cum sorore }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Shirina}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  ab }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
Alexandria }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 miserat}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  al Mokawkas.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By having appointed an expiation for that purpose;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or, as the words may be translated, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
God hath allowed you to use an exception in your oaths if it please}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD; in which case a man is excused from guilt if he perform not his oath.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 10}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  The passage, though directed to all the Moslems in general, seems to be particularly designed for quieting the prophet\rquote s conscience in regard to the oath above mentioned: but Al Beid\'e2
wi approves not this opinion, because such an oath was to be looked upon as an inconsiderate one, and required no expiation.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   When Mohammed found that Hafsa knew of his having injured her, or Ayesha, by lyi
ng with his concubine Mary on the day due to one of them, he desired her to keep the affair secret, promising, at the same time, that he would not meddle with Mary any more; and foretold her, as a piece of news which might soothe her vanity, that Abu Becr
 and Omar should succeed him in the government of his people.  Hafsa, however, could not conceal this from Ayesha, with whom she lived in strict friendship, but acquainted her with the whole matter: whereupon the prophet, perceiving, probably by Ayesha
\rquote s be
haviour, that his secret had been discovered, upbraided Hafsa with her betraying him, telling her that GOD had revealed it to him; and not only divorced her, but separated him from all his other wives for a whole month, which time he spent in the apartmen
t
 of Mary.  In a short time, notwithstanding, he took Hafsa again, by the direction, as he gave out, of the angel Gabriel, who commended her for her frequent fasting and other exercises of devotion, assuring him likewise that she should be one of his wives
 in paradise.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 11}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up8\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Zamakh., al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 1  Idem, Jallal., Yahya.\tab \tab 2  Gagnier, not. ad Abulf. Vit. Moh. p. 150.
\par 3  See cap. 33, p. 318, 319.\tab \tab 4  Prid. Life of Mah. p. 113.\tab \tab 5  See cap. 17, p. 209; cap. 4, p. 56; and cap. 24, p. 267, &c.
\par 6  Prid. Life of Mah. p. 114.\tab \tab 7  Gagnier, ubi supra.\tab \tab 8  Abulfarag. Hist. Dynast. p. 165.\tab \tab 9  See cap. 5, p. 84.
\par 10  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 11  Idem. al Zamakh, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 If ye both be turned unto GOD (for your hearts have swerved) }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it is well:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but if ye join against him, verily G
OD is his patron; and Gabriel, and the good man among the faithful, and the angels also }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are his}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  assistants.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      If he divorce you, his LORD can easily give him in exchange other wives better than you, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 women}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  resigned }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto God}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , true believers, devout, penitent, obedient, given to fasting, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 both such as have been}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  known by other men, and virgins.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O true believers, save your souls, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 those of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  your families, from the fire whose fuel }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  men and stones, over which are }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 set}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  angels fierce }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  terrible;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  who disobey not GOD in what he hath commanded them, but perform what they are commanded.
\par      O unbelievers, excuse not yourselves this day; ye shall surely be rewarded for what ye have done.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      O true believers, turn unto GOD with a sincere repentance: peradventure your LORD will do away from you your evil deeds, and will admit you into gardens, through which rivers flow; on the day }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 whereon}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD will not put to shame the prophet, or those who believe with him: their light shall run before them, and on their right hands,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  they shall say, LORD, make our light perfect, and forgive us: for thou }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 art}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  almighty.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      O prophet, attack the infidels }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with arms}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and the hypocrites }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with arguments;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 and treat them with severity: their abode shall be hell, and an ill journey }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall it be thither}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 10\tab GOD propoundeth as a similitude unto the unbelievers, the wife of Noah, and the wife of Lot: they were under two of our righteous servants, and they deceived them both;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  wherefore }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 their husbands}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  were of no advantage unto them at all, in the sight of GOD:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and it shall be said }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto them, at the last day}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Enter ye into }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  fire, with those who enter }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 therein}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par      GOD also propoundeth as a similitude unto those who believe, the wife of Pharaoh;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when she said, LORD, build me a house
 with thee in paradise; and deliver me from Pharaoh and his doings, and deliver me from the unjust people:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and Mary the daughter of Imran; who preserved her chastity, and into whose womb we breathed of our spirit,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and who believed in the words of her LORD, and his scriptures, and was a devout and obedient person.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This sentence is directed to Hafsa and Ayesha; the pronouns and verbs of the second person being in the dual number.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 74, and the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 72.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These words will be spoken to the infidels at the last day.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 57, p. 400.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Who were both unbelieving women, but deceived their respective husbands by their hypocrisy.  Noah\rquote s wife, named W\'e2\'efla, endeavoured to persuade the people her husband was
 distracted; and Lot\rquote s wife, whose name was W\'e2hela (though some writers give this name to the other, and that of W\'e2\'ef
la to the latter), was in confederacy with the men of Sodom, and used to give them notice when any strangers came to lodge with him, by a sign of smoke by day, and of fire by night.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For they both met with a disastrous end in this world,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and will be doomed to eternal misery in the next.  In like manner, as Mohammed would insinuate, the infidels of his time had no reason to expect any miti
gation of their punishment, on account of their relation to himself and the rest of the true believers.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., Asia, the daughter of Moz\'e2hem.  The commentators relate, that because she believed in Moses, her husband cruelly tormented her, fastening her 
hands and feet to four stakes, and laying a large mill-stone on her breast, her face, at the same time, being exposed to the scorching beams of the son.  These pains, however, were alleviated by the angels shading her with their wings, and the view of the
 mansion prepared for her in paradise, which was exhibited to her on her pronouncing the prayer in the text.  At length GOD received her soul; or, as some say, she was taken up alive into paradise, where she eats and drinks.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 19, p. 228, &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  On occasion of the honourable mention here made of these two extraordinary women, the commentators introduce a saying of their prophet, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
That among men there had been many perfect, but no more than four of the other sex had attained perfection; to wit, Asia, the wife of Pharaoh; Mary, the daughter of Imr\'e2n; Khad\'eejah, the daughter of Khowailed (the prophet\rquote s first wife); and F
\'e2tema, the daughter of Mohammed}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Jallal., al Zamakh.\tab \tab 2  See cap. 11, p. 162, 166, and 167.\tab \tab 3  Jallal., al Zamakh.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \page   }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LXVII}LXVII{\*\bkmkend LXVII}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE KINGDOM;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      BLESSED be he in whose hand }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the kingdom, for he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  almighty!
\par      Who hath created death and life, that he might prove you, which of you is most righteous in }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  actions: and he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  mighty, }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  ready to forgive.
\par      Who hath created seven heavens, one above another: thou canst not see in a creature of the most Merciful any unfitness or disproportion.
\par      Lift up thine eyes again }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to heaven, and look}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  whether thou seest any flaw: then take two other views; and thy sight shall return unto thee dull and fatigued.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Moreover we have adorned the lowest heaven with lamps, and have appointed them to be darted at the devils,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for whom we have prepared the torment o
f burning fire:
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and for those who believe not in their LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is also prepared}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the torment of hell; and ill journey }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall it be thither}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      When they shall be thrown thereinto, they shall hear it bray like an ass;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and it shall boil, and almost burst for fury.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      So often as a company }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall be thrown therein, the keepers thereof shall ask them, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, Did not a warner come unto you?
\par      They shall answer, Yea, a warner came unto us: but we accused }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of imposture, and said, GOD hath not revealed anything; ye }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 in no other than a great error:
\par 10\tab and they shall say, If we had hearkened, or had rightly considered, we should not have been among the inhabitants of burning fire:
\par      and they shall confess their sins; but far be the inhabitants of burning fire }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from obtaining mercy!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      Verily they who fear their LORD in secret shall receive pardon and a great reward.
\par      Either conceal your discourse, or make it public; he knoweth the innermost part of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  breasts:
\par      shall not he know }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 all things}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  who hath created }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  since he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 the sagacious, the knowing?
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he who hath levelled the earth for you: therefore walk through the regions thereof, and eat of his provision; unto him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 the resurrection.
\par      Are ye secure that he who }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 dwelleth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in heaven will not cause the earth to swallow you up? and behold, it shall shake.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Or are you secure that he who }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 dwelleth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in heaven will not send against you an }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 impetuous whirlwind}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , driving the sands }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to overwhelm you?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  then shall ye know how }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 important}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  my warning }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 was}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Those also who }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 were}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  before you disbelieved; and how }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 grievous}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  was my displeasure!
\par      Do they not behold the birds above them, extending and drawing back their wings?  None sustaineth them, except the Merciful; for he regardeth all things.
\par 20\tab Or who }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he that }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will be as}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  an army unto you, to defend you against the Merciful?  Verily the unbelievers }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in no other than a mistake.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Or who }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 he that will give you food, if he withholdeth his provision? yet they persist in perverseness, and flying }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from the truth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is also entitled by some, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 The Saving}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
The Delivering}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , because, say they, it will save him who reads it from the torture of the sepulchre.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 15, p. 192.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261   See chapter 31, p. 308.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Is he, therefore, who goeth grovelling upon his face, better directed than he who walketh upright in a straight way?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Say, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he who hath given you being, and endued you with hearing, and sight, and understanding; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 yet}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 how little gratitude have ye!
\par      Say, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he who hath sown you in the earth, and unto him shall ye be gathered together.
\par      They say, When }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  this menace }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be put in execution}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , if ye speak truth?
\par      Answer, The knowledge }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of this matter is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with GOD alone: for I }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 am}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  only a public warner.
\par      But when they shall see the same nigh at hand, the countenance of the infidels shall grow sad: and it shall be said }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , This is what ye have been demanding.
\par      Say, What think ye?  Whether GOD destroy me and those }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with me, or have mercy on us; who will protect the unbelievers from a painful punishment?
\par      Say, He is the Merciful; in him do we believe, and in him do we put our trust.  Ye shall hereafter know who is in a manifest error.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl280\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 30\tab Say, What think ye?  If your water be in the morning swallowed up by the earth, who will give you clear and running water?}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl280\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par ______
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LXVIII}LXVIII{\*\bkmkend LXVIII}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE PEN; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      N.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   BY the pen, and what they write,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      thou, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O Mohammed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , through the grace of thy LORD, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 art }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 not distracted.
\par      Verily }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 there is prepared}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for thee an everlasting reward:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      for thou }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 art}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of a noble disposition.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Thou shalt see, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the infidels}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall see,
\par      which of you }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  bereaved of your senses.
\par      Verily thy LORD well knoweth him who wandereth from his path; and he well knoweth those who are }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 rightly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  directed:
\par      wherefore obey not those who charge }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thee}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with imposture.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      They desire that thou shouldest be easy }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with them}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and they will be easy }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with thee}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This comparison is applied by the expositors to the infidel and the true believer.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This letter is sometimes made the title of the chapter, but its meaning is confessedly uncertain.  They who suppose it stands for the word N\'fbn are not agreed 
as to its signification in this place; for it is not only the name of the letter N in Arabic, but signifies also }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 an inkhorn}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and a }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 fish;}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  some are of opinion the former signification is the most proper here, as consonant to what is immediately mentioned of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the pen}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 writing}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and, considering that the blood of certain }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 fish}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 is good ink, not inconsistent with the latter signification; which is, however, preferred by others, saying that either the whole species of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 fish}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  in general is thereby intended, or the fis
h which swallowed Jonas (who is mentioned in this chapter), or else that vast one called Behemoth, fancied to support the earth, in particular.  Those who acquiesce in none of the foregoing explications have invented others of their own, and imagine this 
character stands for the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 table of}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD\rquote S }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 decrees}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 one of the rivers in paradise}
{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some understand these words generally, and others of the pen with which GOD\rquote S decrees are written on the preserved table, and of the angels who register the same.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   In that thou hast borne with so much patience and resignation the wrongs and insults of thy people, which have been greater than those offered to any apostle before thee.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, If thou wilt let them alone in their idolatry and other wicked practices, they will cease to revile and persecute thee.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Zamakh., al Beid\'e2wi, Yahya.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Idem, Jallal.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 10\tab But obey not any }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a common swearer, a despicable }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 fellow}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      a defamer, going about with slander,
\par      who forbiddeth that which is good, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who is also}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a transgressor, a wicked person,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      cruel, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  besides this, of spurious birth:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      although he be possessed of wealth and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 many}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  children:
\par      when our signs are rehearsed unto him, he saith, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 They are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fables of the ancients.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We will stigmatize him on the nose.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Verily we have tried }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the Meccans}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  as we }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 formerly}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 tried the owners of the garden;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when they swore that they would gather the fruit thereof}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in the morning,
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and added not the exception, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 if it please God:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      wherefore a surrounding }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 destruction}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  from thy LORD encompassed it, while they slept;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 20\tab and in the morning it became like }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a garden}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  whose fruits had been gathered.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And they called }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the one to the other}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  as they rose in the morning,
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Go out early to your plantation, if ye intend to gather the fruit thereof:
\par      so they went on, whispering to one another,
\par      No poor man shall enter }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the garden}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  upon you, this day.
\par      And they went forth early, with a determined purpose.
\par      And when they saw }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the garden blasted and destroyed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , they said, We have certainly mistaken our way:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 but when they found it to be their own garden, they cried}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Verily we are not permitted}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to reap the fruit thereof}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      The worthier of them said, Did I not say unto you, Will ye not give praise unto GOD?
\par      They answered, Praise be unto our LORD!  Verily we have been unjust doers.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 30\tab And they began to blame one another,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  they said, Woe be unto us! verily we have been transgressors:
\par      peradventure our LORD will give us in exchange a better }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 garden}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  than this: and we earnestly beseech our LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to pardon us}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Thus }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is the}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  chastisement }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of this life:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  but the chastisement of the next }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  more grievous: if they had known }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it, they would have taken heed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Verily for the pious }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are prepared}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , with their LORD, gardens of delight.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Shall we deal with the Moslems, as with the wicked?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The person at whom this passage was particularly levelled is generally supposed to have been Mohammed\rquote s inveterate enemy,
 al Walid Ebn al Mogheira, whom, to complete his character, he calls }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 bastard}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , because al Mogheira did not own him for his son till he was eighteen years of age.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1
}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some, however, think it was al Akhnas Ebn Shoraik, who was really of the tribe of Thak\'eef, though reputed to be of that of Zahra.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Which being the most conspicuous part of the face, a mark set thereon is attended with the utmost ignominy.  It is said that this prophetical menace was actually made good, al Walid having his nose slit by a sword a
t the battle of Bedr, the mark of which wound he carried with him to his grave.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By afflicting them with a grievous famine.  See chapter 23, p. 260.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This garden was a plantation of palm-trees, about two parsangs from Sanaa, belonging to a certain c
haritable man, who, when he gathered his dates, used to give public notice to the poor, and to leave them such of the fruit as the knife missed, or was blown down by the wind, or fell beside the cloth spread under the tree to receive it: after his death, 
his sons, who were then become masters of the garden, apprehending they should come to want if they followed their father\rquote 
s example, agreed to gather the fruit early in the morning, when the poor could have no notice of the matter: but when they came to exe
cute their purpose, they found, to their great grief and surprise, that their plantation had been destroyed in the night.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 that they would cut it;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 the manner of gathering dates being to cut the clusters off with a knife.  Marracci supposes they intended to }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 cut down}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 the trees, and destroy the plantation; which, as he observes, renders the story ridiculous and absurd.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as the original may also be rendered, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 like a dark night;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  it being burnt up and black.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The same expression is used, chapter 56, p. 398.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For one advised this expedition, another approved of it, a third gave consent by his silence, but the fourth was absolutely against it.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage was revealed in answer to the infidels, who said, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 If we shall be raised again, as Mohammed and his followers imagine, they will not excel us; but we shall certainly be in a better condition than they in the next world, as we are in this}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 4  Idem.\tab \tab 5  Al Beid\'e2wi
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 6  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 What aileth you that ye judge thus?
\par      Have ye a book }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from heaven}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , wherein ye read
\par      that ye are therein promised that which ye shall choose?
\par      Or have ye }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 received}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  oaths which shall be binding upon us to the day of resurrection, that ye shall enjoy what ye imagine?
\par 40\tab Ask them, which of them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the voucher of this.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Or have they companions}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 who will vouch for them?}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Let them produce their companions, therefore, if they speak truth.
\par      On a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 certain}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  day the leg shall be made bare;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and they shall be called upon to worship, but they shall not be able.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Their looks }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  cast down: ignominy shall attend them; for that they were invited to the worship }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of God}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , while they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 were}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in safety, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 but would not hear}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Let me alone, therefore, with him who accuseth this new revelation of imposture.  We will lead them gradually }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to destruction}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , by }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ways}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which they know not:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and I will bear with them for a long time; for my stratagem }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  effectual.
\par      Dost thou ask them any reward }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for thy preaching?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261   But they are laden with debts.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the secrets of futurity with them; and do they transcribe the same }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from the table of God's decrees?}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Wherefore patiently wait the judgment of thy LORD: and be not like him who was swallowed by the fish;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  when he cried }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto God, }{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 being inwardly vexed.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Had not grace from his LORD reached him, he had surely been cast forth on the naked }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shore}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , covered with shame:
\par 50\tab but his LORD chose him, and made him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of the righteous.
\par      It wanteth little but that the unbelievers strike thee down with their }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 malicious}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  looks, when they hear the admonition }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the Koran;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 and they say, He }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  certainly distracted:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl280\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      but it }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  no other than an admonition unto all creatures.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl280\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl280\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 ______
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LXIX}LXIX{\*\bkmkend LXIX}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE INFALLIBLE; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      THE infallible!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      What }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the infallible?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And what shall cause thee to understand what the infallible }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as some interpret the word, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 idols;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  which can make their c
ondition, in the next life, equal to that of the Moslems?
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This expression is used to signify a grievous and terrible calamity: thus they say, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 War has made bare the leg}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, when they would express the fury and rage of battle.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Because the time of acceptance shall be past.  Al Beid\'e2wi is uncertain whether the words respect the day of judgment, or the article of death: but Jallalo\rquote 
ddin supposes them to relate to the former, and adds that the infidels shall not be able to perform the act of adoration, because their backs shall become stiff and inflexible.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , By granting them long life and prosperity in this world; which will deceive them to their ruin.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 52, p. 389.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, be not impatient and pettish, as Jonas was.  See chapter 21, p. 248.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original word al H\'e2
kkat is one of the names or epithets of the day of judgment.  As the root from which it is derived signifies not only }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 come to pass of necessity, }
{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 but also to }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 verify;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  some rather think that day to be so called because it will verify and }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 show the truth}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  of what men doubt of in this life, viz., the resurrection of the dead, their being brought to account, and the consequent rewards and punishments.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab 7  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin\tab \tab 8  Idem}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 The tribes of }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Thamud and Ad denied as a falsehood the }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 day}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which shall strike}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  men's hearts with terror}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But Thamud were destroyed by a terrible noise:
\par      and Ad were destroyed by a roaring }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  furious wind;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      which }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  caused to assail them for seven nights and eight day
s successively: thou mightest have seen people during the same, lying prostrate, as though they }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 had}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 been}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 the roots of hollow palm-trees;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and couldest thou have seen any of them remaining?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Pharaoh also, and those who }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 were}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  before him, and the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 cities}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which were overthrown,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  were guilty of sin:
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 10\tab and they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 severally}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  were disobedient to the apostle of their LORD; wherefore he chastised them with an abundant chastisement.
\par      When the water }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the deluge}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  arose, we carried you in the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ark}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which swam }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereon;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      that we might make the same a memorial unto you, and the retaining ear might retain it.
\par      And when one blast shall sound the trumpet,
\par      and the earth shall be moved }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from its place}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and the mountains also, and shall be dashed in pieces at one stroke:
\par      on that day the inevitable }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hour of judgment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall suddenly come;
\par      and the heavens shall cleave in sunder, and shall fall in pieces, on that day:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and the angels }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on the sides thereof;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and eight shall bear the throne of thy 
LORD above them, on that day.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      On that day ye shall be presented }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 before the judgment-seat of God;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and none of your secret }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 actions shall be}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  hidden.
\par      And he who shall have his book delivered into his right hand shall say, Take ye, read this my book;
\par 20\tab verily I thought that I should be brought to this my account:
\par      he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall lead}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a pleasing life,
\par      in a lofty garden,
\par      the fruits whereof shall be near }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to gather}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Eat and drink with easy digestion; because of the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 good works}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which ye sent before you, in the days which are past.
\par      But he who shall have his book delivered into his left hand shall say, Oh that I had not received this book;
\par      and that I had not known what this my account }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 was!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      Oh that }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 death}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  had made an end }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of me!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      My riches have not profited me;
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  my power is passed from me.
\par 30\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 And God shall say to the keepers of hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Take him, and bind him,
\par      and cast him into hell to be burned:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      then put him into a chain of the length of seventy cubits:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      because he believed not in the great GOD;
\par      and was not solicitous to feed the poor:
\par      wherefore this day he shall have no friend here;
\par      nor }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 any}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  food, but the filthy corruption }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 flowing from the bodies of the damned}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      which none shall eat but the sinners.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      I swear}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  by that which ye see,
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and that which ye see not,
\par 40\tab that this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the discourse of an honourable apostle
\par      and not the discourse of a poet: how little do ye believe!
\par      Neither }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is it}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the discourse of a soothsayer: how little are ye admonished!
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a revelation from the LORD of all creatures.
\par      If }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Mohammed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  had forged any part of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 these}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  discourses concerning us,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Arab. }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 al K\'e2ri\'e1t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the striking;}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  which is another name or epithet of the last day.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 54, p.  392.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Viz., Sodom and Gomorrah.  See chapter 9, p. 142, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These words seem to intimate the death of the angels at the demolition of their habitation; beside the ruins whereof they shall lie like dead bodies.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The number of those who bear it at present being generally supposed to be but four; to whom four more will be added at the last day, for the grandeur of the occasion.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Wrap him round with it, so that he may not be able to stir.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 I will not swear}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  See chapter 56, p. 398, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      verily we had taken him by the right hand,
\par      and had cut in sunder the vein of his heart;
\par      neither would we have withheld any of you from }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 chastising}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  him.
\par      And verily this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 book is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  an admonition unto the pious;
\par      and we well know that there are }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 some}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of you who charge }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the same}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with imposture:
\par 50\tab but it}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  surely }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  an }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 occasion of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  grievous sighing unto the infidels;

\par      for it }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the truth of a certainty.
\par      Wherefore praise the name of thy LORD, the great }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ______
\par 
\par 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LXX}LXX{\*\bkmkend LXX}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE STEPS; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      ONE demanded and called for vengeance to fall
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      on the unbelievers:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  there shall be none to avert the same
\par      from }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 being}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 inflicted by}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD, the possessor of the steps:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 by which}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the angels ascend unto him, and the spirit }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Gabriel also}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , in a day whose space is fifty thousand years:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      wherefore bear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the insults of the Meccans}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with becoming patience;
\par      for they see }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their punishment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  afar off,
\par      but we see it nigh at hand.
\par      On a certain day the heaven shall become like molten }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 brass}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      and the mountains like wool of various colours, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 scattered abroad by the wind:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 10\tab and a friend shall not ask a friend }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 concerning his condition,
\par      although }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 they see one another.  The wicked shall wish to redeem himself from the punishment of that day, by }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 giving up}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  his children,
\par      and his wife, and his brother,
\par      and his kindred who showed kindness unto him,
\par      and all who }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in the earth; and that }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 this}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  might deliver him:
\par      by no means: for hell fire,
\par      dragging }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  by }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  scalps,
\par      shall call him who shall have turned his back, and fled }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from the faith}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      and shall have amassed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 riches}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and covetously hoarded }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Verily man is created extremely impatient:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 20\tab when evil toucheth him, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 he is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  full of complaint;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The person here meant is generally supposed to have been al Nodar Ebn al Hareth, who said, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 O}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 if what Mohammed preaches be the truth from thee, rain down upon us a shower of stones, or send some dreadful judgment to punish us}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Others, however, think it was Abu Jahl, who challenged Mohammed to cause a fragment of heaven to fall on them.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By which prayers and righteous actions ascend to heaven; or by whi
ch the angels ascend to receive the divine commands, or the believers will ascend to paradise.  Some understand thereby the different orders of angels; or the heavens, which rise gradually one above another.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This is supposed to be the space which would
 be required for their ascent from the lowest part of creation to the throne of GOD, if it were to be measured; or the time which it would take a man up to perform that journey; and this is not contradictory to what is said elsewhere}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  (if it be to be inter
preted of the ascent of the angels), that the length of the day whereon they ascend is one thousand years; because that is meant only of their ascent from earth to the lower heaven, including also the time of their descent.
\par \tab But the commentators generally taking the day spoken of in both these passages to be the day of judgment, have recourse to several expedients to reconcile them, some of which we have mentioned in another place;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and as both passages seem to contradict what the Mohammedan doctors teach, that GOD will judge all creatures in the space of half a day,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 they suppose those large number of years are designed to express the time of the previous attendance of those who are to be judged;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or else to the space wherein GOD will judge the unbelieving 
nations, of which they say there will be fifty, the trial of each nation taking up one thousand years, though that of the true believers will be over in the short space above mentioned.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 17, p. 208.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Zamakh., al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Cap. 32, p. 310.\tab \tab 4  Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 65.\tab \tab 5  See ibid. p. 69.\tab \tab 6  See ibid. p. 67.\tab \tab 7  Al Zamakh.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 but when good befalleth him, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 he becometh}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  niggardly:
\par      except those who are devoutly given,
\par      and who persevere in their prayers;
\par      and those of whose substance a due and certain portion
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is ready to be given}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto him who asketh, and him who is forbidden }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by shame to ask:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      and those who sincerely believe the day of judgment,
\par      and who dread the punishment of their LORD:
\par      (for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 there is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  none secure from the punishment of their LORD:)
\par      and who abstain from the carnal knowledge of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 women}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 30\tab other than their wives, or the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 slaves}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which their right hands possess: (for }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as to them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  they shall be blameless;
\par      but whoever coveteth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 any woman}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  besides these, they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  transgressors:)
\par      and those who faithfully keep what they are intrusted with, and their covenant;
\par      and who are upright in their testimonies,
\par      and who carefully observe }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the requisite rites in}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  their prayers:
\par      these }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall dwell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  amidst gardens, highly honoured.
\par      What aileth the unbelievers, that they run before thee in companies,
\par      on the right hand and on the left?
\par      Doth every man of them wish to enter into a garden of delight?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      By no means: verily we have created them of that which they know.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 40\tab I swear}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  by the LORD of the east and of the west,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that we are able to }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 destroy them,
\par }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  substitute better than them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in their room;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  neither }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 we to be prevented, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 if we shall please so to do}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Wherefore suffer them to wade in vain disputes, and to amuse themselves with sport: until they meet their day with which they have been threatened;
\par      the day }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 whereon}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  they shall come forth hastily from }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  graves, as though they were }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 troops}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  hastening to }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  standard:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl280\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      their looks }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  downcast; ignominy shall attend them.  This }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the day with which they have been threatened.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl280\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ______
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LXXI}LXXI{\*\bkmkend LXXI}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, NOAH; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      VERILY we sent Noah unto his people, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Warn thy people, before a grievous punishment overtake them.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Noah}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said, O my people, verily I }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 am}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a public warner unto you;
\par      wherefore serve GOD, and fear him, and obey me;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      he will forgive you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 part}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of your sins;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and will grant you respite until a determined time: for GOD'S determined time, when it cometh, shall not be deferred; if ye were men of understanding, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ye would know this}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., Of filthy seed, which bears no relation or resemblance to hol
y beings; wherefore it is necessary for him who would hope to be an inhabitant of paradise, to perfect himself in faith and spiritual virtues, to fit himself for that place.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 I will not swear}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.  See chapter 56, p. 398, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original words are in the plural number, and signify the different points of the horizon at which the sun rises and sets in the course of the year.  See chapter 37, p. 334, note }{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Your past sins; which are done away by the profession of the true faith.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 He said, LORD, verily I have called my people night and day; but my calling only increaseth their aversion:
\par      and whensoever I call them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to the true faith}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , that thou mayest forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears, and cover themselves with their garments, and persist }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in their infidelity}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and proudly disdain }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 my counsel}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Moreover I invited them openly,
\par      and I spake to them again in public; and I also secretly admonished them in private;
\par      and I said, Beg pardon of your LORD; for he is inclined to forgive:
\par 10\tab and he will cause the heaven to pour down rain plentifully upon you,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and will give you increase of wealth and of children;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and he will provide you gardens, and furnish you with rivers.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      What aileth you, that ye hope not for benevolence in GOD;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      since he hath created you variously?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Do ye not see how GOD hath created the seven heavens, one above another;
\par      and hath placed the moon therein for a light, and hath appointed the sun for a taper?
\par      GOD hath also produced and caused you to spring forth from the earth:
\par      hereafter he will cause you to return into the same; and he will }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 again}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  take you }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thence}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , by bringing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 you}
{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  forth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from your graves}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      And GOD hath spread the earth as a carpet for you,
\par      that ye may walk therein through spacious paths.
\par 20\tab Noah said, LORD, verily they are disobedient unto me; and they follow him whose riches and children do no other than increase his perdition.
\par      And they devised a dangerous plot }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 against Noah:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the chief men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  said }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to the others}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Ye shall by no means leave your gods; neither shall ye forsake Wadd, nor Sowa,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      nor Yaghuth, and Yauk, and Nesr.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And they seduced many; (for thou shalt only increase error in the wicked:)
\par      because of their sins they were drowned, and cast into the fire }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of hell;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      and they found none to protect them against GOD.
\par      And Noah said, LORD, leave not any families of the unbelievers on the earth:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      for if thou leave them, they will seduce thy servants, and will beget none but a wicked and unbelieving }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 offspring}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      LORD, forgive me and my parents,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and every one who shall enter my house,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  being a true believer, and the true believers of both sexes; and add unto the unjust doers nothing but destruction.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is said that after Noah had for a long time preached to them in vain, GOD shut up the heaven for forty years, and rendered their women barren.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , That GOD will accept and amply reward those who serve him?  For some suppose Noah\rquote 
s people made him this answer, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 If what we now follow be the truth, we ought not to forsake it; but if it be false, how will}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
accept, or be favourable unto us, who have rebelled against him?}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, as the commentators expound it, by various steps or changes, from the original matter, till ye became perfect men.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These were five idols worshipped by the Antediluvians, and afterwards by the ancient Arabs.  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. I. p. 15.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   They say Noah preferred not this prayer for the destruction of his people till after he had tried them for nine hundred and fifty years, and found them incorrigible reprobates.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   His father Lamech, and his mother, whose name was Shamkha, the daughter of Enosh, being true believers.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators are uncertain whether Noah\rquote 
s dwelling-house be here meant, or the temple he had built for the worship of GOD, or the ark.
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  See cap. 22, p. 250, and cap. 23, p. 257, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page   }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LXXII}LXXII{\*\bkmkend LXXII}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE GENII; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      SAY, It hath been revealed unto me that a company of genii attentively heard }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 me reading the Koran}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and said, Verily we have heard an admirable discourse;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      which directeth unto the right institution; wherefore we believe therein, and we will by no means associate any }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with our LORD.
\par      He (may the majesty of our LORD be exalted!) hath taken no wife, nor }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hath he begotten}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  any issue.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Yet the foolish among us}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  hath spoken that which is extremely false of GOD;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      but we verily thought that neither man nor genius would by any means have uttered a lie concerning GOD.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And there are certain men who fly for refuge unto certain of the genii;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but they increase their folly and transgression:
\par      and they also thought, as ye thought,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that GOD would not raise any one to life.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And we }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 formerly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  attempted }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to pry into what was transacting in}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 heaven; but we found the same filled with a strong guard }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of angels}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and with flaming darts:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and we sat on }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 some of the }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 seats thereof to hear }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the discourse of its inhabitants;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but whoever listeneth now, findeth a flame laid in ambush for him, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to guard the celestial confines}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 10\tab And we know not whether evil be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hereby}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  intended against those who }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in the earth, or wh
ether their LORD intendeth to direct them aright.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 There are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  some among us who are upright; and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 there are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  some among us who are otherwise: we are of different ways.
\par      And we verily thought that we could by no means frustrate GOD in the earth, neither could we escape him by flight:
\par      wherefore, when we had heard the direction }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 contained in the Koran}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , we believed therein.  And whoever believeth in his LORD, need not fear any diminution }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
of his reward}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , nor any injustice.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 There are some}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Moslems among us; and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there are others}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 of us who swerve from righteousness.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And whoso embraceth Islam, they earnestly seek true direction:
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      but those who swerve from righteousness shall be fuel for hell.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      If they tread in the way }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of truth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , we will surely water them with abundant rain:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      that we may prove them thereby: but whoso turneth aside from the admonition of his LORD, him will he send into a severe torment.
\par      Verily the places of worship }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are set apart}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  unto GOD: wherefore invoke not any }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 other therein}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  together with GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      When the servant of GOD}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  stood up to invoke him, it wanted little but that }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the genii}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  had pressed on him in crowds, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to hear him rehearse the Koran}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 46, p. 374, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., Eblis, or the rebellious genii.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For the Arabs, when they found themselves in a desert in the evening (the genii being supposed to haunt such places about that time), used to say, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
I fly for refuge unto the Lord of this valley, that he may defend me from the foolish among his people}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  It is uncertain which of these pronouns is to be referred to mankind, and which to the genii, some expositors taking that of the third person to relate to the former, and that of the second person to the latter; and others being of the contrary opinion.

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 15, p. 192.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, We will grant them plenty of all good things.  Some think by these words rain is promised to the Meccans, after their seven years\rquote  drought, on their embracing Isl\'e2m.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., Mohammed.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 20\tab Say, Verily I call upon my LORD only, and I associate no }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 other god}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with him.
\par      Say, Verily I am not able, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of myself}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , to procure you either hurt, or a right institution.
\par      Say, Verily none can protect me against GOD;
\par      neither shall I find any refuge besides him.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 I can do no more}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  than publish }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 what hath been revealed unto me}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 from GOD, and his messages.  And whosoever shall be disobedient unto GOD, and his apostle, for him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the fire of hell }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 prepared;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 they shall remain therein forever.
\par      Until they see }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the vengeance}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with which they are threatened, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 they will not cease their opposition:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  but then shall they know who }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 were}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the weaker in a protector, and the fewer in number.
\par      Say, I know not whether }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the punishment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with which ye are threatened }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 nigh, or whether my LORD will appoint for it a distant term.  He knoweth the secrets of futurity; and he doth not communicate his secrets unto any,
\par      except an apostle in whom he is well pleased: and he causeth a guard }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of angels}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to march before him, and behind him;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      that he may know that they have executed the commissions of their LORD;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  he comprehendeth whatever is with them; and counteth all things by number.}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 ______}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LXXIII}LXXIII{\*\bkmkend LXXIII}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE WRAPPED UP; REVEALED AT MECCA.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O THOU wrapped up,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      arise }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to prayer, and continue therein}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  during the night, except a small part;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that is to say, during}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  one half thereof: or do thou lessen the same a little
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      or add thereto.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And repeat the Koran with a distinct and sonorous voice:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  That is to say, either that the prophet may know that Gabriel and the other angels, who bring down the revelation, have communicated it to him pure and free from any diabolical suggest
ions; or that GOD may know that the prophet has published the same to mankind.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some will have the last verse, beginning at these words, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Verily thy}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  LORD }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 knoweth}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c., to have been revealed at Medina.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   When this revelation was brought to Mohammed, he
 was wrapped up in his garments, being affrighted at the appearance of Gabriel; or, as some say, he lay sleeping unconcernedly, or, according to others, praying, wrapped up in one part of a large mantle or rug, with the other part of which Ayesha had cove
red herself to sleep.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab This epithet of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 wrapped up}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and another of the same import given to Mohammed in the next chapter, have been imagined, by several learned men,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  pretty plainly to intimate his being subject to the falling sickness: a malady generally attributed to him by the Christians,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but mentioned by no Mohammedan writer.  Though such an inference may be made, yet I think it scarce probable, much less necessary.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For a half is such, with respect to the whole.  Or, as the sentence may be rendered, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Pray half the night, within a small matter}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.  Some expound these words as an exception to nights in general; according to whom the sense will be, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Spend one-half of every night in prayer, except some few nights in the year}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Set apart either less than half the night, as one-third, for example, or more, as two-thirds.  Or the meaning may be, either take a small matter from a lesser part of the night than one-half, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 e.g.}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , from one-third, and so reduce it to a fourth; or add to such lesser part, and make it a full half.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  Al Zamakh., al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Hotting. Hist. Orient. l. I, c. 2.  Marracc. in Alc. p. 763.  Vide Gagnier, not. ad Abulf. Vit. Moh. p. 9.\tab \tab 
4  See Prideaux, Life of Mahomet, p. 16, and the authors there cited.\tab \tab 5  See Ockley\rquote s Hist. of the Saracens, vol. i. p. 300, &c\tab \tab \tab 6  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 1  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 for we will lay on thee a weighty word.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Verily the rising by night}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  is more efficacious for steadfast continuance }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in devotion}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and more conducive to decent pronunci
ation:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      for in the day-time thou hast long employment.
\par      And commemorate the name of thy LORD; and separate thyself unto him, renouncing worldly vanities.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 He is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the LORD of the east, and of the west; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 there is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  no GOD but he.  Wherefore take him for thy patron:
\par 10\tab and patiently suffer the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 contumelies}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 infidels}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  utter }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 against thee;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and depart from them with a decent departure.
\par      And let me alone with those who charge }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the Koran}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with falsehood, who enjoy the blessings of this life; and bear with them for a while:
\par      verily with us }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  heavy fetters, and a burning fire,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and food ready to choke }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 him who swalloweth it}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and painful torment.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      On a certain day the earth shall be shaken, and the mountains }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and the mountains shall become a heap of sand poured forth.
\par      Verily we have sent unto you an apostle, to bear witness against you; as we sent an apostle unto Pharaoh;
\par      but Pharaoh was disobedient unto the apostle; wherefore we chastised him with a heavy chastisement.
\par      How, therefore, will ye escape, if ye believe not, the day which shall make children become gray-headed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 through terror?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      The heaven }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  be rent in sunder thereby: the promise thereof shall surely be performed.
\par      Verily this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  an admonition; and whoever is willing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be admonished}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  will take the way unto his LORD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 20\tab Thy LORD knoweth that thou continuest }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in prayer and meditation sometimes}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 near two third parts of the night, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 sometimes}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  one half thereof, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 at other times}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  one third part thereof; a
nd a part of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thy companions}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , who }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with thee, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 do the same}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  But GOD measureth the night and the day; he knoweth that ye cannot }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 exactly}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  compute the same: wherefore he turneth favourably unto you.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   Read, therefore, so much of the Koran as may be easy }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto you}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
.  He knoweth that there will be some infirm among you; and others travel through the earth, that they may obtain }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 a competency}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 of the bounty of GOD; and others fight in the defence of GOD'S faith.  Read, therefore, so much of the same as may be easy.  
And observe the stated times of prayer, and pay the legal alms; and lend unto GOD an acceptable loan; for whatever good ye send before your souls, ye shall find the same with GOD.  This }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will be}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  better, and will merit a greater reward.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   And ask GOD forgiveness; for GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  ready to forgive, }
{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  merciful.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., The precepts contained in the Kor\'e2
n; which are heavy and difficult to those who are obliged to observe them, and especially to the prophet, whose care it was to see that his people observed them also.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the person who riseth by night;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the hours}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, or particularly }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the first hours of the night}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For the nighttime is most proper for meditation and prayer, and also for reading GOD\rquote S word distinctly and with attention, by reason of the a
bsence of every noise and object which may distract the mind.
\par \tab Marracci, having mentioned this natural explication of the Mohammedan commentators, because he finds one word in the verse which may be taken in a sense tending that way, says the whole may wit
h greater exactness be expounded of the fitness of the night season for amorous diversions and discourse; and he paraphrases it in Latin thus: }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
Certe in principio noctis majus robur et vim habet homo, ad foeminas premendas et subagitandas, et ad clarioribus verbis amores suos propalandos}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  A most effectual way, this, to turn a book into ridicule!
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As thorns and thistles, the fruit of the infernal tree al Zakk\'fbm, and the corruption flowing from the bodies of the damned.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By making the matter easy to yo
u, and dispensing with your scrupulous counting of the hours of the night which ye are directed to spend in reading and praying: for some of the Moslems, not knowing how the time passed, used to watch the whole night, standing and walking about till their
 legs and feet swelled in a sad manner.  The commentators add that this precept of dedicating a part of the night to devotion, is abrogated by the institution of the five hours of prayer.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, The good which ye shall do in your lifetime will be much more meritorious in the sight of GOD, than what ye shall defer till death, and order by will.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 2  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 3  Marracc. in Alc. p. 759.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 1  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page   }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LXXIV}LXXIV}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend LXXIV}
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE COVERED; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O THOU covered,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      arise and preach,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and magnify thy LORD.
\par      And cleanse thy garments:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and fly }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 every}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  abomination:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and be not liberal in hopes to receive more in return:
\par      and patiently wait for thy LORD.
\par      When the trumpet shall sound,
\par      verily that day }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a day of distress
\par 10\tab and uneasiness unto the unbelievers.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Let me alone with him whom I have created,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      on whom I have bestowed abundant riches,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and children dwelling in his presence,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      and for whom I have disposed }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 affairs}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in a smooth and easy manner,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and who desireth that I will yet add }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 other blessings unto him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      By no means: because he is an adversary to our signs.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      I will afflict him with grievous calamities:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      for he hath devised and prepared }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 contumelious expressions to ridicule the Koran}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      May he be cursed: how }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 maliciously}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  hath he prepared }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the same!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 20\tab And again, may he be cursed: how }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 maliciously}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  hath he prepared }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the same!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      Then he looked,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and frowned, and put on an austere countenance:}{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is related, from Mohammed\rquote s own mouth, that being on Mount Har\'e2
, and hearing himself called, he looked on each hand, and saw nobody; but looking upwards, he saw the angel Gabriel on a throne, between heaven and earth; at which sight being much terrified, he returned to his wife Khad\'ee
jah, and bade her cover him up; and that then the angel descended, and addressed him in the words of the text.  From hence some think this chapter to have been the first which 
was revealed: but the more received opinion is, that it was the 96th.  Others say that the prophet, having been reviled by certain of the Koreish, was sitting in a melancholy and pensive posture, wrapped up in his mantle, when Gabriel accosted him: and so
me say he was sleeping.  See the second note to the preceding chapter.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is generally supposed that Mohammed is here commanded more especially to warn his near relations, the Koreish; as he is expressly ordered to do in a subsequent revelation.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By the word }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 abomination}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  the commentators generally agree idolatry to be principally intended.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The person here meant is generally supposed to have been al Walid Ebn al Mogheira,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  a principal man among the Koreish.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Being well provided for, and not obliged to go abroad to seek their livings, as most others of the Meccans were.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By facilitating his advancement to power and dignity; which were so considerable that he was surnamed Rih\'e2na Koreish, or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
The sweet odour of the Koreish}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and al Wah\'eed, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 The only one}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 The incomparable}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   On the revelation of this passage it is said that Walid\rquote s prosperity began to decay, and continued daily so to do to the time of his death.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as the words may be strictly rendered, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
I will drive him up the crag of a mountain;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 which some understand of a mountain of fire, agreeably to a tradition of their prophet, importing that al Walid will be condemned to ascend this mountain, and then to be cast down from thence, alternately for ever; and that he will be seventy
 years in climbing up, and as many in falling down.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 2  See cap. 26, p. 281, and the Prelim. Disc. Sect. II. p. 33.\tab \tab 3  Al Zamakh., al Beid\'e2wi, Jallal.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.
\par 5  Idem.\tab \tab 6  Idem.\tab \tab 7  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      then he turned back, and was elated with pride;
\par      and he said, This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  no other than a piece of magic, borrowed from others:
\par      these }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  only the words of a man.
\par      I will cast him to be burned in hell.
\par      And what shall make thee to understand what hell }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      It leaveth not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 anything unconsumed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , neither doth it suffer }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
anything}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to escape:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      it scorcheth men's flesh:
\par 30\tab over the same }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  nineteen }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 angels appointed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We have appointed none but angels to preside over }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  fire:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and we have expressed the number of them only for an occasion of discord to the unbelievers;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  that they to whom the scriptures have been given may be certain }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
of the veracity of this book}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and the true believers may increase in faith;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and that those to whom the scriptures have been given, and the true believers, may not doubt }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hereafter;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      and that those in whose hearts }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 there is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  an infirmity, and the unbelievers, may say, What mystery doth GOD intend by this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 number?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 

\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Thus doth GOD cause to err whom he pleaseth; and he directeth whom he pleaseth.  None knoweth the armies of thy LORD,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  besides him; and this}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  no other than a memento unto mankind.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Assuredly.  By the moon,
\par      and the night when it retreateth,
\par      and the morning when it reddeneth,
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 I swear}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  that this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  one of the most terrible }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 calamities}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      giving warning unto men,
\par 40\tab as well as unto him among you who desireth to go forward, as }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto him who chooseth }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to remain behind.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Every soul }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  given in pledge for that which it shall have wrought:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 except the companions of the right hand;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who shall dwell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in gardens, and shall ask one another questions concerning the wicked,
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and shall also ask the wicked themselves, saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , What hath brought you into hell?
\par      They shall answer, We were not of those who were constant at prayer,
\par      neither did we feed the poor;
\par      and we waded in vain disputes with the fallacious reasoners;
\par      and we denied the day of judgment,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      until death}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  overtook us:
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and the intercession of the interceders shall not avail them.
\par 50\tab What aileth them, therefore, that they turn aside from the admonition }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the Koran}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      as though they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 were}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  timorous asses flying from a lion?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      But every man among them desireth that he may have expanded scrolls delivered to him }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 from God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      By no means.  They fear not the life to come.
\par      By no means: verily this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 sufficient}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  warning.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Whoso is willing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be warned}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, him shall it warn: but they shall not be warned, unless GOD shall please.  He }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  worthy to be feared; and he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  inclined to forgiveness.}
{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  
 The reason of which is said to be, that they might be of a different nature and species from those who are to be tormented, lest they should have a fellow-feeling of, and compassionate their sufferings; or else, because of their great strength and severi
ty of temper.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 for a trial of them:}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  because they might say this was a particular borrowed by Mohammed of the Jews.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   And especially the Jews; this being conformable to what is contained in their books.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , All his creatures; or particularly the number and strength of the guards of hell.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The antecedent seems to be }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 hell}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 52, p. 388.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , The blessed;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 who shall redeem themselves by their good works.  Some say these are the angels, and others, such as die infants.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 That which is certain}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  For the infidels to   Mohammed that they would never obey him as a prophet till he brought each man a writing from heaven, to this effect, viz., }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 From}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 to such a one: Follow Mohammed}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem\tab \tab 2  Jallal.\tab \tab 3  See cap. 56, p. 396, note }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 .\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 5  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl280\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LXXV_}LXXV.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend LXXV_}
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE RESURRECTION; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      VERILY I swear}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  by the day of resurrection;
\par      and I swear by the soul which accuseth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 itself:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      doth man think that we will not gather his bones together?
\par      Yea: }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 we are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  able to put together the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 smallest}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  bones of his fingers.
\par      But man chooseth to be wicked, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for the time which is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  before him.
\par      He asketh, When }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the day of resurrection }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      But when the sight shall be dazzled,
\par      and the moon shall be eclipsed,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and the sun and the moon shall be in conjunction;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 10\tab on that day man shall say, Where }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a place of refuge?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      By no means: }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 there shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  no place to fly unto.
\par      With thy LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the sure mansion of rest on that day:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      on that day shall a man be told that which he hath done first and last.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Yea; a man }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  an evidence against himself:
\par      and though he offer his excuses, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 they shall not be received}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Move not thy tongue, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O Mohammed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , in }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 repeating the revelations brought thee by Gabriel, before he shall have finished the same}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
, that thou mayest quickly commit them to memory:
\par      for the collecting the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Koran}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in thy mind, and the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 teaching thee the true}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  reading thereof, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are incumbent 
}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 on us.
\par      But when we shall have read the same }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto thee by the tongue of the angel}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , do thou follow the reading thereof:
\par      and afterwards }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  our part to explain it }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto thee}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 20\tab By no means }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shalt thou be thus hasty for the future}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  But ye love that which hasteneth away,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and neglect the life to come.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Some}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  countenances on that day }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  bright,
\par      looking towards their LORD:
\par      and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 some}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  countenances, on that day, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  dismal:
\par      they shall think that a crushing calamity shall be brought upon them.
\par      Assuredly.  When }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a man's soul}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall come up to his throat, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in his last agony}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the standers-by}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall say, Who bringeth a charm }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to recover him?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and shall think it }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  departure }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 out of this world;

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 I will not swear}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  See chapter 56, p. 398, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Being conscious of having offended, and of failing of perfection, notwithstanding its endeavours to do its duty; or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 pious}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  soul which shall blame others}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , at the 
last day, for having been remiss in their devotions, &c.  Some understand the words of the soul of Adam, in particular; who is continually blaming himself for having lost paradise by his disobedience.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Rising both in the west:}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  which conjunction is no contradiction to what is mentioned just before, of the moon\rquote 
s being eclipsed; because those words are not to be understood of a regular eclipse, but metaphorically, of the moon\rquote s losing her light at the last day in a preternatural manner.  Some think the m
eaning rather to be, that the sun and the moon shall be }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 joined}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  in the loss of their light.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, the good which he hath done, and that which he hath left undone, &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, The fleeting pleasures of this life.  The words intimate the natural hastiness and impatience of man,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 who takes up with a present enjoyment, though short and bitter in its consequences, rather than wait for real happiness in futurity.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 6  Idem.\tab \tab 1  See the Prelim. Disc. p. 62.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  See cap. 17, p. 208.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  leg shall be joined with }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  leg:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 30\tab on that day unto thy LORD shall he be driven.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      For he believed not,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  neither did he pray;
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      but he accused }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God's apostle}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of imposture, and turned back }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from obeying him:
\par      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 then he departed unto his family, walking with a haughty mien.
\par      Wherefore, woe be unto thee; woe!
\par      And again, woe be unto thee; woe!
\par      Doth man think that he shall be left at full liberty, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 without control?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      Was he not a drop of seed, which was emitted?
\par      Afterwards he became a little coagulated blood, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  formed him, and fashioned him with just proportion;
\par      and made of him two sexes, the male and the female.
\par 40\tab Is not he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who hath done this}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  able to quicken the dead?}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ________
\par 
\par 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LXXVI}LXXVI{\*\bkmkend LXXVI}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, MAN; REVEALED AT MECCA.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      DID there not pass over man a }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 long}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  space of time; during which he was a thing not worthy of remembrance?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Verily we have created man of the mingled seed of both sexes, that we might prove him: and we have made him to hear and to see.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We have surely directed him in the way; whether }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 he be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  grateful, or ungrateful.
\par      Verily we have prepared for the unbelievers chains, and collars, and burning fire.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      But the just shall drink of a cup }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of wine}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , mixed with }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the water of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Cafur,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      a fountain whereof the servants of GOD shall drink; they shall convey the same by channels }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 whithersoever they please}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 These}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fulfil }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 vow, and dread the day, the evil whereof will disperse itself far abroad;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and give food unto the poor, and the orphan, and the bondman, for his sake,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , We feed you for GOD'S sake only: we desire no recompense from you, nor any thanks:

\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , And when he shall stretch forth his legs together, as is usu
al with dying persons.  The words may also be translated, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 And when one affliction shall be joined with another affliction}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 He did not give alms;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 He was not a man of veracity}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  Some suppose Abu Jahl, and others one Adi Ebn Rab\'eea, to be particularly inveighed against in this chapter.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is somewhat doubtful whether this chapter was revealed at Mecca or Medina.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some take these words to be spoken of Adam, whose body, according to Mohammedan tradition, was at first a figure of clay, and was left forty years to dry before GOD breathed life into it;
}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  others understand them of man in general and of the time he lies in the womb.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That he might be capable of receiving the rules and directions given by GOD for his guidance;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and of meriting rewar
d or punishment for his observance or neglect of them.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Is the name of a fountain in paradise, so called from its resembling }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 camphire}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  (which the word signifies) in odour and whiteness.  Some take the word for an appellative, and think the wine of paradise will be mixed with }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
camphire}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , because of its agreeable coolness and smell.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See the notes to cap. 2, p. 4.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 10\tab verily we dread, from our LORD, a dismal }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  calamitous day.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Wherefore GOD shall deliver them from the evil of that day, and shall cast on them brightness of countenance, and joy;
\par      and shall reward them, for their patient persevering, with a garden and silk }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 garments:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      therein shall they repose themselves on couches; they shall see therein neither sun nor moon;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and the shades thereof }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  near }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 spreading}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 above them, and the fruits thereof shall hang low, so as to be easily gathered.
\par      And }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their attendants}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall go round about unto them, with vessels of silver, and goblets:
\par      the bottles shall be bottles of silver }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shining like glass;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  they shall determine the measure thereof }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by their wish}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And therein shall they be given to drink of a cup }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of wine}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , mixed with }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the water}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 of Zenjebil,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      a fountain in }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 paradise}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  named Salsabil:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and youths, which shall continue }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 forever in their bloom}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , shall go round }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to attend}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 them; when thou seest them, thou shalt think them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  scattered pearls:
\par 20\tab and when thou lookest, there shalt thou behold delights, and a great kingdom.
\par      Upon them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  garments of fine green silk, and of brocades, and they shall be adorned with bracelets of silver: and their LORD shall give them to drink of a most pure liquor;
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and shall say unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Verily this is your reward: and your endeavor is gratefully accepted.
\par      Verily we have sent down unto thee the Koran, by a }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 gradual}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  revelation.
\par      Wherefore patiently wait the judgment of thy LORD; and obey not any wicked person or unbeliever among them.
\par      And commemorate the name of thy LORD, in the morning, and in the evening:
\par      and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 during some part}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of the night worship him, and praise him a long }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 part of the }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 night.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily these }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  love the transitory }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 life}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and leave behind them the heavy day }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of judgment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      We have created them, and have strengthened their joints; and when we please, we will substitute }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 others}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  like unto them, in their stead.
\par      Verily this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  an admonition: and whoso willeth, taketh the way unto his LORD:
\par 30\tab but ye shall not will, unless GOD willeth; for GOD is knowing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wise.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      He leadeth whom he pleaseth into his mercy; but for the unjust hath he prepared a grievous punishment.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is related that Hasan and Hosein, Mohammed\rquote 
s grandchildren, on a certain time being both sick, the prophet, among others, visited them, and they wished Ali to make some vow to GOD for the recovery of his sons: whereupon Ali, and F\'e2
tema, and Fidda, their maid-servant, vowed a fast of three days in case they did well; as it happened they did.  This vow was performed with so great strictness, that the 
first day, having no provisions in the house, Ali was obliged to borrow three measures of barley of one Simeon, a Jew, of Khaibar, one measure of which F\'e2
tema ground the same day, and baked five cakes of the meal, and they were set before them to break the
ir fast with after sunset: but a poor man coming to them, they gave all their bread to him, and passed the night without tasting anything except water.  The next day F\'e2
tema made another measure into bread, for the same purpose; but an orphan begging some f
ood, they chose to let him have it, and passed that night as the first; and the third day they likewise gave their whole provision to a famished captive.  Upon this occasion Gabriel descended with the chapter, before us, and told Mohammed that GOD congrat
ulated him on the virtues of his family.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Because they shall not need the light of either.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The word Zamhar\'eer, here translated }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 moon
}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , properly signifies }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 extreme cold:}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  for which reason some understand the meaning of the passage to be, that in paradise th
ere shall be felt no excess either of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 heat}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 cold}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The word signifies }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ginger}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, which the Arabs delight to mix with the water they drink; and therefore the water of this fountain is supposed to have the taste of that spice.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Signifies water which flows gently and pleasantly down the throat.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  See Revel. xxi. 23.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallal.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LXXVII}LXXVII{\*\bkmkend LXXVII}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THOSE WHICH ARE SENT; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      BY the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 angels}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which are sent }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , following one another in a continual series;
\par      and those which move swiftly, with a rapid motion;
\par      and by those which disperse }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his commands}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , by divulging them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 through the earth;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      and by those which separate }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 truth from falsehood}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , by distinguishing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the same;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      and by those which communicate }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the divine}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  admonitions,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      to excuse, or to threaten:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      verily that which ye are promised}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  inevitable.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      When the stars, therefore, shall be put out,
\par      and when the heaven shall be cloven in sunder,
\par 10\tab and when the mountains shall be winnowed,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and when the apostles shall have a time assigned to them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to appear and bear testimony against their respective people;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      to what a day shall }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that appointment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  be deferred!
\par      to the day of separation:
\par      and what shall cause thee to understand what the day of separation }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      On that day, woe be unto them who accused }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the prophets}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of imposture!
\par      Have we not destroyed the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 obstinate unbelievers}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of old?
\par      We will also cause those of the latter times to follow them.
\par      Thus do we deal with the wicked.
\par      Woe be, on that day, unto them who accused }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the prophets}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of imposture!
\par 20\tab Have we not created you of a contemptible drop }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of seed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      which we placed in a sure repository,
\par      until the fixed term }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of delivery?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      And we were able }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to do this:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for we are most powerful.
\par      On that day, woe be unto those who accused }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the prophets}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of imposture:
\par      Have we not made the earth to contain
\par      the living and the dead,
\par      and placed therein stable }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  lofty }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 mountains}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and given you fresh water to drink?
\par      Woe be, on that day, unto those who accused }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the prophets}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of imposture!
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It shall be said unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Go ye to the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 punishment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which ye denied as a falsehood:
\par 30\tab go ye into the shadow }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the smoke of hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , which }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall ascend}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in three columns,
\par      and shall not shade }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 you from the heat}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , neither shall it be of service against the flame;
\par      but it shall cast forth sparks}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  as big}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  as towers,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      resembling yellow camels }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in colour}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Woe be, on that day, unto those who accused }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the prophets}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of imposture!
\par      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a day whereon they shall not speak }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to any purpose;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      neither shall they be permitted to excuse themselves.
\par      Woe be, on that day, unto those who accused }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the prophets}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of imposture!
\par      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the day of separation: we will assemble}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  both}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  you and your predecessors.
\par      Wherefore, if ye have any cunning stratagem, employ stratagems against me.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 40\tab Woe be, on that day, unto those who accused }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the prophets}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of imposture!
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some understand the whole passage of the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 verses}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  of the Kor\'e2n; which }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 continued to be sent down}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , parcel after parcel, during the space of several years, and which }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 rescind}
{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  (for so the verb }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \'e1safa}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  may also be translated) and abolish all former dispensations, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 divulging and making known}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  the ways of salvation, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 distinguishing}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  truth from falsehood, and }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 communicating admonition}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, &c.  Some interpret the first three verses of the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 winds, sent in}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 a continual succession, blowing with a violent gust, and dispersing}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  rain over the earth; and others give different explications.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., The day of judgment.
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261   Being of fiery colour.  Others, however, suppose these sparks will be of a dusky hue, like that of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 black}{
\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261  camels, which always inclines a little to the yellow; the word translated }{\i\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 yellow}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 , signifying sometimes }{\i\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 black}{
\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 .  Some copies, by the variation of a vowel, have }{\i\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 cables}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 , instead of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 camels}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 .}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But the pious }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall dwell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  amidst shades and fountains,

\par      and fruits of the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 kinds}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which they shall desire:
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and it shall be said unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Eat and drink with easy digestion, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in recompense}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for that which ye have wrought;
\par      for thus do we reward the righteous doers.
\par      Woe be, on that day, unto those who accused }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the prophets}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of imposture!
\par      Eat, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O unbelievers}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and enjoy }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the pleasures of this life}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , for a little while: verily ye }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wicked men.
\par      Woe be, on that day, unto those who accused }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the prophets}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of imposture!
\par      And when it is said unto them, Bow down; they do not bow down.
\par      Woe be, on that day, unto those who accused }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the prophets}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of imposture!
\par 50\tab In what new revelation will they believe, after this.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 ________
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LXXVIII}LXXVIII{\*\bkmkend LXXVIII}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE NEWS; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      CONCERNING what do }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the unbelievers}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  ask questions of one another?
\par      Concerning the great news }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the resurrection}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      about which they disagree.
\par      Assuredly they shall hereafter know }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the truth thereof}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Again, Assuredly they shall hereafter know }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the truth thereof}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Have we not made the earth for a bed,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and the mountains for stakes }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to fix the same?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And have we not created you of two sexes;
\par      and appointed your sleep for rest;
\par 10\tab and made the night a garment }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to cover you;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      and destined the day to the gaining }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 your}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  livelihood;
\par      and built over you seven solid }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 heavens;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      and placed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 therein}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a burning lamp?
\par      And do we not send down from the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 clouds}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  pressing forth rain, water pouring down in abundance,
\par      that we may thereby produce corn, and herbs,
\par      and gardens planted thick }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with trees?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      Verily the day of separation is a fixed period:
\par      the day whereon the trumpet shall sound, and ye shall come in troops }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to judgment;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      and the heaven shall be opened, and shall be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 full of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  gates }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for the angels to pass through;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 20\tab and the mountains shall pass away, and become }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a vapor;
\par      verily hell shall be a place of ambush,
\par      a receptacle for the transgressors,
\par      who shall remain therein for ages:
\par      they shall not taste any refreshment therein, or any drink,
\par      except boiling water, and filthy corruption:
\par      a fit recompense }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for their deeds!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      For they hope that they should not be brought to an account,
\par      and they disbelieved our signs, accusing them of falsehood.
\par      But everything have we computed, and written down.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 30\tab Taste, therefore: we will not add unto you }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 any other}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  than torment.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But for the pious }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is prepared }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a place of bliss:
\par      gardens planted with trees, and vineyards,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 16, p. 196, and chapter 31, p. 307.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 
  This, say the commentators, is the most severe and terrible sentence in the whole Kor\'e2n, pronounced against the inhabitants of hell; they being hereby assured that every change in their torments will be for the worse.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 damsels}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with swelling breasts}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of equal age }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with themselves}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and a full cup.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They shall hear no vain discourse there, nor any falsehood.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 This shall be their}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  recompense from thy LORD; a gift }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 fully}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  sufficient:
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the LORD of heaven and earth, and of whatever }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  between them; the Merciful.  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
The inhabitants of heaven or of earth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall not dare to demand audience of him:
\par      the day whereon the spirit }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Gabriel}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  angels shall stand in order, they shall not speak }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
in behalf of themselves or others}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , except he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 only}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to whom the Merciful shall grant permission, and who shall say that which is right.
\par      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the infallible day.  Whoso, therefore, willeth, let him return unto his LORD.
\par 40\tab Verily we threaten you with a punishment nigh at hand:
\par      the day whereon a man shall behold }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the good or evil deeds}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which his hands have sent before him; and the unbeliever shall say, Would to GOD I were dust!}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 ________}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LXXIX}{\*\bkmkstart LXXIX_1}LXXIX{\*\bkmkend LXXIX}{\*\bkmkend LXXIX_1}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THOSE WHO TEAR FORTH; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      BY the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 angels}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  who tear forth}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the souls of some}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 with violence;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and by those who draw forth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the souls of others}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with gentleness;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}
{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      by those who glide swimmingly }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 through the air}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with the commands of God;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      and those who precede and usher }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the righteous to paradise;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      and those who subordinately govern the affairs }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of this world:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      on a }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 certain}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  day, the disturbing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 blast of the trumpet}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall disturb }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the universe;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      and the subsequent }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 blast}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall follow it.
\par      On that day }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men's}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  hearts shall tremble:
\par      their looks }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  cast down.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 10\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 The infidels}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  say, Shall we surely be made to return whence we came?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      After we shall have become rotten bones, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall we be again raised to life?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      They say, This then }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a return to loss.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Verily it }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 will be }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 but one sounding }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the trumpet}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      and, behold, they }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall appear alive}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on the face of the earth.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Hath not the story of Moses reached thee?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      When his LORD called unto him in the holy valley Towa,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 saying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , Go unto Pharaoh; for he is insolently wicked:
\par      and say, Hast thou }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a desire}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to become just and holy;
\par      and I will direct thee unto thy LORD, that thou mayest fear }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to transgress}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par 20\tab And he showed him the very great sign }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the rod turned into a serpent:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      but he charged }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Moses}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with imposture, and rebelled}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  against God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Then he turned back hastily;
\par      and he assembled }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the magicians}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and cried aloud,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These are the angel of death and his assistants, who will take the souls of the wicked in a rou
gh and cruel manner from the inmost part of their bodies, as a man drags up a thing from the bottom of the sea; but will take the souls of the good in a gentle and easy manner from their lips, as when a man draws a bucket of water at one pull.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab There are 
several other interpretations of this whole passage; some expounding all the five parts of the oath of the stars, others of the souls of men, others of the souls of warriors in particular, and others of war-horses: a detail of which, I apprehend, would ra
ther tire than please.
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Shall we be restored to our former condition?
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., The second or third blast, according to different opinions.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 they shall appear at the place of judgment}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  The original word al S\'e2hira is also one of the names of hell.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 20, p. 234.
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      saying, I }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 am}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  your supreme LORD.
\par      Wherefore GOD chastised him with the punishment of the life to come, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of this present life.
\par      Verily herein }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  an example unto him who feareth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to rebel}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  ye more difficult to create, or the heaven which }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  hath built?
\par      He hath raised the height thereof, and hath perfectly formed the same:
\par      and he hath made the night thereof dark, and hath produced the light thereof.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 30\tab After this, he stretched out the earth,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      whence he caused to spring forth the water thereof, and the pasture thereof;
\par      and he established the mountains,
\par      for the use of yourselves, and of your cattle.
\par      When the prevailing, the great }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 day}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall come,
\par      on that day shall a man call to remembrance what he hath purposely done:
\par      and hell shall be exposed to the view of the spectator.
\par      And whoso shall have transgressed,
\par      and shall have chosen this present life;
\par      verily hell shall be his abode;
\par 40\tab but whoso shall have dreaded the appearing before his LORD, and shall have refrained }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  soul from lust,
\par      verily paradise shall be }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  abode.
\par      They will ask thee concerning the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 last}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  hour, when }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the fixed time thereof?
\par      By what means }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 canst}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  thou }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 give}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  any information of the same?
\par      Unto thy LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belongeth the knowledge of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the period thereof:
\par      and thou }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 art}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  only a warner, who fearest the same.
\par      The day whereon they shall see the same, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it shall seem to them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  as though they had not tarried}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in the world longer}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 than an evening, or a morning thereof.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl280\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par ______
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl280\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LXXX_}LXXX.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend LXXX_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, HE FROWNED; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 THE prophet}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  frowned, and turned aside,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      because the blind }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 man}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  came unto him:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and how dost thou know whether he shall peradventure be cleansed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 from his sins}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      or }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 whether}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  he shall be admonished, and the admonition shall profit him?
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 The man}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  who is wealthy,
\par      thou receivest respectfully;
\par      whereas }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 it is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to be charged}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on thee, that he is not cleansed:
\par      but him who cometh unto thee earnestly, seeking }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his salvation}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      and who feareth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par 10\tab dost thou neglect.
\par      By no means }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shouldst thou act thus}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  Verily }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the Koran}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  is an admonition
\par      (and he who is willing retaineth the same;)
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 written}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in volumes honourable,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      exalted, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  pure;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      by the hands of scribes honoured, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  just.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which had been created before the heavens, but without expansion.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This passage was revealed on the following occasion.  A certain blind man, named Abdallah Ebn Omm Mact\'fb
m, came and interrupted Mohammed while he was engaged in earnest discourse with some of the principal Koreish, whose conversion he had hopes of; but the prophet taking no notice of him, the bl
ind man, not knowing he was otherwise busied, raised his voice, and said, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 O apostle of}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 teach me some part of what }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 GOD 
}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 hath taught thee;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  but Mohammed, vexed at this interruption, frowned and turned away from him; for which he is here reprehended.  After this, whenever the prophet saw Ebn Omm Mact\'fb
m, he showed him great respect, saying, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 The man is welcome, on whose account my }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 LORD }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 hath reprimanded me;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and he made him twice governor of Medina.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Being transcribed from the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 preserved table}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , highly honour
ed in the sight of GOD, kept pure and uncorrupted from the hands of evil spirits, and touched only by the angels.  Some understand hereby the books of the prophets, with which the Kor\'e2n agrees in substance.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 2  Idem  al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      May man be cursed!  What hath seduced him to infidelity?
\par      Of what thing doth God create him?
\par      Of a drop of seed
\par      doth he create him; and he formeth him with proportion;
\par 20\tab and then facilitateth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  passage }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 out of the womb:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      afterwards he causeth him to die, and layeth him in the grave;
\par      hereafter, when it shall please him, he shall raise him to life.
\par      Assuredly, He hath not hitherto fully performed what }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  hath commanded him.
\par      Let man consider his food; }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in what manner it is provided}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      We pour down water by showers;
\par      afterwards we cleave the earth in clefts,
\par      and we cause corn to spring forth therein,
\par      and grapes, and clover,
\par      and the olive, and the palm,
\par 30\tab and gardens planted thick with trees,
\par      and fruits, and grass,
\par      for the use of yourselves and of your cattle.
\par      When the stunning sound }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the trumpet}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall be heard;
\par      on that day shall a man fly from his brother,
\par      and his mother, and his father,
\par      and his wife, and his children.
\par      Every man of them, on that day, shall have business }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of his own}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  sufficient to employ }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his thoughts}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      On that day }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  faces}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of some shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  bright,
\par      laughing, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  joyful:
\par 40\tab and upon }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  faces}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of others}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , on that day, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall there be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  dust;
\par      darkness shall cover them.
\par      These are the unbelievers, the wicked.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 ______}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LXXXI_}LXXXI.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend LXXXI_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE FOLDING UP; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      WHEN the sun shall be folded up;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and when the stars shall fall;
\par      and when the mountains shall be made to pass away;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and when the camels ten months gone with young shall be neglected;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      and when the wild beasts shall be gathered together;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      and when the seas shall boil;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and when the souls shall be joined }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 again to their bodies;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      and when the girl who hath been buried alive shall be asked
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      for what crime she was put to death;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 10\tab and when the books shall be laid open;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and when the heaven shall be removed;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and when hell shall burn fiercely;
\par      and when paradise shall be brought near;
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 every}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  soul shall know what it hath wrought.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As a garment that is laid by.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 64.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See ibid. p. 64 and 67.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See ibid. p. 64.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For it was customary among the
 ancient Arabs to bury their daughters alive as soon as they were born; for fear they should be impoverished by providing for them, or should suffer disgrace on their account.  See chapter 16, p. 199.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or plucked away from its place, as }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the skin is plucked off}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 from a camel which is flaying; for that is the proper signification of the verb here used.  Marracci fancies the passage alludes to that in the Psalms,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 where, according to the versions of the Septuagint and the Vulgate, GOD is said to have }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 stretched out the heaven like a skin}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Zamakh.\tab \tab 2  Psalm civ. 2.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Verily I swear}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  by the stars which are retrograde,
\par      which move swiftly, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which hide themselves;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and by the night, when it cometh on;
\par      and by the morning, when it appeareth;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      these these }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the words of an honourable messenger,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 20\tab endued with strength, of established dignity in the sight of the possessor of the throne,
\par      obeyed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by the angels under his authority}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and faithful:
\par      and your companion }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Mohammed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  is not distracted.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      He had already seen him in the clear horizon:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      and he suspected not}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the secrets }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 revealed unto him}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Neither }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  these the words of an accursed devil.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Whither, therefore, are you going?
\par      This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  no other than an admonition unto all creatures;
\par      unto him among you who shall be willing to walk uprightly:
\par      but ye shall not will, unless GOD willeth, the LORD of all creatures.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par ________
\par 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LXXXII}LXXXII{\*\bkmkend LXXXII}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE CLEAVING IN SUNDER; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      WHEN the heaven shall be cloven in sunder;
\par      and when the stars shall be scattered;
\par      and when the seas shall be suffered to join their waters;
\par      and when the graves shall be turned upside down:
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 every}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  soul shall know what it hath committed, and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 what}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  it hath omitted.
\par      O man, what hath seduced thee against thy gracious LORD,
\par      who hath created thee, and put thee together, and rightly disposed thee?
\par      In what form he pleased hath he fashioned thee.
\par      Assuredly.  But ye deny the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 last}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  judgment as a falsehood.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 10\tab Verily }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 there are appointed}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  over you guardian }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 angels}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      honourable }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in the sight of God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , writing down }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 your actions;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      who know that which ye do.
\par      The just }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  surely }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a place of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  delight:
\par      but the wicked }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  surely }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in hell;
\par      they shall be cast therein to be turned, on the day of judgment,
\par      and they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  absent therefrom }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 forever}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      What shall cause thee to understand what the day of judgment }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      Again, What shall cause thee to understand what the day of judgment }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a day whereon one soul shall not be able to obtain anything in behalf of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 another}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 soul: and the command, on that day, shall be GOD'S.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 I will not swear}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.  See chapter 56, p. 398, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Some understand hereby the stars in general, but the more exact commentators, five of the planets, viz., the two which accompany the sun, and the three superior planets; which have both a retrograde and a direct motion, and hide 
themselves in the rays of the sun, or when they set.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Gabriel.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 53, p. 389.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some copies, by a change of one letter only, instead of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 dhan\'eenin}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , read }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 dan\'eenin;}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and then the words should be rendered, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 He is not tenacious of}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or grudges not to communicate to you, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the secret revelations}
{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  which he has received.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Who has overheard, by stealth, the discourse of the angels.  The verse is an answer to a calumny of the infidels, who said the Kor\'e2n was only a piece of divination, or magic; fo
r the Arabs suppose the soothsayer, or magician, receives his intelligence from those evil spirits, who are continually listening to learn what they can from the inhabitants of heaven.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261   See chapter 50, p. 384, and the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 56.}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LXXXIII}LXXXIII{\*\bkmkend LXXXIII}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THOSE WHO GIVE SHORT MEASURE OR WEIGHT; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      WOE be unto those who give short measure or weight:
\par      who, when they receive by measure from }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 other}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  men, take the full;
\par      but when they measure unto them, or weigh unto them, defraud!
\par      Do not these think they shall be raised again,
\par      at the great day,
\par      the day whereon mankind shall stand before the LORD of all creatures?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      By no means.  Verily the register of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the actions of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the wicked }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  surely in Sejj\'een.
}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And what shall make thee to understand what Sejj\'een }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a book distinctly written.
\par 10\tab Woe be on that day, unto those who accused }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the prophets}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of imposture;
\par      who denied the day of judgment as a falsehood!
\par      And none denieth the same as a falsehood, except every unjust }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  flagitious person:
\par      who, when our signs are rehearsed unto him, saith, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 They are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fables of the ancients.
\par      By no means: but rather their lusts have cast a veil over their hearts.
\par      By no means.  Verily they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shut out from their LORD on that day;
\par      and they shall be sent into hell to be burned:
\par      then shall it be said }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto them by the infernal guards}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  what ye denied as a falsehood.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Assuredly.  But the register of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the actions of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the righteous }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Illiyy\'fbn:}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and what shall cause thee to understand what Illiyyun }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 20\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a book distinctly written:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      those who approach near }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto God}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  are witnesses thereto.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily the righteous }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall dwell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  among delights:
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 seated}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on couches they shall behold}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  objects of pleasure;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      thou shalt see in their faces the brightness of joy.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      They shall be given to drink of pure wine, sealed;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      the seal whereof }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  musk:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and to this let those aspire, who aspire }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to happiness:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      and the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 water}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  mixed therewith }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of Tasn\'eem,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      a fountain whereof those shall drink who approach near }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 unto the divine presence}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Is the name of the general register, wherein the actions of all the wicked, both men and genii, are distinctly entered.  Sejn signifies a }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 prison;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and this book, as some think, derives its name from thence, because it will occasion those whose deeds are there recorded to be }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 imprisoned}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  in hell.  Sejjin, or Sajin, is also the 
name of the dungeon beneath the seventh earth, the residence of Eblis and his host, where, it is supposed by some, that this book is kept, and where the souls of the wicked will be detained till the resurrection.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   If the latter explication be admitted, the words, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 And what shall make thee to understand what Sejjin is?}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  should be enclosed within a parenthesis.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The word is a plural, and signifies high places.  Some say it is the general register wherein the actions of the righteous, whether angels, men, or
 genii, are distinctly recorded.  Others will have it to be a place in the seventh heaven, under the throne of GOD, where this book is kept, and where the souls of the just, as many think, will remain till the last day.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   If we prefer the latter opinion, the words, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 And what shall make thee to understand what Illiyy\'fbn is?}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  should likewise be enclosed in a parenthesis.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 are present with}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and keep }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the same}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , The vessels containing the same shall be sealed with musk, instead of clay.  Some unders
tand by the seal of this wine its farewell, or the flavour it will leave in the mouth after it is drank.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Is the name of a fountain in paradise, so called from its being conveyed to the highest apartments.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 they}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 shall drink the water of Tasn\'eem pure and unmixed, being continually and wholly employed in the contemplation of GOD; but the other inhabitants of paradise shall drink it mixed with their wine.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin, al Beid\'e2wi.  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 61.\tab \tab 2  Jallalo\rquote ddin.  See the Prelim. Disc. ubi sup.
\par 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 They who act wickedly laugh the true believers to scorn:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 30\tab and when they pass by them, they wink at one another:
\par      and when they turn aside to their people, they turn aside making scurrilous jests;
\par      and when they see them, they say, Verily these }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  mistaken men.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      But they are not sent }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  keepers over them.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Wherefore one day the true believers, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in their turn}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , shall laugh the infidels to scorn:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 lying}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on couches they shall look down }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 upon them in hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Shall not the infidels be rewarded for that which they have done?}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 ________}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LXXXIV}LXXXIV{\*\bkmkend LXXXIV}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE RENDING IN SUNDER; REVEALED AT MECCA.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      WHEN the heaven shall be rent in sunder,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and shall obey its LORD, and shall be capable }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereof;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and when the earth shall be stretched out,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      and shall cast forth that which }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  therein,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and shall remain empty,
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and shall obey its LORD, and shall be capable }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thereof:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      O man, verily laboring thou laborest to }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 meet}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  thy LORD, and thou shalt meet him.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And he who shall have his book given into his right hand
\par      shall be called to an easy account,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and shall turn unto his family}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with joy:
\par 10\tab but he who shall have his book given him behind his back,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      shall invoke destruction }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to fall upon him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      and he shall be sent into hell to be burned;
\par      because he rejoiced insolently amidst his family }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 on earth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Verily he thought he should never return }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto God:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      yea verily, but his LORD beheld him.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Wherefore I swear}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  by the redness of the sky after sunset,
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and by the night, and the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 animals}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which it driveth together,
\par      and by the moon when she is in the full;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      ye shall surely be transferred }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 successively}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from state to state.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 20\tab What }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 aileth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  them, therefore, that they believe not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the resurrection;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and that, when the Koran is read unto them, they worship not?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Yea: the unbelievers accuse }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the same}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of imposture:
\par      but GOD well knoweth the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 malice}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which they keep hidden }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 in their breasts}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Wherefore denounce unto them a grievous punishment,
\par      except those who believe and do good works: for them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is prepared}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a never-failing reward.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, The infidels are not commissioned by GOD to call the believers to account, or to judge of their actions.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  When they shall see them ignominiously driven into hell.  It is also said, that a door shall be shown the damned, opening into paradise, and they shall be bidden to go in; but when they come near the do
or it shall be suddenly shut, and the believers within shall laugh at them.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   There are some who take this chapter to have been revealed at Medina.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Like a skin; every mountain and hill being levelled.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   As the treasures hidden in its bowels, and the dead bodies which lie in their graves.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 and thou shalt meet thy labour;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  whether thy works be good, or whether they be evil
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , His relations or friends who are true believers; or rather, to his wives and servants, of the damsels and youths 
of paradise, who wait to receive him.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, into his left hand; for the wicked will have that hand bound behind their back, and their right hand to their neck.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 I will not swear}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  See chapter 56, p. 398, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , From the state of t
he living, to that of the dead; and from the state of the dead, to a new state of life in another world.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 humble not themselves}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LXXXV}LXXXV{\*\bkmkend LXXXV}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE CELESTIAL SIGNS; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      BY the heaven }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 adorned}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with signs;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      by the promised day }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of judgment;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      by the witness, and the witnessed;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      cursed were the contrivers of the pit,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      of fire supplied with fuel;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      when they sat around the same,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and were witnesses of what they did against the true believers:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and they afflicted them for no other reason, but because they believed in the mighty, the glorious GOD,
\par      unto whom }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 belongeth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the kingdom of heaven and earth: and GOD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  witness of all things.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 10\tab Verily for those who persecute the true believers of either sex, and afterwards repent not, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is prepared}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the torment of hell; and they }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall suffer}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the pain of burning.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But for those who believe, and do that which is right, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are destined}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  gardens beneath which rivers flow: this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  great felicity.
\par      Verily the vengeance of thy LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  severe.
\par      He createth, and he restoreth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to life:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  inclined to  forgive, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  gracious;
\par      the possessor of the glorious throne,
\par      who effecteth that which he pleaseth.
\par      Hath not the story of the hosts
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      of Pharaoh}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and of Thamud}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  reached thee?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Yet the unbelievers cease not to accuse }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the divine revelations}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of falsehood:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original word properly signifies }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 towers}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which some interpret of real towers,}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  wherein it is supposed the angels keep guard;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and others, of the stars of the first magnitude: but the generality of expositors understand thereby the twelve signs of the zodiac, wherein the planets make their several stations.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The meaning of these words is very uncertain, and the explications of the commentators consequently vary.  One thinks }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the witness}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  to be Mohammed, and }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 that which is borne witness of}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , to be }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the resurrection, }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 or}{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  the professors of the Mohammedan faith;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or else that these latter are }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the witness}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, and the professors of every other religion, those who will be }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 witnessed against}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  by them.  Another supposes }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the witness}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 to be the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 guardian angel}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and his charge the person }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 witnessed against}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  Another expounds the words
 of the day of Arafat, the 9th of Dhu\rquote 
lhajja, and of the day of slaying the victims, which is the day following, or else of Friday, the day of the weekly assembling of the Mohammedans at their mosques, and of the people who are assembled on those days, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Literally, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the lords of the pit}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  These were the ministers of the persecution raised by Dhu Now\'e2
s, king of Yaman, who was of the Jewish religion, against the inhabitants of Najr\'e2n; for they having embraced Christianity (at that time the true religion
, by the confession of Mohammed himself), the bigoted tyrant commanded all those who would not renounce their faith to be cast into a pit, or trench, filled with fire, and there burnt to ashes.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Others, however, tell the story with different circumstances.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as some choose to understand the words, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
And shall be witnesses against themselves, at the day of judgment, of their unjust treatment of the true believers}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which pain, it is said, the persecutors of the Christian martyrs above mentioned felt in this life; the fire bursting forth upon them from the pit, and consuming them.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 7, p. 115, &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See ibid. p. 111, &c.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Yahya.\tab \tab 2  See cap. 15, p. 191.\tab \tab 3  Jallal., al Beid\'e2wi, Yahya.\tab \tab 4  Idem.\tab \tab 5  Idem.  Vide Poc. Spec. p. 62; Ecchellens. Hist. Arab. part i. c. 10; and Prid. Life of Mah. p. 61.
\tab \tab 6  Vide D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. Art. Abou Navas.
\par 7  Al Beid\'e2wi, Yahya.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 20\tab but GOD encompasseth them behind, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that they cannot escape}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that which they reject}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  is a glorious Koran;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the original whereof}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is written}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in a table kept }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
in heaven}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 ________
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LXXXVI}LXXXVI{\*\bkmkend LXXXVI}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE STAR WHICH APPEARED BY NIGHT; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      BY the heaven, and that which appeareth by night:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      but what shall cause thee to understand what that which appeareth by night }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 it is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the star of piercing brightness:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      every soul hath a guardian }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 set}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  over it.
\par      Let a man consider, therefore, of what he is created.
\par      He is created of seed poured forth,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      issuing from the loins, and the breastbones.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  able to restore him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to life}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      the day whereon }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 all}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  secret thoughts and actions shall be examined into;
\par 10\tab and he shall have no power }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to defend himself}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , nor any protector.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      By the heaven which returneth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the rain;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and by the earth which openeth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to let forth vegetables and springs:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      verily this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a discourse distinguishing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 good from evil:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      and it }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  not }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 composed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with lightness.
\par      Verily }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the infidels}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  are laying a plot }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to frustrate my designs:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      but I will lay a plot }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for their ruin}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Wherefore, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 O prophet}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , bear with the unbelievers: let them alone a while.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl280\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl280\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ______
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LXXXVII}LXXXVII{\*\bkmkend LXXXVII}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE MOST HIGH;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      PRAISE the name of thy LORD, the most high;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      who hath created, and completely formed }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 his creatures:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   And preserved from the least change or corruption.  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. III. p. 50, and Sect. IV. p. 58.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Som
e take the words to signify any bright star, without restriction; but others think some particular star or stars to be thereby intended; which one supposes to be the morning star (peculiarly called }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 al T\'e2rek}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the appearing by nights}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ), another Saturn (that planet being by the Arabs surnamed }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 al Thakeb}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the piercing}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , as it was by the Greeks, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Phoenon}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or the }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 shining}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ), and a third, the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Pleiades}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , From the loins of the man, and the breast-bones of the woman.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as some expound it, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Which performeth its periodic motion, returning}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 to the point from whence it began the same.  The words seem designed to express the alternate returns of the different seasons of the year.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some take the first word of this chapter, viz., }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
Praise}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , for its title.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi, Yahya}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and who determineth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 them to various ends}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and directeth }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 them to attain the same;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and who produceth the pasture }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for cattle}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 afterwards}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  rendereth the same dry stubble of a dusky hue.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      We will enable thee to rehearse }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 our revelations;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and thou shalt not forget }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
any part thereof}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      except what GOD shall please;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for he knoweth that which is manifest, and that which is hidden.
\par      And we will facilitate unto thee the most easy }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 way}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Wherefore admonish }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thy people}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , if }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thy}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  admonition shall be profitable }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par 10\tab Whoso feareth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , he will be admonished:
\par      but the most wretched }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unbeliever}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  will turn away therefrom;
\par      who shall be cast to be broiled in the greater fire }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      wherein he shall not die, neither shall he live.
\par      Now hath he attained felicity, who is purified }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by faith}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      and who remembereth the name of his LORD, and prayeth.
\par      But ye prefer this present life:
\par      yet the life to come }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  better, and more durable.
\par      Verily this }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is written}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in the ancient books,
\par      the books of Abraham and Moses.}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 ________}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LXXXVIII}LXXXVIII{\*\bkmkend LXXXVIII}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE OVERWHELMING;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      HATH the news of the overwhelming }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 day of judgment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  reached thee?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      The countenances }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of some}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , on that day, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 cast down;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      labouring }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  toiling:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      they shall be cast into scorching fire to be broiled:
\par      they shall be given to drink of a boiling fountain:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      they shall have no food, but of dry thorns and thistles:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      which shall not fatten, neither shall they satisfy hunger.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 But}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the countenances }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of others}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , on that day, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  joyful;
\par      well pleased with their }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 past}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  endeavor:
\par 10\tab they }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 placed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in a lofty garden,
\par      wherein thou shalt hear no vain discourse:
\par      therein }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a running fountain;
\par      therein }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  raised beds,
\par      and goblets placed}{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  before them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      and cushions laid in order,
\par      and carpets ready spread.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Do they not consider the camels,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  how they are created;
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Determining their various species, properties, ways of life, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Guiding the rational by their reason and also by revelation, and the irrational by instinct, &c.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 75, p. 431.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Except such revelations as GOD
 shall think fit to abrogate and blot out of thy memory.  See chapter 2, p. 13, and chapter 75, p. 431.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   To retain the relations communicated to thee by Gabriel; or, as some understand the words, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 We will dispose thee to the profession and strict observa
nce of the most easy religion}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , that is, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 of Isl\'e2m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is a name, or epithet, of the last day; because it will suddenly }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 overwhelm}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 all creatures with fear and astonishment.  It is also a name, or epithet, of hell fire.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Dragging their chains, and labouring through hell fire, as camels labour through mud, &c.  Or, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Employing and fatiguing themselves}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  in what shall not avail them.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Such as the camels eat when green and tender.  Some take the original word }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 al Dar\'ed}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  for the name of a thorny tree.

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  These animals are of such use, or rather necessity, in the east, that the creation of a species so wonderfully adapted to those countries is a very proper instance, to an Arabian, of the power and wisdom of GOD.  Some, however, think the }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 clouds}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  (which the original word }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ibl}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  also signifies) are here intended; }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the heaven}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  being mentioned immediately after.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and the heaven, how it is raised;
\par      and the mountains, how they are fixed;
\par 20\tab and the earth, how it is extended?
\par      Wherefore warn }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thy people;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for thou }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 art}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a warner only:
\par      thou art not impowered to act with authority over them.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      But whoever shall turn back,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and disbelieve,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      GOD shall punish him with the greater punishment }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of the life to come}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily unto us shall they return:
\par      then shall it be our part to bring them to account.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ________
\par 
\par 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart LXXXIX}LXXXIX{\*\bkmkend LXXXIX}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE DAYBREAK; REVEALED AT MECCA.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      BY the daybreak, and ten nights;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      by that which is double, and that which is single;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and by the night when it cometh on:
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is there}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  not in this an oath formed with understanding?
\par      Hast thou not considered how thy LORD dealt with Ad,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the people of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Irem,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  adorned with lofty buildings,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      the like whereof hath not been erected in the land;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      and with Thamud, who hewed the rocks in the valley}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 into houses;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Except him who shall turn back, and be an infidel: and}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall also punish him}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  &c.  By which exception some suppose that power is here given to Mohammed to chastise obstinate infidels and apostates.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some are of opinion this chapter was revealed at Medina.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   That is, the ten nights of Dhu\rquote lhajja, or the 10th of that month (whence some understand the daybreak
 mentioned just before, of the morning of that day, or of the preceding); or the nights of the 10th of Moharram; or, as others rather think, the 10th, 11th, and 12th of Dhu\rquote lhajja; all which are days peculiarly sacred among the Mohammedans.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These words are variously interpreted.  Some understand thereby all things in general; some, all created beings (which are said to have been created by pairs, or of two kinds),}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and the Creator, who is single; some, of the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 primum mobile}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and the other orbs; some, of 
the constellations and the planets; some, of the nights before mentioned, taken either together or singly; and some, of the day of slaying the victims (the 10th of Dhu\rquote lhajja), and of the day of Arafat, which is the day before, &c.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Was the name of the
 territory or city of the Adites, and of the garden mentioned in the next note; which were so called from Irem, or Aram, the grandfather of Ad, their progenitor.  Some think Aaron himself to be here meant, and his name to be added to signify the ancient A
dites, his immediate descendants, and to distinguish them from the latter tribe of that name:}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but the adjective and relative joined to the word are, in the original, of the feminine gender, which seems to contradict this opinion.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 pillars}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  Some imagine these words are used to express the great size and strength of the old Adites;}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and then they should be translated, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 who were of enormous stature}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
.  But the more exact commentators take the passage to relate to the sumptuous palace and delightful gardens built and made by Shedd\'e2d the son of Ad.  For they say Ad left two sons, Shedd\'e2d and Shedd\'ee
d, who reigned jointly after his decease, and extended their power over the greater part of the world; but Shedd\'eed dying, his brother became sole monarch; who, having heard of the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 celestial paradise}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , made a garden in imitation thereof, in the deserts of Aden, and called it Irem, after the name of his great-grandfather: when it was finished he set out, with a great attendance, to take a view of it; but when they were 
come within a day\rquote s journey of the place, they were all destroyed by a terrible noise from heaven.  Al Beid\'e2wi adds that one Abdallah Ebn Kel\'e2bah (whom, after D\rquote Herbelot, I have elsewhere named Colabah)}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  accidentally hit on this wonderful place, as he was seeking a camel.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   If we suppose the preceding words to relate to the vast stature of the Adites, these must be translated, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 The like of whom hath not been created,}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  &c.
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\up6\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261   The learned Greaves, in his translation of Abulfeda\rquote s description of Arabia,}{\f36\fs14\up6\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261  has 
falsely rendered these words, which are there quoted, }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 Quibus petroe vallis responsum dederunt, i.e., To whom the rocks of the valley returned answer:}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
 which slip being made by so great a man, I do not at all wonder that La Roque, and Petis de la Croix, from
 whose Latin version, and with whose assistance, La Roque made his French translation of the aforesaid treatise, have been led into the same mistake, and rendered those words, }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 A qui les pierres de la val\'e9e rendirent r\'e9
ponse}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\up6\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261   The valley here meant, say the commentators,}{\f36\fs14\up6\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261  is W\'e2di\rquote lkora, lying about one day\rquote 
s journey}{\f36\fs14\up6\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261  (not five and upwards, as Abulfeda will have it) from al Hejr.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up8\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See cap. 51, p. 387.\tab \tab 2  Al Zamakh.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 4  Idem.  See the Prelim. Disc. p. 5.\tab \tab 5  Prelim. Disc. p. 5.\tab \tab 
6  p. 43.  It was published by Dr. Hudson, in the third vol. of the Geograhphi\'e6 Veteris Scriptor. Gr. minor.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and with Pharaoh, the contriver of the stakes:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 10\tab who had behaved insolently in the earth,
\par      and multiplied corruption therein?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Wherefore thy LORD poured on them various kinds}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  of chastisement:
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      for thy LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  surely in a watch-tower, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 whence he observeth the actions of men}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Moreover man, when his LORD trieth him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by prosperity}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and honoureth him, and is bounteous unto him,
\par      saith, My LORD honoureth me;
\par      but when he proveth him }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by afflictions}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and withholdeth his provisions from him,
\par      he saith, My LORD despiseth me.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      By no means:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but ye honour not the orphan,
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      neither do ye excite }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one another}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to feed the poor;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 20\tab and ye devour the inheritance }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the weak}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  with undistinguishing greediness,
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and ye love riches with much affection.
\par      By no means }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 should ye do thus}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  When the earth shall be minutely ground to dust;
\par      and thy LORD shall come, and the angels rank by rank;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and hell, on that day, shall be brought nigh:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  on that day shall man call to remembrance }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 his evil deeds;}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  but how }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  remembrance }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 avail}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  him?
\par      He shall say, Would to GOD that I had heretofore done }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 good works}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in my lifetime!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  On that day none shall punish with his punishment;
\par      nor shall any bind with his bonds.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      O thou soul which art at rest,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      return unto thy LORD, well pleased }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with thy reward, and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  well pleasing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto God:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      enter among my servants;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 30\tab and enter my paradise.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 38, p. 340.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original word signifies a }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 mixture}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and also a }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 scourge}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  of platted thongs: whence some suppose the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 chastisement of this life}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  is here represented by }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 scourge}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and intimated to be as much lighter than that of the next life, as }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 scourging}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  is lighter than death.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For worldly prosperity or adversity is not a certain mark either of the favour or disfavour of GOD.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Not suffering women or young children to have any share in the inheritance of their husbands or parents.  See chapter 4, p. 54.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  There is a tradition that at the last day hell will be dragged towards the tribunal by 70,000 halters, each halter being hauled by 70,000 angels, and that it will come with great roaring and fury.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 for}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  this }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 my}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  latter}{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  life}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , None shall be able to punish or to bind, as GOD shall then punish and bind the wicked.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6
}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Some expound this of the soul, which, having, by pursuing the concatenation of natural causes, raised itself to the knowledge of that Being which produced them, and exists of necessity, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 rests}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  fully contented, or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 acquiesces}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 in the knowledge of him, and the contemplation of his perfections.  By this the reader will observe that the Mohammedans are no strangers to }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Quietism}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  Others, however, unders
tand the words of the soul, which, having attained the knowledge of the truth, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 rests}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  satisfied, and }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 relies securely}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 thereon, undisturbed by doubts; or of the soul which is }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 secure}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  of its salvation, and free from fear or sorrow.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Descr. de l\rquote Arabie, mise \'e0 la suite du Voyage de la Palestine, par La Roque, p. 35.\tab \tab 2  Jallalo\rquote ddin, al Beid\'e2wi.
\par 3  Ebn Hawkal, apud Abulf. ubi sup.  Geogr. Nub. p. 110.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 5  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 6  Idem.
\par 7  Al Beid\'e2wi}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XC_}XC.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend XC_}
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE TERRITORY; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn4\insrsid14382261      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 I SWEAR}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  by this territory,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      (and thou, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 O prophet}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 , residest in this territory,)}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      and by the begetter, and that which he hath begotten;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      verily we have created man in misery.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Doth he think that none shall prevail over him?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      He saith, I have wasted plenty of riches.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Doth he think that none seeth him?
\par      Have we not made him two eyes,
\par      and a tongue, and two lips;
\par 10\tab and shown him the two highways }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of good and evil?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      Yet he attempteth not the cliff.
\par      What shall make thee to understand what the cliff }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to free the captive;
\par      or to feed, in the day of famine,
\par      the orphan who is of kin, or the poor man who lieth on the ground.
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Whoso doth this}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , and is }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 one}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of those who believe, and recommend perseverance unto each other, and recommend mercy unto each other;

\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      these }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the companions of the right hand.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      But they who shall disbelieve our signs
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      shall be the companions of the left hand:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 20\tab above them }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  arched fire.}{\f36\fs18\dn4\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 _____}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XCI}XCI{\*\bkmkend XCI}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE SUN; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\up2\insrsid14382261      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 BY the Sun, and its rising brightness;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      by the moon when she followeth him;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      by the day, when it showeth its splendor;
\par      by the night, when it covereth him with darkness;
\par      by the heaven, and him who built it;
\par      by the earth, and him who spread it forth;
\par      by the soul, and him who completely formed it,
\par      and inspired into the same its }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 faculty of distinguishing, and power of choosing}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , wickedness and piety:
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 I will not swear}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.  See chapter 56, p. 398, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., The sacred territory of Mecca.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Thou shalt be allowed to do what thou pleasest in this territory;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  the 
words, in this sense, importing a promise of that absolute power which Mohammed attained on the taking of Mecca.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some understand these words generally; others of Adam or Abraham, and of their offspring, and of Mohammed in particular.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 

\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 to trouble}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .  This passage was revealed to comfort the prophet under the persecutions of the Koreish.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some expositors take a particular person to be here intended, who was one of Mohammed\rquote s most inveterate adversaries; as al Walid Ebn al Mogheira;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  others suppose Abu\rquote l Ashadd Ebn Calda to be the man, who was so very strong, that a large skin being spread under his feet, and ten men pulling at it, they could not make him fall, though they tore the skin to pieces.
}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   In a vain and ostentatious manner, or in opposing of Mohammed.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 56, p. 396.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See ibid.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, When she rises just after him, as she does at the beginning of the month; or when she gets after him, as happens when she is a little past the full.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Idem.\tab \tab 4  Al Zamakh.\tab \tab 5  Al Beid\'e2wi.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 6  Idem.\tab \tab 7  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 now is he who hath purified the same, happy;
\par 10\tab but he who hath corrupted the same, is miserable.
\par      Thamud accused }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their prophet Saleh}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of imposture, through the excess of their wickedness:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      when the wretch}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  among them was sent }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to slay the camel;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and the apostle of GOD said unto them, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Let alone}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the camel of GOD; and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 hinder not}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  her drinking.
\par      But they charged him with imposture; and they slew her.
\par      Wherefore their LORD destroyed them, for their crime, and made }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their punishment}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  equal }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto them all:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      and he feareth not the issue thereof.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ________
\par 
\par 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XCII}XCII{\*\bkmkend XCII}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE NIGHT; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      BY the night, when it covereth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 all things}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with darkness;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      by the day, when it shineth forth;
\par      by his who hath created the male, and the female:
\par      verily your endeavor }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  different.
\par      Now whoso is obedient, and feareth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      and professeth the truth of that }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 faith}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which is most excellent;
\par      unto him will we facilitate }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the way}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to happiness:
\par      but whoso shall be covetous, and shall be wholly taken up }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with this world}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ,
\par      and shall deny the truth of that which is most excellent;
\par 10\tab unto him will we facilitate }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the way}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to misery;
\par      and his riches shall not profit him, when he shall fall headlong }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 into hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Verily unto us }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 appertaineth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the direction }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of mankind:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      and ours }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the life to come, and the present life.
\par      Wherefore I threaten you with fire which burneth fiercely,
\par      which none shall enter to be burned except the most wretched;
\par      who shall have disbelieved, and turned back.
\par      But he who strictly bewareth }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 idolatry and rebellion}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall be removed far from the same;
\par      who giveth his substance in alms,
\par      and by whom no benefit }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is bestowed}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on any, that it may be recompensed,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 20\tab but }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 who bestoweth the same}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for the sake of his LORD, the most High,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and hereafter he shall be well satisfied }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with his reward}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par ________
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XCIII}XCIII{\*\bkmkend XCIII}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE BRIGHTNESS; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      BY the brightness }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of the morning;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and by the night, when it groweth dark:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., Ked\'e2r Ebn S\'e2lef.  See chapter 7, p. 112, and chapter 54, p. 393.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Jallalo\rquote ddin thinks this whole description belongs peculiarly to Abu Becr: for when he had purchased Bel\'e2l, the Ethiopian (afterwards the prophet\rquote 
s Muedhdhin, or crier to prayers), who purchased Bel\'e2l, the Ethiopian (afterwards the prophet\rquote s Muedhdhin, or crier to prayers), who h
ad been put to the rack on account of his faith, the infidels said he did it only out of a view of interest; upon which this passage was revealed.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn4\insrsid14382261 
  The original word properly signifies the bright part of the day, when the sun shines full out, three or four hours after it is risen.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thy LORD hath not forsaken thee, neither doth he hate }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thee}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily the life to come }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 better for thee than this present life:
\par      and thy LORD shall give thee }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a reward}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wherewith thou shalt be well pleased.
\par      Did he not find thee an orphan, and hath he not taken care }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of thee?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      And did he not find thee wandering in error, and hath he not guided }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thee into the truth?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      And did he not find thee needy, and hath he not enriched }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 thee?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      Wherefore oppress not the orphan:
\par 10\tab neither repulse the beggar:
\par }{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261      but declare the goodness of thy LORD.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up4\insrsid14382261 _______}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XCIV}XCIV{\*\bkmkend XCIV}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, HAVE WE NOT OPENED; REVEALED AT MECCA
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      HAVE we not opened thy breast;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      and eased thee of thy burden,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      which galled thy back;
\par      and raise thy reputation for thee?
\par      Verily a difficulty }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be attended}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with ease.
\par      Verily a difficulty }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be attended}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with ease.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      When thou shalt have ended }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 thy preaching;}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  labor}{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  to serve God in return for his favours;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and make thy supplication unto thy LORD.
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par _______
\par 
\par 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XCV}XCV{\*\bkmkend XCV}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE FIG; WHERE IT WAS REVEALED IS DISPUTED.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      BY the fig, and the olive;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and by mount Sinai,
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  It is related that no revelation having been vouchsafed to Mohammed for several days, in answer to some questions put to him by the Koreish, because he had confidently promised to resolve them the next day, without adding the exception, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 if it please}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  GOD,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 or because he had repulsed an importunate beggar, or else because a dead puppy lay under his seat, or for some other reason; his enemies said that GOD had left him: whereupon this chapter was sent down for his consolation.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By disposing and enlarging it to receive the truth, and wisdom, and prophecy; or, by freeing thee from uneasiness and ignorance?  This passage is thought to intimate the }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 opening}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  of Mohammed\rquote s heart, in his infancy, or when he took his journey to heaven, by the angel Gabriel; 
who having wrung out the black drop, or seed of original sin, washed and cleansed the same, and filled it with wisdom and faith:}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 but some think it relates to the occasion of the preceding chapter.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Of thy sins committed before thy mission; or of thy ignorance, or trouble of mind.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 When thou shalt have finished}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  thy prayer, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 labour}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 in preaching the faith.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   GOD, say the commentators swears by these two fruits, because of their great uses and virtues: for the fig is wholesome and of easy dig
estion, and physically good to carry off phlegm, and gravel in the kidneys or bladder, and to remove obstructions of the liver and spleen, and also cures the piles and the gout, &c.; the olive produces oil, which is not only excellent to eat, but otherwis
e useful for the compounding of ointments;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 the wood of the olive-tree, moreover, is good for cleansing the teeth, preventing their growing rotten, and giving a good odour to the mouth, for which reason the prophets, and Mohammed in particular, made use of no other for toothpicks.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab Some, however, suppose that these words do not mean the fruits or trees above mentioned, but two mountains in the holy land, where they grow in plenty; or else the temple of Damascus and that at Jerusalem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\up6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See cap. 18, p. 219\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi, Yahya.  Vide Abulf. Vit. Moh. p. 8 and 33; Prid, Life of Mohamet, p. 105, &c.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 
5  Idem.\tab \tab 1  Idem, al Zamakh.
\par 2  Al Zamakh.\tab \tab 3  Idem, Yahya, al Beid\'e2wi, Jallal.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and this territory of security;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      verily we created man of a most excellent fabric;
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      afterwards we rendered him the vilest of the vile:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      except those who believe, and work righteousness; for they shall receive an endless reward.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      What, therefore, shall cause thee to deny the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 day of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  judgment after }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 this?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Is not GOD the most wise judge?}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 ________
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XCVI}XCVI{\*\bkmkend XCVI}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, CONGEALED BLOOD; REVEALED AT MECCA.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      READ, in the name of thy LORD, who hath created }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 all things;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      who hath created man of congealed blood.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      Read, by thy most beneficent LORD;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      who taught the use of the pen;
\par      who teacheth man that which he knoweth not.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Assuredly.  Verily man becometh insolent,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      because he seeth himself abound in riches.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily unto thy LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the return }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of all}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      What thinkest thou }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 as to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  him who forbiddeth
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 10\tab }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 our}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  servant, when he prayeth?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      What thinkest thou; if he follow the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 right}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  direction; or command piety?
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      What thinkest thou; if he accuse }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the divine revelations}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  of falsehood, and turn his back?

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., The territory of Mecca.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  These words seem to argue the chapter to have been revealed there.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , As the commentators generally expound this passage, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 We created man of comely
 proportion of body, and great perfection of mind; and yet we have doomed him, in case of disobedience, to be an inhabitant of hell}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
.  Some, however, understand the words of the vigorous constitution of man in the prime and strength of his age, and of his m
iserable decay when he becomes old and decrepit: but they seem rather to intimate the perfect state of happiness wherein man was originally created, and his fall from thence, in consequence of Adam\rquote 
s disobedience, to a state of misery in this world, and becoming liable to one infinitely more miserable in the next.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some suppose these words directed to Mohammed, and others to man in general, by way of apostrophe.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The first five verses of this chapter, ending with the words, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Who taught man that which he knew not}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , are generally allowed to be the first passage of the Kor\'e2
n which was revealed, though some give this honour to the seventy-four chapter, and others to the first, the next, they say, being the sixty-eighth.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   All men being created of thick or concreted blood,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  except only Adam, Eve, and Jesus.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  These words, containing a repetition of the command, are supposed to be a reply to Mohammed, who, in answer to the former words spoken by the angel, had declared that he could not read, being perfec
tly illiterate; and intimate a promise that GOD, who had inspired man with the art of writing, would graciously remedy this defect in him.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The commentators agree the remaining part of the chapter to have been revealed against Abu Jahl, Mohammed\rquote s great adversary.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  For Abu Jahl threatened that if he caught Mohammed in the act of adoration, he would set his foot on his neck; but when he came and saw him in that posture, he suddenly turned back as in a fright, and, being asked what was the matter, said
 there was a ditch of fire between himself and Mohammed, and a terrible appearance of troops, to defend him.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 9}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up8\insrsid14382261 \tab 4  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV.\tab \tab 5  Vide Marracc. in loc. p. 809.\tab \tab 6  See cap. 22, p. 250.\tab \tab 7  Yahya.
\par 8  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 9  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 Doth he not know that GOD seeth?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Assuredly.  Verily, if he forbear not, we will drag him by the forelock,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      the lying, sinful forelock.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And let him call his council}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to his assistance:}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      we also will call the infernal guards }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to cast him into hell}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Assuredly.  Obey him not: but }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 continue to}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  adore }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  and draw nigh }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto him}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
}{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 ________
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XCVII}XCVII{\*\bkmkend XCVII}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, AL KADR; WHERE IT WAS REVEALED IS DISPUTED.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      VERILY we sent down }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the Koran}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in the night of al Kadr.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And what shall make thee understand }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 how excellent}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the night of al Kadr }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      The night of al Kadr }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  better than a thousand months.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Therein do the angels descend, and the spirit of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Gabriel}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  also, by the permission of their LORD, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 with his decrees}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  concerning every matter.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      It }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  peace until the rising of the morn.
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 ________
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XCVIII}{\*\bkmkstart XCVIII_1}XCVIII{\*\bkmkend XCVIII}{\*\bkmkend XCVIII_1}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE EVIDENCE;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  WHERE IT WAS REVEALED IS DISPUTED.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      THE unbelievers among those to whom the scriptures were given, and }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 among}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the idolaters, did not stagger,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  until the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 clear}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  evidence}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  had come unto them:
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 11, p. 164, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , The council or assembly of the principal Meccans, the far greater part of whom adhered to Abu Jahl.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The word al Kadr signifies }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 power}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 honor}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 dignity}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and also the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 divine decree;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and the night is so named either from its excellence above all other nights in the year, or because, as the Mohammedans believe, the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 divine decrees}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  for the ensuing
 year are annually on this night fixed and settled, or taken from the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 preserved table}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  by GOD\rquote S throne, and given to the angels to be executed.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   On this night Mohammed received his first revelations; when the Kor\'e2n, say the commentators, was sent down from
 the aforesaid table, entire and in one volume, to the lowest heaven, from whence Gabriel revealed it to Mohammed by parcels, as occasion required.
\par \tab The Moslem doctors are not agreed where to fix the night of al Kadr; the greater part are of opinion that it is one of the ten last nights of Ramad\'e2
n, and, as is commonly believed, the seventh of those nights, reckoning backward; by which means it will fall between the 23rd and 24th days of that month.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See the preceding note, and chapter 44, p. 367.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some entitle this chapter, from the first words, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Did not}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Did not waver in their religion, or in their promises to follow the truth, when an apostle should come unto them.  For the commentators pretend that before the appearance of Mohammed, the Je
ws and Christians, as well as the worshippers of idols, unanimously believed and expected the coming of that prophet, until which time they declared they would persevere in their respective religions, and then would follow him; but when he came, they reje
cted him through envy.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., Mohammed, or the Kor\'e2n.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up8\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See cap. 44, p. 367.\tab \tab 2  Al Zamakh., al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 3  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 an apostle from GOD, rehearsing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 unto them}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  pure books }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of revelations;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  wherein }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 are contained}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  right discourses.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Neither were they unto whom the scriptures were given divided among themselves, until after the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 clear}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  evidence had come unto them.}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      And they were commanded no other }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 in the scriptures}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  than to worship GOD, exhibiting unto him the pure religion, and being orthodox; and to be constant at prayer, and to give alms;}{
\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and this is the right religion.
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Verily those who believe not, among those who have received the scriptures, and among the idolaters, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be cast}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  into the fire of hell, to remain therein }{
\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 forever}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .  These are the worst of creatures.
\par      But they who believe, and do good works; these are the best of creatures:
\par      their reward with their LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  gardens of perpetual abode, through which rivers flow; they shall remain therein forever.
\par      GOD will be well pleased in them; and they shall be well pleased in him.  This }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is prepared}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  for him who shall fear his LORD.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 ________
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart XCIX}XCIX{\*\bkmkend XCIX}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE EARTHQUAKE; WHERE IT WAS REVEALED IS DISPUTED.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      WHEN the earth shall be shaken by an earthquake;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      and the earth shall cast forth her burdens;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and a man shall say, What aileth her?
\par      On that day }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the earth}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  shall declare her tidings,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      for that thy LORD will inspire her.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      On that day men shall go forward in distinct classes, that they may behold their works.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      And whoever shall have wrought good of the weight of an ant,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  shall behold the same.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And whoever shall have wrought evil of the weight of an ant, shall behold the same.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  But when the promised apostle was sent, and the truth became manifest to them, they withstood the clearest conviction, differing from one another in their opinions; some believing and acknowledging Mohammed to be the prophet foretold in the scriptur
es, and others denying it.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   But these divine precepts in the law and the gospel have they corrupted, changed, and violated.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This earthquake will happen at the first, or, as others say, at the second blast of the trumpet.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   viz., The treasures and dead bodies within it.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Will inform all creatures of the occasion of her trembling, and casting forth her treasures and her dead, by the circumstances which shall immediately attend them.  Some say the earth will, at the last day, be miraculou
sly enabled to speak, and will give evidence of the actions of her inhabitants.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   See chapter 4, p. 58, note }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  Idem.\tab \tab 3  Al Zamakh., al Beid\'e2wi.  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 65\tab \tab 4  See cap. 84, p. 441.
\par 5  Al Beid\'e2wi.  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart C_}C.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend C_}
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE WAR-HORSES WHICH RUN SWIFTLY; WHERE IT WAS REVEALED IS DISPUTED.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      BY the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 war-horses}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  which run swiftly }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 to the battle}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , with a panting noise;
\par      and by those which strike fire, by dashing }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 their hoofs against the stones;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      and by those which make a sudden incursion }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 on the enemy}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  early in the morning,
\par      and therein raise the dust,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and therein pass through the midst of the }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 adverse}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  troops:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      verily man }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  ungrateful unto his LORD;
\par      and he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  witness thereof:
\par      and he }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  immoderate in the love of }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 worldly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  good.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Doth he not know, therefore, when that which }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is in}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the graves shall be taken forth,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 10\tab and that which }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 men's}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
 breasts shall be brought to light,
\par      that their LORD }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , on that day, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 be}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  fully informed concerning them?
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 ________
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart CI_}CI.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend CI_}
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE STRIKING; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      THE striking!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261   What }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the striking?
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And what shall make thee to understand how }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 terrible}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the striking }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 will be?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      On that day men shall be like moths scattered abroad,
\par      and the mountains shall become like carded wool of various colours }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 driven by the wind}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Moreover he whose balance shall be heavy }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with good works}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 , shall lead a pleasing life:
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      but }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 as to}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  him whose balance shall be light, his dwelling }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 shall be}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the pit }{
\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 of hell}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      What shall make thee to understand how }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 frightful}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  the pit }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of hell is?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  a burning fire.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some will have it that not horses, but the camels which went to the battle of Bedr, are meant in this passage.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Others interpret all the parts of the oath of the human soul;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  but their explications seem a little forced, and therefore I choose to omit them.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This is one of the names or epithets given to the last day, because it will }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 strike the hearts of all creatures with terror}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original word H\'e2
wiyat is the name of the lowest dungeon of hell, and properly signifies a deep pit or gulf.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Yahya, ex trad. Ali Ebn Abi Taleb.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart CII_}CII.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend CII_}
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE EMULOUS DESIRE OF MULTIPLYING; WHERE IT WAS REVEALED IS DISPUTED.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      THE emulous desire of multiplying }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 riches and children}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  employeth you,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      until ye visit the graves.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      By no means }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 should ye thus employ your time:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  hereafter shall ye know }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 your folly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Again, By no means: hereafter shall ye know }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 your folly}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      By no means: if ye knew }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 the consequence hereof}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  with certainty of knowledge, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ye would not act thus}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Verily ye shall see hell:
\par      again, ye shall surely see it with the eye of certainty.
\par      Then shall ye be examined, on that day, concerning the pleasures }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 with which ye have amused yourselves in this life}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 ________
\par 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart CIII_}CIII.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend CIII_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE AFTERNOON; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      BY the afternoon;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      verily man }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 employeth himself}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  in }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 that which will prove of}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  loss:
\par      except those who believe, and do that which is right; and }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 who}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  mutually recommend the truth, and mutually recommend perseverance unto each other.
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 ________
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart CIV_}{\*\bkmkstart CIV__1}CIV.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend CIV_}{\*\bkmkend CIV__1}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE SLANDERER; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      WOE unto every slanderer, }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  backbiter:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      who heapeth up riches, and prepareth the same }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 for the time to come!}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, Until ye die.  According to the exposition of some commentators, the words should be rendered thus: }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 The contending}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or vieing }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
in numbers wholly employeth you, so that ye visit even the graves}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , to number the dead: to explain which, they relate that there was a great dispute and contention between the descendants of Abd Men\'e2
f and the descendants of Sahm, which of the two families were the more numerous; and it being found, on calculation, that the children of Abd Men\'e2
f exceeded those of Sahm, the Sahmites said that their numbers had been much diminished by wars in the time of ignorance, and insisted that the dead, as well as the living, should be taken into the account; and by this way o
f reckoning they were found to be more than the descendants of Abd Men\'e2f.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or the time from the sun\rquote s declination to his setting, which is one of the five appointed times of prayer.  The original word also signifies, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
The age}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , or }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 time}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  in general.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab This passage is said to have been revealed against al Akhnas Ebn Shoreik, or al Wal\'eed Ebn }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
al Mogheira, or Omeyya Ebn Khalf, who were all guilty of slandering others, and especially the prophet.}{\f36\fs14\up6\insrsid14382261 1
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab 1  Al Zamakh., al Beid\'e2wi, Jallal.\tab \tab 1  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 He thinketh that his riches will render him immortal.
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      By no means.  He shall surely be cast into Al Hotama.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      And who shall cause thee to understand what Al Hotama }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 is?
\par }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      It is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the kindled fire of GOD;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      which shall mount above the hearts }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 of those who shall be cast therein}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 .
\par      Verily it }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 shall be as}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  an arched vault above them
\par      on columns of vast extent.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 ________
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart CV_}CV.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend CV_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE ELEPHANT; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      HAST thou not seen how thy LORD dealt with the masters of the elephant?}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Did he not make their treacherous design an occasion of drawing them into error;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Is one of the names of hell, or the name of one of its apartments;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  which is so called because it will }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 break in pieces}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  whatever shall be thrown into it.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   And therefore shall not be extinguished by any.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This chapter relates to the following piece of history, which is famous among the Arabs; Abraha Ebn al Sab\'e2h, surnamed al Ashram, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e., the Slit-nosed
}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , king or viceroy of Yaman, who was an Ethiopian,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and of the Christian religion, having built a magnificent church at Sanaa with a design to draw the Arabs to go in pilgrimage thither, instead of visiting the temple of Mecca, the Koreish, observing the devotion and concourse o
f the pilgrims at the Caaba began considerably to diminish, sent one Nofail, as he is named by some of the tribe of Ken\'e2
nah, who getting into the aforesaid church by night, defiled the altar and walls thereof with his excrements.  At this profanation Abrah
a being highly incensed, vowed the destruction of the Caaba, and accordingly set out against Mecca at the head of a considerable army, wherein were several elephants, which he had obtained of the king of Ethiopia, their numbers being, as some say, thirtee
n
, though others mention but one.  The Meccans, at the approach of so considerable a host, retired to the neighbouring mountains, being unable to defend their city or temple; but GOD himself undertook the protection of both.  For when Abraha drew near to M
ecca, and would have entered it, the elephant on which he rode, which was a very large one, and named Mahm\'fb
d, refused to advance any nigher to the town, but knelt down whenever they endeavoured to force him that way, though he would rise and march briskly e
nough if they turned him towards any other quarter: and while matters were in this posture, on a sudden a large flock of birds, like swallows, came flying from the sea coast, every one of which carried three stones, one in each foot, and one in its bill; 
and these stones they threw down upon the heads of Abraha\rquote 
s men, certainly killing every one they struck.  Then GOD sent a flood, which swept the dead bodies, and some of those who had not been struck by the stones, into the sea: the rest fled toward Yaman,
 but perished by the way; none of them reaching Sanaa, except only Abraha himself, who died soon after his arrival there, being struck with a sort of plague or putrefaction, so that his body opened, and his limbs rotted off by piecemeal.  It is said that 
one of Abraha\rquote s army, named Abu Yacs\'fbm, escaped over the Red Sea into Ethiopia, and going directly to the king, told him the tragical story; and upon that prince\rquote 
s asking him what sort of birds they were that had occasioned such a destruction, the man point
ed to one of them, which had followed him all the way, and was at that time hovering directly over his head, when immediately the bird let fall the stone, and struck him dead at the king\rquote s feet.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab This remarkable defeat of Abraha happened the very year Moh
ammed was born, and as this chapter was revealed before the Hejra, and within fifty-four years, at least, after it came to pass, when several persons who could have detected the lie, had Mohammed forged this story out of his own head, were alive, it seems
 as if there was really something extraordinary in the matter, which might, by adding some circumstances, have been worked up into a miracle to his hands.  Marracci}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 judges the whole to be either a fable, or else a feat of some evil spirits, of which he gives a parallel instance, as he thinks, in the strange defeat of Brennus, when he was marching to attack the temple of Apollo at Delphi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7
}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Dr. Prideaux directly charges Mohammed with coining this miracle, notwithstanding he might have been so easily disproved, and supposes, without any foundation, that this chapter might not have been published till Othman
\rquote s edition of the Kor\'e2n,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  which was many years after, when all might be dead who could remember anything of the above-mentioned war.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   But Mohammed had no o
ccasion to coin such a miracle himself, to gain the temple of Mecca any greater veneration: the Meccans were but too superstitiously fond of it, and obliged him, against his inclinations and original design, to make it the chief place of his new invented 
worship.  I cannot, however, but observe Dr. Prideaux\rquote s partiality on this occasion, compared with the favourable reception he gives to the story of the miraculous overthrow of Brennus and his army, which he concludes in the following words: \'93
Thus was GOD pleased in a very extraordinary manner to execute his vengeance upon those sacrilegious wretches for the sake of religion in general, how false and idolatrous soever that particular religion was, for which that temple at Delphos was erected.
\'94}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   If it be ans
wered, that the Gauls believed the religion, to the devotions of which that temple was consecrated, to be true (though that be not certain), and therefore it was an impiety in them to offer violence to it, whereas Abraha acknowledged not the holiness of t
h
e Caaba, or the worship there practised; I reply, that the doctor, on occasion of Cambyses being killed by a wound he accidentally received in the same part of the body where he had before mortally wounded the Apis, or bull worshipped by the Egyptians, wh
ose religion and worship that prince most certainly believed to be false and superstitious, makes the same reflection: \'93The Egyptians,\'94 says he, \'93
reckoned this as an especial judgment from heaven upon him for that fact, and perchance they were not much out 
in it: for it seldom happening in an affront given to any mode of worship, how erroneous soever it may be, but that religion is in general wounded hereby, there are many instances in history, wherein GOD hath very signally punished the profanations of rel
igion in the worst of times, and under the worst modes of heathen idolatry.\'94}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up8\insrsid14382261 \tab 2  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 72.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 4  See the Prelim. Disc. p. 8.
\par 5  Al Zamakh., al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin, Abulf. Hist. Gen. &c.  See Prid. Life of Mahomet, p. 61, &c., and D\rquote Herbel. Bibl. Orient. Art. Abrahah.\tab \tab 6  Refut. in Alcor. p. 823.\tab \tab 
7  See Prid. Connection, part ii. book i. p. 25, and the authors there quoted.\tab \tab 1  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. III. p. 45.\tab \tab 2  Prid. Life of Mahomet, p. 63, 64.\tab \tab 3  Prid. Connection, in the place above cited.\tab \tab 
4  Ibid. part i. book iii. p. 173.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page      }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and send against them flocks of birds,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      which casts down upon them stones of baked clay;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and render them like the leaves of corn eaten }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 by cattle?}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 ________
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart CVI_}CVI.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend CVI_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, KOREISH; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      FOR the uniting of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the tribe of}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  Koreish;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      their uniting in }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 sending forth}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  the caravan }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
of merchants and purveyors}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  in winter and summer;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These stones were of the same kind with those by which the Sodomites were destroyed,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
 and were no bigger than vetches, though they fell with such force as to pierce the helmet and the man through, passing out at his fundament.  It is said also that on each stone was written the name of him who was to be slain by it.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Some connect these words with the following, and suppose the natural order to be, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Let them serve the Lord of this house, for the uniting}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.  Others connect them with the last words of the preceding chapter, and take the meaning to be, that GOD had so destroyed the army of Abraha }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 for the uniting of the}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  Koreish, &c.  And the last opinion is confirmed by one copy, mentioned by al Beid\'e2wi, wherein this and the preceding make but one chapter.  It may not be amiss 
to observe, that the tribe of Koreish, the most noble among all the Arabians, and of which was Mohammed himself, were the posterity of Fehr, surnamed Koreish, the son of Malec, the son of al Nadr, who was descended in a right line from Ismael.  Some write
r
s say that al Nadr bore the surname of Koreish, but the more received opinion is that it was his grandson Fehr, who was so called because of his intrepid boldness, the word being a diminutive of Karsh, which is the name of a sea monster, very strong and d
aring; though there be other reasons given for its imposition.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It was H\'e2
shem, the great-grandfather of Mohammed, who first appointed the two yearly caravans here mentioned;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 7}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  one of which set out in the winter for Yaman, and the other in summer for Syria.}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 8}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up8\insrsid14382261 \tab 5  See cap. 11, p. 166.\tab \tab 6  Vide Gagnier, Vie de Mah. t. I, p. 44 and 46.\tab \tab 7  See the Prelim. Disc. p. 3.
\par 8  Al Zamakh., Jallal., al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 let them serve the LORD of this house; who supplieth them with food against hunger,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      and hath rendered them secure from fear.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl280\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 _______
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl280\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart CVII_}CVII.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 {\*\bkmkend CVII_}
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, NECESSARIES; WHERE IT WAS REVEALED IS DISPUTED.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      WHAT thinkest thou of him who denieth the }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 future}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  judgment as a falsehood?
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 It is}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  he who pusheth away the orphan;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and stirreth not up }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 others}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  to feed the poor.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Woe be unto those who pray,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 and}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  who are negligent at their prayer:
\par      who play the hypocrites,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and deny necessaries}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 to the needy}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 ________
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart CVIII}{\*\bkmkstart CVIII_1}CVIII{\*\bkmkend CVIII}{\*\bkmkend CVIII_1}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, AL CAWTHAR; REVEALED AT MECCA.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl160\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      VERILY we have given thee al Cawthar.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By means of the aforesaid caravans of purveyors; or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Who supplied them with food in time of a famine}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , which those of Mecca had suffered.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   By delivering them from Abraha and his troops; or, by making the territory of Mecca a place of security.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 u}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The person here intended, according to some, was Abu Jahl, who turned away an orphan, to whom he was guardian, and who came to him naked,
 and asked for some relief out of his own money.  Somme say it was Abu Sofi\'e2n, who, having killed a camel, when an orphan begged a piece of the flesh, beat him away with his staff; and others think it was al Walid Ebn al Mogheira, &c.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 x}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original word al Ma\'fbn properly signifies utensils, or whatever is of necessary use, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 as a hatchet, a pot, a dish, and a needle}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , to which some add }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 a bucket and a hand-mill;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  or, according to a tradition of Ayesha, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 fire, water, and salt;}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and this signification it bore in t
he time of ignorance: but since the establishment of the Mohammedan religion, the word has been used to denote alms, either legal or voluntary; which seems to be the true meaning in this place.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 y}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   There are some, however, who think it to have been revealed at Medina.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 z}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This word signifies }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 abundance}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , especially of }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 good}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, and thence }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 the gift of wisdom and prophecy}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , the Kor\'e2n, the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 office of intercessor}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , &c.  Or it may imply }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 abundance of children, followers}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and the like.  It is generally, however, expounded of a river in paradise of that name, whence the water is derived into Mohammed\rquote 
s pond, of which the blessed are to drink before their admission into that place.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   According to a tradition of the prophet\rquote s, this river, wherein his LORD promised him abundant
 good, is sweeter than honey, whiter than milk, cooler than snow, and smoother than cream; its banks are of chrysolites, and the vessels to drink thereout of silver; and those who drink of it shall never thirst.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab Euthymius Zigabenus,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  instead of Cauthar, 
reading Canthar, supposes the word to have the same signification in Arabic as in Greek, and translates the two first verses of the chapter thus: [Greek text],\endash }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 We have given thee the beetle; wherefore pray unto thy}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  LORD}{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and slay it; }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 and then he cries out, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 O wonderful and magnificent sacrifice, worthy of the legislator!}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up8\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Idem.\tab \tab 2  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. IV. p. 74.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallal. &c.\tab \tab 4  In Panoplia Dogmat. inter Sylburgii Sarocenic. p. 29.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par \page      }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 Wherefore pray unto thy LORD, and slay }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 the victims}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      Verily he who hateth thee shall be childless.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 ________
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart CIX}CIX{\*\bkmkend CIX}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE UNBELIEVERS; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      SAY: O unbelievers,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      I will not worship that which ye worship;
\par      nor will ye worship that which I worship.
\par      Neither do I worship that which ye worship;
\par      neither do ye worship that which I worship.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl280\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      Ye have your religion, and I my religion.
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl280\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par ________
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart CX}CX{\*\bkmkend CX}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, ASSISTANCE; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      WHEN the assistance of GOD shall come, and the victory;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\tx820\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      and thou shalt see the people enter into the religion of GOD by troops:}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      celebrate the praise of thy LORD, and ask pardon of him;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  for he is incli
ned to forgive.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 a}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which are to be sacrificed at the pilgrimage in the valley of Mina.  Al Beid\'e2
wi explains the words thus: Pray with fervency and intense devotion, not out of hypocrisy; and slay the fatted camels and oxen, and distribute the flesh among
 the poor; for he says this chapter is the counterpart of the preceding, exhorting to those virtues which are opposite to the vices there condemned.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 b}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   These words were revealed against al As Ebn Wayel, who, on the death of al K\'e2sem, Mohammed\rquote s son, calle
d that prophet Abtar, which signifies one who has no children or posterity.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 c}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   It is said that certain of the Koreish once proposed to Mohammed that if he would worship their gods for a year, they would worship his GOD for the same space of time; upon wh
ich this chapter was revealed.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 d}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , When GOD shall cause thee to prevail over thy enemies, and thou shalt take the city of Mecca.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 e}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Which happened in the ninth year of the Hejra, when, Mohammed having made himself master of Mecca, and obliged the K
oreish to submit to him, the rest of the Arabs came in to him in great numbers, and professed Isl\'e2m.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 f}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  Most of the commentators agree this chapter to have been revealed before the taking of Mecca, and suppose it gave Mohammed warning of his death; for they say that when he read it al Abb\'e2
s wept, and being asked by the prophet what was the reason of his weeping, answered, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Because it biddeth thee to prepare for death;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  to which Mohammed replied, }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 It is as thou sayest}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   And hence, adds Jallalo\rquote ddin, after th
e revelation of this chapter the prophet was more frequent in praising and asking pardon of GOD, because he thereby knew that his end approached; for Mecca was taken in the eighth year of the Hejra, and he died in the beginning of the tenth.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 2  Idem, al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 3  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. II. p. 43.\tab \tab 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart CXI}CXI{\*\bkmkend CXI}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, ABU LAHEB; REVEALED AT MECCA.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      THE hands of Abu Laheb shall perish,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  and he shall perish.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      His riches shall not profit him, neither that which he hath gained.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      He shall go down to be burned into flaming fire;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      and his wife }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 also}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  bearing wood,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 having}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  on her neck a cord of twisted fibres of a palm-tree.
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ________
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart CXII}CXII{\*\bkmkend CXII}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE DECLARATION OF GOD'S UNITY;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 WHERE IT WAS REVEALED IS DISPUTED.
\par 
\par IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      SAY, }{\i\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 God}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261  is one GOD;
\par      the eternal GOD:
\par      be begetteth not, neither is he begotten:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and there is not any one like unto him.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 g}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Abu Laheb was the surname of Abd\rquote al Uzza, one of the sons of Abd\rquote 
almotalleb, and uncle to Mohammed.  He was a most bitter enemy to his nephew, and opposed the establishment of his new religion to the utmost of his power.  When that prophet, in obedience to the command he had received to }{
\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 admonish his near relations}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 ,}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  had called them together, and told them he }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
was a warner sent unto them before a grievous chastisement}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , Abu Laheb cried out, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Mayest thou perish!  Hast thou called us together for this?}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  and too
k up a stone to cast at him.  Whereupon this passage was revealed.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab By the }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 hands}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261  of Abu Laheb some commentators, by a synecdoche, understand his }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 person;}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
 others, by a metonymy, his }{\i\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 affairs}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261  in general, they being transacted with those members; or his hopes in this world and the next.
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 h}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   He died of grief and vexation at the defeat his friends had received at Bedr, surviving that misfortune but seven days.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   They add, that his corpse was left aboveground three days, till it stank, and then some negroes were hired to bury him.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 4}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 i}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   And accordingly his great possessions, and the rank and esteem in which he lived at Mecca, were of no service to him, nor could protect him against the vengeance of GOD.  Al Beid\'e2
wi mentions also the loss of his son Otha, who was torn to pieces by a lion in the way to Syria, though surrounded by the whole caravan.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 k}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Arab. }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 n\'e2r dh\'e2t laheb;}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  alluding to the surname of Abu Laheb, which signifies the }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
father of flames}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 l}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Her name was Omm Jem\'eel: she was the daughter of Harb, and sister of Abu Sofi\'e2n.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 m}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   For fuel in hell; because she fomented the hatred which her husband bore to Mohammed; or, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 bearing a bundle of thorns and brambles}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , because she carried such, and strewed them by night in the prophet\rquote s way.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 5}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 n}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This chapter is held in parti
cular veneration by the Mohammedans, and declared, by a tradition of their prophet, to be equal in value to a third part of the whole Kor\'e2
n.  It is said to have been revealed in answer to the Koreish, who asked Mohammed concerning the distinguishing attributes of the GOD he invited them to worship.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 6}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  See the Prelim. Disc. Sect. II. p. 34.\tab \tab 2  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin, &c.\tab \tab 3  Abulf. Vit. Moh. p. 57.
\par 4  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 5  Idem, Jallalo\rquote ddin.\tab \tab 6  Idem.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \page }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart CXIII}CXIII{\*\bkmkend CXIII}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, THE DAYBREAK; WHERE IT WAS REVEALED IS DISPUTED.
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      SAY, I fly for refuge unto the LORD of the daybreak,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 that he may deliver me}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from the mischief of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 those things}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  which he hath created;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 p}{
\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      and from the mischief of the night, when it cometh on;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par      and from the mischief of }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 women}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  blowing on knots;}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      and from the mischief of the envious, when he envieth.
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 ________
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par 
\par CHAPTER {\*\bkmkstart CXIV}CXIV{\*\bkmkend CXIV}.}{\f36\fs18\up4\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 ENTITLED, MEN; WHERE IT WAS REVEALED IS DISPUTED.}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par      SAY, I fly for refuge unto the LORD of men,
\par      the king of men,
\par      the GOD of men,
\par }{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261      }{\i\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 that he may deliver me}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261  from the mischief of the whisperer who slyly withdraweth,}{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs18\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      who whispereth evil suggestions into the breasts of men:
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261      from genii and men.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs18\insrsid14382261 
\par }{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 o}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   The original word properly signifies a }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 cleaving}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , and denotes, says al Beid\'e2
wi, the production of all things in general, from the darkness of privation to the light of existence, and especially of those things which proceed from others, as springs, rain,
 plants, children, &c., and hence it is used more particularly to signify the breaking forth of the light from darkness, which is a most wonderful instance of the divine power.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 p}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , From the mischiefs proceeding either from the perverseness and evil c
hoice of those beings which have a power to choose, or the natural effects of necessary agents, as fire, poison, &c., the world being good in the whole, though evils may follow from those two causes.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 1}{
\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 q}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   Or, as the words may be rendered, }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 From the mischief of the moon, when she is eclipsed}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 .
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 r}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
  That is, of witches, who used to tie knots in a cord, and to blow on them, uttering at the same time certain magical words over them, in order to work on or debilitate the person they had a mind to injure.  This was a common practice in former days:}{
\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 2}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261  what they call in France }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 Nou\'ebr l\rquote eguillette}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
, and the knots which the wizards in the northern parts tie, when they sell mariners a wind (if the stories told of them be true), are also relics of the same superstition.
\par \tab The 
commentators relate that Lobeid, a Jew, with the assistance of his daughters, bewitched Mohammed, by tying eleven knots on a cord, which they hid in a well; whereupon Mohammed falling ill, GOD revealed this chapter and the following, and Gabriel acquainte
d
 him with the use he was to make of them, and of the place where the cord was hidden: according to whose directions the prophet sent Ali to fetch the cord, and the same being brought, he repeated the two chapters over it, and at every verse (for they cons
ist of eleven) a knot was loosed, till on finishing the last words, he was entirely freed from the charm.}{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 3}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 s}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   This chapter was revealed on the same occasion and at the same time with the former.
\par \tab }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 t}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261   }{\i\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 i.e.}{\f36\fs14\dn6\insrsid14382261 , The devil; who withdraweth when a man mentioneth GOD, or hath recourse to his protection.
\par 
\par }{\f36\fs14\insrsid14382261 \tab 1  Al Beid\'e2wi.\tab \tab 2  Vide Virgil. in Pharmaceutria.\tab \tab 3  Al Beid\'e2wi, Jallalo\rquote ddin.
\par 
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs14\up2\insrsid14382261 \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab \tab FINIS\sect }\sectd \linex0\headery1440\footery1440\endnhere\colno1\colw9360\sectdefaultcl\sftnbj\saftnnar \pard\plain 
\s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 \f38\fs24\cf1\lang1024\langfe1024\cgrid\noproof\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f36\fs36\insrsid14382261 AN INDEX
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 
\par OF THE
\par 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs36\insrsid14382261 PRINCIPAL MATTERS CONTAINED IN THE KORAN
\par AND THE NOTES THEREON.}{\f36\up12\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\qc \li0\ri0\sl240\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\insrsid14382261 _______
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl220\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs22\insrsid14382261 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 AARON, vide Moses.
\par Al Abb\'e2s, one of Mohammed\rquote s uncles, taken at Bedr, and obliged to ransom himself, 132, n.; professes Isl\'e2m, 133, n.; confesses a passage of the Kor\'e2n to
\par }\pard \s20\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 be fulfilled in respect to himself, 133, n.; remarkable for his loud voice, 137, n.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Abda\rquote lhareth, a son of Adam, so named Abda\rquote llah Dhu\rquote lbajadin, 146, n.
\par Abda\rquote llah Ebn Obba Sol\'fbl, the hypocrite, admired for his person and eloquence, 406, n.; threatens to drive Mohammed from Medina, ib.; raises and
\par }\pard \s20\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 inflames a scandalous story of Ayesha, 264, n.; is present at an interview between Mohammed and his adversaries, 312, n.; occasions a
\par quarrel, 382, n.; promises to assist the Nadirites, but fails them, 406, n.; endeavours to debauch Mohammed\rquote s men at Ohod, 45, n.; excused 
\par from going on the expedition to Tab\'fbc, 140, n.; desires Mohammed\rquote s prayers in his last sickness, 144; and to be buried in the prophet\rquote s 
\par shirt, 144, n.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Abda\rquote llah Ebn Omm Mach\'eem, a blind man, occasions a passage of the Kor\'e2n, 437, n.
\par Abda\rquote llah Ebn Raw\'e2ha, rebukes Ebn Obba, 382, n.
\par Abda\rquote llah Ebn Saad, one of Mohammed\rquote s amanuenses, imagines himself inspired, and corrupts the Kor\'e2n, 97, n.; apostatizes and is proscribed, but 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 escapes with life, ib.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Abda\rquote llah Ebn Sal\'e2m, a Jew, intimate with Mohammed, his honesty, 40, n.; supposed to have assisted in composing the Kor\'e2
n, 203, n.; confounded by 
\par }\pard \s20\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Dr. Prideaux with Salm\'e2n, the Persian, ib.; commended for his knowledge and faith, 71.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Abd Men\'e2f, a dispute between his descendants and the Sahmites, 454, n.
\par Abda\rquote lrahm\'e2n Ebn Awf, one of Mohammed\rquote s first converts, P. D., 33; an instance of his charity, 143, n.
\par Abel, vide Cain; his ram sacrificed by Abraham, 337, n.
\par Abraha al Ashram, King of Yaman, his expedition against Mecca; the occasion, and success thereof, 455, n., &c.
\par Abraham, the patriarch, an idolater in his youth, 95, n.; how he came to the knowledge of the true God, ib.; demolishes the idols of the Chaldeans, 245;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 preaches to his people, 298; his religion commended, 14, 15, 42, 104; disputes with Nimrod, 28; escapes the fire into which he was thrown
\par by Nimrod\rquote s order, 246; his praying for his father, 148, 408; desires to be convinced of the resurrection, 28; his sacrifice of birds, 29;
\par entertains the angels, 165, 386; receives the promise of Isaac, 165; called the friend of God, 67; is miraculously supplied by the changing of
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li720\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 
sand into meal, ib. n.; his sacrifice of his son, 337; praises God for Ismael and Isaac, 189; commanded, together with Ismael, to build and cleanse the Caaba, 14; prays to God to raise up a prophet of their seed, and for the plenty and security of 
Mecca, ib.; bequeaths the religion of Isl\'e2m to his children, ib.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Abu Amer, vide Amer, &c.
\par Ad, a potent tribe of Arabs, destroyed for their infidelity, 111, 258, 278, 356, 373, 367, 446.  Vide H\'fbd.
\par Adam, traditions concerning his creation, 4, n., 208, n., 432, n.; worshipped by the angels, 4, 105, 192, 212, 221, 343; his fall, 5, 106; repents and
\par }\pard \s20\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 prays, 5; meets Eve at Mount Arafat, 5, n.; retires with her to Ceylon, ib.; their stature, ib.; his posterity extracted from his loins by God to

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li720\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 acknowledge him for their Lord, 122, n.; names his eldest son as directed by the devil, 124, n.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Adoption creates no matrimonial impediment, 312.
\par Adulterers, Mohammed\rquote s sentence against them, 34, 78, n.
\par Adultery, its punishment, 34, 57; what evidence required to convict a woman of it, 55.
\par Adversaries, the dispute of two terminated by David, 341.
\par Ahmed, the name under which Mohammed was foretold by Christ, 410.
\par Al Ahk\'e2f, the habitation of the Adites, 371.
\par Aila, or Elath, the Sabbath-breakers there changed into apes, 8, 121.
\par Al Akhnas, a hypocrite, 22, n., 420, n.
\par Alexander, vide Dhu\rquote lkarnein.
\par Ali is sent to Mecca to publish part of the Kor\'e2n, 134, n.; the abstinence and charity of him and his family, 432, n.
\par All\'e2t, an idol of the Koreish, 67, 390.
\par Alms recommended, 6, 13, 23, 102, 141; the punishment of not giving alms, in the next life, 50, n.
\par Amena, Mohammed\rquote s mother; he is not permitted to pray for her, 148.
\par Amer and Arbad attempt to kill Mohammed, and their punishment, 182, n.
\par Amer (Abu), a Christian monk, and violent enemy to Mohammed, 147, n.
\par Amer (Banu), their abstinence on the pilgrimage, 107, n.
\par Amm\'e2r Ebn Y\'e2ser tortured by the Koreish on account of his fatih, 204, n.
\par Amru Ebn Lohai, the great introducer of idolatry among the Arabs, 102, 151, n.
\par Amru (Banu) build a mosque at Koba, 147, n.
\par Anam, the name of Lokm\'e2n\rquote s son, 307, n.
\par Angel of death, vide Azra\'efl.
\par Angels, their original, 105, 343; worship Adam, vide Adam; impeccable, 221, n.; of different forms and orders, 326; not the objects of worship, 256; nor
\par }\pard \s20\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 ought to be hated, 11; the number of them which support God\rquote s throne, 422; are deputed to take an account of men\rquote 
s actions, 384; some of
\par them appointed to take the souls of men, 436; to preside over hell, and to keep guard against the devils, 430; assist the Moslems at Bedr,
\par 32, 131; believed by the Arabs to be daughters of God, 67, 199, &c.; appear to Abraham and Lot, 165, 166, 386.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Animals, irrational, will be raised at the resurrection and judged, 92, n.; created of water, 268.
\par Ans Ebn al Nadar, his behaviour at Ohod, 46, n.
\par Ans\'e2rs, or helpers, who, 146, n.; three of them excommunicated for refusing to attend Mohammed to Tab\'fbc, 148.
\par Ants, the valley of, 284; their queen\rquote s speech to them on the approach of Solomon\rquote s army, ib.
\par Apostles were not believed who wrought miracles, 50; those before Mohammed accused likewise of imposture, 51, 91; of Christ, 38; two of them sent to
\par }\pard \s20\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 preach at Antioch, 330.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Apparel, what kind ought to be worn by those who approach the divine presence, 107.
\par Arabians, their acuteness, 104; their customs in relation to divorce, 312, n.; to adoption, ib.; in burying their daughters alive, 101, 438; their
\par }\pard \s20\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 superstitions in relation to eating, 101, &c., 270; and in relation to cattle, 67, 86; used to worship naked, and why, 107, n.; their injustice

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li720\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 to orphans
 and women, 68, n.; deem the birth of a daughter a misfortune, 199, n.; the reconciliation of their tribes deemed miraculous, 132, n.; quit their new religion in great numbers on Mohammed\rquote s death, 80.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Arabs of the Desert more obstinate, 145.
\par Al Ar\'e2f, what, 105, n.
\par Arafat, Mount, why so called, 5, n.; the procession thereto, 21.
\par Arabad, vide Amer.
\par Al Arem, the inundation of, 323, n.
\par Ark of Israel taken by the Amalekites, 17, n.
\par Arrows for divination forbidden, 84.
\par Al As Ebn Wayel, an enemy of Mohammed\rquote s, 194, 232.
\par Asaf, Solomon\rquote s vizir, 312, n.
\par Asem, his charity, 143, n.
\par Ashadd (Abu\rquote l), his extraordinary strength, 447, n.
\par Ashama, king of Ethiopia, embraces Mohammedism, 83, n.; prayed for after his death by Mohammed, 52.
\par Asia, the wife of Pharaoh, marytred by her husband for believing in Moses, 417, n.; is taken alive into paradise, ib.; one of the four perfect women, 418.
\par Aslam, 378, n.
\par Astrology, hinted at, 52.
\par Al Aswad al Ansi, the false prophet, 80, n.
\par Al Aswad Ebn Abd Yaghuth, al Aswad Ebn al Motalleb, two of Mohammed\rquote s enemies, 194.
\par Aws and Khazraj, their enmity, 43, n.
\par Ayesha, Mohammed\rquote s wife; the story of her accusation, 263, n.
\par Azra\'efl, the angel of death, why appointed to that office, 4, n.; a story of him and Solomon, 309, n.
\par Azer, the name given to Terah, Abraham\rquote s father, 95, n.
\par 
\par 
\par BAAL, the chief idol of the Chaldeans, 245, n.
\par Babel, the tower of, destroyed, 197, n.
\par Backbiting, vide Slander.
\par Bahira, 86.
\par Bakhtnasr, vide Nebuchadnezzar.
\par Balaam, his punishment for cursing the Israelites, 122, n.
\par Balk\'ees, queen of Saba, visits Solomon, and her reception, 286; her legs hairy, ib.; marries Solomon, ib.
\par Barnabas, his apocryphal gospel, some extracts thence, 38, n., 106, n.
\par Al Barzakh, what, 261, n.
\par Becca, the same with Mecca, 42.
\par Becr (Abu) attends Mohammed in his flight from Mecca, 139, n.; bears testimony to the truth of Mohammed\rquote s journey to heaven, 211, n.; his wager
\par }\pard \s20\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 with Obba Ebn Khalf, 302, n.; strikes a Jew on the face for speaking irreverently of God, 51, n.; gives all he has towards the expedition of
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li720\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Tab\'fbc, 144, n.; purchases Bel\'e2l, 448, n.; commpared to Abraham, 132, n.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Bedr, Mohammed\rquote s victory there, 32, 45, &c.
\par Bees, made use of as a similitude, 200.
\par Believers; the sincere ones, described, 256; their reward, 60; their sentence, 108.
\par Benjamin, son of Jacob, 176, &c.
\par Birds, omens taken from them, 208, n.
\par Blessed, their future happiness described, 333, 366.
\par Blood forbidden, 18.
\par Bo\'e2th, the battle of, 43, n.
\par Bodeil, a dispute concerning his effects, occasions a passage of the Kor\'e2n, 86.
\par Boheira, the monk, 203.
\par Bribery to pervert justice forbidden, 20.
\par Burden, every soul to bear its own, 327.
\par 
\par 
\par CAAB Ebn al Alshraf, a Jew, Mohammed\rquote s inveterate enemy, 40, n., 184, n.; slain by his means, ib., 404, n.; mistaken by Dr. Prideaux for another
\par }\pard \s20\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 person, 41, n.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Caab Ebn Asad, persuades the Jews in league with Mohammed to desert him, 315, n.
\par Al Caaba, appointed for a place of worship, 141, 252;  built and cleansed by Abraham and Ismael, 14; the keys of it returned to Othm\'e2n Ebn Telha, 60,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 n.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Caf\'fbr, a fountain in paradise, 432.
\par Cain and Abel, their sacrifices, 76; Cain kills his brother, 77; instructed by a raven to bury him, ib.
\par Caleb, vide Joshua.
\par Calf, the golden, of what and by whom made, 6; animated, ib.; worshipped by the Israelites, ib.
\par Calumny forbidden, 70.
\par Camels, an instance of God\rquote s wisdom, 445; appointed for sacrifice, 434; Jacob abstains from their flesh and milk, 42, n.
\par Canaan, an unbelieving son of Noah, 162; caravans of purveyors sent out by the Koreish, 456.
\par Carrion forbidden to be eaten, 18.
\par Cattle, their use, 102, 354; superstitions of the old Arabs concerning them, 86, 102, &c.
\par Al Cawthar, a river in paradise, 457.
\par Ceylon, the Isle of, vide Serendib.
\par Charity recommended, 58, 432.
\par Chastity commended, 74.
\par Children, to inherit their parents substance, 25, 53.
\par Christ, vide Jesus.
\par Christians declared infidels, 75; and enemies of the Moslems, ib.  Vide Jews.
\par Collars to be worn by the unbelievers in the life to come, 181.
\par Commandments given the Jews, 215, n.
\par Commerce from God, 258.
\par Companions of God, what, 101.
\par Congealed blood, the matter of which man is created, 450.
\par Contracts to be performed, 73.
\par Cow ordered to be sacrificed by the Israelites, 8.
\par Creation, some account of it, 355.
\par Crimes to be punished with death, 209.
\par 
\par 
\par DAVID kills Goliah, 27, 207; his extraordinary devotion, 340; the birds and mountains sing praises with him, 322; makes breastplates, 27; his
\par }\pard \s20\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 repentance for taking the wife of Uriah, 341; his and Solomon\rquote s judgment, 247.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Days appointed to commemorate God, 252.
\par Dead body raised to life by a part of the sacrificed Cow, 8.
\par Debtors to be mercifully dealt with, 30.
\par Devil, vide Eblis and Satan; the occasion of his fall, 5, 105.
\par Devils included under the name Genii, 100; the patrons of unbelievers, 50, 107, 282; their plot to defame Solomon, 12; were permitted to enter all the
\par }\pard \s20\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 seven heavens till the birth of Christ, 192.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Dhu\rquote lkarnein, who he was, 225, n.; builds a wall to prevent the incursions of Gog and Magog, 226.
\par Dhu\rquote lkefl, the prophet, opinions concerning him, 248; saves a hundred Israelites from slaughter, 343.
\par Dhu\rquote ln\'fbn, vide Jonas.
\par Dhu Now\'e2s, king of Yaman, a Jew, persecutes the Christians, 442.
\par Disputes to be carried on with mildness, 300.
\par Ditch, War of the, 313.
\par Divorce, laws concerning it, 24, 54, 318, 414.
\par Dogs, &c., allowed to be trained up for hunting, 74.
\par Al Dor\'e2b, the celestial mode of the Caaba, 388, n.
\par Drink of the damned, 94.
\par Dying persons, what part of the Kor\'e2n is usually read to them, 330, n.
\par 
\par 
\par EARTH, its creation, 355; remonstrates against the creation of man, 4, n.; is kept steady by the mountains, 196, 307.
\par Earthquake, a sign of the approach of the last day, 452.
\par Eblis refuses to worship Adam at God\rquote s command, and why, 5, 105, 102, 212, 221; his sentence, ib.; occasions the fall of Adam, ib.
\par Eden, the meaning of the word in Arabic, 143.
\par Edris, supposed to be the same with Enoch, 230.
\par Education makes a man an infidel, 305.
\par Elephant, War of the, 455.
\par Elias, vide al Khedr.
\par Elisha the prophet, 96.
\par Enoch, vide Edris.
\par Entering into houses and apartments abruptly forbidden, 265, 269.
\par Envy forbidden, 58.
\par Esop, vide Lokm\'e2n.
\par Eucharist, seems to have occasioned a fable in the Kor\'e2n, 88.
\par Eve, vide Adam.
\par Evidence, vide Witness.
\par Evil, vide Good.
\par Examination of the sepulchre, 121, n.
\par Exhortation to the worship of God, 350; to a good life, 168.
\par Ezekiel raises the dry bones, 26.
\par Ezra and his ass restored to life after they had been dead a hundred years, 28; called by the Jews the son of God, and why, 127
\par 
\par 
\par FAITH must accompany good works, 160; the reward of those who fight for it, 62, 127, 135, 139, 207, 375, 409, &c.; apostates from it to be put to
\par }\pard \s20\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 death, 209; partial faith not sufficient, 69, n.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Famine afflicts the Meccans, 259; ceases at Mohammed\rquote s intercession, 260.
\par Fast of Ramad\'e2n instituted, 19.
\par F\'e2tema, Mohammed\rquote s daughter, one of the four perfect women, 418, n.; favoured of God like the Virgin Mary, 36, n.; her charity, 432, n.
\par Al F\'e2tiha, the first chapter of the Kor\'e2n, often repeated by the Mohammedans in their prayers, I, n.
\par Fidelity recommended, 135.
\par Figs, their virtues, 449, n.
\par Fire, the manner of striking it in the east, 334, n.
\par Fishing allowed during the pilgrimage, 85.
\par Flood, vide Noah.
\par Food, what kinds are forbidden, 18, 73, 100, 102, 205, 270.
\par Forbidden fruit, what, 5, n.
\par Forgiveness, to whom it belongs, 316.
\par Al Fork\'e2n, one of the names of the Kor\'e2n, 271, n.
\par Fornication forbidden, 55, 57; its punishment, 55, 57, 262.
\par Fountain of molten brass flows for Solomon, 322.
\par Fountains of paradise, 432, 433, 440.
\par Friday, set apart by Mohammed for public worship, and why, 411, n.
\par Friendship with unbelievers forbidden, 80.
\par Fruits of the earth, their production an instance of God\rquote s power, 98.
\par Fugitives for the sake of religion shall be provided for and rewarded, 65, 255.
\par 
\par 
\par GABRIEL revealed the Kor\'e2n to Mohammed, 12; assists the Moslems at Bedr, 32; appears to Zacharias, 36, n.; the angel of revelations, 12, n.; the
\par }\pard \s20\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 enemy of the Jews, ib.; appears twice to Mohammed in his proper form, 390; appears to the Virgin Mary, and causes her to conceive, 228;
\par the dust of his horse\rquote s feet animate the golden calf, 239; generally appeared to Mohammed in a human form, 90;  commanded to assist
\par Mohammed against the Koreish, 194, n.; orders Mohammed to go against the Koradhites, 315, n.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Gaming forbidden, 23, 84.
\par G\'e2nem (Banu) build a mosque with an ill design, which is burnt, 147, n.
\par Garden, story of the, 420.
\par Genii, what, 98, n.; some of them converted on hearing the Kor\'e2n, 426.
\par God, proofs of his existence, 303; his omnipresence asserted, 403; his omnipotence, 28, 399; his power and providence conspicuous in his works, 17, 159,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 369, 434; his omniscience asserted, 66, 321, 358; knoweth the secrets of men\rquote s hearts, 288; and of futurity, 427; five things known to him

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li720\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 alone, 309, n.; his goodness set forth, 22, 150, 195, 391, 394; in sending the scriptures and prophets, 22, 100; 
the author of all good, 201; his word, laws, and sentence unalterable, 99, 304, 384; his mercy set forth, 46, 275, 294, 361, 390; the only giver of victory, 46, 303; his promise to the righteous, 306; who acceptable to him, 136; ruleth the heart of man, 1
2
8; his tribunal, 28; his throne, 159; praiseworthy, 201, 443; his attributes, 123, n.; ought not to be frequently sworn by, 24; hath no issue, 14, 155, 261; nor similitude, 307, 344; rested not the seventh day through weariness, 385; his worship recommend
ed, ib.; his fear recommended, 153.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Gog and Magog, 225, 249.
\par Goliah, vide Jal\'fbt.
\par Good works, who shall be redeemed by them, 399, n.
\par Good and evil both from God, 62.
\par Gospel, vide Jesus.
\par Greaves (Mr.), a mistake of his, 445, n.
\par Greeks overcome the Persians, 302.
\par Gudarz, the name of Nebuchadnezzar, 207, n.
\par 
\par 
\par HABIB, his martyrdom, 331, n.
\par H\'e2fedha, an idol of Ad, 111, n.
\par Haman, Pharaoh\rquote s chief minister, 290, 293.
\par Hami, 86.
\par Hamza, Mohammed\rquote s uncle, killed at Ohod, 45, n.; his body abused, 296, n.
\par Handha Ebn Safw\'e2n, a prophet, 254, n., 273, n.
\par Hareth (Abu), a Christian bishop, disputes with Mohammed, 39, n.
\par Haretha (Banu), reproached by Mohammed for flying in battle, 314.
\par Har\'fbt and Mar\'fbt, two angels, their story and punishment, 12.
\par Hasan, the son of Ali, an instance of his moderation and generosity, 46, n.
\par Hateb Ebn Abi Baltaa sends a letter discovering Mohammed\rquote s design against Mecca, which is intercepted, 407, n.
\par Al H\'e2wiyat, the name of an apartment in hell, 453, n.
\par Heathens, justice not to be observed with regard to them according to the Jews, 41.
\par Heavens, the Mohamedan belief concerning them, 257, n.; guarded by angels, 426; and earth manifest God\rquote s wisdom, 242; will fall at the last day, 256.
\par Al Hejr, the habitation of the Thamudites, 191.
\par Hell torments described, 252, 398, 434; the portion of unbelievers, 44, 160; prepared for those who choose the pomp of this life, 160; and hoard up
\par }\pard \s20\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 money, 138; shall not hurt the believers, 231, n.; will be dragged towards God\rquote s tribunal at the last day, 446, n.; and will then be filled,

\par }\pard \s20\ql \li720\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 384, n.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Al Hodeibiya, the trial there, 85; the expedition thither, 378, &c.
\par Holy Spirit, who is meant thereby, 10, n.
\par Honein, the battle of, 136.
\par Honey, an excellent medicine, 200.
\par Hospitality recommended, 58.
\par Al Hotama, the name of an apartment in hell, 455.
\par H\'fbd, the prophet, his story, 111.  See Ad.
\par Hunting and fowling forbidden during the pilgrimage, 73, 85.
\par Husband, his superiority over the wife, 24; his duty to her, 24, &c.; difference between them to be reconciled by friends, 58, 68.  See Divorce, Wives,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Marriage, &c.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Hypocrites described, 412, &c.; their sentence, 142.
\par 
\par 
\par IDOLATERS compared to brutes, 274; to a spider, 300; not to be prayed for while such, 148; their sentence, 108.
\par Idolatry, the heinousness thereof, 23; unpardonable, if not repented of, 59.
\par Idols, their insignificancy, 18, 256, 305, 324; will appear as witnesses against their worshippers, 153; worshipped by the antediluvians, 425.
\par Ilhiz, a sort of food used by the Arabs in time of scarcity, 260, n.
\par Illiyy\'fbn, the meaning of the word, 440, n.
\par Ilyasin, who, 338, n.
\par Im\'e2m, the meaning of the word, 14, n.
\par Immodesty condemned, 266.
\par Immunity declared to the idolaters for four months, 134.
\par Imposture charged on all the prophets, 259.
\par Imr\'e2n, father of the Virgin Mary, 32; whether Mohammed confounded him with the father of Moses and Miriam, 34, n.
\par Infidels, how they will appear at the last day, 91; will drink boiling water, 94; would have believed, had the Kor\'e2n been revealed to some great man,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li720\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 364; if not convinced by the Kor\'e2n, will not b
e convinced by miracles, 99; have some notion of a future state, 288; their blasphemy, 339; to be made war upon, 20, 22; those who die such not to be prayed for, 144, 148; forbidden to approach Mecca, 137.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Inheritances, laws relating thereto, 54, 72.
\par Injury, to forgive the same is meritorious, 361.
\par Intercalation of a month forbidden, 139.
\par Irem, the city of Ad, 445.
\par Iron, its usefulness, 401; some utensils of that metal brought by Adam down from paradise, ib.
\par Isaac promised, 165; his birth, ib.
\par Isl\'e2m the proper name of the Mohammedan religion, 33, n.; the only true religion, 43; the only religion till the death of Abel, 151.
\par Ismael, vide Abraham.
\par Israelites, their males slain by Pharaoh, 6; pass the Red Sea, 118; God\rquote s goodness to them, ib., 370; miraculously fed in the wilderness, 121; lust for the
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li720\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 
herbs of Egypt, 7; worship the golden calf, 6, 11, 119; their punishment, 6, 10; change the word put into their mouth at Jericho, 7, 121; commanded to sacrifice a red cow, 8, &c.; demand to see God, and their punis
hment, 70; refuse to enter the Holy Land, and their punishment, 76; their transgression, 207; desire a king, 26; cursed by David and Jesus, 83.  Vide Jews.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 
\par 
\par JACOB bequeaths the religion of Isl\'e2m to his children, 15; grows blind by weeping for the loss of Joseph, 178; recovers his sight by means of Joseph\rquote s
\par }\pard \s20\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 garment, and goes into Egypt, 179.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Jadd Ebn Kais, 140, n.
\par Jahl (Abu), a great enemy of Mohammed, 251; his injustice to an orphan, 457, n.; terrified, seeing Mohammed at prayers, 450; his advice concerning Mohammed, 129, n.; slain at Bedr, 131, n.
\par Al Jall\'e2s Ebn Soweid, 143, n.
\par Jal\'fbt, or Goliah, sent against the Israelites, 207, n.; slain by David, 27.
\par Al Jass\'e2sa, the beast which will appear at the approach of the last day, 288, n.
\par Jesus promised to Mary, 36; his miraculous birth, 36; compared to Adam, 39; speaks in his mother\rquote s womb, 57; and in his cradle, ib.; the apostle of the
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li720\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Jews, ib.; animates a bird of clay, when a child, ib., n.; performs several miracles, but not by his own power, ib.; raises three
 persons to life, ib.; causes a table with provisions to descend from heaven, 88; his miracles deemed sorcery, 87; rejected by the Jews, 38; sends two of his disciples to Antioch, who work miracles, 330; a curse denounced against those who believe not on 
h
im, 39; the Jews lay a plot for his life, but are disappointed, 38; not really crucified, ib., 70; whether he died or not, 38; not God nor equal to God, 75, 138; but an apostle only, 83, 27, 365; the Word of God, 36; various opinions concerning him, 229; 
will descend on earth before the resurrection, and kill Antichrist, &c., 71, 365.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Jethro, vide Shoaib.
\par Jews, vide Israelites; particularly applied to, 5, 13; accused of having corrupted the scriptures and of stifling passages, 5, n., 40, 59; accuse the Virgin
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li720\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 
Mary of fornication, 70, n.; plot against Jesus, 38; their unbelief, 11, 69, n.; covetous of life, 11; reproved for warring against one another, 10; proof required by them of a prophet\rquote 
s mission, 51; their punishments at different times for neglect of their religion, 81; metamorphosed into apes and swine for their infidelity, 8, 81, 88; pretend their punishment in hell shall be short, 10, 34; their law confirmed by Jesus and the Kor\'e2
n, 79; their laws concerning food, 103; dispute with the Mohammedans concerning God\rquote 
s favour, 252; Mohammed refuses to decide a controversy between them, 80; league with the Koreish against Mohammed, 60; demand that Mohammed cause a book to descend from heaven, 70; a controversy between a Jew and a Mohammedan, 61.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Jews and Christians accused of condemning one another, 13; and of corrupting the scriptures, 40; guilty of two extremes as to their opinion of Christ,

\par }\pard \s20\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 72; none of them shall die before he believes in Christ, 70; their different behaviour to the Moslems, 83; to be protected on payment of tribute,

\par 137.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Job, his story, 247, 342.
\par John, the son of Zacharias, his character, 36; his murder revenged on the Jews by Nebuchadnezzar, 207; the miracle of his blood, ib.
\par Jon\'e2da first practises the intercalation of a month among the Arabs, 139.
\par Jonas, his story, 157, 338, 421; called Dhu\rquote ln\'fbn, 248.
\par Joseph, his story, 169, &c.
\par Joshua and Caleb sent as spies into the land of Canaan, 76.
\par Journey, Mohammed\rquote s to heaven, 207.
\par Jow\'e2dh (Abu\rquote l), the hypocrite, finds fault with Mohammed\rquote s distribution of the spoils at Honein, 141.
\par Judgment (day of), the Mohammedan tradition concerning it, 34; described, 272, 388, 392, 422, 438; the signs of its approach, 376, 438, 250, n.;
\par }\pard \s20\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 called the Hour, 91; unknown to any besides God, 123; will come suddenly, ib.; and inevitably, 154, 396.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Al Judi, the mountain whereon Noah\rquote s ark rested, 162.
\par Just and unjust, the difference between them, 360.
\par 
\par AL KADR, the name of the night on which the Kor\'e2n came down from heaven, 451.
\par Kail sent to Mecca to obtain rain for Ad, 111, n.
\par K\'e2r\'fbn (or Corah), his story and fearful end, 295, &c.
\par Kebla, the part towards which the Mohammedans turn in prayer, 42, n.; indifferent, 13, changed from Jerusalem to Mecca, 15, 16.
\par Kendah  a tribe who used to bury their daughters alive, 101, n.
\par Keys of knowledge (the five), 309, n.
\par Khadijah, Mohammed\rquote s wife, one of the four perfect women, 417, n
\par Khaibar, the expedition thither, 378, n.
\par Khaithama (Abu), a story of him, 149, n.
\par Kh\'e2led Ebn al Wal\'eed puts Mohammed\rquote s horse to flight at the battle of Ohod, 47, n.; demolishes the idol of al Uzza, 347, n.; drives Acrema and his men
\par }\pard \s20\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 into Mecca, 380, n.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Khantala, vide Handha.
\par Khawla bint Thal\'e2ba, her case occasions a passage of the Kor\'e2n, 402.
\par Khazraj, vide Aws.
\par Al Khedr, the prophet, his adventures with Moses, 223, &c.
\par Khobaib, his martyrdom, 204, n.
\par Khoz\'e2a (the tribe of) held the angels to be the daughters of God, 243, n.
\par Kitf\'eer, Joseph\rquote s master, 171, n.
\par Koba, Mohammed founds a mosque there, 147, n.
\par Kobeis (Abu), a mountain near Mecca, whence Abraham proclaimed the pilgrimage, 252, n.
\par Kor\'e2n, the signification of the word, 169, n.; by whom composed, 203, n.; twenty-three years in completing, 273, n.; could not be composed by any
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li720\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 besides God, 153; men and genii defied to produce a chapter like it, ib., 214; no f
orgery, 422; sent down by God himself, 99; its excellency, 43, n., 296, 358; consonant to scripture, 160, 294; no revelation more evident, 123; contains all things necessary, 92, 202; all differences to be decided by it, 61; its contents partly literal an
d
 partly figurative, 32; traduced by the unbelievers, 271; as a piece of sorcery, 150, as a poetical composition, 333; as a pack of fables, 196; the sentence of those who believe not in it, 370; when revealed, 369; not liable to corruption, 158; ought not 
to be touched by the unclean, 398.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Koreidha (tribe of), their destruction, 315, n.
\par Koreish (the tribe of), their nobility, 49, 456; their enmity to Mohammed, 100, n.; demand miracles of him, 184; threaten him for abusing their gods,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li720\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 347; propound three ques
tions to him, 214; some of them attempt to kill him, but are struck blind, 330; lose seventy of their principal men at Bedr, 32, 131; persecute Mohammed\rquote 
s followers, 198; plagued with famine, 260, n.; and several diseases, 194; their manner of praying, 129; make a truce with Mohammed, 380, n.; violate the truce and lose Mecca, 377, n.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Kosai names his sons from four idols, 124, n.; the Koreish demand him to be raised to life by Mohammed, 128, n.
\par 
\par 
\par LAHEB (ABU), Mohammed\rquote s uncle, and bitter enemy, 459, n.; his and his wife\rquote s punishment, ib.
\par Lapwing gives Solomon an account of the city of Saba, 284; carries a Letter from him to the queen, ib.; her sagacity in finding water, ib.
\par Last day, vide Judgment.
\par Law given to Moses, 6; confirmed by Jesus, 37; and the Kor\'e2n, 5.
\par Laws relating to inheritances, 54, 72; legacies, 19, 86; to divorce, vide Divorce; to murder, vide Murder, &c.
\par Laws of Moses and Jesus set aside by the Kor\'e2n, 79, n.
\par Laws of God, the punishment of those who conceal them, 51, n.
\par Lazarus raised, 37, n.
\par Legs made bare, the meaning of that expression, 421, n.
\par Leith (Banu) thought it unlawful to eat alone, 270.
\par Letters, initial, explained, 105, n.
\par Life to come, how expressed in Arabic, 2, n.
\par Lob\'e2ba (Abu), his treachery, 128, n.
\par Lokm\'e2n, his history, 306; whether the same with Esop, 307.
\par Lot, his story, 113, 165; his wife\rquote s infidelity, 417.
\par Lote-tree in heaven, 390.
\par Lots forbidden, 23, 84.
\par 
\par 
\par MADIAN, a city of Hej\'e2z, 113; its inhabitants destroyed, 281.
\par Magog, vide Gog.
\par Malec, the principal angel who has the charge of hell, 366.
\par Malec Ebn al Seif, a Jew, 40, n.
\par Man, his wonderful formation, 345; created various ways, 250; shall be rewarded according to his deserts, 58; ought to be thankful for the good things of
\par }\pard \s20\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 this life, 333; his ingratitude to God, 305; his presumption in undertaking to fulfil the laws of God, 351; why destroyed, 169.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Manna given to the Israelites, 7.
\par Marriage, laws relating thereto, 56, 266; Mohammed\rquote s privileges as to marriage, 318, &c.; apt to distract a man from his duty, 413.
\par Martyrs, not dead but living, 17; the sufferings of two Mohammedans, 204.
\par Mar\'fbt, vide Har\'fbt.
\par Mary, the Virgin, her story, 228, &c.; free from original sin, 35, miraculously fed, ib.; one of the four perfect women, 418, n.; calumniated by the Jews,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 70; a woman of veracity, 83.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Al Mash\'e9r al Har\'e2m, 21.
\par Mas\'fad (Ebn), a tradition of his in relation to Pharaoh, 353.
\par Maturity of age, 54.
\par Measure ought to be just, 114, 440.
\par Mecca, the security and plenty of that city, 42.  See Caaba.
\par Meccans, their idolatry and superstitions condemned, 101, 301; imagined their idols interceded for them with God, 150; reproached for their
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li720\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 
ingratitude, 188; threatened with destruction, 356; require Mohammed to show them the angels, 99, n.; send their poor out of the city to Mohammed, 93, n.; hold a council and conspire Mohammed\rquote 
s destruction, 128, n.; applied indecent circumstances to God, 199, n.; chastised with famine and sword, 348, n.; promised rain on their embracing Isl\'e2m, 426, n.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Medina, its inhabitants reproved for declining the expedition of Tab\'fbc, 149.
\par Men\'e2t, an idol of the Meccans, 67, 390.
\par Merwa, vide Saf\'e2.
\par Mestah, one of the accusers of Ayesha, 265, n.
\par Midian, vide Madian.
\par Michael the friend of the Jews, 11, n.
\par Milk, its production wonderful, 199.
\par Mina, the valley of, 21.
\par Miracles required of Mohammed, 184, n., 215, n., 430.
\par Months, sacred, to be observed, 20, 73, 85, 139.
\par Moon split in sunder, 391.
\par Moh\'e2jer\'een, or refugees, who, 146, n.
\par Mohammed promised to Adam, 5; foretold by Christ, 410; expected by Jews and \tab  Christians, 451; sent at forty years of age, 151, n.; complained of by
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li720\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 
the Koreish to his uncle, Abu Taleb, 340, n.; his revelations ridiculed by the Meccans, 152, n.; his journey to heaven, 206; enters into a league with those of Medina, 128, n.; discovers the conspiracy of the M
eccans against his life, 129, n.; gains some proselytes of the genii by reading the Kor\'e2
n, 374, n.; sent as a mercy to all creatures, 249; the illiterate prophet, 120; excuses his inability to work miracles, 99, 182; his promise to those who fly for religi
on, 301, n.; accused of injustice in dividing the spoils, 48, 141; flies to Medina, 139; foretells the victory at Bedr, 393, n.; an account of that victory, 32, 125, &c.; loses the battle of Ohod, where he is in danger of his life, 45; reported to be slai
n
, 46, n.; lays the fault on his men for disobeying his orders, 47; endeavours to quiet their murmurs for that misfortune, 46, &c.; goes to meet the Koreish at Bedr according to their challenge, 49, n.; foretells the battle of the ditch, 315; the fear of h
i
s men at that battle, ib.; his men swear fidelity to him at al Hodeibiya, 379, n.; his generosity, 380; makes a truce with the Koreish for ten years, ib.; his courage at the battle of Honein, 137, n.; expostulates with his followers on their unwillingness
 to go on the expedition to Tab\'fb
c, 140, &c.; some account of that expedition, 113, n.; a conspiracy to kill him, 143, n., 330, n.; another attempt on his life, from which he is miraculously preserved, 74, n.; is almost prevailed on by the Jews to go into Sy
ria, 213, n.; reproves the hypocritical Moslems, 62; his mercy to the disobedient, 48; his wives demand a better allowance, on which he offers them a divorce, 316; they choose to stay with him, and he lays down some rules for their behaviour, ib.; the Jew
s
 reproach him on account of the number of his wives, 185, n.; his privileges in that and some other respects, 318, &c.; his divorced wives or widows not to marry again, 319; his amour with Mary, an Egyptian slave, 415; disputes in a Jewish synagogue, 34, 
n
.; decides a controversy in favour of a Jew against a Mohammedan, 61, n.; reprehended for a rash judgment, 66, n.; not allowed to pray for reprobate idolaters, 148; utters blasphemy through inadvertance, 255, n.; no revelation vouchsafed him for several d
ays, 219, 449, n.; enjoined to admonish his people, 388; his near relation to the believers, 312; demands respect and obedience from them, 270, 403; challenges his opponents to produce a chapter like the Kor\'e2
n, 3; put out of conceit with honey, 415, desires
 nothing for his pains in preaching, 275; acknowledges himself a sinner, 376; commanded to pray by night, 427; refuses the adoration of two Christians, 41, n.; refuses to eat with an infidel, 272, in.; prophesies the defeat of the Persians by the Romans, 
302; reprehends his companions\rquote 
 impatience, 297; and their imitating the Christians, 84; speaks by revelation, 389; his dream at Bedr, 130; his dream at Medina, 380; his doctrine compared with that of the other prophets, 372; is terrified at the approach of
 Gabriel, 429; is reprehended for his neglect of a poor blind man, 437; demolishes the idols of Mecca, 214; warned to prepare for death, 458.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Mohammedans believe in all the scriptures and prophets without distinction, 15; forbidden to hold friendship with infidels, 44, 80; the hypocritical
\par }\pard \s20\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 threatened, 149; the lukewarm deceive their own souls, 377; the sincere, their reward, 294, their description, 381.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Moseilama, the false prophet, 80, n.
\par Moses, his story, 115, &c., 233, &c., 276, &c., 289, &c.; his miraculous preservation in his infancy, 235, &c.; the impediment in his speech, how
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li720\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 
occasioned, 234, n.; kills an Egyptian, and flies into Midian, 291; is entertained by Shoaib, 292; receives his rod from him, ib. n.; sees the fire in the bush, 283; is sent to P
haraoh, and receives the power of working miracles, 215; his transactions in Egypt, 115, 156, &c.; brings water from the rock, 7, 121, n., cleared from an unjust aspersion by a stone\rquote 
s running away with his clothes, 320, n.; treats with God, and receives t
he tables of the law from him, 6, 118; breaks the tables, and is wroth with Aaron on account of the golden calf, 120; threatens the people, ib.; part of his law rehearsed, 104; reproved for his vanity, 222, n.; his expedition in search of al Khedr, ib.; h
is and Aaron\rquote s relics in the ark, 27; his law now corrupted, 34, n.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Moslems, vide Mohammedans.
\par Murder, laws concerning it, 19, 64, 77, 210, 255.
\par Musulman, whence the word comes, 14, n.
\par Mysteries, how expressed in Arabic, 2, n.
\par 
\par 
\par AL NADIR (the tribe of) expelled Arabia, 404, n.
\par Nebuchadnezzar takes Jerusalem, 207, n.
\par Night, part of it to be spent in prayer, 427.
\par Nimrod disputes with Abraham, 28; his tower, 196, n.; attempts to ascend to heaven, 246, n.; his persecution of Abraham and his punishment, ib.
\par Noah, his story, 110, 160, 279, 298, 424, &c.; his prayer, 392; his wife\rquote s infideliity, 417.
\par Al Nodar, one of Mohammed\rquote s adversaries, his opinion of the Kor\'e2n, 90, n.; introduces a Persian romance as preferable to it, 306, n.
\par 
\par 
\par OATH, an inconsiderate one, how to be expiated, 84; an extraordinary one, 445.
\par Oaths, cautions concerning them, 24; not to be violated, 202.
\par Obba Ebn Khalf disputes against the resurrection, 195, n.; his wager with Abu Becr, 302, n.; is wounded by Mohammed, 272, n.
\par Oda Ebn Kais, an enemy of Mohammed, 194.
\par Offerings to God recommended, 253; a large one made by Mohammed, ib
\par Og, fables concerning him, 76
\par Ohod, the battle fought there, 45, n., 47
\par Okail (Abu), his charity, 144, n.
\par Okba Ebn Abi Moait professes Isl\'e2m and apostatizes, 272, n.; publicly abuses Mohammed, ib.; taken and beheaded at Bedr, ib.
\par Olive-trees grow at Mount Sinai, 257.
\par Olivet (Mount), Christ taken thence by a whirlwind, 39, n.
\par Omar, his deciding a dispute between a Jew and a Mohammedan, 61, n.; compared to Noah, 132, n.
\par Omm Salma, one of Mohammed\rquote s wives, 220, n.
\par Omeyya Ebn Abi\rquote lsalt, 122, n.
\par Opprobrious language forbidden, 382.
\par Orphans not to be injured, 54, 449; a curse on those who defraud them, 23; to be instructed in religion, 54.
\par Ostrich\rquote s egg, a fine woman\rquote s skin compared to it, 335.
\par Othm\'e2n Ebn Aff\'e2n sent by Mohammed to the Koreish, is imprisoned, 379, n.; contributes largely to the expedition of Tab\'fbc, 144, n.
\par Othm\'e2n Ebn Mat\'fbn, his conversion occasioned by a passage of the Kor\'e2n, 202, n.
\par Othm\'e2n Ebn Telha has the keys of the Caaba returned to him by Mohammed, 60, n.; embraces Mohammedism, ib
\par Oven, whence the first waters of the deluge poured forth, 161, n.
\par Ozair, vide Ezra.
\par 
\par 
\par PARABLES, 29, 188, 200, 220, 267, 341
\par Paraclete, the Mohammedan opinion concerning the person meant thereby, 410, n.
\par Paradise described, 184, 375, 395, &c.; where situate, 5, n.; its fruits, 3; the portion of the distressed, 22.
\par Pardon will be granted to the penitent, 135.
\par Parents to be honoured, 209, 373; make their children infidels, 304.
\par Patience recommended, 53, 353; the sign of a true believer, 147, n.
\par Patriarchs before Moses neither Jews nor Christians, 15.
\par Pen with which God\rquote s decrees are written, 419.
\par Penitent, their reward, 148.
\par Pentateuch, vide Law
\par Persecutors, their sentence, 442.
\par Persians overcome by the Greeks, 303, n.
\par Peter (St.), his stratagem to convert those of Antioch, 330, n.
\par Pharaoh, his story, 115, &c., 156, &c., 289; the common title of the kings of Egypt, 115; a punishment used by him, 340; his presumption, 365.
\par Phineas Ebn Azura, a Jew, his dishonesty, 40; his indecent expressions concerning God, 51, 81, n.
\par Pico de Adam, vide Serendib.
\par Pilgrimage to Mecca commanded, 21; directions concerning it, 21, 42, 252, &c.
\par Pledges to be given where no contract in writing, 31.
\par Plurality of worlds, the belief thereof imputed to Mohammed, I, n.
\par Poets censured, 282.
\par Pomp of this life of no value, 294.
\par Polygamy, vide Marriage.
\par Prayer commanded and enforced, 6, 13, 241, 300, 303, &c.; directions concerning it, 52, 65, 74, 213, 216; not to be entered on by him who is drunk,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 59; before reading the Kor\'e2n, 303; for the penitent, 348.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Predestination, 46, 208.
\par Pre-existence of souls a doctrine not unknown to the Mohammedans, 122, n.
\par Pride, abominable in the sight of God, 210.
\par Prideaux (Dr.) charges the Mohammedans with cruelty, without foundation, 405, n.  confounds Salm\'e2n with Abd\rquote allah Ebn Sal\'e2m, 203, n.; his
\par }\pard \s20\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 partiality as to the story of Abraha\rquote s overthrow, 456, n.; confounds Caab Ebn al Ashraf, the Jew, with Caab Ebn Zohair, the poet, 41, n.;

\par misled by Erpenius, 405, n.; misquotes a passage of the Kor\'e2n, 416, n.; mistaken in asserting Mohammed might marry his nieces, 318, n.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Prodigality, a crime, 209.
\par Prophets, their enemy will have God for his, 12; rejected and persecuted before Mohammed, 91, 153; not chosen for their nobility or riches, 100.  Vide
\par }\pard \s20\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Sinai.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Prosperity or adversity, no mark of God\rquote s favour or disfavour, 446.
\par Punishments and blessings of the next life, 109; the manner, 138.
\par 
\par 
\par QUAILS given the Israelites, 7; what kind of birds they were, ib., n.
\par Quarrels between the true believers to be composed, 382; to be avoided on the pilgrimage, 21.
\par Quietism, Mohammedans no strangers to it, 446, n.
\par 
\par 
\par RAFE (ABU), a Jew, offers to worship Mohammed, 41.
\par Rah\'fbn, vide Serendib.
\par Ra\'efna, a word used by the Jews to Mohammed by way of derision, 13.
\par Al Rakim, what, 217.
\par Ramad\'e2n (the month) appointed for a fast, 19.
\par Ransom of captives disapproved, 132.
\par Al Rass, various opinions concerning it, 273, n.
\par Razeka, an idol of Ad, 111.
\par Religion, no violence to be used in it, 28; what is the right, 452; fighting for it commanded and encouraged, 20, 47, 62, 127, 135, 137, 254, 410; divided
\par }\pard \s20\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 into various sects, 259; harmony therein recommended, 43; whether those of any religion may be saved, 8, n.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Repentance necessary to salvation, 55; a death-bed one ineffectual, ib.
\par Resurrection asserted, 211, 384, 431, 441; described, 261, 384; the signs of its approach, 431; its time known to God alone, 310.
\par Retaliation (the law of), 18.
\par Revelations in writinng given to several prophets, 2, n.; what are now extant according to the Mohammedans, ib.
\par Revenge allowed, 255.
\par Riches will not gain a man admission into paradise, 325; employ a man\rquote s whole life, 454.
\par Right way, what the Mohammmedans so call, I, n.
\par Righteous, their reward, 152, 297, 311.
\par Righteousness, wherein it consists, 18.
\par Rites appointed in every religion, 256.
\par Rock, whence Moses produced water, 7.
\par 
\par 
\par SAAD Ebn Abi Wakk\'e2s, 125, 297, n.
\par Saad Ebn Moadh, his severity, 132, n.; dooms the Koradhites to destruction, 315, n.
\par Saba, queen of, vide Balk\'ees.
\par Saba, the wickedness of his posterity, and their punishment, 323.
\par Sabbath, the transgression thereof punished, 121.
\par Saf\'e2 and Merw\'e2, mountains of, two monuments of God, 17.
\par Sasiya bint Hoyai, one of Mohammed\rquote s wives, 382, n.
\par Al S\'e2hira, one of the names of hell, 436, n.
\par Sa\'efba, 86.
\par S\'e2kia, an idol of Ad, 111
\par Sakhar, a devil, gets Solomon\rquote s signet, and reigns in his stead. 342, n.; his punishment, ib.
\par S\'e2leh, the prophet, his story, 112, &c., 280, &c.  Vide Tham\'fbd.
\par S\'e2lema, an idol of Ad, 111.
\par Salsabil, a fountain in paradise, 433.
\par Salutation, mutual, recommended, 63.
\par Al S\'e2meri, the maker of the golden calf, who, 6, n., 237, n.
\par Sarah, wife of Abraham, her laughing, 165.
\par Satan, his punishment for seducing our first parents, 106; believed to assist the Koreish, 131.
\par Saul, his story, 26, &c.
\par Sects and their leaders shall quarrel at the resurrection, 18.
\par Sej\'e2j, the prophetess, 80, n.
\par Sejj\'een, what, 440, n.
\par Sennacherib, 207, n.
\par Separation, the day of, a name of the day of judgment, 368.
\par Ser\'e2b, what, 267.
\par Serendib, the isle of, Adam cast down thereon from paradise, 5, n.; the print of Adam\rquote s foot shown on a mountain there, ib.
\par Sergius, the monk, 203, n.
\par Serpent, his sentence for assisting in the seduction of man, 106, n.
\par Seventy Israelites demand to see God; are killed by lightning, and restored to life at the prayer of Moses, 6.
\par Al Seyid al Najr\'e2ni, a Jew, offers to worship Mohammed, 41.
\par Shamhozai, a debauched angel, his penance, 12, n.
\par Sh\'e2s Ebn Kais, a Jew, promotes a quarrel between Aws and Khazraj, 43, n.
\par Schechinah, misinterpreted by the commentators, 27, n.
\par Shedd\'e2d, son of Ad, makes a garden in imitation of paradise, 445, n.; is destroyed in going to view it, ib.
\par Sheep, the prodigious weight of their tails in the east, 103, n.
\par Shem, raised to life by Jesus, 37, n.
\par Shoaib, the prophet, his story, 113, &c., 167.
\par Signs, the meaning of the word in the Kor\'e2n. 5, n.
\par Al Sijil, the angel who takes an account of men\rquote s actions, 249.
\par Sin, the irremissible one, in the opinion of the Mohammedans, 10, n.; the seven deadly sins, 57, n.
\par Sinai, Mount, lifted over the Israelites, 8, 11; the souls of all the prophets present at the delivery of the law to Moses thereon, 41.
\par Simon the Cyren\'e6an, supposed to be crucified instead of Jesus, 38, n.
\par Sirius, or the greater dog-star, worshipped by the old Arabs, 381.
\par Slaves, how to be treated, 266; women not to be compelled to prostitute themselves, 267.
\par Slander forbidden, 382; the punishment of those who slander the prophets, 143, 454.
\par Sleepers, the seven, their story, 216, &c.
\par Smoke, which will precede the day of judgment, 367.
\par Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed, 166.
\par Sodomy, 55.
\par Sofi\'e2n (Abu) commands the army of the Koreish at Ohod, 45; and the convoy of the caravan at Bedr, 126; challenges Mohammed to meet him at Bedr
\par }\pard \s20\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 a second time, 47, n.; but fails, 49, n.; embraces Mohammedism on the taking of Mecca, 408; expostulates with Mohammed, 260.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Sohail Ebn Amru treats with Mohammed on behalf of the Koreish, 379.
\par Soheib flies to Medinna, 22.
\par Solomon succeeds David, 283; has power over the winds, 247, 342; his and David\rquote s judgment, 247; his manner of travelling, 284; what passed between
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li720\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 him and the queen of Saba, 284, &c.; a trick of the devil\rquote 
s to blast his character, 12; cleared by the mouth of Mohammed, ib.; orders several of his horses to be killed,
 because they had diverted him from his prayers, 341; is deprived of his signet and his kingdom for some days, 342; his death concealed for a year, and in what manner, 322.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Sor\'e2ka Ebn Malec, the devil appears in his form, 131.
\par Soul, the origin of it, 214.
\par Spoils, laws concerning their division, 115, 130.
\par Stars darted at the devils, 192.
\par Stoning of adulterers, 34, n.
\par Striking, an epithet of the last day, 453.
\par Supererogation, 213.
\par Sura, or chapter of the Kor\'e2n, 142.
\par Sun and moon, not to be worshipped, 357; are subject to God and the use of man, 109.
\par Swearer, a common, not to be obeyed, 420.
\par Swine\rquote s flesh.  Vide Food.
\par 
\par 
\par TABLE caused to descend form heaven by Jesus, 87; of God\rquote s decrees, 92.
\par Tables of the law, 119.
\par Tab\'fbc, the expedition of, 139.
\par Tagh\'fbt, the meaning of the word, 28, n.
\par T\'e2leb (Abu), Mohammed\rquote s uncle, 148, n.; Mohammed refuses to pray for him on his dying an infidel, ib.
\par Tal\'fbt, vide Saul.
\par Tasn\'eem, a fountain in paradise, 440.
\par Teb\'e2la and Jorash, their inhabitants embrace Mohammedism, 137.
\par Temple of Mecca, vide Caaba; of Jerusalem, built by genii, 322.
\par Th\'e1laba grows suddenly rich on Mohammed\rquote s prayer for him, 143, n.; refusing to pay alms is again reduced to poverty, ib.
\par Thak\'eef, the tribe of, demand terms of Mohammed, which are denied them, 213, n.
\par Tham\'fbd, the tribe of, their story and destruction, 111, 254, 258, 356.  Vide Saleh.
\par Theft, its punishment, 78.
\par Throne of God, 28; will be borne by eight angels on the day of judgment, 422.
\par Thunder celebrates the praise of God, 182.
\par Tima Ebn Obeirak, his theft, 66, n.
\par Time computed by the sun and moon, 98.
\par Titian, the name of the person supposed to be crucified in Christ\rquote s stead, 38, n.
\par Tobba, the people of, destroyed, 368.
\par Toleihah, the false prophet, 80, 313, n.
\par Towa, the valley where Moses saw the burning bush, 436.
\par Tribute, its imposition. 131.
\par Trinity, the belief thereof forbidden, 72, 83.
\par True believers, who are such, 257.
\par Trumpet will sound at the last day, 289, 348.
\par 
\par 
\par UNBELIEVERS described, 325; their sentence, 17, 60, 346.
\par Unity of God asserted, 459.
\par Unrighteousness punished, 152.
\par Usury forbidden, 30, 305.
\par Al Uzza, an idol of the Meccans, 67, n., 390.
\par 
\par 
\par VARIETY of languages and complexions hard to be accounted for, 304.
\par Victory of the Greeks over the Persians foretold by Mohammed, 302.
\par Visitation of the Caaba, 21.
\par 
\par 
\par AL WALID EBN AL MOGHEIRA, a great enemy of Mohammed, was a bastard, 420, n.; derides Mohammed for calling God al Rahm\'e2n, 123; has his nose
\par }\pard \s20\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 slit, 420, n.; his prosperity and decay, 429; hires another to bear the guilt of his apostacy, 391; his death, 194.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Al Walid Ebn Okba, 382, n.
\par War against infidels, commanded and recommended, 62, 132, 375, &c.
\par Waraka Ebn Nawfal acknowledged one God before the mission of Mohammed, 63, n.
\par Was\'eela, 86.
\par Water produced from the rock by Moses, 7.
\par Weight to be just, 114, 440.
\par Whoredom, laws concerning it, 55, 262.
\par Wicked, their sentence, 155, 191, 435.  See Unbelievers.
\par Widows to be provided for, 26; laws relating to them, 25.
\par Wife ought to be used justly, 68; may be chastised, 25; the number of wives allowed by the Kor\'e2n, 53; their duty to their husbands, 24.  See Adultery,
\par }\pard \s20\ql \fi720\li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Divorce and Marriage.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Winds, their use, 305; subject to Solomon, 247, 342.
\par Wine forbidden, 23, 84.
\par Wills, laws relating to them, 86.
\par Witnesses, laws relating to them, 69, 82; necessary in bargains, and to secure debts, 31.
\par Women ought to be respected, 53; and to have a part of their relations\rquote  inheritance, 54; not to be inherited against their will, 55; to be subject to the
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li720\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 men, 58; unclean while they have their courses, 23; some directions for thei
r conduct, 266, 382; the punishment of those who falsely accuse them of incontinence, 263, 264; those who come over from the enemy, how to be dealt with, 408.
\par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl120\slmult0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f36\fs16\insrsid14382261 Works of an infidel, will appear to him at the last day, 91.
\par 
\par 
\par AL YAMAMA, its inhabitants a warlike people, 379.
\par Al Yaman, the inhabitants thereof slay their prophet, 242, n.; they are destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, ib.
\par Yathreb, the ancient name of Medina, 314.
\par 
\par 
\par AL ZABIR, Mount, 119, n.
\par Al Zac\'e2t, vide Alms.
\par Zacharias, praying for a son, is promised John, 36, 227; educates the Virgin Mary, 36.
\par Al Zakk\'fbm, the tree of hell, 212, 336, &c.
\par Al Zamhar\'eer, what, 101, n.
\par Zeid Ebn Amru, acknowledged one God before the mission of Mohammed, 63, n.
\par Zeid, the husband of Zeinab, his story, 317, n.; the only person, of Mohammed\rquote s companions, named in the Kor\'e2n, ib.
\par Zeinab, her marriage with Mohammed, ib.
\par Zenjebil, a stream in paradise, 433.
\par Zoleikha, Joseph\rquote s mistress, 171, &c.
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