The Koran (Al-Qur'an) eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 711 pages of information about The Koran (Al-Qur'an).

The Koran (Al-Qur'an) eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 711 pages of information about The Koran (Al-Qur'an).

As to man, when his Lord trieth him and honoureth him and is bounteous to him,

Then saith he, “My Lord honoureth me:” 

But when he proveth him and limiteth his gifts to him,

He saith, “My Lord despiseth me.”

Aye.  But ye honour not the orphan,

Nor urge ye one another to feed the poor,

And ye devour heritages, devouring greedily,

And ye love riches with exceeding love.

Aye.  But when the earth shall be crushed with crushing, crushing,

And thy Lord shall come and the angels rank on rank,

And Hell on that day shall be moved up,3-Man shall on that day remember himself.  But how shall remembrance help him?

He shall say, Oh! would that I had prepared for this my life!  On that day none shall punish as God punisheth,

And none shall bind with such bonds as He.

Oh, thou soul which art at rest,

Return to thy Lord, pleased, and pleasing him: 

Enter thou among my servants,

And enter thou my Paradise.

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1 Of the sacred month Dhu’lhajja.

2 Or, poured on them the mixed cup of chastisement.

3 The orthodox Muhammadans take this passage literally.  Djelal says that hell will “be dragged up by 70,000 chains, each pulled by 70,000 angels,” as if it were an enormous animal or locomotive engine.

SURA LXXV.-THE RESURRECTION [XL.]

Mecca.-40 Verses

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

It needeth not that I swear by the day of the resurrection,

Or that I swear by the self-accusing soul.

Thinketh man that we shall not re-unite his bones?

Aye! his very finger tips are we able evenly to replace.

But man chooseth to deny what is before him: 

He asketh, “When this day of Resurrection?”

But when the eye shall be dazzled,

And when the moon shall be darkened,

And the sun and the moon shall be together,1

On that day man shall cry, “Where is there a place to flee to?”

But in vain-there is no refuge-

With thy Lord on that day shall be the sole asylum.

On that day shall man be told of all that he hath done first and last;

Yea, a man shall be the eye witness against himself: 

And even if he put forth his plea. . . .2

(Move not thy tongue in haste to follow and master this revelation:3

For we will see to the collecting and the recital of it;

But when we have recited it, then follow thou the recital,

And, verily, afterwards it shall be ours to make it clear to thee.)

Aye, but ye love the transitory,

And ye neglect the life to come.

On that day shall faces beam with light,

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