Extracts from the Coran in the Original: With English RenderingTrübner & Company, 1880 - 63 Seiten |
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Seite 2 - It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces in prayer 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 orphans, and the needy...
Seite 2 - Who is he that can plead with Him but by His own permission ? 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 extended over heaven and earth...
Seite 6 - God, who possessest the kingdom; 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. 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; and providest food for whom thou wilt without measure.
Seite 25 - And give unto him who is of kin to you his due, and also unto the poor, and the traveller. And waste not thy substance profuselv: for the profuse are brethren of the devils...
Seite 29 - And when thou enterest thy garden, wilt thou not say, What GOD pleaseth shall come to pass ; there is no power but in GOD alone ? Although thou seest me to be inferior to thee in wealth and number of children...
Seite 33 - Dost thou not perceive that all creatures both in heaven and earth praise God; and the birds also, extending their wings? Every one knoweth his prayer, and his praise: and God knoweth that which they do. Unto God belongeth the kingdom of heaven and earth; and unto God shall be the return at the last day.
Seite 29 - ... vines thereof were fallen down on their trails : and he said, Would to GOD that I had not associated any other deity with my LORD ! And he had no party to assist him besides GOD,* neither was he able to defend himself against his vengeance. In such case protection belongeth of right unto GOD alone ; he is the best rewarder, and the best giver of success. And propound to them a similitude of the present life. It is like water which we send down from heaven ; and the herb of the earth is mixed...
Seite 2 - East and to the West, but Righteousness is this: Whosoever believeth in God and the Last Day and the angels and the Book and the prophets : and whoso, for the love of God, giveth of his wealth unto his kindred and unto orphans, and the poor and the traveller, and to those who...
Seite vii - PRAISE be to God, the Lord of all creatures, the most merciful, the king of the day of judgment. Thee do we worship, and of thee do we beg assistance. Direct us in the right way, 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...
Seite iii - The Quran abounds with arguments drawn from nature and Providence, with a view to prove the existence of God as the Supreme Ruler, and enforce His sovereign claim on the obedience and gratitude of mankind. The retribution of good and evil in the world to come, the obligation to follow virtue and eschew vice, the duty and happiness of the creature in worshipping and serving the Creator, and such like topics are set forth in language of beauty and vigour abounding often with real poetry.