Alexander Ross, The Alcoran of Mahomet, translated out of Arabick into French, by the Sieur Du Ryer, Lord of Malezair, and resident for the French king, at Alexandria. And newly Englished, for the satisfaction of all that desire to look into the Turkish vanities. (1649)

declare to you the torments of Hell? Fear God, he will pardon your sinnes; But they belyed Noah, we saved him in the Arke, with his retinue, and drowned those that contemned our Law, they were altogether blinde. We sent Hod to his brother Aad, and to his retinue, he said, Oh ye people! worship one God alone, whom will ye adore, or whom feare, but God? The Teachers answered, thou art in an extream ignorance; we believe thee to be in the number of lyars; he replied, I am not a lyar, I am a messenger sent from God, to preach his Commandments, I give good and salutary advice, wonder not that God teacheth you his precepts by the tongue of a man, like you, who declareth to you his pleasure. Remember that he left you on Earth after Noah, that he encreased you in number, force, and power; Call to minde his grace, you shall be happy. They answered, are we come to this, to worship one God alone, and to relinquish what our fathers adored? Shew us the truth, whereof thou dost preach, if thou art true; he said, the wrath and indignation of God shall fall upon you; will you dispute with us of the names, that you and your fathers imposed on your Idols? God did not enjoyne to worship them, neither have you reason to do it; expect your punishment, I will expect it with perseverance. Then did we deliver him from their malice, and all the true believers that were with him, and destroyed those Infidels, by reason of their impiety. We sent Salhe to Temod, and his people; he said to them, Oh ye people! worship but one God, he shall shew you a miracle in this * Camel, suffer it to feed on the Earth, and do to it no harme, lest you be chastised: Remember, how God left you on the Earth after Aad, he gave you to dwell in the vallies, in the plaines, and mountaines; Remember God, and pollute not the Earth any more. Their Captains who were proud, demanded of the poore, if they believed that Salhe was indeed the Messenger of God? they answered, We believe in his words, and in his doctrine; Then said those proud men, we abjure what ye believe, we condemne him, and they slew the Camel of Salhe in derision, disobeyed the Commandments of God,