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)

he knoweth all the designs of conspirators. When his miracles were related to them, and his Commandments taught them, they said, we have heard them, we had said the like things, had we so inclined; it is but a song, and a fable of old men: Remember thou, how they said, my God, if what Mahomet declareth be true, cause a shower of flint-stones to fall upon us, and rigorously chastise us; He shall not chastise them, when thou art with them, neither when they beg pardon of him; Who is he that is able to hinder God to punish them? They are not in his grace, when they hinder True-believers to enter the Temple of Mecca; he protecteth only such as have his fear before his eyes, but most of them understand it not. Their prayers are very light, they goe hand in hand in the Temple, but shall one day feel the punishment of God, because of their impiety. The unbelievers that expend their wealth to turne the people from the Law of God, shall have sorrow for their expence, they shall be infamous, and precipitated into the fire of Hell. God shall separate the good from the wicked, he shall cast the wicked head long into Hell fire and they shall be in the number of the damned: if they repent, he will remit what is past, and if they return to fight against the Prophet, they shall be entreated as the first: kill them, to avoyd sedition, that there may be no law in the world, but the Law of God; If they forsake their impiety, God shall behold their actions, if they depart from the faith, know, that God alone is your Lord, and protector. The fifth part of the spoyle that you shall gaine from your enemies, appertaineth to God, the Prophet, his parents, orphans, the poore, and to Pilgrims that are in want; observe what is above ordained, if ye believe in God, in what we have inspired into our * Servant, and in the day, wherein the distinction of the good and the bad was known at the encounter of the * two Camps: God is omnipotent, ye were in an high place, the nearest to Medina, your enemies were afarre off, by the valley, and the enemies Cavalry below you; had ye promised to give battell, ye had transgressed your promise, by reason of the great number of Infidels; but what God will, is speedily