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)

habitation; they shall swear by the Name of God, that they have not traduced thee; nevertheless they have detracted and uttered words full of impiety: they have denied to have been enriched through the grace of God, and of his Prophet; if they turn, they shall do well; if they abandon the Faith, God shall punish them in this world, and in the other, with grievous torments, and on earth they shall finde no protector; there be of them, who have inclined to capitulate with God, and have said, if God doth good to us, we will believe in him; when he did good to them, they were niggards, and avaritious; they have erred, and disobeyed his Commandments, but he chastised them, because of their impiety; he hath imprinted it in their hearts untill the day of Judgment, for that they have disobeyed him, because they violated their promises, and by reason of their lies; know they not that God understandeth what they conceale in their hearts? and that he knoweth what is present, past, and future? There be of them, who deride the true believers, that give alms according to their power; God shall deride them, and they shall feel the rigour of eternal pains; implore pardon for them, or implore it not, when thou shalt beg sixty and ten times pardon for them, God shall not pardon them, because they are ingratefull towards him, and his Prophet, God doth not guide them that disobey him; they rejoyced to be left behinde the Prophet, when he went to fight for the Service of God, they had an aversion to fight, and employ their persons and goods for the Service of his divine Majestie; they said, we will not go out of our houses with this heat; say to them, hell is much more hot, could you comprehend; they shall laugh a little in this world, and shall weep much in the other, for a punishment of their sins. If thou meet them, and they demand permission to go out with thee, to fight for the Faith; say unto them, you shall not go out, neither shall ye ever fight against the enemy with me, ye were slothfull and cowards the first time, remain with the unbelievers; pray not for them after their death, and stay not at their Tombs, because they believed neither in God, nor his Prophet, and died in their wickedness. Be thou not astonished, neither at the abundance

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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., London, Printed, Anno Dom., Consulted online at “Quran Archive - Texts and Studies on the Quran” on 28 Mar. 2024: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/alexander-ross/1649?page=142