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)

thee the Alcoran, to clear to men the doubts touching Religion, and to guide true believers into the right way. God sendeth raine from heaven to refresh the earth, this is an evident signe of his omnipotency, to them that hear his word; yee have yet a token of his omnipotency in the beasts that give you milke, to nourish you, and another marke in the fruits of the earth, in the fruits of Date trees, and the Vines, from which you extract wine, and receive profit. These things are signes of his omnipotency, to such as comprehend them. The Lord inspired the Bee to dwell in the fields, to lodge in trees, in Hives, and to eat of all sorts of fruits, it produceth honey of divers colours, that serveth for a remedy to the diseases of men; these things are signes of Gods omnipotency to them that consider them. God hath created you, and shall cause you to dye; There be persons among you that shall be full of ignominy in their life, to the end they may understand that God is omnipotent, conferreth benefits on some more than on others: Slaves have no part in the faculties of their Masters, neither are they associate with them, (nevertheless they associate to God another God equall to him, and blaspheme against his grace.) God hath created you men, and women, and hath given you Children, and Children to your Children, he hath enriched you with the riches of the earth; Will you after this grace believe in your Idols, which are things inanimate, vaine, and unprofitable? Will ye be ingrateful for the benefits of God? Will ye worship what can neither benefit nor hurt you? Believe not that there is another God companion and associate with God; He knoweth what ye know not, he teacheth you a Parable: A slave that is poor cannot give almes, and he who is rich giveth almes secretly and publiquely, as he seeth good; are they both alike? Ought they to be put in parallel? Praise be to God: Certainly, the greatest part of men know not his graces, he teacheth you a parable! Behold! Two men; the one was born deaf, and dumb, and given in charge to his Guardian, he knoweth not how to imploy him, he is capable neither of doing, nor speaking well, is he like to him that