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)

they have remained there but ten days and ten nights, I know all that they will say; the most prudent among them shall say, that they have been but one day. They shall enquire of thee concerning the Mountains; Say unto them, God shall teare them up, and levell them with the Earth, thou shalt see them levelled and beaten down: then shall men without retardment follow him that shall summon them to universall Judgment, they shall humble themselves before God, thou shalt that day hear low and humble voices, that day shall prayers be ineffectual except of them that shall be pleasing to God, whom he will permit to speak. He knoweth whatsoever men do in this world, and what must befall them in the other, and they know it not, they shall humble themselves, and hang down the head before the living and eternall Lord; all Infidels shall be damned, and the righteous of True-believers that have done good works, shall not fear injustice. We have sent the Alcoran in the Arabique tongue, it teacheth men our Commandments, peradventure they will fear impiety; it teacheth them what they ought to know; Exalt the glory of God, King of the world, he is truth it selfe; presse not thy selfe to read the Alcoran, until thou hast well understood it. Say, Lord encrease my knowledge; We heretofore prohibited Adam to eat of the forbidden fruit, he was unmindfull of our Commandment, I found in him no perseverance. Remember thou that we commanded the Angels to humble themselves before him, they humbled themselves, except the Devill, who refused to do it. Remember that we said, Adam, the Devill is thine enemy, and the enemy of thy wife, he will endeavour to make you miserable, to cause you both to go out of Paradise, where thou sufferest neither hunger nor thirst, nor cold, nor heat; the Devill tempted them, and said, oh Adam! I will conduct thee to the tree of eternity, a treasure that shall never perish; they did both eat of the fruit of that tree, then knew they their filthinesse, and took the leaves of trees to cover their nakednesse; Adam disobeyed his Lord, and became miserable, neverthelesse he heard, and pardoned him, and shewed him the right