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)

his hatchet, and said, peraventure they will accuse him to have broken the other: Seeing at their returne their Idols broken, they said, who hath in this manner handled our Gods? He is impious; we heard it is a young man, named Abraham, who derideth them, bring him before the eyes of the people, perhaps they shall finde witnesses of his action. They said unto him, oh Abraham! it is thou that hast so abused our Gods; he said on the contrary, it is that great Idol; They enquired of each other if those Idols spake, and if they had motion; afterwards they returned to themselves, and said to the people, ye are too blame to adore those Idols; he threw them headlong against the ground, and they said, oh Abraham! thou well knewest that they spake not at all; he answered, why therefore do ye worship what can neither benefit nor hurt you? You defile your selves in adoring them instead of God, do yee not know him? Then they said, burne Abraham, and let us defend our Gods, if ye are righteous men; but we commanded the fire to lose its heat, to preserve Abraham; They would have tormented him, and we destroyed them; we saved him, as we preserved Lot; we conducted him into the Land of blessing, gave him Isaac, and Jacob, and the Children of their Children, righteous men, and True believers, to instruct the people in the way of Salvation; we inspired them to do good works, to pray at the time appointed, to pay Tithes, and to worship us; We gave to Lot prudence and knowledge, and delivered him from the Inhabitants of the City, who were the most vicious upon Earth; we were gracious to him, because he was righteous. Remember Noah, and that he heretofore invoked us; we heard his prayer, and delivered him from great danger, and all that were with him in the Arke; we delivered him from the hand of the wicked, whom we drowned. Remember David, and Salomon, who rendred Justice in the field, whereinto the flocks of the village entred by night without Shepherds; we are witnesse of their Judgments, we instructed Salomon in Justice, we gave him prudence and knowledg; the Mountains adored us with David, and with him the