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)

the True-believers who have performed what they promised to God; many of them are dead in obedience to the Commandments of his divine Majesty, others attend the same thing, and swarve not from what they have promised; God shall recompense them for their zeale, and chastise the Infidels, or pardon them if it so please him, he is gracious and mercifull. God shall destroy the unbelievers with their wrath against the believers; he protecteth True-believers in combats, he is strong and omnipotent. The Jews descended from their Fortress, to give aid to the Infidels, but God cast fear into their hearts; a party of them were slain, and the rest taken slaves; they by their death made you heirs of their lands, their houses, their riches, and fortresses which you were not able to conquer; God is omnipotent. Oh Prophet! if thy wives be too ambitious of the wealth of the earth, and of garments too sumptuous; Call them, Say unto them, that thou wilt deal well with them, and wilt repudiate them with mildnesse and civility. If they love God and his Prophet, if they are vertuous, his divine Majesty will give them an exceeding great reward: Oh ye wives of the Prophet! such of you as shall be unchaste, shall be punished doubly, more than other women, this is a thing easie to God; such among you as shall obey God and his Prophet, and shall do good works, shall be rewarded more than other women, an exceeding great reward is prepared for you. Oh ye wives of the Prophet! ye are not like other women of the world; fear God, and believe not in the discourse of such as have design to seduce you, speak with civility, abide in your houses; goe not forth to make your beauty appear, and to make a shew, as did the ignorant of old; pray to God with affection, give almes, obey God and his Prophet, God will deliver you from his wrath, and will purifie you; be mindfull of the Law that is taught you in your houses, he is mercifull to them that honour him, he knoweth all the actions of the Prophet, he hath promised his mercy, and an exceeding great reward to those (men and women) that shall obey his Commandments. Those men and women that believe in his unity, that resign themselves to