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)

believeth he doth well; God misleadeth and guideth whom it pleaseth him; be not unwilling to depart from the wicked, God knoweth all their actions. He sendeth the winds that drive the clouds unto barren and drie places, to refresh the Earth, and cause it to revive after its death, in like manner will he raise again the dead. He that affecteth greatness, shall find in God all manner of greatness; good speeches ascend even to his divine Majesty, and our good works are acceptable to him. Such as conspire against the Prophet, shall endure great torments, and their conspiracy become vain and unprofitable. God hath created you of dust and mire, he created you men and women; the woman neither conceiveth, nor bringeth forth, but through his permission; no man can either prolong or shorten his life, but following what is written in the book [kept in Heaven] these things are easie to God. Those two Seas are not like to Euphrates, whose water is sweet, and pleasant to drink; the water of the Sea is cold, and salt, nevertheless ye eat of the fish of the one, and the other; Ye fish out of the Sea, gemmes to adorne you; you see the Ship to run upon the waters, and cleave the waves, for the advantage of your commerce, peradventure you will return thanks to God for his graces. He causeth the night to enter into the day, and the day into the night; he created the Sun and the Moon, that run in the Heaven till the day appointed. That God who created these things, is your Lord, the Empire of the world is his, the Idols that ye worship have no more power than the skin of an Almand; if ye invoke them, they shall not hear you, they shall deny you at the day of Judgment, and are not of power to let you know either the joyes of Paradise, or the torments of Hell. Oh yee people! ye are poor and necessitous, ye have need of Gods assistance, and God hath no want of you; praise is due to him in every place; he will destroy you, if it seem good to him, and create another new people in your place; none shall bear the burden of another, be it never so light or heavie, no, not when they are neer of kin. Preach thou the torments of Hell to such as fear their Lord, without seeing, him, and

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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=290