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 shall be cloathed with fine silk, and shall say, praised be God, who hath delivered us from affliction, he is most mercifull, and accepteth the thanks of his creatures; such as through his special grace shall enjoy the house of eternity, shall be free from all pain, and the Infidels shall be cast headlong into the fire of Hell. They shall not dye in those torments, and their torture shall never be asswaged; thus shall the wicked be chastised, they shall in vain implore succour of God, and say, Lord deliver us from these paines, we will do better then we have done heretofore; I will no more prolong your life on Earth, I have sent you my Prophets and Apostles, They preached unto you my Commandments, you would not hear them, taste now the paines of Hell, which ye have merited, the wicked shall this day be deprived of protection. Certainly God knoweth whatsoever is in Heaven and Earth, he knoweth all that is in the hearts of men. He it is that hath made you to multiply on Earth; impiety shall rise against the impious, it shall render them abominable before God, and put them into the number of the damned: Say unto them, have ye well considered the Idols that ye have worshipped? Tell me, what have they created on Earth? Were they Gods companions in the Creation of the Heavens? Hath God sent to them a Book, and reasons, to authorize their impiety? Certainly the wicked instruct one another only in pride and arrogancy; God sustaineth the Heavens and the Earth, he alone is able to sustain them, he is gracious and merciful. The wicked swore to fight for the encrease of the faith, if there should come to them a Preacher to instruct them; and when he came, they augmented their wickedness, became proud in the Earth, and conspired against the True-believers; their conspiracie fell upon themselves, and they can expect none other things then what was ordained against their predecessors, the Law of God admitteth none alteration. Consider they not what was the end of their Predecessors? who were more wealthy and powerfull then they? Nothing is impossible to God, he knoweth all things, and is omnipotent. Should God punish the people when they offend him, he should leave no living creature on the Earth, he deferreth