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)

and merciful. He that shall have sworn to touch no more his wife, and shall desire (afterwards) to know her, shall give liberty to a slave, for satisfaction of his Ooath, before he touch her; this is commanded you, God knoweth all your actions: if he have not the power to free a slave, he shall fast two moneths together, before touching her; if he cannot fast, he shall give to fifty poor: thus ought ye to do, if ye believe in God and his Prophet, God so appointed it, and hath prepared great torments for them that transgress his Commandments. They that shall disobey him and the Prophet, shall be covered with shame and ignominy, as were their predecessors in impiety; God hath sent his Commandments on earth, those who shall reject them, shall be severely tormented at the day that he shall revive them, he shall declare to them all that they have done, he hath kept accompt, and they have forgotten it, he seeth all. Seest thou not that all that is in the heaven and earth is Gods? If ye be three secretly met together, he is the fourth; if ye be five, he is the sixth; if ye be more or less, he is always with you wheresoever you are. He shall relate to men at the day of Judgment all that they have done, he knoweth all things. Seest thou not the actions of them to whom private meetings were prohibited? They return to their sin, and do what was forbidden them; they assemble secretly with malice to conspire against thee, and to disobey thee; and when they come towards thee, they say, that thou hast spoken things that God hath not inspired thee to utter; they know in their souls that God will chastise them for their discourse, and that they all shall go into hell, where their Rendezvous is: Oh ye that believe! make no private meetings to offend God, to conspire against his Prophet, and to disobey him; assemble ye to perform acts of vertue, and to serve God; have his fear before your eyes, ye shall one day appeare before his divine Majestie to be judged. Private assemblies proceed from the devil, for the affliction of the righteous: he bringeth no evil upon them, but through Gods permission; and all believers ought to resign themselves to his divine Will. O ye that believe! When ye shall be assembled with your Prophet, and are entreated to inlarge