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)

in the other, and deliver us from the fire of Hell; They shall all finde the good and the evill that they have done, God is exact to keep account; He that shall advance his voyage two dayes, shall not sinen, neither he that shall retard it, if he feare God; Feare God, and know, that you shall all one day appeare before his Divine Majestie to be judged. There be men whose speech will be pleasing to thee in this world, they will call God to witnesse what is in their hearts, neverthelesse they are very pernicious, when removed from thee, and travelling upon the earth, they there commit filthinesse, and ruine both Village and fruits. God loveth not disorders; When it was said to them, fear God, pride, with sin, possessed them, but Hell shall be their habitation. Some there be among the people, that sell their own persons, out of a great desire to please God, surely he is gracious to them that serve him. Oh yee that believe in God! be obedient to his Commandments, and pursue not the steps of the Devil, he is your open enemie; if you sinne against God, having once learned his Commandments, know, that he is omnipotent to chastise you, and prudent in all his workes. Will the wicked expect that God should appear to them in the obscuritie of a Cloud? Or else the Angels with Command to extirpate them, they shall be assembled before his Divine Majestie to be judged. Demand of the Children of Israel, how many Miracles were made appear to them? He that altereth the grace he shall have received of God, shall be severely punished. The wicked esteeme the Life of the world, and scorn those that believe in God; but such as believe God, shall be above them at the day of Judgment; he enricheth with innumerable good things whom he pleaseth. The world was all of one Religion, before impietie tooke place: God sent his Prophets to instruct the people, to shew them their errour, and declare to them the joyes of Paradise; he sent with them, the booke of truth, to judge the differences among men, no man contradicted the Contents of it, but such as had knowledge of the Scripture, and this caused the envie that is risen among them; God guided them that observed his Commandments,