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 do in their own persons, shall not be upon you. God is omnipotent, and just; you shall likewise do good to your wives that you have divorced, according to your power, it is a thing reasonable among such as fear God: Thus God teacheth you his Commandments, perhaps you will learn them. See you not them that departed their houses for the fear they had of death? they are thousands in number; God hath said to them, die: after this, he raised them again: God is the Benefactor of the people, but the greatest part return him no thanks for his favours. Fight for his Law, and know, that he understandeth and knoweth all things. Who is he that will afford him a good turn? He will augment him with multiplicity of increase; he giveth good, and taketh it away from whom it pleaseth him; you shall all return before him to be judged. Knowest thou not, that a company of the children of Israel, after the death of Moses, said to their Prophet, send us a King, we with him will fight for the Law of God? He answereth them, have you disobeyed the Commandments of God? If they enjoyn you to fight, you will not do it: They said, we have no greater desire, then to fight for the glory of his divine Majestie; we for this Cause have abandoned our houses, and those of our parents: nevertheless, when they were commanded to fight, they all, except some few of them, retired; but God knoweth them that sin against him. Their Prophet said to them, God hath sent Saul to be your King; they answered, why shall he be our King? we rather deserve the royalty then he, he is not rich enough; he replied, God hath chosen him to command you; he hath encreased his knowledg, and stature, he giveth royalty to whom he listeth, he is liberall and prudent in all his actions. Their Prophet said to them, the sign of his reign shall be, that the Ark shall appear to you from God, to confirm your hearts; wherein shall be contained the remainder of what the people of Moses and Aaron left, and it shall be borne by Angels; this shall be to you the sign of his reign, if you believe in God. When Saul went forth with his troops to fight his enemies, he said, God shall trie you by a river; he that shall drink of that river, shall not be mine, unless he drink with his hand; they all,