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)

day shall assemble you all before me; I will judge the differences between you, and will punish the impious, in this world, and in the other; none among them shall be of power to protect them, I will reward them that shall have believed in my Law, and have done good works; God loveth not the unjust. I relate to thee these mysteries, and teach thee the Alcoran; Jesus is with God, as is Adam, God created him of the Earth; he said, be thou, and he was: this truth proceedeth from thy Lord, be not thou of the number of them that doubt; If any one dispute with thee concerning thy Doctrine, say to them, Come, call together your children and ours, your wives and ours, let us assemble and addresse our prayers to God; I will lay the curse of his divine Majestie upon lyars. This discourse is most true, there is no God, but God alone the omnipotent, and wise. If they depart from his Commandments, he shall well observe the unbelievers; say to them, Oh ye that know Scripture! come with words alike true between you and us; Doe I worship other then God? I do not associate him with any one, and acknowledge none other Lord but him; but if they turn aside from the way of faith; God knoweth them that shall pollute the Earth; Say to them, be ye witnesses that we believe in God. Oh ye that understand Scripture, dispute not the Law of Abraham, to wit, if heobserved the Old Testament, or the Gospel, they were taught after him, perhaps you will acknowledge your errour. Oh yee that have disputed what you knew not! Abraham was no Jew, nor Christian, he professed the unity of God, he was a true believer, and not of the number of Infidels. The people, and particularly those that followed him, of his time, as also the Prophet Mahomet, and all true believers have known the truth of his Law. Part of them, to whom heretofore was given the knowledge of Scripture desired, seduced you from the right way, but they themselves erred, and they knew it not. Oh ye that know the Scripture! do not maliciously conceal the Commandments of God, cover not the Truth with a lye, neither willingly hide it. Many of them that know the written Law, said, from the break of day, believe in what hath

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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 16 Jan. 2025: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/alexander-ross/1649?page=57