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)

God, if you obey the wicked, they will cause you to returne upon your steps, you shall returne to the number of the damned; truly God is your Lord, he is the best protector; I will put fear into the hearts of Infidels, because they have without reason adored many Gods, and the fire of Hell shall be their habitation. God hath made the truth of his promises to appear to you, when by his permission you slew the Infidels, until you were weary of fighting; nevertheless you contradicted what the Prophet ordained, you disobeyed him, after he had caused you to see what you desired with affection. There be among you that covet the goods of this world, and others that love the good things of heaven; God hath withdrawne you from the Infidels, to trie you, he hath pardoned your sinnes, he is bountifull to them that observe his Commandments. When you retreated from the Combat, and yielded without reason, the Prophet recalled you, and gave you to know your errour, with a thousand paines; afflict not your selves with the losse of the spoyle that escaped you at the day of victory, neither with the mischief that befell you when you were vanquished, God knoweth all your actions. After your labour, he sent you great repose, part of you slept in all safety, and the residue suffered themselves to be carried away at their pleasures, they had thoughts of God contrary to the truth. Think on the ignorant, that say, Have we seen any of the succour that God hath promised? Say to them, all things proceed from God. They conceale in their souls what they publish not, and say, had we been free of our own wills, we had not been slain; say to them, although you had stayed in your houses, and in your beds, death would have taken away them that were arrived at the houre of their destinie; God approveth what is in your hearts, and knoweth what you have in your soules: Certainly the Devil seduced them that fled, when the two Armies were in battell, and that, because of some sinne they had committed; neverthelesse God pardoned them, he is gracious and mercifull to his people. Oh yee that believe! be not like the Infidels, that said, speaking of their brethren that were slain in the Armie; that had they continued in their houses,