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 say unto them, what did you answer, being questioned concerning my unity? they shall reply, Lord, we are ignorant, thou alone knowest all things. He shall say to Jesus, Oh Jesus, Sonne of Mary, remember thou my grace towards thee, and thy mother, I strengthned thee with the Holy Ghost; Thou spakest in thy Cradle, as a m,an of forty or fifty yeares, thee did I instruct in Scripture and knowledge, the Old Testament, and the Gospel; Thou didst forme of earth the figure of a Bird, didst breath upon it, and it did flie, thou didst cure the borne-blinde, and the leprous, didst revive the dead, I delivered thee from the Jews, when thou didst preach to them my Commandments, and wroughtest miracles, which the wicked affirmed to be magick, and inchantment. Remember, how thou didst command thy Apostles to believe in me, and obey my Prophet, and how they said, we believe in one sole God, be thou witnesse that we entirely resign our selves to the will of God. Remember * thou, that the Apostles said, Oh Jesus, Sonne of Mary, can thy Lord send us from Heaven a Table covered with meats to satisfie us? Jesus answered them, Fear God, if you believe in his Law; they said, we have an appetite, and desire to eat of the food of Heaven, for the repose of our hearts, and to know if thou speakest the truth, of which we shall be witnesses. Then said he, Oh God my Lord, cause to descend upon us from Heaven a Table covered with meat, this day shall be celebrated by us and them that shall succeed, this shall be a sign of thy omnipotency; enrich us with thy grace, thou possessest all treasure. God said to him, I will cause to descend from Heaven the food which thou desirest, and whosoever shall be impious, shall be punished with torments, that no man yet hath suffered. He shall say at the day of Judgment, oh Jesus, Sonne of Mary! didst thou enjoyne the people to worship thee, and thy mother, as two Gods? Jesus shall answer praysed be thy name; I will take heed of speaking what is not, thou knowest if I have said it, thou art omniscient, thou knowest what is in my soul, and I have no knowledge of what is in thee; I delivered nothing but what thou didst command me to

* O Mahomet.

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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 26 Apr. 2024: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/alexander-ross/1649?page=97