George Sale, The Koran, commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed, translated into English immediately from the original Arabic; with Explanatory Notes, taken from the most approved Commentators. To which is prefixed A Preliminary Discource (1734)

of all things, and then proposed them to the angels, and said, Declare unto me the names of these things if ye say truth. They answered, Praise be unto thee, we have no knowledge but what thou teachest us, for thou art knowing and wise. God said, O Adam, tell them their names. And when he had told them their names, God said, Did I not tell you that I know the secrets of heaven and earth, and know that which ye discover, and that which ye conceal a? And when we said unto the angels, Worship b Adam; they all worshipped him, except Eblis who refused, and was puffed up with pride, and became of the number of unbelievers c. And we said, O Adam, dwell thou and thy wife in the garden d, and eat of the fruit thereof plentifully wherever ye will; but approach not this tree e, left ye become of the number of the transgressors. But Satan caused them to forfeit paradise f, and turned them out of the state of happiness wherein they had been; whereupon we said, Get ye down g, the one of you an enemy unto the other; and there shall be a dwelling

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George Sale, The Koran, commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed, translated into English immediately from the original Arabic; with Explanatory Notes, taken from the most approved Commentators. To which is prefixed A Preliminary Discource, C. Ackers in St. John’s-Street, for J. Wilcon at Virgil’s Head overagainst the New Church in the Strand., Consulted online at “Quran Archive - Texts and Studies on the Quran” on 27 Jul. 2024: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/george-sale/1734?page=212