The Persian Wars
Greek physician, Herodotus is known as "the Father of History". Herodotus' history is an account of the clash between Greece and the Persian Empire.
THE BIBLE, THE KORAN, AND THE TALMUD
[NEW YORK, 1863]
The Qur'an
This is a transliteration of the Arabic text of the Qur'an. Devout Muslims do not consider this a replacement for the actual Arabic text, however it is suitable for linguistic and study purposes.
1 Lo! We revealed it on the
Night of Predestination.
2 Ah, what will convey unto
thee what the Night of Power is!
3 The Night of Power is better
than a thousand months.
4 The angels and the Spirit
descend therein, by the permission of their Lord, with all decrees.
5 (The night is) Peace until
the rising of the dawn.
1 Read: In the name of thy Lord
Who createth,
2 Createth man from a clot.
3 Read: And thy Lord is the
Most Bounteous,
4 Who teacheth by the pen,
5 Teacheth man that which he
knew not.
6 Nay, but verily man is rebellious
7 That he thinketh himself independent!
8 Lo! unto thy Lord is the return.
9 Hast thou seen him who dissuadeth
10 A slave when he prayeth ?
11 Hast thou seen if he relieth
on the guidance (of Allah)
12 Or enjoineth piety ?
13 Hast thou seen if he denieth
(Allah's guidance) and is froward ?
14 Is he then unaware that Allah
seeth ?
15 Nay, but if he cease not
We will seize him by the forelock -
16 The lying, sinful forelock
-
17 Then let him call upon his
henchmen!
18 We will call the guards of
hell.
19 Nay, Obey not thou him. But
prostrate thyself, and draw near (unto Allah).
1 By the fig and the olive,
2 By Mount Sinai,
3 And by this land made safe;
4 Surely We created man of the
best stature
5 Then we reduced him to the
lowest of the low,
6 Save those who believe and
do good works, and theirs is a reward unfailing.
7 So who henceforth will give
the lie to thee about the judgment ?
8 Is not Allah the most conclusive
of all judges ?
1 Have We not caused thy bosom
to dilate,
2 And eased thee of the burden
3 Which weighed down thy back;
4 And exalted thy fame ?
5 But lo! with hardship goeth
ease,
6 Lo! with hardship goeth ease;
7 So when thou art relieved,
still toil
8 And strive to please thy Lord.
1 By the morning hours
2 And by the night when it is
stillest,
3 Thy Lord hath not forsaken
thee nor doth He hate thee,
4 And verily the latter portion
will be better for thee than the former,
5 And verily thy Lord will give
unto thee so that thou wilt be content.
6 Did He not find thee an orphan
and protect (thee) ?
7 Did He not find thee wandering
and direct (thee) ?
8 Did He not find thee destitute
and enrich (thee) ?
9 Therefor the orphan oppress
not,
10 Therefor the beggar drive
not away,
11 Therefor of the bounty of
thy Lord be thy discourse.
1 By the night enshrouding
2 And the day resplendent
3 And Him Who hath created male
and female,
4 Lo! your effort is dispersed
(toward divers ends).
5 As for him who giveth and
is dutiful (toward Allah)
6 And believeth in goodness;
7 Surely We will ease his way
unto the state of ease.
8 But as for him who hoardeth
and deemeth himself independent,
9 And disbelieveth in goodness;
10 Surely We will ease his way
unto adversity.
11 His riches will not save
him when he perisheth.
12 Lo! Ours it is (to give)
the guidance
13 And lo! unto Us belong the
latter portion and the former.
14 Therefor have I warned you
of the flaming Fire
15 Which only the most wretched
must endure,
16 He who denieth and turneth
away.
17 Far removed from it will
be the righteous
18 Who giveth his wealth that
he may grow (in goodness).
19 And none hath with him any
favour for reward,
20 Except as seeking (to fulfil)
the purpose of his Lord Most High.
21 He verily will be content.
1 By the sun and his brightness,
2 And the moon when she followeth
him,
3 And the day when it revealeth
him,
4 And the night when it enshroudeth
him,
5 And the heaven and Him Who
built it,
6 And the earth and Him Who
spread it,
7 And a soul and Him Who perfected
it
8 And inspired it (with conscience
of) what is wrong for it and (what is) right for it.
9 He is indeed successful who
causeth it to grow,
10 And he is indeed a failure
who stunteth it.
11 (The tribe of) Thamud denied
(the truth) in their rebellious pride,
12 When the basest of them broke
forth
13 And the messenger of Allah
said: It is the she-camel of Allah, so let her drink!
14 But they denied him, and
they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and rased (their dwellings).
15 He dreadeth not the sequel
(of events).
1 Nay, I swear by this city
-
2 And thou art an indweller
of this city -
3 And the begetter and that
which he begat,
4 We verily have created man
in an atmosphere:
5 Thinketh he that none hath
power over him ?
6 And he saith: I have destroyed
vast wealth:
7 Thinketh he that none beholdeth
him ?
8 Did We not assign unto him
two eyes
9 And a tongue and two lips,
10 And guide him to the parting
of the mountain ways ?
11 But he hath not attempted
the Ascent -
12 Ah, what will convey unto
thee what the Ascent is! -
13 (It is) to free a slave,
14 And to feed in the day of
hunger.
15 An orphan near of kin,
16 Or some poor wretch in misery,
17 And to be of those who believe
and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.
18 Their place will be on the
right hand.
19 But those who disbelieve
Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.
20 Fire will be an awning over
them.
1 By the Dawn
2 And ten nights,
3 And the Even and the Odd,
4 And the night when it departeth,
5 There surely is an oath for
thinking man.
6 Dost thou not consider how
thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
7 With many-columned Iram,
8 The like of which was not
created in the lands;
9 And with (the tribe of) Thamud,
who clove the rocks in the valley;
10 And with Pharaoh, firm of
might,
11 Who (all) were rebellious
(to Allah) in these lands,
12 And multiplied iniquity therein
?
13 Therefore thy Lord poured
on them the disaster of His punishment.
14 Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
15 As for man, whenever his
Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth
me.
16 But whenever He trieth him
by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.
17 Nay, but ye (for your part)
honour not the orphan
18 And urge not on the feeding
of the poor.
19 And ye devour heritages with
devouring greed.
20 And love wealth with abounding
love.
21 Nay, but when the earth is
ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
22 And thy Lord shall come with
angels, rank on rank,
23 And hell is brought near
that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail
him) ?
24 He will say: Ah, would that
I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!
25 None punisheth as He will
punish on that day!
26 None bindeth as He then will
bind.
27 But ah! thou soul at peace!
28 Return unto thy Lord, content
in His good pleasure!
29 Enter thou among My bondmen!
30 Enter thou My Garden!
1 Hath there come unto thee
tidings of the Overwhelming ?
2 On that day (many) faces will
be downcast,
3 Toiling, weary,
4 Scorched by burning fire,
5 Drinking from a boiling spring,
6 No food for them save bitter
thorn-fruit
7 Which doth not nourish nor
release from hunger.
8 In that day other faces will
be calm,
9 Glad for their effort past,
10 In a high Garden
11 Where they hear no idle speech,
12 Wherein is a gushing spring,
13 Wherein are couches raised
14 And goblets set at hand
15 And cushions ranged
16 And silken carpets spread.
17 Will they not regard the
camels, how they are created ?
18 And the heaven, how it is
raised ?
19 And the hills, how they are
set up ?
20 And the earth, how it is
spread ?
21 Remind them, for thou art
but a remembrancer,
22 Thou art not at all a warder
over them.
23 But whoso is averse and disbelieveth,
24 Allah will punish him with
direst punishment.
25 Lo! unto Us is their return
26 And Ours their reckoning.
1 Praise the name of thy Lord
the Most High,
2 Who createth, then disposeth;
3 Who measureth, then guideth;
4 Who bringeth forth the pasturage,
5 Then turneth it to russet
stubble.
6 We shall make thee read (O
Muhammad) so that thou shalt not forget
7 Save that which Allah willeth.
Lo! He knoweth the disclosed and that which still is hidden;
8 And We shall ease thy way
unto the state of ease.
9 Therefor remind (men), for
of use is the reminder.
10 He will heed who feareth,
11 But the most hapless will
flout it,
12 He who will be flung to the
great Fire
13 Wherein he will neither die
nor live.
14 He is successful who groweth,
15 And remembereth the name
of his Lord, so prayeth,
16 But ye prefer the life of
the world
17 Although the Hereafter is
better and more lasting.
18 Lo! This is in the former
scrolls.
19 The Books of Abraham and
Moses.
1 By the heaven and the Morning
Star
2 - Ah, what will tell thee
what the Morning Star is!
3 - The piercing Star!
4 No human soul but hath a guardian
over it.
5 So let man consider from what
he is created.
6 He is created from a gushing
fluid
7 That issued from between the
loins and ribs.
8 Lo! He verily is Able to return
him (unto life)
9 On the day when hidden thoughts
shall be searched out.
10 Then will he have no might
nor any helper.
11 By the heaven which giveth
the returning rain,
12 And the earth which splitteth
(with the growth of trees and plants)
13 Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive
word,
14 It is no pleasantry.
15 Lo! they plot a plot (against
thee, O Muhammad)
16 And I plot a plot (against
them).
17 So give a respite to the
disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while.
1 By the heaven, holding mansions
of the stars,
2 And by the Promised Day.
3 And by the witness and that
whereunto he beareth testimony,
4 (Self-)destroyed were the
owners of the ditch
5 Of the fuel-fed fire,
6 When they sat by it,
7 And were themselves the witnesses
of what they did to the believers.
8 They had naught against them
save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Owner of Praise,
9 Him unto Whom belongeth the
Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness.
10 Lo! they who persecute believing
men and believing women and repent not, theirs verily will be the doom of hell,
and theirs the doom of burning.
11 Lo! those who believe and
do good works, theirs will be Gardens underneath which rivers flow. That is the
Great Success.
12 Lo! the punishment of thy
Lord is stern.
13 Lo! He it is Who produceth,
then reproduceth,
14 And He is the Forgiving,
the Loving,
15 Lord of the Throne of Glory,
16 Doer of what He will.
17 Hath there come unto thee
the story of the hosts
18 Of Pharaoh and (the tribe
of) Thamud ?
19 Nay, but those who disbelieve
live in denial
20 And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth
them.
21 Nay, but it is a glorious
Qur'an.
22 On a guarded tablet.
1 When the heaven is split asunder
2 And attentive to her Lord in fear,
3 And when the earth is spread out
4 And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
5 And attentive to her Lord in fear!
6 Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).
7 Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
8 He truly will receive an easy reckoning
9 And will return unto his folk in joy.
10 But whoso is given his account behind his back,
11 He surely will invoke destruction
12 And be thrown to scorching fire.
13 He verily lived joyous with his folk,
14 He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
15 Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
16 Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
17 And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
18 And by the moon when she is at the full,
19 That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
20 What aileth them, then, that they believe not
21 And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?
22 Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
23 And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
24 So give them tidings of a painful doom,
25 Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.
