They have no patron beside Him, nor does He let any one share in His judgment. So, recite what thou art inspired with of the Book of thy Lord ; there is no changing His words; nor shalt thou ever find a refuge beside Him; and keep thyself patient, with those who call upon their Lord morning and evening, desiring His face ; nor let thine eyes be turned from them, desiring the adornment of the life of this world ; and obey not him[1] whose heart we have made heedless of remembrance of us, and who follows his lusts, for his affair is ever in advance (of the truth).
But say, ‘ The truth is from your Lord, so let him who will, believe; and let him who will, disbelieve.’ Verily, we have prepared for the evildoers a fire, sheets of which shall encompass them ; and if they cry for help, they shall be helped with water like molten brass, which shall roast their faces : — an ill drink and an evil couch !
Verily, those who believe and act aright, — verily, we will not waste the hire of him who does good works.
30 These, for them are gardens of Eden ; beneath them rivers flow; they shall be adorned therein with bracelets of gold, and shall wear green robes of silk, and of brocade ; reclining therein on
- ↑ Said to refer to Ommâiyet ibn ʿHalf, who had requested Mohammed to give up his poorer followers to please the Qurâis; see Chapter Ⅵ, verse 52.
of the idiom and the explanation given by the commentators Al Bâidhâvî and Jalâlâin, to whom Sale refers. The meaning is that which I have given, and the idiom is equivalent to that which occurs in a passage of Harîrî, Maqâmah 3 (p. 30, De Sacy’s first edition), akrim bihi, ‘ how noble it is !’ abzar bihi being equivalent to mâ abzarahu, ‘ how observant He is !’
