But if they turn aside from thee, yet we have not sent thee to be their guardian. 'Tis thine but to preach. When we cause man to taste our gifts of mercy, he rejoiceth in it; but if for their by-gone handy-work evil betide them, then lo! is man ungrateful. God's, the kingdom of the Heavens and of the Earth! He createth what He will! and he giveth daughters to whom He will, and sons to whom He will: Or He giveth them children of both sexes, and He maketh whom He will to be childless; for He is Wise, Powerful! It is not for man that God should speak with him but by vision, or from behind a veil: Or, He sendeth a messenger to reveal, by his permission, what He will: for He is Exalted, Wise! Thus have we sent the Spirit (Gabriel10) to thee with a revelation, by our command. Thou knewest not, ere this, what "the Book" was, or what the faith. But we have ordained it for a light: by it will we guide whom we please of our servants. And thou shalt surely guide into the right way, The way of God, whose is all that the Heaven and the Earth contain. Shall not all things return to God? _______________________ 1 See Sura lxviii. 1, p. 32. 2 Mecca. 3 Jews and Christians. 4 Or, nachdem ihm (Mohamed) die Lehre geworden. Ullm. Postquam responsum fuit illi (id est, Mahumeto de Religione manifestanda). Mar. 5 The law contained in the Koran. 6 Isai. v. 19. 7 Comp. Gal. vi. 7, 8. 8 That is, deprive thee of the Prophetic mission; or, fortify thee with patience against the calumny of forging lies of God. Thus Mar. If this latter interpretation be adopted, the remainder of the verse must be rendered: And God will abolish the lie and, etc. 9 Lit. he will increase them. Comp. Ps. cxv. 14. 10 Thus Beidhawi. SURA X.–JONAH, PEACE BE ON HIM! [LXXXIV.] MECCA.–109 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful ELIF. LAM. RA.1 These are the signs of the wise Book! A matter of wonderment is it to the men of Mecca, that to a person among themselves We revealed, "Bear warnings to the people: and, to those who believe, bear the good tidings that they shall have with their Lord the precedence merited by their sincerity." The unbelievers say, "Verily this is a manifest sorcerer." Verily your Lord is God who hath made the Heavens and the Earth in six days– then mounted his throne to rule all things: None can intercede with him till after his permission: This is God your Lord: therefore serve him: Will ye not reflect? Unto Him shall ye return, all together: the promise of God is sure: He produceth a creature, then causeth it to return again–that he may reward those who believe and do the things that are right, with equity: but as for the infidels!–for them the draught that boileth and an afflictive torment– because they have not believed.