Book Title: Quran Part 01
Author(s): E H Palmer
Publisher: Oxford

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________________ THE QUR'ÂN. LII, 28-42. 'Verily, we used to call on Him before; verily, He is the righteous, the compassionate!' Wherefore do thou1 remind them: for thou art, by the favour of thy Lord, neither a soothsayer nor mad! 250 Will they say, 'A poet; we wait for him the sad accidents of fate?' [30] Say, 'Wait ye then; for I too am of those who wait!' Do their dreams bid them this? or are they an outrageous people? Or will they say, 'He has invented it?'-nay, but they do not believe! But let them bring a discourse like it, if they tell the truth! [35] Or were they created of nothing, or were they the creators? Or did they create the heavens and the earth?-nay, but they are not sure! Or have they the treasures of thy Lord? or are they the governors supreme? Or have they a ladder whereon they can listen 2 ?— then let their listener bring obvious authority. Has He daughters, while ye have sons? [40] Or dost thou ask them a hire, while they are borne down by debt? Or have they the unseen, so that they write it down? Or do they desire a plot?-but those who misbelieve it is who are plotted against! 1 Addressed to Mohammed. 2 I. e. a ladder reaching to the gates of heaven, upon which they may stand and listen to the angels discoursing, as the devils do. See Part I, pp. 50, 51, note 2. Digitized by Google

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