The Koran [Paperback]

The Qur'an, a masterpiece of immense religious and literary value, is presented in a convenient, affordable edition for a new generation of readers. The earliest known work in Arabic prose, the Qur'an is divided into 114 "suras", or chapters, containing the religious, social, civil, commercial, military, and legal codes of Islam.John Medows Rodwell(1808–1900) published his acclaimed translation of the Koran in 1861.SURA I



KAF



In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful



PRAISE BE to God, Lord of the worlds!

The Compassionate, the Merciful!

King on the Day of Reckoning!

Thee only do we worship, and to Thee do we cry for help.

Guide Thou us on the straight path,

The path of those to whom Thou has been gracious;--with whom Thou art not angry, and who go not astray.



SURA II



THE COW



In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful



ELIF. LAM. Mim. No doubt is there about this Book: It is a guidance to the God-fearing,

Who believe in the Unseen, who observe prayer, and out of what We have bestowed on them, expend for God;

And who believe in what hath been sent down to thee, and in what hath been sent down before thee, and full faith have they in the life to come:

These are guided by their Lord; and with these it shall be well.

As to the infidels, alike is it to them whether Thou warn them or warn them not--they will not believe:

Their hearts and their ears hath God sealed up; and over their eyes is a covering. For them, a severe chastisement!

And some there are who say, "We believe in God, and in the latter day:" Yet are they not believers!

Fain would they deceive God and those who have believed; but they deceive themselves only, and know it not.

Diseased are their hearts! And that disease hath God increased to them. Theirs a sore chastisl³)