Gems from the Holy Qur’an
From the translation by Muhammad Asad (Leopold Weiss)
About the translator:
Muhammad Asad, Leopold Weiss, was born of Jewish parents in Livow, Austria (later Poland) in 1900, and at the age of 22 made his first visit to the Middle East. He later became an outstanding foreign correspondent for the Franfurter Zeitung, and after years of devoted study became one of the leading Muslim scholars of our age. His translation of the Holy Qur'an is one of the most lucid and well-referenced works in this category, dedicated to “li-qawmin yatafakkaroon” (people who think). Forwarded by Dr Ismat Kamal.
Chapter 16, Verses 127-128
Endure, then, with patience [all that they who deny the truth may say] – always remembering that it is none but God who gives thee the strength to endure adversity – and do not grieve over them, and neither be distressed by the false arguments which they devise: for, verily, God is with those who are conscious of Him who are doers of good withal!
Chapter 17, Verse 2
And [thus, too,] We vouchsafed revelation unto Moses, and made it a [source of] guidance for the children of Israel, [commanding them:] “Do not ascribe to any but Me the power to determine your fate, O you descendants of those whom We caused to be borne [in the ark] with Noah! Behold, he was a most grateful servant [of Ours]!”
Chapter 17, Verses 9-10
Verily, this Qur’an shows the way to all that is most upright, and gives the believers who do good deeds the glad tidings that theirs will be a great reward; and [it announces, too,] that We have readied grievous suffering for those who will not believe in the life to come.
Chapter 17, Verse 15
Whoever chooses to follow the right path, follows it for his own good; and whoever goes astray, goes but astray to his own hurt; and no bearer of burdens shall be made to bear another’s burden.
Moreover, We would never chastise [any community for the wrong they may do] ere We have sent an apostle [to them].
Chapter 17, Verses 22 – 25
Do not set up any other deity side by side with God, lest thou find thyself disgraced and forsaken: for thy Sustainer has ordained that you shall worship none but Him.
And do good unto [thy] parents. Should one them, or both, attain to old age in thy care, never say, “Ugh” to them or scold them, but [always] speak unto them with reverent speech, and spread over them humbly the wings of thy tenderness, and say: “O my Sustainer! Bestow Thy grace upon them, even as they cherished and reared me when I was a child!”
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