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Quotes from The Koran — George Sale

1697–1736 England

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Wheresoever ye be, death will overtake you, although ye be in lofty towers.

The Koran (1734)

As for him who voluntarily performeth a good work, verily God is grateful and knowing.

The Koran (1734)

If God should punish men according to what they deserve, he would not leave on the back of the earth so much as a beast.

The Koran (1734)

God obligeth no man to more than he hath given him ability to perform.

The Koran (1734)

Wherever ye be, God will bring you all back at the resurrection.

The Koran (1734)

God loveth not the speaking ill of any one in public.

The Koran (1734)

Turn, therefore, thy face towards the holy temple of Mecca, and wherever ye be, turn your faces towards that place.

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Woe be unto those who pray, and who are negligent at their prayer who play the hypocrites, and deny necessaries to the needy.

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Whosoever flieth from his country for the sake of God’s true religion, shall find in the earth many forced to do the same, and plenty of provisions.

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Your God is one God, there is no God but He, the most merciful.

The Koran (1734)

Let not thy hand be tied up to thy neck, neither open it with an unbounded expansion, lest thou become worthy of reprehension, and be reduced to poverty.

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O true believers, take your necessary precautions against your enemies, and either go forth to war in separate parties, or go forth all together in a body.

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O men, ... respect women who have borne you.

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Fight for the religion of God.

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Of his mercy he hath made for you the night and the day, that ye may rest in the one, and may seek to obtain provision for yourself of his abundance, by your industry, in the other.

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O unbelievers, I will not worship that which ye worship, nor will ye worship that which I worship. ... Ye have your religion, and I my religion.

The Koran (1734)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: George Sale (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.