Title: The Koran, commonly called the Alkoran of Mohammed
Author: George Sale (trans)
Publisher: Frederick Warne, the Chandos Classics. No date, probably late 1800s.
Condition: Hardcover. Top edge of front cover slightly damaged, small tears to edge of advertisements at the back, text unaffected. Tanned edges and uncut pages. Binding tight, text clean.
Excerpts:
Chapter CXII
Entitled, the Declaration of God’s Unity; Where it was revealed is disputed
In the name of The Most Merciful God
Say, God is one God; the eternal God: he begetteth not, neither is he begotten: and there is not any one like unto him.
Chapter CII
Entitled, The Emulous Desire of Multiplying, Where it was revealed is disputed
In the name of The Most Merciful God
The emulous desire of multiplying riches and children employeth you, until you visit the graves. By no means should ye thus employ your time: hereafter shall ye know your folly. Again, By no means: hereafter shall ye know your folly. By no means: if ye knew the consequence hereof with certainty of knowledge, ye would not act thus. Verily ye shall see hell: again, ye shall surely see it with the eye of certainty. Then shall ye be examined, on that day, concerning the pleasures with which ye have amused yourselves in this life.
About George Sale (from Wikipedia):
George Sale (1697 – 1736) was an Orientalist and practising solicitor, best known for his 1734 translation of the Qur’an into English. He was also author of The General Dictionary, in ten volumes, folio.