Or He giveth them children of both sexes, and He maketh whom He will to be childless; for He is Wise, Powerful!
It is not for man that God should speak with him but by vision, or from behind a veil:
Or, He sendeth a messenger to reveal, by his permission, what He will: for He is Exalted, Wise!
Thus have we sent the Spirit (Gabriel10) to thee with a revelation, by our command. Thou knewest not, ere this, what "the Book" was, or what the faith. But we have ordained it for a light: by it will we guide whom we please of our servants. And thou shalt surely guide into the right way,
The way of God, whose is all that the Heaven and the Earth contain. Shall not all things return to God?
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1 See Sura lxviii. 1, p. 32.
2 Mecca.
3 Jews and Christians.
4 Or, nachdem ihm (Mohamed) die Lehre geworden. Ullm. Postquam responsum fuit illi (id est, Mahumeto de Religione manifestanda). Mar.