With the Pilgrims to Mecca: The Great Pilgrimages of A.H. 1319, A.D. 1902J. Lane, 1905 - 314 pages |
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Abraham Abú Allah angels Arab Arabian Ardashir asked bazaars Bedouins believe blessed Caliph called camels caravan cholera colour cried crowd dervish desert East Egyptian eyes face faith feet followers gates Hájí Hájj hands Harem head heart heaven Hegira Hejaz Hill of Arafat holy hour hundred Huseyn ihrám Imám Islám Jiddah journey Ka'bah Kaaba Kurán Labbaik less Lord Mecca Medina mercy moghavem mosque muezzins Muhammad Muhammadans mule Mullá Muslim Muzdalifah Nassir night Omar Paradise pardon passed peace Persian Persian pilgrims piastres piastres a yard pilgrimage pilgrims praise pray prayer priest Prophet raised reached religious repeated replied round sacred habit sacrifice Safá seven Seyyid Alí sheep Sherif Sheykh Eissa Shiah Shíráz side slave smile soul Stone Suez Syrian tents Thee thousand tion tomb tradition turned unto voice walls women word Yá-Allah yá-Moulai Zem-Zem Zú-'l-hijjah
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Page 73 - As he tasted a drop of water he was pierced in the mouth with a dart ; and his son and nephew, two beautiful youths, were killed in his arms. He lifted his hands to heaven ; they were full of blood, and he uttered a funeral prayer for the living and the dead.
Page 59 - ... will burst forth from its fruits ; and that this tree is so large, that a person, mounted on the fleetest horse, would not be able to gallop from one end of its shade to the other in one hundred years.
Page 269 - PRAISE be to God, the Lord of all creatures, the most merciful, the king of the day of judgment. Thee do we worship, and of thee do we beg assistance. Direct us in the right way, in the way of those to whom thou hast been gracious ; not of those against whom thou art incensed, nor of those who go astray...
Page 27 - GOD. and throw not yourselves with your own hands into perdition ; ' and do good, for GOD loveth those who do good. Perform the pilgrimage of Mecca, and the visitation of GOD ; and, if ye be besieged, send that offering which shall be the easiest ; and shave not your heads," until your offering reacheth the place of sacrifice.
Page 72 - ... according to the practice of the Arabs. The enemy advanced with reluctance; and one of their chiefs deserted, with thirty followers, to claim the partnership of inevitable death.
Page 134 - 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.
Page 116 - In his last illness, a friend going to visit him found him in tears, and asking him the reason of it, he answered, " How should I not weep? and who has more reason to weep than I? Would to God that for every question decided by me according to my own opinion I had received so many stripes! then would my accounts be easier. Would to God I had never given any decision of my own...
Page 286 - For I remember stopping by the way To watch a Potter thumping his wet Clay : And with its all-obliterated Tongue It murmur'd: 'Gently, Brother, gently, pray!
Page 28 - Abraham, saying, Do not associate anything with me; and cleanse my house for those who compass it, and who stand up, and who bow down to worship, and proclaim unto the people a solemn pilgrimage; let them come unto thee on foot, and on every lean camel, arriving from every distant road; that they may be witnesses of the advantages which accrue to them from the visiting this holy place...
Page 73 - ... two beautiful youths were killed in his arms. He lifted his hands to heaven, they were full of blood, and he uttered a funeral prayer for the living and the dead. In a transport of despair his sister issued from the tent, and adjured the general of the Cufians that he would not suffer Hosein...