A comprehensive commentary on the Qurán, comprising Sale's tr. and prelim. discourse, with additional notes and emendations by E.M. Wherry, Volume 3Elwood Morris Wherry 1882 |
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... created the heavens and the earth in wisdom ? If he please he can destroy you , and produce a new creature in your stead : ( 23 ) neither will this be difficult with GOD . ( 24 ) And they shall all come forth into the presence of GOD at ...
... created the heavens and the earth in wisdom ? If he please he can destroy you , and produce a new creature in your stead : ( 23 ) neither will this be difficult with GOD . ( 24 ) And they shall all come forth into the presence of GOD at ...
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... created the heavens and the earth ; and causeth water to descend from heaven , and by means thereof produceth fruits for your sustenance : and by his command he obligeth the ships to sail in the sea for your service ; and he also ...
... created the heavens and the earth ; and causeth water to descend from heaven , and by means thereof produceth fruits for your sustenance : and by his command he obligeth the ships to sail in the sea for your service ; and he also ...
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... created of clay - the genii of fire . Iblis among the angels refuses to worship Adam . He is cursed and respited until the judgment Satan declares to God his purpose to seduce men . The elect are safe from Satan's power The seven gates ...
... created of clay - the genii of fire . Iblis among the angels refuses to worship Adam . He is cursed and respited until the judgment Satan declares to God his purpose to seduce men . The elect are safe from Satan's power The seven gates ...
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... created man of dried clay , of black mud , formed into shape : ( 27 ) and we had before created the ( 28 ) And remember when thy LORD said unto the angels , Verily I am about to create man of dried clay , of black mud , wrought into ...
... created man of dried clay , of black mud , formed into shape : ( 27 ) and we had before created the ( 28 ) And remember when thy LORD said unto the angels , Verily I am about to create man of dried clay , of black mud , wrought into ...
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... created the heavens and the earth , and whatever is contained between them , otherwise than in justice : and the hour of judgment shall surely come . Wherefore , O Muhammad , forgive thy people with a gracious forgiveness . ( 86 ) ...
... created the heavens and the earth , and whatever is contained between them , otherwise than in justice : and the hour of judgment shall surely come . Wherefore , O Muhammad , forgive thy people with a gracious forgiveness . ( 86 ) ...
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Page 333 - And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither : so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
Page 166 - Yet they are not all alike: there are of those who have received the scriptures, upright people; they meditate on the signs of God in the night season, and worship ; they believe in God and the last day; and command that which is just, and forbid that which is unjust, and zealously strive to excel in good works : these are of the righteous.
Page 344 - His is the kingdom of heaven and earth; and unto God shall all things return. He causeth the night to succeed the day, and he causeth the day to succeed the night; and he knoweth the innermost part of men's breasts.
Page 295 - Who laid the foundations of the earth, That it should not be moved for ever.
Page 332 - And we made the wind subject unto Solomon: it blew in the morning for a month, and in the evening for a month. And we made a fountain of molten brass to flow for him. And some of the genii were obliged to work in his presence, by the will of his Lord; and whoever of them turned aside from our command, we will cause him to taste the pain of hell fire.
Page 144 - And in the people's absence he went into the temple where the idols stood, and he brake them all in pieces, except the biggest of them; that they might lay the blame upon that.