The Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of MohammedJ. B. Lippincott, 1860 - 802 pages |
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... commentators . † The English version is no other than a translation of du Ryer's , and that a very bad one ; for Alexander Ross , who did it , being utterly unacquainted with the Arabic , and no great master of the French , has added a ...
... commentators . † The English version is no other than a translation of du Ryer's , and that a very bad one ; for Alexander Ross , who did it , being utterly unacquainted with the Arabic , and no great master of the French , has added a ...
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... commentators , and that generally in their own words , for whose opinions or expressions , where liable to censure , I am not answerable ; my province being only fair- ly to represent their expositions , and the little I have added of ...
... commentators , and that generally in their own words , for whose opinions or expressions , where liable to censure , I am not answerable ; my province being only fair- ly to represent their expositions , and the little I have added of ...
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... commentators to which place of the two they belong . Every chapter is subdivided into smaller portions , of very unequal length also , which we customarily call verses ; but the Arabic word is Ayât , the same with the Hebrew Ototh , and ...
... commentators to which place of the two they belong . Every chapter is subdivided into smaller portions , of very unequal length also , which we customarily call verses ; but the Arabic word is Ayât , the same with the Hebrew Ototh , and ...
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... commentators believed to be of divine original , no less than the text itself ; but the more moderate are of opinion they are only human additions , and not the very word of God . There are twenty - nine chapters of the Korân , which ...
... commentators believed to be of divine original , no less than the text itself ; but the more moderate are of opinion they are only human additions , and not the very word of God . There are twenty - nine chapters of the Korân , which ...
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... commentators are so very numerous . And it may not be amiss to take notice of the rules they observe in expounding it . One of the most learned commentators distinguishes the contents of the Koran into allegorical and literal . The ...
... commentators are so very numerous . And it may not be amiss to take notice of the rules they observe in expounding it . One of the most learned commentators distinguishes the contents of the Koran into allegorical and literal . The ...
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Abraham Abu Jahl Abulfed Abulfeda according afterwards Al Beidâwi alms angels answered apostle Arabs Beidâwi called cause chap chapter children of Israel Christians command creatures D'Herbel day of resurrection death Disc divine evil faith father favour fear follow genii give God's grievous hath created hearts hell fire honour ibid Idem idolaters idolatry idols infidels inhabitants INTITLED Jallalo'ddin Jesus Jews judgment knoweth Korân Koreish Medina mercy Mohammed Mohammed's Mohammedans Moses Moslems night Noah opinion paradise passage was revealed Pentateuch person Pharaoh pleaseth prayer Prelim pretend prophet punishment received religion REVEALED AT MECCA reward Savary say unto scriptures sect sent down unto servants signifies signs unto soul Spec suppose surely Syria Thamud therein thereof things thou shalt thy LORD tribe true believers truth ubi sup unbelievers unto thee Verily verse Vide Poc wherefore wicked words worship Yahya Zamakh Zamakhshari
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Page 308 - Solomon travelled, the eastern writers say, "he had a carpet of green silk on which his throne was placed, being of a prodigious length and breadth, and sufficient for all his forces to stand upon, the men placing themselves on his right hand and the spirits on his left ; and that when all were in order, the wind, at his command, took up the carpet, and transported it with all that were upon it, wherever he pleased ; the army of birds at the same time flying over their heads, and forming a kind of...
Page 68 - ... enriched with gold and silver, and that the trunks of all its trees are of gold; among which the most remarkable is the tree called Tuba, or the tree of happiness.
Page 98 - I had said so, thou wouldst surely have known it: thou knowest what is in me, but I know not what is in thee; for thou art the knower of secrets. I have not spoken to them any other than what thou didst command me; namely, Worship God, my Lord and your Lord...
Page 492 - READ in the name of thy Lord, who hath created all things; who hath created man of congealed blood. Read, by thy most beneficent Lord; who taught the use of the pen; who teacheth man that which he knoweth not.
Page 9 - Verily they who believe, and those who Judaize, and the Sabians, and the Christians, whoever of them believeth in God and the last day, and doth that which is right, there shall come no fear on them, neither shall they be grieved.
Page 61 - And if a man or woman's substance be inherited by a distant relation, and he or she have a brother or sister ; each of them two shall have a sixth part of the estate. But if there be more than this number, they shall be equal sharers in a third part, after payment of the legacies which shall be bequeathed, and the debts, without prejudice to the heirs.
Page 17 - We believe in God, and that which has been sent down unto us, and that which hath been sent down unto Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the Tribes, and that which was delivered unto Moses and Jesus, and that which was delivered unto the prophets from their Lord; we make no distinction between any of them...
Page 46 - We believe in GOD, and that which hath been sent down unto us, and that which hath been sent down unto ABRAHAM, and ISMAEL, and ISAAC, and JACOB, and the tribes ; and that which was delivered unto MOSES, and JESUS, and that which was delivered unto the prophets from their LORD : we make no distinction between any of them, and to GOD are we resigned.
Page 36 - Oreitah, an idolater whom they had hired for a guide. In this cave they lay hid three days, to avoid the search of their enemies ; which they very narrowly escaped, and not without the assistance of more miracles than one ; for some say that the Koreish were struck with blindness, so that they could not find the cave ; others, that, after Mahomet and his companions were got in, two pigeons laid their eggs at the entrance, and a spider covered the mouth of the cave with her web, which made them look...
Page 57 - They describe this monster, as to her form, to be a compound of various species, having the head of a bull, the eyes of a hog, the ears of an elephant, the horns of a stag, the neck of an ostrich, the breast of a lion, the colour of a tiger, the back of a cat, the tail of a ram, the legs of a camel, and the voice of an ass. Some say...