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... of Arabs wholly ignorant of the mode by which learning " is taught , of the art of composing works and of the means by which knowledge is enregistered ; for to these points they had not hitherto directed " their attention .
... of Arabs wholly ignorant of the mode by which learning " is taught , of the art of composing works and of the means by which knowledge is enregistered ; for to these points they had not hitherto directed " their attention .
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... and it seems a point on which all the readers agree ; but , in my opinion , it cannot be exact , for Abd Allah Ibn Idris al - Audi , who learned the readings of the Koran under Ibn Kathir , was born A.H. 115 ; and how could he have ...
... and it seems a point on which all the readers agree ; but , in my opinion , it cannot be exact , for Abd Allah Ibn Idris al - Audi , who learned the readings of the Koran under Ibn Kathir , was born A.H. 115 ; and how could he have ...
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... A. D. 884 ) ; but this point is not well established , as some say that he died in A. H. 271 , others in A.H. 296 , on the first of Rajab , or on the 15th of that month ( April , A. H. 909 ) , and this last opinion is nearest to the ...
... A. D. 884 ) ; but this point is not well established , as some say that he died in A. H. 271 , others in A.H. 296 , on the first of Rajab , or on the 15th of that month ( April , A. H. 909 ) , and this last opinion is nearest to the ...
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( 8 ) In this work he points out the mistakes into which Abū Obaida had fallen . ( 9 ) The subject of this work is not specified by Hajji Khalifa . ( 10 ) The anwa are the mansions of the moon in the Zodiac . The ancient Arabs imagined ...
( 8 ) In this work he points out the mistakes into which Abū Obaida had fallen . ( 9 ) The subject of this work is not specified by Hajji Khalifa . ( 10 ) The anwa are the mansions of the moon in the Zodiac . The ancient Arabs imagined ...
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... of notes composed to clear up obscure passages in an author and supply his omis- sions ; a sort of commentary , in fact . Ad - Dabūsi's were of the latter kind . ( 2 ) This is a treatise on the dogmas and the secondary points of the ...
... of notes composed to clear up obscure passages in an author and supply his omis- sions ; a sort of commentary , in fact . Ad - Dabūsi's were of the latter kind . ( 2 ) This is a treatise on the dogmas and the secondary points of the ...
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