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The poet Zū ' r - Rumma composed a number of splendid poems in praise of Bilāl , and in the following verse , addressed to his camel , he alludes to him also : When thou reachest Bilal the ( grand ) son of Abū Mūsa ( thy toils are at an ...
The poet Zū ' r - Rumma composed a number of splendid poems in praise of Bilāl , and in the following verse , addressed to his camel , he alludes to him also : When thou reachest Bilal the ( grand ) son of Abū Mūsa ( thy toils are at an ...
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O Saad ! thou hast spoken to me of my beloved and increased my folly ; speak yet more to me , O Saad ! My heart shall never know any love but that I bear her ! it is a love without beginning and without end ( 7 ) .
O Saad ! thou hast spoken to me of my beloved and increased my folly ; speak yet more to me , O Saad ! My heart shall never know any love but that I bear her ! it is a love without beginning and without end ( 7 ) .
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On this , Ibn Wahb looked up and replied : " Is that the utmost extent of thy wisdom ? dost thou not " know that the learned shall be raised to life with the prophets , and the kądis " with the princes ? " ( 8 ) -Ibn Wahb was a man of ...
On this , Ibn Wahb looked up and replied : " Is that the utmost extent of thy wisdom ? dost thou not " know that the learned shall be raised to life with the prophets , and the kądis " with the princes ? " ( 8 ) -Ibn Wahb was a man of ...
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... he approached with outstretched arms , with wishes and supplications , but it rose far beyond his reach ; it was too exalted to abide his " proximity , and yet he was a prophet . We therefore rest amazed as thou hast seen ...
... he approached with outstretched arms , with wishes and supplications , but it rose far beyond his reach ; it was too exalted to abide his " proximity , and yet he was a prophet . We therefore rest amazed as thou hast seen ...
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Miracle of beauty ! thou in whose face alone the Creator employed his utmost " care ! it could not have harmed thee hadst thou given me , on the day of our separa- " tion , a sign of recognition with thy eye or with thy hand .
Miracle of beauty ! thou in whose face alone the Creator employed his utmost " care ! it could not have harmed thee hadst thou given me , on the day of our separa- " tion , a sign of recognition with thy eye or with thy hand .
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| Title | Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, Volume 2 Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, Ibn Khallikān Volume 57 of Oriental Translation Fund Volume 57 of Publications (Oriental translation fund) |
| Author | Ibn Khallikān |
| Translated by | William MacGuckin baron de Slane |
| Publisher | Oriental translation fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1843 |
| Original from | Barcelona Athenaeum Library |
| Digitized | 21 Jan 2010 |
| Length | 616 pages |
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