The Koran: Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed, Part 121Richard Alfred Davenport W. Tegg & Company, 1867 - 648 pages |
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... therein taken , and the numberless faults , both of omission and commission , leaving scarce any resemblance of the original . It was made near six hundred years ago , being finished in 1143 , by Robertus Retenensis , an Englishman ...
... therein taken , and the numberless faults , both of omission and commission , leaving scarce any resemblance of the original . It was made near six hundred years ago , being finished in 1143 , by Robertus Retenensis , an Englishman ...
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... therein , but many of them turned , and some artfully enough , to favour the Mohammedan system . From the design of the whole , and the frequent interpolations of stories and passages wherein Mohammed is spoken of and foretold by name ...
... therein , but many of them turned , and some artfully enough , to favour the Mohammedan system . From the design of the whole , and the frequent interpolations of stories and passages wherein Mohammed is spoken of and foretold by name ...
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... therein ; for the beautiful charac- ter they now use was first formed from the Cufic by Ebn Moklah , Wazîr ( or Visir ) to the Khalifs al Moktader , al Kâher , and al Râdi , who lived about 300 years after Mohammed , and was brought to ...
... therein ; for the beautiful charac- ter they now use was first formed from the Cufic by Ebn Moklah , Wazîr ( or Visir ) to the Khalifs al Moktader , al Kâher , and al Râdi , who lived about 300 years after Mohammed , and was brought to ...
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... therein even in our Saviour's time , that they are often reproved by him for it . " But as it is certain that the pagan Arabs used lustrations of this kind , long before the time of Mohammed , as most nations did , and still do in the ...
... therein even in our Saviour's time , that they are often reproved by him for it . " But as it is certain that the pagan Arabs used lustrations of this kind , long before the time of Mohammed , as most nations did , and still do in the ...
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... therein . Accordingly , at the aforesaid times , of which public notice is given by the Muedhdhins or Criers , from the steeples of their mosques ( for they use no bell ) , every conscientious Moslem prepares himself for prayer , which ...
... therein . Accordingly , at the aforesaid times , of which public notice is given by the Muedhdhins or Criers , from the steeples of their mosques ( for they use no bell ) , every conscientious Moslem prepares himself for prayer , which ...
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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 commanded creatures D'Herbel day of resurrection death Disc divine evil faith father favour fear follow genii give God's grievous Hareth 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 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 verses Vide Poc wherefore wicked words worship Yahya Zamakh Zamakhshari
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Page 292 - The glass is as it were a shining star. (This lamp is) kindled from a blessed tree, an olive neither of the East nor of the West, whose oil would almost glow forth (of itself) though no fire touched it. Light upon light.
Page 61 - And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. And I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the Lord have spoken it.
Page 1 - 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, not of those who go astray.
Page 435 - Youths which shall continue in their bloom for ever, shall go round about to attend them, with goblets, and beakers, and a cup of flowing wine; their heads shall not ache by drinking the same, neither shall their reason be disturbed...
Page 41 - ... she answered, LORD, how shall I have a son, since a man hath not touched me? the angel said, So GOD createth that which he pleaseth; when he decreeth a thing, he only saith unto it, Be, and it is...
Page 5 - God answered, Verily I know that which ye know not ; and he taught Adam the names of all things, and then proposed them to the angels, and said, Declare unto me the names of these things if ye say truth. They answered, Praise be unto thee, we have no knowledge but what thou teachest us, for thou art knowing and wise. God said, Oh Adam, tell them their names.
Page 12 - And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing : and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
Page 88 - Unto every one of you have we given a law, and an open path ; and if God had pleased, he had surely made you one people; but he hath thought fit to give you different laws, that he might try you in that which he hath given you respectively. Therefore strive to excel each other in good works : unto God shall ye all return, and then will he declare unto you that concerning which ye have disagreed.
Page 83 - Verily, I am with you: if ye observe prayer, and give alms, and believe in my apostles, and assist them, and lend unto God on good usury, I will surely expiate your evil deeds from you, and I will lead you into gardens, wherein rivers flow: but he among you who disbelieveth after this erreth from the straight path.
Page 65 - ... will take the left, but both of them must first pass the bridge, called in Arabic, al Sirat. which they say is laid over the midst of hell, and described to be finer than a hair, and sharper than the edge of a sword...