 | 1884 - 408 pages
...which is decreed.' The festivities ceased not for the space of forty days, and on the one-and-fortieth day, they made the bride's procession and all the...the princess said to him, ' O my lord, God preserve thee! What ails thee, that thou art troubled ? ' Quoth he, ' And how should I be other than troubled,... | |
 | 1884 - 408 pages
...second time, when, behold, it fell upon a dead body, and the head came up in his hand. He threw it down, saying, ' There is no power and no virtue save in God the Most High ! ' and took refuge in one of the cabinets of the bath. Presently, the prefect stopped at the door... | |
 | Leonard C. Smithers - 1894 - 450 pages
...retaliate upon thy temple ! " brought him in to Princess Dunya and he sat down on the high diwan ; after which they let fall the curtains and shut the...and sat awhile sorrowful and saying, " There is no Majesty and there is no Might save in Allah, the Glorious, the Great ! " Quoth the Princess, " O my... | |
 | 1901 - 320 pages
...deemed of him that he was the Prophet (whom God bless and keep) or one of the pious Friends of God ? But there is no power and no virtue save in God the Most High, the Supreme. By Allah.- I did well in that I acquainted none with my sallying forth neither related my dream unto... | |
 | 1901 - 338 pages
...brother's bidding and released all but the young Damascene, who abode still in' the Prison of Blood, saying, " There is no power and no virtue save in God the Most High, the Sublime I Verily, we are God's and to Him we return." Then said £1 Fezl to the gaoler, " Is there... | |
 | 1901 - 340 pages
...away, what while he wept and spoke the words which whoso saith shall nowise be confounded, to wit, "There is no power and no virtue save in God the Most High, the Sublime I " When they came to the Tigris, one of them drew the sword upon him and El Muradi said to... | |
 | 1901 - 422 pages
...beasts came to the spring to drink ; but when they saw him, they took fright and fled. Then said he, ' There is no power and no virtue save in God the Most High! I am resting here, to the hurt of the beasts and fowls.' So he rose and went on, blaming himself and... | |
 | 1901 - 446 pages
...Sing ye till I come back to you.' Then, taking up a knife half a cubit long, she made towards him, saying, ' There is no power and no virtue save in God the Mo«t High, the Supreme I ' When Ibrahim saw this, he [well-nigh] lost his wits ; but, when she drew... | |
 | Shalom Goldman - 1995 - 228 pages
...their wiles escape unharmed away. When the two Kings heard this they marvelled and said "Allah, Allah, there is no power and no virtue save in God the most High, the Supreme! We seek aid of God against the wiles of women, for indeed their craft is great.46 This encounter fuels... | |
 | 1901 - 338 pages
...away, what while he wept and spoke the words which whoso saith shall nowise be confounded, to wit, " There is no power and no virtue save in God the Most High, the Sublime 1 " When they came to the Tigris, one of them drew the sword upon him and El Muradi said to... | |
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Dunya and he sat down on the high divan ; after which they let fall the curtains and shut the doors and withdrew, leaving him alone with his bride; whereupon he smote hand upon hand and sat awhile sorrowful and saying, "There is no Majesty and there is... 