Selections from the Kur-án, Volume 30; Volume 457Trübner, 1879 - 173 pages |
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Page vii
... of the beginnings of Islám . I have tried to bring home to the reader the little we know of the early Arabs ; then to draw the picture of the great Arab prophet and his work ; to show what are the salient points of Islám ; and PREFACE .
... of the beginnings of Islám . I have tried to bring home to the reader the little we know of the early Arabs ; then to draw the picture of the great Arab prophet and his work ; to show what are the salient points of Islám ; and PREFACE .
Page xii
... bring to its feet the kingdoms of the world . It is not all Arabia of which I speak . The story to tell has nothing as yet to say to the ' happy ' tilled lands of the south , nor to the outlying princedoms of El - Heereh and Ghassán ...
... bring to its feet the kingdoms of the world . It is not all Arabia of which I speak . The story to tell has nothing as yet to say to the ' happy ' tilled lands of the south , nor to the outlying princedoms of El - Heereh and Ghassán ...
Page xiii
... bring about a strange sense of delight and exultation , a bounding - up of spirits held in long restraint , an unknown nimbleness of wit and limb . The Arabs felt all this and more in their bright imaginative souls . A few would settle ...
... bring about a strange sense of delight and exultation , a bounding - up of spirits held in long restraint , an unknown nimbleness of wit and limb . The Arabs felt all this and more in their bright imaginative souls . A few would settle ...
Page xiv
... brings near to us our days of doom , but their dooms shrink from death and stand far distant . There dies among us no lord a quiet death in his bed , and never is blood of us poured forth without vengeance . 1 i.e. , the glory of the ...
... brings near to us our days of doom , but their dooms shrink from death and stand far distant . There dies among us no lord a quiet death in his bed , and never is blood of us poured forth without vengeance . 1 i.e. , the glory of the ...
Page xx
... Bring them here , ' said Ḥátim . His wife asked him what he would do , for if he could not feed his own children , how should he find food for this woman's ? ' Do not disturb thyself , ' he an- swered . Now Hátim had a horse renowned ...
... Bring them here , ' said Ḥátim . His wife asked him what he would do , for if he could not feed his own children , how should he find food for this woman's ? ' Do not disturb thyself , ' he an- swered . Now Hátim had a horse renowned ...
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Abraham angels answered apostle Arab Arabia asked assuredly Bedawee believe bestowed brother brought camels cast cause chief children of Israel Christians clan cleave asunder command Compassionate death desert devil divine earth EDWARD WILLIAM LANE Egypt enemy evil faith father fear followed Gabriel greater number hand hath Hátim heart heaven honour idols Ishmael Islám Jesus Jews jinn Joseph Kaabeh Khadeejeh kill king knew knoweth Kurán Kureysh land lapwing Medina Mekka Mekkeh mercy messenger Midian Moḥammad Mohammadan Moses Moses said unto mother Muslims namely night Noah Paradise Pentateuch Pharaoh prayer prophet punishment religion replied revealed Royal Asiatic Society say unto sent servants Sho'eyb signs slave slay Solomon soorahs soul Syria taught therein thereof things Thou art thou hast thou shalt throne thy Lord tion took tradition tribes truth unbelievers unto thee Verily verses wherefore whereupon wife woman women words worship Yethrib