Selections from the Kur-án, Volume 30; Volume 457Trübner, 1879 - 173 pages |
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Page xv
... fathers mighty . To the best of the uplands we wend , and when the season comes we travel adown to the best of fruitful valleys . Like rain of the heaven are we : there is not in all our line one blunt of heart , nor among us is counted ...
... fathers mighty . To the best of the uplands we wend , and when the season comes we travel adown to the best of fruitful valleys . Like rain of the heaven are we : there is not in all our line one blunt of heart , nor among us is counted ...
Page xxix
... father for his daughters . Infanticide , which is com- monly attributed to the whole Arab nation of every age before Islám , was in reality exceedingly rare in the desert , and after almost dying out only revived about the time of ...
... father for his daughters . Infanticide , which is com- monly attributed to the whole Arab nation of every age before Islám , was in reality exceedingly rare in the desert , and after almost dying out only revived about the time of ...
Page xxxv
... fathers have lost much of that nobleness of character which in their ancestors covered a multitude of sins . Moḥammad in part destroyed the Arab and created the Muslim . The last is no amends for the first . The modern Bedawee is ...
... fathers have lost much of that nobleness of character which in their ancestors covered a multitude of sins . Moḥammad in part destroyed the Arab and created the Muslim . The last is no amends for the first . The modern Bedawee is ...
Page xxxviii
... father and mother . Such is the bare outline of Mohammad's childhood ; and of his youth we know about as little , though the Arabian biographies abound in legends , of which some may be true and most are certainly false . There are ...
... father and mother . Such is the bare outline of Mohammad's childhood ; and of his youth we know about as little , though the Arabian biographies abound in legends , of which some may be true and most are certainly false . There are ...
Page xlv
... fathers , yet the old man loved him none the less , and said , when he heard of ' Alee's conversion , ' Well , my son , he will not call thee to aught save what is good ; wherefore thou art free to cleave unto him . ' A priceless aid ...
... fathers , yet the old man loved him none the less , and said , when he heard of ' Alee's conversion , ' Well , my son , he will not call thee to aught save what is good ; wherefore thou art free to cleave unto him . ' A priceless aid ...
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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