Selections from the Kur-án, Volume 30; Volume 457Trübner, 1879 - 173 pages |
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Page xxi
... King of El - Heereh . Hátim begged them to alight and to accept of refreshment after the hot and dreary journey . He killed them a camel each , though one would have more than sufficed for the three ; and in return they wrote him verses ...
... King of El - Heereh . Hátim begged them to alight and to accept of refreshment after the hot and dreary journey . He killed them a camel each , though one would have more than sufficed for the three ; and in return they wrote him verses ...
Page xxii
... kings of the Arabs are their orators and poets , those who practise and who cele- brate all the virtues of the Bedawee . ' This ancient poetry of the Arabs is the reflection of the people's life . Far away from the trouble of the world ...
... kings of the Arabs are their orators and poets , those who practise and who cele- brate all the virtues of the Bedawee . ' This ancient poetry of the Arabs is the reflection of the people's life . Far away from the trouble of the world ...
Page xlvii
... , and sent ambassadors to the Nejáshee , the Christian king of Abyssinia , to demand that the refugees should be given up to them . But the Nejáshee assembled his bishops and sent for the Muslims and asked them МОНАММAD . xlvii.
... , and sent ambassadors to the Nejáshee , the Christian king of Abyssinia , to demand that the refugees should be given up to them . But the Nejáshee assembled his bishops and sent for the Muslims and asked them МОНАММAD . xlvii.
Page xlviii
... king ! we lived in ignorance , idolatry , and unchas- tity ; the strong oppressed the weak ; we spoke untruth ; we ... king and the bishops wept upon their beards . And the king dismissed the messengers and would not give up the men ...
... king ! we lived in ignorance , idolatry , and unchas- tity ; the strong oppressed the weak ; we spoke untruth ; we ... king and the bishops wept upon their beards . And the king dismissed the messengers and would not give up the men ...
Page lix
... king . Though he came as a fugitive , rejected as an impostor by his own citizens , yet it was not long before his word was supreme in his adopted city . He had to rule over a mixed and divided people , and this must have helped him to ...
... king . Though he came as a fugitive , rejected as an impostor by his own citizens , yet it was not long before his word was supreme in his adopted city . He had to rule over a mixed and divided people , and this must have helped him to ...
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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