Selections from the Kur-án, Volume 30; Volume 457Trübner, 1879 - 173 pages |
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Page xxi
... means of paying the ransom . But he was not wont to allow any difficulties to baulk him of the exercise of his duty , and he had the prisoner released , stepping mean- while into his chains until his own clan should send the ransom ...
... means of paying the ransom . But he was not wont to allow any difficulties to baulk him of the exercise of his duty , and he had the prisoner released , stepping mean- while into his chains until his own clan should send the ransom ...
Page xxvi
... of Ignorance , ' and Mohammad must have derived his mean opinion of women from a too general impression among his countrymen . The marriage tie was certainly very loose among the ancient Arabs . The cere- xxvi INTRODUCTION .
... of Ignorance , ' and Mohammad must have derived his mean opinion of women from a too general impression among his countrymen . The marriage tie was certainly very loose among the ancient Arabs . The cere- xxvi INTRODUCTION .
Page xlv
... mean augury for the future of the religion ! Five converts followed in Aboo - Bekr's steps ; among them ' Othmán , the third Khalif , and Talhah , the man of war . The ranks of the faithful were swelled from humbler sources . There were ...
... mean augury for the future of the religion ! Five converts followed in Aboo - Bekr's steps ; among them ' Othmán , the third Khalif , and Talhah , the man of war . The ranks of the faithful were swelled from humbler sources . There were ...
Page xlvii
... mean satisfaction of torturing the black slaves who had joined the obnoxious faction . They exposed them on the scorching sand , and withheld water till they recanted - which they did , only to profess the faith once more when they were ...
... mean satisfaction of torturing the black slaves who had joined the obnoxious faction . They exposed them on the scorching sand , and withheld water till they recanted - which they did , only to profess the faith once more when they were ...
Page lviii
... mean ? What is reality , what is truth ? Long months , years perhaps , we know not how long and weary , filled with the tortures of doubt and the despair of ever attaining to the truth , filled with the dreary thought of his aloneness ...
... mean ? What is reality , what is truth ? Long months , years perhaps , we know not how long and weary , filled with the tortures of doubt and the despair of ever attaining to the truth , filled with the dreary thought of his aloneness ...
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