Selections from the Kur-án, Volume 30; Volume 457Trübner, 1879 - 173 pages |
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Page xxii
... of Arab life , and abounds in those anecdotes which reveal more of the character of the people than whole volumes of ethnological treatise . lived his happy child's life , enjoying to the uttermost xxii INTRODUCTION .
... of Arab life , and abounds in those anecdotes which reveal more of the character of the people than whole volumes of ethnological treatise . lived his happy child's life , enjoying to the uttermost xxii INTRODUCTION .
Page lix
... revealed the hero , the master whom it was alike impossible to disobey and impossible not to love . Henceforward it is only a question of time . As the men of Medina come to know Moḥammad , they too will devote themselves to him body ...
... revealed the hero , the master whom it was alike impossible to disobey and impossible not to love . Henceforward it is only a question of time . As the men of Medina come to know Moḥammad , they too will devote themselves to him body ...
Page lxii
... the patriarchs and prophets , revealed from heaven . Not satisfied with tormenting Mohammad with questions on that Tórah which they were always wrangling about them- selves , they took hold of the every day formulas lxii INTRODUCTION .
... the patriarchs and prophets , revealed from heaven . Not satisfied with tormenting Mohammad with questions on that Tórah which they were always wrangling about them- selves , they took hold of the every day formulas lxii INTRODUCTION .
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... revealed to him well- nigh made his hair turn white . ' No collection of these revelations was made during Moḥammad's lifetime ; at his death , the Kurán existed only as scattered chaotically among the believers . But about a year later ...
... revealed to him well- nigh made his hair turn white . ' No collection of these revelations was made during Moḥammad's lifetime ; at his death , the Kurán existed only as scattered chaotically among the believers . But about a year later ...
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... revealed at Mekka , and those revealed during the Medina period . Further , he divides the Mekkan division into three groups.1 1 It may be interesting to some readers to judge for themselves of the different characteristics of these ...
... revealed at Mekka , and those revealed during the Medina period . Further , he divides the Mekkan division into three groups.1 1 It may be interesting to some readers to judge for themselves of the different characteristics of these ...
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