Selections from the Kur-án, Volume 30; Volume 457Trübner, 1879 - 173 pages |
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Page xxi
... sent him away from the camp to guard the camels , which were pastured at a distance . Sitting there in a state of solitude little congenial to his nature , Ḥátim lifted his eyes and saw a caravan approaching . It was the caravan of ...
... sent him away from the camp to guard the camels , which were pastured at a distance . Sitting there in a state of solitude little congenial to his nature , Ḥátim lifted his eyes and saw a caravan approaching . It was the caravan of ...
Page xxiii
... sent him , delighting in the face that Nature showed him , inspired by the glorious breath of the deserts that were his home . His poetry rings of that desert life . It is emotional , passionate , seldom reflective . Not the end of life ...
... sent him , delighting in the face that Nature showed him , inspired by the glorious breath of the deserts that were his home . His poetry rings of that desert life . It is emotional , passionate , seldom reflective . Not the end of life ...
Page xxxii
... sent spring which gushed from the sand when the forefather of the Arabs was perishing of thirst . The religion of the ancient Arabs , little as we know of it , is especially interesting , inasmuch as the Arabs longest retained the ...
... sent spring which gushed from the sand when the forefather of the Arabs was perishing of thirst . The religion of the ancient Arabs , little as we know of it , is especially interesting , inasmuch as the Arabs longest retained the ...
Page xxxiv
... sent in old time to the tribes of ' Ád and Thamood to convert them , there was , immedi- ately before the preaching of Moḥammad , a general feeling that a change was at hand ; a prophet was expected , and women were anxiously hoping for ...
... sent in old time to the tribes of ' Ád and Thamood to convert them , there was , immedi- ately before the preaching of Moḥammad , a general feeling that a change was at hand ; a prophet was expected , and women were anxiously hoping for ...
Page xxxviii
... sent to pasture the sheep of the Kureysh on the hills and valleys round Mekka ; and though the people despised the shepherd's calling , he himself was wont to look back with pleasure to these early days , saying that God called never a ...
... sent to pasture the sheep of the Kureysh on the hills and valleys round Mekka ; and though the people despised the shepherd's calling , he himself was wont to look back with pleasure to these early days , saying that God called never a ...
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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