Selections from the Kur-án, Volume 30; Volume 457Trübner, 1879 - 173 pages |
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Page vi
... soorahs were almost wholly omitted in the first edition , whilst the later more dogmatic and less poetical soorahs were perhaps too fully represented . I have endeavoured to establish the balance between the two . 1 See prefatory note ...
... soorahs were almost wholly omitted in the first edition , whilst the later more dogmatic and less poetical soorahs were perhaps too fully represented . I have endeavoured to establish the balance between the two . 1 See prefatory note ...
Page xlvi
... soorahs , how God had punished the old tribes of the Arabs who would not believe in His messengers , how the Flood had swallowed up the people who would not hearken to Noah . He swore unto them , by the wonderful sights of nature , by ...
... soorahs , how God had punished the old tribes of the Arabs who would not believe in His messengers , how the Flood had swallowed up the people who would not hearken to Noah . He swore unto them , by the wonderful sights of nature , by ...
Page lxxii
... soorahs of the Kurán bear unmistakable marks of self - accommodation and personal convenience ; that Moḥammad justified his domestic excesses by words which he gave as from God . And hence the third and gravest charge , the charge of ...
... soorahs of the Kurán bear unmistakable marks of self - accommodation and personal convenience ; that Moḥammad justified his domestic excesses by words which he gave as from God . And hence the third and gravest charge , the charge of ...
Page cii
... soorahs were short and the later ones long . Read in this order , the Kurán is an unintelligible jumble . Carlyle may well say that nothing but a sense of duty could carry any European through the Kurán . ' You can trace no development ...
... soorahs were short and the later ones long . Read in this order , the Kurán is an unintelligible jumble . Carlyle may well say that nothing but a sense of duty could carry any European through the Kurán . ' You can trace no development ...
Page ciii
... soorahs in accordance with that theory . Even with these three tests , used by the most accomplished critics , it is impossible to arrive at an exact order , and to determine the precise chronological position of each soorah . But ...
... soorahs in accordance with that theory . Even with these three tests , used by the most accomplished critics , it is impossible to arrive at an exact order , and to determine the precise chronological position of each soorah . But ...
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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