Selections from the Kur-án, Volume 30; Volume 457Trübner, 1879 - 173 pages |
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Page ix
... TRUE RELIGION AND FALSE IX . BELIEVERS AND UNBELIEVERS 3 3 4 5 13 21 32 33 · 34 38 PART THE SECOND . I. PROPHETS , APOSTLES , AND DIVINE BOOKS II . ADAM AND EVE • III . ABEL AND CAIN · IV . NOAH AND THE FLOOD V. ' ÁD AND THAMOOD VI ...
... TRUE RELIGION AND FALSE IX . BELIEVERS AND UNBELIEVERS 3 3 4 5 13 21 32 33 · 34 38 PART THE SECOND . I. PROPHETS , APOSTLES , AND DIVINE BOOKS II . ADAM AND EVE • III . ABEL AND CAIN · IV . NOAH AND THE FLOOD V. ' ÁD AND THAMOOD VI ...
Page xiii
... true Bedawees , who preferred above all things else the free life of the desert . It is a relief to turn from the hurry and unrest of modern civilisation , from the never - ending strife for wealth , for ' position , ' for pleasure ...
... true Bedawees , who preferred above all things else the free life of the desert . It is a relief to turn from the hurry and unrest of modern civilisation , from the never - ending strife for wealth , for ' position , ' for pleasure ...
Page xiv
... true son of the desert must in the old times do more than stretch his limbs contentedly under the shade of the overhanging rock . He must be brave and chivalrous , generous , hospi- table ; ready to sacrifice himself and his substance ...
... true son of the desert must in the old times do more than stretch his limbs contentedly under the shade of the overhanging rock . He must be brave and chivalrous , generous , hospi- table ; ready to sacrifice himself and his substance ...
Page xxiv
... true . " 1 The later Arabic poets were mostly incapable of the genius of the old singers the times had changed , and the ancient poetry appeared almost as exotic to their ideas as it does to our own . No greater mistake can be made than ...
... true . " 1 The later Arabic poets were mostly incapable of the genius of the old singers the times had changed , and the ancient poetry appeared almost as exotic to their ideas as it does to our own . No greater mistake can be made than ...
Page xxviii
... true to the chivalry of his race . There are many instances like this of the knightly courtesy of the Arab chief in the Time of Ignorance . ' In the old days , as an ancient writer says , the true Arab had but one love , and her he ...
... true to the chivalry of his race . There are many instances like this of the knightly courtesy of the Arab chief in the Time of Ignorance . ' In the old days , as an ancient writer says , the true Arab had but one love , and her he ...
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