Selections from the Kur-án, Volume 30; Volume 457Trübner, 1879 - 173 pages |
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Page xii
... lands of the south , nor to the outlying princedoms of El - Heereh and Ghassán bordering the territories and ... land are the Holy Cities , Mekka and Medina . Here is the birthplace of Islám : the Arab tribes of the Hijáz and the ...
... lands of the south , nor to the outlying princedoms of El - Heereh and Ghassán bordering the territories and ... land are the Holy Cities , Mekka and Medina . Here is the birthplace of Islám : the Arab tribes of the Hijáz and the ...
Page xiii
... land tell us of the quickening influence of the air and scene of the desert . The fresh breath of the plain , the glorious sky , the still of the wide expanse , trod by no step but your own , looked upon only by yourself and perhaps ...
... land tell us of the quickening influence of the air and scene of the desert . The fresh breath of the plain , the glorious sky , the still of the wide expanse , trod by no step but your own , looked upon only by yourself and perhaps ...
Page xv
... lands both west and east , and gathered many a notch from the steel of hauberk - wearers ; Not used are they when drawn to be laid back in the sheaths before that the folk they meet are spoiled and scattered . If thou knowest not , ask ...
... lands both west and east , and gathered many a notch from the steel of hauberk - wearers ; Not used are they when drawn to be laid back in the sheaths before that the folk they meet are spoiled and scattered . If thou knowest not , ask ...
Page xvi
... land did not yield him food - unless it were dates , the Bedawee's bread - and he relied on the success of his foraging expeditions for his support . These he conducted with perfect good - breeding ; he used no violence when it could be ...
... land did not yield him food - unless it were dates , the Bedawee's bread - and he relied on the success of his foraging expeditions for his support . These he conducted with perfect good - breeding ; he used no violence when it could be ...
Page xxv
... land resorted . The Fair of ' Okádh was held during the sacred months , -a sort of God's Truce , ' when blood could not be shed without a violation of the ancient customs and faiths of the Beda- wees . Thither went the poets of rival ...
... land resorted . The Fair of ' Okádh was held during the sacred months , -a sort of God's Truce , ' when blood could not be shed without a violation of the ancient customs and faiths of the Beda- wees . Thither went the poets of rival ...
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Page xciii - Until they won her; for indeed I knew Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man.
Page xi - Oh, the wild joys of living ! the leaping from rock up to rock, The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree, the cool silver shock Of the plunge in a pool's living water, the hunt of the bear, And the sultriness showing the lion is couched in his lair...
Page xciv - Verily ye are in an age in which if ye abandon one-tenth of what is ordered, ye will be ruined. After this a time will come when he who shall observe one-tenth of what is now ordered will be redeemed.
Page lxxviii - Unto Him belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth.
Page 141 - It was said unto her, Enter the palace. And when she saw it, she imagined it to be a great water; and she discovered her legs, by lifting up her robe to pass through it. Whereupon Solomon said unto her, Verily this is a palace evenly floored with glass.
Page 159 - Jesus the son of Mary, the apostle of GOD ; yet they slew him not, neither crucified him, but he was represented by one in his likeness ; and verily they who disagreed concerning him were in a doubt as to this matter, and had no sure knowledge thereof, but followed only an uncertain opinion. They did not really kill him ; but GOD took him up unto himself: and GOD is mighty and wise.
Page 13 - God, who is our Lord, and your Lord? we have our works, and ye have your works, and unto him are we sincerely devoted. Will ye say, Truly Abraham, and Ismael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the tribes were Jews or Christians...
Page 4 - Verily your Lord is God, who created the heavens and the earth in six days...
Page xlviii - Spare your remonstrances,' replied the intrepid fanatic to his uncle and benefactor; 'if they should place the sun on my right hand and the moon on my left, they should not divert me from my course.
Page 45 - Of which ten were given to Adam, fifty to Seth, thirty to Edris or Enoch, ten to Abraham; and the other four, being the Pentateuch, the Psalms, the Gospel, and the...