Selections from the Kur-án, Volume 30; Volume 457Trübner, 1879 - 173 pages |
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... 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 , even for knowledge , and look for a ...
... 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 , even for knowledge , and look for a ...
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... things , the man who would keep 1 Battles . 2 This and the other verses quoted in this chapter are taken from the translations of old Arab poetry con- tributed by Mr. C. J. Lyall to the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal ...
... things , the man who would keep 1 Battles . 2 This and the other verses quoted in this chapter are taken from the translations of old Arab poetry con- tributed by Mr. C. J. Lyall to the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal ...
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... thing not to be thought upon by an Arab . He did not care to give an oath ; his simple word was enough , for it was known to be inviolable . Hence the priceless worth of the Arab chief's word of welcome : it meant protection ...
... thing not to be thought upon by an Arab . He did not care to give an oath ; his simple word was enough , for it was known to be inviolable . Hence the priceless worth of the Arab chief's word of welcome : it meant protection ...
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... things ; and as they were seldom recorded in writing , we possess but a little remnant of them.1 Yet these fragments may be broken , defaced , dimmed , and obscured by fanaticism , ignorance , and neglect ; but out of them there arises ...
... things ; and as they were seldom recorded in writing , we possess but a little remnant of them.1 Yet these fragments may be broken , defaced , dimmed , and obscured by fanaticism , ignorance , and neglect ; but out of them there arises ...
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... things of the land . Here was the black stone , here the great god of red agate , Hubal , and the three hundred and sixty idols , one for each day of the year , which Moḥammad after- wards destroyed in one day . Here was Abraham's stone ...
... things of the land . Here was the black stone , here the great god of red agate , Hubal , and the three hundred and sixty idols , one for each day of the year , which Moḥammad after- wards destroyed in one day . Here was Abraham's stone ...
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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...