Selections from the Ḳur-án: Commonly Called, in England, the Koran; with an Interwoven CommentaryEdward William Lane, George Sale J. Madden, 1843 - 317 pages |
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... angels do the celestial one . Thereupon , God let down a representation of that house in curtains of light , and set it in Mekkeh , perpen- dicularly under its original , ordering the patriarch to turn towards it when he prayed , and to ...
... angels do the celestial one . Thereupon , God let down a representation of that house in curtains of light , and set it in Mekkeh , perpen- dicularly under its original , ordering the patriarch to turn towards it when he prayed , and to ...
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... angel Gabriel to Abraham , when he was rebuilding the Kaa- beh . Another thing worthy of particular note in this temple is the stone in Abraham's place , opposite the front of the Kaabeh . They say that he stood on it when he was ...
... angel Gabriel to Abraham , when he was rebuilding the Kaa- beh . Another thing worthy of particular note in this temple is the stone in Abraham's place , opposite the front of the Kaabeh . They say that he stood on it when he was ...
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... angels and intelligences which they suppose reside in them , and govern the e a Strabo , 1. xvi . p . 1092. b Dion - Cassius , 1. liii . p . m . 516 . c Huet , Hist . du Commerce et de la Navigation des Anciens , c . 50 . d See the ...
... angels and intelligences which they suppose reside in them , and govern the e a Strabo , 1. xvi . p . 1092. b Dion - Cassius , 1. liii . p . m . 516 . c Huet , Hist . du Commerce et de la Navigation des Anciens , c . 50 . d See the ...
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... angels and their images , which they honoured as inferior deities , and whose intercession they begged , as their mediators with God . For the Arabs acknow- ledged one supreme God , the Creator and Lord of the universe , whom they ...
... angels and their images , which they honoured as inferior deities , and whose intercession they begged , as their mediators with God . For the Arabs acknow- ledged one supreme God , the Creator and Lord of the universe , whom they ...
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... angels , but also to their images , which they either believed to be inspired with life by God , or else to become the tabernacles of the angels , and to be ani- mated by them ; and they gave them divine worship , because they imagined ...
... angels , but also to their images , which they either believed to be inspired with life by God , or else to become the tabernacles of the angels , and to be ani- mated by them ; and they gave them divine worship , because they imagined ...
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Abraham Abu-l-Fida Abulfedæ Vita according Adam Amalek angels answered apostle Arabia Arabs asked aught believe brother brought called camel cast Chap children of Israel Christians cleave asunder command companions D'Herbelot day of resurrection death deity descend devil disbelieved divine earth Egypt El-Beyḍáwee El-Islám El-Medeeneh El-Yemen Eutych evil father fear fire Gabriel greater number hath heaven hell honour Idem idolatry idols Ishmael Jelál-ed-Deen Jesus Jews jinn Joseph Kaabeh king knoweth Kur-án lapwing Mekkeh mercy Moham Moḥammad Moḥammadans Moses mountains Muslims namely Noah paradise passage Pentateuch person Pharaoh polytheists prophet punishment recompense religion replied respecting Sabians saith Sale say unto Scripture sent servants signifies signs similitude slain Solomon soul Spec stones Strabo Syria Terah therein things Thou art thou hast thou shalt throne thy Lord tribe of Kureysh truth ubi supra unbelievers unto thee Verily verse Vide wherefore whereupon words worship