A History of Arabic LiteratureD. Appleton, 1903 - 478 pages |
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... Prophet , has done something , it may be - but little enough - towards his civilisation , and those vices which are the virtues of the primitive man - cunning , greed , suspicion , cruelty- reign unchecked , even to this day , in the ...
... Prophet , has done something , it may be - but little enough - towards his civilisation , and those vices which are the virtues of the primitive man - cunning , greed , suspicion , cruelty- reign unchecked , even to this day , in the ...
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... prophet Mahomet , who prayed God to protect him from the jinn that inspired his poetic effusions . The poet , who was a warrior , suddenly forsook his tribe , in conse- quence of some injustice done him in a division of booty , 1 took ...
... prophet Mahomet , who prayed God to protect him from the jinn that inspired his poetic effusions . The poet , who was a warrior , suddenly forsook his tribe , in conse- quence of some injustice done him in a division of booty , 1 took ...
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... prophet , and that on this account he was jealous of Mahomet , against whom he was still composing satires in 624 . The real name of AL - A'SHA was Maimûn ibn Qais . He was born in the distant land of Yamâma , south of Najd , which lies ...
... prophet , and that on this account he was jealous of Mahomet , against whom he was still composing satires in 624 . The real name of AL - A'SHA was Maimûn ibn Qais . He was born in the distant land of Yamâma , south of Najd , which lies ...
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... Prophet . He strove with Nâbigha in that poetic pastime in which the first poet spoke a hemistich , and the second had to complete both sense and rhyme with another , delivered impromptu . Arabia . Christianity , like Judaism , had made ...
... Prophet . He strove with Nâbigha in that poetic pastime in which the first poet spoke a hemistich , and the second had to complete both sense and rhyme with another , delivered impromptu . Arabia . Christianity , like Judaism , had made ...
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... Prophet's mission , a mis- sionary of the sect appeared in the Ḥijâz , preached the monotheism of Abraham , and found some followers . In later days Mahomet declared these scrolls to be forgeries . Now , were they really a book , as ...
... Prophet's mission , a mis- sionary of the sect appeared in the Ḥijâz , preached the monotheism of Abraham , and found some followers . In later days Mahomet declared these scrolls to be forgeries . Now , were they really a book , as ...
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