Studies in a MosqueEden, Remington & Company, 1893 - 326 pages |
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Abbās Abu-Lahab ancient Arab Arabia Arabian philosophy Bedawy believe body Brethren of Purity called chapters character chief China Chinese Christians clan creed death desert divine doctrine earth enemy faith fire Greek hand Harran Hasan and Hoseyn hath Hatim Hayya heart heaven Hell honour Hoseyn Imam Imāms influence Islām Jews journey Kaaba Kerbela Khadija Khalif king Koran Kufa Kureysh legends lived Lord Manda d'hayya Mandæan martyrs Medina Mekka ment Merciful mind Moham Mohammad Mohammadan Moharram mosque Muslims never orthodox pagan Paradise Persian poetry poets prayers priests Prophet religion religious revelation Sabians Sabians of Harran sacred books scenes sect sent Shi'a Siouffi soul speeches spirit story Syria tābūt teaching thee things thou thought tion torment traditions translation tribes true truth Verily verses whilst whole wife wives woman women words worship Yethrib Yun-nan Zeyd
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Page 206 - So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity, That when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt...
Page 109 - 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 1 - 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 254 - The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them; and the Sabeans fell upon them and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Page 154 - He it is who sent His Apostle with guidance and the religion of truth to set it above all religion; averse although the idolaters may be.
Page 51 - 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 156 - Allah is the light of the heavens and the earth; His light is like a niche in which is a lamp, the lamp in glass and the glass like a brilliant star, lit from a blessed tree...
Page 110 - 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 1 - How good is man's life, the mere living ! how fit to employ All the heart and the soul and the senses forever in joy...
Page 26 - Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they were the merchants of thy hand; in lambs, and rams, and goats, in these were they thy merchants.