The Koran: Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed: Translated ... with Explanatory Notes ... To which is Prefixed a Preliminary Discourse by George Sale ...Lippincott, 1870 - 802 pages |
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Page iii
... divine mission , and by Christians especially , that were not your lordship's just discernment sufficiently known , I should think myself under a necessity of making an apology for presenting the following translation . The remembrance ...
... divine mission , and by Christians especially , that were not your lordship's just discernment sufficiently known , I should think myself under a necessity of making an apology for presenting the following translation . The remembrance ...
Page vii
... divine praises . * Of the several translations of the Korân now extant , there is but one which tolerably represents the sense of the original ; and that being in Latin , a new version became necessary , at least to an English reader ...
... divine praises . * Of the several translations of the Korân now extant , there is but one which tolerably represents the sense of the original ; and that being in Latin , a new version became necessary , at least to an English reader ...
Page xiv
... divine mission of Mohammed . If the charge brought against him be not groundless , he must have added to his other sins that of being a consummate hypocrite , and that , too , without any obvious necessity ; he having been , till the ...
... divine mission of Mohammed . If the charge brought against him be not groundless , he must have added to his other sins that of being a consummate hypocrite , and that , too , without any obvious necessity ; he having been , till the ...
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... divine worship . Wadd was supposed to be the heaven , and was worshipped under the form of a man by the tribe of Calb in Daumat al Jandal . Sawa was adored under the shape of a woman , by the tribe of Hama- dan , or , as others write ...
... divine worship . Wadd was supposed to be the heaven , and was worshipped under the form of a man by the tribe of Calb in Daumat al Jandal . Sawa was adored under the shape of a woman , by the tribe of Hama- dan , or , as others write ...
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... divine justice . ' I shall mention but one idol more of this nation , and that was a lump of dough worshipped by the tribe of Hanîfa ; who used it with more re- spect than the papists do theirs , presuming not to eat it till they were ...
... divine justice . ' I shall mention but one idol more of this nation , and that was a lump of dough worshipped by the tribe of Hanîfa ; who used it with more re- spect than the papists do theirs , presuming not to eat it till they were ...
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Abraham Abu Jahl Abulfed Abulfeda according afterwards Al Beidâwi Al Ghazali alms angels answered apostle Arabs Beidâwi Caaba called cause chap chapter children of Israel Christians command creatures D'Herbel day of resurrection death Disc divine evil faith father favour fear follow genii give God's grievous hath created hearts hell fire honour ibid Idem idolaters idolatry idols infidels inhabitants Intitled Jallalo'ddin Jesus Jews judgment knoweth Korân Koreish Medina mercy Mohammed Mohammed's Mohammedans Moses Moslems night Noah opinion paradise passage was revealed person Pharaoh pleaseth prayer Prelim pretend prophet punishment received religion REVEALED AT MECCA reward Savary say unto scriptures sect sent down unto servants signifies signs unto soul Spec suppose surely Syria Thamud therein thereof things thou shalt thy LORD tribe true believers truth ubi sup unbelievers unto thee Verily verses Vide Poc wherefore wicked words worship Zamakh Zamakhshari