A Dictionary of Islam: Being a Cyclopaedia of the Doctrines, Rites, Ceremonies, and Customs, Together with the Technical and Theological Terms, of the Muhammadan Religion |
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... EGYPT . ( LANE'S " EGYPTIANS . " ) In all the principal mosques there are tanks , or wells , which supply water for the purposes of legal purification . [ PURIFICATION . ] ABORTION . Arabic Isqat . There is no mention of the subject in ...
... EGYPT . ( LANE'S " EGYPTIANS . " ) In all the principal mosques there are tanks , or wells , which supply water for the purposes of legal purification . [ PURIFICATION . ] ABORTION . Arabic Isqat . There is no mention of the subject in ...
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... Egypt , in the reigns of Abu Bakr and ' Umar . He died ( according to an - Nawawi ) A.H. 43 . AMULETS . Arabic Hama'il ( ) , " anything suspended " ; Ta'wiz , " a refuge " ; Hijab , " a cover . " Amulets , although of heathen origin ...
... Egypt , in the reigns of Abu Bakr and ' Umar . He died ( according to an - Nawawi ) A.H. 43 . AMULETS . Arabic Hama'il ( ) , " anything suspended " ; Ta'wiz , " a refuge " ; Hijab , " a cover . " Amulets , although of heathen origin ...
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... Egypt ; its later form appeared in Constantinople . The oldest specimen of Saracenic architecture in Spain is the mosque of Cordova , which now serves as the cathedral of the city . It was commenced by the Khalifah Abdu ' r - Raḥmān ...
... Egypt ; its later form appeared in Constantinople . The oldest specimen of Saracenic architecture in Spain is the mosque of Cordova , which now serves as the cathedral of the city . It was commenced by the Khalifah Abdu ' r - Raḥmān ...
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... Egypt and Bukhārā , for instance , the male relations and friends of the deceased precede the corpse , whilst the female mourners follow behind . In India and Afghan . istan , women do not usually attend funerals , and the friends and ...
... Egypt and Bukhārā , for instance , the male relations and friends of the deceased precede the corpse , whilst the female mourners follow behind . In India and Afghan . istan , women do not usually attend funerals , and the friends and ...
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... Egypt is graphic- ally described by Mr. Lane in his Modern Egyptians . We give the account as it con- trasts strikingly with the simple processions of Sunni Muhammadans in India . " The first persons are about six or more poor men ...
... Egypt is graphic- ally described by Mr. Lane in his Modern Egyptians . We give the account as it con- trasts strikingly with the simple processions of Sunni Muhammadans in India . " The first persons are about six or more poor men ...
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Page 88 - When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
Page 196 - And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman $ in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice : for in Isaac shall thy seed be called. And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation: because he is thy seed.
Page 196 - And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away : and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
Page 17 - Ishmael was to become a great nation, — that he was to be a wild man, — his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him.
Page 9 - Ye are forbidden to marry your mothers, and your daughters, and your sisters...
Page 196 - And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child, And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
Page 53 - O God our Lord, cause a table to descend unto us from heaven, that the day of its descent may become a festival day unto us, unto the first of us, and unto the last of us, and a sign from thee ; and do thou provide food for us, for thou art the best provider.
Page 88 - But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery : and whosoever shall marry her that is divoreed committeth adultery.
Page 423 - We believe in God, and that which hath been sent down unto us, and that which hath been sent down unto Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the tribes, and that which was delivered unto Moses and Jesus, and that which was delivered unto the prophets from their Lord : we make no distinction between any of them...
Page 212 - Verily, God is the third of three;' for there is no God but one, and if they do not desist from what they say, there shall touch those who misbelieve amongst them grievous woe. Will they not turn again towards God and ask pardon of Him? for God is forgiving and merciful. 71 The Messiah the son of Mary...