The Sword of IslamThe Sword of Islam by Arthur Wollaston Naylor, first published in 1905, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it. |
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... honour and distinction as the birthplace of the Prophet of Islam -a genius who , whatever may be the verdict of posterity in regard to his " mission , " has had a more potent influence on the destinies of mankind than has been ...
... honour and distinction as the birthplace of the Prophet of Islam -a genius who , whatever may be the verdict of posterity in regard to his " mission , " has had a more potent influence on the destinies of mankind than has been ...
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... honour the newly - created sovereign subsequently requited by beguiling the Byzantines to destruction in the glare of a pestilential sun , while he betook himself elsewhere on the supposed errand of foiling the plans of the Monarch of ...
... honour the newly - created sovereign subsequently requited by beguiling the Byzantines to destruction in the glare of a pestilential sun , while he betook himself elsewhere on the supposed errand of foiling the plans of the Monarch of ...
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... honour in question . A dispute took place , and weapons were drawn , but after a sharp encounter , in which Riza , with 300 of the Bani Ozra , rushed to the succour of Qussai , the Sufa yielded the coveted office to their opponents . To ...
... honour in question . A dispute took place , and weapons were drawn , but after a sharp encounter , in which Riza , with 300 of the Bani Ozra , rushed to the succour of Qussai , the Sufa yielded the coveted office to their opponents . To ...
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... honour His guests and refresh them . For , from distant cities on their lean and jaded camels they come unto you fatigued and harassed , with hair dishevelled and bodies covered with the dust and squalor of the long way . Then invite ...
... honour His guests and refresh them . For , from distant cities on their lean and jaded camels they come unto you fatigued and harassed , with hair dishevelled and bodies covered with the dust and squalor of the long way . Then invite ...
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... honour . To gain over the envoy the camels which had been plundered from him on the march , were restored by Abraha ; but the dusky warrior could obtain no answer such as to meet his wishes in regard to the Kaba . " Another is its ...
... honour . To gain over the envoy the camels which had been plundered from him on the march , were restored by Abraha ; but the dusky warrior could obtain no answer such as to meet his wishes in regard to the Kaba . " Another is its ...
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Abbasides Abdul Abdullah Abu Bakr Abu Hanifa amongst angels Arabs army Baghdad battle became believed blood body Byzantine called camel caravan Christian circumstance command commenced Constantinople Crusaders Damascus death descendants devotions divine doctrine dynasty earth Egypt Empire enemies faith father fell followers Hajj hand hapless Harun Hasan head heaven Hijaz Holy City honour Husain Ihram Imam Islam Jedda journey Kaba Karbala Khalif Kharijites Kiswa known Kufa latter less Lord Madina Mahdi Malik Mecca monarch month mosque Muawiya Muhammad Muhammadans murder Muslim occasion Omaiyad Omar once Osman Paradise passed performed Persian person pilgrimage pilgrims pious possession prayer prince Prophet of Arabia Quraish Quran Qussai received regards reign religion Saracens sect sent Shias slain soldiers soul sovereign stones success successor Sultan supposed sword Syria temple thou throne tion tomb town traditions tribe troops Turkish Turks victory votaries warriors whereupon words worship Yazid
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Page 304 - Thou art, of what sort the eternal life of the saints was to be, which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive.
Page 294 - ... will take the left, but both of them must first pass the bridge, called in Arabic, al Sirat. which they say is laid over the midst of hell, and described to be finer than a hair, and sharper than the edge of a sword...
Page 105 - If these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved: if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed.
Page 188 - Sophia he proceeded to the august but desolate mansion of a hundred successors of the great Constantine ; but which, in a few hours, had been stripped of the pomp of royalty. A melancholy reflection, on the vicissitudes of human greatness, forced itself on his mind ; and he repeated an elegant distich of Persian poetry : " The spider has wove his web in the Imperial palace ; and the owl hath sung her watch-song on the towers of Afrasiab.
Page 283 - David, and preten'd he is to come in the last days, and to be lord both of land and sea, and that he will restore the kingdom to them.
Page 106 - Syene to the sea is a month's journey for a horseman. Along the valley descends a river, on which the blessing of the Most High reposes both in the evening and morning, and which rises and falls with the revolutions of the sun and moon. When the...
Page 293 - ... part of the good works of him who offered the injury, and adding it to those of him who suffered it. Which being done, if the angels (by whose ministry this is to be performed) say, " Lord, we have given to every one his due ; and there rcmaineth of this person's good works so much as equalleth the weight of an ant...
Page 321 - The winners, however, tasted not of the flesh, any more than the losers, but the whole was distributed among the poor; and this they did out of pride and ostentation, it being reckoned a shame for a man to stand out, and not venture his money on such an occasion...
Page 294 - As to the genii, many Mahometans are of opinion that such of them as are true believers will undergo the same fate as the irrational animals, and have no other reward than the favour of being converted into dust : and for this they quote the authority of their prophet.
Page 297 - Others suppose this intermediate space will be a receptacle for those who have gone to war, without their parents' leave, and therein suffered martyrdom ; being excluded paradise for their disobedience, and escaping hell because they are martyrs. The breadth of this partition wall cannot be supposed to be exceeding great, since not only those who shall stand thereon will hold conference with the inhabitants both of paradise and of hell, but the blessed and the damned themselves will also be able...