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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Page 26
... souls of the offences and sins of corrupt humanity . It happened thus : Finding it laborious to procure water from the scattered wells of Mecca , and store it in cisterns by the Kaba , perhaps , too , aware by tradition of the existence ...
... souls of the offences and sins of corrupt humanity . It happened thus : Finding it laborious to procure water from the scattered wells of Mecca , and store it in cisterns by the Kaba , perhaps , too , aware by tradition of the existence ...
Page 39
... soul , and he frequently retired to seek relief in meditation amongst the solitary valleys and rocks near Mecca . His favourite spot was a cave in the declivities at the foot of Mount Hira , a lofty conical hill , two or three miles ...
... soul , and he frequently retired to seek relief in meditation amongst the solitary valleys and rocks near Mecca . His favourite spot was a cave in the declivities at the foot of Mount Hira , a lofty conical hill , two or three miles ...
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... soul , he betook himself to the desert , where under the canopy of the skies , he struggled with a destiny fraught , in his case , with such difficulties and anxieties . But while he meditated on these things a heavenly visitant ...
... soul , he betook himself to the desert , where under the canopy of the skies , he struggled with a destiny fraught , in his case , with such difficulties and anxieties . But while he meditated on these things a heavenly visitant ...
Page 41
... soul filled with despair , the idea seized his frenzied brain , that to end an existence so painful and full of per- plexities , he would rush headlong over one of the wild cliffs where he was wont to repair to cool his thoughts , and ...
... soul filled with despair , the idea seized his frenzied brain , that to end an existence so painful and full of per- plexities , he would rush headlong over one of the wild cliffs where he was wont to repair to cool his thoughts , and ...
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... souls , including amongst the number the well - known Osman , who , together with the afore- mentioned Ali , succeeded in the fulness of time to the position held by the founder of the faith ; nor must mention be omitted of the famous ...
... souls , including amongst the number the well - known Osman , who , together with the afore- mentioned Ali , succeeded in the fulness of time to the position held by the founder of the faith ; nor must mention be omitted of the famous ...
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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...