A Comprehensive Commentary on the Quran: Comprising Sale's Translation & Preliminary Discourse, with Additional Notes & Emendations...by the Rev. E.M. Wherry...K. Paul, Trench, Trübner, & Company, 1896 |
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Page 89
... alms , and the paying of which he very artfully made one main article of his religion ; and partly by ordering a fifth part of the plunder to be brought into the public treasury for that purpose , in which matter he likewise pretended ...
... alms , and the paying of which he very artfully made one main article of his religion ; and partly by ordering a fifth part of the plunder to be brought into the public treasury for that purpose , in which matter he likewise pretended ...
Page 148
... alms and prayers ; and crowd the Jews , Christians , and Ma- gians together in the sixth . Some , again , will have the first to be pre- pared for the Dahrians , or those who deny the creation and believe the eternity of the world ; the ...
... alms and prayers ; and crowd the Jews , Christians , and Ma- gians together in the sixth . Some , again , will have the first to be pre- pared for the Dahrians , or those who deny the creation and believe the eternity of the world ; the ...
Page 172
... alms , which are of two sorts , legal and voluntary . The legal alms are of indispensable obligation , being com- manded by the law , which directs and determines both the portion which is to be given and of what things it ought to be ...
... alms , which are of two sorts , legal and voluntary . The legal alms are of indispensable obligation , being com- manded by the law , which directs and determines both the portion which is to be given and of what things it ought to be ...
Page 173
... alms tithes , but improperly , since in some cases they fall short , and in others exceed that proportion . The giving of alms is frequently commanded in the Quran , and often recommended therein jointly with prayer , the former being ...
... alms tithes , but improperly , since in some cases they fall short , and in others exceed that proportion . The giving of alms is frequently commanded in the Quran , and often recommended therein jointly with prayer , the former being ...
Page 174
... alms , being usually one part in forty , or two and a half per cent . of the value . But no alms are due for them , unless they amount to a certain quantity or num- ber ; nor until a man has been in possession of them eleven months , he ...
... alms , being usually one part in forty , or two and a half per cent . of the value . But no alms are due for them , unless they amount to a certain quantity or num- ber ; nor until a man has been in possession of them eleven months , he ...
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Page 352 - The month of Ramadan shall ye fast, in which the Koran was sent down from heaven, a direction unto men, and declarations of direction, and the distinction between good and evil. Therefore let him among you who shall be present in this month fast the same month ; but he who shall be sick, or on a journey, shall fast the like number of other days.
Page 364 - They will ask thee concerning wine and lots. Answer, In both there is great sin, and also some things of use unto men; but their sinfulness is greater than their use.
Page 147 - 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; so that it seems very difficult to conceive how any one shall be able to stand upon it...
Page 385 - Deal not unjustly with others, and ye shall not be dealt with unjustly. If there be any debtor under a difficulty of paying his debt, let his creditor wait till it be easy for him to do it ; but if ye remit it as alms, it will be better for you, if ye knew it.
Page 154 - ... dressed will be set before him, according to his wish. They add, that the boughs of this tree will spontaneously bend down to the hand of the person who would gather of its fruits, and that it will supply the blessed not only with food, but also with silken garments, and beasts to ride on ready saddled and bridled, and adorned with rich trappings, which will burst forth from its fruits; and that this tree is so large that a person mounted on the fleetest horse would not be able to gallop from...
Page 108 - Mohammed by parcels, some at Mecca and some at Medina, at different times, during the space of twenty-three years, as the exigency of affairs required: giving him however the consolation to show him the whole (which they tell us was bound in silk, and adorned with gold and precious stones of paradise) once a year: but in the last year of his life he had the favour to see it twice. They say that...
Page 379 - ... on earth. Who is he that can intercede with him, but through his good pleasure? He knoweth that which is past, and that which is to come unto them, and they shall not comprehend anything of his knowledge, but so far as he pleaseth. His throne is extended over heaven and earth, and the preservation of both is no burden unto him. He is the high, the mighty.
Page 355 - Fight therefore against them, until there be no temptation to idolatry, and the religion be God's : but if they desist, then let there be no hostility, except against the ungodly.
Page 83 - God. And he was so far from allowing his followers to use force, that he exhorted them to bear patiently those injuries which were offered them on account of their faith; and when persecuted himself, chose rather to quit the place of his birth and retire to Medina, than to make any resistance.
Page 57 - Europe ; this they are sensible prop* y' of, and. endeavour to excuse themselves by alleging the hard usage of their father Ismail, who, being turned out of doors by Abraham, had the open plains and deserts given him by GOD for his patrimony, with permission to take whatever he could find there...