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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... idolatry and other superstitions , they have rather contributed to the increase of that aversion which the Muhammadans in general have to the Christian re- ligion , and given them great advantages in the dispute . The Protestants alone ...
... idolatry and other superstitions , they have rather contributed to the increase of that aversion which the Muhammadans in general have to the Christian re- ligion , and given them great advantages in the dispute . The Protestants alone ...
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... idolatry , GOD sent the lites . prophet Húd ( who is generally agreed to be Heber 2+ ) to preach to and reclaim them . But they refusing to acknow- ledge his mission , or to obey him , GOD sent a hot and suffocating wind , which blew ...
... idolatry , GOD sent the lites . prophet Húd ( who is generally agreed to be Heber 2+ ) to preach to and reclaim them . But they refusing to acknow- ledge his mission , or to obey him , GOD sent a hot and suffocating wind , which blew ...
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... idolatry , the prophet Salih was sent to bring them back to the worship of the true GOD . This prophet lived between the time of Húd and of Abraham , and therefore cannot be the same with the patriarch Salih , as M. d'Herbelot imagines ...
... idolatry , the prophet Salih was sent to bring them back to the worship of the true GOD . This prophet lived between the time of Húd and of Abraham , and therefore cannot be the same with the patriarch Salih , as M. d'Herbelot imagines ...
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... idolatry ; the Sabian religion having almost overrun the whole nation , though there were also great numbers of Christians , Jews , and Magians among them . The Sabian religion de- scribed . I shall not here transcribe what Dr ...
... idolatry ; the Sabian religion having almost overrun the whole nation , though there were also great numbers of Christians , Jews , and Magians among them . The Sabian religion de- scribed . I shall not here transcribe what Dr ...
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... idolatry of the Arabs then , as Sabians , chiefly con- sisted in worshipping the fixed stars and planets , and the angels and their images , which they honoured as inferior deities , and whose intercession they begged , as their ...
... idolatry of the Arabs then , as Sabians , chiefly con- sisted in worshipping the fixed stars and planets , and the angels and their images , which they honoured as inferior deities , and whose intercession they begged , as their ...
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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...