Mohammed and Mohammedanism: Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in February and March 1874 |
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... Wahhabis are now , perhaps , the real ruling spirit of Musalman politics in India , and enjoy the singular honour of ... Wahhabi Empire as it exists now in Arabia , and its seat of Government at Riad , see Palgrave's ' Arabia ...
... Wahhabis are now , perhaps , the real ruling spirit of Musalman politics in India , and enjoy the singular honour of ... Wahhabi Empire as it exists now in Arabia , and its seat of Government at Riad , see Palgrave's ' Arabia ...
Page 319
... Wahhabis to reform the most crying abuses , and so to make the discrepancy between their practice and their creed less glaring than it was before . The extraordinary phenomena attending the great religious movement called Bâbyism now ...
... Wahhabis to reform the most crying abuses , and so to make the discrepancy between their practice and their creed less glaring than it was before . The extraordinary phenomena attending the great religious movement called Bâbyism now ...
Page 349
... Wahhabis , the Firazees , and the followers of Dudu Miyan , can only be accompanied by a great moral reformation , such as Sprenger himself does not seem to despair of ( I. , p . 459 , the Arabs only want another Luther ' ) , the result ...
... Wahhabis , the Firazees , and the followers of Dudu Miyan , can only be accompanied by a great moral reformation , such as Sprenger himself does not seem to despair of ( I. , p . 459 , the Arabs only want another Luther ' ) , the result ...
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... Wahhabi leader , 318 Syed Ameer Ali , xviii . , 243 Sword , use of . See War . TABUK , war of , 228 Talmud , influence of , on Koran , 171 Tamerlane , 210 , 322 Taoism , 32 Tassy , Garçin de , xviii . , 173 , 265 , 291 , 336 Tayif , 152 ...
... Wahhabi leader , 318 Syed Ameer Ali , xviii . , 243 Sword , use of . See War . TABUK , war of , 228 Talmud , influence of , on Koran , 171 Tamerlane , 210 , 322 Taoism , 32 Tassy , Garçin de , xviii . , 173 , 265 , 291 , 336 Tayif , 152 ...
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... Wahhabis , 315-319 , 348-349 Waitz , 16. 42 , 43 Wakidi , Katib al , 108 Walada , 275 Walpole , Hon . F. , ' Ansayrii , ' 29 , 211 Waraka , 115-117 Wars , Musalman , 205-209 ; ZOR character of , 213 , 356 ; Chris- tian , 217 seq . , 357 ...
... Wahhabis , 315-319 , 348-349 Waitz , 16. 42 , 43 Wakidi , Katib al , 108 Walada , 275 Walpole , Hon . F. , ' Ansayrii , ' 29 , 211 Waraka , 115-117 Wars , Musalman , 205-209 ; ZOR character of , 213 , 356 ; Chris- tian , 217 seq . , 357 ...
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Page 160 - And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth ? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I, the Lord? Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
Page 118 - I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts : for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword ; and I, even I only, am left ; and they seek my life, to take it away.
Page 145 - In Love, if Love be Love, if Love be ours, Faith and unfaith can ne'er be equal powers : Unfaith in aught is want of faith in all. " It is the little rift within the lute, That by and by will make the music mute, And ever widening slowly silence all. " The little rift within the lover's lute Or little pitted speck in garner'd fruit, That rotting inward slowly moulders all. " It is not worth the keeping: let it go: But shall it ? answer, darling, answer, no. And trust me not at all or all in all.
Page 336 - But for those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain-light of all our day, Are yet a master light of all our seeing; Uphold us, cherish, and have power to make Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal silence...
Page 348 - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God " with all thy heart, and with all thy mind, and with " all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and thy
Page 238 - There is no piety in turning your faces towards the east or the west, but he is pious who believeth in God and the last day and the angels and the scriptures and the prophets; who for the love of God disburseth his wealth to his kindred, and to the orphans, and the needy, and the wayfarer, and those who ask, and for ransoming...
Page 310 - Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds! The compassionate, the merciful! King on the day of reckoning! Thee only do we worship, and to Thee do we cry for help.
Page 255 - There is no kind of beast on earth, nor fowl which flieth with its wings, but the same is a people like unto you; we have not omitted anything in the book of our decrees: then unto their Lord shall they return.
Page 36 - God ! if my course were not stopped by this sea, " I would still go on, to the unknown kingdoms " of the West, preaching the unity of thy holy " name, and putting to the sword the rebellious " nations who worship any other gods than " thee *." Yet this Mahometan Alexander, who sighed for new worlds, was unable to preserve his recent conquests.
Page 21 - Oh Lord, is there anything of thy creation stronger than water?" "Yes, wind; for it overcomes water and puts it in motion." "Oh, our Sustainer! is there anything of thy creation stronger than wind?" "Yes, a good man giving alms; if he give with his right hand and conceal it from his left, he overcomes all things.