 O true believers, surely wine, and lots, and images, and divining arrows, are an abomination of the work of Satan ; therefore avoid them, that ye may prosper.  Mahometanism - Page 69by John Gibson Cazenove - 1856 - 128 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Daqāyiqī - 1883 - 296 pages
...the well-known tale of the emperor Hadrian and the old man who planted a fig-tree, t Compart Scott : wine, and lots, and images, and divining arrows are an abomination of the work of the Devil ; therefore avoid them that ye may prosper " (ch. v, 92). — Mills was certainly in error... | |
 | prince Bakhtiyâr - 1883 - 302 pages
...planted a fig-tree. t Compare Scott : "When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou ! " wine, and lots, and images, and divining arrows are an abomination of the work of the Devil ; therefore avoid them that ye may prosper " (ch. v, 92). — Mills was certainly in error... | |
 | Elwood Morris Wherry - Koran - 1884 - 426 pages
...inadvertently. Therefore keep your oaths. Thus GOD declareth unto you his signs, that ye may give thanks. (92) 0 true believers, surely wine, and lots, and images,...Satan ; therefore avoid them that ye may prosper. (93) Satan seeketh to sow dissension and hatred among you by means of wine and lots, and to divert... | |
 | Joseph McCarrell - 1888 - 358 pages
...Koran, chap. 2, p. 39. Hear it again, as the pretended inspiration becomes more distinct and decided: " O true believers, surely wine, and lots, and images, and divining arrows are an abomination, and of the work of Satan, therefore avoid them that ye may prosper ; Satan seeketh to sow dissension... | |
 | Literature - 1888 - 1004 pages
...innumerable other crimes and miseries which follow in its train.* "O true believers!" said Mohammed, "surely wine, and lots, and images, and divining arrows are an abomination and the work of Satan; therefore avoid them that ye may prosper. Satan seeketh to sow dissension and... | |
 | Choice literature - 1888 - 632 pages
...innumerable other crimes and miseries which follow in its train. "O true believers!" said Mohammed, " surely wine, and lots, and images, and divining arrows are an abomination and the work of Satan; tiierefore avoid them that ye may prosper. Satan seeketh to sow dissension and... | |
 | Henry Addison Nelson, Albert B. Robinson - Presbyterian Church - 1889 - 588 pages
...Jews and Moslems alike. The use of wine by Moslems is forbidden by the Koran in these words : " О true believers, surely wine and lots and images and...Satan. Therefore avoid them that ye may prosper. Satan secketh to sow dissension and hatred among you, by means of wine and lots, and to direct you from remembering... | |
 | Walter W. Spooner - Drinking of alcoholic beverages - 1891 - 684 pages
...great sin, and also some things of use unto men; but their sinfulness is greater than their use." " O true believers, surely wine and lots and images...that ye may prosper. Satan seeketh to sow dissension among you by wine and lots, and to diverting you from remembering God and from prayer; will ye not... | |
 | Anne Walbank Buckland - Anthropology - 1891 - 324 pages
...without trying this mode of divination." The Koran probably refers to this in the chapter which says — "O true believers, surely wine and lots, and images...Satan, therefore, avoid them, that ye may prosper." l In the preliminary discourse (p. 1 27), we are told that the arrows used for this purpose were like... | |
 | Anne Walbank Buckland - Anthropology - 1891 - 324 pages
...trying this mode of divination." The Koran probably refers to this in the chapter which says — "0 true believers, surely wine and lots, and images and...Satan, therefore, avoid them, that ye may prosper." 1 In the preliminary discourse (p. 127), we are told that the arrows used for this purpose were like... | |
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