 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.  Goethe's West-Easterly Divan - Page 247by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1877 - 264 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Frederick Walpole - Middle East - 1851 - 406 pages
...and lots ; answer, in both there is great sin, and also some things ADDICTION OF PERSIANS TO WINE. 23 of use unto men ; but their sinfulness is greater than their use." Perhaps he saw the actual necessity of this to the existence of a race in such a climate as his own... | |
 | 1854 - 622 pages
...gambling. It represents God as saying to Mohammed, "They will ask thee concerning wine and lots : Answer, In both there is great sin, and also some things of...men : but their sinfulness is greater than their use Surely wine and lots, and images, and diviningarrows, are an abomination of the work of Satan ; therefore... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - Religions - 1855 - 500 pages
...wickedness, and an evil way." "In wine and lots [gambling] there is great sin. In some respects they are of use unto men; but their sinfulness is greater than their use." " God will not punish you for an inconsiderate word in your oaths; but he will punish you for what... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - Religions - 1855 - 496 pages
...wickedness, and an evil way." "In wine and lots [gambling] there is great sin. In some respects they are of use unto men ; but their sinfulness is greater than their use." " God will not punish you for an inconsiderate word in your oaths ; but he will punish you for what... | |
 | George Sale - 1856 - 690 pages
...of GOD ; for GOD is gracious and merciful. They will ask thee concerning wine t and lots : h Answer, In both there is great sin, and also some things of...' but their sinfulness is greater than their use. They will ask thee also what they shall bestow in alms : Answer, What ye have to spare. Thus GOD showeth... | |
 | 1856 - 692 pages
...of GOD ; for GOD is gracious and merciful. They will ask thee concerning wine * and lots : h Answer, In both there is great sin, and also some things of...;' but their sinfulness is greater than their use. They will ask thee also what they shall bestow in alms : Answer, What ye have to spare. Thus GOD showeth... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1858 - 798 pages
...will ask thee concerning wine [interpreted to comprehend all inebriating liquors] and lots vs Answer, In both there is great sin, and also some things of...but" their sinfulness is greater than their use." (Conf. cvp 93.) TJ BUCKTON. Lichfield. Tobacco Smoking — Of an old building at Constantinople, which... | |
 | George Bush - Islam - 1858 - 278 pages
...and of games of chance to his followers. " They will ask thee of wine and lots. Answer, In both these there is great sin, and also some things of use unto...but their sinfulness is greater than their use."* The occasion of this prohibition seems to have been the prophet's witnessing their bad effects in producing... | |
 | 1860 - 688 pages
...of GOD ; for GOD is gracious and merciful. They will ask thee concerning wine* and lots :b Answer, In both there is great sin, and also some things of use unto men;i but their sinfulness is greater than their use. They will ask thee also what they shall bestow... | |
 | John Mair - Temperance - 1861 - 322 pages
...(the infidels,) will ask thee, also, concerning wine and lots ; Answer in both there is great sin, and some things of use unto men, but their sinfulness is greater than their, use."* Again, " 0 true believers, surely wine, and lots, and images, and divining arrows, are an abomination... | |
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