The Life of Mohammed: Founder of the Religion of Islam, and of the Empire of the Saracens, Volume 2J. & J. Harper, 1833 - 261 pages |
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... ancient authors might doubt- less be specified . But it will be observed , for the most part , that writers acquainted with the Arabic tongue and who have drawn their materials directly from the original fountains , as well as the great ...
... ancient authors might doubt- less be specified . But it will be observed , for the most part , that writers acquainted with the Arabic tongue and who have drawn their materials directly from the original fountains , as well as the great ...
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... authority affirmns , " that the Mahometans are nearer to Christianity than many of the ancient heretics ; the Cerinthians , Gnostics , and Manichees . " It is proposed in the ensuing pages to exhibit the 18 INTRODUCTION .
... authority affirmns , " that the Mahometans are nearer to Christianity than many of the ancient heretics ; the Cerinthians , Gnostics , and Manichees . " It is proposed in the ensuing pages to exhibit the 18 INTRODUCTION .
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... Ancient historians represent the bishops of that day , as enriched by the pre- sents of the opulent , as riding abroad in pompous state in chariots and sedans , and surpassing , in the extravagance of their feasts , the sumptuousness of ...
... Ancient historians represent the bishops of that day , as enriched by the pre- sents of the opulent , as riding abroad in pompous state in chariots and sedans , and surpassing , in the extravagance of their feasts , the sumptuousness of ...
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... ancient profane historians also we find the names of Nabitheans and Kedarenes frequently employed as an appellation of the roving inhabit- ants of the Arabian deserts . This testimony is directly confirmed by that of Josephus . After ...
... ancient profane historians also we find the names of Nabitheans and Kedarenes frequently employed as an appellation of the roving inhabit- ants of the Arabian deserts . This testimony is directly confirmed by that of Josephus . After ...
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... ancient Ara- bians , deriving their pedigree from Ishmael , and inheriting the nomadic habits of their ancestor , had from time immemorial been divided into a number of separate independent tribes , roving at large over the immense ...
... ancient Ara- bians , deriving their pedigree from Ishmael , and inheriting the nomadic habits of their ancestor , had from time immemorial been divided into a number of separate independent tribes , roving at large over the immense ...
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Page 195 - And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months; and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
Page 202 - For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
Page 189 - And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
Page 202 - And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron ; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. 10. And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails, and their power was to hurt men five months.
Page 175 - But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
Page 235 - That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables ; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
Page 189 - Shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, And His strength, and His wonderful works that He hath done.
Page 195 - And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth, and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit ; .and he opened the bottomless pit. And there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth, and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power...
Page 195 - And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
Page 190 - I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.