The life of MahometT. Tegg, 1840 - 404 pages |
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... Koreish - Mahomet's most celebrated pre- decessors - The prophetic lustre - Prodigies in connexion with Mahomet's birth and infancy - Death of his parents -He is committed by his grandfather to Abu Taleb his uncle - Boheira or Sergius ...
... Koreish - Mahomet's most celebrated pre- decessors - The prophetic lustre - Prodigies in connexion with Mahomet's birth and infancy - Death of his parents -He is committed by his grandfather to Abu Taleb his uncle - Boheira or Sergius ...
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... Koreish against Mahomet - He conceals himself - Converts from Medina bind themselves by an oath of fidelity to him and his cause - Mahomet's escape from his foes in the cave of Thor - His flight and recep- tion at Medina - Gathers his ...
... Koreish against Mahomet - He conceals himself - Converts from Medina bind themselves by an oath of fidelity to him and his cause - Mahomet's escape from his foes in the cave of Thor - His flight and recep- tion at Medina - Gathers his ...
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... Koreish descendants of Fehr the courageous . Mahomet sprung from the third class , for which reason we defer saying any thing of them till the next chapter . * Exod . xvii . 14 , C We cannot approach the history of such an in- dividual ...
... Koreish descendants of Fehr the courageous . Mahomet sprung from the third class , for which reason we defer saying any thing of them till the next chapter . * Exod . xvii . 14 , C We cannot approach the history of such an in- dividual ...
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... Koreish , and the third , by the tribes Hodhail and Khozaiah . There are also five other idols specified in the Koran , Wadd , Sawah , Yank , the image of a horse , Narr , that of an eagle , and Tag- huth , that of a lion , exceedingly ...
... Koreish , and the third , by the tribes Hodhail and Khozaiah . There are also five other idols specified in the Koran , Wadd , Sawah , Yank , the image of a horse , Narr , that of an eagle , and Tag- huth , that of a lion , exceedingly ...
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... Koreish , a sect by no means free from idola- try , but yet setting up for reformers of religion , as well as of language . The Zendicists wor- shipped but one God - they abjured idols ; * yet * Reland . de Relig . Moham . p . 270 ...
... Koreish , a sect by no means free from idola- try , but yet setting up for reformers of religion , as well as of language . The Zendicists wor- shipped but one God - they abjured idols ; * yet * Reland . de Relig . Moham . p . 270 ...
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Page 359 - And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth : and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
Page 350 - And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
Page 350 - 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 350 - 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 125 - When ye encounter the unbelievers, strike off their heads, until ye have made a great slaughter among them; and bind them in bonds: and either give them a free dismission afterward, or exact a ransom; until the war shall have laid down its arms.
Page 152 - God. Say, God is one God ; the eternal God; he begetteth not, neither is he begotten : and there is not any one like unto him.
Page 351 - By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke,- and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
Page 351 - And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
Page 334 - 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. And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand ; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
Page 334 - Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, "How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?" And he said unto me, "Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.