Mahomet and His Successors, Volume 1G.P. Putnam, 1868 - Islam |
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Abbas Abdallah Ibn Obba Abu Beker Abu Jahl Abu Lahab Abu Sofian Abu Taleb Akrema Al Abbas Allah Amru apostle Arabia Arabs arms army Ayesha battle of Beder beauty booty brought Caaba Cadijah camel camp captives caravan castle CHAPTER Christian command converts cried daughter death desert disciples divine doctrines earth embraced the faith enemy exclaimed faith of Islam followers fugitives Habib Hamza hands Hareth head heart heaven Henda holy homet hostility idolatry inhabitants Islam Jewish Jews journey Khaled Khazradites Koran Koreish Koreishites Mahomet Mecca Medina miracles mission Moslem writers Moslems mosque nephew night Ohod Omar Othman Othman Ibn Affan paradise pilgrimage pilgrims prayer prince prophet refuge religion religious remained replied Mahomet return to Mecca return to Medina revelation Saad sacred Salman the Persian sent slain sword Syria Tayef tent thee thou tion tribe troops uncle valley wife wives worship Yemen Zeid Zeinab
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Page 19 - And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
Page 19 - And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
Page 24 - ... and variegated carpets ; aged women and men, no longer able to walk, tied on the heap of domestic furniture : infants crammed into saddle-bags, their tiny heads thrust through the narrow opening, balanced on the animal's back by kids or lambs tied on the opposite side ; young girls clothed only in the close-fitting Arab shirt, which displayed rather than concealed their graceful forms ; mothers with their children on their shoulders ; boys driving flocks of lambs ; horsemen armed with their long...
Page 22 - The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the Lord.
Page 253 - The religious ceremonials being ended, Mahomet took his station on the hill Al Safa, and the people of Mecca, male and female, passed before him, taking the oath of fidelity to him as the prophet of God, and renouncing idolatry. This was in compliance with a revelation in the Koran : " God hath sent his apostle with the direction and the religion of truth, that he may exalt the same over every religion. Verily, they who swear fealty to...
Page 157 - ... power by the miracles he wrought. None of these attributes, however, have been sufficient to enforce conviction, and even the miracles of Moses and Jesus have been treated with unbelief. I, therefore, the last of the prophets, am sent with the sword...
Page 19 - I have heard thee. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly : twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation." (Genesis xvii. 18, 20.) These twelve princes with their tribes are further spoken of in the Scriptures (Genesis xxv. 18) as occupying the country "from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest towards Assyria ; " a region identified by sacred geographers with part of Arabia.
Page 31 - ... but deemed either fire, or wind, or the swift air, or the circle of the stars, or the violent water, or the lights of heaven, to be the gods which govern the world.
Page 25 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Page 20 - Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!