Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, Volume 2Oriental translation fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1843 - Authors, Arab |
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Abd al-Malik Abd Allah Ibn Abd ar-Rahmān Abł Abu Abd Abu Bakr Abū Ishak Abū l-Hasan ad-Dawlat ad-din al-Fadl al-Hasan Ibn al-Husain al-Mansūr al-Marwazi al-Mutanabbi Aleppo Amr Ibn anecdote ar-Rashid Arabic Arbela as-Saffah as-Shāfi autograph az-Zuhri Baghdad Basra brother Cairo celebrated composed Damascus death died A. H. diwān doctor Egypt eminent emir father favour hāfiz Hajji Khalifa heart Ibn Abd Allah Ibn Ahmad Ibn Ibn al-Hasan Ibn Ali Ibn Ibn Khallikān Ibn Muhammad Ibn Ibrahim Imād imām interred Jaafar Jumāda jurisconsult jurisprudence kādi kasida katib khalif Kitāb Koran l-Hasan Ali Ibn learned Mālik master mawla means belonging Mekka mentioned month Moslim mosque Mosul Muharram Nasr native Obaid Allah Omar Ibn person pieces poems poet poetry possessed prince received recited replied Saad sect Shafite shaikh Sibawaih surnamed Syria thee thou took traditionist Traditions treatise tribe vizir whilst words Yūsuf
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Page 634 - ... twenty of you persevere with constancy they shall overcome two hundred, and if there be one hundred of you they shall overcome a thousand of those who believe not; because they are a people which do not understand.
Page 629 - Qurdn, and hath not inserted therein any crookedness, (2) but hath made it a straight rule: that he should threaten a grievous punishment unto the unbelievers, from his presence ; and should bear good tidings unto the faithful, who work righteousness, that they...
Page 540 - I delight in testifying my profound respect for the sayings of the Apostle of God," was his explanation, " and I never repeat a tradition unless I feel myself in a state of perfect purity.
Page 344 - ... of which there is no doubt; and every soul shall be paid that which it hath gained, neither shall they be treated unjustly? Say, O GOD, who possessest the kingdom; thou givest the kingdom unto whom thou wilt, and thou takest away the kingdom from whom thou wilt: thou exaltest whom thou wilt, and thou humblest whom thou wilt: in thy hand is good, for thou art almighty.
Page 542 - How should I not weep? and who has more reason to weep than I? Would to God that for every question decided by me according to my own opinion I had received so many stripes! then would my accounts be easier. Would to God I had never given any decision of my own...
Page 595 - The descent is intelligible ; the manner how is unknown ; the belief therein is obligatory, and the asking about it is a blamable innovation.
Page 384 - All, generally known by the appellation of Ibn al-Farid and distniguished by the honorary title of al- Sharaf1 drew his descent from a family which inhabited Hamat, but he himself was born in Egypt, which was also the country of his residence, and that of his death. In his poetical works, of which the collection...
Page 573 - Kharejites : their name properly signifies sectaries or adherents in general, but is peculiarly used to denote those of Ali Ebn Abi T&leb ; who maintain him to be lawful Khalif and Imam, and that the supreme authority, both in spirituals and temporals, of right belongs to his descendants, notwithstanding they may be deprived of it by the injustice of others, or their own fear. They also teach, that the office of Imam is not a common thing, depending on the will of the vulgar, so that they may set...
Page 635 - And he smiled, laughing at her words, and said, • O Lord, excite me. that I may be thankful for thy favour, wherewith thou hast favoured me and my parents : and that I may do that which is right and well pleasing to thee : and introduce me. through thy mercy, among thy servants the righteous.
Page 229 - How, then, could he pretend to know the particulars of a similar occurrence which took place in a distant country and in a bygone age ? And how can he know the truth (of Yezid's conduct) now that nearly four hundred years have elapsed, and that the crime was committed in a country far remote ? It must be considered, also, that this event was taken up by party-spirit, and that (false) statements respecting it abounded on all sides. The true circumstances of it cannot therefore be known ; and such...