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Page vii
... Faithful had always managed their affairs in this way , and no one appeared to entertain a thought that the work of existence could be carried on in a less bloody and riotous fashion . All that was done was being done strictly according ...
... Faithful had always managed their affairs in this way , and no one appeared to entertain a thought that the work of existence could be carried on in a less bloody and riotous fashion . All that was done was being done strictly according ...
Page ix
... Faithful was rent into two irrecon- cileable factions , the Sunnis and the Shias . 6 The second part , entitled ' The Fatimides , ' traces the growth of the Shia heresy . It endeavours to show that the central tenets of this sect grew ...
... Faithful was rent into two irrecon- cileable factions , the Sunnis and the Shias . 6 The second part , entitled ' The Fatimides , ' traces the growth of the Shia heresy . It endeavours to show that the central tenets of this sect grew ...
Page 16
... Faithful in Mekka alone averted the doom from the unbelieving city . The retort was ready . There was nothing the Kuraish desired more earnestly than to be rid of the Faithful altogether . They were the cause of trouble and dissension ...
... Faithful in Mekka alone averted the doom from the unbelieving city . The retort was ready . There was nothing the Kuraish desired more earnestly than to be rid of the Faithful altogether . They were the cause of trouble and dissension ...
Page 18
... faithful ser- vant of God , eager only to enthrone Him in the hearts of men , and at the very goal and termination of my labours I am thwarted by this incapacity to work a miracle . It is true , as these infidels allege , that the older ...
... faithful ser- vant of God , eager only to enthrone Him in the hearts of men , and at the very goal and termination of my labours I am thwarted by this incapacity to work a miracle . It is true , as these infidels allege , that the older ...
Page 27
... Faithful is to be the agents of God's vengeance on those who believe not . These are to be slaughtered until they pay tribute , when they are to be allowed to go to Hell in their own way without further molestation . But the subject of ...
... Faithful is to be the agents of God's vengeance on those who believe not . These are to be slaughtered until they pay tribute , when they are to be allowed to go to Hell in their own way without further molestation . But the subject of ...
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