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... Mohammed - Character of the Arabs . CHAPTER II . LIFE OF MOHAMMED . His parentage - Abu - Taleb - Marvellous stories - Chadijah becomes the wife of Mohammed - The cave of Hira- Mohammed's doctrines - His wife and others become converts ...
... Mohammed - Character of the Arabs . CHAPTER II . LIFE OF MOHAMMED . His parentage - Abu - Taleb - Marvellous stories - Chadijah becomes the wife of Mohammed - The cave of Hira- Mohammed's doctrines - His wife and others become converts ...
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... Mohammed and the Meccans - Seals his letters with the words , " MOHAMMED THE APOSTLE OF GOD " -Conducts his followers ... Mohammed's sensual description of Para- dise - His system is vicious , narrow , and injurious- wanting in evidence ...
... Mohammed and the Meccans - Seals his letters with the words , " MOHAMMED THE APOSTLE OF GOD " -Conducts his followers ... Mohammed's sensual description of Para- dise - His system is vicious , narrow , and injurious- wanting in evidence ...
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... Mohammed's habits . A large portion of his life is necessarily passed over in the following pages ; since no gratification of curi- osity can be worth risking the perpetual shock of the moral feelings of every virtuous mind , which must ...
... Mohammed's habits . A large portion of his life is necessarily passed over in the following pages ; since no gratification of curi- osity can be worth risking the perpetual shock of the moral feelings of every virtuous mind , which must ...
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... Mohammed's first act at Medina ( the city is the meaning of this word ) was the building of a mosque , or temple , for religious worship . He then married Ayesha , daughter of Abu- Beker , to whom he had been espoused a year before . He ...
... Mohammed's first act at Medina ( the city is the meaning of this word ) was the building of a mosque , or temple , for religious worship . He then married Ayesha , daughter of Abu- Beker , to whom he had been espoused a year before . He ...
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... Mohammed to meet him the following year at Beder . Mohammed's followers were enraged at their defeat . Some upbraided their leader as a false prophet . Others were in- furiated by the loss of their friends . To pacify them , he ascribed ...
... Mohammed to meet him the following year at Beder . Mohammed's followers were enraged at their defeat . Some upbraided their leader as a false prophet . Others were in- furiated by the loss of their friends . To pacify them , he ascribed ...
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Abu-Beker Abu-Sofian Abu-Taleb ambition ancient apostle apostle of God Arabia Arabs army Ayesha battle Beder believe called camel Chadijah Chaibar chapter character Christian church command companions conqueror conquest Constantinople death desert disciples Divine doctrines earnest east eastern emperor empire enemies faith favour fight followers Gabriel glory Greek hammed hand hath heart heaven Hegira Heraclius history of Mohammedanism holy horse hundred idolatry imagination impostor infidels Islam Jahia Jerusalem Jesus Jews Kaaba Khaled khalif Korân Koreish lived Lord Mecca medans Medina miracles Mohammed Mohammed's Mohammedan Moseilama Moses Moslems mosque mountains muezzin nations Omar Othman passions Persian pilgrimage pilgrims plunder prayer preached pretended prince professed prophet province Red Sea religion Roman Saracens sensual sent slain slaves spirit spread success successor superstition sword Syria taught temple thousand throne tion tribe true truth Turks uncle victory warriors wine worship writers Zeid
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Page 104 - God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer; whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven; at the day of judgment his wounds shall be resplendent as vermilion, and odoriferous as musk; and the loss of his limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels and cherubim.
Page 135 - God ! if my course were not stopped by this sea, " I would still go on, to the unknown kingdoms " of the West, preaching the unity of thy holy " name, and putting to the sword the rebellious " nations who worship any other gods than " thee *." Yet this Mahometan Alexander, who sighed for new worlds, was unable to preserve his recent conquests.
Page 131 - Sophia, he proceeded to the august but desolate mansion of a hundred successors of the great Constantine, but which, in a few hours, had been stripped of the pomp of royalty. A melancholy reflection on the vicissitudes of human greatness forced itself on his mind, and he repeated an elegant distich of Persian poetry...
Page 63 - Zeid had determined the matter concerning her, and had resolved to divorce her, we joined her in marriage unto thee ; lest a crime should be charged on the true believers, in marrying the wives of their adopted sons, when they...
Page 71 - SAY, I fly for refuge unto the LORD of men, the king of men, the GOD of men, that he may deliver me from the mischief of the whisperer who slily withdraweth,* J who whispereth evil suggestions into the breasts of men ; from genii and men.
Page 37 - I know no man in all Arabia who can offer his kindred a more excellent thing than I now do you ; I offer you happiness both in this life, and in that which is to come : God Almighty hath commanded me to call you unto him ; who, therefore, among you will be assisting to me herein, and become my brother, and my vicegerent?
Page 102 - (to use the words of a very learned person) "seems to be this: to unite the professors of the three different religions then followed in the populous country of Arabia, who for the most part lived promiscuously, and wandered without guides, the far greater number being idolaters, and the rest Jews and Christians, mostly of erroneous and heterodox belief, in the knowledge and worship of one eternal, invisible GOD, by whose power all things were made, and...
Page 55 - LORD shall have gardens through which rivers flow, they shall continue therein for ever: this is the gift of GOD; for what is with GOD shall be better for the righteous than short-lived worldly prosperity. There are some of those who have received the scriptures, who believe in GOD, and that which hath been sent down unto you, and that which hath been sent down to them, submitting...
Page 158 - ... inhabitants. In Jesus we see the adorable Prince of peace, the friend and Saviour of the world, riding meekly to the holy city, hailed with the acclamations and blessings of much people, whom he had rescued from sin and death, wiping the tears from all eyes, and healing every sickness and every disease. And here the comparison must cease. The events that followed in our Saviour's life are too august to be placed in competition with any mortal power, and can be comprehended only by minds habituated...
Page 46 - Praise be unto him, who transported his servant by night, from the sacred temple of Mecca to the farther temple of Jerusalem, 1 the circuit of which we have blessed, that we might show him some of our signs; for God is he who heareth and seeth.