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Washington Irving. CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. Preliminary notice of Arabia and the Arabs , CHAPTER II . Birth and parentage of Mahomet . - His infancy and childhood , CHAPTER III . Traditions concerning Mecca and the Caaba , • 13 30 87 ...
Washington Irving. CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. Preliminary notice of Arabia and the Arabs , CHAPTER II . Birth and parentage of Mahomet . - His infancy and childhood , CHAPTER III . Traditions concerning Mecca and the Caaba , • 13 30 87 ...
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... Arab damsel by the Jewish tribe of Kainoka . — A tumult . - The Beni Kainoka take refuge in their castle . - Sub- dued and punished by confiscation and banishment . — Marriage of Othman to the prophet's daughter Omm Kalthum , and of the ...
... Arab damsel by the Jewish tribe of Kainoka . — A tumult . - The Beni Kainoka take refuge in their castle . - Sub- dued and punished by confiscation and banishment . — Marriage of Othman to the prophet's daughter Omm Kalthum , and of the ...
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... Arabs in Spain . These were to be introduced by a sketch of the life of the founder of the Islam faith , and the first mover of Ara- bian conquest . Most of the particulars for this were drawn from Spanish sources , and from Gagnier's ...
... Arabs in Spain . These were to be introduced by a sketch of the life of the founder of the Islam faith , and the first mover of Ara- bian conquest . Most of the particulars for this were drawn from Spanish sources , and from Gagnier's ...
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... Arabs . DURING a long succession of ages , extending from the earliest period of recorded history down to the seventh century of the Christian era , that great chersonese or peninsula formed by the Red Sea , the Euphrates , the Gulf of ...
... Arabs . DURING a long succession of ages , extending from the earliest period of recorded history down to the seventh century of the Christian era , that great chersonese or peninsula formed by the Red Sea , the Euphrates , the Gulf of ...
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... Arabs carry back the traditions of their country to the hightest antiquity . It was peopled , they say , soon after the deluge , by the progeny of Shem the son of Noah , who gradually formed themselves into several tribes , the most ...
... Arabs carry back the traditions of their country to the hightest antiquity . It was peopled , they say , soon after the deluge , by the progeny of Shem the son of Noah , who gradually formed themselves into several tribes , the most ...
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Abbas Abdallah Ibn Abraham Abu Beker Abu Jahl Abu Lahab Abu Sofian Abu Taleb Abulfeda Al Abbas Allah angel Gabriel Arabia Arabs arms army Ayesha battle of Beder beauty Caaba Cadijah called camels caravan castle CHAPTER Christian command cried daughter death desert disciples divine doctrines earth embraced the faith enemy enter exclaimed FAITH OF ISLAM father followers fugitives gate genii Hamza hands head heart heaven holy homet Ibn Obba idolatry inhabitants Ishmael Islam Jewish Jews Khaled Khazradites Koran Koreish Koreishites Mahomet Mahometans Mecca Medina miracles mission Moslem writers Moslems mosque night Ohod Omar Othman Othman Ibn Affan paradise pilgrimage pilgrims pray prayer prince prophet refuge religion religious remained return to Medina revelation rites Sabean sacred sent slain soul spirit stone sword Syria Tayef tent thee thou tion traditions tribe troops true believers uncle valley wife wives worship Yemen Zeid Zeinab
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Página 15 - 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.
Página 15 - 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.
Página 75 - Deal not unjustly with others, and ye shall not be dealt with unjustly. If there be any debtor under a difficulty of paying his debt, let his creditor wait till it be easy for him to do it ; but if ye remit it as alms, it will be better for you, if ye knew it.
Página 20 - Long lines of asses and bullocks, laden with black tents, huge caldrons, 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...
Página 18 - 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.
Página 303 - Mulakken or priest to address the deceased, when in the grave, in the following words : " 0 servant of God ! O son of a handmaid of God ! know that, at this time, there will come down to thee two angels commissioned respecting thee and the like of thee; when they say to thee, ' Who is thy Lord? ' answer them,
Página 16 - Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
Página 144 - Every good act, he would say, is charity. Your smiling in your brother's face is charity ; an exhortation of your fellow-man to virtuous deeds is equal to alms-giving ; your putting a wanderer in the right road is charity ; your assisting the blind is charity ; your removing stones and thorns and other obstructions from the road is charity ; your giving water to the thirsty is charity.
Página 359 - ... eye hath not seen, ear hath not heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive.
Página 71 - the religion of Abraham the orthodox, who was no idolater. We believe in God and that which hath been sent down to us, and that which hath been sent down unto Abraham and Ishmael, and Isaac and Jacob and the tribes, and that which was delivered unto Moses and Jesus, and that which was delivered unto the prophets from the Lord : we make no distinction between any of them, and to God we are resigned.