 | 1881 - 622 pages
...is a lamp, and the lamp is in a glass, the glass is as though it were a glittering star ; it is lit from a blessed tree, an olive neither of the east nor of the west, the oil of which would well-nigh give light, though no fire touched it — light upon light! — God... | |
 | 1821 - 560 pages
...enclosed in a case of glass ; the glass appears as it were a shining star. It is lighted with the oil of a blessed tree, an olive neither of the east nor of the west m : it wanteth little but that the oil thereof would give light, although no fire touched it. This... | |
 | George Sale - 1856 - 692 pages
...inclosed in a case of glass ; the glass appears as it were a shining star. It is lighted with the oil of a blessed tree, an olive neither of the east, nor of the west:' it wanteth little but that the oil thereof would give light, although no fire touched it.* This is... | |
 | 1856 - 692 pages
...inclosed in a case of glass ; the glass appears as it were a shining star. It is lighted with the oil of & blessed tree, an olive neither of the east, nor of the west:' it wanteth little but that the oil thereof would give light, although no fire touched it.* This is... | |
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - African Americans - 1867 - 492 pages
...inclosed in a case of glass ; the glass appears as it were a shining star. It is lighted with the oil of a blessed tree, an olive neither of the east, nor of the west ; it wanteth little but that the oil thereof 1rould give light, although no fire touched it. This is... | |
 | 1871 - 694 pages
...inclosed in a case of glass ; the glass appears as it were a shining star. It is lighted with the oil of a blessed tree, an olive neither of the east, nor of the west : • it wanteth little but that the oil thereof would give light, although no ftre touched it.* This... | |
 | Sir William Muir - Muslims - 1877 - 676 pages
...style of the Meccan period. God is the Light of the Heavens and the Earth. The likeness of His light is as the niche wherein is a Lamp (enclosed) in glass ; — the plass is a refulgent Star. It is lighted from a blessed tree, — an Olive neither of the East nor... | |
 | Sir Lewis Pelly - Folk drama, Persian - 1879 - 368 pages
...in a case of glass, the glass appearing, as it were, a shining star. It is lighted with the oil of a blessed tree, an olive neither of the East nor of the West. It wanteth little but that the oil thereof should give light, although no fire touch it. This is light... | |
 | Sacred books of the East - 1880 - 420 pages
...is a lamp, and the lamp is in a glass, the glass is as though it were a glittering star ; it is lit from a blessed tree, an olive neither of the east nor of the west, the oil of which would well-nigh give light though no fire touched it, — light upon light! — God... | |
 | Muḥammad ((nabī al-islām ;) - 1882 - 278 pages
...in which is a lamp, and the lamp in a glass ; the glass is as it were a glittering star : it is lit from a blessed tree, an olive neither of the east nor of the west, the oil thereof would wellnigh shine though no fire touched it— light upon light— God guideth to... | |
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The glass is as it were a shining star. (This lamp is) kindled from a blessed tree, an olive neither of the East nor of the West, whose oil would almost glow forth (of itself) though no fire touched it. Light upon light. 
