Lives of Mahomet and His Successors, Volumes 1-2

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Baudry's European Library, 1850 - Caliphs - 384 pages
 

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Page 2 - Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
Page 289 - He shall not depart out of darkness ; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
Page 7 - God, and could not out of the good things that are seen, know him that is : neither by considering the works did they acknowledge the workmaster ; but deemed either fire, or wind, or the swift air, or the circle of the stars, or the violent water, or the lights of heaven, to be the gods which govern the world.
Page 154 - Scripture, that they should be such things, " as eye hath not seen, ear hath not heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive.
Page 2 - 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.
Page 37 - In the name of the most merciful God ! We have not sent down the Koran to inflict misery on mankind, but as a monitor, to teach him to believe in the true God, the creator of the earth and the lofty heavens.
Page 3 - All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, The rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee; They shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, And I will glorify the house of my glory.
Page 108 - There is no God but God, and Mahomet is his prophet.
Page 282 - I will set a strong wall between you and them. Bring me iron in large pieces, until it fill up the space between the two sides of these mountains.
Page 2 - And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

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