The Works of Washington Irving in Twelve Volumes, Τόμος 6

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Putnam, 1881
 

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Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 27 - 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.
Σελίδα 252 - Mecca, male and female, passed before him, taking the oath of fidelity to him as the prophet of God, and renouncing idolatry. This was in compliance with a revelation in the Koran :
Σελίδα 154 - I, there fore, the last of the prophets, am sent with the sword ! Let those who promulgate my faith enter into no argument nor discussion ; but slay all who refuse obedience to the law. Whoever fights for the true faith, whether he fall or conquer, will assuredly receive a glorious reward.
Σελίδα 32 - His mother suffered none of the pangs of travail. At the moment of his coming into the world, a celestial light illumined the surrounding country, and the new-born child, raising his eyes to heaven, exclaimed : " God is great ! There is no god but God, and I am his prophet.
Σελίδα 18 - All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee...
Σελίδα 147 - ... and they who have given the prophet a refuge among them, and have assisted him, these shall be deemed the one nearest of kin to the other.
Σελίδα 298 - And when the months wherein ye are not allowed to attack them shall be past, kill the idolaters wheresoever ye shall find them/ and take them prisoners, and besiege them, and lay wait for them in every convenient place. But if they shall repent, and observe the appointed times of prayer, and pay the legal alms, dismiss them freely : for GOD is gracious and merciful.
Σελίδα 93 - Merciful is enthroned on high, to him belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens above, and in the earth beneath, and in the regions under the earth.
Σελίδα 16 - Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

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