The Sword of IslamJohn Murray, 1905 - 523 páginas The Sword of Islam by Arthur Wollaston Naylor, first published in 1905, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it. |
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Abbasides Abdullah Abu Bakr Abu Hanifa amongst angels Arabs army Ayisha Baghdad battle became blood body Byzantine Byzantine Empire called camel caravan Christian circumstance command commenced Constantinople Crusaders Damascus daughter death divine doctrine earth Egypt Empire enemies faith father fell followers Hajj hand hapless Hasan head heaven Hijaz Holy City honour Husain Ihram Imam Islam Jedda Jews journey Kaba Karbala Khalif Kiswa known Kufa latter less Lord Madina Mecca monarch month mosque Muawiya Muhammad Muhammadan murder Muslim occasion Omaiyad Omar once Osman Paradise passed performed Persian person pilgrimage pilgrims pious possession prayer prince proclaimed Prophet of Arabia Quraish Quran Qussai received regards reign religion repaired sacred city Saracens sect sent Shias slain soldiers soul spot stone success successor Sultan supposed sword Syria temple thou throne tion tomb town traditions tribe troops Turkish victory votaries warriors whereupon words worship Yazid
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Página 105 - If these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed.
Página 294 - ... will take the left, but both of them must first pass the bridge, called in Arabic, al Sirat. which they say is laid over the midst of hell, and described to be finer than a hair, and sharper than the edge of a sword...
Página 79 - Property are sacred and inviolable amongst one another until the end of time. ' The Lord hath ordained to every man the share of his inheritance : a Testament is not lawful to the prejudice of heirs. 'The child belongeth to the Parent; and the violator of Wedlock shall be stoned.
Página 188 - 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 : " The spider has wove his web in the Imperial palace ; and the owl hath sung her watch-song on the towers of Afrasiab.
Página 106 - Syene to the sea is a month's journey for a horseman. Along the valley descends a river, on which the blessing of the Most High reposes both in the evening and morning, and which rises and falls with the revolutions of the sun and moon. When the...
Página 294 - As to the genii, many Mahometans are of opinion that such of them as are true believers will undergo the same fate as the irrational animals, and have no other reward than the favour of being converted into dust : and for this they quote the authority of their prophet.
Página 297 - Others suppose this intermediate space will be a receptacle for those who have gone to war, without their parents' leave, and therein suffered martyrdom ; being excluded paradise for their disobedience, and escaping hell because they are martyrs. The breadth of this partition wall cannot be supposed to be exceeding great, since not only those who shall stand thereon will hold conference with the inhabitants both of paradise and of hell, but the blessed and the damned themselves will also be able...
Página 285 - ... none but the very worst of men being left alive. For God, they say, will send a cold odoriferous wind, blowing from Syria Damascena, which shall sweep away the souls of all the faithful, and the Koran itself, so that men will remain in the grossest ignorance for a hundred years.
Página 298 - ... him, or if he choose flesh, birds ready dressed will be set before him, according to his wish. They add, that the boughs of this tree will spontaneously bend down to the hand of the person who would gather of its fruits, and that it will supply the blessed not only with food, but...
Página 306 - God having secretly predetermined not only the adverse and prosperous fortune of every person in this world, in the most minute particulars, but also his faith or infidelity, his obedience or disobedience, and consequently his everlasting happiness or misery after death ; which fate or predestination it is not possible by any foresight or wisdom to avoid.