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... most instructed men might regard the fire only as a symbol of the Divinity , as they understood His character and attributes , it is certain that the great body of worshippers suffered their admiration to rest RELIGION . 67 CHAPTER V.
... most instructed men might regard the fire only as a symbol of the Divinity , as they understood His character and attributes , it is certain that the great body of worshippers suffered their admiration to rest RELIGION . 67 CHAPTER V.
Page 68
John Kitto. the great body of worshippers suffered their admiration to rest upon the altar fires , which they deemed sacred , without caring to penetrate the hidden meanings which the learned assigned to that worship . This superstition ...
John Kitto. the great body of worshippers suffered their admiration to rest upon the altar fires , which they deemed sacred , without caring to penetrate the hidden meanings which the learned assigned to that worship . This superstition ...
Page 73
... body of the Moslems , held , on the contrary , the opinion , that the succession must be determined by the voices of the whole company of the faithful . It may have been the same conviction , which seems in accordance with the ...
... body of the Moslems , held , on the contrary , the opinion , that the succession must be determined by the voices of the whole company of the faithful . It may have been the same conviction , which seems in accordance with the ...
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... body of the Arabian people seems to have been at this time very much in his favour . His most inveterate adversary was Aayeshah , the before - mentioned wife of Mohammed , and daughter of Abubekr , who had all along taken a prominent ...
... body of the Arabian people seems to have been at this time very much in his favour . His most inveterate adversary was Aayeshah , the before - mentioned wife of Mohammed , and daughter of Abubekr , who had all along taken a prominent ...
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... body of attached followers . But , before his arrival in that quarter , his principal friends at Kufah had been seized , and the manifestations in his favour put down with a strong hand by the emir Obeidallah , the caliph's governor in ...
... body of attached followers . But , before his arrival in that quarter , his principal friends at Kufah had been seized , and the manifestations in his favour put down with a strong hand by the emir Obeidallah , the caliph's governor in ...
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Abubekr Amer ancient appear Arabian Arabic Armenians Baghdad believe British and Foreign caliph caliphat called carpets Caspian Sea character chief Christ Christian claims courts death declare descendants dish Divine doctrine dove's dung earth Euphrates European faith favour give gospel habit hand Harro honour Hossein houses imaum inhabitants Isfahan Islam Jews Justin Perkins Kerbelah Koran Kufah learned Lord manner Martyn matter Mecca medan Meerza ment Meshid missionaries Mohammed Mohammedan mollah Moses Moslem Moslem doctors mosques nations observed occasion Omar peculiar Persian language Persians person plastered prayers present priest prince principles prophet racter Ramazan received regard religion RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY respect Romanist roof sacred says scarcely Scott Waring Scripture sect Sheahs sheikh-ul-islam Shiraz Sooffeeism Sooffees successor Sunnees supposed thee tion translation truth Turkey Turks unclean unto usually walls whole words worship Yezid
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Page 58 - And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron ; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
Page 57 - I am a stranger and a sojourner with you; give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
Page 178 - 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 42 - And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
Page 101 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
Page 58 - Nay, my lord, hear me : the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee ; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
Page 58 - My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
Page 44 - The Son of man goeth as it is written of him : but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed ! it had been good for that man if he had not been born. 25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.
Page 58 - Hear us, my lord : thou art a mighty prince among us : in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead ; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
Page 136 - And he returned to the man of GOD, he and all his company, and came and stood before him : and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no GOD in all the earth, but in Israel : now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.