| 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... | |
| Sir William Muir - Arabian Peninsula - 1861 - 340 pages
...as the niche wherein is a Lamp (enclosed) in glass; — the glass is a refulgent Star. It is lighted from a blessed tree, — an Olive neither of the East nor of the West. Its Oil is near unto giving light, even if the fire did not touch it, — Light upon light. God directeth... | |
| Sir William Muir - Islamic Empire - 1861 - 338 pages
...as the niche wherein is a Lamp (enclosed) in glass; — the glass is a refulgent Star. It is lighted from a blessed tree, — an Olive neither of the East nor of the West. Its Oil is near unto giving light, even if the fire did not touch it, — Light upon light. God directeth... | |
| 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
...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 of the West. Its Oil is near unto giving light, even if the fire did not touch it, — light upon light. God directeth... | |
| Sir Lewis Pelly, Arthur Naylor Wollaston - 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... | |
| Qurʼan - 1880 - 78 pages
...lamp ; the lamp encased in glass ; — the glass is a refulgent star. It is lighted with the oil of a blessed tree, an olive neither of the east nor of the west. Its oil is near unto giving light, even if the fire did not touch it ; light upon light. God will direct... | |
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