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" The glass is as it were a shining star. (This lamp is) kindled from a blessed tree, an olive neither of the East nor of the West, whose oil would almost glow forth (of itself) though no fire touched it. Light upon light. "
The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 387
1881
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Constantinople and Its Problems: Its Peoples, Customs, Religions and Progress

Henry Otis Dwight - Constantinople - 1901 - 334 pages
...which form Arabic words from the Koran : " God is the light of Heaven and earth ; the similitude of His light is as a niche in which is a lamp and the lamp within glass; and the glass shines as it were a star. It is lighted from a blessed tree; an olive neither...
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Biblical and Literary Essays

Andrew Bruce Davidson - Bible - 1902 - 354 pages
...Christian churches or monks' cells before his eye : " God is the light of the heavens and the earth ; His light is as a niche in which is a lamp, and the lamp is in' a glass ; the glass is, as it were, a glittering star ; it is lit from a blessed tree, an olive neither of the east nor of the...
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Bibliotheca Indica, Volume 197

India - 1910 - 346 pages
...God is the light of the heavens and the earth : His light is as a niche in which is a lamp, and ihe lamp is in a glass, the glass is as though it were a glittering star." Till on that roadthou hast endured distress,1 thou hast two souls, though thy effigy2 is single. O...
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Sacred Scriptures of World-religion

Religious literature - 1914 - 284 pages
...forth in the day; all are alike known to Him. 4. He is the light of the heavens and the earth ; His light is as a niche in which is a lamp, and the lamp...the glass is as though it were a glittering star. He guides to His light whom He pleases; He strikes out parables for men, and He all things doth know....
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The Muharram Mysteries Among the Azerbeijan Turks of Caucasia

Ivar Lassy - Azerbaijan - 1916 - 306 pages
...power of electricity to mankind: »Alldh is the Light of the Heavens and the Earth. His Light is like a niche in which is a lamp; and the lamp is in a glass,...the glass is as though it were a glittering star. From a blessed tree is it lighted, an olive neither of the East nor the West, the oil of which would...
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The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East: With Historical Surveys ...

Charles Francis Horne - English literature - 1917 - 502 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: it wauteth little but that the oil thereof would give light, although no fire touched it. This is light...
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Star of the West, Volumes 9-10

Bahai Faith - 1918 - 736 pages
...enclosed in a case of glass; the glass appears as if 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 the...
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Tablets, Instructions and Words of Explanation Revealed by Abdul Baha Abbas ...

Sohrab Ahmad - 1919 - 98 pages
...enclosed in a case of glass; the glass appears as if 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 the...
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The Spirit of Islâm: A History of the Evolution and Ideals of Islâm, with a ...

Syed Ameer Ali - Islam - 1922 - 604 pages
...night, and he who cometh forth in the day." 1 " God is the light of the heavens and the earth ; His light is as a niche in which is a lamp, and the lamp...from a blessed tree, an olive neither of the east not of the west, the oil of which would well-nigh give light though no fire touched it — light upon...
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Bahai Scriptures: Selections from the Utterances of Bahaʼuʼllah and Abdul Baha

Baháʼuʼlláh - Bahai Faith - 1923 - 604 pages
...enclosed in a case of glass; the glass appears as if 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 the...
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