Life of MahometH.G. Bohn, 1849 - 216 pages |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abbas Abu Beker Abu Jahl Abu Lahab Abu Sofian Abu Taleb Abulfeda Al Abbas Allah Amru angel Gabriel Ansarians apostle Arabian Arabs arms army Ayesha battle of Beder beauty Borak brought Caaba Cadijah called camels caravan CHAPTER Christian command converts cried daughter death desert disciples divine doctrines earth embraced the faith enemy enter exclaimed faith of Islam father favour followers fugitives genii Hamza hands head heart heaven Henda holy homet hostility idolatry inhabitants Ishmael Islam Jewish Jews Khaled Khazradites Koran Koreish Koreishites Mahomet Mahometans Mecca Medina miracles mission Moslem writers Moslems mosque mounted Naklah nephew night Ohod Omar Othman Othman Ibn Affan paradise pilgrimage pilgrims pray prayer prophet refuge religion religious remained replied return to Mecca return to Medina revelation Saad sacred sent slain spirit stone sword Syria Tayef thee thou tribe troops uncle warrior wife wives worship Yemen Zeid Zeinab
Popular passages
Page viii - All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee : they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.
Page 51 - We have not sent down the Koran to inflict misery on mankind, but as a monitor, to teach him to believe in the true God, the creator of the earth and the lofty heavens.
Page 84 - ... to virtuous deeds is equal to alms-giving; your putting a wanderer in the right road is charity; your assisting the blind is charity; your removing stones and thorns and other obstructions from the road is charity; your giving water to the thirsty is charity.
Page 6 - SURELY VAIN ARE ALL MEN BY NATURE, WHO ARE IGNORANT OF 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.
Page 2 - Long lines of asses and bullocks laden with black tents, huge caldrons and variegated carpets ; aged women and men, no longer able to walk, tied on the heap of domestic furniture ; infants crammed into saddle-bags, their tiny heads thrust through the narrow opening, balanced on the animal's back by kids or lambs tied on the opposite side ; young girls clothed only in the close-fitting Arab shirt, which displayed rather than . concealed their graceful forms ; mothers with their children on their shoulders;...
Page 82 - While in this perplexity, a form of words to be cried aloud, was suggested by Abdallah, the son of Zeid, who declared that it was revealed to him in a vision. It was instantly adopted by Mahomet, and such is given as the origin of the following summons, which is to this day heard from the lofty minarets throughout the East, calling the Moslems to the place of worship : " God is great ! God is great ! There is no God but God.
Page vi - 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 147 - Mahomet preserved the city from a general massacre. The carnage being stopped, and no further opposition manifested, the prophet descended from the mount and approached the gates, seated on his camel, accompanied by Abu Beker on his right hand, and followed by Osama, the son of Zeid. The sun was just rising as he entered the gates of his native city, with the glory of a conqueror, but the garb and humility of a pilgrim. He entered, repeating verses of the Koran, which he said had been revealed to...
Page viii - The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, They were thy merchants; They occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, And with all precious stones and gold.
Page 36 - Jacob, and the tribes, and that which was delivered to Moses, and Jesus, and the prophets from their Lord; we make no distinction between any of them; and to him are we resigned.