Selections from the Ḳur-án, with an interwoven comm; tr., arranged, and illustr. by notes, chiefly from Sale's ed.: to which is prefixed an intr., taken from Sale's prelim. discourse, with corrections and additions: by E.W. LaneEdward William Lane 1843 |
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Abraham Abu-l-Fida Abulfedæ Vita according Adam Amalek angels answered apostle Arabia Arabs asked aught believe brother brought called camel cast Chap children of Israel Christians cleave asunder command companions D'Herbelot day of resurrection death deity descend devil disbelieved divine earth Egypt El-Beyḍáwee El-Islám El-Medeeneh El-Yemen Es-Safa Eutych father fear fire Gabriel greater number hath heaven hell honour Idem idolatry idols inhabitants Ishmael Jelál-ed-Deen Jesus Jews jinn Joseph Kaabeh king knoweth Kur-án lapwing Mekkeh mercy Moḥammad Moḥammadans Moses mountains Muslims namely Noah paradise passage Pentateuch person Pharaoh prophet punishment recompense religion replied respecting Sabians saith Sale say unto Scripture sent servants Sho'eyb signifies signs similitude slain Solomon soul Spec stones Strabo Syria Terah therein things Thou art thou hast thou shalt throne thy Lord tribe of Kureysh truth ubi supra unbelievers unto thee Verily verse Vide wherefore whereupon words worship
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Page 262 - Jesus the son of Mary, the apostle of GOD ; yet they slew him not, neither crucified him, but he was represented by one in his likeness ; and verily they who disagreed concerning him were in a doubt as to this matter, and had no sure knowledge thereof, but followed only an uncertain opinion. They did not really kill him ; but GOD took him up unto himself: and GOD is mighty and wise.
Page 281 - Foundation for true interpreting, when he learned from it that, " in every nation, he that feareth God and worketh righteousness, is accepted with Him.
Page 122 - God answered, Verily I know that which ye know not; and he taught Adam the names of all things, and then proposed them to the angels, and said, Declare unto me the names of these things if ye say truth.
Page 240 - And when she saw it, she imagined it to be a great water; and she discovered her legs, by lifting up her robe to pass through it. Whereupon Solomon said unto her, Verily this is a palace evenly floored with glass.
Page 231 - He had a carpet of green silk on which his throne was placed, being of a prodigious length and breadth, and sufficient for all his forces to stand upon, the men placing themselves on his right hand, and the spirits on his left ; and that when all were in order, the wind, at his command, took up the carpet, and transported it, with all that were upon it, wherever he pleased ; the army of birds at the same time flying over their heads, and forminga kind of canopy to shade them from the sun.
Page 271 - We believe in God, and that which hath been sent down unto us, and that which hath been sent down unto Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the tribes, and that which was delivered unto Moses and Jesus, and that which was delivered unto the prophets from their Lord : we make no distinction between any of them...
Page 98 - PRAISE be to God, the Lord of all creatures, the most merciful, the king of the day of judgment. Thee do we worship, and of thee do we beg assistance. Direct us in the right way, in the way of those to whom thou hast been gracious ; not of those against whom thou art incensed, nor of those who go astray...
Page 120 - Of which ten were given to Adam, fifty to Seth, thirty to Edris or Enoch, ten to Abraham; and the other four, being the Pentateuch, the Psalms, the Gospel, and the...
Page 266 - Unto Him belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth.
Page 258 - ... olives, on the second honey, on the third butter, on the fourth cheese, and on the fifth dried flesh. They add, that Jesus, at the request of the apostles, showed them another miracle, by restoring the fish to life...