| Robert Paton - 1884 - 184 pages
...or Church, and announcing the words which to this hour are heard from every minaret in the East—" God is great! God is great! There is no God but God. Mohammed is the apostle of God. Come to prayers; come to prayers. Prayer is better than sleep; prayer... | |
| 1885 - 590 pages
...minarets of the moequee, and from the balconies chant in a shrill plaintive tone the following words: " God is great, God is great, there is no God but God, and Mohammed is his prophet. Come to prayer, come to prayer, prayer is better than sleep, come to prayer."... | |
| Thomas Patrick Hughes - 1885 - 794 pages
...Tamhid. This is a high festival season and the feast of sacrifice. Read now the Takbiru "t-Tashriq. God is great! God is great ! There is no God but God ! God is great ! God is great ! All praise be to Him ! From the morning of the 'Arafah, after every... | |
| Joseph Marstain Fort - 1892 - 746 pages
...such, however) " Allah Hu-ak-bar. Ash ha du anna la Allah . itaha ill Allah wa, Muhanmedu rasul Allah." (God is great ! God is great ! There is no God but God, and Mohammed is the Prophet of God. Come to prayer.) Now, my friend, when you are awakened by these... | |
| Constance Fenimore Woolson - 1895 - 380 pages
...the chant which we had heard — " Allah akbar; Allah akbar; la Allah ill' Allah. Ileyya alassalah !" (God is great ; God is great ; there is no God but God, and Mohammed is his prophet. Come to prayer.) Again, another day, in the old Touloun quarter, we heard... | |
| Augustus Warner Williams, Mgrditch Simbad Gabriel - 1896 - 516 pages
...great ! There is no God but God. Mohammed is the apostle of God. Come to prayers ! Come to prayers ! God is great ! God is great. There is no God but God." To which at dawn of day are added the words : " Prayer is better than sleep ! Prayer is better than... | |
| 1900 - 594 pages
...Come to salvation ! Come to salvation ! Prayer is better than sleep ; Prayer is better than sleep. God is great ! God is great ! There is no god but God ! There is no god but God ! While the Azan is being made the faithful arrange themselves in a straight... | |
| Ralph Patteson Cobbold - 1900 - 464 pages
...nets with me. One day I noticed that there were various preparations being made, and I learnt that * God is Great, God is Great, There is no God but God. God has sent us Mahomed as his prophet. 194 the Russian Nechelvnik together with the doctor from Charog... | |
| Peirce De Lacy Johnstone - 1901 - 272 pages
...to salvation ! Come to salvation ! " (at first prayer only). " Prayer is better than sleep (twice) ! God is great ! God is great ! There is no god but God ! " Prayer is led by an Imam, who faces towards Mecca, and the congregation follow him exactly. Only... | |
| Motilal M. Munshi - 1904 - 636 pages
...Mahomet is the apostle of God. Come to prayers f * From Gardner's Faiths of the World Come to prayers ! God is great ! God 'is great ! There is no God but God. — Summons calling the Mahomedans to the place of worship. To this at dawn of day is added the exhortation,... | |
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