 Koran, and often recommended therein jointly with prayer; the former being held of great efficacy in causing the latter to be heard of God: for which reason the Khalif Omar Ebn Abd'alaziz used to say, "that prayer carries us half way to God, fasting brings...  The Nile: Notes for Travellers in Egypt - Page 223by Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge - 1902 - 674 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge - 1921 - 992 pages
...regarded as of great assistance in causing God to hear prayer ; it has been said by one of the Khalifahs that " prayer carries us half-way to God, fasting...the body ; (2) the restraining of the members of the body from sin ; and (3) the fasting of the heart from worldly cares, and compelling the mind to dwell... | |
 | DANA CHARLETON MUNRO - 1924 - 494 pages
...alms of that which ye love." A favorite saying of one of the caliphs was: " Prayer carries us half way to God; fasting brings us to the door of His palace; and alms procure us admission." The pilgrimage is to Mecca and must be made at least once by each believer. But " he only shall visit... | |
 | Dana Carleton Munro - 1924 - 492 pages
...alms of that which ye love." A favorite saying of one of the caliphs was: " Prayer carries us half way to God ; fasting brings us to the door of His palace ; and alms procure us admission." The pilgrimage is to Mecca and must be made at least once by each believer. But " he only shall visit... | |
 | Dana Carleton Munro, Raymond James Sontag - 1928 - 586 pages
...alms of that which ye love." A favorite saying of one of the caliphs was: " Prayer carries us half way to . God ; fasting brings us to the door of His palace ; and alms procure us admission." The pilgrimage is to Mecca and must be made at least -^nce by each believer. But " he only shall visit... | |
 | Elwood Morris Wherry - 2000 - 410 pages
...causing the latter to be heard of GOD: for which reason the Khalifah Omar Ibn Abd al A2i2 used to say " that prayer carries us half-way to GOD, fasting brings us to the door of his palace, and alms procures us admission,"8 The Muhammadans, therefore, esteem almsdeeds to be highly meritorious, and... | |
 | Bryan S. Turner - 2000 - 608 pages
...God: for which reason the Khalif Omar Ebn Abd'alaziz used to say, "that prayer carries us half way to God, fasting brings us to the door of his palace, and alms procure us admission." The Mohammedans therefore esteem alms-deeds to be highly meritorious, and many of them have been illustrious... | |
 | Ira G. Zepp - 2000 - 260 pages
...is given. A Muslim leader in early Islam observed how prayer, fasting, and almsgiving were related: "Prayer carries us half-way to God; fasting brings us to the door of His praises; almsgiving procures for us admission." Pilgrimage (Hajj)* This last pillar is the crowning... | |
 | 1861 - 639 pages
...be heard of GOD: for which reason the Khalif Omar Ebn Abd'alaziz used to say, "that prayer and alms carries us half-way to GOD, fasting brings us to the door of his palace, and alms procures us admission."3 The Mohammedans, therefore, esteem almsdeeds to be highly meritorious, and... | |
 | Tennessee Pharmaceutical Association - 1915 - 184 pages
...friend's example makes us think that she believed as the poet who said "Prayer carries us half wal to God, fasting brings us to the door of his palace, and alms-giving procures us admission." In a way we preach our own funeral, for God takes note of our lives... | |
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