 | Robert Elliott Speer - 1902 - 568 pages
...Islam that it abolished intemperance and the use of wine. This is indeed the doctrine of the Koran. " They will ask thee concerning wine and lots: Answer,...; but their sinfulness is greater than their use." (Sura ii, 216.) "O true believers, surely wine, and lots, and images, and divining arrows are an abomination... | |
 | Charles Turner Gorham - 1904 - 102 pages
...wine and lois. 1 Sale's Preface, sec. 4. s Ibid, c. ii. 3 Koran, c. xxx. « Ibid, c. ix. he ¿e: 'of i Answer, In both there is great sin, and also some...; but their sinfulness is greater than their use. They will- ask thee also what they shall bestow in alms ; answer, What ye have to spare. Thus God showeth... | |
 | William Jennings Bryan - 1907 - 588 pages
...widow and charity toward the poor. He condemned the use of intoxicating liquor and gambling, saying: "They will ask thee concerning wine and lots; answer,...; but their sinfulness is greater than their use." As to alms-giving the measure was to be, "what ye have to spare." While plurality of wives was allowed... | |
 | Frank Sargent Hoffman - 1908 - 420 pages
...of God" or introduce false gods. For " temptation to idolatry is more grievous than to kill." "When they will ask thee concerning wine and lots; answer,...both there is great sin, and also some things of use to men, but their sinfulness is greater than their use." After treating of many other legislative matters... | |
 | Frank Sargent Hoffman - 1908 - 502 pages
...God ' ' or introduce false gods. For "temptation to idolatry is more grievous than to kill." ' ' When they will ask thee concerning wine and lots ; answer,...both there is great sin, and also some things of use to men, but their sinfulness is greater than their use. ' ' After treating of many other legislative... | |
 | Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines - 1911 - 978 pages
...passed." Among the prohibitions of the Koran, the most important are those concerning wine and gambling. "They will ask thee concerning wine and lots ; answer...; but their sinfulness is greater than their use," and suras 2, v. 216; 5, v. 92, treat of the same. These verses are held by the Moslem to be an absolute... | |
 | Pierre Ponafidine - 1911 - 542 pages
...the 21 6th verse of the 2d Sura the following words : " They will ask thee concerning wine and lots.1 Answer, in both there is great sin, and also some...men; but their sinfulness is greater than their use." These are all the commands to be found in the Koran, but on this basis the Shariat has worked out a... | |
 | Charles Francis Horne - 1917 - 508 pages
...religion, and fight in God's cause, they shall hope for the mercy of God; for God is gracious and merciful. They will ask thee concerning wine and lots: Answer,...men; but their sinfulness is greater than their use. They will ask thee also what they shall bestow in amis: Answer, What ye have to spare. Thus God showeth... | |
 | 1919 - 958 pages
...Islam. Among the prohibitions of the Koran, the most important are those concerning wine and gambling. "They will ask thee concerning wine and lots; answer...men; but their sinfulness is greater than their use,* and suras 2, v. 216; 5, v. 92, treat of the same. These verses are held by the Moslem to be an absolute... | |
 | Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge - 1921 - 992 pages
...formed the subject of much comment by Muhammadans in all countries. A passage in Surah II says : " They will ask thee concerning wine and lots; answer in both there is great sin, and things of use unto men ; but their sinfulness is greater than their use." Some are of opinion that... | |
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They will ask thee concerning wine and lots. Answer, In both there is great sin, and also some things of use unto men; but their sinfulness is greater than their use. 
