| Elwood Morris Wherry - 2000 - 410 pages
...fight in GOD'S cause, they shall hope for the mercy of GOD; for GOD is gracious and merciful. (218) They will ask thee concerning wine and lots : Answer,...unto men ; but their sinfulness is greater than their was equal to the occasion. He affected displeasure. The booty was put i-ide without division until... | |
| 2003 - 214 pages
...mercy of God ; for God is gracious and merciful. They will ask thee concerning wine 17 and lots: 13 Answer, In both there is great sin, and also some...men, 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... | |
| 1913 - 482 pages
...wine and lots and Images, and the divining arrows are an abomination, of Satan's work; therefore avoid them, that ye may prosper?" And again, "They will...sin and also some things of use unto men: but their slnfulness Is greater than their use.' Hence quoth the poet: O bibber of liquor, art not ashamed To... | |
| 1861 - 639 pages
...for the mercy of GOD; for GOD is gracious and merciful. 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. They will ask thee also what they shall bestow in alms: Answer, What ye have to spare. Thus GOD showeth... | |
| 1987 - 630 pages
...vent to these feelings was sura ii. 216: "They will ask thee concerning wine and gambling (niaisir). Answer, in both there is great sin and also some things...men: but their sinfulness is greater than their use". This revelation, however, was not considered as a prohibition. As people did not change their customs... | |
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