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Page 90 - LORD spake by inspiration unto the bee, saying, Provide thee houses ' in the mountains, and in the trees, and of those materials wherewith men build hives for thee : then eat of every kind of fruit, and walk in the beaten paths of thy LORD m.
Page 69 - I taught thee the scripture, and wisdom, and the law and the gospel ; and when thou didst create of clay as it were the figure of a bird, by my permission...
Page 9 - And shouldst thou ever fear from any people treachery, then throw it back to them in like manner ; verily, God loves not the treacherous. Deem not that those who misbelieve can win; verily, they cannot make (God) powerless! Prepare ye against them what force and companies of horse ye can, to make the enemies of God, and your enemies, and others beside them, in dread thereof. Ye do not know them, but God knows them ! and whatever ye expend in God's way He will repay you ; and ye shall not be wronged....
Page xix - Pryce for the interest he has taken in my work and for the many valuable suggestions he has made.
Page xvi - ... special and appropriate type. Nine types of Complexion are recognized, namely the equable (mu'tadil), which is practically nonexistent; the four simple Complexions, hot, cold, dry and moist; and the four compound, namely the hot and dry, the hot and moist, the cold and dry, and the cold and moist. Excluding the rare case of a perfect equilibrium, every individual will be either of the Bilious Complexion, which is hot and dry; the Atrabilious or Melancholic, which is cold and dry; the Phlegmatic,...
Page 2 - ... and those whose ears project from their heads bring forth their young, and those whose ears do not project lay eggs ; and every animal that has horns is without upper front teeth.
Page xix - A Survey of the Fauna of Iraq ; Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, etc., made by members of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force
Page 3 - Do they not look then at the camel how she is created1 ? And at the heaven how it is reared ? And at the mountains how they are set up ? [20] And at the earth how it is spread out ? But remind : thou art only one to remind ; thou art not in authority over them ; except such as turns his back and misbelieves, for him will God torment with the greatest torment.
Page 46 - ... your Lord, and dread the day whereon father shall not atone for son, neither shall a son in the least atone for his father. Aye ! the promise of God is a truth. Let not this present life then deceive you; neither let the deceiver deceive you concerning God. Aye ! God ! — with Him is the knowledge of the Hour : and He sendeth down the rain — and He knoweth what is in the wombs — but no soul knoweth what it shall have gotten on the morrow: neither knoweth any soul in what land it shall die....
Page 66 - Ajd'ibu-l-Makhluqdt it says that there are yellow and red and white parrots. But its beak is always red; and its tongue is round, like a man's, — hence it can pronounce words properly, and can be taught to talk. It never drinks water; if it does, it dies. It is forbidden to eat it. Eating its flesh brings éloquence, and increases thé brightness of thé eye, and gives strength of heart.