Ikhwánu-s Safá, Or, Brothers of PurityTrübner, 1869 - 156 pages |
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... language is generally clear and perspicuous , but it contains a very large proportion of Arabic words . The nature of the subject rendered the introduction of many Arabic scientific terms a matter of necessity , but still these foreign ...
... language is generally clear and perspicuous , but it contains a very large proportion of Arabic words . The nature of the subject rendered the introduction of many Arabic scientific terms a matter of necessity , but still these foreign ...
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... language the work called " Ikhwânu - s Safa , ” which is ( a work ) upon the contentions between mankind and the beasts ; but his instructions were to make the trans- lation very easy , so that no abstruse words might appear therein ...
... language the work called " Ikhwânu - s Safa , ” which is ( a work ) upon the contentions between mankind and the beasts ; but his instructions were to make the trans- lation very easy , so that no abstruse words might appear therein ...
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... language . Thus the Prophet has said , ( Arabic , which signifies ) ' When you quar- rel and come to me , and one ( man ) is more clever with his proofs and arguments than the other , I decide in his favour . Therefore , if unwittingly ...
... language . Thus the Prophet has said , ( Arabic , which signifies ) ' When you quar- rel and come to me , and one ( man ) is more clever with his proofs and arguments than the other , I decide in his favour . Therefore , if unwittingly ...
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... language . But the owl dwells near their villages , and often , indeed , in their old houses which have become ruinous . His continence and contentment are such as no other animal possesses . By day he fasts and weeps in fear of God ...
... language . But the owl dwells near their villages , and often , indeed , in their old houses which have become ruinous . His continence and contentment are such as no other animal possesses . By day he fasts and weeps in fear of God ...
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... language is different , and the religions various . It is impossible for one man to conduct the government of all countries , consequently God Almighty has set up many kings over them . All these monarchs call themselves the vicegerents ...
... language is different , and the religions various . It is impossible for one man to conduct the government of all countries , consequently God Almighty has set up many kings over them . All these monarchs call themselves the vicegerents ...
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IKHWANU-S-SAFA Ikhwan Al-Safa,Edward Backhouse 1814-1883 Eastwick,John T. (John Thompson) 1830-19 Platts No preview available - 2016 |
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