The Faith of IslamTrübner, 1880 - 269 pages |
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Page 37
... saint or to a pro- phet when he , though rightly guided , delivers the subject matter out of his own mind , and is not a mere machine to reproduce the messages of Gabriel . There is a lower form of Wahí Záhir , which is called Ishárat ...
... saint or to a pro- phet when he , though rightly guided , delivers the subject matter out of his own mind , and is not a mere machine to reproduce the messages of Gabriel . There is a lower form of Wahí Záhir , which is called Ishárat ...
Page 38
... saints , and is usually applied to the inspiration of the Traditions . This is denied by some , who say that except when delivering the Qurán Muhammad spoke by Ilhám and not by Wahí . The practical belief is , however , that the ...
... saints , and is usually applied to the inspiration of the Traditions . This is denied by some , who say that except when delivering the Qurán Muhammad spoke by Ilhám and not by Wahí . The practical belief is , however , that the ...
Page 98
... saint , I would repeat the whole Qurán every Friday night . Moollá Sháh then said : " The spiritual world has been ... saints and angels . After three months , I entered the cheerless region in which the figures appeared no more . During ...
... saint , I would repeat the whole Qurán every Friday night . Moollá Sháh then said : " The spiritual world has been ... saints and angels . After three months , I entered the cheerless region in which the figures appeared no more . During ...
Page 100
... saints he discussed , and heard , great argument , but evermore came out by the same door as in he went . " He left the wise to talk , for one thing alone was certain , and all else was lies , " the flower that once has blown for ever ...
... saints he discussed , and heard , great argument , but evermore came out by the same door as in he went . " He left the wise to talk , for one thing alone was certain , and all else was lies , " the flower that once has blown for ever ...
Page 102
... saints and holy men , the great doctrine of the " Unity " was being obscured . The reason was very plain . The Qurán and the Traditions of the Companions had been neglected , whilst the sayings of men of lesser note , and the jurispru ...
... saints and holy men , the great doctrine of the " Unity " was being obscured . The reason was very plain . The Qurán and the Traditions of the Companions had been neglected , whilst the sayings of men of lesser note , and the jurispru ...
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