The Faith of IslamTrübner, 1880 - 269 pages |
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... believe their counter- part would be found amongst the ' Ulamá of a Muslim State . The fact is that the wave of scepti- cism which has passed over Europe has not left the East untouched . Hindu and Muslim alike have felt its influence ...
... believe their counter- part would be found amongst the ' Ulamá of a Muslim State . The fact is that the wave of scepti- cism which has passed over Europe has not left the East untouched . Hindu and Muslim alike have felt its influence ...
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... believe in the two lights . ( Muhammad and ' Alí ) . ' Alí is of the number of the pious , we shall give him his right in the day of judgment ; we shall not pass over those who wish to deceive him . We have honoured him above all this ...
... believe in the two lights . ( Muhammad and ' Alí ) . ' Alí is of the number of the pious , we shall give him his right in the day of judgment ; we shall not pass over those who wish to deceive him . We have honoured him above all this ...
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... believe this to be impossible , and the case becomes still more hopeless when we remember that the same remark would apply to the Sunnat . To forget this is to go astray , for Ibn Khaldoun distinctly speaks of " the Law derived from the ...
... believe this to be impossible , and the case becomes still more hopeless when we remember that the same remark would apply to the Sunnat . To forget this is to go astray , for Ibn Khaldoun distinctly speaks of " the Law derived from the ...
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... believe and how they act in that belief . The essence of that belief is , that the system as taught by Prophet , Khalífs and Imáms is absolutely perfect.1 Innovation is worse than a mistake . It is a crime , a sin . This completeness ...
... believe and how they act in that belief . The essence of that belief is , that the system as taught by Prophet , Khalífs and Imáms is absolutely perfect.1 Innovation is worse than a mistake . It is a crime , a sin . This completeness ...
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... believe that there has been no Mujtahid of the first class , and to none but men of this rank has such power ever been accorded . Thus grant- ing , for the sake of argument merely , that the Syed's translation is grammatically and ...
... believe that there has been no Mujtahid of the first class , and to none but men of this rank has such power ever been accorded . Thus grant- ing , for the sake of argument merely , that the Syed's translation is grammatically and ...
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