The Faith of IslamTrübner, 1880 - 269 pages |
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... body of legists known as ' the jurists of Irák . ' His system differs considerably from that of the Imám Málik who , living at Madína , confined himself chiefly to Tradition as the basis of his judgments . Madína was full of the ...
... body of legists known as ' the jurists of Irák . ' His system differs considerably from that of the Imám Málik who , living at Madína , confined himself chiefly to Tradition as the basis of his judgments . Madína was full of the ...
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... body of absolute truth , one jot or tittle of which cannot be rejected without incurring the ever- lasting wrath of God . " 1 1. Osborn's Islám under the Khalífs p . 72 . CHAPTER II . EXEGESIS OF THE QURÁN AND THE TRADITIONS 36 The ...
... body of absolute truth , one jot or tittle of which cannot be rejected without incurring the ever- lasting wrath of God . " 1 1. Osborn's Islám under the Khalífs p . 72 . CHAPTER II . EXEGESIS OF THE QURÁN AND THE TRADITIONS 36 The ...
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... body down , and places his hands on his knees . In this position he says : " God is great . " Then he repeats three times the words : " I extol the holiness of my Lord , the Great . " He then stands up and says : " God hears him who ...
... body down , and places his hands on his knees . In this position he says : " God is great . " Then he repeats three times the words : " I extol the holiness of my Lord , the Great . " He then stands up and says : " God hears him who ...
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... body of his son on the sand . He then stooped down to drink some water from the river Euphrates . Seeing him thus stooping , the enemy discharged a flight of arrows , one of which wounded him in the mouth . He fought bravely for a while ...
... body of his son on the sand . He then stooped down to drink some water from the river Euphrates . Seeing him thus stooping , the enemy discharged a flight of arrows , one of which wounded him in the mouth . He fought bravely for a while ...
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... body of Muhammad , to which He said : " Thou art the elect , the chosen , I will make the members of thy family the guides to salvation . " Muham- mad said : " The first thing which God created was my light , and my spirit . " The body ...
... body of Muhammad , to which He said : " Thou art the elect , the chosen , I will make the members of thy family the guides to salvation . " Muham- mad said : " The first thing which God created was my light , and my spirit . " The body ...
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Page 159 - Praise be to Him who carried His servant "by night from the sacred temple to the temple that is more remote, whose precincts we have blessed, that we might show him some of our signs! For He is the Hearer, the Seer." And again: "And remember we said to thee, verily, thy Lord is round about mankind; we ordained the vision which we showed thee.
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