The Faith of IslamTrübner & Company, 1880 - 269 pages |
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... The Goth might ravage Italy , but the Goth came forth purified from the flames which he himself had kindled . The Saxon swept Britain , but force unrelieved by any of the reflected glory which shone The Authority of the four Imams . 29.
... The Goth might ravage Italy , but the Goth came forth purified from the flames which he himself had kindled . The Saxon swept Britain , but force unrelieved by any of the reflected glory which shone The Authority of the four Imams . 29.
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... Imám Nafi of Madína , Imam Ibn - i - Kasir of Mecca , Imám Abu ' Umr of Basra , Imám Hamza of Kufa , Imám Ibn ' Amir of Syria , Imám ' Asim of Kufa , Imám Kisáe of Kufa.1 These learned men affixed different vowel - points in many places ...
... Imám Nafi of Madína , Imam Ibn - i - Kasir of Mecca , Imám Abu ' Umr of Basra , Imám Hamza of Kufa , Imám Ibn ' Amir of Syria , Imám ' Asim of Kufa , Imám Kisáe of Kufa.1 These learned men affixed different vowel - points in many places ...
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... Imám ( or Pontiff ) ; from which position some curious dogmas issue . The whole question of the Imámat is a very important one . The word Imám comes from an Arabic word meaning to aim at , to follow after . The term Imam then becomes ...
... Imám ( or Pontiff ) ; from which position some curious dogmas issue . The whole question of the Imámat is a very important one . The word Imám comes from an Arabic word meaning to aim at , to follow after . The term Imam then becomes ...
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... Imam Mahdí , and said that he was superior to any prophet . He and his disciples , being bitterly persecuted by the orthodox Musalmáns , fled to a village in the adjoining district of Mysore where their descendants , fifteen hundred in ...
... Imam Mahdí , and said that he was superior to any prophet . He and his disciples , being bitterly persecuted by the orthodox Musalmáns , fled to a village in the adjoining district of Mysore where their descendants , fifteen hundred in ...
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Edward Sell. ( Mujassimians , there was another school . The followers of Imam Ibn Hanbal say that such words represent the attri- butes existing in God . The words " God sits on His throne " mean that He has the power of sitting . Thus ...
Edward Sell. ( Mujassimians , there was another school . The followers of Imam Ibn Hanbal say that such words represent the attri- butes existing in God . The words " God sits on His throne " mean that He has the power of sitting . Thus ...
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Page 88 - That each, who seems a separate whole, Should move his rounds, and fusing all The skirts of self again, should fall Remerging in the general Soul, Is faith as vague as all unsweet: Eternal form shall still divide The eternal soul from all beside; And I shall know him when we meet...
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