Ikhwánu-s Safá, Or, Brothers of PurityTrübner, 1869 - 156 pages |
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... bestowed various figures on all possible bodies , and , having distributed the human race in genera and species , gave to each one distinct powers . Thanks without bounds are owing to that Creator , who brought the human species from ...
... bestowed various figures on all possible bodies , and , having distributed the human race in genera and species , gave to each one distinct powers . Thanks without bounds are owing to that Creator , who brought the human species from ...
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... bestowed upon them , and this verse of the Kurán is conclusive upon the point , ( Arabic , ) i.e.- ' God Almighty has made all the animals subject to you — just as He has made subject the sun and moon , the air and the clouds . ' From ...
... bestowed upon them , and this verse of the Kurán is conclusive upon the point , ( Arabic , ) i.e.- ' God Almighty has made all the animals subject to you — just as He has made subject the sun and moon , the air and the clouds . ' From ...
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... . He is wise ; no work of His is devoid of wisdom ; He bestowed upon every one that form which He deemed suitable . " 1 " Frowns of fortune . " CHAPTER III . In description of the varieties of Forms 14 Rejoinder of the Animals .
... . He is wise ; no work of His is devoid of wisdom ; He bestowed upon every one that form which He deemed suitable . " 1 " Frowns of fortune . " CHAPTER III . In description of the varieties of Forms 14 Rejoinder of the Animals .
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... bestowed upon every animal such members as He deemed suitable . And thus He has spoken by the mouth of the holy Moses , saying , ' God be- stowed an individuality1 upon every thing , and after that He prescribed their respective courses ...
... bestowed upon every animal such members as He deemed suitable . And thus He has spoken by the mouth of the holy Moses , saying , ' God be- stowed an individuality1 upon every thing , and after that He prescribed their respective courses ...
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... bestowed on the sun and moon - light , conspicuity , great- ness , altitude — all these excellences and distinctions He has bestowed upon them , to such a degree , indeed , that some people , in their ignorance , have deemed them gods ...
... bestowed on the sun and moon - light , conspicuity , great- ness , altitude — all these excellences and distinctions He has bestowed upon them , to such a degree , indeed , that some people , in their ignorance , have deemed them gods ...
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