Ikhwánu-s Safá, Or, Brothers of PurityTrübner, 1869 - 156 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 46
Page
... give to the English reader a clear idea of the style and manner of the original . When I commenced this work I was not aware that any previous translation existed ; but there are at least three different versions . One , attributed to ...
... give to the English reader a clear idea of the style and manner of the original . When I commenced this work I was not aware that any previous translation existed ; but there are at least three different versions . One , attributed to ...
Page
... gives a very fair idea of the work , but the translation is not sufficiently close to answer the purpose for which this work is intended . I am told there is another translation , published in India , by a Muhamma- dan gentleman , but I ...
... gives a very fair idea of the work , but the translation is not sufficiently close to answer the purpose for which this work is intended . I am told there is another translation , published in India , by a Muhamma- dan gentleman , but I ...
Page 6
... give ear to them ? Many beasts , through fear of capture , fled into re- mote deserts and forests . The birds , also , having forsaken their roosting - places , took their young ones with them , and flew away from the country of the men ...
... give ear to them ? Many beasts , through fear of capture , fled into re- mote deserts and forests . The birds , also , having forsaken their roosting - places , took their young ones with them , and flew away from the country of the men ...
Page 13
... give to it ? " A person from among them made his obeisance , and thus began to make his statement- O Asylum of the world ! These all are our slaves , and we are their masters . It is proper for us to exer- cise lordly authority over ...
... give to it ? " A person from among them made his obeisance , and thus began to make his statement- O Asylum of the world ! These all are our slaves , and we are their masters . It is proper for us to exer- cise lordly authority over ...
Page 15
... give to this ? " He humbly said- " Asylum of the world ! In addi- tion to the manifest meanings of the Divine Word , there are numerous interpretations which are known only to men of science . The explanation of this must be sought from ...
... give to this ? " He humbly said- " Asylum of the world ! In addi- tion to the manifest meanings of the Divine Word , there are numerous interpretations which are known only to men of science . The explanation of this must be sought from ...
Other editions - View all
IKHWANU-S-SAFA Ikhwan Al-Safa,Edward Backhouse 1814-1883 Eastwick,John T. (John Thompson) 1830-19 Platts No preview available - 2016 |
Common terms and phrases
Adam Almighty American Ancient angels animals Appendix Arabic astrologers Author bestowed Bibliographical birds blessings boast body British Chinese cloth College compiled containing creatures Crown 8vo David Urquhart DICTIONARY Ditto dwell earth Edward English Engravings Essays Evans Bell evil F. J. Furnivall F. W. Newman Fcap Folio Frances Power Cobbe French German gilt GRAMMAR Henry History Illustrations Index India insects Introduction Jins Johann Gottlieb Fichte John kindness King asked Kurán labour LANGUAGE late Lectures Letters literature LL.D London Maps Martin Haug matter messenger Notes numerous Oxford Plates Poems Post 8vo PRACTICAL praise prayer Professor prophets published race religion replied revised Rig-Veda Royal 8vo Royal Asiatic Society sage Sanskrit sciences Second Edition sewed slaves Small 4to species speech Súrat Text Theodore Goldstücker Third edition tion Translated TREATISE tyranny viii volume wazír wild beasts William
Popular passages
Page 20 - GEOLOGY AND HISTORY. A popular Exposition of all that is known of the Earth and its Inhabitants in Pre-historic Times.
Page 64 - Professor in the University of Oxford. With an Introduction on the proper use of the ordinary English Alphabet in transcribing Foreign Languages. The Vocabulary compiled by John Bellows. Crown 8vo, pp.
Page 45 - Hernisz. — A GUIDE TO CONVERSATION IN THE ENGLISH AND CHINESE LANGUAGES, for the use of Americans and Chinese in California and elsewhere. By STANISLAS HERNISZ. Square 8vo. pp. 274, sewed.
Page 52 - Lathe and Its Uses: Or Instruction in the Art of Turning Wood and Metal. Including a Description of the Most Modern Appliances for the Ornamentation of Plane and Curved Surfaces, an Entirely Novel Form of Lathe for Eccentric and Rose- Engine Turning; A Lathe and Planing Machine Combined; and Other Valuable Matter Relating to the Art.
Page 26 - MEDICAL LEXICON ; A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a concise Explanation of the various Subjects and Terms of Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology...
Page 98 - WANKLYN and CHAPMAN.— WATER ANALYSIS. A Practical Treatise on the Examination of Potable Water. By JA Wanklyn, and ET Chapman.
Page 26 - ... explanation of the various Subjects and Terms of Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Hygiene, Therapeutics, Pharmacology, Pharmacy, Surgery, Obstetrics, Medical Jurisprudence and Dentistry...
Page 50 - AFROZ (the Illuminator of the Understanding). By Maulavi Hafizu'd-din. A New Edition of the Hindustani Text, carefully revised, with Notes, Critical and Explanatory. By Edward B. Eastwick, FRS, FSA, MRAS, Professor of Hindustani at Haileybury College.
Page 53 - LEGGE.— THE CHINESE CLASSICS, translated into English. With Preliminary Essays and Explanatory Notes. Popular Edition.
Page 61 - MEDITATIONS ON DEATH AND ETERNITY. Translated from the German by Frederica Rowan. Published by Her Majesty's gracious permission.