Islam in English LiteraturePrinted at the American Press, 1939 - 258 pages |
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... Muhammad recorded in the Moslem hadith , or traditions , and the fabulous Moslem legends describing Muhammad's Night Journey from Mecca to Jerusalem , and from Jerusalem to heaven . Sir Thomas Herbert , who went to Persia in 1627 in the ...
... Muhammad recorded in the Moslem hadith , or traditions , and the fabulous Moslem legends describing Muhammad's Night Journey from Mecca to Jerusalem , and from Jerusalem to heaven . Sir Thomas Herbert , who went to Persia in 1627 in the ...
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... Muhammad also reminds . him of Cromwell , for , speaking of MuḼammad's deceit , he writes : " He so well managed his ambition and injustice under the cloak of Reli- gion , as never any have yet proved his Equal . The nearest and most ...
... Muhammad also reminds . him of Cromwell , for , speaking of MuḼammad's deceit , he writes : " He so well managed his ambition and injustice under the cloak of Reli- gion , as never any have yet proved his Equal . The nearest and most ...
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... Muhammad , but he makes it clear that , however sincere Muhammad may have been in his early days , his later career reveals him as an impostor dominated by worldly ambitions . For the first forty years of his life , " he lived with ...
... Muhammad , but he makes it clear that , however sincere Muhammad may have been in his early days , his later career reveals him as an impostor dominated by worldly ambitions . For the first forty years of his life , " he lived with ...
Contents
THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE | 1 |
THE AGE OF DRYDEN | 19 |
THE AGE OF POPE | 55 |
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