Islam in English LiteraturePrinted at the American Press, 1939 - 258 pages |
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... light , " whanne men may knowe bytwene white and blak , " 3 until sunset . This is almost the language of the Koran- " until ye can plainly distinguish a white thread from a black thread by the daybreak " ( surah 2 : 183 , Sale's ...
... light , " whanne men may knowe bytwene white and blak , " 3 until sunset . This is almost the language of the Koran- " until ye can plainly distinguish a white thread from a black thread by the daybreak " ( surah 2 : 183 , Sale's ...
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... Light of Day , Boston 1900 , p . v . 3 . The Improvement of Human Reason , Exhibited in the Life of Hai Ebn Yokdhan : Written in Arabick above 500 years ago , by Abu Jaafar Ebn Tophail , etc. 4. The 1674 ( anonymous ) translation bears ...
... Light of Day , Boston 1900 , p . v . 3 . The Improvement of Human Reason , Exhibited in the Life of Hai Ebn Yokdhan : Written in Arabick above 500 years ago , by Abu Jaafar Ebn Tophail , etc. 4. The 1674 ( anonymous ) translation bears ...
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... light and Islam by darkness . O miserable dawn , after a night More glorious than the day which it usurped ! O faith in God ! O power on earth ! O word Of the great prophet , whose o'ershadowing wings Darkened the thrones and idols of ...
... light and Islam by darkness . O miserable dawn , after a night More glorious than the day which it usurped ! O faith in God ! O power on earth ! O word Of the great prophet , whose o'ershadowing wings Darkened the thrones and idols of ...
Contents
THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE | 1 |
THE AGE OF DRYDEN | 19 |
THE AGE OF POPE | 54 |
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