Islam in English LiteraturePrinted at the American Press, 1939 - 258 pages |
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... tion of philosophic , satiric , and imaginative tales respectively . Samuel Johnson's Rasselas ( 1759 ) has the vague placelessness and timeless- ness that characterize all his oriental tales . A few hints here and 1 . The editor , the ...
... tion of philosophic , satiric , and imaginative tales respectively . Samuel Johnson's Rasselas ( 1759 ) has the vague placelessness and timeless- ness that characterize all his oriental tales . A few hints here and 1 . The editor , the ...
Page 204
... tion of the life of Muḥammad and of the history of Islam was not superseded by new interpretations ; and no new translation of the Koran , or new Koranic studies based on Sale's translation , made their appearance . The tendency to ...
... tion of the life of Muḥammad and of the history of Islam was not superseded by new interpretations ; and no new translation of the Koran , or new Koranic studies based on Sale's translation , made their appearance . The tendency to ...
Page 231
... tion of the text by ' Uthman . The translation of this work may be regarded as a step toward the establishment of the primitive text of the Koran . The Hadith , the vast collection of traditions about Mu- ḥammad , constitutes an almost ...
... tion of the text by ' Uthman . The translation of this work may be regarded as a step toward the establishment of the primitive text of the Koran . The Hadith , the vast collection of traditions about Mu- ḥammad , constitutes an almost ...
Contents
THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE | 1 |
THE AGE OF DRYDEN | 19 |
THE AGE OF POPE | 55 |
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