Islam in English LiteraturePrinted at the American Press, 1939 - 258 pages |
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... Muḥammad was afflicted with nervous seizures when he received his revelations . Frequently the moment of inspiration threw him into a profuse sweat , and sometimes he fell to the earth . The evidence is not sufficient for a precise ...
... Muḥammad was afflicted with nervous seizures when he received his revelations . Frequently the moment of inspiration threw him into a profuse sweat , and sometimes he fell to the earth . The evidence is not sufficient for a precise ...
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... Muḥammad . One of them has to do with the prohibition of wine . We are told in the Travels of Sir John Mandeville that Muḥammad frequented the cell of a hermit and " he wolde gladly here this hermyte preche and make his men wake all ...
... Muḥammad . One of them has to do with the prohibition of wine . We are told in the Travels of Sir John Mandeville that Muḥammad frequented the cell of a hermit and " he wolde gladly here this hermyte preche and make his men wake all ...
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... Muḥammad tells Alcanor that his children are alive and will be restored to him if he becomes a Moslem . He refuses . Muḥammad , thereupon , sends Zaphena to kill Alcanor . When Zaphena learns that he has killed . his own father he ...
... Muḥammad tells Alcanor that his children are alive and will be restored to him if he becomes a Moslem . He refuses . Muḥammad , thereupon , sends Zaphena to kill Alcanor . When Zaphena learns that he has killed . his own father he ...
Contents
THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE | 1 |
THE AGE OF DRYDEN | 19 |
THE AGE OF POPE | 55 |
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