The Progress of Religious Ideas |
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Author:
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ISBN: | 978-0-217-63532-5 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2009 |
Publisher: | Books LLC
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $24.79 |
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: MOHAMMEDANISM. I ask myself if all that host, Whose tnrban'd marbles o'er them nod. Were doomed, when giving up the ghost, To die as those who have no God r No, no, my God I They worshipped Thee; Then let no doubts my spirit darken, That Thou, who always nearest me, To these, thy children too, didst...
More DescriptionPurchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: MOHAMMEDANISM. I ask myself if all that host, Whose tnrban'd marbles o'er them nod. Were doomed, when giving up the ghost, To die as those who have no God r No, no, my God I They worshipped Thee; Then let no doubts my spirit darken, That Thou, who always nearest me, To these, thy children too, didst hearken. J. PntBPONT. According to Arabian traditions, when Hagar and her son were dying with thirst, and she implored God for relief, the angel Gabriel descended and stamped on the ground; whereupon, a fountain sprang forth in the desert, on the very spot where the city of Mecca now stands. Abraham loved Ishmael better than Isaac, and often visited him in his exile; being conducted by a miraculous horse, that enabled him to perform the journey in half a day. Nevertheless, when the boy was thirteen years old, he prepared to sacrifice him, having been thus commanded by God three times in a dream. Eblis, the Devil, ] wishing to prevent such an act of piety, gave warning to Hagar and her son; but they both replied: If he believes it to be the will of Allah, let it be done. But when all was in readiness, Gabriel appeared with a ram, which he ordered Abraham to sacrifice instead of Ishmael. This ram was the same that Abel offered; and since that time it had been pastured in Paradise. The Jewish Talmud, in relating a similar story of Isaac, says an Angel brought the ram from Paradise, where it pastured under the Tree of Life, and drank from the rivers that flowed therefrom. Ishmael became a famous hunter and warrior, and married Vol. III.?30 the daughter of a king in south Arabia. He had twelve sons, the founders of twelve tribes. Abraham, who took great interest in his prosperity, wished to have the worship of One Supreme God established among them. Allah had...