 | Edward Gibbon - 1789 - 424 strani
...were introduced to the private leffons of Iflam ; they yielded to the voice of reafon and enthufiaCm ; they repeated the fundamental creed; " there is but one God, " and Mahomet is the apoftle of God ; " and their faith, even in this life, was rewarded with riches and honours, with the... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 488 strani
...confirmed the religion of the prophetwhom he was destined to succeed. By his persuasion, ten of the most respectable citizens of Mecca were introduced...faith, even in this life, was rewarded with riches and honours, with the command of armies and the government of kingdoms. Three years were silently employed... | |
 | 1804 - 574 strani
...will by Mahojnet, his prophet. Thus, the fundamental creed of Mahomet is described in two articles, " there is but one God, and Mahomet is the apostle of God." His precepts are reduced to foui ; prayer, preceded by purification as a necessary preparation, fasting,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 512 strani
...regardless of life and impatient for action: the camp re-echoed with the Moslem shouts of, " God is God, there is but one God, and " Mahomet is the apostle of God ;"54 and the sea and land, figure : but in the tragedy of Irene, Mahomet's passion soars above sense... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 526 strani
...confirmed the religion of the prophet whom he was destined to succeed. By his persuasion, ten of the most respectable citizens of Mecca were introduced...lessons of Islam ; they yielded to the voice of reason de Mahommed, Londres, 1730, in octavo,) but the adverse wish, of finding an impostor or an hero, has... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 564 strani
...regardless of life, and impatient for action ; the camp re-echoed with the Moslem shouts of " God " is God, there is but one God, and Mahomet is ** the apostle of God * ;" and the sea and land, from Galata to the seven towers, were illuminated by the blaze of their nocturnal... | |
 | Charles Butler - 1807 - 338 strani
...will by Mahomet, his prophet. Thus, the fundamental creed of Mahomet is described in two articles, " there is but one God, and Mahomet " is the apostle of God." His precepts are reduced to four; prayer, preceded by purification as a necessary preparation, fasting,... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1808 - 304 strani
...wife, his servant, his pupil, and his friend. At length, by the persuasion of Abubeker. ten of the most respectable citizens of Mecca were introduced to the private lessons of the Islam ; the prophet persevered ten years in the now more public exercise of his mission ; and the... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1808 - 592 strani
...wife, his servant, his pupil, and his friend. At length, by the persuasion of Abubeker. ten of the most respectable citizens of Mecca were introduced to the private lessons of the Islam ; the prophet persevered ten years in the now more public exercise of his mission ; and the... | |
 | William Jones - 1816 - 492 strani
...first converts were his wife, his servant, his pupil, and his friend. In process of time, ten of the most respectable citizens of Mecca were introduced to the private lessons of the prophet ; they yielded to the voice of enthusiasm and repeated the fundamental creed, — " There... | |
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Abubeker confirmed the religion of the prophet whom he was destined to succeed. By his persuasion, ten of the most respectable citizens of Mecca were introduced to the private lessons of Islam; they yielded to the voice of reason and enthusiasm; they... 
