 | Edward Gibbon - 1789 - 424 strani
...of the joys of paradife prepared for the valiant martyrs of the faith. " The fword," fays Mahomet, "is the key of heaven and of " hell : a drop of blood fhed in the caufe of " God, a night fpent in arms, is of more avail P than two months of fafting or... | |
 | Edward William Whitaker - 1795 - 318 strani
...(ch. $o) and we confequently find, in the next page, the following leflbn. " The fword, fays Mahomet, is the key " of: Heaven and of Hell: a drop of *, blood fhed in the caufe of God, a *' night fpent in arms, is of more ayail, ',' than two months of fafling... | |
 | William Paley - 1800 - 446 strani
...of the matter had happened unto us, * Ib. c. ix. p. 151, t Ib. p. 164. \ " The fword (faith Mahomet) is the key of heaven and of hell ; a drop of blood fhed in the caufe of God, a night fpent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fafting or prayer.... | |
 | Henry Kett - 1800 - 420 strani
...to be extended by miracles, or by any gentle means, but by force of arms. " The fword," faid he, " is the key of heaven and of hell : a drop of blood flied in the caufe of God, a night fpent in arms, is of more avail, than two months of fafting or prayer... | |
 | 1832 - 852 strani
...the roving Arabs were allured to the standard of religion and plunder 'The sword,' says Mohammed, ' is the key of heaven and of hell ; a drop of blood shed in the cause of God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting or prayer* The conquest of Mecca... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 370 strani
...the joys of paradise prepared for the valiant martyrs of the faith. " The sword," says Mohammed, " is the key of heaven and of hell : a drop of blood shed in the cause of God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer : whosoever falls in... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 488 strani
...of the joys of paradise prepared for the valiant martyrs of the faith. " The sword," says Mahomet, " is the key of "heaven and of hell: a drop of blood shed in the cause of " God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two " months of fasting or prayer : whosoever falls in... | |
 | John Evans - 1807 - 344 strani
...divinity ; for the prophet propagated his religion by force of arms : — " The sword (saith Mahomet) is the key of heaven and of hell ; a drop of blood shed in the cause of God, or a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting or prayer. Whosoever falls in battle, his sins... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1807 - 366 strani
...the joys of paradise prepared for the valiant martyrs of the faifh. " The sword," says Mohammed, " is the key of heaven and of hell : a drop of blood shed in the cause of GoH, a night spent in arms is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer: whosoever falls... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1808 - 596 strani
...years when he confined himself merely to preaching. " The sword," said he to his intrepid followers, " is the key of heaven and of hell : a drop of blood shed in the cause of God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer : whosoever falls in... | |
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God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer; whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven; at the day of judgment his wounds shall be resplendent as vermilion, and odoriferous as musk; and the loss of his limbs... 
