 | Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 488 strani
...to himself or his disciples, is uncreated and eterual ; subsisting in the essence of the Deity, and inscribed with a pen of light on the table of his...brought down to the lowest heaven by the angel Gabriel, who, under the Jewish oeconomy, had indeed been dispatched on the most important errands ; and this... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1808 - 596 strani
...to Mohammed or his disciples, is uncreated and eternal ; subsisting in the essence of the Deity, and inscribed with a pen of light on the table of his everlasting decrees — In the spirit of enthusiasm or vanity, the prophet rests the truth of his mission on the merit... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1808 - 304 strani
...to Mohammed or his disciples, is uncreated and eternal ; subsisting in the essence of the Deity, and inscribed with a pen of light on the table of his everlasting decrees — In the spirit of enthusiasm or vanity, the prophet rests the truth of his mission on the merit... | |
 | William Jones - 1816 - 500 strani
..." the substance of the Koran is uncreated and eternal ; subsisting in the essence of the Deity, and inscribed with a pen of light on the table of his...brought down to the lowest heaven by the angel Gabriel — who successively revealed the chapters and verses to the Arabian prophet. Instead of a perpetual... | |
 | William Jones - 1816 - 500 strani
..." the substance of the Koran is uncreated and eternal ; subsisting in the essence of the Deity, and inscribed with a pen of light on the table of his...brought down to the lowest heaven by the angel Gabriel — who successively revealed the chapter-s and verses to the Arabian prophet. Instead of a perpetual... | |
 | William Jones - 1816 - 492 strani
..." the substance of the Koran is uncreated and eternal ; subsisting in the essence of the Deity, and inscribed with a pen of light on the table of his everlasting decrees. A paper copy in a volume of •ilk and gems was brought down to the lowest heaven bv the angel Gabriel— who successively revealed... | |
 | Charles O'Conor - 1819 - 624 strani
...linen paper has yet been proved to be older than 1319* Mahomet boasted that a paper copy of the Koran, in a volume of silk and gems, was brought down to the lowest heaven by the angel Gabriel, who successively revealed to him each chapter and verse. See Herbelot, p. 85-88. Maracci Vita Mohainmedi,... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - 1819 - 238 strani
...God! What daring impiety ! He also pretended that a copy of the Koran, bound in silk, and adorned with gems, was brought down to the lowest heaven by the angel Gabriel, who repeated portions of it to Mahomet. But I will not go on repeating falshoods so palpable and wicked.... | |
 | Thomas R. Joliffe - 1822 - 534 strani
...to Mahomet or his disciples, is uncreated and eternal, subsisting in the essence of the Deity, and inscribed with a pen of light on the table of hiS...everlasting decrees. A paper copy in a volume of silk was brought down to the lowest heaven by the angel Gabriel, and this trusty messenger successively... | |
 | James Mitchell - 1823 - 654 strani
...Mohammedan re« ligion ; a paper copy of which, in a volume of silk and gems, was said to have been brought down to the lowest heaven, by the angel Gabriel. Instead of a perpetual and perfect measure of tne divine will, the fragments of the Koran were produced at different times, and suited to the emergencies... | |
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Koran," according to himself or his disciples, is uncreated and eternal ; subsisting in the essence of the Deity, and inscribed with a pen of light on the table of his everlasting decrees. A paper copy, in a volume of silk and gems, was brought down to... 
