Giafar Al Barmeki: A Tale of the Court of Haroun Al Raschid ...Harper & Brothers, 1836 |
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Abassides Abu Taher Allah arms Art thou aught Bagdad beauty blood bosom brother brow calif cheek cimeter Commander conceal Constantinople countenance Ctesiphon danger daughter delight dervis desert emotion enemies entered Euphrates exclaimed eyes face Fadhel Faithful father favour fear foes gazed Giafar Giaour hand happiness harem Haroun hast thou heard Heaven heed holy honour hour infidel Islamism Jahia Ben Abdallah jewel KAABA knowest Koran lips listen look lord lute maiden master Mecca Mesrour Mohalleb monarch noble palace passed peace Persian prayer present prince's Prophet replied the prince robe Rose of Persia sacred sayst seemed sherbets sigh silence slave smile sorrow soul speak spoke steed stern strange sweet sword thee thine thou art thou canst thou hast thou mayst thou shalt thou wilt thought throne thyself Tigris treasure trembling turban turned veil vizier voice warriors wine words wouldst Zobeide
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Page 70 - Who hath not proved how feebly words essay " To fix one spark of Beauty's heavenly ray ? Who doth not feel, until his failing sight Faints into dimness with its own delight, His changing cheek, his sinking heart confess The might, the majesty of Loveliness...
Page 42 - I testify that there is no God but Allah, and Mohammed is the prophet of Allah.
Page 205 - For there — the Rose o'er crag or vale, Sultana of the Nightingale, The maid for whom his melody, His thousand songs are heard on high, Blooms blushing to her lover's tale...
Page 115 - If ye make your alms to appear, it is well; but if ye conceal them and give them unto the poor, this will be better for you, and will atone for your sins: and God is well informed of that which ye do.
Page 99 - Testament. day, rather than have lived till to-day; my mother Fatima is dead, and my father AH, and my brother Hasan ! Alas, for the destruction that is past, and the dregs of it that remain behind." Hosein looked upon her and said, " Sister, do not let the devil take away your temper.
Page 100 - ... shall perish, but the presence of God who created all things by his power, and shall make them return, and they shall return to him alone. My father was better than I, and my mother was better than I, and my brother was better than I ; and I, and they, and every Mussulman has an example in the apostle of God.
Page 10 - Do ye reckon the giving drink to the pilgrims, and the visiting of the holy temple, to be actions as meritorious as those performed by him who believeth in God and the last day, and fighteth for the religion of God? They shall not be held equal with God.
Page 78 - O true believers, beg assistance with patience and prayer, for GOD is with the patient. And say not of those who are slain in fight for the religion of GOD, that they are dead; yea, they are living: but ye do not understand.
Page 98 - ... Moawiyah's army, that all the ranks of it were broken.* Then Ali called out to Moawiyah, " How long shall the people lose their lives between us ? Come hither. I challenge you to appeal to the decision of God. And which of us two kills his man, let him have the whole himself." Whereupon Amrou said to Moawiyah, "Your cousin has made you a fair proffer.
Page 99 - ... anything they should demand of him. This was granted; and one of Amer's men said, that if a Deilamite (a nation which they mortally hated) had asked such a small request, it ought not to have been refused. As they were keeping watch during the night, Hosein leaned upon his sword and slept. His sister came and waked him ; and as he lifted up his head, he said, " I saw the prophet in my dream, who said, ' Thou shall rest with us.' " Then, beating her face, she said, " Woe be to us ;" but he answered,...