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" Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The similitude of His light is as a niche wherein is a lamp. The lamp is in a glass. The glass is as it were a shining star. "
The Intellectual Observer - Page 74
1863
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The Bible class magazine [ed. by C.H. Bateman]., Volumes 3-5

National Sunday school union - 1863 - 832 pages
...'It bears' tics' inscription from the Koran :— 'God -is the light of the heavens and t!ie e;irth ; the similitude of His light, is as a niche in which is a laaipi'K/afco o'J hj/oiiiul ' ' Well, at •• thei Catholic ^hajislj papa," iuterrnpted Gh»Mes,...
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Notice of the principal works of art in the collection of Hollingworth Magniac

sir John Charles Robinson - 1861 - 170 pages
...The inscription is as follows : — " ' God is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The fimilitude of his light is as " ' a niche in which is a lamp.' (From the Kur-an, chap. xxiv. ver. 35, but imperfeflly " written) ; and below — ' To our lord the...
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Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Works of Art of the Mediæval ...

South Kensington Museum - 1863 - 796 pages
...scrolls and medallions enclosing small Arabic inscriptions. The inscription on the upper part reads "God is the Light of the heavens and the " earth ;...of his light is as a niche in which " is a lamp." — From the Koran, ch. xxiv., v. 35, but imperfectly written. On the lower part " To our Lord the...
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Gems of nature and art, Volume 21

Gems - 1868 - 192 pages
...of three such that were exhibited. It is nearly fourteen inches in height, eleven inches and a half in diameter, and has six loops for suspension. The...below states that the lamp was made by order of the Emcor Sheykhoo, a contemporary of the Sultan Hasan, who reigned from 1348 to 136:2. It is now the property...
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Extracts from the Coran in the Original: With English Rendering

1880 - 78 pages
...x°I("fi 3 3s-''' ^ jt =U ^ JJW JS ji^ JJljUVl j^ U iT 19. SURA XXIV. 36. God is the light of the heayens and the earth. The similitude of his light is as a niche wherein is a lamp ; the lamp encased in glass ; — the glass is a refulgent star. It is lighted with...
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The Ancient Coptic Churches of Egypt, Volume 2

Alfred Joshua Butler - 1884 - 436 pages
...enamelled round the neck, and running as follows : ' God is the light of the heavens and the earth : his light is as a niche in which is a lamp : the lamp is in a glass : the glass is as it were a glittering star.' Cobalt 'and a dark red are the predominant...
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The Art of the Saracens in Egypt, Part 1

Stanley Lane-Poole - 1886 - 390 pages
...as follows : — A. (a) VjS SKi»£> ojy Jio (a) " God is the Light of the heavens and the earth ; His light is as a niche in which is a lamp, the lamp :'' here the inscription breaks off, it should continue ^ji »_^>j£> l^Gra 4*.Uj]li*.l».j .J...
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Constantinople and Its Problems: Its Peoples, Customs, Religions and Progress

Henry Otis Dwight - 1901 - 334 pages
...intricate tracery of letters which form Arabic words from the Koran : " God is the light of Heaven and earth ; the similitude of His light is as a niche in which is a lamp and the lamp within glass; and the glass shines as it were a star. It is lighted from a blessed tree;...
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A Dictionary of Oriental Quotations (Arabic and Persian)

Claud Field - 1911 - 368 pages
...lau lam tamsashu narun, nurun 'ala nurin, yahdi 'ilahu linurihi man yasha'a." KORAN, chap. 24. " Ciod is the light of the heavens and the earth. The similitude...His light is as a niche in which is a lamp — the lamp encased in glass— the glass as it were a glistening star. From a blessed tree is it lighted,...
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Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van ..., Part 22

1921 - 758 pages
...celebrated, though obscurest, verses from the Kor'ân : God is the light of the heavens and the earth. His light is as a niche, in which is a lamp -, the lamp is in a glass ; the glass is as a shining star, receiving light from a blessed tree, an olive,...
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