| 1832 - 852 Seiten
...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 determined... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 370 Seiten
...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 battle,... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 488 Seiten
...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 battle,... | |
| George Stanley Faber - 1808 - 304 Seiten
...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 battle,... | |
| George Stanley Faber - 1808 - 596 Seiten
...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 battle,... | |
| William Nicholson - 1809 - 700 Seiten
...the world not only to teach his will, but to compel mankind to embrace it. " The word," said he, " is the key of heaven and hell ; a drop of blood shed in the cause of God, or a night spent in arm*, is of more avail than two monthi of fasting and prayer. Whosoever fells in... | |
| William Paley - 1810 - 436 Seiten
...73. f Ib. c. ix. p. 151. t Ib. p. 164. § " The sword (sailh 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 5. His doctrine of predestination was applicable, and was applied by him,... | |
| William Paley - 1811 - 416 Seiten
...with this * Sale's Koran, c. ix. p. 1(>1. t " The sword," saith Mahomet, " is the key of heare^ and of hell ; a drop of blood shed in the cause of God, a night spent in arras, is of more avail than two months' fasting or prayer. Whosoever falls in battle, hia... | |
| William Jones - 1816 - 500 Seiten
...enjoyment of wealth and beauty was the type of their pro-, mised paradise. " The sword," says Mahomet, " is the key of heaven and 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 ; whoever falls in battle, his... | |
| William Jones - 1816 - 500 Seiten
...enjoyment of wealth and beauty was the type of their promised paradise. " The sword," says Mahomet, " is the key of heaven and 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 ; whoever falls in battle, his... | |
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