 | Thomas Thornton - Turkey - 1807 - 484 pages
...of Mahometan perfection ; * " The prophet of Mecca rejected the worship of idol* and men, of stars and planets, on the rational principle that whatever...that whatever is corruptible must decay and perish." — " The chain of inspiration was prolonged from the fall of Adam to the promulgation of the Koran.... | |
 | Thomas Thornton - Moldavia - 1809 - 508 pages
...rank luxuriance of polytheism*. hien, of stars and planets, on the rational principle, that what" ever rises must set, that whatever is born must die, that whatever is corruptible must decay and perish "—" The chain of inspira. tion was prolonged from the fall of Adam to the promulgation o£ the koran.... | |
 | Thomas Thornton - Turkey - 1809 - 520 pages
...luxuriance of polytheism*. • men, of stars and planets, on the rational principle, that what" ever rises must set, that whatever is born must die, that whatever is corruptible must decay and perish." — " The chain of inspiration was prolonged from the fall of Adam to the promulgation of the koran.... | |
 | William Jones - Albigenses - 1816 - 500 pages
...sometimes termed, the Alcoran. The prophet of Mecca rejected the worship of idols and men, of stars and planets, on the rational principle, that whatever...that whatever is corruptible must decay and perish. According to his own account, or the the tradition of his disciples, " the substance of the Koran is... | |
 | William Jones - Albigenses - 1816 - 500 pages
...of idols and men, of stars and planets, on the 336 History of the Christian Church . [c H . 1 1 1 . rational principle, that whatever rises must set ;...that whatever is corruptible must decay and perish. According to his own account, or the the tradition of his disciples, " the substance of the Koran is... | |
 | William Johnson Fox - Christianity - 1819 - 344 pages
...testimony to the Unity of God. The prophet of Mecca rejected the worship of idols and men, of stars and planets, on the rational principle that whatever...or similitude, present to our most secret thoughts, existing by the necessity of his own nature, and deriving from himself all moral and intellectual perfection."... | |
 | William Jones - Albigenses - 1819 - 626 pages
...termed, the Alcoran. The prophet of Mecca rejected the worship of idols and men, of stars and planets, oa the rational principle, that whatever rises must set...that whatever is corruptible must decay and perish. According to his own account, or the tradition of his disciples, " the substance of the Koran is uncreated... | |
 | William Johnson Fox - Christianity - 1822 - 344 pages
...worship of idols and men, of stars and planets, on the rational principle that whatever rises must set 5 that whatever is born must die ; that whatever is...or similitude, present to our most secret thoughts, existing by the necessity of his own nature, and deriving from himself all moral and intellectual perfection."... | |
 | William Jones - Albigenses - 1824 - 522 pages
...sometimes termed, the Alcoran. The prophet of Mecca rejected the worship of idols and men, of stars and planets, on the rational principle, that whatever...that whatever is corruptible must decay and perish. According to his own account, or the tradition of his disciples, " the substance of the Koran is uncreated... | |
 | William Henry Neale - Christianity and other religions - 1828 - 300 pages
...article of belief is in God : the Koran discards idolatry and creature-worship as has been observed, on the rational principle that whatever rises must...that whatever is corruptible must decay and perish '. This chain of thought is exemplified in the case of Abraham by a story certainly borrowed from the... | |
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Mahomet is free from suspicion or ambiguity ; and the Koran is a glorious testimony to the unity of God. The prophet of Mecca rejected the worship of idols and men, of stars and planets, on the rational principle that whatever rises must set, that whatever... 
