 | Religion - 1832 - 852 pages
...conquests of Mohammed (says Gibbon) were those of his wife, his servant, his pupil, and his friend. ....Three years were silently employed in the conversion of fourteen proselytes, the first-fruits of his mission ; and it was not till the fourth year that he ventured publicly to assume... | |
 | 1804 - 574 pages
...will by Mahojnet, his prophet. Thus, the fundamental creed of Mahomet is described in two articles, " there is but one God, and Mahomet is the apostle of God." His precepts are reduced to foui ; prayer, preceded by purification as a necessary preparation, fasting,... | |
 | Charles Butler - Bible - 1807 - 338 pages
...will by Mahomet, his prophet. Thus, the fundamental creed of Mahomet is described in two articles, " there is but one God, and Mahomet " is the apostle of God." His precepts are reduced to four; prayer, preceded by purification as a necessary preparation, fasting,... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - Bible - 1808 - 592 pages
...609 ; and began to excite that smoke, which soon darkened all the eastern heaven. " Three years he silently employed in the conversion of fourteen proselytes,...fruits of his mission. $ But, in the fourth year" or the year 612, " he assumed the prophetic office, and resolved to impart to his family the light... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - Bible - 1808 - 304 pages
...609 ; and began to excite that smoke, which soon darkened all the eastern heaven. " Three years he silently employed in the conversion of fourteen proselytes, the first fruits of his mission. J But, in the fourth year," or the year 612, " he assumed the prophetic office, and resolved to impart... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - Bible - 1808 - 596 pages
...609 ; and began to excite that smoke, which soon darkened all the eastern heaven. " Three years he silently employed in the conversion of fourteen proselytes, the first fruits of his mission. J But, in the fourth year," or the i/ear 612, " he assumed the prophetic office, and resolved to impart... | |
 | William Jones - Albigenses - 1816 - 500 pages
...enthusiasm and repeated the fundamental creed,—" There is but one God, and Mahomet is his apostle." Their faith, even in this life, was rewarded with...the first fruits of his mission. But in the fourth he assumed the prophetic office, and resolving to impart to his family the benefits of his religion,... | |
 | William Jones - Albigenses - 1816 - 492 pages
...enthusiasm and repeated the fundamental creed, — " There is but one God, and Mahomet is his apostle." Their faith, even in this life, was rewarded with...the first fruits of his mission. But in the fourth he assumed the prophetic office, and resolving to impart to his family the benefits of his religion,... | |
 | Charles Butler - History, Modern - 1817 - 472 pages
...will by Mahomet, his prophet. Thus the fundamental creed of Mahomet is described in two articles, " there is but one " God, and Mahomet is the apostle of God." His precepts are reduced to four: prayer, preceded by purification as a necessary preparation; fasting;... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 542 pages
...regardless of life, and impatient for action : the camp re-echoed with the Moslem shouts of " God is God, there is but one God, and Mahomet " is the apostle of God ;" and the sea and land, from Galata to the seven towers, were illuminated by the blaze of their nocturnal... | |
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There is but one God, and Mahomet is the apostle of God"; and their faith, even in this life, was rewarded with riches and honours, with the command of armies and the government of kingdoms. 
