The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . fe^, L-C. NOTES TO THE INTRODUCTION. Note 1.— On the Initial Phrase, and on the Mohammadan Religion and It isa universal custom of the Muslims to write this phrase at the commencement of everybook, whatever may be the subject, and to pronounce it on commencing every lawfulact of any importance. This they do in imitation of the Kur-an (every chapter ofwhich, excepting one, is thus prefaced), and in accordance with a precept of theirProphet. The words which I translate Compassionate
The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . fe^, L-C. NOTES TO THE INTRODUCTION. Note 1.— On the Initial Phrase, and on the Mohammadan Religion and It isa universal custom of the Muslims to write this phrase at the commencement of everybook, whatever may be the subject, and to pronounce it on commencing every lawfulact of any importance. This they do in imitation of the Kur-an (every chapter ofwhich, excepting one, is thus prefaced), and in accordance with a precept of theirProphet. The words which I translate Compassionate and Merciful are bothderived from the same root, and have nearly the same meaning : the one being of aform which is generally used to express an accidental or occasional passion or sensation ;the other, to denote a constant quality : but the most learned of the Ulama (or pro-fessors of religion and law, &c.) interpret the former as signifying Merciful in greatthings; and the latter, Merciful in small things. Sale has erred in renderingthem, conjunctly, Most merciful. In the books of the Muslims, the firs
Size: 2868px × 871px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookpublisherlondo, bookyear1883
