 God is the light of heaven and earth : the similitude of his light is as a niche in a wall, wherein a lamp is placed, and the lamp enclosed in a case of glass; the glass appears as it were a shining star. It is lighted with the oil of a blessed tree,...  The Cashmere Shawl - Seite 312von Charles White - 1840Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1821 - 560 Seiten
...the histories of those who have gone before you1, and an admonition unto the pious. GOD is the light of heaven and earth : the similitude of his light is as a niche in a wall, wherein a lamp is placed, and the lamp enclosed in a case of glass ; the glass appears as it... | |
 | George Sale - 1856 - 692 Seiten
...the histories of those who have gone before you,' and an admonition unto the pious. GOD is the light of heaven and earth : the similitude of his light is as a niche in a wall, wherein a lamp is placed, and the lamp inclosed in a case of glass ; the glass appears as it... | |
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - 1867 - 500 Seiten
...another." The Koran, according to Sale's translation, page 292, informs us that, "God is the light of heaven and earth ; the similitude of his light is as a niche in a wall, wherein a lamp is placed, and the lamp inclosed in a case of glass ; the glass appears as it... | |
 | Sir Lewis Pelly, Arthur Naylor Wollaston - 1879 - 374 Seiten
...of the Kur'an ? The Head. — In the name of God the gracious, the merciful : — " God is the light of heaven and earth, the similitude of His light is as a niche in a wall wherein a lamp is placed, which is enclosed in a case of glass, the glass appearing, as it were,... | |
 | Sir Lewis Pelly, Arthur Naylor Wollaston - 1879 - 368 Seiten
...of the Kur'an ? The Head. — In the name of God the gracious, the merciful : — " God is the light of heaven and earth, the similitude of His light is as a niche in a wall wherein a lamp is placed, which is enclosed in a case of glass, the glass appearing, as it were,... | |
 | 1896 - 432 Seiten
...histories of those who have gone before you, and an admonition unto the pious. II (35) GOD is the light of heaven and earth, the similitude of his light is as a niche in a wall wherein a lamp is placed, and the lamp enclosed in a case of glass ; the glass appears as it... | |
 | Henry Otis Dwight - 1901 - 334 Seiten
...circle of 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... | |
 | Charles Francis Horne - 1917 - 508 Seiten
...the histories of those who have gone before you, and an abomination unto the pious. God is the light of heaven and earth: the similitude of his light is as a niche in a wall, wherein a lamp is placed, and the lamp enclosed in a case of glass; the glass appears as it... | |
 | Ada Goodrich-Freer, Adela M. Goodrich-Freer - 1924 - 366 Seiten
...much of the signification which they have borne for well nigh five hundred years. " God is the light of heaven and earth, the similitude of His light is as a niche in a wall wherein a lamp is placed and the lamp enclosed in a case of glass : the glass appears as it... | |
 | Ada Goodrich-Freer - 1924 - 370 Seiten
...much of the signification which they have borne for well nigh five hundred years. " God is the light of heaven and earth, the similitude of His light is as a niche in a wall wherein a lamp is placed and the lamp enclosed in a case of glass : the glass appears as it... | |
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