| Alexander F. Foster - 1852 - 398 pages
...religion of Mohammed, is also a pure theism, whose ereed is summed up in the simple formula, that ' There is no God but ALLAH, and MOHAMMED is his Prophet.' The principal precepts of this religion are prayer, purification, fasting, alms -giving, and pilgrimages.... | |
| John Reynell Morell - Algeria - 1854 - 526 pages
...of incarnate bells; and their sonorous voice sounds solemnly through the tranquil air as it cries, " There is no God but Allah; and Mohammed is his Prophet." The mufti is the head of the code and canon of Islam, at once bishop and judge, — a dangerous union in... | |
| Biography - 1855 - 364 pages
...then addressed to the gathered multitnde a religious discourse. The crowd shouted " Allah Achbar ! There is no God but Allah, and Mohammed is His prophet !" The heart of the conqueror was satisfied. His clemency to his hitterest enemy was considered remarkable... | |
| James Donald (F.R.G.S.) - 1868 - 104 pages
...religion of Mohammed, is also a pure theism, whose creed is summed up in the simple formula, that ' There is no God but ALLAH, and MOHAMMED is his Prophet.' The principal precepts of this religion are prayer, purification, fasting, almsgiving, and pilgrimages.... | |
| Philip Schaff - Creeds - 1877 - 574 pages
...Mohammedans have borrowed their monotheistic watchword from the Jews, with a heretical addition — 'There is no God but Allah ; and Mohammed is his prophet.' The Confession of Nathanacl (Bartholomew). JOHN i. 50 (4U). NaS'avaJjA icai At y:-t uvrtji ' Nathanael... | |
| Evans Bell - British - 1885 - 306 pages
...know no more of the doctrines and precepts of their religion than are contained in the brief creed, ' There is no God but Allah, and Mohammed is his Prophet.' The Gond Rajah is treated ceremonially by the Bhonsla as the lord of the soil, and a sort of partner in... | |
| Evans Bell - British - 1885 - 304 pages
...know no more of the doctrines and precepts of their religion than are contained in the brief creed,' There is no God but Allah, and Mohammed is his Prophet.' The Gond Rajah is treated ceremonially by the Bhonsla as the lord of the soil, and a sort of partner in... | |
| James George Frazer - Dying and rising gods - 1900 - 494 pages
...rattan leaf and wraps it round the palm as a pledge of betrothal, after which he says the creed : " There is no God but Allah, and Mohammed is his prophet." The maidenly and orthodox scruples of the tree having thus been satisfied, he embraces it as his bride.... | |
| Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Annandale - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1901 - 530 pages
...their creed I*Inm (entire submission to the decrees of (!od), and their common formula of faith is, ' There is no god but Allah, and Mohammed is his prophet.' The dogmatic or theoretical part of Mohammedanism embraces the following points: — 1. Belief in God,... | |
| J. M. Thoburn - India - 1906 - 356 pages
...of Ramazan; (4) Almsgiving; (5) Pilgrimage to Mecca."1 The Mohammedan creed is brief and bald, creed "There is no God but Allah, and Mohammed is his prophet." "The divine unity making, upholding, governing, perfecting all things, is the rock on which Mohammed builds.... | |
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