| Louis Bourdaloue - 1919 - 173 pages
...failure? View of Lord Cromer. Lord Cromer, in his Modern Egypt, quotes Mohammed's command in the Koran : " When ye encounter the unbelievers, strike off their...great slaughter among them, and bind them in bonds. . . . O true believers, if ye assist God, by fighting for his religion, he will assist you against... | |
| Stephen Haley Allen - International cooperation - 1920 - 688 pages
...n87, he was more merciful and allowed the captive Christians to live. The command of the Prophet was : 'When ye encounter the unbelievers strike off their...them in bonds; and either give them a free dismission afterwards or exact a ransom until the war shall have laid down its arms."17 When the Turks took Constantinople... | |
| Henry Clay Sheldon - Christianity - 1922 - 330 pages
...Vital Forces of Christianity and Islam," p. 222. Compare EW Hopkins, "History of Religions," p. 460. ye encounter the unbelievers, strike off their heads,...them in bonds, and either give them a free dismission afterwards, or exact a ransom until the war shall have laid down its arms. Verily if God pleased He... | |
| William Stearns Davis - History - 1922 - 440 pages
...however, Unbelievers were to be attacked under any and all circumstances. "When ye encounter the Infidels strike off their heads until ye have made a great slaughter among them, and bind them with bonds." "Make war on those who believe not in Allah and the Last Day; . . . make war on them until... | |
| William Stearns Davis - 1924 - 590 pages
...calling out the felicities of martyrdom: "Verily saith the Prophet, 'When ye encounter the Misbelievers strike off their heads until ye have made a great slaughter among them. Allah commandeth you to fight his battles!' Would ye shun the beds of torment and the fire that bumeth... | |
| Missions - 1908 - 1048 pages
...those who do not accept the Moslem faith. 'When ye encounter the unbelievers,' says the Koran/strike off their heads until ye have made a great slaughter among them, and bind them in bonds. ... О true believers, if ye assist God, by fighting for His religion, He will assist you against your... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Courts - 1972 - 980 pages
...the following translation at 410411 (9th ed. 1923) : "Thus God propoundeth unto men their examples. When ye encounter the unbelievers, strike off their...them in bonds; and either give them a free dismission afterwards, or exact a ransom ; until the war shall have laid down its arms. This shall ye do. Verily... | |
| Nineteenth century - 1890 - 1102 pages
...overcome a thousand of those who believe not ; because they are a people who do not understand. When you encounter the unbelievers, strike off their heads...slaughter among them ; and bind them in bonds, and neither give thorn a free dismission afterwards or exact a ransom until the war shall have laid down... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 638 pages
...is of more avail than two months of fasting or prayer" (5:50.384). See also Koran, Chapter 47, 489: "When ye encounter the unbelievers, strike off their heads, until ye have made a great slaughter." Also Chapters 8 and 9. Ross, however, suggests that the simplicity of Muhammad's monotheism was "a... | |
| Vahakn N. Dadrian - Political Science - 228 pages
...and chapter 9, verses 29, 38, and 41). All that is summed up in the paramount command of the Prophet: "When ye encounter the unbelievers, strike off their...heads until ye have made a great slaughter among them" (chapter 47, verse 4). Whether in conditions of acute conflict or otherwise, the Ottoman treatment... | |
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