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...THE KORAN Translated from the Arabic by the Rev. J.M. Rodwell, M.A. with an Introduction by the Rev. ... .... G. Margoliouth, M.A. A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Noble Qur'an The Koran trans. Rev. J. M. Rodwell, Introduction by Rev.... .... Rev. J. M. Rodwell, Introduction by Rev. G. Margoliouth is a publication of the Penn- sylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ... tual and more equivocal r\oc\le of warrior, politician, and founder of an empire. G. Margoliouth. 11 The Koran SELECT BIBLIOGRAP SELECT BIBLIOGRAP S... ...were thus forwarded to several of the chief mili- tary stations in the new empire, and all previously existing copies were committed to the flames. Za... ... and imperfections were the result of circum- stances, of temperament, and constitution; and that there must be elements both of truth and goodness in... ..., John Baptist, and Jesus, punished by the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans. Comp. T r. Gittin, fol. 57, where we read of the sufferings drawn d... ...time of Muhammad, owing mainly to the navigation of the Red Sea, under the Roman dominion over Egypt, which of course impoverished the tribes situated...

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