THE SPEECHES AT MEKKA I. THE POETIC PERIOD Aet. 40-44 a.d. 609-613 THE SPEECHES AT MEKKA II. THE RHETORICAL PERIOD Aet. 44-46 a.d. 613-615 THE SPEECHES AT MEKKA III. THE ARGUMENTATIVE PERIOD Aet. 46-53 a.d. 615-622 THE SPEECHES OF MEDINA THE PERIOD OF HARANGUE Aet. 53-63 A.H. 1-11 = A.D. 622-632 THE LAW GIVEN AT MEDINA RELIGIOUS LAW. NOTES. The Mekka Speeches. I. The Poetic Period. Index of Chapters of the Kor?n Translated in This Volume. Chosen and Translated, with Introduction and Notes, STANLEY LANE-POOLE Kufic Calligraphy London GOD! THERE IS NO GOD BUT HE, THE LIVING, THE STEADFAST! SLUMBER SEIZETH HIM NOT, NOR SLEEP. WHATSOEVER IS IN THE HEAVENS, AND WHATSOEVER IS IN THE EARTH, IS HIS. WHO IS THERE THAT SHALL PLEAD WITH HIM SAVE BY HIS LEAVE? HE KNOWETH WHAT WAS BEFORE THEM AND WHAT SHALL COME AFTER THEM, AND THEY COMPASS NOT AUGHT OF HIS KNOWLEDGE, BUT WHAT HE WILLETH. HIS THRONE OVERSPREADETH THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH, AND THE KEEPING OF BOTH IS NO BURDEN TO HIM: AND HE IS THE HIGH, THE GREAT! THE THRONE VERSE, ii. 256. |