 | Qurʼan - 1821 - 536 pages
...good': and devour not their substance by adding it to your own substance: for this is a great sin. And if ye fear that ye shall not act with equity towards...as please you, two, or three, or four, and not more f . b 'This title was given to this chap- The true meaning seems to be, as it is ter,because it chiefly... | |
 | P. Inchbald - 1830 - 134 pages
...in the system of Mohamed, the reader will judge from the following regulations. Of marriage:—"And if ye fear that ye " shall not act with equity towards...please you, two, or three, or four, and not more."* Again,—"If ye be desirous to exchange a wife for '< another wife, and ye have given one of them a... | |
 | Peter Inchbald - 1830 - 140 pages
...the system of Mohamed, the reader will judge from the following regulations. Of marriage :—" And if ye fear that ye " shall not act with equity towards...please you, two, or three, or four, and not more."* Again,—" If ye be desirous to exchange a wife for " another wife, and ye have given one of them a... | |
 | Samuel Green - Islam - 1840 - 430 pages
...marked his subsequent conduct. The Koran, in one of its later chapters, restricted his followers. " If ye fear that ye shall not act with equity towards...please you, two, or three, or four, and not more."* From the terms of a subsequent chapter, it appears that Mahomet was exempted from this law. " O prophet,... | |
 | David Cambell (of Boston.) - 1840 - 426 pages
...sent down unto thee, and that which hath been sent down unto the prophets before thee. c p. 188. And if ye fear that ye shall not act with equity towards...please you, two, or three, or four, and not more. But if ye fear that ye cannot act equitably towards so many, marry one only, or the slaves which ye... | |
 | Samuel Green (Baptist minister, Lion St. Chapel, Walworth.) - Islam - 1840 - 442 pages
...marked his subsequent conduct. The Koran, in one of its later chapters, restricted his followers. " If ye fear that ye shall not act with equity towards...please you, two, or three, or four, and not more."* From the terms of a subsequent chapter, it appears that Mahomet was exempted from this law. " 0 prophet,... | |
 | William Cooke, Joseph Barker - Christianity - 1845 - 512 pages
...having a plurality of wives ; and in speaking on (Jiat subject he has the following statement:—" And if ye fear that ye shall not act with equity towards...please you, two, or three, or four, and not more." And it appears that Mahomet teaches that wives may be pat away whenever the husband pleases :—" And if... | |
 | Joseph Barker, William Cooke, John Selkirk - 1845 - 634 pages
...on that subject he has the following statement :—•" And if ye fear that ye shall not act witl* equity towards orphans of the female sex, take in marriage of such other women as pleasa you, two, or three, or four, and not more." And it appears that Mahomet teaches that wives may... | |
 | George Sale - 1856 - 692 pages
...• and devour not their substance, by adding it to your own substance ; for this is a great sin. And if ye fear that ye shall not act with equity towards...please you, two, or three, or four, and not more.* of bis hypocritical followers were displeased, and wondered that he should pray for a Christian proselyte... | |
 | Christopher Oscanyan - Turkey - 1857 - 468 pages
...evil, and not altogether to abolish ancient usages, limited the number—"Take in marriage of such women as please you, two, or three or four, and not more. But if ye fear that ye cannot act equitably to so many, marry only one, or the slaves which ye shall... | |
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If ye fear that ye shall not act with equity towards orphans of the female sex, take in marriage of such other women as please you, two or three or four, and not more. . . . And 
