Alcoran
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On one side of these was represented the head of the reigning caliph, and on the other appeared his name, with some passages from the Alcoran.
From History of the Moors of Spain by Florian, M.
The particulars of this Passage, would be best explain'd by the Commentators upon the Alcoran, which I have no Opportunity of consulting.
From The Improvement of Human Reason Exhibited in the Life of Hai Ebn Yokdhan by Tufail, Ibn
Had he read the Golden Legend, the Turks' Alcoran, or Jews' Talmud, the Rabbins' Comments, what would he have thought?
From The Anatomy of Melancholy by Burton, Robert
The Saracen was not satisfied with this reason, nor with any other argument which Xavier used against the Alcoran.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 16 by Scott, Walter, Sir
I HAD rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.
From The Essays of Francis Bacon by Bacon, Francis
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