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The Koran/Sura XVI — The Bee

Sura XVI — The BeeMecca — 128 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful THE doom of God cometh to pass. Then hasten it not. Glory be to Him! High let Him be exalted above…

Tao Te Ching: Chapter 79

Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) by Laozi, trans. James Legge Chapter 78 Chapter 80 Chapter 79 1 When a reconciliation is effected (between two parties) after a great animosity, there is sure to be a…

Brewer's: Corinth

Non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum (It falls not to every man's lot to go to Corinth). Gellius, in his Noctes Atticæ, i. 8, says that Horace refers to Laïs, a courtesan of Corinth…

galaxy

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Hubble classification of galaxies: Elliptical galaxies (E) are classified according to the degree of flattening of the ellipse. Spiral galaxies (S) and barred spiral galaxies (…

Job

(Encyclopedia) JobJobjōb [key], book of the Bible. The book is of unknown authorship and date, although many scholars assign it to a time between 600 b.c. and 400 b.c. A lament in narrative form, the…

Morgarten

(Encyclopedia) MorgartenMorgartenmôrˈgärtən [key], mountain, 4,084 ft (1,245 m) high, N central Switzerland, on the border of Schwyz and Zug cantons. There, on Nov. 15, 1315, a small Swiss force…

Cleopas

(Encyclopedia) CleopasCleopasklēˈōpəs [key], in the New Testament, one of the two who met the risen Jesus on the way to Emmaus. Perhaps the same as Cleophas.

pastiche

(Encyclopedia) pastichepastichepăstēshˈ, pä– [key], work of art that combines themes and styles from various sources in such a way as to appear obviously derivative. Pastiches are frequently passed…

The Koran/Sura LXXII — Djinn

Sura LXXII — DjinnMecca — 28 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful SAY: It hath been revealed to me that a company of DJINN[383] listened, and said,—"Verily, we have…