 | Thomas Paine - 1810 - 504 pages
...find not a ntaleh. keep themselves from fornication, until God shall corieh them of his abundance. And unto such of your slaves as desire a written instrument,...themselves on paying a certain sum, write one, if ye know good in them, and give them of the riches of G«d, which he hath given you. And compel not your maid-servants... | |
 | 1821 - 560 pages
...themselves from fornication, until GOD shall enrich them of his abundance. And unto such of your slaves f as desire a written instrument, allowing them to redeem...themselves on paying a certain sum % write one, if ye know good in them h, and give them of the riches of GOD, which he hath given you1. And cither sex are included... | |
 | 1824 - 920 pages
...xlv. cap. 42. t SALE'S Koran, chap, xxlv.34.— Not? kytkt Rerieicer. 8 AIR'S translation la, " And unto such of your slaves as desire a written Instrument...them to redeem themselves on paying a certain sum, writeone, if ve know good In them, and give them of the riches of GOD, which he hath given yon.1' —... | |
 | John Malcolm - 1827 - 328 pages
...C2 Koran*, and by all commentaries on that volume, to the manumission of slaves. Mahomed has said, " Unto such of your slaves as desire a written instrument,...themselves, on paying a certain sum, write one, if ye know good in them, and give them of the riches of God, which he hath given you." It is in obedience to this... | |
 | Godfrey Higgins - 1829 - 130 pages
...And this was a man standing up in the wilds of Arabia in the seventh century." f 93. Mohamed says, " Unto such of your slaves as desire a written instrument,...redeem themselves on paying a certain sum, write one; and if ye know good in them, give them of the riches of God which he hath given you." JI have not found... | |
 | James Peggs - 1830 - 560 pages
...Honourable Board to the following passage only of the Koran (Sale's translation, vol. ii. p. 194) : ' And unto such of your slaves as desire a written instrument,...themselves on paying a certain sum, write one, if you know good in them, and give them of the riches of God, which he hath given you.' Which certainly... | |
 | James Peggs - 1830 - 556 pages
...even while they are with child by their master, "f The precept of the Koran enjoins giving slaves " a written instrument, allowing them to redeem themselves on paying a certain sum." Why oppose the abolition of slavery with such a precept before them ? Is it not evidently from other... | |
 | James Peggs - 1832 - 550 pages
...even while they are with child by their master."f The precept of the Koran enjoins giving slaves " a written instrument, allowing them to redeem themselves on paying a certain sum." Why oppose the abolition of slavery with such a precept before them ? Is it not evidently from other... | |
 | Edward Eliot - 1833 - 266 pages
...of remark, that even the Mahommedan laws secure to the slave the right of purchasing his freedom. " Unto such of your slaves as desire a written instrument,...themselves on paying a certain sum, write one if ye find good in them, (that is, have reason to believe that they will perform their engagement,) and give... | |
 | Edward Eliot - 1833 - 262 pages
...of remark, that even the Mahommedan laws secure to the slave the right of purchasing his freedom. " Unto such of your slaves as desire a written instrument,...themselves on paying a certain sum, write one if ye find good in them, (that is, have reason to believe that they will perform their engagement,) and give... | |
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And unto such of your slaves as desire a written instrument allowing them to redeem themselves on paying a certain sum, write one, if ye know good in them; and give them of the riches of God, which he hath given you. 
