00000197 |
Previous | 197 of 462 | Next |
|
small (250x250 max)
medium (500x500 max)
Large
Extra Large
large ( > 500x500)
Full Resolution
All (PDF)
|
chap, xl] yo'm 'a'shoora. 185
because it is believed to be the day on which the
first meeting of Adam and Eve took place after
they were cast out of Paradise; and that on which
Noah went out from the ark: also, because several
other great events are said to have happened on
this day ; and because the ancient Arabs, before the
time of the Prophet, observed it by fasting. But
what, in the opinion of most modern Muslims, and
especially the Persians, confers the greatest sanctity
on the day of 'A'shoora, is the fact of its being that
on which El-Hoseyn, the Prophet's grandson, was
slain, a martyr, at the battle of the plain of Kar-
bal'a. Many Muslims fast on this day, and some
also on the day preceding.
As I am now writing on the day of 'A'shoora, I
shall mention the customs peculiar to it which I
have witnessed on the present occasion.—I had to
provide myself with a number of five-faddah pieces
before I went out this day, for the alms of the
'ashr, already mentioned. In the streets of the
town I saw many young children, from about three
to six or seven years of age, chiefly girls, walking
about alone, or two or three together, or carried by
women, and begging these alms.—In the course of
the morning, a small group of blind fakeers, one of
whom bore a half-furled red flag, with the names
of El-Hoseyn and other worthies worked upon it
in white, stopped in the street before my door, and
chanted a petition for an alms. One of them
began, " O thou who hast alms to bestow on the
blessed day of ' A'shoora!"—the others then continued, in chorus, " A couple of grains of wheat!
| Title | An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians - 2 |
| Creator | Lane, Edward William |
| Publisher | C. Knight and Co. |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Date | 1842 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000197 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | chap, xl] yo'm 'a'shoora. 185 because it is believed to be the day on which the first meeting of Adam and Eve took place after they were cast out of Paradise; and that on which Noah went out from the ark: also, because several other great events are said to have happened on this day ; and because the ancient Arabs, before the time of the Prophet, observed it by fasting. But what, in the opinion of most modern Muslims, and especially the Persians, confers the greatest sanctity on the day of 'A'shoora, is the fact of its being that on which El-Hoseyn, the Prophet's grandson, was slain, a martyr, at the battle of the plain of Kar- bal'a. Many Muslims fast on this day, and some also on the day preceding. As I am now writing on the day of 'A'shoora, I shall mention the customs peculiar to it which I have witnessed on the present occasion.—I had to provide myself with a number of five-faddah pieces before I went out this day, for the alms of the 'ashr, already mentioned. In the streets of the town I saw many young children, from about three to six or seven years of age, chiefly girls, walking about alone, or two or three together, or carried by women, and begging these alms.—In the course of the morning, a small group of blind fakeers, one of whom bore a half-furled red flag, with the names of El-Hoseyn and other worthies worked upon it in white, stopped in the street before my door, and chanted a petition for an alms. One of them began, " O thou who hast alms to bestow on the blessed day of ' A'shoora!"—the others then continued, in chorus, " A couple of grains of wheat! |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| B |
|
| C |
|
| G |
|
| H |
|
| M |
|
| T |
|
| U |
|
| Y |
|
|
|
