Zend Avesta Part 01

SR No.: 007671
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: James Darmesteter
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1895
Total Pages: 2695
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 49 MB

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ABSTRACT OF THE CONTENTS
LXXXIII. THE CHAPTER OF THOSE WHO GIVE SHORT Weight.
(Mecca.) Fraudulent traders are warned. Siggîn, the register of the acts of the wicked. Hell and heaven.
LXXXIV. THE CHAPTER OF THE RENDING ASUNDER. (Mecca.)
Signs of the judgment day. The books of men's actions. The resurrection. Denunciation of misbelievers.
LXXXV. THE CHAPTER OF THE ZODIACAL SIGNS. (Mecca.)
Denunciation of those who persecuted believers. Example of the fate of Pharaoh and ThamQd.
LXXXVI. THE CHAPTER OF THE NIGHT STAR. (Mecca.)
By the night star! every soul has a guardian angel. Creation and resurrection of man. The plot of the infidels shall be frustrated.
LXXXVII. THE CHAPTER OF THE Most High. (Mecca.)
Mohammed shall not forget any of the revelation save what God pleases. The revelation is the same as that given to Abraham and Moses.
LXXXVIII. THE CHAPTER OF THE OVERWHELMING. (Mecca.)
Description of the last day, heaven, and hell. LXXXIX. THE CHAPTER OF THE DAWN. (Mecca.) Fate of previous nations who rejected the apostles. Admonition to those who rely too much on their prosperity. XC. The CHAPTER OF THE LAND. (Mecca.)
Exhortation to practise charity. XCI. THE CHAPTER OF THE Sun. (Mecca.) Purity of the soul brings happiness. Example of Thamůd.
XCII. THE CHAPTER OF THE Night. (Mecca.) Promise of reward to believers and of punishment to idolaters.
XCIII. THE CHAPTER OF THE FORENOON. (Mecca.) Mohammed encouraged and bidden to remember how God has
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