Word: allah
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...promisef of future paradise in addition to present prosperity, secured for him many followers, Mohammed was a practical reformer and did not press the people too far. He took the chief of the tribal deities and elevated them to the position of omnipotent God. His Allah was based on the tribal theology, and hence the rapid progress of the new religion...
...various branches of science and art may now be taught, they are not likely to make much advancement among the Mohammedans. These people display an astonishing apathy and a total absence of the spirit of inquiry and research. They confide the secrets of nature to the supreme care of Allah, and consider it entirely uncalled for to trouble themselves about such matters beyond the extent required for their common wants...