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If but as a provision for this present life, it were worth our while to fight for these fair fields and banish care and penury forever from us." Such were the aspirations dear to the heart of every Arab warrior. IF BUT AS A PROVISION OF THIS PRESENT LIFE IT WERE WORTH OUR WHILE TO FIGHT FOR THESE FAIR FIELDS AND BANISH CARE AND PENURY FOR EVER FROM US SUCH WERE THE ASPIRATIONS DEAR TO THE HEART OF EVERY ARAB WARRIOR
e: Think not, in any wise, of those killed in the ways of the Lord, as if they were dead. Yea, they are alive, and are nourished with their Lord, exulting in that which God hath given them of his favor, and rejoicing in behalf of those who have not yet joined them, but are following after. No terror afflicteth them, neither are they grieved.--Sura iii. [Sidenote: Material fruits of Moslem crusade.] The material fruits of their victories raised the Arabs at once from being the needy inhabitants of a stony, sterile soil, where, with difficulty, they eked out a hardy subsistence, to be the masters of rich and luxuriant lands flowing with milk and honey. After one of his great victories on the plains of Chaldea, Khalid called together his troops, flushed with conquest, and lost in wonder at the exuberance around them, and thus addressed them: "Ye see the riches of the land. Its paths drop fatness and plenty, so that the fruits of the earth are scattered abroad even as stones are in Arabia. OSE WHO FELL IN THESE CRUSADING CAMPAIGNS MOHAMMED THUS DESCRIBED THE BLESSED STATE THINK NOT IN ANY WISE OF THOSE KILLED IN THE WAYS OF THE LORD AS IF THEY WERE DEAD YEA THEY ARE ALIVE AND UNURNISHED WITH THEIR LORD EXULTING IN THAT WHICH GOD HATH GIVEN THEM OF HIS FAVOR AND REJOICING IN BEHALF OF THOSE WHO HAVE NOT YET JOINED THEM ARE FOLLOWING AFTER NO TERROR AFFLICTED THEM NEITHER ARE THEY GRIEVED SURRA THREE THE MATERIAL FRUITS OF THEIR VICTORIES RAGED THE ARABS AT ONCE FROM BEING THE NEEDY INHABITANTS OF HIS STONY STERILE SOIL WHERE WITH DIFFICULTY THEY EGGED OUT A HARDY SUBSISTENCE TO BE THE MASTERS OF RICH AND LUXURIANT LANDS FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY AFTER ONE OF HIS GREAT VICTORIES ON THE PLAINS OF CHALDEA CALIP CALLED TOGETHER HIS TROOPS FLUSHED WITH CONQUEST AND LOST IN WONDER AT THE EXUBERANCE AROUND THEM AND THUS ADDRESS THEM YEA SEE THE RICHES OF THE LAND ITS PATHS ROCK FATNESS AND PLENTY SO THAT THE FRUITS OF THE EARTH ARE SCATTERED ABROAD EVEN AS STONES ARE IN ARABIA
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