10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NIGGARDLINESS»
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niggardliness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
niggardliness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ethico-Religious Concepts in the Qur'an
It shows that there again what is made the target of condemnation is not
niggardliness in general, but niggardliness in the specific sphere of religious
activity. It is, in other words, those who are niggardly in the way of God, those who
reveal ...
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The Qur'an and Its Interpreters, Volume II: The House of 'Imran
Rāzī argues that niggardliness in this context is niggardliness in things that
benefit others, which may either be wealth, or knowledge. If it is taken to mean
knowledge, the verse could refer to the Jews who used to withhold their
knowledge of ...
Niggardliness must be regarded as the meanest quality of a person who
amasses wealth merely to hoard it. It has been condemned by the Holy Qur'an in
unequivocal terms “Woe to every (kind of) scandal-monger 129 Niggardliness - (
Bukhl)
Mulla Husein A. Rahim, Al-Haj Ali Mohamedjaffer Sheriff
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The Improvement of the Moral Qualities: An Ethical Treatise ...
The hand is the most active instrument of the sense of touch; hence open -
handedness (liberality) and close-fistedness (niggardliness), as well as the
power to hold fast or to strike hard (valor), and the possibility of being weakened
by fright ...
Ibn Gabirol, Stephen Samuel Wise, 1902
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Six Radical Thinkers: Bentham, J. S. Mill, Cobden, Carlyle, ...
The " niggardliness of Nature " is to him a basal fact of human existence.* This,
however, is but half the truth. Niggardly of meat, Nature is anything but niggardly
of mouths. This perception came to Mill early. It never left him. He is never weary
...
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Columbia University Oriental Studies Vol. I The Improvement ...
The rational soul has no need of it, save as it answers the physical requirements
of the body. To it are attributed the qualities of liberality and valor, niggardliness
and cowardice. The hand is the most active instrument of the sense of touch; ...
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A Comprehensive Dictionary of the World
Nigoardise, nig1 -gerd-ize, s. Niggardliness; avarice. (Obsolete.) Nigoabdish, nig'
-gerd-ish, a. Having some disposition to avarice ; somewhat covetous or
niggardly. Niggardliness, ntg -gerd-'.e-nes, s. Mean covct- ousness ; sordid
parsimony ...
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Thoughts of the times; or, Men and things
At page 70 Mr. Austin says, " want and labour spring from the niggardliness of
nature, and not from the inequality which is consequent on the institution of
property." Is this consistent with the presumed and unqualified divine
benevolence on ...
Thomas Browne Browne, 1838
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In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the ...
Then Sakka, having expressed his appreciation, asked another question: "But, sir
, what gives rise to envy and niggardliness, what is their origin, how are they born
, how do they arise? When what is present do they arise, and when what is ...
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Goodness and Rightness in Thomas Aquinas's Summa Theologiae
Thrift has prodigality as its contrary vice and niggardliness as its "deceptive
resemblance." Niggardliness is the thrift of a selfish person. In contemporary
terms, thrift is right behavior, prodigality is wrong behavior, but niggardliness is a
bad ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NIGGARDLINESS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
niggardliness is used in the context of the following news items.
Time to Reconsider George HW Bush?
His weakness and niggardliness as the Evil Empire collapsed has led directly to the rise of Putin today. Similarly, Bush's wimpy (there is no ... «PJ Media, Jul 15»
This is the day of Resurrection
They shall have a collar of their niggardliness on their necks on the Resurrection day. And Allah's is the heritage of the heavens and the earth. «FinalCall.com News, Apr 15»
Ben Carson fires back after called a 'hater'
... who call cowardice caution, and rashness courage, niggardliness thrift, and wasteful profusion generosity. The same men are apt also to call ... «WND.com, Feb 15»
George Osborne's Bond issue brings out the secret agent in us all
Forget Q's niggardliness of 2012. This government just adores exploding pens. They come in many infrastructural guises. Much of the cunning ... «The Independent, Dec 14»
War relief fundraising a joint effort
It was easily seen that no niggardliness characterised the public yesterday. All did not flock to the Garrison Hall, to seek to get the glow of ... «Otago Daily Times, Oct 14»
Rahul Gandhi can't bring BJP-style change to Congress
One analysis recently sees the niggardliness in the Congress dispensation's emphasis on 'poverty alleviation' through rafts of expensive ... «Niticentral, Oct 14»
Union Budget 2014 - 15
On the other hand there is niggardliness with regard to social sector expenditure a nd rural development expenditure which can potentially ... «NewsClick, Jul 14»
Fans No.1 Rank no.154
India-and Indian football-has been paying for that shortsightedness, that cosmic niggardliness, forever after. Those were years when India was ... «India Today, Jun 14»
Flood tragedy that united Sheffield and moved a Queen
... saying: “We must now lay aside every thought of niggardliness and avarice, and come down handsomely for the credit of the town and for the ... «Yorkshire Post, Mar 14»
Money: A Concept No One Understands
The resistance to the creation of money became the conscience of the public official, not the niggardliness of the mines. By degrees the money ... «Daily Reckoning, Mar 14»
