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  • The great god Kane went into the goddess Wai'ololi And the offspring of light were born, the bringers of men, Akiaki who dragged the islands from the sea And gentle La'ila'i who made the flowers and the birds, And in the evening of the long day Akiaki knew his sister, And the man was born, bringer of honor and war ... "

    Hawaii Michener, James 1959

  • “La ilaha ila Allah, ” the deep-voiced prayer call rang from new loudspeakers affixed atop the mosque’s seven towering minarets: “There is no god but Allah.

    Excerpt: The Siege of Mecca by Yaroslav Trofimov 2007

  • Haqaa key binaey La ila ast Hussain on the soul of humanity decreed

    Archive 2009-06-01 photographerno1 2009

  • There's also an expression "zalafa ila" which means approached, but I think she's just doing a wordplay on the "Leila" bit.

    Another song 2008

  • It employs the expression "fas'aw ila dhikrillah" then struggle toward the remembrance of Allah.

    NO TRANSACTIONS!!! mkhalfan@gmail.com 2007

  • It employs the expression "fas'aw ila dhikrillah" then struggle toward the remembrance of Allah.

    Archive 2007-11-01 mkhalfan@gmail.com 2007

  • According to Georges Vajda (see Vajda 1947, 24-33), more relevant traces might be found in chapter two of the Introduction to the Duties of the Hearth (Hidaya ila fara'id al-qulub), written by the Spanish Jewish author Bahya Ibn Paquda in the period 1050-1080, where there might be some agreements with the Brethren's cosmological doctrines, as well as a very similar style in defending them.

    Influence of Arabic and Islamic Philosophy on Judaic Thought Zonta, Mauro 2007

  • Na zwauri a vha na n? ila dza u tsireledza pfanelo dza ndaka dzavho.

    Speech by Josephine Tshivhase on the Older Persons Bill Debate 2006

  • It said that Gates spoke candidly and "did not beat around the bush" (lam yalja' ila al-murawaghah), and then it said that he mingled with the regular soldiers and ate with them (and footage was shown of him filling his plate).

    Sunday, December 31, 2006 As'ad 2006

  • It said that Gates spoke candidly and "did not beat around the bush" (lam yalja' ila al-murawaghah), and then it said that he mingled with the regular soldiers and ate with them (and footage was shown of him filling his plate).

    Friday, December 22, 2006 As'ad 2006

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