Sentence examples for historical postponement from inspiring English sources

In Taha's revisionist reading, the elevation of the Medinan verses was only a historical postponement — the Meccan verses, representing the ideal religion, would be revived when humanity had reached a stage of development capable of accepting them, ushering in a renewed Islam based on freedom and equality.

What unfolds requires some tweaking of the historical record - the postponement of Pearl Harbor by a year, for instance.

The postponement was catastrophic.

But a postponement appears unlikely.

It proved only a postponement.

This postponement is not voluntary.

She called the postponement "misguided".

He eventually mentions the postponement.

This caused postponement of the robbery.

Yet this week's postponement has stiffened resolve.

Western backers support postponement of parliamentary election.