, 1873-07-07
A ANlllSSllltllA1asA FalnerfllS


An accident haa rocontly carried of to Al
jnnnat, tho Alahomotan paradise, Halil pasla,
lato Grandchildren of.tho Artillery at Constanti-
nipple. Tho funoral OF this man WAS striking
longth, tolhng how tl4o 1eoplo crowded to SEQ
tho coffin, aid how thoy We'd with each other in
putting q shoulder urdor it on its way to the
tomb. In this aud many other points thore is
aud burials among nlussulman races. When
bolievor is dying, reader Of tho Koran recitos
tho two creedH, whilo ahcrbet and honey nre
poured down tho sufferers throat to facilitate
tho exit Of tho soul. Whom tho last breath is
drawn, the body is wrapped up ~ 4 ahoot upon
which passages Of the Koran have boon written.
Placed in i rude paintod boz, tho do
ceasod Ia afterwards carrlad to q burial.
ground with hot haste, because tho soul
liz placed in eartfl. Accordingly, it Ia considered
good doel to llclp tho bier along; mud ono after
anothor tho aas-trivor lays aside his stck, md
the idlor takes hsa pipe from his mouth, to run
and len,l a charitable shoulder to tho doad man.
Thus porpotunlly relieved, l,B ,frienda get him at
last to tho knnat, little tent pitched near tho
tomb. Horo canphor is rubbed OH tho parts of
the body which touch the earth in prayer. The
corpse having boon laid in tho grave with its faco
earth md gently drops it on tho dead man, ro-
poating, ''>Wo created you Of carth, aud roturn
you to oarth and wo skull raise you out Of
earth Oh tho Resurrection day." Aims having
and earth, care boing taken to preserve littso
air pasaago, through which tho deceased can hear
tho sighs ct his friends coming to bowal linn.
Those thinga faithfully performed, tho dofunct is
loft alouo.
What happens no1t to that lonely relic is In
some respects matter OF dispute, II Is not
quito settled among tho doctors Of 1aam whether
tho soul will ho disjoinod from tho body, and
Ebm Slim, ono authority, thinks not; but tho
words Ut tho Koran Boom to teach tho majority
TINT tho body itsolf will rise again. Mahomot
expressly declares TINT when the rest OF tho
framo haa aecayod. tho little bono at tho bottom
Of tho spine, called Ct ajb, viii mover pora!, but
form n nucleuB, from which tho power uf Allah
will reconstruct tic entire individual. TAiH
point. and tho question whether good MoAlom 80
straight to heaven, aro disputed; Womust, thoro.
IL hold, lhon, ttilat after tho friends aro gono
from, tho graYo tho "Augol Of Earth giyoB notice
to Monkir antl Nakir, aud thoso two judgon auln
mon tho dona man anl catucl,lao him In tho
faith. II lle paAAeA tho examination woll, the
body has Immediate ponce; it he paesos badly,
his maorable corpao fl boaion till its cries are
hoard by all except mortal mon. Morooyor his
Bina boeome reptilog and Bting hln-in allort,
tho Ind man has an OWL timo OF It: Tho good
Mall0motan lurgatory. Those who havo dlod
for Issum 80 straight into tho crops Of lara,liso-
birda till hucl tlino ~ tho flal Judgment elnll
arrive. Whom tl!ia drcal oyont will tako pllco
III INV Nv Aoaa kI!laA
eoyontsan Blgns Of it. Tile great day having
arrived. IBrasil will sounA tho trumpet fonl
timoa. Tho first blaut will bring earth and sky
togothor tho second will annlhilato all mortal lifo
will drive oil aouta to tito tribunal. Alam
Noal,, Abraham, ind Joaus will douino to inter-
co.la ior "Blfrerng humanity" and only hlal1o-
mot vii! ,nnntest that courage. Tho aoul und
tho body of man will mutually ncouse oncll
other tho soul will say, "p!iniall my body,
wi,iel, sinled through Its AonHos;" tho botly will
say, 'pulisll my soul, without which was only
innocent dust" AlinA will puuiah or roward