The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-10-04
The Bnlletin.
m0SLEM'S APPEAL TO ALLAH.
a Special Prayer 10 the Eyer,nsti,V
Do"nfaii Of the Muscoviic.
New York Times.
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New York Times.
Pera, Friday sept. 8, 1877.
LA lllah lila Allah, We Mobammcd II
he'soul Alah''-t There is no God but Cod.
an Mohammed Is his "H,es4oub enyoyc
mountaineering through the still
autumn air as rom the numerous minaret.
ol 'ie mosques Of ConstantnopIe the call
10 prayers floats down HE banks and over
lhe deep blue waters Of the Bosphorus. 1t
friday-the Mussulman's Sunday-an
Tue monotonous chant Of the MuezZins
caains' "the faithful to midday prayer
breaks upon my ears as | am writing.
Say Monotonou-, for resident, in :this
part Of Pera are babituated 10 hearing the
| appeal some four or five times daily. TO say
hothlng Of II disturbing them in the stiU
hours OF the night. Tbi, morning, how.
ever, the motony j. Omewh 1t relieved. aa
IN addition TO the ordinary noonllde appeal
NAlIah special prayer has been drawn
up ~ us Sheik.ul-lsl sm-the "head Of
The church" IN Turkey, III may thus trans.
late The tltle-whlch, lit be granted will |
secure the utter eXtcrminatlon Of all cbi.t. |
"u' from OF the face Of the earth, lea,ing
II IN possession Of the Moseme alone. I
nave been fortunate in obtaining a copy.
Ia Turkish, OF the prayer, Translation of
which reads as iollwos.
", most meicilul God, have mercy On
u'and project Us Thy faithful people Al.
mighty God, show no mercy 10 the inGdlI.
Merciiul Giyer Of all goodth strength.
en- the Ottoman arm; by Thy powerful
arm discomilt the proud and perddiou.
mousse Of the lmplous. Glory be to l,od
Inc Lord o. the inverse. The grace an,
blessings OF God De upon our Lord nj.
Prophet A1hammed, and upon all hi.
'ious followers. o, God strengthen Thv
'erFahts, our Sultan, the cnief OF Thy favor.
te people. Protect u and our coun,r.
'"u sweep Oh tho face OF the earth all inf-
lei' opposed to u and to our holy and true
eNHioh, Destroy, Almighty God. every
isliRe OF the lmPious Russians. Of tbn
qaaHy llcllenes, who are grOping in tho
arknes' Of impiety like swine in the miro
10 VINO nave dared TO raise their sacrile. >.
lou' hands against Thy faithful people q
nd against Thy Prophet Mobsmmsd
''peFSe' y, God, their coalition; scatter
leF assemblies; break . God. their wea. h
'H'' diminish aud annihilale their rank,
M them God, quickly to their de.tip.
I ~
'"d'' y cod. all Thy wrath and lndipna- l.
On place them, o God, in the central -
'oue oil the wicked: visit them with the
by which IT..
cir tongues; let the blood flow In tor
nts; let their heads be trampled upon by
~ faithful servants the O,m lnli,; break
wn their authority, their rulers, their Co
.ongholis; exhaust their power. good
AXE their children orphans, their wives
dows, and their mothers mOurners, Con
md their mental faculties. y, God Of
ercy, let there be left no Yistige on the srth
the impious Russians, the Hellenes. the
ayonians, and other intide Franks allied -
or sympathizlng with them Enc0m- 4.
Iss them, ~ GOD, on every slde Win
ievous plaques. Overthrow them with
by terrible wrath, with fires. strangings,
pestilence, and by cholera; by famine,
ID by earthquakes. Make their cities
npty OF inhabitants. Shake them by Thy
ght ayenging spirits. As these mischiey- !
ID impious inflels endeayor to injure Us. n, "a
them, 0 God. suffer in their own eyes, :
their senses, in their wives, in their
dren, AMI lastly in their own lives. Let -.
inc anger and Indignation, . God, be q
lred upon them like hIil-stOneS make .
EN- and their goods p!under to all those
no believe in Thee and in Thy holy Pro.
Jet Mohammod, with whom be the grace
i'd the blessings of Almighty God"