The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-10-04
VOL. 9.
Ghe Bnllftin.
M0SLEM'S APPEAL TO ALLAH.
A Special Prayer 10 the Everlasting
Downfall OF The MuscOvite

pera, Friday scpt.s, 1877,
ia lnah lila Allah, We Mohammed il
Ressoul Allah There is no God tut God,
IN SlOhammed is his ",RessOulj eny0ye
extra ordinaire ring through the Still!
autumn air, as rom the numerous minarets
OF the mosques of Constantinople the call
10 prayers floats down the banks ana over
the deep blue waters OF the BOsphOras. 1t
Is Friday the Mussu!mans Suuday-and
the monot0nous chant of the Muezzins
calling "the faithful to midday prayer
breaks upon my ears as ! am writing
say mOnotonOus, for residents ia : this
part Of Pera are habtuated TO hearing the
up peal some four or five times daily, 10 Bay
nothing of IL disturbing them in the stili
hours Of the night. TN, morning, how
ever, the motOny Is som3whit relieved, as
in addition 10 the ordinary n01ntlde appeal
to Allah q speeisl prayer has been drawn
up by the sheik.ul-islsm-the "head OF
the church" In Turkey, II may thus trans
late the title-which, Hit be granted, will
secure the utter determination Of all chi>t-
fans from Oh the face OF tue earth, leaving
II in 20 iesion Of the Mjslems alone. /
have been fortunate in obtaining a copy,
Ia Turkish, Of thu prayer, . translation OF
which reads as iOlwO..
20, most meIcilul God, have mercy on
Ms and protect Us Thy faithful people. Al
mighty God, show no mercy 10 the iniidelz
Merciinl Giver Of all good things, strength
en- the ottoman arm; by Thy powerful
arm discomGL the proud and perfidiOus
house OF the lmpiOus. Glory be to God,
the Lord o. the I INVERSE The grace and
BLESSINGS of God be upon our Lord. His
Prophet Mohammed, and upon all his
pious followers. o, God, -trongthen Thy
servants, our Sultan, the chief Of Thy favor
tie people. Protect Us and our country
and sweep OF tho face OF tue earth all inf
les opposed 10 usand to our holy and true
religion. Destroy, Almighty God, every
ystige OF the impous Russians, Of the
equally Hellenes, who are cropping in The
darkness ofimpiety Ike swine in the mire,
and who have dared to raise their ssciie-
gious hand. against Thy flithfu people
and against Thy Prophet Mohsmmed.
Disper,e, o, God, their coalition; scatter
their assemblies; break . God, their wea-
pons, diminish aud annihlale their rank;
send thcm q Got, quickly to their destin-
ed place OF punishment, Pour upon their
heads, . God, all Thy wrath and lndigna-
ton place them, q God, in the central
bode Of the wicked: visit them with the
indignation by which Thou hast hitherto
punished Thine enimies. . God, cOnf0und
their tongues let the blood flow In tor
rents; let their heads be tramplec upon by
Thy faithful servants the Osmanlis; break
down their authority, their rulers, their
stronghOlis; exhaust their power. . God,
make their children orphans, their wiye,
widow, and their mothers mourners. Con-
ound their mental faculties. q, God Of
mercy, let there cleft no Vistige on the earth
OF the impious Russians, .the Helleues, the
Slayonians, and other iuidcl Franks allied
to or sympathizing with them, Encom-
pass them, o God on every side with
grevous plaques. Overthrow them with
Thy terrible wrath, with fires. stranglings
by pestilence, and by cholera by famine.
and by earthquakes, Make their cities
empty OF inhabitants. Shake them by Thy
eight avenging spirits. As these mischiey-
and impious iniidels endeayor to injure Us.
let them, o God, suffer in their own eyes,
in their senses. in their wives, in their
children, and lastly in their own lives. Let
thine anger and indignation, o God, be
hurled upon them like hlil.stOnes; make
them and their goods a plundcr to all those
who believe in Thee and in Thy holy Pro-
phet Mohammed, with whom be the grace
and the blessings of Almighty God