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THE BIBLE or MAt4oMET.
rhs Great rrlneIpie. q ISLAM -Pesuilkl:
iiitsbrii tlssd-Duilss.
Attic deaihol MAhomol, there was
no collected edition Of The Koran. The
fragments werescattered among someUl
his followers. These appear to have
been written down at different tines
and on the most convenient materials
but It is said that most Of them were
orally preserved, and the eyes otths
caliphs were open 10 the necessity;ot cGi'
Letting and writing down ali the frag.
mgnt and teachings BY the death Of the
Moslem warriors at the battle ofYes
manah. Omar was the hst 10 realize
the importance Of saving the Book Of
God, and he employed zaid ibn Habit
the Arsari, Of Medinah, to act as Amanui
ensis to Mahomet to collect the text
which he did FROM palm leavss SkinB
blade.bones, and the hearts Of men and
presented to Omar a copy Of the Korait
substantially as tits now. gR
Twenty years after, the Caliph 9th.
man became alarmed OF the license taken
in interpreting texts as arranged by Hiidl
and fearful Of danger from the frequent
quarrels resulting from tie continued
differences, employed Zaid and three
men Of Mahomets own tribe, the QuraiS,
to decide upon the text and fix thtfeRds
ing according to the pure Qurais idionii
BE then caused all previous copies to b
burned and sent revised copies to al the
cities in the empire for distribution His
revision has remained the authorized
text, and has been taughtby the holiaifi'
medan theologians since that date, Goo
A. D.
The creed Of Alahomet % termed Islam
because Islam means Tresighation 10 tho
viii Of Cod" 1t Is based upon fotft great
principles. ~ Tie DURAN or Koran IL
self. (2) The Hadi III, or traditional
sayings Of the prophet, which supple
ments tlfe Koran, and makes provisions
for laws and ceremonial obseryanees "a
which 1t may be silent The lie u
Mahomet andhis divine relations and
tie laws embodied therein are called the
sunnah. tS) The Igma'h or the con-
sensus Of opinion Of the highest aathori-
ties in the Moslem church upon points
which are not clearly defined 81 ths
Koran or Hadi TIL, ~ The Qpiyas OF
Analogy, the reasoning Of theologians by
analogy from the other three where
anything in any one Of them Is not de.
cldedt
AS already said, Islam Is purest ttefsui,
The fundamental principle underlying
klam Is n belief in Allah, whom previous
Arabs had woshipped under the rams
Of Allah tahala. Allah, according to
Mahomet, Is eternal everlasting, one and
indiyisible, +Not endued with form, nor
circumscribed by Limit Of measure; COM
pretending all things, but comprehended
d nothing" mys Professor Palmer
Allah's attributes received hfnety-nine
epithets in the Koran, and the epithets
are the various names by which he u
called, and all Of them are used IN
Moslem devotion and rosahies are ussd
aStfie Romish church use them.
The Koran further demands d belief Ia
angels, Their angels are sexless, created
Of fire, and neither eat nor drink, nor
multiply the species. The arChangeli
are Gebra4.A Gabriel or Ruhel Amin,
-faithfd spirit, and Gods messenger 70
Mahometi Mikafls the guardian angel Of
the JsWsf Israflli who will sound tho
trumpet at the resurrection and AzTau,
the angel Of death. 81
Two angels are given 10 each pefsot.
One stands on the right, the other on tho
left and all he does Is recorded. The
angel Razwan- sGood wiz presid8
over heaven, and Maiik-Ithe Ruler
over hell. It Is believed that Malki u
identical with Molock.
Munkir and Nakir are the angels who.
preside at 4the exanainE ton ofthe tomb.
that 3, they visit the dead Immediately
after burial, and examine him in the
matter Of faith. II he says there d one
God and Mahomet Is his prophet, 10 %
left to rest in peace; but II he does NOT
say 50, he Is beat with IRON maess until
he screams 50 loud that all the poWsTE
from east TO west, except inns and men
can hear him. They then press the earth
down on tho corpse, and leave It tobe
deyoured by serpents and dragons until
the resurrection day.
Heaven Is divided into eight parts; the
Garden Of Eternity the Abodeof Peace;
the Abode Of Rest, the Garden Of Eden,
the Garden Of Resort the Garden o.
Pleasure, the Garden Of the Most High,
and the Garden Of Paradise. Hell Is a.
yided into seven parts: Gehenna, the
Flaming Fire, the Raging Fire tttatsphts
everything to pieces, the Blaze, the
scorching Fire, the Fierce Fire, and the
Abyss.
As to whatbecomesof the soul between
death andresurection, MahotnetiS silent.
Says Professor Palmer: ~The general
opinion Is that there Is q limbo some
where or other fof the souls Of the god,
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