The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-08-04
44E sI5Ls Of NAAoMEr.

THE BIBLE OF hiAlioMET.
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fhe Great Principles q tslAm-P -Pesuilkie
isittbftkt tlsed- Dates
At the death ol Mahomct, there was
10 collected edition Of the Koran. Tho
fragments were scattered among some u
his followers. These appear TO have
been written down at different tines
and on the most convenient materials,
but 1t is said that most OF them were
orally preserved, and the eyes otths
callphs were open to the necessity ofcbp
lccting and writing down all the frag.
ments and teachings By the death Of tho
Moslem warriors at the battle ofYei
manah. Omar was the first to realize
tho importance Of saving the @Book Of
God" and he employed zaid ibn Habit
the ABari, Of Medinah, to act as AmAnui
ensiS 10 Mahomct to collect the text
which he did FROM palm leavss; skins
blade-bones, and the hearts OF men" and
presented to Omar copy Of the Koran
substantially as 1t Is now. ep
Twenty years after, tie Caliph oh.
man became alarmed at the license taken
in interpreting texts as arranged by Haidi
and fearful Of danger from the frequent
quArrels resulting from the continued
differences employed Zaid and three
men Of Mahohiets own tribe, the Qirais,
10 decide upon the text and fix the feads
ing according to the pure Qurais idlouir
He then caused all previous copies TO bo
burned and sent revised copies to al the
cities in the empire for distribution. His
revision has ttthaincd the authorized
text, and has been taught by the holfafii'
medan theologans since that date, 900
A. D.
The creed Of Alahomet Is termed Islam
because Islam means "resigRation 10 tho
will Of God.r 1t is based upon fottt gteat
principles. (l) The DURAN or Koran "
self. (2) Tho Hadi TIL, or traditional
sayings Of the prophet, which supple
ments tlie Koran, and makes provisions
for laws and ceremonial observances 6H
which it may be silent. The Ike u
Nlahomet and his divine relations and
tile laws embodied therein are called the
Sunnah. (8) The lgma'h or the toti'
Sensus Of opinion Of the highest antliori-
ties in the Aoslem church upon points
Which are not clearly defined ID tls
Koran or Hadl TIL. ~ The Quiyas OF
Analogy, the reasoning Of theologians by
analogy from tic other three where
anything in any one Of them Is not de-
clded,
As already said, Islam Is purest ttetsni,
The fundamental principle underlying
Islam is n belief in Allah, whom previous
Arabs had woshipped under the nams
Of Allah tahala, Allah, according to
Mahomet is eternal, everlasting, one and
indivisible, "Not cndued with form, nor
circumscribed by limit Of measurei com.
pretending all things, but comprehended
6f nothing" says Professor Palmer,
Allah's attributes received hinety.nine
epithets in tic Koran, and the epithets
are the various names by which he Il
called, and all OF them are used IN
Moslem DEVOTION and rosaiies arc ussd
as tile Romisll church use them.
The Koran further demands q belief IN
angels. Their angels are sexless, created
Of fire, and neither eat nor drink, nor
multiply the species. The archangels
are GebralAG Gabfiel-or Ruhel Amin
"faithful spirit, and Gods messenger 70
MaliOrnet; Mika'il, the guardian angel Of
the Jewsf IsraRli who will sound the
trumpet at the resutfectionj and Asrau,
the angel Of death,
Two angels are given to each petsoti.
One stands on the right, the other on the
left, and all he does Is recorded. The
angel Razwan-"Good WilI3-prcSdeS
over heaven, and Malik-4the Ruler
over hell. It is believed that MalIk q
identical with Molock.
Munkir and Nakir arc the angels who
preside at -thc examination Of the tomb"
that Isl they visit the dead Immediately
after burial, and examine him in the
matter Of faith. II he says there b one
God and MAhOmet Is his prophel, he b
left to rest in peace; but II he does noe
say so, he Is beat with iron niae9 until
he screams 80 loud that all the powers
from east to west, except inns and tfen
can hear him. They then press the earth
down on the corpse, and leave II TO b
devoured 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 Of
Pleasure, the Garden Of the Most High,
and the Garden OF Paradise. Hell Is d.
vided into seven parts: Gehenns, the
Flaming Fire, the Raging Fire that tptftg
everything TO pieces, the Blaze, the
Scorching Fire, the Fierce Fire, and the
Abyss,
As to what becomes Of the soul Between
death and resurrection, Mahomet Is silent.
Says Professor Palmer: "The general
opinion Is that there Is limbo some
where or other fof the souls Of the geod,
while the wicked areimpriSoned IN some
foul dungeon to await their DOOM" The
duties required by the Koran are protes.
sion Of faith In one God, and the nlufoI
Of Mahomet prayer, fasting, Glmsgivfng,
and pilgrimage. Prayer must be made
five times daily, and the timelg called
from the minarets Of the mosques by
sriCr. Fasting Is sxactCd betweendawn
and sunset all through Ramad&hm, the
ninth month Of the Moslem year, and
only the sick and inArm are aEowedtO
even drink water At this time. Aims,
giving, or poor salt, Is tho gift Of one
fortieth OF all property that shall have
been in the owners possession for year.
to charity. The pilgriInages existed long
before MGhomet's time, and II would
have been impossible for even him, great
as was his influence, to have abolished
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