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weskens the mind when lbs full &C
tivity might, perhaps, have afertee
threatening dangers. Whence I'M
dogma or fatalism comes Is not very
difficult to imagine. The INST pa
triarchs had, NO doubt, clear iaea.'
OF a pre-existence, as again re
vealed In these last days vely
fully and clearly. The accounts
Of The creation ; in Genesis anu
other passages show this. IL Is NJ
difficult matter 10 perceive how tn ~
doctrine, transmitted from mouth 70
mouth Through generations, Will
out the guiding and presery y 2
influence Of inspiration, should nu1
ally become fataiism. IT is distor,e Sa
and misunderstood truth. 1t Is wy
twin brother Of the Augustinian-
Calvinistics pneds-tination.
Divine revelations come, &C
confing. To- Islam, through ,he
uiedhini, Of angels or inspired
men. Gabriel Ia the chief oil the
angels; Mohammed is the chiei
among the prophets, and as sueh =
referred 10 as "The Lord OF
Prophets," or "The Prof. het OF
Prophefs," using an Oriental con.
strurtion analogous TO Song OF
songs,- for instance. The DINER
principal prophets are Adam, Moan,
Abraham, Moses and Jesus. Inc
diduities Of these and other prophets
are thus explained: Adam, 1.-THE
pure ia God;' Setli, "the messenger
OF God;o Noah for Nuhb "the
saved one 5f Qod," Abraham
IbrihimJ athe friend Of God)n
Ismail, ,sthe sacrifice OF Goo;
Joseph. (Jnsuf), the faithful
Ia God;" Ahab (AUubl "the pa
tieut enc, in God" Moses I Musal
s'the word of Cod" David Dsud),
"the follower of Cod" Solotnon
lSuleimanl, .the confidant OF God, y
and Jesus (lsa), "the Spirit OF God,
who is the great prophet alter Mo-
Each OF the six great
prophets, Adam, Noah, Abraham,
Moses, JesaB and Gohammed rep
the will of God 70. GER
ain dispensation, each in turn being
by his successor. The
Jews, they acknowledge, were true
believers from the time Of Moses 10
Iesis. But they discard the Scrip
ures handed down TO us as the
work Of some of these holy men, on
he ground that they have not been
handed down as they were originally
written. The Jewish and Christian
Scriptures are, therefore, no author
ty whatever. Only the Koran Is an
composition.
The doctrine of The Immortality
Il thesonl is clearly taught, as Is
IlsO that Of a future retritution; and |
n the resurrection both men and |
women are 10 be rewarded accounting |
o the deeds done in the body. |
He'll is the receptacle Of all "unbe-
ievers, I. that is, all who have not |
ccepted Islam. Paradise is the |
lace OF enjoyment TO all those who
ave sacrificed something for the
Faith, /" or who have drawn their
words in defense of it. This para
Use Is place where the happy will
njoy various kinds of earthly
undisturbed by earthly
Disadvantages. The existence in
'aradise Is no perpetual sing
~ and playing and medita-
ion. Ii is a real life, made
lore pleasant still by the pres
nee and company Of beautiful
Ouths and charming young ladies.
lany enlightened Moslems assert,
owever, thai the descriptions OF
'aradise are 10 be understood as
curative and poetical. Although
he admission Is secured by good
-orks, yet it is asserted to be the
suit Of Gods absolute decree,
'unded originally in Hisgreat mer-
Y. A mediation or atonement, rs
lie basis Of morality, such as Chris
auity understands 1t, is foreign TO
The idea Of creation is essentially
lie same as in Genesis. There IL
50 place for a fall Of man; Tut the
ea OF sin is different from that Of
lie Bible. In the Bible, rs in the
Of these last days, sin is
not only in its outward
Is, hat is traced to its source in
e ssbeart, and there condemned. {
he very state or condition in which 1
men are is pronounced {
be sinful. Man is ''dead in SIM" I
inder SIM" but in Islam sin Is {
ily wrong actsi committed against 5
q will OF God and the precepts OF :
c prophet. From this conception of I
D, as consistingo only in wropgdOing, {
c redemption is naturally identi- (
] with conversion, aud what we {
II faith has only secondary place c
the system. ''Qm bona opera i
Tit sf,e tfr, siUe .ftenina. ct credit 3
habit pdr0dislfm. ("Whoever
good works and believes,
neither man or woman, enters
radise. s-Koran.) r
An Important place in Islam has v
c doctrine Of angels and the de- S
ms (djninl. who are either good q
bad, The angels are the highest ii
all created Intelligent beings. They g
: formed from fire and ether, but I
pear TO the elect in human 1;
ms. They live in the vicinity of h
d and are His messengers and
wants. They carry the revelations
m God to man, give assistance 10
,se who fight for the faith, deliver =
, soul from the body in the mo- :
mt OF death, and have important :,
vices to perform at the day Of =, =,
igment, inasmuch rs it Is only =
ough their aid that the righteous
IS the bridge which saves them
m falling Into hell. Satan (DIis,
10 au angel fallen from 81
zee through disobedience, He has Of
m thrown out Of Paradise and b,
v GOES round tempting men to vi
nmit sins. The demons or spirits al
1ln) are beings between angels II
men. They are objects Of vari- ag
sopentitions.