Studies in a Mosque - The Search For Mecca

MOHAMMAD. 75
of bis inheritance : a Testament is not lawful to the
prejudice of heirs.
" The child belongetli to the Parent : and
the
violator of Wedlock shall be stoned.
" Ye people ! Ye have rights demandable of your
Wives, and they have rights demandable of you.
Treat your women well.
" And your Slaves, see that you feed them with such
food as ye eat yourselves, and clothe them with the
stuff ye wear. And if they commit a fault which ye are
not willing to forgive, then sell them, for they are the
servants of the Lord, and are not to be tormented.
" Ye people ! Hearken unto my speech and com-
prehend it. Know that every Muslim is the brother
of every other Muslim. All of you are on the same
equality : ye are one Brotherhood."
Then, looking up to heaven, he cried, " Lord !
I have delivered my message and fulfilled my mission."
And all the multitude answered, " Yea, verily hast
I beseech Thee, bear Thou
thou ! "—
" Lord !
witness to it ! " and, like Moses, he lifted up his
hands and blessed the people.
Three months more and Mohammad was dead.
A.H. 11. June 632.
It is a hard thing to form a calm estimate of the
Dreamer of the Desert. There is something so tender
and womanly, and withal so heroic, about the man,
that one is in peril of finding the judgment uncon-
sciously blinded by the feeling of reverence and
well-nigh love that such a nature inspires. He who,