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86 STUDIES IN A MOSQUE. CHAPTER III. ISLAM. When it was noised abroad that the Prophet was dead, 'Omar, the fiery-hearted, the Simon Peter of Islam, rushed among the people, and fiercely told them they lied, it could not be true, Mohammad was not dead. And Abu-Bekr came and said, " Ye people ! he that hath worshipped Mohammad, let him know that Mohammad is dead; but he that hath Avorshipped God,—that the Lord liveth, and doth not die." Many have sought to answer the questions—Why was the triumph of Islfim so speedy and so complete ? Why have so many millions embraced the religion of Mohammad, and scarcely a hundred ever recanted ? Why do a thousand Christians becjjtmeTiiu slims to one Muslim who adopts Christianity? Why do a hundred and fifty millions of human beings still cling to the faith of Islam ? Some have attempted to explain the first overwhelming success of the Mohammadan religion by the argument of the sword. They forget Carlyle's laconic reply, " First get your sword." You must win men's hearts before you can induce them to
ISLAM. 87 peril their lives for you, and the first conquerors of Islam must have been made Muslims before they were made " fighters on the path of God." Others allege the low morality of the religion and the sensual para- dise it promises as a sufficient cause for the zeal of its followers ; but even were these admitted to the full, to say that such reasons could win the hearts of millions of men, who have the same hopes and long- ings after the right and the noble as we, is to libel mankind. No religion has ever gained a lasting hold upon the souls of men by the force of its sensual permissions and fleshly promises. It is urged, again, that Islam met no fair foe, that the worn-out forms of Christianity and Judaism it encountered were no test of its power as a quickening faith, and that it pre- vailed simply because there was nothing to prevent it ; and this was undoubtedly a help to the progress of the new creed, but could not have been the cause of its victory. In all these reasons the religion itself is left out of the question. Decidedly Islam itself was the main cause of its triumph. By some strange intuition Mohammad succeeded in finding the one form of monotheism that has ever commended itself to any wide section of the Eastern world. It was only a remnant of the Jews that learned to worship the one God of the prophets after the hard lessons of the Captivity. Christianity has never gained a firm hold upon the East. Islam not only was at once accepted (partly in earnest, partly in name, but accepted) by Arabia, Syria, Persia, Egypt, Northern Africa, and Spain at
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CONTENTS. y^ — CHAPTEE I. THE ARA
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TEE ARABS BEFORE ISLAM. 3 coast, le
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THE AEABS BEFORE ISLAM. 5 the deser
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THE ARABS BEFORE ISLAM. 7 The renow
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— — ! THE AEABS BBFOEE ISLAM. 9
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THE ARABS BEFORE ISLAM. 11 qualitie
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THE AEABS PEFOEE ISLAM. 13 went out
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THE ARABS BEFORE TSLAM. 15 them a c
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THE ARABS BEFORE ISLAM. 17 sive mir
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THE AUABS BEFORE ISLAM. 19 of abjec
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THE ARABS BEFOEE ISLAM. 21 was the
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THE ARABS BEFORE ISLAM". 23 mere ex
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THE AEABS BEFORE ISLAM. 25 from the
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THE ARABS BEFORE ISLA:\[. 27 with i
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THE ARABS BEFORE ISLAM. 29 trict ar
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THE ARABS BEFORE ISLAM. 31 impress
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THE ARABS BEFORE ISLAM. 33 generosi
Page 47 and 48: MOHAMMAD. 35 little grandson. Many
Page 49 and 50: MOHAMMAD. 37 We know very little of
Page 51 and 52: MOHAMMAD. 39 passionately, bein^ mo
Page 53 and 54: MOHAMMAD. 41 genial to him, even wh
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Page 61 and 62: MOHAMMAD. 49 Mohammad faltered in h
Page 63 and 64: MOHAMMAD. 61 the Prophet believed t
Page 65 and 66: MOHAMMAD. 53 his heart to say. Scar
Page 67 and 68: MOHAMMAD. 55 liar, she alone believ
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Page 73 and 74: — MOHAMMAD. 61 country for them.
Page 75 and 76: MOHAMMAD. 63 a question of time. As
Page 77 and 78: MOHAMMAD. 65 retaliated, even when
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Page 81 and 82: MOHAMMAD. 69 The execntion of the h
Page 83 and 84: MOHAMMAD. 71 of Medina, a vigorous
Page 85 and 86: MOHAMMAD. 73 truce by attackintr an
Page 87 and 88: MOHAMMAD. 75 of bis inheritance : a
Page 89 and 90: MOHAMMAD. *11 creation, and above a
Page 91 and 92: MOHAMMAD. 79 Mohammad's life will b
Page 93 and 94: MOHAMMAD. 81 and in Mohammad's time
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Page 97: MOHAMMAD. 85 a grand dignity, sprun
Page 101 and 102: ISLAM. 89 seizing men's belief befo
Page 103 and 104: ISLAM. 91 belief in One All- Powerf
Page 105 and 106: ISLAM. 93 the superstitious into Is
Page 107 and 108: ISLAM. 95 private prayer at home, a
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Page 111 and 112: ISLAM. 99 There are some very beaut
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Page 115 and 116: ISLAM. 103 ciation might at first e
Page 117 and 118: ISLAM. 105 able brutalities wliicli
Page 119 and 120: ISLAM. 107 Islam it is enough to no
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Page 123 and 124: ISLAM. Ill will not believe in the
Page 125 and 126: ISLAM. 113 for knowledge. Receiving
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Page 129 and 130: THE KORAN. 117 In this for the firs
Page 131 and 132: THE KORAN. 119 Englishman does, tra
Page 133 and 134: THE KOEAN. 121 instinct for the tho
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Page 137 and 138: THE KOKAN. 125 few commentators, wh
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Page 141 and 142: THE KOEAN. 129 by no means uniform.
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Page 147 and 148: THE KORAN. 135 commonly regarded Mo
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King of the day of judgment ! THE K
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The KORAN. 189 teachers, and Mohamm
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THE KOEAN. 141 Canst thou find any
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THE KORAN. 143 the majority of them
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THE KOEAN. 145 guard their chastity
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THE KOKAN. 147 indeed see a sign, a
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THE KOKAN. 149 when ye pronounce (j
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tSe koean. 151 revelation should ch
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THE KORAN. 153 knew their own child
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THE KORAN. 155 brows shall be brand
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THE KORAN. 157 nothing ; but he fin
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THE KORAN. 159 of faith—the recit
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THE KORAN. 161 more definite than t
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THE KORAN. 1G8 their homes. The mai
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THE KORAN. 165 anism is constructed
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I THE KOKAN. 167 between modern Moh
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169 CHAPTER V. AN EASTERN REFORMATI
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AN EASTERN REFORMATION. 171 Plato t
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AN EASTERN EEFOEMATION. 173 Muslims
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AN EASTERN KEFORMATION. 175 at the
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THE BROTHEEHOOD OF PURITY. 177 of A
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THE BROTHERHOOD OF PURITY. 179 Arab
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THE BROTHERHOOD OF PURITY. 181 of G
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THE BROTHERHOOD OP PURITY. 183 such
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THE BEOTHERHOOD OF PURITY. 185 Avic
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THE BROTHERHOOD OP PURITY. 187 it i
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THE BROTHERHOOD OP PURITY. 189 good
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THE BROTHERHOOD OF PURITY. 191 is s
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THE BROTHERHOOD OF PURITY. 193 the
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THE BROTHERHOOD OF PURITY. 195 them
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THE BROTHEEHOOD OF PURITY. 197 of P
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THE BKOTHERHOOD OF PURITY. 199 hand
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THE BKOtHEEHOOD OF PURITY. 201 4. T
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THE BROTHERHOOD OF PURITY. 203 thin
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THE BEOTHERHOOD OF PURITY. 205 the
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THE BEOTHERHOOD OF PURITY. 207 In t
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THE PEESIAN MIRACLE PLAY. 209 on th
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THE PERSIAN MIRACLE PLAY. 211 they
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THE PERSIAN MIBACLE PLAY. 213 the H
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THE PERSIAN MIRACLE PLAY. 215 enfor
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THE PERSIAN MIRACLE PLAY. 217 the H
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THE PERSIAN MIEACLE PLAY. 219 allus
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THE PERSIAN MIRACLE PLAY. 221 sprea
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THE PEESIAN MIRACLE PLAY. 223 tomb
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THE PERSIAN MIRACLE PLAY. 225 movab
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THE PERSIAN MIEACLE PLAY. 227 the r
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THE PEESIAN MIRACLE PLAY. 229 Matth
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THE PERSIAN MIRACLE PLAY. 231 Faitl
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THE PERSIAN MIEACLE PLAY. 233 Jacoh
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THE PERSIAN MIEACLE PLAY. 235 fille
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THE PERSIAN MIRACLE PLAY. 239 himse
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THE PEKSIAN MIEACLE PLAY. 243 the c
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THE PERSIAN MIRACLE PLAY. 245 offer
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THE PERSIAN MIRACLE PLAY. 247 banne
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THE PERSIA.N MIRACLE PLAY. 249 the
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SABIANS AND CHRISTIANS OP ST. JOHN.
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SABIANS AND CHEISTIANS OF ST. JOHN.
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