Land of the Lion and the Sun Personal Experiences
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sto e th ee to Par dis e at th e appointed tim e dam prayed Def e nd me th e futur e of Iblis m y ah rep i e d Say continu lly th e e is no God but one and thou shalt wound him as with a poisoned arrow Build mos ques for thin e abod e then Iblis shall ha v e no power over t h e e B ut if he pu sue m e with e l thoughts and drea m in the ight Then rise from thy couch pray O ah how shall I always stin g u sh b etwe e n good and v i I will grant the e my two ang e ls shall dwell w i thin thy heart on e to warn the e against sin the other to lead thee to the practic e of good etc llah then made a conv e nant w i th the descendants of da m H e touched da m bac k and t h e whole da m who st i reta i ed h i s or i g inal at re i n a few hours m ade the j ourn e y f rom n a to M ecca where th e cloud which had conducted hi m stood s M ont rafa near M ecca he found to gr e at joy Eve h i s w if e whenc e also t h is mounta i n derives name T h e y i mm e ately began to bu i d a te m ple with f our gates and th e y called the first the gate o f da m the s e cond the gat e of braham the third the gate o f ma e l and the f ourth th e gat e of M oha mm ed Gabri e l th e n i st ct e d dam all the cere m on i es of pilgrimag e pr e cis e ly as they e re inst i tuted by M o ha mm d at a lat e r period nor was he per mi tt e d hold Ev e his w if e t i the evening of T ursday w h e the holy days were ended On th e follow g morni g dam r e turn e d w i th w if e to India and bod e th e r duri g the r ma i nder o f his life But he went ev e ry year a pil g rim g e to Me ca until he at last lost his original si z e reta i g a ght of o y six yards th e ti m e of th e st harvest G briel ca m e gain and i nstruct e d Eve in maki g bread da m then bu t an oven and Gabri e l b ought f o m he but was h ed it sev e nty ti m e s in th e s e a otherw i s e it would have con u m ed the earth w i th all that it contained When th e bread was bak e d he said to dam T s h be t n e and thy childr e n s chi e f nour i s e nt last th e y e ar o f dam s life came to N i h d d t h i t y y if t i o f Ad o d i g to clos e and the ang e l of d e ath app e ar e d to in th e shap e of an go t and d e mand e d his so while th e e arth op e n e d und e r his f ee t d e m nded his body d m tr e mbl e d with f e a s id to th e ang e l of d e ath h has m e lif e tim e of thou sand y e ars thou hast om e too soon H st thou not g anted seventy y e rs of thy lif e to D vid e pli e d th e a g e l da m d e n e d it h e ind ee d fo g tt e n th e circu m stanc e but th e g e l of d e ath dr e w forth f om th e parchm e nt in w ch th e grant writt e n and igned by th e ang e ls spr e ad it out b e for e d m who on se e ing it willi gly gav e up his sou The sam e was done w i th Ev e who e d in th e follo ng y e ar TH E S E C O N D C RE A T I O N When God had cr e t e d dam S tan aft e r insp e ct ing hi m not th nk hig y of Go s h diwo k and b e li e v e d hims e lf capabl e of producing som e thing b e tt e r Th e Lord took Satan s e m rk in good pa t g v e hi m leav e to try his hands at cr e ation Sat n th e n kn e ad e d some dough as h e s ee n th e Lord do f s ion e d it into th e shap e of olf wh ch h e ss e rt e d to b e equal to Gods handiwork Thou must giv e thy creatur e lif e said th e Lord to him as I h v e giv e n to e So Satan s e t bout doi g this bl e into th e wolf till black h e d b e c m e r e d but to no pur pose for it still r e main e d lif e l e ss Th e Lo d finally co ng weary of h i s vain tt e mpts struck the wolf on th e s i d e with a sta and gav e hi m l f e H e nc e i t is at the wol f a ho ow b neath ri b God t h en a i d th e wolf Cr e ature devour t h y cr e ator T HE R GIN M A R I R T H O F C H R IST M ohammed quit e f requently u es Biblical narrat i v b ut not in th e B iblical sen e for instanc e i n the th of th e Koran fi rs h e sp e aks o f John and th e n of Christ Conc e rning th e bi th o f C hr i t and the virgin Mary the Kor n r e lat e s the follo ing W h e n sh e r e tir e d f rom her f a m y to a plac e toward th e east and took a v e il to conc e l h e rs e lf f om th e m God s e nt Gabr i e l unto h e r who app e ar e d b e for e h e r in th e hap o f a per f ect m an Sh e said I fl ee for re ge to the m e rciful God that H e m ay d e f e nd m e ag ins th e e If thou f e ar e s Him thou wi t not app oach m e He an v e rily I a m th e m e sseng e r of thy Lord and s e nt to giv e th ee a holy Son Sh e sa i d how shall I hav e a son s ee ing a man h th not touch e d m e and I a m no ha lot G bri e l r e pl e d so shall it b e thy Lord s ith this is e asy with m e and w e will perfor m it t h t we may ordain him for sign unto m e n a m e rcy fro m us for it is a thing which i d e cr ee d Wh e r e fore sh e conc e iv e d him and sh e r e tir e d sid e with him in her wom b to a dist nt place and th e pains of ch ldbirt h cam e upon h e r n e ar th e trunk of p l m tr e e She sa i d would to God I di e d b e for e this and b e come a t ng forgott e n and lost in oblivion h e who ben e ath h e r call e d to h e r saying Be not gri e ved now hath God pro vi ded a r i vulet der the e and do t h ou M ohammed adds They are say v e y God is C hrist the Son of M ry The J e ws and the C hr i s tians say we ar e childr e n of God and H i s b e oved s e r why th e r e for e doth He pu sh you for your sins Nay but y e are men of thos e who m H e hath cr e at e d God fo bid H e n e ith e r born nor begets tru e b e li e v e s giv e lms of that wh ch we hav e stow e d you bef e th e day co m e th wh e re i sha b e no merchandi z ing nor fri e ndship nor interce sion T he u just doer God th e r e is no God but He th e ving th e tru e b e li e vers ta e th e Jews Ch istia s for yo f ri e nds th e y are rien th e on e to th e oth e but those among you who take h th e m for his f ri e nds h e rely o f th e m wh e n God shall unto J e sus at the last day J e sus son of M y hast thou said unto m e n T a k e m e and my moth e r for two g ods b e side God He sha n w e r Prais e b e unto Th ee it is not for to th t which I ought not if I s id so Thou would t sur e ly have known it Thou know e st what is in me but I know not what is Th ee for Thou th e k nower o f s e cr e ts I hav e not spok e n to th e m any oth e r than wha Thou didst command m e namely worship God m y Lord and your Lord and I was a witness of their tions whi e I st yed among th e m but s i nce Tho hast tak e n m e to Thys e lf Thou hast b ee n th e watcher ov e r th e m for Thou all things If Thou e st them Thou ar e mighty and wise God w i say T h is day sh ll th e ir veracity b e of advantage nto those peak truth they shall have gard e ns wh e rein riv e rs flow they shall r e m ain th e r e in for v e r God h th b ee n well plea ed in th e m and th e y h ve b e en w e ll plea ed in Him Th s shall b e gr e t f e licity Unto God ongeth th e kingdom of h e av e n and of earth and what e ver is th e r e in and H e is the ghty tru e b e lieve s take not my e n e my and you e nemy for your fri e nds showing kindn e ss toward th e m s i ce th e y b e li e v e not in th e truth and r e v e lation which hav e b ee n s e nt down unto Mohamm e d you apostl e ye go forth to fight in d e f e nse of my r e ligion of a d e sire to pleas e m e and p ivat e ly s h ow fri e ndship to th e m v e rily I w l know that w ch y e conceal and which ye i scove wh s e v e of you do e th this hath already erred from th e straight path V e rily God comm nd e th you to fight b ttl e and thos e who fight in d e f e ns e of God s r e ligion God will not suff e r the r orks to p e ish but wi l e d th e m into P r s e t u e b e li e v e s y e ssist God by fighting for His r e lig ion H e ill assist you against you e n e m i e s and wi s e t you f ee t f t but as th e infid e ls l e t th e m per ish and th e i o ks shall God r e nd e r vain Mohamm e d kn e w the Scriptures as w e ll as th e devil hi m self and th e gr e t e r part of his b ook is tak e n ro m the passag e s of the Old and th e N e w t e stam e nts but h e not r e ct his p e opl e in th e right f e llowship with God in th e way of p ay e of wo ship H e n e v e r taught God th e H e av e y Fath e r H e knew w e ll that he did his people would say Christ must be the Son of God He d e clar e d hi m s e lf that Je u the Word o f truth and a blessing to t h e world and the Word of God B ut he r e fused to call Hi m the Son o f God and to call God the Fath e r He said l ghty God is the C eator b y th e Word but is not the Father th e re f ore all th e p e opl e must tr e m bl e befor e as slaves in h e had ca e d God th e Fath e r own word would g i v e th e assuranc e to his p e opl e that Chr i st is the Son of God b e us e h e had no oth e M oha mm ed knew that if h e call e d God th e F th e r th e r e sult wo d that many of p e opl e wo d b e com e beli e vers in the Gospel of our Lord J e sus Ch i t Ther e fo e he worked g inst who cal e d God th e F th e r and ev e n now are loo ke d upon th e g e at e st infid e l wh e n e ver th e y h e ar us God is our H e av e nly Fath r Even t s gr e at e n e my of Lord taugh that Christ is not th e Son of God stil it is an e asy matter for us by th e help of Lord to prove from the i r own book th t J e sus Ch ist is th e Son of God which we trust th e y will som e s ee b e hold the glo y of H is k ingdom C H T ER V R O R R OR ORO the mid e of the seventh century of th e C h i ti e ra th e p e vail g r e ligion in ersia was Zoroastrian i m It among th e M e d e s that th e famou ect of the worship e s first took root in the P e rs an race T h i religion is said to hav e originat e d in which is now r e pr e sent e d to be th e w st pro v ce of modern P e rsi c ll e d or probably it m ay hav e e xisted far to th e east in Bactria or be y ond But th e e a good many r e asons for beli e v i ng that it st rt e d from and even fro m Ci ty Firstly th e nam e of t s city as given by ancient writ e rs is O mus O mi Ur ur m etc it may h v e its d e rivation f om th e god of light S e con y a littl e d stanc e to the east t s city an nci e nt rtifi ial mou d ris e s to th e h e ight of s e v nty or e ighty f ee t and marks th e sit e as it said of the anci e nt s in e or t e mpl e where Zoroaster kin e d sac e d fir e s bow e d in adoration to the h e av nly hosts Thir y th e r e are mor e th n twenty mounds of ash e s all around th e city of which ar e proofs of th e ir ancient worship Zo o t e bo n bout B in the found e the proph e t of th i religion in Per There is no doubt that he fir t made his app e arance and ss e m nat e d doctrin e s in M e dia where the captiv e Is a e lit e s th e n r e sid e d it is a fact too that h e mad e th e city of his h e adquarters and f om that plac e sp e d his e ligion in ssyria and P e rsia He flourish e d in th e r e ign of the fath e r of Da ius f om that tim e th e id e s on w ch h e built e igious yst e m e e cknowl e dged by th e Per ians to b e of th e g e t fund m e t l e ligions of th e world Zo o st e taught th t th e r e two gods th e God of good thoughts g od d ee ds good actions will e n bl e th e soul to e t e r h e av e n on th e fourth day ft e d e partur e f om th e body wh e r e e vil and good d e eds will b e w e igh Download 24 Kb. 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